I'm having some strange, but serious issues with my device. It started a week ago, I started it up, it somehow didn't show the boot animation anymore(!), and when I reached the lockscreen, the device just freezes. I can turn the screen off/on, and it can register one touch (ex. on the unlock slider, so it vibrates), but further it just doesn't respond anymore, till I turn the screen off and on again.
Then I went to recovery, and instead of loading the whole menu, it only displays the text "build: " at the left bottom of the screen, the rest just doesn't show up, neither does it respond to anything.
My device is currently useless, and I find it a very strange problem, so if anyone can help me, maybe has an idea of what's wrong, had something similar, or knows how to fix it, you would be my hero!
Btw, I can connect through both ADB and Fastboot normally.
Thank you.
should be in q&a thread
flash orange.nbh through hboot, start fresh... if this won't work there will be lots more things to test
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demkantor said:
flash orange.nbh through hboot, start fresh... if this won't work there will be lots more things to test
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Thanks for the reply!
Just did it, went without problems, only it still hangs at recovery, and at the lockscreen.
Only now I've also lost my ability to use adb...
What more would you suggest to test?
fakecaker said:
Thanks for the reply!
Just did it, went without problems, only it still hangs at recovery, and at the lockscreen.
Only now I've also lost my ability to use adb...
What more would you suggest to test?
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I don't know much about programing, but i would suggest you restore to stock like you did then re-root, and try other recoveries. like amonra or different versions of Clockwork mod.
well the orange.nbh will change your radio/spl/recovery. from this point fastboot should work fine (so long as your emmc/motherboard isn't fried)
so can you get into fastboot? if so flash amonra recovery here then reboot into recovery
if that works then you may want to update your radio/spl before flashing a new rom
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It's definitely the screen flex cable inside the G1. Happened to my old screen. You can't do anything other than get a new screen.
Before flashing the .nbh I could fully use my fastboot, but now it gives me the "remote: not allow" (btw i'm on 1.33.0006 now).
So I can't flash the amonra recovery, and I must note, that when this trouble started, I Was already using AmonRa1.7, which had the freezing.
sound like the motherboard is nearly dead, fastboot works with that spl... you might look for a cheap g1 on ebay
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As I said, its not the motherboard. Its the screen.
I had the exact problem with my G1. Down to the tiniest detail. Swapping in a new screen fixed it.
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As I said, its not the motherboard. Its the screen.
I had the exact problem with my G1. Down to the tiniest detail. Swapping in a new screen fixed it.
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I don't think it's the screen, since when I boot it up, (even tough I don't get a boot animation) the lockscreen I get is displayed perfectly normal, and even detects touch. Also my fastboot, etc display normal...
I think rather that there is something with the motherboard/cpu or something. But I don't see how it could give the symptoms i'm having right now. Since if for example the cpu would be fryed, I'd guess nothing would work at all.
as you describe it, it sounds unlikely it is the screen or flex, it shouldn't freeze but rather not respond to touch (could be intermediate) or won't show picture etc.
the motherboard may not fully be fried rather it is partitioned out to diffrent blocks, data, system, radio, spl, recovery, etc
some of those blocks can get corrupt, resulting in a similar "freeze" so when I say motherboard is fried it could just mean your emmc has corrupter blocks of memory
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*sigh*
My 1st G1 froze exactly like that. I could touch the unlock slider, and it vibrated, but it froze the screen.
Recovery also froze at "Build:". Anything froze half a second after starting to render or at a touch. The only way I could temporarily fix it was to slide the screen into positions in the middle and place something there to hold it. But that didn't last long.
Later I got a new G1. But then I bricked it. So I took the motherboard from the old (freezing) one, and put it in the new one. I can assure you that it works beautifully and I am posting from it right now.
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fair enough, flex is only $5~10 so it may be worth a shot
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fair enough, flex is only $5~10 so it may be worth a shot
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Then again, I don't want to be yelled at if it still doesn't work. :S
Also, the flex is hecka hard to replace. I don't recommend it. I say grab a new G1. They're really cheap. Or grab a new phone.
