I'm seeing 4 horizontal black lines on my Sensation screen. And I think these are getting wider. Its only 48 hours since they first appeared and now seem to have widened to twice their original size. My phone is rooted so I think HTC will not repair this under warranty.
Anyone seen this before. Please help - is there a software fix available or is this pure hardware repair.
Thanks
Unmesh
On the old gingerbread Rome that used to happen especially with non HTC widgets. Are you running an old Gingerbread Rom? (i doubt that's the issue because I think that happened with just the gingerbread 2.3.3 Roms, but just wanted to check. Only way back then to get rid of the lines was a restart. Or you could also try clearing HTC sense data and see if that helps.
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I'm on ICS ROMS. I've tried everything from factory reset to turning the phone off for a few hours to changing the ROM. Seems to be a touchscreen issue. Checked with some service experts and looks like its going to cost me big time.
PLEASE BUMP UP THIS MESSAGE - MIGHT HELP OTHERS
Something very interesting has been happening.
Initially the lines kept getting worse and I had 3 full horizontal lines across the screen. On the suggestion of a friend (& we work in chip design) so sometimes we try these freakish things, i kept the phone in front of a air conditioner, trying to cool it down.
And magic the lines started reducing in size. As an experiment I used the phone to play back videos in wifi mode, trying to heat it up and the lines began increasing again. The moment i put it back in front of the a/c the lines reduced again.
I'm happy to say they've gone away completely now. I was on the verge of replacing my display for close to 100$ and am very happy this has worked.
And FYI - i have used the phone on intense applications to heat it up and the lines haven't come back.
A couple of observations:
1. DON"T use a silicone case. I think it blocks heat dissipation and causes some problems.
2. Always keep the phone in a very cool place. if you have an a/c keep it udner the a/c - it can't do any harm, electronics always work better at cooler temps.
See i have no clue if what has happened even makes a lot of sense and is repeatable. But my suggestion please do try this before you take the drastic step of replacing your digitizer.
im having lines across my screen too..
Thanks unmesh!
I tried this one and it helped!
I got those lines to my HTC after battery drained once.
Also charging full battery makes it warm, so don't charge it unnecessarily.
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PLEASE BUMP UP THIS MESSAGE - MIGHT HELP OTHERS
Something very interesting has been happening.
Initially the lines kept getting worse and I had 3 full horizontal lines across the screen. On the suggestion of a friend (& we work in chip design) so sometimes we try these freakish things, i kept the phone in front of a air conditioner, trying to cool it down.
And magic the lines started reducing in size. As an experiment I used the phone to play back videos in wifi mode, trying to heat it up and the lines began increasing again. The moment i put it back in front of the a/c the lines reduced again.
I'm happy to say they've gone away completely now. I was on the verge of replacing my display for close to 100$ and am very happy this has worked.
And FYI - i have used the phone on intense applications to heat it up and the lines haven't come back.
A couple of observations:
1. DON"T use a silicone case. I think it blocks heat dissipation and causes some problems.
2. Always keep the phone in a very cool place. if you have an a/c keep it udner the a/c - it can't do any harm, electronics always work better at cooler temps.
See i have no clue if what has happened even makes a lot of sense and is repeatable. But my suggestion please do try this before you take the drastic step of replacing your digitizer.
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Something very interesting has been happening.
Initially the lines kept getting worse and I had 3 full horizontal lines across the screen. On the suggestion of a friend.......
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Well, I will agree with that, a friend suffered for having those lines on his sensation, a BB user friend told us to repeatedly shake it in an very cold place, and (in like 2 weeks) those lines completely disappeared.
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Related
Edit: SOLVED
Problem: Water or some liquid mixture with water and other conductive chemicals can leak through the outer edges of the glass screen, causing electrical shorts on any of the navigation buttons. Thus avoid applying direct pressure with damp cloth along the perimeter of the screen.
Solution: Place the phone in a ventilated area as long as needed. In a severe case, this could take a very long time (a blow drier may expedite the process), so you may want to seek instructions on how to dismantle some of the phone components to allow drying, or disable the search key temporarily, or send the phone in for repair(last resort).
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As I type, my Samsung Captivate appears to be possessed with an obsession with clicking the search button all by itself, at random times. I've searched around the forums and have yet to find a solution that works for me.
I'm running Cognition 2.4
The phone is about 1 week old, with the problem starting at about 5 days.
