White screen does not load page. What to do if there is a white screen on your tablet
Modern gadgets allow you to constantly keep your finger on the pulse, be always in touch, and keep in touch with family and friends. successfully replace computer equipment. Having them available, users can easily surf the Internet, regardless of their location. Unfortunately, such faithful companions of modern man as tablets can sometimes present an unexpected and very sad surprise. No one would want to see a white screen on a tablet and not understand what to do in this case. However, many users still have to face this problem. If you are faced with a similar problem, we will help you deal with this problem.
Solving the white screen problem.
White screen - technical problem
So, if you once noticed that your tablet greets you with a white screen instead of the traditional launch, it is useful to figure out what caused such a failure, as well as what to do to eliminate such a technical problem.
Causes of failure
Understanding why the problem occurred is quite important. This will allow you to bypass the circumstances that provoke the appearance of a white screen in the future. Stripes with shades of white when turning on the tablet or a completely white screen often occur due to the fault of the owner himself. If you neglect the rules of careful use of gadgets, such unpleasant surprises will become constant companions of a person. A white screen can occur due to mechanical damage when the tablet is dropped or something falls on it. Even minor mechanical damage can cause the cable to disconnect. Due to poor contact, the tablet display is not able to function successfully, and therefore “greets” its owner with “crystal whiteness”.
This nuisance is typical for gadgets that have been corroded or short-circuited. This happens when equipment accidentally falls into water or remains for a long time in a space with excessively high air humidity. A white screen will be inevitable if the tablet is used actively, but in dusty rooms. In this case, a large amount of dust settles on all its internal components, which negatively affects their performance and prevents contact. The cause of the white screen may be the installation of some new application. During installation, a system failure is often provoked; accordingly, the system cannot boot normally in the future.
Most modern users strive to have up-to-date software, so they cannot resist the temptation to install the new product themselves. In principle, such actions are completely justified, but subject to the availability of appropriate practical experience. If there is none, and the firmware recommendations have not been thoroughly studied, such actions lead to sad problems. Incorrectly causes the white screen to appear.
How to fix the problem
After you have managed to find out what caused the white screen, we suggest you figure out how to fix the display problem and eliminate the technical glitch. If the problem occurs after installing a new application, we suggest you wait a little and let the gadget “work” with the white screen. If after some time it still miraculously starts, be sure to check how many processes are running and how many applications are running at the same time. It is recommended to clean the desktop, since unnecessary shortcuts and widgets are also often the culprits of this problem. It would be a good idea to uninstall the application after installation of which the problem occurred. It is useful to move individual applications to the SD card, and also disable animation. By removing the extra load from the RAM and processor, it is sometimes possible to eliminate the white screen problem.
If you dropped your tablet, then you need. The most common cause of failure is a disconnected cable. It is enough to reconnect it again. Unfortunately, things don't always turn out so well. Often falls cause serious damage to the matrix or other important components. In this case, you won’t be able to do it on your own. You will have to contact a service center for help and be prepared to bear financial costs. It’s better to take care of the tablet, don’t let it fall, then there will be no problems, and no extra costs either.
If the contacts have oxidized, it is also better to entrust the solution to such a problem to experienced craftsmen who have not only practical experience, but also the necessary materials. It is especially important to contact a service center if your tablet is under warranty. If we persistently remove the problem using all the described methods, but it still remains, then we need to restart the tablet. Rebooting can be done in the traditional way or by removing the battery. Just in this case, do not forget to remove the SD card.
Unfortunately, even a forced reboot does not always fix the problem. Then we recommend that you reset the settings and return them to the factory state. Of course, you will have to accept the loss of data, but there is still a chance to restore normal functioning of the tablet.
To roll back the settings and return the gadget to its factory state, you need to perform several sequential steps:
It’s good if the rollback worked and the tablet started working. If you are disappointed this time too, then there is nothing left to do but go to professionals for help. The specialists will understand the problem of the gadget and prescribe the necessary “treatment”; if necessary, they will “operate” on it and bring it back to life for your joy.
Maybe you washed it, or tried to beat the crap out of it with improvised means, or reflashed it - anything could be the cause. I say again - if you don’t know exactly what the reason is, it’s unlikely that you’ll be able to fix anything.
After physical damage
If the white screen began to appear after an attempt to “re-educate” the tablet using the cuff method, or you accidentally dropped it on the floor, on the asphalt, then there is nothing surprising here at all.
