A while ago I've been missing a lot of calls when my phone is on vibrate mode. A month ago, after the Mexican Jelly Bean rollout I noticed the phone wasn't able to vibrate anymore; Today I did a Hard Reset and the phone is still not vibrating.
I noticed that gently hitting the phone on the back restores vibration for 50 seconds, after moving the cellphone from the hit position the vibration motor stops wroking again.
Does anyone has had the same issue?
If you have, did Motorola Waranty service was ok with it?
pepinocho9 said:
A while ago I've been missing a lot of calls when my phone is on vibrate mode. A month ago, after the Mexican Jelly Bean rollout I noticed the phone wasn't able to vibrate anymore; Today I did a Hard Reset and the phone is still not vibrating.
I noticed that gently hitting the phone on the back restores vibration for 50 seconds, after moving the cellphone from the hit position the vibration motor stops wroking again.
Does anyone has had the same issue?
If you have, did Motorola Waranty service was ok with it?
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I've been having the same problem for the past week its driving me crazy. Anyone found a solution? I think the vibrate motor is getting stuck or something. Anyone know if I could buy one online and repair myself with the tear apart guides?
the most common problem is the motor is failing or the weight on the shaft of the motor has come loose or fallen off all together.
opening the phone to investigate is the only way to determine which has happened.
either issue should be covered under warranty.
bwen diord said:
the most common problem is the motor is failing or the weight on the shaft of the motor has come loose or fallen off all together.
Opening the phone to investigate is the only way to determine which has happened.
Either issue should be covered under warranty.
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located and where would that motor? Now that unarmed but he can not find. Thanks
andychango said:
located and where would that motor? Now that unarmed but he can not find. Thanks
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW7libMTdkk
after he opens the phone its in the upper left hand corner under the motherboard.
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I noticed this morning nothing would make my phone vibrate anymore.l checked every setting and made sure everything was set to vibrate but nothing would actually make the phone shake, then I determined it must be a hardware issue after doing factory resets, OEM flashes, and several NANDROID restores - I smacked the back of the phone with my knuckles right where the speaker is, and while I was in the volume control panel I had the vibrate length menu open, i selected an option and the phone very very weakly vibrated, and having vibrated once, it then lodged itself loose again or something because it wouldn't vibrate again until I smacked it again.
I've had it for 2 months, I've never ever dropped it or, with the exception of hitting it to diagnose my issue, ever let it experience any kind of acceleration or sudden stop. I babied this thing and then this **** happens? I don't have TEP - what should i do? Should I take it apart? My warranty is already void from unlocking the bootloader, or is this different because it's a hardware issue????
Hardware issues != software issue.
I'd take it to a store and see what they say. I need to take mine in sometime too to see what they'll do about my caps lock LED since it never worked.
dpwhitty11 said:
Hardware issues != software issue.
I'd take it to a store and see what they say. I need to take mine in sometime too to see what they'll do about my caps lock LED since it never worked.
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They're sending out a new one right now so I'm just gonna swap phones.
Exact same thing happened to me.
Did they charge you $50 to get a replacement phone like they did to me?
chas9rr said:
Exact same thing happened to me.
Did they charge you $50 to get a replacement phone like they did to me?
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Yup, a refurb at that. I found out that the Photon 4G motor is the same as in the Q but I can't solder that precisely so I just paid the $50. ****.
For the last few weeks the vibration will stop randomly in the middle of typing a text or in the middle of receiving a call. I've narrowed it down to being a hardware issue because when it goes out, if I tap on the back of the phone, the vibration will start again and work for a little while. This last week it has gotten really bad and because I carry my phone in many places where I have to have it on vibrate only, I need to look into fixing it. I'm afraid that I am going to start missing calls/texts/etc because of the vibration motor not working.
I've done some searching and have only come up with several people who had software issues or who have had what sounds like a similar issue that i'm having but the resolution suggested by most people before the thread goes cold is "Drop the phone again" which may have fixed it for them. I actually tried that in case something was just coming loose but it didn't have any change.
I'm relatively handy and have done repairs on several laptops and on a few iPod Touches so I feel confident enough in cracking open the case on my phone to look at the motor but I do like to be as educated as possible before I do.
