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I flashed the ROM to my wife's phone and it was running fine up until today. Now it switches screens on its own (only to the left). I was thinking it could have been an app she downloaded but she said she hasn't downloaded any new ones in two days. It's only Sense UI that does it. She force stopped it, cleared defaults and is using Home. Now it's not happening.
Any ideas? She has it with her at work so we can't really mess with it right now but I'm wondering if anyone else is having issues.
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I flashed the ROM to my wife's phone and it was running fine up until today. Now it switches screens on its own (only to the left). I was thinking it could have been an app she downloaded but she said she hasn't downloaded any new ones in two days. It's only Sense UI that does it. She force stopped it, cleared defaults and is using Home. Now it's not happening.
Any ideas? She has it with her at work so we can't really mess with it right now but I'm wondering if anyone else is having issues.
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i had that problem and it sux lol drove me nutts for the longest time ,,i asked a few people and it seems to be a bug in some of the roms ,i called htc b4 i asked anyone and they said also there is a bug with the track ball , ive since got a new one and no problems yet ,, this is only if it happens while plugged in
Re: Whoa! Sense UI is freaking out after Ivan's 0.8t2
Update to version 1a. its solid. It is the last link in his original post.
If you used the Ema program, your not on 1a (latest version)
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Its a problem with the usb port and the magnents in the trackball. It will start by scrolling to the left only when plugged in but after more time it will constantly do it even if its not plugged in. My wife and I had the same problems and they sent us 2 new phones the next day.
Visit a Verizon Tech store or call them up.
Ok... I wasn't sure if it was hardware or software. She said it's been fine all day, but she hasn't charged it. Looks like I'll be downgrading back to stock and exchanging it if I can.
*I don't know what the hell I'm talking about. It's running Ivans 1.0. I just called Verizon though, when she's here with the phone we're going to go over some trouble shooting and hopefully they'll send over a new one.
Yea, I took both of our phones in along with the usb cord and showed them what was going on, no questions asked they replaced our phones with the v3 leak. Now I have root and loving it also.
Good luck you shouldnt have any problems getting new ones.
Hello all,
I've been reading this forum for quite a while now, but never registered to post. I was wondering if anyone else's TP died suddenly?
I managed to get my grubby hands on one two days ago at one of our local Best Buy's, and was loving the tablet for the amount of time it worked.
Out of the box, I charged it, installed the 3.02 update, and Preware. I then disabled logging, overclocked it to 1.5 ghz, installed suggested tweaks to speed it up, and a handful of useful applications off of preware.
I also installed the hulu fix off of the preware alpha release channel.
With all of these installed, I had a pretty speedy device that responded quickly and worked great as a browsing device, media player, email client, etc.
This afternoon, I was browsing on another forum, when the TP suddenly froze, and then turned itself off. It did not respond to charging, connecting to a computer, or the hard reset trick (center and top buttons held down). I also tried the instructions on how to unbrick the TP, and they did not work. WebOS doctor also didn't find it because it wasn't being recognized by the computer.
I called HP support, and the agent took 55 minutes to determine that it was totally dead -- eliminating the charger, LCD backlight, and low battery as problems. We tried a couple of resets, and they all failed. HP is sending me a box to ship it back to them for warranty service.
Has something similar happened to anyone else? Hopefully they won't disqualify it for Preware and tweaks being on it, if they ever get it booted. I'm hoping that I'm not SOL, because I don't know if I will be able to get my hands on one anymore.
neel2004 said:
Hello all,
I've been reading this forum for quite a while now, but never registered to post. I was wondering if anyone else's TP died suddenly?
I managed to get my grubby hands on one two days ago at one of our local Best Buy's, and was loving the tablet for the amount of time it worked.
Out of the box, I charged it, installed the 3.02 update, and Preware. I then disabled logging, overclocked it to 1.5 ghz, installed suggested tweaks to speed it up, and a handful of useful applications off of preware.
I also installed the hulu fix off of the preware alpha release channel.
With all of these installed, I had a pretty speedy device that responded quickly and worked great as a browsing device, media player, email client, etc.
This afternoon, I was browsing on another forum, when the TP suddenly froze, and then turned itself off. It did not respond to charging, connecting to a computer, or the hard reset trick (center and top buttons held down). I also tried the instructions on how to unbrick the TP, and they did not work. WebOS doctor also didn't find it because it wasn't being recognized by the computer.
I called HP support, and the agent took 55 minutes to determine that it was totally dead -- eliminating the charger, LCD backlight, and low battery as problems. We tried a couple of resets, and they all failed. HP is sending me a box to ship it back to them for warranty service.
