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Hi!!
Does anyone know a possibiliy to calibrate the G-Sensor? Mine drifts to the lower right :-(
Thank you
this has been brought up on quite a few occasions on different threads... do a search! but as far as im aware there is currently no way to calibrate the sensor.
i want to do the calibration also! hope there will be some solution!
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i want to do the calibration also! hope there will be some solution!
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At the moment there is no way to calibrate the sensor...
thats the reason why I send my Diamond back....
everyone saying there sensor is not calibrated right, did you try it without the back cover?
cause when i remove the back cover and play teeter and put the diamond on a flat surface the ball stands still.
If i have the back cover on in rolls to the left side/bottom (if you turn it 90°)
Remember the back cover is not flat!
Jip I know that the back cover is not flat...
but even without cover (on a flat table) the teeter ball doesn´t stand still....
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Jip I know that the back cover is not flat...
but even without cover (on a flat table) the teeter ball doesn´t stand still....
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is impossible that there is no way to recalibrate !
No problems with mine?
If the sensor causes the teeter ball to move ever so slightly to any side... why on earth would you send your phone back????
Whats wrong with ever to slightly tilting it the other way? Do you play teeter 24 hours a day?
Why would this issue even cause you a problem, right now theres only teeter that uses minute movements. the other apps, gsensor, etc etc, all use large shakes and tilts so these would all work even if your sensor is a tiny bit off..
Pathetic that you would send this awesome phone back simply becuz of a small issue that hardly affects anything!!
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No problems with mine?
Pathetic that you would send this awesome phone back simply becuz of a small issue that hardly affects anything!!
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In my opinion.. If you pay this amount of money for a device like this.. you may expect that everything in/on the device works as it is supposed to.
I have the same problem but at this moment I don't want to send it away for a few weeks.. so i'll wait to see if there will be another solution soon.
sad to see (my opinion) that everybody with a different opinion as yours is immediately pathetic. just because they like to have value for money
®ichard said:
In my opinion.. If you pay this amount of money for a device like this.. you may expect that everything in/on the device works as it is supposed to.
I have the same problem but at this moment I don't want to send it away for a few weeks.. so i'll wait to see if there will be another solution soon.
sad to see (my opinion) that everybody with a different opinion as yours is immediately pathetic. just because they like to have value for money
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Bro,which world do we live in? whats perfect in this world? tiny bugs will always be there,right? if you are or other whingers are in this game then learn to take chances and have bit of patience,i owned almost every pda since they born and own 4 different units right now (O2 flame,treo 750,eten x800,htc diamond) they all have some kind bugs and it annoys me sometimes but i always appreciated that what kind of windows mobile we started with and where we are right now,improved so much and its going to be more and more advance in coming days,for example i have ordered eten DX900 pocket pc phone with dual simcard coming in september hopefully,something new and different introduced in windows mobile pocket pc phone world again but i am expecting many bugs in that too as eten devices are always buggier than any other ones but again i love all this and their efforts.
if some one sent their diamond back over some kind issue that shouldn't even be a matter then they deserve some crapy old nokia.
sorry in advance if i hurt some one's feeling here
cheers
Mine is having this g-sensor issue as well.
I'll be sending it back for repair/service once I get my hands on an iPhone 3G.
If you ask me, anything that's functioning out of specification is something that can be and to be fixed. Doesn't matter what it is. It's simply is a function/feature that you paid for, so why would you pay for it to function "improperly"?
But right now, whats the gsensor been off slightly, actually affecting? You cannot play teeter? all the other apps that are coming out, dont need a super accurate g sensor to work..
that shake to switch profile program, doesnt need super accurate gsensor. same with other small apps like this.
same with the turn over to mute feature.
So no point in sending it back untill its broke to the extent you cannot use it.
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But right now, whats the gsensor been off slightly, actually affecting? You cannot play teeter? all the other apps that are coming out, dont need a super accurate g sensor to work..
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If you cared to actually read what people wrote about issue, it causes spurious switches from/to landscape mode when its not actually desired. I think its actually an issue warranting fix.