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well I doubt you'll get banned from xda
they're cheap and if you even slightly mechanicaly inclined its not too bad, basically you'll need to strip the phone down almost completley to replace it, I've done this many times so my time frame maybe quicker than yours so id estimate an hour of your time to do it
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If its anything like my magic you need the right screwdriver or you'll knacker the screws, plus you need a plastic wedge thing to pry apart things like the flex. Also make sure you don't loose any bits or forget where things go. For instance a tiny bent piece of plastic fell out and I carried on after I couldn't find it.....turns out it transfers the notification light from the back of the phone to the front. Could I find a replacement - no chance! Apart from all that its a breeze.
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If its anything like my magic you need the right screwdriver or you'll knacker the screws, plus you need a plastic wedge thing to pry apart things like the flex. Also make sure you don't loose any bits or forget where things go. For instance a tiny bent piece of plastic fell out and I carried on after I couldn't find it.....turns out it transfers the notification light from the back of the phone to the front. Could I find a replacement - no chance! Apart from all that its a breeze.
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The G1 flex cable is in a really weird set up to allow the screen to slide out. Which is why I'm saying its gonna be hecka hard. You need to take apart the whole sliding mechanism.
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Ok, I guess my fellow adventurer has just reached it's final state. :angel:
I don't think it had wanted to be repaired, we must leave it rest now.
Even tough replacing the cable might fix it, I don't think it's worth the trouble. It's probably time for me to get a device from this decenium.
Probably something with a good camera and good processing power.
Probably it's going to be a Galaxy Nexus that's going to replace the spot in my pocket, but nothing will replace the spot in my heart, where this phone will remain!
Anyway, thanks for the help, and insight in what might have been the problem.
well if your truly done with your g1 maybe consider a g2 (vision) it doesn't have as good of a keyboard as the g1 but has great specs for a phone that is two years old and still lots of development (fully working ics + jellybean almost to daily driver point) and they have gotten cheap on ebay, 100 range for a used one
also consider picking up another g1, it is the best backup phone possible and will probably always have developmet, I have a g2 but I use my g1 almost as much still
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I have a strange problem. Occasionally my phone will refuse to let me type a letter. It generally happens towards the bottom right of the screen. However that isn't always the case. For instance I wanted to press the letter N today but it refused to let me. It would press every key around it but it wouldn't press N unless I tried multiple times. I have a screen protector on if that makes a difference. It really is annoying. Is my screen possibly defective?
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Sometimes this happens to me when gunk and dirt build up on the screen. Usually I just take my shirt and wipe it off real good and it works like it's supposed to.
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Alrighty. I'll give it a shot. Thanks.
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Could also be something under the screen protector messing with the capacitance. Maybe a small air bubble that gets pushed out of the way when you repeatedly try tapping there. Just a thought. If it's not a hassle, I would try using the thing for a day sans protector and see if the issue replicates. If anything. it will eliminate the screen protector as a possible source of the problem. I'd gather, if you aren't rooted and running a custom ROM and the problem still exists in the absence of a screen protector, it is a manufacturing defect.
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Could also be something under the screen protector messing with the capacitance. Maybe a small air bubble that gets pushed out of the way when you repeatedly try tapping there. Just a thought. If it's not a hassle, I would try using the thing for a day sans protector and see if the issue replicates. If anything. it will eliminate the screen protector as a possible source of the problem. I'd gather, if you aren't rooted and running a custom ROM and the problem still exists in the absence of a screen protector, it is a manufacturing defect.
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I am having the same problem and have had little gremlins like this come up. My phone is rooted by the way so if it is a manufacturing defect then I guess I am up the creek (voided warranty). It is annoying to say the least my t, y g h and v and b keys react as if they were not on the keyboard at all. Luckily the word recognition helps out but its frustrating. I have had more problems with this android phone than I ever had with my windows HD2. I miss that phone...no worries ever.
I would really advise you to exchange your phone for a new one if you are having problems with the touch screen this early on. Manufacturing defects like that don't go away and can only get worse. You can still return/exchange your phone if you are rooted, you just have to return it to stock before you do so.