Has something similar happened to anyone else? Hopefully they won't disqualify it for Preware and tweaks being on it, if they ever get it booted. I'm hoping that I'm not SOL, because I don't know if I will be able to get my hands on one anymore.
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i spoke to an hp rep before the touchpads were killed off and they said that they have no issues with preware being installed and that they will not kill the warranty on it.
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i spoke to an hp rep before the touchpads were killed off and they said that they have no issues with preware being installed and that they will not kill the warranty on it.
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Thanks, that is reassuring. It seems like developer mode is quite easy to access, so I'm hoping they aren't too strict on modifications.
It wouldn't make sense for them to do that. Its not like you rooted it, just some widely used homebrew.
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I was reading in another forum that there are issues with the chargers that come slightly apart during shipping (I guess they separate to allow different ends) and if that is not secure it will not charge... and since it does not charge when its plugged into the PC uses were thinking their touchpads had died.
after the hard reset do you push power on and volume up to get into developer mode for the webdoctor?
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I was reading in another forum that there are issues with the chargers that come slightly apart during shipping (I guess they separate to allow different ends) and if that is not secure it will not charge... and since it does not charge when its plugged into the PC uses were thinking their touchpads had died.
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I checked to make sure the prong part had not come off of the barrel -- this was not the problem, but thanks for the idea. The battery was showing 80% before the tablet froze and turned itself off.
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Yes I did, but neither the hard reset nor the developer mode seemed to take.
It's off to TRC today to El Paso, TX by 2nd day UPS air. I got a UPS box in the mail this morning, took really good pictures of the tablet's pristine condition before sending, and then packed and sent it as instructed.
Sounds like some bad luck. I have the same setup on mine, with the exception that I'm running Warthog's 1.7ghz OC, and I haven't had any troubles.
I wonder how long it will take to get your replacement? I'd appreciate it if you kept this thread updated with how the return process goes.
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Sounds like some bad luck. I have the same setup on mine, with the exception that I'm running Warthog's 1.7ghz OC, and I haven't had any troubles.
I wonder how long it will take to get your replacement? I'd appreciate it if you kept this thread updated with how the return process goes.
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I'll certainly keep the thread updated with how the return progresses.
So far, it's been two days since I called and the rep determined that it needed to go in for service. I received an empty box via UPS this morning, and it looks like it's going to a 3rd party service center in Texas.
any word back yet?
I am also interested. Be sure to let us know how it goes.
I'm also interested in this, do you think they'll be able to tell you overclocked it?
maaaan, think this has happened to mine just last night. it was on about 18% battery, I shut it down iirc, plugged it in to charge and I went to sleep. today it seems to be as dead as yours was
Mines stock though, all I've done was the 3.02 update a week or so ago.
EDIT: Solved thanks to this thread, just had to hold power + home for about 25 seconds and it came back to life.
No updates yet -- I called HP last week, and all the rep was able to say was that there is a 7-10 day processing/repair time, and they could not give any information within that period. Tomorrow will be the 11th business day since they received it, so I'll try to give them a call in the afternoon and see what's up. If I don't get a chance to call them tomorrow, I will on Tuesday.
I returned mine last Friday but they told me the estimated turn around time would be 3 to 5 business days. I'll update when I get it back.
I called HP yesterday (12th business day), and all they could tell me was that it was still under repair. They could not tell me when it would be done, but told me they would keep me up to date (which I doubt).
On another note, it seems like HP's reps (at least the WebOS Butler line I've been calling) seem to barely function in English. I really don't mind when tech support people have a strong accent, but the last two reps I talked to could barely communicate what was going on with my Touchpad or take down any information I have them. The second to last rep actually used the word "negro" to verify the "N" in my email address.
Mine died today too. OCed with Warthog to 1.5. Yesterday before it died, battery was all the way to 0% but it was charging and i got it to turn on. It was charging all night on the dock. Today when i got home, it just completely died. Did the entire troubleshooting with HP support and determined that its completely dead. They are sending a box for me to return for a repair.
is it really safe to overclock then?
warthog, f4 and f15 are for beta testing purpose.
when you install one of these, you accept the risks.
only uberkernel is a public kernel that OC the touchpad without risks.
I got my Touchpad back today! It looks like I think I got a refurbished one, since the serial number on the device (in the sim-like slot) isn't the same as on my original box.
However, it seems to be working nicely.
