Display is only showing the left side of the screen. Right side of the display looks like static. You've all seen this before on the forum. Touch still works on the entire screen.
The squeeze fix never worked. Tapping on the device or any other physical manipulation has never fixed this issue at any time. No changes, not even a flicker.
This issue persists even during boot, during recovery and fastboot. Persists after factory resets and even bootstack changes. I have not attempted a full reset to stock as under the circumstances it seemed like it'd be ineffective.
Opened phone. Ribbon cable was secured. Popped it off, reseated it. Didn't work. Reseated it again no go. Applied a strip of electric tape to the sponge pressing on the Connector in case it wasnt applying proper pressure. No good.
Here is what did, strangely, improve the situation.
Played a video on it one day just to listen to it. While doing so, spun the phone around absent mindedly on its axis like a figet spinner. At some point the problem had gone away. Cycling rotations seemed to have fixed it. Then when the screen went off, it came back when I turned it back on.
From this point forward whenever I reboot the device the screen was fixed and remained fixed until the display is turned off. If I cycle the display the issue returns. A reboot fixes this until the display goes black even once. If I leave it on for hours it never returns.
---Wtf.
Autorotation doesn't seem to fix the issue anymore. For a short time, it seemed as if I could turn off the screen by other means and it would come back on without issue as long as I didn't touch the power button. This is no longer the case and this only lasted a day.
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So tldr
• Screen has half screen issue (right side)
• Ribbon secured. (Phone currently open for testing)
• Rotation fixed issue. For a shirt time shutting off display by using shortcuts and coming back on with fingerprint had the phone working with no issue until I'd push the power button to turn off the display. This would have the issue return.
• After one day this no longer works and issue returns whenever the display turns off regardless of mechanism.
• Rebooting the device fixes the screen, and remains fixed until such a time when the screen turns off either manually or idle. Upon powering on the display hte issue returns and goes away on reboot.
• Soft reboots do not fix the issue for some reason.
• If I go into recovery with the screen fixed, and power off the display and power it back on the half - screen issue returns. This isn't a ROM issue.
• I am rooted. On an old 8.1.0 AEX ROM I have been using since last year. I stopped updating or messing with my phone as I found the zen in stability. No issues the entire time, until now.
•At the end of my rope.
Thank you. Hope this is clear enough. Really appreciate the help.
Krystalmyth said:
Display is only showing the left side of the screen. Right side of the display looks like static. You've all seen this before on the forum. Touch still works on the entire screen.
The squeeze fix never worked. Tapping on the device or any other physical manipulation has never fixed this issue at any time. No changes, not even a flicker.
This issue persists even during boot, during recovery and fastboot. Persists after factory resets and even bootstack changes. I have not attempted a full reset to stock as under the circumstances it seemed like it'd be ineffective.
Opened phone. Ribbon cable was secured. Popped it off, reseated it. Didn't work. Reseated it again no go. Applied a strip of electric tape to the sponge pressing on the Connector in case it wasnt applying proper pressure. No good.
Here is what did, strangely, improve the situation.
Played a video on it one day just to listen to it. While doing so, spun the phone around absent mindedly on its axis like a figet spinner. At some point the problem had gone away. Cycling rotations seemed to have fixed it. Then when the screen went off, it came back when I turned it back on.
From this point forward whenever I reboot the device the screen was fixed and remained fixed until the display is turned off. If I cycle the display the issue returns. A reboot fixes this until the display goes black even once. If I leave it on for hours it never returns.
---Wtf.
Autorotation doesn't seem to fix the issue anymore. For a short time, it seemed as if I could turn off the screen by other means and it would come back on without issue as long as I didn't touch the power button. This is no longer the case and this only lasted a day.
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So tldr
• Screen has half screen issue (right side)
• Ribbon secured. (Phone currently open for testing)
• Rotation fixed issue. For a shirt time shutting off display by using shortcuts and coming back on with fingerprint had the phone working with no issue until I'd push the power button to turn off the display. This would have the issue return.
• After one day this no longer works and issue returns whenever the display turns off regardless of mechanism.
• Rebooting the device fixes the screen, and remains fixed until such a time when the screen turns off either manually or idle. Upon powering on the display hte issue returns and goes away on reboot.
• Soft reboots do not fix the issue for some reason.
• If I go into recovery with the screen fixed, and power off the display and power it back on the half - screen issue returns. This isn't a ROM issue.
• I am rooted. On an old 8.1.0 AEX ROM I have been using since last year. I stopped updating or messing with my phone as I found the zen in stability. No issues the entire time, until now.
•At the end of my rope.
Thank you. Hope this is clear enough. Really appreciate the help.
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did you do anything to the phone before? Battery change for example?