This has been happening to myself and several others, and there have been a few touchscreen problem-related threads on here and other forums. the letters I can't type are fairly random but it usually seems to be t, s, and some vowels. it's either a software or hardware issue, since it is completely random and the problem fixes itself when you begin typing another word.
you can also try pressing the letter with your whole finger instead of the tip. it seems to work more often than pressing the letter 20 times before you flip out.
Anyone with this problem, is the touchscreen ever not responsive with anything else?
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I would really advise you to exchange your phone for a new one if you are having problems with the touch screen this early on. Manufacturing defects like that don't go away and can only get worse. You can still return/exchange your phone if you are rooted, you just have to return it to stock before you do so.
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I thought about exchanging it but after reading all the issues other people have with replacement phones (or their first, even), I'm not sure I want to take the chance especially if it's a software issue.
Happens to me to, I am rooted and running a custom rom. It's a problem with the HTC keyboard. If it happens just hit the back button then bring the keyboard back up. Or install a new keyboard from the market like Better Keyboard.
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Happens to me to, I am rooted and running a custom rom. It's a problem with the HTC keyboard. If it happens just hit the back button then bring the keyboard back up. Or install a new keyboard from the market like Better Keyboard.
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I've been using the gingerbread keyboard since I got the phone and still have the same issues.
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Happens to me to, I am rooted and running a custom rom. It's a problem with the HTC keyboard. If it happens just hit the back button then bring the keyboard back up. Or install a new keyboard from the market like Better Keyboard.
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Not true, had this problem on my Fascinate before the Thunderbolt.
Something stupid to check, do you have wavelauncher installed? That was giving me fits for awhile before i figured it out. anything by the bottom of the screen just wouldnt work.
okay, so the tittle says it itself. but the normal screen works. :\ is the keys that don't do anything. "home, Back, search and menu" everything works flawlessly, but this keys just wont respond. the light turns on every time i touch the screen but when i touch any of the bottom keys. it just doesn't do anything. any one have any suggestions? that could help me .. ive done factory resets twice and the hard reset also. would flashing a rom fix this problem?
Doesn't hurt to try. Do a backup and re flash rom or a different rom if problem is consistent than it might be hardware
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Thanks for your quick reply tomorrow morning i'll do that. I have to figure out,how to flash a rom. I have not yetrooted the phone or Flashed any rom. If flashing rooms don't work, would replacing the screen, lens or digitizer do anything??
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Forgot to mention, did you try rebooting and/or hard reset?? Well before you start messing with it, is it still under warranty? If so send it in. Wait till tomorrow like you said maybe another person might have a better answer. If you haven't rooted your phone then you should Imo. Best thing a g2x can get is a custom rom! You will be very impressed. It may be
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i think i mentioned it on the first post. yes i have done a hard reset and I've done the "pull out the battery, take the sim card out and the Sd card and just turn it on with just the battery. and i believe is not. this phone has been around for a while and like i said is my friends. I wouldn't know if it is but I'll ask him when i get a chance.
It may be the digitizer I don't know for sure I'll actually do some research cause kinda interesting...
I want to go with you needing a new digitizer.
if not find an ICS launcher type thing it'll put the onscreen keys lol. I couldn't much especially on either the G2X nor European variant O2X... and I got bored reading about people spilling water, so make sure it doesn't have water damage other then that... new digitizer.
any suggestion would be appreciated!! I'm sure this phone is not under warranty, so replacing the digitizer wouldn't be a problem for me. at this moment I'm installing ClockworkMod, do any of you know which Rom is the best, as of in "stable/No Problems/Fast"?
Edit: Just Flashed CM7.1.0.1 to my phone and no luck at all. seems like I'm going to have to buy a new digitizer. Hopefully that solves the problem.
You can use the app, Button Saviour.
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dw9906 said:
You can use the app, Button Saviour.
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I saw after Googling the issue,
that it was for rooted phones only, so I didn't say anything lol.
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my phone is rooted, lol I just installed CM7 on this phone so I will try that app, its only temporary though, until I get the digitizer of course thank you everyone for all your help.
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my phone is rooted, lol I just installed CM7 on this phone so I will try that app, its only temporary though, until I get the digitizer of course thank you everyone for all your help.
