phone randomly presses buttoms - HTC EVO 3D

my phone sometimes goes crazy and starts pressing random buttons and its on the left side of the screen and most of the time my q on the keyboard doesnt work, does that mean my digitizer is messed up??

m0bstr said:
my phone sometimes goes crazy and starts pressing random buttons and its on the left side of the screen and most of the time my q on the keyboard doesnt work, does that mean my digitizer is messed up??
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Good eveneing,
Have you tried switching keyboards to see if its the keyboard acting up?
I use swiftkey and sometimes random keys wont want to work and it will go crazy but it goes back to normal after a while.
Let me know.

valdesr11 said:
Good eveneing,
Have you tried switching keyboards to see if its the keyboard acting up?
I use swiftkey and sometimes random keys wont want to work and it will go crazy but it goes back to normal after a while.
Let me know.
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before you do that have you tried cleaning your screen and if you have a screen proptector... is the screen below it clean... fingerprints alone can be a mofo....

wloftus said:
before you do that have you tried cleaning your screen and if you have a screen proptector... is the screen below it clean... fingerprints alone can be a mofo....
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Every time I buy screen protectors I buy a couple of them because I know the first one will never come out perfect. Btw if you are interested in screen protectors, they are super cheap on ebay. But then again so is anything small like that. Ebays your best friend if you have patience.
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valdesr11 said:
Every time I buy screen protectors I buy a couple of them because I know the first one will never come out perfect. Btw if you are interested in screen protectors, they are super cheap on ebay. But then again so is anything small like that. Ebays your best friend if you have patience.
Sent from my Evo
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sprint store by me only $10 for 3 covers and i get a discount because of my wife ad where she works i think im good lol

dial *#*#3424#*#*
Run the line drawing test.. that should help u find out if u have a bad screen

ya i have tried swiftkey as my keyboard and it still acts up sometimes and the only way it stops is for me to turn the screen off and wait a few minutes or restart the phone

What kernel are you running ??
#Root-Hack_Mod*Always\

wloftus said:
sprint store by me only $10 for 3 covers and i get a discount because of my wife ad where she works i think im good lol
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On ebay, they are like $1.50 for three. Check it out next time.

stock kernel

m0bstr said:
stock kernel
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What Rom ??? You gsm or cdma ??
#Root-Hack_Mod*Always\

My previous evo3d had the exact same issue. It wasn't consistent but sometimes just turning the screen on I could see the unlock ring going nuts. So would the keyboard or if I opened up dialer it would call one of my listed contacts. I would battery pull to make it stop.
I took it to the sprint store and they replaced it and acknowledged it was defective. It happened on any ROM.
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replacement
for those of you who ended up taking it into a sprint store. how did this exactly work? how long have you had your phone? did you need to have insurance on the phone? did they charge you the deductable?
did you put stock rom back on it before bringing it in?
i've been looking around for answers and it seems that most ppl find that it's a hardware issue.
thx!

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Random screen unresponsiveness?

Every few minutes when i'm using the phone the screen will lock up. The screen will either go back being responsive in about 30 seconds but it is a big irritation. I bought this phone secondhand completely stock and it exhibits this problem. Has anyone encountered this problem before and if you have how did you fix it?
Akulamenuri said:
Every few minutes when i'm using the phone the screen will lock up. The screen will either go back being responsive in about 30 seconds but it is a big irritation. I bought this phone secondhand completely stock and it exhibits this problem. Has anyone encountered this problem before and if you have how did you fix it?
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What color is the sticker under the battery cover?
There isn't a sticker.
Akulamenuri said:
There isn't a sticker.
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That its a clear indication the phone was dropped in some sort of liquid by the previous owner. There should be a small sticker inside - white means everything is ok and pink means it was dropped in liquid. Looks like someone was trying to hide something by removing it.
Well that sucks. Anything that I can do to fix the phone that does not involve the original owner?
Akulamenuri said:
Well that sucks. Anything that I can do to fix the phone that does not involve the original owner?
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I've heard you can get a replacement from samsung but I'm afraid I don't gave any helpful details that would help. You could try calling tmobile and asking to speak to a customer loyalty rep. Not sure if it will help but is worth a shot.