Hmmm.
Well i guess the sensor isnt just mis-aligned.. its totally broke. for it to think your tipping the phone sideways and not upright, its not misaligned... your right this does warrant a fix. But this thread is about re-aligning the sensor due to it drifting to the lower right. OP did not state its flipping his screen..
in tweeter i have to tilt my device 20 degrees upwards beofre the ball stops rolling. So the sensor is really off by a large amount, i could live with a couple degrees but this is ridiculous.
Same at my (ex) diamond...
also my diamond had few more problems... so G-Sensor is only one point why I sent it back...
Ok i could be wrong, cause i have the x7500, but for me it recalibrate (current position is 0 degrees) everytime i open up Pocket IE so maybe try laying your phone down on a flat surface and restarting the phone
u SHOULD send it back. i got my Diamond totally replaced. it may be a small issue now, but when new stuff is developed for the G-sensor, then u'll start cursing
Hi guys,
i had just got back inside the dive shop's speedboat when my wife thought the she should check whether all had gone well during the dive.
I unwisely went to pick up the call, and dropped my tilt on the floor of the boat which had about 2 inches of water. I opened it up wiped it clean and left in the sun for about 3-4 hours. When i put it back together, it fired up and i thought i was home free.
Sadly, it somehow restarted itself and stuck on the tricolor screen. I tried a hard reset and it worked fine, booted and worked ok for about 2 days, except that sometimes it would auto-dial the last caller, like the green button was pressing itself.
Yesterday, it put itself in an endless restart loop where it would boot up and then 3-5 seconds in the boot sequence it would boot again, like someone was pressing the reset pinhole. I took the battery out once again, and when i put it back in, i just get the tricolor but the hard reset "trick" doesn't work anymore and i am stuck in the tricolor.
I just got back from my vacation and saw the various threads, so i thought i might add mine. I would appreciate any insight or ideas into how i would go about saving my phone...
Thanks a lot
I think your only chance is to take it apart and clean it -- salt water will corrode things quickly and lead to all kinds of nasty stuff.
I would open it up clean it with alcohol then put the parts in a bowl of uncooked rice for a day (works wonders on fixing wet watches and electronics), after putting it back together I would flash it to a STOCK rom, then flash to a ROM of your choice.
Thanks a lot for all the tips guys. Unfortunately i cannot open it up before the weekend, but i can do the rice bowl thing immediately and hope for the best.
I will keep you posted.
Thanks
aalexandrou said:
Thanks a lot for all the tips guys. Unfortunately i cannot open it up before the weekend, but i can do the rice bowl thing immediately and hope for the best.
I will keep you posted.
Thanks
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Say bye to your phone then.. Salt water is extremely corrosive to electronics and even a few hours and then cleaned could be the end of it. Days? Well.. Let us know how it turns out.
khaytsus said:
Say bye to your phone then.. Salt water is extremely corrosive to electronics and even a few hours and then cleaned could be the end of it. Days? Well.. Let us know how it turns out.
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Well put. People often don't realise that the usual tricks which may work if it's fallen into very pure water, won't work with salt water. If the o/p has insufficient time to do a proper job of it himself right away, then he may consider paying a professional to do it for him (even then he may be to late though).
Edit just realised my post number is 666 - sorry if this seems similarly harsh and cruel but its true.
Thanks for all the input guys, but i dont have a choice. I am somewhere without access to my tools or anybody else's tools for that matter.
Its now been a week since the phone fell in the drink, and that's that.
It still switches on - but stays in tricolor - so i hope that its not completely dead. Still, if it dies then it dies, and i will have to get another one. Maybe the HTC Leo when it comes out.
I will keep all of you posted.
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Well put. People often don't realise that the usual tricks which may work if it's fallen into very pure water, won't work with salt water. If the o/p has insufficient time to do a proper job of it himself right away, then he may consider paying a professional to do it for him (even then he may be to late though).
Edit just realised my post number is 666 - sorry if this seems similarly harsh and cruel but its true.
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aalexandrou said:
Thanks for all the input guys, but i dont have a choice. I am somewhere without access to my tools or anybody else's tools for that matter.
