Need to know if anyone here with a Touch Pro device ever had the hardware keyboard just stop working. I cannot time when it will happen it varies. I can slide out the keyboard to respond to a message the backlight is on the all of a sudden after a little tyoing the light goes off and no key I press shows up. All of the screen keyboards work no issues. I have to do a soft reset to get it back. Today before it locked one of the keys I pressed was still in memory and I had rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr all over the screen. I had to take the pen and cancel the message but the keyboard was not working anymore.
I called Verizon they had me change my backlight setting thinking it was that but of course it did not. Now they are saying a device replacement...guess I should have gotten the insurance.
Is there any advice someone can offer me on this problem?
I've had this happen to me one or two times, and the times that I've had the problem I've fixed it but soft resetting. I've just brushed it off as one of the quirks, and I haven't worried about it since it hasn't happened in a while. If it continues to occur I guess I would see what you're carrier can do for you
Mine did that a mutliple of times. Same exact scenario. Since I upgraded to energyrom, hasnt done it once. If I had to take a guess, some glitch in the preloaded rom?
Hello, I have recently discovered a very annoying problem with the touchscreen on my Motorola Defy:
I have noticed that the touch screen acts strange sometimes, so I have installed a touch test application(Touchtest by Hermit). In this application I have noticed that if I touch the screen in two different points in a fast succession, a line appears between these two dots. This makes a lot of application that require multitouch pretty much useless, because I have to restart the application to have the touch screen working again.
Is there any solution for this? I have heard that this may be a software issue, so I have e-mailed Motorola, but they have not answered yet.
I have attached two pictures to illustrate what I am saying, one taken before this strange error, and one after pressing on two spots very fast. You can see the line connecting the dots in the second picture. I can make a video if you still can't figure out what I am saying.
Thank you.
Im having a very similar problem here on my defy. When I play games on psx4droid and when I keep pressing x key, it stops working for a while then I have to release the button and when I press it again, it stops working and it continues
I encounter similar problems with my Defy.
When for instance using slide to unlock , 1 / 5 sildes fails. I have to slide 2 - 3 times until it unlock.
It also scrolls very slow in applications and the same thing happens when typing a message.
Solution : Unse lock button.
It currently runs Pays ROM, but the situation appeared since I installed 2.2.1.
I don't remember having this problems on 2.1.
Don't know if the situation is only related to software but it is really annoying.
Found this info regarding touchscreen slowness, but I am using the original charger so it doesn't apply for me.
Motorola Defy Touchscreen Problem
I recently got my Motorola Defy,my Defy's touchscreen acts sometimes really weird, on keyboard it's hard to enter 'r' or 'b' and some other characters, it takes little while to unlock the phone, it automatically opens applications, I don't know if it's due to faulty handset or software, I am considering it returning to Phone4U and get a replacement handset.
What version of Android are you using ?
Same problems here, but I think it is a software issue.
I'm having the same problem on my Defy.
After a while, the multi touch stops. I posted on the Motorola Forums
https://supportforums.motorola.com/thread/44733
but no response.
I used YAMTT and when having two touches, after 20 seconds, one of them disappears
This is repeatable
2.51.1 UK with 2.1 Android
Well, it is clear that this is a problem that affects many Motorola Defy users. But I wonder if someone could fix this thing?
Looks like the new software version 2.51.1 did not fix this bug. I haven't tried it yet, but I see some of you have.
So it looks like our only solution could be a developer from XDA. Could someone help please?
This is ridiculous...i've sent my phone to motorola only because it was giving this problem and basically what i think is that their own software is causing this problem so i'll be waiting for 3 weeks and when i get my defy...it'll still have that problem...Ridiculous...
I did a bit more experimenting.
I flashed the 2.2 Finnish blur, multitouch still disappears after 20 seconds using the touch testing programs
I also booted into Safe Mode (vol up + vol down during boot)
The same problem persists; I was using gallery image zoom to test.
However, I got my friend who has a Motorola Droid to install YAMTT. The multitouch lasted about 30-40 seconds. Not sure what to make of that. He's running some version of Cyanogen Mod on Android 2.3
efpob said:
I did a bit more experimenting.
I flashed the 2.2 Finnish blur, multitouch still disappears after 20 seconds using the touch testing programs
I also booted into Safe Mode (vol up + vol down during boot)
The same problem persists; I was using gallery image zoom to test.
However, I got my friend who has a Motorola Droid to install YAMTT. The multitouch lasted about 30-40 seconds. Not sure what to make of that. He's running some version of Cyanogen Mod on Android 2.3
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Defy doesn't support cynogen mod and 2.3
I was messing around today and even the single touch disappears after a while
30 seconds or so
Mine sometime stop response after few seconds
really wierd
Tell me who is on stock rom and is having problem..because im on 2.2 leaked..so i cant really say if u hv this problem on 2.1...
I got this response from a Motorola employee. Anyone know of a way around this?
Motorola Employee said:
If you touch the screen and don't move for a long time, the screen will eventually try to ignore that touch as it'll be considered invaild. That's what you're seeing. If you continue to move your finger(s), touch will continue to work. Also, when you release the screen, it acts to clear the invalid touch region that you generated earlier.
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https://supportforums.motorola.com/thread/44733
have simular problems............100 procent hardware problem..... if i twist phone a little it will go back to normal for a while
any ideas for disable it?changing some parameter or something?
I have the same problem. screen sometimes go crazy. i am using stockrom eclair SEA 2.59. sometimes it seems that it tap icons or part of the screen even without I actually tap on something. and it seems it affect the capacitive button under the screen. I am not touching the search button but the search box suddenly appear.
