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i have my g2x rooted and running great the only problem is battery life i went from a full charge to 65 percent in about 2 and a half hrs! with just sending a few texts and chatting on skype for about 10 min, i called tmobile and here are my options i can wait till may 5th and they can just send me a battery or i can take it back and risk getting a defective one! I have never had any random reboots or freezing so far! except when i deleted some tmobile bloatware i got a couple fc's and had to restart then everything was fine! what should i do?
What processes are running in the background? Which task killer app are you running with what kill frequency?
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why may 5th
danz8509 said:
i have my g2x rooted and running great the only problem is battery life i went from a full charge to 65 percent in about 2 and a half hrs! with just sending a few texts and chatting on skype for about 10 min, i called tmobile and here are my options i can wait till may 5th and they can just send me a battery or i can take it back and risk getting a defective one! I have never had any random reboots or freezing so far! except when i deleted some tmobile bloatware i got a couple fc's and had to restart then everything was fine! what should i do?
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why would you have to wait until may 5th for a replacement of a defective item. and it is defective if you do the right thing with it let it drain all the way than fully charge a couple times.
I have an up time off charger for 22 hours now some texting , some messing with phone a couple calls. and still at 67% intentially testing to see how it did. in mainly standby with minimal use. when i get my hdmi cord tommorow ill start pushing it . want to make sure it doesnt over heat or burn up like some report.
But by may 5th the 2 weeks will be up and if its something other than the battery it will be more difficult to get replaced. a year warrenty at least and if you have insurance with tmobile it covers everything that is a phone defect with no deductable(i was told) so just more of a pain.
keep doing what ever your doing run that puppy until it dies and recharge leave on for 2 hours after it says its charged and see if its any better. if not id look more into why you have to wait for may 5th to get a replacement.
After clearing all the crap off the phone, I left mine on most of the day. After eight hours comprised of about and hour talking, a fair mount of browsing the web, etc, and most of it with wifi calling active, I'm at 50%.
nothing really i use auto killer memory to close what ever i open
i have tried the drain the battery all the way down and they still didnt work! i tried the reset the phone as well i guess i will take it back, one question tho do i have to unroot and return the tmobile apps for them to take it back?
eagle1967 said:
I have an up time off charger for 22 hours now some texting , some messing with phone a couple calls. and still at 67% intentially testing to see how it did. in mainly standby with minimal use. when i get my hdmi cord tommorow ill start pushing it . want to make sure it doesnt over heat or burn up like some report.
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I would love to be able to get that kind of battery life lol...are you doing anything special for that?
I think the top part goes really fast and it will take a long time to get from 50% to 0. Also, it's just in the first few days I think it will act a little differently after a few charges.
edit: why are you guys using taskkillers or autokiller?
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I think the top part goes really fast and it will take a long time to get from 50% to 0. Also, it's just in the first few days I think it will act a little differently after a few charges.
edit: why are you guys using taskkillers or autokiller?
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I was going to ask the same thing. Wouldn't this make the battery worse, if anything?
do i have to unroot and return the tmobile apps for them to take it back? please let me know
I'm also considering returning it but first I will wait for few days and see if it gets better. However I was wondering, what is tmobile's return policy for off contract phones? Is it true that you can return it anytime within a month?
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do i have to unroot and return the tmobile apps for them to take it back? please let me know
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Yes you do. Rooting voids any warranty you have on the device.
i was told 14 days buyers remorse period is what the tmobile said when i called today
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i was told 14 days buyers remorse period is what the tmobile said when i called today
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That's correct but I would still imagine that rooting your phone could void this in the same way it voids any warranty.
Had the g2x since launch day, loved the speed, size, etc. Never had a single reboot (actually did once or twice while charging in the first few days), screen bleed and had fairly good battery life to boot with fairly heavy usage. What more can you ask for, right?
So fast forward to today...i was in the middle of typing a text and battery died, I was at 1%. So I plug it in, turn it on and then it got really hot and non stop rebooting only while on the charger. Taking it off the charger would stop the reboots, plug it in again reboot cycle again within minutes (no sound to warn me its rebooting, no start up animation).
