I never really noticed this as I don't use voice search or call very often. Sometimes I can't be heard, but if I press the bottom of the phone, the mic works fine again. It seems like the connection is loose and when I push on the general area of the microphone, it works again. Any clues as to how or why this has happened? I'm thinking of just taking it apart and seeing what's up, but would like some input from the guys who have taken their NS apart.
Small update. Finally go my screwdriver in the mail. Took the phone apart and cleaned the little rubber piece in some soapy water and let it dry. Don't know if that was actually the problem. Put the phone back together and it seems to be holding up. I gotta give it a few days to see if it actually worked though.
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Ok, something weird has been happening lately and i have no idea why. Sometimes when trying to replace my stylus, I cannot place it in there. It feels like it gets stuck. like i am jamming it in there. But most of the time is moves in and out smoothly. I have no idea how it goes back to being smooth again, wether it is time (but seems to random) or wether it is my constant in out until it works (although that just seems coincidence). no idea why it decides to lock the stylus out either
It uses a magnet to lock it in place, but it goes tits up unless you line the stylus up correctly, IE so that the raised bit is in line with the slot it is going to slide in to, you CAN'T put the stylus in most of the way and then twist it at the last moment to line it up !
no, that is not the problem...it still works fine being inserted however i want, but sometimes it jams and need to wait a bit before it lets the stylus slide smoothly. thanks anyway
it will only go a tiny bit before it 'jams'. maybe 1.5cm
I have same experience like u.
Few days ago, I typing with TP and take out stylus pen for normal use, after 2-3 mins I put it back, but I can't do it! Something "JAM" the Stylus slot!
I go back my home, find a flashlight to illuminate the stylus slot, I find something are "JAM" inside. OMG! what's up? Do I take my TP to HTC service center? Hey, I bought it just a week!
It bother me half an hour.... later, I use a small screwdriver, take it inside to the stylus slot carefully and than push down the "Jamthing" .("something" that Jam the slot, may be a parts of TP!)
OK, now problem fixed.
There is a tiny switch that is used to detect when the stylus has been removed. There is a thread on this forum describing an issue where the switch jammed and therefore was not detecting the stylus being removed. Sounds like a similar issue, but in reverse!.
yep, i think that is it, was looking at it last night and i think the switch is the problem :s
Yes smae thing happened to me, I trhinkm the switch fell out of its housing and I couldnt get the stylus back in, I must maggotted the fookin thing coz now it wont wake up when I pull out the stylus, its looking like this is fairly common.
mmm same thing apparently happened to me yesterday.
BUT: After comparing my TP with a colleagues I noticed that...I lost the whole switch-thing. Well: It has to be the very tiny little piece of plastic that fell out of my TP after I took the jammed stylus out the last time.
The switch-thing I lost acts like a kind of lever that presses the stylus switch itself. As it seems to be held by two even tinier metal springs it is quite likely to come off when the stylus is not inserted 'the right way'.
Anyway: I think my TP now permanently thinks I has no stylus.....
I just had this happen to me! I've had my Fuze a little over a month and have had no trouble at all with the stylus... it slides right in and the magnet holds it in place. Slides right out and wakes up the device when I need it.
Five minutes ago, I pulled it out for just a few seconds, but when I tried to put it in, this happened! I can get it in, but have to push it fairly hard and also pull hard to get it out.
This sucks.
Found another thread that has some possible solutions to this issue.
If you're having this problem...STOP inserting the stylus! You might break the tiny piece that senses the stylus (like I just did). Basically, take out the battery and shine a flashlite back towards the stylus opening. You should see it, and might be able to straighten it out with a toothpick.
Anyway, this thread should be closed because of this thread-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2816609
Damn it, now its broke
I was upset, could not handle life anymore. I was at work and just threw my phone with tremendous force into the wall. Made hole in drywall but phone remained in tact. Nothing seemed broken.
I live in a 3G area but not it never displays the 3G icon, infact most of the time it displays the roaming icon. My calls are always getting dropped. The internet on the phone no longer works.
I tried to reset the phone, and did a rom update with a rom I found here. Did update successful but no luck. Then re did a rom update with the latest one from the HTC website.