I have to push the power button and unlock the screen to make it normal.
somebody please help us. I am also having this weird problem. Touchscreen gets pressed itself not everytime but it happens very frequently. Tried everything, hard reseted too.
At least I gotta hope that its not a hardware problem as many of u are also facing this problem. Any body please confirm if flashing cm7 has helped u or any other solution.
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somebody please help us. I am also having this weird problem. Touchscreen gets pressed itself not everytime but it happens very frequently. Tried everything, hard reseted too.
At least I gotta hope that its not a hardware problem as many of u are also facing this problem. Any body please confirm if flashing cm7 has helped u or any other solution.
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i returned my defy months ago but what you can do is, try to flash cyanogenmod on your defy...that should fix the problem.
Hi, I've registered myself just a minute ago, reading the link that efpod left here and I've remembered that I charged my Defy with a Galaxy S i9000 charger friday (I've charged it once the batery was drained later with my original charger) and today it is failing A LOT, it's really anoying.
I got Cyanogen Mod (latest) installed on my phone so that doesn't fix the problem.
I'm uncharging it with "StabilityTest - CPU / GPU Test" and when the battery drains out I'm gonna charge it with the original one, after that, I'll test it during the day and I'll leave a messege to keep you informed.
Hi everyone,
I just bought a Sensation yesterday. It seems that keyboard is not functioning normally. As an example when I press "L" the "delete" functions and when I press "delete" the "enter" functions. Strangely this abnormal behavior is only seen with these keys: L,M,delete,enter on the right and S,Z,ALT,Language keys on the left. Does anyone have this problem? Can this be a simple calibration problem or a hardware problem?
P.S. The screen functions normally at other times.
Thanks,
You can always try the calibration you mentioned. I did it just for ****s and giggles. Are you using the stock keyboard or are you using a different one? I actually had the same problem you are having with the GB keyboard from the market, but no problems at all with the stock keyboard.
Unfortunately I'm using the stock keyboard. But surprisingly I didn't have this problem for the last 1 hour.
So did you try the calibration on the stock keyboard?
I have some questions on this, I have the sensation and have notices some issues, when the phone is placed on the charger. I have the t-mobile glove (rubber) I noticed that when the glove is on and it is plugged into charger the screen goes all weird I swipe the screen and it calls some random person from the contacts, if I try to unlock it the ring just bounces around and will not let me unlock the phone when I slect a point on screen something else opens.
if I unplug it or remove the glove issue goes away, but work fine connected to charger(no glove) and works fine in glove (no charger connected)
I am at a loss as what could be causing this
I honestly have no clue what could be causing it.
How about when you're typing a message, and for some reason the keyboard goes away and the sms thread goes all the way to the top of the conversation? I hate having to scroll down, anyone?
And to the OP, you're with vodafone, are you getting 3G or just edge with the sensation? I'm going to be visiting Aksaray later this year and I'm bringing my phone and I want to use 3G data with vodafone since last year, I brought my iPhone and it worked and they didn't block it because it was from the U.S
That has happened to me before, as well, when the keyboard disappears then it takes you to the top of the thread. Just hit back and click back on the thread and it takes you back to the bottom. Much quicker than scrolling possibly hundreds of messages down.
Hi guys,
Strange things started to happen after my OTA 2.3.4 upgrade yesterday. Maybe it is a coincidence but 5-6 hours after I did an upgrade my lock ring started not to work that smooth as before and I'm completely sure I didn't have it yesterday ! I mean - very often I can't drag this lock ring into the middle of the screen to unlock. It simply does not follow my finger and goes back to the bottom of the screen. The other thing - my back button refuses to work occasionally. For the first time (after two weeks of usage) I was not able to use it, no response at all ! I need to push the button 4-5 times and then it starts working. It is easily repeatable - simply try to launch your text messages or phone directly from the lock screen, use you back button (it should work for first few times) and then turn off the screen to lock it. Repeat it several times and at one point it will not react on back button pushes. It will respond after 4-5 times.
I know there is very similar thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1129272
But does anyone of you suffers this issue just after upgrading to 2.3.4 ? Or is this just a coincidence ?
This happened to me with the previous rom. 2.3.4 is excellent
Hi everybody,
I found fix to my problem. It turned out the reason for this was my screen protector. What is interesting it is original screen protector from HTC ! So one time when I couldn't get my lock ring to the middle of the screen I took out the screen protector and voila ... everything is working now like a charm. I suspect that the screen protector got harder or something after little sun exposure. HTC - shame on its poor quality !
But I still do have problems with back button, but only when I run apps directly from the lock screen. Otherwise it works always, so for me it seems like a software bug ! Will write to HTC to report it to them.
This isn't happening with my phone. I have 2.3.4
Hello guys,
This is not necessarily a specific S8 plus thread, it's more of a software/hardware general related issue. I just replaced my display two weeks ago because I cracked the screen and the display a while ago.
After replacement, I got the phone, everything was good until I dialed *#0*# and started testing the touch. It appears that theres a portion in the middle of the display that is not working (the boxes wont go green when touching them). The thing is that, sometimes, the touch passes this test as in everything is ok and sometimes, it fails.
From time to time(pretty frequent) it randomly freezes and I have to hit the power button to open and close the screen to make it work again.
I just flashed the android Pie hoping a complete erase would fix the thing but it appears it didn't. Do you guys know any solution to my issue besides returning the phone in the service?
Thanks!