I'm getting annoyed of this. I'm having a hardware issue. When I press the green answer button, it doesn't work I tried remapping my softkey buttons so I can use my left softkey to activate phone. Just now, my left softkey doesn't work. I tried getting a edge of a notepad with a sticky side trying to grab the dirt if it is dirt. That didn't do anything. Anyone else sharing my pain and running out of button?
thomassster said:
I'm getting annoyed of this. I'm having a hardware issue. When I press the green answer button, it doesn't work I tried remapping my softkey buttons so I can use my left softkey to activate phone. Just now, my left softkey doesn't work. I tried getting a edge of a notepad with a sticky side trying to grab the dirt if it is dirt. That didn't do anything. Anyone else sharing my pain and running out of button?
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Haven't heard of this before! Do you actually see dirt around the buttons in question? How did dirt get there? When you press the green phone hardware button, the phone doesn't activate? Now the left softkey doesn't work? Are these the only buttons that don't work? What about the camera, voice record, comm mgr buttons? How long have you put up with your issue? Did this just start, or been going on for awile? It could be the result of corrupted 3rd party software installed that's giving you these problems. Have you installed any software pertaining to the phone ie: contacts, call history,etc. these kinds of software?
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i've been flashing 15 different roms. All my buttons work except that one. I figure that the button just failed on me. My 1 yr warranty is over and I'm not sure HTC will do anything about this.
hotdog53 said:
Haven't heard of this before! Do you actually see dirt around the buttons in question? How did dirt get there? When you press the green phone hardware button, the phone doesn't activate? Now the left softkey doesn't work? Are these the only buttons that don't work? What about the camera, voice record, comm mgr buttons? How long have you put up with your issue? Did this just start, or been going on for awile? It could be the result of corrupted 3rd party software installed that's giving you these problems. Have you installed any software pertaining to the phone ie: contacts, call history,etc. these kinds of software?
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I have "Messages" button broken on my Siemens SX66. Can I still upgrade to WM6?
I read the instructions for flashing the device, and it says "Press the "Mail" button" on part 6.3....
Can I avoid that somehow??
I have some more buttons broken: left, center, and ok... DOES ANYBODY KNOWS WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON WITH THESE BUTTONS???
It's probably just worn out. The circuit board for the dpad/call buttons are smple leaf-style switches. The dpad on mine sometimes doesn't respond like I want it to.
That board can be found online for around 30 dollars US.
As for the home/mail/ie/ok button, those I don't know about yet (my ok button is a right pain to use).
You will be forced to open your device and upgrade your ROM when you can manually short-circuit mail button's contacts. At least you could find that it is only terribly dirty and after cleaning or checking cables it would start working again like my BA did.
Recently I am having problems with my phone, and am wondering if it is a software or hardware problem.
I have tried loading the TNT4 rom & WS5SE roms (this is a g4), and there is no change (im on the Tnt4 one now).
The touchscreen works okay, but the soft key buttons do not. The right bottom one is okay, the left one triggers the right one, the send button show the letters "uytga" on the phone screen when i press them, the end button shows "mn" or something, the camera button works perfect, the comm manager button is the same as the voice button (even when i map it with a program it says "button 4").
It even happens on the soft keys on the keyboard when i slide it out.
Also I used Start-sSPL to put the roms on. Is there a way I can get the OEM one back on or fix the button problem?
Any help will be appreciated.
Hello,
I have a t-mobile wing with a broken screen. I'm sending it back for replacement but i want to hard reset before i do. Ive tried doing this by watching reviews on youtube to see how the menus are laid out, but i cant seem to get it right. Can anyone give me an extremely specific walkthrough?
or better yet, would someone let me call them or call me so we can walkthrough the hard reset together?
Also, I tried using the left,right softkey plus soft reset button and i don't know where to go after there. I'm not even sure if that worked.
i did this on my mda when i had a broken screen...all i did was use the actual buttons...i pressed the windows buttons used the directional button to move up and down, went to settings, used the dirctional button to move around and went to system, then used the directional button again to go to clear storage and that was it...
Can you tell me the button combination?
amreason said:
Can you tell me the button combination?
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1. press the window button (or the start button, its the bottom left button on the phone has the windows logo).
2. go down with the joystick (the big directional button in the middle) and go to settings (select it with the button in the middle of the joystick)
3. using the joystick again go to system (its the second button on the bottom)
4. using the joystick again go to "clear storage" and select it with that middle button again (the one inside the joystick)
5. your done....
I have a broken screen i cant see where settings is. how many clicks down?
Or how many clicks up?
amreason said:
I have a broken screen i cant see where settings is. how many clicks down?
