I love my Touch Pro - really I do, its got all the features I want currently (except a digital compass would be good with some AR software, but that's not important roght now).
However, having got my first TP back in February I am about to send my handset back yet again as it has died again.
The first handset had a serious problem with battery drain and switching itself on (ie screen on) when not in use - I posted here about this at the time (clicky).
The o2 UK repair centre (Anovo) first of all said they'd fixed the fault, but after two weeks the phone was doing the same again - I did confirm this was not a software issue by running it ofr two weeks without any of my usuall applications on it.
So it went back again and was returned 'No Fault Found'.
At this point I demended a replacement handset. The replacement I received (a refurbished unit) had a speaker fault - crackling whenever the speaker activated, ie before a call connected and during.
That one went back as well and I ended up with an SE X1 for a while. OK but not a Touch Pro (and wouldn't run my legitimately purchased Tom Tom Nav 5 s/w). This was because o2 UK said they had no more stock of the Touch Pro and wouldn't be getting any more (why? too many problems with it?)
Eventually I got a call from o2 after numerous letters of complaint saying that they were going to exchange the SE X1 for a brand new boxed Touch Pro.
I have had this brand new replacement since August now.
About a month ago it died on me again. It just wouldn't switch on. Disconnecting and reconnecting the battery resulted in the flash on the back flashing, the handset vibrating (as though it was starting up) but nothing else.
Connecting the charger resulted in the flash on the back flashing bright about every second.
A hard reset would not work at this stage.
After a couple of days I heard the 'battery low' sound from the drawer that it was stashed in. SO tried a hard reset again - nothing. Tried a hard reset again with the charger plugged in and it reset and cam back to life.
... for two weeks...
then it died again.
This time is very similar to last with theflash falshing thing, except that if I try a hard reset it seems to go through the motions but without the screen coming on (ie the vibration. The beeping sound. Click the volume down and it pings again as though its starting the reset, then about a minute later the vibration again as though its restarting after the reset). But the screen doesn't come on at all. And the lights don't light up on the front buttons or the keypad.
Unfortunately I didn't have myMobiler installed on the handset so I couldn't try connecting to it from my PC (myMobiler did try installing but as I couldn't click the 'OK' button it didn't complete).
So. Are my four deaths of the TP unique or has anyone else had similar problems with this handset?
-FM
Not I.
I have had my Touch Pro (AT&T's HTC Fuze) since December 2008 and I have not had a single real problem with it. I say "real" because I have had times when I couldn't get a GPS lock and of course the phone is slow sometimes, but that's what I've come to expect from HTC.
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I have had my Touch Pro (AT&T's HTC Fuze) since December 2008 and I have not had a single real problem with it. I say "real" because I have had times when I couldn't get a GPS lock and of course the phone is slow sometimes, but that's what I've come to expect from HTC.
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you need the 1.14.25.35 radio. and a different rom. maybe atts 5.11 rom if you want to still keep it stock. 1.14.25.35 is atts radio too so that stock and wont void your warranty as well.
Fuze Died Today, I Think
I've used this fuze since December of 2008 and have been quite pleased with the performance. (considering that it IS Windows) My signature radio works quite well in the mid west North America and travels well through different data protocols. Like H to Edge to GPRS and back to 3G again.
Today I flashed a new rom via usb and now it won't pass the splash screen. That flash appeared normal in all respects. Tried several hard resets (to the bootloader screen) and have tried to re-flash a different rom via micro sd card.
I've begun to think that this may be a hardware failure and would appreciate any advise for troubleshooting. Keep in mind that device will NOT connect via usb.
my screen went white a couple days ago. it would end up showing the windows logo for a while then a white screen. i hard reset a few times but nothing worked so i reloaded atts 5.11 rom and now it just stays at the "initial setup of the touchflo interface may take serveral minutes please wait" screen and wont get passed. i saw another thread about the white screen months back but i cant find it again. im just gonna wait till they have tilt2s and claim it under warranty. im gonna miss having flash, i use it to light up everything, but im sure a larger screen will make up for it.
Well I now have a bit more info on this since the phone cam eback from 'repair'on Saturday.
All they had done at the repair centre was to 'reload software' (their words, not mine). ie I guess they flashed the ROM again.
It worked for a day, though I guessed that was more coincidence than anything - after all, when this handset first did this a few weeks before it suddenly started working again a few days later.
