Haptic feedback randomly stops working - Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have a problem where my haptic feedback stops working. This includes vibrations. It'll happen randomly. When this happens if I drop my phone onto a table (say from about an inch up) the vibration and haptic feedback work again. sounds like a hardware issue to me, anybody else having a similar problem? I haven't searched since I'm on my phone and not on a computer. can anybody point me to a fix?
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Actually it seems to work again with just a slightly forceful shake or a tap to the front or back of the phone. Wtheck is wrong with my phone lol
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Same problem here
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Weird, this has actually happened to me twice in the last three days too. Never happened before. Haven't done anything recently (haven't unlocked my bootloader yet even lol). I found that a simple screen lock and then wake will fix. It seems mine happened when too many vibrate type things happened at once and sort of killed it I guess.

mine will still not work even with screen toggling.
i assumed it was the activation of a vibration command before the previous vibrate command had finished, but i turned off the keyboard haptic feedback and its still occasionally shutting off even when i havent pressed any button yet. I am sorely annoyed at the moment..

Have the same problem notice it after flashing 1.8.3
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I am getting very frustrated with this anybody have a solution?
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Bump.
Does anybody have this probllem on 1.5.7 or 1.2.6 or 2.3.4?
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I have had the same problem. Any insight would be great.

Same here on 2.3.4
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If its a present problem in 1.8.3 and 2.3.4,
then I'm assuming its the small motor inside thats starting to malfunction... Sadness.
Can anybody on 1.2.6 or 1.5.7 verify if they have the same problem?

bump. we must solve this heinous problem.

I've noticed this since I bought this phone in Feb. So its been present on all versions for me.
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This drives me crazy as I use haptic feedback on my keyboard as I type. I hope some of the experts here can fix this (if it's software related).

beatphreek said:
I've noticed this since I bought this phone in Feb. So its been present on all versions for me.
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FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF.
TT_TT I guess I'll just turn off all vibrations.. :<

In my post on this thread's first page I said it had happened just a couple times. Since then I've noticed that it happens probably 3+ times a day lol. I too fear that it's a hardware malfunction, which is VERRRRY unfortunate. I'm sure any of us could send in our phone to get a repair, but that is a huge fatty hassle.... I wish I was in that 30 day period still, I have a ton of problems with my phone (problems that I'm unsure an SBF flash can fix). But I'm not about to dish out mula for a phone off contract

mm if we applied pudding we're no good for a warranty replacement...
I thought it was 1.8.3 or something wrong with my current install, so i did a full wipe and applied pudding as well. Now I realize its probably hardware. I do have insurance though..
Will it blend? XD

xredjokerx said:
mm if we applied pudding we're no good for a warranty replacement...
I thought it was 1.8.3 or something wrong with my current install, so i did a full wipe and applied pudding as well. Now I realize its probably hardware. I do have insurance though..
Will it blend? XD
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Haha crap you're right, I totally forgot about that. Now I'm gonna have to randomly tap the back of my phone all the time xD
Perhaps once the OTA comes out that allows the unlock, perhaps we'd be okay to send it in? Claim we unlocked with what came in the update...I dunno if that'd work. Maybe I'll just buy a new Atrix elsewhere lol. Or an SGS II I've gone through too much with this phone already though!

I feel like if i traded it in for another phone I'd regret it later on (due to the advanced hardware) Once custom roms can get rid of the webtop reserve ram and get rid of motocrap, this thing will be a monster.
I want to play with the infuse (simply because texting on it is so easy) but I feel that I'd regret it later on.
Oh.. what to do. Trade in for a Desire Z and call it a day..

xredjokerx said:
I feel like if i traded it in for another phone I'd regret it later on (due to the advanced hardware) Once custom roms can get rid of the webtop reserve ram and get rid of motocrap, this thing will be a monster.
I want to play with the infuse (simply because texting on it is so easy) but I feel that I'd regret it later on.
Oh.. what to do. Trade in for a Desire Z and call it a day..
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Yeah I love this phone, I'm just upset about some minor hardward malfunctions that aren't fixable with just ROMs and such. I considered trying to swap for an Inspire in some way, since it's been OC'd to 1.8 or something...even without dual core, that's fast! But I dunno. I suppose I could somehow swap for another Atrix of some kind.