Or how many clicks up?
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so you cant see anything??? i thought it was like cracked or something...anyways...here we go...ill try...
1.windows button
2. setting click up once, that should get you there or two clicks if you have the help button there...
3. click up once then click over right
4. click up once and down once then select that should get you to clear storage...
5. it will ask you to type the numbers 1234 and press yes which should be the button right button above the windows and phone button...
note: its a long shot because depending on where you left off last thats where the button will take you...if that doesnt work trying turning your phone off and trying it again to reset everything...
hope that helps
romeo...
NICEEEEE
Thanks so much. it worked. Phew. now my tracks are covered. Not that i was over clocking or changing my page pool or anything. wink wink.
Oh and in case you were wondering. My phone dropped from my bed on to my carpet. And i don't know how it is physically possible but the screen cracked on the inside meaning when the phone is off it looks perfectly normal. But when i turn it on i get a crack and all white screen . Lame. I'm going to make them send me a new one.
I think what happened is that i charge it at night and i keep it under my pillow (vibrating alarm wakes me up) and i think it overheated and that caused the screen to crack not the 1.5 foot drop on to fluffy carpet. The phone shows no physical sign of damage.
glad i can help...
romeo...
glad i can help...
romeo...
My camera button suddenly stopped working. I can load the camera app from programs with no problem. But I can not take a picture.
Any ideas on a fix?
It wasnt dropped or anything.
Vasichko said:
My camera button suddenly stopped working. I can load the camera app from programs with no problem. But I can not take a picture.
Any ideas on a fix?
It wasnt dropped or anything.
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You can also take pictures with the central D-pad button - has that stopped working as well?
Mike
Any one have a fix for this issue short of replacing the main board?
My Hermes (Cingular 8525) is experiencing this problem as well.
Have you checked the Settings then Buttons menu and made sure that button #4 didnt get mapped to another program?
Yeah, its mapped to the camera. I tried remapping that button to other apps, but its a no go, won't launch other apps either.
Perhaps its bad hardware...
After soft reset any button seems to launch camera on first press (Windows Button, OK button, and Comm Manager) but after that they take on their normal operations. Camera Button does not seem to do anything though.
Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but I was recently having the same issue.
My Camera button (button 4) does not work, even if it is remapped to something else.
I can open the camera from the programs menu, and can take pictures using the center button.
However, I'd like to be able to fix this button so I can use it, possibly for something else. The button does not make a subtle click when it is pressed all the way down, like the Comm Manager button does. Is it possible to remove the button and clean the area underneath somehow?
I am using an AT&T WM6.0 ROM
Thanks,
Jawadali
EDIT: I have opened the back case before (partially), since I had to reconnect my speaker wire. I'm hoping this would be able to be fixed in a similar way. It seems like a alignment/cleaning issue instead of an actual broken switch, but if its not worth the trouble (i.e. it risks messing up the motherboard), then I won't pursue it.
Google "PTT Fix" and remap the ptt button with the camera button.
Great alternative !
DhaMajoR said:
Google "PTT Fix" and remap the ptt button with the camera button.
Great alternative !
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Thanks for the suggestion. I'm on T-mobile USA Prepaid, so I'm pretty sure that they don't I don't even have push to talk.
Still, it'd be good to have one extra button to map.
Jawadali said:
Thanks for the suggestion. I'm on T-mobile USA Prepaid, so I'm pretty sure that they don't I don't even have push to talk.
Still, it'd be good to have one extra button to map.
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Just go to START>SETTINGS>BUTTONS> and see what you can cook up...
Im sure you have at least 1 Button that you dont use...
DhaMajoR said:
Just go to START>SETTINGS>BUTTONS> and see what you can cook up...
Im sure you have at least 1 Button that you don't use...
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Yeah, once I get a good ROM on here, I will probably have them all mapped to commonly used apps. The more buttons the better.
Whenever I put my hermes into a desk or car cradle, none of my soft keys function. This includes the red and green call buttons. If I pull the phone out of the cradle, they work again.
I pondered over this problem for weeks and then it dawned on me; the dam camera button was being permanently pressed down by the cradle. The camera program never loaded because I have long since disabled that function since I was always hitting it by accident.
So, is there anyway to permanently disable the camera button? Has anyone found a cradle that doesn't affect the camera button?
go to settings, personel, buttons and then select the camera button. select no function for it. this should get rid of the pesky little problem.
ultramag69 said:
go to settings, personel, buttons and then select the camera button. select no function for it. this should get rid of the pesky little problem.
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As I said in my post, I've already done that.