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Dpad dead

Hi all.
I´ve installed the Custom 2.26 ROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=276700) and it works great except for one tiiny detail. The Dpad doesnt work anymore. Its completely dead. I suspect that this could be related to smartskey. What happend is that after I turned off the phone and turned it on again the Dpad was dead.
I have tried to alter the smartskey.ini file and set the DPAD value to 0 but it didnt do anything. When I run smartskey.exe all I get is an popup asking me if I want to close smartskey. Whats that about? How does it work?
Does anyone have a clue what could be wrong and/or how to solve it?
Thanks
/dodgy

anyone? pretty please? I don´t wanna flash it again....
/d

dodgy said:
Hi all.
I´ve installed the Custom 2.26 ROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=276700) and it works great except for one tiiny detail. The Dpad doesnt work anymore. Its completely dead. I suspect that this could be related to smartskey. What happend is that after I turned off the phone and turned it on again the Dpad was dead.
I have tried to alter the smartskey.ini file and set the DPAD value to 0 but it didnt do anything. When I run smartskey.exe all I get is an popup asking me if I want to close smartskey. Whats that about? How does it work?
Does anyone have a clue what could be wrong and/or how to solve it?
Thanks
/dodgy
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i have never heard of this problem with smartskey. however, if you really do believe it's related to smartskey, you can close the program by following the steps:
1. click the smartskey.exe
2. a popup window will ask if you really want to close it. just click "ok".
3. then you must change STARTONREBOOT=0 in the ini file.
4. next, go to windows>startup folder and remove any shortcut refering to smartskey.
5. soft reset your phone. it will start witnout smartskey.
and you can confirm if the problem is really related to smartskey, although I really doubt it.
if the above fail, hard reset. if still fail, reflashing to your last known good rom file. if all fail..... you've got yourself a new dpad hardware.

I think your are right, it´s not smartskey. Reverted back to my old 2.17 Sve ROM and I now have to same problem, it was fine for a while but now I have the problem again. I have installed very few apps; TotalCommander, TCPMP, and some a2dp cabs.
I´m thinking if I could attack this problem from a different angle; to install something that remapps the Dpad and see if that works. I have a hunch that the Dpad is locked for some reason and not broken.
Another approach is to go in the registry and have a look but I really dont know where to look.
3rd option is to take it back to the manufactuer. I suspect they will discover that I messed with it (unlocked it, installed dodgy ROMS and such) and refuse me.
On a sidenote I got my Sony Ericson HBH-DS970 headphones today. Looks really nice. I think that someone said the sound quality improves with AKU so i´m eager to get some new ROM installed. Is it possbile to just install AKU upgrades? or are they always bundled with a ROM ?
Thanks alot for your reply ecchi, I´ve posted about this problem a few time and never got any response.
/d

Backlight reset after reboot

Hi,
Anyone is having problem with backlight setting reset after reboot (soft-reset)?
I set the backlight under battery to turn off after 5 minutes.
However, after soft-reset it is reset back to 10s ...
This issue is quite famous, but I cant find a definite answer or solution.
Please let me know if you have a workaround, etc.
PS: I checked the HKCU\ControlPanel\BackLight\ and the LogLevel is set to 0
Thanks.

I'm having the same problem, and I've tried all the suggested reg fixes. I've also tried the Battery Status plugin, but its reputed backlight fix is nowhere to be found.
Since there's no other reply to this thread and I can't find a working solution elsewhere on xda-devs (have searched for 'backlight', 'fix', '10 sec', and combinations of these terms), I guess no-one's got a fix for this yet?

I have a similar problem, only that i need it 10 seconds but it resets to 30 seconds.

My problem's been resolved magically.
Being idiotically stubborn, I kept setting my timeout to 120 and soft-resetting. Finally, for no rhyme or reason, it stuck. Hm.
Incidentally, that last reset that worked was of the stylus-poke sort, not the hold-power-button sort.