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Unless you're somewhere without a postal service and telephone service you still have choices. In fact thats how HTC in the UK arrange and receive many of their repair jobs.
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Well if you are in the middle of nowhere without any modern equipt. except for the ancient internet, why would you even ask anyones advice if there was nothing you could do except put it in a bowl of rice. Everyone keeps trying to help you but you just keep telling them you can't do anything. Go buy your Leo and don't drop it in the dink mate. lol
Hello everyone,
I am now back home, where all my tools are available. I opened up the phone and cleaned it thoroughly with pure alcohol.
Dried it up and reassembled it, crossed my fingers and fired it up: And there it was!! It worked perfectly, and it has been doing so for almost 24 hours now.
Thanks once again for all your help.
@ Martinjv71
Thanks for your constructive comment. When i asked the question, i had no way of knowing that opening it up was just about the only thing i could do to save my phone. If you dont have something productive to say to people when they post something, just be quiet then. I asked people's help, not for your criticism, nor your wiseguy comments regarding my lack of access to tools, while having access to the internet. Your comment had absolutely zero added value in this conversation, so why did you even bother? We'll see how funny you think it is if you ever drop your phone in the drink.
If you must know, i was on holiday and then went on a business trip in a place where it was impossible to buy the tools and the hotel i was staying at did not have something i could borrow - while internet service is available in most hotels, size 6 torx screwdrivers are not.
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Well if you are in the middle of nowhere without any modern equipt. except for the ancient internet, why would you even ask anyones advice if there was nothing you could do except put it in a bowl of rice. Everyone keeps trying to help you but you just keep telling them you can't do anything. Go buy your Leo and don't drop it in the dink mate. lol
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Congratualations.
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Congratualations.
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Thanks a lot!!
Distilled water
You may have saved it. I usually go a bit further by removing the battery and soaking it for at least 30 seconds in distilled water.
If you have it apart at the time, only the electronics need the soak. Cards, Boards, switches, contacts. Water with salt or chlorine needs to be diluted and rinsed away. I have some long surviving Nokia 6800s to show for the effort!
I guess wiping it down may do the job for sealed parts/components.
Erbid
Extreme luck strikes
aalexandrou said:
reassembled it, crossed my fingers and fired it up: And there it was!! It worked perfectly, and it has been doing so for almost 24 hours now.
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Then you should rush out and buy a lottery ticket because you are very lucky - especially so having powered it on or had the battery in it while it's wet with salty water.
Thanks for your constructive comment. When i asked the question, i had no way of knowing that opening it up was just about the only thing i could do to save my phone.
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The problem is that many people think they can get away with just drying it out and it'll work but when water containing minerals has contaminated the device, even when the water evaporates mostly away, the salt/minerals remain and as already mentioned can be considered a corrosion time bomb - I wouldn't say your out of the forrest yet either because there'll be areas you couldn't get at properly to clean (such as under ICs and in some switch contacts) so only time will tell. It's the same as cars which have been in floods. Even though they will be dried out and cleaned, they're still a huge corrosion risk compared to cars that have not been submerged.
I asked people's help, not for your criticism.
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I can certainly understand peoples anger about your response because it did appear to me you weren't taking the urgency of the situation seriously. Even if you have no tools to perform a repair yourself, there's still the ability to post it to a repair centre. Where theres a will, there's a way.
I hope your Kaiser lives long and prospers - my fingers are crossed for you
I was wondering if anyone else was experiencing this also. Sometimes my milestones touch screen start goin all crazy an pushing buttons an sliding pages an pretty much making a huge mess.This has happened before, an it went normal after 4 to 5 hours later, an now its happening again. I did some research sayin somethin about the touch screen an its reaction to humidity an stuff, but i wasnt sure. So im hoping someone here knows what is up an can tell me what i have to do.
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I was wondering if anyone else was experiencing this also. Sometimes my milestones touch screen start goin all crazy an pushing buttons an sliding pages an pretty much making a huge mess.This has happened before, an it went normal after 4 to 5 hours later, an now its happening again. I did some research sayin somethin about the touch screen an its reaction to humidity an stuff, but i wasnt sure. So im hoping someone here knows what is up an can tell me what i have to do.