Same problem persists. How can I know what component is damaged and where can I get the part to fix it?
When I had a HTC tilt, I sat on my phone and broke the screen, was able to get replacement unit and change it myself with ease.
I would like to thank you all in advanced and hope you all have a wonderful day.
Study here how to dismantle the device and what the components are
Dude, some therapy may help....got insurance, do that and get a replacement phone
having taken mine apart, if it looks like it's still in one piece, the thing that jumps immediately to mind is just that your antenna got loose. it's the only thing pretty much with an exposed connector that could pop off. (the display may be able to also, but you'd notice that =)
search for the raphael service manual, only tricky part in getting to the antenna is after you pop the back housing loose on the top 3 sides, you have to pull back the top far/hard enough that you think you're gonna break the usb port to get the housing free of it. Pull it back a bit, unplug that speaker wire, then pull it back some more, needs a gap at the top of about 2 inches to clear the bottom usb port. it'll just click and snap free. i took 30 minutes doing it cuz i thought i was gonna break it.
I recently dropped my phone from my lap exiting the car Everything appeared to be alright and working, until a few weeks later when my vibrate function started to give out. For a few days after it stopped working all together it would occasionally try to spin and I could still feel very weak feedback.
My question is does anyone know how easy it would be to repair this? My screen is also cracked, but directly above the genius button, which I rarely use anyway.
If I wanted to repair this would it end up costing me more than simply replacing the phone?
If I had the tools and the patience I may be able to do this myself if someone could give me a heads up on this particular phone, or any experience they may have in this situation.
If I could simply open and examine the part I may be able to see if it can be a simple fix. Any ideas?
Well it could be something broke off and lodged into the edge of the motor not allowing it to spin freely. Or anything could be the solder joint broke. Depending on how the motor is set up it may be easier or harder to fix. If it is a solder joint that broke you could probably fix it yourself, by heating up a soldering iron and melting the solder to the pad again. If this is the problem and you want to attempt to fix, just make sure you don't hold the soldering iron on there too long, you don't want to burn the board or anything. It is possible (although highly unlikely) that the motor blew. There really isn't a easy way to find out for sure without opening it up though. Although if you download Z-device test, then you can go to the vibrate part of it and press the screen where it says press to vibrate and see if it is working at all through that.
I think this is the best we have for this kind of thing so far:
ifixsmartphone teardown of the doubleshot.
guess what my phone's vib stopped working about a day ago...
and it's fixed now...
this is how it went...
ppl were calling me and i wasnt getting notified by any means.
my ringtone got messed up some how... i tried taking battery out that did not help... to fix that i had to choose another ring tone and back to my default.
now i figued that my vib was also dead...
while watching a movie...
i took off the battery... and started hitting the phone upside down on palm of my hand.. and testing vib by turning the phone onn..
i started getting the vib back but it was very low...
so after the movie...
i took a peice(about 1 inch) of clear mailing tape and folded it backwards and made a thin pin alike... and stucked in the headphone jack hole... and twisted it...
guess what... a small peice of lint came out...
then i did it again... and another came out .. lol
and that's about it.....
my vib is back in action
seems like lint from my pants pocket gets in that headphone jack hole and some how blocks the vib motor to move!
have fun !
that's why I always have pouch for my phones
my One S started to cut all audio randomly. it happens when i am talking on the phone (i have a suspicion that it's related to the way i put pressure on the phone's body, especially the bottom part, while holding it). it's usually preceded by a sharp/loud chirping noise, after which the speaker and the microphone stop working completely (the call is still on-going, but the other party cannot hear me, and i cannot hear the other party). at first, after rebooting the phone twice, it would go back to its normal mode and would function properly for a while, but now, it refuses to play any sort of audio signal at all. (for example, the YouTube app refuses to play videos, telling me that something is wrong, whereas Slacker radio refuses to broadcast any station, telling me something along the lines of "audio not functioning properly".)
i have tried wiping cache, and i have not reset the phone to factory settings and wiped all data on it. and it's still completely silent. my guess is that it is hardware related, but i don't know whether there is any solution for it or not. btw, my phone is T-Mobile US-branded, and it is unlocked (using HTCDev) and rooted. otherwise, it was (is) completely stock.
any ideas or tips?
