how to fix lcd screen lines on phone made in china

Watching your mobile screen with those white or black vertical/horizontal lines is annoying. In short, it’s tough to use a phone with these lines appearing on the screen. Typically, this issue is associated with the LCD, caused by a faulty hardware component in your device due to some accidental fall or water damage. Phones with such damages can only be fixed at a phone repair center.

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However, sometimes the culprit could be an app or software glitch, hindering the functionality of key components like display assembly or motherboard. In that case, you can tackle the situation at home.

Before you head on to the fixes, let’s make your phone data safe. Sometimes, these lines are irreversible, and even the solutions you’re up to try may be followed by some sort of data loss. Therefore, the first thing you should do is make a backup of important files and apps on your device. Some popular ways for data back in Android devices are via:

In case you’re not sure about the process, it’s better to take help from a professional repair center. For Infinix, Itel, and TECNO users, Carlcare Service - being their official service center for these brands- is a recommended place to go.

If there’re white lines on the screen, this solution may prove effective. A battery cycle is when you charge a mobile to 100% and let it drain to 0% again. Usually, the lines will disappear soon as you charge the battery fully.

If the above methods don’t work, it’s time to try this masterstroke. Using your phone in a safe mode will confirm if the lines are because of some faulty app or software.

Check if the lines are gone! If yes (hopefully), then a third-party app is the culprit. Now uninstall the latest downloaded applications until the issue is gone. OR you should try the Solution:4

Suppose the lines are still visible. Then the issue is most likely due to some hardware failure- and the best option for you is to take your device to a reliable repair center.

It won’t be aggregation if you call “Factory Reset” the mother of all solutions. It fixes most of the issues caused by an app or software glitch. The process actually brings your phone back to the factory setting by erasing all the apps and files you’ve downloaded post your phone purchase.

If the horizontal or vertical lines still appear on your phone screen after trying all the above methods, you better take your device to a reliable mobile repair store near you. Most likely, it’s a faulty hardware component that needs to be repaired or replaced. Here, we would suggest you opt for only an authorized service center, as this will ensure flawless repair at a reasonable cost. Besides, if any of the components have to be replaced, they will be genuine and as per your specific requirements.

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Maybe your significant other tossed your phone off the balcony after discovering flirty texts with a certain coworker, or maybe you were just blackout drunk and dropped your phone on the club’s tile washroom floor while taking a shameless mirror selfie. Either way, your mobile’s glass screen likely looks like a drunken spider’s web.

Luckily for you, smartphone repairs in China are both affordable and fast. But before you venture off to your city’s electronics sales and repair market, we encourage you to browse these six helpful tips for repairing your phone screen:

As with damage to just about any electronic product, knowing the extent of the destruction will go a long way towards ensuring your trusty repairman doesn’t try and pull a fast one by over-quoting or overstating the damage.

In the case of phone glass and the LCD – or more recently AMOLED – screen underneath, it helps to know whether just one, or both, of these elements needs replacing (particularly so you can better estimate the cost).

While broken glass on the front of your mobile is obvious and easy to diagnose, a damaged screen (the part that actually displays all the programs and interface) can be a bit trickier to identify. Look for black spots, discolored areas, new lines and out-of-place patterns on your screen, as any of these may indicate a problem with the screen. Naturally, a totally black screen is a pretty good indicator that something is amiss.

One way to test your screen is to hold down on an app on your phone’s ‘desktop area’ until it starts vibrating, allowing you the move the app to new locations on your screen. Move the app to all parts of your display, if the app is unable to reach a certain area, this is a good indication that you’ll be fixing more than just broken glass.

From our experience, this may very likely be the most important step of all. When having your device"s screen or glass fixed, be sure to show the person doing the repair that all of its key components are in working order. In particular, be sure to demonstrate that both your front and rear cameras work, as well as the speaker and microphone.

We cannot count how many times we have heard of a phone being returned after a repair only for the owner to discover that the phone’s microphone (key for, you know, speaking on the phone) or cameras are no longer working. Also from experience: most repair people are unlikely to take your word that your camera was fine before you handed it over to them.

This should probably go without saying, but here we go anyway: having your mobile device repaired by someone other than a company technician from your phone’s particular brand will likely (like basically 100 percent) result in your warranty being voided.