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Did you have your phone plugged in to a USB charger at the time? Was it the stock charger?
no, it doesnt happen jus when its chargin, it happens randomly, an no its not a stock charger, but i dont see what that would have to do with the screen goin crazy pushing everythin
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no, it doesnt happen jus when its chargin, it happens randomly, an no its not a stock charger, but i dont see what that would have to do with the screen goin crazy pushing everythin
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Well, I would suggest that you try reverting back to using the stock charger for a few days and see if that helps. Using other chargers (esp from ebay) can cause similar effects on the Milestone/Droid due to voltage variances.
ill give it a try, an let you know what happens, thing is i bought the phone alone with no stock charger, so im gonna have to check on ebay for a stock one, but thanks again
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ill give it a try, an let you know what happens, thing is i bought the phone alone with no stock charger, so im gonna have to check on ebay for a stock one, but thanks again
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Well, try buying a stock one from an authorized Motorola dealer. Every since I purchased one on ebay, I always make sure my Moto chargers come in a sealed, hard plastic, package in attempt to improve authenticity (However, I'm not sure how much that buys me).
Good luck.
I get this same issue.
Unplugged or not, on various roms from stock to motofrenzy.
sometimes the screen will just become really crazy.
If i open a webpage and just hold my finger on the screen in one place it will zoom in scroll up and down, all sorts.
I verified what was happening by downloading Multitouch visualiser 2 from the Market.
A reboot always fixes the problem
Its kinda frustrating, because i know that Moto just direct you to the place of purchase and i was not the original purchaser, so i have no chance of a warranty repair.
yeah ive tried everything, its driving me up the wall, its been like this for the last 30 hours,an i cant even use the phone, this is the worst it been, it usually goes away after 5 to 6 hours , but now its jus gone crazy, an ive restarted an removed the battery countless of times
but burko, are you using a sock wall charger or a ebay or differant brand wall charger.thanks
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Well, try buying a stock one from an authorized Motorola dealer. Every since I purchased one on ebay, I always make sure my Moto chargers come in a sealed, hard plastic, package in attempt to improve authenticity (However, I'm not sure how much that buys me).
Good luck.
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could you tell me how much the out put of volts an amps the motorola milestone wall charger is, thanks
I actually use a BlackBerry charger, as i assumed Micro-Usb would be the same for all manufactures, but as above, it does start the screen going mad, as soon as i unplug it, it stops!
Ill see if i can make it go mad without being plugged in!
Good shout Knowthenazz!
That happened with me, when the temperature degree outside is very high, I live in region the degree reach to 48degree, my phone screen goes crazy, so I think your charger make your phone very hot, so the sensitivity of your screen begin not work properly. I'm note sure, just want to share my idea.
Thanks,
well its been about 4-5 days already, an my phones touch screen still goin crazy, i thought maybe id go back, like the other times, but this time seems permanent an its extremely depressing thinkin about it cus i jus got it like a week and a half ago off a guy.ive tried countless of chargers, even my bros motorola backflip charger, an nothin. so im gonna assume its permanently gone. i would switch the digitizer but thats gonna cost money an might jus lose the entire phone, so im jus gonna throw it back on ebay an go back to my htc hero an jus wait for the milestone 2 to come out. but if anyone does find a solution please post it here. thx everyone R.I.P. MILESTONE
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could you tell me how much the out put of volts an amps the motorola milestone wall charger is, thanks
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All chargers using the micro USB spec should be the exact same voltage (and different current ratings depending on the charger, although different current values shouldn't affect your screen at all). I suspect that the voltages are very close, if not generally the same, but, the voltage may slightly fluctuate (or ripple) over time, which I believe may be causing the issue. The better quality the charger, the more constant the voltage.
If I were you I'd purchase an authentic Motorola Micro USB charger, and call it a day.