Touch screen not working

I put a skinomi skin protector on and after that touch screen stopped working. I took it off and screen is still not working.
I got it to work by doing
by jk.jolin On Dec 29, 2011
Well, hard reset may help you fix this ASUS Transformer Prime touchscreen not responding issue: 1. Unplug the power cord and shut the unit off and Press and Hold the power button and the "Down" volume button together for 6-10 seconds and let them both go. 2. Wait a few more seconds until the term "Cold Boot" appears in the list near the top of the screens and just press and release the "Down" volume button again and let it reboot. If you own the dock be sure and do this with the dock connected.
Nevermind its not working again
kerryking1 said:
I put a skinomi skin protector on and after that touch screen stopped working. I took it off and screen is still not working.
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Try washing the screen protector may have produced film on screen or just reboot
Now my keyboard isnt working so i cant shut it down
Keyboard started working again but not its frozen on shutting down
kerryking1 said:
Now my keyboard isnt working so i cant shut it down
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Shut it down using power button hold for 30 seconds will shut down
It acting weird now its possessed. I let it sit there on home screen and random stuff opens.
kerryking1 said:
It acting weird now its possessed. I let it sit there on home screen and random stuff opens.
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sounds like you've been remoted.
Maybe you spayed too much application solution that got inside tablet? dip it in a bag of rice may help..
This is funny.. play by play of what is happening
Hard reset and wait.
I went into my email and it started deleting emails
That's a wet screen protector, right? Definitely sounds like water damage. Same thing happened to me with the original Droid phone. Power it off, put it in a bowl of rice over night, and cross your fingers.
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wasn't the Prime's gorilla glass enough protection eliminating the need for a screen protector in the first place?
it doesnt look like there is any holes on it to get into
kerryking1 said:
it doesnt look like there is any holes on it to get into
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Edges around the screen?
I had a problem with my screen that was bad enough to cause me to return it. It was amazing in every other way, but the screen problem was a deal breaker. I'm gonna give it some time before I try again.
Video of my problem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oywWUxPMeX8
-Chris
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I had a problem with my screen that was bad enough to cause me to return it. It was amazing in every other way, but the screen problem was a deal breaker. I'm gonna give it some time before I try again.
Video of my problem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oywWUxPMeX8
-Chris
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now I noticed you were using a stylus pen in that video. Did this problem also occur when you used your finger?
the_game_master said:
now I noticed you were using a stylus pen in that video. Did this problem also occur when you used your finger?
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Its starting to work fine most of the time. When its messing up google search and settings keep opening.
Asus transpformer prime half touch screen not working
Hi
i have read a lot of the forums but no one else has mentioned this problem. My TF201 seems to have a unique problem, only the left half of the touch screen works. it becomes very annoying and i cant seem to find a solution.
I have let the battery discharge and then then restarted it after some charging but no Joy
Please guys Help and suggestions would be much appreciated.
Cheers
Rohit
rohitbapna said:
Hi
i have read a lot of the forums but no one else has mentioned this problem. My TF201 seems to have a unique problem, only the left half of the touch screen works. it becomes very annoying and i cant seem to find a solution.
I have let the battery discharge and then then restarted it after some charging but no Joy
Please guys Help and suggestions would be much appreciated.
Cheers
Rohit
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Open prime and push in the cables into the lcd.. they must be loose. I had the same issue when i replaced a new screen.
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[Q] anyone else notice!!??

