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I have a familiar problem we've all read about but my instance seems to be a bit different than anything i've found when searching the forums. Heres the Details.
I have a Tilt, I'm running Dutty's WM6.1. I've been running it for weeks and all is great. recently bought a usb car adapter. plugged it in and the phone lit the red light of doom and shut down. i soft reset...same problem. so I left it alone. Now my TILT turns on fine, operates fine. boots in a timely fashion but will not recognize any USB cord i've plugged in. I've tried many. However it WILL charge when the power is turned off. the red light is lit while charging but it charges.
and in case it helps anyone...the bootloader does say SERIAL and no usb.
I've seen lots of different instances of this issue on the forum search but they all were a little different from my situation or an answer was never given in the thread. Thank you to any one who knows the secret to this or has a solution that works.
Seems you fryed some part of your USB port. You should send it in to AT&T if you're under warrenty. If not, best thing is to replace it by solderng a new USB port.
Kraize
Since you can still turn it on and all seems relatively normal why not back up your data and try a Hard Reset ?
You may not have bricked it...may I ask which USB car charger you bought so I can avoid it ?
I doubt the physical USB jack is damaged, anythings possible but it's more likely worse than that IF it is not software/rom related.
Hope you solve it cheaply !
are you trying to charge it with the one that came with the kaiser?
Help! My tilt freezes up suddenly and then reacts extremely slow to any inputs. I will push a button on the touch screen and it takes the phone about 3-4 seconds to react to the input. Any ideas on what may be wrong and how to go about fixing them? Also, the phone has problems every month or so about going into the 4 color screen when booting up and not starting properly (not sure if this has anything to do with it...very annoying!!). Usually happens though when the battery is drained. Any help would be excellent!
if by USB you mean the computer's USB port, is ActiveSync syncing when the tilt slows down? because I believe that's normal when ActiveSync is actively working in the background...
USB meaning plugged into my laptop...
...and active sync is not even recognizing my device. Everything i do on my phone is delayed a couple of seconds. When i unplug it from the computer through the USB cable everything runs at normal speed.
Another Problem
I tried a hard reset through clear storage (copied all of my contacts to the sim card since my phone was not syncing) and when the phone booted back up it started in the infamous 4 color screen (anyone know what the actual name for this screen is?) and won't turn back on properly!
jmelgdogs said:
Help! My tilt freezes up suddenly and then reacts extremely slow to any inputs. I will push a button on the touch screen and it takes the phone about 3-4 seconds to react to the input. Any ideas on what may be wrong and how to go about fixing them? Also, the phone has problems every month or so about going into the 4 color screen when booting up and not starting properly (not sure if this has anything to do with it...very annoying!!). Usually happens though when the battery is drained. Any help would be excellent!
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I got a similar issue with my Kaiser. Pluged it via sync cable to my laptop/PC, and it would freeze both sides (PC and Kaiser). It is definitely a mini-usb issue, a pin is bend, creating a bad contact. If I slightly move the plug in the mini usb, it will eventually come to life. If the cable moves to the right again, it will freeze again. This isn't happening with a wall/car charger however.
Could be you're facing the same problem. Did you recently damage the mini-usb (by inserting the stylus inside instatd of the soft-reset button, like most of the people lol).
Thanx!
Now that i examine it, the USB is slightly damaged on the inside..will try a different one...
Will try when phone actually boots up properly.....
Still Freezing
Got my phone to finally boot up (after numerous attempts) and I used a brand new USB cable and it still is going reaalllllllyyy sloooooooowwww. It also won't sink with my computer. Anyone, please HELP!
jmelgdogs said:
Got my phone to finally boot up (after numerous attempts) and I used a brand new USB cable and it still is going reaalllllllyyy sloooooooowwww. It also won't sink with my computer. Anyone, please HELP!
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Actually, I didn't mean that the cable was damaged, but the mini-usb plug from the Tilt itself. Have you tried holding the cable while pluged right or left and see if tht Tilt reacts normally ?
That didn't seem to make any difference either. When I plug it into a regular charger it works normally.
New Discovery!
My headphones now do not work either. To recap, connect phone through USB to my computer, the phone moves as fast as my grandmother but though it still charges the battery. My regular phone charger works fine and the phone moves as fast as Micheal Phelps. Though my head phones perform sexually like my grandfather, they don't work at all.
I don't get it!
This may be the most unreliable phone I have ever experienced in my entire life. Now the head phones work after I put them in very slowly but when I take them back out of the mini USB port the regular speakers do not play and sound. When I plug the head phones back in I hear the sound through the ear buds. On a more disturbing note, I guess my grandfather is taking cialis. My mini USB port is just messed up!