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[Q] Hardware keys intermittently stop working

So I'm running beta 4 with new baseband, everything is working beautifully.. except... my hardware keys will just stop working quite often. I have to fiddle with all of the keys (volume, power, and hardware) and eventually they will start functioning again. I've completely wiped the phone, reflashed with SEUS, reinstalled beta 4 and the problem did not subside. I've also tried flashing the latest global generic rom and still no luck. Has anyone experienced this problem? Possibly a hardware fault?
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I have the same problem... sometime even the screen wont respond... it happens with every rom or FW i use.
So it's not a software issue.
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have you guys dropped your device in some liquid before?
No never, the phone has never been dropped in any way. I guess ill have to flash back to rogers firmware and take it in under warranty.
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x10van said:
No never, the phone has never been dropped in any way. I guess ill have to flash back to rogers firmware and take it in under warranty.
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Ok, this is going to sound stupid, but does this happen when the phone is on some kind of car mount?
I had this happen to me, when I was placing my phone in a car mount, because it was gripped too tight! I guess the camera button was pressed and blocked all other buttons. When I was loosing the grips, it went back to normal. Weird...
Wow you just saved me so much trouble! I thought back to when this started happening and it was around the time I bought a new plastic case for it. It always seemed way too tight.... so I took the case off and it seems to have fixed it. Awesome, thanks for your help! PS love your theme work
Its been over 4 hours and all hardware key problems have vanished Ill be sure to thank you when I get to my computer (can't thank with xda app?)
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x10van said:
Wow you just saved me so much trouble! I thought back to when this started happening and it was around the time I bought a new plastic case for it. It always seemed way too tight.... so I took the case off and it seems to have fixed it. Awesome, thanks for your help! PS love your theme work
Its been over 4 hours and all hardware key problems have vanished Ill be sure to thank you when I get to my computer (can't thank with xda app?)
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LOL! I thought I took a long shot there,
but I am really very happy that I helped you!

For anyone who has the trackball problem....

For the people who has a problem with the trackball on your beloved Eris(scrolling left etc.) , I might have a solution.
After flashing from 2.2 (when I had the problem) to 2.3 ( workshed GSB 2.3), I noticed that the trackball bug was coming in and out less frequently....after workshed's updates on 2.3, I have no random scrolls from the trackball. The only problem is that I could no longer scroll left.
I hope this helped most people. I do not really use the trackball so I don't care about scrolling left.
Workshed's GSB 2.3.3 :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=944430
If anyone has more questions just PM me ask me on facebook:
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Have a nice day!
I had trackball issue and Verizon sent my a new Eris that's the best fix in my opion
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Im in Canada until August and like theres no Verizon here lmfaooo...so I cant return to verizon
No time to read through this whole thread but if you're having the track ball issue just get a sheet of copy paper and turn your phone face down onto it and swipe it back and forth and all around using the track ball as a wheel of sorts applying pressure here and there until it works again. Also new trackballs can be had for cheap and are easy to replace.
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Oh wow, there were only 3 posts..I guess I did have time. Lol
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I am on my second Eris due to the trackball issue and it is starting to happen on this one as well. Today, I was trying to flash some files, and the trackball wasn't scrolling down. I found that if I use my finger nail to pull down on the usb port, it allowed my trackball to work.
Ha I'm on my 7th Eris that had all had trackball issues
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The magnets for the trackball get messed up by the USB. Something gets knocked loose. Went thru 2 nothing worked better than a replacement. But if it will knock them back into place w00t w00t!
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Perhaps someone could make a kernel that does not have drivers for the trackball? It was simple enough to disable radio in TheMP3Rom without much issue so we could probably just disable the trackball. Who really uses it anyway?
yea i had a problem with my track ball, sometime i try to wake the phone and wouldnt work but now it does.. runining Kaos Froyo v39 did a full wipe and now works ok.
It still comes and goes. It seems to be bad when i plug phone in. I'm running GingerTazz 17
lots of trackball issues. i've had mine for well over a year now and no problems... should i expect them?
im running kaosfroyo v39, btw. dont know if that would make a difference.
hellfrozeover said:
lots of trackball issues. i've had mine for well over a year now and no problems... should i expect them?
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I'd be prepared just in case they start happening for you, as it is extremely common. I'm on my second Eris (first one only lasted a month before it started having problems) and this one is acting up, too.
i really like this little phone. i hope someone comes up with a rom that cuts that bit of hardware out of the equation, especially if its so commonly dysfunctional. btw, just a couple more posts and I'm in with the big dogs!!!
cant wait to start posting in the development threads. maybe i'll suggest removal of the trackball in a later version of cookiemans themp3rom. he managed to turn the radio off, why not the trackball. i think someone referenced that earlier on in here. anyways, i am definitely going to keep my eris as an mp3 player when i upgrade later this year... or switch carriers. we'll see.
Am I the only one who sent my Eris back and got a new incredible in place of it.
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nah .... it's fairly common. It really depends on who you go through & how much hell you raise ... or how many Erii you've had prior to the replacement ... various factors.
I think I'd still prefer my Eris w/ its dev community instead of an Incredible & its community !
brisdaddy1207 said:
Am I the only one who sent my Eris back and got a new incredible in place of it.
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I've only ever had intermittent trackball issues but I only use it when flashing Roms. I think the DInc had it right in dropping the trackball but I don't like the lock button on top, I prefer the hard send and end buttons.
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Screen wont turn back on

