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Mirrored screen problem

Hi everybody!
I'm having problems with my Pocket PC.
It all begun a while ago, when a part of my screen stopped working (didn't respond to touches). So I did a hard reset. Then, it wouldn't pass the Align Screen procedure. So I made a file on the Pocket PC root folder called welcome.not - and it worked, the welcome screen was bypassed.
Now, however, everything on the screen is mirrored. Not the image on the screen but the response to my touches. So when I press the upper right corner with my stylus, it reacts in the lower left - and reverse, across the whole screen.
What I want now is of course a state like before the hard-reset. I can accept a part of the screen not working, but I want something at least to be useable.
I think this would be easily fixed by just running Align Screen, but that doesn't work - it gets stuck in a infinite loop.
Maybe there are some Align Screen "profiles" to place in the windows folder/registry?
I'm using a HP iPAQ 214 Enterprise.
Randor244

might it be a ROM problem?

Maybe, though I think the problem is that the screen is completely unaligned and therefore is totally wierd.
What I think I need is:
1. An application to browse the PPC registry from a desktop PC
2. Sceen align data to put in in the registry (I've read somewhere else that that data is stored in the registry)
Or, maybe I'm wrong
In case it is a rom problem, can I solve it easily in any way?

well to be honest, the first thing i'd do is switch a ROM... unless it's a ROM you got from XDA and is well-known..
if the rom switching doesn't work, i'd download a pda control app like MyMobiler or SOTI Pocket Controller to fix this. maybe you have hardware problems with your screen..
I don't know where the screen alignment data sits in the registry but i'm sure you can find it on this forum. if you manage to change and it still doesn't work... maybe replac ea screen? there's a marketplace section in which you might be able to buy spare parts.. and there are guide on dismantling so you can replace the screen yourself

well to be honest, the first thing i'd do is switch a ROM... unless it's a ROM you got from XDA and is well-known..
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Well, I havn't got much knowledge on how to do these things... Could I get a brief explanation?
I know what ROM is and so on... but how to switch it... hmm...

I'm sorry, can't help you with that.. i'm not familiar with the iPaq... but I understand that you never switched a ROM so it's probably the original one.. and you shouldn't have a problem with it.
try aligning your screen using the registry.. if it doesn't work.. i'd go with replacing a screen.

Yeah, I would also like to align the screen using the registry - but how? I need to know some values to input, right? And as far as I know they need to be specific for my model
So how?

maybe you can contact HP and ask them?

Stuck at screen align.

So, I decided to try Ultimate X2 BetaII. Here's my problem:
I decided to flash to OEM ROM first, as I've read this is better with some ROMs, but I think I did something stupid. Instead of using the .exe file to install (_ATT Tilt_RUU_Kaiser_CINGULAR_WWE_3.57.502.2_radio_sign_25.88.40.05_1.65.21.18_Ship.exe), I decided I wanted to install with my SD card, so I extracted the .nb file (KaiserIMG_CINGULAR_WWE_3.57.502.2_radio_sign_25.88.40.05_1.65.21.19_Ship.nbh) and renamed it "KAISIMG.nbh" and copied it to my SD card. I installed with the standard SD card method, and now I'm stuck at a (seemingly) endless screen alignment that loops over and over. The only posts I've found so far on this topic seem to deal with hardware issues, but my screen has worked okay until now, so I'm guessing I screwed something up software-wise by impatiently trying my own idea, instead of following instructions.
Mind you all, this is only my second attempt at flashing a ROM, and the first one I flashed was months ago, so you can consider me somewhat of a newb.
By the way, I just tried going through the screen align twenty times to see if there was any change, and I'm still stuck there. I haven't tried making a welcome.not file yet, but I'll give it a shot now. It seems like even if that works, there should be a way to fix my problem properly. Any ideas?

welcome.not
Welcome.not does get me past the align screen and into the Ultimate X2 Beta II ROM. This does, of course leave me unable to align my screen with the WM app. Still looking for a "proper" fix.

Did you try a different ROM?

RE: Did you try a different ROM?
I first had the screen alignment problem after flashing the OEM ROM. Afterward, I flashed Ultimate X2 Beta II, and the problem persisted. I flashed back to OEM, and the problem was still there, so I flashed back to Ultimate X2, and after conferming the existance of the same issue, I used the welcome.not bypass. I suppose this will be okay, if I can find another way to align the screen, besides the WM screen alignment utility. I saw a post regarding a possible Reg key that changes the max screen alignment repeats. Perhaps altering that key would make it save my initial alignment and end the infinite loop?
P.S. Does anyone know of a screen alignment utility that works from the device and saves the settings, a way of working around the WM utility?

