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(Q) Dead touches

hey guys a quick question for you. I bought an OB for my gf as a gift for christmass. I get dead touches sometimes and it caught my eye sometime ago that some users experienced similar probs. Is it hardware or crappy software on part of lg? and if it is sw can any version fix this? I updated phone to v10g and still same problem. maybe some other version or any custom rom? Other than that phone is pretty decent and the screen compared to my o3d rocks. Any help would be welcome. And merry christmass to all. sry for my bad english

If it's a hardware issue with capacitive panel, no upgrade will fix it.
And about the ROM, we have Cyanogenmod nightlies as the best available option. ( Try installing CM7, if you think your touch button problem is s/w related)

Dead touches? What are those? Care to elaborate? Thanks!

dead touches is a problem of LGmail. if this app not in memory - we have dead touches. start LGmail and quit

officialreloaded said:
If it's a hardware issue with capacitive panel, no upgrade will fix it.
And about the ROM, we have Cyanogenmod nightlies as the best available option. ( Try installing CM7, if you think your touch button problem is s/w related)
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so are you suggesting i send it back as D.O.A and have ot replaced? I mean is it just my bad luck or is it a general problem with all OBs?

jimakos29 said:
so are you suggesting i send it back as D.O.A and have ot replaced? I mean is it just my bad luck or is it a general problem with all OBs?
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Yup, it's your tough luck buddy... replace it.

[Q] how many bricks?

Would love to know how many people have bricked their notes.Is it just an odd few or are there 100s.Has anyone had repairs ,unbricked or replaced by their carrier?

I too would like to know this.

Ok

Soft brick? I am sure there are tons, me included, a proper brick brick after which you use the phone for a coaster, don't think so many, though I have one of those too (shattered display).

Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought it was nearly impossible to brick an Android phone? When I was learning to flash and so on with my SGS, I certainly bollocked it up a lot of times (ah... misadventures with using incorrect files...). I have always been able one way or another been able to get back in and mend the damage.
With the Note, Download mode is hardwired in so I thought it would be difficult indeed to properly brick it. That said, I haven't done much with the SGN yet since it's my daily device and I leave it alone. (@torqu3e, I don't think shattered screens count towards the typical definition of 'bricked' do they? I thought it was a software f-up )

When someone says brick, I think of a phone that just won't turn on and is completely useless...but in many people's cases recently, the partition tables have been messed up and the phone is as good as useless. It no longer holds its function as an Android device. So yes, add me to the list of "bricked" Notes out there.

I got a hard brick! :-( It's in the shop..

GodfatherSadri said:
I got a hard brick! :-( It's in the shop..
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Sharing wat you did to brick your phone might help others prevent it.This is not only to you but to all who's gonna report here....

I was talking more about bricking from flashing that dodgy ics ROM.Anyone unbricked or had it fixed under warranty.

Add me to the list. I bricked when I flashed a kernel that messed up the partition tables. Its at the service now.

one more to the list
i need to sent mine to the US

I faced a soft brick when i was flashing ics betas (mobile to pc screen) but fixed it by flashing stock rom then flashed back ics!
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smalmagal said:
When someone says brick, I think of a phone that just won't turn on and is completely useless...but in many people's cases recently, the partition tables have been messed up and the phone is as good as useless. It no longer holds its function as an Android device. So yes, add me to the list of "bricked" Notes out there.
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Same here, I think it will be more than 20. at least

You should've made this a poll - feels a bit silly responding 'never bricked'
never bricked.

LemonPowerForce said:
You should've made this a poll - feels a bit silly responding 'never bricked'
never bricked.
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Yes you are of course right, can I change it? I'm an expert copy and Paster here ends my computer skills.

vijai2011 said:
Sharing wat you did to brick your phone might help others prevent it.This is not only to you but to all who's gonna report here....
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In ODIN while trying to flash CF-Root ICS progress bar froze on Factoryfs flash and after 30 minutes I unplugged it. Phone at this point wont restart turn on or anything. Didn't respond to JIG to go into download mode so I took it to a service center in Southern California. They tried fixing it with JTAG and it didn't respond. It is Kernel related. I got some sort of good news today from the service center that they may have found a solution and are receiving a new tool to do the trick. I am crossing my fingers and waiting for the next phone call from them that if they could get my phone up and running again!!