Eventually when it was on the charger the battery icon looked really weird, it was completely white with 2 circular arrows in it, never seen that before, anyone know what that means.
After a while the phone cooled down and has now been charging for he last hour with no rebooting. I did call Tmo and they are sending me a new battery and handset.
I am unsure what to do, keep mine since it appears to be fine now or keep the replacement items. I am not rooted completely stock with minimal apps installed.
I really, really dont feel like setting up all my prefs again and reinstalling apps. One thing is for sure i am seriuosly considering the HTC sensation now. Had the MT4G before and it was great, so my perception of HTC is high.
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Had the g2x since launch day, loved the speed, size, etc. Never had a single reboot (actually did once or twice while charging in the first few days), screen bleed and had fairly good battery life to boot with fairly heavy usage. What more can you ask for, right?
So fast forward to today...i was in the middle of typing a text and battery died, I was at 1%. So I plug it in, turn it on and then it got really hot and non stop rebooting only while on the charger. Taking it off the charger would stop the reboots, plug it in again reboot cycle again within minutes (no sound to warn me its rebooting, no start up animation).
Eventually when it was on the charger the battery icon looked really weird, it was completely white with 2 circular arrows in it, never seen that before, anyone know what that means.
After a while the phone cooled down and has now been charging for he last hour with no rebooting. I did call Tmo and they are sending me a new battery and handset.
I am unsure what to do, keep mine since it appears to be fine now or keep the replacement items. I am not rooted completely stock with minimal apps installed.
I really, really dont feel like setting up all my prefs again and reinstalling apps. One thing is for sure i am seriuosly considering the HTC sensation now. Had the MT4G before and it was great, so my perception of HTC is high.
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If you don't notice any problems, keep it
The same thing happened to me this morning
Battery health status OVERHEAT
took off battery cover, i powered off through menu, powered back on through button
WHITE BATTERY REFRESH LOGO followed by media scan
Working as good as ever, and actually my battery life is a little better
Get a new battery asap. Yours is bad if it's overhearing during charge.
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Get a new battery asap. Yours is bad if it's overhearing during charge.
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im kind of in the same boat as the op but not as bad on the overheating. how do i get a new battery? i bought from amazon and its past the return period.
My opinion of LG is really low. First the sd card slot died on my Optimus T and then numerous problems with my returned G2x. I hate to say it, but the grass is definitely greener on the HTC side right now. I will be checking out the sensation if permaroot happens.
yup, mine did the same thing. all was good for a month or so then boom my battery just freaked out. I wrestled with it a few days then last night it went from 100% - 0% in 6hrs while powered off. It's the battery. Get a new one.
Mine doesn't reboot...it just shuts off. Won't turn back on until I yank the battery. Only issue happens like once a day. But ill point out I'm now pissed Droid x gets gb Friday and I'm still using froyo...granted.by choice because I refuse to use a leak.
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My opinion of LG is really low. First the sd card slot died on my Optimus T and then numerous problems with my returned G2x. I hate to say it, but the grass is definitely greener on the HTC side right now. I will be checking out the sensation if permaroot happens.
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Not to change subject here but permaroot doesn't do much if the bootloader is locked. Gaining root doesn't mean custom roms or mods. You'll be able to use Titanium Backup but so what.
Also, back on topic. There are lots of reports that the batteries are bad and if it is over heating I'd definatly replace it.
Tmo sent me a replacement G2x after I thought I fried mine. I fixed it eventually by flashing several CWM recoveries. The replacement had nasty screen bleed. Needless-to-say I sent the replacement packing.
I was using my phone all day yesterday like usual I let my battery die all the way before charging again and today for some reason my battery is dying quickly.
Took off the charger at 6 am and it is now 11am and I have only 50% usually I have 70% or so. I hope my battery is not crapping out on me... I guess Ill find out in the next few days maybe this is just a fluke... I hope...
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Not to change subject here but permaroot doesn't do much if the bootloader is locked. Gaining root doesn't mean custom roms or mods. You'll be able to use Titanium Backup but so what.
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Good thing it's not gonna be locked then eh?
http://www.tmonews.com/2011/05/htc-decides-to-unlock-bootloaders-moving-forward/
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Good thing it's not gonna be locked then eh?
http://www.tmonews.com/2011/05/htc-decides-to-unlock-bootloaders-moving-forward/
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It is locked and HTC said this policy applies only moving forward. Which means future phones. There is no word about existing phones yet.
