Droid 1 problems

[xrob513z]

So i have a Moto Droid (A855) with some problems. When trying to press something on the screen, it will only work about a quarter of the time. Sometimes I cant even unlock it. I have tried rooting it, and throwing a different ROM (the Apex v6 I believe) and it didnt help. Anyone know what could fix it, or is it just done for?

 

[guidot]

Sounds like the screen or the digitizer is at fault here.

You can replace both if you are handy, and don't mind potentially breaking something.

 

[xrob513z]

I'm not that handy, at least with small parts like it will be, but I'm not worried at all about breaking anything so I may give it a shot. I'm sure there's videos on YouTube explaining what to do. Just wasn't sure if it was a software issue I could fix without doing all that.

 

[guidot]

If you've rooted and changed roms and all, I'm fairly certain its hardware failure.

 

[juv3]

Hardware failure! I had my 1st droid doing the same thing... If u have insurance u have to flash it with RSD lite back to stock and take it to ur provider so they can get u a new one

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[juv3]

Oh and the good news is that they'll send u the droid 2 global... But u have to be under the one year warranty tho... If not i would report it lost not stolen so they cand send u it... U pay a difference tho

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[xrob513z]

Yea its actually not a phone I could claim on insurance or warranty. I work at a Verizon store and a customer upgraded to a 4G phone and left that there. So I figured why not try and fix it if it was possible.

 

[jbwiden]

Is the plastic removed from the back of the screen? If so, any metal showing on the back where the screen slides on it?

 

[dmg]

My droid 1 has the exact same issue and i can't seem to find a solution, if you find one would you mind sharing with me?