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In ODIN while trying to flash CF-Root ICS progress bar froze on Factoryfs flash and after 30 minutes I unplugged it. Phone at this point wont restart turn on or anything. Didn't respond to JIG to go into download mode so I took it to a service center in Southern California. They tried fixing it with JTAG and it didn't respond. It is Kernel related. I got some sort of good news today from the service center that they may have found a solution and are receiving a new tool to do the trick. I am crossing my fingers and waiting for the next phone call from them that if they could get my phone up and running again!!
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Thats good news just hope they dont read this thread.Lets see if you get charged or they fix for free under warranty.

Phone repair for unknown cause, help please.

Hi guys, this is first time posting in the HTC Incredible S forum as I usually stay on my own X8. However, my dad is pissed off with htc and I offered to help.
Ok so here's what happened. My dad upgraded to the 4.0.X official ROM software. But somehow or another the games first started crashing, then one day he woke up with an error message saying that his applications used up more battery than his charging. Then his whole phone went dead.
So anw he sent it to HTC for repair but it costs $300+ and i'm quite poor so please can anyone help me?
BTW, it's not boot looping. It's totally screwed and can't be turned on.
Here's the weird part (i've never encountered this before). He didn't even root it or modify it in anyway (not even using a different launcher or wallpaper other than stock HTC ones).
So could somebody tell me what's wrong? Cos I'm a sony user and i've no idea what are you guys talking about S-ON thingy and whatever.
And could someone tell me how to fix his phone?
Please?

blazerphoenix said:
Hi guys, this is first time posting in the HTC Incredible S forum as I usually stay on my own X8. However, my dad is pissed off with htc and I offered to help.
Ok so here's what happened. My dad upgraded to the 4.0.X official ROM software. But somehow or another the games first started crashing, then one day he woke up with an error message saying that his applications used up more battery than his charging. Then his whole phone went dead.
So anw he sent it to HTC for repair but it costs $300+ and i'm quite poor so please can anyone help me?
BTW, it's not boot looping. It's totally screwed and can't be turned on.
Here's the weird part (i've never encountered this before). He didn't even root it or modify it in anyway (not even using a different launcher or wallpaper other than stock HTC ones).
So could somebody tell me what's wrong? Cos I'm a sony user and i've no idea what are you guys talking about S-ON thingy and whatever.
And could someone tell me how to fix his phone?
Please?
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try taking the battery out and putting it back in. otherwise take out the battery and plug the usb cable in and see if the phone boots up. if it does then either the battery is either screwed or something is wrong with motherboard or something like that. if its completely stock run a RUU that you can get from the development page which will put the phone back to stock. EDIT- here is a ruu http://d-h.st/AYt

$300+ to repair an HTC, what is it made of solid gold? Another thing, why are you paying for your dads fone to be repaired???
Sent from My Omega powered beast, using Xparent ICS

it's made out of plastic and metal and some other stuff.
Anw to the guy 2nd post thanks i'll try it
and i'm not paying but i'm just helping. And if i repair it I may get one step closer to having a new phone (current is LG cookie non-smartphone).

naathaanb96 said:
try taking the battery out and putting it back in. otherwise take out the battery and plug the usb cable in and see if the phone boots up. if it does then either the battery is either screwed or something is wrong with motherboard or something like that. if its completely stock run a RUU that you can get from the development page which will put the phone back to stock. EDIT- here is a ruu http://d-h.st/AYt
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Thanks.
By the way how do you use the ruu? Cos i know it's like Sony has the flashtool by Androxyde. Is this something like that and if so, how do i use it?

blazerphoenix said:
Thanks.
By the way how do you use the ruu? Cos i know it's like Sony has the flashtool by Androxyde. Is this something like that and if so, how do i use it?
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just run the exe file and follow on screen prompts

[Q] i9305 Ringer/Camera/Touch/WiFi not working

Hi Guys
I got this i9305 with with me, and it got few strange issues
its a brand new phone and its ringer/camera/touch buttons wont work and it wont wake up once LCD goes to sleep (only removing and reinserting battery works)
phone is from Orange France and i have tried flashing it with several firmware, and nothing has solved the problem, i opened the phone and there no is water/moisture or anything
wondering what could be wrong, any ideas/suggestions would be appreciated
WBR

Syed said:
.... i opened the phone and there is water/moisture or anything....
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Hi,
your answer is here!. Seems to be a hardware short circuit.
maybe putting your open device close to a warm source to dry it will give you 15.031969% to save it...
Else, I fear you need Samsung service..

