Hello guys, first post here.
So I have this problem with my Z1c: When my headphones are connected, the notification volume goes all the way up and when I am listening to music, the volume of it randomly goes up and down (without me pressing any buttons). Also, the power button stops working, I can't turn the screen off.
I think my phone is recognizing my headphones as a headset (Smart Connect says so) and it thinks I am pressing some non-existent buttons.
I have tried disabling Smart Connect and even factory resetting my Z1c. Neither has solved the problem. Is the headphone jack busted?
By the way, the problem exists with both my in-ears and over-ear headphones.
I haven't found anything online about this particular problem.
Thanks,
Wouter Vork said:
Hello guys, first post here.
So I have this problem with my Z1c: When my headphones are connected, the notification volume goes all the way up and when I am listening to music, the volume of it randomly goes up and down (without me pressing any buttons). Also, the power button stops working, I can't turn the screen off.
I think my phone is recognizing my headphones as a headset (Smart Connect says so) and it thinks I am pressing some non-existent buttons.
I have tried disabling Smart Connect and even factory resetting my Z1c. Neither has solved the problem. Is the headphone jack busted?
By the way, the problem exists with both my in-ears and over-ear headphones.
I haven't found anything online about this particular problem.
Thanks,
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Haven't ever used smart connect myself, but there's obviously bugs with it, (quick search turns up pages of complaints on Sony forums). Seems like one of those things they just didn't get right, in general. Since it's persistent after hard reset, my guess is hardware, but just to be clear - when you did a factory reset, it still did the same thing right off the bat, without you adding or tweaking anything, right? Also did you just factory reset, or did you reflash the rom? If it's a problem with the system flash, a reset won't change it.
I would try to reflash system, and see if the same. Also, are you rooted? You can try removing smart connect app, etc. (make a backup)...
Also, have you seen this - https://play.google.com/store/apps/...key&pcampaignid=APPU_1_kgNwWerXJYbf-QHv8Jy4Aw
levone1 said:
Haven't ever used smart connect myself, but there's obviously bugs with it, (quick search turns up pages of complaints on Sony forums). Seems like one of those things they just didn't get right, in general. Since it's persistent after hard reset, my guess is hardware, but just to be clear - when you did a factory reset, it still did the same thing right off the bat, without you adding or tweaking anything, right? Also did you just factory reset, or did you reflash the rom? If it's a problem with the system flash, a reset won't change it.
I would try to reflash system, and see if the same. Also, are you rooted? You can try removing smart connect app, etc. (make a backup)...
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Thanks for your reply levone,
Smart Connect was working flawlessly for me since i got the phone which was a couple of years ago, but unfortunately these last few days I have run into this problem. My phone isn't rooted, so I can't remove it. (it's a system app)
I just did a factory reset, not a reflash, and it did the same thing right off the bat. I don't know how to reflash, so I'll have to research that if the problem persists.
I will try the Smartkey app, thanks for that.
Alright, I tried Smartkey, the problem is still there. Next I tried reflashing the ROM, the problem is still there .
Next I tried disabling Smart Connect and installing Smartkey on the reflashed phone, just to see if it did anything, it didn't.
So, this must be a hardware problem, right? Headphone jack busted in some way?
Appreciate your thoughts,
Hello,
i had also issues with the headphone jack. In mine were fluffs (lint, dust - not my native language, so sorry for using bad words).
after removing there weren´t any issues.
Greetings
I had the same problem. Replacing the headphone connector was the solution, in my case of course. But you could first try to clean connector. If problem persist you have to change definitely the connector.
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The title says it all really. I've tried searching the forums by the way but couldn't get it to work.
I go into connection manager from the today screen and tap on the bluetooth to switch it on, the egg timer comes up for a few seconds as if it's trying to turn on, but then can't. Is this a regular issue? I can't find a self diagnosis tool on this machine, which I've had on all my previous Pocket PCs, is there one hidden away somewhere?
Many thanks for any help.
i think it's just broken. some kind of hardware failure. i got the same problem. have to send it in. :-(
Make a hard reset. I helped for me.
Right I'll try a hard reset if someone could just tell me how to do it. Many thanks.
hjf3Gd said:
Right I'll try a hard reset if someone could just tell me how to do it. Many thanks.
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First hit on google for "hard reset polaris": http://www.hardreset.eu/htc_touch_cruise_polaris_hard_reset_soft_reset.html
You might wanna put some effort in it yourself first, before asking.
First hit on google for "hard reset polaris": http://www.hardreset.eu/htc_touch_cr...oft_reset.html
You might wanna put some effort in it yourself first, before asking
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Point taken, but the problem with your links' information and all the hard reset guides I initially found, is that the buttons referred to aren't the same as the Orbit 2. Even if you search for Orbit 2 reset info you get a page as you've linked about touch cruise.
Anyway found the info eventually but hard resetting didn't help the bluetooth problem, looks like I've got to send it back to O2. Sucks.
My colleague's Polaris has also gone RMA because of the same bluetooth problem. Hard reset didn't help either.
BTW, now that you know how to hard reset the Orbit2, maybe you can post it here to help others?
Hard resetting Orbit2
Good point. To hard reset the Orbit2 you just push and hold down the "OK" and the windows start menu buttons simultaneously and then press the recessed reset button once. Continue to hold the 2 buttons until the hard reset prompt screen appears then follow the instructions.
So, maybe this isn't the isolated problem they'd have me believe it is then. I've noticed that when the GPS is in use + bluetooth and maybe wifi, the unit gets very hot and I wonder whether this caused it to overheat.....
