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chrisy
Joined: Apr 11, 2007
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Hi,
hopefully someone can give me some advice on my little problem.
I've had my W800i for 1 year now, and its been working perfectly, however, recently after coming back from a beach trip, I have noticed several problems.
1.) lines across the screen
2.) the keypad numbers (1 2 and 3) do not work
3.) the upper left metal key (next to the walkman sign) does not work
It was working fine until it went through an airport x-ray scanning machine, but I think it might also be a sand problem (as I have just come back from holiday).
Have tried charging the battery, shaking the phone, taking out the sim card etc, but the keys still don't work (although the phone still calls and functions ok).
Please advise! Thank you for any help in advance. |
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Sammy_boy
Joined: Mar 31, 2004
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From: Staffordshire, United Kingdom
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Could be sand ingress, or possibly moisture damage - has the phone been wet at all?
"All it takes for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing" - Edmund Burke
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tranced
Joined: Jan 19, 2006
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From: Santo Domingo, wonDeRland
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i bet that this is an humidity damage. though there are many threads regarding to this issue(keys not working).
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chrisy
Joined: Apr 11, 2007
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phone has not been wet, and i don't think it is a humidity problem (it was quite dry where I went on holiday) |
aatuif
Joined: Sep 04, 2006
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It has to be water... Nothing else can do this kinda damage...
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chrisy
Joined: Apr 11, 2007
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my phone's keys will now work,
but once i click start phone it will just turn off...
haven't done anything to it either |
aatuif
Joined: Sep 04, 2006
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Looks the moisture has also creeped onto the circuitry... I'm afraid you'll have to send it for service...
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*Jojo*
Joined: Oct 15, 2003
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@chrisy - Welcome to Esato  Was the LCD left on the beach and under DIRECT sunlight  Lines on the screen . .
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chrisy
Joined: Apr 11, 2007
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was not left on the beach, or in sunlight (sat in my bag the whole time)
thanks to everyone that has helped so far! |
aatuif
Joined: Sep 04, 2006
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On 2007-04-13 12:26:11, chrisy wrote:
was not left on the beach, or in sunlight (sat in my bag the whole time)
thanks to everyone that has helped so far!
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get it to some repair shop fast, or else it'll deteriorate...
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a1m80t
Joined: Mar 30, 2007
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From taking my phone apart often I discovered that if screen is improperly align or press/squeezed down to hard, the screen will have lines it and the color will go all crazy. I say if you don't have any warrenty, take the phone apart and try trurning it on without the front face plate. |
aatuif
Joined: Sep 04, 2006
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The liquid in the screen gets squeezed at some places and bloated at other... This causes the weird colour changes that you experience on tinkering with the phone...
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Posted: 2007-04-11 19:56
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