After installing the HKTW Gingerbread, my lockscreen has disappeared, and the home button isn't working. It's tedious, to the say the least, to have to press the back button about 10 times to get to the home screen.
I've looked online, and it seems people just had to enable the lockscreen again. I can't find the option to disable it or enable it.
From what I remember reading last night some people had success getting their home button working after either restoring data or taking out their battery/putting back in.
I didn't back up data :/
I've pulled the battery several times, to no effect. Its quite annoying lol
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Bump, can no one help me with this? Or should I just flash back?
Me too
I'm running 1.83 with an unlocked bootloader. My problem presents itself as no lock screen, home button and search buttons do not work for single press or long press (but do still provide haptic feedback), and holding down the power button only gives the option to power off, not airplane mode or silent.
Factory Data Reset fixes the problem until the power turns off.
Did you restore system data with titanium?
i had the same prob and had pulled the batter 1/2 a dozen times before i saw this thread. didn't help, so titanium to the rescue. not sure what it would take to fix it aside from that, but that was absurd and aggravating to no end, fsck that.
The reason I asked the question was because when I restored all of my system data, this happened to me. I started over again but this time I didn't restore my finger printer scanner data and for the first four packages with "accounts" in their name. Now I have a completely working 2.3.4 with the proper AT&T market.
I didn't do a TiBu before I went to Gingerbread, and had the same problems. Interestingly enough, after installing the build.prop fix, a few hours later I locked the screen and when I turned it back on the lock screen was back.
mine is completely gone too
i had this problem when attempting to restore data via titanium backup. reflashed and downloaded apps fresh, and no problems.
Were you able to figure it out, our did you reflash?
Can anyone please upload the titanium backup for system data?
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Hi All,
I have a problem with my Hero, and i am hoping some one could help, here goes:
I had my hero for about 6 month working perfectly including GPS with Waze.
Yestderday i decided to try out some new roms, i backed up my stock (with root) firmware 1.5 with nandroid. i installed Villainrom V12 everything worked exept Waze, it kept giving me messeges that there is no satelite reception (which is not possible cause i always used to get reception there). So i went back and restored my backup and now it's the same, no satelite reception . . .
Did i some how fry my GPS component ? or is it fixable.
Thanks in Advance
Can't really help you with a fix but last sunday I didn't get a sat fix at home, drive 50 miles to London, still no fix, tried turning the phone on and off, gps on and off still wouldn't get a fix all the way there. Stayed in London for three hours, turned gps on when I left and got a instant fix! Been working fine ever since!
I've had very similar problems with my GPS. It worked great on stock, but when I installed a custom ROM, I started having intermittent issues. I'm using VillainROM 12 and the most recent radio, and sometimes I get a fix right away, and other times I don't get a fix at all. When I can't get a fix, rebooting the phone almost always gets it working again. I had the same problem with an older radio and VillainROM 10. I do remember seeing a tentative workaround somewhere in these forums, but am having trouble finding it again...
I spoke to soon, I tried it with gps status last night, wouldn't get a lock, drove 6 miles, still no lock, left in on for an hour, still no lock. Did a hard reset last night, got an near instant lock with gps status. I've tried it about 4 times today, got a lock everytime. I'll test it all week and see what happens.
Well i had kept my stock radio , maybe i should try updating that and see what happens.
@marky33 When you say hard reset what do you mean ? did you take the battery out ?
Hard reset is just shut down the phone and turn it on again (rather than soft - i.e. reboot using buttons). This can fix GPS issues but in most recent ROM's it should be fixed by default. It can also be a radio issue - get the latest and you shouldn't have a problem.
Ive had this problem with villainrom 12, the fix used to be to switch on the gps before a reboot, and then after rebooting ( with the GPS switched on) it would work and find satellites.
I havnt had this problem since switching to Radio 63.18.55.06PU_6.35.15.14
Radio I used which had this problem with villainrom was 63.18.55.06JU_6.35.09.26
btdag said:
Hard reset is just shut down the phone and turn it on again (rather than soft - i.e. reboot using buttons). This can fix GPS issues but in most recent ROM's it should be fixed by default. It can also be a radio issue - get the latest and you shouldn't have a problem.
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Haven't you got hard and soft the wrong way round?
solarporing said:
Well i had kept my stock radio , maybe i should try updating that and see what happens.
@marky33 When you say hard reset what do you mean ? did you take the battery out ?
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Like this below, wipes all user data
Power the unit off (removing the battery if necessary)
Hold down the Home and Back keys
Press the power button whilst still holding down the Home and Back keys
After a few seconds a message will be displayed on the screen prompting you to press the Menu button to confirm the reset process.
Release all buttons, then press the Menu button to hard reset the device
marky33 said:
Haven't you got hard and soft the wrong way round?
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No, a hard reset is usually a reset which removes all power from a device and then starts again - i.e. resetting the hardware itself by removing power
A soft reset is a software reset - i.e. rebooting the software of the phone
marky33 said:
Like this below, wipes all user data
Power the unit off (removing the battery if necessary)
Hold down the Home and Back keys
Press the power button whilst still holding down the Home and Back keys
After a few seconds a message will be displayed on the screen prompting you to press the Menu button to confirm the reset process.
Release all buttons, then press the Menu button to hard reset the device
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What you're talking about is probably a "factory reset" which should reset the device to factory defaults (i.e. just been sent from HTC's manufacturing factory). But i have never seen it referenced to as a fix for GPS issues - or any issues involving custom rom's for that matter.
I stand corrected about hard and soft
Just wanted to let the people know that the problem was solved after doing the same thing as nijnvy, the second i updated i am getting gps lock in seconds.
Thanks to every one
Firstly, trust me I tried searching for info first before posting but couldn't find any relevant solutions..
