I have a problem. I own an Inspire 4G (obvs), and have been running CM7 for quite awhile now. Recently, i was stupid and decided to take it apart to poke around (research for a friend, I swear!). Anyways, i didn't exactly know what I was doing, and in putting it back together, somehow ruined the volume rocker. Normally this would be a non-issue because i can just adjust the volume software side. However, I just realized that you need the volume rocker to navigate clockword mod. Is there any way around this that someone else knows about? I haven't flashed a ROM in forever, and all of a sudden got the urge. I can't do it without clockwork, though. Please help!
Wrong place, this should go in General. This section is for dev.
my apologies, i thought that since I was inquiring about clockworkmod that it would go here, seein as how its all about roms and stuff.
Is the switch itself bad, the ribbon in between, the connection to the mainboard, or ?
If the former two, I'd buy a cheap broken Inspire off of ebay (shattered screen, etc), but with a good switch.
trevxor said:
I have a problem. I own an Inspire 4G (obvs), and have been running CM7 for quite awhile now. Recently, i was stupid and decided to take it apart to poke around (research for a friend, I swear!). Anyways, i didn't exactly know what I was doing, and in putting it back together, somehow ruined the volume rocker. Normally this would be a non-issue because i can just adjust the volume software side. However, I just realized that you need the volume rocker to navigate clockword mod. Is there any way around this that someone else knows about? I haven't flashed a ROM in forever, and all of a sudden got the urge. I can't do it without clockwork, though. Please help!
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I think you answered your own question. Sorry to seem like a ass, but why would you attempt something like that when you didn't fully know what you were doing?
trevxor said:
I have a problem. I own an Inspire 4G (obvs), and have been running CM7 for quite awhile now. Recently, i was stupid and decided to take it apart to poke around (research for a friend, I swear!). Anyways, i didn't exactly know what I was doing, and in putting it back together, somehow ruined the volume rocker. Normally this would be a non-issue because i can just adjust the volume software side. However, I just realized that you need the volume rocker to navigate clockword mod. Is there any way around this that someone else knows about? I haven't flashed a ROM in forever, and all of a sudden got the urge. I can't do it without clockwork, though. Please help!
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I had the same problem. My volume rocker broke when taking out the battery. Went to at& the store and told them that it wasn't my mistake. They asked me to go to at&t warranty center and the rep changed the phone for me.
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My power button at first seemed like it was being affected by the screenshot bug (i.e. one press, the screen would turn off and then back on) but it eventually got to the point where it won't work at all and almost seems stuck. When I take the battery out and put it back in, the phone turns on immediately, as if it's being pressed. Any way I can clean or maybe tinker with the button without hurting it?
Right now I'm using the button remapper and leaving the power button as power, and volume up as power as well. I tried to disable the power button altogether, but then my phone crashes and I have to reflash the rom to get back to working...
See my post in the General forum.
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I had the same problem last week.Phone repaired in HTC service center for free.They changed big flat cable.....Hope this helps you....
Yeah, I went ahead and dug into it some more, got straight down to the power button itself, and I think the ribbon cable or the button itself must have gone bad. So for now I went a head and removed the button so it won't bother me. Now I find out they don't even sell replacements yet Dx haha, opps.
I would send it to HTC but I'd rather take care of this in my own way that way 1. I don't have to flash to stock, etc. and 2. because I don't feel like being without my baby.
Thanks for the help ^.^
EDIT:...opps. Forgot I kinda need the button to you know...turn the phone on. Glad I got adb lol.
It's a hardware problem, not software, so return it to the reseller or let HTC pick it up at home for you so they can repair it
Does anybody know when they're going to be selling replacement power buttons? Like I said, I'd really rather just keep my phone instead of sending it off...too much hassle for me.
aw1974 said:
See my post in the General forum.
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Two thread, same problem, same title but at difference section. Seems like someone did not do searching first >¦[
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Ive done my research, im no noob to this lol. I just havent found anything simular to the problems I am having.
So first off the phone isnt mine, its my friends, but im not new to Android and have done my fair share of roots. Ive never had any of these issues.
He bought the phone off of craigslist and it was suppose to be already rooted. So that was the first thing I checked, and it was defiantly S-ON.... So I asked what his problem was, and he said the camera didnt work. If you enter the camera app, or camcorder is would just flash right back to the haome screen. But yet if you go into Qik and video chat the front cam would work just fine.
So I did several factory restores of all ways possible and nothing fixed it. So I got permission to root so I could flash a ROM and see if that fixes the issue.
