Hey,
I have a problem with my Galaxy S I9000. The soft-touch buttons aren't working anymore.
The first time this happend I was on MIUI firmware (2.3.7 I believe). Every now and then the soft-touch buttons wouldn't react anymore. Pressing them made the light of the buttons go on but other than that, they weren't working. Then one day the light wouldn't even go on anymore and the "Key Test" in recovery mode also didn't recognise them.
After that I flashed Stock 2.3.4 and everything was working again for about a week. After that I had the same error all over again but this time I could use *#*#2663#*#* (It didn't work on MIUI) and update the "Soft Touch Firmware" (?). Sometimes it helped, sometimes it didn't help.
Right now I'm on 4.0.3 (MR1-RC4.2) with kernel "Semaphore ICS 1.2.6" and after 10 minutes of working soft-touch buttons... you know the drill.
I don't think this is a hardware problem but I have no idea how to fix it if it is a software problem.
I hope someone can help me with this. :S
Update:
So I flashed back to stock 2.3.5 and it didn't work. After typing *#*#2663#*#* it said:
Phone's Touch key FW version: 0xa9
Part's Touch key FW version: 0x0
I had to press "Touch key FW Update" a few times and the soft-touch keys are working again and it says:
Phone's Touch key FW version: 0xa9
Part's Touch key FW version: 0xa9
The thing is, the "Part's Touch key FW version" is showing a differnt version every now and then. For example:
Phone's Touch key FW version: 0xa9
Part's Touch key FW version: 0xff
I have seriously no idea how to permanently fix this issue.
Darrok said:
Update:
So I flashed back to stock 2.3.5 and it didn't work. After typing *#*#2663#*#* it said:
Phone's Touch key FW version: 0xa9
Part's Touch key FW version: 0x0
I had to press "Touch key FW Update" a few times and the soft-touch keys are working again and it says:
Phone's Touch key FW version: 0xa9
Part's Touch key FW version: 0xa9
The thing is, the "Part's Touch key FW version" is showing a differnt version every now and then. For example:
Phone's Touch key FW version: 0xa9
Part's Touch key FW version: 0xff
I have seriously no idea how to permanently fix this issue.
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Try flashing your initial base ROM via Odin and IMOORTANTLY have repartition ticked.
Edit: if that doesn't work then its a hardware issue.
Sent from my GT-I9000
Helloworld294 said:
Try flashing your initial base ROM via Odin and IMOORTANTLY have repartition ticked.
Edit: if that doesn't work then its a hardware issue.
Sent from my GT-I9000
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What do you mean "initial base rom"? The one I bought the phone with? Or the last official Samsung ROM?
While flashing to 2.3.5 Stock I checked "repartition" (with a 512 Pit File - s1_odin_20100512.pit) and as I said: Sometimes this solves the issue, sometimes I have to update the Touch-Firmware a few times to make it work again.
Another problem is that *#*#2663#*#* doesn't work on Custom ROMS so I have to flash back to Stock, fix it, and then flash back to Custom only to have the same issue later again.
Could this really be a hardware-problem? It sounds strange, because it's fixed through software. (Well, temporarily fixed...)
I am experiencing similar issues. Buttons are litten up on touch, but don't work. Locking/unlocking the phone or restarting the launcher fix them sometimes, but not always.
Darrok, had you managed to fix the problem?
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Hi guys,
i flashed my sgs with super optimised kernel 3.7 from 3.6 .... = bad news ... i realised that my home button does not work anymore so i have to use the back button instead of home button it took me many hours to figure and fix my sgs but still no home button working but at least my sgs did not turn into a paperweight.
below are the series of events that happened (i tried to put it in order as much as possible)
- home button stopped working
- alot of FC'ing
- sgs kinda like jammed or stuck
- did a full reflash from step 1 [HOWTO] Froyo FW I9000XXJPM: Upgrade via Odin, Root, Recovery 2e, Lagfix! several times !
- flashed a couple of times but when phone enters recovery mode after 1st flash i cant select wipe data/cache cos home button not working so phone was turned off and entered download mode then flashed JPM.
- also tried to flash in 3.6 version kernel couple of times to overwrite 3.7
- here are some stuff i saw along the way :
--there were occasions i see a mobile logo with arrow pointing to pc (just like the background pic of recovery menu but no menu till i unplug usb)
--after reflash when it enters recovery mode automatically it will then not show menu and android logo with a caution sign was seen but when usb cable is unplugged recovery menu comes back but still no luck to wipe data/cache cos home button not working
--instead of seeing recovery 2e , 3e was shown but then again i cant select wipe data/cache due to home button not working
i'm sure many reading this is figuring how i managed to enter recovery or download mode without the home button ???