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I am on my third G2x. From the day I received the last one(3 weeks ago) it has been rock solid(NO reboots-no screen freezes- no dropping data connections). Two days ago I bought a router and decided to use wifi in my home. Since hooking it up and running the G2X on it I find that I have reboots-screen freezes and oh yes data connection dropped (numerous times)I guess the wifi is just not meant for this phone. 3 weeks of happy usage and bam!! wifi in the house. I have also had apps changing settings without my doing so( never happened before wifi usage<) Also now the Gps is even worse than before.Been running it without the wifi and still getting the same issues now. Oh how I wish I had just stopped after the second one and asked for refund. This could (and probably will be eventually) a super super phone. I just don't know if I have the patience to wait . I just ordered an Asus Transformer which will be here on 5/31/11, maybe playing with it will soften my stance on how I view the G2x at this moment. Anyone else had the wifi situation?
I'm rooted with cwm. I have random freezes but it appears to only be random kernels. As well as only certain versions of android. Once the gb update comes out, I'm sure alot of our problems will clear up...
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Hi, I have searched all over this forum and Google, and tried every solution on offer, but to no avail. My last resort before condemning the phone is to see if anyone has any bright ideas.
Basically every time I flash a new ROM the phone is fine for a couple of days, then it starts switching off randomly this gets more frequent over the next couple of weeks, until it becomes unusable. I have tried different Sim cards, different sd cards, no sd card at all. Complete wipe of everything including sd card. Running with no apps and everything stock except signing into Google. I have tried sense roms and non sense based roms on ginger bread and ics. Everything works fine except for this problem. I feel it's not a hardwear problem due to it being ok for a few days after new flash.
My current ROM is the stock ruu, which is on its way to getting bad again after flashing it last weekend. I received the small update to the settings today which added the missing 3rd party app option, it hasn't switched off since then, but then it had only been a few hours, I am not hopeful!
I haven't tried a new battery as the battery life seems fine, and it turns off sometimes when sat on the desk, so not a loose connection or anything also the way it gets worse in time after a fresh install. Have tried the setting network to gsm only and other network options, but no luck.
I really hope someone can suggest something as I love this phone, but it is pretty useless to me, I use it for phone calls at work a lot and as it is have no idea if it is off or on in my pocket.
Cheers in advance for any help
Tom
Oh yeah, I bought the phone second hand so a return to get it fixed isn't really an option
Ok when you boot into the Hboot screen does it say S-off or does it still say S-on. If it still says S-on then the previous owner probably used HTC Dev to unlock the bootloader and not Revolutionary. If this is the case then click on the link in my signature that says "S-off explained". Maybe this will shed some light on things and maybe it will help you fix your issue. But do not just rule out a hardware issue as bad NAND blocks can cause this same issue sometimes.
Hi, i had the same problem and bought a new battery. Since the battery change everything is working and had no rnd turn off since then.
Cheers for the replies.
I got S-OFF on the phone, as far as I remember via revolutionary. It says Pyramid pvt ship s-off rl. With locked at the top, as far as I can tell from reading this is normal?
I really hope its not something inside the phone that I can do nothing about, would be an expensive mess for me to find myself in!
I will try ordering an ankar battery, they seem cheap, and worth it any way, if it solves my problem, then even better.
Cheers for both your replies, I will continue the hunt.
i have the same problem...but when i torn on the phone the battery are drasticaly down!
i have a S-ON Sensation with stock Gingerbread
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I've got a similar problem, I'm S-ON, ICS Vodafone but it was happening before the update too.
It seems much more likely to happen for me when on lower battery levels, and something like the camera flash firing will often turn it straight off.
As mentioned above when it comes back on the battery level is way down on what it was/should be. It also seems more likely to occur after it's happened once in a day and sometimes I'll only get halfway through unlocking the phone before it turns straight off again.
It never happens while charging - pulling the battery and reinserting it after a restart seems to make it more reliable and makes the correct battery level come back up.
