After use for a period of time my screen will start to create these dead spots and it prevents the phone from detecting my finger in that specific area how can i fix this without restarting my phone everytime this occurs?
I have this issue also, however it is very uncommon for me and simply locking the screen and unlocking it has resolved the issue.
Natic256 said:
After use for a period of time my screen will start to create these dead spots and it prevents the phone from detecting my finger in that specific area how can i fix this without restarting my phone everytime this occurs?
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Wulamoc said:
I have this issue also, however it is very uncommon for me and simply locking the screen and unlocking it has resolved the issue.
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Natic, your problem is common and known since gingerbread i believe. Wulamoc is correct, the easiest fix is just cycle your screen on/off with the power button as described.
hello,
i've also been having issues with "dead spots" on my Inspire's touch screen. it's about 1 centimeter wide and runs down the entire left side of the touchscreen. it pretty much renders typing in portrait mode useless because my E, S, & Z keys cannot be pressed because they are in the dead zone. luckily i can still type in landscape so it isn't too bad.
what is really weird is when i use the phone normally and i swipe over the dead spot the screen jumps because it's not registering over that small area. BUT when i swipe my finger across the dead zone REALLY fast back and forth, the touches register! i've tested this using an app from the Play Store called "Touch Test".
Just so you know i have rooted my phone and flashed a few ROMs already, i've seen in other posts that this sometimes happens on certain ROMs but the dead spots are usually alleviated with a reboot, turning the screen off, turning the device into landscape mode or as a last resort wiping the device. I've tried all of those and to no avail. i've used CM7 and aospX, but the problem started when i was on CM7.
i'm hoping that this is just something to do with software and i may be able to fix it myself without taking the phone apart and replacing anything. i don't have the dexterity for that i am already out of warranty and none of the current phones on AT&T interest me at the moment so i wanted to make this phone last as long as i could..
any type of advice on how i could fix this would be appreciated..
thanks in advance
-dylan
dylando808 said:
hello,
i've also been having issues with "dead spots" on my Inspire's touch screen. it's about 1 centimeter wide and runs down the entire left side of the touchscreen. it pretty much renders typing in portrait mode useless because my E, S, & Z keys cannot be pressed because they are in the dead zone. luckily i can still type in landscape so it isn't too bad.
what is really weird is when i use the phone normally and i swipe over the dead spot the screen jumps because it's not registering over that small area. BUT when i swipe my finger across the dead zone REALLY fast back and forth, the touches register! i've tested this using an app from the Play Store called "Touch Test".
Just so you know i have rooted my phone and flashed a few ROMs already, i've seen in other posts that this sometimes happens on certain ROMs but the dead spots are usually alleviated with a reboot, turning the screen off, turning the device into landscape mode or as a last resort wiping the device. I've tried all of those and to no avail. i've used CM7 and aospX, but the problem started when i was on CM7.
i'm hoping that this is just something to do with software and i may be able to fix it myself without taking the phone apart and replacing anything. i don't have the dexterity for that i am already out of warranty and none of the current phones on AT&T interest me at the moment so i wanted to make this phone last as long as i could..
any type of advice on how i could fix this would be appreciated..
thanks in advance
-dylan
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I'd say that the part where you're in luck is that a lot of people are always after the new thing. You should start seeing Inspires on eBay and Craigslist at an awesome discount. Good luck to you, I'm in the same boat, I honestly can't see moving away from the Inspire until AT LEAST upgrade time.
ST3ALTHPSYCH0 said:
I'd say that the part where you're in luck is that a lot of people are always after the new thing. You should start seeing Inspires on eBay and Craigslist at an awesome discount. Good luck to you, I'm in the same boat, I honestly can't see moving away from the Inspire until AT LEAST upgrade time.
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Don't laugh, I still have my LG eXpo.
OK, you can laugh.
Disclaimer: This is not advice. It is just something that fell from between my ears.
