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hello
i am searching for a little program, which starts the flashlight.
because if i want to turn it on, i must start the camera first.
please help
regards,
pulyka

You can try one of these:
- Artamata Pocket Light
- VJCandela

I tried Pocket Light, but the light won't turn on. In Camera it turns on fine. Is it the rom I'm using that causes it?

thx!
i tried pocket light, but it did not worked
vjcandela unfortunately also not worked
is it my fault or they are not designed for wizard?
regards,
pulyka

I'm also interested in such program!
If anyone knows one, please let us know!

Maybe an alternative coul be the following:
http://pda.jasnapaka.com/plamp/

Quiyaro said:
Maybe an alternative coul be the following:
http://pda.jasnapaka.com/plamp/
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I have used that before and it isnt very bright as a flashlight. Its just a neat little gadget that could be used as a flashlight in a really dark room with no windows and the brightness is turned all the way up on your device.

Well, you guys want to turn it on and leave it on...mine's on and won't turn off. Going into the camera and turning off or on/off the flash doesn't help.
I've got this under the T-Mobile MDA moniker, a G3 with 2.26.10.2 sanctioned ROM. In fact, I just flashed to the 2.26 because I was hoping that might fix the issue. I even downloaded the VJCandela program and installed it to see if that might turn it off. No such luck.
If there's another way to turn it off, I'd appreciate the help. I apologize if this is a noobish question but for the sake of my poor besieged battery life, I request your aid. Thanks in advance.

Widgett said:
Well, you guys want to turn it on and leave it on...mine's on and won't turn off. Going into the camera and turning off or on/off the flash doesn't help.
I've got this under the T-Mobile MDA moniker, a G3 with 2.26.10.2 sanctioned ROM. In fact, I just flashed to the 2.26 because I was hoping that might fix the issue. I even downloaded the VJCandela program and installed it to see if that might turn it off. No such luck.
If there's another way to turn it off, I'd appreciate the help. I apologize if this is a noobish question but for the sake of my poor besieged battery life, I request your aid. Thanks in advance.
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I hope you can find an answer soon because eventually the flash will burn out....a hard reset doesn't disable it?

famewolf said:
I hope you can find an answer soon because eventually the flash will burn out....a hard reset doesn't disable it?
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No, and that's what's really weird. Nothing turns it off. Powering it off, soft reset, hard reset/restoring factory defaults--like I said, I even upgraded the ROM to 2.26 in the hopes that doing that would trip it off. Nada.

Try finding a compatible copy of Haret. Not sure if one exists, but then you want to flip through the GPIOs. Again, not sure how you do that on the Wizard.
VJCandela has never been compatible with the wizard because I've never had one to test it on. I think I know how to do it, but can't release it until I test the hardware
V

vijay555 said:
Try finding a compatible copy of Haret. Not sure if one exists, but then you want to flip through the GPIOs. Again, not sure how you do that on the Wizard.
VJCandela has never been compatible with the wizard because I've never had one to test it on. I think I know how to do it, but can't release it until I test the hardware
V
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Vijay,
I would think he's willing to test since the alternative is his flash is gonna burn out and his battery is gonna drain like crazy....sounds like a captive audience.

Lol. Ok, when I say "test", I'm being over optimistic. I need to write. But I need hardware to write for, because I think I know how to write it!
However, this issue doesn't sound minor, if the flash is being forced on, and if you've tried a few different rom upgrades, it sounds more likely to be a hardware issue.
Does the flash go off when you enable and disable it in the camera app?
V

vijay555 said:
However, this issue doesn't sound minor, if the flash is being forced on, and if you've tried a few different rom upgrades, it sounds more likely to be a hardware issue.
Does the flash go off when you enable and disable it in the camera app?
V
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Hey, thanks for the responses, guys...no, going to the camera app and turning it on and off is ignored by the light.
And yeah, if somebody's got an idea for a software gizmo or a settings hack or something, I'm all ears. Just flashed, so haven't had a chance to do too much in the way of customizations to the thing. No better time for screwing around with stuff.