Seems to me like it may be a battery issue but as I'm having some other issues too I'm sending it back to HTC and going to see what they say/do, if I get it back and still have problems I'll buy an Anker.
Its a battery problem guys. Glad Im not the only one.
See my problems here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1604924
But after some scouting around its a battery fault. Cant wait to order a new batt this week. Phone is driving me crazy
I got my new battery yesterday. So we shall see how it goes. Only time will tell. It will be nice to get a bit more out of the battery as a bonus. Fingers crossed, I shall keep people posted for future reference.
Cheers all
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I got my new battery yesterday. So we shall see how it goes. Only time will tell. It will be nice to get a bit more out of the battery as a bonus. Fingers crossed, I shall keep people posted for future reference.
Cheers all
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id u try to calibrate ur battery after flashing the new rom.?
Try the calibration charge ur phone for 5 H's continous without intrabtion even it shows u that it's full charged donot unblog it from charging cost green lite is fake after that do battery status wipe from battery calibration application from market then use ur mobile till 0% then do full charge again like 1st time after 3to4time you'll see the deffrence thanks to mike1986 for helping
hit thanks If u like it ..
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I had this problem but came to the conclusion that it was the SIM rather than the battery - ran the phone for a day or two without a SIM and it never shut down, then when I reinserted the SIM (and took more care to ensure it was correctly inserted) I haven't had the problem since.
Might be worth looking at?
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I had this problem but came to the conclusion that it was the SIM rather than the battery - ran the phone for a day or two without a SIM and it never shut down, then when I reinserted the SIM (and took more care to ensure it was correctly inserted) I haven't had the problem since.
Might be worth looking at?
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so how i agree with u , coz i tried this 1 when my phone was shutting down 10 time an hour and it didn't shut down but the battery drain still there until i did the battery calibration thing & it's ok now..
yeah I don't think the power off thing has anything to do with battery drain, but often the battery readout will stabilise after a few charges and discharges - after resetting battery stats the readout can often be a bit erratic.
It might be.right.. but he Still have a battery drain issue he must calibrate the battery. Tucker to hit thanks
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Will try the sim thing, but my battery is comletely goosed.
Tells me I have 40% and then shuts down. Restart and its saying empty
hey for those of you using ICS Rom's make sure you have updated your Firmware/Bootloader to the newest version. I was having the same problem with my phone for the last week. Would randomly shut off even if battery was 60 percent and then start into bootloop with random battery percentages shown. Someone on the Insertcoin Sense 4 thread suggested I update my Bootloader and it seems to have fixed my problem.
Link to upgrade firmware is:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767
Make sure you download the latest one (3.32)
UPDATE: Problem hasn't been solved...just took a while for it to return. Not sure what's wrong and I'm really annoyed that I can't figure it out. Kinda disappointed that the new battery hasn't fixed your phone Tombon26, I was just about to go buy a new battery myself. Really hope someone can help with this.
So a new battery hasn't cured the problem. Will try the calibration, although I have done it before, but can't remember if it was before my problems.
I am a bit confused by the upgrading firmware because I have the official HTC ruu on my phone, which I thought was the newest of everything, and haven't rooted the phone since, so I thought this would make the phone as close to stock as possible without s-on.
As far as I can tell my battery doesn't randomly jump down after it switches off. Not sure if this is a good sign or not!
So frustrating the whole thing.
Cheers for peoples contributions
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Just ordered a new anker 1900 battery, should hopefully have it early next week
with your phone being s-off, have you not tried a totally different rom like arhd or lee droid?
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with your phone being s-off, have you not tried a totally different rom like arhd or lee droid?
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I have, makes no difference. Tired the sim thing yesterday and no crashes what so ever. But the battery is still playing up. I need a new one anyways, so its worth the £7.99 for new one
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I have, makes no difference. Tired the sim thing yesterday and no crashes what so ever. But the battery is still playing up. I need a new one anyways, so its worth the £7.99 for new one
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Yeah buy a new battery glad I sorted the crashes though!
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okay,
My device doesnt turn on anymore. no light while charging...
it has drain the battery over the night, was full and after 8h of sleep it was at 12% and after draining all the battery I've put the charger on and no light, no way to turn it on.