I rooted via Revolutionary of course. I followed all the step in the guide posted here in the section. After some trouble I finally got it fully rooted. But I was having some problems in recovery. One of them was when using the volume rocker to move up or down it would spazz out and I got to fight with the damn thing to get it to go where I want it to. But it didnt stop there!! Then while having that issue, I had another one where it would keep switching from say the back button was enabled or disabled. So that made it very difficult.
So then I had one ROM downloaded and I finally got it to where I could flash it and while it was flashing it would come back as an error saying something about the memory card! WTF! So after all of this and 3 hours of working on it I gave up for the night. So as I let the phone reboot into the stock ROM it still had the camera issue. AND also now when using the volume rocker for the volume, if you use up, the volume goes down. But if you press down the volume goes up!! Im about to just give up! Tomorrow ill try a new ROM and see how that goes.
So I guess im here asking if anyone has any ideas to any of these issues and what I could possibly do to fix any of these???
wonder if it was a bootleg phone. take the battery out and look over the stickers and what not, research them.
Ruki_Uki said:
So then I had one ROM downloaded and I finally got it to where I could flash it and while it was flashing it would come back as an error saying something about the memory card!
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No idea about this one! Sorry bud.. but wth? Error with memory card...!? Think you could post some screenies?
Ruki_Uki said:
I had another one where it would keep switching from say the back button was enabled or disabled.
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This is a feature with the recovery. If you're at the end of the options and you go back and forth.. it'll disable it. I don't like/use the feature myself!
The volume sort of sounds like hardware..! You can also navigate through recovery using the home and menu button too. Home is UP, menu = down. Search = select. Use that! Hopefully this helps a bit, as for the issue with flashing... I've no idea, I got to see that
bigmerchant said:
wonder if it was a bootleg phone. take the battery out and look over the stickers and what not, research them.
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Ill defiantly take some tomorrow when I go back over and ill post them if I cant get anywhere.
KAwAtA said:
No idea about this one! Sorry bud.. but wth? Error with memory card...!? Think you could post some screenies?
This is a feature with the recovery. If you're at the end of the options and you go back and forth.. it'll disable it. I don't like/use the feature myself!
The volume sort of sounds like hardware..! You can also navigate through recovery using the home and menu button too. Home is UP, menu = down. Search = select. Use that! Hopefully this helps a bit, as for the issue with flashing... I've no idea, I got to see that
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I had no idea about the home buttons, ill have to try that. I just find all this weird, Ive rooted a Moment, Hero, EVO 4G, EVO 3D, and a couple others and never came across any of these issues
Ruki_Uki said:
I had no idea about the home buttons, ill have to try that. I just find all this weird, Ive rooted a Moment, Hero, EVO 4G, EVO 3D, and a couple others and never came across any of these issues
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Yeah my buddy has an evo 3d. I rooted it and did all the stuff for him. Pretty much the same thing. I find it strange that you're having trouble
Hello, I have an HTC inspire and been rooted for a few months. The volume+ has been very glitchy most of the time not working. Even tried a custom Rom and still bad issue. This noting I re locked the phone and put it back to the way it was when I got it. So far today the volume button has worked every time with no problem. My question when rooting the phone is their a chance that rooting caused the hardware issue, that it corrupted the software enlighten to make it glitchy in that way. Is their a way to confirm that. Just wondering because I hate haveing this un-rooted phone lol.
Custom ROMs would not affect your hardware buttons unless you installed an app that messed with the volume.
I really didn't think it was the Rom I was wondering more about the rooting its self. thanks for the reply.
Rooting the phone doesnt affect the volume rocker...you can not break physically the phone from software...
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glevitan said:
...you can not break physically the phone from software...
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Not directly, but I have used some apps that make me want to throw my phone at the wall.
pazzo02 said:
Not directly, but I have used some apps that make me want to throw my phone at the wall.
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Haha...that's true.
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Guys I didn't not mean physical damage. I meant software get corrupted some how, by the rooting process. Phone has been relocked for past two days. I have shut off phone twice in a row, tried everything I could think of to get the vol+ button not to work and it works every time. No matter how hard I push on it. No I didn't try to smash it bit still no matter what it works.
Well volume is messing up now again and its un-rooted. So its def a hardware issue. Sucks because now I have to send it it to be repaired but good because I can re-root it when I get it back lol.
gage0727 said:
Well volume is messing up now again and its un-rooted. So its def a hardware issue. Sucks because now I have to send it it to be repaired but good because I can re-root it when I get it back lol.
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Congrats on tracking down the problem. Just think, it should be like new when you get it back.
