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Tons of problems with Tilt after installing new CAB

I know this is my first post here but I've done my best to search the forums and I haven't found anything that looks like it helps me.
I just got my AT&T Tilt yesterday. It came unlocked (I'm using it with T-Mobile) and has an HTC ROM installed as well as various other apps (Ms. Pacman, TomTom 6, SuperDoku, etc.). I had some issues with it locking up yesterday (similar to what I'm experiencing now but to a much, much lesser degree) when I was playing around with it but those issues somehow corrected themselves.
This morning I installed the Tilt keyboard fix that TaurusBullba posted on here back in June to fix some mapping issues. Since I installed and soft reseted, everything has been going kinda haywire. The Wi-Fi turned itself off and I can't turn it back on. When I slide out the keyboard the orientation stays in portrait mode. When I try to shut down the phone using the power button it hangs forever. Now, actually, half the time I press the power button nothing happens at all.
I've tried uninstalling the CAB but that didn't fix anything at all. I'm afraid to try a hard reset because, from my understanding, I'm going to lose everything that came pre-installed on my phone for me. I should probably also add that last night I installed the Google Maps CAB with no problems whatsoever. Is there some simple solution I'm overlooking? Thanks much!

I would advise that if you have tried soft resets to try and resolve the issues and it hasn't worked, then perhaps a hard reset?
It sounds as if the software you have installed as either caused the problems or exacberated them (ie made them worse).
With hard reset it wipes everything back to when you got it. If you are able I would suggest that you plug it into the computer and make sure ActiveSync backups up your contents. You may also want to use this get all the files on the main memory either to the storage card or to you're PC.
As this is yo're first post I don't know how au fait you are with the above that I have mentioned

The preloaded apps will be reloaded again. You won't have an empty ROM if you do a hard reset. It will be as if you just flashed the ROM again.

Thanks for the replies guys. I went ahead and did a hard reset and it looks like the only thing I lost (or at least the only thing I miss) was TomTom. I've already reinstalled that using a link I found on here, and everything seems to be good to go.
I still have no idea what might have caused the problems though, so I'm afraid that they might come back or I might repeat some dumb mistake I made. I guess I'll just have to live with that for now.

clear storage / hard resets no big deal, just expect to do it every other week while you're finding all the cabs that work (or dont work) for you..
I generally clear storaged every week when i first got my tilt until I found all the app's I liked that didn't have side effects

No backlight - Anyone having this issue as well?

I've been in this rooting game since it began, and I never had a major issue.
Unfortunately now I have come across one, and I believe it may be a Hardware problem, but I'm not entirely sure.
At any rate, the other day I'm on the computer the phone is charging through the usb cable, and while im using it, the back light goes out. I think this is weird.
I lock, and unlock it and everything is back to normal, but when I slid the screen back the back light went out again.
And the home button didn't work either, I doubt this was a problem with Cyan's ROM, or a theme. I do have the new lockscreen but I never had an issue.
So from Cyan's 4.0.4 I upgrade to the experimental version and the problem persists, the back light won't turn on unless the screen is slid up/open (Also, I have no lock screen!? wtf?).
Afterwards I decide to go back to 4.0.4 and even when my phone boots up the back light wont turn on unless the phone is open/screen is slid up. So obviously it seems like a hardware issue.
Anyone else have this problem? or any thoughts about it?
I'm on Cyan's 4.0.4 - no theme
26I Radio and H's SPL.

reset your phone. hit call,menu and power at the same time. then let us know how everything works.

Funny things happen when you don't wipe, make a nandroid backup of your current setup and than wipe and flash again and see if it persits

I tried both of those suggestions but they didn't work at all.
Lame, like I said it might be a hardware problem, so I might have to just call them

igloo77055 said:
I tried both of those suggestions but they didn't work at all.
Lame, like I said it might be a hardware problem, so I might have to just call them
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This is a hardware problem. Happened to me too. Been trying to find a solution, but the fact that it still has the same backlight problems when the phone is booting (On the T-mobile G1 screen) shows that's it's way beyond the ROM.
Mine even has the same problems on the recovery screen. Time to find a new G1. If you find a solution, lemmie know. I've been looking for one.

Weird issues- power button not working anymore

Hi there,
I am using a shipped t-mobile rom (1.56.114.4) basically of its stability. For the second time in 3 days my power button, as well as the auto switch to landscape when i open the keyboard don't work anymore. I know from last time that factory resetting solves this issue, but to be honest, i don't feel like factory resetting every 3 days. Does anyone know if this is a known issue, hard or software? I could try another rom, but i wanted to hear your thoughts first.
Thanks
BR

ARBSM said:
Hi there,
I am using a shipped t-mobile rom (1.56.114.4) basically of its stability. For the second time in 3 days my power button, as well as the auto switch to landscape when i open the keyboard don't work anymore. I know from last time that factory resetting solves this issue, but to be honest, i don't feel like factory resetting every 3 days. Does anyone know if this is a known issue, hard or software? I could try another rom, but i wanted to hear your thoughts first.
Thanks
BR
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#1, this should be posted in the thread for that ROM; did you check that thread to see if other have had the issue (don't answer that question, is is more to make a point)?
#2; have you tried a different rom? Since hard-reseting it fixes, most likely it is not hardware

GPS won't lock on!! (FRF91)

after updating to froyo using the official OTA EPE54B - > FRF85B - > FRF91 my GPS will no longer lock on in the Google Maps application.. its pretty frustrating has anyone else experienced this and/or found a solution? I feel if it was a widespread issue their would be a big post about this already but I wasn't able to find much when searching the forums any help or advice would be most appreciated!