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Let us know if after the digitizer if it fixed it.
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Well the manufacturer I bought it from is in china and I live in the states so its going to take a few weeks to get here. But as soon as I replace the old digitizer with the new one I will post the results here.
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Well the manufacturer I bought it from is in china and I live in the states so its going to take a few weeks to get here. But as soon as I replace the old digitizer with the new one I will post the results here.
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While you're at it, may as well make a video/pic tutorial.
I know the aokp ICS rom has a navigation bar that puts a Home, Back, and Menu button on the screen for people that don't have physical buttons. I'm not sure if other ICS roms for the g2x keep this feature. This may work as a temp solution until your new digitiser arrives.
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While you're at it, may as well make a video/pic tutorial.
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There are plenty of videos/tutorials how to open the phone and replace the digitizer on YouTube.
@linelock, Thanks for your suggestion. but sadly the phone's digitizer/screen got cracked somehow while it was in my backpack, :\ so now I'm just waiting for the one I ordered since the touchscreen doesn't work at all... For now I'm just using this defy..
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As far as I know, manufacturer warranties is 1 year, depending on when the phone was first sold...don't know if you'd go that way. I don't think it applies to secondhand phones, but some have tried it and it worked.
As far as tutorials on youtube, I found this was the most comprehensive.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rXX7Rm4gnA
Tempted to make a white g2x...
digitizer came in just a few hours ago, i managed to replace it and now everything works!!! I AM HAPPY!!!. so to answer some Users questions, yes replacing the digitizer did fix the Issue!!
I'm coming from a samsung vibrant and although it's slower it seems like it multitasks a lot better. I'm pretty sure this is due to sense taking up way too much ram. The phone is pretty fast opening up apps and I'll probly end up keeping it but I'm very disappointed in the multitasking. Also I can't count how many times I have pressed the home screen button and it has to reload the home screens because it runs out of ram. Is anyone else having this issue?
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I'm coming from a samsung vibrant and although it's slower it seems like it multitasks a lot better. I'm pretty sure this is due to sense taking up way too much ram. The phone is pretty fast opening up apps and I'll probly end up keeping it but I'm very disappointed in the multitasking. Also I can't count how many times I have pressed the home screen button and it has to reload the home screens because it runs out of ram. Is anyone else having this issue?
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I haven't had this issue have u thought about rooting it and installing a custom rom. I haven't had any ram issues at all. I'm on zero one rom
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Yes I have thought about rooting it but I'm kinda scared. I'm not new to rooting phones( I've rooted every Android phone I have had) but this one scares me because of no removable battery. My vibrant was nice because of a program called Odin that saved me quite a few times when I've had a bad flash. Odin was a program that would flash the phone back to stock firmware no matter what happend to your phone which made the vibrant virtually unbrickable. Does HTC have any software that will do that?
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Yes I have thought about rooting it but I'm kinda scared. I'm not new to rooting phones( I've rooted every Android phone I have had) but this one scares me because of no removable battery. My vibrant was nice because of a program called Odin that saved me quite a few times when I've had a bad flash. Odin was a program that would flash the phone back to stock firmware no matter what happend to your phone which made the vibrant virtually unbrickable. Does HTC have any software that will do that?
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I know about Odin and no HTC software like that but if u follow the guides u wont break it. The T-Mobile guide here in the general swction works perfectly if your on tmobile Plus koush just released a stable recovery today through the rom manager app. So just follow that guide but instead of using that recovery he suggested in the thread just use the one in rom manager
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Oh and if hold the power button for ten seconds or so it will do a hard reset of the phone no matter if the phone is stuck in a boot loop or not. I was stuck in a boot loop because I was trying to theme something and it was just boot looping and I held the power button and sure enough it turned off the phone and I was able to get into boot loader again. So not having a removable battery shouldn't be an issue
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McQueefus said:
I'm coming from a samsung vibrant and although it's slower it seems like it multitasks a lot better. I'm pretty sure this is due to sense taking up way too much ram. The phone is pretty fast opening up apps and I'll probly end up keeping it but I'm very disappointed in the multitasking. Also I can't count how many times I have pressed the home screen button and it has to reload the home screens because it runs out of ram. Is anyone else having this issue?