I replaced the phone initially because it would shut down randomly. Now this one seems to have yet another malfunction
EDIT: Also note that the problem began shortly after cleaning my screen with a slight amount of monitor cleaning fluid and microfiber cloth. Whether this is coincedental or not, I don't know.
Does anyone know what might be causing this, or know how I would go about disabling the search button altogether?
i had the same problem, its kinda just went away for me haha
Hmm, I also hope it goes away as mysteriously has it appeared if a solution is not found.
I'm trying to make changes to "system/usr/keylayout/melfas-touchkey.kl" with "droid explorer", but every time I change the file, delete it, or replace it, the file always seems to revert back. Once I figure out how to do this, the problem should be temporarily fixed.
EDIT: My current theory for what causes this is that it occurs due to an electrical short after the screen has been exposed to liquid of some kind. If you look closely, there are thin cracks around the glass of the screen. Whether these cracks are water-permeable or not, I don't know. But due to the nature of this problem coming about randomly, and disappearing randomly for various owners, it would explain the effect of drying. I read someone say that he had this problem on two different phones, so maybe he cleaned both of them in such a way that affected the navigation buttons?
If anyone else can contribute to this theory, please do!
EDIT 2: The frequency of search button activation has increased significantly since the first symptoms appeared. I highly doubt this is software related. There is a apparently an issue with the circuit for that specific button. Considering that my cleaning of the screen was the only possible event that could have impacted the circuit, I am now leaning towards that prospect. There doesn't seem to be an easy way to completely dismantle the Captivate and let it dry.
EDIT 3: I'll focus a fan on the phone over night, then focus a blow dryer on it in the morning.
Had the same problem, it was like that since the first day I got it 07/18. It got worse for a period and now it mysteriously doesn't seem to have the problem anymore. No clue what it is from.
SOLVED
Problem: Water or some liquid mixture with water and other conductive chemicals can leak through the outer edges of the glass screen, causing electrical shorts on any of the navigation buttons. Thus avoid applying direct pressure with damp cloth along the perimeter of the screen.
Solution: Place the phone in a ventilated area as long as needed. In a severe case, this could take a very long time (a blow drier may expedite the process), so you may want to seek instructions on how to dismantle some of the phone components to allow drying, or disable the search key temporarily, or send the phone in for repair(last resort).
you might also try putting it in a ziplock bag with rice in it. (the rice will absorb the water)
Has the proposed solution worked for anyone?
Hi,
I am wondering if the proposed solution worked for anyone? What do you exactly do? Leave the phone in the sun for it to dry out. With combination of blow dryer?
With the battery out? I've had this phone since August and I initally thought it was a software issue. After couple of hard resets, roots and upgrade to 2.2 the problem still persists.
Any suggestions? Should I try all combinations? Rice Ziplock bag?
Just as a note. Used to have a lot of random search loads. Along with the moisture thing...a lot of us right handers contact the corner and it does need a direct tap of button to trigger as touch screen. If you notice the settings button never randomly pop up. Additionally, from wrar and use the plastic can gain some flexibility. Must my two cents to help avoid letting ATT screw up their phone.
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meadhros said:
Just as a note. Used to have a lot of random search loads. Along with the moisture thing...a lot of us right handers contact the corner and it does need a direct tap of button to trigger as touch screen. If you notice the settings button never randomly pop up. Additionally, from wrar and use the plastic can gain some flexibility. Must my two cents to help avoid letting ATT screw up their phone.
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And in no case...let best but put a screen protector on for you....that will take days to dry...
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I've had that issue in the past, on stock Eclair, and it was an easy fix for me. All I did was flash a custom ROM. I can't say that I tried it on stock 2.2, but an Odin didn't help, so I went custom and it disappeared.
WOW! Thought i was alone.. I also have the phantom button activation problem... but it's not the search button, it's the home button and back button. I know for a fact my phone has not been exposed to moisture. I noticed it after i flashed an OC'd kernel. I tried every OC/UV setting in the voltage control APP thinking it had something to do with the increased MHZ, but the problem didn't go away. I have since flashed a variety of custom roms and regular non OC'd kernels, but the problem still is present. I saw someone post a little while back about the same issue and that they sent their phone in and at&t replaced something having to do with "LIB." The submitter didn't have any idea whether the "LIB" was related to software of hardware. I'm considering sending my phone in, but i hate the idea of being without my phone for 2-3 weeks. If anyone stumbles upon a fix, please do share.
