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[Q] Xoom working without display

Hey guys..
Tried to find same question here if it's posted.. but not.. so here goes.. A bit of a long type.. but please do bear with me.
I bought xoom wifi while i was in Japan from Au KDDI. But now I am posted in a different country. (we are talking about almost 5 hours of GMT) difference . And in this country, they don't even have a Motorola official dealer. So professional tech support is WAY WAY out of the question and a luxury hard to come by.
Here's the problem... I am sure this must have been asked somewhere else.. nevertheless.
I have been having the Xoom wifi for over a year now and it's been working darn perfectly. It has gone with me through desserts to snow capped mountains and literally been to both Hell and Heaven and worked Solidly without a wisp of a problem. Always have been rough hardy and like a thoroughbred horse which never had let me down when I needed the most. I just love this device so darn much.
Last night., i took some pictures and was using an app to "hide" them. (well., not of the obvious type you are thinking) but more related to medical evidence. There were some 300 odd pics so it was taking time. I left the xoom to finish it..... when i picked it up later.. the work was finished but now my entire gallery was showing as "no images / videos".. also all the MP3 were shown as missing but actual files were there in the folders.
I searched the web and it said that I have to "force stop" the "Image gallery" service in the settings > applications> all menu (name could be wrong as I can't remember it now) and allow the xoom to rebuild it's gallery references.
Did so.. and...nothing happened.. still the Gallery shows as "no images / videos"
So... did the next obvious thing of shutting down the device and tried to restart it.
well .. that was it
Xoom doesn't restart... no logo is showing ... nothing.. complete dead. I am sure i have more than 75% of the battery.
Tried all the key combinations of up, down , power keys... numerous times and in duration.. nothing. I charged the battery till the green light comes up..then tried some more variations..
Then suddenly, i heard my email notification sounds.... and the skype chat sounds.... when I checked the wifi router.. it shows that the xoom is connected. So basically the device is switched on and working perfectly it seems without display.
I really have no way of getting professional tech help at least for another 6-7 months. Can't ship it out as it would be cheaper for me to buy a new one. and to top it all, my warranty is over last June.
the device is as it's bought .. no modifications, rootings or flashing done to it. Just the usual updates rolled out only.
If the device had a slow death.. i would accept it and even would give it a proper farewell with a bouquet of flowers as it had been through a lot with me. But this sudden drop dead act is something I cannot accept.
So.... HELP... greatly appreciated.

nash_node said:
Hey guys..
Tried to find same question here if it's posted.. but not.. so here goes.. A bit of a long type.. but please do bear with me.
I bought xoom wifi while i was in Japan from Au KDDI. But now I am posted in a different country. (we are talking about almost 5 hours of GMT) difference . And in this country, they don't even have a Motorola official dealer. So professional tech support is WAY WAY out of the question and a luxury hard to come by.
Here's the problem... I am sure this must have been asked somewhere else.. nevertheless.
I have been having the Xoom wifi for over a year now and it's been working darn perfectly. It has gone with me through desserts to snow capped mountains and literally been to both Hell and Heaven and worked Solidly without a wisp of a problem. Always have been rough hardy and like a thoroughbred horse which never had let me down when I needed the most. I just love this device so darn much.
Last night., i took some pictures and was using an app to "hide" them. (well., not of the obvious type you are thinking) but more related to medical evidence. There were some 300 odd pics so it was taking time. I left the xoom to finish it..... when i picked it up later.. the work was finished but now my entire gallery was showing as "no images / videos".. also all the MP3 were shown as missing but actual files were there in the folders.
I searched the web and it said that I have to "force stop" the "Image gallery" service in the settings > applications> all menu (name could be wrong as I can't remember it now) and allow the xoom to rebuild it's gallery references.
Did so.. and...nothing happened.. still the Gallery shows as "no images / videos"
So... did the next obvious thing of shutting down the device and tried to restart it.
well .. that was it
Xoom doesn't restart... no logo is showing ... nothing.. complete dead. I am sure i have more than 75% of the battery.
Tried all the key combinations of up, down , power keys... numerous times and in duration.. nothing. I charged the battery till the green light comes up..then tried some more variations..
Then suddenly, i heard my email notification sounds.... and the skype chat sounds.... when I checked the wifi router.. it shows that the xoom is connected. So basically the device is switched on and working perfectly it seems without display.
I really have no way of getting professional tech help at least for another 6-7 months. Can't ship it out as it would be cheaper for me to buy a new one. and to top it all, my warranty is over last June.
the device is as it's bought .. no modifications, rootings or flashing done to it. Just the usual updates rolled out only.
If the device had a slow death.. i would accept it and even would give it a proper farewell with a bouquet of flowers as it had been through a lot with me. But this sudden drop dead act is something I cannot accept.
So.... HELP... greatly appreciated.
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HDMI Oout to a TV. IF the option isn't enabled let me know if your screen still responds to touch, just doesnt put anything out. If it responds to touch then you're good to enable HDMI OUT

