Hey there,
I recently screwed around with something i shouldn't have (the touchscreen FW option in SGS Tools) and "updated" the firmware for the touchscreen and touchscreen buttons.
Now the main problem appears that back & home will not work no matter where they are... and it is getting quite annoying.
Any ways to fix this?
already tried flashing a 512pit and re-partitioning but it still doesnt work.
JUST FIXED IT:
Solution incase anybody else has a problem with this.
Get an original firmware for your phone (eg mine is a Bell GT-i9000m so i got the JH2 Firmware which provides FW version 0x2/0x02)
all i did then was hit "touch key FW Update" and it flashed the firmware to the originals that work with the hardware.
risqu3 said:
JUST FIXED IT:
Solution incase anybody else has a problem with this.
Get an original firmware for your phone (eg mine is a Bell GT-i9000m so i got the JH2 Firmware which provides FW version 0x2/0x02)
all i did then was hit "touch key FW Update" and it flashed the firmware to the originals that work with the hardware.
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Eh sorry, but can you clarify this. Where did you get the stock JH2 from and how did you flash it? Can you flash it on the phone if it's already running JH2?
Thanks
I have the same problem.
Can someone help me?
do this on a captivate?
could I get this on a samsung captivate? Im new to this-any detailed steps would be greatly appreciated!
I have somehow disabled the menu and back key on my I9000.
Gone back to the orginal ROM, still not working. Was using Darky 8.0, might have done something in SGS tools. Can someone please help!
Thanks
Try flashing stock firmware of your phone
Then update the touchkey firmware
Ive Flashed to orginal but not go, Tried several versions but not luck. Where do I find the touchkey firmware?
HI Everyone,
Im getting really desperate, I cant find how to get the menu and back keys functioning again. I have look hard on the forums but no real answer.
What I know is I went into SGS Tools in 2.2.1 ,I pressed an update touch screen I think.
please help!
Cheers
Could be hardware I've had to repair two phones where touch buttons don't work
Sent from my NCC-74656!
HI,
After I did a firmware upgrade I F*&d out. Must be software
The Phones TSP FW - 22
Parts TSP FW - 22
TSP threshold - 40
Touch key FW - 0xa9
Parts Touch key FW - 0xbf
+1 same here, I could not fix it
what version of phone you got?
I *just* had this issue.
Started out with my back key hanging on me after getting a custom ROM installed.
So I attempted to update my firmware for the menu and back keys and lost them both.
This seems to be any custom ROM, cannot handle the touchkey firmware update.
How to fix:
Grab ODIN and your stock 2.2.x firmware.
Disable lagfixes if you need to.
Flash it.
Update your touchkey firmware ( *#*#2663#*#* in dialer)
Now reflash a CWM kernel with ODIN
Re-apply your custom rom from sd.
I used the wipe option whenever possible so I would recommend the same.
My touch keys are once again working perfectly and Darky's rom is screaming fast.
I found the issue and fix after noobproof tipped me off to search out this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=869492
ieatrocks said:
I *just* had this issue.
Started out with my back key hanging on me after getting a custom ROM installed.
So I attempted to update my firmware for the menu and back keys and lost them both.
This seems to be any custom ROM, cannot handle the touchkey firmware update.
How to fix:
Grab ODIN and your stock 2.2.x firmware.
Disable lagfixes if you need to.
Flash it.
Update your touchkey firmware ( *#*#2663#*#* in dialer)
Now reflash a CWM kernel with ODIN
Re-apply your custom rom from sd.
I used the wipe option whenever possible so I would recommend the same.
My touch keys are once again working perfectly and Darky's rom is screaming fast.
I found the issue and fix after noobproof tipped me off to search out this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=869492
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Thanks.
FOr gods sake, everything was going fine until i started poking around sgs tools "oh what's this? touchscreen firmware update yes please!" doh..
back to square one
Very Very thaks.
Works fine for my, it took the same problem as that as an idiot from a custom rom touches in update touch keys and they stopped working.
Thaks really
ieatrocks said:
I *just* had this issue.
Started out with my back key hanging on me after getting a custom ROM installed.
So I attempted to update my firmware for the menu and back keys and lost them both.
This seems to be any custom ROM, cannot handle the touchkey firmware update.
How to fix:
Grab ODIN and your stock 2.2.x firmware.
Disable lagfixes if you need to.
Flash it.
Update your touchkey firmware ( *#*#2663#*#* in dialer)
Now reflash a CWM kernel with ODIN
Re-apply your custom rom from sd.
I used the wipe option whenever possible so I would recommend the same.
My touch keys are once again working perfectly and Darky's rom is screaming fast.
I found the issue and fix after noobproof tipped me off to search out this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=869492
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unfortunately, this method seems not working for me, please correct me if i did the steps wrongly.