It ended up taking much more than the promised 7-10 turnaround time HP promised, but I do have a touchpad again. There was no sort of report or invoice in the box, so I do not know that happened with the old one that caused it to shut off and not turn back on again.
I don't know if they ever restored power to the old one, so I don't know if HP knew I had preware on it and that it was overclocked to 1.5 ghz, but there is no indication that HP had a problem with my old tablet I sent it.
OK, I posted in the "What don't you like about Photon" thread I was tired of people complaining about the same crap. I'm not going to complain (Yet) and when I get home, I'm putting the Photon back to Sprint Stock for a minute..............
@ 1.5 months ago, I had a friend over the house. She wanted Pizza. After @ 2 minutes of me dicking with Photon, she opened app on HTC Inspire, ordered Pizza and even got confirmation call and I STILL had screen freezing and app not open.
Me and same friend went to Hockey Game Sunday where my job had a suite. I took her phone and took picture of her and mascot. I took me 30 seconds to get my camera ready and no freaking clue what happen to picture. File size is 0! Not to mention 1 hour later after 8 pictures, battery was at 20% and I had to shut it off. She snapped all night (was at 10% when we left, but she made it)
Today in company IT meeting with 80+ people, damm thing IPL'ed into Bootstrap Recovery mode. 10 minutes to get out of Otterbox with no tools so I could pull battery out. Then when I put it back in, it got so hott I pulled the battery again. It was so hott i juggled like hot potato which brought unwanted attention.
Again, I'm going back to Sprint Stock.
Get off Stock ROM... Problem solved..
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Get off Stock ROM... Problem solved..
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Suggestion? I'm open to anything!
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OK, I posted in the "What don't you like about Photon" thread I was tired of people complaining about the same crap. I'm not going to complain (Yet) and when I get home, I'm putting the Photon back to Sprint Stock for a minute..............
@ 1.5 months ago, I had a friend over the house. She wanted Pizza. After @ 2 minutes of me dicking with Photon, she opened app on HTC Inspire, ordered Pizza and even got confirmation call and I STILL had screen freezing and app not open.
Me and same friend went to Hockey Game Sunday where my job had a suite. I took her phone and took picture of her and mascot. I took me 30 seconds to get my camera ready and no freaking clue what happen to picture. File size is 0! Not to mention 1 hour later after 8 pictures, battery was at 20% and I had to shut it off. She snapped all night (was at 10% when we left, but she made it)
Today in company IT meeting with 80+ people, damm thing IPL'ed into Bootstrap Recovery mode. 10 minutes to get out of Otterbox with no tools so I could pull battery out. Then when I put it back in, it got so hott I pulled the battery again. It was so hott i juggled like hot potato which brought unwanted attention.
Again, I'm going back to Sprint Stock.
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I've been running rooted stock since I got my phone. and have had none of those problems.
Yes - if you're having those issues, you should go back to stock.
Either your phone is defective or you have done something to it that is creating conflict. I have had the Photon since day 1 release, stock rooted, and nothing even close to that has ever happened to me. Phone is responsive as well and never gotten that hot.
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Either your phone is defective or you have done something to it that is creating conflict. I have had the Photon since day 1 release, stock rooted, and nothing even close to that has ever happened to me. Phone is responsive as well and never gotten that hot.
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I got it 9:00AM August 2nd. It could be (and likely is) conflict, which is why I'm going back to bare stock. Although it has many features and app's, at the end of the day, I'm on call and need a phone.
As for getting hot, I have no freaking clue what that was about. When I had my Evo, tethering made it get warm. This was actually HOT and I dropped 50% on battery in a matter of minutes? I seriously pulled the battery and sat everything on the floor!
Playing hot potato is fun! Get your phone replaced.
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Playing hot potato is fun! Get your phone replaced.
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Going to try Sprint Stock first. Additionally, going to cut off the "Auto Update" in all my app's that way I know what to delete and when! Besides, I normally do 300Mb to 700Mb of data a month. Last month I did 2Gb (1.9Gb but who is counting!). and I use Pandora on WiFi!
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Either your phone is defective or you have done something to it that is creating conflict. I have had the Photon since day 1 release, stock rooted, and nothing even close to that has ever happened to me. Phone is responsive as well and never gotten that hot.
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methinks its the operator
people bored with cm9 already?
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people bored with cm9 already?
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I have not tried it yet. Like I stated before, at the end of the day, I need a phone. although extream and very, very, very rare...............I don't answer, someone is dead! He**, I schedule my drinking!
