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Help needed after flashing...

Greetings Experts,
I am using X1 & after update Rom my X1's keypad is not working . after opening keyboard, screen not rotating landscape, but after closing keypad, screen shows exactly what I typed on keyboard. Sorry for my english. I flashed 4-5 different rom files today but problem is still there. Is there cab file needed to enable this ?
I am following SD card method & stuck in this problem even I dont know exact version Rom for it.
I think I tried these Roms if any one can understand my problem Please help me.
RUU_Signed_NL_Vodafone
Xperia X1.5 Kovsky
X1i_GENERIC_UK_KOV_R2AA010
Christian_WWE_3300_Full
Now Using : XPERIA_Gen_II_full_WWE_Keyboard_v.1.0
Regards,
Mansoor Ahmed

It's a hardware problem, your flex cable is worn out.

Dear harveydent,
Keybord is working but not showing in display. after opening keypad screen gets stuck & not rotating, & after closing keypad screen shows exactly what I typed on it.
Regards,
Mansoor Ahmed

I didn't say your keyboard or screen was broken. I said the flex cable was.
The hardware problem is the cable that connects your keyboard/main unit and lcd screen together (the flex cable). So your keyboard 100% works. Your screen 100% works. But when you slide open the phone, the flex cable stretches. Since it's worn out, some connections break when it stretches the main board can no longer send signals to the screen, so it appears to freeze. But the keyboard (and everything else) still work, so you can still type, only YOU CAN'T SEE IT since screen can't get any signals from the board. When you slide the phone back, the connection is restored and you can see what you typed.

[Solved]: Volume key breaking; ? Potential keyboard fix ???

[Update]
Okay, this is bizarre, but I think I have solved the volume key problem. First, I discovered that the volume key problem was oddly related to the USB port. When I put pressure on that port, the volume key would start working again. But I explored further, and it's actually very slight *downward* pressure on the USB port that solves the problem.
So I then just wedged a piece of thin somewhat hard plastic (sliver from a plastic folder) along the top ridge of the USB port, and the volume key now works perfectly.
I think this might also be related to keyboard problems (keys not responsive), because now my keyboard also works perfectly. Can people please test (downward pressure on USB port) and report back?
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Hi all - I need help and would appreciate some advice:
My volume key is starting to become unresponsive. At first I thought it was a ROM problem, but it continues with several different ROMs. And if I press the buttons VERY hard, they work.
I presume this is the same basic issue that occurs with the keyboard, but I have it in the volume key.
I am off the warranty. Anyone have ideas/ tricks for how to fix this? I might try a bit of WD-40 for the hell of it.
I have already mapped other keys to control the volume, but I still can't zoom with the camera.
Thanks for any advice.

i too am experiencing the same problem, however i found a solution, pressure on the battery solved this for me....
what i did was put layers of tape on the battery and under the cover...
i guess the hardware becomes worn out after a while, and i dont mean the housing, because i have a brand new housing, i think it lies on the motherboard or the keypad board
this also solves the keyboard letters that never worked too like
m, i and t

HOLY COW, you are right! How did you ever figure that out???!!! So bizarre!
I pressed on the battery and it started working again. Still somewhat unresponsive but definitely better. I'll try your tape trick now.
Spike, a 1000 thank yous! I can't believe there is a fairly simple fix.

lol i figured that out when certain keys on the keyboard wont work, out of anger i tried to put pressure on the bottom slide by squeezing it with a little more pressure on the top and bottom, then the keys worked, weird huh??
anyway, the volume key happened to give trouble too and the pressure fixed it... so, i have some tape on my battery until i can get some spongy sticky tape to replace it
glad it worked for you

Yeah, I had noticed some odd things like when I applied pressure laterally across the top, then pressed the volume key, it would be more responsive.
Unfortunately putting pressure on the battery only worked temporarily, and the tape trick did not work. Perhaps my problem is farther along. But I really appreciate the hint. I'll keep messing with it (till I break it )

For what it's worth:
I can solve this problem by putting the charger into the mini-USB and pushing it in hard while having my finger on the other side just below the volume button. After this the volume button works normally for a while. That's the only consistent fix so far.
So, one thing I can conclude is that it's not the volume button itself, but some connection inside???
I've had my Xperia for a year and 4 months. I'm surprised others aren't reporting this. Anyone else with volume button problems?