I suspect your screen flex cable is bad, but since you could recover from it by turning it off and doing some voodoo magic, it kind of sounds like software... maybe just try one of the new device-specific Pie ROMs
But yeah, wtf
Actually thinking about it, it's probably the screne controller. It should have an off state and maybe a low power mode (for always on display). Of course a screen swap on the Axon makes little sense at this point.
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I have a Sprint Touch [Vogue]. It has served me very well up until recently.
One day, I was using my phone normally when the battery died. No big deal right?
Well, I charge my phone and reboot it. For some reason, Windows is EXTREMELY slow and unresponsive. I figure that something vital had been corrupted by the battery's death, and that it was nothing that a hard reset couldn't fix.
I performed a hard reset.
I let the utilities for the first boot run to customize the phone. Everything seemed pretty much normal. I configured my settings, re-added my contacts, etc. Then I turned the screen off [with the power button].
I turn it back on later to do something. I touch the screen. It immediately and accurately detects the touch's location, but it continues detecting a touch. For 20-30 seconds, after the input has stopped.
It was strange, so I soft reset the device. It booted, with the same problem. So I performed another hard reset. I did some configuration [the response acting normal at this point], and then turned the screen off. Turning it back on brought the same problem back.
This problem still exists on my phone, even after numerous hard resets and even ROM flashes.
A better description of the problem: When the device is first turned back on [meaning brought out of standby], its touch response is messed up. It will immediately and accurately detect any touch input, but it will continue to detect the input for up to 30 seconds AFTER it has been released, as if you were holding it the whole time.
WHY is this???? My phone is almost unusable because of this!!!! I can still place/ receive calls, using the navigation buttons and the red and green buttons. But the touch response is screwed!
Can someone please shed some light on this problem I'm having?
Phone specs: Windows Mobile 6.1, HTC / Sprint customized. Minimal third party software is currently installed.
[I've already determined that third party software is not the problem, because i haven't installed any!]
Possible solution
Hi,
today I experienced something similar to your description - no touch response when I tried to pickup a call. The strange thing is that last night everything was working and no settings were modified nor programs were added/removed. The screen suddenly 'died'. At the moment I am using it through a program MyMobiler which brings the mobile display to the PC and I can use the mouse to control the phone (it is like VNC for the phone screen, the phone is connected with ActiveSync).
This is temporary solution untill I finish my backups of files, programs, settings. I didnot performed hard reset yet, hope this will solve my problem
In the following link there is a 'magical' solution - to remove the screen protector:
http://www.htcwiki.com/thread/1112981/LCD+or+Touch+screen+not+working
P.S. I had removed the screen protector and voilá - the screen is now touch responsive. The root cause of the problem obviously is the dust between the screen and the protector which results in constant screen pressing - and as a result no accepting my finger presses.
I hope this will work for you and others with similar problem.
I had a similar experience with an old Vogue.....In my case, there was no battery death precursor, but it just started acting up. Not too long thereafter, I noticed the screen/digitizer was forming what looked like an air bubble between the digitizer and the LCD on one place of the screen. The screen was becoming defective. I eventually had to buy another Vogue from a friend who didn't have a clue of the 6900's potential, and didn't want his anymore, so I got it cheap.
Sounds like your screen/digitizer may be on it's last leg.
Hi,
After being a long time lurker and benifiting hugely from the XDA community, I've ran into a problem with my Nexus 4 that has led me to create this thread (after having found nothing through searches).
I recently dropped my phone into a pond (clean pure water). I plucked it out quickly, dried it off, removed my SIM and left it to sit in some rice for 48h.
I pulled it out, and it worked just fine. However, as often happens with water damage, I am now, several days later, experiencing some frustrating issues.
When the screen switches off (screen timeout, lock button, proximity sensor during a phone call) I am unable to wake it. The screen is still responsive to touch, as I can unlock the screen and then hit the volume buttons and hear a sound, or if music is playing it will continue to play for example, so the phone isn't off. When in the right light, I can actually see the screen, but it's very very very dim (unusable).
I am rooted + CWM + custom roms / kernels.
What I have tried :
- Changing roms (AOKP, CM)
- Kernels (Franco, stock, CM) to no avail, as well as doing a factory data reset from CWM.
- More rice
- Software stuff, like disabling lock screen, setting brightness to max, using volume to unlock.
What I haven't tried:
Doing a full reset with a factory image (as I'm currently on holidays)
Opening the phone and playing around.
Has anyone experienced similar issues? Any help would be appreciated. Is this just a send back to Google situation?
Many thanks,
Jooci said:
Hi,
After being a long time lurker and benifiting hugely from the XDA community, I've ran into a problem with my Nexus 4 that has led me to create this thread (after having found nothing through searches).
I recently dropped my phone into a pond (clean pure water). I plucked it out quickly, dried it off, removed my SIM and left it to sit in some rice for 48h.
I pulled it out, and it worked just fine. However, as often happens with water damage, I am now, several days later, experiencing some frustrating issues.