has anyone else noticed that when you answer a phone call the screen turns off ...I hate it ...I have to hit the power button to wake the phone up and end the call .. does anyone have a fix for this ? thanks in advance
thats how all phones have been
is this your first smart phone bro?
if u dont cover the sensor it wont shut off
The screen should only turn off when you put it to your face . Once you pull away the phone the screen should wake . Check your settings you shouldn't have to use the power to wake it .
flex360 said:
thats how all phones have been
is this your first smart phone bro?
if u dont cover the sensor it wont shut off
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no this is isnt my first smart phone..but the problem is that when I move my face away from the phone the screen should wake up
FlaXB9R said:
The screen should only turn off when you put it to your face . Once you pull away the phone the screen should wake . Check your settings you shouldn't have to use the power to wake it .
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yea I know right lol ....I looked into the settings and haven't seen any controls for that feature
Yea I noticed the same thing. During a call pulled phone away from my face and screen stayed off. I thought something was wrong but if the call is active screen will come back on, if person hangs up and ur not quick to uncover sensor the screen stays off.
do you guys have screen protectors on your phones??? zaggs perhaps??
If anything is "blocking" your sensor, then it assumes that your face is up to the phone. The phone would then only wake up when the call is ended or the power button is pressed.
You must not have ANYTHING covering the sensor
I would say that this is most likely the case
Mine doesnt do that unless I put the phone up to my ear. Normally I just answer the phone and click it to speaker. When I do that the screen stays on....unless my hand/finger happens to be covering the light sensor.
I have Invisible Shield HD. And there's a cutout for the prox. sensor. Have the same problem. Hopefully HTC will fix it on the next firmware update
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johnnymcmahan said:
You must not have ANYTHING covering the sensor
I would say that this is most likely the case
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I'm not so sure about that. My OG Evo has a standard screen protector that "covers" the sensors, and they still work just fine. Maybe those crappy Zagg orange peels will interfere, but I still don't see that being too likely, as they're not really blocking any light.
I have this issue as well and after reading all over for the past two days it appears some units have this issue and some don't. Further complicating the issue is the fact some have screen protectors and some don't. Some have made cutouts on their screen protector and then it works as it should. Very weird.
As soon as I make a call the phone screen goes black while laying on my desk. When the call is over sometimes I can hit the power button to disconnect the call...sometimes I have to hold the power button down 10 seconds to soft reset the phone or I cannot get back to any screen and the call stays connected. Very weird. I got my phone at BB so I am going to stop back and see if they have had any returns and what their thoughts are.
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i got my zagg lastnight and it happened
so i reapplied it, not covering the sensor on the top left
and it fixed the issue
flex360 said:
i got my zagg lastnight and it happened
so i reapplied it, not covering the sensor on the top left
and it fixed the issue
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Yeah I wish that was my issue....I don't have a screen protector on my phone and it doesn't work as designed.
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I bought a Zagg and had the issue. They left a hole for a sensor but I think that's the light sensor with the proximity sensor being just to the left and covered. It's a small red light that turns on when making a call. So I made the hole bigger by making it a rectangle uncovering the proximity sensor. Now my phone goes on and off like it should when putting it to my ear. Maybe that'll help some of you? Though I have read some people having the issue without screen protectors.
shadowmikel said:
has anyone else noticed that when you answer a phone call the screen turns off ...I hate it ...I have to hit the power button to wake the phone up and end the call .. does anyone have a fix for this ? thanks in advance
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Not sure if this will help or not, but in settings/accessibility settings there is an option to end calls using the power button. Might help.
OK, this is a bit OT so I apologize. But I can't figure it out and really dont feel it warrants a new thread. I hope you dont mind me dropping this in here.
Yesterday, at some point, this icon came into my notification bar and i CANNOT, for the life of me figure out what it is.
It looks kinda like a hearing aid or Bluetooth headset icon. But I use neither. I've looked all thru settings trying to figure it out. Checked thru accessibility . Just stumping me, and making me feel REALLY stupid.
Much thanks to anyone who knows.
sent from my Evo LTE, usually.
I experienced the same issue with the screen turning off as soon as I placed a call. I pulled the Zagg HD off and the issue was resolved. I'm going to best buy today to exchange the Zagg for a new one and I will cut a little notch into it to see if it works.
After the screen goes off you have to press the power button but that little red dot next to the proximity sensor stays on unless you flash a bright light on it. I think regardless the proximity sensor is really sensitive and the Zagg HD just makes it that much more finicky.
Being in a dimly lit area makes it worse too.
**Update**
I went to bestbuy and exchanged my Zagg HD for a new one. I got home notched the cutout for the sensor a little more. Installed it and now I don't have any issues with the screen turning off.
scottspa74 said:
OK, this is a bit OT so I apologize. But I can't figure it out and really dont feel it warrants a new thread. I hope you dont mind me dropping this in here.
Yesterday, at some point, this icon came into my notification bar and i CANNOT, for the life of me figure out what it is.
It looks kinda like a hearing aid or Bluetooth headset icon. But I use neither. I've looked all thru settings trying to figure it out. Checked thru accessibility . Just stumping me, and making me feel REALLY stupid.
Much thanks to anyone who knows.
sent from my Evo LTE, usually.
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Settings/Call Uncheck Hearing aids
Slayer, I'm gonna thank every post if yours I see over the weekend lol.
Thanks. I feel like an idiot. I looked in accessibility thinking any hearing aid stuff would be there
sent from my Evo LTE, usually.
scottspa74 said:
Slayer, I'm gonna thank every post if yours I see over the weekend lol.
Thanks. I feel like an idiot. I looked in accessibility thinking any hearing aid stuff would be there
sent from my Evo LTE, usually.
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LOL anytime......and no worries we all get stuck at some point.