I've been through the same issues, (among other crazy issues such as random reboots, deep sleep (still), and more.
My cam takes years to work... I get very embarrassed when this stuff happens. Like for example, I had to make a call for a friend, I go to the dialer, dial the number, and press the call button, then my phone reboots immediately, and we all know how long it takes to reboot.
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I've been through the same issues, (among other crazy issues such as random reboots, deep sleep (still), and more.
My cam takes years to work... I get very embarrassed when this stuff happens. Like for example, I had to make a call for a friend, I go to the dialer, dial the number, and press the call button, then my phone reboots immediately, and we all know how long it takes to reboot.
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We all know how long...but with cm7, it's like 15 seconds.
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+1. You should try using v7speedy! My phone runs flawless on stock! I used to get almost all of your problems but I haven't since using skinnycomplete!
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OK, I posted in the "What don't you like about Photon" thread I was tired of people complaining about the same crap. I'm not going to complain (Yet) and when I get home, I'm putting the Photon back to Sprint Stock for a minute..............
@ 1.5 months ago, I had a friend over the house. She wanted Pizza. After @ 2 minutes of me dicking with Photon, she opened app on HTC Inspire, ordered Pizza and even got confirmation call and I STILL had screen freezing and app not open.
Me and same friend went to Hockey Game Sunday where my job had a suite. I took her phone and took picture of her and mascot. I took me 30 seconds to get my camera ready and no freaking clue what happen to picture. File size is 0! Not to mention 1 hour later after 8 pictures, battery was at 20% and I had to shut it off. She snapped all night (was at 10% when we left, but she made it)
Today in company IT meeting with 80+ people, damm thing IPL'ed into Bootstrap Recovery mode. 10 minutes to get out of Otterbox with no tools so I could pull battery out. Then when I put it back in, it got so hott I pulled the battery again. It was so hott i juggled like hot potato which brought unwanted attention.
Again, I'm going back to Sprint Stock.
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Sounds like you need to learn how to use your phone man. I have never once had an issue like this.
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people bored with cm9 already?
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I've not yet tried CM9. I use my phone frequently at work to take pics of whiteboards after meetings.
Realize the team needs to get the right drivers; then I'll try it!
I JUST thought of something.............I have ROM Toolbox Pro. All this s**t started when I moved almost everything from Phone to SDCard! Still going to wipe it though!
I just picked up my phone, unlocked it, held the camera button to get into the camera app, and snapped a photo all in under 10 seconds. What part of the process is slow for your guys?
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I JUST thought of something.............I have ROM Toolbox Pro. All this s**t started when I moved almost everything from Phone to SDCard! Still going to wipe it though!
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I wouldnt put apps on the SD card. I had problems with things disappearing and stuff when I tried it.
OK boys and girls, first I dumped all my photos off the phone. I then formatted the SDCard, I then erased internal storage with took me 2.5 hours before I pulled the battery. I then did internal storage again and it took 3 minutes.
Now here is the odd thing.........I really, technically, did not lose squat. All of my apps were still there, just not installed. My e-mail, contacts, etc. all remained. Even my Bluetooth stayed paired. The only thing I did was turn on wireless, go to Andriod Market, and go thru 128 Apps and put them back (no, I did not want to use the restore of Titanium Backup. That would put the curroupt crap back)
And this is the REAL killer, I went to bed at 10:30PM with Photon un-plugged with BT and WiFi on. I woke up to 80% charge!!! something was definately wrong before and I think me moving apps to card was it!!
Anyway, so far so good!!
So my i777 running ICSrewed 2.0.1 with siyah kernel and previously hellraised CheckROM thinks its changing when it isn't. To be more correct it starts and stops charging every couple seconds when no usb is connected. So it will vibrate in my pocket every few second when it thinks i disconnected the usb cable. When turned off the phone flashes the battery charging screen followed by the battery screen with the yellow triangle and thermometer. This happens no matter what. I've reflashed my rom, tried entropy's DD instead of siyah kernel with no results. Also it seems to have several different ideas about the battery level, if i restart the phone the battery level usually changes by around 20%.
I'm not running any setCPU or UV apart from whats build into the kernel. Phone is only about 2 months old and is always kept in an industrial ballistic case.
Any ideas? Am i looking at a hardware issue or something that could be software related?
Thanks in advance
Any help is greatly appreciated
Sounds like 1 of 3 things IMO .. either the OS is freaking out or your battery is defective or your miniUSB connection is dirty/messed up/bent.