Luckily in that time I'd remembere to install MyMobiler this time, and so when the screen died I connected to my laptop and fired up a remote view of the phone.
The screen itself was dead, but everything else seemed to be working on the phone - except that while the screen was dead I had an error displayed on screen. The error was "MicropERROR" as attached here.
So I Googled the error message, and what a shock a nice long thread on XDA-dev about it. Seems it s a fairly common problem with the Diamond, Touch Pro and Touch HD. Joy!
So the phone is now back with 'o2' again for another 'repair' this time with the attcahed screenshot enclosed. I have been warned again, though, that the Serra is out of stock and if they can't repir it I may have to select a substitute. As far as I am concerned there is no substitute - there is no other phone at the mo with the Touch Pro's features (hardware keyboard, VGA/WVGA screen, A-GPS, g-sensor, WinMo, runs TomTom Nav5).
I fear the worst again, and fear I'm back where I was in July with an impossible choice to make thanks to o2 UK discontinuing the Serra / Touch Pro after a few months of supplying it.
-FM
well i got my TP back in March.09 and last month i have to replace the mother board and the back speaker other than that all is good so far
but i was so frustrated with HTC support centre (which is the main one in Taiwan ) real unpleasant experience as you all may know
Cheers!
Time to send mine back
Just had an issue with my last one, it was only 5 months old and the screen started looking like it had a vertical hold issue. Just got my refurbished one in Wednesday and now it is doing the same thing after playing games on it for 5 minutes. The speaker phone is crackling too for some reason and when charging it at night it's like the screen will not fully black out. I am wondering if I even want to try another one of HTCs products or not. Nice phones but to many headaches it seems.
First I want to thank Mikeymike,Chancem,and Josh from mobiletechvideos.
I started with a 1012 eclair jh7. first I rooted then did the one clck lag fix. Ok I had no problems with this and not complaining one bit this way really helped my stock phone out. But would not recomend it.
Samsung released 2.2 kies mini did not work for me and next I had the the little guy looking at the computer screen .Instead of ATT and Samsung trying to get 2.2 to this for phone .They spent their time and resources trying to lock this phone down and taking out the 3 button boot.
So I followed Josh's video Bought 3 100k resistors (messed up at first did not cut enough down and was tryin to jump out the 4 wires. so went back and cut the board above the 5 tabs, soldered it all up works like a charm) 3 100k ohmed up at .29 and work like a charm for me.
Next small problem was with odin .could not get it to see my phone .I ended using I897UCJF6-final-OCD-REV0 .even though mine was a jh7 .I did it with sim card in.
Then just follow Senendipity 5.12 directions at their site and all was well.
Thank you guys again . It is an awesome looking set up on my phone now and runs well. Gps works good. The red theme is sharp, and my friends are jealous.
Thanks, Buddy
Just over a week ago I saw three used Docomo HTC HT-01a phones (Raphael 100) for sale in a used electronics shop for 2000 yen. That's about $20. I've been successful in getting Linux and Android to run on all sorts of things so I thought I would see what I could do with one.
Luckily for me there was already a rom in development.
The first thing I had to do was flash the bootloader. That was pretty easy using the ActiveSync software. Then I downloaded the Windows Mobile 6.1 English Rom from HTC. I tried out a few other custom roms but really the one from HTC was the best I just needed English instead of Japanese.
The new Rom was able to connect to Docomo and everything set up nicely.
Then I came back to XDA to get Android roms.
I tried 2.1 first and it didn't work so well. If the phone fell asleep it would not wake back up. If I tried to make a call the call would only last for about 30 seconds until the phone would quit on me. On top of that I would actually have to take the battery out to reboot the phone. Also, if I plugged in the charger the phone would be fine, but if I unplugged the charger it would crash.
Then I tried the FRX06 and it was much better but not that much. The phone could do some things and I could actually make a call. I set up Skype and Sipdroid to turn the phone into a wifi house phone for my son and things seemed ok. But it required care, a lot of care. I basically had to look after the phone. If I didn't use App Killer and do something with the phone about every 20 minutes then it would crash.
A couple of days ago I put in the FRX07 and this is a huge improvement. The phone can now basically last all day and won't crash. It still needs to be plugged in frequently but I guess thems the breaks. Skype and Sipdroid both work well but they seem to work best if only one is running at the same time. Also the official Skype from the market is broken so I went to Freewarelovers to get the old skype and it works fine. Don't use anything after 1.0.0.84. All the 2.0's are broken.
