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For the people who has a problem with the trackball on your beloved Eris(scrolling left etc.) , I might have a solution.
After flashing from 2.2 (when I had the problem) to 2.3 ( workshed GSB 2.3), I noticed that the trackball bug was coming in and out less frequently....after workshed's updates on 2.3, I have no random scrolls from the trackball. The only problem is that I could no longer scroll left.
I hope this helped most people. I do not really use the trackball so I don't care about scrolling left.
Workshed's GSB 2.3.3 :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=944430
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Have a nice day!
I had trackball issue and Verizon sent my a new Eris that's the best fix in my opion
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Im in Canada until August and like theres no Verizon here lmfaooo...so I cant return to verizon
No time to read through this whole thread but if you're having the track ball issue just get a sheet of copy paper and turn your phone face down onto it and swipe it back and forth and all around using the track ball as a wheel of sorts applying pressure here and there until it works again. Also new trackballs can be had for cheap and are easy to replace.
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Oh wow, there were only 3 posts..I guess I did have time. Lol
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I am on my second Eris due to the trackball issue and it is starting to happen on this one as well. Today, I was trying to flash some files, and the trackball wasn't scrolling down. I found that if I use my finger nail to pull down on the usb port, it allowed my trackball to work.
Ha I'm on my 7th Eris that had all had trackball issues
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The magnets for the trackball get messed up by the USB. Something gets knocked loose. Went thru 2 nothing worked better than a replacement. But if it will knock them back into place w00t w00t!
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Perhaps someone could make a kernel that does not have drivers for the trackball? It was simple enough to disable radio in TheMP3Rom without much issue so we could probably just disable the trackball. Who really uses it anyway?
yea i had a problem with my track ball, sometime i try to wake the phone and wouldnt work but now it does.. runining Kaos Froyo v39 did a full wipe and now works ok.
It still comes and goes. It seems to be bad when i plug phone in. I'm running GingerTazz 17
lots of trackball issues. i've had mine for well over a year now and no problems... should i expect them?
im running kaosfroyo v39, btw. dont know if that would make a difference.
hellfrozeover said:
lots of trackball issues. i've had mine for well over a year now and no problems... should i expect them?
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I'd be prepared just in case they start happening for you, as it is extremely common. I'm on my second Eris (first one only lasted a month before it started having problems) and this one is acting up, too.
i really like this little phone. i hope someone comes up with a rom that cuts that bit of hardware out of the equation, especially if its so commonly dysfunctional. btw, just a couple more posts and I'm in with the big dogs!!!
cant wait to start posting in the development threads. maybe i'll suggest removal of the trackball in a later version of cookiemans themp3rom. he managed to turn the radio off, why not the trackball. i think someone referenced that earlier on in here. anyways, i am definitely going to keep my eris as an mp3 player when i upgrade later this year... or switch carriers. we'll see.
Am I the only one who sent my Eris back and got a new incredible in place of it.
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nah .... it's fairly common. It really depends on who you go through & how much hell you raise ... or how many Erii you've had prior to the replacement ... various factors.
I think I'd still prefer my Eris w/ its dev community instead of an Incredible & its community !
brisdaddy1207 said:
Am I the only one who sent my Eris back and got a new incredible in place of it.
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I've only ever had intermittent trackball issues but I only use it when flashing Roms. I think the DInc had it right in dropping the trackball but I don't like the lock button on top, I prefer the hard send and end buttons.
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Guys.
I am rep for VZW. I am having a strange issue with a customer TB. I have called HTC and VZW tech support. The customers phone is going into hboot on its own. I have not been able to replicate the problem but the customer has been through 2 and is having the same issue. I can not figure out how he can get to hboot without powering down and rebooting into it. Any ideas would be awesome.
Zack
He is holding the volume down when he is powering it up!
