cranky_dan
Well-Known Member
Okay. Last week my droid (with a dec09 date on a sticker inside it) developed the ghost operator problem. Which tranlslates to a funky touchscreen: a @#$% KNOWN issue---thanks moto 
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So, I ordered a replacement screen which got here yesterday. Last night, I filled myself full of howto vids on youtube and went for it. Dammit, the touchscreen is literally all the way in. I was careful. Laid my tools out, laid the parts out in order, blah blah blah. I've hacked hardware many times. the hardest part was *not* touching the front of the display lcd or the back of the touchscreen, which I failed at.
But anyhow... put it all together and NO DISPLAY. !@#$%!! I have since been into the phone 4 times. Still no display. On occasion, I get the leds that illuminate the back/home/menu/search buttons but nothing else. I can tell it's not dead because it vibrates as it boots, and my notification led blinks.
I need help. If I could afford to just replace the phone I would have. I need to make this one work. Can anyone send me to a great hardware forum? Can someone offer me a trick to *really* plugging the display in *absolutely correctly?* Anything. Please.
Google can find a TON of hardware forums, but they all want you to register to find out how to fix 6 year old phones in a different country.
HELP!
Cranky Dan
*now with 200% MORE cranky*
!So, I ordered a replacement screen which got here yesterday. Last night, I filled myself full of howto vids on youtube and went for it. Dammit, the touchscreen is literally all the way in. I was careful. Laid my tools out, laid the parts out in order, blah blah blah. I've hacked hardware many times. the hardest part was *not* touching the front of the display lcd or the back of the touchscreen, which I failed at.
But anyhow... put it all together and NO DISPLAY. !@#$%!! I have since been into the phone 4 times. Still no display. On occasion, I get the leds that illuminate the back/home/menu/search buttons but nothing else. I can tell it's not dead because it vibrates as it boots, and my notification led blinks.
I need help. If I could afford to just replace the phone I would have. I need to make this one work. Can anyone send me to a great hardware forum? Can someone offer me a trick to *really* plugging the display in *absolutely correctly?* Anything. Please.
Google can find a TON of hardware forums, but they all want you to register to find out how to fix 6 year old phones in a different country.
HELP!
Cranky Dan
*now with 200% MORE cranky*