ST3ALTHPSYCH0 said:
I'd say that the part where you're in luck is that a lot of people are always after the new thing. You should start seeing Inspires on eBay and Craigslist at an awesome discount. Good luck to you, I'm in the same boat, I honestly can't see moving away from the Inspire until AT LEAST upgrade time.
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I have been contemplating getting another inspire. But I did want to spend as little money as possible. (I'm very cheap lol) but it's probably ly my best choice :/
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dylando808 said:
I have been contemplating getting another inspire. But I did want to spend as little money as possible. (I'm very cheap lol) but it's probably ly my best choice :/
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You won't find a better at&t phone for what the inspire goes for. Replacing the screen could be cheaper but then again you might destroy it. You could sell it on eBay as a fixer and put what you get toward a working replacement.
Disclaimer: This is not advice. It is just something that fell from between my ears.
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You won't find a better at&t phone for what the inspire goes for. Replacing the screen could be cheaper but then again you might destroy it. You could sell it on eBay as a fixer and put what you get toward a working replacement.
Disclaimer: This is not advice. It is just something that fell from between my ears.
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Replacing it myself isn't an option for me. I am almost certain that doing that will end up with disaster. I was hoping it was a software fix, where wiping the phone or factory resetting would work.. But if all else fails I could tough it out and wait for the AT&T One XL..
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I just wanted to share this, since I was able to replicate this issue with three different phones, also asking if other people are having the same issue.
I am using my Samsung Nexus S for three days.
I noticed that the back button (the first capacitive button on the bottom left) appears to have an hardware problem.
Basically normally it works fine, I mean when I'm not using the phone for some hours.
Then if I start to use the phone, after a moderate use (example installing applications from the market, browsing etc) the button gets less and less sensitive.
After some minutes it gets really annoying.
To make it work it is necessary to use a really stronger pressure with the finger, and it is not even always working!
I am planning to return my device, but today talking with some people/colleagues I discovered that two of them have exactly the same problem.
I'm suspecting there is a batch of Nexus S phones with this glitch, I am curious to know how many people have the same problem.
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At first I thought it was a general issue of the capacitive buttons. But I can't replicate the same problem with the other three buttons, they work very smoothly just lighltly skimming the finger over them, even after long usage.
Anyone with the same problem? What is your experience with this button after some usage?
Cheers
I want to say that I noticed something similar the other day, but it was short-lived, and I'm not 100% sure. It wasn't long enough or bad enough to make me think the phone is defective, but I'm a bit used to funky capacitive button responses from my N1 days.
I can't reproduce the issue right now, though. How much usage are you talking about needing to duplicate?
Does your phone get hot, or feel hotter than normal when this happens?
I'd see if there's some particular pattern or software that seems to trigger it if you're interested in trouble-shooting.
The problem goes away when I don't touch the phone for a while (it seems that 1 hour is enough to reset the problem).
It seems "recharging".
Then with normal usage, nothing in particular, just even browsing in the settings/maps/market/browser etc., in few minutes the problem appears. The button definitely loses his "power".
It's very annoying, and my friends confirmed the same behavior.
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Forgot to sat that the phone is not getting hotter, everything else is really normal.
Cheers
Mine definitely can be used for much more than a few minutes without the problem you're describing appearing.
I'd take it back. Factory reset the phone to protect your private data before taking it back. After the factory reset, you might want to test the behavior again, if it went away, the phone's not defective, you just had some software glitch.
Reminder, factory reset erases everything on the phone, so if you do it as troubleshooting step, be prepared to have to set the phone up from scratch again...I'm sure you knew this, but just covering my butt in case you didn't. It's a good trouble shooting step no matter what if you don't mind the hassle of re-setting things up.
I have a similar experience with the back button. Not sure what to think yet.
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I had a similar problem when I had the Vibrant. Just exchanged it and luckily I got a better one without any problems. I did find out though if you are using the screen protector that came with the phone, it can cause this type of problem.
No problem, I will try everything tomorrow. This is not my primary phone (still loving my rooted Nexus One with CyanogenMod 6.1.1 ;-) I can't renounce to the colored trackball for the different notifications), but just a "dev" phone for testing purposes.
