As the title says, I want to be able to have the soft keyboard pop up as usual regardless if a hard KB is plugged in or not. I've been through all the settings I can think of and can't find anything. Oddly at one point the soft KB was popping up even though the hard KB was plugged in and both worked fine, but I haven't been able to recreate that after a reboot. I've done some searching and there seems to have been some people who have addressed this but they show some code but I don't know how to use it or where to put it.
Any help?
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Here is my problem, how it happened (I think) is below.
Right now the unit boots up fine, and all of the buttons work well, the only problem is that it is not accepting any sytlus input. When I touch the screen, nothing happens. I can use the buttons to navigate (to an extent) however the touch screen input is dead. The display is fine.
What I have tried:
The other odd thing is that I can no longer hard (cold) boot. I have tried repeatedly and it will only soft boot.
I have tried upgrading to a newer version of WM (5.03.02) which seemed to take fine, however I can't hard boot, so it really didn't completely upgrade.
I have a hard boot software installed on the device, however I cannot seem to figure out a way to access the start menu without the stylus.
I have left the battery off the unit for 3 days, and still wouldn't hard boot.
What I think happened:
I was using 2005 for a few weeks, and it was working fine. I left the unit in my bag for about a week, and the battery drained completely down to the point that I was unable to turn the unit on. I put it in the charger, and it came back to life, however the today screen was not where I keep it, although it was also not quite at the default either (somewhere in between). That was when I noticed the stylus wouldn't work.
My guess is that the input driver got hosed somehow. It is possible that the screen got damaged, but it was in my hard case, and it would be doubtful, but not impossible.
What I need:
Some way to hard boot the phone.
Some way to access the start menu without the stylus
Other suggestions.
Sorry for the long message, I just wanted to get down as much info as possible.
1.12.00
1337.42
5.03.02 (sort of, loaded, but not hard booted)
Thanks
Found a way to hard boot
In case anyone else runs into the same problem I did above. I was able to hard boot with the following method, which did clear up my screen input problem.
Soft reset, then record + media buttons to take me to the format screen. I changed the second two to yes and hit the mail button. It hard booted and seems to be ok so far.
Has anyone come across the problem of a TILT hanging up (could not find common denominator when does this occur) and ONLY the "Start" icon (and the "start" button)is inoperable. i.e. all functions work perfectly, however I have no way of getting to the Start screen - only soft reset. Help anyone
Do you have a password set? Does this only happen after a call? If so, this has been discussed many times - just do a quick search.
If not, I´m afraid I can´t help you with your issue.
Good luck!
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Has anyone come across the problem of a TILT hanging up (could not find common denominator when does this occur) and ONLY the "Start" icon (and the "start" button)is inoperable. i.e. all functions work perfectly, however I have no way of getting to the Start screen - only soft reset. Help anyone
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I think I had this problem also. I'm not sure what causes it, but it looks like ti appears after I try to use MS Voice Command.
I had this problem. I found it doesn't need a soft reset, just switch it off (hit the power button briefly) and back on again. Fixed it every time. Annoying but not fatal...
I am having a similar problem. I recieved an 8925 with a touch screen that doesn't work. No physical damage, but I noticed there is no start screen. I got it to upgrade to WM 6.1but still no start menu or system settings. It boots to the align screen but of course the touch screen doesn't work so that's all I get. Sometimes I get past that and the rest of the PDA seems to work with the keypad. I have reset it several times and still nothing. I removed the touchscreen and ordered a new one. Hope I haven't spent folishly. If someone has a clue to what the problem is I would be very grateful.
Last night my kaiser went crazy. The keys don't respond anymore. It also opens comm-manager and the dialer randomly, I just don't get it. Is there anybody who's got the same problem? I tried soft reset, hard reset and flashing 2 times but nothing works. Is there somebody who's got a solution?
Steelduines said:
Last night my kaiser went crazy. The keys don't respond anymore. It also opens comm-manager and the dialer randomly, I just don't get it. Is there anybody who's got the same problem? I tried soft reset, hard reset and flashing 2 times but nothing works. Is there somebody who's got a solution?
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Sounds like a physical problem to me. Either a loose ribbon cable or a stuck key that is not releasing. Only one other possibility in addition to those two and that would be if any of the keypads got wet or damp - this could have the same effect.
Mike
I asked this in another forum, really never got a solution, but there has to be a reg edit, the ones for the mogul dont work and this damn thing only stay on for like 7 seconds, pretty annoying to have to keep pressing the keyboard to get it to light back up, help
Install advanced config - In the "input" section you can change it. All the way up to 10 minutes if you want.
i tried that doesnt work even after a few soft resets, anybody else?