Anyway, FRX07 really seems to be a winner. I went one whole day using only this as my main phone and it gave me no problems besides wanting lots of energy. I didn't have to reboot or fall back to WM 6.1 for anything. I did have to be patient when looking up a few things on the internet or using the new app but it was still faster then WM would have been. I did find that it functioned better if I turned off animations and streamlined the homescreen.
Now I just wish that I could replace WM completely with Android or at least install android onto the internal memory and have the full use of the SD card. I seems like there is enough memory for that but I may be wrong.
Also, it looks like the screen turns off when I hit the power button, but I think the OS still thinks its on. It still gets hot and uses more power than it should. I don't know exactly what's going on there. I'm more of a hardware guy than a software guy so I noticed. It isn't a big deal but that might be where the battery is going.
Anyway, thanks to the new rom I now have a $20 wifi phone for my house and a second phone in case my Xperia X10 ever dies on me.
Thanks a bunch to the developers.
Have you tried Gingerbread alpha yet? The panel collapse code is still being worked on; the system just turn the display to "0" instead of "off". Will require a devs expertise to get this working. At any rate, there is more in the TP android threads and it seems arrrghhh is quite the tester and occasional team player from time to time. Can't blame him for being upset at the noobs as well as me sometimes. There are still some issues for our device that are still being worked out and others that are being looked over. Glad you got around to checking FRX07 out and that it works for you. Some haven't had that luxury yet and others are still lost in the abyss. Give it a once over if you'd like to get a preview of gingerbread on your device! It would be recommended to make a backup of your microSD IF you have a good configuration.
Thanks. I'll check out the 2.3 when I get a chance. So far the most use the phone gets is when my son watches Thomas the Tank Engine videos or plays a Thomas game. He's almost four but has already figured out how to do that!
Hello, Im hoping I can find someone who can help. I am into a Atrix for about 2 months now, It started off great and has turned into a nightmare. I am not getting any real help on Moto's Forum, actually Im getting Jacked around.
The Phone has started to lag badly, it loses touch abilities on the display it freezes or quits working, Apps are dissapearing, Moto says take it off the SD Card, the phone is acting like a Moto POS.
Moto is tight lipped about any patches or fixes, the Camera sucks it takes horrible pictures, and I cant get anywher with them or AT&T
What about ICS or Android 4, does anyone know the likelyhood hat Atrix 2 will get it and when if so.?
Someone said, trash the A2 get a Nexus LTE your troublles will be over, is that true? Why not just put ICS on the A2, it got a beautiful display
I hope some one can guide me with this mess, Motorola Is ot interested in helping people wit A2's, their busy with the Putzonic and Wayzor Droiddie, they forgot about us little fish.
What have you done to your A2 so far? There is also a sticky about ICS so yeah until ICS pushed to other phones you wouldn't hear anything. A2 is actually not a little fish ^_^ but yeah back to the question. What have you done to your A2? rooted? any adb push? I had disappearing apps to but realized I froze them lol well yeah an Indepth detail of the problem would help. this post sounds like a rant to me ^_^v
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The Phone has started to lag badly, it loses touch abilities on the display it freezes or quits working,
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I got my A2 Nov 11 and have had 2 freezes. Nothing a battery pull couldn't revive though.
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Apps are dissapearing, Moto says take it off the SD Card, the phone is acting like a Moto POS.
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Several threads(not just on these forums) about apps disappearing if they are stored on the SD card. If you are putting your apps on the SD card, have you tried moving them to internal storage?
To clear up some of the questions: The Atrix2 I have is absolutely Motorola Stock, I have some 15 apps on it, no games,. No Root, No Nothing.
I went to load XDA on the Phone, it started to load, gave me the first page, and I tried to scroll down to a different page, it moved about a 1/2 page and got "Stuck" stayed that way for about 2 minutes and then began to operate normal.
Whats the big deal about saying the Phone will get ICS? Understandable it takes time to get it all prepared, but say something. They (Motorola User Forum) are blowing the A2 off on the Forum, Nothing has been said about patches or fixes, the phone isnt even listed on the Motorola Update Page- (MB865)
They finally acknowledged there is a issue with the SD Card and suggested we move all Apps off the SD Card- I did so, but there has been no dialog as to whats wrong and when a fix can be expected. Im tired of "Toilet Bowl Excuses" given from Motorola, and their Techs are a absolute Joke, their better equipped to pick Bananas from Coconut Trees,(Everything goes to the Phillipines) than offer solutions of help for the Atrix2.