Not every repair shop will give you the option of watching your phone’s crushed glass be replaced. This is because many smaller shops, particularly in electronics markets, will have your phone sent to an offsite repair area and tell you to come back in a few hours to collect it.

If possible, try and find a shop that will complete the repair in front of you. The main reason we encourage this is because we have heard several unfortunate stories where costumers have had their fully-functioning phone battery swapped out for one that can only hold a two-hour charge. Sad!

The price of having your phone’s glass or LCD screen replaced will depend greatly on the make and model of your phone, the honesty of the person fixing it and – like all things in Asia – your bargaining skills. If your local smartphone repair person wants RMB300 to replace your iPhone 6’s shattered glass, lowball them and offer RMB150. From our experience, repair people seem more inclined to budge on price when it comes to older model phones, meaning your brand new iPhone Xs Plus or Huawei P20 will likely have a higher price point and less discount wiggle-room.

Finding a good repair shop with honest staff who do repairs at a high quality and reasonable price can sometimes be difficult. If you manage to track down a good phone-fixing location, be sure to recommend it to your friends to save them the potentially costly and annoying trial-and-error process when having their glass or screen replaced.

We have a lot of different supplyers. The latest batch of iphone 4s LCD"s all have this problem. Iphone5/5s/6(+)/6s(+) are all fine. We are now testing all the LCD"s out of the batch. All have the dark lines. It looks fine at first. But when you get a pop-up or get the shutdown screen, that is when you see the dark lines.

We repair in an ESD space, having ESD wristbands and heelbands. We are testing the lcd"s using a disassembled iphone. So this issue (we have here) has nothing to do with the metal plate.

One of the people here said something about static getting in the screen when they get referbrished. But is there any way to get this charge out? Someone told us to put the connectors on the table so it could discharge. But this does exactly nothing. Does anyone have a solution?

And what i found is; White lines mean it"s not properly connected or the flex is damaged. This is a different problem then the dark lines i was talking about. Stripes (more then 3) are also a result of a bad connection.

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To learn more about best practices on handling and using a Dell laptop, see the Dell knowledge base article Best Practices for Product Use and Handling for Dell Laptops.

For displays with glossy bezels, consider the placement of the display as the bezel may cause disturbing reflections from surrounding light and bright surfaces.

WARNING: Use of controls, adjustments, or procedures other than what is specified in the User Manual may result in exposure to shock, electrical hazards, and/or mechanical hazards.

To learn more about safety instructions, see the Dell knowledge base article Safety Precautions When Working with Electronic and Electrical Equipment.

If the screen abnormality is not present in the built-in self-test mode, see the Dell knowledge base article How to Troubleshoot Display or Video Issues on a Dell Monitor.

If the LCD built-in self-test (BIST) diagnostic test passed, the laptop LCD screen is working correctly. The display problem could be due to an outdated graphics driver or incorrect video settings. Follow the troubleshooting instructions in the Dell knowledge base article How to Troubleshoot Display or Video Issues on a Dell Laptop.

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hi, my phone got into water. i had it dried on hair dryer, rice and silica gel for several days. when i try to turn it on, it vibrates but the screen is black. if i charge it, the only thing that shows is the percentage but remains unresponsive. which part of the screen should i change? thank you

Sir, Last evening Im using FB app and suddenly within a minute my phone screen turns black and everything inside working but black screen remains the same. From last 1.5 years, I didn’t let my mobile fall from hand. Need your assist and advice.

I have a Nokia 6.1 (TA-1045). It’s screen started to come off due to swollen a battery. I followed YouTube videos to use a hair dryer to carefully remove the screen and fix the battery issue. When I reinstalled the screen the lights on the side come on but the screen is black with a small gray area on the left bottom side of the display. Phone turns on and receives calls and appears to be working properly but does not show anything on the screen. I don’t know if I too much heat while trying to remove the screen.

Could it be a problem with the screen, flat cable or main board? Is there anything I could do to test if the LCD has gone bad or entire screen with digitizer has to be replaced?

Thank you. The battery issue is resolved but my Nokia 6.1 display is not working. It has a black screen with a small gray area. I replaced the display with a new one but I still have a black screen (no gray area). My phone turns on and appears to work fine other than no display. The touch screen is also working. Can this be a problem with the main board of the phone or a loose connection?