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WOW! Thought i was alone.. I also have the phantom button activation problem... but it's not the search button, it's the home button and back button. I know for a fact my phone has not been exposed to moisture. I noticed it after i flashed an OC'd kernel. I tried every OC/UV setting in the voltage control APP thinking it had something to do with the increased MHZ, but the problem didn't go away. I have since flashed a variety of custom roms and regular non OC'd kernels, but the problem still is present. I saw someone post a little while back about the same issue and that they sent their phone in and at&t replaced something having to do with "LIB." The submitter didn't have any idea whether the "LIB" was related to software of hardware. I'm considering sending my phone in, but i hate the idea of being without my phone for 2-3 weeks. If anyone stumbles upon a fix, please do share.
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Try a gingerbread rom.I've had the same problem,back and home key.No matter which froyo rom I run,it would act up randomly at times.I dont spend enough time on eclair to be sure that it does it,but I've been running GR-9 for two days,has not happened once.Coincidence?Maybe....Now running GR-11 for the second day,so far so good.
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I agree with the op that the cause is water/moisture in the phone. I have had it on all android versions I have used. And the fact that that it comes and goes is strong evidence in my opinion
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It might be moisture in some cases, but....
Post getting old, but new to me! My random search problem is definitely not moisture related(unless high humidity outside is considered a problem for a cappy). My phone stays dry, I even clean it with a lint-less cloth, so water isn't the issue(its in a otterbox). I read some post on other sites that show the only fix is either allowing samsung to work on it, or get a refurb from att. I think this problem is also related to all those wrong contact sent messages to, which has happened to me several times with some embarresing happenings . I updated to gb 2.3.5 and problem still exist, plus I use handcent for messaging, and I havn't sent a mis-message yet.
There's another thread on this (search 'crazy back button' and my tests on many roms indicates that it has to with the blk app that mods the buttons. Many roms come packed with versions of it.
No longer sent from my BlackBerry.
Add me to the list with this problem. At first I thought it was an old screen protector. I changed that out last light but I cleaned the screen first by spraying it with LCD cleaner I guess I'll have to wait for it to dry a bit more. I've also been playing with recent Glitch kernels with BLN issues so I can't figure it out!
Well I got the BLN issues sorted. Still can't figure out the search button. There's got to be some way to disable it completely
I get this problem at random times when using Google Maps / Navigate, while the phone is in the car dock. At random times, the search will just pop up. No idea why
While using the phone in the rain one day, the touchscreen pretty much became inoperable once there were multiple droplets on the screen. Luckily I did not have any seepage under the glass, though.
I also concur with meadhros- I've found that when gripping the phone in my right hand, the edge of the pad of my palm at the base of my thumb sometimes sets off the search, since it wraps around the edge of the glass slightly.
sooo, yeah. my wife has the t959v. the screen cracked months ago, replaced it with one from ebay, works fine. a few weeks ago, it was involved in an accident and needed yet another screen replacement; ergo, back to ebay i go. installed the new screen yesterday, turn it on, all is well. for a bit.
now, the phone isn't currently, nor has it ever been rooted; pure stock tmo us 2.3.6. during boot, the splash screens and boot animation are gorgeous and perfect in appearance. the recovery menu is exactly as expected. android boots as you'd want it to, and then the display will do one of the following:
-work properly (rare)
-automatically turn off, capacitive buttons still lit, touchscreen unresponsive - turning it "off" darkens the cap buttons, turning it back on flashes the screen on for a half-second, then off, with cap buttons still lit (common)
-graphical corruption ("solarized" colors, completely wrong colors, pixel vomit in essence) (fairly common)
-screen tinting, blue most often, followed by pale yellow, then greenish, then red (almost constant)
-screen inversion - the display will show as rotated 180 degrees; grabbing a framecap in ddms shows it right way up. touches are also inverse; you have to touch where the onscreen element would be if it were displayed properly instead of where the element is; e.g. a button on lower-left will display in the upper right, upsidedown, but the screen registers the button when you touch the lower-left portion of the screen. (quasi common, equally infuriating and hilarious)
none of these problems will show up in a screenshot at all.
i can reliably reproduce any of the above by simply adjusting the screen brightness. this will, quite literally, cycle through every possible defective display mode randomly for a split-second before moving on to a different one as long as you move the brightness slider.
