I recently bought a tab s7 plus SM-t970 refurbished that did not come with an s pen. I bought one on ebay but I haven't been able to connect it to the tablet. I am assuming that I got ripped off as the tablet is telling me to hold the button on the s pen until it starts blinking to put it into pairing mode. The s pen I bought doesnt have an led to blink.
Before I make another purchase can anyone offer a recommendation on what specifically to buy and where?
thanks
It may be referring to a display indication... spen's have no LEDs.
Even native Spen's can be finicky if not used for months.
Does the tablet have the Air Command app?
Does it have spen support?
For a N10+ the first step to rehab an spen is to get it to show a 100% charge. With no charge, it's a touch pen only. All I did was play with it, again and again, no matter what I did, nothing.
Then it just started working, no clue what I did as I had repeated the same steps at least 3 times.
It's been good ever since... but it wasn't always like that.
Clear system cache and try a network reset.
Clear Air Command data.
Make sure you didn't disable any Samsung system apps, dependencies...
blackhawk said:
It may be referring to a display indication... spen's have no LEDs.
Even native Spen's can be finicky if not used for months.
Does the tablet have the Air Command app?
Does it have spen support?
For a N10+ the first step to rehab an spen is to get it to show a 100% charge. With no charge, it's a touch pen only. All I did was play with it, again and again, no matter what I did, nothing.
Then it just started working, no clue what I did as I had repeated the same steps at least 3 times.
It's been good ever since... but it wasn't always like that.
Clear system cache and try a network reset.
Clear Air Command data.
Make sure you didn't disable any Samsung system apps, dependencies...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
thanks. I had tried clearing the as noted above, no luck. I am actually locked out of my samsung account as I had changed numbers and do not have access to any of my old samsung decives. I wonder of you need to be logged in to get air command to work.
tensux said:
thanks. I had tried clearing the as noted above, no luck. I am actually locked out of my samsung account as I had changed numbers and do not have access to any of my old samsung decives. I wonder of you need to be logged in to get air command to work.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I don't think so... it's just a pain sometimes at first. Once working, no issues.
blackhawk said:
I don't think so... it's just a pain sometimes at first. Once working, no issues.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i will take a picture when i am home, the tablet did pop up telling me i should hold the pairing button on what the called s pen pro for 3 seconds which should make led light up. i wonder if it thinks i have another type of s pen
tensux said:
i will take a picture when i am home, the tablet did pop up telling me i should hold the pairing button on what the called s pen pro for 3 seconds which should make led light up. i wonder if it thinks i have another type of s pen
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Is there an led light on the tablet?
Spen's never had a led.
You should have these 2 Samsung system apps loaded or something similar.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
blackhawk said:
Is there an led light on the tablet?
Spen's never had a led.
You should have these 2 Samsung system apps loaded or something similar.
View attachment 5610427View attachment 5610429
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
you were right. the tablet all of a sudden did recognize the spen last night (and I lost it 20 mins later in my theater seats lol)
tensux said:
you were right. the tablet all of a sudden did recognize the spen last night (and I lost it 20 mins later in my theater seats lol)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It's strange how it behaves at first. Takes a few cycles to initialize it seems, then it's good to go.
Spens get lost very easily so I nest it as soon as I'm done with it.
tensux said:
I recently bought a tab s7 plus SM-t970 refurbished that did not come with an s pen. I bought one on ebay but I haven't been able to connect it to the tablet. I am assuming that I got ripped off as the tablet is telling me to hold the button on the s pen until it starts blinking to put it into pairing mode. The s pen I bought doesnt have an led to blink.
Before I make another purchase can anyone offer a recommendation on what specifically to buy and where?
thanks
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The S Pen attaches via magnets on the back of the device. It SHOULD pair with it when you attach it. The process which the table makes you go through is for the S Pen Pro.
My wife's Tab S7 FE (which is essentially an S7+) has the same problem. The S Pen that came with it won't pair.
I've searched for solutions and have yet to find one other than buying an S Pen Pro.
Wow. I had my post deleted because @blackhawk had his feelings hurt.
gernerttl said:
The S Pen attaches via magnets on the back of the device. It SHOULD pair with it when you attach it. The process which the table makes you go through is for the S Pen Pro.
My wife's Tab S7 FE (which is essentially an S7+) has the same problem. The S Pen that came with it won't pair.
I've searched for solutions and have yet to find one other than buying an S Pen Pro.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yup I am feeling that's what I will need to do. i dont want to reset the tablet then fing out it didnt help
gernerttl said:
The S Pen attaches via magnets on the back of the device. It SHOULD pair with it when you attach it. The process which the table makes you go through is for the S Pen Pro.
