Hey guys, I have been using cm13 for a long time now, suddenly vibration got weaker and now its completely dead.
Is this any way to fix it? How much the new motor will cost?
Suggestions are welcome. Thanks
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Hi all
I am sad to say but I am at my 3rd S4A now, first one had a faulty button and got replaced on obf, second one had a screen backlight problem where the screen would start dim/flicker as if its not getting enough power, and then lastly the 3rd one had exactly the same issue when adjusted to low brightness levels and its got a pinkish shade on the top part of the screen.
I anyone has any of these issues or knows if and how it can be fixed by firmware perhaps, please comment! I am thinking of just getting a normal S4 although I need a water/dust resistant phone.
Kind regards
Neil
adkotze said:
Hi all
I am sad to say but I am at my 3rd S4A now, first one had a faulty button and got replaced on obf, second one had a screen backlight problem where the screen would start dim/flicker as if its not getting enough power, and then lastly the 3rd one had exactly the same issue when adjusted to low brightness levels and its got a pinkish shade on the top part of the screen.
I anyone has any of these issues or knows if and how it can be fixed by firmware perhaps, please comment! I am thinking of just getting a normal S4 although I need a water/dust resistant phone.
Kind regards
Neil
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get a 4th and test it right there and then in the shop.
mine does not have your mentioned issues.
I wouldn't use that store any more, sounds unbelievable that 3 stock phones would have such severe problems. Perhaps they are recycling customer returns? If you keep returning them, eventually you'll get the first one back again! Or perhaps you are in a particularly extreme climate of some sort? The screen issues I guess could be related to power, do you have brownouts and powergrid issue where you are? Is the battery in the phone the stock battery?
I don't think changing the phone model would make any difference here, since the S4A doesn't from what has been seen have any higher number of faulty units than the S4 - whatever reason you keep getting these faulty units is likely to just happen again.
On the other hand getting an S4 doesn't mean giving up your water/dust resistant phone - just get an otterbox to go with it!
Thanks for the feedback, I joined xda yesterday and I am loving it already!
@Cederic
Climate conditions are quite normal where I live and its with the stock battery, my feeling too is that it might be power or power management related, not sure if it might be a bug with the vodacom firmware they load and if it can be fixed with software?
The thing is just I dont see going through all of this trouble just to fix something new, and the otterbox defender looks quite niffty for the S4! Choices choices...
I got my Active from AT&T and haven't had any issues with it. I know some people have had issues with the waterproofness, but my mother works as a QA for Samsung and they're now testing that as part of their process so it shouldn't be an issue anymore. At least here in DFW where I live...
Are there any known issues with the vibration motor on the MotoX? I'm pretty sure mine has gone out. I've tried a factory reset and even completely reinstalling stock firmware using RSDLite. Sometimes the motor will randomly start working again, but this is pretty rare.
Should I send it back for a replacement? I have a customized MotoX from AT&T.
Also, I noticed that compared to my Nexus 4, the MotoX vibration motor seemed very strong and the Nexus 4 motor seemed weak in comparison. Was that normal?
Thanks.
NicholasJohnson said:
Are there any known issues with the vibration motor on the MotoX? I'm pretty sure mine has gone out. I've tried a factory reset and even completely reinstalling stock firmware using RSDLite. Sometimes the motor will randomly start working again, but this is pretty rare.
Should I send it back for a replacement? I have a customized MotoX from AT&T.
Also, I noticed that compared to my Nexus 4, the MotoX vibration motor seemed very strong and the Nexus 4 motor seemed weak in comparison. Was that normal?
Thanks.
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it will take a long time to get your phone back if you send it in. they might just let you order a new one. if they do you will get two options. send it in. wait for them to check it in. (7-15 days) and then they will give you a code. or you can send it in. buy another one. and they will credit you back once they check it in. (7-15 days)
they do have issues with the vibrate. my first was excellent. my second one is more or less hollow feeling. there are complaints on it all over this forum. dunno what to tell ya from there.
