But $50 for the strips gets you all new pieces. "chances are extremely likely another strip will go out again unless you replace them all". When you do this repair you replace ALL the LEDs. Because ya, there are 36 LEDs, so 36 chances of failure. Only 1 out of 36 could fail this TV. So, replace them all is what you do.

I was 3 weeks past my one year warranty so you are right, these TVs are junk.

In what world does someone have the time to repair this ? The initial comment made it sound as though it was a 5 minute job. This is all day affair and there’s a good chance you will break the screen or lose some parts. Really would have preferred a, “sorry man, go find a new TV unless you are an expert electrical engineer”

@@montymiranda299I'm a cheapskate and it beats buying a new one. Only took about an hour and I'm far from an expert. In my opinion it's worth it if you're willing to do the work

Just got to this point in the video and was so confused. Thank you so much!

@@Trisqueer @steveh112 how do you disconnect those two ribbons that you can see at the 2:02 mark?

Excellent point. I will try to do this same repair myself. Any recommendations of where to buy these led strips besides eBay? Thank you.

@@salvador8157 Below is a link to the ones i bought on ebay and worked perfectly for my 55S405 www.ebay.com/itm/4C-LB5504-HR-4C-LB5505-HR-LED-Backlight-Strips-for-TCL-55-TV-55UC6426-55S405/224073376842?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2648

@@ePetanovich Thank you my friend. I will get those then.

Fs mate

CAN YOU DO MINES

Where did you find the led strips for the 55s405?

@@danielcarroll6010 I bought mine on ebay. I think Amazon also had a few ~$40-50.

@Jesse Davis how much you paid for the less and did you replace all of them??

Plus the glue they used to hold the LCD panel down, visible at 1:37.

I think you got ripped of buddy

I have the 32 inch and need led strip do you know where I can get them

I read your comment before fixing this TV and looked at it too. You are right, aluminum led PCBs barely makes a contact with huge aluminum back plate (supposedly to get rid of the heat). I think that wiggle room is 100% not intentional and is manufacturing error because they did not calculate little metal pieces arising around the hole after you drill it from behind the metal plate. These tiny metal bits adds just enough height so whole assembly is not possible to secure tightly and make a good heat transfer. What I did is I used Dremel and grinded each led srip mounting hole for a few seconds, it was enough to remove those tiny pieces and new (as well as old) led strips screws in very firmly, no need for washers. If you would add thermal paste it might be even a bit overkill, I did not since it looked more than enough heat transfer after this grinding mod. Also in my case I found some black tape used in manufacturing right under where led strip supposed to make a contact, so I removed those pieces to make metal to metal heat transfer (I believe manufacturing error no 2). But also I would recommend to remove that final white reflective sheet without cutting it like in this video so you won't damage it while grinding + it is not that bad to remove at all, I removed it intact without any tools, just keep steady pressure starting from the corner and allow some time for double sided tape to release it, it is even faster than playing with new double sided tape. After I was done I can already feel slight warmth on that huge back aluminum panel from the leds while tv is working. I paid 18$ for complete new led strip set from aliexpress and waited around 2-3 weeks for it to arrive, and the new ones looked the same as originals. And like somebody mentioned somewhere here before don't use any thin plastic piece to remove the glue from the panel, this is super risky, just unclip the top plastic inner filter frame and lift the whole thing.

Okay everybody here's my dilemma I have a TCL Roku TV if I open up the back I only have three parts one strip that comes from the power to the left side of one of the main boards then I have two quarts connecting one is the power from the switch on the bottom the other one is to the speakers everybody I've asked every one of these KZfaq things I've looked at nobody has shown me the same TV everything is a LCD and they say that TCL is the same they're not the same I only take off the bottom part and it shows me my three parts and that's it I've got a black screen but I still have sound if anybody has any idea for me what to do please let me know

How did you do it??

Why shouldn't it just be cut the way he did it?

@@wesker877 so you get a better fit and retain the original reflector which is probably beneficial to the end picture/results.

If purchased less than a year ago TCL will replace for free

@@jwhitaker1119 Thanks for replying, James. I spoke with TCL Support and they say that I'm out of the warranty by a few days even though I placed the order on December 18th, it shipped December 20th, and I didn't receive or use it until the 23rd, which is the day that I contacted them. So I suppose I'm on my own on this one. I'll give them bad reviews for the rest of my life and recommend everybody to look elsewhere when shopping for a quality, affordable, reliable television that is a good value.

Also, it seems like a lot of people start having issues TCL televisions just a few days past the warranty. Pretty fishy in my opinion...