Widget. I had the same problem on my 8125 before I upgraded to WM6. My problem was do to water damage. The flash got wet and would not go off. I finally dried it out (or so I thought) and it went away. It came back and would not go off and drained my battery rather quickly. A week before I upgraded to WM6, I removed the flash and ordered another one. Works great!!!
If you dont know how to remove the flash, its pretty simple. You can google search how.

I've had the same problem with a Nokia 6111, it was wet inside. That's no software issue.

I was about to say water damage, if it is outside of warranty (or your warranty doesnt cover liquid ingress) then just whop the back cover off, give it a squirt of isopropyl alcohol and then wipe it off and use a rubber (like on a pencil) to try to remove the rubbish around it, try to avoid using something like an exacto knife to scrape it off.

So I've read about this problem some time ago and now I have it too.
Flashlight is always turned on. It isn't turned on to full brightness. Im sure no recent water damage was done. I have the protective flash and camera cover off because they were too scratched to use.
I hope it will solve somehow
btw: it is turned on even when I turn the phone off (not into standby - fully turned off!) only thing that stops it is when I remove the battery
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so I've removed the flash LED from the back cover as it was just held there by those "hooks" (I don't know the right name for those).
The voltages was there from the board so changing flash wouldn't help. mainboard just didn't turn the flash off so problem is somewhere else.
Btw the battery says 3.7V but my voltmeter shows 4.8V, isn't that a problem? Do you have similar experience?

In Panic Mode, help please--screen went dark

My screen worked fine earlier today, then out of the blue went dark. It is as if the backlight is set at a permanent low setting. I can barely make out what is on the screen. It is not totally black, but it is by no means easily visible. I have not made any reg changes or application installs that I did not previously have.
Please help. This particular device was an insurance swap out made in November. I have tried hard resetting, and nothing. It is still a very dark screen--even the initial TMo boot screen is dark.
I am running Jaguar 3.1 by NTS.
PLEASE...help. I would very much appreciate any insight. Is my screen fried? Is it able to be fixed?
Thanks in advance.

akashastrega said:
My screen worked fine earlier today, then out of the blue went dark. It is as if the backlight is set at a permanent low setting. I can barely make out what is on the screen. It is not totally black, but it is by no means easily visible. I have not made any reg changes or application installs that I did not previously have.
Please help. This particular device was an insurance swap out made in November. I have tried hard resetting, and nothing. It is still a very dark screen--even the initial TMo boot screen is dark.
I am running Jaguar 3.1 by NTS.
PLEASE...help. I would very much appreciate any insight. Is my screen fried? Is it able to be fixed?
Thanks in advance.
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you can try the prog Mymobiler to see if your today screen is really dark (if it´s dark on your computer too, than i think it´s a software failure) if it´s shown normal on your computer than i don´t know, maybe hardware failure...
sorry can´t help more
steph

I have that program too, and didn't even think about that. I will try it and report back. Thanks for the idea.
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Everything works fine using My Mobiler. I was able to make sure power and brightness adjustments were made-but to no avail. I even flashed a different rom just to rule out rom failure. My screen is still dark. In bright light I can barely view the item, and that is with some serious squinting.
Could it be my screen needs replacing, or is this a bigger issue like the mobo? If you suspect the screen only, could you please suggest where I can get a replacement screen?
This sucks big time. I love my Wizard and really do not want to move to an inferior device (like a "regular" cellphone, or the Wing--which is what insurance would swap me with).
PLEASE HELP ME FIX MY WIZ!!

I remember a long time ago...
akashastrega said:
I have that program too, and didn't even think about that. I will try it and report back. Thanks for the idea.
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Everything works fine using My Mobiler. I was able to make sure power and brightness adjustments were made-but to no avail. I even flashed a different rom just to rule out rom failure. My screen is still dark. In bright light I can barely view the item, and that is with some serious squinting.
Could it be my screen needs replacing, or is this a bigger issue like the mobo? If you suspect the screen only, could you please suggest where I can get a replacement screen?
This sucks big time. I love my Wizard and really do not want to move to an inferior device (like a "regular" cellphone, or the Wing--which is what insurance would swap me with).
PLEASE HELP ME FIX MY WIZ!!
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The first time I have use a Pocket pc in settings I uncheck the square that say "Turn on backlight whena button i pressed or the screen is tapped".. or something, jeje every time I turned on my wizard, it hasn't light jaja.
But I think that your problem is hardware, you need another wizard to change displays... cause if you buy a new display... maybe the failure isfor the motherboard...
Think about it...