I've installed CleanRom 2.6 SE just before going to sleep.
Any Idea ?
bricked... do you have super cid?
attcid flash rogers radio can brick
or other way around
hope you didnt do that...
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yeah I have super cid, and I was on cleanrom before the new release !
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bricked... do you have super cid?
attcid flash rogers radio can brick
or other way around
hope you didnt do that...
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wait what? he said he flashed a new rom then let it die....so it turned back on after you flashed right? keep it plugged in for awhile sometimes like on my samsung tab it takes a good 15 mins before it does anything, i have att and i flash rogers radios and roms all the time with no brick.
been charging for like an hour and nothing ...
Plugged into the wall with the supplied charger cable with it?
I use to charge my xperia on my laptop, although for whatever reason when i used the phone [with data off] / had data on whether in use or not, it drained faster than it charged.
Phone is close and charging for 2hours now ... still no light and no way to open in
Try to see if you can get in to boot (power+vol down) while plugged into your computer and try flashing an older RUU. Even if the screen doesn't show anything see if your computer might pick it up.
This happened to me too. Phone was fine, charged over night and was 100% when i left to work in the morning. Used Google navigation for 5 minutes and than let the phone sit for the next half hour. By the time i tried to use it again the phone was off and dead.
Nothing worked to turn it on. Charging, hard resets, plugging to computer all failed. I read somewhere that someone had same issue and after 24 hours connected to USB the phone finally began working again. I tried that too but unfortunately only solution was to send it in for a new one =(
Hope you have better luck than me.
Nop, doesnt work
Yeah looking like I'll need to send it to HTC and pay to have it repaired since I've unlocked it
Nice waist of 650$ bucks
anybody know how much it cost to have it repaired by HTC ? after 3 week of usage LOL
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anybody know how much it cost to have it repaired by HTC ? after 3 week of usage LOL
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phone has a 1 year warranty from HTC so it should cost nothing unless they decide that what you did bricked it since you unlocked the bootloader. What is your carrier's policy, do they handle exchanges for the first 30 days for example?
finally I've call rogers they'll send me an HTC One X within 15 days by the Post. cost me 35$ for the replacement and told me the only way they'll charge me more is if it has been Water Damage ...
So finger cross it wont take 3 week to receive it !
*BTW HTC doesnt repair phone in canada ! (I call them) It is the responsibility of the sellers (ROGERS, BELL or TELUS)
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finally I've call rogers they'll send me an HTC One X within 15 days by the Post. cost me 35$ for the replacement and told me the only way they'll charge me more is if it has been Water Damage ...
So finger cross it wont take 3 week to receive it !
*BTW HTC doesnt repair phone in canada ! (I call them) It is the responsibility of the sellers (ROGERS, BELL or TELUS)
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That's not too bad I suppose. Better than having to pay full cost for a repair.
Yeah that's sure !
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finally I've call rogers they'll send me an HTC One X within 15 days by the Post. cost me 35$ for the replacement and told me the only way they'll charge me more is if it has been Water Damage ...
So finger cross it wont take 3 week to receive it !
*BTW HTC doesnt repair phone in canada ! (I call them) It is the responsibility of the sellers (ROGERS, BELL or TELUS)
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Awesome, congrats!
WOW !
Just receive the new HTC One X by the post ...
only thing I can say is : Damn Rogers you're fast !!
Thanks everyone
Possible solution
Just incase anyone else has this problem.......I had exactly the same problem and just pressed the power and volumn buttons randomly and eventually it botted into bootloader. I dont know what combination of buttons did it but if you do the same it might work.
hey guys, new to the m8 here but I'm already having issues sadly. I'm getting phantom touches randomly. I'll be in hangouts or any app, and all of a sudden the home button will just hit itself. I see the gray glow around the button, and it returns home. if I quickly go back to hangout with the keyword up, I'll notice that it'll add a random letter before I start typing.
is this a touchscreen issue or a software issue? I bought the phone used from a friend. hopefully someone can help shed some light on this.
