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Xperia M5 screen flickering

Nossair1 — Sun, 21 Aug 2016 03:10:37 GMT

Hello everybody,

I bought an Xperia M5 just a month ago, and I can't use anymore it because of the flickering screen. I noticed that when I cool it down (I use water to stop the overheating) the screen works for some minutes. I don't know what I should do to fix this problem. Please let me know if you had faced the same problem as me. Should I replace the screen or just forget about the phone ?

P.S : The Xperia M5 isn't available in my country so I did ask a friend to buy it for me from Spain, so I don't have any warranty and we don't have a Sony center in my country

Thanks in advance for your help

I took this picture from the internet, it's the same problem with my phone

Re: Xperia M5 screen flickering

Nossair1 — Sun, 21 Aug 2016 16:31:28 GMT

Can anyone please help me ?

Re: Xperia M5 screen flickering

Uliwooly — Sun, 21 Aug 2016 18:57:57 GMT

@Nossair

That's a hardware issue, ocntact your Local support, or in this case, you will have to send it to Spain.

Re: Xperia M5 screen flickering

Nossair1 — Sun, 21 Aug 2016 22:45:14 GMT

The problem is that my friend doesn't live there anymore
I'm just wondering if replacing the lcd screen will fix the problem, I found a screen replacement on Amazon and I'm hesitating to buy it.
Thanks for your feedback

Re: Xperia M5 screen flickering

Uliwooly — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 00:22:46 GMT

@Nossair

Unlikely, it's probably the motherboard.

Re: Xperia M5 screen flickering

Nossair1 — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 02:36:56 GMT

Then I should forget about it. Unfortunately, it'll be my last Sony phone.
Thank you very much for your help