Mine sucks. Sounds like a baby rattle when I type. My little bro had a RAZR that did the same.
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i'm on my 2nd moto x - first had streaks on the screen. now i'm experiencing this vibration issue. on the first phone, the vibration was nice and tight, but now typing on the keyboard specifically is terrible. it's funny because i noticed this huge difference between the vibrations on my first one and my wife's and chalked it up to hers being a carrier model, but now i have the same issue. are they replacing them for this?
I would like to share a few things I just found out on my One. This is rather weird IMO.
I have 3 months old HTC One M7 801e 32 GB
For these last 3 days I've been trying to troubleshoot my One that has been draining its battery unusually fast(like 1% per 2-3 minutes) and also it constantly heat up (above 39.5 deg c) under normal use (like when texting). One will cool down once it enter deep sleep. Power saving mode makes no difference.
Camera purple tint also appears when my One overheats. When it cools down purple tint disappears. A new discovery for me
First thing I thought there must be some rogue apps hogging up system resource, so to isolate the problem I disabled all recently installed and used Gsam, battery monitor, etc to see what could be draining the battery. Alas I have no luck, major resource percentage is attributed to Androh'd system. The phone also went to deep sleep most of the time when screen is off.
CPU usage is also low, maxed at 30% but the battery still discharges like there is no tomorrow.
Based on above observations I concluded the battery must be faulty.. I mean no cpu usage but battery heating and draining like crazy.
I'm about to do the htc various hw test using *#*#3424*#*# and I just happened to know VIBRATION is not working. Tried to restart, power cycle, letting it cool down. Nothing works.
I said to myself, I'll be darned, faulty battery, purple tint camera and faulty vibration motor.. a lemon One, duh.
This is the weird part, I listened to my One real close when the vibration test is running and I heard a kind of 'click clack' sound during vibration test toggle.
If you have seen a vibration motor it's basically a motor with unbalanced weight that produces vibration when it's turning.
The click clack sound is similar when the weight cannot turn because it's being obstructed.
Out of frustation I jerked the phone somewhat hard and guess what? The vibration starts working again!
More surprise, the bat temperature dropped.. and the phone battery draining spree appear to stop. I'll post an update if this is really the case. Need more time to conclude something definitive.
My best guess is the vibration motor being obstructed induced the battery draining and overheat.
Anyone has got similar experience? Got more thoughts?
Some note:
You may think the faulty vibration motor must be caused by I'm being careless.
But I take care of my phone, it survived a few drops (like 2-3 times from new), nothing serious though. A few light drops I dare say.
If it's really is a lemon too bad I can't return my One even if it's faulty since consumer protection is very weak in my country. Basically you buy something from me, your money is mine and you are on your own. There is official manufacturer warranty but god knows how sloppy are the local technicians (repair typically cause more problems) and how long will it took (think about 1 month backorder)
Sorry for the long rant, I think my experience is somewhat interesting. So I thought it's a good idea to share it.
I have the same issues on my one and still couldn't get the vibration motor to work , could you please tell me exactly how did you get the vibration to work ?!
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Alaadragonfire said:
I have the same issues on my one and still couldn't get the vibration motor to work , could you please tell me exactly how did you get the vibration to work ?!
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Err.. like I said, I jerked/shaked my HTC One somewhat hard. I do NOT recommend doing so, as you may damage the phone. In fact I was doing that on sheer frustation
first come first, try to power cycle, also make sure power saver is not turned on--it disables vibration by default.
Well.. to be completely honest it took a few more jerking before the vibration got fully working again (you don't hear this from me).
For what it's worth ever since vibration started to work again, battery drain/high temp problem also stopped. Thank goodness.
I see , I can hear it working but kinda stuck inside, I guess I will have it repaired by HTC .
Thank you
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I see , I can hear it working but kinda stuck inside, I guess I will have it repaired by HTC .
Thank you
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Wow so it was not only me.
Did you also hear very faint 'click-clack' coming from your phone?
If your One is still covered under warranty, that's should be the wisest choice. Best wishes!
