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As of late, my new Fuze (the 3rd one, I exchanged the other ones out because they got kinda scratched up) has been showing poor performance. And then today, the touch screen just stopped working. It still registers the touch, but it's like no matter where I touch it can only go to one of the two soft keys. Has anyone else been having this problem?
I'm going in to switch it out again, but I'm really not sure if I want to keep using the Fuze...overall, it's slow, buggy, and the GPS is trash. I love the phone, but it's just not working.
Are you using the stock ROM or did you use one of the cooked ROMs? I have a Fuze (upgraded from a Tilt) and everything works fine on mine. I read that a lot of people are having issues with the GPS. I did initially --- I could not get any GPS connectivity. I ran HTP GPS Tool and everything worked fine after that. Even after I flash another ROM it works fine. I use TomTom and GoogleMaps regularly and even GoogleMaps can get a GPS lock within 1 minute.
You may want to check the settings for the TouchFlo. Download DiamondTweak and Advanced Config 3.3. They have settings to improve the sensitivity of the touch screen... maybe you need this or at least give it a try.
As for slow, I think this has to do more with the ROM. Since I got my Fuze, the first thing I did was flash one of the cooked ROMs (of course, after HardSPL ).
Good luck.
I'm using the stock ROM, I'm kind of scared to flash a new one. I did all the performance tweaks and it made a pretty big difference, but it's still kind of slow. I can live with it though. The GPS works occasionally, but it isn't nearly as strong as other phones I've used/seen. And the touchscreen problem has nothing to do with the sensitivity, I'm fairly positive it's broken. Like, when I touch somewhere on the screen, it registers the touch as far to the left as possible (ie. I'm trying to close a program or open the task manager and it registers the touch as pressing the Start button). It may have something to do with the fact that I cleaned the screen with a monitor wipe, although I would assume that that shouldn't affect anything. It's just such a coincidence though; I literally used the monitor wipe like 2-3 minutes before it broke or screwed up or whatever. And it's not a software issue. I hard-reset it and it took a good 20 minutes to get past the screen alignment (I think it just gave up on me and went to the next screen). I'm just going to exchange it out for a new one I guess, although I'd really prefer an Xperia X1 at this point (or any point I guess...I just don't want to spend 700 dollars on it)
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As of late, my new Fuze (the 3rd one, I exchanged the other ones out because they got kinda scratched up) has been showing poor performance. And then today, the touch screen just stopped working. It still registers the touch, but it's like no matter where I touch it can only go to one of the two soft keys. Has anyone else been having this problem?
I'm going in to switch it out again, but I'm really not sure if I want to keep using the Fuze...overall, it's slow, buggy, and the GPS is trash. I love the phone, but it's just not working.
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Dude, I hear ya..... I'm getting the same issue, it registers touch etc, you press your home key it vibrates you softrest with button on back and it starts up and I know its booted WM as I can hear the windows startup sound, It's not the first time this has happened to me, one other time after flashing a cooked rom, It did the same thing then I managed to blindly navigate the device into the bootloader then reflash the device, the screen suddenly decided to come back on at the "tap to setup device" stage, you know with the screen alignment...., then I did like 2 hard resets, cause at the time I thought that this was something to do with it, then everything has been working good as gold up untill last night when I flashed the cooks latest version, it worked for a lil bit but in my messing around with the device, the screen switched off then stayed off, I've been trying the same process that I tryed before, but it's not working, maybe I should of did the 2 hard resets straight away rather then fart arsing around loading cabs etc...?, not sure, as I'm at a loss with this one... maybe it was just on it's way out, upto HTC heaven and there's nothing I can do about it ?, God, I hope not !!, MY next thing I'm going to try is load a stock HTC ROM onto the storage card, and maybe that will work...hmmm??, anyway...do you know anymore or are you at a loss as well ?... Oh BTW, I'm using a Touch HD, with a manilla 2.5, 6.5 ROM, from one of the popular chefs, (I'm not gonna publish the chefs name) as I think it's not really his fault....everyone else seems to be OK, so must be something else, I've wondered sometimes about the amount of writes available on some types of memorys having something to do with it, but it can't be that..?, something with the screen, I've noticed it happens when the battery is running real hot as well !!, anyway if ya find out something, I'm keen to hear as well, as no one seems to be answering my post about it.....