I had the issue after about a month where my GSII would go into car dock mode out of the blue for no reason. Voice search would fire up randomly. A factory reset fixed mine but there are tons of people that have reported the miniUSB needing cleaning (and/or a touch of grease) and resolved the issue.
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So my i777 running ICSrewed 2.0.1 with siyah kernel and previously hellraised CheckROM thinks its changing when it isn't. To be more correct it starts and stops charging every couple seconds when no usb is connected. So it will vibrate in my pocket every few second when it thinks i disconnected the usb cable. When turned off the phone flashes the battery charging screen followed by the battery screen with the yellow triangle and thermometer. This happens no matter what. I've reflashed my rom, tried entropy's DD instead of siyah kernel with no results. Also it seems to have several different ideas about the battery level, if i restart the phone the battery level usually changes by around 20%.
I'm not running any setCPU or UV apart from whats build into the kernel. Phone is only about 2 months old and is always kept in an industrial ballistic case.
Any ideas? Am i looking at a hardware issue or something that could be software related?
Thanks in advance
Any help is greatly appreciated
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It's your USB port. It's done. Use warranty, replace it. There is no fix. It happened to me as well. Be sure to revert your phone back to stock, then wipe the internal SD card as well. Look through the threads in General for the revert to stock by Entropy.
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It's your USB port. It's done. Use warranty, replace it. There is no fix. It happened to me as well. Be sure to revert your phone back to stock, then wipe the internal SD card as well. Look through the threads in General for the revert to stock by Entropy.
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Yes, this. There are several threads in Q&A or General (including one by me) regarding USB port failures. The behaviors you describe are pretty much across-the-board for those of us who had this happen. As recommended above - warranty replacement is the way to go - they may make you go through a bunch of steps prior to approving your RMA - a common one seems to be to try another battery. As far as I know, this has not worked for anyone who tried it.
Yes - your described symptoms are consistent with what appears to be the most likely hardware failure scenario I777 owners are going to encounter if they encounter any hardware failures.
I have same problem.but just started since running ics screwed same version...never happened on any others
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Thanks everyone, that's what i was thinking, it was just strange because apart from the phone freaking out in my pocket it hasn't had any effect, the usb works for everything else.
I don't think it's ISCrewed in particular, it started when i was on CheckROM, i flashed ISCrewed just in case it was something about the hellraised rom.
Thanks again, back to my cappy i guess
I have the identical issue. Many times a day the phone "chirps" and thinks it has been plugged in/unplugged in, though it hasn't. It also enters and exits driving mode on a similarly random basis. Unfortunately I bought this phone used (though the problem only started this week, and I've owned the phone for 2 months), so I'm fearing that I won't be eligible for RMA. Has anyone had success using the Samsung manufacturer's warranty when they aren't the original purchaser?
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I have the identical issue. Many times a day the phone "chirps" and thinks it has been plugged in/unplugged in, though it hasn't. It also enters and exits driving mode on a similarly random basis. Unfortunately I bought this phone used (though the problem only started this week, and I've owned the phone for 2 months), so I'm fearing that I won't be eligible for RMA. Has anyone had success using the Samsung manufacturer's warranty when they aren't the original purchaser?
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What ROM are you using?
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What ROM are you using?
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Unnamed 2.2.1
hmm weird I was having problem on ics screwed changed and now no problem recently..hoping it isn't the port!
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I've been running Unnamed 2.2.1 since late December, and the problem only started a few days ago, which makes me think it's probably not software related, at least in my case. I've read many accounts of GS2 owners whose USB ports start flaking out and causing identical problems to what I'm experiencing, so my hunch is that's what it is. Before I look into a warranty return, I'm going to clean out the port with rubbing alcohol and a paintbrush.
I had this happen as well. It seemed to happen soon after I would flash siyah kernel. happened 3-4 times. For the past month or so have been running only entrophys dd kernel and have not had the issue come back yet.
I was running siyah too been running entropys fine since i switched..idk if kernel glitch or just coincidence
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Been there, done that
I had the exact same problems described above a few months ago. Thankfully, a "knowledgeable" AT&T rep just gave me an 800 number to call...did their obligatory troubleshooting and sent me a replacement (took a few days). Of course, I ordered a USB jig to erase the "root" counters just in case.
I noticed the problem on UnNamed (although it ended up not being the ROM of course) and switched to CM7....seems like I either never had the problem on CM7 or it took a really long time to come back.