My wife's Tab S7 FE (which is essentially an S7+) has the same problem. The S Pen that came with it won't pair.
I've searched for solutions and have yet to find one other than buying an S Pen Pro.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Uggg... i bought an s pen pro and I hate it. I thought I could deal with the fact that it doesn't attach to the tablet, but the button on the pen is way to far down close to the tip to use comfortably. I am trying my luck and just ordered another regular s pen to see if i can get it to connect.
tensux said:
Uggg... i bought an s pen pro and I hate it. I thought I could deal with the fact that it doesn't attach to the tablet, but the button on the pen is way to far down close to the tip to use comfortably. I am trying my luck and just ordered another regular s pen to see if i can get it to connect.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That sucks. I was contemplating getting the S Pen Pro, but I don't think shelling out $100 for something that I would only use occasionally is worth it.
The fact that it is a refurbished tablet makes me think it is the tablet. I don't normally get refurbished devices unless they were refurbished by the OEM. I don't trust 3rd party refurbishers.
gernerttl said:
That sucks. I was contemplating getting the S Pen Pro, but I don't think shelling out $100 for something that I would only use occasionally is worth it.
The fact that it is a refurbished tablet makes me think it is the tablet. I don't normally get refurbished devices unless they were refurbished by the OEM. I don't trust 3rd party refurbishers.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
you might be correct. Eventually I will get frustrated and odin a fresh copy of the firmware and see if that helps
Related
Hi all,
it's the second time I ran in this problem:
all of sudden my HBH-IS800, full charged and paired to my HD, got freezed.
I found it with white light on, the one near the BT receiver, and there was no way to turn it off or restart it, completely freezed. The only way to have it work back was to connect it to the charger. After this input, it started to work again.
What could be related to this problem???
I bought it on Expansys. Please can someone confirm that on Action key there is any SonyEricsson logo as reported on official image? Mine has no logo.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
I read about the possibility to buy fake SE product which suffer of the problem i described in previous post.
Mine doesn't have the logo
I bought mine from mobilefun.co.uk, and it doesn't have the logo either.
I'm confident that it's not a fake (the fact that it's such a small BT headset and obviously so technically advanced would make it very difficult to fake so quickly)
I haven't had the freeze error that you describe, so I can't help, but I am very pleased with the headset - quality is much better than I thought would be possible from a BT headset (as long as you remember t disable hands-free in the options)
Good luck
Pete
I bought some from the Sony Ericsson flagship store (aka Carphone Warehouse) in London. They worked OK but I didn't realise at first that there should have been spare earbuds in the box, which were missing. (The box had been slightly broken open.)
Because they did not have replacement stock when I returned, I insisted on a refund (this was extremely hard work to obtain).
I bought a replacement from mobilefun.co.uk. These also work fine and thankfully came with the full compliment of accessories.
Neither headset had the Sony Ericsson printing on the "microphone bulge" like your photo, and neither exhibited any freezing. I'm certain they are genuine.
Difficult to say whether yours is definitely a headset fault or the phone. Have you had a chance to try any other bluetooth headsets?
- Steve
Can i just ask how you got your refund? When i ask and i'm given a no, I don't know what to say from there!
The question of refunds on the headset is a tricky one.
To be fair to the seller, they mentioned at the point of sale that they did not refund headsets unless they were faulty, for hygeine reasons. Fair enough.
But in my case, the "package" was indeed faulty; parts were missing.
Of course I could not actually prove that. I could merely show them the slightly damaged box.
No store manager was not present when I visited, and the salesman was polite and fairly sympathetic, but explained that he could not refund the headset without his manager's authority. He phoned the manager, who outright said "no".
I was well aware of my legal rights in this case, so I told the salesman that I was entitled to a refund and would, if necessary, refer the store to trading standards or take further action to get it. I appreciate the salesman was now in an awkward situation. Eventually he suggested that I call their head office directly, and kindly offered use of their landline for me to do that. I asked for their customer relations department, and after explaining the situation, authorisation for the refund was eventually given from them.
i wonder if there is anyone who hasnt had a bad experience with carphone warehouse... :/
asci said:
Hi all,
it's the second time I ran in this problem:
all of sudden my HBH-IS800, full charged and paired to my HD, got freezed.
I found it with white light on, the one near the BT receiver, and there was no way to turn it off or restart it, completely freezed. The only way to have it work back was to connect it to the charger. After this input, it started to work again.
What could be related to this problem???
