Hope someone can help me as Ive google'd and ive found nothing.
When I run the digital compass app from a Stock Rom the dial just spins and does not point north etc.
I sometimes get the "interferance Figure of 8" screen but only for a fraction of a second then I get the compass spinning again.
Can anyone shed some light on this ?
Try a soft reboot, just press the red button umder the battery cover and allow it to reboot
johnerz said:
Try a soft reboot, just press the red button umder the battery cover and allow it to reboot
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Hardware problem ??
sitting next to your pc? got a TV nearby? got it plugged in to USB? anything electrical, or even lots of metal, will distort the signal,
go try it in your garden.
Tried it in the middle of a field with nothing electrical for miles.
Can the hardware be faulty ?
5haddex said:
Hope someone can help me as Ive google'd and ive found nothing.
When I run the digital compass app from a Stock Rom the dial just spins and does not point north etc.
I sometimes get the "interferance Figure of 8" screen but only for a fraction of a second then I get the compass spinning again.
Can anyone shed some light on this ?
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i had the same problem then i watched this video, i tried it and have never had any problems since...
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My screen flickers when switch tabs, start menu flickers. taking pictures or videos is fine. spb screen shot shows the screen is fine too. i have taking some videos of what i am taking about. I was wondering if replace the flex cable would fix the issue.
When i bought the phone the keyboard did not work at all. If i replace the flex cable would that fix both problems the screen and the keyboard or am i s.o.l.
and have to get another phone.
you can post a reply or pm.
I do have videos of the problem but i cant link, they are on my photobucket, If you could help I can be reached on AIM (zuruikyubi) or Yahoo(zurui_kyubi).
zuruikyubi said:
My screen flickers when switch tabs, start menu flickers. taking pictures or videos is fine. spb screen shot shows the screen is fine too. i have taking some videos of what i am taking about. I was wondering if replace the flex cable would fix the issue.
When i bought the phone the keyboard did not work at all. If i replace the flex cable would that fix both problems the screen and the keyboard or am i s.o.l.
and have to get another phone.
you can post a reply or pm.
I do have videos of the problem but i cant link, they are on my photobucket, If you could help I can be reached on AIM (zuruikyubi) or Yahoo(zurui_kyubi).
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I have noticed that the screen flicker or moves when there is animation running on the screen like on the rom i am running now, when the weather updates with the sunny or the rain, the screen will flicker. it also does it when the wheel in the middle of the screen when like closing the data connection. Hopefully this helps?
zuruikyubi said:
I have noticed that the screen flicker or moves when there is animation running on the screen like on the rom i am running now, when the weather updates with the sunny or the rain, the screen will flicker. it also does it when the wheel in the middle of the screen when like closing the data connection. Hopefully this helps?
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Which rom are you running? Have you tried to soft and/or hard reset?
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Which rom are you running? Have you tried to soft and/or hard reset?
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I have soft and hard reset many times, Right now I am using a cricket tp rom off ppcgeeks. I have tried engeryrom, mightrom, and other roms to i still get the same problem.
zuruikyubi said:
I have soft and hard reset many times, Right now I am using a cricket tp rom off ppcgeeks. I have tried engeryrom, mightrom, and other roms to i still get the same problem.
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Then, I guess you may have a loose connector somewhere in there. If you can take it for repairs, I think that will be your best bet.
Ok Looking for some help to see if anybody know how to reset the horizontal calibration on this phone.
I flashed a new ROM yesterday and when I went to set the calibration after I pressed the horizontal calibration and green circle centers it will shoot off to one side once it's finished which and forces everything to be in landscape mode. The only way I can get the phone to not stay in a constant landscape mode is to off the auto rotate function.
It wasn't the ROM because after several downloads and flashes (thinking something may have not downloaded or installed right) it kept doing it. Trying other ROMS gave the same results. ODIN back to stock gave the same results.
Has anyone ever had to reset this or have any other suggestions on how to go about correcting this problem?
Thanks in advance
Just lay the phone down on its back and push calabrate horizontal in the gereral settings
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
darkninja58 said:
Just lay the phone down on its back and push calabrate horizontal in the gereral settings
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
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LOL thanks but that is the problem, when I push calibrate the green circle brings the ball to the center and when it finishes the ball shoots to the right side and stays there. not sure if its a hardware or software problem but it happens no matter what I try do do. I even odined back to pure stock hoping it would reset it but no luck so far.
Just to clarify, when it's done calibrating and still lying on a flat surface, the green ball moves?
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Just to clarify, when it's done calibrating and still lying on a flat surface, the green ball moves?