Regardless, while i was waiting on the replacement, I removed the battery and, as was said above, swished around a small paintbrush dipped in rubbing alcohol in the USB port....didn't have the problem again. Went ahead and switched out phones anyway...but appeared to be "fixed". Kinda sad though...I rarely even use the USB (switch out between 3 batteries)...never had that kind of problem with my previous "fruit" phone. ;-)
I swabbed out the USB port with rubbing alcohol two days ago, and the problem hasn't happened since then. That same day, and since then, I've stopped keeping the phone in the bathroom while I take a shower, on the thinking that the steam could be aggravating the problem. Don't know whether the alcohol or the no-bathroom rule has helped things, but the problem seems to be gone for now.
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I swabbed out the USB port with rubbing alcohol two days ago, and the problem hasn't happened since then. That same day, and since then, I've stopped keeping the phone in the bathroom while I take a shower, on the thinking that the steam could be aggravating the problem. Don't know whether the alcohol or the no-bathroom rule has helped things, but the problem seems to be gone for now.
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AWESOME! Hope more people see this...seems to be more common than a Google search would imply.
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Yep , mine has just started doing this the other day... Bent the usb port pins a bit and while it is stuck in charging mode (it thinks) it is not jumping to the dock or anything... so as long as i dont turn it off im ok for now.
Question is , I am running an ICS build AKOP 4.0.3 , do you think it could be safe doing triangle away (since the usb port is pretty much gone to try a jig might not be worth it) and mobile odin to flash back to stock so that I can bring it into my local att store and see what I can do there?
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I have the identical issue. Many times a day the phone "chirps" and thinks it has been plugged in/unplugged in, though it hasn't. It also enters and exits driving mode on a similarly random basis. Unfortunately I bought this phone used (though the problem only started this week, and I've owned the phone for 2 months), so I'm fearing that I won't be eligible for RMA. Has anyone had success using the Samsung manufacturer's warranty when they aren't the original purchaser?
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You could try telling Samsung that it was a gift. They should be able to determine the original purchase date from the IMEI. I've never dealt with Samsung directly, only At&t. I did a warranty replacement on my original SII last month for the same issue and am now in the process of getting a 2nd replacement for the same issue. Just an FYI, revert to stock before you call them, they'll ask what version you're running, I was running 2.3.4 stock last night. They decided to push the 2.3.6 update to my phone and said I'd have to wait 24 hours before continuing onto getting another replacement. You'll also want to tell them you've already done a factory reset, it'll save you time. I'd recommend grabbing a beer or two for the call, makes working your way through their troubleshooting a bit easier.
I just installed AndroWook rom. I didn't want to, not really. I was hoping to never have to unlock my prime. But then there was the thread about performance, and the other one about users not being able to unlock. How could I possibly walk away from that kind of a challenge? So I downloaded it just to see if it would work. And it did. So then I had to install TWRP, and then I had to install a rom.
So I installed AndroWook with Motley 3.0.5 and all the tweeks it had to offer.
I didn't wipe, I cleared cache and dalvik. I have nearly 2 years of screwing around on an HTC desire, so I felt comfortable with this level of deleting. Everything booted up properly, no apps were missing and everything (as of now) is working at least as well as before.
Then came the big test. The one that annoys me more then anything else. Copying a file from a USB thumb drive to internal memory. It usually takes 10 times as long as my windows PC does. So I plugged in the drive and copied a 250mb file. It took all of 20 seconds (I didn't really time, but it was MUCH faster). My jaw dropped.
I'm sold. ASUS has no clue what they're doing. This thing is great. I can copy files to the internal storage without staring at the percentage copying 10, then stoping, 12, stop, 15, stop, 20... This time it went smoothly from 0 to 100%.
If you haven't unlocked your device, you're missing out.
Appreciate the oppinion. Would like to hear more from your experiences with custom firmware as I'm also very unsatisfied with stock rom.
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Appreciate the oppinion. Would like to hear more from your experiences with custom firmware as I'm also very unsatisfied with stock rom.
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Well I've been up for about 2 hours now, and while I'm not sure if it 'feels' a lot of faster, but I haven't had screen tear issues. I'll keep running this rom for at least a week and I'll update if anything changes. If there's anything you'd like me to test (as long as it is free or I already have it) let me know!
Parastie, you sound just like me almost. I've been twitching at all these challenges being presented before me. Failed unlocks, failed roots, better performance. How I've managed to resist unlocking so far is beyond me. My poor desire s didn't last so long, its been flashed so many times I don't think it knows what kind of device it even is anymore.
So you say file transfer is slow on stock, eh? I must witness this. Might be the straw that breaks the camels back for me. The one last push to unlocking.
