Hello everyone.
Tried searching the forum response to my questions but not found.
1. I can not transmit anything via bluetooth. It's really just for my handset or having problems?
2. When I got the phone in my pocket, even with the screen locked, sometimes it turns off. Ie If you press the power button continuously, even with the screen locked, it turns off. Is it normal or is my problem with one?
Thanks
Windmaster said:
Hello everyone.
Tried searching the forum response to my questions but not found.
1. I can not transmit anything via bluetooth. It's really just for my handset or having problems?
2. When I got the phone in my pocket, even with the screen locked, sometimes it turns off. Ie If you press the power button continuously, even with the screen locked, it turns off. Is it normal or is my problem with one?
Thanks
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Hi!
1. WP7 does not support sending files via bluetooth since its a very cloud based device. Maybe with Mango we will have that option, but its unclear also because of the security issues...
2. I don't know about other WP7 devices, but with HTC 7 Mozart it works like that. But that never happen to me and i use it on my pocket all the time. Maybe those gel soft cases could help?
Hi,
In Mozart even if you are in the screen saver lock screen a constant press of your power button would switch it off.
There is no alternative for this now and the best way is to use a case (So that the power button does not get pressed when in your pocket)
Maybe this would also be take care of in the next updates
Finally someone who has the same problem as I do. If you follow my post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1055060 you will see that I have been *****ing about this power-off problem for some time now. People thought I was crazy. The morons who replied to the posts ALL debated weather or not it happens to them or not. WAY besides the point (and question asked). Windmaster, you are not alone - I share your frustration in the phone switching off whilst in your pocket. One day, hopefully, there will be a solution to this.
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HI all,
I have made a short how-to video on how to flash one of the many awesome roms (made by our awesome rom-makers) onto a device that doesn't have a power button. I have done it several times and as the question keeps getting raised, I thought I would show some proof.
Some advice before the video.
DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK!!! I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGED OR FRIED PDAs
I have done this myself on an I-mate (Himalaya). It took some trial and error but I am now running WM6.1. In my case though, I had to completely remove the power button from the device. The previous owner dropped it on its head, and I got it for free, unfortunately most of the top is missing, including the power button.
SO, on to how I did it. I took a paper clip (metal) and put it about 1cm down, slightly to the right of where the power button used to connect to the motherboard (in line with the text section of the Contact button on the top left of your XDA). Make sure you have turned your XDA/IMATE on before doing this. You'll find that when you find the right area, your device will turn off, or the screen will go dark (like holding the power button for a second or giving it a quick tap) or it will flash on and off.
If you manage to hold it there for the right period of time, while pressing the other bootloader buttons, then you will be able to enter bootloader.
This took me close to an hour to get just right, on both occasions I have done it, but it eventually worked and you eventually get quicker (5 minutes for me now).
My IMATE was useless without me updating the rom, so I had no worry about frying it if I did something wrong, that is why I was OK with playing around with its insides. BEWARE that you MAY DO DAMAGE to the device.
Good luck.
Here is the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWfcpC1VM5g
Cheers! Hope this helps some people out there get the most out of their Himalayas again.
JADEL
Wow!
I have seen the video but somhow I felt that whatever you wanted to show is not getting properly visible. Perhaps the illumination is not that much.
But, I ould very well see the c_shekhar's bootsplash screen. hehe
Thanks for the Video. Worked a treat! Now I can flash my XDA again. Yeah the video was a little dark but I got the jist of it anyway.
Glad it has helped someone other than me. Someone also left a comment on the YouTube page that it worked for them as well, which is also good. Our Himalaya's will live on for many years to come!!!
I agree with my video being too dark (Environmentally friendly fluorescent lights are good for environment, bad for how-to videos). I will try and make a new, lighter video next time C_Shekhar ports a new rom!
Power button
I'm from the philippines. I was able to have my XDAII power button repaired it didn't cost that much. If there are repair shops in your area, maybe you can ask about it.
chinister said:
I'm from the philippines. I was able to have my XDAII power button repaired it didn't cost that much. If there are repair shops in your area, maybe you can ask about it.
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There are only two companies in Australia I know of that can officially fix our XDAs. They are bot hin Rockhampton (about 20 hours from where I live in Sydney).
They are both owned by the same company.
As you can imagine, I would predict that the repair cost would be very high, considering they essentially have a monopoly on the situation, and postage costs, insurance etc
I have a qtek 2020 with the key broken (it misses completely) power. can I perform your procedure?
Thanks
Catalogna
Hi there,
It is hard to say for sure. The only way to know for sure is to actually try it. This procedure has worked repeatedly (at least nine times now for me) on my Himalaya, and several other peoples. It really is a last resort though, so you may want to trry everything else you possibly can first.
Cheers.
good good good
I have put the qtek in bootloader and I now have the new rom. Thanks.
I have solo another problem: after few second what I don't use it the display goes to standby and I must press strong to reactivate it. is it a problem software or hardware?
Glad to hear you were able to flash the new rom.