I have samsung galaxy s vibrant, model is gt-i9000
I flashed the phone with odin. in the pit i have 502, and jpy for the pda.
after flashing, i update the touch key fireware by pressing the numbers that brings the update menu. and pressed the the update button.
after updating, the back key and menu key are not working.
then i rooted the phone then install darkys rom 9.2 extreme.
after installing the rom, the keys are still not working.
here the version of the touch key firmware:
phones touch key fw version: 0xa9
parts touch key fw version: 0xa9
phones tsp fw version : 22
parts tsp fw version: 22
tsp threshold: 70
if anyone has different method please let me know
thanks
still nothing
this is killing me. Ive flashed back to 2.2.1 and tried all the other steps. The only problem is that my phone orriginally came with 2.1. I wanna try everything with my original firmware. Does anyone know where i can download a copy 2.1. from?
I had exactly same problem with damn 'return' softkey. I have searched and tried a lot of methods and no chance, I recomend you to go to samsung repair center. Aparently they replaced motherboard and screen to repair this issue.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
sorry, dont use forums to much, made a repeat
no way out
eggtony said:
unfortunately, this method seems not working for me, please correct me if i did the steps wrongly.
I have samsung galaxy s vibrant, model is gt-i9000
I flashed the phone with odin. in the pit i have 502, and jpy for the pda.
after flashing, i update the touch key fireware by pressing the numbers that brings the update menu. and pressed the the update button.
after updating, the back key and menu key are not working.
then i rooted the phone then install darkys rom 9.2 extreme.
after installing the rom, the keys are still not working.
here the version of the touch key firmware:
phones touch key fw version: 0xa9
parts touch key fw version: 0xa9
phones tsp fw version : 22
parts tsp fw version: 22
tsp threshold: 70
if anyone has different method please let me know
thanks
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i took my phone in for work today as ive tried everything and cant get it to work. Ive flashed almost every bit of firmaware i could find and and i could not get it work at all. When i took it to them they said that they've had a ton of problems with the new firmware frying the soft touch buttons. If you cant get your buttons to work i would recomend taking it to where you bought it and seeing if you can get warranty or even just send it out for repairs. Although sometimes it is just an issue with the firmware for the touch screen. Please let as many people as you can know that its a really really really bad idea to update the touchscreen firmware when you have flashed your phone with any roms other than the stock firmware that came with your phone. Have fun! I know i will waiting 4-6 weeks to get my phone back and sitting with a blackberry 8330, oh well, better than nothing.
Hey guys,
When I flashed my carrier stock rom I did not use any PIT options.
If JPY was the rom your carrier issued you then that should be the one you use.
Basically, the touchkey firmware update worked for me on a stock, carrier issued 2.2 (not 2.1 or 2.2.1, though those may indeed work) rom.
Once touchkey was re-updated in the stock, unrooted rom, I flashed back to custom roms as normal.
It looks like you did some pit repartitioning and used a JPY rom not issued by your carrier.
Also, my gt-i9000 is bell issued, so I've got to be wary when repartitioning not to kill my sbl.bin fix and introduce sd corruption issues; so I flash a stock rom with a bootloader update if I think a custom rom may have wiped it out.
eggtony said:
unfortunately, this method seems not working for me, please correct me if i did the steps wrongly.
I have samsung galaxy s vibrant, model is gt-i9000
I flashed the phone with odin. in the pit i have 502, and jpy for the pda.
after flashing, i update the touch key fireware by pressing the numbers that brings the update menu. and pressed the the update button.
after updating, the back key and menu key are not working.
then i rooted the phone then install darkys rom 9.2 extreme.
after installing the rom, the keys are still not working.
here the version of the touch key firmware:
phones touch key fw version: 0xa9
parts touch key fw version: 0xa9
phones tsp fw version : 22
parts tsp fw version: 22
tsp threshold: 70
if anyone has different method please let me know
thanks
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you said you have a vibrant and you flashed back to jpy.
if you have a vibrant the product must be GT-I9000M
if you have a vibrant (gt-i9000m) you must flash to your carrier's latest rom-as far as i know bell's latest rom is jh2, search the forums for that- then update your touchkey fw.
hope this helps.
NoobProof said:
you said you have a vibrant and you flashed back to jpy.
if you have a vibrant the product must be GT-I9000M
if you have a vibrant (gt-i9000m) you must flash to your carrier's latest rom-as far as i know bell's latest rom is jh2, search the forums for that- then update your touchkey fw.
hope this helps.
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it did work !!
appreciate much brother
hey!
I had the fu***** same problem, so this is how I solve it.
First i had Eclair 2.1 then update to Froyo 2.2, I typed *#*#2663#*#*
Then click Touch key FW update and my back and menu button was broken.
So I flashed back Eclair 2.1 re-ryped *#*#2663#*#* Then click Touch key FW update and my buttons was fixed!!! So you can flash again any ROM you want.
