[Q] What do the Home button lights mean? - TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I've had a touchpad that has been bricked for awhile, kept trying to charge it and it would not come on.
So I decided to replace the battery, upon opening the touchpad I found the old battery had leaked all over the board. So now battery in, put back together and.... still nothing.
When plugged in the charge the home button lights do stuff... inconsistently, sometimes on or the other on solid, sometimes blink back and forth, sometimes both on, sometimes on goes from dim to bright...
So has anyone ever figured out what these lights mean...
Oh, and miracle fix suggestions are welcome as well.

well I do not know the answer but look up tpdebrick, the developer JSCULLINS is helping people who have bricked touchpads (typically those with the questions mark of death) but it might be relevant to you since the QMOD is often caused by a miscommunication with the battery and touchpad firmware.
Yeah HP made some big mistakes and if the touchpad and battery get "out of sync" it sort of bricks.
Additionally since your battery leaked, it could have nuked something and be totally toast. Sorry.
I would contact HP, while you are probably out of warranty, it might be not be super expensive to send it it.

Buy some Isopropanol alcohol and clean the board with it. Beyond me why you'd connect a new battery without cleaning it, just massively increasing the chance of breaking it.

theronkinator said:
Buy some Isopropanol alcohol and clean the board with it. Beyond me why you'd connect a new battery without cleaning it, just massively increasing the chance of breaking it.
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*Sigh* I did, I did. I've done some electronics work before so I'm familiar with cleaning battery acid off circuit boards.
A member sent me a link to the following thread, I'm sure it's been posted around a few times now. But I'm going to add it to my thread in case someone is wondering the same thing I am.
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/36658-tpdebrick-v01
I have not had time to try to figure out if whats contained there will actually fix my problem, but considering the first reply also recommended the OP of that thread I figure it's worth a go. I'll post back in a few days what the outcome was.

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ExtUSB port seems broken...

The ExtUSB port on my tytn2 seems to be broken, or something.
When I plug it into my computer it is no longer recognised, and doesn't even start to charge anymore.
Similarly, if I plug in any sort of charger, then the device will not do anything.
In an effort to charge it, I did the following. I removed the battery, thereby switching the device totally off, put the battery back in and then attached a mains charger. At this point I got a solid red LED at the top where the signal/charge LED is. I left it like this for 2 hours and came back to it. I switched it back on and it had fully charged the device - yet I still could not get it recognised by anything.
So what's going on here - is it broken or is this a software issue.
Ignore the reflash bit. How am I supposed to do that if I can't get USB working? Stupid question sorry. Still, I've tried a hard reset and still nothing, so I guess it's knackered huh
EDIT: Replacement is on it's way for tomorrow. Puts an end to that saga I suppose!
HTC's miniUSB port uses traces for contacts instead of pins, which I can't even begin to express how ridiculous that is. To make matters worse, the soft reset pinhole is located right next to it so one slight jab of the stylus, car keys in your pocket etc and you're screwed. You may have done it without even noticing.
Flashing roms is out of the question, but you can use PocketController to make it look as stock as possible through wifi. Another alternative is to take your device to a college/university micro-electronics lab where they will fix it for a small donation or free.
dazultra2000 said:
Ignore the reflash bit. How am I supposed to do that if I can't get USB working? Stupid question sorry. Still, I've tried a hard reset and still nothing, so I guess it's knackered huh
EDIT: Replacement is on it's way for tomorrow. Puts an end to that saga I suppose!
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Best of luck, but it might not be the end of your saga. When it gets to servicing, if they notice something was jabbed in the miniSUB port, they could come at you with out of warranty fees.
I have insurance on my phone. It's covered for accidental damage anyway.
Yep. Figured that out the hard way. Accidently stuck my stylus into the USB rather than the reset hole.
If you're lucky, you may be able to "push" the traces on the bottom side of the connector back in place... only one side of my connector was bent. Then I gently connected and re-connected a mini-usb connector.
dazultra2000 said:
I have insurance on my phone. It's covered for accidental damage anyway.
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Where are you getting insurance ? I can't find anywhere.
Thanks,
DLD
With Orange! Orange Care. Has done me proud a few times in the past, like when I crushed my SPV M2000 on the day I got it! Or when someone dropped my SE K700i in a pint of beer.
New phone is here and instantly I have noticed a couple of things:
1) Different type of battery, as already reported by some people. It's the Dynapack that doesn't quite fit properly.
2) Screen seems brighter and more colourful - again, as reported by some people already
3) The screen tilt is much stiffer (which is good cos the old one was really loose)
4) MicroSD cover feels of better material.
5) Whole thing feels so much quicker - but that's probably just because I've not loaded anything into it yet.