Something is making my photons screen unable to turn back on without a battery pull. Anyone else having this issue? It has happened three times in less than 24 hours.
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I also keep having a feeling it has something to do with the pocket detection mode. Just happened again a few minutes ago. I'm gonna leave pocket detection off and report back tomorrow or until it happens again.
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I've had that problem too, I can see the backlight turn on but the screen stays black. I wrote it off as a bug. It only did it once every few days, and yes I did have pocket detection enabled.
Yeah it seems like a badass feature but if it is causing a bug that annoying ill have to leave it off :/
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Did it again with pocket detection off. Factory reset? Or did I get a dud phone?
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DWake014 said:
Did it again with pocket detection off. Factory reset? Or did I get a dud phone?
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I doubt its a dud if I had the same problem.
DWake014 said:
Did it again with pocket detection off. Factory reset? Or did I get a dud phone?
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Factory reset did not fix my issue.
Still happening no matter if pocket detection on or off.
Happen to me once every 2-3 days.
So its probably a software issue bc the button does work. Wonder if this is occurring on alien or homebase
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The pocket detection doesn't work for me anyways.
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Got stuck in sleep again. Gonna try unlocking the bootloader and trying a custom rom later tonight. This is getting on my nerves
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http://droidupdate.info/news/potent...-photon-4g-“sleep-of-death”-issue-forum-talk/
Found a fix for this. Still pretty sad i have to pad the battery cover
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Screen of death didn't hold up to the ghetto mod, updated to the 198_6 sbf, crossing my fingers it will cut down on this issue
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I'm on homebase and haven't had this issue. But I also didn't have it on the stock photon either? Perhaps it's like the OTA update failing for some and not others. I remember reading some people on stock failing and some being able to do it. So I'm not totally sure......But that's something to ponder on.
DWake014 said:
Something is making my photons screen unable to turn back on without a battery pull. Anyone else having this issue? It has happened three times in less than 24 hours.
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DWake014 ,
Did you get this phone recently?
This is a known issue with some phones that went out with a corrupt firmware from Motorola. There is no patch that can fix the firmware from Sprint as of now. I needed to return mine for an exchange. Sprint explained that when it gets to the area on the firmware that is corrupt, as a safety mode it basically freezes the phone and cut the power. That's why it takes a battery pull to restart the phone. There was a large batch released with this bug. I have gone through 4 Photons to get my current one with no freezing issues. I would suggest not going to the same store if possible so you get a different lot # on the replacement phone. Good luck and get that exchanged asap. Peace
My biggest concern is that I got it off of ebay... I know I can bs them and go around the question likes it none of their business but do you think they will hassle me?
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If you have an account and a phone with issues they should replace it. As long as you take it to a tech center. That MAY work.
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Yeah its still a sprint sold phone and I have the protection plan on my account. Shouldn't be too many questions asked. Btw put the leaked sbf on last night and it has been going without any screen of death. I have been shaking it around and putting it down in its front and back and it hasn't done anything. Will keep this updated if it happens again
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If you have the plan you should be fine. I got my Evo from Radio Shack and Sprint covered it. As for the SBF. I haven't flashed the new one. So not sure about it. But I haven't had the sleep of death issue either.
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You are probably fine then, about 4 hours and counting so far off the charger, longest time yet
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I'm glad to hear it's working for you. But yeah, Sprint should take the phone in and replace it as long as it's a software issue, and they don't see you're rooted. which most techs don't care anymore anyway. And you have the insurance. Just make sure it's a repair center.

