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[Atrix 4G General] Salo-S:
Sure. What I really wanted to know is HOW this problem is caused. I think it's something related to flat cable, so I will ask the technician to seal the flat cables with some kind of insulator, so the piece will not be damaged by the heat of the battery and the dock. (I hope)

Com certeza. O que eu realmente queria saber é COMO esse problema é causado. Creio que seja algo relacionado ao cabo flat, por isso irei pedir para que o técnico sele os cabos flat com algum tipo de isolante, sendo assim a peça não será danificada com o calor da bateria e do dock. (Eu espero)
[Atrix 4G General] motoxrcr1:
My atrix was starting to act up and over time my touch screen completely quit. I saw this post and tried it and it fixed my problems. I actually used a foil wrapper from a Reese's peanut butter cup. I then order a new touch screen because my screen was always slightly off I would click on the delete key and it would type a "L". After I replaced the digitizer everything was great for a couple days my calibration is now perfect. But my screen slowly started to act up again and now randomly quits working. Now I'm using a small piece of cardboard from a frozen dinner. It doesn't always work. I found that taking the battery cover off and just rubbing the battery will make it start working again. I am a hardware Guy, I've been repairing electronics for probably about 15 years now and I have to admit this is a weird problem. When I had my atrix apart looked over everything with a magnifier glass and cold not find any imperfections in the flex cable. I ordered a new flex cable on eBay from a China seller so I'm waiting for it to arrive now. After it comes I'm going to tear my phone down again and find exactly what the problem is. I will try to find a easy perment fix for everyone who isn't so willing to tear open their phone and start swapping out parts. Oh and the only reason I decided to fix this in the first place is because of the dev team's work on the new kernal. The atrixs screen is just the perfect size so I'm very greatful for their work since it will make it so that I don't have to switch to a new rediculously sized phone.
[Atrix 4G General] feelknOck:
stevendeb25, you marry me? lol

Worked perfectly for me. I used aluminum foil to solve the problem and even gave it to let the Fingerprint free to use.

Thank you!
[Atrix 4G General] WuchuHurD:
3 days into it and I had one minor hiccup today. But after changing the piece and a few hours later it started working again. BTW, I used laminated cardboard lol
[Atrix 4G General] motoxrcr1:
Ok so it took forever for my flex cables to come from China. I'm now typing on my perfectly functional atrix again. This issue is directly related to the power button pinching the flex cable. The flex cable is so flimsy. I saw once that someone posted about the pressure from the shim might cause the screen glue to stress and cause more problems down the road, but I don't think this will actually be an issue. I didn't even use screen glue pad while I was waiting for my flex cables to come in. So my advice for everyone is that if youre not yet having problems you may want to make a shim out of those cheap advertisement refrigerator magnets and stick it between the battery and the power button, it doesn't have to go under the battery and it doesn't have to stick out and interfere with your fingerprint sensor at all. Just simply put it there as a little extra support so that you don't pinch your flex cable. Now if you already are having problems I would reccomend ordering a new flex cable immediatly because eventually the shim will stop working. If you order the parts now it will make your down time a lot shorter for when you repair your phone or you mail it to someone qualified to repair it. Also in regards to the digitizer I do not recommend buying a cheap China version. I never put a single scratch into my original atrix sreen and my new screen has scratches all over just from being in my pocket. Good luck everyone.
[Atrix 4G General] lutharigno:
My screen started acting up over the past 2 weeks and has progressively gotten worse. i tried this fix but cant get it to work consistently and now it doesnt seem to work at all. I think i need to get a new digitizer, but was hoping someone in this thread found a permanent solution.
[Atrix 4G General] ramsrivatsan92:
can u specify which flex cable ..I think there are 2 to 3 cables ...

I also have the touch problem ..so if i change the flex cable will the problem go ... I want to know where the real problem lies ,the digitizer or flex cable

Srry dude ..I am a noob ...!!
[Atrix 4G General] motoxrcr1:
Well apparently I can't post links. I tried to post a link to the flex cable that I got on eBay. Just look for the flex cable with the front camera.
[Atrix 4G General] ramsrivatsan92:
Thanks ..Bro ..

One more question ..

Should I buy the digitizer or the flex cable !! or both ?

I have a Strraight line on the middle and left dead ..
[Atrix 4G General] motoxrcr1:
Most likely its just the flex cable. But there is no way to know for sure. It wont hurt to buy both. If you buy a new digitizer don't forget to buy a good glue pad also. The digitizers almost never come with glue. They are sticky but not enough to actually stick to the phone body.
[Atrix 4G General] ramsrivatsan92:
Thanks .. :good::laugh:
[Atrix 4G General] Eimtuis:
You can make spaces to post link. Maby you can post a screen shot of the flex cable you bought on ebay? i was looking for a one, but there are few types of them.

