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[Q] Letters on keyboard stop working?

Anybody had this issue? all of a sudden keys stop working (or parts of the screen) - Default keyboard in the default and Handsent SMS the K and L have stopped working...

GiZiM said:
Anybody had this issue? all of a sudden keys stop working (or parts of the screen) - Default keyboard in the default and Handsent SMS the K and L have stopped working...
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My touch screen stop working when I turn the phone upside down.. Not sure if this is the same problem.

Haven't had this happen. I've only had the auto rotate stop working.
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RayYung said:
My touch screen stop working when I turn the phone upside down.. Not sure if this is the same problem.
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Honestly that's a really great idea if it was a feature. Think about it no more accidental answer/deny when pulling it out of your pocket if you put it in upside down. And how often if ever is the phone used upside down. I'm calling for a patent on this one!

I have this issue.
I have this issue and it goes far beyond the keyboard. I will be playing fruit ninja and half the screen will be unresponsive. Its happening quite a bit and I am thinking about exchanging my phone.

Same here
I've been having the same problems but I think it has only happened to me when I use custom ROMs such as Cyanogenmod or Coredroid. When I went back to stock I don't remember it happening.
I was running Coredroid V8.1 a few weeks ago and didn't like it because the font looked terrible but I think the keyboard didn't give that problem, it was with an older version of CD. Right now I am using Cyanogenmod 7.0 and it happens a lot and gets annoying. I now for a fact that is not hardware since the keyboard will work normally on landscape and other stuff will respond to the touchscreen.
Still trying to see if there is some sort of fix or to use a new keyboard. Installed GO keyboard and same thing happened, now using Swiftkey X and it happened also but now I took the protective case to see if that has something to do with it LOL.

edit: disregard.

ive had this problem also for awhile. i dont remember having it on the factory rom, but that was awhile back also. ive had it on every custom rom that i can think of. i used coredroid and cm7 for awhile. right now im using miui. ive tried 3-4 different keyboard at least, and had this problem with all of them. the keyboards accuracy also seems to decline. when switching to a new keyboard the problem initially goes away, but it eventually starts doing it again with the different keyboard.

I would try come non CM based roms as I have seen this come up a few times and the omr thing most have in common is that it shows up on CM based roms like MIUI. I have never had this issue on any sense based rom so that would lead me to think like wifi and Bluetooth that it is due to the non OEM drivers CM uses.

Coreddroid is a sense rom, and I had it back then. I've been using absolution, which is cm7 based, and have not since had the problem. The problem has also been reported to occur on non rooted, stock phones.
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Nevermind that, I still have it.

Deadspot on the Touchscreen?

Need help please! I'm experiencing random deadspots on the touchscreen of my Desire S. But the thing is this "Dead zone" seems to show only on the keyboard when I'm typing. When I press a key , it doesn't respond no matter how hard I press it. This mostly occur on the letter "A" and "N" on the keyboard.
I don't know if this is hardware or a software issue because Locking the phone and immediately unlocking it solves the problem. After waking the phone again, the so called dead zones are gone.
Btw, I mostly experience this issue when using Virtuous 2.37 and MIUI rom. CM7 didn't gave me this problem, so is it possible that this is just a rom related issue? thanks!

I have been experiencing the exact same thing. Except it is always on 2 letter keys that are next to each other. It has only done it a handful of times, but I'm worried incase its a hardware issue.
Anyone got any ideas?
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Which keyboard do you both use?
If by chance it's the same one I think that you're answered your question.
Try changing keyboard set if it still happens
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ben_pyett said:
Which keyboard do you both use?
If by chance it's the same one I think that you're answered your question.
Try changing keyboard set if it still happens
Swyped from my Desire S using XDA Premium
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i had this problem when using swiftkey x, when it was hppening it was keys a and s not responding so i switched to the stock htc keyboard. the keys then moved to c and v...
very odd