Registry Keys?
Are there registry keys I could alter to fix my screen alignment?

You do have a correct HARDspl right? When you enter bootloader you should see hard spl. Flash another spl and see what happens. Sorry im not of more help but im on my phone.

I have HardSPL 3.29. Ultimate X2 Beta II is running quit well. Radio's working fine, too. I just can't figure out my screen alignment issue. If someone could hook me up with a screen alignment file or registry settings, and perhaps clue me in a little on how to implement, that would, perhaps, be a temporary fix.

Well then think old school. If the cross is moving when you press it i would think the digitizer is ok. So clean the edges around the screen really good. Maybe some lint or dust around the edges. Also maybe loosen the screws on the back a little in case the screen is in a bind.

Yeah, I think the digitizer is fine. I already cleaned the edges with a business card. I don't have a torx kit with me, but I'll keep the screw loosening in mind. I figured the problem must be a result of extracting the .nbh file from the OEM install file, rather than running the .exe. However, flashing again (I used the .exe files for the OEM and Ultimate X2 the second cycle of flashing, rather than using my SD card) hasn't helped. I ran across the following thread, and am downloading the app now. I don't know if it will help, but maybe if someone else runs it and extracts their alignment settings, they can post them for me to try out?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=396466

Reg Key
Here's another instance of the same type of solution:
corollatercel said:
So i've been having problems with the screen alignment on mine since i had one spot on my MDA screen that was dead and my screen was cracked so the alignment wizard basically got stuck in limbo when I tried to calibrate it. SO basically what I had to do was download PHM Registry Editor and change the registry key touch referenced in here.
kernelguy said:
My touchscreen had a crack only at the bottom. After skipping the 'align screen' during initial ROM load, I lived with a non-functional touch screen for a day or two. I then remembered the post from equinoxe that had registry settings for his phone. I took those settings and updated my registry. I now have a decent touch screen - at least the top 3/4 works fine.
The key and settings are:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\TOUCH]
"CalibrationData"="1922,1957 3330,639 3317,3276 600,3230 609,677 "
I could surmise that the screen is being treated as a square of 3900 x 3900 dots. 0,0 seems to be the top, right corner.
kernelguy
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Afterwards I used the remote alignment tool (attached) to retrieve the correct settings from the correctly aligned mda(after changing the registry key then rebooting the device) then made sure the file was saved on my pc....normally it's saved by default in the C:\Program Files\Code Factory\Remote Screen Alignment directory. The file was called WIZA200.dat. I did a soft reset then when the alignment screen came up I did the skip function in the remote screen alignment application and it automatically read the proper calibration from the wiza200.dat file and then properly calibrated my mda now my screen is properly calibrated even though i never ran the alignment wizard.
So here are the Instructions folks:
1. Download the latest activesync and connect your mda to your computer and verify your device is connected(not as guest)
2. Perform a soft/hard reset on your MDA then tap your screen to start the screen alignment wizard
3. Download the remote screen alignment tool attached and install it on your machine.
4. Download the wiza200.txt file attached and rename it to WIZA200.dat then put it in the C:\Program Files\Code Factory\Remote Screen Alignment directory on your computer
5. Ensure your MDA is connected to your pc(A green activesync Icon usually indicates a connection )
6. Open the remote screen alignment tool on your pc meanwhile your phone be displaying the alignment screen wizard.
7. Click SKIP in the screen alignment tool.
Assuming everything went fine a message box displaying "The operation has been completed successfully. Your device will be restarted." should pop up on your computer and your device should restart. Afterwards your phone will run the files it always does when you do a soft/hard reset then you touch screen should be properly calibrated and work fine.
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If someone could do a fresh, accurate screen alignment and report the registry key settings, I could try editing them for myself and see if that does it.

check your pm
check your pm

Thanks!
Thanks for the help, guys. I found the kaiser.dat file in the program's directory, opened with notepad, and copied the string into the appropriate reg key:
2002,1944 3292,635 3352,3272 681,3268 624,673
Thanks, lewnetoons, for providing your info, as well:
1862,1960 3131,673 3129,3260 628,3291 635,655
I suspect my digitizer may need replacement because it wasn't terribly accurate before I encountered this problem, but I'll have to find a proper solution for the "Align Screen" loop for a new digitizer to even matter. This is enough to appease me for now, as my screen is now responding semi-accurately, but if anyone can come up with a fix for my align screen loop, so I won't have to rely on the "welcome.not" fix, I would appreciate it a LOT.
A little off-topic, but it seems to me that five points isn't enough to align the whole digitizer in the first place.
Thanks a lot, guys, I'm good for now.