I have the same problem. I made a thread before but no one responded. Here's what I posted before:
Whenever I use the navigation feature in Maps, it gets stuck on "Searching for GPS." I've left it like that overnight and nothing happened. The entire time, the GPS icon in the notification bar is blinking. I've downloaded the GPS Status app and it can't seem to be able to find my location either.
I've tried wiping everything, installing different roms, reinstalling the radio but nothing seems to be able to fix the problem. Navigation worked fine before. This problem just popped up out of nowhere. I've tried it when I'm outside, in different cities, but that hasn't helped.
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I also went back to 2.1-update1 to use the older version of Maps but that still didn't help. I've tried searching for others with the same problem but no one seems to have found a solution yet. I don't think it's a hardware problem though since people with different phones have reported the same problem.

I actually had the same problem with my previous phone which was the milestone (aka Droid) and the problem just randomly resolved itself.. so for sure I agree it can't be a hardware bug just wondering where the problem could be coming from then since by your findings it doesn't seem to be OS specific since your able to reproduce it on 2.1 as well.. and your also saying a factory reset doesn't fix the problem, so that rules out 3rd party apps.. I read on some other forums that some ppl had similar problems with the G1 and some people reported a battery pull as a temp fix. I tried it but it doesn't seem to make a difference.. have you tried this? also is the problem intermittent for you? or has it just stopped working and you haven't been able to lock on since?

just did a factory reset and still the same thing

no one has anything I could try to attempt to resolve this issue ?

Happened to me. Fixed itself in about 4 days.
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im having the same problem since FRF50... my gps is slooooow and inacurate... ive tryed everithing, changing radios, several wipes, flashing all kinds of roms and backups... still the same...
when im in my house, the blue triangle appears at my neighbors house!

When I first got my phone the GPS wouldn't seem to get a fix (OTA FRF91, totally stock), but it essentially fixed itself. I took it outside and let it sit for 5 minutes trying and it eventually did get a fix, and now it gets fixes quickly like you'd expect. I should note that when I got to to make the first fix I had cell tower assist turned off.

Happened to me in FRF83. Went back to CM5.0.8. Started working again. I am on CM6.0 RC1 (based on FRF91) and it is working without a problem.

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I actually had the same problem with my previous phone which was the milestone (aka Droid) and the problem just randomly resolved itself.. so for sure I agree it can't be a hardware bug just wondering where the problem could be coming from then since by your findings it doesn't seem to be OS specific since your able to reproduce it on 2.1 as well.. and your also saying a factory reset doesn't fix the problem, so that rules out 3rd party apps.. I read on some other forums that some ppl had similar problems with the G1 and some people reported a battery pull as a temp fix. I tried it but it doesn't seem to make a difference.. have you tried this? also is the problem intermittent for you? or has it just stopped working and you haven't been able to lock on since?
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I've tried that too. I've had the problem for almost two months now but I never had it before. It's really starting to get annoying since none of my other apps can detect my location either [weather,news]. I hope it just magically works again some day like it did for everyone else.

could this possibly be faulty hardware? should I try sending it in for a swap??

Settings -> Location & Security
Make sure that "Use wireless networks" is checked.
I was having a similar problem.

Bluetooth not working as it should

Hi everyone so recently my bluetooth has been really unstable. It is extremely frustrating as it will stutter, stop, unpair, turn off and on and right now it won't let me turn it back on. This is preventing smooth music playback. I have done literally everything, clearing cache to factory resseting and to no avail nothing has worked and I'm at the end of the line with ideas and frustration. If anyone can help at all it would be much appreciated. I'm attaching an image of what it looks like when I try to turn bluetooth on and it won't turn on. It greys out and nothing happens, won't turn on, search for devices or anything.

That certainly sounds awful. The last thing I'd try is doing a reflash of your firmware, to see if that helps (maybe something got corrupted along the way, and this should solve that). If that doesn't work, then you might just have a hardware issue. If you're rooted, you could investigate further... I'd start by looking at the logs in the phone to see what's erroring out...

Yeah I have tried refreshing the firmware so I'm guessing it is a hardware issue... but it's happening with the pixel line of phones. But how would I check the logs? Thank you so much for your input!!! I really appreciate it

Refreshing the firmware (or factory reset) is different from reFLASHing the firmware... I just want to make sure you tried the reFLASH.
Wait, is the issue with the Pixel phones, or the Samsung (this forum is for Samsungs).
Also, is it possible that the bluetooth device could be the issue? Does the device work reliably with other phones? For example, my company had many issues with Toyota bluetooth on the company cars and Android phones... this was a few years ago. It's because Toyota didn't follow the standard properly. Other people had issues with Nissans. Again, these were older cars, but the point is that the device was the problem, not the phone...

No the device is fine it's just the phone, I know this because another device works fine with it and even with a car pairing or another BT speaker have the same issues.
Have definitely tried to reFLASH the firmware and I was just saying this problem also seems to be common on the pixel line as well.
Would you recommend to check system logs to see if it's a hardware issue?

Checking logs (like dmsg) is one place to look... to see if there are any warnings and errors in there. I don't have any specific guidance on how to do this or what to look for, but that's where I'd start. I don't know if you can find dmsg logs without root (I tinkered with that in my previous phone which was rooted, but I didn't use it much so I don't have much guidance to offer... you will likely need to read up on what these logs have, etc).