OK, so I have an Atom exec and I tried to install a new ROM on it.
The process was going along quite well until the thing booted up for the first time and I had to 'align' the screen.
The problem is my old Atom Exec has a horizontal crack about two thirds down the screen and while this does make it hard to type on using the stylus the thing as a whole still works and I was hoping to use it as an alarm clock (OK, a stupidly overpowered alarm clock with wi-fi, bluetooth and a touch screen).
Does anyone know of a ROM that won't need me to align the screen?
Willing to try pretty much anything as at the moment is might as well be shiny paperweight.
U should search first. Now don't tell me that I am pissing u of as the same thing is avail on these forums somewhere, I have seen it.
OK U search for "MSP Remote Alignment" on the net and download the prog and it will automatically do the alignment for u. That is all I know rest u do and also explain here for others for future reference please.
Also read this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=490245
OK, so the assumption that I haven't searched for this is a little rash. I have. I even found that program you are recommending (sure, I may have found it after my original post but I found it none the less) the problem is that as far as I can tell it can bypass the screen alignment but then I am left with a touchscreen that is totally useless..... any touch results in a 'top left' response.
Yes, this program will (accoring to it) inject the screen alignment information into the phone but as far as I can tell all it does is fire up the screen alignment program again.
Also you may have noticed that this program requires a soft reset of the phone and th epopular ROMs I have seen here require the installation process to go from start to finish without a reset.
So I was asking if anyone had had a similar problem before and could recommend a way for me to proceed.
Thanks
(and tjkhattak61, while it may not soundlike it I really appreciate your reply)
Wow......am I that harsh, lol. OK what I did is I made my self do this for u so u don't think we here at XDA don't help .
I tried it with a hard reset and after the calibration and soft reset I started of with the normal customization and every thing went well. Hope u satisfied now and sorry if u felt that I am harsh, meeeeee and harsh no way.
Thanks very much for you efforts, I will give it a go tonight.
ok, so I have hit a small problem.
The WM 6.5 rom installs fine (thanks!) but I still cannot align my screen and I have managed to lock the screen. The slider to unlock it will not work and I can't even update the ROM to start from scratch.
Any suggestions?
Also my experience with the MSP remote alignment is the same, the part where it skips the alignemnt works a treat but I cannot get it to align the screen for me.
I have read that there are applications out there that will let me remotely control the phone but so far I cannot find one that works (or that I am able to get to work)
Help much appreciated.
Thanks
OK can u try by pressing hard button for the windows key and going to settings and then with the help of the hard keys going to the System and then go for Screen. I did it once and I never used the Stylus please try it u may get to carry out the alignment.
Not all is going according to plan, I might just give up and invest in a new touchscreen (not that they are expensive).
I managed to get 6.1 back on it but functionality is low with out some semblance of touchscreen usage.
Oh well,
Thanks for all your help.
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Hi experts...
Well, I have just recently upgraded to WM2003SE with ZeroXtreme modified ROM. Lately, while I was using my xda 2, probably it process pretty much heavy task and got hang. I did a soft the first time, it was somehow froze at the splash screen. Thought I waited longer than the usual time it'd load to windows, impatiently I soft reset the second time.
Surprisingly It proceeded to the align window which was actually done by hard reset. I was still puzzled even now, wonder whether it does happen like with the upgrade or just on my machine.
However, before this happen, I did somehow accidentally got my xda 2 knock against the ground quite lightly and a little scratch was on my baby's... Not sure if that was part of the cause of the auto-hard reset?
After reinstalling all applications back, I did some trial and error to test if it reoccur by soft resetting a few times and pressing multiple buttons simultaneously or any other way that I could think of to test out.
And so far it didn't auto-hard reset again. But, sometimes, if I soft reset it, it'd froze at the 2nd splash screen (the first splash screen where it displays the rom version,etc for short). Hence, i need to soft-reset it another time to get back working.
Experts please give advise or anyone experience the same occurence please do share. thanks.
Hi buddy,
The hang/delay while soft reset seems to be a common problem for 2.06 ROM. I have the same problem as well. Someone suggested the XCPUScaler could help a bit and it does....well, not totally. Sin from Australia suggested a merge of 2.02t and 2.06 ROMs can resolve the problem. I haven't try it yet but if you would like to give it a go, do a search in the Forum.
Have a great Christmas!
Cheers!