I have no experience with rooting or such, and if you mention XDA "Anything" on the forum, youll get threats of "Banned from Forum" (A Bunch of BS), also honestly, I really dont want to lose my warranty, and they (Motorola) have made it very clear that if you Mod the Phone in any way, (Including AT&T) you will violate the warranty. I really dont want to lose the warranty on the phone.
As stated earlier make sure you have no apps on the SD card if you don't have any on it and are still having problems you might have a corrupted card. Try reformatting your SD card. As far as warranty goes AT&T warranty is jack now and you have a one year manufacturer warranty anyways. Also try a couple of battery pulls. I know it may sound crazy but sometimes they help. Do a search here if there have been problems we have narrowed a lot of them down and had some pretty good success helping others out as well.
Thank you, I have done that already, and the apps stopped "Dissapearing", I guess along with the myriad of other issues as well, and the lousey camera results, my real issue is, When and How does this all get fixed, patched or whatever.
I received a PM from a Experienced Forum User, who stated, that, "ICS Android 4.0 will cure all these problems" The Problem is, No One is saying anything at all. I understand that it takes alot of work and preparation to put a New OS like Android 4.0 on a phone like the Atrix 2, however, saying nothing and doing nothing, doesnt help at all.
I see no harm in a statement alluding to the fact, that Motorola is Acknowledging the Problems (Hypothetically)... and rather than waste resouces trying to fix these issues, with patches, they are trying to ready Android 4.0 for the A2- which will cure most if not all the issues.
I dont think thats a unreasonable expectation. I paid for a Fully Operational Smartphone, not a "Broken" smartphone, that partly works. (Not trying to be arrogant)
Camera FX zoom from the market will help the camera out a lot. I have seen a lot of people return their phones due to the problems the A2 is having and if I was having the problems as well I'm sure I would've been pissed as well. But fortunately I havnt had a lot if them. Yes the tight lips from motorola can be disappointing and discerning but NONE of the manufacturers have slated a timeframe at which their phones would be upgraded. They have only listed devices on the upgrade path. Will the A2 get ICS, I think so but the truth is no one knows right now. But with all that said AT&T has been better then any service provider at getting the updates to their phones then any other out there . Really we are just playing a waiting game as us everyone else. Hopefully you can get all your problem's solved as I'm sure you are frustrated.
I am very APPRECIATIVE to you for your help, Do you know what the "Red Cross" is, (Like on the Ambulance or Helicopters from Mash) ? Let me explain....
When I Power Cycle the Phone, when it initially starts to reload everything, there is a Icon that will show itself momentarily, its a Square Gray box, next to the Battery Icon with a Thick Red Cross in it. Usually uou get a small red ciircle with a slash in it.
I posted on the Forum, but no one was able to give a clear answer including the manager. The Moment you menntion XDA, the Dogs of War come out, (The Volunteer Moderators) and threaten you with Hanging you until you stop wiggling!
A normal person would welcome any sound help and solutions, as the bottom line is a Happy Customer... In my book you folks run circles around the Moto Forum. Why are they so afraid of you folks.? If anything, XDA poses a great help to their customers.
In response to your last post, I agree with you, but I also feel in earnest based on whats recently occured from all the other Manufacturers, the least they could say at this point is, the Atrix 2 will get ICS 4.0. There is also a horrible issue with "dropping of the Data Connection" that is absolutely terrible. when switching from Wifi to Network. You have Blue, white, white, Wifi, 4G, Network signal icons.... If im in the house and switch from Phone idle to email or Plume, it becomes white, white, white, and slowly will swith to Blue, Blue, Blue, and then white, Blue, Blue ( The Icons ). it is a problem also with Hotspots, it will fail to log in, yet on Power cycle, it will log in to Hotspot without a problem. The error is, Cannot determine eligibility for hotspots, please call customer service-
Thank you and Happy Holidays to you, family and all on XDA!
I can def help you on the grey box with the red cross in it. I see this a lot when I'm at work as well due to the buildings I'm in and out of . Once I'm out if the building though reception comes right back. Sounds to me like you are in an area with poor cell service. As far as locking in though my phone does search sometimes when I'm around my house as well but I live in a very rural area. We've just recently gotten 3G in my area. So I've been really happy with the boost in speeds. Hope this helps some and you have a Happy Holidays as well!
