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Hi everybody,
Got myself a brand new Touch Pro last monday and really love the thing. However, after playing with it for the past few days, it somehow stopped reacting to stylus take outs. Both when in sleep mode, as in a call. It won't wake up or pull up the notes application, respectively. I didn't drop the device or anything. Just installed some apps.
Anyone experiencing the same thing? Or does someone know of a certain option or registry entry that I can check?
Thanx! Scott
EDIT:
I tackled the problem! For anyone else experiencing this problem:
There is a tiny switch located at the top of the cut out for the stylus. Check whether this switch is obstructed. Mine got stuck under the casing of the device. Maybe this can happen randomly when inserting the stylus.
If anyone of you have had a similar problem, please report it here. If it is common, we should report it to HTC as well.
Scott
see and i thought the pro didn't wake up like the diamond does. now realize u have to take it fully out to wake.
Out of curiosity how did you clean it out? The only way I can see to do it is to pull the phone apart or just blow backwards down where the stylus rests.
I've had the stylus jam up inside the casing on me a few times. Quite possibly the battery sitting funny inside the case, a guy on whirlpool mentioned it.
ugh this happened to me today... how did you fix yours?... i don't really see where the dam trigger for this thing is
How to fix
I fixed mine using a toothpick and a flashlight. Use the flashlight to shine into the stylus silo. When you look closely you can see a tiny switch about 1cm upwards from the bottom of the device.
The switch roughly looks like this: _/|_ When you insert the stylus it "rolls" in a upward direction. Mine got stuck at the top of the square hole where the switch normally points out.
I carefully used the toothpick to pull it back out. I carefully pushed it in a little bit and made a downward movement. It popped right out to its normal position.
I hope this helped!
Scott
I'm having the same problem... Can someone post a photo so I know what to look for?
Same problem here, fixed by flicking the switch a couple of times.
Quick idea, maybe install the program: Gyrator2.
If it's not a sensor problem, I believe it might help since it's one of the specified rule and the program is quite useful anyway
This problem will happen if you jab your stylus into the slot without being careful. It won't touch it's switch. So it'll slide to the side. I'd suggest you point a flashlight at it and find out.
I found this thread when looking up how to solve my stylus issue, out of the blue it has been jamming up when I tried inserting the stylus in and out. Almost as if the stylus got thicker during the day, a very tight fit. Read this thread and got a clue that it may have something to do with that switch.
If I insert my stylus in at a angle it glides in and out as it is suppose to. If do it without paying attention like i do 90% of the time I will jam. I have have a look at this switch once I get home.
Thanks
Well, this forum has saved me yet again.
I was actually playing around with Gyrator when my stylus suddenly got really, really hard to move in and out. I had just deleted the stylus events in the app once I figured out what was key-locking my device, when on the next stylus insert it got really stiff. For a moment I thought maybe the app make some magical change to the magnet or something and so I uninstalled, tried it, then reinstalled gyrator.
I put an LED flashlight up to the little hole about an inch (5 cm) down the stylus shaft and then used a needle to play around in there. I can't say I have a clear idea where the switch is exactly, but I figured it was toward the body of the device. I finally saw something move and then tried the stylus. It worked a lot better then next two times, then suddenly it's again snapping in and out easily.
Thanks to the OP!
photos of switch
Daniel1515 said:
I'm having the same problem... Can someone post a photo so I know what to look for?
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My stylus got super sticky all of a sudden (to the point i was scared i would break it if i pulled any harder to get it out). I couldn't figure it out. Then i read this thread and found out about the stylus switch. My switch was not aligned straight in the silo. All i had to do was find the switch and bend it back into place with a toothpick. I had some success bending it back with the stylus itself, but it is far enough back in the silo that it's hard to get good contact with the stylus point. And it quickly got stuck after a few inserts/removals. But after i bent it into place with the toothpick, it has been fine for the last few hours.
I've attached 2 photos of the stylus silo (the picture titled switch2 is better), in which you can just barely make out the switch. The pictures are taken with the Touch Pro face down. The switch in the pictures is in the correct position. It should jut straight out into the silo. If it is coming in at an angle, it may be making your stylus stick. Or it may not be registering (and thereby not waking up your Raphael) when you remove your stylus. You need to shine a light down the silo, or you'll never see it. It was extremely hard to get the photos because the natural light wouldn't illuminate down the silo, and the flash had to be aligned just right so that it would bounce back to the lens of my camera. But it's the best i could do.