I already tried different keyboards, Swift, Android keyboard, Gingerbread, Perfect keyboard and now touchpal.
I encounter this problem only for two keys, letter "A" and "N" .. I have no idea if this is a hardware issue, But i remembered that it never happened to me while using CM7 rom.

ghuk said:
I already tried different keyboards, Swift, Android keyboard, Gingerbread, Perfect keyboard and now touchpal.
I encounter this problem only for two keys, letter "A" and "N" .. I have no idea if this is a hardware issue, But i remembered that it never happened to me while using CM7 rom.
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i wish some1 knew if this is a hardware issue or not... the most annoying thing is that its intermittant. i have only have it happen a total of 5 or 6 times in the last 2 months. it lasts for a few minutes then goes back to normal

Having dissassembled the phone many times.. me thinks it is not hardware. If it was it would be persistent. Try this and report back: download nicky paint from market and try to paint the whole screen with the brush. Failure of the touch screen connector (which causes dead spots) appears in horizontal 1 cm zones in the whole width of the screen
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I've downloaded an app called touch test. I think this does the same thing. I wonder why it keeps happening though. It's really annoying not being able to trace it to a particular cause.
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Try Flashing This..
Flash it (Keyboard_Flashable.zip) If You like the original htc keyboard without arrows..
May be the prob is with ur ROM..

I wish there was some definite way to tell if it's a hardware fault or not. With me it's always 2 keys that are next to each other. Done it about 3 times now. 1st it was letters a and s. Then g and h. Then then yesterday x and c.
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can't type "P" or "0"
ghuk said:
Need help please! I'm experiencing random deadspots on the touchscreen of my Desire S. But the thing is this "Dead zone" seems to show only on the keyboard when I'm typing. When I press a key , it doesn't respond no matter how hard I press it. This mostly occur on the letter "A" and "N" on the keyboard.
I don't know if this is hardware or a software issue because Locking the phone and immediately unlocking it solves the problem. After waking the phone again, the so called dead zones are gone.
Btw, I mostly experience this issue when using Virtuous 2.37 and MIUI rom. CM7 didn't gave me this problem, so is it possible that this is just a rom related issue? thanks!
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I've the same problem on htc incredible S.
I can't type alpabet "P" or "0".
I tested with pointer location & show touches from dev option.
Clearly I can't move my touch about 1 cm along the right margin of touch screen. take a look below.
I've tried on other roms.but it happens the same problem.
already on other keyboards but no luck.
Have u fixed that..?? pls

I have the same problem when I was using Reaper and Fallout ROM with swiftKey but with Endymion the problem stops.

I used to have this exact same problem on gb roms using swiftkey. Never had it since.using ics with stick kb
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Touchscreen Dead Spot

After rooting my phone and flashing the Sky ICS rom, I now have a dead spot in the touchscreen around the 6, T, and G area. If I try the Swype keyboard, the swype line between letters fails at the spot, ending the swype word. I tried to fix this by flashing a few different roms, some of which would make the area bigger (affecting the R key as well, and the 6 key even when in landscape mode). I have wiped the cache/Dalvik multiple (3x each time I did it), wiped the data and re-flashed, with no benefit. I flashed a stock rom, again with no benefit. Before I use Odin and try to return to pre-root state, does anyone know of a fix for the dead spot?

Just go all stock and if you still have problem get Replacement!!!!!!!!
nobel662 said:
After rooting my phone and flashing the Sky ICS rom, I now have a dead spot in the touchscreen around the 6, T, and G area. If I try the Swype keyboard, the swype line between letters fails at the spot, ending the swype word. I tried to fix this by flashing a few different roms, some of which would make the area bigger (affecting the R key as well, and the 6 key even when in landscape mode). I have wiped the cache/Dalvik multiple (3x each time I did it), wiped the data and re-flashed, with no benefit. I flashed a stock rom, again with no benefit. Before I use Odin and try to return to pre-root state, does anyone know of a fix for the dead spot?
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Well, I restored it to stock using Odin and the G still isn't working, so it looks like I will be returning it. :/
Edit: After posting this, I installed Autodesk Sketchbook to see if I could draw around the area and show what exactly was not working, but Sketchbook was able to draw through the G's area fine. Very, very interesting.