Thanks.
[Atrix 4G General] motoxrcr1:
Here's a screen shot of the flex cable that you need to buy
[Atrix 4G General] Sir_Brizz:
How on earth do you replace that? Do you have to remove the digitizer?
[Atrix 4G General] palmbeach05:
Slightly offtopic question, but since this flex cable is what the fingerprint scanner connects into, will it fix fingerprint scanner issues if the scanner is currently down?
[Atrix 4G General] motoxrcr1:
No you do not have to remove the digitizer to change the flex cable. You will need a very tiny torx bit to remove the screws holding the phone together, and a good pry tool to pry the phone apart.

Replaceing this flex cable may fix the fingerprint scanner issue but I'm not 100% sure on that. It can't hurt to try.
[Atrix 4G General] palmbeach05:
I just ordered the cable this morning, so i'll post my fingerprint scanner results after the cable gets here
[Atrix 4G General] ravilov:
Also known as T-6 if I'm not mistaken.
[Atrix 4G General] motoxrcr1:
Thanks. I couldn't remember off hand what size so I just said very tiny.
[Atrix 4G General] aaurnab:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=41247347&postcount=694

I solved by a piece of stapler pin as described OP. I put it til i found Aluminium foil or thin metal....I tried as mentioned krystianp on post number 33 but no luck. So i am still in success....
[Atrix 4G General] WuchuHurD:
Sometimes my touchscreen will not work so I push the top part if my phone a little tighter and if that doesn't work I adjust the plastic. Both ways seem to work and I haven't had much problems since
[Atrix 4G General] bs0lth:
I came across this while I was looking for something else, I thought yeah right it will never work in a million years, scoured the house for a bit of very thin metal.. couldn't find any, so, I tried folding some tinfoil together so it was stiff cut out the strip and you know what it worked, I dont know how long for but finally have the S back on my keyboard, the deadspot was just on the S .. so thank you very much, it worked for me...
[Atrix 4G General] ranjithkumar1201:
Kindly post your replies with pictures or video so that it could be ideal for others
[Atrix 4G General] Eimtuis:
I've just bought this flex cable and replaced it. The phone boots, so i connected it properly, but the digitizer still doesn't work. Could the problem be in the digitizer's connection? becouse when i push on the spot of the connection, before unlocking phone, SOMETIMES i can unlock my phone. Should i try to place anything under the case to push harder the connection to connect? :) I need some advice how to do that. Maby someone had already done that?
[Atrix 4G General] ranjithkumar1201:
Can you send the photos where your phone screen. Was not sensitive and how you placed the pin
[Atrix 4G General] aaurnab:
forgate it dear. the method was no longer in work. i am waiting new digitizer from ebay .
[Atrix 4G General] r.sorujlall:
is it the digitizer thats the problem or flex cable or both needs to be replace? asking because i live outside the usa and ordering a replacement part and waiting for it to be delivered will take about a month. just want to know which part i really need to buy the correct one the first time
[Atrix 4G General] aaurnab:
Actually Digitizer have to replace. Many of our people tried to replace flex cable or some prts but don't work. You can see this sample
[Atrix 4G General] r.sorujlall:
Ok thanks. good to know. when i get enough money i'll give it a try. the top and bottom part of my screen is not working. the bottom part is right in the middle of the keypad which makes any form of texting a real pain :(
[Atrix 4G General] boyee_sriracha:
I've found the same problem with all you guys,changing the digitizer did not work for my case.The problem still has been found.

Next,I'd like to try to replace the flex cable but someone said that It's also not work.

How should i do next?:confused:
[Atrix 4G General] heavyarms1912:
Faced similar issue as OP. Keys W,S,E,Z stopped working :(...stumbled on this thread to fix digitizer.

Managed to fit the workaround. used thin aluminium foil. I saw pressure needs to be applied on right hand corner of finger print scanner. Used a 0.3 x 0.3 x 0.2 mm aluminium cuboid made from aluminium foil. Couldn't find anything else at rented house :D.

Basically the pressure needs to be applied so that the top of battery sits very close to the rest of the frame of the atrix.:good:
[Atrix 4G General] desarenezitic:
Not to sound pedantic but right hand of the inside of the finger print scanner (where the battery goes)? And as you look at it from the bottom of the phone?