Check the DB_notify_queue database as it might contain lots of records ... use CheckNotify to clear it as the clearnotify.exe fix doesn't
P.S: it shouldn't contain more than 20 records in average
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Check the DB_notify_queue database as it might contain lots of records ... use CheckNotify to clear it as the clearnotify.exe fix doesn't
P.S: it shouldn't contain more than 20 records in average
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Hi!
I use CheckNotify and check that they were 21 records. I guess it's normal then, since you said it shouldn't be more than 20 records. So, do you think I should still run the "clearfix.exe"?
I was just puzzled, how on earth that it could hard-reset by itself, when I was expecting a soft-reset on the machine.
I tried to recollect how was it possible to happen, and I thought it could be due to the one time that it slipped off my hand and knock on the ground lightly while I was trying to snap a picture that's closed to the floor. Other than these, I'm not too sure what's the cause could be, cause it might be too technical for me to discover :?
I think this is the problem of using non-official rom, especially main one. I have similar problem but not that serious. This is our trade off as no one force us to flash our rom.
Sometime I think it might be hardware problem too, as my wife is using 1.66WWE (I did not flash her machine), it sometimes hard reset automatically too... Also, everything change sim card - even if the 2nd battery is full, it still lost all the data.
Might be the machine is too complicated or might be this is a common feature of all the windows products.
Hey guys,
I successfully put Gullum's V5 Touch ROM on my Jamin and I have been using it since it came out which is a few weeks I think. Today I went to reset it and it's just stuck at Gullum's grey themed Prophet Touch the boot screen.
Does anyone know why that would happen after using it no problem for a while? Can I get any of the info on it back as I didn't syncronize it for a week. I'm guessing a Hard reset will do the job but now I don't trust the ROM if it just randomly locks up.
why didnt you flash to v6 instead?make sure you do step 1 first then proceed to doing step2.gullum is one of the best.beta testers rules!
rovert said:
Hey guys,
I successfully put Gullum's V5 Touch ROM on my Jamin and I have been using it since it came out which is a few weeks I think. Today I went to reset it and it's just stuck at Gullum's grey themed Prophet Touch the boot screen.
Does anyone know why that would happen after using it no problem for a while? Can I get any of the info on it back as I didn't syncronize it for a week. I'm guessing a Hard reset will do the job but now I don't trust the ROM if it just randomly locks up.
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My advice: look an search a bit more before you start a new thread. There is one (very heavy) allready about this topic. There's even an tips and tricks Wiki-page that makes notice of this problem.
My personal solution: don't restart with the cube active.
It's difficult to search threads that have pages and pages of information. My eyes can only take so much scrolling. And even using the right combination of words to search for is the next thing to be successful at. Anyways I don't want to argue with you as I have been trying to keep up with information as some of you more 'experience' have learned and retained.
I always downgrade before I upgrade and I have done it many times as ROMs just keep coming out by the week!
I'm just wondering if there is anyway to get my Pocket PC back up and running to at least get an excel spreadsheet that is in internal memory. If not then I will suck it up and hard boot it. I'm just confused why a soft reset lead to a full boot screen freeze after countless soft resets before.
We don't going to argue my friend.. it was just a friendly advice!
But did you find the thread that deals with this problem? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=320689 It realy tells a lot about problems and solutions experienced by other pp.
As about your wish to backup from the bootscreen (if I understand you correctly) I really don't know, never heard nor red about it.
But I did read that someone managed to start up again by removing his SD card, perhaps worth trying.
Hi all,
I have Qtek S200 (Prophet).
I tried several WM6 ROMs, but all attmpts ended with following problems:
- after few soft resets the machine starts forgetting e-mail accounts
- the same time BT problem apears, all pairings are gone and are not saved anymore
- the problem appears sometimes directly after the flash, sometimes it can hold correct state for 2 weeks, but no version is stable in long time
- if I unlock ExtROM I have it with name like "Extrom2", so all apps which you cook to be at Extended ROM do no work
Currently I had to go back to WM5, because I need the BT and e-mail.
Am I doing something wrong, or it is common problem? How should I solve this?
thanks
Jaba
at first try to use the "search" function, these problems were discussed alot of times
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at first try to use the "search" function, these problems were discussed alot of times
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Yes I did
But any of proposed solutions like hard power off or email recovery program does not solve it.
Hard power off is instead of "saving" data generating the problem with 100% "success".
I did not find any other solution .... just something like "you are using it at your risk, nothing is guaranteed"
I cope with this ... but I'm sure I'm not the only one, who has the problem. Maybe someone had realy invented something ....
