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HTC Hermes 200 Screen Issue

Hi,
I'm pretty distressed at the moment. On Sunday while out I noticed that the alignment of my screen was out. I realigned the screen and the problem seemed less but the problem came back after a minute or two.
After some Googling I tried the credit card trick for solving the alignment issue and now my problem is much much worse. I can not align the screen because I go in a never ending circle.
I suppose the best way I can describe the issue is, if drawing on a program like Note, the screen goes further out of alignment the further to the right of the screen I go. If I run the stylus down the right side of the screen the line is drawn about 1/3rd of the way into the screen but goes further into the screen at an angle as I run the stylus down the screen.
If I try to draw a box in Note around the screen edge the effect is like this;
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I also tried to loosen the screws at the back of the screen when slided out but I have now lost one of the screws and frankly I think the online fixes have done nothing for me except void my warranty and make it worse.
My questions are basically
1) Anyone else have the same issue and find a fix?
2) Will a missing screw and a homebrew version of Windows Mobile 6.1 mean the warranty is now void / HTC won't repair it and if so
3) Where / How much will it cost to get this repaired?
I really love my TyTN but it cost far too much for me to just "replace" and I really could do with it being repaired for under £100 or preferably for free.
Danny

This problem has been around since the Hermes first came out. There are those that claim that various things will work to cure the problem. Having had a Hermes that did this I can say nothing worked reliably or fo more than short periods.
My suggestion is to revert to the original ROM or flash an official new one and then take a chance with that missing screw for a repair under warranty. I can see you getting a service centre to repair for £100 (though you coul check this out) I have also seen repairs supposedly done (usually an LCD/digitizer combo replacement) that continue to show the problem. I have certainly seen cases where folk have replaced the screen themselves and it has not cured the problem. Hence my guidance for a warranty repair/replacement.
Mike

Thankfully I found the missing screw yesterday on the floor, chance of chances.
I will try to flash the old rom and send for a repair, I contact HTC though their site. Do they reply often? Sometimes I've e-mailed companies and been ignored.
Might be worth giving them a ring?

[Q] Part of touchscreen dead

Hi,
A part of the touchscreen of my milestone suddenly become unresponsive.
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If i press inside the red area (including home button) it wont work and its just like i pressed the near side, like icons in the left or right of that red area.
I tried full data wipe, cache and dalvik, tried flashing newer sbf and no good.
Do you guys have any idea on it?
Thanks

Bad news bro.
I'm pretty sure its a hardware problem, the screen must be damaged...

So i need to replace it?

e7zip said:
So i need to replace it?
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Better to get a new phone =D

a new phone is your option coz replacing the screen would cost you alot while you can get a better phone in a few bucks more!

New screens are available on amazon for 12 pounds (at least I spend this much)
However It may be a signal cable. They starts from 30$ on ebay

There are disassembly videos on Youtube.
I had a similar problem and I did the replacement two months ago and it works.
I bought the screen digitizer with tools on eBay.
Be sure That you have a torx3 beca use it didn't came on the tools! ;P

I had the same problem... I sent to the Moto Assistance and the had to change the touchscreen for a now one.
Good luck!

Not the cable. If the cable was damaged, it would shut down the entire screen. It's a problem with the digitizer. Hopefully for you it's relatively easy to exchange it, but you'll damage the camera sticker, the top panel of back side, above the battery and the speaker grid sticker (all of those are glued to the phone) in order to open it. Doesn't matter the way you take them over, you'll always damage it. Might wanna buy some of these on ebay too, although I'm not sure they sell it.
I had the exact same problem with my first M2, it was still under warranty but Moto took sweet 15 days to exchange it, and they returned my phone with a stuck volume rocker. Had to send it again, they took more than 15 days this time, so I asked for a replacement.
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[Q] WTF SO MAD. Physically cannot insert Sim card into my P8600 that I got TODAY.

I've taken it in and out a few times without any issues. I've been rooting etc. today so i decided that ill keep the sim in my phone while i get things situated. So, I get things situated, and apparently I've broken it. I don't think its my fault at all... the Sim card just simply will not click into the device. I'm pretty sure its because the mechanism is in "SD Card Inserted" mode, but i have NO IDEA how to fix this. I might just send this back and not get a tablet.
Can anyone help me out/give advice.
edit: NOTE: Yes, I have checked to see if im inserting in the correct orientation. I even checked verizons website for a photo simulation.

