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0liveO1

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Screen damaged?
May 15 2008, 11:35 AM EDT | Post edited: May 15 2008, 11:35 AM EDT
Hello everyone,
I posses my htc touch since last december and yesterday, something strange appeared on my screen; some kind of coloured rectangle has appeared and it seems to be on the touch sensitive film. here's a pic to show what i'm talking about :
[URL=http://img388.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc01164gh9.jpg][img]http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/1770/dsc01164gh9.th.jpg[/img][/URL]
sorry for the pic quality, ain't got a digital camera :p
what's weird about it is that the "stain" forms a perfect rectangle and it is perfectly centered on the screen, being about 5mm away from each border. at first I thought it was the protective film which got some moisture but I removed it to chek and the stain was still there. what's even more weird is that it cannot be seen in daylight but only under artificial light! when i gently press on it, it kinda moves and that's what makes me think it's not the lcd panel but the sensitive film.
the screen works perfectly though and when it is switched on, the stain is almost invisible but still, I'm a feel a bit concerned about it and if there's a way you know to get rid of this problem, I'd rather act now rather than wait before it really doesn't work.
if any of you has an idea about it, i'll be thankful for trying to help.
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0liveO1

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1. RE: Screen damaged?
May 15 2008, 5:05 PM EDT | Post edited: May 15 2008, 5:05 PM EDT
sorry, wrong link format for the pic. maybe this one works..
<a href="http://img388.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc01164gh9.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/1770/dsc01164gh9.th.jpg" border="0"/></a>
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0liveO1

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2. RE: Screen damaged?
May 15 2008, 5:06 PM EDT | Post edited: May 15 2008, 5:06 PM EDT
:/ didn't work either. here's the direct link :
http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/1770/dsc01164gh9.jpg
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Anonymous
3. RE: Screen damaged?
May 18 2008, 9:25 PM EDT | Post edited: May 18 2008, 9:25 PM EDT
I have the same problem .. did you ever find a fix (sorry can't see when you first posted)
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0liveO1

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4. RE: Screen damaged?
May 19 2008, 3:11 AM EDT | Post edited: May 19 2008, 3:11 AM EDT
nope, no solution yet. seems it's some kinda moisture forming within the touch screen. sometimes it goes away and back again..
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Anonymous
5. RE: Screen damaged?
May 29 2008, 11:20 PM EDT | Post edited: May 29 2008, 11:20 PM EDT
"nope, no solution yet. seems it's some kinda moisture forming within the touch screen. sometimes it goes away and back again.."
I'm taking mine in for service.. I don't think its moisture.. I've heard its depolarising or something. When its repaired I will post here what they did/replaced to fix
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Anonymous
6. RE: Screen damaged?
May 30 2008, 5:45 AM EDT | Post edited: May 30 2008, 5:45 AM EDT
i'm looking forward to your feedback, thanx ;)
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7. RE: Screen damaged?
Jul 8 2008, 3:57 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 8 2008, 3:57 PM EDT
Any word on this? I have the same problem.
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0liveO1

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8. RE: Screen damaged?
Jul 9 2008, 5:32 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 9 2008, 5:32 PM EDT
nope, except that the upper left corner of the screen is kind of peeling off from the inside :/ it's even lost its touch sensitivity in that corner!!!
damn, i'm starting to regret i changed from sony ericsson P series :( 3 phones and no problem that worriful, even less in such a short period of time (only 7 months!)
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gchurchwell

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9. RE: Screen damaged?
Jul 17 2008, 5:06 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 17 2008, 5:06 PM EDT
"I'm taking mine in for service.. I don't think its moisture.. I've heard its depolarising or something. When its repaired I will post here what they did/replaced to fix"
I am interested in how this turned out too. My Touch is doing the exact same thing. Is it worth the trouble taking it back to Sprint or am I screwed?
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gchurchwell

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10. RE: Screen damaged? UPDATE UPDATE
Jul 17 2008, 6:00 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 17 2008, 6:00 PM EDT
"I am interested in how this turned out too. My Touch is doing the exact same thing. Is it worth the trouble taking it back to Sprint or am I screwed?"
On a whim, I laid my touch on the dashboard in the sun as I drove home...about 20 minutes. The "rainbow swirls" have disappeared. Not sure if this will be a long term fix or not.
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gchurchwell

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11. RE: Screen damaged? UPDATE UPDATE... Update to the UPDATE
Jul 18 2008, 10:55 AM EDT | Post edited: Jul 18 2008, 10:55 AM EDT
"On a whim, I laid my touch on the dashboard in the sun as I drove home...about 20 minutes. The "rainbow swirls" have disappeared. Not sure if this will be a long term fix or not."
Well, the 'moisture' or whatever is back. It was gone after the ride home on my dashboard in the sun, but this morning, it was back again.
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Anonymous
12. RE: Screen damaged? UPDATE UPDATE... Update to the UPDATE
Aug 27 2008, 8:55 PM EDT | Post edited: Aug 27 2008, 8:55 PM EDT
I have got the same rectangle problem in my htc diamond and I realized that the rectangle appears only in the fluorescent lamp lights. At first I thought it was an intermittent problem but now I know that it is always there, it never goes.
It doesn't really botter me, but I curious to know if it just it or something worst can happen with the mobile. Any one?

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0liveO1

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13. RE: Screen damaged? UPDATE UPDATE... Update to the UPDATE
Sep 1 2008, 5:10 AM EDT | Post edited: Sep 1 2008, 5:10 AM EDT
something worse can indeed happen :

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/5168/dsc01433gm0.jpg

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/9335/dsc01444uc8.jpg

it did not receive any shock but the touch sensitive film is kind of "collapsing" in the upper left corner. it appeared as a dot about 2 months ago (6 months after I bought it) and started growed bigger since then. at this, rate, I will soon be unable to click on the start menu...!! my first and last HTC handset for sure
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14. RE: Screen damaged? UPDATE UPDATE... Update to the UPDATE
Sep 9 2008, 9:40 AM EDT | Post edited: Sep 9 2008, 9:40 AM EDT

0liveO1 Screen damaged?
May 15 2008, 11:35 AM EDT

Hello everyone,
I posses my htc touch since last december and yesterday, something strange appeared on my screen; some kind of coloured rectangle has appeared and it seems to be on the touch sensitive film. here's a pic to show what i'm talking about :
[URL=http://img388.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc01164gh9.jpg][img]http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/1770/dsc01164gh9.th.jpg[/img][/URL]
sorry for the pic quality, ain't got a digital camera :p
what's weird about it is that the "stain" forms a perfect rectangle and it is perfectly centered on the screen, being about 5mm away from each border. at first I thought it was the protective film which got some moisture but I removed it to chek and the stain was still there. what's even more weird is that it cannot be seen in daylight but only under artificial light! when i gently press on it, it kinda moves and that's what makes me think it's not the lcd panel but the sensitive film.
the screen works perfectly though and when it is switched on, the stain is almost invisible but still, I'm a feel a bit concerned about it and if there's a way you know to get rid of this problem, I'd rather act now rather than wait before it really doesn't work.
if any of you has an idea about it, i'll be thankful for trying to help --Even i m having the same problem. plz help
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Anonymous
15. RE: Screen damaged? UPDATE UPDATE... Update to the UPDATE
Oct 27 2008, 8:07 PM EDT | Post edited: Oct 27 2008, 8:07 PM EDT
i have the same damn problem. it appeared out of nowhere. i noticed it's fluorescent lights that make it visible too but it definitely wasn't there last week
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