I'm also trying to provide the clue: Extended ROM is in my case renamed to "ExtRom2". Why?
Maybe the Extended ROM changed name can cause the data are not saved?
If there is no solution, I will accept it.
that's ALL
thanks
jaba
you do now that you generally should NOT use the stylus to reset the device? That causes these errors..
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you do now that you generally should NOT use the stylus to reset the device? That causes these errors..
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Nice advice, but my dear machine has tendency to reset itself occasionally with no reason. WOW ... here it comes.
It's not so often, but even one self-reset in 2 weeks is enough to make problems.
Do you have any clue, if WM 6.1 solved this?
My personal opinion is that it can have also link to "forgetting" PIN password with reset. The mechanism is the same. After reset some data are lost.
Or it can be connected to renamed Ext rom? I'm able to many tweaks with WM, but this one is out of my reach.
You know ... I'm looking for real solution rather than for workarround like "do not reset it"
Maybe nobody knows... Than OK. But let's to say it clearly.
If there is no known fix, the WM6 on Prophet are unsable for real life, maybe it can work as a gadget to play with
thanks
jaba
Let start by telling I don't have a solution either, sorry.
But... I can't remember encountering this problem of spontanious resets, nor have I red about someone else suffering from it. Perhaps you are looking in the wrong direction by pointing to WM6 in general as the cause of your missery. Perhaps you should have a closer look at your hardware. Just a suggestion.
As for the gadget part. I am using WM6 for almost a year now, even for proffesional (PDA, GPS and email) use, and it haven't failed me more then the original WM5 ROM. Perhaps I'm one of the lucky few, who will tell...?
rondol1 said:
Let start by telling I don't have a solution either, sorry.
But... I can't remember encountering this problem of spontanious resets, nor have I red about someone else suffering from it. Perhaps you are looking in the wrong direction by pointing to WM6 in general as the cause of your missery. Perhaps you should have a closer look at your hardware. Just a suggestion.
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I suppose, this is not matter of HW. Under WM5 there are no self-resets. They appeared as I begun to try WM6. When I reflashed back to WM5, it's stable again.
But this topic satified my hunger for information
There is no hope for me to have stable Prophet with WM6. I will stay with WM5 and start save money for new toy.
thanks for response
jaba
Hey!
I've noticed that in a few applications (or settings) i have issues with my touch-input. This is e.g when changing the default ringtone i can't just tap "ok" but have to press the "ok" button from the side with my whole finger, otherwise it won't be regocnised. Sometimes when using the keyboard, the buttons on the right side are very hard to use. That would be the "p" "l" and "backspace". Have anyone else had this problem? The weird thing is that sometimes it works perfect, but sometimes it's just a pain in the ass to get things done?
I think sometimes the touch screen can just not work properly, just luck of the draw I guess.
Has yours always been like this or is it a recent change? I am assuming its always been like this.
if it has then its a hardware failure (most likely) and will need to go back under warranty for repair.
If its a new change, then what has happened to cause it? Could just be a new rom or something causing the calibration to be off.
It hasn't always been like this. Lately it has begun to screw with me. And i don't think it has anything to do with luck, since it's always the same programs that do this. e.g. changing ringtone, accepting the google maps license on first run etc.
One could think this is a hardware failure, that's what i thought at first, but the strange thing is, that the same "area" on the screen works prefectly in other applications. I've tried several roms, but they all act like this. Perhaps I should install the stock rom and try with that.
I have a similar issue, and even more, sometimes once I am pressing the screen, the keys are starting to "dance" like the hero is trying to think which button to choose, by itself, and I am watching it, and smiling :-(
I've had it since SenseHero 1.5 and others as well. I just reinstalled the official htc rom and calibrated again the screen... but I am afraid the issue is still there, though less frequent...
Next week at the doorsteps of Orange I guess
Possibly is lag related?
Maybe the phones memory management is not working very well on the ROM you have installed and is causing large amounts of lag that the phone is interpreting touches (or not touches).
Lennyuk said:
Possibly is lag related?
Maybe the phones memory management is not working very well on the ROM you have installed and is causing large amounts of lag that the phone is interpreting touches (or not touches).
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Possible, But with all the speed tweaks, task killer and stuff, maybe even the overclock widget that I started to use only after this issue appeared... don't know, have no idea how to solve it.
Now it is like beginning, with official htc rom, no additional apps installed neither contacts, and still, I have this issue.
Suggestion?
Got the exact same problem.
