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

[#1]

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?

[uliwooly-wooly]

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

[#3]

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

[uliwooly-wooly · Accepted solution]

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

[uliwooly-wooly]

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

or

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

[#6]

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?

[uliwooly-wooly]

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

[#8]

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.

[Wave_Shock]

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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.

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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