So my questions are:
1) Has anyone had similar issues to this and attempted to fix/replace the motor? Were you successful?
2) Does anyone have a closeup of just the motor area? Is it soldered in or just a cable connector of some sort? I'd like to know what I'm looking at before I dive in. I've found a few images of the board but nothing specifically of the motor area.
3) Anyone have any other suggestions/tips/hints/etc. before I jump in?
Images I've found of the motor board: Image 1 Image 2 Image 3 Image 4
What I only say is that a few months ago my phone vibrator stops working, I tought it was a hardware issue, but after installing ViperS 3.0.1 with JB and a JB kernel, it starts working again!!!
I don't know if yours is the same problem, but if you have an ICS Rom, try to flash a JB one like ViperS and test...
Hope it will helps you a little bit... :highfive:
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What I only say is that a few months ago my phone vibrator stops working, I tought it was a hardware issue, but after installing ViperS 3.0.1 with JB and a JB kernel, it starts working again!!!
I don't know if yours is the same problem, but if you have an ICS Rom, try to flash a JB one like ViperS and test...
Hope it will helps you a little bit... :highfive:
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Thanks for the suggestion. I should have put this in the original post but I am already running a JB based ROM - I'm running CM10.
I guess I shouldn't assume then that it is for sure a hardware issue. It just seems really suspect to me though because of being able to tap on the back and have it magically start vibrating again.
-- Zeustopher
solution for not vibrating Sensation XE
Hi guys,
I have been reading a lot at this forum already and had the same problems with the vibration as described.
It started after a fall of the XE.
At startup the Phone vibrated normally but in the menu it stopped vibrating when I touched the screen when typing.
Vibrating continued when I dismounted the back cover (the one without the screws)
Strange I thought.. very very strange
I have been reading things about software issues and so on.
That couldn't be my problem because the Phone was Original and the problem started after a fall.
So I opened the Phone and searched for the problem. I took me for about 4 hours to find the problem.
I noticed that after the fall the backcover which you have to unmount with screws damaged a little bit of the black ribbon cable.
Exactly at the point where the backcover has a metal grounding plate.
I covered the damage of the black ribbon cable with some tape and voila, problem solved.
After thinking over the solution I can imagine what happens when you drop your Phone: the metal grounding plate damages the ribbon cable.
So: open up your Phone, look for the little damage of the ribbon cable, cover it with a little tape and your Phone will vibrate again like normal.
Hopefully you can use my solution.
My apologize for the English (Or american ) I am from the Netherlands.
With kind regards,
Klokn
Hello all, I have a problem with vibrations on my I9105P. More specifically: my phone fell down from a table right on the floor (maybe 0.5 meter) and since then vibration doesn't work. Everything else works fine, tried reflashing the system and all - nothing works (first I thought it was kernel's fault). What can I do now? Will the warranty cover the repair?
PS. I use case for my phone - it's made of a silicone or something like this (don't know exactly).
If ur phone falls down, how u can say that is kernel problem?
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If ur phone falls down, how u can say that is kernel problem?
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Well, maybe I said it wrong. I didn't notice that the vibration isn't working for about 5 hours after the fall and so when I reflashed the kernel I thought about the fall - my phone used to fall from time to time and it never broke, so now I'm quite confused. However today, when I was writing on the phone's keyboard, it vibrated once while pressing the letter. Since then - silence.
If you stay it vibrated once that means it's somehow not completely broken. I would disable every sort of vibration in the phone's settings. The vibration motor is probably stuck and it is probably getting damaged more if it keeps trying to spin like that. What did you think - if the phone survived one fall it will survive 10 more just as well? Try the warranty, there's a good chance they'll cover it. Or learn to live without vibration.
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If you stay it vibrated once that means it's somehow not completely broken. I would disable every sort of vibration in the phone's settings. The vibration motor is probably stuck and it is probably getting damaged more if it keeps trying to spin like that. What did you think - if the phone survived one fall it will survive 10 more just as well? Try the warranty, there's a good chance they'll cover it. Or learn to live without vibration.
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I didn't think like that. I guess it's like every time it fell down I felt a relief, because nothing was broken (I wasn't throwing my phone around my house, as I said, it OCCASIONALLY fell). Anyway, thanks for help - I'll try the warranty, just wasn't sure if they will accept it at the service.