Almost exclusively buttons on the bottom of the screen and as you already said the right part of the keyboard (especially the goddamn backspace drives me nuts sometimes!).
It hasn't always been like this, started somewhen after flashing more than just Modaco I think.. And the severity varies a lot, sometimes I got barely any issues and then again I can't even finish an sms. Unnerving.
At htcpedia someone who obviously has the same problem pm'ed me his solution:
Your Problem with Screen
I had to wipe everything of.... installed the WWE original ROM, then re-root the phone and now working with Modacco 3.1, seems to be working ok now....think the problem was with LOX latest ROM.
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I think - not sure - it startet with some lox rom for me too. Do you remember which Rom you were using when this first occured?
Well anyway, might give it a try.
I haven't tried it yet for 3 reasons:
1 - the link for the german version of the original firmware is down
2 - i don't have a windows computer, so the .exe is pretty much useless for me
3 - I'm way too lazy as currently it's not that bad
same problem
hye there, I seldomly post here..
But i got the same problem before... keyboard dances, hard to click OK... could not finish a sms without swearing F*** F***..
yep, its a hardware problem.. maybe its bcoz of the shape of the hero making its touch screen easily damage.. Not sure though..
flashed so many roms, to try to fix this problem.. thought it was a software issue.. but.... nothing..
went to HTC care centre.. and changed the touch screen (warranty, had to revert everything to stock) and now...
Good as New with Villain 3.4
hope this helps...
Oh thx guys. "Happy" not to be the only one with this issue. For starters I'll try the solution with the original rom. I think I still have some version of windows installed on one of my harddrives. If it don't work I'll have the screen changed. I'll report soon.
rehet said:
hye there, I seldomly post here..
But i got the same problem before... keyboard dances, hard to click OK... could not finish a sms without swearing F*** F***..
yep, its a hardware problem.. maybe its bcoz of the shape of the hero making its touch screen easily damage.. Not sure though..
flashed so many roms, to try to fix this problem.. thought it was a software issue.. but.... nothing..
went to HTC care centre.. and changed the touch screen (warranty, had to revert everything to stock) and now...
Good as New with Villain 3.4
hope this helps...
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When you revert to stock Rom, do you need to reinstall a stock recovery as well? or is it automatic? because I reverted and when I try to boot into recovery with "power + home" I get a kind of error: the symbol of a triangle with an exclamation mark in it, and a phone symbol lies down beneath it.
Is there another way to go into recovery? or is it not installed actually? (I went back to the official RUU from htc site).
Thanks for the help.
Ok, I've just tried the solution with the stock rom. As a matter of fact, it does fix the keyboard-issues. However, some of the other random touch-input-issues still persist. I can't really see how this could be hardwarebased, since the same area on the screen works in other applications just fine.
The official rom from HTC completly restores your phone as it was when you got it. You'll have to install your custom recovery again, as you did the first time.
I had a similar issue.
A fix for this: VillainROM6.1-Full-signed.
Now, keyboard its ok.
Try it.
This sucks... out of the blue my touch screen went all kinds of screwy on me. I'm gonna list everything that is going wrong...
1. When sending a text I can see the letters along the bottom of the keyboard scrolling back and forth really fast, as if I'm dragging my finger across it.
2. When on any of the home screens, it's acting like I'm pinching it, like the new sense screen selector thing keeps zooming in and out but I can't select anything.
3. I can't select items on any of the home screens, it is action like I have my palm resting on it or something...
4. When I select something on a menu, it acts like the input is a couple of inches below my finger (i.e. I select power off, it selects turn off mobile network)
If I press the power button to turn off the screen, I can press it again and ulock it, I have full functionality for about 5 seconds, then it freaks out again. This seems to be consistent, however annoying to have to do this all the time to send a text message.
This first happened while using the latest ChronosDroid ROM (CronosDroid_2.1.2), I reflashed with VillainROM 12.0.0 twice, and once with the newer RCMixV10, the symptoms are the same accross all ROMs, the only similarities is that they're all v 2.1 with Sense. I did a wipe of everything before each install.
I am going to try going back to v2.0 with some other ROM (probably SenseHERO-2.1-090610-B5, cuz I liked that interface...) I'll post back if that fixes it... If it doesn't, what can I do? I really like this phone, I hope it's not busted...
***Edit***
Purchased new digitizer and replaced it, all is back to normal.
