Hi all
I have a problem with my milestone's keypad. A couple of months ago the phone's cover got cracked and I took it to one of our local network operator's(I'm in South Africa and Motorola doesn't have a repair centre here) repair centres. They quoted me a very high price to replace the cover and i told them to forget about it. However, since I got my phone back the keypad has problems. On the dial keypad, the phone does not respond to the numbers 2,5,8,0. On the motorola keyboard, the keys r,t,y; f,g,h and c,v,b do not respond and instead the phone inputs d when I try to type in f. The slide out qwerty keyboard for the phone does however work perfectly but its irritating because I have to slide out the keyboard whenever I want to make a phone call or send a text message. I have been thinking of rooting the phone to froyo in the hope that it will fix the problem but haven't done that as yet. Is there anyone who's encountered a similar problem and how did you manage to fix this?
Thanks
snazo said:
Hi all
I have a problem with my milestone's keypad. A couple of months ago the phone's cover got cracked and I took it to one of our local network operator's(I'm in South Africa and Motorola doesn't have a repair centre here) repair centres. They quoted me a very high price to replace the cover and i told them to forget about it. However, since I got my phone back the keypad has problems. On the dial keypad, the phone does not respond to the numbers 2,5,8,0. On the motorola keyboard, the keys r,t,y; f,g,h and c,v,b do not respond and instead the phone inputs d when I try to type in f. The slide out qwerty keyboard for the phone does however work perfectly but its irritating because I have to slide out the keyboard whenever I want to make a phone call or send a text message. I have been thinking of rooting the phone to froyo in the hope that it will fix the problem but haven't done that as yet. Is there anyone who's encountered a similar problem and how did you manage to fix this?
Thanks
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in this case the only suggestion is to fix it urself. (I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE)
You mean by rooting it myself?
snazo said:
I have been thinking of rooting
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Rooting will NOT fix your hardware problems like cracked device nor another. You phone looks phisically broken. So you either pay them what they ask or sell your broken one and get something new or (if skill and tools are there) try to find keyboard alone and replace yourself (not for service-newbies)
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I'm having problems with the softkeys, specially the left one it usually bounces and repeat the keystroke.
Has this happened to anyone?
similar problems here. little bit irritating.
Sometimes, too. More than that I have to push it few times to make it "click"
This was my last HTC
Same here! Weird.
I have this problem too. And also my camera have one horizontal line that changes color, on preview and on pictures. I tried to contact HTC in UK because i bought my phone there (i live in Croatia). But no response.
Same problem
Hi,
I have the same problem in my phone bougt this christmas. Left and right from joistick, and both softkeys work very very bad. Sometimes I have to press hard to obtain some response and others only one press makes two or three movements. This is very anoying while selecting pictures or using the calendar.
I'm searching for the invoice to take it to the technical service.
Best regards,
same problem here, can you please tell me wich rom you are using, the HTC rom or WM 6.1. I'm using 6.1 ROm and am wondering if the problem is ROM related or a hardware issue
Hardware, I kept the phone as it came in the box.
Litoven said:
Hardware, I kept the phone as it came in the box.
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Quote. HW problem.
Bad unit
Anybody fixed this problem? By HTC service maybe?
same
same problem!
has anyone fixed the problem?
my wings always jumps 2 steps when i push the button once.
greets
schneidl
Ive just sent my phone off to HTC to be looked at (hopefully repaired under warranty). I've had the same stress cracks a lot of people seem to be having. And also the problem of multiple button presses randomly, lost count of the number of blank sms replies i sent because of it.
I'll let you know if I notice any improvement when i get the phone back or if they mention it at all.
problem
I sent 2 time my s730 to repair service for this problem. Finally they change the keyboard. The problem is reduced but not really solved.
I'm not sure it is a HW problem.
My phone is going back to HTC on monday...
1) single keypress jumps the menu twice
2) cracks in the side where the screws start
3) phone is very slow
The guy on the helpdesk asked me if I had ever upgraded my phone... so I had to tell him that it is HTC policy to not make any new updates for phones, they just bring out new phones... no reaction whatsoever...
Hi All,
The screen recently stopped working on my X1, so I sent it off for repair via my insurance company.
