Hi there.
My Xperia Play had been working fine up until a few weeks ago when suddenly it started having problems, for no apparent reason. For about a month now my year old Xperia Play screen has intermittently not been switching on and it seems to be getting more frequent.
The phone is on, the digitiser functions, all the buttons work. When the screen does switch on there is no sign of a problem. The screen is bright with no strange behaviour.
Opening or closing the game pad seems to have no effect, whether the screen is on or not. When the screen is on, it will stay on for as long as phone is being used.. it doesn’t seem to just randomly switch off. If the screen is off, or I’ve switched the screen off after use via the power button, I sometimes have a real hassle getting the display to come on again. Actually, it’s more of a hassle, it just damn refuses to come on without physical abuse.
I’ve reinstalled the stock firmware (ROM) via PC Companion. I’ve had the phone in pieces and have checked all the cable connections, disconnected each one and reconnected them, ensuring the cable clamps (flaps) are closed.
Sometimes (rarely) I’ll get a blue indicator briefly on the power button LED. It seems there is a fault, maybe a hairline break in a cable, or perhaps a dry solder joint on one of the boards? I’m not really sure at this point.
Any suggestions on a fix, or hint at where the problem might be and what, if there's any parts I might need to replace, ie, flex cable, or if it might be a software issue.. etc? Thanks, Chris.