I am going insane sometimes with this phone....
Getting it do the simplest of tasks and behave itself should not be a lot to ask. Too many times i feel like the lag, unresponsiveness, hanging, etc. is just unacceptable. I need this phone for work and can't seem to understand why on earth it can't do such a simple thing as flip the screen and allow me to edit contact details without freezing!
It's not the ROM, i flash pretty regularly, and i would doubt it is my SF installed...
I just now did a soft reset and it still comes back way less than optimal.
Is anyone else as frustrated as i am by this phone?? I just feel like it should be so much more reliable than it is, and at times i feel like my Hermes was better.
Is it that 6.1 is still too new, and i need to go back to 6.0? I need better stability and am ready to sacrifice some cool new looks if that's what it takes to get it.
what ROM are u running on? i have no problems with mine
i have no problems either. what programs do you have installed? i had tnt battery meter installed and it KILLED the performance of my phone. It had a small ram footprint but htere was a 1 second lag per key press while typing and during touch flo use, etc.
maybe you have some program like that too?
I would have to say it is something you installed. I use mine for business as well and do not have any issues with responsiveness. I am constantly running notes or excel as well as adding editing contacts and it snaps right to what I need. The biggest problem I have is my fingers. I tend to try to do things I should be doing with the stylus. Other than that it is ten times the phone that my hermes was. In fact my brother still has his hermes and I hate working on that phone because it isn't nearly as fast or responsive as my fuze.
Right now I have Romeos latest Randium ROM (ROMeOS2_ENG_21042_1954_070409_RAnDIUM)
The only thing I can think of, and I have this installed every time, is Garmin Mobile XT GPS Software.
This goes on every ROM I have, and there's really nothing else I can imagine that could be as big a potential for issues as this (I also have like Google Maps and Lordsmiff's Battery Indicator and a few tweaks and things).
I absolutely live off of my Garmin software, but I guess I will have to try to flash and leave it off and see if that is what is causing the pain. It is becoming too much to bare and if that solves it I suppose I will have to look for another GPS.
Why don't you make a custom 6.5 ROM? 21210 is working so good for me that its not even funny.
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Right now I have Romeos latest Randium ROM (ROMeOS2_ENG_21042_1954_070409_RAnDIUM)
The only thing I can think of, and I have this installed every time, is Garmin Mobile XT GPS Software.
This goes on every ROM I have, and there's really nothing else I can imagine that could be as big a potential for issues as this (I also have like Google Maps and Lordsmiff's Battery Indicator and a few tweaks and things).
I absolutely live off of my Garmin software, but I guess I will have to try to flash and leave it off and see if that is what is causing the pain. It is becoming too much to bare and if that solves it I suppose I will have to look for another GPS.
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so after doing some searching...i think lordsmiff's = tnt battery meter. Try uninstalling it and if it hangs your phone while you are trying to uninstall, you have your problem. Hard reset and install everything BUT Lordsmiff's and your fuze will be 5x faster!
Google TNT battery meter and see if it's teh same thing as whaty ou have if you're doubtful. I was told it's not made for vga screens and that might be what's messing it up. really hope this helps, let us know!
Dont use randium!!!
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Right now I have Romeos latest Randium ROM (ROMeOS2_ENG_21042_1954_070409_RAnDIUM)
The only thing I can think of, and I have this installed every time, is Garmin Mobile XT GPS Software.
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I tried the Randium edition of ROMeOS but it is too slow!! I switched from ROMeOS to RC3 [just to try it out] then RRE [for a few minutes] and back to the latest build of ROMeOS and I would definitely recommend ROMeOS w/ Raphael Manila!!