I don't mean to be rude but why did you open a thread here on XDA about this?
This site is for mobile phone/tablet development.
You have bought a faulty device, it happens.
You need to take it back for a replacement, simple.
I hope you get it sorted! It's never nice buying something and it not working properly.

kanzi83 said:
Hi,
your answer is here!. Seems to be a hardware short circuit.
maybe putting your open device close to a warm source to dry it will give you 15.031969% to save it...
Else, I fear you need Samsung service..
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that was one skipped word, i meant to write "there is no water damage"
Obagleyfreer said:
I don't mean to be rude but why did you open a thread here on XDA about this?
This site is for mobile phone/tablet development.
You have bought a faulty device, it happens.
You need to take it back for a replacement, simple.
I hope you get it sorted! It's never nice buying something and it not working properly.
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i believe it got something to do with calibration or something related to software
as phone was flashed earlier and it might be something to do with flashing
i was thinking of writing NV calibration data from another phone to see if that may help, but thought of getting more ideas first.
WBR

Oh right, fair enough then. I thought it was brand new and you'd just taken it out of the box.
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Obagleyfreer said:
Oh right, fair enough then. I thought it was brand new and you'd just taken it out of the box.
Sent from my GT-I9305 using XDA Premium HD app
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as good as new, only a few days used, sending it back would be costly
so i thought to get some ideas if it could be calibration data or something, as i have already flashed it but it didn't yield any result..

Navbar not responding

Hi,
1. So i was on xenon HD and started experiencing touch sensitivity issues where in lock screen did not respond or opened up google now instead of unlocking.
2. So I thought of switch over and flashed PAC and was really satisfied as I also got my GPS working. But the very next day it started to behave unusually and the home button of navbar kept on activating all by itself hence taking me out of any app or even app drawer.
Thought of it as ROM issue and decided would flash the latest version sometime later as my net was down.
3. Used liquidsmooth but the same problem of intermittent home button and back button too started and I had to switch off the phone within 5 minutes of flshing liquidsmooth.
4. Finally thought of getting 4.1.2 and hence flashed holoblur. By this time navbar went numb :crying:. Didn't respond to anything.
5. Restored to the stock ROM. But still navbar is not working.
Just hoping that this is not hardware related issue:fingers-crossed:. Would really hate to part away from this phone.
Please help out guys.
EDIT : So the navbar just started responding by itself. But still not perfect. Sometimes it does sometimes it doesn't.

aquaticbullet said:
Hi,
1. So i was on xenon HD and started experiencing touch sensitivity issues where in lock screen did not respond or opened up google now instead of unlocking.
2. So I thought of switch over and flashed PAC and was really satisfied as I also got my GPS working. But the very next day it started to behave unusually and the home button of navbar kept on activating all by itself hence taking me out of any app or even app drawer.
Thought of it as ROM issue and decided would flash the latest version sometime later as my net was down.
3. Used liquidsmooth but the same problem of intermittent home button and back button too started and I had to switch off the phone within 5 minutes of flshing liquidsmooth.
4. Finally thought of getting 4.2.1 and hence flashed holoblur. By this time navbar went numb :crying:. Didn't respond to anything.
5. Restored to the stock ROM. But still navbar is not working.
Just hoping that this is not hardware related issue:fingers-crossed:. Would really hate to part away from this phone.
Please help out guys.
EDIT : So the navbar just started responding by itself. But still not perfect. Sometimes it does sometimes it doesn't.
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Try using xperiamod and by the way holoblur is 4.1.2 not 4.2.1
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Aingaran said:
Try using xperiamod and by the way holoblur is 4.1.2 not 4.2.1
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My bad.
Flashed xperiamod but still same thing.
The phone is really not usable. All the navbar buttons are behaving frantically. I really cant understand what is wrong.

aquaticbullet said:
My bad.
Flashed xperiamod but still same thing.
The phone is really not usable. All the navbar buttons are behaving frantically. I really cant understand what is wrong.
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may be a hardware error, contact your nearest store to fix it, before that flash stock and flash boot logo too, so untill they check the bootloader, they might not know your bootloader is unlocked...

