Thread: Display on 770 gone all 'funny'
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fanoush is offline fanoush
2007-07-31 , 07:49
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#10
Originally Posted by igor View Post
At poweron (iirc especially after an unclean power off) there is a chance that a current too high will flow through the LCD.
I don't know if the fact that it happened once on a certain unit makes it more likely to happen again or, instead if it is completely random.
Thanks for explanation.
Originally Posted by igor View Post
But it is _not_ related to wearing. It can happen on a brand new device as it can happen on a well seasoned one (I had it after 18 months).
The only way to reduce the risk is to minimise the powercycles.
What exactly is powercycle in this context? reboot unix command (i.e. sw_rst boot reason), poweroff + pressing the power key later or removing and reinserting the battery? Or perhaps all of them? I hope at least reboot does not count.

BTW where one could buy the display part? Is the one in N800 compatible? it seem to be supported by n770 linux kernel but is it physically compatible (dimensions, connector, combination with touchscreen,..) and perhaps also supported by bootloader?
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