Ok, quite a long story so here goes,
I bought an atrix 4G which worked fine but had a slightly unresponsive area about 3/4 of the way up the screen, no big deal, I was using it happily. It then got rooted and the bootloader unlocked. The room that was then installed also installed a custom bootloader image which wouldn't load and screwed it up completely. I tried all suggestions and could not get passed/by/remove the image.
I have now bought another atrix and have found that this too has a unresponsive screen down the left side (over the w e s z line) that kinda sucked so decided to swap the motherboard. At least I could use the original screen. After doing this I booted without problems. I found the original unresponsive area but also found that the left hand strip was still not responding. Without the ability to boot the other phone I couldn't find out if it worked or not. So I have switched it all back to how it was, no problems but I am wondering if it is just a software fault(?) any help would be great.
Thanks in advance
N_L_D
No_limits_designs said:
Ok, quite a long story so here goes,
I bought an atrix 4G which worked fine but had a slightly unresponsive area about 3/4 of the way up the screen, no big deal, I was using it happily. It then got rooted and the bootloader unlocked. The room that was then installed also installed a custom bootloader image which wouldn't load and screwed it up completely. I tried all suggestions and could not get passed/by/remove the image.
I have now bought another atrix and have found that this too has a unresponsive screen down the left side (over the w e s z line) that kinda sucked so decided to swap the motherboard. At least I could use the original screen. After doing this I booted without problems. I found the original unresponsive area but also found that the left hand strip was still not responding. Without the ability to boot the other phone I couldn't find out if it worked or not. So I have switched it all back to how it was, no problems but I am wondering if it is just a software fault(?) any help would be great.
Thanks in advance
N_L_D
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Try flashing a touch recovery and see if you can use the unresponsive zone.
(To see if it's the rom or the kernel)
Digitizer is dying. You will need to replace it.
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Thanks
Thanks for the responses guys, I'll try the flash recovery. I don't see how it can be just the digitiser. I switched the motherboards and the problems continued including the original blank spot which I know is dying anyway but I'm trying to see if the second one is faulty or just software.
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Hi first of all sorry about my English.
Ok my phone has an at&t froyo i just install superuser, slide loading, the weptop hack and the sim unlocked.
I'm using spb 3d launcher and every time i do a restart it seems that the spb it's working on his on, if a let it awake charging some times it's go to some shortcut like if i press it but i didn't (that didn't bother me too much ).
but two days ago one part of the top of the touch screen stop working i can't select the shortcuts on the top of the screen. and yersterday the phone got possessed and start opening thinks randomly. i just uninstall spb and it seems to stop with the gibberish. but today it's the same i can't use phone because i just simple touch the screen and it start again with the gibberish movements.
i'm going to do a restore and i if that fix the gibberish but the part of the screen that doesn't respond is what i worry the most. I'm from Tijuana, Mexico i buy the atrix on craiglist from some guy in san diego, ca. he said that the phone was warranty until feb 2012.
Please help any one
I reset my phone and still the same parts of the screen does not respond and the screen start shaking and doing thing uncontrol.
Please could be sw or is the hardware and i need to change the phone.
Sounds like a hardware problem.
Not sure what the problem could be.....there's a girl I know who's had similar problems, I'll ask her or put you in touch with her. Sounds like yer digitizer?
hansel79 said:
Hi first of all sorry about my English.
Ok my phone has an at&t froyo i just install superuser, slide loading, the weptop hack and the sim unlocked.
I'm using spb 3d launcher and every time i do a restart it seems that the spb it's working on his on, if a let it awake charging some times it's go to some shortcut like if i press it but i didn't (that didn't bother me too much ).
but two days ago one part of the top of the touch screen stop working i can't select the shortcuts on the top of the screen. and yersterday the phone got possessed and start opening thinks randomly. i just uninstall spb and it seems to stop with the gibberish. but today it's the same i can't use phone because i just simple touch the screen and it start again with the gibberish movements.
i'm going to do a restore and i if that fix the gibberish but the part of the screen that doesn't respond is what i worry the most. I'm from Tijuana, Mexico i buy the atrix on craiglist from some guy in san diego, ca. he said that the phone was warranty until feb 2012.
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I am having the same issue, this was on CM7 only flashed yesterday and then I tried to restore my backup rom and this has the same issue??
Hope someone can sort out the problem.