I have the same issue with the backlight - but biggest headache is the backlight turning off on the phone after a couple of seconds. This is a real problem...
Last week I realised I'd lost amex card when going to pay at an airport duty free shop. Made the call the call to Amex but didn't have time to input the option number I wanted to get through and talk to someone before the backlight killed the interface.
Gave up trying and swapped out SIM to old Sony Ericsson which did the job in a minute.
Only way I've found to get the backlight back whilst making a call is to toggle the thumb wheel - you get the volume icon but can at least see the keypad.
The idea for killing the screen was supposed to prevent unintended pushes of the keypad when phone in use. But if the keypad is hidden anyway - and you have to select it to get it back I'm struggling with the logic here.
I have also reluctantly removed the PIN security request to get round the start menu locking after using the phone.
Backlight issue again - as previous post entering security code outdoors.
I'd like to try the edit suggested above but I'm new to windows mobile. Can someone tell me how you actually get to a file to edit it - I've tried making a path but that's obviously wrong. Is there a simple command line or navigation protocol withing the file explorer? Dumb I know, I'm not an engineer but like to think I know my way around things .
On the whole I really like the device for email etc but hate it as a phone which is an important aspect of what I need it for!
Any help or workarounds very gratefully received - and thank god I found this site - it has been a huge help so far.

Read this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=360657
koerc said:
try this:
\HKCU\ControlPanel\Backlight\LockLevel
ignore the LockLevel key inside the LockLevel folder...RENAME the folder to LockLevelx...i tried various other strategies but this caused the phone to eventually recreate the LockLevel folder with the proper key inside...but this time the key was set to 0 instead of 1. it's been 2 weeks with multiple soft resets and the backlight settings have been surviving as they should...
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It seemed to fix it for some people
Regards,
Nika.

Registry Change will not hold after soft reset

I just bought an AT&T Kaiser and modified the registry to hide contacts on my SIM card (HKCU\ControlPanel\Phone\ShowSIM changed to a 0 value). It works immediately after change, but if I have to reset the phone (even after a period of several hours) the change reverts. I have made other changes however, and they hold through soft-reset. Any Ideas?

benyork said:
I just bought an AT&T Kaiser and modified the registry to hide contacts on my SIM card (HKCU\ControlPanel\Phone\ShowSIM changed to a 0 value). It works immediately after change, but if I have to reset the phone (even after a period of several hours) the change reverts. I have made other changes however, and they hold through soft-reset. Any Ideas?
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Do follow my articles in the Wiki / in the General forum, I've explained the reason (and cure) for this SEVERAL times, in SEVERAL of them. ALWAYS power down (suspend) the phone before resetting at least once. This will make sure the Registry changes are flushed back to the flash storage.

I apologize...I've been looking for a day or so and must not have put in the right search words. Thanks for your help.

Menneisyys said:
Do follow my articles in the Wiki / in the General forum, I've explained the reason (and cure) for this SEVERAL times, in SEVERAL of them. ALWAYS power down (suspend) the phone before resetting at least once. This will make sure the Registry changes are flushed back to the flash storage.
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This doesn't work for the Sim Contact's Registry tweak, unless I'm doing it wrong... Did it work for you Benyork?

unfortunately it did not work...actually the registry reverted on power-up, that is even before the soft-reset. Something is odd about this particular key.

Gee, i guess ill help.
suprised no one gave you guys this yet

Thanks. The fix works perfectly. Glad to know I wasn't losing my mind.

Brilliant. Thanks ekw. And thanks for asking the question Benyork. I kept forgeting to...

Diamond HTC volume problem

When I press the volumen button, the system volume start, but I Can´t increse or decrease the volume with the hard button (I can with touch screen). I supose that is a HTCVolumen service problem.