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The first time I have use a Pocket pc in settings I uncheck the square that say "Turn on backlight whena button i pressed or the screen is tapped".. or something, jeje every time I turned on my wizard, it hasn't light jaja.
But I think that your problem is hardware, you need another wizard to change displays... cause if you buy a new display... maybe the failure isfor the motherboard...
Think about it...
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Thanks for your quick responses!!
I was worried that the issue could go beyond just screen issues. Does anyone know a way to troubleshoot something like this? To find out if it is just a screen, or if the MoBo is going out on me...
**Or is anyone willing to sell me their working but no longer used wizard? I can afford about $100 (+shipping costs/insurance) for a used but working device. My hubby is unemployed and I am on disability so right now money is tight.

akashastrega said:
Thanks for your quick responses!!
I was worried that the issue could go beyond just screen issues. Does anyone know a way to troubleshoot something like this? To find out if it is just a screen, or if the MoBo is going out on me...
**Or is anyone willing to sell me their working but no longer used wizard? I can afford about $100 (+shipping costs/insurance) for a used but working device. My hubby is unemployed and I am on disability so right now money is tight.
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Check ebay, you maybe able to find a working phone for 100 bucks. Gook luck!

have you checked the wiring (flat cable) that connects to the screen.
maybe you just need to replace that. if the screen works, then it is just the LED's that are not responding. maybe just a loose connection, or a broken contact.
Does the keyboard light up?

i think i have the same problem or at least similar.
my screen backlight goes black from time to time when i press the screen "too hard", but that comes and goes.
interesting: i'm using homescreen plusplus (ex-batterystatus) to overclock my cpu with the option "set cpu speed at wakeup" activated. when i turn off my screen with the power button and then turn it on again, in most cases my backlight turns on, too.
but that's to enerving for me to live with that, so i disassembled my wizard and found some sort of black dot on the flat display connector. maybe it has something do with that? and if so, where can i get such a flex cable?

S.V.I said:
have you checked the wiring (flat cable) that connects to the screen.
maybe you just need to replace that. if the screen works, then it is just the LED's that are not responding. maybe just a loose connection, or a broken contact.
Does the keyboard light up?
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I have the manual--I used it when my usb was fubar'd--but I am a bit intimidated about doing something with my screen. Is it something that can be easily screwed up if I even look at it funny, or can I handle it carefully and not worry that the mere act of touching it will make it explode??!!
Perhaps I am being a bit dramatic, but you get the idea I think.
Do I have to be totally grounded out first? Do I need gloves on? Or do I just rip the dang thing apart and go at it?
Thanks for your help and responses.

akashastrega said:
I have the manual--I used it when my usb was fubar'd--but I am a bit intimidated about doing something with my screen. Is it something that can be easily screwed up if I even look at it funny, or can I handle it carefully and not worry that the mere act of touching it will make it explode??!!
Perhaps I am being a bit dramatic, but you get the idea I think.
Do I have to be totally grounded out first? Do I need gloves on? Or do I just rip the dang thing apart and go at it?
Thanks for your help and responses.
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You can get an anti-static kit in Radioshack!

Well I don't have a Wizard, so this might not be much help; however, I have had a similar problem with my Touch Elf after installing a new app. The dark screen did not appear until I performed a soft reset and I really started to panic because there was nothing I could do to change it. I could barely make anything out that was being displayed it was so dark. Even when I turn my screen brightness down it was not ever that dark. Just out of luck though I pluged my phone into my computer VIA USB and voila, the backlight came on. I could use my phone again and immediately navigated to my brightness display settings and turned it all the way up (it was set all the way down for some reason). I have not had this problem ever since. I don't know if you have tried this already or not - It was not mentioned in any posts.
Good luck
Rod