Sir, My mobile was broken due to a bike pass over the phone, the display does not work it shows some colour but the phone rang during calls and phone connected on the PC. I want to know wheather the display is broken or motherboard is broken. Shall i change the display or motherboard.

sir, my phone Vivo y71 have problem, the display turn to be like red, pink, white, blue, green, and etc screen. i can hear the notification sound, what is the problem? the display is new and it work fine until 3 day later it turn to have the problem.

Sir I have a samsung j7 2016 phone it fell down from me display is cracked but I don’t know if the phone is really working because I heard vibration sound and everything except display as it showed lines and black screen sir please tell my smartphone is working or not

Dear Sir, I have become your fan.. Such a great contents, you truely diserve a salute and lots of respect. your efforts are so useful to begginers like me. I really impressed and learning mobile repairing.

My redmi note 7 phone was immersed in water I took out immediately tried to switch it off it did not got off but after few sec display is gone and screen is black I hv dried it completely I am able to recive phone through ear phone .is it display problem or motherboard issue as local shopkeeper said it’s a motherboard issue

Hello sir, my mobile was vivo Y95 . While I’m using phone gets suddenly strucks and then dead and there is not sound while charging or while pressing lock and volume buttons also. what might be the problem of mobile

When i increases my phone brightness above 20 then display shows black screen with dim backlight and when i decreases phone brightness below 20 then its works correctly. Sometimes its works on full brightness when charger is plugged in and battery is fully charged only at 100.

I have already hard rest my phone and also downloaded firmware again in my oppo a57 but problem persists. When i power on or reboot my phone its does not show OPPO logo on screen because at that time screen works at full brightness and after certain loading when brightness comes to default setting its start displaying.

My Samsung note4 phone have only light and when I press the power button it have sound and its previous features. What is the problem sir? please help.

Hello Santosh, I was using my phone and charging my xiaomi 9T when all of a sudden the screen died! I can still hear the sound of charging and my daily alarm. Touch screen seem fine also when i try to swap away the alarm. No display on screen despite multiple restart/reboot. What could possibly be wrong with the phone?

Did the Phone Fall anytime? There could be 2 Reasons: 1) The connector of the Display is Lose in the Main PCB of the Phone. Remember that the Display and Touchscreen and two different things. The Touchscreen has different Connector to the Main Board. (2) The Display has gone Faulty and needs Replacement.

hello sir, the wire that connects the display with the motherboard is a little broken. can it be fixed or replaced without changing the whole display?

hello sir, my vivo y66 phone screen has cracked and display has gone complete black, can still hear message and call notifications and if someone calls , I am still been able to pickup calls by just swiping down but nothing is visible.

My mobile,.J8, slipped down, since then display is black. But if someone calls it is.ringing but unable to see anything on the screen. When I approach samsung authorised centre they claimed faulty mother board. Totally confused, if it is board related supposed not to receive any calls.. Isn’t it.

The PCB Needs proper Cleaning with IPA, Flux and Hot Air. If cleaning doesn’t works then you may have to replace the display. If you are not a technician then better get it done by some experienced local technician.

hello sir, thanks for helping with our queries i have a problem with my display of vivo Y95 mobile phone it is an Lcd display but sir the display is working but its pixels is being reduced i mean it is working but the display appears to be a older picture tube display with lesser pixels i did not drop the phone too it changed this way from the day i slept outdoor last night and their is some water collected on the display in morning due to fog.

Sir i have Samsung galaxy j2.it always sounds like if the battery has turned low.and sounds when it is kept on charge but the screen is full black.and the touch screen doesn’t work.the power and volume button work only when the phone is kept on charge.

Sir my phone is on but the display is not showing and sometimes I watch video and playing games and suddenly turning off but the sound can still hear and after few seconds it will turn on again and sometimes when I switch on my phone the display won’t show but the phone is on , and I have two blue lines in screen, but I don’t have any idea how to fix it all, but sir can you give me reason what is the reason in all of this

Get the Phone checked and see if the Display Connector is Fixed Properly. If it is Properly Fixed and the Problem is Still there then maybe you have to Replace the Display.

Your Touchscreen is OK. The Display is Gone Faulty. Replace with Combo Set. Also Install a Protective Gorilla Glass of the Duplicate Combo for Safety as they are very delicate.