I too have this problem, but must be a software problem for me. When I press the volume down button and power on at the same time while the phone is off I do get in the red/blue/green screen.
I have send my phone for repair for two times now because of this problem. When I get it back, the volume buttons are working for two days.
I also have problems with the the following keys: Sym, au, shift, @, Z, X and the blue button. But when I press time for like a 100 times they start working again... grazy

Celio1987 said:
I too have this problem, but must be a software problem for me. When I press the volume down button and power on at the same time while the phone is off I do get in the red/blue/green screen.
I have send my phone for repair for two times now because of this problem. When I get it back, the volume buttons are working for two days.
I also have problems with the the following keys: Sym, au, shift, @, Z, X and the blue button. But when I press time for like a 100 times they start working again... grazy
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It's tricky sorting out whether it's a hardware or software issue, because it comes and goes. But I am convinced that mine is a hardware issue.
Try the trick I mentioned above. I also just pressed down on the whole keyboard hard in different places. It's been working for 6 hours straight!
[I also wonder if the SE repair people cause the volume button issue. I send mine in for repair 2 or 3 times, including for the same keyboard problem you mention]

See the first post for what I think is the solution to this problem

doesnt work for me... what does is the pressure on the main board

i too have the same issue. pushing down on the usb port seemed to have fixed my volume keys better than adding tape under the battery cover.
sigh.. i don't know how much longer this device is gonna last me..

You need to massage your XPERIA every now and then to smoothen the electricty flow throughout the circuit board. Think of it as a human, hmm... just kidding lol
I've had the same issue and I would like to thank all of you for your valuable inputs.

Alright, fellas, here is what it is. Having the USB port on the opposite side of the keys, means slight pressure nudges the board towards the silicone membrane that is on the inside of the hardened metallized shell that forms the volume key itself. The way it is folded inside means that over time it will mould itself to the housing, hence partial usability problem.
A word of warning: nudging the USB port will dislodge the port itself off the main PCB and then you will have a much bigger problem than partially working volume key.
Tape under the battery cover is a gimmick.

enigma1nz said:
Alright, fellas, here is what it is. Having the USB port on the opposite side of the keys, means slight pressure nudges the board towards the silicone membrane that is on the inside of the hardened metallized shell that forms the volume key itself. The way it is folded inside means that over time it will mould itself to the housing, hence partial usability problem.
A word of warning: nudging the USB port will dislodge the port itself off the main PCB and then you will have a much bigger problem than partially working volume key.
Tape under the battery cover is a gimmick.
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Thanks for the explanation! Although without a diagram it's a bit hard for me to follow. What's the basic problem? The connection to the volume key gets dislodged?
When I nudge the USB port downwards, it's literally about half a millimeter, so it's hard for me to imagine that that could brick the USB port; then again, I know nothing about the internals.
I've had the "permanent nudge" going for a couple months without problems, but I will report back if something worsens.

the presssure trick really worked for the keyboard and volume

i have the same problem guys nd didnt resolve by the methods u told ... plz help me for this

i have the same problem, y buy a new case housing but the problem of the volume key isnt solved changing the housing...i will try some things in the next days..
Another problem that i have is that my usb port doesnt recognize when its plugging in the computer,so i dont have active sync or mass storage,only usb charging...any ideas??thanks in advance!

G1 keyboard not working

I have a HUGE problem My Physical Keyboard is acting up to the point where i had to unroot thinking it was going to fix it and now im stuck at the google signup stage without been able to press the letter P cause it types like 6 letters together..... i was on google all night last night looking for the solution and saw many other people having the exact same problem Heres what the keys do:
my P key presses pq8yt19d
my del key presses JHGL
my enter key presses amncs,x
my right side cap key presses / ~Z{
my back key presses u542i3
Can Any one help Me??????

Sounds like hardware issues. I experienced something similar with a G1 that had minor water damage. If the damage is due to liquid, attempt to rice-dry the phone. Worse case, open up the device and make sure the keyboard is able to make proper contact as needed.
Either way: This is a hardware issue.

i have the exact same issue.. i mean EXACT. my p and delete do the same things yours does. i found this thread by searching pq8yt19d... were you ever able to resolve it??

Hello Guys,
I have the very same issue, but I changed the housing plus keyboard recently.
I read on this forum sometimes twisting, shaking the house can cure it. So it is probably a loose connector problem. It is possible the phone was dropped or something end the connector got loose because of it...
I am sure this is a HW error and nothing to do with the ROM.
Csarlee

This is a hw issue that I fixed, the cable that goes from the keyboard to the circuit board comes loose easily. Tightening this cable ( make sure the little side tabs on the ribbon are up against the connector its going into, that will ensure its far enough in and located properly). The wires on this ribbon cable are very small and easily get off a little making the keyboard erratic or not work at all. Also run some alcohol on a q-tip over the keyboard to make sure its clean. You will be shocked how much crap comes off the keyboard especially if you smoke. Also make sure there is no liquid between the membrane covering the board and the buttons. The picture attached shows the cable in the small red circle. The link for disassembly is here formymobile.co.uk/googleg1disassembly.php