Check out eBay for a replacement LCD, I got one last week for € 32,- ($45,-) including the shipping costs.
BUT...when buying from eBay notice the following 2 things:
1) The screens are most of the times used screens with a new (hand-soldered) digitizer on it (but it is done nicely as far as I have seen).
2) Disassemble your Wizard, check if your LCD has a BLACK or a GOLDEN flex ribbon cable at the back.....when you purchase the wrong one, it will not work!
An alternative is just to buy a 2nd hand Wizard for like $70 / $80, buy a new housing for it ($40) and it looks brand new (except for the LCD, most LCD's do have some scratches on it).
A HTC Wizard Service Manual can be found in the Wizard section on the XDA Dev FTP Server (I use it a lot), sometimes when buying a LCD on eBay they will also send you the tools needed to disassemble and reassemble the Wizard.
Good luck!

jozzy said:
i think i have the same problem or at least similar.
my screen backlight goes black from time to time when i press the screen "too hard", but that comes and goes.
interesting: i'm using homescreen plusplus (ex-batterystatus) to overclock my cpu with the option "set cpu speed at wakeup" activated. when i turn off my screen with the power button and then turn it on again, in most cases my backlight turns on, too.
but that's to enerving for me to live with that, so i disassembled my wizard and found some sort of black dot on the flat display connector. maybe it has something do with that? and if so, where can i get such a flex cable?
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I can furnish you with a flex cable for $15.00, plus $5.00 for shipping. Let me know if you have an MDA or 8125.

HELP!!!! I need a alternate way to root My G1!!

I have been lurking in the shadows of this forum and it has helped me out alot so far. I finally registered after developing a bug or hardware problem (not sure which) with the original FW (rc33) that is preventing me from rooting my phone. Its with my QWERTY keyboard. It seems the entire top two rows are now activating more than one key stroke when i only press one, ie. press "e" and it comes up "3e". This really sucks when i get to the part of the rooting process to type "telenetd" before launching telenet. I have tried every combination i can think of to fix, but i am at a loss.
So, my question to all who can assist, is there an alternative way to root my phone other than the common way i find on all the forums? Anyway to do this thru the computer or anything? My computer uses windows vista. My phone has a non-rooted rc 29 (i did get that far in the process. i downgraded from rc33, got the recovery img on the root of my sdcard, along with the update.zip file. i also installed telenet from the apps store). I am ready for the next step is there is one for my situation.
I don't care how difficult or how many steps are involved, i just want to root my phone. Am i screwed or do i just wait for the official g1-1.5 and live with that version?
Red
P.S. please don't tell me to turn it in for servicing. I am currently located in the country of Bahrain and that isn't an option for me for about another year. yes i am in the military and kinda stuck. Thank you for any and all support you all have to give.

since you cannot send it in you should try servicing it yourself. i do not have the link to the service manual on hand but i know there is one out there. download that and get a few torx srewdriver heads(i'm sure there are a few laying around the base) take the phone apart and try it that way. or as i have done in the past firmly press your thumb over a few keys in those rows and run it back and forth a few times, occasionally it can help it the buttons are stuck beneath the casing in some way, or stuck together
if you can connect to a wireless network and get tenetd typed correctly you can get into your phone from the comp using the telnet command on the comp

have you tried the "app for that"?
http://code.google.com/p/androidroot/updates/list
I haven't tried it so I don't know what's involved exactly but it is worth a shot.

simply type out the commands as if your phone were working normally...then use the trackball and backspace key and go back and delete the unnecessary keystrokes

Here's how the keypad works, if you're going to open it up and try to troubleshoot it:
The keys are capacitive, so there's no direct electrical connection when you press one down. There's typically one set of contacts that run in rows, and one set in columns. When you press a key, it activates the sensor in that row and column, whereas the other keys on that row and column only see half the signal. That reduces the number of pins necessary to get inputs from all the keys.
So if you're pressing "e" and getting "e3", the column wire is probably working correctly but you're getting the number row and the top text row.
Try taking it apart and seeing if there's some dust or grit between the keypad and the circuit board. If that's not it, usually there's a ribbon cable that connects the keyboard circuit board with the rest of the phone. Both the socket and the cable itself for this type of connection are notoriously finicky.
Let us know how you make out. Also, why will it be a year until you can get it serviced? Are you in the pokey?