I know there are tons of complaints about the Inspire/Desire's volume rocker, but through all my searching I've only found a couple of people with my problem, and no solutions.
When I press my volume up button, it clicks, but nothing happens. It started with CM7 and I have since changed ROMs (specifically LorD ClockaN's ICS ROM that shows a volume slider when you put the volume down ) so I know that isn't the problem. Pretty sure it's hardware related. The furthest I've opened this thing up is taking the volume rocker off, so I don't know if there are any internal problems or what to look for. The little nubs on the buttons are still there and there is a satisfying click sound when I press up or down.
I've seen a lot of mention of "flex cables" but I can't find anything that really tells you what that is.
What can I do to fix this? I'd love to not be restricted to one ROM AND it's really annoying that I can't flash radios or anything without using fastboot since you have to press up to confirm. :/
ellaizee said:
I know there are tons of complaints about the Inspire/Desire's volume rocker, but through all my searching I've only found a couple of people with my problem, and no solutions.
When I press my volume up button, it clicks, but nothing happens. It started with CM7 and I have since changed ROMs (specifically LorD ClockaN's ICS ROM that shows a volume slider when you put the volume down ) so I know that isn't the problem. Pretty sure it's hardware related. The furthest I've opened this thing up is taking the volume rocker off, so I don't know if there are any internal problems or what to look for. The little nubs on the buttons are still there and there is a satisfying click sound when I press up or down.
I've seen a lot of mention of "flex cables" but I can't find anything that really tells you what that is.
What can I do to fix this? I'd love to not be restricted to one ROM AND it's really annoying that I can't flash radios or anything without using fastboot since you have to press up to confirm. :/
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You could flash 4EXT Touch Recovery. Touch recovery is nice. You just may have to flash/push it using adb.
Are you still under warranty? I've heard some people have issues before with the volume rocker, but very few. Wish I could help ya there.
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cwhitney24 said:
You could flash 4EXT Touch Recovery. Touch recovery is nice. You just may have to flash/push it using adb.
Are you still under warranty? I've heard some people have issues before with the volume rocker, but very few. Wish I could help ya there.
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it can be fixed but you have to replace the entire button assembly, should be able to find the part on google (i dont know the part number) and there are plenty of tutorials. Personally i would try the warranty route first as a lot of things can get damaged if repaired incorrectly or if you are not experienced in this.
Called HTC and they said I have 4 days left on my warranty and that it would take 2 to 3 weeks to get my phone back. Holy crap. I can't even imagine a day without my phone.
Hi there,
I have a Rogers Galaxy SGH-i727R. About three weeks ago, the phone started re-starting on it's own. I though maybe it was a sticky power key and had that replaced. The problem persisted. I then noticed that it was primarily upon receiving text messages that the phone would reboot. So it seemed it was a software issue. I am running the stable build of CM9.
Yesterday the phone rebooted and never got off the angry alien screen. I pulled the battery, charged it etc and still could not get it to fully boot up. I left it for over an hour. I finally decided to call it quits and re-flash the phone. Problem is, it will not boot into recovery at all. When I hold down Vol + - and Power, it jsut goes into a loop of vibrating every three seconds until I let go and then it tries a normal boot again. Once, I briefly got a screen saying I was trying to install custom software and to press volume up to do so, but before I could hit volume up, the phone cycled off.
I should also mention that the four buttons on the bottom of the screen do not work. I accidentally sliced the wires on the side of the phone when opening it up. I use a software button saver widget to access their functions. I wonder if that issue is related....
Thanks for any advice. I would like to get into recovery so I can load a new ROM or a stock ROM.
You're going to get blasted for posting this here....
That being said, your power button is borked, common on these phones. Happened to mine, but I was still under warranty so it was replaced.
eagercrow said:
You're going to get blasted for posting this here....
That being said, your power button is borked, common on these phones. Happened to mine, but I was still under warranty so it was replaced.
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He said his was replaced and the issue continued..
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Blast away
Sorry. Where should I be posting this? I am happily corrected. I find the titles of the forums confusing, sorry.
btm fdr said:
He said his was replaced and the issue continued..
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Your point? I can't tell you how many times I've been sent "new" or "tested good" parts and they are DOA when installed. Or people who claim to have replaced or fixed a part but really didn't.
tonyrage.stc said:
Sorry. Where should I be posting this? I am happily corrected. I find the titles of the forums confusing, sorry.
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In the Q/A section is the proper place. I had the exact same issues you are having, fortunately I had the option to trade it in for a new one. Good luck!