Resolve. It was the esset avirus program
When I uninstall the avirus its works fine

Just on a side note Why is there suddenly such a influx of AV programs for WM?
How many of you have actually had virus problems on your XDA's?
The Greedy AV companies love to trade on user paranoia
Jules

Had the same prob with NOD32 AV - after uninstalling everythin went back to normal

anderdelklo said:
When I press the volumen button, the system volume start, but I Can´t increse or decrease the volume with the hard button (I can with touch screen). I supose that is a HTCVolumen service problem.
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I have the exact same problem. But i don't have any antivirus...
Does somebody know an solution?
Thnx in advance!

Rik_X said:
I have the exact same problem. But i don't have any antivirus...
Does somebody know an solution?
Thnx in advance!
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Did you just install S2U2 1.0x??

Jep! Indeed!
But i have the 'volume control' function off

I've got this problem too! anyone got a solution? thanks

What about setting S2U2's last option "Don't use KeyBoard Hook" to ON ?

I don't have S2U2, any idea why I might be having problems?

I got the same problem..
After uninstalling the latest S2U2 the volume keys started working again.
There must be a bug in the S2U2 code.

same problem for me. It's S2U2 the cause. But after press the volume key, you can increase and decrease volume by touch screen.

ZaJules said:
Just on a side note Why is there suddenly such a influx of AV programs for WM?
How many of you have actually had virus problems on your XDA's?
The Greedy AV companies love to trade on user paranoia
Jules
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in 5 years i've been using pdas i've not seen a single virus! of course theres money to be made, but here at xda dev we're not fools!

if someone thinks, he needs an anti-virus tool,
better tap from me,
issues the mobile and choose a symbian mobile.
just my 2€ents
greetz

hantoucc said:
What about setting S2U2's last option "Don't use KeyBoard Hook" to ON ?
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This seems to work after a softreset. I didn't have a call yet so i'm still waiting if the s2a function works the same!
Thanks anyway!
EDIT: I just received a call and at least the s2a function keeps running normally

S2U2
Just enable volumecontroll in S2U2. Then it will work. Just did and it works fine now.

I have this problem, I have completely lost the up/down volume controls with the hard buttons, instead it just acts as an up / down in menus etc!! I don't have anything like S2U2 etc installed, But I have updated to the HTC 1.93 ROM
Any advise is much appreciated
Thanks

richardirv said:
I have this problem, I have completely lost the up/down volume controls with the hard buttons, instead it just acts as an up / down in menus etc!! I don't have anything like S2U2 etc installed, But I have updated to the HTC 1.93 ROM
Any advise is much appreciated
Thanks
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Have you tried a soft or hard reset? I´m also on 1.93 rom and it works fine for me.

hallihallo87 said:
Have you tried a soft or hard reset? I´m also on 1.93 rom and it works fine for me.
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I have done plenty of soft resets, no Hard Resets, I haven't been in a position to do a Hard Reset recently and loose all my data been too busy.
Just thought it might be something simple!! A Setting or something.
When I get chance I will perform a Hard Reset and see if that works. I assume afterwards it will automatically install manilla etc. Like on first boot.
Cheers
Rich

richardirv said:
I have done plenty of soft resets, no Hard Resets, I haven't been in a position to do a Hard Reset recently and loose all my data been too busy.
Just thought it might be something simple!! A Setting or something.
When I get chance I will perform a Hard Reset and see if that works. I assume afterwards it will automatically install manilla etc. Like on first boot.
Cheers
Rich
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Ok. As i remeber it, you dont loose you´re data on internal memory, on a hard-reset. Only installed programs. Correct me if i am wrong, i have only been in this windows mobile world in a few weeks. But i look forwards to hear if i solves the problem. Sorry for the bad spelling. I´m danish.