[Q] Repairing/assembling G1 -> broken volume rocker and touch panel

Well, I fixed my old broken G1 with new screen, touchscreen panel, case and keyboard.
Now I have 2 issue:
1) Sometimes my touchscreen goes grazy!! If I use the touch test application I see that sometimes when I touch the screen in an area there is another virtual touch in another zone of the screen. I read that it can depend from the current source when I charge the phone.. but I'm going crazy!! I opened my phone 10 times (I thought there was a problem in the cable that link TouchPanel to LCDPanel, because when I lock the cable with the clip it tends anyway to go out from the connector, now I put some scotch tape to fix but the problem is here.. so I think is another problem).
2) My volume rocker doesn't work!!
I bought 2 new keyboard to fix this problem, but no one of that fixed the problem. I thought the first new keyboard had volume keys broken, so I bought another one, but the problem persists!!
Now the Touch problem rarely happens, but the volume rocker is completely unusable..
Someone have experience about G1 assembling/repairing ?
Thanks and sorry for bad english

if you have put in multiple keypads have the same issue i would assume that it is the connection going to the motherboard. just a guess there but its either that or you have had a bunch of faulty keyboards.
only other thing would be a software problem
does the keypad work in recovery (let you go up down throughout the list) ?
as for the touch screen, probably need a new digitizer or flex cable, both are cheap and it sounds like you have the knowhow to replace them.

Ok, but digitizer is new!! screen also is new, and I have bought a total of 4 flex cable because I see that they are fragile (I broke the first I bought).
I tried to change flex cable but the problem remain the same.
The only thing that can be damaged is the LCD cable that links to the flex cable: it has a small cut where the cable have a curve, but the cut don't reaches the contacts (the cable is transparent). I also use some glue and scotch tape to mantein lock the cable.
The digitizer cable is connected to the LCD cable, and then they go to the flex cable that connect them to the motherboard.
The strange thing is that seems a software issue, because if I turn off and than turn on the screen, the problem is fixed for some seconds, minutes and sometimes hours...
Another strange thing is the possibility to control the screen with some metal objects from the moment that the virtual touch problem appear (I can control the screen also without touch it, with hand and piece of metal)
video:

have you tried a factory reset if you think it may be a software issue? if that dosent work you can try install a whole new rom.
really it sounds like it isnt the hardware since you appear to know what youre doing. i have a had a few phones that had screen (digitizer) issues and a new rom flashed cured it just fine
since you dont mind putting a few dollars into it, and your familiar with the inside, you can always try to pick up a cheap motherboard or spare phone from ebay or what have you, then swap the motherboard and you could then hopefully find out if it is the hardware or software

nagash91 said:
Another strange thing is the possibility to control the screen with some metal objects from the moment that the virtual touch problem appear (I can control the screen also without touch it, with hand and piece of metal)
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Huh sounds like you got a cheap digitizer than. Most good digitizers use heat to touch. If it's literally touch, then sounds like its a fake/meh digitizer. i hate the digitizers that aren't heat, but press. I see them all the time in those first samsuck touchscreen phones. And they usually die in a bit. I had a Samsung behold with a screwed up digitizer

demkantor said:
have you tried a factory reset if you think it may be a software issue? if that dosent work you can try install a whole new rom.
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Yes I flashed 3 or 4 roms after a wipe (I tried also super-wipe.zip), but the problem is here..
The digitizer works well some times, but sometimes get crazy (you can see in the video).
I don't that my new digitizer is fake, but I really don't know!
BTW I'm trying to repair my phone for fun (now I have desire z) and because I am fascinated by my old G1.
PS:
I see another strange issue--
If I touch the screen when the phone is on a table the screen digitizer is not very sensitive and can't take input from fingertips.
If I touch the screen when the phone is in my other hand, the screen digitizer is a lot more sensitive and it take input from fingertips.
My impression is that there is an electric field or something similar that disturbs the digitizer, and when I take the phone in my hand I discharge that field to ground. Also when I turn off the screen, seems that the electric field discharge so when I turn on the screen is ok, but after some seconds the field returns to disturbs the screen.
I really don't know, but is the impression that I have.. something that is not shielded.
Now I'll try to use my phone in airplain mode.
Thanks guys, I'm happy to see that this forum is still very active

Power/lock button doesn't always work

Hi everyone, my Nexus 6 has been behaving weirdly from a week or so, I had the same problem months ago but it stopped happening and now it's back again: sometimes the power/lock button stops working. Like right now I'm typing this and I can't lock the phone by pressing the button but I've to wait 1 minute so it locks automatically, I can't keep reproduce the problem it just happens randomly. Another thing I noticed is that once it locks automatically it starts working again.
I'm on chroma rom, lean kernel and flashed viper4android and xposed.

Any way to troubleshoot this when it happens again? Are there any logs which could tell what the problem is when it happens again?

I think the first thing to do would be to diagnose whether it is a hardware or software issue. If you are willing, you could try flashing back to pure stock and see if it still happens. Then you will know whether it is a hardware or software problem.