I bought one from bestbuy and mine just crapped out but within the manufacturers warranty. TCL sent someone to fix it and could not fix it. Ugggggh so now I'm waiting on a "recertified" tv of the same model. I'll be going back to LG TVs for now on. Weird how the backlight goes out when I'm changing the inputs to watch tv. I feel like tinkering around with the tv to see what the issue really is coming from.

3.3v for each one

Use a flash light shining in the middle of your TV and power it on, if you see the logo when you power your TV on with the flashlight shining on it then the backlight is out. Good luck to you!

Sounds to me like the backlights are turning on for a brief moment, then turning off, possibly due to short or open circuit on the LED strip. One way to tell is take a flash light and shine it on the screen while the TV is on. If you see faint images, then your backlight LEDs or backlight power supply may be bad.

i have found out and there's not a fix, tv going to the trash.

It would have been helpful if this video specified to slide the plastic on only one side of the screen. I got a small crack too because I was trying to slide it along the side attached to the bracket. I thought it was just really strong adhesive so I applied a smidge too much pressure and now that corner of the screen is distorted. 🤬

Same here, make sure to read the comments before following this video. Or actually find a better video to follow. The top of the screen is not going to come out like in the video. His has obviously already been removed.

It's the end of you're TV when the panel goes bad unless you can find another used one with a good panel but have other issues.

Brandie Blizzard i payed 195 . if ur repair price exceeds 200 then just buy a new tv

Probably just cheap LEDs designed to break after so many hours

I would guess they have found a way to render these TVs inoperable just outside the warranty period. Capacitors used to be the big tool back in the day, now they just overdrive LEDs to burn them out. I've seen on another TV brand their power supply can sense when just one LED burns out, it will then turn off the whole strip. Kind of like a long string of christmas lights when one bulb dies, you have to hunt to find which one. There are smarter ways to build these, and I'm sure they know all of them. But that defeats their purpose and goal of consumerism.

yes

I'd say you shouldn't have any problems since it's an exact model. Just make sure the insides look similar too, then a screen swap should work.

Yes make sure that it is a TCL not an LCD TCL Roku does not have LCDs Roku is a smart TV but it only has three parts on the bottom and no one has shown anyway to fix it they always show the LCDs

Hey Robert, I also have this tv and my lights died last week, just letting you know to save yourself the trouble these LEDs are cheap and similar to low end Christmas lights where they cannot remain lit if one in the chain dies. You could test the internals with a volt meter but there's tons of discussions online confirming the absolute horrible quality of the LEDs. The whole thing seems to be designed to eventually fail.

@@nukaiaahpo335 OK, thanks, I read that too, and if one goes out the whole strip is dead. Terrible design, but at least it makes sense why this is such a common problem.

Hey did you ever replace the LED strips? I literally have the same exact TV model as you

The strips are bad

These shithead manufacturers use cheap LEDs and drive them with more power than they're designed for to get that extra brightness people want. LEDs last a long time. Pfft, not if you overdrive them with voltage.

I just commented something similar before seeing your comment. I think I'm going to try using a hair dryer and see what happens

@@sirbarky I just tried the heat gun method to remove the reflective paper. For the most part, it worked. The heat actually made the sticky adhesive looser. But, like I do sometimes I go overboard. I used a bit too much heat for too long in one area. The paper is a bit heat wrinkled. But I don't think it will really affect much. The LED lights in their plastic magnifiers are the most source of light. The reflective paper just reflects the light bouncing from the plastic sheet and the edges of the reflective plastic magnifying pieces on the LEDs. So, if you even pulled the reflective sheet out, I'm sure all you'd see is a tiny bit of light reduction.

my problem as well, and they said that problem is a "rare case" yet I keep seeing hundreds of people with the same problem smh. My lasted 2 years bro...

@@jacobmatthews my tv also only lasted 2 years. Just went out tonight.

Mine as well 2.5 years. Just today

Nice... So it's agreed here that TCL makes a 2 year lifespan TV. Too bad there couldn't be a class action lawsuit against these thieves.

they just played the beginning of this video backwards.

@@Cazero I wanted to know that too. I was wondering id the put the cut out piece back on?

Yes, if there are any missing pieces of the reflector your picture uniformly will suffer. Without the entire reflector you would only see the picture infront of where the led is.

I've done this repair on a Toshiba TV about a year ago. I've watched other videos showing that most of the time it just takes one LED on the whole strip to put the power supply into shutdown mode. The guy found the bad LED and jumped it with a tiny resistor and fixed it. Me, I'd rather replace the whole strip because sometimes you have 64 LEDs so that makes 63 more chances of an old LED dying again.