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hey guys, new to the m8 here but I'm already having issues sadly. I'm getting phantom touches randomly. I'll be in hangouts or any app, and all of a sudden the home button will just hit itself. I see the gray glow around the button, and it returns home. if I quickly go back to hangout with the keyword up, I'll notice that it'll add a random letter before I start typing.
is this a touchscreen issue or a software issue? I bought the phone used from a friend. hopefully someone can help shed some light on this.
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This use to happen to me when I was in Playstore installing apps, it would just hit home button everytime or hit app I didn't mean to tap on. I would say its touchscreen issue and I would calibrating my device using the "G-Sensor Calibration" in the "Display & gestures" section if you didn't know that already.
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This use to happen to me when I was in Playstore installing apps, it would just hit home button everytime or hit app I didn't mean to tap on. I would say its touchscreen issue and I would calibrating my device using the "G-Sensor Calibration" in the "Display & gestures" section if you didn't know that already.
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but do you think it's hardware and it should be returned?
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but do you think it's hardware and it should be returned?
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If you ask me I wouldn't return it but if the issue still recurs return it or exchange for another one if possible.
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If you ask me I wouldn't return it but if the issue still recurs return it or exchange for another one if possible.
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well the thing is its used, I bought it off a friend. he said he only ever had the issue when it was plugged in, and he always figured it was because he wasn't using the HTC charger. I first noticed it when it was plugged in but then I noticed it when it was unplugged still.
also, to note, that same thing happened to me in the play store. I was downloading all my apps when I set it up and it kept randomly going home. I'm trying to decide what to do because I haven't paid him yet because he's letting me use it for a few days to see if I like it. I do really like it but I just want to figure this out.
I've had touch screen issues with my nexus 7 which are very annoying, but they seem to be software related so I'm hoping maybe flashing a rom might help on here..
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I had this same issue and had to get it replaced. I would return it if you can't get a warranty replacement.
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I had this same issue and had to get it replaced. I would return it if you can't get a warranty replacement.
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For the warranty replacement does Verizon check the bootloader first dealing with a replacement?
I have this issue too but only in Gmail. Doesn't bother me too much
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For the warranty replacement does Verizon check the bootloader first dealing with a replacement?
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I'm not really sure, but HTC gave me a hard time about being S-Off but I eventually talked them out of charging me for the replacement.
I then had issues with the replacement that HTC sent me so I dealt with VZW on getting that one replaced.
I made sure to set that one back to S-On as I didn't want to deal with Verizon over an unlocked bootloader.
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I'm not really sure, but HTC gave me a hard time about being S-Off but I eventually talked them out of charging me for the replacement.
I then had issues with the replacement that HTC sent me so I dealt with VZW on getting that one replaced.
I made sure to set that one back to S-On as I didn't want to deal with Verizon over an unlocked bootloader.
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That's good to know but do you think Verizon would say anything if my bootloader said Relocked instead off Locked?
I'm not sure, I only know that HTC gave me a hard time and my device was locked, not relocked. I'd guess that VZW doesn't have a thorough check like HTC does, but it is a risk.
hmm. seems like a hardware issue then. i really tried to like the phone..used it for 1 day and then realized it's not for me. although those speakers are amazing, the phone is HUGE for having such a small screen (i'm used to the nice, bezel-less LG G2) so it isn't really worth it for me to spend $350 on. plus, the battery was pretty bad. immediately after taking it off the charger overnight, it dropped to 99% within a minute..within like 30 minutes of morning usage, i was already down to like 82% (which reminded me of the Droid DNA days with it's awful battery...) compared to my G2 which stays at 100% for about 1.5 hours and 20 minutes screen on time. by the time i leave the house in the morning for work, i'm typically at 95%. the M8 was at like 82%. i sometimes get home after work and my G2 is at 75%. the M8 was at 30% after light usage throughout the day. yeah, idc what evreyone says about the M8's battery, it just isn't good enough for me.
Wow. That's awful battery life. Almost what I used to get on my rezound. I would definitely have returned my m8 if I got battery life like that. Something must be wrong with yours. I usually get through my 16hr day with about 70% left, even closer to 80% if I don't use it much. I think the best I ever got out of this phone was almost 3 days and over 8 hours screen time. It can sometimes be a chore to get good life out of this phone though. I constantly fight with this thing to get it to sleep but it's mostly issues with Google and their very annoying play services.