Recently my cellphone started doing this, all of a sudden, the touch screen stops receiving any input, and my phone locks, I can still use the keyboard, so I know the device is still running, only the touch screen appears to have the problem.
I was running under CM6 when this started to happen, so I tried re-flashing my ROM and nothing changed, then I restored my phone via SEUS, and still the problem was there, so I think the problem might be hardware related.
I've tried to mess around with my phone, trying to reproduce what triggers this behavior, and I'm thinking it has something to do with the hardware keyboard, as my phone does't lock up as easily as if I used the keyboard.
So, I'm currently looking for any suggestions (besides buying another phone for the time being) to bring my phone back to its former glory!
I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks.
detesto said:
Recently my cellphone started doing this, all of a sudden, the touch screen stops receiving any input, and my phone locks, I can still use the keyboard, so I know the device is still running, only the touch screen appears to have the problem.
I was running under CM6 when this started to happen, so I tried re-flashing my ROM and nothing changed, then I restored my phone via SEUS, and still the problem was there, so I think the problem might be hardware related.
I've tried to mess around with my phone, trying to reproduce what triggers this behavior, and I'm thinking it has something to do with the hardware keyboard, as my phone does't lock up as easily as if I used the keyboard.
So, I'm currently looking for any suggestions (besides buying another phone for the time being) to bring my phone back to its former glory!
I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks.
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Its probably the ribbon in the back, its better known as a "flex cable" of tiny cables connecting the motherboard and battery to your screen, if you can find a disassembly guide on the internet this can probably be fixed by buying the flex cable from Ebay... I fixed my old Nokia N80 through this method, it only cost me about 5-6 bucks.
When you open your phone appart, the flex cable should look like this...
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I can't guarantee it will work but its probably worth a try.
I think i've seen a disassembly guide somewhere on the themes and apps part of forum.
thekindladies said:
I think i've seen a disassembly guide somewhere on the themes and apps part of forum.
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Well alright, if the flex cable method does not work, your last resort should be changing the digitizer ie. the screen which can also be bought online.
Thanks to you all, I will try both and see if those fix the problem!
detesto said:
Thanks to you all, I will try both and see if those fix the problem!
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Detesto, keep us updated on how you get on... I hope you make it first time round. I've managed to find the x10 mini disassembly guide but not for the mini pro, there should be one out there. I don't recommend opening your phone without this guide btw, you can easy damage your phone all together.
Good luck.
Ooops!
Sorry guys! I totally missed replying to the thread!
I have a friend whom also had the X10 mini pro, and I tried with his ribbon cable and digitizer, and found out the problem was the digitizer, so I just replaced that part. That was almost a year ago... yikes!
The phone is well and running still, but I replaced my phone with the Optimus 2X and gave my xperia to my sister in law.
Thank you all for your help and sorry for the late response!
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I think I'm the first to really bricked my two days old SGS2, haha..!
My phone had the Download Mode bug, so while trying to fix that according to a guide, I probably did something really stupid, and now I'm stuck with the black screen of death. Reading about JIG, I really feel that that is way beyond my knowledge.
There's really nothing else to do but to return the phone, right?
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I think I'm the first to really bricked my two days old SGS2, haha..!
My phone had the Download Mode bug, so while trying to fix that according to a guide, I probably did something really stupid, and now I'm stuck with the black screen of death. Reading about JIG, I really feel that that is way beyond my knowledge.
There's really nothing else to do but to return the phone, right?
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if you cant enter download mode again then
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No, I can't, I never could, the phone had that bug
jdb264c said:
No, I can't, I never could, the phone had that bug
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the JIG !
its not that hard just put it in turn it on
u can buy it from ebay
but if u want to make one then .... its hard for some
Haha, I'm not sure I dare
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Haha, I'm not sure I dare
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ebay............
Watched some Youtube movie about it, and now I really have to try, I will report
So, I opened the Samsung Micro USB contact, and it turns out that there's 4 and not 5 pins! Does anyone know which ones to use then? There's a red, green, white and black one.
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So, I opened the Samsung Micro USB contact, and it turns out that there's 4 and not 5 pins! Does anyone know which ones to use then? There's a red, green, white and black one.