X1i. flash always on

Hi!
was working night shift. when I looked on the ground and noticed that the screen on my phone was on. so I graped it to turn it of, when I realiced that it wasn't the screen but the flash on the back next to the camera. its not as bright as when the flash is actually turned on in the camera menu. and the only way I found to turn it of is by pulling the battery out, anyone had/has a similar problem.
Michael
there was someone else who had a post about this before - search "light always on" or something like that but there was a recent post with someone who had the same problem
I did a search. not that i didn't do so before. the only thing that came up was for a different phone (wizard) not for Xperia. been looking around now for the last couple days and haven't been able to find anyone else with a similar problem. well at least on the internet.
any one else
Michael
dreamsaga said:
I did a search. not that i didn't do so before. the only thing that came up was for a different phone (wizard) not for Xperia. been looking around now for the last couple days and haven't been able to find anyone else with a similar problem. well at least on the internet.
any one else
Michael
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went back through each page looking for it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=541959
Twas on page ten - but it looks like it never came to a conclusion... sorry dude
I wonder if he/she did ever fix it. well if I can't fix it soon I will have to take it back to the shop.
Edit: after posting I did another search and wolla. found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=485701 . this might explain it a liitle bit. after reading does posts I think I better not wast my time. since it really looks like a hardware issue
well. send it off to three on monday. they called me back yesterday.
the LED is allways on due to the wiring on the main board being corroded. we have disconnected the wire. because the damage is from corrosion we can't fix it under warranty. we are sending it back to you today.
were did the corrosion come from. its never been anywere near water.
dreamsaga said:
were did the corrosion come from. its never been anywere near water.
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Sweat (perspiration lol)?
or maybe if you live near the ocean?
When lights are always on like that it does usually mean there was or is some trace of liquid on the circuits or on the led itself.
When you receive the phone, try disassemble it and clean the corroded circuit with alcohol and it should be good, if its only the short causing the led to always receive power.
That sucks though...
I was the first to post about this issue. 4 months on or so and I still have the same problem. The light has remained on all the time since then, although not as high intensity a when the flash is on. It's no big deal, you get used to it, like the led lights on the side of the phone. I'd also like to say this has not impacted on the flash whatsoever. It still works
DirtyVadah said:
I was the first to post about this issue. 4 months on or so and I still have the same problem. The light has remained on all the time since then, although not as high intensity a when the flash is on. It's no big deal, you get used to it, like the led lights on the side of the phone. I'd also like to say this has not impacted on the flash whatsoever. It still works
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You mean to say that it has been running non-stop(minus restarts) for 4 entire months???
thats good news for me to know the LED is so durable.
so you haven't tried disassembly and cleaning it yourself, the corrosion that is. I taken my x1 apart already and its not that hard, just have to be gentle.
Yep. Although remember the intensity is not that high as when you switch on the flash to take a pic. And actually even though the phone is off the led remains on. It's the battery you need to take out. So it's been on constantly for the past 4 months.
same problem
dreamsaga said:
well. send it off to three on monday. they called me back yesterday.
the LED is allways on due to the wiring on the main board being corroded. we have disconnected the wire. because the damage is from corrosion we can't fix it under warranty. we are sending it back to you today.
were did the corrosion come from. its never been anywere near water.
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so did you ever solve this problem? i have the exact same issue with my xperia. Any help would be appreciated.