2 important steps for a badly behaving phone
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I am very APPRECIATIVE to you for your help, Do you know what the "Red Cross" is, (Like on the Ambulance or Helicopters from Mash) ? Let me explain....
When I Power Cycle the Phone, when it initially starts to reload everything, there is a Icon that will show itself momentarily, its a Square Gray box, next to the Battery Icon with a Thick Red Cross in it. Usually uou get a small red ciircle with a slash in it.
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Thank you and Happy Holidays to you, family and all on XDA!
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This hasn't been brought up yet, and I feel these two steps are very important especially on a new phone with very little done to it. If you cannot nail down misbehavior to any app you have recently installed, then I would:
1. do a factory reset (settings -> privacy setttings -> factory data reset). This will restore your phone (but not your SD card unless you check that box) to whatever the rescue image on your phone provides. It should be the same as what was shipped on the phone, though there are those who believe the system shipped with the phone is not trustworthy and they *always* do a factory reset on a new phone before using it.
2. return the phone to an ATT store and describe the problems and the factory reset. If a factory reset doesn't fix it, nothing will. If they won't swap out the phone for you, then call customer service and ask for a warranty replacement. Android phones are full of sample defects (individual devices that have problems) that you shouldn't even attempt to accommodate.
the red cross thing right next to the battery bar is normal it just means it hasn't found a signal yet to connect to. This happens every time you reboot a phone in a low signal area.
Call your ATT rep make sure that on their end that your phone is configured for 4G because they had mine configured for 2g for some odd reason.
I believe the blue icon means its active connection while white means its not active. I rarely use my data plan but my wifi icon turns blue when im using it then it turns white to gray when im not using it.
About hot spots no idea on that one ^_^ never used it and will never use it. People can eavesdrop on those connections
Hey guys..
Tried to find same question here if it's posted.. but not.. so here goes.. A bit of a long type.. but please do bear with me.
I bought xoom wifi while i was in Japan from Au KDDI. But now I am posted in a different country. (we are talking about almost 5 hours of GMT) difference . And in this country, they don't even have a Motorola official dealer. So professional tech support is WAY WAY out of the question and a luxury hard to come by.
Here's the problem... I am sure this must have been asked somewhere else.. nevertheless.
I have been having the Xoom wifi for over a year now and it's been working darn perfectly. It has gone with me through desserts to snow capped mountains and literally been to both Hell and Heaven and worked Solidly without a wisp of a problem. Always have been rough hardy and like a thoroughbred horse which never had let me down when I needed the most. I just love this device so darn much.
Last night., i took some pictures and was using an app to "hide" them. (well., not of the obvious type you are thinking) but more related to medical evidence. There were some 300 odd pics so it was taking time. I left the xoom to finish it..... when i picked it up later.. the work was finished but now my entire gallery was showing as "no images / videos".. also all the MP3 were shown as missing but actual files were there in the folders.
I searched the web and it said that I have to "force stop" the "Image gallery" service in the settings > applications> all menu (name could be wrong as I can't remember it now) and allow the xoom to rebuild it's gallery references.
Did so.. and...nothing happened.. still the Gallery shows as "no images / videos"
So... did the next obvious thing of shutting down the device and tried to restart it.
well .. that was it
Xoom doesn't restart... no logo is showing ... nothing.. complete dead. I am sure i have more than 75% of the battery.
Tried all the key combinations of up, down , power keys... numerous times and in duration.. nothing. I charged the battery till the green light comes up..then tried some more variations..
Then suddenly, i heard my email notification sounds.... and the skype chat sounds.... when I checked the wifi router.. it shows that the xoom is connected. So basically the device is switched on and working perfectly it seems without display.
I really have no way of getting professional tech help at least for another 6-7 months. Can't ship it out as it would be cheaper for me to buy a new one. and to top it all, my warranty is over last June.
the device is as it's bought .. no modifications, rootings or flashing done to it. Just the usual updates rolled out only.
If the device had a slow death.. i would accept it and even would give it a proper farewell with a bouquet of flowers as it had been through a lot with me. But this sudden drop dead act is something I cannot accept.
So.... HELP... greatly appreciated.
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Hey guys..
Tried to find same question here if it's posted.. but not.. so here goes.. A bit of a long type.. but please do bear with me.