The most important thing to me is that my phone should never lag when sliding open and i should never see a lag when typing and ROMeOS handles those well.
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Right now I have Romeos latest Randium ROM (ROMeOS2_ENG_21042_1954_070409_RAnDIUM)
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I would have to agree that it is probably somewhere between the battery meter and the TF3D2. Before you reflash try turning TF3D2 off and killing the battery program and see if the phone responds better. I know RRE hasn't included TF3D2 in his roms yet because of the bugs still in it.
Yep most likely a problem with one of the Cabs you put on it! I had this same problem with NRGZ28's 041409 build. Installed some of my usual stuff on his new 041609 build and now it is really nice and fast!
This is why I LOVE this forum - You people are AMAZING! What excellent feedback and concern!
The lordsmiff program DID indeed hang my phone when trying to uninstall, and I am trying now to reflash a new ROM and will not install that app and see if that changes things.
I do love that type of notifier though, my eyes so easily find it on the screen so if anyone knows a similar app, please let me know.
I do also agree about the TF3D2 on there, and while i am not sure it's the "problem" for me on my phone, I do notice it's bugs big time. Is there an easy way to tell straight away, if you have TF3D or TF3D2 installed? It also has some serious annoyances to me and i just don't at all like the design of some things that have changed - I hate how the SMS response has changed, and I wind up hitting "back" after typing a mssg (b/c that's where "send" used to be). So annoying after just typing out a mssg. Also the call history screen is trying to be too cute and it's not nearly as functional as the old design (i can't find a way to see my missed/outgoing/incoming calls broken down).
It seems to be very annoying when versions jump so fast from one to the next , before the current/previous version is even optimized. I'm not as into the bleeding edge stuff, i really prefer something that is reliable and just works WELL. It just feels to me like the Touch Pro development stuff moves so fast (at least compared to my experience at the end w my Hermes), but at least others seem to be having good success.
I am trying some of these suggestions now and report back soon. Thank you so much friends!
yeah lots of battery indicators seem to cause problems i had one that ran along the top of the screen it didnt seem to be a problem for a while then it started making the phone lag and freeze constantly
took it off and everything was fine
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I do love that type of notifier though, my eyes so easily find it on the screen so if anyone knows a similar app, please let me know.
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*sadness*
me too
What is wrong with this? My current ROM, like most ROMs, started off fast as anything. And it is still relatively fast, it is just it has immense trouble with Text Messages, and crashes frequently when I try to use them.
Is this a Windows 6.5 problem? Is this a Windows problem? Is this a TouchFlo 3D problem? Why does it just gunk up and become almost unusable so much? I love Windows Mobile, but I just wish it would work.
Guess I'll be flashing it again soon.
well 6.5 roms around are still beta roms
so they are bound to have some issues
also if you install other programs which slow
your device down then slow is what you get
I don't install programs to slow my phone down. And I don't install many programs. Beejive and Opera are all I install. But I still have to soft reset my phone very often.
My Windows 6.1 ROMs had the same issue, except everything was slow as can be.
Try the process of elimination. Flash the phone, after it finishes and gets to the part where you align the screen, HARD RESET it again. Let it proceed til it is finished. As much as a pain in the rear, DON'T install ANYTHING other than what it came with, & DON'T tweak anything. Run it for a couple days and see what happens. If it is ok, install ONLY one program, run it for a few days and so on, adding programs one at a time, using it for a day or two and see if you spot anything. If it continues to run ok, then tweak one thing at a time.
If, on the other hand, a bare install, it still locks up, try just a different radio, or, take it all the way back the way it came from the factory, including the radio, and the SPL. Then, install (if it is an at&t phone) the factory issued update, and see what happens. If it still is acting up, warranty it for another one, sounds like a hardware problem.
Tracking down intermittent problems is a PITA, but, you have to have a lot of patience, and try things one at a time to see what is causing the problem.