You mean you Replaced the Old Display with New One and it is still not working. If yes, then there is serious problem with the Board. It is better to get Rid of such a Phone and Buy a New One.

Sir,mera phone Lenovo K8note hai,screen pahle aadhi hokar,linings aati thi,phir Black Hokar bandh ho rahi thi, maine combo naya lagvay ,par problem solve nahi hua,ab mujhe Kya solution de sakte hai,Kya karna chahiye .

sir i have spice phone suddely screen of my phone start blinking and than switched off when i tried nto switch on my phone its working but display of my phone is blank?

Don’t switch ON the Phone it Shorting May Happen. Disassemble the Phone Completely and Clean with Tinner or IPA Properly. Assemble Back and Check. If the Problem is NOT Solved then Disassemble again and Apply Liquid Flux All Over and Board and Give Heat. Assemble Back and Check. If the Problem is still NOT Solved then the Phone is Short. It must be Checked Properly by some Experienced Technician if you have No Experience.

I have moto x play. Purchased two years back. Phone’s display went blank but touch works fine. display is totally black. i dont know whether it is display(lcd) problem or backlight( battery or motherboard) problem? awaiting for your reply. thank you in advance.

Huawei Y520-U22 connecting and disconnecting constantly while connecting to the computer by USB cable and the mobile phone also vibrating constantly when it is on but no display.

if you can see everything very clearly on the Display and can feet the Crack on the Touchscreen then only the Touchscreen is Broken. You can also use an App called Mobile Doctor Plus. Check the Video Here: https://youtu.be/wu1PwXKJWSs

when i switched off and turned back again, the whole screen got divided in two parts Motorola logo appears both in upper nd lower half plus as boot up progresses the boot up screen shows images with slow fps(in both half) like missing some images in between, at password screen the top half screen is blank and whole display is contricted in lower half, touch is working fine, like where it should normally work even in the blank part. ..

My lenovo k8 plus suddenly gone blank and barely I can see the display under any bright light only.. everything is working fine but only the display gone black / dim.. like it is not visible.. moreover the battery is non removeable…

hello santosh iam having iphone 4s today morning i woke up i switch on my phone it was working fine the battery was low so i connected with cable after some time i noticed display showing blur and lines and withing 2 min it was all blank i tried to rest it so it gets back to normal stage but still it was blank plzz guide me the solution

Sir please inform me my lg Nexus display not working its like when i press lock key display show and when i put my password and press right key then display off so what the actual problem..? please reply soon… Thanks

sir mera mobile ka display tut gaya so mene display change karwan ke liye dia hai leken prbm yai ki mere sare person info usmai hai so kya dispaly change hoga tab mere securites bhi unlock hojai gi…??

sir, i m using moto e2 second generation phone. it was working well. suddenly, display went blank but touch works fine. display is totally black. i dont know whether it is display(lcd) problem or backlight( battery or motherboard) problem? i m ready to replace the display. but i m afraid even after replacing the display, what if it is still blank due to some than problem rather than display itself, like battery or motherboard. kindly evaluate and say whether i can order a new display for my phone or not. thank you in advance. awaiting for your reply.

Sir I bought a mobile phone (brand new). After a week or more it gave me a problem that it automatically restarts. I gave it to its authorised customer care centre for repairing. They refreshed its software but now it is giving me another problem which is that whenever I use it on full brightness its screen starts flickering but after a close observation I observed that it only flickers at grey colour family area i.e where ever there is grey colour on my lcd it flickers at maximum brightness. Is it a lcd issue or a board issue or a software issue and also all the rest colour work perfrctly and this issue is only innmax brightness. Plz guide me as soon as possible

hello santosh iam having iphone 4s today morning i woke up i switch on my phone it was working fine the battery was low so i connected with cable after some time i noticed display showing blur and lines and withing 2 min it was all blank i tried to rest it so it gets back to normal stage but still it was blank plzz guide me the solution iam facing problem

Sir I bought a mobile phone (brand new). After a week or more it gave me a problem that it automatically restarts. I gave it to its authorised customer care centre for repairing. They refreshed its software but now it is giving me another problem which is that whenever I use it on full brightness its screen starts flickering but after a close observation I observed that it only flickers at grey colour family area i.e where ever there is grey colour on my lcd it flickers at maximum brightness. Is it a lcd issue or a board issue or a software issu??? Plz guide me as soon as possible

Sir my phone is fell in water then I put it 3 hours in rice then use 7/8 hours without any problem but next day when I wake display colors are faded …..Please tell me the problem.