[Q] Captivate Battery Prongs Bricked

I have rooted my Captivate with Cognition 2.1 and decided to try a new rom. Cognition 2.2. In the middle of the process the update would not complete and after an hour of waiting I pulled the usb cable. Now it does not power at all or make a connection with the laptop. I have tried all sorts of three button and two button methods along with building the homemade jig but it still does not go.
On the three battery prongs the one on the left is facing up. Would this keep the phone from charging or starting up. There is wear marks on the battery on that spot so I would assume it is making connection. From what I read these phones do come back to life but it is a charging issue then it will not happen. Also was thinking that the captivate will power on without a battery through the USB or power cable.
Have talked to ATT and they will not do a warranty on the phone because of the bent prong (does not matter if it has nothing to do with whats wrong with the phone) it has physical damage.
well that just sucks don't it? lols
i know this is probably a pretty obvious question but did you try to bend the prong back so it matches the other ones?
i have tried to bend it back but it just seems to bounce back to where it was. was thinking about pulling the whole back off the phone but I have never taken a captivate apart so not quite sure what it entails.
etm11871 said:
i have tried to bend it back but it just seems to bounce back to where it was. was thinking about pulling the whole back off the phone but I have never taken a captivate apart so not quite sure what it entails.
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ive never taken one apart either but i would imagine that you would need a small screw driver and wouldnt have to take more than the back cover off.
here is a pictoral teardown of the phone
http://content.techrepublic.com.com/2346-13625_11-456848.html
OK I guess the captivate is coming apart. I supposed this would call for a u-tube video
etm11871 said:
OK I guess the captivate is coming apart. I supposed this would call for a u-tube video
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Can you take a picture of it with another camera so someone else could tell you if it appears as it should?
etm11871 said:
OK I guess the captivate is coming apart. I supposed this would call for a u-tube video
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Not hard to take apart....just pry up slightly in center of battery lock slide to expose two bottom screws and a fingernail to pry case apart...no scratches that way. The tabs holding it together are breakable but working around the entire device gradually works well.
PICTURES
here are some pictures of the battery pronges
etm11871 said:
here are some pictures of the battery pronges
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They might not do a warranty exchange, but you aren't killed. I don't see why you think taking the phone apart is going to make any difference, as the prong is damaged on the outside of the phone.
As for if thats the cause of the brick, I doubt it. Unless you bent the prong AFTER you pulled the USB cable, i don't think it's the problem. It wouldn't work for awhile and then decide not to just because you botched a flash.
When you bend them back into place, does it look normal before it pops back? And I work at AT&T, I deal with that crap every day. Word to the wise; don't mention it, they don't bother looking.
Late Edit: Has your prong been bent before, and is the wear mark on the batteries connector in the same spots as the other ones? With the way yours is positioned, it might not be making a full connection.
I do not think the battery prong is my problem either. The girl at the store mentioned it to the so called Android specialist and she said that was physical damage and because of that ATT would charge me $454 for a new phone even if it had nothing to do with why the phone will not turn on. I would have to assume that I am now black flagged on my account.
I am going to hold off on taking the phone apart and see about trying some other suggestions first. Of course not sure what those suggestions are at this point.
This is not Development related.
etm11871 said:
here are some pictures of the battery pronges
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That same thing happened to me, it still worked fine for me, but I ended up bricking it a bit later. I used insurance and got a new phone, bricked it, sent both in to samsung, the fixed the prongs on the broken one, (yeah I didn't send back the phone to AT&T's insurance, **** em) and reflashed both of them to stock firmware, and got them both back, in working condition. But always make sure you have Button combos before flashing. In the Wiki there's a link to DesignGear's fix you can flash with Clockwork.
I think I would just carefully push the bad pin down as you insert the battery. Don't take the battery out unless you have to.
geokhentix said:
I don't see why you think taking the phone apart is going to make any difference, as the prong is damaged on the outside of the phone.
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I don't understand the need to pull the phone apart. As a temp fix, u could try soldering a small copper wire piece to the battery terminal, either on the battery or on the phone.
If you don't want to get into the mess of soldering, place the battery and push the single strand wire into it so the contact is made. Or else u could put the wire on the bottom and bend it little so it stands up touching the connector, and place the battery on top of it.
May want to edit those pics and black out the IMEI and other info.
Problem with just doing the temp fix in order to get your phone back into download mode - one of the last steps is jamming the battery back in with the USB cable plugged in while holding down both VOLUME buttons.
But - um you don't even see the grey battery charging icon?
There are other ways to get into download mode. He could apply the temp fix, open odin, hold both volume buttons, then plug the usb cable in. That's what I do.
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How bout you go back to another art store, say you where doing an ota update, and when you went to turn your phone on, all you got was a bland screen

