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screen problems... help please!

i have XDA trion and apart of the problem i have with teh alignment of the screen which i find out that is practically unsolvable, i have another problem which is as much annoying as the alignment one:
when i tap on an area somewhere in the center of the screen it closes my window in portrait mode and opens start menu in landscape mode (obviously when i tap there it actually taps on the upper right corner where the X button is when in portrait and the start menu when in landscape )
that does happen only when i tap in a little area right at the center of the screen and seems to be different from the usual misallignment that i have (and many others )
can anyone help me please
thanks

welcome to the forum,
I recommend using the hardware buttons to go to start/settings/system/screen/align
and if that doesn't help, hard reset

bbobeckyj said:
welcome to the forum,
I recommend using the hardware buttons to go to start/settings/system/screen/align
and if that doesn't help, hard reset
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thanks...
i already installed a new ROM but still doesnt fix it ...
mabe i will have to end up spending 100 EU for new screen
any otehr suggestions?

sorry, I assumed you were new due to join date and first post, hence my first reply.
give us a couple more details when you post please, such as did you buy it brand new/second hand? if it's not new how long have you had it? has it just started doing this recently after behaving like a good pda for ages? or has it always done this? which rom are you running? and is it the official one?
anyway, you could try removing the casing and clean around the edges of the screen, I've read of dirt/grime getting built up and stuck, which can cause this problem. if you don't know how to remove the case (I don't either)-Google
good luck

Cruise cannot be turned off

I installed several programs on my Cruise and unfortunately the device cannot be turned off anymore.
If I hold the button on top of the device and hold it, you get the message that you are turning the device off....but it puts it in hibernate....
I don't really know which program caused the problem, since I seldom turn my phone off. So in the 2 weeks I have the phone, I tried to turn it off only once.
In the beginning the button worked...but now...not anymore.
I know I can try a hard reset, but I am reluctant...since I have to install everything again.
The software I installed were:
SBSH PocketBreeze (uninstalled it)
PZP tools (uninstalled it)
BatteryStatus Advanced
SPB Diary
HTC Home Customizer
At least these are the programs of which I think could have caused the problem.
Does anybody know how to correct this, without hardresetting?

Same situation for me .....
Maybe HTC HomeCustomizer ???

you can try soft reseting the device with the stylus and see once it is back on if the problem persists. then u might want to try uninstalling the last application u installed to see if it makes a difference.

Jackster said:
you can try soft reseting the device with the stylus and see once it is back on if the problem persists. then u might want to try uninstalling the last application u installed to see if it makes a difference.
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I did it but with no relevant results, now i am going to hard resetting it....
Anyway thanks for the suggest.

ERIC.67 said:
I did it but with no relevant results, now i am going to hard resetting it....
Anyway thanks for the suggest.
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I have used HTC Home Customizer and do not have this problem. Have you tried a short double press of the power button? Sounds like the long press power off works by your descriptions. You may also want to check if xpshut will work for you.

raskell said:
I have used HTC Home Customizer and do not have this problem. Have you tried a short double press of the power button? Sounds like the long press power off works by your descriptions. You may also want to check if xpshut will work for you.
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I tried xpshut also with no results, now after hardresetting seems it's all ok. If the situation will repeat i'll write it in this thread, thanks mates

Problem seems to be resolved
The problem seems to be HTCHome v2.1 necessary for HHCustomizer to work. I installed it and i'm not able to turn off the device, after uninstalled it's all ok.

At least there is someone to share this inconvenience. Glad to hear you found out what caused it....however, does your Home Customizer still work?

foske said:
At least there is someone to share this inconvenience. Glad to hear you found out what caused it....however, does your Home Customizer still work?
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No, it doesn't work without HTCHome v2.1

Keypad service
There's also a service, keypad, that if stopped, disables all buttons. Not sure if this applies to you or not, but I had stopped it on my TC by accident, and had the same issue you described.
Dave

dfields said:
There's also a service, keypad, that if stopped, disables all buttons. Not sure if this applies to you or not, but I had stopped it on my TC by accident, and had the same issue you described.
Dave
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I didn't verified it, probably was the same for my device. I have Italian ROM on it and you ???
bye,
eric.67

ERIC.67 said:
I didn't verified it, probably was the same for my device. I have Italian ROM on it and you ???
bye,
eric.67
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New User Needing Help!