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No problem, I will try everything tomorrow. This is not my primary phone (still loving my rooted Nexus One with CyanogenMod 6.1.1 ;-) I can't renounce to the colored trackball for the different notifications), but just a "dev" phone for testing purposes.
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The app NOLED from the Market may interest you if you can't live without trackball style color notifications. Seems to work fine when I tested it.
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The app NOLED from the Market may interest you if you can't live without trackball style color notifications. Seems to work fine when I tested it.
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Thank you, giving it a try.
Anyway, today I factory-reset my telephone and the problem of the back button is still there. I am returning the device.
Back button non responsive
Hi,
I just got my new nexus S (about an hour ago) that I was really excited about and am faced with a problem with the back button too.
Its got factory settings, so it cannot be a downloaded software issue. Also, I have not yet charged the battery at all, its still running on the same battery power that it shipped with.
The other buttons at the bottom of the phone (home, menu and search) all respond fine, its only the back button that does not seem to work. After going through this thread, I tried long-pressing the button, hard-pressing it, pressing just above it, below it, etc. It just wont respond. I had removed the screen protector it shipped with, so that cannot be the issue either.
If this is a known hardware problem (i.e. others have faced it too), irrespective of whether it is acknowledged by Samsung / Google, I'll return the handset. I do not want to spend a fortune and be landed with a handset that does not work - forget working as desired, but it does not seem to be working as designed !
Thanks & Regards,
Rohan
Yep. Definitely a problem here with the back button. There's also two other threads here about it.
I'm having similar problems. I have to touch the button just right for it to work properly
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I was experiencing the same thing with my Nexus S, wasn't sure if it was the case I was using! Took of case and still had problem. I eventually returned mine cause it seemed like it was getting worse! I have a new one worth no problems, definitely a hardware problem! Return it!
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michele72 said:
I just wanted to share this, since I was able to replicate this issue with three different phones, also asking if other people are having the same issue.
I am using my Samsung Nexus S for three days.
I noticed that the back button (the first capacitive button on the bottom left) appears to have an hardware problem.
Basically normally it works fine, I mean when I'm not using the phone for some hours.
Then if I start to use the phone, after a moderate use (example installing applications from the market, browsing etc) the button gets less and less sensitive.
After some minutes it gets really annoying.
To make it work it is necessary to use a really stronger pressure with the finger, and it is not even always working!
I am planning to return my device, but today talking with some people/colleagues I discovered that two of them have exactly the same problem.
I'm suspecting there is a batch of Nexus S phones with this glitch, I am curious to know how many people have the same problem.
Note:
At first I thought it was a general issue of the capacitive buttons. But I can't replicate the same problem with the other three buttons, they work very smoothly just lighltly skimming the finger over them, even after long usage.
Anyone with the same problem? What is your experience with this button after some usage?
Cheers
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those buttons work over the heat of your finger. thats why after use it doesnt get as responsive. its because the screen is also heated and the heat of the screen is effecting the buttons. thats why you need harder pressure for the phone to understand this is your finger.
same issue was with Nexus 1. less responsive buttons. thats why there is a bigger gap between the buttons and the screen for galaxy S phones. i dont know why they did such a thing again with the nexus S. its like samsung didnt learn from anything from HTCs mistake.
They work with capacitance, not heat. Hence it being called a capacitive screen with capacitive buttons.
I think this is true ...
I have an HTC Desire with AMOLED screen.
When I play a finger intensive game, like "SkyForce Reloaded", after some times, the touch is not registered.
Then I must stop for a while, or change finger
Try that, you will know what I meant.
But, I don't have issue with the back button on HTC Desire because it is a hardware button. I am just trying to explain about loosing touch registration because finger interaction on (s)amoled screen.
PS: SkyForce Reloaded is an old school shot'em up game where you control a little space ship with your finger, shooting enemies.
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those buttons work over the heat of your finger. thats why after use it doesnt get as responsive. its because the screen is also heated and the heat of the screen is effecting the buttons. thats why you need harder pressure for the phone to understand this is your finger.