[FIX][08.04.2011]Patch for "Screen won't come on after device wakes" (RHO_S2_00895)

[FIX][08.04.2011]Patch for "Screen won't come on after device wakes" (RHO_S2_00895)
Problem: Device doesn't come back from suspended mode. Pressing the power button, sliding out the keyboard or taking out the stylus does nothing.
Occurrence: Random.
Quick fix: None known.
Request: Kinda all over the Rhod forums.
Affected ROMs: HTC Stock S2 2.07, all custom roms based on 2.07 drivers. Probably 2.10 drivers are partly affected too.
Patch:
For stock roms (standard HTC patch package, .exe)
For custom roms (download this if you're unsure, works for stock roms too)
For cooks (extract and put into OEMDrivers)

Thanks!
Let's see (in time) if the SOD's are finished for us.

HRQ.SLV said:
Thanks!
Let's see (in time) if the SOD's are finished for us.
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It must be a matter of settings or hardware, I never suffered from SoD.

Jackos said:
It must be a matter of settings or hardware, I never suffered from SoD.
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That's because youre a great cook!
This thread should be sticky...

HRQ.SLV said:
That's because youre a great cook!
This thread should be sticky...
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Not only this one should be sticky...

.......Done

Installed. Didn't work . I think the flex cable is crapping out. Also had the problem where if the screen was fully slid, it'd black out. Now it's been like that every postion.
Although, the power button works to turn the screen off, it won't turn it back on.

It doesn't work for me either
The only thing that I was able to install on my Tilt 2 (latest stock ROM) was this file Jackos RHO_S2_00895.cab
Nothing changed.
The screen goes on but what stays off is the backlight and the only way to get the backlight to stay on in a reboot. Then try to adjust the brightness from the settings menu and moving the slides doesn't do anything. The brightness stays to the max no matter what.
Is it the light sensor? can it be disabled or checked somehow?
Thanks anyway I hope your fix helps others,
G

Jackos said:
It must be a matter of settings or hardware, I never suffered from SoD.
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Thanks for sharing...I have had SOD only with certain builds...its been a while since I had one...

KnightmareCS said:
Installed. Didn't work . I think the flex cable is crapping out. Also had the problem where if the screen was fully slid, it'd black out. Now it's been like that every postion.
Although, the power button works to turn the screen off, it won't turn it back on.
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Does it sometimes don't come back or always?
SoD, Sleep Of Death, so called the hangup issue does happen only after the device is suspended for a long time. It does occur kinda often, but not always if you turn off the screen. If your device never comes back from standby it isn't a problem with SoD for sure.

That would be my [email protected] cable....
KnightmareCS said:
Installed. Didn't work . I think the flex cable is crapping out. Also had the problem where if the screen was fully slid, it'd black out. Now it's been like that every postion.
Although, the power button works to turn the screen off, it won't turn it back on.
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bisanti said:
The only thing that I was able to install on my Tilt 2 (latest stock ROM) was this file Jackos RHO_S2_00895.cab
Nothing changed.
The screen goes on but what stays off is the backlight and the only way to get the backlight to stay on in a reboot. Then try to adjust the brightness from the settings menu and moving the slides doesn't do anything. The brightness stays to the max no matter what.
Is it the light sensor? can it be disabled or checked somehow?
Thanks anyway I hope your fix helps others,
G
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The exe file (for stock roms) is intended to work on Europe roms. I have no knowledge of HTC releasing this patch for other regions.
It's no fix for any problem with the phone The patch doesn't even touch the backlight thing.

Jackos said:
Does it sometimes don't come back or always?
SoD, Sleep Of Death, so called the hangup issue does happen only after the device is suspended for a long time. It does occur kinda often, but not always if you turn off the screen. If your device never comes back from standby it isn't a problem with SoD for sure.
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It happens all the time. I turn the phone on via the power button. Boots up. Let it sit till backlight goes off. Press power button, nothing happens.
I can turn the phone on, press the power button to turn the backlight off and when I press it again, nothing happens.
Wild Child said:
That would be my [email protected] cable....
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I do not think it's a flexcable problem. If I can turn the screen off and power on the device with the 'power button', it has to be something software.
I have to check again if the device comes back on, but with really really low backlight.
It's annoying, I have to restart to see a text, missed call, etc.
Thanks for your help so far.