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Try the process of elimination. Flash the phone, after it finishes and gets to the part where you align the screen, HARD RESET it again. Let it proceed til it is finished. As much as a pain in the rear, DON'T install ANYTHING other than what it came with, & DON'T tweak anything. Run it for a couple days and see what happens. If it is ok, install ONLY one program, run it for a few days and so on, adding programs one at a time, using it for a day or two and see if you spot anything. If it continues to run ok, then tweak one thing at a time.
If, on the other hand, a bare install, it still locks up, try just a different radio, or, take it all the way back the way it came from the factory, including the radio, and the SPL. Then, install (if it is an at&t phone) the factory issued update, and see what happens. If it still is acting up, warranty it for another one, sounds like a hardware problem.
Tracking down intermittent problems is a PITA, but, you have to have a lot of patience, and try things one at a time to see what is causing the problem.
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Hey, thanks for the advice. While you're here, what do you think of radios? My latest flash, the internet runs EXTREMELY hot on my phone, and it's never come close to that hot before. Think I could process of elimination solve this with new radios? Or new roms?
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I don't install programs to slow my phone down. And I don't install many programs. Beejive and Opera are all I install. But I still have to soft reset my phone very often.
My Windows 6.1 ROMs had the same issue, except everything was slow as can be.
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I can confirm major issues with 6.5 roms and beejive. However, I cannot remember what actually took place because I removed beejive from my device within an hour of installing it.
I guess it could be the radio. If one isn't up to snuff, and can't capture the signal then it might be trying to increase the power of the phone (transmitter) to get a good capture. I'm not up to snuff on the cellular radio, but, if it works the way I think it does, the phone uses the least amount of "RF" to get a good lock on the tower, so if the radio isn't "hearing" the tower, it has to crank up the power (even though these things only output less than a watt), the more power, the higher the drain on the battery. I had really good luck with the
1.02.25.19 Raphael radio, which fixed a bug I was having (and a lot of other people) with the GPS not locking. I then tried the newer 1.14.25.35 Raphael
radio, but, went back to the .19 radio because I was experiencing issues
with it not locking in HSPDA mode. It only wanted to lock in Edge only.
Tried flashing it several different ways, hard resets etc, no dice. I've
seen posts where two people have basically the same phone, but the same
radios won't work. Screwy...
Also, it will also depend on where you are located as to how hot your phone
might get. If you are at the fringe of a tower location, it's going to take more power. You might try, if your phone is locking in [H], to go into the comm manager, and switch off the 3G radio and, even though the internet will be slower, see if it still gets hot. If it doesn't, then that might be the issue, you're at the fringe of an HSPDA signal.
Try a different radio, can't hurt, and you can always flash back to the original radio, if you have it downloaded.
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Hey, thanks for the advice. While you're here, what do you think of radios? My latest flash, the internet runs EXTREMELY hot on my phone, and it's never come close to that hot before. Think I could process of elimination solve this with new radios? Or new roms?
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I can confirm major issues with 6.5 roms and beejive. However, I cannot remember what actually took place because I removed beejive from my device within an hour of installing it.
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Beejive had a little issue a few weeks ago with logging on. I wanted to get a site-wide quest through the code or settings to see what it was using to log in.
But the issue is fixed, and Beejive works 100% the same it did on 6.1
p51d007 said:
I guess it could be the radio. If one isn't up to snuff, and can't capture the signal then it might be trying to increase the power of the phone (transmitter) to get a good capture. I'm not up to snuff on the cellular radio, but, if it works the way I think it does, the phone uses the least amount of "RF" to get a good lock on the tower, so if the radio isn't "hearing" the tower, it has to crank up the power (even though these things only output less than a watt), the more power, the higher the drain on the battery. I had really good luck with the
1.02.25.19 Raphael radio, which fixed a bug I was having (and a lot of other people) with the GPS not locking. I then tried the newer 1.14.25.35 Raphael
radio, but, went back to the .19 radio because I was experiencing issues
with it not locking in HSPDA mode. It only wanted to lock in Edge only.