Open up your dialer and enter *#0*# it beings up a test screen and one of the options is a touch test.
Sent via White Nexus S, running CyanogenMod 9

Auxilium said:
Open up your dialer and enter *#0*# it beings up a test screen and one of the options is a touch test.
Sent via White Nexus S, running CyanogenMod 9
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i didnt know this thanks for the info.

the2rrell said:
i didnt know this thanks for the info.
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No problem, hope everything turns out working for you.
Sent via White Nexus S, running CyanogenMod 9

Is there a way to recalibrate the touch screen? I dont see anything in the menus, nor can i find an app in the market. All of a sudden the right side of my screen is not responding to touch. (about half inch from right side) but all the menu buttons work.
I have a stock phone. Never rooted.

[Q][Solved] Problems on Nexus S i9023

As the title suggests, I have a Nexus S i9023 (no root, perfectly clean) and the major problem is that i've upgrade the phone to ICS manually and now there are some things that don't work (recovery, light sensor, etc.). I know that there are a lot of threads like this, i know that the problem of the recovery is a problem of brightness, but i wanna know which ROM i've to flash. I'm using the build IML74K.
Another problem is that sometimes the keyboard freezes. Is it caused by the wrong build?

Which rom did you flash?
Try lastest version of ics

I'm using ICS 4.0.3, build IML74K, flashed manually.
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alfax21 said:
I'm using ICS 4.0.3, build IML74K, flashed manually.
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I am using the same on my i9023 with no issues, only difference is I am rooted and have clockwork recovery. I suggest a re flash.

I'll try to re-flash the same ROM. If it won't work i'll root the phone and i'll flash CM9.
Anyway, how can i solve the problem of the keyboard? I don't think it's a problem of the build.

I've flashed the ROM for Nexus S i9023 two times but the problems still remain. Any suggestion?

alfax21 said:
I've flashed the ROM for Nexus S i9023 two times but the problems still remain. Any suggestion?
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Only thing I can suggest is installing clockwork recovery, rooting etc and flashing another rom to see if the problem persists, if so then it probably a hardware issue.
Also where did you get the rom your flashing? There is a thread in the general section with the full rom package I used. Its on the first page at the mo.

Ok maybe there's no solution (i'm new in this forum so i can't post link as the one below):
code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=23065&can=1&q=ics%20nexus%20s%20i9023%20recovery&colspec=ID%20Type%20Status%20Owner%20Summary%20Stars
So I think it will be fixed in the next release. I ask confirmation if someone knows something.

CONTACTMC said:
Also where did you get the rom your flashing? There is a thread in the general section with the full rom package I used. Its on the first page at the mo.
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Yeah, i've seen it. This one, right?
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1445635

alfax21 said:
Yeah, i've seen it. This one, right?
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1445635
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Yeah that's the one, flash the full rom package. You may just have a corrupt .zip.

Alredy done two times, but the problem remains. Mmmh i don't think it's a corruption problem, i mean, i've tried to put the update in the phone from two PC.
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Recovery: Known problem. Backlight stays off. Nothing you can do without unlocking your bootloader or rooting. Angle + lamp will show you what is on the screen.
Light Sensor: It's still buggy. With the phone locked, cover your hand over the light sensor (left of the ear piece while facing the phone). Hand still covering, unlock the phone. After a few seconds, remove your hand and face it under a light source. What i've noticed is it'll get brighter initially but refuse to darken again. Of course, you need to have Automatic brightness adjustment (just in case it isn't set to auto).
Unsure about your keyboard problem though, but it does like to stay open for longer than i'd like after going back to the home screen.