Sir mere pas s6 edge plus ha jab may on karta ho tu on ho jata ha aur achi tarha kam b karta ha magar jub led light of ho jay tu per on nahe hoti jub tak power batan 20 ya is se b ziada bar dabao tu kam start karta ha kia masla ho sakta ha

My zenfone max lcd not working I have checked new lcd but not working. phone starts completely and when I start my phone then lcd flat belt get very hot please give me solution

Sir my smartphone fall in water for few second and I switch off it immediately but it vibrating for 2 minute, after that I put my phone in sunlight for 4-5 hours.

sir, when I switch on the phone a blank page will appear and the phn rings when some one calls and some times it shows the symbol of the phn .can u suggest a solution plz

My HTC desire828 screen appears smtimes with white Nd black shades especially while switching on d phone.whether it’s a display problem or bcz of Nt updating software

Sir actually my phone starts recognising unnecessary touch wen exposed to light and wen brightness is increased…Things happen itself….How to overcome dis….I’m using Moto g4 plus….

My htc desire 828’s screen’s display is half black and half good working.As i use it for 5-10 minutes it starts to work properly but when screen locked n opened again again same problem.please help..

My Redmi Note has fallen on ground, on its full brightness it’s shows very dim display, rest all functions are working good, screen is visible but very less, touch is OK, pls solve the problem

I have a HTC516 dual SIM. After charging the phone I saw it working properly. Then I tried to restart the mobile. Then onward the display is not working. It is ringing call is coming. I can receive the call also.

Disassemble the phone and clean the display connector and the connector point with IPA. Assemble back and check if it is working or not. If not, then the display is gone. It need to be replaced.

Hello,my moto e screen is half visible while half screen has black and red stries over it.what can i do to it. is there any solution or i have to take it to authourised service center?

hello..i have an old sony k530i which has been broken for a long time,.my phone problem is,went i ON the power,it just show white display only at my phone until its off by it self,also its keep vibrate when i press the ON button..do you think its a software problem???please help me show how to repair it..

Sir my micromax unite 2 A106 model while pressing power button to check sms or calls display goes blank only only touch buttons blinks to see display again i have to remove battery and insert it and ON power butpleasedaily it happen for 3-4 times please help me

Display is not appearing in my mobile Nokia Lumia 610. When I was dialling a number, screen blinked and fluctuated and disappeared and now there is no display at all.

suddenly there is a sparking sound in my phone,remove the battery and sim card. After that I inserted sim and battery and ON the mobile, the SAMSUNG logo appears and then SWITCH OFF. Automatic ON and OFF repeats. please tell me about the problem and can i repair this phone?

Replace the battery and check. If the mobile phone gets ON then change the battery. Otherwise, there is problem in the power section of the mobile phone. Take it to Samsung Service Center.

SEOUL (Reuters) - Chinese flat screen makers, once dismissed as second-class players in the global LCD market, are drawing envious looks from big names such as LG Display Co Ltd and Samsung.An employee works inside a LCD factory in Wuhan, Hubei province, May 8, 2013. REUTERS/China Daily

While the Korean giants were busy developing next-generation organic light emitting diode (OLED) TVs, little-known Chinese companies have started selling a type of display that are sharper than the standard LCD and cheaper than OLED.

Until last year, the UHD market had been almost non-existent, with just 33,000 sets sold in the 200 million-unit LCD TV market. Since then, shipments have soared around 20-fold, thanks to China, data from research firm IHS shows.

Chinese consumers who want brighter and sharper images but can’t afford OLED screens made by LG and Samsung Display, a unit of Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, are turning to UHD.

But its slow introduction into the market and austere prices have thrown open a window of opportunity for UHD makers, in this case Chinese companies like BOE Technology Group Co Ltd and TCL Corp’s LCD unit CSOT.

“We assumed it’ll be too early for this type of display to take off, and thus didn’t think much of having diverse UHD product line-ups, especially in the low end. But I think we are not late just yet and we are working hard to lead the market here.”