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Atrix 4G General] heavyarms1912:
Nothing as clear as the images... Here you go hope this helps.

NOTE: The pressure is applied by using the back case. I did have to relocate a bit for adjustment. You can test where exactly pressure needs to be applied with your fingers and then place the substitute once found.

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[Atrix 4G General] desarenezitic:
Appreciate the images, will try this later when I'm back home. Cheers.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Atrix 4G General] Caebron:
Sorry for reviving this old thread but.... what exactly does this do?

Reason I'm asking is because I have the same problem, I tried this fix and it doesn't work, Perhaps knowing what exactly this mod does in a mechanical sense, will help me accomplish this.

Thanks!
[Atrix 4G General] andresrivas:
Puts pressure in the loose digitizer connector. it is located roughly beneath the little hole next to the fp scanner. In my case, doing this fix borked my fp scanner, so I ended up replacing the digitizer
[Atrix 4G General] gradd:
does anyone figured out which causes the digitizer failure? does it have something to do to the power button structure? the pressure applied everytime on that section maybe stresses out the flex cable or the connector. well maybe we could prevent this from happening but it requires some bit of modification from which i don't know where to start. i havent tried to dismantle my year old atrix anyway. :)
[Atrix 4G General] ivan2761998:
I have the same problem.Can somebody tell me where exactly should I put piece of metal?

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[Atrix 4G General] andresrivas:
1st post.
[Atrix 4G General] ivan2761998:
I need that a little bit more precisely
[Atrix 4G General] andresrivas:
Sorry, I didin't realize you posted a photo.

Comparing both the first post's pictures and yours, i would say it goes between 5 and 7. In my case, it was a refrigerator ad cardborad that was all the way on top of the battery.

For reference. If I recall correctly, that flex you see between 7 and 8 is the digitizer's flex, the conector goes from 6 1/2 and 7 1/2 but the fp reader does press on the connector, not sure how, but it does.

Hope it helps
[Atrix 4G General] ivan2761998:
Thank you. :good:
[Atrix 4G General] heavyarms1912:
Check my post. It's not required to be a metal piece chugged in between the battery and the frame. Just use a simple substance to apply pressure. For figuring out the exact position press it with your fingers. Apply pressure in locked screen mode then unlock using the volume rocker key (should be enabled) else you'll observe weird behavior by the touchscreen(that's another way to identify the pressure point) weird behavior in my case it randomly started registering touch response on it's own and type letters etc.

For my case w s e z keys wern't working so I figured by trial and error method by applying pressure and typing on keyboard when they started to function i knew the point. For me its just past the point 6 (in your pic)
[Atrix 4G General] vytorhugo:
THANK YOU THANK YOU:victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory::victory:
[Atrix 4G General] jae_tea:
Wow glad I stumbled across this! Thanks!
[Atrix 4G General] gradd:
digitizer replacements are hard to find this days. my phone is almost 2 years old already. well, this works for me with a thin cardboard instead. sadly, im one those with a broken atrix now but luckily i stubled upon this thread before my digitizer died. :mad:
[Atrix 4G General] rain91x:
no

My touch screen randomly works, and not works (full screen unresponsive). Very frustrating when I can not pick up the phone when they call.

I bought a digitizer from ebay (used from toprated seller). Same problem. I send back, and sent other. Same problem. Never again motorola (in the family,has 3 atrix with same problem)
[Atrix 4G General] pipesilvestre:
I had this issue since I flashed a kernel for my Atrix. I had nearly 1cm x 0.5cm of my screen unresponsive. I did tried this fixing methods, and I had some improvements, but they were extremely temporary, I had to correct the aluminium foil position 4 times a day, and sometimes it wouldn't work anyway. I thought then that if I chang the aluminum foil position, from above the battery and place it beneath it, aside the connectors, using as much space as I could, then I would force the battery itself to make pressure on the power button, in a neat and uniform way.

It worked. I have a fully responsive touchscreen, and I haven't touched it, or corrected it since then.

I'm afraid I can't post outside links with a pics to make myself more clear.