It sounds like a hardware problem in which you should;
A) buy a whole new screen and install it (they will give you the tools to take it apart)
B) Send it back to Motorola if you haven't voided your warranty by unlocking the phone
or
C) this is a long shot as I do think it is hardware related, you should try this fix just to be sure that it is a hardware problem. Mind you this will do nothing more than refresh the .pds file that affects the touchscreen. Touchscreen fix!
definetly sounds like a broken digitizer to me
I have taken my phone in for repair(Not a official MOTO repairer) and I just got a phone call, he believes it is a software issue? I am not convinced, because I have tried 4 different roms? He said he is going to format/wipe phone. I told him I have installed roms to replace software and I thought that this would wipe/replace software problem?
Anyway I guess, I will found out if it sorts out the random screen movement and widget press?
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I have taken my phone in for repair(Not a official MOTO repairer) and I just got a phone call, he believes it is a software issue? I am not convinced, because I have tried 4 different roms? He said he is going to format/wipe phone. I told him I have installed roms to replace software and I thought that this would wipe/replace software problem?
Anyway I guess, I will found out if it sorts out the random screen movement and widget press?
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I got the phone back yesterday, all working ok.
I quickly broke it again by trying to install a stock rom and then root it, but it introduced the same random screen/widget issues(I tried wipe/format, but no good?). I then install 2 custom rom, CM7 and Aura and I still had problems, then I install HomeBase and problem has been sorted. Have no idea why it fixed the issue just happy it is fixed. Just to have refrain from installing other roms......for now anyway
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I got the phone back yesterday, all working ok.
I quickly broke it again by trying to install a stock rom and then root it, but it introduced the same random screen/widget issues(I tried wipe/format, but no good?). I then install 2 custom rom, CM7 and Aura and I still had problems, then I install HomeBase and problem has been sorted. Have no idea why it fixed the issue just happy it is fixed. Just to have refrain from installing other roms......for now anyway
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I spoke to soon, last night it started the random screen judder and random widget pressing.....
I am not sure what is going on....I've had the phone for about 12 days now(second hand from eBay) and for the first 4-5 days the phone was fine. I then installed CM7 and for about 12-24 hours the phone was ok. Then the random screen/widget issues happened. Did many, many wipe's/formats of various roms and all these issue occurred more or less straight away.
Then I installed HomeBase and for about 6-8 hours, all was ok until lastnight. I guess it is either new motherboard time or new phone time....
Hello, people of xda-dev.
I just recently encountered a frustrating problem. One third of my touch screen is unresponsive. It just randomly happened over night.
I unlocked it and rooted it a little while ago (for the android battery app and such).
I tried the second method on this thread with no success : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1131649
I also tried restoring to factory state a couple of times and erased the cache.
I am running Android version 2.2.2
If you need more information, ask away!
Thank you.
If you search there is lots of threads about this issue. Only way replace digitizer
Its a common Atrix problem
I had this problem for about 6months now
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So it wouldn't be something like, I don't know, a partition messing up or something? (since I unlocked it)
Thank you for your reply.
PhoenixFFX said:
So it wouldn't be something like, I don't know, a partition messing up or something? (since I unlocked it)
Thank you for your reply.
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nope sorry m8
Aww.. well thanks!
So I need to buy a new digitizer and replace it?
Does it mean the new one will probably fail after a couple of months too?
Wow.. I removed the battery (again) and opened it again.
Same vertical dead line, but this time it's about half smaller, and a little shifted to the right :l (I'm testing it with Touch Test)
Do you really think it's hardware related?
If you still have warranty coverage, flash sbf to unlocked stock. Send it in. They will send you a brand new phone.
At least that is my experience with two separate atrix units.
PhoenixFFX said:
Wow.. I removed the battery (again) and opened it again.
Same vertical dead line, but this time it's about half smaller, and a little shifted to the right :l (I'm testing it with Touch Test)
Do you really think it's hardware related?
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I know its that area that needs looking at. I had the issue. Used some tape near top of phone battery area. And everything worked again. Did a couple of battery pulls due to deving and now its lost again. Now it wont work again
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Hey guys, so I just updated my att galaxy s2 via kies to android ICS however after that I've ran into some problems.
After updating however I encountered a period where the screen went black and the phone kinda just died on me. After restarting I began to encounter some problems. For some reason, whenever the phone goes to sleep and and then wakes up, my screen gets flipped upside down and the screen gets really bright. Despite that, I still have to press the screen like usual. Which means that if the call button is at the top after flipping, I still have to press the bottom of my screen. Also the screen isn't perfectly flipped and there is space above the top bar.
