My wife dropped her phone on Sunday… I don't want to replace the screen if it's the logic board and nothing can be done to recover her data. A beautiful picture:
If this were the 1970's her phone would be so vogue… Who didn't love plaid back then?
Anyway… I have taken the screen off and checked the connections, put everything back together. No change.
- The phone still rings when called
- The phone vibrates when switched into silent mode
- The digitizer is not working – the phone cannot be "unlocked" and calls cannot be answered
- There was a screw that had detached from the retaining plate where the screen connects to the logic board
- I tried hard reboots (power + home)
- The home and power buttons are still recognized but this has no impact on the artifacting display
- During the hard reboot the display goes blank and then lights up again after being restarted.
- I tried disconnecting / reconnecting the battery from the logic board
- This had no impact on the display. We've gone plaid.
Curious if anyone can tell whether this symptom is indicative of a bad logic board or if the display / digitizer cables have been damaged!
Best Answer
If your phone rings when called, that tells you a couple things that the phone is able to do:
However, as it seems, the phone isn't able to send touch events to the UI, meaning the digitizer is broken.
Screw in the loose screw, replace the screen/digitizer unit, and reboot. All will be well. :)