I thought it might help someone. Cheer up, there's no need to keep on wasting money on our old device :)
[Atrix 4G General] thecjan:
i got this problem yesterday and found total solution on China forum..just wait...
[Atrix 4G General] ranjithkumar1201:
Give a solution

And if it works I'll build a temple in your name bro ;)
[Atrix 4G General] r.sorujlall:
The root of the problem is the digitizer therefore the only real fix is a digitizer replacement. That's what I had to do and phone is working perfectly now. Just like new
[Atrix 4G General] thecjan:
in Chinese

"不知道还有没有屏幕失控的朋友，今天我就帮你们解决一点小知识，也许我做的是对的，今天我终于找到了问题的所在， 现在讲，好了记得加分哦，首先你要准备t5拆机螺丝刀，把电池仓后壳拆开，好了电池仓一边是有金属的靠摄像头那边，对，就那边，那条金属是压排线的，压住两条排线，问题就在这，是金属边压住了排线，别说以前很好哦，可以不小心压到手机会压到，我的是这样，我在下面垫的双面胶，现在和以前一样，屏也没换省了一点年货钱，这是我拆装手机不止十次才找到的经验哦，信不信由你，排线哦注意，祝您好运，记得好的加分，好的东西大家共用"

in English (says Google)

"I do not know there is no screen runaway friends, today I'll help you solve a little knowledge, maybe I am doing is right, and today I finally found the problem, now speaking, plus oh well I remember, the first thing you to prepare t5 disassemble screwdriver to open the battery compartment shell, good battery compartment while the camera is there by the metal, right, on the other side, the piece of metal is pressed cable, press and hold the two cables the problem in this is the metal edge to suppress the cable, not to mention before, oh well, you can not accidentally press the opportunity to hand down to, I was so, I double-sided adhesive pad below, now as before , the screen did not change a little stocking provincial money, this is my phone disassembly is more than ten times the experience to find Oh, believe it or not, cable oh note, I wish you good luck and remember the good points, good things we share. "
[Atrix 4G General] hernan_md:
HEEEEEELP

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OMG!!!! PLEASE CAN ANYONE EXPLAN BETTER WITH PICS???:confused::confused::confused: P-P-P-P-PLEASEEE!!! please.someone with an unusefull atrix... ITS IMPOSIBLE FOR ME BUY A NEW ONE TOCUHSCRFEEN..EVEN A FLEX!!!! TRUE STORY...:rolleyes:

sorry for the LETERS:eek:
[Atrix 4G General] goxon:
Recently i replace digitizer. 16$ and my problem is gone
[Atrix 4G General] hernan_md:
solution?

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THIS GUY HAVE THE SOLUTION TO!! but i dont know chinese!!

哈哈哈哈哈哈，，，，两个月之前860手机触摸屏就有一条失灵了，一直将就着用，，到前一段时间中间段又失灵了，查了一下，要换屏，一个触摸屏200左右，还不一定能用多久，，就，，死马当作活马医了，，，偶然见到触摸屏的四周有点缝隙，用牙签一挑竟然可以翘起来，，感觉是不是这里的原因啊，，就，，，找来一瓶2块钱的502胶水，用牙签沾着胶水填到缝隙里面，压紧，压平，必须的，，，然后用打火机电了一下，关机，重启，，，一切恢复正常了，，现在已经正常使用一天了，，估计找到病因了哦哦哦，，，以前电一下只能支持半小时左右，现在好了，，，相当激动，，，，

注意点胶水小心点啊，，不要弄太多了，，，小心小心小心.............我很少发帖的，，本方法亲自操作成功，，耶！！！！

ill try to registyer to that page..but i cant....anyone know chincese here:cowboy:??

here the link:p

bbs(dot)dospy(dot)com/thread-15228005-1-425-1.html

please mod..dont by anger for the external link to the chinse forum :rolleyes:...but i think this is very important...thanks:good:
[Atrix 4G General] Killerin:
i just opened the phone minutes ago, but i can find those "cables" i have to press,...do we have a chinesse guy on the forum? xD
[Atrix 4G General] PennyKnight:
An a wise man spends well.....

Money well spent for a proper fix, the other way is just a patch.........
[Atrix 4G General] mixlis:
there is no fix for digitizer the motherboard burns the digitizer chip. New digitier fixes problem until it is burned again.

There is a configurating line on touchpad.cfg called voltage. Maybe someone more pro user than me could try test it.

Also there is a flex cable mounted on digitizers connector and glued in the screen casing with some special glue.

I have asked what is its purpose whether should ground or it is just for heat issues? Maybe thats why the chip is burned from bad cooling ?

I got no answers again heh this is a dead forum and a dead phone

just never again motorola or google phones
[Atrix 4G General] leovalles:
So, is it burned by excess heat ir by voltage? Are custom roms/kernels responsible? Cause I remember my problems began when started messing with them.