MOST of these issues are transient and are either fixed (temporarily) or replaced with a different listed issue if you lock/unlock the display. it feels like a hardware issue what with the solarizing and color horrors, but is acting like a software issue, considering that recovery and boot are perfect and have never displayed any of these issues. i tried gently flexing and stressing the case in areas that might be a weak connection point, but can't get it to bug out that way.
in no way am i suggesting that i didn't screw something royally in the reconstruction stage, but i tore down and rebuilt that phone 4 times with identical results, so i can guarantee it's not some loose ribbon connector or zif socket.
i beg of you, great minds of xda, what the balls did i muck up this time? any hope for a fix? are there different panels, drivers, something?
thanks in advance
OK, if your screenshots appear normal, then your phone appears to be working correctly!
or at least it thinks it is we can conclude that it isn't the rom, kernel, or anything that you can blame the phone for going screwy.
Try buying another screen??
The ribbon connector might be broken?
yeah, these were what i figured what my options were. it just seems odd that the boot process and recovery menus have error-free displays while only the full android os doesnt. oh well, i'll probably just have to make a stink about it on ebay or something.
thanks for reading
You might try a fresh flash before getting a new screen to see if it is indeed a hardware issue. If you want to try that follow the second link in my signature. You will not need to flash bootloaders since you are currently on KJ6.
lumin30 said:
You might try a fresh flash before getting a new screen to see if it is indeed a hardware issue. If you want to try that follow the second link in my signature. You will not need to flash bootloaders since you are currently on KJ6.
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hell, warranty's void at this point anyway, right? may as well thanks much!
welp, all went well, screen was perfect through the whole heimdall/recovery process, but the problems still exist in the os c'est la vie. at least my wife's phone is finally rooted, i suppose. thanks anyway!
Have you tried opening it back up and reconnecting?
yup, 4 times, but i guess one more wont hurt
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it definitely seems to be related (if not related, exacerbated by) changes to screen brightness. turning off autobrightness has helped minimize the issue, but it still presents itself semi-often during screen-off/on events. obviously nothing useful in logcat.
zero01101 said:
it definitely seems to be related (if not related, exacerbated by) changes to screen brightness. turning off autobrightness has helped minimize the issue, but it still presents itself semi-often during screen-off/on events. obviously nothing useful in logcat.
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That's interesting and could very well be a hardware problem with the screen. You wouldn't see that in recovery as the OS isn't loaded to mess with the brightness in that mode.
Does it do it on-demand if you mess with the brightness slider?
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Does it do it on-demand if you mess with the brightness slider?
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you better believe it does. rapid fire cycles through every color until it can't take it anymore and turns off. if i take/refresh a screenshot through ddms and poke blindly at the screen at that point, it'll still take input which is a curious, difficult game to say the least.
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you better believe it does. rapid fire cycles through every color until it can't take it anymore and turns off. if i take/refresh a screenshot through ddms and poke blindly at the screen at that point, it'll still take input which is a curious, difficult game to say the least.
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It's that Pink Floyd screen. You're supposed to drop acid & watch the wall when that's going on. LOL j/j
Given that you're on a fresh ROM & the problem persists, I'm leaning toward a hardware issue man. Sorry.
stephen_w said:
It's that Pink Floyd screen. You're supposed to drop acid & watch the wall when that's going on. LOL j/j
Given that you're on a fresh ROM & the problem persists, I'm leaning toward a hardware issue man. Sorry.
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as fun as that sounds, unfortunately i bet i'll end up just getting my wife a used phone on ebay or somewhere similar and using this one as a development monkey. i was assuming that it wasn't something i could fix but hoping otherwise... yeah, that worked out
I just started having this problem. It wasn't too bad at first, just the color changes, but then it started not showing a screen at all. Changed to three different roms, even back to the stock non-rooted KJ6 and gave up. Keeping it on a steady brightness is the only way to minimize the color changing. I thought your thread had a solution but...
I may try opening it up and fixing the ribbon. But otherwise I'll keep using it as long as I can tolerate it until an S3 or a new Nexus.
kristoper said:
I just started having this problem. It wasn't too bad at first, just the color changes, but then it started not showing a screen at all. Changed to three different roms, even back to the stock non-rooted KJ6 and gave up. Keeping it on a steady brightness is the only way to minimize the color changing. I thought your thread had a solution but...