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The Desire's digitizer is the same Clearpad 2000 which is used in the Nexus One (and quite a few others), the problem there is that it's pants.
Rusty! said:
They work with capacitance, not heat. Hence it being called a capacitive screen with capacitive buttons.
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lol, isnt called like that because it registers the heat from your fingers. thats why if you try to use a pen, it wont register . and thus. the screen is NOT resistive type "where it will recognize anything since its being pushed by force ? "
Much more too it than that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitive_touch_screen
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Much more too it than that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitive_touch_screen
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"A capacitive touchscreen panel is one which consists of an insulator such as glass, coated with a transparent conductor such as indium tin oxide (ITO).[7][8] As the human body is also a conductor, touching the surface of the screen results in a distortion of the screen's electrostatic field, measurable as a change in capacitance. Different technologies may be used to determine the location of the touch. The location is then sent to the controller for processing.
Hello guy, I have had my atrix 2 for about 3 weeks now and I am having an issue since week 1. If I am using anything on the screen sometimes nothing happens, I get really frustrated about this issue. I would be using the web and when I want to scroll down nothing happens, I could be typing something on the screen keyboard and then nothing happens, I could be playing angry birds and when touch the screen nothing happens.
It only happens for a few seconds, I have tried a reset and still the issue persists. I have not installed any non market apps and have not rooted my phone on purpose incase I need to return it. Thanks you
Have you tried a battery pull? Sometimes a hard reset will fix some of the lil quirks
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Sometimes a hard reset will fix some of the lil quirks
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Yes, sure as long as you don't install anything or better yet, don't use it for anything but phone calls, it works perfect. Doing hard reset every time something happens for no reason is unacceptable.
My solution is to get a different phone, this one is total garbage, first of all it's a castrated Atrix 4G with just a bigger screen but with all it's bugs and problems, plus many more new problems.
I usually very calm person with no bad temper, but with this phone I'm this close (thumb and index finger are squeezed together) to smash it against a wall.
Atrix 2 is just an embarrassment for the awesome Android phones family. Apple fan boys are laughing at us and pointing fingers, but the worst part of this - THEY ARE RIGHT.
Im pretty sure we all get the point. You're not happy with your phone. Get one you are happy with....
There are plenty of us that aren't having problems with our phones and are happy with them. Go take a look at the rest of the forums. Just about all of the new phones are having problems you just have to decide what you can or can't live with. But I can promise if I was having as many problems as you seem to be I wouldn't still have the same one......
To the OP I wasn't suggesting him pull the battery everytime but sometimes it works and to give it a try
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Hello guy, I have had my atrix 2 for about 3 weeks now and I am having an issue since week 1. If I am using anything on the screen sometimes nothing happens, I get really frustrated about this issue. I would be using the web and when I want to scroll down nothing happens, I could be typing something on the screen keyboard and then nothing happens, I could be playing angry birds and when touch the screen nothing happens.
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I'd definitely take it back, that's not normal. I've had my Atrix 2 for a month now and have not had that problem.
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Have you tried a battery pull? Sometimes a hard reset will fix some of the lil quirks
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So when people say "do a battery pull" does that mean while the phone is powered on, pull the battery out? Or do you pull it out after it powers down and keep it out for a while?
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Apple fan boys are laughing at us and pointing fingers
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If I had an iPhone I'd be laughing too.....sometimes it's all you can do to keep from crying!
I've always done it while the phone was on. Almost like a hard reboot.
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Yes, sure as long as you don't install anything or better yet, don't use it for anything but phone calls, it works perfect. Doing hard reset every time something happens for no reason is unacceptable.
My solution is to get a different phone, this one is total garbage, first of all it's a castrated Atrix 4G with just a bigger screen but with all it's bugs and problems, plus many more new problems.
I usually very calm person with no bad temper, but with this phone I'm this close (thumb and index finger are squeezed together) to smash it against a wall.
Atrix 2 is just an embarrassment for the awesome Android phones family. Apple fan boys are laughing at us and pointing fingers, but the worst part of this - THEY ARE RIGHT.