search button glich

Hey all, recently my search button randomly presses itself. No, I dont see the color flash or what ever you see when you press a button but at least 2 or 3 times a minuet it will act as if I have pressed the button and search will come up... Some sort of new glich? or is my phone going defective? What do you think?
ROM firefly 3.0 that i have been using since it came out, so like a month with NO problems what so ever. Reinstalled FF, still did it, will try a new flash, if that doesnt work will go to stock. and if that doesnt fix it I will get it warranty replaced.... but Im hoping its not hardware...
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This happened to me! Try reflashing the kernel, or using a different one. Might help
I noticed that when my cappy has a fingerprint or smudge on the search key, it magically will press itself. I also had to modify my invisi-shield to not cover the touch buttons. It happens less now that its not on them, but it still happens.
It was happening over and over and I looked at it and theres a smudge, wipe it clean and viola! This was quite annoying when I was using a rom with the camera mod that redirects it to the search key. The camera was constantly opening, had to run the "fix" to revert it back.
Hope its just as easy as that for you, I was able to duplicate the problem on 3 cappys so far.
this could be a moisture issue. yank the battery and drop the phone in a bag of rice for a day see if that helps. if it still happens flash to stock if it still does it after that its a hardware issue and you should get a warranty replacement if thats an option.
a search would've answered this as i personally have answered this question a few times, also this is a question, for future knowledge those are posted in the Q&A section.
by that do you mean put it in a bad ontop of rice or literally stick it into a pile of rice ( wouldnt that get into the phone)? sorry for such a noob question.
Put the phone in the rice. None if it is small enough to get into the inner workings of the phone but it is AMAZING at soaking up all little bits of moisture.
Would be willing to bet it is a moisture issue. I have the same problem no mayer what rom I am using
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Mine does this quite a lot as well. Most often when the phone is warm while charging. I've noticed holding it in a different position helps diffuse the problem as well. Must be a hardware defect. :-\
so are the chances good that the rice will take care of it? Strange, I never shower or use my phone in wet area's.....
I have squaretrade... do they swap it out or what is the precedure for getting a new phone from them if it doesnt work if you know by chance, if not, Ill just google it on the website

