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Ok so I have the fabled white screen issue on an 8525. When it first occurred I searched and read all the write ups, decided I had the ribbon cable issue. Took it apart and simply unplugged and replugged the ribbon cable with great results, no more white screen.
I repeated once when it came back after being bumped around, again with positive results...but this last(3rd)time instead of it working I now get white screen 95% of the time. I re-notched the sliders the first time, and last time.
During the 5% it works I noticed the charge light would correspond to it going white.This never happened before...
Example:
When OFF - Connect charger, Red light for 1 second, then nothing=White screen from power on
When OFF - Connect charger, Red light for 1 second, then orange charge indicator = normal startup
When ON and Working - Connect charger, no light, no charge - reboots to white screen
When ON and Working - Connect charger, orange charge indicator, reboots normally.
There is no heat or noticeable pressure on any parts, everything seems to fit normally.
It does boot normally with screen white.
Any ideas? I really don't want to give up on this thing, is there any hope? or just ebay it for parts?
Thanks
-Nick
same problems here, if someone could just tell me what parts to order, cause I have no warranty (ordered over ebay). I tried both the instruction that has chinese fonts on the page , and other from R&R, no luck, white screen all the way..
I had the WSOD and took it apart and reassembled a few time. The 3rd or 4th time the screem came back, but now it is shifter to the right around 1/4" or so. I mean there is just white along the left edge, then the normal screen/color starts and is cut off on the right.
Does anyone know how to correct that, is it related to the same flex cable or is there something else I disturbed?
mine will fade to white.. then i just push the power to put it in standby, then push power again to wake it back up and back to normal.. it rarely does it but still annoying...
If You Ordered From At&t
I had this problem about 2 weeks ago!!!!
I thought it was a fluke!
Anyway, walked over to 43rd and Lexington (NYC FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW THAT MANHATTAN IS THE CENTER OF THE WORLD)
and they gave me the EXCHANGE HOTLINE for at&t.
I called them up, told them my screen is fading to WHITE and the lady sent me a new or referbished phone.. i dont even know.
Just so you know, i ordered my phone on AMAZON with a new activation. its covered under the MANUFACTURERS warentee for a full year from the date of purchase... so is the REPLACEMENT PHONE... but not from the date of replacement, just the date of purchase.
did anyone get deeper into this yet? I got a 8500 (need those without camera) from ebay USA, already with white screen. After reading here, that this is mostly an issue with connectors, I bought it, disassembled it and reassembled it, though still white. Should I give the contacts a treatment with contact-spray? (there's a tuner spray that doesn't leave residues) Or is there something broken within the ribbon cables? Seller said it has been dropped (but he also said, he didn't want to open it, while it clearly has been opened, one screw missing and warranty seal gone). It ssems to boot up normal otherwise, I hear a sound after the boot process, so probably this isn't a software issue?
Edit: another thing I noticed: When I run it without any keyboard connected at all, it's also white. I then connected the dpad again, and I could see a hint of the at&t logo in the lower part of the screen. When I pressed around on the back of the dpad a bit, all LEDs would go on/off... Sound to me like the dpad has gone bad, possible?
Edit II: Got it. Using a 20x eyeloupe I found that the PCB of the DPad is broken under the little chip on it. Now I just gotta find a dpad here in germany, but I assume those Hermes' are all equal...
hello
where can I get manual (if there is one) for disassembling hermes. link in wiki does not work.
thanks
this worked good for me
http://inuchanbt.blog54.fc2.com/blog-entry-100.html
Anyone know if this applies to the 8125 as well? I've got a flickering white screen. I had dropped my phone a few weeks back and cracked the LCD. Replaced it with an OEM LCD - it worked fine for about 2 weeks and then just suddenly went all white. Phone still works, I can still get calls - just can't see who is calling.
I don't recall that the wizard had the same problem... Though from a logical point, it seems that there is an issue behind white screens and the thumbpad being responsible for it, so it may well be the same thing. Perhaps just disassemble the wizard (there should be a howto too) and check if theres a similar connection from mainboard to thumbpad circuit.
Is there a disassembling manual for a imate k-jam that anyone knows about?
Here's a website with a video manual i found useful...
http://viralelectronics.com/category/howto/page/2/
Figured out the problem...