I may try opening it up and fixing the ribbon. But otherwise I'll keep using it as long as I can tolerate it until an S3 or a new Nexus.
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nawp, nothing even close to a solution here i did end up buying my wife a whole new replacement phone and turned the broken one into my api10 development device. for what it's worth, yeah, autobrightness off does help a bit for when the phone is actively displaying content, but after you put it to sleep/screen off and try to turn it back on, it's a crapshoot. for a few horrifying hours, the screen was upsidedown even in recovery/boot animation and would NOT flip back to right-side-up until i ran the battery completely flat.
is no fun, 'tis truth. sorry for your troubles.
I lock my phone and about 10 mins later I go to unlock it and the phone powers up meaning that it has been turned off. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the charge of the battery but it keeps doing this. The other week the phone wouldn't respond for about 5 hours I would touch it and the touch screen was completely dead. I locked the phone and then the screen went black and the touch buttons at the bottom lit up and that was it the phone crashed so I needed to restart it and it just wouldn't work. 5 hours later when I woke up it responded and Bare in mind I ran about 5 ruus to get the phone back to stock so it wasn't a software problem. So has anyone else experienced one of these problems. The random shutdown is my issue at the moment. I'm considering returning it for repair because isn't it true that htc have a 2 year warranty in the uk?
Sounds daft but I'd put a piece of folded paper on top of the battery to ensure it has perfect contact and isn't able to move at all.....I have heard of others who have experienced this issue.
I would also see if you could get another battery for a short time and try that just to rule out that it is an issue with the battery.
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Sounds daft but I'd put a piece of folded paper on top of the battery to ensure it has perfect contact and isn't able to move at all.....I have heard of others who have experienced this issue.
I would also see if you could get another battery for a short time and try that just to rule out that it is an issue with the battery.
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Doesn't sound daft it's a great Idea. I have blu-tack on the slide off cover at the bottom to keep it from jiggling as one of the plastic clips broke. I will probably test another battery because they aren't exactly expensive. Do you know anything about HTC's warranty int he uk ben_pyett? Thanks for the help
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Doesn't sound daft it's a great Idea. I have blu-tack on the slide off cover at the bottom to keep it from jiggling as one of the plastic clips broke. I will probably test another battery because they aren't exactly expensive. Do you know anything about HTC's warranty int he uk ben_pyett? Thanks for the help
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I have heard multiple users that they simply rang HTC up, complained that battery didn't work and got a new one sent out.....so try that....and attempt if possible to hang on to old one, as if it turns out to be device, you get a free battery
Same issue for me, it drove me nuts. Turned out to be a faulty battery when sent off to HTC/Vodafone for repair. They replaced it so I wonder if it's a known issue.
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ben_pyett said:
Sounds daft but I'd put a piece of folded paper on top of the battery to ensure it has perfect contact and isn't able to move at all.....I have heard of others who have experienced this issue.
I would also see if you could get another battery for a short time and try that just to rule out that it is an issue with the battery.
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This.
My phone used to shut down randomly and I searched and found out that it is due to the bad design of battery placement in this phone. All I had to do was put a small piece of paper and it has never shutdown till then.
I'm definitely going to try this, I've been getting lots of resets and I'm relieved it's not a rom issue
edit: how many times did you guys fold the paper over?
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Sounds daft but I'd put a piece of folded paper on top of the battery to ensure it has perfect contact and isn't able to move at all.....I have heard of others who have experienced this issue.
I would also see if you could get another battery for a short time and try that just to rule out that it is an issue with the battery.
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i had issues with my phone turning off too, had it slightly wet at one point so i took it to a phone repair joint, they replaced a few things charged me and it had the same problems afterwards, a test battery proved it was the bloody battery all along!
the tech there let me know our batteries have a soft edge that when pushed up hard against the battery slot it slightly deforms, seems like a bad design if you look at the battery up close you can see one where the edges get pushed in a bit, (well on mine anyway) the test battery i borrowed didn't have the edges pushed in.
Had this problem too. Paper did the trick.
My HTC 828 is always going off by itself, once I open the camera or put on my mobile data the phone goes off please what should I do?