The phone is now back, and has been repaired. However, the keyboard seems to "double tap" everything. So if I press an 'n' it appears on the screen as 'nn'. It does this with a range of different keys/numbers and is starting to get VERY frustrating.
Do you think it's likely I'm just holding down the button too long? Is there a setting I can change this?
Or is the phone likely to need to go off for repair AGAIN?
Thanks!
keyboard problem
Even my key board is having the same problem. though i have not sent it for any repair. i noticed it after upgrading to official rom R3A.infact the space bar does not seem to be working. i thought it must be because of some dust inside. Do you think there is any chance of software related issue in this?
I just sent my phone in for this issue. Theyll send you a replacement device. Be aware though that if you are sending it to the repair center in the states and have an x1i theyll send you an x1a instead. Im currently facing this problem and am going to be speaking to the corporate office tomorrow
Hello everybody.
I seem to have a unique problem since searching this forum has not showed anything like it.
My X1 has dead hardware keys (includes the slide out keyboard). Now when I say dead I don't mean completely. The thing is some of them actually work (although very few of them) and the others either seem to want to turn down my volume unsuccesfully (the volume slider on the screens just kinda jumps down and back to where it was) or they are completely unresponsive. The problem is the volume keys on the side of the phone are one of the unresponsive ones wich prevents me from doing a hard reset or upgrading firmware.
I sincirely hope someone can help me with this since it has been months since my keys worked and the slideout keyboard was the reason I got this phone (that and it's a SE)
Regards
Joe
I'd go to Sony Ericssons website and find their phone number for your country and ring them, usually they say send it to them and in my xperience they sent it back within a week!
(If you have custom ROM etc installed though then that will not work)
I'd go to Sony Ericssons website and find their phone number for your country and ring them, usually they say send it to them and in my xperience they sent it back within a week!
(If you have custom ROM etc installed though then that will not work)
The thing abou that is : i'm from Croatia, I work in Afghanistan and I bought the phone in Dubai. Do you thin they would still take it?
The warranty conditions isn't that hard to find on sonyericssons web site but they do have world wide warranty. One thing that might make some trouble for you if SE never sold your piece in Afghanistan. I phoned UK for some help on my X2 during the Easter but they couldn't since they never sold the X2 in UK. Wrong or right, i don't know but they couldn't help me. I live in Sweden and the bastards did close for Easter.
I've torn a X1 apart but I can't remember if the volume buttons were attached by ribbon cable but a search at youtube for xperia disassemble would give you the answer and some help on the way to perhaps fix the problem yourself (thinking it might be a loose cable)
i stopped using my x1 for some time then i came back to it but now when i try to type messages some times it doubles a letter
say i typed "n" sometimes i get "n" or "nn" or "nnn"
is this lag or is it a hardware issue
I have this exact problem to with a number of keys. Found it mostly happens with the N as well. Hope somebody figures this out.
this is a hardware issue, device needs disassembling and cleaning. Search it is already posted in forum
I suffer from this keyboard issue since some time now, but soon the warranty will expire, so I want to take my X1 to a service center to have it fixed before it is too late.
Do service centers fix it (or best, RMA the phone ) or just say it is wearing issue and bad usage and do nothing?
Same problem here. I don't recommend to claim Sony Ericsson warranty, they really have very bad service in my experience.
true, you'd better open and clean your x1 by yourself
Hi,
I'll get straight to the problem, I used to be a heavy texter, and now my keyboard buttons don't always register immediately, so for example I'm typing 'and', what would usually happen is I'd get the partial word - _nd, a_d, an_ and I'd have to go back and press the button multiple times before it actually works.
This is becoming an irritation, since I hardly text nowadays. Planning to get the desire or wildfire, but will need to fix before I sell it :-\ Any advice as to what I should do to get the keyboard fixed? Membrane change?
try using this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=436795
newyorkmafia - I don't think the hardware issue will be fixed by a software tweak, though thanks for helping, obviously.
MA2403, you didn't mention which country you live in. Were you thinking of disassembling the TyTn II yourself (to clean membranes with some IPA/replace parts etc.), or are you looking for recommended repairers near to you?
I have the same problem (s, g, h and v mostly) on mine, but having had a screen replacement procedure (by a company) totally bodged (and a Touch Pro 2 about to arrive), I'm loathe to splash out any more on this device.