I had this problem with cronos froyo, wiped everything and flashed fusion rom 6.1.1 and hey presto, everything was fine. Try it it may work for you aswell if not, something more sinister may be at work :$
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I'll give that a try. I had flashed to that version before to test it out, but that was before the screen was all messed up. I used the hard OCed version to 710, I'll try the SOC version this time and see if I have better luck.
I did flash with the aforementioned sense hero, and it is still a little bit messed up, but it doesn't seem as bad... I wonder if the OC from the Froyo is partly to blame. This is just so random... That is the only link I can think of. If the Fusion 6.1.1 is the cause, how can I make sure the CPU is back at it's default frequency? I never use any OC tools...
K, response is a little better but still jacked. I think I have a nand backup thing from before I installed Froyo, I've never had to restore a backup before, is it a bad idea to restore a backup from v2.1 on a 2.2 ROM? Or should I restore the backup and reflash to something else?
Restoring to a 2.1 from 2.2 will be fine mate, which Rom is the 2.1 you have as nandroid restore?
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Unfortunately this is a hardware problem. I have the same problem and after searching for a solution, I understand that this is something about display's touch part and you have to return it to HTC to change it.
In my country there is no valid HTC center and I cannot trust lcal repair shops so I have to deal with it and change my beloved hero in near future.
But for now, after installing different ROMs I find out that the best keyboard is default HTC sense keyboard and I dont know why. Currently I've installed Froydvillain 1.2.2 and use HTC_mod keyboard and it almost works for me with a bit struggle.
daashali said:
In my country there is no valid HTC center and I cannot trust lcal repair shops so I have to deal with it and change my beloved hero in near future.
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Just do this yourself. You can buy the touch window off eBay for £25, and replacing it will take 20 minutes - see youtube for videos.
Have had same problems which then lead to the bottom 1/2 to 1cm of my screen becoming completely unresponsive. I managed to get my screen back to perfect working order without replacing it at all as this seems to be caused by the screen slightly coming away from the frame.
I detailed how i sorted it in this thread:-
forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7710742&postcount=99
I had this problem with CMH-1.4.3 (Vanilla). I did a nand restore to VR12 but the same happened. Then I realised that the screen was a little up from his "standard" position let's say, if the screen is normally like this
______ <-screen
mine was slightly up (diagonally) at the top
_____-
I pressed the two upper corners of the screen with my fingers and everything went back to normal
Try this first, and then if you want, the Hairdryer solution
to all guys having the same issue, did you guys try to fully wipe & re partition your sdcard? try it & let see it still having same issue. best try do a clean flash of rom.
wrong forum
this is about developpement
thantos2024 said:
Have had same problems which then lead to the bottom 1/2 to 1cm of my screen becoming completely unresponsive. I managed to get my screen back to perfect working order without replacing it at all as this seems to be caused by the screen slightly coming away from the frame.
I detailed how i sorted it in this thread:-
forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7710742&postcount=99
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Interesting indeed. I did not see that my screen was raised at all. I have formatted, used a new microSD thinking it could be anything. When the screen goes wonky, I can set it on the table and it will continue to type in random characters until I hit the power button.
This isn't isolated to one area of the screen though, and pressing the phone together making sure the screen isn't raised does nothing to fix it. I think the digitizer is just going on vacation. Laying it down, it will keep typing in letters, if I hover my finger about 1 cm from the screen it will sense that my finger is there and interrupt the auto imput fuction that has been enabled, but doesn't stop it permanantly until I press the power button and unlock it again, then it all starts over.
I've taken the device apart and reseated everything and it didn't help. I think I'm going to take a chance and order a new digitizer from eBay. I really like this phone, don't want to have to get a new one.
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wrong forum
this is about developpement
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I didn't see a support forum. Is there a better place to ask about this kind of thing on the Hero? I thought it was a software problem, which is why I posted here.
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I didn't see a support forum. Is there a better place to ask about this kind of thing on the Hero? I thought it was a software problem, which is why I posted here.
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Maybe this section:
Hero, G2 Touch Q&A
For all your questions concerning the HTC Hero, T-Mobile G2 Touch
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=511
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zorxd said:
Maybe this section:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=511
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Ah, thank you. Again wasn't sure if this was a bug in the rom, or I screwed up the hardware or something.
On a lighter note, I ordered a new digitizer from eBay for $65, got it in today and replaced it and it's back to 100% functionality!!!! w00t!! Thank you all for your help and suggestions, XDA is the best thing to hit mobile phones since the wheel! I'll update the title of the first post to notate that it is fixed.