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Go away. Troll.
[email protected] said:
Yes, sure as long as you don't install anything or better yet, don't use it for anything but phone calls, it works perfect. Doing hard reset every time something happens for no reason is unacceptable.
My solution is to get a different phone, this one is total garbage, first of all it's a castrated Atrix 4G with just a bigger screen but with all it's bugs and problems, plus many more new problems.
I usually very calm person with no bad temper, but with this phone I'm this close (thumb and index finger are squeezed together) to smash it against a wall.
Atrix 2 is just an embarrassment for the awesome Android phones family. Apple fan boys are laughing at us and pointing fingers, but the worst part of this - THEY ARE RIGHT.
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If you are having such a bad time with this phone, take it back and get something else. I for one like my Atrix 2, i have had minimal problems and my phone runs great.
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lilhaiti said:
If you are having such a bad time with this phone, take it back and get something else. I for one like my Atrix 2, i have had minimal problems and my phone runs great.
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I think he did.
I am loving my atrix 2. This really is a nice combination of performance, user-friendly and battery life. And I have used alot of phones. Should have my lapdock 100 in a few days and I will be set.
Wish that BL would get unlocked.
Sometimes it happen to my a2.
Sometimes when i want to type on keyboard it doesn't respond.
Same issue when i want to unlock the phone,power button responded the screen is on but comes in black and there is no unlock screen,it takes about 5 minutes to get back to normal or pull the battery (but this is not a wise way,me think)
Motorola Atrix 2 Touch Screen ISSUE
Greetings all.
Dont know if this problem has been addressed before. The top half of my Motorola Atrix 2 is just not working.. Does anyone know of a fix? From what i've been reading its more of a software problem. . PLease let me know as soon as possible!
regards
bredzy said:
Greetings all.
Dont know if this problem has been addressed before. The top half of my Motorola Atrix 2 is just not working.. Does anyone know of a fix? From what i've been reading its more of a software problem. . PLease let me know as soon as possible!
regards
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its not a software problem.
sometimes the side 80 pixels of touch dont work for me, then it gets fixed by itself after a day, sometimes when i unlock the phone, the touch doesnt work at all. sometimes the touch is laggy and has a bad response, restart fixes that very rarely. but the others come and go randomly.
what you can do is buy bezel+touch from the link i posted on the touch repair topic, its $42 and you dont have to glue, its 5 minute fix.
bredzy said:
Greetings all.
Dont know if this problem has been addressed before. The top half of my Motorola Atrix 2 is just not working.. Does anyone know of a fix? From what i've been reading its more of a software problem. . PLease let me know as soon as possible!
regards
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Would try to do a backup and factory reset see what that does if it works sometimes.... BUT if it does not work ever it would sound more like it is the digitizer..... Has the phone been hit hard?????
ive did backup and format and nothing changed, so if he has the same problem as me, it wont matter.
but yes he should try that first
So for a few minutes after boot the touch screen works fine, if I use the keyboard to navigate I can keep it alive for about 30 seconds then it won't respond, lights for the home, back, menu, and search keys flicker on and off on their own. Running Cyclonic, never had an issue with it before, just started a few days ago. Any ideas on how to fix it? Or should I just get a new phone?
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So for a few minutes after boot the touch screen works fine, if I use the keyboard to navigate I can keep it alive for about 30 seconds then it won't respond, lights for the home, back, menu, and search keys flicker on and off on their own. Running Cyclonic, never had an issue with it before, just started a few days ago. Any ideas on how to fix it? Or should I just get a new phone?
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try restoring a backup then flashing the newest touchscreen update in the development thread
Still pretty buggy, it works more, but still not too responsive.
I had a problem that started like this. Eventually it just stopped.. Took it to Sprint because they claimed they could "fix" it. Nogo. Insurance covered it for free tho.
= Free phone. Just took two days. bam. Still frustrating run around. Fat chick cut me in line at the store. >:-(
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I had a problem that started like this. Eventually it just stopped.. Took it to Sprint because they claimed they could "fix" it. Nogo. Insurance covered it for free tho.