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
To revive this thread. I've had mine for 2 months, and the above described problem happened to me twice. Just for the record.
just got one of these on order...haven't heard much about this freezing issue, I imagine it is not a problem effecting all models based on the lack of results on the internet.
Guys im planing on buying that headset!
But a friend of mine with an iphone clames that it only works with Sony E phone propebly!
That it works with his iphone but he cant reduce tha volume or change it!
So dose it work good with the HD2 ?
3kgt said:
Guys im planing on buying that headset!
But a friend of mine with an iphone clames that it only works with Sony E phone propebly!
That it works with his iphone but he cant reduce tha volume or change it!
So dose it work good with the HD2 ?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It works with the HD, I've used it for some while. You can reduce the volume by using the volume keys on the HD.
asci said:
Hi all,
it's the second time I ran in this problem:
all of sudden my HBH-IS800, full charged and paired to my HD, got freezed.
I found it with white light on, the one near the BT receiver, and there was no way to turn it off or restart it, completely freezed. The only way to have it work back was to connect it to the charger. After this input, it started to work again.
What could be related to this problem???
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
weird i just bhought mine is800 4 days ago..i cant start that thing anymore...its charged to max..green light is on...
by any chance does anyone know where you can get replacement earpiece for this set. the regular sony earpiece doesn't fit these headsets
Also have the freeze problem with the light on.
Hi,
Very late to the game but brought these 3 years ago and really only used it hard in the last 6 mo.
I also have the freeze problem on the HBH-IS800 with SE Xperia X1i on a cooked Touch-it ROM off xda-developers.com. This happens every other day, and seems to always happen after finishing a call. This seems to be triggered by a certain combination of them hanging up, me hanging up, hang up via the phone, or hang up via the action button. However I can't reproduce it at will.
I will try to turn off "hands free" in the option suggested above to see if it'll get better.
In the mean time this freeze problem is only documented here and reviews on Amazon doesn't have anyone complaining about this. I love my ROM and thank the one who cooked it but may I suggest possibility of the problem being in the HTC cooked ROMs?
I had my Gtablet for a week and after the update, it works fine. Today, when I power up the tablet, the screen just went blank (white screen). I am a novice thus I did not mod the tablet. What happens? I hate to return the tablet since I was starting to enjoy it. PLease advise.
You might try to reload a working firmware. If you have clockworkmod, and a saved image, restore it and see what happens, perhaps a driver got corrupt somehow. If that does not work, it may very well be hardware failure. Take it back to Sears a white screen is just that. Not useable.
Thanks. Guess I need to run over to sears again for another exchange.......This was my second one. The first one just doesn't boot up and this one was working fine until now.
I am having this white screen of death issue. I'm hoping that getting the battery completely drained will reset something and allow me to see the birds again...never thought I'd be wanting to see those birds, but here I am.
Has anyone ever had the blank white screen of death and gotten their gtab to work again?
damn it, same thing just happened to me. I left it unused for 2 weeks, now I turn it on and white screen! not nice
Bump for the sake of my gtab? anyone??
Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk
and bump again? anyone?
White screen follow-up
I believe that this "white screen" is the equivalent of when you see a "No Signal" notification on your HDTV. I'm pretty sure that the tablet is running fine, it's just not outputting video to the LCD. I didn't have a dock to do video out to verify this, but I am fairly certain that's what was happening here.
I had to RMA mine. If anyone has other results/info, please let me know.
The first gtab I bought when it started had a white screen that you could hardly see anything and it blinked. I took it back to office depot and got a new one.
Follow-up White Screen (more info), using HDMI output
Have the same problem with my second GTablet. However, I bought an external dock that has an HDMI output for the GTablet. With the working GTablet, when I plug it into my television, the television mirrors the output of the screen perfectly. With the white-screen tablet, only the television shows something. As I am a basic hardware guy, I guess there are two reasons for this:
1. The flex cable between the display and the computer is loose/broken.
2. Something in the electronics is wrong.
I have received an RMA number for this problem from Viewsonic, although they may just look at it and send it back to me. Any other experiments that people want me to try while I can still see on the external?
Otherwise, I'm just gonna send it to Viewsonic in a couple of days and wait 15-20 business days.
G Tablet White Screen
I have had this lately too. Once in a while when i turn my Gtab on the screen is white. When it first happened, i assumed it was bricked. I tried doing a update.zip back to stock...nothing...just white screen. Then when i was in the process of doing the update.zip flash again, i bumped the bottom, right corner of the tab on my desk and the screen all of a sudden when back to normal, showing the home screen. Now, if it does this white screen business, a simple tap on the right side usually brings it back to normal. I would also assume this is a loose connection of some sort. Anyone cracked the gtab open and been able to find where the screen connection is located? I bought my gtab Jan 14 2011 so it is out of the return window to Sears, and i haven't called Viewsonic for assistance yet as i fear i won't get very far with them. Any help is greatly appreciated!