Won't wake up
I tried loading this patch after doing yet another hard reset to try to recover from these outages. It doesn't work. Within an hour of installing it, the problem came back. My specific problem is the system goes to sleep after a minute, and it usually comes back with the power button. But after normal usage for awhile (sometimes hours, sometimes weeks without a problem), it goes to sleep and needs a red-button-reset to turn back on. Then as soon as it goes to sleep again after powering up, it's off forever. The only real recover after reaching this "cycle of death" is a hard reset (full memory erase, back to factory settings). Then it will work normally again for awhile.
I'm not sure if this is exactly the problem the other submitters were seeing, but it is surely related.
I'm off to do yet another factory reset. WM 6.5 is not worth a tinker's damn.
(AT&T Tilt 2 with ROM 2.10.502.4)

pbarschall said:
I tried loading this patch after doing yet another hard reset to try to recover from these outages. It doesn't work. Within an hour of installing it, the problem came back. My specific problem is the system goes to sleep after a minute, and it usually comes back with the power button. But after normal usage for awhile (sometimes hours, sometimes weeks without a problem), it goes to sleep and needs a red-button-reset to turn back on. Then as soon as it goes to sleep again after powering up, it's off forever. The only real recover after reaching this "cycle of death" is a hard reset (full memory erase, back to factory settings). Then it will work normally again for awhile.
I'm not sure if this is exactly the problem the other submitters were seeing, but it is surely related.
I'm off to do yet another factory reset. WM 6.5 is not worth a tinker's damn.
(AT&T Tilt 2 with ROM 2.10.502.4)
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It's a pity that it doesn't work for you. This is a patch for Europe branded devices, I don't even see the fix at any other region-based HTC support site.
Personally I never experienced SoD, so I cannot guarantee that it does work. All I know is that this fix is supposed to help with "constant hang". Whatever it is. It's a official fix and I didn't encounter any problems with running it on my Europe branded Rhod.

Jackos is this in your ROM? I have found several times my TP2 needs a reset as the power button does not bring it life. If I take the stylus out (when this happens) the row of keys light up, but still the display is blank. I assume it's already in your ROM (Jackos S3 1.1.2 SleekBASIC) otherwise I would have installed it.

It's going to be included from version 1.1.3 and up.

Jackos said:
It's a pity that it doesn't work for you. This is a patch for Europe branded devices, I don't even see the fix at any other region-based HTC support site.
Personally I never experienced SoD, so I cannot guarantee that it does work. All I know is that this fix is supposed to help with "constant hang". Whatever it is. It's a official fix and I didn't encounter any problems with running it on my Europe branded Rhod.
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So...how do I uninstall it? I am on sprint in the US and have the latest official win 6.5 ROM and downloaded this update on my phone through a tech website and after installing it none of my keys works except for the power button. Apparently being for Europe it has corrupted my phone and none of the talk, end, windows, back or keyboard buttons work now. I need to revert this update, is there a way without doing a hard reset. I don't want to reconfigure all my settings that aren't backed up.

scottandmo said:
So...how do I uninstall it? I am on sprint in the US and have the latest official win 6.5 ROM and downloaded this update on my phone through a tech website and after installing it none of my keys works except for the power button. No talk, end, windows, back or keyboard buttons work now. I need to revert this update, is there a way without doing a hard reset. I don't want to reconfigure all my settings that aren't backed up.
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If anything really fails, navigate into /Windows/ directory using your favorite file manager and "delete" those two files:
Code:
debuglog.dll
HtcPm.dll
Probably deleting the second file should fix your keyboard issues.

Jackos said:
If anything really fails, navigate into /Windows/ directory using your favorite file manager and "delete" those two files:
Code:
debuglog.dll
HtcPm.dll
Probably deleting the second file should fix your keyboard issues.
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Deleting the HtcPm.dll and rebooting fixed it, Thanks! I'm assuming that won't have any other side effects...