It has started for about 2 weeks now. The phone pops up a message saying for me to save and that if I want to save before I turn off. If I try to turn off the screen, the top button wont react. I have to press twice to get it off, then it comes back on and it gives me the same message. I have to soft reset it to get it working again.
I also did a ROM update and that reset it everything, but then it started doing it again.
It is hardware right?
So this is becoming very annoying this ****e keeps popping up and its draining the ****e of my battery. Anyone has had this problem.
I don't really have a solution for this, but I had the same and also was thinking it's hardware related...
I tried opening up the phone and cleaning it out, first with no noticeable effect (except I broke my speaker wires, be carefull with that if you ever decide to open up your phone), but it seems like something went right, because I only rarely have that problem now ...
One theory I had was that water might have sipped in the button or something, so I'm leaving it out the bathroom when I'm taking showers now.
Anyway, if anyone else has had this problem and did something about it, I'm also very interested to know...
Actually to me, it sounds like some app has gone rogue. Have you installed or modded anything after you flashed the updated ROM? I would suggest if you have anything of importance, that you save/backup that information before performing a hard reset as this will reset everything back to stock for the ROM that you are using. I am using the ROM in my sig/signature and I am not experiencing any of the issues you are describing. It is a custom/cooked ROM so you will need to have HARD-SPL'd your device before you flash. Also, there is a CDMA version on PPCGeeks if you have that type of device.
n-Joie! (Enjoy)
Today I noticed I couldn't hear incoming calls, but they could hear me.
I have cyanogenmod 9 alpha 3 release, and tried reformatting, and reinstalling alpha 5 to no avail. Even called tmo to check if it was a network issue with no luck. Then I noticed my screen go shut off upon opening the keyboard. It would go on and off as if the connection was loose. Now it is permanently off so I followed the directions to factory reset through hardware buttons and am pretty sure it did reset. However, this will just keep me stuck at the recovery mod screen as I know from previous wipes.
My questions are the following:
Is my phone gg'd?
If I hook up a tv out cable to the audio jack, will I be able to see the screen on a tv for reformating to stock rom for tmo replacement?
If I send in my phone with a dead screen, will they know I installed a custom rom and tell me this was my fault?
That's about it.
Thanks.
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My HTC One S is running CM11, and a common problem is the very low speaker volume.
I tried changing the value of the speaker volume in snd_soc_msm_2x, but after saving it, a large part of the file disappeared, and after my battery reached zero and my phone died, it was stuck in a bootloop when I tried to turn it on again.
So, I flashed CM11 again, everything works fine but there are 2 missing features at the moment.
1. The home button and multitask buttons don't do anything anymore, they still light up and vibrate though.
2. I have a pin code to unlock my phone, but it only asks for my pin code when I turn it on the first time. When I lock my phone and unlock it, it doesn't ask for a pincode.
Maybe there are even more problems but this is just what I noticed until now.
Tried wiping cache and dalvik, didn't help.
Any advice?
CrackedHippo said:
My HTC One S is running CM11, and a common problem is the very low speaker volume.
I tried changing the value of the speaker volume in snd_soc_msm_2x, but after saving it, a large part of the file disappeared, and after my battery reached zero and my phone died, it was stuck in a bootloop when I tried to turn it on again.
So, I flashed CM11 again, everything works fine but there are 2 missing features at the moment.
1. The home button and multitask buttons don't do anything anymore, they still light up and vibrate though.
2. I have a pin code to unlock my phone, but it only asks for my pin code when I turn it on the first time. When I lock my phone and unlock it, it doesn't ask for a pincode.
Maybe there are even more problems but this is just what I noticed until now.
Tried wiping cache and dalvik, didn't help.
Any advice?
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You should have edit the file on your pc not on your phone. This is why part of the file disappeared. After editing you could have replace the original one (making a backup first)
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You should have edit the file on your pc not on your phone. This is why part of the file disappeared. After editing you could have replace the original one (making a backup first)
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Thanks for the information, now I know what to do in the future.
Hope that I can fix my current problems aswell though.
I'm not sure what the low speaker volume problem is. I had OK speaker volume but terrible headphone volumes. I was never able to increase the voice level only - just the overall volume of everything. This made the voice louder but everything else much louder.
Hi guys,
I am experiencing the wierdest thing on my brother's Xperia Z3.
2 days ago, the phone randomly stopped showing images on the screen, but the backlight would still switch on and off as normal when pressing the power button. If the phone is restarted in this state by using key combos, the Sony logo won't even show up. This problem started intermittently, but now it does this for a much longer period. The issue would usually occur after the phone being locked, or if it were being used, the screen would show horrible distortion on the bottom half and become non-responsive until the screen switched off and any attempt to switch it on would be make the phone behave as described earlier.
I used to be able to make the image work by plugging in the USB cable, but this method seems to have stopped working, or at the very least has a really low success rate. I have tried all the soft reset methods: Power+VolUp, yellow button in the sim tray, none of those work for me.
I have just stopped short of reflashing the phone with Flash Tools.
Has anyone had this problem before? It is really confusing me as to whether this is a software or hardware issue.
Any suggestions?
I reflashed the phone using Flash Tools and the phone is still behaving the same way; just the backlight is turning on. Besides that, the phone seems to be making the correct noises and responding to the USB cable. Anyone have any ideas? Could it be the screen itself? I'm worried that it may be the motherboard.
Ok, I found something that works. If I hit the device with my hand on the back or the screen a few times, it seems to bring the phone back. My suspicion is either a loose screen connector or something on the motherboard. I'm not really comfortable with opening the phone up, so this is going to be my go-to solution. Hope this is able to help someone.