Triple Love Tap Fix on Bottom Right Corner for White Screen Fix ... Back to Normal
After reading the last post, I tried a triple love tap on the bottom right corner on a white-screened g-Tablet, and voila. It's working again. The Internet is a grand thing. This love-tap thing is clearly undocumented Viewsonic security feature.
As for reference, I did break it open and tried to figure out where the flex cable went, but it's a pretty tight SoC design and when I removed the cover, the connection seemed to be sandwiched between the motherboard and the touchscreen itself. Not wanting to remove the 5 various cables and 3-4 various buttons floating around, I gave up at this point.
If I have to periodically do a love-tap, well so be it. At least, I'm not spending $600 for Motorola Xoom. Thus is the fate of cheap bastards like myself who like to play Fruit Ninja on the cheap.
I can't believe this worked!! "Love Tap" to the right corner brought my white screen back as well.
Bump really works, thanx!
i can't believe the bump worked. I took it apart and looked inside at every connection. I was about to throw it away and then i found this post. I did the bump and it's back to normal.
Another "love bump" success!
Just had it happen to mine this morning -- blank white screen. I did a love bump as suggested, and the screen is back! Definitely sounds like a connection issue, but I don't recall bumping it before it blanked out. I'll just keep fingers crossed that it doesn't happen again.
BTW, for anyone else who needs to do this -- it's definitely a "bump" compared to a "tap". I had to give it enough oomph that I could have craked a walnut with my palm under the same force. Not a "whack" but a "bump" compared to "tap"
WTF WITH VIEWSONIC/USMERCHANTS! I Live in Mexico, I sent (paid..) my tablet to the US for warranty (white screen, the tapping doesnt seem to work with me..) they recieved it, send it back to a friend in the US and he sent it back to mexico (PAID AGAIN).
Just recieved my gtablet, turn on, white screen, nice they didnt even touch the friggin thing!
WHAT THE F...
Ok, bumping this thread again, and letting you know.
Since I was pissed, I opened up my gtablet! Well to letting you know, the CONNECTOR that goes FROM the motherboard to the LCD...was completely loose and not completely connected. This has to be a factory fault, since well, its almost impossible for it to disconnect! Anyway, My tablet is working just fine now, (after 4 months ¬¬)....I will try to get my shipping money back from US Merchants, bastards.
RAWR!
[REQUEST] A permanent solution than periodic love "tap/bumps"
Can you post a picture of the connector? I broke open my tablet before, but I was unable to locate this loose connection. Although I find the current solution very amusing/charming , I would like to have a permanent solution on this thread.
For long term care of the tablet, I've had to do this solution about once every 2-3 months on my 6 year old son's tablet. He had the tablet with the original problem and he may occasionally drop/jostle the thing more than I. So, for the lifetime of this product, the love tap/bump may be an acceptable solution. However, it is clearly a loose connection problem, and more information on your solution would be very helpful to the community.
pmcnano said:
Ok, bumping this thread again, and letting you know.
Since I was pissed, I opened up my gtablet! Well to letting you know, the CONNECTOR that goes FROM the motherboard to the LCD...was completely loose and not completely connected. This has to be a factory fault, since well, its almost impossible for it to disconnect! Anyway, My tablet is working just fine now, (after 4 months ¬¬)....I will try to get my shipping money back from US Merchants, bastards.
RAWR!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
My solution to the white screen!
I though how stupid I was since I didnt took pictures, but let me explain.
Using the hardware breakdown pics.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
I draw a Red Square in the "affected part".
In the top of the square is one end of the cable, in my case this was correct. The other end is underneath the motherboard, so you have to take out all the screws for the motherboard to check the other end, this was completely off.
I dont know if this will help everybody, because I gotta say for myself, the bumping in the bottom right didnt worked for me, not even once and I SMASHED the thing really hard!
Cheers
Paul
edit:
BTW, US MERCHANTS warranty told me someone screwed up on their side, I should have gotten a new tablet ¬¬. Anyways, I'm trying to make a deal with them, since I paid like 50 dls for shipment (I live in Mexico..) and they didnt do anything. Will let you know maybe I get a free dock!!!
For the past day or two my phone has been enabling car mode.
I haven't made any major updates in a while either. What is really pissing me off is that it's disabling any sound coming from the phone and it is closing some apps instantly. It is happening whether my phone is plugged in or not, and if i want to use the phone for storage over usb and car mode decides to activate the computer claims it has been disconnected though the phone says it's still charging.
