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To start off I have had my B50 TF for about 4 months now and I have liked it and it does everything I need it to do.. I am now at college and it does a great job as a note taking and entertainment device.
How ever I was never 100% happy with mine as I has 2 dead pixels from the start, some minor light bleed and a few specs of dust under the screen.. I also have a keyboard that has the serious battery drain issue.. However I was so happy about having it that I didnt want to RMA the TF or the dock and have to wait until others came into stock..
Now for the sad story.. about 2 weeks ago I came into my girl friends dorm room and she had a sad puppy type of face on and she was almost in tears.. I finally got out of her that she accidently caught my charging cable hooked up to my TF and Dock and it fell about 2 feet onto a metal lamp and put a few decient sized scratches on the back of the TF.. I told her its fine and It booted up and worked fine so I was not worried about it at all.. and it work perfect after that for about a week.. Then I turned it on about a week later and the screen started flickering with blue lines all over and then I kinda shook it around a little and pressed the on/off button a few times and it was fine.. then today (about a week after the weird screen flicker) I walk into my Anthropology class and grab the TF and dock and I try and turn it on and it wont turn on.. Which is weird because I always plug it in on my night stand every night.. I just assumed my Asus charger got unplugged and after class plugged just the TF in for 8 hours.. Then I pull it off the charger for Comp Sci class and It wont turn on then either.. I will hold the power button down for 15 sec and then let go and all I hear is a little "click" that is the sound of it trying to turn on.. No screen animations, no black light, no sounds other then the click
I am devastated as I have entire class notes on there and also that was my everyday computer that I dumped allot of hard earned cash into. And when I told my girl that it wasnt turning on she felt so bad and was on the brink of a major emotional breakdown.. Its not the end of the world for me, but damn I am going to be devastated if $400 just went down the drain..
Anyone have any words of advice or any last efforts I could try? I guess if all else fails, I will be waiting for the TF2 to come out and hopefully it will still work with my dock..
Thanks everyone,
Nick
EDIT: I have HDMI out and have torn the TF apart and cant seam to track down the connection to the Screen form the board to make sure it is not a loose connection.. I am hoping something came loose and the screen is not FUBAR.. I dont thing the screen is dead though.. It was fine for 2 weeks after the drop, i would have thought that it would have been dead right away if the screen was dead..
The lcd cord might be loose in there. Open it up and tighten it.
goodintentions said:
The lcd cord might be loose in there. Open it up and tighten it.
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I was thinking it was the screen ribbon cable but when there is no HDMI out either I was starting to think other wise..
Edit: Thank you for the Edit.. It just was not funny at the time..
Wow, feeling possessive there aren't we.
No hdmi out. That's a problem. I'm still convinced something is loose in there. You got nothing to lose. Open it up and try to tighten things up.
It would have been maybe a little funny if she was not in tears when she found out she broke my tablet with a ton of my school stuff on it and my most used piece of technology..
I will try and open it up eventually.. I am at school so I dont have any of my Tech tools.. I am going to have to either buy some or wait a few weeks till I go home..
Edit: My Computer will recognize it when I plug the TF In and unplug it.. Just I cant do anything with it.. I just hear the Windows sounds..
I am with goodintentions, a connector has come loose somewhere.
Update.. I have HDMI out and I opened up my TF and I couldnt find anything leading to the screen that was loose, but I didnt really know my way around that well.. Anyways, HDMI out works, but no screen still..
swan3609 said:
Update.. I have HDMI out and I opened up my TF and I couldnt find anything leading to the screen that was loose, but I didnt really know my way around that well.. Anyways, HDMI out works, but no screen still..
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Haha, keep trying. Try not to damage it too much while playing with the insides. LOL
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Haha, keep trying. Try not to damage it too much while playing with the insides. LOL
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I have HDMI out.. the Digitizer works fine and I can connect it to the dock and the touchpad works as it should and everything else works find and seams fine.. I just cant find the connection to the Screen to see if its the connection of if I broke the screen.. I am going to the tear down thread to ask for help..
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
JRW 28 said:
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
TheChemist187 said:
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
Good morning XDA,
Was hoping to get a hand with this issue before I throw my phone against the wall and cry!
My issue started Saturday evening. My phone was low battery, died normally. I went to charge it, screen responded like normal so I walked away.
Returned shortly after and I noticed the screen was still black. Not faulty charging black, just OFF black.