Bob_Beard said:
Thanks for the help, guys. I found the kaiser.dat file in the program's directory, opened with notepad, and copied the string into the appropriate reg key:
2002,1944 3292,635 3352,3272 681,3268 624,673
Thanks, lewnetoons, for providing your info, as well:
1862,1960 3131,673 3129,3260 628,3291 635,655
I suspect my digitizer may need replacement because it wasn't terribly accurate before I encountered this problem, but I'll have to find a proper solution for the "Align Screen" loop for a new digitizer to even matter. This is enough to appease me for now, as my screen is now responding semi-accurately, but if anyone can come up with a fix for my align screen loop, so I won't have to rely on the "welcome.not" fix, I would appreciate it a LOT.
A little off-topic, but it seems to me that five points isn't enough to align the whole digitizer in the first place.
Thanks a lot, guys, I'm good for now.
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glad you got it fixed my brother

It occurs to me that I may not have been clear in my first post. I didn't use NBHExtract or anything. I opened the exe with 7-Zip, extracted the larger of two nbh files, renamed it, copied it to my SD card, and flashed it to my phone. I don't know why I did it that way, and it seems like it sort of worked, but something was lost in translation. I've done half a dozen or so flashes since then, but the problem still exists. Any insight into a possible permanent solution for this semi-permanent problem would be very much appreciated.

So, I've gone through a few flashes and my screen alignment still works for the most part, but it can be a pain in the ass using programs that have have small expandable menus or buttons at the bottom of the screen. I can fine tune this a little better using my slow, primitive hand-modify the registry method, but I would still appreciate any input on fixing the problem.
I guess I'm looking for one of two possible solutions:
1. A program that does exactly what the built-in screen alignment utility does.
2. A way to fix whatever I ****ed up, so I can use the screen alignment utility without it looping infinitely.
So, once again, does anyone have any helpful input?

Bob_Beard said:
So, I've gone through a few flashes and my screen alignment still works for the most part, but it can be a pain in the ass using programs that have have small expandable menus or buttons at the bottom of the screen. I can fine tune this a little better using my slow, primitive hand-modify the registry method, but I would still appreciate any input on fixing the problem.
I guess I'm looking for one of two possible solutions:
1. A program that does exactly what the built-in screen alignment utility does.
2. A way to fix whatever I ****ed up, so I can use the screen alignment utility without it looping infinitely.
So, once again, does anyone have any helpful input?
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try flashing abu's new rom that doesn't require screen alignment. see what happens.

I flashed it within hours of its release, but I'm not sure how it's affected me, since I still keep "welcome.not" in the root directory of my SD card, and I input my alignment config into the registry after every flash. I may expirament with it, though, by removing "welcome.not" and/or reflashing.

Bob_Beard said:
I flashed it within hours of its release, but I'm not sure how it's affected me, since I still keep "welcome.not" in the root directory of my SD card, and I input my alignment config into the registry after every flash. I may expirament with it, though, by removing "welcome.not" and/or reflashing.
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yeah give it a try and see what happens

Frozen/Extremely Slow - Please help!

Hello:
I have searched to forums, but did not find a thread that addressed my specific problem. I'm hoping that someone here might be able to help...
I have a Fuze running the EnergyRom August 1st build. I have not had any problems to date except for the occasional lag and the battery drain. I've never had to reset or anything.
Last night the phone was working fine, I set the alarm, plugged it in and went to sleep. At 2:30 this morning I woke up to my voicemail message on the phone. The phone had somehow called my voicemail. I hit the end key - no problem - but after that my touch screen would not function.
At first I thought the screen was broken somehow. (There are no cracks or spots; it hadn't been dropped. I did not get the "broken screen" or any black/white "noise" that others referred to in their posts.)
I did a soft reset, no result.
Hard reset, no result.
Then I realized that the screen actually works, but so slowly that it is almost imperceptable.
Right now I am on the align screen part of the boot-up. It is taking approximately 8-10 minutes for the phone to register each touch of the target and move to the next.
I assume that eventually it will boot, but my questions are:
Where do I go from there?
Should I just reflash?
What the heck happened???
Any and all advice would be appreciated. Thank you!