Hey guys, I'm asking a question for a buddy of mine,. His HP Touchpad will not turn on, we've tried charging it and making sure it wasn't something dumb. There is no way, that i know of, to revive this Touchpad. Any suggestions? Thanks.
I would try the home + power reboot. Then if that does nothing then I would put it on a different charger and see if that does anything. Then if none of that works, call HP and see if it is still under warranty, and if they would send you a replacement. And you could try hooking it up to your computer and see if anything happens. The HP touchpad is almost unbrickable.
Good luck!
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Also try twisting the charger to make sure its tight. I know lots of people have had issues because the charger isn't snapped tightly to the plug!
I have also heard about people whos usb port is broken - if you know anyone with a touchstone, try charging it this way and probably then the tp starts.
I had the same issues (black screen, wont start) because the TP wont charge although I plugged it in correctly. The way I fixed it was waiting one day and then using a different charger to load the TP. Once plugged in it showed the charger symbol and one day later it was useable again. BTW: my HP charger was/is NOT broken.
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Thank you guys. My friend actually has tried all of these. He did call HP and they are going to take it back after he acted "stupid". Thanks again.
So I am trying to root my d4 but I wasn't given a stock usb cable. Instead, I am using the usb cable that came with my lg revolution. But when I plug it into my laptop & d4, all of the sudden the phone goes into settings and starts selecting and deselecting settings seemingly at random. Is that something to do with the cable?
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Okay, I figured out what was going on. Here's what happened in case any of you experience the same problem:
It was the cable like I was thinking. Sometimes when I hooked the D4 up to the computer with the LG phone's cable, it caused the phone to bog down (maybe it was busy trying to communicate with the laptop and the cable just wasn't compatible so it kept trying and kept trying, etc.). I'd gone into settings to turn USB debugging on and when I swiped along the screen was when it started to lag. So, the D4 couldn't tell that what I'd done was swipe my finger over the screen to scroll down. Instead, it thought I'd selected everything in the path of the finger swipe. But it reacted so slowly I couldn't tell that's what was going on because I'd swiped again resulting in yet more selections/deselections of settings. And then for 20 seconds after swiping it was still catching up and toggling settings on and off. Rinse and repeat...
I borrowed a Motorola cable from a Droid X2 user and everything went smoothly. My phone was recognized, drivers installed, yadda, yadda, and I'm now rooted!
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Okay, I figured out what was going on. Here's what happened in case any of you experience the same problem:
It was the cable like I was thinking. Sometimes when I hooked the D4 up to the computer with the LG phone's cable, it caused the phone to bog down (maybe it was busy trying to communicate with the laptop and the cable just wasn't compatible so it kept trying and kept trying, etc.). I'd gone into settings to turn USB debugging on and when I swiped along the screen was when it started to lag. So, the D4 couldn't tell that what I'd done was swipe my finger over the screen to scroll down. Instead, it thought I'd selected everything in the path of the finger swipe. But it reacted so slowly I couldn't tell that's what was going on because I'd swiped again resulting in yet more selections/deselections of settings. And then for 20 seconds after swiping it was still catching up and toggling settings on and off. Rinse and repeat...
I borrowed a Motorola cable from a Droid X2 user and everything went smoothly. My phone was recognized, drivers installed, yadda, yadda, and I'm now rooted!
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I think it's actually interference created by an unstable DC charging current that messes with the sensitivity of the touchscreen. I have the same problem with my D4 if I use some of the crappier USB wall chargers. I've found the Apple iPhone / iPad chargers work pretty well and most any USB micro cable seems to work pretty well. it could just be less than stellar DC voltage coming from your laptop. Maybe you were running off of battery in one of those instances or maybe wall power, or maybe you were plugged into a different wall socket or at a different house / place with a different mains electrical feed?
Thanks. That sounds plausible. I was using my laptop on every attempt but I don't remember when I was plugged in and when I wasn't. I'll have to experiment a little and see what happens.
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I've now tried it in every combination I could think of...connected to a laptop plugged in/not plugged in to the wall, connecting to a desktop...using each cable in each situation, and using a couple of wall chargers. The only thing that made a difference for me was the cable. The moto usb cable works fine as do both the lg and off-brand wall charger cables I have. The problem only comes about when using the lg usb cable with the d4...then stuff gets freaky. No big deal, though. I can easily avoid that combination. Just found it interesting/weird.
Hello guys,
I'm new here at the HP Touchpad Section and XDA-Dev Forums.
I am running CM7 on our HP Touchpad and my little brother has been fiddling with it(downloading many apps from the playstore using my personal account, thus forcing me to create a new google account/other shiz).
Then one time, the screen kept turning on and off without us even touching it. Our guess was it was dust on the screen which is being register as touch.