Tried flashing it several different ways, hard resets etc, no dice. I've
seen posts where two people have basically the same phone, but the same
radios won't work. Screwy...
Also, it will also depend on where you are located as to how hot your phone
might get. If you are at the fringe of a tower location, it's going to take more power. You might try, if your phone is locking in [H], to go into the comm manager, and switch off the 3G radio and, even though the internet will be slower, see if it still gets hot. If it doesn't, then that might be the issue, you're at the fringe of an HSPDA signal.
Try a different radio, can't hurt, and you can always flash back to the original radio, if you have it downloaded.
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Well, see, on other flashes, my phone did not get this hot. Not unless I had it on all night playing videos on my TV. Now it burns up in seconds. So I really doubt it's the radio... but I don't know what would make it do this.
thehyecircus said:
Well, see, on other flashes, my phone did not get this hot. Not unless I had it on all night playing videos on my TV. Now it burns up in seconds. So I really doubt it's the radio... but I don't know what would make it do this.
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I had the same issue when I was flashing multiple ROMs till I read the thread about the rildll sticky on the first page of the ROM development section fo the forums. Once I installed the right cab file from the thread to my phone the issue was solved.
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I had the same issue when I was flashing multiple ROMs till I read the thread about the rildll sticky on the first page of the ROM development section fo the forums. Once I installed the right cab file from the thread to my phone the issue was solved.
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Okay I checked the thread out (even the "what is rildill?) but I am a little confused over what this is, and how I find the right one for my phone.
And I just install the CAB and I'm good? It sounds like it could be very dangerous...
depending on which radio you installed, you'll want to make sure you have the right rilphone file. I think if you install the wrong one, it won't work at all (as a phone anyway)..
The thing is, I never installed a radio. That is what confuses me about this sudden really hotness of my phone.
Just over a week ago I saw three used Docomo HTC HT-01a phones (Raphael 100) for sale in a used electronics shop for 2000 yen. That's about $20. I've been successful in getting Linux and Android to run on all sorts of things so I thought I would see what I could do with one.
Luckily for me there was already a rom in development.
The first thing I had to do was flash the bootloader. That was pretty easy using the ActiveSync software. Then I downloaded the Windows Mobile 6.1 English Rom from HTC. I tried out a few other custom roms but really the one from HTC was the best I just needed English instead of Japanese.
The new Rom was able to connect to Docomo and everything set up nicely.
Then I came back to XDA to get Android roms.
I tried 2.1 first and it didn't work so well. If the phone fell asleep it would not wake back up. If I tried to make a call the call would only last for about 30 seconds until the phone would quit on me. On top of that I would actually have to take the battery out to reboot the phone. Also, if I plugged in the charger the phone would be fine, but if I unplugged the charger it would crash.
Then I tried the FRX06 and it was much better but not that much. The phone could do some things and I could actually make a call. I set up Skype and Sipdroid to turn the phone into a wifi house phone for my son and things seemed ok. But it required care, a lot of care. I basically had to look after the phone. If I didn't use App Killer and do something with the phone about every 20 minutes then it would crash.
A couple of days ago I put in the FRX07 and this is a huge improvement. The phone can now basically last all day and won't crash. It still needs to be plugged in frequently but I guess thems the breaks. Skype and Sipdroid both work well but they seem to work best if only one is running at the same time. Also the official Skype from the market is broken so I went to Freewarelovers to get the old skype and it works fine. Don't use anything after 1.0.0.84. All the 2.0's are broken.
Anyway, FRX07 really seems to be a winner. I went one whole day using only this as my main phone and it gave me no problems besides wanting lots of energy. I didn't have to reboot or fall back to WM 6.1 for anything. I did have to be patient when looking up a few things on the internet or using the new app but it was still faster then WM would have been. I did find that it functioned better if I turned off animations and streamlined the homescreen.