Is there any way to get rid of it? I don't have a car, or any sort of dock for the phone. I really have no use for whatever it was meant to do and I'd really like it gone...
Any ideas/suggestions?
I never had a problem with car mode activating at random, however I hate car mode and the Google car app with a burning passion, so what I did is...
- Uninstalled the Google Car Home app via Titanium Backup
- Downloaded (and subsequently purchased) the app NoDock. NoDock prevents your phone from going into car mode altogether, and its saved me a lot of frustration. I think its $1.99, but don't quote me. There's a trial you can get first for 7 days, I'd recommend that.
That;s obviously a road requiring you pay to fix the problem (and it might not even...) However, if your phone is acting abnormal for no reason, ie you haven't neglected it or played soccer with it, then vzw should replace it... But I have no experience with that, so that's all I've got for ya, sorry! Best of luck.
I looked for the trial version ad it doesn't seem to be out there anymore... The full version still advertises it as to use the trial before buying, but I can't seem to find it...
At this point the phone isn't making any progress charging and it is continuously connecting/disconnecting from the computer...
If it doesn't start working might have to un-root and bring it in >.>
my tbolt lately as well activates car mode when i am in the car but i hate it and want it dead... it happened after installing gingeritis.... but it also did it on das bamf gb... i refuse to give up my gb so i will execute the app!!
studiorat said:
my tbolt lately as well activates car mode when i am in the car but i hate it and want it dead... it happened after installing gingeritis.... but it also did it on das bamf gb... i refuse to give up my gb so i will execute the app!!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well, deleting Google's Car Home app will prevent that from launching, however, the Thunderbolt itself has a "car mode" that it will enable when the dock trigger is activated. So, unfortunately, simply deleting the Car Home app might not solve your entire problem, but its worth a shot nonetheless. Also, I'm not sure that NoDock will work with a GB-based ROM, but that, too, is worth giving a try!
bobz1993 said:
I looked for the trial version ad it doesn't seem to be out there anymore... The full version still advertises it as to use the trial before buying, but I can't seem to find it...
At this point the phone isn't making any progress charging and it is continuously connecting/disconnecting from the computer...
If it doesn't start working might have to un-root and bring it in >.>
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
In all honesty, if its not even charging anymore, un-root, wipe, and nand that puppy and send 'er in. I know that the TB is unique in that it doesn't use a magnet to activate Car Mode like previous HTC phones, but instead it uses (to my knowledge) a short in the USB slot to decide whether the phone is docked or not. So problems with USB mounting, charging, docking when not docked, etc. would seem to indicate that you have some sort of problem with the port itself. That's just a shot in the dark, but man, I'd have sent that in yesterday
And as for NoDock, I just looked, and I can't find the trial either
To some extent it is still working. It isn't getting any charge, but if I unplug the phone it turns off almost instantly. Seems like it will be hell to move the stock stuff over to the phone to flash it, but looks like that's what its come to... Guess I'm bringing it in tomorrow...
bobz1993 said:
To some extent it is still working. It isn't getting any charge, but if I unplug the phone it turns off almost instantly. Seems like it will be hell to move the stock stuff over to the phone to flash it, but looks like that's what its come to... Guess I'm bringing it in tomorrow...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If you have a friend with a smartphone or even any kind of bluetooth-capable storage device, you could send the files to yourself via BT... It may not be the fastest, but it might save you some major frustration. But yeah dude, that sounds straight messed up. Best of luck.
I just put the sd card into my laptop to transfer. Back on stock (feels soo different...) No more car mode... But the phone still isn't charging... Until I can bring it in I guess I'll make the phone look like it isn't brand new again...
bobz1993 said:
I just put the sd card into my laptop to transfer. Back on stock (feels soo different...) No more car mode... But the phone still isn't charging... Until I can bring it in I guess I'll make the phone look like it isn't brand new again...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Either way, as far as I know, VZW checks for two things:
1) Obvious evidence of negligence and/or intentional damage
2) Something I don't remember that has nothing to do with root
So you should be in the clear, if anything just say you did a factory reset yourself to try to fix the problem
Well as it did when I rooted it, it recovered all of my apps w/o me having to do anything. So the phone already looks the way it did before excluding homescreen stuff and an empty inbox/contacts atm. And the most damage there is, is a small scratch where there was already an air bubble on my screen protector. If they would have ever made a case that fit the extended battery that probably wouldn't even be there =o
bobz1993 said:
Well as it did when I rooted it, it recovered all of my apps w/o me having to do anything. So the phone already looks the way it did before excluding homescreen stuff and an empty inbox/contacts atm. And the most damage there is, is a small scratch where there was already an air bubble on my screen protector. If they would have ever made a case that fit the extended battery that probably wouldn't even be there =o
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Haha yeah I feel you on that one. I think the type of negligence they look for is more like a mangled looking device with the customer claiming innocence. You should be fine in my opinion.