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Yes, the green ring brings the ball to the center and when it's done calibrating that you get the little pop up "calibrated" the ball will shoot to the right side of the screen. Iv'e look all over the internet for a solution and downloaded some apps that monitor sensors, looks like the horizontal axis seems to almost stuck in that position. I was hoping a reset of some kind may do the trick but there seems to be no way of resetting the accelerometer on these phones. Vertical axis is working just fine according to the sensor apps I have tried..
Sounds like a hardware problem. Has the phone been dropped or jarred in some way?
Actually I dropped it a distance of about 6 inches while sitting on my desk at work. The phone landed on my desk, it slipped out of my hands while I was rebooting it. It's got that thick T-Mobile rubber cover around it so it's well protected but who knows guess stranger things have happened.
It sounds like your going to have to send it back to Samsung to get it repaired.
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It sounds like your going to have to send it back to Samsung to get it repaired.
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You are absolutely right about that, good thing for insurance and being a T-Mobile customer for 5 years. They are sending a replacement phone 100% free of charge even though I've had this phone since day one of rollout.
I tried doing this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=793441
and my results came up fgets: Unknown Error: 0
msmachdep_SaveGsOffset: failed
Calibration Utilities: failed
Anyone know what all that means lol
Is your horizontal calibration working? If not you have a hardware problem and will probably have to send your phone back to samsung.
^ if I play a game it will go into landscape mode if that is what you are talking about
Try going to settings> display> horizontal calibration. Put your phone on a flat surface and hit calibrate. After it calibrates the ball should stay in the center of the screen. Try that and tell me what happens.
It says that it's calibrated after I calibrate it
The ball doesn't snap to one side after it calibrates? It stays dead center on the screen?
No it just stay dead center the whole time
What exactly is your phone doing that makes you think the accelerometer isn't working. Give as much detail as possible.
I can't go into landscape mode when I look at pictures in my gallery, using the browser, my homescree (using LPP), and I tried taking a screen shot using shootme and it wouldn't recongnize that I was shaking it
This might seem like a stupid question but I have to ask it. In your display settings do you have "Auto rotate screen" checked?
Yeah I made sure it was checked before I tested it
Well I'm stumped. My last suggestion is to try and flash a different ROM and see if that solves the problem. If it doesn't then you may indeed have a hardware issue.
Appreciate the advice, I was thinking about just reflashing the updated version or Axura to see if that worked too
That will work too. Good luck!
I should also mention I have dropped my phone a few times (it fell out of my coat pocket no more then 3 ft.) I have a TPU case and the phone hasn't taken and physical damage, but could the drops throw off the accelerometer?
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Dropping your phone can definitely damage the accelerometer but if it's calibrating properly it sounds like an issue with your software and not the hardware itself.
I think it was just a maybe a bad flash or something because I reflashed the same version of Axura and its's working like a charm now
Awesome! Glad to hear you got everything fixed.
Last week i flashed my Vibrant to 4.0.3 and i found some times i can't use half left vibrant's screen, but when i turn off screen and turn on i used ok. Then i tried another ics 4.0 custom but this problem happened again. But when i used stock rom or 2.x.x mod my vibrant is ok. Can you help me what happen with my vibrant.
I'm sorry because i'm not good at english
Siri.nguyen said:
Last week i flashed my Vibrant to 4.0.3 and i found some times i can't use half left vibrant's screen, but when i turn off screen and turn on i used ok. Then i tried another ics 4.0 custom but this problem happened again. But when i used stock rom or 2.x.x mod my vibrant is ok. Can you help me what happen with my vibrant.
I'm sorry because i'm not good at english
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Just to be clear, do you mean that your phone doesn't register your fingers touching the screen on the left side of the phone sometimes?
I would suggest downloading the free app "Touch Test" which shows a grid that not only shows where you are touching, but the path of your slides across the screen. If the phone begins to act up again, you can open the act and see if and where the screen is cutting out in the grid. Aside from that, it might simply be that you need a replacement and its coincidental that it was acting up along side you running a 4.0 rom.
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Just to be clear, do you mean that your phone doesn't register your fingers touching the screen on the left side of the phone sometimes?
I would suggest downloading the free app "Touch Test" which shows a grid that not only shows where you are touching, but the path of your slides across the screen. If the phone begins to act up again, you can open the act and see if and where the screen is cutting out in the grid. Aside from that, it might simply be that you need a replacement and its coincidental that it was acting up along side you running a 4.0 rom.