Me too have same problem..My HTC desire 828 dual sim turning off automatically, mostly when I play any videos or turning on camera. Tried factory reset many times but no use..
HTC 828 ramdomly switching off on data use, battery drains off
I also have the same problem...whenever I use apps which use data, the phone goes switch off and many times when I switch on the phone, apps starts optimizing again and again...sometimes battery drains off immediately...please help me...whats the issue...
Phone switching off itself. Nearly same problem is what I face with this HTC 828
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I lock my phone and about 10 mins later I go to unlock it and the phone powers up meaning that it has been turned off. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the charge of the battery but it keeps doing this. The other week the phone wouldn't respond for about 5 hours I would touch it and the touch screen was completely dead. I locked the phone and then the screen went black and the touch buttons at the bottom lit up and that was it the phone crashed so I needed to restart it and it just wouldn't work. 5 hours later when I woke up it responded and Bare in mind I ran about 5 ruus to get the phone back to stock so it wasn't a software problem. So has anyone else experienced one of these problems. The random shutdown is my issue at the moment. I'm considering returning it for repair because isn't it true that htc have a 2 year warranty in the uk?
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Nearly same problem is what I face with this HTC 828 desire
Never knew that HTC would let me that down
Worst company ever
The only reason this phone was with me was due to its good camera qualities else
This phone couldn't give any better loudness if not accompanied to speakers ....each time while watching any video I need speakers
Well ...this phone made me realise that it's not necessary that good priced phone are necessarily good
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theguitarman94 said:
I lock my phone and about 10 mins later I go to unlock it and the phone powers up meaning that it has been turned off. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the charge of the battery but it keeps doing this. The other week the phone wouldn't respond for about 5 hours I would touch it and the touch screen was completely dead. I locked the phone and then the screen went black and the touch buttons at the bottom lit up and that was it the phone crashed so I needed to restart it and it just wouldn't work. 5 hours later when I woke up it responded and Bare in mind I ran about 5 ruus to get the phone back to stock so it wasn't a software problem. So has anyone else experienced one of these problems. The random shutdown is my issue at the moment. I'm considering returning it for repair because isn't it true that htc have a 2 year warranty in the uk?
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Nearly same problem is what I face with this HTC 828 desire
Never knew that HTC would let me that down
Worst company ever
The only reason this phone was with me was due to its good camera qualities else
This phone couldn't give any better loudness if not accompanied to speakers ....each time while watching any video I need speakers
Well ...this phone made me realise that it's not necessary that good priced phone are necessarily good
What should I do to get rid of this problem
(Before I resell it)
My battery couldn't be removed
So the solution of paper couldnt be fine with it
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hi have same issue on my htc d820ts so i flashed it with new firmware and check the battery connector or power supply area its ok but phone issue is same so please if some one have any idea help me
So, there I was, eating dinner while my phone read me a book.* And suddenly, it stopped. Because my phone crashed. And the amount of a boot cycle it can get through before crashing has been decreasing ever since. A complicating factor: when I still thought it was possibly a software issue, I booted into recovery, and attempted to re-flash the OS (currently it's on 10.2.1). It crashed partway through the process.
On the off chance this was a humidity issue (and not having a lot of time to mess with it) I opened up the phone, removed battery, sim, sd and the small screws in the main body of the phone, and left it in a dry well ventillated place. Now it will get as far as the initial "samsung" splash screen the first time I've reinserted the battery, and won't boot at all beside that. (It's possible that the power button was behaving weirdly, but the phone's behavior was generally so erratic that I can't say that with confidence.) Also, sniffing at the keyboard there is ever so faint a smell of burnt electronics... maybe. Maybe just platicizers. (I've noticed a bit of
This is the same phone that had screen issues (assumed to be related to a small amount of water** though subsequent evidence suggested a loose connector as an alternative hypothesis) around the beginning of February. It's been fine ever since, discounting the occasional weird usb connectivity issues that seem to be common with this phone.
I'm pretty happy to take the phone apart, but other than a general decase everything and look for loose connectors or other obvious trouble, I'm not even sure where to begin. (Also, I have about twelve hours to put in an order if I want Amazon to send by a new phone by tomorrow. Which is kind of silly, but this is swiftly and impressively dead. And otherwise it'd be no phone until Tuesday, which wouldn't kill me, but which would annoy me mightily.)