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I actually use a BlackBerry charger, as i assumed Micro-Usb would be the same for all manufactures, but as above, it does start the screen going mad, as soon as i unplug it, it stops!
Ill see if i can make it go mad without being plugged in!
Good shout Knowthenazz!
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Glad I could help!
Not sure if this is true, but, I heard that most Motorola chargers work on Blackberry units, but, the converse isn't always the case.
well its been about a week and a half an the crazy screen thing finally stopped, i used my friends motorola backflip charger, an seems like evrything is back to normal, but now the "back" button does not work, an it really is a verry important button, so im jus hopin time will fix that button too
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well its been about a week and a half an the crazy screen thing finally stopped, i used my friends motorola backflip charger, an seems like evrything is back to normal, but now the "back" button does not work, an it really is a verry important button, so im jus hopin time will fix that button too
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Glad things are returning back to normal for you with regards to the screen.
Not sure what's going on with your back button though. Hope it works itself out for you.
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Glad things are returning back to normal for you with regards to the screen.
Not sure what's going on with your back button though. Hope it works itself out for you.
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thanks for your help knowthenazz an everyone else =]
Go to a service center asap!
Dude, use your warranty. Take it to a service center.
Mine happened the same, and I decided to send it back to motorola and just got it back yesterday.
They replaced the glass screen and the frame which surrounds the glass.
It seems they removed that plastic from behind the screen on the slider, or also replaced the slider module.
I'd guess it might be a known issue for motorola, because my phone had scratches on the glass, plus a small crack on the screen ( yeah, I know, it's gorilla glass, but I'm an orc with mobiles ), the metal frame was all dented, and they replaced it anyway, when they could just said "this is misuse, it's failing because you drop it several times, go buy another one"
I already had this issue a few months before, it got better and I decided to keep on, and then it started again and got unusable, so don't get excited about it getting better, because probably will eventually start failing again.
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Dude, use your warranty. Take it to a service center.
Mine happened the same, and I decided to send it back to motorola and just got it back yesterday.
They replaced the glass screen and the frame which surrounds the glass.
It seems they removed that plastic from behind the screen on the slider, or also replaced the slider module.
I'd guess it might be a known issue for motorola, because my phone had scratches on the glass, plus a small crack on the screen ( yeah, I know, it's gorilla glass, but I'm an orc with mobiles ), the metal frame was all dented, and they replaced it anyway, when they could just said "this is misuse, it's failing because you drop it several times, go buy another one"
I already had this issue a few months before, it got better and I decided to keep on, and then it started again and got unusable, so don't get excited about it getting better, because probably will eventually start failing again.
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thing is i bought it off anothere guy, an he was a phone dealer an it was given to him as a gift from motorola, an like it had no papers or charger or service carrier, jus the phone alone straight form hong kong. an yeah couple hours later my screen went crazy again, so its on ebay atm lol, but thanks anyways
It happened with me too. Somebody told me that was cause by sweat. So i took it to service center.
started happening to me yesterday, anyone know a fix yet?
Thanks to a smart community, I have a long-standing problem with a spontaneous reboot. Mobile has root rights and is currently running on SixRom. Restarting is happening randomly in any activity or inactivity (the mobile is lying on the table), I go to the subway, listen to music, navigate, .... How many times can not I turn on because after the pin and subsequent log in to the mobile network is followed by restart and so on all the time. The only thing I've come to help is to have a cellphone in the airplane mode (but it's a totally useless mobile) or plugged into a charger, which makes it a miracle to recover and run normally.
Do anyone have any advice on how to solve this problem? I have tried many tutorials, kernels, roms, factory reset, but nothing works.
I apologize for my English, I use compiler.
It could be an app your using. Some apps will sometimes cause these random restarts because of a conflict with another app you may be using. Try deleting an app and see how things go, if things seem ok or continue with the restarts, then delete another app until you can rule out that the apps are what's causing the problem
Good idea, I try, but it still does not explain why my cellphone works smoothly when charging from usb. This does not reveal any restart either spontaneous or when logging in to the operator's network.
When ever I have a unexplained problem I do a complete format,, wipe everything except recovery.