Let me know if it works for you.
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I have replaced the front panel of Galaxy S, later menu and back button didn't work. I thought lcd is broken but update firmware of the lcd helped.
Hello everyone ,
Yesterday I finally got tired of the problems with blocking BACK and MENU keys on Froyo, so I decided to update the touch key FW with the *#2663#.
The initial reported version was :
Phone's Touch key FW Version: 0xa9
Part's Touch key FW Version: 0x4
The FW was updated to version 0xa9 and now I have only 1 working key - HOME. Both MENU and BACK are dead!
People who reported fixing this, flashed an older 2.1 firmware, run the touchkey FW update and restored a previous version of the tp FW.
However, I' m not so lucky.
I started from JS2 and flashed back JP7, JM6, JM1, JG5, ... arabic JG8.
The FW update always reports:
Phone's Touch key FW Version: 0xa9
Part's Touch key FW Version: 0xa9
It seems that the phone's touchkey firmware is not updated when I write the stock FWs with Odin ...
Any idea how to fix this ?
Hi all!
So, I have this problem since day one with my phone. The back soft touch key will activate it self occasionally. It happens some times with the menu soft key as well, but less often. I have this issues with or without the protective film on the screen or the TPU casing.
I've read on another thread that flashing the soft touch keys firmware can fix some problems.
Would this be fixable by flashing the firmware?
Also, this thread suggests to use UGJH2 ROM, but my phone is European model and the referred firmware is USA region. Does any stock ROM (downloaded from samfirmwares) would do the trick? Could I use XWJS8 or any other newer rom?
Also, by flashing any of these firmwares would I risk loosing 3 key combo modes?
I have the same doubts, and exactly the same scenario, back softkey self activating, SGS is also European and I wonder know if I can use any rom.
Can anyone help?
I understand that if I do not replace the bootloader, no risk of loosing the 3 button combos, but the doubt still remains if I can use any official stock ROM to update the soft touch keys firmware
I am having problems with my back and menu buttons in that they just don't work. Have tried the *#*#2663#*#* trick on stock Roms in 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 but still not having any luck. Under 2.2 when i ran the touch key FW update it said it passed but made no visible difference.
I have been searching on the web and everyone that i can find that had this problem has solved it by going to a stock firmware for a i9000M and doing the *# trick. But i don't know if they all have i9000M or are they flashing a i9000M rom on to a i9000 to get the soft touch buttons working.
So my question is can i flash a i9000M rom onto a i9000 fix the buttons and then flash back to a normal i9000 rom? (specifically i9000UGJH2 and i9000UGJL2)
Or if anyone else has fixed this problem can you let me know how because it is driving me insane!!!
I don't see why not as the i9000 and i9000m are vitually the same phones.
I bought a i9000m as I live in Canada and have flashed i9000 firmwares numerous times and haven't encountered any problems.
Just don't flash JH2 as this firmware had some major issues that actually bicked a lot of our phones.
Use JL2 instead if you want to stick to Froyo.
Hmmm... didn't seem to work tried to flash JL2 like you mentioned but the phone stop at the samsung i9000M screen (the very first screen) and got no further. I tried to leave it for about 15mins but was the same when i came back.
Anyone else got a suggestion of how to fix back and menu buttons on a stock standard i9000 (not i9000T or i9000M)... driving me insane!!!
Currently on XXJVR and the *#*#2663#*#* trick seems to say it passed and firmware version changes to either a9 or ff, but i still have no back or menu buttons .
Please help getting slightly desperate ...
I have the same problem, I have a 9000M and did a KIES update into 2.3.3 which screwed my phone, having nothing to reflash it I found only a 9000 ROM and it worked fine until I did a stupid TOUCH KEY firmware update now the keys are dead too...
I'm working on this now I have no idea where to start though files are hard to find online
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If this can help you, get CHECK FUS online search for it you can get a lot of stock SAMSUNG firmwares from that, though I'm **** out of luck the only 'BELL' one which I was jumping around to have found doesn't seem to work when I flash the supposedly 9000M stock for mine, it just hangs and reboots at the 'S' logo screen when booting, I wonder whats wrong.
The only ROM I can get booting on this POS is a 2.2 FROYO for a i9000 JP2 which works fine, but I need to fix my keys.
MaTSuNg
I finally got a I9000M rom to work but didn't solve my problem anyways. I ended up going to cyanogen 7.1 and one day my buttons just started working again after I got a pxt message. since then I have flashed a number of different roms and buttons seem to come and go but after i flash if I just use the phone for a day the buttons eventually come good... so the problem is defintiely a software/firmware one but I can't seem to narrow it down anymore than that.
Cheers
MaTSuNg
You can get the 2.3.3 firmware here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1102881
Search for UGKG3. That's the one and only Gingerbread release to date for Bell.