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No from what he is saying he can make a call. The phone gets stuck then reboots to hboot. I have installed custom roms and clockworks on multiple phones so I know what he isnt doing lol. I just cant figure out what he is doing to cause the problem. I do not think it is hardware though. I dont know. I have been stumped by this one.
Could be an app not playing nice. My wife has one on her tb that causes a reboot from time to time. She just won't remove them one by one to find it. But she's not rooted. Fast boot does some weird stuff too. I would still look at an app that may not work well with the tb. Some of them I use to use just don't seem to work right on my tb.
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I have a problem where my haptic feedback stops working. This includes vibrations. It'll happen randomly. When this happens if I drop my phone onto a table (say from about an inch up) the vibration and haptic feedback work again. sounds like a hardware issue to me, anybody else having a similar problem? I haven't searched since I'm on my phone and not on a computer. can anybody point me to a fix?
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Actually it seems to work again with just a slightly forceful shake or a tap to the front or back of the phone. Wtheck is wrong with my phone lol
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Same problem here
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Weird, this has actually happened to me twice in the last three days too. Never happened before. Haven't done anything recently (haven't unlocked my bootloader yet even lol). I found that a simple screen lock and then wake will fix. It seems mine happened when too many vibrate type things happened at once and sort of killed it I guess.
mine will still not work even with screen toggling.
i assumed it was the activation of a vibration command before the previous vibrate command had finished, but i turned off the keyboard haptic feedback and its still occasionally shutting off even when i havent pressed any button yet. I am sorely annoyed at the moment..
Have the same problem notice it after flashing 1.8.3
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I am getting very frustrated with this anybody have a solution?
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Bump.
Does anybody have this probllem on 1.5.7 or 1.2.6 or 2.3.4?
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I have had the same problem. Any insight would be great.
Same here on 2.3.4
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If its a present problem in 1.8.3 and 2.3.4,
then I'm assuming its the small motor inside thats starting to malfunction... Sadness.
Can anybody on 1.2.6 or 1.5.7 verify if they have the same problem?
bump. we must solve this heinous problem.
I've noticed this since I bought this phone in Feb. So its been present on all versions for me.
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This drives me crazy as I use haptic feedback on my keyboard as I type. I hope some of the experts here can fix this (if it's software related).
beatphreek said:
I've noticed this since I bought this phone in Feb. So its been present on all versions for me.
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FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF.
TT_TT I guess I'll just turn off all vibrations.. :<
In my post on this thread's first page I said it had happened just a couple times. Since then I've noticed that it happens probably 3+ times a day lol. I too fear that it's a hardware malfunction, which is VERRRRY unfortunate. I'm sure any of us could send in our phone to get a repair, but that is a huge fatty hassle.... I wish I was in that 30 day period still, I have a ton of problems with my phone (problems that I'm unsure an SBF flash can fix). But I'm not about to dish out mula for a phone off contract
mm if we applied pudding we're no good for a warranty replacement...
I thought it was 1.8.3 or something wrong with my current install, so i did a full wipe and applied pudding as well. Now I realize its probably hardware. I do have insurance though..
Will it blend? XD
xredjokerx said:
mm if we applied pudding we're no good for a warranty replacement...
I thought it was 1.8.3 or something wrong with my current install, so i did a full wipe and applied pudding as well. Now I realize its probably hardware. I do have insurance though..
Will it blend? XD
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Haha crap you're right, I totally forgot about that. Now I'm gonna have to randomly tap the back of my phone all the time xD
Perhaps once the OTA comes out that allows the unlock, perhaps we'd be okay to send it in? Claim we unlocked with what came in the update...I dunno if that'd work. Maybe I'll just buy a new Atrix elsewhere lol. Or an SGS II I've gone through too much with this phone already though!
I feel like if i traded it in for another phone I'd regret it later on (due to the advanced hardware) Once custom roms can get rid of the webtop reserve ram and get rid of motocrap, this thing will be a monster.