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Ok i have tried touch test. I found when i sliced from the left to right, i saw the line appeared from the middle of screen, but when i sliced form the right to the left, the line appeared all screen? But it's not happen usualy. Just 10 to 15 second. May some hardware problem
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Ok i have tried touch test. I found when i sliced from the left to right, i saw the line appeared from the middle of screen, but when i sliced form the right to the left, the line appeared all screen? But it's not happen usualy. Just 10 to 15 second. May some hardware problem
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That is the oddest thing I have ever heard lol
It really might be a hardware issue man...I can't think of how it could be the rom. I mean, sure you might occasionally
have an unresponsive touchscreen....but only half the screen working?? That's just weird Oo I'll keep looking around for answers though man
but thus far I've found very little.
Good luck
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That is the oddest thing I have ever heard lol
It really might be a hardware issue man...I can't think of how it could be the rom. I mean, sure you might occasionally
have an unresponsive touchscreen....but only half the screen working?? That's just weird Oo I'll keep looking around for answers though man
but thus far I've found very little.
Good luck
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Ok! Thanks you so much. I will make a short video when it happen again.
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Ok! Thanks you so much. I will make a short video when it happen again.
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I have a video but i'm new member i can't send link to my post. I will sent to your inbox. tk
Okay, so that anyone else that happens to come to this thread is on board, here is the video that shows his problem:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xDolJhmDog&feature=youtu.be
As you can see in the app, if the origin of the trail is on the right side of his screen, the swipe is recognized across over to the left without problem...if however the origin is on the left side of the screen, no touch is recognized until he reached the middle of the screen, at which point it becomes recognized.
I am still looking around for a similar problem, but thus far have few ideas. Typically, the screen either is totally unresponsive or momentarily unresponsive...never half and half, and especially with such weird rules. By this, I mean that obviously the left side of the device is capable of recognizing touches, since if he begins at the right side, it does just fine....the only problem is if he originally touches the left side, then it doesn't recognize it.
My guess: it could be a kernel issue.
I would try the following:
Pull battery and reboot. Take out any external SD card.
Back up what important apps or data you have and try a factory reset.
You can also try some the options below:
1. Reflashing the kernel.
2. Try a different kernel if available.
3. Factory reset and full wipe and flash a different ics or cm9 rom to see it the problem persist. You can try to isolate the issue to hardware or firmware.
4. Full reset and flash back to complete stock to see if the problem persists. If you are fully reseted and back on stock eclair or froyo and the problem persists, you may have to open up the device to check all the connections.
sometimes a bad battery may also creates some problems
Now i'm using xerxes custom 2.3.6 gingerbread. It's ok but i don't know why when i use ics. I can use half left screen
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My screen is black and it doesnt showing anything but i can unlock it(i hear the unlock sound). I tried flashing a stock firmware and it didnt help.
Does someone know how to fix it?
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So it looks as a hardware problem, mabe with backlight of the display.
What was the last thing that you were doing before that problem (phone fall down, get wet, modify some libs, reload firmware)?
HI
See this, I have the same problem, and my phone is back to consumers service im moment
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1939771&highlight=wake
or this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29925139
in case, I try to flash every Rom and the same problem.
I think, the only chance, is to change the motherboard......
good luck, I have no Ray more since 1 month
sorry for my bad english
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So it looks as a hardware problem, mabe with backlight of the display.
What was the last thing that you were doing before that problem (phone fall down, get wet, modify some libs, reload firmware)?
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I flashed jj hybrid rom 3.2 and phone got wet a bit but i put the phone on warm and after a half an hour phone turned off and start vibrating.Day after i turned it on and i noticed that touchscreen is working but its black
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I flashed jj hybrid rom 3.2 and phone got wet a bit but i put the phone on warm and after a half an hour phone turned off and start vibrating.Day after i turned it on and i noticed that touchscreen is working but its black
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hi mate, Do you always play games while you charging your phone? I think that is the cause of the problem, i had a blank screen problem too, but its not really bad bcoz when i push the on/off button on the top then push it again it will display the screen like a normal.And i notice this problem happened to me since i addicted to play a virtual tennis, i play till the battery drain and connected the charger and keep playing the game, after couple of day, then i got this problem. And one more thing, while i playing any games, i always used the home button to reply sms i got then i push the home button again to get back to the game i played.
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hi mate, Do you always play games while you charging your phone? I think that is the cause of the problem, i had a blank screen problem too, but its not really bad bcoz when i push the on/off button on the top then push it again it will display the screen like a normal.And i notice this problem happened to me since i addicted to play a virtual tennis, i play till the battery drain and connected the charger and keep playing the game, after couple of day, then i got this problem. And one more thing, while i playing any games, i always used the home button to reply sms i got then i push the home button again to get back to the game i played.
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its not working screen is still black