Hi guys,
I just recently got hold of an HTC Touch Cruise but the O2 XDA Orbit 2 rebranded version.
Ive been installing a few useful apps on this but some of the changes i make are lost after the phone has beeen switched off and then on!
Examples of this are the "hide sim" reg edit and the PCM keyboard as the default.
I am assuming that maybe the O2 version of WM6 on this is locked to prevent making these changes.
First, if anyone can confirm this or if not tell how me how ot get round this problem i would be grateful.
If this is the case then i would like to flash the phone with an "editable" version of WM6, are these what the ROMS people mention on here are?
If i am right about the ROMS could anyone recommend a good ROM, if they are specific to anything, one that is more finger firendly rather than stylus would be about the only thing i can think of to specify.
I realise this is a bit cheeky asking for all this but i have had a brief of the forum but would perhaps jus tlike a few pointers if anyone can spare the time.
Many thanks

Hi,
If you are turning your phone off by holding the power button then when you turn it on again it will reboot to the ROM image and you will lose all of your installed programs and edits. Try turning it "off" with a brief press on the button, you shouldn't lose anything then. At least I don't.
AFIK the standard O2 ROM allows registry edits, however you cannot edit the ROM contents. You can install apps and they should be persistent unless you do a full power down.
As for the question about ROMs, yes they are customised versions of WM6.1.
You MUST run USPL before trying to re-flash your ROM I suggest you read the upgrading forum there is a sticky there about USPL and loads of other threads about upgrading.
Personally I like ASergs and Bepes ROMs better than most. They are stable and have most of the apps I require.
Hope this helps, Good luck
Neil

Thanks so much for your reply and especially the promptness!!!
When i turn my phone off i have been holding the button at the top, i if i just press it shortly then all it does is powers the screen off. To be honest now i can get away without ever powering off since i charge every night.
If my phone freezes etc should i be using the reset button with the stylus to reboot - will this cause me to lose my edits?
Also if i used one of the customised ROMS is it still the same if i turn the phone completley off that i lose any settings?
I will give the upgrade thread now to gain better understanding, thanks again.

Guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=381600

neila said:
Hi,
If you are turning your phone off by holding the power button then when you turn it on again it will reboot to the ROM image and you will lose all of your installed programs and edits. Try turning it "off" with a brief press on the button, you shouldn't lose anything then. At least I don't.
Neil
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What?
Turning it off will cause a hard reset or what exactly do you mean?

neila said:
Hi,
If you are turning your phone off by holding the power button then when you turn it on again it will reboot to the ROM image and you will lose all of your installed programs and edits. Try turning it "off" with a brief press on the button, you shouldn't lose anything then. At least I don't.
AFIK the standard O2 ROM allows registry edits, however you cannot edit the ROM contents. You can install apps and they should be persistent unless you do a full power down.
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I'm sorry to inform you that it should not be behaving that way, and if it does, your phone is most probably broken.
If you mean Hard-Resetting, your phone does not hard-reset when pressing and holding the power button. you'll have to do a combination of other buttons and the soft-reset button to accomplish that.

Oops, Sorry about that! I had total brain failure!
Of course turning the device off by holding the power button does not cause a hard reset.
My apologies for any confusion caused.
Cheers
Neil

Ok, on my device (which is actually an O2 Xda orbit 2, if that makes any difference) When i press the powerbutton once shortly it turns off the screen but all things are still running on the phone eg calls will still come in and alarms, sms etc.
If i press and hold the button the phone switches off completley but then when i turn back on after this i find some stuff has not saved how i expect. Installed apps still remain but things like default keyboard and my hide sim reg change revert.

When you hold down the power button at least on the TC, it asks whether you want to power off, presumably yours isn't asking you and just turns off anyway.
When stuff that you expect to be saved but isn't, like the default keyboard. Do you use sip changer or something like that? If I am using PocketCM keyboard for example and reset my device it defaults back to the Cruise/Diamond keyboard and I have to set PocketCM again. If you use something like a SIP Changer it will set it for you.
So that sounds like configuration things and not necessarily strange behavior.

prob with screen, need to bypass 6.5 lock screen

hi there,
i was working yesterday and my phone was in my pocket and was squished against my keys! the screen is cracked... but it isn't, i think its the touch censor screen or something as i can see the screen fine just with a crack in the middle... anyway i cant use the screen to touch
i am using wm 6.5 and i accidentlly pressed the lock button in the start menu and cant seem to get passed the wm6.5 slide2unlock screen!
i try'd a soft reset but it is there as soon as it turns on
i dont want to hard reset because i would need to use the screen calibration (plus i havnt backed up my contacts and have some important messages!)
it is really frustrating i try'd deleting the files in the windows directory but it says it is read only and i cant delete it!
and im a bit broke and cant afford a new screen!
could someone please help
i would very much appreciate it
kind regards
Alex

alexsandros said:
hi there,
i was working yesterday and my phone was in my pocket and was squished against my keys! the screen is cracked... but it isn't, i think its the touch censor screen or something as i can see the screen fine just with a crack in the middle... anyway i cant use the screen to touch
i am using wm 6.5 and i accidentlly pressed the lock button in the start menu and cant seem to get passed the wm6.5 slide2unlock screen!
i try'd a soft reset but it is there as soon as it turns on
i dont want to hard reset because i would need to use the screen calibration (plus i havnt backed up my contacts and have some important messages!)
it is really frustrating i try'd deleting the files in the windows directory but it says it is read only and i cant delete it!
and im a bit broke and cant afford a new screen!
could someone please help
i would very much appreciate it
Alex
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I'm no expert in this field, but have tried to sync the phone and unlock it from there? raspberry tru connect is an excellent program and if your d pad still works you should be able to install it and use the mouse cursor to do what you need to.
I have also heard of booting in safe mode, although I have no experience in it, but I'm sure if you check the wiki of your device you should find an answer.
Hope one of these help.