Yeah I hear that as well. Unfortunately no warranty , will live with that I guess .
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Hi guys,
I had a Z1 a few months ago but experienced quite a few issues with it. Anyway, I'm getting bored of my Note 3 now so I was considering going back to a Z1. I was just wondering, what a few issues been fixed.
I had an issue where when you type the phone seems to start vibrating and then as you continue to type the vibration got stronger and stronger like a build up...
Also do you really think the Z2 will drop soon? Why release two new Z1's and then a Z2? It leaves your product base a generation behind.
Mike
Never heard about this vibration issue, maybe a bug on the firmware or a bad configuration, but i have a Z1 and its perfect, i just had to change 3 times until solve the touch screen problem
But this phone is a BEAST, and i think that Z2 wont appear until next year.... I recommend you to come back to Z1 and be happy!
It's very normal and seems like it will build up but it's not. It vibrates less if you type quickly, if you type pressing well you see it vibrate stronger and typing consecutively let the vibration go up and you feel that but actually is normal.
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Never heard about this vibration issue, maybe a bug on the firmware or a bad configuration, but i have a Z1 and its perfect, i just had to change 3 times until solve the touch screen problem
But this phone is a BEAST, and i think that Z2 wont appear until next year.... I recommend you to come back to Z1 and be happy!
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no it's not a bug or anything, i had 3 z1s all all of them were same. i thought it was a bug then i got used to it lol
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Also do you really think the Z2 will drop soon? Why release two new Z1's and then a Z2? It leaves your product base a generation behind.
Mike
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BTW if ever the Z2 will be released it will be for the end of this year but before that there is Z1s and Compact. At the end depends of what you pretend exactly, Z1 it's a beast and when the Z2 will be released the Z1 will be more chipper so maybe you should think about it.
Has anyone noticed a slightly weaker vibration compared to other phones?
I own a Z1 Compact and the difference is like night and day actually. Maybe a faulty vibration motor in my unit?
No idé vibration is always the first thing I turn of on a phone...
Pretty weak vibrate on mine as well
GOJIN said:
Has anyone noticed a slightly weaker vibration compared to other phones?
I own a Z1 Compact and the difference is like night and day actually. Maybe a faulty vibration motor in my unit?
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I got my Z3C last week direct from Sony. Although I love the phone, the vibrate motor is definitely a weak spot (in my opinion). It is not as bad as the Nexus 4 (which was so weak that I returned it) but it is nowhere as strong as my Galaxy Nexus or GS4 were. It may be nitpicky to some, but I really prefer a strong vibrate mode, since I use that mode a lot.
I use Light Flow to tweak the LED colors and can at least assist the vibrate by changing the pattern/intensity for certain events.
I do not think it is a broken motor in your unit. I think they just opted for "less intense"..heck that may be helping it yield good battery life.
Light Flow helping me a lot
For what it is worth to other users, I tweaked Light Flow to a custom vibrate of 100,1200 for any app I cared about and it has helped me a lot.
All in all, I love the Z3C. I am using Nova Launcher Prime to tweak the icons a bit and to resize the grid scheme to better use the smaller space and Light Flow to maximize the LED notifications and improve the vibrate pattern. Everything else is left alone and working great.
I finally got my hands on a OnePlus One during their "open to the public" sale a few weeks ago. I used the OPO for 4 days and decided that the Sony was the better phone for my needs. The OPO did a few things better, but some things worse, so it was RMAed.
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I got my Z3C last week direct from Sony. Although I love the phone, the vibrate motor is definitely a weak spot (in my opinion). It is not as bad as the Nexus 4 (which was so weak that I returned it) but it is nowhere as strong as my Galaxy Nexus or GS4 were. It may be nitpicky to some, but I really prefer a strong vibrate mode, since I use that mode a lot.
I use Light Flow to tweak the LED colors and can at least assist the vibrate by changing the pattern/intensity for certain events.
I do not think it is a broken motor in your unit. I think they just opted for "less intense"..heck that may be helping it yield good battery life.
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