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Parastie said:
Then came the big test. The one that annoys me more then anything else. Copying a file from a USB thumb drive to internal memory. It usually takes 10 times as long as my windows PC does. So I plugged in the drive and copied a 250mb file. It took all of 20 seconds (I didn't really time, but it was MUCH faster). My jaw dropped.
I'm sold. ASUS has no clue what they're doing. This thing is great. I can copy files to the internal storage without staring at the percentage copying 10, then stoping, 12, stop, 15, stop, 20... This time it went smoothly from 0 to 100%.
If you haven't unlocked your device, you're missing out.
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Welcome to the club!
So when you say copying from thumb drive to internal memory, you mean via the usb port on the dock right? (must be because I can't think of how else you would be doing it.)
The reason I ask is, I've been unlocked for a while, but haven't done any thumb drive to internal memory copying since I unlocked. I also found this unbelievably slow when running stock though (and all the starting and stopping made me think WTF???)
Gotta try it out tonight.
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Welcome to the club!
So when you say copying from thumb drive to internal memory, you mean via the usb port on the dock right? (must be because I can't think of how else you would be doing it.)
The reason I ask is, I've been unlocked for a while, but haven't done any thumb drive to internal memory copying since I unlocked. I also found this unbelievably slow when running stock though (and all the starting and stopping made me think WTF???)
Gotta try it out tonight.
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Yeah the copying to internal memory was the most annoying. Slow as dirt, it makes putting HD movies on this thing impossible. I've only tried one file, but I'm going to try another large file when I get some time.
Also note, screen tearing still happens. I got it to stop by locking the screen for a few seconds, but that's still an issue.
Parastie, you sound just like me almost. I've been twitching at all these challenges being presented before me. Failed unlocks, failed roots, better performance. How I've managed to resist unlocking so far is beyond me. My poor desire s didn't last so long, its been flashed so many times I don't think it knows what kind of device it even is anymore.
So you say file transfer is slow on stock, eh? I must witness this. Might be the straw that breaks the camels back for me. The one last push to unlocking.
Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using xda app-developers app
Anyone know if handwriting notetaking is better with any custom roms? My biggest problem with the prime has been how bad the digitizer seems to be (as in trying to draw a diagonal line the prime makes a crazy wavy line). Touchscreen tune helps but doesn't fully fix the problem.
Not sure if this is something a ROM can really fix or not.
It does help some, I can tell the difference in a well performing rom by using handwriting apps. The handwriting apps when a rom is slow or sluggish don't keep up, kind of like an underpowered android phone and keyboard lag. But when performing properly, the handwriting is more accurate and keeps up with the stylus or finger, in my experiences.
Without seeing your problem, I can't say if it's because of your software and/or configuration, or if it's some very strange hardware problem that software can't fix. But I can tell you that typically a tablets performance overall greatly affects how things react to the touch screen and how the graphics render.
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Well I've been up for about 2 hours now, and while I'm not sure if it 'feels' a lot of faster, but I haven't had screen tear issues. I'll keep running this rom for at least a week and I'll update if anything changes. If there's anything you'd like me to test (as long as it is free or I already have it) let me know!
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Can you please either confirm or contradict one thing: I had a battery drain issue. For example before going to bed the tablet was docked and both batteries almost full, in the morning - dock battery flat, tablet - half empty. SystemPanel suggested it's a Facebook app and, miracle, as soon as I deleted the app I haven't seen leaks anymore.
This's a bit strange because this app has never caused drain issues before. Syncing and notifications were disabled.
Parastie said:
I'm sold. ASUS has no clue what they're doing. This thing is great. I can copy files to the internal storage without staring at the percentage copying 10, then stoping, 12, stop, 15, stop, 20... This time it went smoothly from 0 to 100%.
If you haven't unlocked your device, you're missing out.
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I won't defend asus as far a knowing what they are doing but I have never used a stock mobile device that could not be drastically improved by dedicated developers. The hardware companies are only focused on a product as long as it takes to hit a shelf and then by and large you are on your own. Thats why this is the best site on the internet for non sheep type people.
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Can you please either confirm or contradict one thing: I had a battery drain issue. For example before going to bed the tablet was docked and both batteries almost full, in the morning - dock battery flat, tablet - half empty. SystemPanel suggested it's a Facebook app and, miracle, as soon as I deleted the app I haven't seen leaks anymore.
This's a bit strange because this app has never caused drain issues before. Syncing and notifications were disabled.
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This sounds like a text book app or widget problem and not a device problem.