Stylus prob
I am having the same problem, and have been unable to resolve it yet, if anyone can document exactly what they did to fix it I would be grateful.
Twiddling about with a needle is kind of hard to visualise.
Thanks
A|C
Thanks for the tips and the pics pokeycd.. i was scared that i had damaged my magnetic sensor but ur pics and info were just great and my stylus locks in and comes out perfectly now. thanks a lot.
I had the problem too. I got that cellphone and thought that it was suposed to be that hard to insert that stylus. Then i read this thread and watched a little closer and i found that switch beeing stuck. I first repositioned it with a toothpick. Then it worked again, but i need to be careful inserting that stylus (inserting it with an angle) else it will get stuck again. But later on i realized that i can easily reposition that switch with that stylus just by inserting it at an angle. (Angle). I hope u can figure out how you can fix that.
A picture of the switch (it's not that sharp but it will let u guess where you have to look for):
Switch for the Stylus
I hope it will help.
I have same problem too. I buy today Touch Pro. I think that magnet sensor is not OK.
Thanks to all for solved this problem
I think this problem is for all Raphaels..
There is no magnet sensor as far as i think. The magnet is just for keeping the stylus in the phone. There is a 'machanical' sensor (as you can see on the photos above). That sensor is either sticking in the case or is beeing stuck by inserting the stylus without caution.
I have this problem too I think...My stylus now slides in and out of the device without a problem, but if I look in Gyrator it always thinks my stylus is in. Despite all of the pics and advice above, I can't seem to locate / unstick / bend the sensor back to its correct position.
My switch came out
I was having this problem with the super-tight stylus on my Fuze, and after taking it in and out a few times (which I wish I hadn't done), I did this-
Take out the battery and shine an LED pocket flashlight into the opening of the silo where the batter sits, shining it back towards the opening.
I saw the tiny black lever that senses when the stylus is in or out. With my Fuze positioned with the silo on top, screen on left, battery area on right, this little lever was on the bottom right.
I took a toothpick and could position it so it stuck straight up into the center. I tried to move it around a few times, but then it came off and fell out! (came off or broke off)
Here are some pictures of the little piece and the stylus opening after it came out.
It doesn't look like the plastic is broken... anyone know if it can be fixed?
I have a design flaw on mine
I think I have a design flaw: instead of the switch and the casing for it, mine shows a cavity with what I thought was a metal sensor. I think the whole swith thing is missing on mine. Always has been.
Hi,
I wonder if someone can offer any suggestions... The end of my stylus has broken off and left the metal part right inside the phone. I've tried with jewellers screwdrivers and tweezers to get it out, to no avail.
Any suggestions?
Have a look at the Polaris Wiki and get the service manual to disassemble the case.
Happened to me yesterday .Get a needle,press point of needle againt stylus.then push it out.took me 2seconds.
If the needle trick doesn;t work I somehow used a needle to prize the chamber open via the side and then freed the stylus by sliding it down. It hasn't damaged my polaris in any way. Sorry can;t be more specific but it wasa while ago!
Another way would be to take a bit of wire or a cocktail stick, apply a small drop of super glue to the end and press it onto the broken end of the stylus (being careful not to touch the sides of the polaris)
Then wait a few seconds for it to dry and pull it out!
Dear Nordberg !
try to put some glow on the top of the rest of ur stylus and put it back in ur PPC, let it a few minutes then try to pull it slowly and u will have a one piece stylus ......
The magnet holding the stylus seems to have either come off its usual spot or is turned in another direction. But the stylus wasn't holding anymore. Today, I got to work and noticed I had lost the stylus. Is there any known fix for this? I never dropped the phone, it just wouldn't work one day.
Thanks for any help.
Did you open the Stylus? You can srew it (upper black part) up, where you can see the magnet that is hold by a plastic part: it cant move .... did someone fool you?
Greetz
Boris
Well, my stylus is lost now so it's too late. No, nobody was trying to trick me. Are you saying that the only magnet is in the tip of the stylus? The end that you write with? Because I believe I have another one.
with mine you cant write like a pencil only on the touch screen without ink ;-), its a touch pro without branding original from HTC. the magnet in it is placed in the inner stylus ca. 3 cm upwards from the "tip" ..., you can say just in the middle ..
