Can you clear a straight line of malfunctioning pixels on a phone with a lighter?

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• 6nk06@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  God no. Don’t be stupid.

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  • ComicalMayhem@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Image

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  • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Obviously this won’t work.

    But please try it anyway and report back.

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• Lembot_0003@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  No. But it can turn the white line into a black blot.

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• throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  No. Completely false.

  You need to put in the microwave and set the timer for at least a minute while its on to recalibrate the pixels.

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• Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Try putting it in the microwave.

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  • lastunusedusername2@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I heard the latest update makes it microwave-proof

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• Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Try thwacking it more.

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  • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    After heating it with a lighter. 😆

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    • Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

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• phoenixz@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Thwapped

  Wut?

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  • JATtho@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I spent solid 10min writing an useful answer and then looked up. Now I want my 10mins back.

    hint

    Just wipe the screen clear from the goo, dummy.

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• BradleyUffner@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Only because doing that will force you to buy a new phone.

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• BombOmOm@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  That sounds like the connection itself somehow got fucked up. A flame probably isn’t going to fix that.

  You can put a flame to a screen for a few seconds and they are usually fine. But really, you should be looking into a screen repair or new/used phone.

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  • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Just get a new screen kit online. For most phones, they’re fairly reasonably priced. (But not Pixel, not even a 5 from 2020).

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• ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  No. If you’re lucky, you could take the phone apart and reconnect the ribbon connector that goes from the display to the board and it will be fixed. More likely the display is damaged and would need replaced. No chance a lighter will fix it.

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• voracitude@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Where did you hear that setting your phone on fire works fix the screen? Out of curiosity.

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  • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    probably from “a tiktok”

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  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Dunno, but I heard some were that you can fix your phone by microwaving it.

    This recharges the bars, too!

    (/s, if it was t obvious. Don’t microwave yer phone.)

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• zxqwas@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  If you try , make sure you film it.

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• ch00f@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  This is the kind of equipment you need to fix your problem.

  A lighter does not have the precision to do it unless you are insanely lucky.

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• Jtee@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  You could try using some steel wool

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• xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  no. that’s for stuck pixels… a line is a connection for a whole row of pixels, ie the problem isn’t the screen it’s the connection (or both).
  but the problem probably isn’t in the visible part of the screen….
  it’s also a bad idea for stuck pixels

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• Diddlydee@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Sounds like trial and error, and you have possibly one attempt.

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• neidu3@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I doubt it. Maybe, but the chances of damaging it is much higher.

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• Toes@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I doubt it. I’ve seen people try to fix pressure damage with a flame with mixed results.

  The frame is potentially warped if you’re able to adjust it, you could luck out. But understand it’s more likely to get worse.

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• user224@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Maybe the heat could temporarily do something, but other than that this just sounds stupid. Especially with strong heat source like a flame.

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• Lasherz12@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  If pressure from your fingers doesn’t fix it, a lighter won’t either. You’ll need a heat gun to remove the screen to fix it anyways, so you’ll find out what heat does to the edges (where these faults occur) regardless.

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