W850 scrambled blue tint screen then wsod

[jchong]

Ok, I am in little New Zealand here so will need to have a look around.

Should I follow these instructions? Sony Ericsson W850i disassembly

[philzfog]

they would be best buddie ebay ur best bet in the end if ur not sure and dont wont to mess it up send it to se center they will do it but i do know there is a 4 week waiting list in the uk at the moe :eek:

[jchong]

I'll try it myself and if I toast it then it doesn't matter as I didn't pay much for it.

[jchong]

Well I just opened it up and found that there is a small tear in the flex cable ribbon. I will buy a new one. However when I was playing around with it I broke the keypad membrane just like you said.... nuts! I'm going to try find a broken W850 and take the top keypad membrane from that, this time being extremely carefull when removing it!!!!

[philzfog]

thought it was that if ur not sure give us a shout buddie when putting it back :)

[jchong]

I have a question for you, is it a little odd that the screen was all blue tinted and fuzzy and then it went white AFTER I did a master reset? That just seems a little odd

[philzfog]

not really if it was hardwere problems with the phone

[jchong]

I've looked on ebay and found cheap flex cables but can't find any cheap top keypads (they're about 25 pounds). Do you know anywhere specific I can look? thanks

[philzfog]

10 uk pounds
GENUINE SONY ERICSSON W850/W850i TOP KEYPAD MEMBRANE on eBay, also Keypads Buttons, For Sony Ericsson, Mobile Phone Accessories, Mobile Home Phones (end time 05-Mar-09 23:41:48 GMT)

[jchong]

hi thanks for the link! I ended up finding this: GENUINE SONY ERICSSON W850i TOP KEYPAD MEMBRANE UK CS10 on eBay, also Other Samsung Accessories, For Samsung, Mobile Phone Accessories, Mobile Home Phones (end time 09-Mar-09 18:45:00 GMT)

I am watching a damaged W850i on a new zealand auction website. apparently it was dropped and now the screen works sometimes and sometimes doesn't. Do you think the flex cable and top keypad membrane will still be alright? I would've guessed the lcd being the problem so I can just replace it with my own..... it's not going for much so I might just give it a go and if it doesn't work then I'll have 2 dead w850s and buy the parts of ebay! :D