Now I just wish that I could replace WM completely with Android or at least install android onto the internal memory and have the full use of the SD card. I seems like there is enough memory for that but I may be wrong.
Also, it looks like the screen turns off when I hit the power button, but I think the OS still thinks its on. It still gets hot and uses more power than it should. I don't know exactly what's going on there. I'm more of a hardware guy than a software guy so I noticed. It isn't a big deal but that might be where the battery is going.
Anyway, thanks to the new rom I now have a $20 wifi phone for my house and a second phone in case my Xperia X10 ever dies on me.
Thanks a bunch to the developers.
Have you tried Gingerbread alpha yet? The panel collapse code is still being worked on; the system just turn the display to "0" instead of "off". Will require a devs expertise to get this working. At any rate, there is more in the TP android threads and it seems arrrghhh is quite the tester and occasional team player from time to time. Can't blame him for being upset at the noobs as well as me sometimes. There are still some issues for our device that are still being worked out and others that are being looked over. Glad you got around to checking FRX07 out and that it works for you. Some haven't had that luxury yet and others are still lost in the abyss. Give it a once over if you'd like to get a preview of gingerbread on your device! It would be recommended to make a backup of your microSD IF you have a good configuration.
Thanks. I'll check out the 2.3 when I get a chance. So far the most use the phone gets is when my son watches Thomas the Tank Engine videos or plays a Thomas game. He's almost four but has already figured out how to do that!
A few people here and there have been starting to have this problem pop up- including me.
My phone was perfectly fine with absolutely no problems with the touch screen but about three days ago, my phone started acting weird.
At that time, I was running CM 5.1 nightly and then dirty flashed over to the latest. I thought that this was the problem and so I did a clean flash but still the problem was there.
Went back to the original CM nightly that I was previously on and problem is still there.
Tried many different ROMs but the problem is still there..
I can't type out a sentence without my phone failing to register a touch and sometimes registering rapid touches as one - the same problems before Synaptic released a 'fix' for this issue.
At this point, I don't really know what to do but it's aggravating that a phone can't do it's basic tasks such as type.
The phone seems really sluggish when I type - which I haven't encountered before this which slightly leads me to believe that input lag is the crux of the problem however, I can't say for certain.
Can anyone with more expertise help me with this?
Same issue
You_got_owned123 said:
A few people here and there have been starting to have this problem pop up- including me.
My phone was perfectly fine with absolutely no problems with the touch screen but about three days ago, my phone started acting weird.
At that time, I was running CM 5.1 nightly and then dirty flashed over to the latest. I thought that this was the problem and so I did a clean flash but still the problem was there.
Went back to the original CM nightly that I was previously on and problem is still there.
Tried many different ROMs but the problem is still there..
I can't type out a sentence without my phone failing to register a touch and sometimes registering rapid touches as one - the same problems before Synaptic released a 'fix' for this issue.
At this point, I don't really know what to do but it's aggravating that a phone can't do it's basic tasks such as type.
The phone seems really sluggish when I type - which I haven't encountered before this which slightly leads me to believe that input lag is the crux of the problem however, I can't say for certain.
Can anyone with more expertise help me with this?
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Im having a similar problem. I cant type a single sentence without errors. It doesnt register the touch as well few times. Using a device is so sluggish.. hate it. Tried many roms with clean wipe but without any success. Would be nice if anyone could help with the above issues.
I have similar issues and I don't think it's a software issue - I have never flashed a ROM. I think it's hardware problem, probable the earthing suggested in this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/fixing-ghost-touch-grounding-issue-hint-t2951000
There is an app that re-calibrates the touchscreen every time you turn it on, but it doesn't completely solve the problem for me and also prevents unlocking until it has completed, which is annoying. The fact that a re-calibration is needed to even achieve a little stability is consistent with an earthing problem.