For anyone having unexplained random reboots - replace your battery.
Is it sure that the battery replacement really helps? Or is it possible to test it for functionality by some kind of program? What I have tested programs for android, so everyone reports that the battery is in good condition ....
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Is it sure that the battery replacement really helps? Or is it possible to test it for functionality by some kind of program? What I have tested programs for android, so everyone reports that the battery is in good condition ....
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Go to playstore and download AccuBattery. Let it run in the background while you charge your phone to 100%. Then go in to the app and look for what it says under "health". It should say something about estimated capacity and design capacity. Let us know what it says on estimated capacity. It would give you an indication of how your battery health is.
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For anyone having unexplained random reboots - replace your battery.
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This.
In my case the phone would generally run fantastic from 100% to 60% or so then would begin rebooting at first what I thought was randomly... however after experimenting I found the reboots coincided with above average draws on the battery. The fact that while your device is plugged into power and you are free of reboots is reason to believe your battery could stand replacement alone.....
Now If you want another quick and easy test (that's completely unscientific) undeniably accurate in 2 N6's Ive owned that indeed did need battery replacements here's what I did to convince myself that I was on the right track
I would usually wait until the phone reboots in what I would consider random which in my particular cases would be anywhere in between 60- 40%.
At this point I would open a "heavy" app. Google Maps comes to mind. Once open and after entering destination and location. The moment I hit "Get Directions" in Maps... BAM.. Reboot. Each time and every time. No room for coincidence.
There are a ton of apps out there but Maps is just the first one I realized I could control the point of reboot to that degree. Google+ was also another app but never to the point of a single button press causing the reboot.
Keep in mind this "test" is by no means without a doubt proof but..... with what you already know an easy way to see if the reboots might not be random after all.
With me, restarts are probably random in any activity. How many times do I turn on the display, switch on the screen and he restarts my cellphone. I've been told several times that my phone was restarted into a mode where I did not load startup applications such as AccuBattery, ... and there was no data connection to the mobile network. The mobile operator's signal was and was called. It did not help even the last version of the system (whether I was on any ROM - currently sixRom) or that despair of deleting Dalvik, data, in recovery (last version).
The only thing that helped was either to restore the entire system, including data from the backup, or complete the new ROM and then download the applications from the Play Store. Unfortunately, this will not solve a random restart.
AccuBattery reports battery health to 76%
I ordered two new batteries in one package that would arrive in a month. I'll see how I get.
If you're using magisk, that could be the issue
I'm using SuperSU
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Same issue with me. Having random reboots for a couple of weeks now. Not always, just here and then. I have used a lot of different ROM's, with and without root, but to no avail.
After doing a lot of research, in XDA, and by Googling I have found out that in the majority of the cases the issue is the battery being faulty or passed its age, so its seems only natural to replace it.
I have bought the tools, bought the battery on eBay, now just waiting for it to come and I will change it myself. It doesn't look difficult to do.
Anyway, I hope this helped.
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I ordered two new batteries in one package that would arrive in a month. I'll see how I get.
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Same issue with me. Having random reboots for a couple of weeks now. Not always, just here and then. I have used a lot of different ROM's, with and without root, but to no avail.
After doing a lot of research, in XDA, and by Googling I have found out that in the majority of the cases the issue is the battery being faulty or passed its age, so its seems only natural to replace it.
I have bought the tools, bought the battery on eBay, now just waiting for it to come and I will change it myself. It doesn't look difficult to do.
Anyway, I hope this helped.
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Please do let us know how it goes and if you see that your issues dissapears or not.
@genti.b
Good luck [emoji6] You're right, it's not hard, just time consuming and requires patience. My 2 cents on the subject;
Getting the back off the phone is pretty easy if you use a hot water bottle to warm the back for about ten minutes first. It helps soften the glue holding the back on.
You'll need a *good* #3 (some phones need a #4) torx bit. Using the cheap ones that come with replacement parts will likely strip the screw heads.
Use a magnifying glass to ensure your torx bit fits properly, and that you are holding it inline with the screw head. If it is tilted, you are more likely to strip the screw. Some of the screws are at an angle so I think that's where some might run into trouble.