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Let's see your vibrant do this...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o4mHPcZOsE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
You are right, this phone sucks!/sarcasm/
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lol, I watched that video before I bought this phone however, what the video doesn't show is that when you click on a app in the recent apps menu it usually has to reload the app so its not really truly multitasking. Android has a built in task manager that closes out the other apps when it needs more ram for the new app and because sence is a ram hog sometimes It will only allow me to run one app at a time. And i never said the phone sucks, I just said I was disappointed. I like the phone and I even like sence, ( its very sexy) but it uses way to much ram. Probably doesn't help that my home screens are loaded with Widgets too. : P
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@ jriv,
My vibrant would also do a hard reset when you hold the power. However when I would bootloop and did that it would only reboot into a bootloop. Are u saying that you can reboot into recovery this way during a boot loop? I also had a Motorola cliq that I almost bricked but was able to pull out my SD card and put it in my computer so I could put another file on it and reflash the rom. With no external SD I am also hesitant.
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@ jriv,
My vibrant would also do a hard reset when you hold the power. However when I would bootloop and did that it would only reboot into a bootloop. Are u saying that you can reboot into recovery this way during a boot loop? I also had a Motorola cliq that I almost bricked but was able to pull out my SD card and put it in my computer so I could put another file on it and reflash the rom. With no external SD I am also hesitant.
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Yes if you hold power it will turn off the phone then you can hold the power button plus volume down and it boot into boot loader then from there u can select recovery.
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And u shouldn't worry about external SD because the holding of the power button will turn the phone off no matter what and from there u can reboot into boot loader then recovery
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Maybe I will check it out. I know if I keep it i will end up rooting it eventually but I am still trying to decide. The phones I had before the vibrant ( Motorola cliq and HTC my touch 3g) were a bit of a pain with radio compatability and roms. That is another reason I'm a little weary. I can't remember the last time ive had to use adb. Everything was so easy with the vibrant
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Maybe I will check it out. I know if I keep it i will end up rooting it eventually but I am still trying to decide. The phones I had before the vibrant ( Motorola cliq and HTC my touch 3g) were a bit of a pain with radio compatability and roms. That is another reason I'm a little weary. I can't remember the last time ive had to use adb. Everything was so easy with the vibrant
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Rooting is simple there is just a program you run and it roots you're phone for you.the other part is un locking the bootloader but there is instructions for that. As of right now there are no radios to choose from so all roms work pretty easy.
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Is there a way to relock the bootloader and return to factory settings just in case I need to return the phone?
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Is there a way to relock the bootloader and return to factory settings just in case I need to return the phone?
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Yes on the htc site they tell u how to relock bootloader its just a command u run in adb
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McQueefus said:
I'm coming from a samsung vibrant and although it's slower it seems like it multitasks a lot better. I'm pretty sure this is due to sense taking up way too much ram. The phone is pretty fast opening up apps and I'll probly end up keeping it but I'm very disappointed in the multitasking. Also I can't count how many times I have pressed the home screen button and it has to reload the home screens because it runs out of ram. Is anyone else having this issue?
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"Loading" message on the home screen is caused by enabling a setting in "Developer options" called "Dont"t keep activities". This setting instructs the phone to "destroy" every activity as soon as you leave it. So in essence, everytime you leave the home screen to do anything else, the phone "destroys" HTC Sense. The loading message is HTC Sense being restarted once you exit to the home screen. Unchecking this "feature" will eliminate the "Loading" message.
Destroy activities seems clear by default. Was wondering if anyone played with the background process setting though...it has a default and 1-4 processes allowed.
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Destroy activities seems clear by default. Was wondering if anyone played with the background process setting though...it has a default and 1-4 processes allowed.
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I think I hit it by mistake while in the developer options. It was only after being in here that the "loading" started happening. Clearing it resolved it for me. Not sure how the background processes setting changes things. I left it at default.
forget the developer options or scripts. they don't help.
as many of you know there're no multitasking issues on other recent android phones. you can leave games or streaming apps and come back to them half an hour later and still be in the same spot. with HOS as soon as you leave them, you're going to start over. the oom values don't help much with the situation as the phone has plenty of memory for any applications. the issue isn't the memory available, but how the phone manages saved states and KERNEL is responsible for that. so until a talented soul would be able to fix it on KERNEL level for us we're are stuck with it.