@@MeMe-wh7tr yeah happened to me the guy who repaired my TV just replaced 2 leds and soldiered them to the old dead ones causing the TV to give up again in a month. He wanted to charge me 200 dollars again but I opened it and saw what he did when he said he purchased all new led kit. Wish I could take him the old pieces to show him that I know what he truly did.

Greg Avila have you tried a flashlight test?

@@jtkuvsmuify yes, video is visible with flashlight

Greg Avila if it’s not your leds, it’s your power supply board!

@@jtkuvsmuify can it still be repaired or need replacement? There's only one board at the back.

Some times the connection between the led strips is not connected properly

Mines doing the same almost better just to go buy a new one that’s a lot of fucking work lol

Ya, this is bullshit. Since when have TVs become a 2 year disposable item? Some people use a laptop more than 10 years. Heck, I'm still using my 50" plasma I purchased in 2010. Everybody should be rightly pissed off at this. I'm pissed off here because I just got a TV in my shop for ewaste, a 55" TCL with a manufacture date of June 2018 with a dead back light. The guy went out and bought a fancy 55" LG 4k. Consumerism doing it's job. Even if I fix this TV for $10, I'm not sure I'd want this shit garbage in my house. It's probably programmed to catch on fire after the 4th year mark if it's still running.

Not worth it in my opinion. Other easy to fix parts is okay.

No, this is not due to a bad backlight, Google how to factory reset your make and model of tv.

@@iowaoutdoorfamily I did refractory set it and it still had the same issue

Did you find put where to get any

Any tips on removing the reflector?

I broke panel, when was trying to put peace of plastic... So I pay $80 for LED+tools and now I have nothing :(

i broken my screen because traying remove the panel with out it :(

I cut the panels off of a cereal box and carefully work them under the screen and lift from the top and bottom center. (Never end to end or it can buckle in the center and crack)

On another 55" TV I used those smaller 2.5" suction cups. Two on each end and had one person lift each side. Those smaller suction cups work great. They don't have such a huge bite so there's less stress on the glass, yet they can have a very powerful grip.

The reflector sheet is actually easy to pull of gently. I don't know about a blow dryer since it's made of some sort of plastic or plastic coated paper I think it might warp and cause problems with the picture

@@Andrew-el7or So how about heating the glue from back side, where the metal is? But you'd probably have to remove all the boards from the back plate just to make sure you don't damage the power supply or mainboard.

factsonfacts..no i have not..i dont mess with leds unless i know for sure thats the issue way too much risk damaging lcd panel..very difficult to get to leds... i asked in a forum and nobody could confirm if i should have voltage present at power supply with leds diswconnected so i aborted the repair until i can confirm its not the power supply...99% of the time its the leds and not ps but i dont care about the tv much right now...do you have 0v coming out from ps to the leds? with connector disconnected?

Yes

Well I'd imagine the LED strips should cost around $20-$40, and the rest is labor. I'd probably charge around 200$ (not quite seeing the process for this TV yet, but I've done this process on another brand), so the guy charging 120$ is an idiot or a sucker for pain.

Same question here also... What is the price of led backlight

@@sunnybabu9071 don't know the exact price but i got it for 4000

@@abhisekacharya673 thank u

Price is on the website. link in the description

Wow. Don't know what the magic trick was but they replaced my TV even though it was more than 2 years old. I couldn't have been happier with their service.

@@EP-ni6my Be prepared to replace it or call them again in another 1.5 to 2.5 years, depending on how bright you have your TV set at. How happy should anyone be to have garbage replaced with garbage?

Meh, not so bad. All you really need is patience and time. If you can calm yourself down to a few hour period, them you're set. Slow down, analyze and think. As with any repair, just think about the task at hand. And seriously, just slow down your thinking. You need to focus. When you can focus on repair, it's done before you even start. Stop thinking about all the crap in your life and start thinking about what you're doing now.

What steps did he miss?

@@MrsNunswife Did you miss the post from Steveh112 a year ago? He mentioned at least one important step. His post starts with "One very important step was missed."

How much did you pay for your tcl tv panel screen replacement?

What he said

how much did it cost you to fix yours?

Can you put the link

I just did this repair. Although the video didn't say anything about removing the scan boards from the plastic brackets, while i was un-sticking the adhesive it was very apparent that the boards needed to be removed from the brackets. To the less technical this would be a crucial step to know. Hopefully people read these comments first

@@imobracing7071 Can you explain how to remove those ribbons?

@@ePetanovich It has been a while since I did the repair so I'm a little foggy at this point. I believe I had to remove the scan drive board from the plastic holder, once removed you can flip up the brown retaining tab that locks the ribbon in place

iMOB Racing found it. Thank you!!