Does anybody else have a problem with unlocking your Dell Streak when you take it out your pocket? I do, when I take it out my pants pocket it takes a few minutes for my phone to unlock, the swipe does not want to move up. Does anybody know what is the cause of this, or is my phone defected.
One "fix" is to run the screen re-calibration tool.
You get there by booting your phone while holding down the up and down volume.
This has worked for me in the past but does not appear to be a permanent fix.
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Ghetto Geeksta said:
Does anybody else have a problem with unlocking your Dell Streak when you take it out your pocket? I do, when I take it out my pants pocket it takes a few minutes for my phone to unlock, the swipe does not want to move up. Does anybody know what is the cause of this, or is my phone defected.
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search, search, search its all in here i recalibrated my screen when i saw it on here and have never not once had a problem again! made it so so much better
Thanks guys it worked!
I believe that I saw a posting about this from DJ_Steve stating that it is from static build up while in your pocket, and the screen pointing towards your body. I had issues prior and it seems that since I stopped putting it in my pocket with the screen towards my body it has stopped.
rdel74 said:
I believe that I saw a posting about this from DJ_Steve stating that it is from static build up while in your pocket, and the screen pointing towards your body. I had issues prior and it seems that since I stopped putting it in my pocket with the screen towards my body it has stopped.
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since i recalibrated i can carry it in any pocket any way i want in my backpack anywhere and i never have this problem anymore
Strangevenough for me recalibrating did nothing, it was the turn the screen away of your body when in the pocket that solved it all.
Quite depressing no to be able to use one s phone when taking it ou of pocketbfor call
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I'm wondering if there's an anti-stat sheet that one can carry in the pocket with the streak to test this theory.
I noticed it only after I enabled live wallpaper. When I was able to get it unlocked I disabled live wallpaper and it hasnt done it since.
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I use the "face it away from my body" trick and I have no problems.
I tried recalibrating the screen, but it still had the issue from time to time.
Hi, had similar issue. Think the streak slows down the processor too much and struggles to wake up when there is a call. Try installing setcpu and making the minimum processor speed 576. You might have to experiment s bit. Worked for me. You need root access for the app.
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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
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darkninja58 said:
Just lay the phone down on its back and push calabrate horizontal in the gereral settings
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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 just got my Dell Streak a week ago, I really like it so far, but I've had a pretty vexing problem come up today.
I had it in Silent mode, and when I woke up the screen and went to "Slide to Unlock", the whole bottom of the screen was unresponsive. I had to let the screen time out and try it again at least three times.
Has anyone else had this problem? I'm running the Stock 2.2 on Rogers, and using ADW Launcher Pro as my launcher. No other major UI Tweaks.
I can confirm that I do experience that problem sometimes. The S2U moves just a little bit, but but I can't slide it all the way over. I'm also using LP+ as my default launcher. I guess it would be a good test to run the Stage UI as a test to see if it's related to LP+ or not.
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I had this same problem, but I noticed that it only occurred if I had the screen facing my leg when it was in my pocket.
I think that what is happening is that when it's in your pocket it still detects screen presses by your leg, and then it gets confused, and won't detect any more screen presses for a long time.
To begin with it stopped me from answering calls and was really annoying, but now I just make sure I put it in my pocket with the screen facing out and it works fine.
Yall need to recalibrate ur screen that helped mine never to be unresponsive again! Search for the guide on here cant remember the button combo to get to it i think it was hold camera and power at the same time when turning on but dont hold me to that just search xda its on here
recalibrate the screen, and also its created by the friction/heat from rubbing off your leg (wahay), so either have the screen facing out, or buy a case for it
Since i recalibrated my screen i can have it any way i want in my pocket and it never hangs anymore
Download menu unlock from the market. It will unlock when you hit menu
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kybernetikos said:
I had this same problem, but I noticed that it only occurred if I had the screen facing my leg when it was in my pocket.
I think that what is happening is that when it's in your pocket it still detects screen presses by your leg, and then it gets confused, and won't detect any more screen presses for a long time.
To begin with it stopped me from answering calls and was really annoying, but now I just make sure I put it in my pocket with the screen facing out and it works fine.
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That's exactly what happened to me all day today! I had it in my jeans pocket with the screen facing my leg! I thought it may have something to do with ADW Launcher, or having it in silent mode all day. I'm recalibrating the screen now!
Mucho Thanks!
My X10 is having some issues with the screen and possibly the phone itself. I've already tried flashing a new firmware (2.3) and tried a different battery as well and still the problem persists.
The problem is that the screen would almost always die whenever I put the back cover on. The times it didn't, it would work for about an hour and after that, the screen would die once again. When this happens, the hard buttons along with the screen stop working and the only way to reset the phone is to take out the battery.
I tried using the phone without the back cover. It lasts longer, but the issue of the screen and hard buttons dying still occurs. The battery could have slipped out, but I've tested it by just leaving it in one spot and not touching it and the problem still occurs.
I am lost on what to do and if there are any questions, I will answer it asap. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
UPDATE: it seems to be a hardware problem. Whenever I tap the battery hard enough or shake the phone, the screen and hard keys die on me.
If anyone knows the cause of this or have any input, it will be much appreciated.
I'M not sure if the battery, the contacts or some other Parts Cause the Problem. Have you tried to fix the battery with some folded Paper or smth. so it can't move away?
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I'M not sure if the battery, the contacts or some other Parts Cause the Problem. Have you tried to fix the battery with some folded Paper or smth. so it can't move away?
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Wished I read your post earlier today. The paper trick seems to be working right now, but since the phone is still under warranty, my cell phone company is sending me a new one.
Thanks for the help though.
