Hi, my home button after flashing to froyo (official) has started to give me problems, until it has completely stopped working. At first I thought it was a software problem, but then I realized that even in download mode, the key does not work.
the phone never came in contact with water nor has ever fallen.
I would like to know if the button can be easily replaced by me, ordering the parts on the internet (i found on google globaldirectparts.com/Samsung-i9000-Home-Button-Flex-Cable-p/smsng6087150.htm ) or if I'm forced to send it in for service, and who knows how long to wait ...
I have already disassembled everything easly, but I have not tried to remove the key because it seems stuck and the guides on youtube do not show how to disassemble the home button.
Thank you for your help and sorry for my bad english
If it was a hardware fault, why not get it fixed officially under the warranty?
you are right, but, how long I have to wait? the assistance told me I have to wait AT LEAST 10 days. I need it for work and I need it for his internet connection.
I don't want to wait that much: if it is easy to do by myself, why not?
Marco
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hey guys
Iam new to the site so sorry id this is in the wrong section.
I recently bought a G1 ( i know Iam late but i never relle liked T-Mobile ). I unlocked my "USED" G1 and been using it for a week or so. Heres the problem..
I dropped it "once" from a very small height and as soon as I pick it up, the phone didnt wanna turn on at all. I went home tried charging it and it worked...
BUT when I turned it on, I noticed that neither does the "TALK" "END" or "HOME" buttons dont work. All the other buttons seem to work fine, includint the touchscreen. My friend owns a cell phone store and tells me its gonna cost me 50 dollars if not more to fix this issue, besides the fact that I spend 90 on the phone + 20 to unlock it.
Please help on wheather I could fix this problem myself or if its fixable at all.
Thank you very much for taking your time to read this long paragraph and try to help me solve my dilema.
Andrew.
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hey guys
Iam new to the site so sorry id this is in the wrong section.
I recently bought a G1 ( i know Iam late but i never relle liked T-Mobile ). I unlocked my "USED" G1 and been using it for a week or so. Heres the problem..
I dropped it "once" from a very small height and as soon as I pick it up, the phone didnt wanna turn on at all. I went home tried charging it and it worked...
BUT when I turned it on, I noticed that neither does the "TALK" "END" or "HOME" buttons dont work. All the other buttons seem to work fine, includint the touchscreen. My friend owns a cell phone store and tells me its gonna cost me 50 dollars if not more to fix this issue, besides the fact that I spend 90 on the phone + 20 to unlock it.
Please help on wheather I could fix this problem myself or if its fixable at all.
Thank you very much for taking your time to read this long paragraph and try to help me solve my dilema.
Andrew.
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Hi Andrew,
There are two possibilities here. One is that the ribbon to the button panel has fallen out. The other option is that the ribbon / button panel has been damaged,
Either way, you'll need to open it up. If you feel uncomfortable opening it, then I'd suggest finding a friend who is comfortable with opening small electronics.
Sorry, I don't have any pictures of the connection. It should be a removable ribbon cable, however.
the ribbon probably didn't come off... That one is taped and has a good connector.. Best thing about where it is, is that it comes out easy.. Like 7 screws and a little pry action.. If its not the connection I have a spare daughter board... Pm me for details..
There is a good g1 teardown tutorial on youtube... Search g1 disassembly..
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Hey
I am currently running 2.1 on my Samsung Galaxy S the only thing ive done to it is root it, so its running the normal firmware and I'm waiting till the end of september ti get the official 2.2 before I look at flashing something custom onto it, anyway...
I have an odd problem with the phone where the touchscreen part of the phone will become unresponsive for no real reason, sometimes playing a game, sometimes just sending a text or browsing the market. My actuall hard buttons like the homescreen or volume control still work during this and the only way to make my phone un-freeze is to press my power button once to turn the screen blank, then press it again and slide to unlock the phone, then it works fine.
No clue how to fix this... anyone got any ideas?
Thanks in advance..
Sounds like hardware issue. Get it fixed
Thanks for the response (know it was a while ago)
I've had the phone 2 months now in a contract with T-Mobile UK through Carphone Warehouse... Does anyone know what my return rights are? Talking to them later just want to know where I stand when asking for a replacement.
Thanks
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hello, i have same issue. Did you fix this problem?
Thanks
This comes really long after. But did anyone find out the reason for this?
I've got an Galaxy S that works fine most of the time. But from time to time the screen will become unresponsive. If I press power button to lock the screen and unlock it again, it goes away. So it seems that it is a software problem.
Another peculiarity is that the keys on the Samsung keyboard are very inaccurate to respond to touch from time to time. Sometimes it is just impossible to hit a letter in the mid row and pressing "s" can put "wz" on the screen.
I was thinking to just put CM on it anyway. But it will void the guarantee in case it is a hardware problem. So I want to make sure that it is software related.
Did anyone manage to fix this either by returning the phone or removing TouchWiz. I am not living in the same country as I bought the phone. So returning it for a checkup will take some effort.
For what ever it is worth
I took the phone to an unofficial service center that flashed the phone with a brand new Android 2.3.3 (the phone came with 2.3.5). A downgrade, which normally isn't a very good deal. But the dead areas on the screen are gone. The phone is much more responsive and the keyboard is not acting funny anymore.
So... if you are experiencing the same. Try getting rid of the TouchWiz before you start taking the phone apart.
Good luck!
I get it occasionally but I've grown to live with it, mine tends to be the kernel recently flashed devils for 4.0.3 but after fiddling with volts mine stops.