[Q] Atrix 4G 2.3.4 touch screen somtimes not working

sometimes my touch screen doesn't work and I need to lock the phone and unlock then works again.
is this software or hardware problem? If it is hardware, why I lock+unlock it works again?
but I have tried different ROMS, all have this problem.
Do your capacitive buttons go unresponsive as well?
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iRobby said:
Do your capacitive buttons go unresponsive as well?
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yes. only the power & volume button are working
Im having the same issue.
I flashed megabase... im still having the same issue tho.
I didn't full wipe tho. I really don't want to but ill try later and i'll let you know if a full wipe helps
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iRobby said:
Im having the same issue.
I flashed megabase... im still having the same issue tho.
I didn't full wipe tho. I really don't want to but ill try later and i'll let you know if a full wipe helps
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it won't help. I tried full fipe many times.
Bump!
same thing happening to my Atrix. sometimes, even lock/unlock scenario is not working. I have to pull the battery. That's really annoying.
I tried the full wipe, it helped in some way, the frequency dropped but the problem is not completely gone.
Any idea to fix?
Is this issue happening to you guys on stock fw too?...
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Sounds like you screwed up your pds partition while flashing a ROM. Just search this forum for pds partition fix and follow the instructions in that thread.
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Alcapone263 said:
Sounds like you screwed up your pds partition while flashing a ROM. Just search this forum for pds partition fix and follow the instructions in that thread.
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ႊTried that PDS fix a few weeks ago. It indeed fixed the screen issue, but after flashing that pds thing, my wifi is no longer working. any way to fix it pls?
Okay Well Ive Had Two Atrix's that have had this problem. I believe that this is a Hardware problem.
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This is a known issue with the ota. It's been went over 100 times in the forum. I had the issue as well, until I went with CM7.
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im on cm7 and mine stopped working 25 minutes ago
Bah, this happened to me aswell, it's a hardware problem with the digitizer. Download the app touch test and check for dead spots with it.
i have this problem too im on cm7 and i saved my pds back when i unlocked my bootloader and reflashing it does nothing. it will sometimes have no response when the screen is locked, it wont wake up the red led is lit, but just very dim battery pull is the only way to recover any ideas.
It's covered by the factory warranty, my phone is gonna be in the mail by friday I hope
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iRobby said:
It's covered by the factory warranty, my phone is gonna be in the mail by friday I hope
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I'm running into this same issue and I'm curious to know if it was a hassle from Motorola to get a replacement sent out.
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Just make an account with MOTOROLA and go to GET HELP tab-->SERVICE MY PRODUCT--> and follow accordingly..
It should be covered under warranty
Mine is hopefully in the mail by Monday... YAY!!!
happened to me too. sent back to ATT was a bit nervous because I unlocked the bootloader, but lo and behold no issues (like always)
it got progressively worse, touch test showed the center wasn't responding, then more and more and more until I couldn't touch a thing (I had since switched to a backup)
got my replacement, all is well.
I did notice that this seemed to have happened after I started spending considerable amount of time playing the game "R-Type" obviously the app didn't do it, but it has touch controls that require you to keep your finger pressed on the center of the screen for a prolonged time, just food for thought.
This thread has made me happy
I'm going to contact the guy who sold me my Atrix on the marketplace and see if he will help me return it to Moto.
have the same problem, its very annoying. try going on to stock rom for about a week then switch back to what ever rom you want and then see what happens.

[Q] unresonsive screen [Solved]