After a week or so that that was happening, the touchpad ran out of battery and was not charged right away.
The result, it won't charge anymore.
Is there anyway to open the device and shock the battery? It may be a dead battery just like what happened to my sister's iPhone.
I've also been reading some charging issues with CM7 and CM9 and tried some of their troubleshooting methods but non worked.
If I just get a little juice to boot it, I would reboot back to webOS as fast as I can and uninstall CM7.
Thanks in advance,
Raphael
SCPadgeebar said:
Hello guys,
I'm new here at the HP Touchpad Section and XDA-Dev Forums.
I am running CM7 on our HP Touchpad and my little brother has been fiddling with it(downloading many apps from the playstore using my personal account, thus forcing me to create a new google account/other shiz).
Then one time, the screen kept turning on and off without us even touching it. Our guess was it was dust on the screen which is being register as touch.
After a week or so that that was happening, the touchpad ran out of battery and was not charged right away.
The result, it won't charge anymore.
Is there anyway to open the device and shock the battery? It may be a dead battery just like what happened to my sister's iPhone.
I've also been reading some charging issues with CM7 and CM9 and tried some of their troubleshooting methods but non worked.
If I just get a little juice to boot it, I would reboot back to webOS as fast as I can and uninstall CM7.
Thanks in advance,
Raphael
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Try leaving it on the stock charger for several hours, maybe days. If you have a touchstone, try that.
If you get it to charge (make sure it's fully charged), uninstall CM7 using acmeuninstaller, then boot into webos. If you have preware installed fine, if not install it and download 'remove android' (or something like that). Run it, then install either CM9 or cm10, using acmeinstaller3. There are several good how-to's which you can search for here or at webos nation forum.
When you have it installed, go to settings > storage and click on the 3 little squares on the upper right hand side, and click on usb computer connection. Then make sure the MTP box is checked.
Hope this helps. Good luck.
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Try leaving it on the stock charger for several hours, maybe days. If you have a touchstone, try that.
If you get it to charge (make sure it's fully charged), uninstall CM7 using acmeuninstaller, then boot into webos. If you have preware installed fine, if not install it and download 'remove android' (or something like that). Run it, then install either CM9 or cm10, using acmeinstaller3. There are several good how-to's which you can search for here or at webos nation forum.
When you have it installed, go to settings > storage and click on the 3 little squares on the upper right hand side, and click on usb computer connection. Then make sure the MTP box is checked.
Hope this helps. Good luck.
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Thans for the reply chicle_11! Will try that on the weekends since I am very busy with school works. And thanks for the suggestion of installing CM9/CM10 but I will just stick to webOS and get an authentic Android Tablet(I'm choosing between Google Nexus 10 or Samsung Note 10.1).
I use webos at least 50% of the time. It's a shame that there aren't more apps compared to android. You don't have anything to lose by installing android. You'll have an excellent and unique dual boot tablet. CM10 is very stable now, I use it as my daily driver, I highly recommend it.
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I use webos at least 50% of the time. It's a shame that there aren't more apps compared to android. You don't have anything to lose by installing android. You'll have an excellent and unique dual boot tablet. CM10 is very stable now, I use it as my daily driver, I highly recommend it.
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I still might reconsider flashing CM9/CM10 when I sort out the charging problems since I am just starting to save money for the Note 10.1/Nexus10.
Can you recommend a good CM10-based ROM for the HPTP or just the stock CM10 Jcsullins?
I use/recommend jcsullins' cm10.
Make sure MTP is checked (follow my first post) and that should take care of the charging problems.
Also, try to not let the battery run out of power. It could possibly brick the tablet.
It seems that I have somewhat sorted out the charging problems. I read an article last night that Samsung Chargers also work for the HPTP.
The process is fairly simple. Use the Samsung Charger first to charge a phone. After 2 hours or so, use that charger for the HPTP to charge the touchpad from a used/electrified wire. During the other process, use the HPTP Charger for the phone to power the cord up. After 10mins or so, switch both chargers. So the HPTP should be using the one that came with it by this time.
It worked for a while then the "Please use the charging cable that came blah blah blah to fully charge..." message came. I've read another article that the touchpad should be a little elevated or at least level with the cord so the cord will not fall down that is causing the message to pop up.
I've used both methods and the 2nd method is working like a charm. It shows a battery sign with a lightning bolt and the charging warning/message does not pop up. Will leave it overnight to see if it charges.
Then after, I might reinstall CM9(I've been from CM9 but downgraded to CM7 because of camera issues w/c my lil bro does not like).
So I left it overnight and it charged when I used the 2nd Method. Happy Days!
SCPadgeebar said:
During the other process, use the HPTP Charger for the phone to the cord up. After 10mins or so, switch both chargers. So the HPTP should be using the one that came with it by this time.