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You shouldn't have to mess up with pins.
A jig is a small micro-USB device that you plug into your phone while off, and it sets the phone into download mode.
Have you purchased one? Have you plugged it in? From the download mode, you can then flash an official or custom firmware.
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So, I opened the Samsung Micro USB contact, and it turns out that there's 4 and not 5 pins! Does anyone know which ones to use then? There's a red, green, white and black one.
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no one it is.... for JIG you need 5 pins in microUSB... buy it from eBay...
Tried another USB which looked correct, and it worked!!! Amazing!!! You should see the smile on my face, haha!
So the next question, now being in the very sought-after "Downloading...Do not turn off target!!"-mode, what would I do next, should I find the original ROM somewhere and shoot it over via Odin?
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Tried another USB which looked correct, and it worked!!! Amazing!!! You should see the smile on my face, haha!
So the next question, now being in the very sought-after "Downloading...Do not turn off target!!"-mode, what would I do next, should I find the original ROM somewhere and shoot it over via Odin?
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Yes, just ODIN flash a stock ROM of your choice here
And "brick" is recovered
Well got this weird problem. my phone got stock firmare and all that stuff. anyhow. when im gonna turn off my phone i get this symbol on my screen and it wont turn off.
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So i need to "hard boot it" in the volum up-power - menu area...
Anyone knows what to do and how to fix it?
But when the cable is in and gives power to the unit its starts normal and turns off normal.... and that rly starts to piss me off
So pls help a noob
that is the battery temperature warning.
For some reason the contacts on the battery may not be making clean contact.
Take the battery out and with a tooth brush clean the contacts on the phone and the battery.
reinsert and see if that solves the problem.
nope it didnt help anything
wialla said:
nope it didnt help anything
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Service centre next stop .
jje
ay. called the place i bought the phone and they gonna send me a thingy to send it back with.. and they sayd they would fix it or give me a new phone. So cant rly complain then
update: Phone got not repaired or replaced.. The clame it was water damaged.. The usb/charging port that is so i got my phone back. they didnt wanna touch it couse they told me it would die sooner or later.. they could change the mainboard but they didnt wanna do it.. So i need to fix it my self. so i ordred a new usb/charging thingy and gonna replace it when i get it.. Ill update if it works or not (sry my sucky english)
Bro dunno but have I tried using a new battery? The symbol is a temperature/battery warning. Did I get it wet??
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nope. has not got wet at all... Even tho the repair dudes says it "water" damaged.. .Anyhow.. i ordered a new battery too. so first gonna test that before i change the usb part.
Get the battery cover, hold each of the sides with you're fingers and bend so the middle of it is going in ward, bend fairly far, now try, fixed my battery problem which was similar to this, also it would alsol think it's charging when it's not and constantly vibrate, I had been bending the back before and just realised when the phone was screen down it was fine so realised was loose, hope you fix it
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just changed the usb port and now it works perfect again... even samsung people couldnt do that.. lol
wialla said:
just changed the usb port and now it works perfect again... even samsung people couldnt do that.. lol
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well, you are the first person who actually fixed the problem. No one in all the forums I've been reading was able to identify or fix it.
Could you please tell how you replace it? are there any instructions or ¨comprehensive guide¨to do it?' I'm having the same problem too.
Thank you
No one like my fix? Worked for me? Also adding a bit of tape to the back of the battery worked
well. wasnt hard tbh. Just take apart so u get inside the phone. take of all "screws?" so mainboard is loose. then take out the usb board and replace it.. .should be doable without taking out the entire mainboard. i just "tipped" it upwards so i got the cable thingy out... sry about my sucky english.. U need proper tools to do it. cheap tho but the "screws" is so damn small. And yes.. my phone still works perfect.
hmm thing i posten a guide to it somewhere.. give me a sec..
Taaadaaaa http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=644a85c6c95e73d5cb8a77ad5dce6ca8
My Atrix seems to have a significant problem hopefully someone can help with. I dropped my phone and my screen had some issues when touching certain areas (ie. It wouldn't register as a touch during any app in certain parts of the screen)...so I replaced my LCD and Digitizer, and no luck, similar issues. So today I replaced the ribbon cable with a new one(with power button, front facing camera etc) ,and STILL the same issue.