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Hey guys so recently I've been having a permanent glitch on my phone. To be accurate, I just started realize this problem yesterday and it got a bit more serious today. It's like this:-
About 1.3cm from the search button softkey, my phone is not able to be touched. As in the screen touch doesn't work. I can't press the backspace key ( when I'm on cyanogenmod or IceCold ) and I can't press the enter key ( When I'm on Nik's ). When I go to Note ( I'm still on Nik's ) and I start to draw something, I can't draw all the way to the bottom of the page, it stops 1.3 cm away from the softkeys. It's that whole horizontal line of " unsensitive touch ". But I can still unlock my phone ( htc's ring lock ) tho I need to do it quick or I'd have to try again.
I tries flashing different ROMs but the problem persists. It's getting a little fustrating and I'm on wits end here on how to fix it. Have anyone had this problem before?
touch screen issue
Hi
i had the same problem, but with my sony ericsson satio. i didn't get it serviced or checked, but sold it off while buying a new phone.
i believe the issue is a touch-screen malfunction since multiple roms you have installed are unable to resolve the issue.
try taking it to a service center to flash the firmware. perhaps the touchscreen needs replacement.
hope this helps.
-f.
@farhadrarapore whatttt Nooo I was hoping no one would give me that answer.. Thanks a lot btw for the reply.. I guess I have to sell it then :''''(
Sounds like a hardware problem to me , but first take it to a GSM repair shop maybe its cheaper than to sell the whole thing and buy a new one...
As the title of this thread says, my HTC One hanged quite a lot when I'm using whassap/facebook/twitter or other apps. Note that I didn't get any lag, never in my 3 weeks using this phone I experienced any lag. It's just that I got this hang problem with this device almost everytime. The only solution that I came up with is to use the lock button and then unlock it again and everything gone well again but I don't want to always get this kind of crap everytime I'm browsing or using my apps. By hang I mean that the two button (Home and Back) ain't working. Even after restarting the phone this hang isn't stopping so I'm desperate to know if there's anyone experiencing this problem as well. For a high end flag ship phone, this is making me sad. I chooses this instead of S4/Xperia Z because of it's performance and due to it being unique than S4(Plastic, no boom sound).
Really appreciate it if anyone could give me a permanent solution on this, thank you.
(If there's other thread that had this discussed, I'll be glad if you can help me to paste it here because I've used the search option but I didn't know what to write there so I didn't find any thread regarding on this, thank you)
Hmm... My keys are always working fine. Everything is responsible as it should be. My bet is that you have some problem there being solved by HTC technicians, so contact them.
I don't have another solution if you're stock and unrooted.
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Hi to all
Suddenly my bluetooth won't find any other devices even though it's on it says searching, it can't be seen either even if it's set to be always visible, tried searching through service menu no luck either, my phone is only 2 months old and was working great with my Nokia Bluetooth headphones with my cars audio system, and of course other phones.
Allready repaired phone with Sony pc companion with no luck there, everything else works fine.
Please any help or tips to fix bluetooth please can't afford to get a new phone, in my country there no Sony service center.
Thanks in advance
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http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xperia-Z-ZL-ZR/Bluetooth-not-working-in-Xperia-ZR/td-p/346565
http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xperia-Z-ZL-ZR/my-xperia-zr-bluetooth-problem/td-p/372859
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2419326
All ready tried everything from the link still not working
Plz any other help much appreciated
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is your bootloader locked? or unlocked?
you can report here about your problem and please do explain it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2530747
My Xperia ZR gets the same problem around a week after purchasing.
Recently I found a way to temporarily solve it (most of the time it stop working right after I release my fingers).
My English is not good. Hope the following elaboration is clear enough.
Use the thumbnail to give some force on the right side (when looking at the back) of the flashlight over the NFC icon, and at the same time use another finger to give force at the edge on the left side of the front camera (when looking at the front).
The Bluetooth usually works when I do so.
YES! it does work i did the same thing looks like something is loosy in there there should be a connection problem i will open up my phone tonight and report it back, i just came here to say its a hardware problem in my guess cuz cyanogen rom didnt solve the problem either thank you sir
for those who dont know where to push, open the back cover and put some pressure on where you see "2nd MIC" push on the whole of microphone itself
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YES! it does work i did the same thing looks like something is loosy in there there should be a connection problem i will open up my phone tonight and report it back, i just came here to say its a hardware problem in my guess cuz cyanogen rom didnt solve the problem either thank you sir
for those who dont know where to push, open the back cover and put some pressure on where you see "2nd MIC" push on the whole of microphone itself
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Thanks for confirming!
Hope you could give us some guidance in fixing it ourselves. My phone is still within warranty but I doubt if the service centre will listen to my explanation of the problem or would simply try fixing it by reflashing the firmware and then tell me it is not fixable.
yes the bluetooth does starts working when pressing at the back near the nfc icon..thnx for the temporary solution..:good:
You are welcome.
The solution doesn't help much as Bluetooth will soon stop working (on my phone it stop working once I release my fingers), but it may show that there have been some problems in the manufacturing process as a lot of people encounter this problem.
ok what i think is this is a weak connection point in there and i wanted to disassemble the phone but some parts of it are attached with some kind of tape that makes it water proof, so i dont wanna lose the water resistance option on this phone at all and i stopped right there till i find a disassembly guide somewhere before i go further
and if anyone found something please let us know
thank you
and yes its just a temporarily fix to push in there and push a little harder to make it last longer but again not permanently!
EDIT: ok guys check this out
http://www.etradesupply.com/blog/sony-official-reveals-waterproof-cellphone-repair-process/
i dont think that we can fix this problem by ourselves, it needs special equipment and we dont have anything like these so ummmm no option for fixing it by ourselves i guess ...
Thanks to everyone luckily pressed in the right place and bluetooth is working again, so helpful even if it's not a permanent fix, now is it possible to identify which group of phones have this issue??? May be by date or color of phone or place it was manufactured....
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