When the screen switches off (screen timeout, lock button, proximity sensor during a phone call) I am unable to wake it. The screen is still responsive to touch, as I can unlock the screen and then hit the volume buttons and hear a sound, or if music is playing it will continue to play for example, so the phone isn't off. When in the right light, I can actually see the screen, but it's very very very dim (unusable).
I am rooted + CWM + custom roms / kernels.
What I have tried :
- Changing roms (AOKP, CM)
- Kernels (Franco, stock, CM) to no avail, as well as doing a factory data reset from CWM.
- More rice
- Software stuff, like disabling lock screen, setting brightness to max, using volume to unlock.
What I haven't tried:
Doing a full reset with a factory image (as I'm currently on holidays)
Opening the phone and playing around.
Has anyone experienced similar issues? Any help would be appreciated. Is this just a send back to Google situation?
Many thanks,
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Your backlight has became faulty. Presumably the circuitry that tells it to turn on when out of standby is damaged, I'd suggest sending it to google as this will be very hard to fix at home without good knowledge of circuitry and good practice with a soldering iron.
Harry GT-S5830 said:
Your backlight has became faulty. Presumably the circuitry that tells it to turn on when out of standby is damaged, I'd suggest sending it to google as this will be very hard to fix at home without good knowledge of circuitry and good practice with a soldering iron.
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Hi,
Thanks for your response. I was curious as to whether it was a hardware issue or not, seeing as the backlight did work for a few days, and that the backlight does work when I switch the phone on.
I guess this is a send back to Google then... Although I have no idea how much they charge for repairs.
Cheers,
new signs
Harry GT-S5830 said:
Your backlight has became faulty. Presumably the circuitry that tells it to turn on when out of standby is damaged, I'd suggest sending it to google as this will be very hard to fix at home without good knowledge of circuitry and good practice with a soldering iron.
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The phone is reworking now... from time to time. In the past 3 weeks it's gone totally back to 100% functionnality 3 times, for about 48h total. It seems totally disjointed from what i'm doing (driving, or in a club).
When the phone works properly, the Screen shows up in my battery consumption stats normally ; I have noticed when the backlight is not working (so I'm unable to wake the phone) that the "Screen" does not show up in the battery consumption stats. What could this mean? I'm still tossing up about sending the phone to Google or just selling it for parts and buying a new Nexus. If the phone is sometimes working, does this mean it should be a quick (and cheap) fix? Or will the whole motherboard have to go?
Thanks again
I have obtained a water damaged Lumia 520. I opened it up and dried it while also clearing any oxidation from the various contact points. The phone displayed the bolt+gear icon on screen but the screen kept flashing and fading. I figured the phone needed the firmware to be reflashed so I downloaded the software recovery tool and it detected the phone and flashed the firmware without error. Then the phone actually worked albeit with a black screen, I could hear the little noises and stuff so it was working under the black screen. I figured that maybe the screen could be salvaged by cleaning the contacts and letting it dry up completely, but after I put the phone together it wouldn't work anymore at all, it basically turns on for a few seconds and turns itself off. The software recovery finds it and I can reflash the firmware but it still doesn't work. I tried checking all the internal connectors but now there doesn't seem to be any way to make it work even with the dead screen.
Is there something I need to touch on screen to make it work? I never had a Windows Phone so I don't really know and I can't see the screen. And do you geniuses know what might be wrong with it and how can I tell if it's just the LCD that has been killed by the water or if the motherboad might be FUBAR as well? What could be causing it to turn off after a few seconds? The battery is definitely not dead as I left it to charge for a long time.
Actually I just managed to "fix" it. The screen comes on after I cleaned the contacts and messed with it a bit, it just looks really bad and it's full of line but I can see what's on screen and use the phone. My issue now is that the bolt+gear icon appears at every reboot and doesn't go away. The only way I have to boot the phone normally is to hold camera and volume down after I reboot it. What does this mean? Other than that the phone seems to be working perfectly once it actually boots.
I just managed to bring it back to life completely. Screen contacts were water damaged but I managed to get them working again and now the screen is perfect. It kept getting stuck on the bolt+gear icon after every reboot because the volume+ button was stuck but I managed to unstuck it and now the phone is perfect. So yeah if you have a flashing screen after water damage check the contacts, if your phone doesn't boot and keeps getting stuck on that icon try to unstuck the volume+ button.
Hello,
I have a Moto X Play which is in great condition, I use a case and a screen protector.
Today I went for a walk and grabbed my phone which I hadn't touched in awhile. Once I got outside I realized it wouldn't turn on no matter what I did. Strange, maybe I left an app on.
I get home, plug it in, and it's at 75%. I play with it a bit and put it back in my pocket.
A few minutes later, I can't get the screen on again. I figure, I'll plug it in, reboot it to clear the glitch, it's all good.
