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Hard ware keys stopped working help please!

hi,
some of the hardware keys stopped working on my htc diamond...the only keys that work are. the power button, voluime buttons, up pad down pad and the center/ok button....everything else does not work, even the touch pad doesnt work...can any one please help me, OH and the buttons somtimes work for example when i somtimes press any button on the left side it will go to the home screen, for example when i press call button it will go to the home screen, same with the right side if i press the back button it will press the call end buton wierd eh? So basicly the buttons do respon (the litghts turn on when i press any hard ware button but they do not do anythin 99% of the time and if they do it is the wron function HELP GUYS!

Have you tried restarting the phone? Press and hold the powerbutten (if it works), and answer Yes to the question about shutting down. Take out your battery for 10 seconds, put it back in and fire up your phone... It might help

longice said:
Have you tried restarting the phone? Press and hold the powerbutten (if it works), and answer Yes to the question about shutting down. Take out your battery for 10 seconds, put it back in and fire up your phone... It might help
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I have the same problem but it is only the home and answer buttons that stop working. If i do the restart it wirks but why should i keep having to do this

jsmith_00 said:
I have the same problem but it is only the home and answer buttons that stop working. If i do the restart it wirks but why should i keep having to do this
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Hehe, can't answer that. I've had the problem only like twice in three months, so for me it's not a problem... I guess it's a software problem. Remember, it's not a Nokia The inside so much more complicated, so I guess we just have to live with some bugs...

Are you guys sure that this is a hardware related problem? I have the same prob and i was quite sure that i f**ked up the capacitative panel by playing kevtris manickly for quite a long time.
The capacitative screen is comprised by two parts folded.
I have opened the diamond and i found out that there is a lietle piece of metal that binds them together. This was bent(from kevtris probably) so istraightened it out with my bear hands. But it did not fix the problem. Do not try it anyway. Too messy if you have two left hands like me.
Have you ever seen a calibrator for the capacitative screen?

had the same problem only the power button would work , hard reset fixed it.

Have u installed S2U2..try uninstalling it...or install latest version 1.68 of S2U2

Soft Reset a TP2

Is there a simple, free app to soft reset my phone. I wonder who thought win mo had progressed to the point where an occasional soft reset would not be needed

You can use Advanced Configuration Tool:
Menu - Soft reset
MemMaid has the same option, but it is not free.

Get HD Tweak here, and you get a tweaker that can be used for settings, plus an HD Soft Reset app you can add to the start menu.
http://www.montecristoff.com/hdtweak.htm

Or check this topic.

There is also that little button on the side of the phone... Little hole. Use your stylus... says "RESET" Unless for some reason, that's not on all TP2s...

m4xx0rz said:
There is also that little button on the side of the phone... Little hole. Use your stylus... says "RESET" Unless for some reason, that's not on all TP2s...
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I find it a pain I need to remove the back cover to do that. On my fuze (touch pro) I just had to use the stylus and I could push the reset button which was at the bottom of the phone.

Aaron McCarthy said:
I find it a pain I need to remove the back cover to do that. On my fuze (touch pro) I just had to use the stylus and I could push the reset button which was at the bottom of the phone.
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... Am I being punk'd? Like, seriously... is the T-Mobile one some miraculous feat of engineering that they were able to put the reset button on the side of the phone? Seriously. Mine is on the right side... Are certain yours isn't on the side of the phone?
*edit* After doing a little more research, I found that for some reason, the TILT 2 has that behind the battery cover. Sorry for my response. I was seriously just flabbergasted...

yeah very stupid design flaw there... I was flabbergasted when I purchased it!

Windows Marketplace has an App called "Reboot" which is exactly what you're looking for.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=280010
google or forum search for psShutXP if the above link doesn't work.
Its a free cab that does soft resets. You hold the power buton for 2 secs and a menu pops up to either display off / turn off / soft reset or cancel.

Can't use just hold the power button for three seconds and tap yes at the dialog box to power off the phone then press the power button again to power on? This works for me on my tmo US phone.