Flash back to stock ROM, then reflash a custom one.
Your issue will be resolved

Hi, Bruce. Thanks for responding.
I tried what you suggested, but still no luck. I flashed back to the HTC OEM ROM, then to EnergyROM 'Genesis' (SYS 23016). Now I am stuck on the "tap the screen to set up your Windows phone" screen.
No response at all when I tap the screen.
Any thoughts?

There's an empty text file you can put on your sd card that will let you skip alignment, but I don't remember what you need to name it. Try searching for skip alignment in this forum. Also, there's another recent thread in this forum where 3-4 other posters had sudden screen problems with that rom or one in the series. They may have had black screens. The phones still worked, like with MyMobiler, but the phones were messed up. Search for that thread to see if there's any help. This may be return time, I'm afraid.

When you flashed back to stock, did you see the same issues or only on Energy ROM?
I would say try another ROM.
As Ted said, many users had issues like this on his ROMs.

I looked it up, and the file you need is called "welcome.not" (no quotes). Just rename a blank text file that and put it on the root of your storage card.
Here's another thread on screen issues with that rom.

Help with HTC Fuze

I am hoping that you guys can help.
My spouse purchase a HTC Fuze a little while back. She used it for
a few months. She was then deployed to Iraq. The phone has been
off for the last 3 months. It was working fine when last used. Recently,
I powered it up and the touch screen is not functioning properly.
You can not use it to dial phone numbers, send texts, and such.
Basically, it does not function correctly really. When it just sitting,
it will roll through options on the screen as if it is being touched
and will not stay on the home setting.
What could the problem be? Can this be fixed? I have tried a soft reset
which hasn't worked. It is disturbing since this is a fairly new phone.
Thanks in Advance!

try re-calibrating the screen! if that fails - hard rest it.

How do you re-calibrate the screen?

settings-system-screen

I am under the settings menu but I don't see anything that says system.
Bear in mind that if I have to use the touch screen to get to it then it
would be a no go.

it's a tab in the button if you get there by moving down fron the lowests icon then you can move to system

its a tab in what button. Can you some one give me the exact step by step to get there?

try using the circular thing (joystick) to get there! i'm running a custom rom, so your settings layout may be different.

circular joystick to get where.
Can I have a step by step? I can't find system anywhere.
My touch screen displays but it does not do anything when
I touch it. I have to use the physical buttons.

to go up and down in that menu but if you have a stock rom you may have a different folder for "system", i'm not sure.

Figured out where that is now. I didn't realize that
you were talking about the start button for windows.
I went to that section and it asks you to go through the
align screen process but it does not respond to the taps
of the wand. Is that how we recalibrate?
If this doesnt work, what can be done to get the screen working?

try this: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Raphael_For_Beginners#Hardx20.Reset
hard reset your phone

If I do that, I will lose all my contacts and data on my phone, right?
How do I prevent this?

your best bet is to hope you have "PIM backup" and use it to back up everything, including custom folders. hopefully you can navigate using the hardware keyboard. (custom backup allows you to pack up specific folders and/or files). back it up to your storage card, THEN hard reset it.
also, if you have your phone's contact list synced via active sync, just hard reset and it'll restore your synced contact list.
good luck

EDIT: please delete this. double post of preceding reply.

Will a hard reset actually fix this problem with the touch screen
or this just a try it and see approach?
Contacts saved on my SIM will not be affected by a hard reset, right?

Do a hard reset then,
Yeah, if you already save your contacts in the sim then go ahead and do a hard reset. Just follow the start up procedure on the phone, hope this will solve your problem. Please let us know.

Will a hard reset actually fix this problem with the touch screen
or this just a try it and see approach?

man, nobody knows for sure. it will give you a blank phone, just like the first dday you turned it on (software wise). if the screen has some hardware damage - you will know after the hard-reset. let us know how it went!

so what is actual purpose of a hard reset over a soft reset?
Why would this work to reset the screen over a soft reset?