Harbb said:
Unsure about your keyboard problem though, but it does like to stay open for longer than i'd like after going back to the home screen.
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Yeah, it remains open also after going back to the home screen, and it doesn't work. The only way is to crash it by going to the setting of the keyboard in the notifications.

alfax21 said:
Yeah, it remains open also after going back to the home screen, and it doesn't work. The only way is to crash it by going to the setting of the keyboard in the notifications.
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Mine doesn't remain open though,. It just stays for say half a second, then animates away. Would be much more perfected if it went away while animating the previous window away, not a second later. I've not experienced the keyboard causing those kind of problems.
Might be wise to try SwiftKey or some other kind of keyboard alternative? That is easily enough to sway me away from stock.

Harbb said:
That is easily enough to sway me away from stock.
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I agree. I'll wait for an Experimental Mod of CM9, then i'll root the phone.

Ok i'll make the thread as solved. I want to thanks Harbb for his help, i quote his post for those who will read this thread.
Harbb said:
Recovery: Known problem. Backlight stays off. Nothing you can do without unlocking your bootloader or rooting. Angle + lamp will show you what is on the screen.
Light Sensor: It's still buggy. With the phone locked, cover your hand over the light sensor (left of the ear piece while facing the phone). Hand still covering, unlock the phone. After a few seconds, remove your hand and face it under a light source. What i've noticed is it'll get brighter initially but refuse to darken again. Of course, you need to have Automatic brightness adjustment (just in case it isn't set to auto).
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If you have problems (like the recovery one and the light sensor) with ICS 4.0.3, build IML74K, on your Nexus S i9023 there's nothing you can do, probably Google will fix it on his next update 4.0.5.

I'll just add that many custom ROMs allow light sensor manipulation. I hear there are great, working settings, its just the stock calibration that sucks. I've not tried this myself, but should be available in cm9, cna, etc.

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Election Day said:
This is how I have my i9023 set up. These settings work very well, so feel free to use them.
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Are these settings of the stock ROM?

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Screen won't rotate, would root/flash help?

Hi all,
just bought an Inspire off CL, and unfortunately didn't reallize that the screen won't rotate. I trired recalibrating, but it kept being aborted even though I put the phone flat on the table on its back. A search turned up tons of complaints from about a year ago with few resolutions, and none worked for me (reboot, recalibrate, kill all apps with adv task killer, switch sim card, etc.)
So the big question is, would rooting the phone and flash custom rom solve the problem? Has anyone solved the problem with the g-sensor?
Sent from my NookColor using Tapatalk

Is the phone rooted? Some roms have customizations to lock the screen and keep it from rotating. Do any screens rotate? Or is the home screen just not rotating?
Try going to home> settings> display and check auto rotate screen.
Sent from Soundwave aboard Nemesis.

Auto-rotate is checked. Apps the should rotate (e.g. Google search, email) don't rotate, and most frustrating is that games that use the g-sensor just won't work. The phone is running stock Gb 2.3.3.
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fishline said:
Auto-rotate is checked. Apps the should rotate (e.g. Google search, email) don't rotate, and most frustrating is that games that use the g-sensor just won't work. The phone is running stock Gb 2.3.3.
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If not rooted I would root and try a custom rom would hurt nothing. But make sure you use Ace Hack Kit and no out of XDA method. Also read, read, then read the Effen manual and make sure your knowledged on the steps for rooting. If you get stuck anywhere there is an IRC chat connection in the Ace Hack Kit page.
The thing about buying used phones from someone else is like buying a used car. Your basically buying some elses headache.
The other option would be to return to seller for money back, your option.
PS: If you decide to try out a ICS ROM remember that the kernels are not fully released as of yet so some games will not fully work and do have a few bugs depending on how it reacts with your phone. For gingerbread I would try a few out and see which one you like.
(Absolution 3.7 , Coredroid 9.4) lol my preference but thats a can a worms you dont want to open here on XDA by asking which is best ROM so dont.
Welcome and Enjoy the learning.