If mine gets any worse, and I think it will, I'm going to investigate a warranty claim, but that sounds like a few weeks with no phone, which I can't tolerate.
hi, i'm experiencing the same problems. you can test this when registering 2 touches on the same Y axis (try with anyone of touch test apps).
I think that this is popping out to a lot of people in this moment because of the hot days kicking in. in fact, if your phone is cold (try to put in a fridge for 5 minutes) it will work perfectly, but when it will become hot again in your hands the touch will start to freak out again
What sucks is my phone was perfectly fine a few days ago and we've only had an increase of about 5 deg F over the week.
Occasionally the capacitive buttons don't register either.
Same thing here. Perfectly working screen, flashed 5.1 unofficial some weeks ago and no matter wich versión of cm or what kernel, randomly ghost touches happens.
Now with official 5.1 and ak 200 works better, but it's still there. There must be some kind of firmware/software problem, It's too curious that this issue begin to happend to many people at the same time.
My bro has the same problem, some days after flasing CM12S the screen doesn't feel as responsive anymore.
The screen isn't able to handle multiple touches anymore what makes typing really annoying, scrolling through settings also goes really slow.
Tried flashing latest 12.1 nightly but I don't think any ROM will be able to fix it.
No idea what caused it and if there is a way to fix it.
ZuLa said:
Same thing here. Perfectly working screen, flashed 5.1 unofficial some weeks ago and no matter wich versión of cm or what kernel, randomly ghost touches happens.
Now with official 5.1 and ak 200 works better, but it's still there. There must be some kind of firmware/software problem, It's too curious that this issue begin to happend to many people at the same time.
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This is exactly what happened to me and it seems like it happened to a good number of people around the same time. Either 1)It's a huge coincidence 2)OnePlus rigged our phones to go haywire around this time or 3)Something in one of the nightlys got messed up for a few people however like you said, flashing new roms for kernels doesn't help anymore which makes me want to do a complete wipe - Internal data included.
Same issue
I was sure it's the heat some time back but then this touchscreen fixer app in the Themes and Apps section is actually helping. That makes me wonder if its the firmware, coz the problem only kicked off after the CM12.1 update. A few of my classmates purchased the OPO at the same time as I did and they dont have this issue (they didnt go to CM12.1).
Any tips on what firmware/ROM to revert to?
Edit: I also flashed the Oxygen OS firmware.
It's not a change in the firmware, mine did it spontaneously. It's hardware. OnePlus will do everything they can to spin a software story and indeed it will often be possible to partially mitigate in software, but ultimately everyone with this problem should be getting a replacement. That could be a lot of people.
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It's not a change in the firmware, mine did it spontaneously. It's hardware. OnePlus will do everything they can to spin a software story and indeed it will often be possible to partially mitigate in software, but ultimately everyone with this problem should be getting a replacement. That could be a lot of people.
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I'd love to see how you jumped to such a definite conclusion. I live in a warm climate to begin with, temperatures are actually lower now than they were a month and a half ago, and the CPU of my OPO has definitely risen above the 41-45 Celcius range that people seem to quote for this current wave of issues (and I have corroborated with my own testing). However, if I go to the recovery, the touchscreen seems to have normal responsiveness, regardless of the CPU temperature. Unless it was a built in hardware malfunction set for a specific moment, the probability of a sample, even of this size, where a series of individuals can all see the exact same lineup of hardware-based issues occurring at the same time, is too ugly for me to try and imagine calculating. But I would fare to bet it isn't high.
However, if a set of users are all changing their software as new versions and builds come out, just as the release occurs... At least then you have a series of events occurring all at the same time. Not causation, but at least there's a stronger correlation than "it's warming up so now we see the hardware defects".
The temperature range this "defect" is being attributed to can be reached quite easily in normal use in temperate areas, but even in colder climates, it should be simple to reach such temperatures if the phone isn't underclocked, as the phone is set to charge, or even if the phone is running a software update of some kind, and countless other things.