In the second quarter ended June, Shenzhen-listed BOE Technology reported an 8.9 percent operating profit margin, while China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT), a unit of China’s biggest TV maker TCL Corp, posted a 9.6 percent margin.

By comparison, Japanese flat-screen pioneer Sharp Corp reported a razor-thin 0.5 percent margin. LG Display, the world’s No.1 LCD maker, posted a 5.6 percent margin.

Samsung Display, a unit of Samsung Electronics, had a margin of 13 percent, the biggest in the industry. But excluding its fledging OLED business, its LCD margin is between 3 and 7 percent, according to a Bernstein forecast.

Just as Korea overtook flat-screen pioneer Japan in the early 2000s, the surprise offensive by Chinese flat screen makers may be a taste of what’s to come, analysts say.

Chinese UHD producers have steadily expanded their capacity. In terms of cost and technological know-how, UHD presents lower barriers to entry compared to OLED.

“The Chinese have done very well so far this year and their momentum is likely to continue at least for another year or so, as they have spotted the potential of this niche market well ahead of bigger rivals,” said Nam Dae-jong, an analyst at Hana Daetoo Investment & Securities.

“They’ve got also strong captive customers - Chinese TV manufacturers and a booming China market. It will take quite a while for Samsung and LG, which made a strategic mistake by ignoring the potential of UHD, to overtake them,” Nam said.

Jolted by the reality of a growing UHD market, Samsung Electronics unveiled a 110-inch UHD TV in January. Interestingly, the UHD displays were not made by Samsung Display, but were produced by Taiwan’s AU Optronics.

“Even with some expansion of the Chinese panel suppliers we do expect Samsung and LG Display to stay dominant and continue production in LCD,” said Sweta Dash, director at IHS.

While Samsung and LG Display are investing billions of dollars in OLED this year, the two giants are also broadening their product lineups to include more popular 50 to 60-inch UHD models.

BOE Technology is now planning to raise 46 billion yuan ($7.5 billion) in the biggest Chinese equity offering this year, to build panel production lines and increase its stake in its LCD venture BOE Display Technology.

Samsung Display will stop producing LCD panels by the end of the year. The display maker currently runs two LCD production lines in South Korea and two in China, according to Reuters. Samsung tells The Verge that the decision will accelerate the company’s move towards quantum dot displays, while ZDNetreports that its future quantum dot TVs will use OLED rather than LCD panels.

The decision comes as LCD panel prices are said to be falling worldwide. Last year, Nikkei reported that Chinese competitors are ramping up production of LCD screens, even as demand for TVs weakens globally. Samsung Display isn’t the only manufacturer to have closed down LCD production lines. LG Display announced it would be ending LCD production in South Korea by the end of the 2020 as well.

Last October Samsung Display announced a five-year 13.1 trillion won (around $10.7 billion) investment in quantum dot technology for its upcoming TVs, as it shifts production away from LCDs. However, Samsung’s existing quantum dot or QLED TVs still use LCD panels behind their quantum dot layer. Samsung is also working on developing self-emissive quantum-dot diodes, which would remove the need for a separate layer.

Samsung’s investment in OLED TVs has also been reported by The Elec. The company is no stranger to OLED technology for handhelds, but it exited the large OLED panel market half a decade ago, allowing rival LG Display to dominate ever since.

Although Samsung Display says that it will be able to continue supplying its existing LCD orders through the end of the year, there are questions about what Samsung Electronics, the largest TV manufacturer in the world, will use in its LCD TVs going forward. Samsung told The Vergethat it does not expect the shutdown to affect its LCD-based QLED TV lineup. So for the near-term, nothing changes.

One alternative is that Samsung buys its LCD panels from suppliers like TCL-owned CSOT and AUO, which already supply panels for Samsung TVs. Last year The Elec reported that Samsung could close all its South Korean LCD production lines, and make up the difference with panels bought from Chinese manufacturers like CSOT, which Samsung Display has invested in.

Samsung has also been showing off its MicroLED display technology at recent trade shows, which uses self-emissive LED diodes to produce its pixels. However, in 2019 Samsung predicted that the technology was two or three years away from being viable for use in a consumer product.

To find the app that causes issues, uninstall recently downloaded apps one by one. After you remove the app that causes the problem, you can reinstall the other apps you removed.