hmm... just woke up, about to bring in the phone, which did manage to charge overnight. noticed i still have a rotating rosie and it looks like i'm still undervolted as my kernel was doing earlier. well neither highly noticable as bad things... and car mode did come back today so, i'll be bringing it in now...
Go for it bro, I really doubt they'll check for little stuff like that, especially considering the bigger issue of car mode and your charging problems. Good luck though!
Sent from my ADR6400L using XDA Premium App
never herd of this before
Unable to get out today, so I've been looking into other options for now.
This seems to be what it's used for though I've never been given these options when the phone goes into car mode. The icon shows up in the notification bar identical to the picture.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
On the VZW site these are their solutions. (none worked for me being there is no water damage and the port looks fine from what i can see, still gonna have to bring it in...)
Maybe this can help someoneelse if anyone runs into this problem or bring more options to try to help me fix it.
From what I can see, the first picture is of HTC's car home application, as opposed to Google's. When your phone enters car mode, the default action is to launch one if those applications, unless you've manually removed them. The fact that your phone enters car mode but launches nothing is abnormal in and of itself, not to mention the fact that it shouldn't be activating car mode in the first place.
Sent from my Mecha using XDA Premium App
I did manage to make it to the vzw store and they were surprised to see car mode on the phone at all. The lady at the store took out the battery, restarted the phone and concluded that I would get a replacement after the bill that was just paid like yesterday clears with them.
Good! Hopefully all goes well and you'll have a functional device soon
Sent from my Mecha using XDA Premium App
Original Post:
Just discovered that my prime is almost an index finger off in accuracy around the inner 1" edge of the screen. Causes me to keep missing the search button in the browser, it registers me clicking the bookmark button instead.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What the problem is:
The touch screen's calibration is off while the device is plugged in and charging using the provided stock ASUS charger. (No other chargers have been tested so far)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Test Protocol By N11:
Navigate to Settings/About Tablet/System Firmware Update
Try to tap "Check Update" while charging and while unplugged
Report any differences. Also report your version information.
Test Protocol 2:
Download "Touch Test" or "Multi-Touch Benchmark"
Report any differences while charging and while unplugged. Also report your version information.
Edit 1: I have discovered that this only occurs when the device is charging... Weird. Can anybody else try this? Download "Touch Test" and play around with in while charging and unplugged.
While Charging/Plugged In:
While Unplugged:
Edit 2: Seems like other users are experiencing the same behavior! Please reply if you are experiencing problems too!
Edit 3: So I purchased a stylus from my local Walmart to get a more accurate, less subjective "touch" The results are shockingly clear.
While Unplugged:
While Charging:
While Charging:
Same thing is happening with mine, but I cant hit the refresh button on the tabs in the browser (instead it keeps clicking the close button). I even tried my targus stylus and it still doesn't work.
I had a very similar problem with mine only it went much further than just what you guys are experiencing. In addition to what you stated, mine wouldn't even register anything at random intervals and in random spots on the touch screen. Here's a little video of just some of it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oywWUxPMeX8
I feel for you guys. I had to send my back. Currently awaiting a replacement.
Mines not working at all now
Sent from my HTC Vision using Tapatalk
Mine seems to have improved greatly after unplugging the charger...
I drained the battery. Didn't help
Sent from my HTC Vision using Tapatalk
I want to know why the accuracy tanks when charging... Seems a little weird if you ask me...
vbman213 said:
I want to know why the accuracy tanks when charging... Seems a little weird if you ask me...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
has something to do with the voltage of the charger my epic 4g touch did the same thing with the wall adapter it came with started using a different charger from my old phone and problem went away...... I would be curious if all stock wall chargers for the prime do it or just some?
This is interesting. I had a Dell laptop with a defective charger and the touchpad would throw the mouse all over the place while it was charging.
Evo_Shift said:
This is interesting. I had a Dell laptop with a defective charger and the touchpad would throw the mouse all over the place while it was charging.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Do you think I just have a defective charger?