It just won't light up.
I can locate it, it's updating its location, I can call it, it vibrates, it responds to buttons (but not the screen) Nothing seems to be wrong with it other than the screen.
I've tried everything to do a reboot, I've plugged in the short circuit usb dongle thing that usually puts an android device right into debug mode. I think it is rebooting but no screen action.
I have the latest OS for the device (whatever the not-so-new one is) and I am unrooted, locked, whatever I haven't messed with anything like that.
What can or should I do? I am just recently out of the 1 year warrantee.
Thank you,
-Phil
Hold down your power and volume down buttons until it turns back up(night take some time) into the bootloader screen and try to factory reset it.
Sent from my Moto X Play using XDA Labs
I've tried this, so far no luck. A bit of an update:
I brought it to a shop, they gave it a light twist and the screen came back fine and was in the setup wizard (as I had remotely reset it). They said the display port may have plugged back in, gave it back free of charge. By the time i got back home it was off again. I brought it back in to have them open it and reattach it for real. This didn't help. They tried attaching a brand new screen, same issue. The screen doesn't light up for reboots, not for factory reset, nothing. I am guessing this is an issue on the motherboard but the fact that a light twist "fixes" the issue suggests to me a light soldering could solve the issue. The repair shop gave it back to me as unfixable but I don't want to give up on it yet. I did have an opportunity to get a Nexus 5 in good shape for 140$ so I did that for now. This gives me time to mess with the Moto X Play. Any ideas?
pcaston2 said:
I've tried this, so far no luck. A bit of an update:
I brought it to a shop, they gave it a light twist and the screen came back fine and was in the setup wizard (as I had remotely reset it). They said the display port may have plugged back in, gave it back free of charge. By the time i got back home it was off again. I brought it back in to have them open it and reattach it for real. This didn't help. They tried attaching a brand new screen, same issue. The screen doesn't light up for reboots, not for factory reset, nothing. I am guessing this is an issue on the motherboard but the fact that a light twist "fixes" the issue suggests to me a light soldering could solve the issue. The repair shop gave it back to me as unfixable but I don't want to give up on it yet. I did have an opportunity to get a Nexus 5 in good shape for 140$ so I did that for now. This gives me time to mess with the Moto X Play. Any ideas?
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Ive been having the same issue with my x play, so try this out. turn it on, and have a look at the screen under a bright light, see if you can make out anyting. The backlight might not be coming on, but the screen will still 'turn on' so to speak, you can still make out whats on the display, touch input works etc. I have an issue with the display connector, with a bit of pressure it will work then not work, almost as if the backlight shorts out. it took me awhile to find out that that was the problem. as for a fix, if its the same problem I'm having, then you'd probably need a new mainboard. I've tried everything, new screen, new battery, swapping covers etc.. I have 2 x plays to tinker with and swap out parts.
I've tried using my new phone's flashlight to illuminate the screen with no success (though I will try again tonight, I'm not 100% sure it's on). Looks like mainboard run somewhere around 120$ before the repair cost, seems like it's not worth it. I'll post back after I double-check to see if the screen is there or not.
If it's shorting, I would think it could be fixed with some careful soldering? I do know that when I turn my phone on (remember it's been hard reset and has no SIM card) it vibrates every few minutes, I have no idea why. That's the only odd behavior it's been experiencing aside from the display not showing up.
I tried to look for any sign of the screen showing up by using string light and I didn't see anything that might suggest anything is showing up.
I've been using the PH-1 for a year and a half and its great, but a couple days ago i would unlock the phone via fingerprint (as ussual), it would unlock but the touch wont work, so i factory reset the phone and still the same, remove the case and the screen was loose (almost complete), but the cable was well connected on both sides so i got the screen glued, but still the same.
Im using Android Pie (from day 1) with March update (updated like a week ago), in order to use the phone beyond what Google assistant can do i have to reboot the phone (using power and volume buttons) to get the touch to work again and dont let the screen go off. Sometimes after rebooting the touch works even if i turn the screen off and on, but i think its just luck.
You guys think it might be a software issue? or hardware issue? because i don't live in the US or CA, so i would have to wait a couple weeks for the screen to get here and i would'nt be able to return it in case its not a screen malfunction.
I really don't wanna change my phone, i love the PH-1.
EDIT: i just replaced the screen with a new one from fixez.com and the problem persists, i think april's update broke something. is there something i can do to check the software? Pls help.
I rooted my phone and almost the same thing happens. I turn off the screen and turn it back on and the touch is unresponsive. Howver, ONLY the apps left on screen are unresponsive. I can still pull down from status bar its weird.
Update 1: I saw u mention fingerprinting. I removed mine and somehow it seems to have stopped. I'll use it for about another day or 2.
Update2: Well it doesn't. If my screen times out with an app open. The app is unresponsive upon waking.