great advice!! and timely too!!!!
Hey guys!,
Thanks for the options, it didn't take long for replies and that shows how wonderful this community really is. I will keep you all informed as to my progress. unfortunately i am going to have to wait until the morning to attempt to find a set of torx head screw drivers. right now its 11:52pm and everything is shut down. No, i am not in the pokey, just unable to get back to the states until then and if you thought the mail service was bad in the states, you should really see this place. i am not going to risk my phone through that service.
ohnoezmahfone, thanks for that information. my gut feeling is it has something to do with that ribbon cable. about 60% of the top two rows of keys are doing the same thing. Now, i have never dropped the phone or jarred it in any way, so i don't know why it just started doing this. but then again, it could be dust too. That one thing this place has plenty of!!! Sand and Dirt!!!. as soon as i get my hands on those torx screwdrivers, i will report back.
Now, if someone has an alternate method that might work before i perform open heart surgery to this android unit, by all means speak up! I can build computers but have never dove into something this small, nor do i have all the tools i am used to having. But i will give it a shot. Whats the worst that can happen? I hose it up and spend 400 on a G2 later this year? . Not a total loss, i guess.
i will follow up soon,
thanks again all!!!
Red

in case you dont have the service manual...
http://www.filesavr.com/htcdreamsma04
I used it to open one (got wet ) and it made the job very easy! One step at a time, and it really REALLY helps to have a plastic opening tool (or a plastic knife may work in a pinch).

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in case you dont have the service manual...
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Hopefully I'll never need it, but it's sure nice to have this sitting on my hard drive. Thanks!

gospeed.racer you are a lifesaver!!!! i recommend that .pdf to everyone. It bailed me out of having to enter the "g1, long distance throwing competition". Anyways, i followed the service manual step for step, took the g1 fully apart and when i got to the keypad module i didn't find any dust. kinda feeling like this was all for not, i proceeded to put the phone back together. once complete i powered it on. then i started to type and Holy Crap!!!!! it is fixed. all the keys are the way they should be and soon i will be on my way to rooting my g1!!!!!!
All of you here are outstanding and i am really proud to now be part of this forum. Thank you again, for pointing me in the right direction. I guess it must have been the ribbon cable not being seated correctly, causing my problem. well, not any more!!!!
Red
p.s. BTW i would like to thank all that posted in this thread. i couldn't have done this without you.

awesome that its fixed now. welcome to the world of root

get one of these http://www.androidaccess.com/sdcard/store.html
you wont need the top two rows of your keyboard to use it
it should reset your keyboard once you go back to rc 29 then it will allow you to just enter two commands that will root your phone. you can read about it here:
http://androidcommunity.com/forums/...allow-you-to-run-apps-from-the-sd-card-15502/

A few questions

Hi,
Ive been browsing the forums for a while covertly and have found the answers to a lot of my questions. However there are some that still elude me. I thought maybe someone may know the answers if i start a topic.
I recently managed to get my TP wet in the washing machine. I am sure that the majority of my problems may be due to this but its worth a try.
1. My keyboard no longer works, i think this is defiantly the hardware failing, ive had the phone apart and there is some corrosion on the connectors however i currently lack the tools to clean them up fully. Its not a big issue as i used the touch screen in the past but a little gripe
2. My gps is very sporadic, could this be water damage? It will pick up satellites through gps tools but wont lock even after leaving things for 20min or so.
3. Can i remap the hardware buttons at the bottom of the phone again i think some corrosion has caused a few bridged connections causing the home button to be the down button, would be useful to move the home button to the back button if possible.
Btw i use energy rom (latest version) and radio: 1.02.35.32
Any help would be great.

Wow dude, seriously? Your phone is pretty well shot. I'm sure you'll start to see some more funky behavior real soon. Go out and buy a new one.
My only advise to you is to keep your phone in a tupperware bowl of rice WHENEVER you are not using your phone for the next month or so just to ensure all moisture is extracted from the phone. Even then you're still screwed, the corrosion has already begun.
Your phone is now worth about as much as an auction for one unprotected night with Brittney Spears

Cassetti said:
Your phone is now worth about as much as an auction for one unprotected night with Brittney Spears
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That's awesome and scary.
@ Wantan, I was lucky with my phone. I completely disassembled and cleaned it with isopropyl alcohol. As I stated in another thread, the only thing that doesn't work is my g-sensor. I think I will disassemble it again to try to find/fix it if I can.

ah that sounds like a good idea, ill search and see what i can find. To be honest the phone works fine generally its just the buttons that are buggered.