I'm not having that issue here. Its working fine for me.
vbman213 said:
Do you think I just have a defective charger?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I do like I said same thing happened with my epic 4g touch phone.
jdbaker82 said:
I do like I said same thing happened with my epic 4g touch phone.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I was going to try and pick up a replacement OEM TF101/201 charger from my local OfficeDepot (they actually carry these!) and try it, but they don't do opened box refunds...
Guess this is going back to best buy...
I think it has something to do with the backplate tingling/improper grounding,
throwing some static at the touchscreen grid making it think its being touched elsewhere.
See howfar off the touch dot is at various places on your screen.
You should be able to figure out a trajectory to where it is making "contact".
Sokonomi said:
I think it has something to do with the backplate tingling/improper grounding,
throwing some static at the touchscreen grid making it think its being touched elsewhere.
See howfar off the touch dot is at various places on your screen.
You should be able to figure out a trajectory to where it is making "contact".
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Exactly, try turning around your charger (so turn it by 180°)
I had something similar happen on my DInc when I plugged it into the wall and car inverter using my brothers Motorola cable and charger. The phone will just go wonky with the touchscreen. As soon as I unplug it everything would be copacetic. Try another charger and or cable.
So i wonder if its more likely that my prime isnt the problem and my charger or home wiring is wonky
I noticed this yesterday where I could not close browser tabs. Eventually I got the tab to close, and thought this was just some dust on the screen or something.
I have not had any issues before and use it a lot while charging (its technically my wife's so she gets to run the battery down and I get it after since I sit close to a outlet), and I was not having issues at all until the last firmware update (not that it is necessarily related).
I will try and run some more tests this evening and see if I can produce. I would think if this was a hardware issue I would have run into it sooner.
Did anyone have this issue prior to any of the latest firmware updates?
UmbraeSoulsbane said:
I noticed this yesterday where I could not close browser tabs. Eventually I got the tab to close, and thought this was just some dust on the screen or something.
I have not had any issues before and use it a lot while charging (its technically my wife's so she gets to run the battery down and I get it after since I sit close to a outlet), and I was not having issues at all until the last firmware update (not that it is necessarily related).
I will try and run some more tests this evening and see if I can produce. I would think if this was a hardware issue I would have run into it sooner.
Did anyone have this issue prior to any of the latest firmware updates?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm honestly not sure. Prior to my device arriving yesterday, I found out about the newly released root method for the latest OTA so I upgraded as soon as I turned on the device. I do not have a benchmark for comparison.
I will be trying to invert my charger and I will also be trying a different location across town to see if maybe my electrical wiring in my home is causing voltage noise/grounding issues.
I have a solution:
Code:
if (Device.isCharging) { Screen.Touch.setOffset(-5,-10) }
done...
vbman213 said:
I have a solution:
Code:
if (Device.isCharging) { Screen.Touch.setOffset(-5,-10) }
done...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Or maybe that's in there and was meant to be commented out...
I tried to replace the cracked screen on my i545 and wound up messing up the lcd/digitizer. The phone boots and is recognized on the PC but the screen is black. Replacing the lcd would be $80 to $100...not worth it.
BUT...I was wondering if I found a broken S4 for maybe $40 or less (bad mother board, bad esn, etc...) that has a working screen, could I just swap out the guts of my phone to the other one? Would it have to be an i545, or would one from AT&T, Cricket, TMobile, Straight Talk work? I only need a working screen and believe what I want to do is feasible. Let me know if I'm off base or not.
Thanks for the feedback.
I did this with the galaxy avant with no issue. so yeah, you can just frankenstein it.
ninjasinabag said:
I did this with the galaxy avant with no issue. so yeah, you can just frankenstein it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
so long as its anouther i545 the i545 and i9500/9505 are differen't
IIRC some parts of the ATT/TMO versions work on the VZW mobo but the home button won't work. Also the motherboard on the i545V has a ever so slightly different shape than the i9500/505
Another thing you can try is find a local repair shop and offer to buy functioning but cracked S4 LCDs. There are no compatability problems between the i9500/i9505 screens and the VZW screens (source: my S4 is using an ATT screen).
This is going to be harder than I thought...everyone wants wayyyy toooo much for their old broken i545.
Found a dead I545 on ebay with a perfect screen for $40. Took a chance and offered $20 - he accepted. Yay! Put my motherboard in and it powered right up. So sweet and so easy! Having problems re-attaching the antenna cable but will get that done after work tonight. Most importantly, I don't have to use my cruddy, old LG F6 anymore. I didn't realize how SLOOOOWWW that thing is.
It's got me wondering though...which version of Android does the MDK bootloader run. Found a guy selling used motherboards supposedly running Android 4.2.2 - could be a cheap way to swap out for the elusive MDK bootloader.