Slowly drag your finger to the bottom right corner without lifting. Try to move your finger slowly enough that you can count to 10 before reaching the opposite corner of the screen.

IMPORTANT: A factory data reset will remove all data from your phone. While any data stored in your Google Account will be restored, all apps and their associated data will be uninstalled. Before you perform a factory data reset, we recommend backing up your phone.

From the Motorola DynaTAC, that power symbol that Michael Douglas wielded so forcefully in the movie “Wall Street”, to the iPhone 3G, which can take a picture, play a video, or run one of the thousands applications available from the Apple Store.

We’ve picked a few of the more popular and unusual ones to take you through the history of this device that most of us consider a part of our everyday lives.

We have tried, wherever possible, to include the most popular phones and the phones that were “firsts” for a particular feature, but may have missed out on your favorite phones due to the sheer number of models that are out there.

Mobile phones are just now beginning to be as vital to North Americans as they have been to Asians. You can always see what is coming to store shelves in the next six months to a year by looking at the models that are currently available in Japan.

North America also had a spotty 3G network that has only really been revamped recently in order to deal with increasing demands for faster loading speeds from mobile customers, whereas Asia and most of Europe have had proper 3G networks in place for some time.

The list does not include any phones that were not portable handhelds. Car phones and some handhelds that were the size of a small briefcase were in use in the 1970’s and 1980’s, but since this is more about design than function we chose not to include them here.

The first truly portable phone. Up until its release, most cellular phones were installed as car phones due to the inability to fit them into a jacket pocket.

This extremely popular design has sold over 200 million since its introduction in 2003. This phone is rumoured to have sold for up to $32,000 in online criminal communities due to its ability to intercept one-time banking passwords.

Nokia’s answer to the Game Boy advance, this phone/games system had a couple of award winning titles before it succumbed to its clunky interface design.

One of the “it” gadgets from 2003-2004 until BlackBerries overtook them in popularity. Three or four days between charges and a successful merger of phone, PDA, and camera made this the business tool of choice.

Considered very advanced at the time of its introduction due to its Symbian OS-based Nokia Series 60 platform. Released in the US market as the Nokia 6620.

The original iPhone was released in June 2007 with an auto-rotate sensor, a multi-touch sensor that allowed multiple inputs while ignoring minor touches, a touch interface that replaced the traditional QWERTY keyboards, and many other features that helped to give Apple an almost instant healthy market share on its release.

A phone firmly focused on visuals. DivX Certified playback and 5 megapixel digital camera with Schneider Kreuznach optics are just a couple of the features of this simply designed phone.

The G1 phone was the first phone to be released with the Android operating system designed by Google. Also known as the HTC Dream. One million devices have sold as of April 2009.

The outside of the LG Secret, a 3G slider phone, is constructed from carbon fiber. Also features the world’s slimmest 5.0 megapixel camera on a smartphone.

Designed to be a direct competitor to the iPhone 3G and other 3G smartphones; RIM’s first device to do away with the QWERTY keyboard and incorporate a touchscreen.

The first phone with LG’s 3D S-Class user interface. This UI reorients with the rotation of the phone and allows you to scroll film-reel style through available apps.

The next HTC entry to sport Google’s Android operating system. No US carriers have yet been confirmed for this model, but T-Mobile has been rumoured to be the carrier of record. Vodafone has exclusive rights to the phone in all markets that they service.

This eco-friendly phone is the world’s first carbon-neutral cell phone. Made with recycled water bottles, cheap, and an abundance of features for the low price.

Here’s hoping that some of these sleek designs make it across the pond eventually to North America. For more Japanese tech goodness, check KDDI’s English page.

This phone screams elegance. Oh, and it has the world’s first 3.3″ full OLED WVGA display and an 8.1 megapixel camera. Not that we’d want all that fancy stuff in North America.

Princesses and fashionistas everywhere will go gaga over this design. Advanced video functions and a 5.1 megapixel camera put a little spike in this phone’s heel.

Those of you with children will know how hard it is to put parental restrictions on anything electronic. This phone gives you the ability to track your child with a GPS locator, lock out questionable website addresses, and more.

If you have half an hour to kill and really want to get into the evolution of the cell phone and its cultural impact, check this full-length documentary from CBC.