Happened to me several times on an older version of Chroma. Two versions ago I think. I haven't had it happen since updating to the latest version.

kal eh said:
Hi everyone, my Nexus 6 has been behaving weirdly from a week or so, I had the same problem months ago but it stopped happening and now it's back again: sometimes the power/lock button stops working. Like right now I'm typing this and I can't lock the phone by pressing the button but I've to wait 1 minute so it locks automatically, I can't keep reproduce the problem it just happens randomly. Another thing I noticed is that once it locks automatically it starts working again.
I'm on chroma rom, lean kernel and flashed viper4android and xposed.
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I guess it's a software issue as you're using custom ROM. I'll recommend you to flash stock firmware and see if the issue continues or not. If continues then ask for a replacement

It stopped happening by flashing the latest Chroma build.

Nevermind it still happens from time to time.. I really don't know what is causing this
Which logs could give me an int?

kal eh said:
Hi everyone, my Nexus 6 has been behaving weirdly from a week or so, I had the same problem months ago but it stopped happening and now it's back again: sometimes the power/lock button stops working. Like right now I'm typing this and I can't lock the phone by pressing the button but I've to wait 1 minute so it locks automatically, I can't keep reproduce the problem it just happens randomly. Another thing I noticed is that once it locks automatically it starts working again.
I'm on chroma rom, lean kernel and flashed viper4android and xposed.
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lolcakes203 said:
I think the first thing to do would be to diagnose whether it is a hardware or software issue. If you are willing, you could try flashing back to pure stock and see if it still happens. Then you will know whether it is a hardware or software problem.
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kal eh said:
Nevermind it still happens from time to time.. I really don't know what is causing this
Which logs could give me an int?
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I have this same problem with mine. I thought maybe it was the case... And removing it seemed to help but it would still do it without the case. Its very rare. My gut instinct tells me its software. If it were hardware I think it would be more pronounced.
I will continue to monitor and update this thread.

scrosler said:
I have this same problem with mine. I thought maybe it was the case... And removing it seemed to help but it would still do it without the case. Its very rare. My gut instinct tells me its software. If it were hardware I think it would be more pronounced.
I will continue to monitor and update this thread.
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Which rom are you on? I tried switching kernel by using Franco's but the bug still happened

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Which rom are you on? I tried switching kernel by using Franco's but the bug still happened
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My own stock based ROM. I think its a firmware flaw.
Only happens rarely.

I had gotten rid of it for a while with a fresh install of chroma but I had to restore the phone to stock and then reinstalled the largest version of Chroma and its back with a vengeance. Seems every time I wake my phone from deep sleep there is a couple second delay before the power button turns the phone on.

Disabling ambient display altogether seems to have fixed my issue.

You could try MeanPop too, he actually designed the ROM so it doesn't deep sleep just turns down the CPU max frequency and some other stuff.

Check the ribbon connection
Check the ribbon connection from the power and volume buttons.
I had the same issue, but with the volume down button. Tried cleaning the button connection, etc, no success. Then I noticed when I had the back off that the power and volume up buttons would stop working when I wiggled the ribbon. On closer inspection of the TINY ribbon latch, I discovered that the top of the latch was loose, and one of the microscopic metal connection prongs was missing. Pressing the ribbon down on the bottom metal prong from the top with tweezers resulted in a perfectly functioning button. So I carefully bent the prong on the far right slightly to the left to cover the spot where the prong was missing, covered it with thermal putty tape, and reattached the back. So far, so good.
You don't have to remove any screws to do this, but make sure you heat the back cover with a heat gun or blow dryer before trying to remove the back, or you'll likely rip the top of this ribbon latch clean off, because it is in contact with the adhesive on the back cover.

Cda8899 said:
Check the ribbon connection from the power and volume buttons.
I had the same issue, but with the volume down button. Tried cleaning the button connection, etc, no success. Then I noticed when I had the back off that the power and volume up buttons would stop working when I wiggled the ribbon. On closer inspection of the TINY ribbon latch, I discovered that the top of the latch was loose, and one of the microscopic metal connection prongs was missing. Pressing the ribbon down on the bottom metal prong from the top with tweezers resulted in a perfectly functioning button. So I carefully bent the prong on the far right slightly to the left to cover the spot where the prong was missing, covered it with thermal putty tape, and reattached the back. So far, so good.
You don't have to remove any screws to do this, but make sure you heat the back cover with a heat gun or blow dryer before trying to remove the back, or you'll likely rip the top of this ribbon latch clean off, because it is in contact with the adhesive on the back cover.
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@MZO that's might be the solution. At first, my volume key down wasn't working properly and after dropping it, the power also isn't working. Ribbon cable design is awkward and I am sure it's loose.