zvonkorp said:
HDMI Oout to a TV. IF the option isn't enabled let me know if your screen still responds to touch, just doesnt put anything out. If it responds to touch then you're good to enable HDMI OUT
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Problem solved.
Let me jot down the process here for future reference if anyone else come up with the same problem
My problem = Xoom working ( i can hear the notifications, chat sounds etc)... but no display. No display what so ever at all... Nothing.. zip.. zero..
Tried and Failed = soft reset, volume up down combo buttons, holding them down for varies duration of times... cursing colourfully, threatening with abandonment and death, shaking it violently and blasphemy against the all mighty with a "Y u No work xoom" face !! ... non of that worked.
Solution = I narrowed it down to three problems.
1. Battery gone kaput !
2. The power button had worn or broken off
3. Display cables are at a fault
So..i figured that I have to rip it open to get a look at these and thanks to ifixit... got the guide.... and burrowed a set of tools from a friend
1. Took the cover off... and the top cover off as well.. so left with a half naked xoom
2. Checked the power button carefully... to see if there were any faults... NOP .. it was working fine
3. Moved on the to next .. battery ... seems ok (actually there was no way of checking it.. but it looked fine and the connectors were ok) so I figured that its ok and best not to fiddle with it.
4. well.. the connector cable seemed fine... but unlike what they have it in ifixit.. mine were separate cables attached (not as a ribbon) .. and i felt that it might be the cause of the problems as it seems have got a little rusty and seems to have moisture on it.
5. "Hey.. babe... where's your nail polish remover?? " .. with that question.. got it for "free" and carefully dabbed it and started cleaning the cables.
6. Half way through and ... "THERE WAS LIGHT" ... the screen just lit up
7. Have a smug on your face for actually "fixing" something without breaking it more beyond repair....take away all the death threats...thank the lord and make a deal with him to forget the things you said as you didn't mean it... check if all your data is till there without being mucked up.....walk like a boss showing people or spouse "see I bloody fixed it.. who da man now eh???"
Thanks a load to all who have put in their two cents trying to help out... love ya all

Camera Auto Focus problem / bug GALAXY S6

Hi Guys,
Just got my phone replaced because the screen was sometimes unresponsive when layed flat on a surface.
Now I got a problem with the rear facing camera. When I open the camera app the auto focus doesn't always work. As result I get very blurry photo's
I made a short video to show you guys the problem:
Can you guys tell me if this could be a hardware or software problem. I performed a hard reset and reboot but the problem still occurs from time to time.
Ps. I didnt drop my phone and I removed the plastic of the camera lens and led flash, so that cant be the problem.

Since the problem cant be solved with a hard reset, I guess it's a hardware problem. So I contacted my carrier and I will get a new phone. Hopefully this time a phone without problems/bugs.
I will keep you guys updated.

I have that problem too, shaking the phone unlock the focus. It seems to be hardware problem, using the manual focus in pro mode change nothing, only way to fix it for me is wait like 30 to 60s or shake the phone.
I try to get a replacement but obviously, it works perfectly the two times they check :silly:

I had the same problem in the store like you. When I wanted to show the problem to a shop assistant, the camera worked perfectly :silly:
But (thankfully) they believed me and one of these days I will get a replacement because they didnt had any in stock to give me right away.
Maybe you can show them the video on YouTube and tell them that there are more people with the same problem?

I think I will keep it like this for now, and I will ask for a replacement just before the warranty end, so I will have a new phone ^^ I'm used to it now, if it bug, I just shake it and all is fine.

Yeah that would be great. Only I'm afraid that here in the Netherlands the phone will be send to get repaired instead of getting replaced. Only in the first two months i can get it replaced, at least that is what the T-mobile shop assistant said to me.