= Free phone. Just took two days. bam. Still frustrating run around. Fat chick cut me in line at the store. >:-(
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Might just do that, Although I have been thinking about just getting a new phone since my contract is about up.
I've been having problems with my touch screen recently, it is just randomly unresponsive.. I also have a dead spot about 3/4 of the way up the screen, about as wide as my pinky all the way across the screen. It is quite annoying and frustrating because I have to constantly rotate my phone to be able to touch certain links or options. Isn't the Shift EOL?
bilgerryan said:
I've been having problems with my touch screen recently, it is just randomly unresponsive.. I also have a dead spot about 3/4 of the way up the screen, about as wide as my pinky all the way across the screen. It is quite annoying and frustrating because I have to constantly rotate my phone to be able to touch certain links or options. Isn't the Shift EOL?
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Yes the Shift is scheduled to be EOL. But for everyone having touch screen issues. If you try a few different fixes, and they do not work. Then your next step should be to RUU back to stock. If it resolves the issue your golden. If that still doesn't resolve the issue, then it's time to take it back to Sprint. But at least this way your Stock Unrooted so they cannot blame it on something you did. Some Sprint centers, or even third party centers will not touch the device if it's rooted.
Actually there's been a dead zone for touch in my shift since I got it. And because of a whole bunch of crazy mishaps I got screwed it off insurance.. It's been less than a year, does HTC have a one year warranty like most phone companies?
Yes they do. But make sure when you take it in it is NOT ROOTED. Or they will insist it was something you did.
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Yes the Shift is scheduled to be EOL. But for everyone having touch screen issues. If you try a few different fixes, and they do not work. Then your next step should be to RUU back to stock. If it resolves the issue your golden. If that still doesn't resolve the issue, then it's time to take it back to Sprint. But at least this way your Stock Unrooted so they cannot blame it on something you did. Some Sprint centers, or even third party centers will not touch the device if it's rooted.
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Thanks, I'm going to RUU back to stock.
Let us know how it goes.
It didn't doe my dead spot the last time but I'll give it another try tomorrow, if it solves some of the other weird problems I'm having I'll be happy
back to stock last night, and today the screen completely failed
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back to stock last night, and today the screen completely failed
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Damm that sucks. Time to take it back to Sprint.
Well I had the opposite effect, I RUU'd back to Froyo (cuz it was already on my computer) did all the OTA updates and rerooted, and my problems seem to be fixed.. Should have done it awhile ago but my laptop is sketchy right now.. Easiest way to know if you gotta take it in or not plus you're back to stock so you can take it in.. try it if you're having touchscreen problems
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Well I had the opposite effect, I RUU'd back to Froyo (cuz it was already on my computer) did all the OTA updates and rerooted, and my problems seem to be fixed.. Should have done it awhile ago but my laptop is sketchy right now.. Easiest way to know if you gotta take it in or not plus you're back to stock so you can take it in.. try it if you're having touchscreen problems
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Glad it worked for you .
Hi guys,
my DS did some strange stuff lately. It began with the screen staying black when I woke it up (hardware buttons did turn on and touchscreen also worked). I thought it was a software issue, because after a few on and offs the screen usually worked again. Also, this never happened when the phone was charging.
But a few days ago the screen never turned back on again, even when charging. I got a new battery but still no change. It won't even turn on when booting or when going to fastboot/ hboot.
Does anyone have an idea what is broken? I think my best guess is to have a look at these other screen replacement threads, but I wanted to ask first because the screen seemed to have gradually become broken, which confuses me. I didn't think something like that was even possible. Also, I can't return it since I bought it used and in Germany (DS is USA exclusive).
Thanks for help
Most certainly hardware as it is black when in bootloader and ROM. Best guess is the LCD but could also be the main flex the likelyhood of any thin else is fairly small.
Do read up on the screen replacement threads as this phone is one pain in the ass, you also need to be aware of what LCD to buy as there were different ones and they are not compatible.