I want to play with the infuse (simply because texting on it is so easy) but I feel that I'd regret it later on.
Oh.. what to do. Trade in for a Desire Z and call it a day..
xredjokerx said:
I feel like if i traded it in for another phone I'd regret it later on (due to the advanced hardware) Once custom roms can get rid of the webtop reserve ram and get rid of motocrap, this thing will be a monster.
I want to play with the infuse (simply because texting on it is so easy) but I feel that I'd regret it later on.
Oh.. what to do. Trade in for a Desire Z and call it a day..
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Yeah I love this phone, I'm just upset about some minor hardward malfunctions that aren't fixable with just ROMs and such. I considered trying to swap for an Inspire in some way, since it's been OC'd to 1.8 or something...even without dual core, that's fast! But I dunno. I suppose I could somehow swap for another Atrix of some kind.
Something is making my photons screen unable to turn back on without a battery pull. Anyone else having this issue? It has happened three times in less than 24 hours.
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I also keep having a feeling it has something to do with the pocket detection mode. Just happened again a few minutes ago. I'm gonna leave pocket detection off and report back tomorrow or until it happens again.
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I've had that problem too, I can see the backlight turn on but the screen stays black. I wrote it off as a bug. It only did it once every few days, and yes I did have pocket detection enabled.
Yeah it seems like a badass feature but if it is causing a bug that annoying ill have to leave it off :/
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Did it again with pocket detection off. Factory reset? Or did I get a dud phone?
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DWake014 said:
Did it again with pocket detection off. Factory reset? Or did I get a dud phone?
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I doubt its a dud if I had the same problem.
DWake014 said:
Did it again with pocket detection off. Factory reset? Or did I get a dud phone?
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Factory reset did not fix my issue.
Still happening no matter if pocket detection on or off.
Happen to me once every 2-3 days.
So its probably a software issue bc the button does work. Wonder if this is occurring on alien or homebase
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The pocket detection doesn't work for me anyways.
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Got stuck in sleep again. Gonna try unlocking the bootloader and trying a custom rom later tonight. This is getting on my nerves
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http://droidupdate.info/news/potent...-photon-4g-“sleep-of-death”-issue-forum-talk/
Found a fix for this. Still pretty sad i have to pad the battery cover
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Screen of death didn't hold up to the ghetto mod, updated to the 198_6 sbf, crossing my fingers it will cut down on this issue
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I'm on homebase and haven't had this issue. But I also didn't have it on the stock photon either? Perhaps it's like the OTA update failing for some and not others. I remember reading some people on stock failing and some being able to do it. So I'm not totally sure......But that's something to ponder on.
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Something is making my photons screen unable to turn back on without a battery pull. Anyone else having this issue? It has happened three times in less than 24 hours.
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DWake014 ,
Did you get this phone recently?
This is a known issue with some phones that went out with a corrupt firmware from Motorola. There is no patch that can fix the firmware from Sprint as of now. I needed to return mine for an exchange. Sprint explained that when it gets to the area on the firmware that is corrupt, as a safety mode it basically freezes the phone and cut the power. That's why it takes a battery pull to restart the phone. There was a large batch released with this bug. I have gone through 4 Photons to get my current one with no freezing issues. I would suggest not going to the same store if possible so you get a different lot # on the replacement phone. Good luck and get that exchanged asap. Peace
My biggest concern is that I got it off of ebay... I know I can bs them and go around the question likes it none of their business but do you think they will hassle me?
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If you have an account and a phone with issues they should replace it. As long as you take it to a tech center. That MAY work.
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Yeah its still a sprint sold phone and I have the protection plan on my account. Shouldn't be too many questions asked. Btw put the leaked sbf on last night and it has been going without any screen of death. I have been shaking it around and putting it down in its front and back and it hasn't done anything. Will keep this updated if it happens again
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If you have the plan you should be fine. I got my Evo from Radio Shack and Sprint covered it. As for the SBF. I haven't flashed the new one. So not sure about it. But I haven't had the sleep of death issue either.