Replacing the main board holder makes the whole job easier but it's not required. All in all, I'm glad I had one in hand. It's fragile and if the adhesive sticks on it, you might find it cracks when separating the back.
If you follow the ifixit tutorial, I seem to remember there was one or two screws that weren't listed. Also, they don't do a good job of illustrating how to release the ribbon cable connectors.
As you put the new battery in, consider the shape as you want it to conform to the curved back. If you find your forcing the back cover on, double check the battery.
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@genti.b
Good luck [emoji6] You're right, it's not hard, just time consuming and requires patience. My 2 cents on the subject;
Getting the back off the phone is pretty easy if you use a hot water bottle to warm the back for about ten minutes first. It helps soften the glue holding the back on.
You'll need a *good* #3 (some phones need a #4) torx bit. Using the cheap ones that come with replacement parts will likely strip the screw heads.
Use a magnifying glass to ensure your torx bit fits properly, and that you are holding it inline with the screw head. If it is tilted, you are more likely to strip the screw. Some of the screws are at an angle so I think that's where some might run into trouble.
Replacing the main board holder makes the whole job easier but it's not required. All in all, I'm glad I had one in hand. It's fragile and if the adhesive sticks on it, you might find it cracks when separating the back.
If you follow the ifixit tutorial, I seem to remember there was one or two screws that weren't listed. Also, they don't do a good job of illustrating how to release the ribbon cable connectors.
As you put the new battery in, consider the shape as you want it to conform to the curved back. If you find your forcing the back cover on, double check the battery.
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Thanks for the tips :good:, defo will consider them.
I have been able to open the back with no problem, but with the tools that I bought some time ago on AliExpress I just couldn't unscrew the screws, so I decided not to touch it and bought some much better tools on eBay (and now I'm waiting them to come, in about 2 weeks time).
I have watched a lot of videos, and I mean A LOT, I've read quite a lot articles as well, so I think I'm good to go (and I really hope that I don't screw this up).
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Arju said:
Please do let us know how it goes and if you see that your issues dissapears or not.
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Definitely I will...
Thanks for your advice on dismantling, they will definitely be very useful. The batteries are still on their way, so it's a long wait. In addition, I plan to replace the very cracked cover glass (plastic) on my mobile phone, as I enjoy virtually all the mounting in the allele. Well, personally, I do not have any experience with replacing a few videos from youtube, at least I have all the necessary accessories like a new original school, inside a glue and uv curing lamp, screwdrivers, a chopper. I'll see how it goes
* So far, the restart has stabilized to a daily number of three or more.
genti.b said:
Thanks for the tips :good:, defo will consider them.
I have been able to open the back with no problem, but with the tools that I bought some time ago on AliExpress I just couldn't unscrew the screws, so I decided not to touch it and bought some much better tools on eBay (and now I'm waiting them to come, in about 2 weeks time).
I have watched a lot of videos, and I mean A LOT, I've read quite a lot articles as well, so I think I'm good to go (and I really hope that I don't screw this up).
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Definitely I will...
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It was a long process but I finally did it. It took me about an hour to carefully remove and assembly the parts but it was worth it.
The 5 days that I had the new battery, the random reboots seems to have gone away. I cannot see any difference in the battery life though, about 30 minutes more of SOT, about 3 and a half to 4 hours in total.
In the end I think it was worth it.
P.S. I did buy the back plate as well and now my N6 looks like new again
Issue solved by Nokia/Hmd together with Mediamarkt Sweden with above and beyond kind of service,
They handled the issue quick and effective without any pressure from social media or newspapers. Kept me up to date with any type of progress in the matter.
And even let me replace the phone with another brands phone due to certain reasons, they also provided for extra accessories to the replacement phone even though it was another brand as well as putting out extra credit at the store of my choice for future purchases.