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Most certainly hardware as it is black when in bootloader and ROM. Best guess is the LCD but could also be the main flex the likelyhood of any thin else is fairly small.
Do read up on the screen replacement threads as this phone is one pain in the ass, you also need to be aware of what LCD to buy as there were different ones and they are not compatible.
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Thanks for the tips. Screen might be still ok since it went out gradually, could be a defective contact since it also went on and off randomly. But I guess there is no way to only replace this contact, too complicated to find out... I will see.
Yeah, I had a look at these threads already, thank you
I had a program that I moved to the sd card that would cause the screen not to come on and would have to do a battery pull. When I moved the app back to the phone, the problem stopped.
(Walgreens app)
It has happened again since, so it may be another app I have to track down. Or I may be looking at faulty screen trouble too.
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even if an app on sd were the cause of this it certainly couldnt make the screen blackout while in recovery and bootloader mode. to the best of my knowledge it has to be a hardware fault if screen wont turn on in bootloader... but well ive been proven wrong in the past
Well since I had problems with the screen turning off before when it did work in recovery, there might be a connection to daswerk's case. However I kept all my apps on the internal SSD and do remember checking it. Also, my screen turned back on sooner or later or when I played around with the keyboard.
However later it was off even in recovery mode. I did disassemble my DS lately (and broke my screen like seemingly everyone else hehe) and am now waiting for my new LCD screen to arrive in Germany from the states haha. Shipping costs were higher than LCD costs, d'oh! Thanks again demkantor, you've been helping me indirectly with your posts in the other threads as well
So guys, screen arrived, reassembled my phone, switched it on aaand... black screen.
Graphic chip or motherboard may be broken. I'm thinking about a loose connection because screen turned off once in a while before it never got back on. I found a user by coincidence here on xda who reported the same problem.
Any ideas are greatly appreciated. Don't want to forsake my dearly loved DS :'(
Next most likely would be main flex cable
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demkantor said:
Next most likely would be main flex cable
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Are there other possibilities as well? I'm thinking about getting a whole replacement set so I can try everything shipping costs are high since I live in germany hmmf
btw, digitizer/ touchscreen doesn't seem to work either, is this another sign that main flex cable is the prolem?
There are always more possiblities I was just letting you know what I would replace next as the most likley cause.
Having multiple phones to exchange parts is a good idea and really about the only way to test different components
And yes have no digitizer working can be a sign of a bad flex as well
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Went to unlock my phone this morning off the charger and the screen is totally dead. Couldn't unlock or do anything to it or even see what was going on, called Google and ordered a replacement ASAP.
Went through the not fun task of doing a nandroid backup without seeing what was on the screen and doing some trickery with screenshots then backing up my entire SD card.
However, here's the strange and potentially dangerous thing that I noticed later when I got home this evening. I went to look at the phone and go to a fastboot flash with the factory images and went to touch the bottom of the screen. When I went to do so, to the little bit of the left of the LED light was a SUPER hot portion of the phone. I almost burnt my finger it was so hot.
Not sure what to do about the issue, I feel like if I just call the support line they won't actually take in my concern legitimately. Any suggestions?
thats something quite strange
let us know what google says about RMA and this issue
Agree, maybe it's just your phone, maybe it's all the batch. Which batch/model do you have?
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kentoe said:
Went to unlock my phone this morning off the charger and the screen is totally dead. Couldn't unlock or do anything to it or even see what was going on, called Google and ordered a replacement ASAP.
Went through the not fun task of doing a nandroid backup without seeing what was on the screen and doing some trickery with screenshots then backing up my entire SD card.
However, here's the strange and potentially dangerous thing that I noticed later when I got home this evening. I went to look at the phone and go to a fastboot flash with the factory images and went to touch the bottom of the screen. When I went to do so, to the little bit of the left of the LED light was a SUPER hot portion of the phone. I almost burnt my finger it was so hot.
Not sure what to do about the issue, I feel like if I just call the support line they won't actually take in my concern legitimately. Any suggestions?