The only reason I figured out the screen goes blank is because the motherboard loses connection with the screen when you slide the keyboard out...try this out and see if the screen comes back...
put the screen on sleep mode (no white screen)...then slide out the keyboard and tilt it a little hard after pressing on the screen and put the power on. if it doesnt work try again it might take some pressure and power to make it work...be careful not to put too much power but as far as I went, it's a very sturdy cell.
alternately, slide out the keyboard in sleep mode, and press all the buttons really hard and then try to press the power button (press more towards the space bar because that helps)...if any of this works and the screen comes back on even just for a second...follow the following
Go back to the person who gave the link to the site with opening the HTC instructions and follow through and clean the whole phone up from dirt around the screen and such...you dont need to put those rubber things or whatever it says to put on the screen...then when you are putting it back together, press hard on the wire connecting the touch screen to the motherboard. I suggest sealing it with a good tape...and then you are good to go! I did it but it had a few glitches...the screens contrast sometimes goes awry but it is still visible and responds to touch. Also, the physical buttons work as well!!
Good Luck and do it at your on risk.
Have any of you tried this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=321163
hope the best
i tried this and it worked for me. i also pressed alil hard around the d-pad and heard a pop. i think it poped back into place.
thanks
razor rc said:
i tried this and it worked for me. i also pressed alil hard around the d-pad and heard a pop. i think it poped back into place.
thanks
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i still have this problem.
fixed my wsod
I noticed a few days ago my 8525 screen went white, rebooted and it went away. Today it came back, but would only go away for a few seconds and then back to white. After reading some forums I decided to check the connector. I took the phone apart following this site as a guide. I removed the connector on the board side and cleaned the contacts with a qtip and denatured alcohol. Phone has been perfect for the last few hours, no more white screen of death. I didn't mess with the connector on the LCD side, just the board side. I'm a computer tech and I found it quite annoying to disassemble, but I managed without causing any damage, however, I'd rate the job at about a 8/10 as far as technical ability.
Joey
warped0202 said:
I noticed a few days ago my 8525 screen went white, rebooted and it went away. Today it came back, but would only go away for a few seconds and then back to white. After reading some forums I decided to check the connector. I took the phone apart following this site as a guide. I removed the connector on the board side and cleaned the contacts with a qtip and denatured alcohol. Phone has been perfect for the last few hours, no more white screen of death. I didn't mess with the connector on the LCD side, just the board side. I'm a computer tech and I found it quite annoying to disassemble, but I managed without causing any damage, however, I'd rate the job at about a 8/10 as far as technical ability.
Joey
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i agree that this is one of the first things to try in curing the white screen issue. Others may find their problem runs a little deeper and the contacts on the d/pad chip are broken. An improvised cure which may not be very permanent is to place a little padding on the surface of the chip as described here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=321163
If you have appropriate heat gun equipment you can re-flow the solder on the d/pad daughter board - but remember to remove the sticky key pad layer or you'll cook it!!
I regret that I'm closing this thread because we have several "White Screen" threads and the questions and answers are being spread all over the place.
Please use this one for future posts:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=321163
Mike
One day when I plugged out my headphones from my phone it didn't seem to notice it. I couldn't get any sound from the speakers, and when I plugged the headphones back in nothing happend, like it didn't notice they were gone. I rebooted my phone several times and still no sound from the speaker. Even the radio (which you need headphones to use), works when I disconnect them (except no sound of course).
It's probably a software bug. Any ideas?
UPDATE: It seems to work now
same problem
dude even im facing the problem fr the pas 3 days... even i tried soft resetting aswell as hard reset the fone but still got the same prob , even wen starting fone it says headfones detected n prompts to select hedfones , hedset n tvout ...
PLEASE IF U GET ANY SOLution respond ASAP
Headphone jack
rjswaroop2004 said:
dude even im facing the problem fr the pas 3 days... even i tried soft resetting aswell as hard reset the fone but still got the same prob , even wen starting fone it says headfones detected n prompts to select hedfones , hedset n tvout ...
PLEASE IF U GET ANY SOLution respond ASAP
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answer is here
I've been having headphone problems for a while, (it kept asking me what was plugged in with nothing plugged in). Up to now, it didn't hurt too much, but today it finally made my Omnia II unusable and I had to put my SIM in an old backup phone.
In the past, I've tried sticking a needle on the physical contact to "exercise" it, and putting some WD-40 and alcohol on it with a toothpick. Today, however, nothing worked. I ended up taking the phone apart, (since it was unusable I figured I had nothing to lose), and found that the headphone jack is a single component with a ribbon cable and connector to the main board. I found an online store selling this headphone part via Google and have ordered it, (I had to buy three as that was the minimum--if they work, I'm keeping them all as future replacements, sorry). I won't say what store because I don't know them or if this will fix the problem, but if they deliver and it works, I'll re-post with details. I really hope this fixes the problem because I've spent a *lot* of time and money getting this phone up to replacing my old Palm TX and was expecting it to be around for a few more years...no other mobile OS does what I want right now and I'm totally fine with the O2 hardware/software other than this bloody headphone issue.