Hi guys
Unfortunatly my time has come to have a possible hardware issue.
Yesterday my N5 was connected via USB (like I usually leave it resting at work / charging) and out of the blue, rebooted. Google logo shows up, and reboots right away. Trying VolDown + Power shows up the menu but I hardly have any time to select bootloader or recovery, and when I do, it eventually reboots again after a couple seconds.
I'm able to turn it on and have it on if I avoid touching the power button, when I do, sometimes it works (screens just turns off), sometimes ir shuts down after a few seconds after doing so. It's not always, but happens three out of five times.
Connecting the USB cable has the same behaviour, sometimes it's alright and I'm able to copy files and so on, sometimes it shuts off and there it goes into bootloop again.
So, I got home, opened it and I looked like a donkey looking at a castle lol. I had a disconnected brown wire on the right side of the battery which I was able to fix, but that doesn't seem to be the cause of the problem.
The power button feels ok, it's not exactly rattled or anything, it has on/off feeling. if you know what I mean.
Problem is, I bought this in second hand in london about 6 months ago, would be hard to RMA and probably they would give me the finger.
Anyway, suggestions? Anyone went through anything like this? I doubt it's a software issue (rom) cause the same behaviour happens when on recovery / bootloader. Sometimes it holds on and lets me do things, sometimes it doesn't. Most often, doesn't.
Any help or tips are greatly appreciated.
Thanks guys.
Back to my LG 4X
Send in for repair or replacement.
Lethargy said:
Send in for repair or replacement.
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I can't, was bought in second hand in a shop, besides I opened it and the water sensor is pinkish (never touched water, probably humidity).
I can only do that around christmas time.
Any other tip ? Something I can do before considering something like that?
MidnightDevil said:
I can't, was bought in second hand in a shop, besides I opened it and the water sensor is pinkish (never touched water, probably humidity).
I can only do that around christmas time.
Any other tip ? Something I can do before considering something like that?
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By sending in for repair or replacement, I meant to LG. Not Google for RMA.
LG will charge you for the repair or replacement.
There really isn't much you can do otherwise.
My Nexus 5 vibrate motor seems to randomly stop. Usually, it stops working for just a few seconds at a time, but sometimes it stops for more than just a few seconds. It started randomly one day, and I haven't been able to tie it to a specific app yet, and it didn't coincide with the installation of a kernel or ROM.
I'm running rooted stock Lollipop with elementalX kernel (2.03).
I've tried pushing on the back, since some people have issues with the vibration motor not making good contact with the rest of the phone, but it seems that doesn't really do anything for me. It seems to help occasionally, but not necessarily.
Sometimes turning the screen off and back on helps, but sometimes not either.
Unfortunately, the inconsistency is making it difficult for me to figure out what the problem is. Could it just be a dying motor?
You can open it up and reseat the vibration motor on its sticky pad if you're not worried about the warranty. Alternatively, some of those with the issue have reported success giving the phone a good smack.
bblzd said:
You can open it up and reseat the vibration motor on its sticky pad if you're not worried about the warranty. Alternatively, some of those with the issue have reported success giving the phone a good smack.
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Thanks for the ideas
I did try reseating the motor, and I thought it was going well, but after about a full day or so, I was hit with a non-vibrating motor again Turning the phone off and back on didn't help, but shaking it a bit seemed to do well
I have tried giving the phone a good smack, but it seems like a temporary thing. I'm mostly afraid I might miss a call, message, or vibrate alarm if I run into this problem with the phone in my pocket
And it happens with stock kernel as well, correct? If it has been less than 1 year you could RMA.
chronostorm said:
Thanks for the ideas
I did try reseating the motor, and I thought it was going well, but after about a full day or so, I was hit with a non-vibrating motor again Turning the phone off and back on didn't help, but shaking it a bit seemed to do well
I have tried giving the phone a good smack, but it seems like a temporary thing. I'm mostly afraid I might miss a call, message, or vibrate alarm if I run into this problem with the phone in my pocket
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I had this problem as well and still encountering it sometimes. Don't worry about a missed call though. My vibration completely stopped working and a reboot didn't help, however a call made the vibration work again lol and it has been working since. Fingers crossed same **** doesn't happen again.