I've tried new Roms, and done fresh/clean installs of everything but I've no idea what else I can now do, please help?
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Although it doesn't make much sense, you may need to try the PDS partition fix. You'll need to google that and find the files and tutorial for fixing it.
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Here's the pds thread. Maybe it'll help. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1131649
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Hey really appreciate your quick response to the issues I'm having.
I have tried PDS Partition Fix and unfortunately this hasnt helped ... both methods were followed to the letter and nothing the same issue applies.
Dont suppose there are any other suggestions that anybody can come up with?
I am thoroughly grateful for all your help!!
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Hey really appreciate your quick response to the issues I'm having.
I have tried PDS Partition Fix and unfortunately this hasnt helped ... both methods were followed to the letter and nothing the same issue applies.
Dont suppose there are any other suggestions that anybody can come up with?
I am thoroughly grateful for all your help!!
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Only other thing I can suggest is warranty.
when you replaced the lcd and digitizer did you clean it very well between them? I have seen the slightest amount of dust disturb the digitizer, also when holding the phone upright is it the "e" "s" "d" "x" area of the keyboard that is acting up?
Moreover
Unfortunately, the warranty is now void since unlocking the bootloader, which I knew was a risk. I cancelled my insurance too since the policy excess was ridiculous.
When replacing the digitizer I cleaned the connectors using a microfibre cloth, the ribbon cable connecting the digitizer to the board was also replaced, so potential board connector issue?
Its random, what works...if the screen was in quarters from top to bottom then quarter 1 and 3 do NOT work...so i cannot pull down notification bar unless I rotate screen, and use a working area of the touchscreen. But thanks to Go Launcher I have set up a swipe gesture for notifications. And thanks to perfect keyboard I can change the height of the keys so I can at least send a message. But this isnt ideal, since the keys are so small.
Any other thoughts on how to clean the connector properly or anyone experienced the same?
the digitizer connects to the speaker ribbon cable and then goes to the board, but that ribbon cable usually doesn't get damaged.
you can reflash a vanilla 4.5.91 and possibly not brick and if it comes back it wont show the unlocked text I don't recommend this due to some people experiencing hard bricks doing it. But then you might be able to return it.
you say its random, so does the entire screen work sometime? or is it always quarters 1 and 3? if its not changing I would say its a bad digitizer.
Well I've tried 3 different digitizers so I know this is not the issue.the change of ribbon cable was merely a stab in the dark. Its random the places that doesn't work, but ALWAYS the same places work/don't work...so quarter 1 and 3 DON'T, but 2 and 4 ALWAYS do.
How might a reflash work? I'm 99% certain this is now software related...my only other theory is the mainboard may be damaged in some way.
Reflashing may be an option, this is my current set up...I've upgraded the radio so whether this will cause issues I've no idea ...
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How might a reflash work? I'm 99% certain this is now software related...my only other theory is the mainboard may be damaged in some way.
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it won't fix the problem but it is a way to remove the "unlocked" text from when you start up the phone, or are you completely out of warranty / no chance to return ?
This never happened on my phone before ICS. Any fix for it? This message came up as I was charging in-car. Someone told me he gets the same on VK rom.
edit: sorry, just noticed there's a long thread about it. Scratch this then.
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Hi, i just posted a post in a different thread about this problem
Have a look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1520528
Try cleaning the USB port on the phone with a tiny brush or something, make sure there is no dirt, and also make sure the pin is aligned correctly in the USB port, mine went like this and I fixed it by tweaking with the USB port. But also have a look at the thread.
Chris.
solution idk if its temporary or no..
I dont know if its temporary or what are the other effects...
I figured out
On a dialpad type
##data#
Click edit
Enter your msl code
Click usb charging and disable it....
Thats it !!!!
Roman5 said:
This never happened on my phone before ICS. Any fix for it? This message came up as I was charging in-car. Someone told me he gets the same on VK rom.
edit: sorry, just noticed there's a long thread about it. Scratch this then.
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Started happening to me too!
Get a flashing battery icon continuously too.