Hi all, please can you help me with this!?
Firstly when my phone boots or is taken out of sleep mode it immediately activates voice record as if this button has been pressed. It then opens the dialler and types ‘EDFC’. If I open pocket word and then wake the phone up it also types ‘EDFC’ before doing the above.
My keyboard is not working and the only hardware buttons that function are the power button (only for a while), the camera button and the silver select button in the middle of the d-pad. The jog wheel and silver directional d-pad buttons occasionally come to life. The others don’t work (green call and red end buttons, ok, windows etc).
When I use the standard keyboard SIP on the screen the directional buttons and delete do not function?!
I’ve reverted to a stock ROM to make sure this isn’t the problem.
It appears as though my Kaiser thinks these buttons are being depressed, but I’ve checked them and they click normally and release when pressed (even though they don’t perform a function) so nothing is stuck down etc….
I’m going to use AE Buttons to try and unhinge the button functions for now, but it would be great if someone has any suggestions!!
Thanks in advance.
Update - AE Button won't unhinge the buttons or change their function to anything else (e.g. nothing). I can't stop this from happening every time the phone boots/wakes up!
Help!
Mine got the same symptoms last week except it opens quick something or other,and then the dialler dials 2547.The screen for my pin then comes up,which I can enter normally.Home screen fires up normally but the keyboard will not work or any buttons except the silver one in the middle.Searched a bit and this problem is very common although I cannot find a solution anywhere.Can someone please help
AE button didn't work?
When mine did that, I reset all the hardware buttons (not the keyboard, just the buttons reachable from the outside. A soft reset and viola!
That's the only solution I have. It's worked for me 2x.
Also try pulling the battery for 20 seconds or so and restarting. That has fixed my touchscreen not working after it gets spashed 3x. Yeah, my phone is old and abused, but keeps working.
Will
wasilvers said:
"I reset all the hardware buttons (not the keyboard, just the buttons reachable from the outside. A soft reset and viola!"
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Thanks for your replies - I've got Orange sending me another one in the morning now and sods law it's just stopped happening.... Taking the replacement anyway in case it happens again.
For my knowledge, how did you reset the buttons? I deleted some registry keys to completely stop them working (although I couldn't find the registry keys for the red and green buttons).
Searching on Google there are quite a few reports of this, but no one has ever posted the cause!
I am having the same problem... please help. My phone is going crazy. I did a hard reset but still didnt solve the problem....
I am also having this issue. Phone starts typing EDFC and then initiates the voice recorder. I reflashed various ROMs and regardless of what was flashed.. initially they appeared okay, then it started happening again. I also tried hard and soft resets. Nothng has worked so far.
I resorted to disabling the keys and some of the applications which I dont use which appear to be getting started/run (Voice recorder for one). So far I havent had the issue, knock on wood.
I think this is more than likely a hardware error. My tilt is actually pretty old so I wouldnt be surprised. If someone finds either the cause or a workable solution please post. Im trying to hold off until January when my contact expires to get a new HTC.
I searched and searched but found no solution for this and ended up getting the phone replaced.
HTC seemed to know nothing of such a problem....
Have you tried whacking it?!!?
Hope you get it sorted.
brandall said:
Have you tried whacking it?!!?....
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Hmm, yes, but I don't see how that helped my phone.
lol, all jokes aside, my friends, I ask in this thread as well,
what is causing this problem? I ran into this issue after ALL my buttons stopped working (except for the power).
I installed a new rom (I forget which one), and still nothing works except for power button.
It would be even better if someone knows the solution!
-Calling for Help-I'm still convinced it is a software/registry problem...
Okay, so there's no solution available for this weird problem of ours.
On the bright side, however, it is amazing that we can still use the phone, even after it requires servicing (some way or another). I have accepted this handicap that has been placed on my phone for now, simply hoping it will grow out of it one day.
But something isn't right. When I looked in the registry (trying to follow some directions I found within the wiki for when your keyboard STILL doesn't work properly), there was a discrepancy between what was supposed to be found in the registry and what was actually there. It wasn't that the values were wrong, it was the names of the values that were different. Why could this be?
Or even if you have moment of time, and you have an AT&T Tilt, and it works perfectly, maybe you could write up a run down of what you have hanging around in that section of the registry?
Hey, just so I can be sure, is there some place I can cross check what I have in my HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP with what is supposed to be there in a fully functioning AT&T Tilt?