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What?
*fixed*
Sorry, That was late night here in the PHL and was a bit sleepy when I was posting that.
Also have dead touchpad
I haven't been able to see any life from my touchpad after the battery completely drained. Its been 2 days since I haven't been able to use it.
I've tried charging it via the cable and adapter that came with it for a couple of hours, left my TP on the touchstone all afternoon to morning and no life either, the touchpad however is a bit warm at the back. Does that indicate its charging?
my TP is sitting on the touchstone now but I've replaced the AC adapter and currently using my HTC Sensation plug, I am running out of ideas and I'm going to presume its completely dead.........
I've tried connecting it to the pc but nothing happens, Can someone help me out, I've also tried the button combinations "Home, Home+Power and Home+Power+VolumeUp"
I tried both of the methods mentioned a couple of posts ago with no success.
I have also left it on the regular AC charger for 48+ hours and a Samsung cell phone charger for another 48+ hours and nothing.
It is sitting on the Touchstone now for 36+ hours and nothing yet.
I sent HP an email and here is what they said to try:
"We gather from your mail that your Touchpad is unresponsive and will not turn on. To be able to help you with this issue please take note of the following troubleshooting steps:
First of all leave the device on charge with charger for 48 hours after do the following:
Press and hold the power button + Center for 15 seconds. The device may take a few minutes to restart.
Please do the above with the device connected to the charger. (not charging dock nor PC).
Press and hold the power button + volume Up + Center and continue holding for 5 seconds after the Full Erase screen appears.
Also please try the above steps with another USB cable, also please try to connect the USB to the computer with the touchpad, if the computer doesn't recognize the device, the USB cable is faulty.
Please try your charger on another device to see if this charges the device. As the issue could be that the AC adaptor that is not working.
Have you tried another charger with the Touchpad? In order to verify where is the problem. Regarding to your problem ,do you know if the problem is with the charger itself or with the USB cable? Have you tried the complete charger with another Device, phone?
If the steps given do not help you with this issue, please send us a Proof of Purchase (scan of store`s receipt attached to your response) to validate your warranty or the order creation date of your device and your address.
If you need further assistance, please reply to this message and we will be happy to assist you further.
For information on keeping your webOS and Palm products up and running, please visit our website at: http://www.hpwebOS.com
Sincerely,
HP webOS SUPPORT"
None of that worked either. I just get the "Palm device" balloon on Windows XP when I hold the Power+Volume Up + Center button. It looks for drivers but never finds them.
Also try holding Home + Power button for 30 seconds instead of 15...This has been known to force some life back for some
Con500 said:
Also try holding Home + Power button for 30 seconds instead of 15...This has been known to force some life back for some
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Nothing after trying that and leaving it on the Touchstone for 48+ hours. Time to leave it plugged up to the computer for 48+ hours and see what happens.
Nothing after 48+ with the factory USB cable connected to a desktop computer.
It would be nice to see a solution that works every time instead of a bunch of guesses.
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Nothing after 48+ with the factory USB cable connected to a desktop computer.
It would be nice to see a solution that works every time instead of a bunch of guesses.
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First my observations on three 32 GB TP's:
My discharge rate on WebOS in Airplane mode was arround -613 to -850mA. Screen on, (brightness affects this).
3. My discharge rate on CM10 in Airplane mode is about -520mA!!
4. A PC's USB port puts out 500mA's!!!
5. On the touchstone, (doesn't seem to matter if WiFi is on or off), with screen on 1/3 brightness + Battery Monito Widget = +853 to 945mA
6. On HP charger & cable, same as above = +1,377mA
What suprised me was the greater drain in WebOS.
You PC's USB port may be causing further discharge to the 2% TP's auto shut-off!
Actually none of these goofy button pressing and charging methods was right. A6 was faulty. It is fixed now.
My TouchPad is dead
abomb78 said:
Actually none of these goofy button pressing and charging methods was right. A6 was faulty. It is fixed now.
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My TouchPad discharged overnight and now just has a black screen. None of the button pressing or charging suggestions described in these forums has worked for me. I was just running webOS 3.0.5. No version of Android was on the TouchPad.
Please tell me the trick you used to revive your dead TouchPad. Was it just a problem with your Andriod OS?
Much thanks.
bluechip64 said:
My TouchPad discharged overnight and now just has a black screen. None of the button pressing or charging suggestions described in these forums has worked for me. I was just running webOS 3.0.5. No version of Android was on the TouchPad.
Please tell me the trick you used to revive your dead TouchPad. Was it just a problem with your Andriod OS?
Much thanks.
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http://rootzwiki.com/topic/36658-tpdebrick-v01/page__st__300