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You are probably fine then, about 4 hours and counting so far off the charger, longest time yet
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I'm glad to hear it's working for you. But yeah, Sprint should take the phone in and replace it as long as it's a software issue, and they don't see you're rooted. which most techs don't care anymore anyway. And you have the insurance. Just make sure it's a repair center.
I feel kind of stupid but I used to have a swap button and now I seem to only have a record button and can't switch when I take a second call. Am I missing something, this seems to be the case in the regular dialer and in rocketdial
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24 hour bump
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I'm going to help get this back to the top cause I have the same problem. Not sure when the swap button went away but I'm sure it was there at one point. I can not find anywhere in the settings that would change this. Only things I have done is root via chain fire method, install twrp, flashed freeza's crt animation mod for the native wifi tether and his beastmode kernel. Have you done any of this? I would love my swap button back but instead I have to hang up with both callers then call back whoever it is I want to continue talking to and it is really getting irritating. Anyone have any ideas or the same issue?
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Thank you. I don't feel so alone and dumb now. I rooted using the other knox safe method dela root and odined the same file in that post although my baseband and software say mi3 and the build says mi5. With calls that is the exact problem I have. I can now record a conversation when its on speaker phone but dont need that. Only other thing I downloaded was rocketdial for a while I thought that was it but uninstalled and have the same problem
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I am finding it hard to believe out of 200 views we are the only ones with this problem. I let my phone update to mj4 before I rooted it. Have you installed the crt animations or a new kernel? We seem so far apart in what we have done to be able to make sense of this.
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snowride20 said:
I am finding it hard to believe out of 200 views we are the only ones with this problem. I let my phone update to mj4 before I rooted it. Have you installed the crt animations or a new kernel? We seem so far apart in what we have done to be able to make sense of this.
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Hope the bump helps. I don't have the issue you described, but I am with Sprint on MJ4 - what root did you use?
Dela vega. Lets try this does everyone else have a swap button in the top left position or does it say record. Or do you have a record button that switches to swap when you answer a second call
And nothimg else installed for me
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And I used chain fire to root. It appears we have both gone completely different routes yet still have the same problem.
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You know this may be because of wanum xposed
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Didn't even think of that but might be the one thing we have in common. Let me know what you find. I won't have time to mess with the phone till later tonight.
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snowride20 said:
Didn't even think of that but might be the one thing we have in common. Let me know what you find. I won't have time to mess with the phone till later tonight.
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Its hard to tell because I reset with De la vegas again. But the first thing noticed n Wanum was the record button checked and unchecked it calls work fine now.
Finally got to mess with the phone and wanam was definition the culprit. I can now swap between calls again. The issue I still have and not sure what happens on the stock rom, when I want to hang up with one person I tap end them it doesn't switch me back to the person on hold. Instead it acts as if someone is calling me and then have to answer the phone where that person had been on hold the whole time. Hope this makes sense.
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The last is normal
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Finally got to mess with the phone and wanam was definition the culprit. I can now swap between calls again. The issue I still have and not sure what happens on the stock rom, when I want to hang up with one person I tap end them it doesn't switch me back to the person on hold. Instead it acts as if someone is calling me and then have to answer the phone where that person had been on hold the whole time. Hope this makes sense.
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Did you just disable the module this is frustrating I never noticed until today when I tried switching back to the first call I had on hold
It's under the phone tab. Uncheck add record button or something like that. Should work. I have since installed a rom so not 100%. Let me know if it doesn't work and I will reinstall it to see if I can find it.
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I wish we could have both. I want call recording but also want swap. I use swap so little however that I live without it.
what I want is behind the scenes fully transparent over any connection bluetooth or speaker call recording in the background fully automatic.
I had this on my Touch Pro 2 (windows mobile) and its one feature I really really miss. it just "always" worked.