topic Re: broken screen in XPERIA archive

broken screen

Wed, 23 May 2012 21:18:09 GMT

My screen is broken.

Can it be repaired? I am not sure if thh touchscreen is also broken or just the display.

If it cannit be repaired? is there anyway I can retrieve the data from my phone?

I tried connection to PC companion, but then i need to also do things on my phone (which i can't now because of a broken screen) to get my x8 connected with my computer. Is there a way to get around this?

Where are my contacts saved? in the internal phone memory or in the memory card? if on memory card could i just read my contacts info on my computer with a crad reader.

please help me.

Re: broken screen

Dr_Chris — Wed, 23 May 2012 21:56:04 GMT

http://www.fjsoft.at/en/downloads.php Try using My Phone Explorer to connect your phone to the PC, and see if you can retrieve your data that way.This application will read contacts from phone and SIM card memory.

Re: broken screen

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:00:24 GMT

tried it ,but i stil have to do things on my phone to connect. So won't work.

Maytbe I should try again, than I have to download again.

But I didn;t trust the software. affraid It contained virusses.

Re: broken screen

Uliwooly — Wed, 23 May 2012 23:02:41 GMT

this is an android phone not windows, it doesn't have a virus, try my phone explorer. also it's quite easy to replace the screen

Re: broken screen

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:05:39 GMT

I saw they sell screens for 42 euro in some stores.

But I wonder, if i changed teh screen, wil it work. Who knows the touch capacity also broke?! I don;t know! how can i find out?

Re: broken screen

Uliwooly — Wed, 23 May 2012 23:08:35 GMT

do you see a crack on the upper most layer of the screen that's the digitizer/touch screen, if you do then you need to replace both the LCD and the Digitizer. In some models they come together

Re: broken screen

Thu, 24 May 2012 00:42:18 GMT

I see cracks, but I don;t know what layer.
I guess you mean I have to open the phone, I haven't opened it yet. I see I need a Torq screwdriver, I don't have one.

Then when opened do you mean I can see two layers, and if only the lower layer is broken i only need new lcd screen, if both are broken I need the digitizer too?

Re: broken screen

Uliwooly — Thu, 24 May 2012 03:44:46 GMT

take some pictures of the phone

Re: broken screen

Thu, 24 May 2012 07:16:41 GMT

I have no camera

Re: broken screen

Uliwooly — Thu, 24 May 2012 07:17:53 GMT

there's not much we can do to help you if you can take a picture of your phone's screen

Re: broken screen

Thu, 24 May 2012 07:46:42 GMT

I'll see what I can do.

Maybe I get some pictures somehow.

Do you want pictures of the phone in normal state. Or do you want me to disamble the phone and take pictures?

Re: broken screen

Uliwooly — Thu, 24 May 2012 07:49:53 GMT

as it is should be fine, if you disassemble it then you will know for sure what's wrong with it

Re: broken screen

Thu, 24 May 2012 12:18:56 GMT

I tried taking pictures with another old phone. but first of all pictures are not clear enough to show.

2nd of all, I don't know how to get those pictures from the phone to my computer, as that old phone doesn't even has USB.

I guess I'll buy a Torq and screw the things open. Will it even be obvious for a noob like me to see if only display is broken or also the digitizer?

Re: broken screen

Uliwooly — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:18:16 GMT

it's quite simple just be extra careful with the ribbons

http://erkinson.altervista.org/en/sony-ericsson-xperia-x8-smontaggio-e-sostituzione-display-touch/

you can see the LCD on the left, digitizer on the right

Re: broken screen

Thu, 24 May 2012 14:11:22 GMT

can't see the picture, but on the link I see the picture you mean.

so..is the digitizer, is that just the whole frontcover of the telephone basically?

I see no cracks in that, only in the lcd screen

Re: broken screen

Thu, 24 May 2012 14:31:27 GMT

So what it comes down too, is that I only need a new lcd screen , and not a new digitizer/frontcover/touchscreen?

Re: broken screen

Uliwooly — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:54:52 GMT

if your Digitizer it's fine then the issue might only be the LCD assuming that nothing else is damaged.