Greetz
Boris
Well, mystylus was going into it's sleeve and not staying in, it was just sliding out. So, I don't know where the magnet was at all.
For me it seems that the contra part in the inner of your device (ferrum or magnetic) has moved or is broken so the magnetic stylus "found nothing to be magnetic with" hope you understand me, my english is worst .... You know that you need a little Power to remove the stylus from his hole. if you could test it with the other stylus that you still own (but must be for the TP!!), wether the stylus is hold or not.... and have a look in the inner of the stylus wether the magnet is there...
good night.... perhaps till tomorrow.... If you need a plan from the inner parts of the TP: i have one
Greetz
Boris
P.S. If you shake your device: Do you hear anything ??
Well, I tried but my replacement stylus didn't work. There is definitely a magnet missing inside the phone. At first it was tight, then it seemed blocked and now it just glides in and out.
So, can anyone give me any hints about what I can do to fix my stylus not sticking in its sleeve? I really need this fixed. Is it safe to open up a Fuze?
This happened to me today...
i have removed the battery, chip, microsd and then the back cover... a bit tricky but it was easy (folowing the dis/assembly guide), for mine the lower part didnt want to go out, so i pull out the speaker connector and then push it out.
and the other magnet was there... and it have a place in the back cover that i think it may be seen if you take the battery out... it have like a dent
now my problem is with the polarity... i dont know how to glue it ... it have 2 positions vertical or horizontal
the vertical position will attract the stylus but it seems not to enter completely
the horizontal will push it, but i dont know if it will hold it as is very hard to test it without adding glue and i will use exposy...
EDIT1: found where it go... its in the vertical position but it need to be tested (because the polarity is different dont know why) if you are going to glue it
EDIT2: i used a plastic card (old medic card, visa, ect) to pry out the back cover from the keyboard
Thanks
Many,many thanks to you.
Same situation so easy but the lose magnet not easy to find except by your tips. Ha, ha I love this forum, So many thanks to the people here who contribute helping each other
jorgepr13 said:
This happened to me today...
i have removed the battery, chip, microsd and then the back cover... a bit tricky but it was easy (folowing the dis/assembly guide), for mine the lower part didnt want to go out, so i pull out the speaker connector and then push it out.
and the other magnet was there... and it have a place in the back cover that i think it may be seen if you take the battery out... it have like a dent
now my problem is with the polarity... i dont know how to glue it ... it have 2 positions vertical or horizontal
the vertical position will attract the stylus but it seems not to enter completely
the horizontal will push it, but i dont know if it will hold it as is very hard to test it without adding glue and i will use exposy...
EDIT: found where it go... its in the vertical position but it need to be tested (because the polarity is different dont know why) if you are going to glue it
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A juice box got spilled on my sony google tv remote control. Now all the buttons stick. Id like to take it apart and clean it up without breaking it. I bought the torx driver for the screws in the back, got them out, and cant figure out how to get it open. Ive googled like crazy and found a lot about the control app, but nothing about repairing the real remote.
Does anyone know how to get it apart? Or can link me in the right direction?
Thanks
jordan
Also Looking to repair my remote
Did you have any luck in getting the remote apart? What size torex did you use. I can't seem to find anybody who has taken one of these apart. My grandson dropped it on the tile and now something, inside, is rattling around. How do you like children??? Medium Rare?? :0
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bitterevp said:
A juice box got spilled on my sony google tv remote control. Now all the buttons stick. Id like to take it apart and clean it up without breaking it. I bought the torx driver for the screws in the back, got them out, and cant figure out how to get it open. Ive googled like crazy and found a lot about the control app, but nothing about repairing the real remote.
Does anyone know how to get it apart? Or can link me in the right direction?
Thanks
jordan
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Hey Jordan I figures out how to undo the remote when u take it apart from the back which would require you to take out the screws below the batteries after you pry it open there are additional visible screws the both on the yellow board and green board then the key is to also unclip the wire on the top left the key is in the middle top there where the infrared sensor is its like a black rectangle looking clip with a smaller looking green mother board you have to hold the clip on the top of it both on the top left and right and pry the smaller green mother board out and below that is the hidden screw keeping you from being able to fully take apart the remote let me know I you have any questions just email me! Hope I helped!