One of my friend has the same issue. She figured out that she "just" needs to hit the phone on its front top left corner (not hard) and it suddenly works.

yeah thnx, that works most of the time. Still I would bring it back to get it repaired or get a replacement. Yesterday for example, I wanted to take a picture of a fast bike passing through but I ended up with a blurry picture. That shouldnt had happened and I dont want it to happen again.
Still thanks for the tip.

i have the same problem.. the camera take too long to focus or does not focus at all, i need to shake the phone.. i called tmobile and they will give me a replacement.

root the phone then add this to build.prop to fix it
ro.ril.sensor.sleep.control=0

aloric said:
root the phone then add this to build.prop to fix it
ro.ril.sensor.sleep.control=0
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Where do I add that line in the build prop?

I have almost the same problem. Only facing this issue on third party camera apps like Snapchat or Facebook messenger, besides that it works fine. No problems on stock (yet).

Similar Issue
I went hiking one day back at the end of May, and inadvertently left my S6 in the car, which of course, got very hot during the day. After getting back to my car almost 9 hours later, my phone was almost too hot to even touch. I promptly removed the slim case that was on it, and held it up to the A/C (not ice cold, was trying to avoid condensation).
Ever since then, when going into 3rd party apps (most notably Snapchat, and sometimes even the stock camera app) the auto-focus motor seems to get stuck.
The easiest fix for me so far seems to be shaking my phone up and down rapidly 1-2 times. Upon doing this, I can hear a faint *click* and the focus works as normal.
This is very obnoxious as I've missed many shots due to having to do this (and sometimes it doesn't always work). Hard reset has done nothing, so I'm assuming maybe something in the camera got damaged due to excessive heat.
***Edit: After talking to my insurance provider (Squaretrade), they told me that this was still under manufacturer warranty, and to go through my carrier. After taking the phone to Verizon, it was discovered that the water-damage indicator had the slightest bit of red/pink on it, deeming it "water damaged". I later checked this myself at home and there definitely was some red on the strip.
Contacted Squaretrade again, informing them of the new situation, and they advised they would send a refund for the phone (since it was from eBay).
Hopefully the new phone will not have this issue!

Hi guys ..
I was suffering from the same problem .
The problem is the focus of the camera in galaxy s6 just like the Video, .
The solution is:
delete this line : ro.ril.sensor.sleep.control = 0
from ( build.prop )
you can find it in : system/build.prop
Using this program with root access : (Root Browser)
*i can not insert the link because i am a new user here .
after you click on build.prop chose (RB Text Editor)
note : (i am arabic man so my english is not good )

Anyone managed to fix this issue with the method above?

Yup..This is still common.. How does one fix without root?

Solution not working for me I did non fount the line ro.ril.sensor.sleep.control = 0 in my build.prop.. i tried to add the line but nothing changed problem still remains

I had the same camera issue. I took my phone to Samsung and they replaced the camera module.
Now it works perfectly.
Saludos ?

I can't go to Samsung, i have knox counter altered..no warranty for me

yourlifeupdated said:
I can't go to Samsung, i have knox counter altered..no warranty for me
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So what? I have that to, went to an official Samsung Store and they (tried) to fix it
Having the problem myself btw, but if i aim the sensor to the ground en go back up its fixed, not so big problem. Only when selling the phone i want it fixed so its worth more...

Galaxy S6 Camera Randomly Makes Loud Buzzing Sounds?

Hi all,
I wasn't able to find any threads related to this in the S6 forums but I wanted to see if anyone else has this. When I open my camera app, sometimes the camera takes 1-2 seconds to initially focus and during that time it makes a loud buzzing sound. It sounds like a focus motor or something in the camera and the camera output on screen flutters while it focuses. Once it focuses, everything is normal and it doesn't make any more noise to refocus. This also doesn't happen every time I open the camera app, seems mostly random. Has anyone else experienced this? I am already on my 2nd S6 since the first was defective for different reasons and I'm starting to get very disappointed with Samsung quality control.

I have the dame problem.
I don't know if this is normal.
I don't think so
Waiting for some explanations
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going to bumps this too because after having the phone for a month this problem has just started to show its face.

I've first noticed a small buzzing just after a boot for 3/4 times and than I had a long one opening the camera. After that it's gone...

I have it also! Started a couple of days ago. I have dropped my phone a couple of times. What about you?