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Can you please either confirm or contradict one thing: I had a battery drain issue. For example before going to bed the tablet was docked and both batteries almost full, in the morning - dock battery flat, tablet - half empty. SystemPanel suggested it's a Facebook app and, miracle, as soon as I deleted the app I haven't seen leaks anymore.
This's a bit strange because this app has never caused drain issues before. Syncing and notifications were disabled.
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if you want to keep the facebook app, try turning off wifi when you turn the tablet off before you go to bed. super easy with the dock and i've gotten in the habit of doing so myself. i see 1-2% battery drain on teh tablet overnight, and <1% on teh dock. you might also want to try setting wifi to not stay on during sleep by default in settings, but idk if a wakelock via facebook would fix this.
also, did you try clearing data and cache or restarting and it still did this? anyways, sorry to be so OT to the OP. PM me if you want to chat about this some more.
I also bit the bullet yesterday.
Unfortunately my experience was not so good...
1. Unlocked, installed TRWP, made backup (and titanium).
2. Wipe device.
3. Install Androwook.
4. Tried to restore Titanium backup on to find it will prompt you twice for every app (I was not going to do this for 150 odd apps).
5. Go back to recovery, wipe device, and restore backup (this 'only' took about 30 minutes...).
6. Reboot, took about 15 minutes to boot.
7. My home screen was messed up, none of my installed apps would run, only the apps included in ROM.
8. Go back to recovery, wipe again, and installed AndroWook again.
9. Spent the entire day downloading apps from the play store again.
During the last step, the poor tablet consistently froze and even had a random reboot. Play store ANR'd about 15 times...
Eventually had everything back installed, but all my 'user data' is lost (hopefully I can recover this with Titanium if needed).
To be honest. It does not really feel any different. No OOOOHH's and AAAAAHH's like everyone says.
So now I have 2 problems. A useless tablet and no bloody warranty.
To top this off, I discovered another dead pixel (white one, not so noticeable) yesterday.
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4. Tried to restore Titanium backup on to find it will prompt you twice for every app (I was not going to do this for 150 odd apps).
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The paid version of Titanium Backup allows for one-click batch restoring...
Parastie said:
Then came the big test. The one that annoys me more then anything else. Copying a file from a USB thumb drive to internal memory. It usually takes 10 times as long as my windows PC does. So I plugged in the drive and copied a 250mb file. It took all of 20 seconds (I didn't really time, but it was MUCH faster).
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Thats the only thing which is bugging me on the stock rom. Can others confirm this major improvement? Can anyone say what is responsible for this I/O enhancement? Is it the ROM (IO schedulers) or is it Motleys kernel?
Stefan
Parastie said:
Yeah the copying to internal memory was the most annoying. Slow as dirt, it makes putting HD movies on this thing impossible. I've only tried one file, but I'm going to try another large file when I get some time.
Also note, screen tearing still happens. I got it to stop by locking the screen for a few seconds, but that's still an issue.
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I was on the fence about this issue too. Screen tearing & I/O performance was a big issue for me. Looks like it's device dependent, some users dont have it, some have it. Our device have this issue. ;(
B4 this I've read a few posts from other forumers claiming that tearing still happens on custom kernel & ROM.
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I was on the fence about this issue too. Screen tearing & I/O performance was a big issue for me. Looks like it's device dependent, some users dont have it, some have it. Our device have this issue. ;(
B4 this I've read a few posts from other forumers claiming that tearing still happens on custom kernel & ROM.
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Wouldn't be a surprise as they're based off the stock rom.
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MXR2 said:
I was on the fence about this issue too. Screen tearing & I/O performance was a big issue for me. Looks like it's device dependent, some users dont have it, some have it. Our device have this issue. ;(
B4 this I've read a few posts from other forumers claiming that tearing still happens on custom kernel & ROM.
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Well screen tearing still happens here. Of course, I did not do a full wipe and I'm running Wook which is based on stock. It is possible that AOKP or CM9 would not have this problem. I was going for what most people said was the fastest. As far as day-to-day use goes, after a full day I don't really see a huge difference. It was great before, and it still is.
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Anyone know if handwriting notetaking is better with any custom roms? My biggest problem with the prime has been how bad the digitizer seems to be (as in trying to draw a diagonal line the prime makes a crazy wavy line). Touchscreen tune helps but doesn't fully fix the problem.
Not sure if this is something a ROM can really fix or not.
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I suspect JB ROMs will be better at this as it bumps-up the CPU speed for user interactions.