A friend accidentlly spilled coffee on my NSM-MR1. Does anyone know if there is a video on how to take it apart and clean it? What do you use to clean it?
I went to use my NSZ-GT1 today and the top of the remote was split apart where the IR panel was pushed in. After accusing everybody in proximity of stepping on it I started trying to tear it apart.
I got the 2 screws inside out with a T4 torx and then gently pried the two halves apart. I started at the top because mine was splitting there(where the IR panel is.) I managed to separate them by pushing the top part in and up all around the top side. Once I got past the rounded corners into the sides it popped right apart(be careful of the battery connectors.)
I didn't tear it down far enough to get at the buttons, but that didn't look like it would've been too difficult.
Morning!
Has anyone yet taken a closer look at the lower plastic flap of the case? The upper one with the power key opens readily to accept the SIM Card, but there also is a gap of about the same size on the lower part of the phone, just below the beatsaudio logo. This one has no opening to pry open with the fingernail, but i could nudge and move it a little by ever so gently prying with a tiny flathead screwdriver. There also is a small hole pointing within this flap on the very bottom of the phone.
Q: What is the hole? Drainage hole in case the phone gets a soaking bath? Hardreset microswitch? Or is it maybe a releaser that unhooks the flap and allows for easy removal (similar to the holes beneath DVD-Drive trays to remove a disk if the Drive is broken)?
I am trying to figure this out as of now, but for the life of my I cannot find a slim enough needle to get into the hole. Guess I will need to grind / file something down to see if something happens when inserting it.
Has anyone investigated this yet? Anything interesting beyond or is it just a second flap with additional antennas and no access to interesting bits and pieces?
Wonder is it where the battery placed? Perhaps there are website trying to disassemble One S to see is it easy to replace the internal battery.
If you are referring to the tiny hole at the bottom of the phone, that hole is the mic. Wouldn't advice on putting anything in there
lol its the microphone. in almost all devices it is locates there
Funniest sunday topic
You made me laugh... I remember first iphone users were talking about " OMG one of two speakers under the phone doesnt work OMG OMG "...And someone told them " It is mic ! " LOL....
psych0t1c said:
Morning!
Has anyone yet taken a closer look at the lower plastic flap of the case? The upper one with the power key opens readily to accept the SIM Card, but there also is a gap of about the same size on the lower part of the phone, just below the beatsaudio logo. This one has no opening to pry open with the fingernail, but i could nudge and move it a little by ever so gently prying with a tiny flathead screwdriver. There also is a small hole pointing within this flap on the very bottom of the phone.
Q: What is the hole? Drainage hole in case the phone gets a soaking bath? Hardreset microswitch? Or is it maybe a releaser that unhooks the flap and allows for easy removal (similar to the holes beneath DVD-Drive trays to remove a disk if the Drive is broken)?
I am trying to figure this out as of now, but for the life of my I cannot find a slim enough needle to get into the hole. Guess I will need to grind / file something down to see if something happens when inserting it.
Has anyone investigated this yet? Anything interesting beyond or is it just a second flap with additional antennas and no access to interesting bits and pieces?
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I don't yet have the HOS. But I can tell you that the little hole in the bottom of the HOS is the phone mic...
And be aware that doing what you intend to do will eventually void your warranty... but go right ahead... it's not my money if you screw things up...
I have taken apart enough devices to know what I am doing (except for the stupidity of not considering the mic hole because they have becme so invisible these days that its easy to just forget about them heh...).
I changed broken digitizers on DHD and did a complete disassembly / reassembly of a Desire Z that took an Soda bath and both devices work to this day. I am just hell of curios regarding the PCB layout of the One S, mainly for the storage question (soldered or aftermarket slotted microsd mounted under the hood)
And FYI, under the lower flap is just another boring antenna and another plastic cover, no more screws like behind the top flap. Do't have the right tools here to go any further without actually risking damage, but after easter I will have a closer look at it in the company. Unless iFixit comes out with a disassembly tutorial faster than that hehe.
Warranty? Well warranty. I've had a few devices now from HTC and none ever had to go to service. And with the knowledge of how to fix it comes the option of just paying for the OEM spare part from some retailer later on and fixing it yourself in 1 day instead of sending your phone in and waiting on it to come back for 1 week or 10 days.
But thanks for the hint, I might have actually forgotten about that.