In no connect USB cable, it show the battery icon like cable already connected! (lightning pic in the battery)
When I search in Google, I got forum.xda-developers.com
I understand the idea of problem, of my Hardware fault finding experience
I clean the USB port in (The Samsung galaxy 2) PDA phone
gently and I am connecting to charge or computer cable,
Straight,slow, careful, every time
Last 7 days no error popup coming !!!!
Thanks to all
choc
What is the manufacturer Answer
[email protected]
This has been happening quite a lot to many of the S2s all around the world from the looks of it. I think Samsung is using some cheap faulty material in their USB ports which is causing them to corrode/fail easily. I've changed mine completely once and had to pay for it since they conveniently categorized it under 'water contact with the phone' which they couldn't cover under warranty and I paid for a complete replacement. 5 months later and its happened again. Absolutely unacceptable. Please write in to Samsung and complain about this.
I have my Streak for almost two years and yesterday I experienced a problem - screen is all messed up. On the left screen side, I just got some fuzzy colors and over whole screen horizontal bars.
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I guess there is not much chance of it getting better, huh?
So, before I send it to the shop, can I do a complete backup and wipe all data on the device, so that I can later restore it 1:1?
Thanks for any help
Czechnology.cz said:
I have my Streak for almost two years and yesterday I experienced a problem - screen is all messed up. On the left screen side, I just got some fuzzy colors and over whole screen horizontal bars.
I guess there is not much chance of it getting better, huh?
So, before I send it to the shop, can I do a complete backup and wipe all data on the device, so that I can later restore it 1:1?
Thanks for any help
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just do full nandroid backup... though you need streakmod recovery to do it...
and the screen happens like that is usually because the cable connectors or the ribbon is pretty much spoiled...
Do I need to have rooted device for that? I have the stock 2.2.
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Do I need to have rooted device for that? I have the stock 2.2.
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you just need to fastboot the recovery...
try multirecovery...
once you are into recovery... goto advanced > nandroid > full backup...
that should do it...
Yes you have to root so you can delete certain files... If not each time you boot your recovery is rewritten
Beautiful thing called a search wouldve gotten you all the info you needed
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I'm just worried what would that do to the warranty...
What about the Nero Backup&Restore that's supplied from Dell. How much does it miss in backup?
Root your device
Flash streakmod recovery
Make nandroid backup
Flash stock recovery
Flash stock rom
Czechnology.cz said:
I'm just worried what would that do to the warranty...
What about the Nero Backup&Restore that's supplied from Dell. How much does it miss in backup?
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just do what i say and you dont need to root at all...
or just ask help from someone who uses streak...
nero backup pretty much is not thorough.... nandroid backup is system level backup.. means that it backup everything...
So I was told that the repair would cost over $200
Now I have to think if it's worth it or whether to move on from my beloved Streak
Czechnology.cz said:
So I was told that the repair would cost over $200
Now I have to think if it's worth it or whether to move on from my beloved Streak
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actually the repair is the same as replacing the lcd to a new one... and streak has a history of expensive screen change...
Another question on the matter - the horizontal lines constantly change (now there are many more than on the photo above). Is it a failure in the screen itself or somewhere else? Or in some connection? I've tried disassembling my Streak and replugging the cables in hope I could at least get rid of those stripes.
Czechnology.cz said:
Another question on the matter - the horizontal lines constantly change (now there are many more than on the photo above). Is it a failure in the screen itself or somewhere else? Or in some connection? I've tried disassembling my Streak and replugging the cables in hope I could at least get rid of those stripes.
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usually that happen when the cable stripes that attached to the screen is getting loose... such as the glue used is no longer has its ability to retain the glue function....
in this case... well... best replace the lcd... just brace the price of replacing it...
I have other troubles with the Streak (resetting while in pocket etc) so I don't really want to invest much more in it. Also I'm worried whether the lines would actually be gone if I replaced the screen.
But if I could at least get rid of these stripes, streak could still have it's use even with malfunctioning left side of the screen (alarm clock, radio or similar - especially with the not-so-cheap craddle I have).
Can you sell me your Dell? I live in Vienna
I took the risk of buying your streak if you still have no other solution. I live to come. pleased to confirm my information. thank you.
I still use it, even with the broken screen. Sorry