I received my new headphone jacks yesterday and replaced the one on my phone. And...it works!
The new jacks are a different design. The "plug-in" sensor is at the top now and the whole thing is a lot tighter. Also, when I plug something in, (I tried headphones and a headset--not TV out), it no longer asks you what's plugged in. It seems to auto-sense the type of plug fine.
It's only day 1, but my phone is usable again. Yay!
The store I bought the jacks from is globaldirectparts.com. I had to buy three jacks, but it only ran about $20US. I'm keeping the others as spares in case this ever happens again as I plan to hold on to this phone for a few more years, (bought off contract).
After getting the back off and exposing the internals, I was able to just lift the top edge of the main boards with a popsicle stick use a small, flat screwdriver to unplug the old jack. I then slid the new jack in, made sure it was lined up, (it does this pretty much on it's own--not much wiggle room), and pushed down on the board until it "clicked" on.
Hi all!
I was at swimming pool and had the phone in my pocket, I didnt notice that.
After some time (20-30 mins) I found that, it was in my pocket and I took it out, the portion/area near and around the rear camera was hot (very hot!).
Took it to Bangalore MI ESC (Exclusive Service Center), Indira Nagar. They said that Motherboard went kaput and cost is Rs. 12000 (about 190$) including digitizer change (it was broken earlier).
But the phone was still turning on but it doesnt get past boot logo (MI mi.com Logo).
Me and my friend decided to open it and checked. Looks like hardware is all good and software is the problem was our guess.
The phone doesnt charge, no charging LED, not detected in PC, doesnt goes into recovery, just MI logo comes and reboots again and again!
What is the solution, Please help!
UPDATE:
First tried flashing it with SP Flash Tool suspecting software related issues. It was like same as earlier (before flashing).
Then used hair drier, nothing.
Patience lost, searched and found my mobile screwdriver kit, fully disassembled to core and used hair drier, still nothing!
Bought some IPA (Isopropyl Alcohol) and soaked the motherboard overnight.
Checked, Again nothing!
Last step, Got a handkerchief, wrapped the motherboard, and put it in freezer for 28 hours, Checked it.
Agggaaain, notttthing!
What to do guys? I tried all methods I am aware of.
Hello
I purchased a second hand car that has an android head unit. When it turns on the splash screen says "erisin" but I've search and I found 1 very similar just the bottom right cover for the sd card has symbols on not words.
Best I can find is model number of "8227l" which seems to be across all the units. I will provide a photo of the head unit along with photos of the info screens showing the firmware etc.
Onto the issues.
1. Dab+ just says "connecting" and nothing else. The guy I bought the car off said the dab worked but they rarely used it (it was installed by the owner previous to them) and I can see the aerial stuck to my windscreen (looks exactly the same as the product listing for the dab box on erisin website)
The top portion of the touch screen is unresponsive, the notification bar and the back arrow are unusable. I can't for the life of me find where I calibrate the touchscreen. Saw somewhere to press and hold the menu or navi buttons for a few seconds should start the process it does nothing. Nothing in the display settings or anywhere in car infotainment settings.
Whilst using Google maps for sat nav the app force closesive cleared data etc but still does it.
I have 2 usb cables dangling 1 for me to plug in a wifi/3g/4g dongle and another just USB. Neither of these cables do anything when plugging in my note 10+.
The missus doesn't want me to "mess with it" as in start stripping bits so I can't check if anything has come loose unless it's a good possibility. Also I have nothing to take the radio out with.
I'm hoping someone can give insight and says to upgrade to new firmware which will fix issues.
Hi everyone,
I hope you can help with this problem.
I replaced my Moto G4 Plus battery last night and plugged it into the original Motorola charger (different USB cable). The white LED at the bottom of the phone blinks but the screen just flashes between a white lightening bolt icon, a black screen and the blue screen with the red Moto logo (the screen you get as if it is going to boot).
If I hold the power and volume down buttons together, I can get to the fastboot menu, which says "battery OK (charging)" in green letters, but choosing power down doesn't seem to work, and choosing recovery menu doesn't do anything either. At the bottom of the screen, it says "connect usb data cable" but I don't know what that means.
I've tried leaving it on the fastboot menu but eventually, after a few minutes, the phone screen just starts flashing as before.
I've tried plugging the phone into my laptop to charge instead and it just has the blinking white light without anything on the screen (screen is just black) but I can't get to the fastboot menu or anything. I left it plugged into my laptop overnight and this morning, it seemed to be on the cycle of flashing screens but went back to just a black screen with white blinking LED.
I've been googling for hours to try to find a solution but so far, haven't had any luck. I've tried using different chargers, different USB cables but still nothing.