Single phantom touch on digitizer (that doesn't move)

The "show touches" option allowed me to find out why I had some trouble with the digitizer since yesterday. It is not cracked.
There is a single point on the screen showing a touch at all times. If I touch that point, it disappears then comes back 1-2 seconds later.
The digitizer still works as it registers my touches as well, but a lot of apps cannot register more than one touch at a time, so they ignore my touches.
I read somewhere that doing a hard reset (completely wiping everything) would re-initialize the digitizer and make it ignore that stuck point, but I don't want to do that if that's not correct as I'd have to reinstall everything, re-do my settings and still have to figure out how to fix the stuck point.
Or is there an app that can make the tablet ignore that one little touch.

alkizmo said:
edit - I realized that when I wrote "FIXED" in the title, it sounds like I solved my issue. What I mean is that the single phantom touch is not moving, it's in a fixed position (unlike most phantom touch problems seen on other tablets)
The "show touches" option allowed me to find out why I had some trouble with the digitizer since yesterday. It is not cracked.
There is a single point on the screen showing a touch at all times. If I touch that point, it disappears then comes back 1-2 seconds later.
The digitizer still works as it registers my touches as well, but a lot of apps cannot register more than one touch at a time, so they ignore my touches.
I read somewhere that doing a hard reset (completely wiping everything) would re-initialize the digitizer and make it ignore that stuck point, but I don't want to do that if that's not correct as I'd have to reinstall everything, re-do my settings and still have to figure out how to fix the stuck point.
Or is there an app that can make the tablet ignore that one little touch.
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First I'd edit the post (advanced edit) and removed fixed from the title - you should get more help.
Factory reset - Settings/Backup & reset is where I'd begin. There are no promises that will fix your tablet.
To minimize the grief of a reset use App Backup in the app drawer. Choose Data & App - select all - backup - and copy file to /Removable/MicroSD - OK
Restore with App Backup only works on the same version the tablet was on when the backup was made!
I don't know what the next step would be if your problem is not cleared.

I edited it now. I tried when I first posted, but I didn't remember the advanced edit option for the title
Thanks for the trick on restoring my tablet. I'll try the hard reset.
If that doesn't work. I will be taking apart the tablet and see if I can re-seat the digitizer.
I already replaced it once. This time it isn't cracked, but I know it fell a foot down just before the problem started. It was in it's case, so it was a soft landing on its flat surface. I'm surprised those things are so fragile. Asus should feel bad.

alkizmo said:
I edited it now. I tried when I first posted, but I didn't remember the advanced edit option for the title
Thanks for the trick on restoring my tablet. I'll try the hard reset.
If that doesn't work. I will be taking apart the tablet and see if I can re-seat the digitizer.
I already replaced it once. This time it isn't cracked, but I know it fell a foot down just before the problem started. It was in it's case, so it was a soft landing on its flat surface. I'm surprised those things are so fragile. Asus should feel bad.
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I think reset is the proper place to begin with the problem you're having.
A couple of things to consider.
Did the spot immediately appear at the time you replaced the digitizer?
Did you take an update that may have caused the spot to appear?
The above are just my thoughts, not actual questions and may not prove helpful.
I have dropped my tablet a couple of times with no noticeable damage.
Good Luck!

tobdaryl said:
I think reset is the proper place to begin with the problem you're having.
A couple of things to consider.
Did the spot immediately appear at the time you replaced the digitizer?
Did you take an update that may have caused the spot to appear?
The above are just my thoughts, not actual questions and may not prove helpful.
I have dropped my tablet a couple of times with no noticeable damage.
Good Luck!
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The problem only appeared 2 months after I replaced the digitizer.
I didn't update
Anyway, since I already had my tablet setup to flash the touchscreen firmware in order to use a different TS, I simply ran the flashing procedure again. It fixed the problem in seconds
I admit that if my tablet wasn't already setup (unlocked, rooted, superuser access), it would have been faster to reformat (if that would have fixed the problem).
TL;DR - Problem solved, I flashed the touchscreen firmware to force it to reset instead of formatting my tablet back to factory settings.

alkizmo said:
The problem only appeared 2 months after I replaced the digitizer.
I didn't update
Anyway, since I already had my tablet setup to flash the touchscreen firmware in order to use a different TS, I simply ran the flashing procedure again. It fixed the problem in seconds
I admit that if my tablet wasn't already setup (unlocked, rooted, superuser access), it would have been faster to reformat (if that would have fixed the problem).
TL;DR - Problem solved, I flashed the touchscreen firmware to force it to reset instead of formatting my tablet back to factory settings.
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I'm glad you managed to clear your issue. I'll try to remember your fix for the future.
Thanks for the info.