[Q] [Help] Xperia T won't turn on, only vibrates

Hello, before proceding to explain the problem I have to say a few things:
- the phone I'm gonna talk about is not mine YET, it's a faulty Xperia T I want to purchase if I find a 80% clear and cheap solution. This means I cannot try any idea you give me on it, 'cause I don't have it.
- I'm not a total noob in firmware and hardware fixes, but not yet an expert, so I'd appreciate a few explanations in the procedures you comment.
- I'm Spanish, so don't expect perfect texts from my posts
- sorry if a thread exactly like this is already solved, but I couldn't find any clear information about this problem on a Xperia device, so that's why I asked.
Now, the problem:
This Xperia T, as the owner explains, suddenly turned off and never woke up again. When he tries to turn it on it just vibrates, but no image displays. And when he plugs it on a red LED shows up (as if the phone was charging normally), but no more life signs.
Now, these are the fixes I would try:
- reset battery, because the owner is a normal user, and, as the battery is a "non-removable" piece, I don't think he tried to pull it off and on again.
- buy a new battery because this one could be damaged and non-functional.
- jtag is discarded because this happened in a stock rom, with no root, custom recovery, flashing or anything like that.
- get a new (or, at least, functional) motherboard, because this could be sudden death.
So now you could say "if you already know which could be the problem and the solution, then why you ask?". Well, what I'm searching for is opinions, what of those problems I mentioned has the highest likelihood to be the winner, because if you all guys think the most likely problem it could be it's the motherboard, then I won't purchase the phone, because motherboards are terrifically expensive.
So thanks in advance for reading all this
laumapu said:
Hello, before proceding to explain the problem I have to say a few things:
- the phone I'm gonna talk about is not mine YET, it's a faulty Xperia T I want to purchase if I find a 80% clear and cheap solution. This means I cannot try any idea you give me on it, 'cause I don't have it.
- I'm not a total noob in firmware and hardware fixes, but not yet an expert, so I'd appreciate a few explanations in the procedures you comment.
- I'm Spanish, so don't expect perfect texts from my posts
- sorry if a thread exactly like this is already solved, but I couldn't find any clear information about this problem on a Xperia device, so that's why I asked.
Now, the problem:
This Xperia T, as the owner explains, suddenly turned off and never woke up again. When he tries to turn it on it just vibrates, but no image displays. And when he plugs it on a red LED shows up (as if the phone was charging normally), but no more life signs.
Now, these are the fixes I would try:
- reset battery, because the owner is a normal user, and, as the battery is a "non-removable" piece, I don't think he tried to pull it off and on again.
- buy a new battery because this one could be damaged and non-functional.
- jtag is discarded because this happened in a stock rom, with no root, custom recovery, flashing or anything like that.
- get a new (or, at least, functional) motherboard, because this could be sudden death.
So now you could say "if you already know which could be the problem and the solution, then why you ask?". Well, what I'm searching for is opinions, what of those problems I mentioned has the highest likelihood to be the winner, because if you all guys think the most likely problem it could be it's the motherboard, then I won't purchase the phone, because motherboards are terrifically expensive.
So thanks in advance for reading all this
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Does the red LED light stay lit up while charging? Maybe you'd want to google the "rubberband method"; it's for charging the phone when it can't charge on it's own while off.
Antiga Prime said:
Does the red LED light stay lit up while charging? Maybe you'd want to google the "rubberband method"; it's for charging the phone when it can't charge on it's own while off.
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Yes, the red LED keeps lit up. I've searched for that method and I'll try it if I purchase the phone, thank you so much
But what's your opinion about what the problem could be? Or which is the most likely?
EDIT: this is the thread I found about the rubberband trick http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849170, but is it called soft-bricked even when no firmware/modding stuff is involved?
RE-EDIT: ok, yes, even when no firmware/modding stuff is involved (lol)
RE-RE-EDIT: but still, if it's a hardware issue then all those tricks won't work, because there's physical damage, so that's why I asked for opinion x)
In my opinion, that behaviour is 90% due to a battery that is fried.
A broken battery is not able to supply the power needed for loading the kernel (that's why you don't see Sony logo and you can't recharge).
If you're lucky you can repair that phone with 15 euros for a new original battery.
ok guys, new information:
Apparently, the owner has way more knowledge about hardware repairing than I have, so we started talking about our ideas about all this thing and he said he already tried to reset battery, and he even replace it with a new one, so the fried-battery theory is discarded. Now I (we) think the problem could reside in the power IC, but that leads to a weld repairing, and I don't have the tools to deal with that.
So the thread is almost closed with this new info, but I still accept suggestions/opinions/ideas/whatever you wanna say, even if you enjoy typing the Macarena, at least we'll laugh with that xp
laumapu said:
ok guys, new information:
Apparently, the owner has way more knowledge about hardware repairing than I have, so we started talking about our ideas about all this thing and he said he already tried to reset battery, and he even replace it with a new one, so the fried-battery theory is discarded. Now I (we) think the problem could reside in the power IC, but that leads to a weld repairing, and I don't have the tools to deal with that.
So the thread is almost closed with this new info, but I still accept suggestions/opinions/ideas/whatever you wanna say, even if you enjoy typing the Macarena, at least we'll laugh with that xp
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If I were you, I wouldn't buy that phone.
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If I were you, I wouldn't buy that phone.
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Now that I know this, buying that phone has lost positions in my what-to-do list, just after the "comb my turtle's hair" thing lol
Thanks for caring
laumapu said:
Yes, the red LED keeps lit up. I've searched for that method and I'll try it if I purchase the phone, thank you so much
But what's your opinion about what the problem could be? Or which is the most likely?
EDIT: this is the thread I found about the rubberband trick http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849170, but is it called soft-bricked even when no firmware/modding stuff is involved?
RE-EDIT: ok, yes, even when no firmware/modding stuff is involved (lol)
RE-RE-EDIT: but still, if it's a hardware issue then all those tricks won't work, because there's physical damage, so that's why I asked for opinion x)
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What I thought it might be was that the battery wasn't charged. It happened to me once, so I kept the power button pressed while connecting it and after a few hours I was able to use flashtool, and keep in mind that sometimes new batteries don't come charged.
But if that's not the case, then that method won't help you.

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