Had this happen for the first time today also. Had hdr off, switched back on and it went away. Coincidence? Phone never dropped.

rakh1 said:
Had this happen for the first time today also. Had hdr off, switched back on and it went away. Coincidence? Phone never dropped.
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Relax...is the mechanism of optical stabilization.

Mine is doing that too...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1svaTxBY6o&feature=youtu.be

I have the same problem. It is also sometimes accompanied by the picture wiggling in wave patterns.

flu13 said:
I have the same problem. It is also sometimes accompanied by the picture wiggling in wave patterns.
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Yup...exactly.

poweroutlet said:
Hi all,
I wasn't able to find any threads related to this in the S6 forums but I wanted to see if anyone else has this. When I open my camera app, sometimes the camera takes 1-2 seconds to initially focus and during that time it makes a loud buzzing sound. It sounds like a focus motor or something in the camera and the camera output on screen flutters while it focuses. Once it focuses, everything is normal and it doesn't make any more noise to refocus. This also doesn't happen every time I open the camera app, seems mostly random. Has anyone else experienced this? I am already on my 2nd S6 since the first was defective for different reasons and I'm starting to get very disappointed with Samsung quality control.
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Try to clean up your camera lens.
Did your device take some damage in the past?
Did you take it underwater? (The S6 isn't waterproof anymore...)
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sdfsdfsfs said:
Relax...is the mechanism of optical stabilization.
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But it's not that loud.
Otherways, you can't record videos properly, because the microphone records those sounds.

AfroCreame said:
Mine is doing that too...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1svaTxBY6o&feature=youtu.be
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Same problem here since last week.[emoji26]
I tried hard reset and another camera app (Google photo), nothing work.
I think it's a hardware problem, it occurs after shaking the phone and launching the camera.
I feel that the OIS makes more noise when app is off.

flu13 said:
I have the same problem. It is also sometimes accompanied by the picture wiggling in wave patterns.
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This started happening with my S6 today. I think it's the OIS that poops out. I can make this happen with a light tap with my finger on the backside of the phone with the camera open and using the rear camera. And this happens with all camera apps: Samsung's bundled camera, Snap Camera and Camera FV-5.
Update: ..and just as sudden this started happening, it went away again. I hope it's a bug - with a fix in 5.1.1.
Update 2: No, it didn't go away. It comes and goes. I may need to take the phone to the service centre.

Mine has gotten worse. Almost every time I open the camera now, I have the buzzing.

Just checking in to say that mine started doing this, too, about four weeks after getting it. It does it randomly when I open Snapchat, too.

I am having this problem too on the Sprint version sometimes it is pretty loud. I'm planning on taking to service center I think.
I also get the waves before it focuses. I read on another forum that someone said they went to a Samsung service center and Samsung replaced their OIS sensor so I'm guessing this may not be something that is simply part of the design.
*Update #1*
I just got off the phone with Samsung customer service. The representative actually heard the buzzing from my phone over the phone while I was talking to her. Since the phone is still under factory warranty they are emailing me a shipping label to send the phone back for repair.
I also have Asurion insurance through Sprint but do not want a refurb for a phone that is less than a month old with no damage caused by me.
Unfortunately the turn around time from Samsung is about a 5 business days and that was after they told me 9-11 days in which I said I couldn't be without a phone that long.
So, I plan on going to Sprint to see if they will swap out my phone for a brand new one. I think if it is a manufacturer defect they will replace the phone without going through insurance for a refurb but I am not positive. It they won't swap it out for a new one I will go through Samsung.
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what about focus struggle and a buzzing , it's a hard ware issue also ? or what ?

sonasteel said:
what about focus struggle and a buzzing , it's a hard ware issue also ? or what ?
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Yes it appears to be hardware related.
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any one try to set another mega pixel like 12 , 8.9 ,8 ... etc ., and the focus struggle and buzzing still there ?

sona4steel said:
any one try to set another mega pixel like 12 , 8.9 ,8 ... etc ., and the focus struggle and buzzing still there ?
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I tried and initially it doesn't seem to happen when the mega pixels are lowered but I haven't tested extensively.
I went to Sprint today and the technician concluded that he was ordering me another phone so definitely seems hardware related.
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Camera rattling noise

I now had the Galaxy S6 for several months and I found this phone totally awesome, but a few days earlier it started a rattling noise from the camera. Most of the time I open the camera app, it makes a strange sound (like it is trying to move the lens and the motor fails it to do so). When the camera is open and I try to refocus anything from very near to very far at once, it sometimes make that awful sound too. I am bothered, because I rooted my device some months ago, installed custom kernel and so on. Can I take this to the warranty or am I screwed? Should I bother about this sound? Will it get worse maybe?
Thanks for any help.