The matrix or some kind of microcircuit that is responsible for controlling the display could be damaged. Such parts are usually not repaired, but replaced with new ones. The matrix is usually not cheap, so to avoid such cases, it is better not to beat your tablet.
If you're lucky and it turns out that nothing was broken, and only the cable came off during the fall, you'll just need to reattach it. If you are afraid to fix it yourself, entrust the work to a specialist. If your hands are very itchy, there is help where it is described how to disassemble the tablet.
Also, some experts claim that getting the tablet wet or moisture getting inside the case can cause rust, corrosion and oxidation of some cables or metal components of the boards. If you clean them, then perhaps everything will fall into place. I think you understand that it is better to entrust such a procedure to a specialist.
After unsuccessful firmware
If the screen turns white like a wall after flashing the firmware, it means the tablet is terribly afraid of what you did to it. Most likely, you either installed the wrong firmware or did something wrong. Remember what you did wrong, and carefully, very carefully read the firmware instructions, and flash it again. And if the firmware is “not correct,” you need to look for the correct one on another site, preferably on an official resource. Flashing a tablet with anything is like pouring coal or firewood into the gas tank of a car, and wondering why my car won’t start and won’t drive. You will find normal firmware, and use it to flash your device.
Out of the blue
You simply held the tablet in your hands, rebooted it, or left it on charge. And then just bang! Look, the tablet screen has suddenly turned white. For example, during switching on. Perhaps there is nothing wrong. Try experimenting. For example, completely turn off and turn on the tablet. If there is a “Reset” button on the tablet body, you can use it. If the tablet does not turn off, you can wait until the battery runs out and it turns off on its own. Then turn it on and look at the result. Sometimes, in rare cases, this helps the tablet to “come to its senses”, because it, like a person, can sometimes jam.
If all these manipulations did not help, then the problem is much more serious, and the problem must be solved by flashing the device. If it is truly a software glitch, flashing the firmware will solve the problem. You can read more about flashing here, as well as.
I don’t know anything, I gave the tablet to someone and received it back with a white screen
A common problem is when a person does not know exactly what happened to the tablet, and the one who did such a dirty trick does not admit what he did with the device. I'm very sorry, but you're unlikely to fix anything using the poke method. It’s easier to take the tablet to a service center for diagnostics (to a normal service center, not a basement), where specialists will look at what’s wrong with the tablet and tell you what needs to be fixed and how much it will cost.
Many of you must have noticed that the update to Google Chrome 32 is frankly late, despite the fact that some users have already received this version as part of testing. Someone probably knows what this is connected with, but they don’t tell us. Meanwhile, at least in RuNet, problems began with synchronization, which recently simply stopped working for many users.
Users cannot log into the browser. They get a white screen instead of successful synchronization. They cannot pull up their extensions or bookmarks. It turned out that this problem is related to the Russian language. Apparently, some extremely strange bug has arisen in the browser, which prevents the use of synchronization if Google Chrome is in Russian localization. The solution to this problem is simple:
2. Turn on the browser display in English.
3. Restart.
4. Turn on synchronization.
This is such a funny situation. Did the problem bother you? Did the advice help? Tell your friends.
UPD. The problem affected all versions of Google Chrome of all channels. Depending on the localization, Chrome sends us to the appropriate server. In our case, google.ru, which is currently behaving inappropriately. By changing the language to English, we will go to their server, where authorization is successful.
UPD 2. Solution for Linux (thanks to Mikhail Kozyrkin):
I found a solution for Linux. Tested on debian wheezy, kde, chromium 31. In the terminal as root, enter the following command:
# dpkg-reconfigure locales
In the window that appears, use the arrows and the spacebar to select the required localization (an asterisk means that the item has already been selected). For me it is en_US-UTF-8 and ru_RU-UTF-8. Then press "ENTER". In the next window, select the default en localization (in my case, en_US-UTF-8). Then press "ENTER". Enter the command:
After the reboot, launch chrome (chromium) and log in with your account. To return localization, enter again in the terminal:
# dpkg-reconfigure locales
In the first window, press “ENTER”, and in the next window select Russian localization (for example ru_RU-UTF-8). After all the procedures completed, enter the command
Note: On newer versions of ubuntu, it may simply fail to check all locales when you enter the "dpkg-reconfigure locales" command. In this case, the language can be changed in the system settings (localization settings or language settings). The effect is the same.