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On my Transformer Infinity, sometimes the screen won't turn on at all. On a few occasions, if I press Power enough times, I get a glimpse of a message saying the Launcher process has stopped, but then my touchscreen doesn't register any input. The tablet is also sometimes running quite hot at those times. The only way I know to recover from this is press the Power button long enough to force a reboot, then everything is normal. Could this be what's happening? Do you know if the phone is still running under the black screen? Have you tried forcing a reboot, and did it work?
As for the hot phone, I've noticed my N5 does get a bit warm when I'm using it intensively (4G, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS and screen on all at the same time and in use) but not enough to burn me. Could be hard to tell which component is heating up like that since I think it could be the screen backlight, SoC or battery... Do let us know if you find out more.
meethere said:
thats something quite strange
let us know what google says about RMA and this issue
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I had called them and reported the screen totally dead with lines streaking vertically and got a new replacement ordered. It wasn't until late last night when I got back and had the screen on in this dead mode that the bottom was extremely hot. I'll have to call them back and let them know
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Agree, maybe it's just your phone, maybe it's all the batch. Which batch/model do you have?
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Yeah hopefully, it definitely seems like it could be one of those things that could potentially start fire.The one I have is the LG-D820. Any more info I can provide?
daemonios said:
On my Transformer Infinity, sometimes the screen won't turn on at all. On a few occasions, if I press Power enough times, I get a glimpse of a message saying the Launcher process has stopped, but then my touchscreen doesn't register any input. The tablet is also sometimes running quite hot at those times. The only way I know to recover from this is press the Power button long enough to force a reboot, then everything is normal. Could this be what's happening? Do you know if the phone is still running under the black screen? Have you tried forcing a reboot, and did it work?
As for the hot phone, I've noticed my N5 does get a bit warm when I'm using it intensively (4G, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS and screen on all at the same time and in use) but not enough to burn me. Could be hard to tell which component is heating up like that since I think it could be the screen backlight, SoC or battery... Do let us know if you find out more.
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Yeah, no its definitely dead. There were streaked lines across it, rebooted it multiple times. I ended up going into the bootloader and recovery via adb/fastboot and all that jazz. It eventually just would not work now.
In regards to the hot part I definitely think it was the lower part of the screen. It was quite literally half an inch away from the LED to the left. Was super super hot then once I shut the defective screen off (I could tell by the backlit light or whatever) it wasn't hot anymore after a minute or so.
Is it black/white? 16 or 32? When did you get it?
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Is it black/white? 16 or 32? When did you get it?
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32gb black version. I ordered it immediately when they announced it that day.
mine gets really warm when i'm doing a TWRP backup then it goes into bootloop after and wont cool down. i have to force it to power off from recovery and let it cool, but i've always seen it happen. i wonder if yours was attempting to boot over and over for hours and cooked itself.....? i have a launch day black 32gb too, running Cataclysm with Franco at the moment but it was doing it on rooted stock with stock kernel
I had to send my 19 day old 32Gb Red Nexus 5 in to LG for the same reason. I was using the phone and all of the sudden had vertical lines and the bottom of the screen got burn your fingers hot. Waiting to see what LG does with my phone. The only thin I can figure is the synaptics chip which controls the screen is bad. Its the only thing in that area that could get that hot. I also noticed when I first got my phone the glass in the same area looked like it had a slight wave in it. Didn't think anything of it at the time. I'll let you know how it goes.
Is RMA/replacement applicable for Rooted and unlocked devices?
I don't believe its an issue with developer phones as long as the issue wasn't caused by something you did like brick it by flashing a wrong radio or something like that. It has to be a manufacture defect to get it fixed for free.
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Bear3825 said:
I don't believe its an issue with developer phones as long as the issue wasn't caused by something you did like brick it by flashing a wrong radio or something like that. It has to be a manufacture defect to get it fixed for free.
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My device issue is related to power button. there is no software issue.
The power button is rattling since from the purchase of the device.
Hope my device gets repaired.
Like I said. Hardware issues that are production faults should be covered.
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