I bought xoom wifi while i was in Japan from Au KDDI. But now I am posted in a different country. (we are talking about almost 5 hours of GMT) difference . And in this country, they don't even have a Motorola official dealer. So professional tech support is WAY WAY out of the question and a luxury hard to come by.
Here's the problem... I am sure this must have been asked somewhere else.. nevertheless.
I have been having the Xoom wifi for over a year now and it's been working darn perfectly. It has gone with me through desserts to snow capped mountains and literally been to both Hell and Heaven and worked Solidly without a wisp of a problem. Always have been rough hardy and like a thoroughbred horse which never had let me down when I needed the most. I just love this device so darn much.
Last night., i took some pictures and was using an app to "hide" them. (well., not of the obvious type you are thinking) but more related to medical evidence. There were some 300 odd pics so it was taking time. I left the xoom to finish it..... when i picked it up later.. the work was finished but now my entire gallery was showing as "no images / videos".. also all the MP3 were shown as missing but actual files were there in the folders.
I searched the web and it said that I have to "force stop" the "Image gallery" service in the settings > applications> all menu (name could be wrong as I can't remember it now) and allow the xoom to rebuild it's gallery references.
Did so.. and...nothing happened.. still the Gallery shows as "no images / videos"
So... did the next obvious thing of shutting down the device and tried to restart it.
well .. that was it
Xoom doesn't restart... no logo is showing ... nothing.. complete dead. I am sure i have more than 75% of the battery.
Tried all the key combinations of up, down , power keys... numerous times and in duration.. nothing. I charged the battery till the green light comes up..then tried some more variations..
Then suddenly, i heard my email notification sounds.... and the skype chat sounds.... when I checked the wifi router.. it shows that the xoom is connected. So basically the device is switched on and working perfectly it seems without display.
I really have no way of getting professional tech help at least for another 6-7 months. Can't ship it out as it would be cheaper for me to buy a new one. and to top it all, my warranty is over last June.
the device is as it's bought .. no modifications, rootings or flashing done to it. Just the usual updates rolled out only.
If the device had a slow death.. i would accept it and even would give it a proper farewell with a bouquet of flowers as it had been through a lot with me. But this sudden drop dead act is something I cannot accept.
So.... HELP... greatly appreciated.
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HDMI Oout to a TV. IF the option isn't enabled let me know if your screen still responds to touch, just doesnt put anything out. If it responds to touch then you're good to enable HDMI OUT
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HDMI Oout to a TV. IF the option isn't enabled let me know if your screen still responds to touch, just doesnt put anything out. If it responds to touch then you're good to enable HDMI OUT
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Problem solved.
Let me jot down the process here for future reference if anyone else come up with the same problem
My problem = Xoom working ( i can hear the notifications, chat sounds etc)... but no display. No display what so ever at all... Nothing.. zip.. zero..
Tried and Failed = soft reset, volume up down combo buttons, holding them down for varies duration of times... cursing colourfully, threatening with abandonment and death, shaking it violently and blasphemy against the all mighty with a "Y u No work xoom" face !! ... non of that worked.
Solution = I narrowed it down to three problems.
1. Battery gone kaput !
2. The power button had worn or broken off
3. Display cables are at a fault
So..i figured that I have to rip it open to get a look at these and thanks to ifixit... got the guide.... and burrowed a set of tools from a friend
1. Took the cover off... and the top cover off as well.. so left with a half naked xoom
2. Checked the power button carefully... to see if there were any faults... NOP .. it was working fine
3. Moved on the to next .. battery ... seems ok (actually there was no way of checking it.. but it looked fine and the connectors were ok) so I figured that its ok and best not to fiddle with it.
4. well.. the connector cable seemed fine... but unlike what they have it in ifixit.. mine were separate cables attached (not as a ribbon) .. and i felt that it might be the cause of the problems as it seems have got a little rusty and seems to have moisture on it.
5. "Hey.. babe... where's your nail polish remover?? " .. with that question.. got it for "free" and carefully dabbed it and started cleaning the cables.
6. Half way through and ... "THERE WAS LIGHT" ... the screen just lit up
7. Have a smug on your face for actually "fixing" something without breaking it more beyond repair....take away all the death threats...thank the lord and make a deal with him to forget the things you said as you didn't mean it... check if all your data is till there without being mucked up.....walk like a boss showing people or spouse "see I bloody fixed it.. who da man now eh???"
Thanks a load to all who have put in their two cents trying to help out... love ya all