I have a Vibrant that I still mess with, if you ask me Odin sucks big time. It's more of a crutch then anything if you ask me. Of all the 5 android devices I hate the Vibrant the most. That being said it still is a good phone and the one I use currently is run Slim ICS.
I can tell you that you don't have to worry about the non-removable battery. Holding down the power button will always power off the phone. No need for a battery pull.
I can also tell you that multitasking SUCKS on the stock One S rom. The phone reloads apps much much more often then my other android devices.
See this 77 page thread on the ATT One X forum if you disagree. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646409&highlight=multitasking
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mannequin said:
forget the developer options or scripts. they don't help.
as many of you know there're no multitasking issues on other recent android phones. you can leave games or streaming apps and come back to them half an hour later and still be in the same spot. with HOS as soon as you leave them, you're going to start over. the oom values don't help much with the situation as the phone has plenty of memory for any applications. the issue isn't the memory available, but how the phone manages saved states and KERNEL is responsible for that. so until a talented soul would be able to fix it on KERNEL level for us we're are stuck with it.
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Bingo! Mannequin is spot on about the multitasking problem.
I dropped my phone last night. Hardly a fall. But then when I looked at it, these black lines appeared on my screen. There are like 20 eyebrow length black lines.
Can anyone tell me what I can do.
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The Best option:
If its in warranty period, replace the device.
I agree , it is best to send in for replacement or repair. I wish you the best! Hopefully they will replace it without a problem. Good luck!
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realsis said:
I agree , it is best to send in for replacement or repair. I wish you the best! Hopefully they will replace it without a problem. Good luck!
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I'm rooted and running a custom rom. And I have a month on warranty. Do you think they'll take it?
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I had issues recently and reverted back to stock and S-ON before sending it back for a replacement, just in case.
If it's not stock and they're arsey they might refuse.
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I'm rooted and running a custom rom. And I have a month on warranty. Do you think they'll take it?
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They WONT, I think.
Try to dig the forums to get S-ON and STOCK ROM, then probably you are in chance.
Good Luck.
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I'm rooted and running a custom rom. And I have a month on warranty. Do you think they'll take it?
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Absolutely revert back to stock!! If they see It's rooted they will love to deny your repair! Their are some really great guides to help you go back to stock.please follow them to the letter because the last thing you need right now is a brick! I would first read though the guide, then have it in front of me to follow to the letter! Then you should be just fine to return your device! I've read where people bricked going back to stock bricked because they did the order of things wrong or jumped Ahead so make sure to follow the guide exactly! Once you get back to stock they will accept your device without problem. Perhaps tell them the lines just happened I'm not sure if a drop is covered. Just to be safe . I know they love to deny repair . Then you should be good to go.! Keep us posted on how the process went for you ok? Best of luck, sorry this happened to you!
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realsis said:
Absolutely revert back to stock!! If they see It's rooted they will love to deny your repair! Their are some really great guides to help you go back to stock.please follow them to the letter because the last thing you need right now is a brick! I would first read though the guide, then have it in front of me to follow to the letter! Then you should be just fine to return your device! I've read where people bricked going back to stock bricked because they did the order of things wrong or jumped Ahead so make sure to follow the guide exactly! Once you get back to stock they will accept your device without problem. Perhaps tell them the lines just happened I'm not sure if a drop is covered. Just to be safe . I know they love to deny repair . Then you should be good to go.! Keep us posted on how the process went for you ok? Best of luck, sorry this happened to you!
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Thanks man. First thing tomorrow morning ill go read a guide to get back to stock.
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Hope I'm not too late on this.
My Sensation suffered the same thing about 4 weeks ago.
The lines correct themselves somehow while the screen is off/phone is charging.
Over the last 4 weeks, the lines on my screen have become much less visible, as well as much less in number.
Of-course, the best thing to do is to get it replaced, but if that's no longer an option, you could try what I did.