Any thought regarding common problem areas for this phone? I'm hoping to be able to leave the lab early today, which should give me some hours of working time. Well set up for tools, always happy to have things to take apart.
* Text to speech is awesome, once you get used to the robo-voice.
** Really, not a lot - none of the moisure stickers showed anything, and I don't think it got into the main body of the phone.
The de-casing was fun, and yet there isn't an obviously damaged component. It was pronounced dead at 6:20 yesterday evening.
R.I.p.
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tylik said:
So, there I was, eating dinner while my phone read me a book.* And suddenly, it stopped. Because my phone crashed. And the amount of a boot cycle it can get through before crashing has been decreasing ever since. A complicating factor: when I still thought it was possibly a software issue, I booted into recovery, and attempted to re-flash the OS (currently it's on 10.2.1). It crashed partway through the process.
On the off chance this was a humidity issue (and not having a lot of time to mess with it) I opened up the phone, removed battery, sim, sd and the small screws in the main body of the phone, and left it in a dry well ventillated place. Now it will get as far as the initial "samsung" splash screen the first time I've reinserted the battery, and won't boot at all beside that. (It's possible that the power button was behaving weirdly, but the phone's behavior was generally so erratic that I can't say that with confidence.) Also, sniffing at the keyboard there is ever so faint a smell of burnt electronics... maybe. Maybe just platicizers. (I've noticed a bit of
This is the same phone that had screen issues (assumed to be related to a small amount of water** though subsequent evidence suggested a loose connector as an alternative hypothesis) around the beginning of February. It's been fine ever since, discounting the occasional weird usb connectivity issues that seem to be common with this phone.
I'm pretty happy to take the phone apart, but other than a general decase everything and look for loose connectors or other obvious trouble, I'm not even sure where to begin. (Also, I have about twelve hours to put in an order if I want Amazon to send by a new phone by tomorrow. Which is kind of silly, but this is swiftly and impressively dead. And otherwise it'd be no phone until Tuesday, which wouldn't kill me, but which would annoy me mightily.)
Any thought regarding common problem areas for this phone? I'm hoping to be able to leave the lab early today, which should give me some hours of working time. Well set up for tools, always happy to have things to take apart.
* Text to speech is awesome, once you get used to the robo-voice.
** Really, not a lot - none of the moisure stickers showed anything, and I don't think it got into the main body of the phone.
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Get a new battery for it....had this issue before and placing new battery in it fixed my bootlooping and not being able to flash or get past samsung screen...the samsung batteries have an overcharge feature which has been known for causing errors such as this...
So i've been having a lot of issues with my N5 lately, mostly small stuff like general slowness, poor battery life, not surprising on an almost 3 year old phone. I also lose cell service way too frequently (not an issue with my carryer, all my friends are on the same network and are fine). Camera won't focus anymore (though im pretty sure this was my fault, probably broke it while taking it apart). I'm pretty sure the battery connector on my motherboard is damaged. I've had many problems with the battery reading its temperature as -30 C (battery heath "cold"), i've replaced the battery 4 times now and i still get that problem every now and then. Pushing on the connector fixes it temporarily, so im pretty sure some pin is bent slightly out of place and i don't know how to fix that. It recently started having this issue where just moving or bumping the phone the wrong way would cause the phone to shut off. Probably an issue with the battery connector again. I tried fiddling with it but it didn't do much.
The other day i turned it on and the LCD was backlit, but black except for one single vertical white line. Rebooted and it looked normal. Few hours later i got really pissed off with it for shutting off in the middle of an important text and threw it at the wall (not the best idea i know). Screen was already cracked so i didn't really care. Ever since then the LCD has been a real pain in the ass. i can turn the phone on but there's nothing on the screen. Ii get haptic feedback when the Google logo would up, and the notification LED is flashing like i have a message. The backlight is on and pushing hard on the cable connecting the motherboard to the daughter board i can see it start to turn on, (Google logo, few seconds of boot animation) but then back to black (while still backlit).
I can post photos if it would help diagnose/fix this, my phone is my main camera and i don't want to bother anyone if i don't have to.
Anyone know any tricks that might squeeze another mouth out of this dying phone? Any response is appreciated, Thanks!
The issues could have been related to the power button or physical internal damage. My suggestion: replace the screen with a cheap 3rd party screen if the internal components are still working. This will give you more time with your existing phone and allow you to have a working backup.