The pins on the 7.7 are EXTREMELY sensitive. The same thing happened to mine. I ended up setting up an RMA however I just got an email today from Negri telling me that the unit is considered "damaged" and they will not honor the RMA.
I believe this is a design flaw as there is no reason that normal use with a SIM card should cause this sort of damage.
Has this happened to anyone else? We need to make sure that Samsung is aware of the issue.

I believe majority of us here would recommend you taking it to Samsung for repair. While you might have to part with your beloved device for couple weeks but this is possibly the best option.
If you were planning to send it back for repair, I also recommend you to have them calibrating the electronic compass as well if you found it display incorrect reading like mine, which has almost 90-degree off-course.

Happen to me once, push the sim card with something sharp.

hi !
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Hi, this happened to me last week. I wondered what the hell was going on. The sim would phisically not push down where it once clicked in place.
I only got mine in January. Luckily I got mine from Panamoz with the ￡12 replacement warranty. Sent it back to Panamoz last week and they agreed it was faulty and sent me a brand new one which I received today

Screen or GPU screwup

Hey guys, I'm making this thread basicly just to vent I sent my DHD in for repairs in late march because the volume rocker had come loose and it would be fixed under warranty, no biggie the phone did take a couple of weeks to get fixed but I knew that when I sent it in, now when I got it back I immediately tried to start it at my dealer but the phone wouldn't start I thought Oh well prob didn't have allot of battery when I put it in. So I came home but in the charger and turned it on, to my surprise they had tried to update my fw it failed and I was left with a phone that only had access to HBOOT, since it was fully functional when I put it in for the repairs (Stock rom S-ON) I took it right back and they tried to flash it at the dealer to no avail, I once again had to be without my phone for a few weeks, now this thursday I finally got word that my phone was ready to pick up *YAY* (they changed the mainboard) I was quite happy since I had been given an old desire bravo as a loaner while mine was being repaired thinking oh happy happy joyjoy these last two days having my phone back.
Now this evening when I went to look at the clock on my phone I saw right away some strange artifacts on the screen like green is bleeding through? I tried to restart right away and when the phone shows the htc logo the first time around it's clear no artifacts perfect white and green, and then as soon as it enters the OS the ****ups start to appear, what could be causing this?
I'm sorry for this wall of text but my patience for htc is wearing quite thin now and I'm not thinking I will ever buy another handset from them again
a still taken in the game Dream Hights on my dhd
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same game on my Transformer TF101

I have no idea why imageshack has the seccond picture upside down but you get the picture

Sounds like they botched the repair job.

theres either a break or a short in the displays ribbon cable

dude, if you've sent your phone twice, you should tell them to give your money back and you have right to do so. Once you do that, get yourself a dual or a quad core

An s view case problem for NOTE 3 you really have never heard of - please help!

Hi guys!
I'm an often reader on the xda, but really never had such a problem to have to make my own thread. But i'm out of my mind what is going on with my Note 3 N9005 with the stock, Samsung android 5.0.
I didn't wanted to change my phone, because i really enjoy it, but i had was in need to make some operations to make it work proper fine. So i bought three things - camera lens, usb charger port and a NEW SUPER COVER s-view cover case
Everything i bought seems to be original, cause it was bought from a friendly gsm service and cost 3 times more than the cheapest ones on internet. And the cover.... that i always wanted at last in a good price - so i bought it right away.
The cover came as the first thing, i have mounted it on a shut down phone, started it up and everything worked fine. And i was enjoying it for almost three days - i could do everything that that a cover can do. Then came the weekend and on the saturday evening i opened up the phone and with a enormous precisson i've had installed the other two parts that i've had bought.
After the operation i of course installed my s view cover and turned on the phone - and it was the time when everything went wrong.
After that i have to tell that my cover doesn't and does work - when i put in on on the shut down phone and start it on the phone thinks that the cover is always closed, i can do every operations, change wallpapers, do photos everything, but i can't go to the other functions that the s-view cover (photos on the end of the post).
BUT when i take off the cover, turn ON the phone it is in the accesories , even when it is not ON the phone, when i put it on the working phone it of course is still in the accesories but the phone does not notice it on and no functions are working ( (photos on the end of the post).
What I did to make it work again:
- re open the phone 3 times to check if everything is in position
- factory reset
- cache reset, dalvik cache reset
- everything that i found on the internet - turning off with and without s view, taking off the battery and etc etc
- checking that every pins are ok lokated and touching what the need to touch
- even replaced the cover to a new one as a warranty in the shop
PLEASE HELP I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO MORE
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