I left the phone on the charger for as long as possible, and used it as little as possible. It's really as easy as that.
I'd recommend shutting off your phone and leaving it for a week though. I couldn't do that cause I didn't have a replacement phone for the time, and I could only keep this up for about 3 days. Still, number of lines was less than half of what it was (and much less black than before). I'd imagine that a week of being switched off will fix it up (more-or-less) completely.
By the way, don't look-up dead pixel correction methods. They only made it worse for me.
Hope that helps.
ViousAD said:
Hope I'm not too late on this.
My Sensation suffered the same thing about 4 weeks ago.
The lines correct themselves somehow while the screen is off/phone is charging.
Over the last 4 weeks, the lines on my screen have become much less visible, as well as much less in number.
Of-course, the best thing to do is to get it replaced, but if that's no longer an option, you could try what I did.
I left the phone on the charger for as long as possible, and used it as little as possible. It's really as easy as that.
I'd recommend shutting off your phone and leaving it for a week though. I couldn't do that cause I didn't have a replacement phone for the time, and I could only keep this up for about 3 days. Still, number of lines was less than half of what it was (and much less black than before). I'd imagine that a week of being switched off will fix it up (more-or-less) completely.
By the way, don't look-up dead pixel correction methods. They only made it worse for me.
Hope that helps.
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Had the same problem earlier, when i dropped the phone accidentally.
Observation: It gets darker and grows when the phone heats up, and lighter (almost cyan blue) when the phone cools down for a significant period of time, with the screen off.
i had to keep the phone near an air conditioner vent for a few hours with the phone turned off for it to disappear .
once the lines disappear completely they dont return back, unless if you drop them again (which is what i did a few days back again.. and the stupid lines are back )
If you have any other ways in which you can get it resolved pls share with us.
PS: dont know how keeping it on charging solved it for you, because with my phone charging heats it up and the lines become darker.
Cheers,
Alan
Both method working, but I don't know yet how long. I tried to cool my phone down in a simple refrigerator (without SIM, microSD, battery) in a plastic box. I had two whole horizontal black lines, and know I got only 2 tiny after 6 hours cooling. Perhaps it will be permanent
ViousAD said:
Hope I'm not too late on this.
My Sensation suffered the same thing about 4 weeks ago.
The lines correct themselves somehow while the screen is off/phone is charging.
Over the last 4 weeks, the lines on my screen have become much less visible, as well as much less in number.
Of-course, the best thing to do is to get it replaced, but if that's no longer an option, you could try what I did.
I left the phone on the charger for as long as possible, and used it as little as possible. It's really as easy as that.
I'd recommend shutting off your phone and leaving it for a week though. I couldn't do that cause I didn't have a replacement phone for the time, and I could only keep this up for about 3 days. Still, number of lines was less than half of what it was (and much less black than before). I'd imagine that a week of being switched off will fix it up (more-or-less) completely.
By the way, don't look-up dead pixel correction methods. They only made it worse for me.
Hope that helps.
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Yup they actually corrected them selves. Hahaha. I'm happy now.
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my back and genius buttons onmy mytouch are smashed in i cant really do toomuch with the phone because the back button almost always funtioning back. do i have any choices?
My back button got stuck but I just hit it really hard against my hand like 50 times and it became unstuck lol u could try that
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Check out ButtonRemapper. I've never used it, so I don't know if it includes the functionality to allow you to disable hardware button functions altogether, but if so, this might be what you're looking for.
Then, you could resort to something such as ButtonSavior to add software buttons.
edit: I tried out ButtonRemapper, and unfortunately, it doesn't allow disabling buttons completely, or if it does, I'm not seeing how. Sorry, I tried. =( Good luck finding a solution that will work for you.
Try adapting this method to our phone. You will want to make a backup first. Also, it's likely that you'll need to pull the file from the ROM's zip, edit it on a computer, and push it with adb.
Having a stuck Back button must be pretty disabling...
http://www.tabletroms.com/forums/showwiki.php?title=DellStreakFAQ:How-to-Disable-Home-Button
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Having a stuck Back button must be pretty disabling...
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It definitely seems like it would be a major setback.
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