PS: during that period of audio-silence, sometimes the phone becomes super sluggish; for example, if i press Disconnect, it takes a very long time to disconnect the call, or it takes a very long time to update the counter at the top which records the duration of the call. sometimes, the delay is so long that i get an error message "Activity Phone isn't responding", and it asks me whether i want to stop it or wait.
EDIT: i found this thread; someone suggested a little mod to the phone. still, i'd appreciate any help.
anybody?
EDIT_1: i also found this thread. seems like this is not an isolated incident.
EDIT_2: anyhow, i opened my phone (well, just the bottom plastic cover that is held in place by plastic tabs and sticky tape). there was dust along the edges, which i cleaned. and i straightened the connectors from the speaker (housed on the plastic cover) to the motherboard. it seems to have fixed things, but i only tested that for a short while. i will use the phone and report back.
darxider said:
anybody?
EDIT_1: i also found this thread. seems like this is not an isolated incident.
EDIT_2: anyhow, i opened my phone (well, just the bottom plastic cover that is held in place by plastic tabs and sticky tape). there was dust along the edges, which i cleaned. and i straightened the connectors from the speaker (housed on the plastic cover) to the motherboard. it seems to have fixed things, but i only tested that for a short while. i will use the phone and report back.
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just wanted to update. the issue came back after a week or so, the and phone randomly loses all audio functions. i opened it up again to make sure the speaker connections are fine (they are). to fix it, i have to power the phone off once or twice, and let it be powered-off for about 5 minutes or so, and then the sound comes back.
anybody knows of a real fix for this or should i just retire my One S and buy another phone?
Hi,
Earlier today I was in the pool, I grabbed my Z3 and started taking pictures. (of course I checked twice that all the flaps are closed).
After 10 minutes, I put the device on the table near the pool to dry.
I went out for watching the pictures but I was surprised to find out that the device doesn't recognize my touchs.
I already tried restarting the device using the power + volume up buttons, but I can't see any change.
Important to mention that all the buttons work well, the same goes for the speakers, the microphone, the light sensor, LED light etc.
Do you have any idea what should I do?
Thanks and sorry about my grammer mistakes.
I got quite the panic attack the first time I experienced the same thing. For me waiting a while worked, and it came back to life. I still have trouble a couple of hours after soaking it when it comes to sound, though. Sometimes it thinks that I have a jack connected, for instance. I'm guessing you just have to wait for it to dry properly.
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I got quite the panic attack the first time I experienced the same thing. For me waiting a while worked, and it came back to life. I still have trouble a couple of hours after soaking it when it comes to sound, though. Sometimes it thinks that I have a jack connected, for instance. I'm guessing you just have to wait for it to dry properly.
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same as me! It also thought I connected my headset, for some reason.
when you waited a while, the device was turned-off or on?
I never turned it off. Might be a good idea to try to connect a useless headsets jack (I take no responsibility for whatever might happen though. I have no good concept of whether this might be a bad idea or not) to try to clean it.
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I never turned it off. Might be a good idea to try to connect a useless headsets jack (I take no responsibility for whatever might happen though. I have no good concept of whether this might be a bad idea or not) to try to clean it.
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I have connected a headset already and it worked fine. I will let the phone to dry until tomorrow.
Very strange. I get my phone wet a lot and never had any issue. Of course touch does not work well when phone and hands are wet. But after a couple of minutes, it is good to go.
If your phone stops working properly after being immersed in water then it is defective and water got inside of it. Bring it to a service center, they will test it and if they find a leak with flaps closed they will replace under warranty.
I've immersed mine in water a few times and I never had any problem (not pool, mostly in the sink for cleaning purposes and to test the waterproofing). If water goes and stays into the headphone jack the phone will detect headphones, but you just have to blow the water out of it or shake it a bit to get the water out. Underwater the screen will not work and it will detect fake touches if a lot of water is still on the screen, but it should work perfectly as soon as you dry it with a towel or something.
If you experience a malfunction after drying up your phone with a towel and getting residual water out of the jack then water got inside and you should get it replaced ASAP. It doesn't need any drying period, drying it with a towel is enough.