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T68i broken/leaking LCD |
dazbradbury
Joined: Nov 24, 2002
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From: UK - Derby/London
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someone please tell me what is happening to my phone... the other day i noticed a little pink dot on the left of my display... 3 days later it has grown much bigger. It's as if all the pixels are heading for the colour pink! WTF!! check out the pictures please.
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dadickin
Joined: Feb 23, 2003
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From: Bristol, UK
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jesus, what did u do to it?
Its like as if someone hit it with a screwdriver or something.
I think u are gonna have to get in touch with an SE service center mate, looks as though its gonna need replacing...
How old is it? - Hope it is not a problem I am going to encounter later in the phones life.
Has anyone else heard or seen anything like this before? |
dazbradbury
Joined: Nov 24, 2002
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From: UK - Derby/London
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well, i went to bed one night and the next morning it was there... out of nowhere. The problem is that it's spreading and getting worse... luckily i have my p800... but it's 18 months old and so well out of warranty...
just wondered if anyone had any experience of this... |
JohnM
Joined: Jan 06, 2002
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From: Burton-on-Trent , UK
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Never had anything odd happen to my t68m(i) in over a year. Only had my t68i a couple of months so can't say as yet. Wouldn't expect that to happen, just unlucky thats happened to your screen i guess.
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T68iKING
Joined: Nov 04, 2002
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From: W.London
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mate of mine had a pink dot (like the one on yours, like someone scribbled on it) on his T68, but after a while he told me it f**ked up, and threw it away. Never got a chance to see what happened, but hes now using a 3210 till he can get a replacement phone 
All t68i's should still be under warranty (i think, as they came out here in the UK may/june). So take it to a SC and they should sort you out, or ring SE to check if they'll charge you |
dazbradbury
Joined: Nov 24, 2002
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well, it's a t68m with a t68i cover you see... plus the joystick fell off about a year go and the CPW wanted Ģ30 for a new one. If anyones got one i'd appreciate it! well, if my phone doesn't pack up altogether. any ideas how i could get it on warranty? even though it's out of warranty! |
Eamonn
Joined: Nov 30, 2001
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cheap screens here: http://www.gsmsquare.com/LCD.htm
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aerorossignol
Joined: Feb 25, 2003
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Ya I have the saem problem but you can really Notice the CRACK clear across it. My Question is to the people here who have replaced the screen before.
Is it hard? I have fixed phones before and other electronic shit.. Is it like the Nokia Screens that simply clip on and have a contact point for data transfer, or is there a cable? if so does the cable have a clip or is it like a Hard drive cable that sorta slides in the end. Those are a pain and I would prob have a store tech do it in this case. Thanks for your Replys
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Miss UK
Joined: Jan 11, 2003
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Did u drop it out of bed lol? The amount of times mine has fallen, but is ok :) goodluck with urs gettin fixed or whateva
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aerorossignol
Joined: Feb 25, 2003
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you know what I NEVER droped it. I paid liek $330 canadian for it so I was EXTRA carefull... I put it in my pocket with nothing in the pocket other than the phone, 30 min later took out to use it and it was cracked. i can still see a little bit of the screen so I can use it temporaily. SOny said User enduced damage $150 to replace. So Im gonna do it my self.
Its made me realy pissed at sony, the facts of their low quality controls and their inablity to deal with a Warranty issue, I'll never buy their products again, however it does leave me with a non working phone which I am forced to replaced the screen on my own.
I know they may think that it was user enduced damage, But I Work at IBM servicing Laptops with TFTs and Im aware of the fact that they r fragile... but this was normal useage situation and theres no evidence of stress on my case or marks or even scratches... its in Imaculate condition and I even sent it in and had their manager look at it, he even admitted that it looked PERFECt but all lcd cracks are User enduced. so they sent me the phone back unfixed and I had to pay for shipping. useless. regardless... thats my beef with sony and I just was wondering if anyknown difficulty level for repalcing the LCD. thanx
PS. Mine looks WAY worse than the one above. the one above appears to have "bad Pixels" this is a common issue with TFT and LCD displays. IBM warranty on TFT displays alows up to 8 bad pixels on a display before its considered defective. contact sony for bad pixel waranty replacement info. Mine has a BIG line straight verticaly from top to bottom, pink BLOB1 inch long x .5inch wide.
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ThreeX
Joined: Dec 21, 2002
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From: Sweden
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Canīt help you with a solution, but a friend of mine with a grey t68m has almost like a cerise/pink chinese sign, or pretzeled up worm in the lower right corner of screen so, yes I have seen it B4. |
liebniz
Joined: Feb 18, 2003
Posts: 20
From: Canada
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Here is another option if you are looking at getting and replacing the screen yourself.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3009718351&category=20348
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azzgranty
Joined: Oct 13, 2002
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From: winchester
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exactly the same thing happened to me 2weeks ago...luckily ive got insurance with cpw'...it started out as a single pixel and then over three days became just like yours, about 17 pixels or so, still dont know how I did it though...glad I took out insurance now though...!!!
 always smiling... Especially now I own my own P800...!!!! |
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Posted: 2003-02-23 20:27
always smiling...