-- just hold vol up/down + power button home button is not needed in my case !
while in recovery menu, i cant select or do anything with home button except moving vol up/down button to highlight selection but cannot "enter" with home button so i turned the phone off and continued flashing JPM and it works.
but while inside the 3.6 or 3.7 kernel, i can move up or down using vol switch and how did i manage to "enter" selection without home button ? i discovered that the power button does the "enter" !
home button was working intermittently but it comes with double click where you bring the last 6 used apps and task manger selection .. but now it does not come up anymore. still can feel the click on the home button but no response as for now.
also flashed several times as mentioned with re-partition ticked to try to wipe everything but still same results.
so now i have ended up with :
PDA : I9000XXJPM
Phone : I9000XXJPM
CSC : I9000 OXAJPM
Build info : 2010.10
Baseband : I9000XXJPM
Kernel Version : 2.6.32.9
[email protected] #19
Build Number : FROYO.XXJPM
i have also tried many ways such as formatting sd, system, basically almost every menu in the kernel ! basically i wiped out previous data (my guess) but all the apps + data are gone. it was a PITA process.
now it is just the freaking home button does not work anymore ! but nevertheless quadrant still shows 2216 ! and the phone is still blazing fast .
hope someone could help out i have tried to do the search function but not much luck related to my issue.
i have the same problem .... my home button is dead as well -.-'
Flash back to an Eclair firmware. See if that changes anything.
snapper.fishes said:
Flash back to an Eclair firmware. See if that changes anything.
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just tried. home button still dead ...
luckly my phone is still in warranty ..
My Galaxy S has a strange bug and I wonder if anyone is experiencing the same behaviour.
The phone does not always wake from standby when I press the home button or the on/off button. It sometimes does not register the key press when I try to wake the phone. It wakes up the second time I press the button.
I'm running stock Froyo 2.2.1 (XWJS5) Dutch version.
I Already tried a factory reset and a reflash trough odin. Problem is still there.
Because it happens when using the home key and the on/off button makes me think this is a software problem. I will try to flash an earlier firmware to see if the problem is there as well.
Does this sound familiar to anyone?
did this occur b4 xwjs5...?
m2677086 said:
did this occur b4 xwjs5...?
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Don't know to be honest. It's a brand new phone. My previous Galaxy S didn't show this behaviour, but then again my previous phone never ran XWJS5
At first I ran the update through Kies. Than I did a reflash through Odin. Both had this problem
So I flashed back to XWJPA and all is fine. No running Doc's ROM and also fine. So it seems like a bug in the XWJS5.
Problem solved I guess
I have a GT-I9000M.
Firmware: 2.2
Baseband Version: I9000UGJL2
Kernel: 2.6.32.9
Build: FROYO.UGJL2
Phones Touch key FW: 0x02
Parts Touch key FW: 0x0
The Back Button and Menu button when pressed just light up and do not do anything else. They stay on for hours.
I have read that a "Touch key FW Update" using the *#2663# option should work.
After clicking the "Touch key FW update", a pop up appears with the "Now Updating", the circle spins, but the update never completes and the message stays on the screen.
Any ideas on how to get the update to work.
connect to wifi and then try mine is working ok tsp fw update took 1 mint and touch key fw update took 10 sec
I have tried WIFI, the update never completes.
Any suggestions?
Flash old eclair with odin, update touch form and you'll get back your touch buttons, after flash the rom wath you want. At least work that for me
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[Q] Help: updated TSP & touch firmware in 2663 menu and lost menu and back buttons
Please help, I was about to attempt flashing and rooting for the first time, and read that I should update the TSP and TW firmware in the 2663 dialer menu first, so I did it. My Back and Menu buttons were working fine before, and now they are not working at all. I did a factory reset, but that did not fix it. Any other suggestions? Please help! I am running I9000M with stock 2.3.3.
so i flashed the ICS rom and my home key lights up and whn i hit it does nothing. also i have no lock screen. how do i fix? :x
Did you flash an ICS Rom or an ICS Leak? A broken home key has something to do with the OS not installing properly. As far as I know there is no fix other than to reflash the leak or rom and try again. The broken home key has been plaguing us since the OG Droid afaik.