Wanten said:
ah that sounds like a good idea, ill search and see what i can find. To be honest the phone works fine generally its just the buttons that are buggered.
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That's what happened with me at first also. I thought I could live without the buttons, but it just got annoying. That's whay I did the disassembly. If you decide to, the link to the tech manual is in the wiki. Good luck.

Xz premium freezing and resetting when i unlock it. Also no volume up, related?

Hey Guys so i have searched high and low for a solution and still can't figure out a fix. i've read on sony forums that other people experienced the same issue but can't find a fix. I got the phone second hand (risky i know but i took a gamble) and it already have android pie. At first it was working great and i was quite happy with the phone but as i started using it every now and then it would reset itself at random, even in my pocket, then it started freezing when i unlocked it and eventually reset and work again for a bit. from the start the volume up button was not working but i can deal with that. on other threads i have read that some people are having the exact same issue. Help is very much appreciated.
So far i've tried turning off fingerprint unlock, uninstalling apps, turning off auto brightness, turning off the code unlock, factory reset, flashing to android oreo, and running in safe mode and so far none of that has fixed the issue. (although it helped temporarily giving me false hope!)
i'm going to try flashing back to nougat as a last resort but am not going to have too much false hope. Thanks for reading and any help in advance!

leemo89 said:
Hey Guys so i have searched high and low for a solution and still can't figure out a fix. i've read on sony forums that other people experienced the same issue but can't find a fix. I got the phone second hand (risky i know but i took a gamble) and it already have android pie. At first it was working great and i was quite happy with the phone but as i started using it every now and then it would reset itself at random, even in my pocket, then it started freezing when i unlocked it and eventually reset and work again for a bit. from the start the volume up button was not working but i can deal with that. on other threads i have read that some people are having the exact same issue. Help is very much appreciated.
So far i've tried turning off fingerprint unlock, uninstalling apps, turning off auto brightness, turning off the code unlock, factory reset, flashing to android oreo, and running in safe mode and so far none of that has fixed the issue. (although it helped temporarily giving me false hope!)
i'm going to try flashing back to nougat as a last resort but am not going to have too much false hope. Thanks for reading and any help in advance!
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You pretty much ruled out a software issue by reverting back to Oreo and all that.
Volume rocker isn't something that just fails on these phones, so that's suspicious to me.
In most cases freezing/rebooting is caused by a faulty current supply (battery) and distribution (conectors, cables, capacitors...), if the software issue is ruled out. Faulty screen, screen connector and cable can cause freezes, the phone itself doesn't freeze up, but the image on the screen does, so it looks like the entire phone freezed, but it didn't, just the screen. Again, this as well can be caused by bad power delivery to the screen.
I would take it apart, take a closer look at the board, connectors, possible corrosion and dirt on capacitors, and replace the battery since it probably hasn't been replaced ever, and it's now a fairly old phone, and second hand, god knows how was it charged and treated in general.
If you never opened a phone before, I wouldn't suggest you start with this one, it's not really "novice friendly". Take it to someone who does board level repairs.
My best bet would be the phone was opened and some service has been done on it, but not properly+bad battery/battery connection.
Volume rocker is very easy to mess up, if you don't reseat it well it can fail to register pushing the button.
There really isn't a simple straightforward answer to you issue, if the software is 100% ruled out, the board and battery needs to be checked out, specially if the phone was opened before.