As for the restarting, I have not seen that before under this ROM, and I have used it on several devices and tested it fairly thoroughly. Are you sure nothing is still stuck in the top of your phone where the power button was (IE you didn't leave the metal device in the top?) Perhaps something in there keeps shorting it out?
Maybe it is just on a short timeout. Check under Start>Settings>System>Power>Advanced
See what time the settings are set to under here for "Turn off device if not used for..." both on battery and external power.
Also, then click on the "backlight" button at the bottom, and check those settings.
Under "Backlight" click on "Battery power" and change the settings to what you want, then click on "External Power" and do the same again.
Then just hit the OK button (top right corner) twice, and you should be done.
Hope this helps.
Thanks!
Hi Jadel. I just want to say thanks! Your video help me deal with a broken power button when upgrading rom for the first time. Without your help, I would never feel like having a brand new phone for free
I also found a way to hard reset a phone without camera button (or record).
Just connect mtty via usb into bootloader, type:
password BOOTLOADER
task 28 0 0
and reset your device as normal.
In my try it corrupted my splash screen but anything other is okay
ROMS
Why on the HD2 do they make roms for SPL 1.4 when every FREAKIN PERSON on the PLANET has version 2.08 I have NO IDEA! STUPID!
Flashing rom
hi im from india and im using an imate ultimate 8502 mobile and unfortunately when i was soft resetting ma phone my phone was corrupt and it mholds in the boot screen itself whenever i restart my phone it stays in the blue sreen stating i mate it doesnt moves from it and boot loader cant be opened ive tried both the ways like holding power button & volume - key as well as holding fn and red button and reset key even both doesnt respond ive given my ,mobile to service to all of the servise centers in chennai but none of them cant service it can anyone help me out plzzzzzzzzzzzz...........
THANKS!
Hello,
I'm new to xda-developers forums. My X10 mini pro is only 2 weeks old but I got this random problem that pops up from time to time. The touchscreen is not working. I can't unlock the phone when I took the phone out of my pocket, I can't enter the unlock pattern. Then it registers a wrong pattern. for example, the pattern to unlock my phone is:
12*
*3*
**4
sometimes it just registers
12*
***
***
or
12*
*3*
***
or nothing at all and it ends up that I'm being asked with the security question. It gets frustrating.
There's also this one time when I have an incoming call and when I took the phone out of my pocket I can't slide the phone to receive the call. I ended up having a missed call (good thing it's not an important call).
Any ideas on this problem guys? Have any of you experienced the same problem before? Are there any good practice/app to improve the x10 mini pro's capacitive touchsreen? The problems occurs usually when the phone is fresh from my pocket or I am out in the bright sunlight if that helps. I really need it to be much more reliable.
P.S.
Can't wait for the 2.1 update... Hopefully it supports 2.2 and other future versions too. I don't know why the music player has no repeat. And the camera haz no zoom. And there's something funny about the dialer but I just can't pinpoint what. (any idea if x10 family can support gingerbread?)
No one bothered replying??
Well, that sux.
Anyways, for an update, I've rooted my phone, overclocked a bit, managed memory,... so far so good. I think having the the phone in your pocket, butt-dialing overloads the touchscreen with a lot of input (even if it's locked, but lighting up) that's why it becomes unresponsive.
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Hope devs crack the bootloader soon, the news from SE regarding the update is devastating.
Same problem here. I've had the phone for 48 hours and almost everytime I unlock the phone the touchscreen becomes unresponsive.
Any solution? Should I return it to retailer?
it looks like the CPU/Memory was on power saving (low performance), until you turn it on.
Can you wait before you enter the unlock code a few seconds(5~10 seconds) to know if the problem is solved?
knd said:
it looks like the CPU/Memory was on power saving (low performance), until you turn it on.
Can you wait before you enter the unlock code a few seconds(5~10 seconds) to know if the problem is solved?
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doesn't work, once the screen is lock the only solution is to remove the battery.
Is your phone rooted? Since I rooted my phone, played with setcpu and autokiller, touchscreen performance increased a lot. My guess is that it has something to do with memory management. While android claims that it has hardcore memory management, you still need to kill apps once in a while.
Right now, whenever my touchscreen becomes unresponsive, I press the power button (to turn off the screen, not shut down the phone) and press it again (so the screen will light up). It becomes responsive again. Works everytime without fail. I hope this helps solving your problem.
I know there are hundreds of threads and articles posted about HD2s freezing with the lock screen but this issue seems different to me. My problem is that whenever I lock the phone the touch screen will freeze entirely. I thought a work around may be to install a different lock screen. After installing that I can get past the lock screen but the touch screen still is not responsive. I have no idea what to do. I already did a hard reset and it still does it. I would like to add that it is completely consistent. It happens every time without fail. In order to even use the phone I have to pull the battery and I get one use out of it before it locks and I have to pull the battery again. Does anyone have any suggestions? I would really appreciate it..
Update: I flashed the original ROM to my phone and the freezing problem still exists.. I have no idea what to do at this point.
Update 2: Narrowed down the problem to being the physical "power/end/lock" button. If I slightly press it but not fully it will go to the honeycomb style menu with all the apps. If I press it fully the screen will go out like normal but then if I restore it, the entire screen is locked up. Nothing will work after that until I pull the battery.