Ok, so all the reading made the rooting process seem somewhat intimidating. However, when I actually screwed up the courage to do it, it was like, that's it? It's donde in under 5 minutes, and I hardly did anything!
So the good news is that the phone is now rooted and flashed with coredroid (looks nice!). The bad news is that there's no change in the problem with the g-sensor! I'm starting to suspect that it's more likely hardware. In any case, I wonder if there are any Roms that might have a better shot at fixing the problem? Somehow I have the probably wrong impression that a custom rom that's modded from stock aren't likely to fix my problem... Any suggestions?
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fishline said:
Ok, so all the reading made the rooting process seem somewhat intimidating. However, when I actually screwed up the courage to do it, it was like, that's it? It's donde in under 5 minutes, and I hardly did anything!
So the good news is that the phone is now rooted and flashed with coredroid (looks nice!). The bad news is that there's no change in the problem with the g-sensor! I'm starting to suspect that it's more likely hardware. In any case, I wonder if there are any Roms that might have a better shot at fixing the problem? Somehow I have the probably wrong impression that a custom rom that's modded from stock aren't likely to fix my problem... Any suggestions?
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Yeah, if you had a sensor problem before the root and it persists after, it is more then likely a hardware issue and no amount of rooting/flashing a new ROM is gonna fix it. If you're under warranty, unroot and send it back for a replacement.

fishline said:
Ok, so all the reading made the rooting process seem somewhat intimidating. However, when I actually screwed up the courage to do it, it was like, that's it? It's donde in under 5 minutes, and I hardly did anything!
So the good news is that the phone is now rooted and flashed with coredroid (looks nice!). The bad news is that there's no change in the problem with the g-sensor! I'm starting to suspect that it's more likely hardware. In any case, I wonder if there are any Roms that might have a better shot at fixing the problem? Somehow I have the probably wrong impression that a custom rom that's modded from stock aren't likely to fix my problem... Any suggestions?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 using Tapatalk
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Did you look in setting for rotation display settings. Some launchers like adw launcher lets you also check and uncheck rotation angles. All roms are great in their own way, try a few on for size but I would give them each at least a week or two of testing. A day or two is not really enough to get the feel of them. You can try Absolution 3.7 , Redemption Alpha 6 (ICS) , or even go over to the Desire HD Dev section and try out - Ice Cold Sandwich 7.2 (ICS) (also dont forget to flash inspirmod as well with this one). Also these three will get rid of the stock look.
Good Luck

The phone was bought off craigslist, so no hope of return or warranty. Rotate sreen in settings has been checked, as well as g-sensor calibration (which invariably ends in abort, even after rooting and flashing coredroid. I might try absolution in a few days.
The phone is for my son, and he cares a lot more whether the accelerometer works (for games) than how nice the rom looks.
One problem I found after flashing coredroid is that even at boot up tbe email app keep crashing (without me opening the app). Anyone knows whats up with this?
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fishline said:
The phone was bought off craigslist, so no hope of return or warranty. Rotate sreen in settings has been checked, as well as g-sensor calibration (which invariably ends in abort, even after rooting and flashing coredroid. I might try absolution in a few days.
The phone is for my son, and he cares a lot more whether the accelerometer works (for games) than how nice the rom looks.
One problem I found after flashing coredroid is that even at boot up tbe email app keep crashing (without me opening the app). Anyone knows whats up with this?
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Did you do a full wipe (factory, cache partition, dalvik) before flashing rom. Coredroid has a zip called full wipe 1.5 as well.

I flashed absolution, and it didn't help with the g-sensor problem at all. I put coredroid back, this time wiping data and cache, and the email problem went away. I guess my son will have to live with the g-sensor as is. Thanks to everyone who replied for the suggestions.
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