However, the phone does work fine on bootup, and only fails after it sleeps. Also, very recently my phone just went through a screen repair after the screen cracked under the glass, but otherwise that I have no clue what's going on.
Is this just a poor repair and a hardware problem or is their another problem here?
Also I've tried a factory reset and that didn't help.
Thanks for any help you can give.
(Hopefully I got the right board)
Kovath said:
(Hopefully I got the right board)
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considering this board is all about CUSTOMIZING devices... I dunno about that. Maybe try the AT&T site?
Maybe one of our divas will be kind enough to help anyway.
Yes, I mean divas, also referred to around here as devs. I <3 u all!
Clay
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Yeah I kinda got that gist =P
but, after searching through the web, there weren't really a lot of sites that I came across detailing about my problem, but this was one of the sites that came up a lot so I was just hoping if anybody, just anybody could help me out with this.
Kovath said:
Hey guys, so I just updated my att galaxy s2 via kies to android ICS however after that I've ran into some problems.
After updating however I encountered a period where the screen went black and the phone kinda just died on me. After restarting I began to encounter some problems. For some reason, whenever the phone goes to sleep and and then wakes up, my screen gets flipped upside down and the screen gets really bright. Despite that, I still have to press the screen like usual. Which means that if the call button is at the top after flipping, I still have to press the bottom of my screen. Also the screen isn't perfectly flipped and there is space above the top bar.
However, the phone does work fine on bootup, and only fails after it sleeps. Also, very recently my phone just went through a screen repair after the screen cracked under the glass, but otherwise that I have no clue what's going on.
Is this just a poor repair and a hardware problem or is their another problem here?
Also I've tried a factory reset and that didn't help.
Thanks for any help you can give.
(Hopefully I got the right board)
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There are alot of things that could go wrong when flashing ROMs.
All of the custom ROMs here have built in safeguards which allow users to recover from issues involved with flashing. The same cannot be said about stock builds.
Unfortunately, your options are limited if you're going to stay stock. You can either try a factory reset and re-installing the update via KIES or you can call AT&T. That's pretty much it.
Personally, i'd Mobile Odin a rooted package with CWM and start flashing some of the wonderful work the developers have graciously allowed us to partake.
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Personally, i'd Mobile Odin a rooted package with CWM and start flashing some of the wonderful work the developers have graciously allowed us to partake.
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OP, I agree with the sentiment here, but you can't use mobile odin until your are already rooted. One option you could follow the guide linked in my signature to root the phone and go from there.
My personal suggest is that if you're running stock ROM, updating an official stock ROM and having problem, I call the provider for help.
My download and install went fine but I incounterd some unusual problems afterwards. My phone doesn't always keep a data signal while browsing the internet and a phone reboot makes it return. Setting browsers home to Google instead of default AT&T doesn't stick. I also had few dropped calls and very low signal bars in status bar at my house which gingerbread gave me full ones.
same here
Kovath said:
Hey guys, so I just updated my att galaxy s2 via kies to android ICS however after that I've ran into some problems.
After updating however I encountered a period where the screen went black and the phone kinda just died on me. After restarting I began to encounter some problems. For some reason, whenever the phone goes to sleep and and then wakes up, my screen gets flipped upside down and the screen gets really bright. Despite that, I still have to press the screen like usual. Which means that if the call button is at the top after flipping, I still have to press the bottom of my screen. Also the screen isn't perfectly flipped and there is space above the top bar.
However, the phone does work fine on bootup, and only fails after it sleeps. Also, very recently my phone just went through a screen repair after the screen cracked under the glass, but otherwise that I have no clue what's going on.
Is this just a poor repair and a hardware problem or is their another problem here?
Also I've tried a factory reset and that didn't help.
Thanks for any help you can give.
(Hopefully I got the right board)
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I just got my screen replaced and have the exact same problem, factory reset did not help either.
Did you managed to fix it?
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Alright, guys; I need some help. I previously had the classic all to well known problem with my digitizer, where I was missing about a half inch of touch input on my screen. I had gotten used to just rotating it to type, cause I was out of warranty, and I'm upgrading soon.However, more recently, I have developed a much bigger problem. My touch screen no longer works, AT ALL.