I have this issue where my phone screen will randomly become unresponsive. To get it back all I have to do is shut the screen off and back on and the it will accept my input. The menu, home, back, and search buttons will still work just the screen wont respont to me touching it. It may happen several time in a few minutes. Then again i might go a day it only happen once. I dont recall this happening on unrooted 2.2.2 but Im not 100% sure. It does do it 2.3.3, 2.3.4, 2.3.5, and it has done it on Liberty, Eclipse, and Molten. If anyone else has run into this problem and has a way to fix it i sure would appreciate the help.
I have the same issue. Its a deffective screen. No matter what rom you are ob it will be there. And if your is like mine it was there on 2.2.2 unrooted.
Answer to it is getting a referb. But what i learned on referbs from moto (i went through 6 razr2 in one 1 hr never left the verizon store. One worse then the other) so if thats all your worring about then id say put up with it you could get one thats even more of a pos.
Its only annoying to me when it acts up while im typing a long txt or playing a game other then that its two presses and a swipe and all better (and mine happens at least 6 times a day everyday) consider yourself lucky you could have my pos dx2.
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Ok. Its not to bad I mean Ive kinda gotten use to it. Its just annoying as hell cause it always happens at the worst time.
Mine does this too from time to time. Same fix.. Turn screen off and then back on and all is well again. Hasnt done it a long time though
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Yatkoos said:
Mine does this too from time to time. Same fix.. Turn screen off and then back on and all is well again. Hasnt done it a long time though
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If mine did that more then once I would be in with Verizon getting a replacement...not a refurb. No way would I deal with a unresponsive screen but mine is only a few weeks old. If you deal with them right you might get a new phone out of it. The in store employees have always treated me well.
Over the course of 6 months back when I had my Samsung Rogue they exchanged it for a new one 3 times until I got a new one. After about a month or so it would start to randomly reboot.
motcher41 said:
If mine did that more then once I would be in with Verizon getting a replacement...not a refurb. No way would I deal with a unresponsive screen but mine is only a few weeks old. If you deal with them right you might get a new phone out of it. The in store employees have always treated me well.
Over the course of 6 months back when I had my Samsung Rogue they exchanged it for a new one 3 times until I got a new one. After about a month or so it would start to randomly reboot.
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Its been so rare for me it hasnt bothered me enough to worry about. Ive also had poor luck convincing people problems exist when I can't recreate them on demand.
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Yatkoos said:
Its been so rare for me it hasnt bothered me enough to worry about. Ive also had poor luck convincing people problems exist when I can't recreate them on demand.
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I could never get it to reboot in there so I would explain the issue and politely suggest that I should switch to a different carrier since I cant depend on my phone and it worked every time.
I might go up to the store and see what they will do. At the worst im still stuck with the phone till I upgrade.
This sounds like a defective screen. You should look into getting a replacement.
I might go up to the store and see what they will do. At the worst im still stuck with the phone till I upgrade.
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I would go in....if you play it right you might even be able to talk yourself into an early upgrade.
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Mine does this quite regularly, and I have issues typing sometimes because of this. It's incredibly aggravating, but I'm getting a GNex soon, so I'm not too worried about it anymore.
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I would go in....if you play it right you might even be able to talk yourself into an early upgrade.
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Now that alone would make it all worth while. Now I've got to give it a shot.
If my phone started doing that I would have been at the store before I even thought about making this thread lol.
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pacman377 said:
Now that alone would make it all worth while. Now I've got to give it a shot.
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Shmooz them.with all the I love the network. Ut this screen just drives me nuts and blah blah. Then shmooz into you need a replacement cuz you've only had is x amount of days...then if they agree to it just bring up you know when I got this phone this other phone wasn't out and I would got that one. Instead of giving me a new one how about I just pay the difference with the upgrade cost like if I just upgraded now instead. I mean a sale is a sale and im just trying to have a good phone I don't trust this one not to brake again. Maybe throw in id hate to have to go to att or sprint for a good phone.
You'll be golden
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I like it. I like it a lot. Of course this never worked with sprint. But who knows. Razer here I come? Uh.... Maybe.... I hope.
03civicdx said:
If my phone started doing that I would have been at the store before I even thought about making this thread lol.
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This phone is a replacement. My first x2 had an unfortunate accident at the river. This one wasn't stock for an hour before I was getting eclipse on it. So I was asking to be sure it couldn't be related to the things I had changed on my phone. If I had be certain of this yes I would have gone directly to Verizon.
pacman377 said:
This phone is a replacement. My first x2 had an unfortunate accident at the river. This one wasn't stock for an hour before I was getting eclipse on it. So I was asking to be sure it couldn't be related to the things I had changed on my phone. If I had be certain of this yes I would have gone directly to Verizon.
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One sure fire way to be certain is to sbf to stock. If the problem continues then you know its hardware related.
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One sure fire way to be certain is to sbf to stock. If the problem continues then you know its hardware related.
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+1
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03civicdx said:
One sure fire way to be certain is to sbf to stock. If the problem continues then you know its hardware related.
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I have sbf multiple times since I've noticed it. It has done it every time, and every rom, even when i went and mixed and matched between a couple different roms. So from what I've heard it is deffinetly hardware related, which is why i asked. So to all of you who have helped me, a big thank you.
I've had this happen too. Not hardware related though. In my case it was caused by Launcher Pro. Switched to Go Launcher and haven't had a problem since. Might be something to look into if you use LP too.
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