Just about right said:
I'm no expert in this field, but have tried to sync the phone and unlock it from there? raspberry tru connect is an excellent program and if your d pad still works you should be able to install it and use the mouse cursor to do what you need to.
I have also heard of booting in safe mode, although I have no experience in it, but I'm sure if you check the wiki of your device you should find an answer.
Hope one of these help.
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m8 thank you very much that raspberry thing worked for me like a charm!

would this rasberry program work if i flash my phone with new rom?
like would it work on the screen calibration?! thanks!

alexsandros said:
would this rasberry program work if i flash my phone with new rom?
like would it work on the screen calibration?! thanks!
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Not that I know of because of the installation needed on the device. If the ROM you are installing does not have the setup features and are already calibrated then you can install the program like before and be good to go.
I'm sorry, I know this isn't what you wanted to here.

Just about right said:
Not that I know of because of the installation needed on the device. If the ROM you are installing does not have the setup features and are already calibrated then you can install the program like before and be good to go.
I'm sorry, I know this isn't what you wanted to here.
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would it be possible for you 2 attempt it when you next flash your rom? and pm me or reply to thread
because it is seriously bugging me knowing im stuck with this rom until i can buy a new screen
kind regards
alex

alexsandros said:
would it be possible for you 2 attempt it when you next flash your rom? and pm me or reply to thread
because it is seriously bugging me knowing im stuck with this rom until i can buy a new screen
kind regards
alex
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Sure thing. I should be flashing this weekend if not sooner. Trying to get a few programs to play nice together and not having any luck.
I'll let you know when I do and we'll see if it works and go from there.

http://goatechno.blogspot.com/2008/12/windows-mobile-stuck-at-screen.html
is this what you guys need.

HD2 crashed any ideas?

my phone is stuck on the HTC Senses screen, and the only thing that works is the start menu, but it doesnt allow me to select anything, other than nothing else works? any ideas?

what you did before that happen ? you may install app or apply a tweek !

Did you flash another ROM before?
When yes:
Do a Hardreset use Task29 to clean all! Flash new Rom! After Flashing new ROM do a Hardreset again! At the first time on Manila Screen do a softreset.
When i did something wromg somebody can Correct me please!
Here are the link:
Task29:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=644781

sounds like the stock rom to me. mine did that all the time until i installed kumars tmous rom. or wait till the 18th and install the official 2.13 rom.

I suppose that you allready tried the soft restart (with the red button).
Remove the battery for a while and try again
good luck anyway

consdering same topic
is there is any app enable me to make a soft reset using one of the physical buttons and this all in the case of device hang up and non response..... please answer me

i think no! But you can take off yout back cover and push the little red Softreset button!

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of course i know that ... but moving the back cover alot make it more easy to open every time and in the future it may don't close ever ... so i want that app to just assgin the soft reset shortcut to any phyiscal button to use it in the case of hang up or device freezing

new_simsim said:
of course i know that ... but moving the back cover alot make it more easy to open every time and in the future it may don't close ever ... so i want that app to just assgin the soft reset shortcut to any phyiscal button to use it in the case of hang up or device freezing
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Check out this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=674917&highlight=long+press+end+soft+reset

by the way i tryed the AE BUTTON PLUS application and it do that very well but didn't work at all when the device hang up

new_simsim said:
of course i know that ... but moving the back cover alot make it more easy to open every time and in the future it may don't close ever ... so i want that app to just assgin the soft reset shortcut to any phyiscal button to use it in the case of hang up or device freezing
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new_simsim said:
by the way i tryed the AE BUTTON PLUS application and it do that very well but didn't work at all when the device hang up
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It is how i said! Use the little red button, because when the phone hang the hard buttons mostly hang too.
How often you do a softreset at one day??? I do maybe one in a week with the red button.
So mostly i use xda shutdown!

thanks alot for ur replays guys ... and i tryed the sloutions in the last repaly but really it didn't differ from the AE BUTTON PLUS app ,it works very well in normal mode ,, but if the device hang up or freeze don't work at all....
in my opinion there is no app even it assgined successfuly to a physical button, can do this function in the case of hanging up ..because apps is of course related to the main operating system which is already frozen ...so i think that its no way to pass throw the cycle of removing the back cover and push the red

i understand what you mean but i think you don't understand me... the case of hang up can happen to any one of us more than one time even in one day for any reason ... and to open the back cover every time to push the red button is avery harmful process to cover and may make it don't close well by the time ...so all i want is to make a soft reset to a frozen device without opening the back cover !

i understand and you are right!! But i never found tool or progs that works!
But still we can hope that anybody do it!

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yes we hope that...
and thanks alot to you Dic3potr for ur interest and time...
see u later in a big problem