Atrax2010 said:
You pretty much ruled out a software issue by reverting back to Oreo and all that.
Volume rocker isn't something that just fails on these phones, so that's suspicious to me.
In most cases freezing/rebooting is caused by a faulty current supply (battery) and distribution (conectors, cables, capacitors...), if the software issue is ruled out. Faulty screen, screen connector and cable can cause freezes, the phone itself doesn't freeze up, but the image on the screen does, so it looks like the entire phone freezed, but it didn't, just the screen. Again, this as well can be caused by bad power delivery to the screen.
I would take it apart, take a closer look at the board, connectors, possible corrosion and dirt on capacitors, and replace the battery since it probably hasn't been replaced ever, and it's now a fairly old phone, and second hand, god knows how was it charged and treated in general.
If you never opened a phone before, I wouldn't suggest you start with this one, it's not really "novice friendly". Take it to someone who does board level repairs.
My best bet would be the phone was opened and some service has been done on it, but not properly+bad battery/battery connection.
Volume rocker is very easy to mess up, if you don't reseat it well it can fail to register pushing the button.
There really isn't a simple straightforward answer to you issue, if the software is 100% ruled out, the board and battery needs to be checked out, specially if the phone was opened before.
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Thanks for the comprehensive reply, so would system ui not responding also be due to the hardware? I just thought it was strange that some other people had posted pretty much the exact same issues.. I'll start looking around for someone to pull it apart for me. I've done some screen repairs on one phones but I'm not willing to screw this one up so I'll find an expert!

leemo89 said:
Thanks for the comprehensive reply, so would system ui not responding also be due to the hardware? I just thought it was strange that some other people had posted pretty much the exact same issues.. I'll start looking around for someone to pull it apart for me. I've done some screen repairs on one phones but I'm not willing to screw this one up so I'll find an expert!
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Ofcoruse, mostly power delivery. If for example the cpu or the screen isn't getting correct voltage and power, it can missbehave or freeze up as a failsafe to prevent damage.
As I said, I would take a look at the board, and change the battery with a known good one, since I have spares lying arround, to eliminate that variable as well as software.
I presume you're not rooted and you're troubleshooting using oem firmwares. If not, all bets are off.
A faulty battery can be a culprit of many issues that look like software/ui issues, but they're not.
Make a full software repair with latest official version, if it fixes nothing, it's a hardware issue.

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Ofcoruse, mostly power delivery. If for example the cpu or the screen isn't getting correct voltage and power, it can missbehave or freeze up as a failsafe to prevent damage.
As I said, I would take a look at the board, and change the battery with a known good one, since I have spares lying arround, to eliminate that variable as well as software.
I presume you're not rooted and you're troubleshooting using oem firmwares. If not, all bets are off.
A faulty battery can be a culprit of many issues that look like software/ui issues, but they're not.
Make a full software repair with latest official version, if it fixes nothing, it's a hardware issue.
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Thanks very much, I'll give that a go first!
If it fails where and you are close to me (Melbourne Aus) how would you like a project?

I share with you my personal experience.
The phone is amazing, is very fast, efficient, amazing sound, amazing screen.
I have the same problem with the volume up bottom but in my case it was caused for a fall incident, I took it apart and I discovered there is one flex connector that goes from the mother board and is shared with the volume bottoms, the power- fingerprint sensor, the camera bottom, the lower speaker and the lower microphone.
In fact due to that fall I am having problems with the volume up bottom as I wrote, the lower microphone, the lower speaker and sometimes the fingerprint function does not work.
I think is still worth having the cel phone, I`ll search for the flex to fix it up
I think most of the description Zagreb does of your case can be adjusted to the reality of what is happening, I think is necessary a technical checking of the hardware.

I'M sorry, of course I meant buttons and not bottoms!

Freezing, unresponsive ui and volume buttons not working properly.
I've had this same issue for a few weeks tried hard resets safe mode, etc, nothing helped. So after much frustration searching forums to no avail I set to and tried a deeper investigation into my own device, I accessed the dev options and looked at power hungry services. The most hungry was Xperia home so I stopped it and low and behold my phone hasn't locked up since, still volume buttons are mostly not working but I'm not locked out any more.

Same here,
First randomly reboot, after factory reset randomly system UI failed constantly , very annoying.
Indeed button up volume is not working (properly).
Someone found solution for this? I already purchased a new battery.
@Chernob0g : how you disabled/stopped Xperia Home so I in meantime can use my phone.

Replaced battery, looks better now.
Volume up still not working, but freezing looks solved.