Soft Reset made easy
I contacted HTC to ask the difference between a soft reset using the hard to reach reset button and just powering the TP2 off and then on. They said there was no difference and the red power button would perform a soft reset.
Obvious question then is "what is the reset button for?"

thaddyusmaximus said:
Can't use just hold the power button for three seconds and tap yes at the dialog box to power off the phone then press the power button again to power on? This works for me on my tmo US phone.
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Theres a number of ways you can soft reset the phone.. from powering down the unit to navigating to a soft reset shortcut in the start menu to pressing the red reset button on the side of the phone.
I guess using the reset button on the side of the phone just became habit on the touch pro (fuze) so when I need to reset my mind automatically goes to popping off the cover so I can get at it EVEN though their are alternatives. I'm sure I'll get over it

ssilver said:
...Obvious question then is "what is the reset button for?"
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Sure, powering off and then power on is the same as pressing the reset button. But consider this: what if your device freezes so badly that the power button is no longer responsive? The reset button is now your friend
(or you can pull the battery, but that's doesn't sound very safe to do)
That being said, HTC did a silly job putting the reset button under the battery cover. They should just hide it in the stylus slot like they did with the original Touch Diamond and the Touch Pro.

xdaShutdown
Mate,
Check out this.
xdaShutdown a beautiful application...already in the first sticky thread of this section
yogam1

HD tweak is a tweak program like the Advanced Config tool that has a built in soft reset with it. It is free and is on this forum. Has many other uses as well.

Here Try this, made a cab from Josh Koss's rom. This will place an icon in the start menu that will reboot the device when pressed

u can also use the htc clean ram app i never soft reset my tp2 i just clean the ram @ level 3 twice a day try it ul love it

I prefer Slide 2 Shutdown the best... It gives you the option to Slide to Power off your phone, Slide 2 Reset your phone, or Slide 2 Sleep... Pretty cool UI...

Volume Control Buttons

hi all
i have a problem, im left handed so the volume buttons are hit constantly...
is there anyway to deactivate this buttons? ive tried looking for an app to reprogram but i cant find one
any ideas
thanks all
JT

try using your right hand anyway, i dont think you can, as you need them to boot into fastboot and stuff :\

glue them with superglue

i just tried holding it with my left hand is so many different positions... (not an innuendo!) and didnt accidentally press the volume buttons once..

how bizarre lol
maybe its the fact i used to holding a diamond, when i grip the phone it catches the piece of my palm between the index finger and thumb.
i'll have to screen lock more i guess

Maybe this will help?:
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.vol-qwmn.aspx
Btw, Shenshang - If you're left handed I guess you normally hold the phone with the right hand...

mape78 said:
Maybe this will help?:
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.vol-qwmn.aspx
Btw, Shenshang - If you're left handed I guess you normally hold the phone with the right hand...
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ohh...you people are 2 handed.....i do it with my thumb.....

Touchscreen Not Functioning Correctly

The screen on the my streak has been slowly degrading, to the point where i can barely do basic functions of the phone. It doesnt register touches or swipes a large percentage of the time. If I long press on the background to bring up the add shortcut widget popup, it usually will bring the phone back to 85% function. But if I lock the screen and try again, I have to go back to longpressing until I can click apps.
Often presses will register along the top bar and bring up the notification screen or short menu when I am clicking anywhere but on the top. It has happened several times while typing this.
Has anyone had Touchscreen problems with their Streaks?
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Do you have a screen protector on and maybe some debris between it on the screen?
I'd recommend aligning the screen.
User Manual said:
If necessary, you can calibrate your touch screen as follows:
1 Press and hold the power button and then touch the Power off option on the screen to turn off the device.
2 Simultaneously press and hold the volume up button and volume down button .
3 Without releasing the volume buttons, press and hold the power button , until the device turns on the configuration screen.
4 Press the volume buttons to move the highlight bar on the screen to the Screen calibration option.
5 Touch the Camera button to start the touch screen calibration. 6 Wait for the device to reboot.
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Also you could enable the debuging mode by typing in *#*307#*#* in your dialer, then in your app list you should see some new apps.
Open up Dev tools the select Pointer Location
Also another one is EmList and then select "Touch_Panel" theres a handful of diagnostic tools there that are pretty fun to mess with to see if something is physically wrong with your screen
Oh and to hide/disable debugging mode, just type in *#*308#*#*

I do also have some screen issues i had 8105 went back to 8023 and was working fine until today that it was acting up, but is better than 8105 which only let me touch half the screen, now it lets me do about 80% of the screen from bottom to top. I do have a screen protector, when I was running 1.6 didn't see this issue. Also i noticed that sometimes when my fingers are a bit sweaty the touch input doesn't work that well.

No screen protector, stock 1.6. Will try debug, thanks.
It happens with sweaty hands with dry hands its just messed up.
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I just used the 6 step block method and it seems to have solved my issue. Help very much appreciated!
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How long did it take to reboot after you hit the camera button?