Aingaran said:
may be a hardware error, contact your nearest store to fix it, before that flash stock and flash boot logo too, so untill they check the bootloader, they might not know your bootloader is unlocked...
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I am in delhi.
This phone has not been launched in India. Hoping local guys could fix it. Really wont like to pay those leech for some software bug which i can fix up with community's help.

aquaticbullet said:
I am in delhi.
This phone has not been launched in India. Hoping local guys could fix it. Really wont like to pay those leech for some software bug which i can fix up with community's help.
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Completely flash a stock fast boot. Issue could be kernel related. If the issue persists after a fully wiped stock flash this is a hardware issue. As is, issue sounds more like either bad settings from dirty flashing or kernel issues. The stock ROMs don't come with kernels, if your last 4.2.2 ROM had a bad kernel, same bad kernel is more than likely being used. I recommend flashing Mex Retail.

skeevydude said:
Completely flash a stock fast boot. Issue could be kernel related. If the issue persists after a fully wiped stock flash this is a hardware issue. As is, issue sounds more like either bad settings from dirty flashing or kernel issues. The stock ROMs don't come with kernels, if your last 4.2.2 ROM had a bad kernel, same bad kernel is more than likely being used. I recommend flashing Mex Retail.
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Holoblur has a clean full working kernal right?
Sent from my Atrix HD using Tapatalk 4 Beta

The navbar works fine sometimes before again going into madmode. So i really doubt it is a hardware issue.
@Aingaran : Holoblur has custom kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43430196&postcount=131
@skeevydude : I need to follow the instructions mentioned here for stock JB ? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2226527 OR simply use myth tools to flash the mexican retail rom zip ?
facepalm: for asking this but is there anything else i need to do ?? )

So flashed the stock but same issue. Now the particular strip of the touchscreen where navbar rests has totally become unresponsive. Hence hardware is at fault here.
So flashed PAC ver 23 and using pie controls as of now as a temporary solution. Would try and get it repaired during weekend. @Aingaran : I guess I need to change screen and digitizer. Since you broke yours can you gimme rough idea how much it will cost ?

Yup.. Its just digitizer LCD panel is fine if you get display... And the kit for replacing digitizer cost me 3770 rs... You can search on ebay.in and don't forget to get T5 screw driver and digitizer sticker to stick digitizer to frame...
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Aingaran said:
Yup.. Its just digitizer LCD panel is fine if you get display... And the kit for replacing digitizer cost me 3770 rs... You can search on ebay.in and don't forget to get T5 screw driver and digitizer sticker to stick digitizer to frame...
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Okie. So I am gonna order it soon. Did you get the digitizer replaced by yourself or through a repair shop ?
Asking because here in delhi noone even touches motorola phones for repair sake.

aquaticbullet said:
Okie. So I am gonna order it soon. Did you get the digitizer replaced by yourself or through a repair shop ?
Asking because here in delhi noone even touches motorola phones for repair sake.
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I did it myself and if u wanna know how.. Just search atrix HD digitizer replacement in YouTube

Aingaran said:
I did it myself and if u wanna know how.. Just search atrix HD digitizer replacement in YouTube
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So basically I have to get this http://orders.ebay.in/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ImportHubViewItem&itemid=321142293549
This is inclusive of t5 screw right ??
There is no mention of what I am gonna get in the tool kit. Do I need to order something else ?
@Aingaran please just confirm.

aquaticbullet said:
So basically I have to get this http://orders.ebay.in/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ImportHubViewItem&itemid=321142293549
This is inclusive of t5 screw right ??
There is no mention of what I am gonna get in the tool kit. Do I need to order something else ?
@Aingaran please just confirm.
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yes this exactly what you need...