So my hat comes of for them for the 11 star of 5 stars maximum service
got real issue on my phone night between 23/24 july wich resulted in me and my girl waking up and in less then 1 min the appartement was smokefilled and the phone was like a blowtorchand we managed to toss it from a 3 floor window onto the street wbelow.
we ggot lucky that we ive in a small 1 bedroom appartment with a working smoke alarm just few meters away in the same room .
the phone is now seng in to nokia/hmd EU service center for inspectionon what went wrongwith the device.
and even though this happend i cant wait to get a replacement/new nokia 7plus since i realy loved the model.
hope they find anything fast if there is something wrong with it since the model in my eyes still is a greatphone
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got real issue on my phone night between 23/24 july wich resulted in me and my girl waking up and in less then 1 min the appartement was smokefilled and the phone was like a blowtorchand we managed to toss it from a 3 floor window onto the street wbelow.
we ggot lucky that we ive in a small 1 bedroom appartment with a working smoke alarm just few meters away in the same room .
the phone is now seng in to nokia/hmd EU service center for inspectionon what went wrongwith the device.
and even though this happend i cant wait to get a replacement/new nokia 7plus since i realy loved the model.
hope they find anything fast if there is something wrong with it since the model in my eyes still is a greatphone
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OMG ??????? what Nokia said?
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OMG what Nokia said?
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atm the phone is on the way to nokia/hmd main service in EU since they where extremly eager to check it out on what may have gone wrong and they helpedme to get a basic timeline by lots of questions so to see if there was any strange behaviour with the phone prior to the event
and as i understood this was basicaly a first for themwith this kind of event specially since it wasnt plugged in atm of the explosion . so i am waiting on reply from them for reciving and first checkup on the device.
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atm the phone is on the way to nokia/hmd main service in EU since they where extremly eager to check it out on what may have gone wrong and they helpedme to get a basic timeline by lots of questions so to see if there was any strange behaviour with the phone prior to the event
and as i understood this was basicaly a first for themwith this kind of event specially since it wasnt plugged in atm of the explosion . so i am waiting on reply from them for reciving and first checkup on the device.
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Oh yeah, didn't hear such a thing before. Please keep us updated. I'd like to know more about how they handle the issue and what information they provide about the root cause. Also, I'm glad they intervened and took notice of it without needing a special pressure from social media (which is the case for most brands).
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Sorry to hear that.
I've never heard of HMD Nokia Android Phone explosion incident before - at least in China, only battery bulging incident on overused Nokia 6.1.
Please keep this topic updated, we want to know their attitude upon this issue.
still no news from nokia/hmd other then they are putting everything under a microscope to try and find anything that might have gone wrong.
So update on this issue.
So far they couldn’t find anything wrong in design of the phone and or battery so it looks like it was just one of them crazy bad luck happening.
They still haven’t completely checked everything as I understood but they felt satisfied to close the matter on mud end and do more testing without me having to wait for all answers.
And the solution on the matter for me as I got. New phone and accessories like SD cards, cases, Custom screen covers, wireless headphones as well as a bunch of extra store credit for future purchases.
However due to demands from girlfriend that the same model of phone was not allowed inside ever again if I wanted to sleep in the same bed/apartment ever again I had to pick another model.
However since they didn’t have any similar phone model.
They came up with the suggestion of me picking from any brand of phone even from their competitors. So now I have bramd of phone and really happy with the solution in the end..
So to all that might be worried about this repeating itself don’t be.
Also even hat it took some time I am extremely happy with the solution in this matter as well as they will update me with any future findings in this matter.
Best service i ever experienced in a cellphone warranty issue.
Nokia/hmd gets 11 out of 10 stars for their handeling of the service around this issue.
what phone do you have now?
good to see them being this nice. But i guess they have to because, well, your phone exploded
I took a samsung A40 instead due to the fact that it was good enough for my current needs but I do miss my Nokia. But as My girlfriend Put in her veto against the Nokia 7plus model I didn’t have much choice.
Nokia’s work in the matter is the best I ever encountered when it comes to Customer service and I feel they took it extremely serious to find a solution on the matter and as I understood it was just a one time happening.
But I am happy with the new phone since it is quick software and takes decent photos, but I am going to miss the Nokia.