I had an issue before with boot looping, but that was fixed by a simple charger replacement. But now, I can't even get a response!!!
I'm thinking the only option is a new battery (Which I'm really hoping not to deal with as I can't really order one right now, and it's also hard to find the battery in my city.)
Any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated.
Thank you so very much,
Filiab
I wonder if one could get the Internet sharing update by doing what you did. Hmm... I'm curious are the HTC apps better than the LG apps? Also, can you try renaming your phone to Nokia Lumia or something? Maybe you could download their gps app lol. That would be kind of cool.
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I wonder if one could get the Internet sharing update by doing what you did. Hmm... I'm curious are the HTC apps better than the LG apps? Also, can you try renaming your phone to Nokia Lumia or something? Maybe you could download their gps app lol. That would be kind of cool.
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I think you may have posted in the wrong thread.
Are you charging your phone from your computer? If so, charge it from the wall.
Hello guys, Long time lurker first time poster, I dropped my tablet last night and now it will not do anything, and i mean anything, no lights just a little vibration when I hold the power button for about 15 seconds. do you guys thing the MOBO is dead or just the screen and digitizer? I'm afraid the worst has happened and it is completely dead but i would like to get a few opinions first.
Thanks a lot guys, also I might have had one too many drinks before posting this so please excuse any nonsense, I've proofread this thing about 10 times so hopefully all is good.
It could be your connector for the screen came loose. If you have a HDMI cable, use it to hook it up to your tv, see if you can get anything to show.
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It could be your connector for the screen came loose. If you have a HDMI cable, use it to hook it up to your tv, see if you can get anything to show.
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Thanks but I tried checking the connector to the mobo and its a no go, I don't have an HDMI cable so i cant try that. when i hook it up to the pc it shows up as NVIDIA storage... something i forgot. it doesnt show as a tablet and even asus sync doesnt recognize it. do you think its dead for sure?
also my drunk self doesnt know what hes talking about as the drop happened last week i just got around to messing with it last night.
Thanks for the help.
Maybe your volume up button is stuck so posing power on poor it in APX mode?
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Maybe your volume up button is stuck so posing power on poor it in APX mode?
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Ok I just checked and disassembled as much as i could and nothing....i really hope its not completely dead but if it is its no big deal, i already have a nexus 7 so i might just buy a refurb 10" asus and use this one for spare parts.
Thanks a lot for your help btw
let someone borrow my transformer. (big mistake)
Let's skip the drama and focus on the present
Nothing on the screen, nothing nada ziltch.
it's definitely been dropped.
But i know it someone works cause if i plug it in to a computer I can see the files. Which tells me it's actually fully booting but there's ascreen problem.
Anyone have any experiences repairing these guys?
They're really easy to take apart compared to other tablets and phones I've seen.
I'd start by taking it apart and seeing if anything's detached / loose / broken.
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But i know it someone works cause if i plug it in to a computer I can see the files. Which tells me it's actually fully booting but there's ascreen problem.
Anyone have any experiences repairing these guys?
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Do you have a hdmi cable handy?
That could 100% confirm it is a screen issue and let you use the tablet for something even if you can not fix the screen.
Actually..I am in the same boat..
Bloody screen has gone dead on me.. this is a 6 month old B60..
I was watching a movie..closed the lid..walked 100 meters back to apartment opened it and blank screen..turned it on and off a few times.,,could tell by two beeps..
Anyway, I have been on a island off the Philippines and lucky had a usb drive with nv flash tools on it..so got apx mode going and nvflashed back to factory ICS.. plugged it into a HDMI flatescreen TV and used developer options to check touch points..
They are semi working, I had the dock with a usbmouse..as that's working fine..
So as it stands..looks like a new touch screen.. I will RMA it once back home as I have brought 3 from the same Asus dealer..
Will see if they replace free of charge and or what they charge..as I have seen the components needed for sale online @ taobao here out of shenzhen.. and I just did a strip down of a HTC evo so its much the same procedure..
Painful as I still have two weeks of tripping ahead of me..lucky I have another laptop stashed at a hotel and that I can pickup..
Will keep you posted on how it goes.
Edit: You might want to check out this video on Youtube..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRLcxI2JddQ
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As an update..
I pulled it open and tried the plug jiggle fix.. no good..
Had to RMA it.. all goo through as they replaced the touch/Screen and it seems to be up an running again..
Fingers crossed as the other one I have placed in the family is almost 17months old an still running strong..
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