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7th April 2013, 06:54 AM (Last edited by vallejo16; 7th April 2013 at 07:01 AM.) Reason: forgot potential details.

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[GUIDE] Fixing Replacment Digitizer (Sony Xperia Play and similar devices)

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[Introduction]
Hello to all of the Xperia Play users!

[Overview]
Have you ever bought a glass digitizer replacement to replaced a broken glass digitizer following "Repair Universe's" youtube video tutorial (google it) and suddenly see that it does not touch? Well follow this guide and you can get your digitizer working again. *Only tested on Xperia Play [R800x][Verizon][CDMA] but it should work for the others as-well, in concept.

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"The replacement glass digitizer does not register touch after installing it but, when i re-install the old/broken digitizer it works."

Diagnoses #1:
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"The ribbon for the old/broken digitizer says "Project 1 v7.0 M" *4.0 Project 1-1MD-A2 while the replacement says "Project 1 v6.0 M" *4.0 Project 1-1MD-C1." Users #1:
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"This is a incompatible match, you must get the exact digitizer version for it to work."

Incorrect, It is very much compatible, it is just outdated but, with Custom Kernels it can work as a v7.

Diagnosis #2:
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"The ribbons for both old/broken and replacement digitizers are the same but, it still does not register touch for the replacement." Users #2:
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"This is a digitizer issue, you must buy a new one."

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"This is a digitizer issue, you must buy a new one."

This could possibly be the case if after following this guide it still does not work, but for now, I am going to say, follow the steps on this guide before buying a new digitizer.

Diagnosis #3:
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"neither digitizers register touch." Users #3:

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"This is a flex cable problem, replace the flex cables."

This may be very much true, unless you have previously messed with the flash/software or non-carefully reinstalling the old digitizer, the old digitizer should be able to register touch.

[Solutions]
Diagnosis #1 & #2
[Requirements]
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* Sony Ericsson Xperia Flasher -by Bin4ry and Androxyde *Google it or go into the development section. * Official Android Firmware v2.3.2 *or lowest your phone can go. Click here! Forum made by Captain67 * USB Andriod drivers Installed for Xperia Play. *Located in "drivers" folder in the Flash-tool's directory. * Xperia Play to have enabled USB debugging for use of Flash-tools. *may not be needed for this guide.

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1.) After succesfully installing the digitizer, turn on the phone and allow it reach the main screen. 2.) With the phone powered on, Plug your phone via USB to your computer. *install android drivers if you have not done so already. 3.) Download the lowest firmware suitable for your Xperia. *link is above in requirements 4.) Unzip the firmware you should get and "*.FTF" file, drag this file into the "firmware" folder in the flash-tool's directory. 5.) Open the flash-tool program. 6.) With the flash-tool program opened, click on the thunderbolt icon and select "flash-mode". 7.) Using the firmware you have downloaded from the link above, proceed to flash the firmware on the phone by clicking "ok". * Wipe Data and other options are optional, and it does no difference but to possibly clear space. 8.) Once you have successfully flashed, you should see that the touch screen actually works. * Yes you can upgrade to the custom kernels and firmwares as the original firmwares re-codes the digitizer to work on your phone.

Diagnosis #3
Uh, you may have to replace the flex cables for the slider or you may have not properly inserted the touch screen cable correctly to the digitizer.
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7th April 2013, 04:23 PM

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I did buy one from repair universe, did not work. Bought one off Ebay and it worked fine. Cracked new working one about a week later. :banghead: Sent from my R800i using Tapatalk 2

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vallejo16
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Originally Posted by slayer450 I did buy one from repair universe, did not work . Bought one off Ebay and it work ed fine. Crack ed new work ing one about a week later. :banghead: Sent from my R800i using Tapatalk 2 At the time people did not know what to do, I too had this problem until i tried flashing to the original. then Boom! I saved waiting a week and money. The digitizers needs to be reisntalled, thats it. only way to do it is by orignial stock firmwares, then you can re-upgrade to custom. How did you re-crack the screen? Did you throw away the digitizer from repair universe? If not, then you can use that still by following the guide.
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18th June 2013, 07:55 PM

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Worked perfectly. Much thanks.

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30th June 2013, 07:50 PM

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"The ribbon for the old/broken digitizer says "Project 1 v7.0 M" *4.0 Project 1-1MD-A2 while the replacement says "Project 1 v6.0 M" *4.0 Project 1-1MD-C1." Users #1: Quote: "This is a incompatible match, you must get the exact digitizer version for it to work." Incorrect, It is very much compatible, it is just outdated but, with Custom Kernels it can work as a v7. Is this automatically done or do I need to find something that can do this for me? (I've already tried and it didn't work to have the ribbon replaced and thought this might be it)
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26th August 2013, 09:34 PM

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This is my problem: Some time ago I bought a Xperia Play on second-hand web from a guy on my city. In time, the phone got wet by rain, and digitizer started to go sometimes crazy, specially texting. I could survive with it. After 2 months, the Ribbon Flex crashed, it showed screen completely screwed up, like in TV, you know, that problem that happen to everyone after sometime . So I changed it. The point its, when i changed it, my old Digitizer stopped working. So I buyed a new one, which of course, I dont know why doesnt work too (this replacement comes from a trusted dealer from my uncle electronics shop, so for the moment, I dont think the new digitizer itself its the problem). So, for the moment, I see you suggest the problem comes from software, and not hardware. Heres what im suffering: I dont have the Bootloader unlock. I only have Unroot and im not able to unlock the BL unless I pay to those guys who are able to do that unofficialy. What the hell Im supossed to do man? Im starting to go panic. Please, I need your help if its posible. Thank you at least for reading this.
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