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2024-01-02 13:00:05Z
So this time, I actually did a real screen replacement with a real screen! And I have some more notes based on the previous notes
Previous notes on replacing the Fairphone 4 screen
Last time, I did a "replacement" i.e. Did the replacement procedures but used the same screen. This time, I did actually replace the screen with another screen.
This time, I wanted to fix a couple of things:
So I ordered a replacement screen and also screen protector. Then it arrived via *being fucking thrown over the home gate*. Thankfully, the parts did not get damaged after being thrown by the delivery person, as the box had too much padding and the replacement screen had bubble wrap.
Previous notes on replacing the Fairphone 4 screen
This is in addition to the previous notes (linked above):
1. When taking the screen replacement part out of its packaging, there might be a tiny sticky cover on where the front camera is. Take that sticky cover off, you don't want that there.
2. A screw in the lower right side of the phone (relative to looking at the back of the opened phone) was resisting to be screwed back in. I had to use a lot more than usual force to get the screw back in. I may have screwed up that single screw in the process.
3. I had difficulty trying to plug the display back in. I think I just had to push on the connector a little harder for it to connect back together.
After replacement, the replacement has been done. Obviously.
I mentioned earlier that I had problems with multi-touch. That is, any finger that isn't my thumb has very unreliable touchscreen detection.
Well, guess what? Replacing the screen did absolutely nothing. In fact, the same workarounds I found still works on the new screen:
Any one of those workarounds can be used, and it does not have to be all of them.
Multi-touch is important to me because I play rhythm games. In the current state, I would need to play harder levels to progress in skill, and those harder levels require more than just thumbs. But because anything other than thumbs is unreliable (and I need to use more than just thumbs), I can't properly play.
Now that I have swapped the screen with a new one, what do I do with the old one?
Answer would be to send it off to some electronics recycling center, but I have no idea how to do any of that, and I don't know where to send it off to.
So I am just going to keep the old display until I deal with it eventually.