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Help ! My Xperia PLAY screen is all fuzzy like a TV

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 23:16:32 GMT

The screen has totally froze no movement at all.Like a white background with millions of different dot colours.

Reminds be abit of fuzzy on TV but still

Tried switching on/off remove battery etc but still same

Any ideas?

Re: Help ! My Xperia PLAY screen is all fuzzy like a TV

uliwooly-wooly — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 23:32:49 GMT

take the battery out, and w/o the battery press and hold the Power button for few seconds, then try again

Re: Help ! My Xperia PLAY screen is all fuzzy like a TV

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 00:15:59 GMT

Thank you for your swift reply.

I have done that just but sadly the problem still exists....its like a mosiac filling the whole screen.

One minute the phone was working the next complete blank out

Re: Help ! My Xperia PLAY screen is all fuzzy like a TV

uliwooly-wooly — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 00:56:31 GMT

you can try Update Service to repair your phone

http://dl-www.sonyericsson.com/cws/download/1/110/61/1309763183/Update_Service_Setup-2.11.7.13.exe

know that it will delete everything on your phone

Re: Help ! My Xperia PLAY screen is all fuzzy like a TV

uliwooly-wooly — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 00:57:04 GMT

for future reference

Make sure you backup everything

Backup & Restore app

Use this links to download the apk

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193802

http://www.elita-clan.com/downloads/backup_and_restore_v010935.apk

http://www.elita-clan.com/downloads/backup_and_restore_v010935.apkor
http://www.mediafire.com/?1n07llajeaoo03y

How to install it

You need to

go to settings -> applications -> check unknown sources

download IO File Manager

https://market.android.com/details?id=org.openintents.filemanager&feature=search_result

download the backup & restore app, transfer it to your SD card, use OI file manager to find it -> tap on it -> install it

Contacts

just to play it safe sync your contacts w/ google if you haven't already

open your phonebook

press MENU button -> tap on Send Contacts -> select all -> send it to your email

on your computer

-> download the file -> go to your gmail -> click on contacts -> click on more actions -> on the drop down menu click on "import" -> choose the file -> and click import

Apps

Don't worry so much about backing up your apps

on your computer go to

market.android.com -> log in -> click on My Library -> and send all your apps to your phone

SMS/MMS

if you don't want to use the backup & restore app then

Install "backup SMS" to back up your SMS and MMS to your Gmail

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.zegoggles.smssync&feature=search_result

or your SMS use

"backup & restore SMS"

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore&feature=search_result

or for your MMS use "Save MMS"

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.schwimmer.android.mmsextract&feature=search_result

Call Logs

And for call logs this is great

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.yang.android.ansta

Re: Help ! My Xperia PLAY screen is all fuzzy like a TV

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:42:28 GMT

I have the same issue on my experia play, and none of the mentioned here fixes are working for me just a ststic, fuzzy screen. Dose any one have any more ideas on how to get the display up and running again?

Re: Help ! My Xperia PLAY screen is all fuzzy like a TV

uliwooly-wooly — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 03:03:18 GMT

it might be a hardware problem more than a software glitch

if you want to contact SE

http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/common/contact?cc=gb&lc=en

Re: Help ! My Xperia PLAY screen is all fuzzy like a TV

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:52:34 GMT

So this is for anyone that has this problem and seeks out help like I did. I was playing around with my phone while looking up ways to fix its static screen and stuff. I fixed it by holding down the power button for a moment until i knew the screen would normally have the phone options onscreen, then i just tapped the screen attempting to hit where these options would be and when i hit one, i think it was "silent mode" my screen flashed back to normal. I hope this can help someone with this terrifying problem.

Re: Help ! My Xperia PLAY screen is all fuzzy like a TV

Wave_Shock — Sun, 11 Aug 2019 23:02:28 GMT

@ wrote:
So this is for anyone that has this problem and seeks out help like I did. I was playing around with my phone while looking up ways to fix its static screen and stuff. I fixed it by holding down the power button for a moment until i knew the screen would normally have the phone options onscreen, then i just tapped the screen attempting to hit where these options would be and when i hit one, i think it was "silent mode" my screen flashed back to normal. I hope this can help someone with this terrifying problem.

This is many many years later but this worked wonderfully for my old Xperia Play that I'm nostalgic towards. Thank you! You're a gentleman and a scholar