Now I replaced my digitizer and am (temporarily??) happy again with my atrix. How much time do I have or what can I do to extend my atrix life as much as possible? Right now here in Venezuela a decent smartphone costs 3-15 times a minimum sallary!!!!
[Atrix 4G General] andresrivas:
you can always go back to stock and see if that helps. My previous digitizer lasted 7 months, i'm hoping this one can last a little longer
[Atrix 4G General] thecjan:
when i got my atrix Sep. last year then digitizer broken about 3 months later, been flashed 10 more roms, don't know which rom kill it.
[Atrix 4G General] morterox:
I'ts not the custom rom

I haven't flashed any custom rom on my atrix and i got the same problem with my digitizer about a year since I bought it, I don't think the custom rom is the source of the problem at all :(

I tried this and this fixed it for a while, now there is nothing I can do and in my country a new digitizer costs u$s100.... I hate my country...
[Atrix 4G General] andresrivas:
And I though my country's import issues were a big deal. I finally got it for around u$s30....
[Atrix 4G General] morterox:
Sir, We are in the same country xD but different city.

---------- Post added at 12:47 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:42 PM ----------

Also I've just tried the method a user said a page before and it worked! I used a paper under de battery and it did the trick... for now...
[Atrix 4G General] ali.bsrn:
there are tons of videos shoing how to "dissasembly", "fix" or replacement. you can search on internet, this way will be easier for you.
[Atrix 4G General] Monzer_:
Well i never had this problem before but once i flashed the 10.1 cm it happened i dont know if that even related or not but my whole touch is gone now and i have to put a pressure on the phone from above to get it work first i thought something need to be reattached but now as I'm reading here its the digizter which i dont even know what that is but if it something can be fizes would be glad to know how by a video or something.

What exactly i should reattach so i know what to search?
[Atrix 4G General] b27p:
Yes, it seems it is definitely with 10.1.

I had a strip of non-responsive area of the digitizer with 10.1. Today I restored my Gingerbread backup and the digitizer is OK.

edit: now re-restoring 10.1 the digitizer seems to work as well. I have no explanation.

edit2: now the issue is back again. :(

BR
[Atrix 4G General] andresrivas:
A vertical strip? It is mist certainly a hsrdware problem. I experienced it twice and both times I had to replace it

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[Atrix 4G General] b27p:
When holding the Atrix in landscape mode, it was/is vertical, yes.

Yes HW problem, that's what I thought. But why was it gone when restoring GB?

BR
[Atrix 4G General] vhcolombo:
Hi krystian,

This problem can be solved without replace the touch screen?

Thanks!!
[Atrix 4G General] b27p:
Could this be a power problem? I had my phone recharged, and the digitizer worked again. Then after a while the non-responsive strip was back again. I recharged and rebooted : Works fine again. That all with CM10.1. I never recognized this with the original GB.

I'm a bit lazy, so I don't want to revert to GB to verify. Probably I'll give it a try, if I get all data backed up ...

BR
[Atrix 4G General] palmbeach05:
it is a crappy digitizer. that is why this issue exists. its been said for quite some time
[Atrix 4G General] b27p:
Yes, if you say so. I'm not that experienced. Just wonder, why that "crappy digitizer" works fine, as soon as I restore the original GB. But we can leave that unanswered, it is not "my" thread, and I didn't want to interrupt ...

BR
[Atrix 4G General] andresrivas:
It is so because the driver on gb is diferent than the one in newer androids. The non original digitizers doesn't work well with the new driver. That's also my case. On gb it qorks fine, on cm10.1, it doesn't

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[Atrix 4G General] b27p:
Thanks for the explanation. Although I assume to have the original digitizer, I cannot be sure since I bought my Atrix second hand.

BR
[Atrix 4G General] Sloosh:
hey I have the same issue with my Atrix ! I didn't know it was a known and common issue !! That's weird ...

Thanks I'll try this ;)
[Atrix 4G General] b27p:
Now I changed the digitizer

Now everything's worse

Obviously I made something wrong - now just a very small part in the middle of the digitiizer is working. No Soft Bottons! No '1' '4' or '7" when trying to unlook (amazingly this is regardless whether in landscape or portrait mode)

Now the phone is completely useless :(

BR
[Atrix 4G General] b27p:
gave it a second try, ordered new digitizer and: WIN

This time I also losened the LCD and pushed it a little down to open up the gap, where the cable and connector for the digitizer come through. If you know how to do it, it is pretty easy.

BR
[Atrix 4G General] andresrivas:
Congrats!!!!

Now, a way more easy way is, once you got the digi loose and disconnected, remove the lcd as well, those two are meant to be replaced together

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