I've directly linked the issue with the power button. I dont know why all of a sudden the power button would have a different function. The work around I found is while the phone is locked and the screen is off I can press the green button to unlock the phone and the touch screen will then function. If I use the power button it will remain frozen. Any ideas what happened?
Hello,
I got some bad news for you, this issue is actually related to the digitizer (hardware) not software. What i would recommend is called HTC for a repair and send it in, it is covered by warranty, hopefully you have warranty.
A lot of people are having this issue, no-one yet has been able to pinpoint the cause, but here is the link a thread with similar problem:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=854165
Luckych
Thanks for the reply. I do not think I have a warranty on this phone considering I bought it privately. Ill talk to Tmo and HTC and see what I can do. Just a theory, I may be wrong. But I live in PA and its been getting below 20 here lately. I noticed today that my work around didnt work when I was outside working on my car. Then I went inside and used a blow dryer to heat up the phone and it started working again. The end button didn't function properly but I could unlock the phone with the green send button. Perhaps the cold weather is shorting out people's digitizers? I don't really know how they work so that's why i said its only a theory. I bought this phone in the spring and didnt have an issue until now when it started getting really cold.
Hello all.
I recently purchased a used streak in the UK running the 2.2 o2 update and I'm having issues with the screen.
Every time I receive a phonecall and put the phone to my head to talk the screen powers off as a result of the proximity sensor doi. Gonna its thing. After hanging up the screen becomes unresponsive. At first I couldn't even turn the screen back on using the power button. I managed to get around this by installing the nolock application. Now the screen powers on the it 90% of the time but won't respond to touch at all. The only way to make it respond is to power the device off and on again by holding the power button in.
Has anyone else had this issue or know anything about it?
I have read about people not from being able to unlock the screen but no one has the phone call issue. I have tried the screen calibration but that hasn't made any difference. Neither has carrying the phone screen side out in my pocket.
Using the supplied headset enables me to make and receive calls normally but I'd really like to solve it as this isn't always practical.
Help would be much appreciated!
ThankThanks.
Sometimes it takes a few seconds for screen to come on after a phone call but I've never had complete unresponsiveness. My recommendation would be to perform a factory reset and if that doesnt resolve anything try a different rom (stock roms can be flashed without rooting so you can always restore 319 if things dont work and need to return the streak). If things still dont get cleared up I would probably send in the streak for a new one because that's a pretty big issue.
Hey,
I'm new to these kinds of things like forums and stuff like that, so sorry if I'm not that clear with what I'm saying. If I could also get some criticism on the post itself and how I can improve, it'd be a great help!
I've had this phone since November of 2013 and this is my first time encountering this problem. After getting home from school, I took my phone out of my backpack and tried waking it(simply pressing the power button so I could see the lock screen), then I noticed nothing would happen. I tried again and again then noticed that the 3 "buttons" at the bottom of my phone were lighting up when I unlocked it, and disappear when locking it. Once I unlocked it, I was able to turn the volume higher and lower, listen to music(because I remember what the layout looks like before it had a black screen), and even (somewhat) use apps. Every time I hear my phone ring, it really makes me want to punch it, because I know that the phone itself is working, but just the screen won't turn on. Like even when I registered for xda-developers, my phone rang once I got the e-mail to verify my account.
I looked at a bunch of other threads before creating this one. Some said to hold down Power Button, Volume +, and Volume - for 30-60 seconds. I tried doing this multiple times, each time holding down the buttons a different amount of seconds, and nothing happened. I let the 3 icons at the bottom blink 15 times, wait a few seconds, let it vibrate, then let go. The longer I held the buttons, the more it would vibrate(about one vibrate for every 15 seconds). I hear the sound effects when turning it on and off("Droid" in the robot voice, then followed by some weird robot-sounding noises). Some people just said to let it charge, and I also tried that. Nothing happened, really, it just charged.
I've been thinking of letting the battery die out, but who wouldn't think of that? So I just ditched that idea. Tell me if I should try it, though, please.
My phone's pretty beat up, but nothing to the point where some parts of the screen would stop working, just two pretty big cracks on it. Sorry, I can't post pictures 'cause I'm new > <
If you guys could help me out with this, or just tell me if it doesn't work at all, it'd be a great help.
Thanks,
Joseph
Sounds like the LCD has been broken.
es0tericcha0s said:
Sounds like the LCD has been broken.
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That sounds pretty simple. Would I need to replace it, get a new phone, or fix it myself at home?
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That sounds pretty simple. Would I need to replace it, get a new phone, or fix it myself at home?
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I would replace the screen. Whether or not you want to do it yourself depends on your confidence, experience, and tools. If you've never torn a phone apart before, then you might want to find a friend who is handy or go to a shop because HTCs, in general, are not the easiest things to start with. And you'll definitely want to buy the already pre-assembled LCD+Digitizer combo as trying to separate the 2 would be more hassle than it is worth.
http://www.repairsuniverse.com/htc-droid-dna-repair-guide.html