L key or the delete key dosent work every time

Has anyone notice the L button doesn't work every time you press it? I called verizon they said it's a known issue. my white n2 worked perfect. Now the grey one has that problem.. Press on the L key real fast and u will see what I mean . it doesn't register every time. I don't have to do it real fast for it not to work on mine.
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So this is a wierd situation for me. My old Thunderbolt had this exact same problem, certain keys would not register most of the time, and I'm pretty darn sure L was one of them. When I downloaded this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.batterypoweredgames.mtvistest&hl=en and tried pressing on the screen where my L key generally is, I could see what was going on. Something was wrong with the digitizer or how the software was interpreting the input.
Now this is where I got scared. You are not the first person to talk about this problem with the Note 2, and when I tried it after reading the first post a few weeks ago, I too was having the problem. It was about in the same spot as the L key. And sure enough when I opened up the touch visible app and checked that spot there was something wrong. There was like a dead spot in the shape of a circle in that area. Now I don't know what happened to it, but that was on stock unrooted. Once I unlocked and installed Jelly'Beans' the problem went away and I haven't had it since... knock on wood.
If it's software then whatever, software can be fixed easily. Hardware though.... ugh I do not want to replace this thing.
Hmmm I hope I dont have this problem, that exact thing happened on my thunderbolt also and drove me nuts it just started one day always had to use in landscape thats why I got the note 2...hopefully its just some sorta software issue
P2o8wer said:
Has anyone notice the L button doesn't work every time you press it? I called verizon they said it's a known issue. my white n2 worked perfect. Now the grey one has that problem.. Press on the L key real fast and u will see what I mean . it doesn't register every time. I don't have to do it real fast for it not to work on mine.
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I had this problem on my rezound, I replaced the digitizer twice.
Surely after the first digitizer you realized that wan't the problem?
adrynalyne said:
Surely after the first digitizer you realized that wan't the problem?
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Actually I thought I messed up the first one, there was dust under it and I took it back off by prying instead of taking the phone apart. It also worked if I rotated the phone 180 degrees
johnwaynegacy said:
Actually I thought I messed up the first one, there was dust under it and I took it back off by prying instead of taking the phone apart. It also worked if I rotated the phone 180 degrees
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I noticed the same thing with my Thunderbolt. If I put the phone in landscape those dead spots worked just fine using https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.batterypoweredgames.mtvistest&hl=en to see if the screen was registering. This lead me to believe it was a software issue, and it unfortunately was never resolved.
Thankfully though I am not on the Note 2 and am not experiencing and screen dead spots, yet (knock on wood)
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Just out of curiosity...are any of you using the Otterbox Defender? I have the dysfunctional 'L' key, and I think it's because the screen protector built into the case is raised at the edge of the screen. When I take it out of the case, I never get the 'L' key problem. Oh, and also the backspace key as you've noted. LOL I'm just glad I'm not alone.

[Q] In-call screen blackout issue. Help please!

I'm hoping someone has a solution to this very annoying issue I'm having with my Note 2.
It's Verizon - stock - 4.1.2
When I dial a phone number and put the phone to my ear the screen goes black - as it should. But when I move the phone away from my ear the screen doesn't come back on. It stays blacked out and I can't get it to come back on with the home or even the power button.
This means I can't hang up, I can't put the phone on speakerphone mode, I can't use the touchtone pad to navigate through menus. It's made my phone a real pain in the arse.
Anyone have any thoughts on what to do or what's going wrong?:fingers-crossed:
A couple things I'm thinking... Try pulling out your spen when it happens.. Do a battery pull if nothing else.. It might be the proximity censor... Do you have a screen protector on it?
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zaksween said:
A couple things I'm thinking... Try pulling out your spen when it happens.. Do a battery pull if nothing else.. It might be the proximity censor... Do you have a screen protector on it?
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I'll try the s-pen, maybe that will work.
I've got a screen protector, but it's the same one I've had on since I first bought the phone months ago. I've pulled the battery several time, it's the only way to hang up!
I too think it's the proximity censor, which sucks because I don't want to trade in my phone for some refurb that's gone through God knows what.
Good luck...those were the only things I could think of. ..
Take a look to this thread http://forums.androidcentral.com/t-...when-making-call-screen-doesnt-turn-back.html maybe it help!
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AustinTech said:
I'm hoping someone has a solution to this very annoying issue I'm having with my Note 2.
It's Verizon - stock - 4.1.2
When I dial a phone number and put the phone to my ear the screen goes black - as it should. But when I move the phone away from my ear the screen doesn't come back on. It stays blacked out and I can't get it to come back on with the home or even the power button.
This means I can't hang up, I can't put the phone on speakerphone mode, I can't use the touchtone pad to navigate through menus. It's made my phone a real pain in the arse.
Anyone have any thoughts on what to do or what's going wrong?:fingers-crossed:
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Check your case and your screen protector. and clean the proximity sensor. Know it sounds weird, but have problems before with screen protectors getting oil on them when placed to the ear and the sensor thinking you are still close. Also lighting from cases makes the sensor go fruity. Not a science but worth a check.
hamsterskate said:
Take a look to this thread http://forums.androidcentral.com/t-...when-making-call-screen-doesnt-turn-back.html maybe it help!
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THANKS! I used the compressed air method - I blew it through the ear hole and open the back of the phone and blew it through any openings I saw. Now the sensor works perfectly again. :highfive::highfive:
AustinTech said:
THANKS! I used the compressed air method - I blew it through the ear hole and open the back of the phone and blew it through any openings I saw. Now the sensor works perfectly again. :highfive::highfive:
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Glad it works!
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