Dang...new problem! Got the antenna connected and I can make and receive calls...I just can't hear the phone ring. The earpiece and microphone work but for some reason the speaker is not working. So i can't hear music, ringtones, or notifications. I've swapped in my original speaker that was working just fine but now that one fails too. WTF???
Any advice??? I refuse to sink any more money into this project. If I can't get sound I'll sell it for parts and buy something better that I can have more ROM flexibility.
Thanks.
Almost there. The speaker contacts were not making a clean connection. Another forum suggested taking the speaker off and prying the gold contacts on the USB connector up a bit. Did that and sound started working right away. Unfortunately, in my haste, I snapped the red antenna cable and lost my signal. Replacement cables are ordered for $3. So I'm into this rebuild for a total of $31 ($40 if you count the original screen I bought but didn't use since I ruined the LCD). So, for a little aggravation and $31 I get a nice working phone again. Doubt I'd get anything new for that price.
Keep updating us, OP! I'm pretty interested myself in what you're producing
ImpytheBiscuit said:
Keep updating us, OP! I'm pretty interested myself in what you're producing
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Not sure if that's sarcastic or not
Anyway, got my new antenna cables installed and the phone works awesome! The whole process was actually easy but tedious. The actual process would have just been swapping motherboards but the speaker threw me for a loop (which was easily fixed).
No sarcasm at all! I'm trying to do something similar, but with the main board
I took the frame and display from my bricked I545 OF1 and put the main board from one with a broken display that was discarded. The results were outstanding.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Rooted/Safe-strapped and ready for action!
ImpytheBiscuit said:
No sarcasm at all! I'm trying to do something similar, but with the main board
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Basically all I really did was switch the mainboard as well. Before I started I thought there was more to it than that, but like bg260 wrote, simply swapping the mb from one to another is all that needs to be done. Since it was apart I swapped the usb/sound board because I didn't know any better at the time, and I thought it was related to my speaker/sound issue. Essentially, I did the same thing as bg260 with a bunch of extra (unneeded) steps.
mn1968 said:
Basically all I really did was switch the mainboard as well. Before I started I thought there was more to it than that, but like bg260 wrote, simply swapping the mb from one to another is all that needs to be done. Since it was apart I swapped the usb/sound board because I didn't know any better at the time, and I thought it was related to my speaker/sound issue. Essentially, I did the same thing as bg260 with a bunch of extra (unneeded) steps.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It has to be the same carrier though. A Sprint Mobo will not fit (completely) in a Verizon box. I've tried. Subtle differences that become huge when considering the limited space inside these devices.
Well, this was short lived. I was texting with a friend Saturday just fine. An hour later I checked my phone & could not swipe the screen open. The screen was totally unresponsive...couldn't answer calls, reboot the phone...nothing! The power button worked fine as did the capacitive buttons, and the screen displayed, but would not respond to any touch. Pulled the battery for a reboot - no love. Reset the phone - no dice. Odined back to stock - nada. IT'S DEAD!
That sucks! I had no functioning backup phone either so I bought a Moto G4. I was not going to sink anymore time or money into the S4, although I really liked it despite the unlockable bootloader. Marshmellow is going to take some getting used to.
Thanks to everyone here for all the help. Good luck to everyone.
mn1968 said:
Well, this was short lived. I was texting with a friend Saturday just fine. An hour later I checked my phone & could not swipe the screen open. The screen was totally unresponsive...couldn't answer calls, reboot the phone...nothing! The power button worked fine as did the capacitive buttons, and the screen displayed, but would not respond to any touch. Pulled the battery for a reboot - no love. Reset the phone - no dice. Odined back to stock - nada. IT'S DEAD!
That sucks! I had no functioning backup phone either so I bought a Moto G4. I was not going to sink anymore time or money into the S4, although I really liked it despite the unlockable bootloader. Marshmellow is going to take some getting used to.
Thanks to everyone here for all the help. Good luck to everyone.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Take it apart and recheck the digitazer connection. Don'r throw away your phone, worst case scenario you find a spare phone at thrift stores or flea markets.
Jalh said:
Take it apart and recheck the digitazer connection. Don'r throw away your phone, worst case scenario you find a spare phone at thrift stores or flea markets.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Already did that. I plan to keep it just in case I can find another cheap "for parts" S4 on ebay. If so, I'll have the S4 as a backup.
After sitting for a week powered off, I decided to turn on the S4 for giggles...AND IT'S WORKING NOW. Been on for 24+ hours and all touch response seems to be fine. Very weird. Now I'm not sure what to do with it. Not sure I can trust it to keep working?