Sometimes (about half the time now) when i try to unlock my screen the touch won't work. Some of these times (what was just occurring at first) it will unlock and then the screen will "jitter" and select random things while not responding to my touch, other times it just wont respond or do anything. Originally i thought that this was just a problem with the stock rom but i have boot strapped and flashed joker's new rom and it's still having the problem. Should i be contacting Motorola to gave them replace my phone?
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I have in pocket deselected.
RUNNING 198_7
Using widget locker, but i think it happens with out it
Launcher pro
Thanks for the help!
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So I figured out that the top left of my screen isn't level with the rest. When the problem starts to happen I turn off the screen, compress the top left corner and the problem is gone for half a day to a day. So... that's cool... at least it is still under warranty.
I found the it happened to my phone ALOT when connected via USB to the computer and after I cleaned the screen off with glass cleaner when I ran the multi-touch test for the 8-point touchmod.
hoslayer13 said:
I found the it happened to my phone ALOT when connected via USB to the computer and after I cleaned the screen off with glass cleaner when I ran the multi-touch test for the 8-point touchmod.
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I've seen it happen on my hero with bad usb cords but this is happening when not plugged in. I've also never used glass cleaner on it or the multi-touch test on the photon.
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Im thinking i need to let a hold of Motorola
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So I was using my phone and just set it down and it started freaking out and going into things before the screen even shut off. Should I check out the multi-touch thing to just see where my touch points are or can I do some type of calibration?
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Edit: I'm guessing that I'm the only one having this problem?
Have u tried reflashing 8 point touch?
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Doballa said:
Have u tried reflashing 8 point touch?
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I haven't ever put 8 point touch on my phone. I could try to flash it though and see if that does anything.
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I would up with a similar issue on my Evo, and I wound up having to get a new one. Not sure if the Photon is gonna be the same, but that was how my phone was sadly. Let us know if the eight point touch helps or not.
So everything looks fine on the multi-touch but i cant get the program up while my screen is freakin out so it kinda defeats the purpose. Jokers skinny 4g doesn't have 8 touch point mod correct?
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No not that I know of.
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So I got the multi up while it was freakin out. There was a point toward the top of the screen (the edge of the touch "disc" was touching the edge of the screen) that stayed where it was but just jittered left to right. The really weird part is that my second touch point could not go above it. This has to be a manufacturer flaw as far as I'm concerned so when I have time I'm going to call Motorola.
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Its an issue with charging. Just unplug it if it gets annoyingly useless
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jokersax11 said:
Its an issue with charging. Just unplug it if it gets annoyingly useless
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I would agree as I've seen something similar with my Heroc. The problem is it happens all the time when it's unplugged... the micro USB could be haunted with an evil ghost charger... I'm not sure what the exercisium protcol is for that.
So I figured out that the top left of my screen isn't level with the rest. When the problem starts to happen I turn off the screen, compress the top left corner and the problem is gone for half a day to a day. So... That's cool...
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Has anyone notice the L button doesn't work every time you press it? I called verizon they said it's a known issue. my white n2 worked perfect. Now the grey one has that problem.. Press on the L key real fast and u will see what I mean . it doesn't register every time. I don't have to do it real fast for it not to work on mine.
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So this is a wierd situation for me. My old Thunderbolt had this exact same problem, certain keys would not register most of the time, and I'm pretty darn sure L was one of them. When I downloaded this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.batterypoweredgames.mtvistest&hl=en and tried pressing on the screen where my L key generally is, I could see what was going on. Something was wrong with the digitizer or how the software was interpreting the input.
Now this is where I got scared. You are not the first person to talk about this problem with the Note 2, and when I tried it after reading the first post a few weeks ago, I too was having the problem. It was about in the same spot as the L key. And sure enough when I opened up the touch visible app and checked that spot there was something wrong. There was like a dead spot in the shape of a circle in that area. Now I don't know what happened to it, but that was on stock unrooted. Once I unlocked and installed Jelly'Beans' the problem went away and I haven't had it since... knock on wood.
If it's software then whatever, software can be fixed easily. Hardware though.... ugh I do not want to replace this thing.
Hmmm I hope I dont have this problem, that exact thing happened on my thunderbolt also and drove me nuts it just started one day always had to use in landscape thats why I got the note 2...hopefully its just some sorta software issue
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Has anyone notice the L button doesn't work every time you press it? I called verizon they said it's a known issue. my white n2 worked perfect. Now the grey one has that problem.. Press on the L key real fast and u will see what I mean . it doesn't register every time. I don't have to do it real fast for it not to work on mine.
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I had this problem on my rezound, I replaced the digitizer twice.
Surely after the first digitizer you realized that wan't the problem?
adrynalyne said:
Surely after the first digitizer you realized that wan't the problem?
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Actually I thought I messed up the first one, there was dust under it and I took it back off by prying instead of taking the phone apart. It also worked if I rotated the phone 180 degrees
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Actually I thought I messed up the first one, there was dust under it and I took it back off by prying instead of taking the phone apart. It also worked if I rotated the phone 180 degrees
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I noticed the same thing with my Thunderbolt. If I put the phone in landscape those dead spots worked just fine using https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.batterypoweredgames.mtvistest&hl=en to see if the screen was registering. This lead me to believe it was a software issue, and it unfortunately was never resolved.
Thankfully though I am not on the Note 2 and am not experiencing and screen dead spots, yet (knock on wood)
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Just out of curiosity...are any of you using the Otterbox Defender? I have the dysfunctional 'L' key, and I think it's because the screen protector built into the case is raised at the edge of the screen. When I take it out of the case, I never get the 'L' key problem. Oh, and also the backspace key as you've noted. LOL I'm just glad I'm not alone.