The problem:
My HD2 started bugging up and froze on me this morning when switching to the music tab. Had to pull the battery because nothing was responding. Then I couldn't get to the homescreen after 10 resets. My only choice was a hard reset. Thank god I used Sprite backup yesterday to back up my phone.
So after the hard-reset and after restoring my back up everything seemed back to normal. But now when I lock the device the screen stays black when pressing the power (end key) to wake it back up. The hard buttons light up but no screen. I have CHT installed and wondering if it became corrupt with my locking? Just a guess. Tried restoring to my back up a second time after another hard reset and same issue.
Any suggestions anyone?
i have the exact same problem, can you tell me if you managed to fix this and how... i did the exact same thing, restored using sprite backup an then the phone would not activate the screen when i tried to unlock...
My home button works in clockwork but does not work when I've fully booted into android. Home does not work in any app, the peacock 'n' on the touchscreen work in the web browser but some apps like Pocket Legends require me to shut down the tablet to exit.
Rom is stock 3588.
Background: I recently had the 'force close' problem, and my PC was unusable because of home remodeling, so I couldn't do any fix that required a computer. At work I had read that clearing some information I.e. contacts could help, so I tried that when I got home. I also read in settings/applications I could clear contacts data, so I tried that. No love for either fix, but I still had no home PC access, so I went ahead and cleared data from a bunch of system apps (thinking that If I had to re-flash anyways it wouldn't matter). Maybe that disabled my home key. I also deleted a few apps, and I know some apps disable the home key. Maybe deleting an app when I was having framework problems disabled the home key? My home pc is running again and I used another solution that did not require flashing or partitioning: I installed clockwork, ran 'fix permissions' and the force close issue is fixed but still no home button. If I boot into clockwork the home button works fine (after all, you need the home button in clockwork). A reboot, or ten reboots, will not solve the problem.
I have done an internet search for 'disable android home button' and 'enable'. I have found apps for button remapping but I would rather not use an app for a bandaid.
Anyone have any advice that does not include 'flash a new ROM'?
Edit: the borked home button happened before I used clockwork, so I don't suspect clockwork. Also, when I press the power button to turn off the tab I get two options: power off, or sleep. There used to be more options, I forget what they were because I never used them but perhaps one was airplane mode. Maybe whatever disabled the home button also changed teh power button menu options.
Mike, were you able to fix your problem?
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Mike, were you able to fix your problem?
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I lived without the hardware button working for about 3 weeks, and a couple of days ago I booted the tab and it took me to the stock, first time setup. ug! apps wiped, and force closes, but media and app save data was still there. and the HOME BUTTON WORKED AGAIN! i also had all four options back in the shutdown menu. I did 'fix permissions' and reinstalled all my apps; the app save data was still there, but afaik titanium will only back up app data if the app is installed. backed up apps and turned those leamons into leamonade by switching to vegan 5.1.1 with vtl launcher. way better tablet experience and angry birds still works.
Yesterday I started having issues with my lapdock -- when connecting to the phone, the lapdock would just show the Moto logo and never go to phone view. Thinking it was a problem with the lapdock, I went to Sprint to try it with another Photon. As it turned out, the lapdock was fine and my phone wouldn't talk to the HD dock either. No new apps had been installed nor settings changed since they both had previously been connected.
After a backup with Titanium, I did a factory reset (didn't wipe personal data). The phone appears to talk with the lapdock again and I haven't tried the HD dock yet. I restored everything with Titanium.
The problem I have though is that the home and search buttons don't work and I'm missing things that were previously on my phone, like when holding the power button the only option there is power off -- no airplane mode and I can't remember the other one that was there.
I tried to initiate a NAND restore (as I saw with another thread), but using the power button+vol up, I can't get it to actually go past the initiating message. I'm charging the phone now since it was at 60% and will try again when it reaches 80%.
What am I missing here? Doing a factory reset should've taken me back to initial everything I thought--so why are things not like the original release?
Updating this in case anyone finds themselves in a similar situation. Did a second factory reset and wiped internal storage this time. Things might be back to normal...default lock screen is back, extra options on the power button are back and home and search buttons work again.
I posted this in the A500 forum as well, but it's probable that this is not a problem limited to my device, and it's also possible that there is a rom that might help me out.
I purchased my tablet on the day it came out, so it's long out of warranty. Everything has been fine with it until three nights ago.
I woke up in the morning to a crashed app alert. I don't get crashed apps often, but it does happen, so I hit ok. A few seconds later I was inundated with crashed app alerts. At that point, any app I opened would also crash immediately. Figuring a good reset would fix it, I turned it off...and it wouldn't turn back on.
I did finally get it to start by holding the volume up and power button.
But that didn't fix the problem. I've discovered that it is somewhat stable if I keep wifi off, but if wifi is on, within minutes everything starts to crash again.
I tried uninstalling some of the apps that crash, but when I restart, the apps are back. It doesn't matter what I uninstall, when I restart, it's back. Installed apps also disappear, the wallpaper resets...basically nothing I do sticks once I restart. I tried to factory reset using the button combination required for my device, and the screen gives the "erasing user data" message, but when it loads up, everything is just as I left it. I tried using the android os option to factory reset, but when I hit "erase everything", the button depresses, but nothing happens.
So obviously, I'm a bit perplexed.
I've never rooted it, and I ran an anti-virus scan a few hours before this all happened and it came up clean.
Anyone ever experienced this? Any advice? If no one has any ideas one how to fix it, is there a way to bypass the main os completely with a rom? I have absolutely no idea how those work, so it may be obvious that it won't, but I figured I'd check.
Thanks in advance! And thanks for reading this far, even if you have no advice!