TL;DR - Don't jump to conclusions that fast, weather changes aren't a strong correlation.
hyshion said:
I'd love to see how you jumped to such a definite conclusion. I live in a warm climate to begin with, temperatures are actually lower now than they were a month and a half ago, and the CPU of my OPO has definitely risen above the 41-45 Celcius range that people seem to quote for this current wave of issues (and I have corroborated with my own testing). However, if I go to the recovery, the touchscreen seems to have normal responsiveness, regardless of the CPU temperature. Unless it was a built in hardware malfunction set for a specific moment, the probability of a sample, even of this size, where a series of individuals can all see the exact same lineup of hardware-based issues occurring at the same time, is too ugly for me to try and imagine calculating. But I would fare to bet it isn't high.
However, if a set of users are all changing their software as new versions and builds come out, just as the release occurs... At least then you have a series of events occurring all at the same time. Not causation, but at least there's a stronger correlation than "it's warming up so now we see the hardware defects".
The temperature range this "defect" is being attributed to can be reached quite easily in normal use in temperate areas, but even in colder climates, it should be simple to reach such temperatures if the phone isn't underclocked, as the phone is set to charge, or even if the phone is running a software update of some kind, and countless other things.
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The outside temperature being warm would keep the screen hot for a prolonged period of time as compared to the phone heating while charging or intense usage. However, your recovery argument is spot on! The touch works flawlessly in recovery!
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The outside temperature being warm would keep the screen hot for a prolonged period of time as compared to the phone heating while charging or intense usage. However, your recovery argument is spot on! The touch works flawlessly in recovery!
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Well I guess it's good that it's not hardware damage.
Has anyone tried going back to android 4.x to see if it helps- if it really is software?
Surprised there hasn't been more people experiencing this issue given the number of people going to android 5.x
I have the same frustrating issue
Same here, works fine in recovery. Also had this issue arise after the first bout of touch issues: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoFYcFawTI4&feature=youtu.be
(clearing cache seems to alleviate that particular problem)
I think it's a software issue. I mean possibly there is hardware problems too but mine started appearing only after I installed the 5.1 update... also some things for me feel like a software issue for example when scrolling instagram back up to the top. as soon as it gets to the top it bounces back down again.. seems like software problem to me.
This is definitely a hardware issue. My phone was working perfectly. Until I went on a 5 days trip and used it for navigation, and went very hot. Up until then I was on the same CM12 rom for weeks without a problem. Since then, I've flashed many roms and the problem persists. It's definitely a hardware problem. For me it occurs whenever the phone runs a little bit hot. Practically all the time when I'm on 3G. When the phone has been in my pocket with 3G on, it's almost impossible to unlock it when I try to use it.
I contacted Oneplus a week ago and I still try to get them to RMA the phone. They've sent me all sorts of crap emails, I wiped the phone and now they ask me to shoot a video to showcase the problem. This company has the worst customer service you can find. As much as I like the pricing, I won't be bothered again with their devices. I only hope they'll RMA it otherwise I'll open it myself and try to fix the grounding issue. There is a detailed how to which also explains what's the problem.
I always had it but it was so minim that maybe couple of times a day weren't that big problem!
Just yesterday and today the issue is now intolerable! I removed the screen protector and used the stock lollipop keyboard (bcz swiftkey is kinda slower the issue was there more).
It's still very annoying and I can't type easily! I had to remove flow/swype feature to minimize it further!
Seriously considering buying another phone although I wanted to keep it for a year at least! But the hate is growing on me...
HAha exact same problem here happening since 3days.
I was on Euphoria 29/3 build. I flashed ak kernel, after reboot i couldn't type properly anymore. I was like damn, maybe its bad kernel setting or so. Didn't help.
Cleanflashed 3 roms since then, didn't solve anything. All tho touch works fine in twrp for me. So im really clueless. Swiping does seem to work better for some unknown reason to me!
The ghost swipes while typing is driving me crazy. Thinking of going back to 5.0.2 to see if that helps. Do I need to flash an old firmware to go back to a previous Android version