The issue first started when I attempted to install "Someone's ROM" with "That libs". I got screen fade-out that some other users reported, so I pulled the battery and flashed back to my EPinter's CM10 backup. After it had booted, I went to unlock the screen, and NOTHIN'. Not registering any presses or swipes what so ever. I then went into recovery and cleared everything, still nothing. Hooked it up to my PC, ran a FULL wipe (OS included), and flashed a fuitcake. After booting; still no touch screen. A helpful member of this forum suggested I try the PDS fix, so I did. Still left with the same result.
So, my question is... Is there any way that someone MUCH smarter than I can look at some type of statistic I can pull from my phone to see if there's a software problem causing this issue? And if so, is there any way I can retrieve said info with out being able to use the phone it's self? I really don't want to go the next 2 weeks with a flip phone. heh.
EDIT: If anyone can figure this out and get it fixed, I would be more than happy to donate.
Mast likely your digitizer is just broken!
Happens quite a lot on that phone.
They are not that expensive! (see for example http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Screen-Digitizer-Replace-broken/dp/B004Z0UO8O)
If you can't change it yourself see if you find someone to do it.
Yup. Sounds more like a hardware issue since you already did all recommended procedures.
Sent from that Atrix.
Yeah, I figured as much. Just hard to accept that it's finally completely gone out on me. Especially since it happened at the exact second I tried flashing experimental, untested firmware. I am aware of how simple a digitizer replacement would be, but I don't want to spend $40 on a new one, when I'm about to dump another $300 into a new phone in two weeks, ya know?
Hi all, thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide me. I have looked for similar posts but could not find any (maybe I just don't know what my issue is called). I bought an HTC EVO 4g LTE from a friend that had put meanbean on it (I assume it was the latest). I went through all sorts of steps loading twrp and getting s-off and whatever else I needed to do to load cyanogenmod 10.2. I was able to do this fine but the gapps I loaded would not show. I tried it together and separately and nothing would work. So I loaded (I believe) 3.16.651.3_stock_rooted_odex_CPTB.zip so that I could use my phone again with the gapps while I was waiting for some assistance on the cyanogenmod forums, which never came unfortunately. Everything was fine for about the past 10 days.
Today I used my phone all day and had no problems (extra info: I installed one app to access my bank info which went fine), but hours later and all of a sudden my screen basically got stuck. It looks like millions of randomly chosen colors for each pixel. The screen will turn on and off if I hit the top button (or let the display "timeout"), and I can hear the tones when I press the up and down volume buttons. This is telling me it's not bricked, but it is completely useless to me as is. When I reboot the phone, I don't see anything on the screen until the colors come up (which is after the vibration during the bootup sprint screen as far as I know). I was able to get fastboot to see it once but haven't been able to get back into the bootloader (there's nothing on the screen so I don't know what I'm doing).
Basically, nothing on my screen while it is booting up until it gets to the point where my laptop detects the USB connection, and the crazy colors comes on. BTW, as random as it seems, it's the same colors in the same exact position each time and it never changes. I haven't tried flashing any roms with fastboot because it seems my issues is bigger than a rom... I can't even see anything when I had it in the bootloader... This is my only phone and I use it every day. I'm really quite desperate and could use any and all help you're willing to provide. I've attached a zip with a picture of my screen so you all can see what I'm talking about. Thanks in advance...
just an update, got my laptop to see my device with fastboot so I'm gonna leave it hooked up. Could really use some advice on how to proceed because I'm at a loss. Thanks...
From what I've seen in the past, it looks like the digitizer in the phone is bad. If you're good with your hands you can replace it yourself.
Sent from my HTC M8
Magnum_Enforcer said:
From what I've seen in the past, it looks like the digitizer in the phone is bad. If you're good with your hands you can replace it yourself.
Sent from my HTC M8
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So can you say with any certainty that my issue is not due to the programming on the phone?
Magnum_Enforcer said:
From what I've seen in the past, it looks like the digitizer in the phone is bad. If you're good with your hands you can replace it yourself.
Sent from my HTC M8
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I just thought I would see a similar screen in the bootloader if it were a physical hardware issue.
I'm basing my information off of previous posts with the same type of picture, and the replies that followed. All of those posts suggested that the digitizer was bad and that the issue was not software-related.
Magnum_Enforcer said:
I'm basing my information off of previous posts with the same type of picture, and the replies that followed. All of those posts suggested that the digitizer was bad and that the issue was not software-related.
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Okay great thanks for the reply... the touchscreen portion of the phone still works (I was able to answer a phone call today even though I couldn't see where I was touching). I saw some videos online so I'll watch carefully and order a new screen/digitizer or whatever. Thanks again