I can't get the screen showing the battery percentage whatever I do.
So is the battery just dead - might the new battery be faulty?
As a potentially related issue - a few days ago, I took my phone to a local repair shop for the USB port to be replaced as I couldn't get the phone to charge at all. I collected the phone (which was now the dirtiest it had even been in it's life and had a small crack in the screen protector that had not been there previously) and it had been charged. When I dropped the phone off, I had mentioned I was concerned that the battery might be bulging but was told it was OK. After taking the phone home, the battery life remained poor so I googled whether it was possible to change the battery. After ordering a replacement battery and trying to fit it last night, I discovered that more than half of the screws holding the cover plate to the phone were missing, 2 of the remaining screws were the wrong type (philips instead of T3), the black cover was missing from the charging port/vibration motor, the copper tape was missing from the display connector and there was no longer any tape over the battery/battery connector wires.
Needless to say, I am not happy with the repair shop and at this point, I wish I had not bothered trying to fix my phone. All I wanted was to get it working again so I can use it to store my mp3s on and use it as a music player/emergency phone.
If anyone can offer some help, I'd be very grateful as I just don't know what to do now.
Go to the repair shop and get them to fix what they screwed up ie missing parts if you know they are responsible. Lean on them, at least get a refund.
Any battery swelling is a failure.
Stop beating a dead horse... at some point it's not worth throwing good money at it. Limited internal/expandable memory, ram and an LCD display all scream that it's upgrade time. Of course you could get the same model again as they are still available.
Just back from spending over 2 hours at the repair shop. They don't know where the missing parts are and will "ring round" to try to find them. If they can't find them, they'll try to order replacements but I'm not holding my breath.
I have upgraded my phone but since my Moto G4 Plus phone was previously working well, I wanted to change its use from my primary phone to be a music player and emergency phone. So getting it fixed was much cheaper than buying a large capacity mp3 player.
doodles77 said:
Just back from spending over 2 hours at the repair shop. They don't know where the missing parts are and will "ring round" to try to find them. If they can't find them, they'll try to order replacements but I'm not holding my breath.
I have upgraded my phone but since my Moto G4 Plus phone was previously working well, I wanted to change its use from my primary phone to be a music player and emergency phone. So getting it fixed was much cheaper than buying a large capacity mp3 player.
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Can't find the DAC that the 3.5mm jack uses, is a high resolution 24 bit output?
The bluetooth on it lacks high resolution codecs support.
256gb max SD card support which is enough space for mp3's but .wav or higher resolution is better. It's a shame you were forced into this position but $hit happens. Been there, done that and it does suck. Very time consuming even if you throw money at it.
Weight your options for a best outcome. Stand alone Mp3 player? Forget that as there are many capable Androids that can fill the roll in the $100-200 price range even less with 24 bit DACs and bt LDAC, Apt X, Apt X HD and SSC codec support.
You got a lot of research to do... as you have a lot of options. Then you need to decide what's best from you and gives the best bang for the buck.
My solution which is near perfect for me and serves as a media server was the Note 10+, a 1tb of V30 rated SD card, Buds+ and Poweramp as the player. I had other considerations as it serves as my primary phone and is used for all my internet activities. It supersedes my laptop now.
Currently, I have a couple of old ipods but the memory on them is very small and I can't fit all my mp3s on them. I appreciate .wav files are better quality but I'm happy with my mp3s as they take up much less space!
Thanks for your suggestions on what to think about and for letting me know your setup.
I see what you're saying about my Moto G4 Plus and I don't doubt that most other people would be of the same opinion.
All I was trying to do was to give my beloved and well looked-after Moto a new life as a music player (which I need) and save some money into the bargain by investing a little in the project.
I'm really sad that it's now in the state it's in and am totally infuriated with the cowboys masquerading as a repair shop in my town. They failed to see that even if they give me a full refund, my phone is now missing parts that were all present and correct when I gave it to them in good faith to fix. Of course hindsight is a wonderful thing but I wish wish wish I hadn't crossed that threshold and trusted them.
Back to the problem at hand though - I've found other people's posts who seemed to have the same problem and I just think there surely must be a clever person out there who's fixed this or can explain what's going on.
Incidentally, I took the opportunity to ask the assistant in the repair shop about the battery - he took the phone to the corner of the room and plugged it into something that I couldn't see, then saidd the battery was ok. But after explaining what I ought to check (the battery connector) and then me opening the phone up myself to show him the connection (and point out the missing parts), he then said it could be a problem with the battery. So I took that to mean he hadn't a clue after all and given the poor service I had already had from them, it was as much as I expected.