Fusseldieb said:
I now had the Galaxy S6 for several months and I found this phone totally awesome, but a few days earlier it started a rattling noise from the camera. Most of the time I open the camera app, it makes a strange sound (like it is trying to move the lens and the motor fails it to do so). When the camera is open and I try to refocus anything from very near to very far at once, it sometimes make that awful sound too. I am bothered, because I rooted my device some months ago, installed custom kernel and so on. Can I take this to the warranty or am I screwed? Should I bother about this sound? Will it get worse maybe?
Thanks for any help.
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I own a galaxy S6E+ and I also experienced this same strange camera behaviour, but I haven't figured it out yet...
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zizon65 said:
I own a galaxy S6E+ and I also experienced this same strange camera behaviour, but I haven't figured it out yet...
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i had that issue, you can't do anything, you have to get it to the carrier to fix it, it's a hardware issue...i hope i don't get it again...because in 3 weeks my waranty ends

All this time i thought it was camera getting ready, opening lens and stuff like on digital cameras which make the same sound when started. Is this not the case?

archzz said:
All this time i thought it was camera getting ready, opening lens and stuff like on digital cameras which make the same sound when started. Is this not the case?
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I really don't know if there is a camera focusing problem or a hardware issue, but for to get rid of this, I decided from now to use the Pro manual focus mode rather than the Autofocus mode, and will let you know if this helps...
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It's the OIS being slightly broken. Need to take to repair. I have same issue on s6 edge and need to get mine fixed.

Fusseldieb said:
I now had the Galaxy S6 for several months and I found this phone totally awesome, but a few days earlier it started a rattling noise from the camera. Most of the time I open the camera app, it makes a strange sound (like it is trying to move the lens and the motor fails it to do so). When the camera is open and I try to refocus anything from very near to very far at once, it sometimes make that awful sound too. I am bothered, because I rooted my device some months ago, installed custom kernel and so on. Can I take this to the warranty or am I screwed? Should I bother about this sound? Will it get worse maybe?
Thanks for any help.
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I had exactly the same issue... It got progressively worse, to the point where sometimes I'd have to shake the phone to get the camera to focus when the camera was open. Initially they told me nothing seemed wrong with it... But second time round, I filmed it using the Mobizen app (often used to record gameplay - no root required). I found trying to get the phone to focus on text from a book exaggerated the problem.
I showed them the video at the Samsung Express Repair store and they couldn't really deny it (or attempt to). They swapped the camera out in a couple of hours whilst I waited with a newspaper and coffee. Oh, and they didn't even check KNOX (I asked out of curiosity... Mine wasn't tripped anyway)
*But some amount of rattling is normal. I tried it on two of my friends' S6 phones, and even mine now rattles... Not when opening the camera, but when you physically shake it next to your ear

2ZE said:
when you physically shake it next to your ear
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When shaking it's normal, but when I let it alone and it make weird sound, then I'm bothered.

zizon65 said:
I really don't know if there is a camera focusing problem or a hardware issue
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This seem to appear only to people who updated Android 5.0 to 5.1.1 or newer. I think Samsung made a firmware update to the camera, which focusses faster, but that lead to this problem.

same issue here. happens rarely and goes away when I shake the phone.

S7 sim key pushed into top michrophone !! Help

Hello ! I recently got my s7 from vodafone uk model 930F exynoss cpu , and today after one month i had to leave urgently back home... in the airplane i was trying to quickly make a call and change the sim but when i realized i was pushing into the top microphone i froze.... i was not forcing it very hard just normal force .... the top mic is working but i dont know if it.s still water proof ?! Can anywone relate or tell show me a schematic of what membrane or rubber or how it is placed there ? Thank you -!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4KOg7g1zfE

Thank you for the vid but my question remains ! Is the phone still water proof ?

no one ?

Drewmk20 said:
no one ?
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Hey - I did exactly the same thing with mine... However, I have water tested it and it was just fine!!!

take it to a phone stall and ask them?!