I had to do mine yesterday as the lower part of the screen wasn't registering touches properly, as if it was about 50 pixels out.
First time round it didn't boot up with the volume keys held so i popped the battery off and started again (seems to be a common issue with this device). Then it was pretty much as standard for the boot. Keep the buttons held til the menu pops up, choose calibration, leave it until it says it's done and then reboot.
Again, should reboot as normal but if it doesn't try popping the battery off. The rear cover seems to cause a fair few issues with this!!
oh and running the calibration fixed the issue for me!

[Q] Making touch keys less touchy/easier unlock

Annoying Touch buttons
I think that the most DHD users have the same problem, touching the buttons at the bottom if you really dont want to.
So my question is if it would be possible to change the "Home" or the "Menu" button (pushing long) from "last used apps" to "turn on/off the touch keys???
that would be awsome
thx Dr.Pepper

Never been an issue for me, although i was anticipating problems with no hardware buttons its been fine...

Pepper90 said:
I think that the most DHD users have the same problem, touching the buttons at the bottom if you really dont want to.
So my question is if it would be possible to change the "Home" or the "Menu" button (pushing long) from "last used apps" to "turn on/off the touch keys???
that would be awsome
thx Dr.Pepper
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Can't help but say, "you're holding it wrong!"
Seriously though I've never encountered this problem on either this phone or my N1 which has a smaller screen.
How exactly are you managing to press the buttons by mistake?
Regards.

iam the only one who has the problem that he accidently hits a touch key while using the phone or playing a game? every little contact triggers the keys. i.e. if i use the thumb to type a message, holding the phone in the right hand, i sometimes trigger the search key.
my idea is to make it harder to trigger these keys. as they are part of the touchscreen, it sould be possible to do anything that can be done with the touch sreen. my ideas:
1. double-touch; tapping the key 2 times (like a double-klick) triggers it once
2. sweep; i.e. you touch the home-button and sweep out of it, then release. can be even harder with sweeping out and back in.
3. circle-touch; making a little circle over the button triggers it.
other ideas welcome.
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2nd problem: easier unlocking;
i feel it sometimes tricky to unlock the pone, wich is done by pressing the powerbutton at the top of the phone and sweeping on the bottom of the screen. the phone is'nt very small (or i have small hands). if iam holding the phone at the bottom, i can nearly reach the whole touch area with my thumb, but to unlock, i need to use my 2nd hand or to juggle the phone so i can reach the power button with the right hand. with the G1, which had a menu button at the bottom, it was just double-pressing that button and the phone was unlocked. iam looking for a similar easy way to do it.
its just annoying to take the phone out of the pocket and use both handy or juggle around to unlock it...
i dont know it it wastes additional energy to have the touchscreen active, so it can be used to unlock the phone. so my ideas:
1. use the touchscreen to unlock; i.e. draw a pattern, press the bottom key in some order (home, back, menu to unlock)
2.1 use the volume keys. if the screen is disabled, they are used to change the audio volume (or is that only the case, if music is playing?) When holding the phone at the bottom with the right hand, the volume-down hey is easily reachable. so you can do volume-down (which activates the screen) and then slide on the screen like you would do if you have pressed the power button. pressing volume-down with deactivated screen does not change the volume, but pressing it twice does (i.e. 1st press unlocks the screen and 2nd press takes volume down).
2.2 press vol-up and vol-down at the same time to unlock the phone. if i do that the phone vibrates sometimes, no idea why.
3. use acceleromater (or a other sensor?) to unlock, i.e. shaking the phone in a special way (i.e. a circle), activates the screen, so you can unlock it by sliding on it. also full unlock by shaking a phone could be possible (also known as kung-fu-unlock )
other ideas also welcome.

Proximity sensor for unlock when taking it out of the pocket :-D. I have the same problem as you so a 'fix' would be nice

yeah, you take the phone out of the pocket and it unlocks and says "hello raw, how you are doing?".
but that would be nice. question is if constantly checking the prox sensor would drain the battery much. it needs to be checked every 3 seconds or so.

lynxboy said:
Can't help but say, "you're holding it wrong!"
Seriously though I've never encountered this problem on either this phone or my N1 which has a smaller screen.
How exactly are you managing to press the buttons by mistake?
Regards.
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if i try to use the phone with one hand

seems like here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=854073) is another user with that problem.

same problem: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9550179#post9550179

Merged threads as topic is similar....
Cheers,
M_T_M