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My Hermes doesn't do any sound until I connect headphones.
Is there any way to find out where's the problem?

pajousek said:
My Hermes doesn't do any sound until I connect headphones.
Is there any way to find out where's the problem?
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Hi
There are lots of threads dealing with thisproblem.
The first thing to do is ruleout a software fault. Do a hard reset. (use a full backup program like SPB backup first if you want to avoid losing all your installations and settings).
If the problem remains then you may have "contact" problems with the front earpiece speaker. (Not sure if you are getting sound from the rear loudspeaker?). Anyway here's just a couple of existing threads that describe the fixable problems with both speakers:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2001027&postcount=5
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=288728
One other less likely but possible problem might lie with the USB port. (However I feel it's more likely a speaker issue).
Mike
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2001027&postcount=5

I'm afraid of breaking the VOID stick.
But it's HW problem with the front speaker.

pajousek said:
I'm afraid of breaking the VOID stick.
But it's HW problem with the front speaker.
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Well yes, if you have a warranty that you can use then do not break that sticker! It crumbles into bits very easily and they'd know you'd been inside even if you can get it off in one piece.
Mike

Ok ... now i connected Herm to USB and sound works. o__O so what's wrong with it? ((
i know I'm maybe acting little dumb

pajousek said:
Ok ... now i connected Herm to USB and sound works. o__O so what's wrong with it? ((
i know I'm maybe acting little dumb
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Well if you look at the last line in my first post above, you'll see that a fault could lie with the USB port. This is because the USB port is linked to a switching circuit to divert sound from internal speaker to a headset. If that is damaged then sound may not be reconnected when the headset or any USB plug is removed.
So is it now working or does it only work with a USB cable plugged in?
Mike

I unplugged, it worked. Then I did softreset and now it doesn't work even if I connect it to USB.

pajousek said:
I unplugged, it worked. Then I did softreset and now it doesn't work even if I connect it to USB.
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OK two things to try.
Visually inspect the inside of the USB housing. It's very small but is there any sign of the fine wire contacts being bent or crossed over? The best you can do to solve this is to use a pin and straighten any that are out of line.
If that looks fine then I think we just need to rule out a software issue. Unfortunately that means a hard reset. Hopefully you have full backup software, if not you will lose anything you have installed and settings you have made.
After a hard reset you ust try the sound BEFORE restoring any backup you have made.
There is a small chance that repeatedly inserting and removing a USB plug will sort the problem - but it's by no means certain. It's perhaps something to try first. Also try wiggling it a little. If it's a slightly bent contact it may straighten it. If it's a broken board contact it will not sort it (long term at any rate)
Mike

I have done hardreset, but it did not help. Wiggling and reconnection too.
Housing looks fine, but i'll check it out in the morning.
So maybe it's really a mainboard issue? (

I woke up and I got an idea. Is it possible to make app, that would DISABLE headphones and point all audio to speakers?

hello, i seem to have the same issue.. i have tried all thwe things above... not working.. i can only assume the phone is broken inside!
although sometimes it comes on.. randomly.. i can only think that there is a broken connection to the built in speakers.
i'll keep following

ardley216 said:
hello, i seem to have the same issue.. i have tried all thwe things above... not working.. i can only assume the phone is broken inside!
although sometimes it comes on.. randomly.. i can only think that there is a broken connection to the built in speakers.
i'll keep following
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Have you dismantled and checked those connectors or have you just done the hard reset etc?
The most common problems are the reare speaker push on connector has slipped off, or if it's the front speaker the contacts need tweaking out a little.
Mike

Please help, white screen issue!!

Hi all,
I'm real frustrated at the moment with my i-mate jasjam branded hermes 100.
It started a couple of days ago when my screen would get all glitchy. I ignored it. Then i got it whenever i put pressure on certain parts of the casing and now from that it manifested and it does it whenever i hold it in a certain position etc... It's really starting to tick me off... 1300 dollars for this? has anybody experienced this issue? ive heard it's a hardware problem... im running shamanx windows mobile 6 ultimate rom...
I need my phone to keep in contact with some real important people.. any ideas?

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howcome some other dude with a similar problem got replys instantly?? he didn't even use tags can anybody pleeasse help me???

Gr33kJag said:
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howcome some other dude with a similar problem got replys instantly?? he didn't even use tags can anybody pleeasse help me???
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He may have been lucky. Here we re-use threads and there have been quite a few on the white screen problem.
Here's one of the main ones - I suggest you look at the suggestions about placing a pad on the D-Pad chip:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=321163
Mike

Ohk
ohk sorry but the buttons do work perfectly fine it's only the screen... also the usb port is loose so whenever i need to charge i need to push it in a particular way so i just place it on its face upside down to charge and i use an ftp program to get files off of it insstead of usb >-< it was a really nice phone till it started doing this and cbf sending for repairs il just buy a new phone when i get the money and yeah if i decide i might try something that requires opening it up but i just cbf

Gr33kJag said:
ohk sorry but the buttons do work perfectly fine it's only the screen... also the usb port is loose so whenever i need to charge i need to push it in a particular way so i just place it on its face upside down to charge and i use an ftp program to get files off of it insstead of usb >-< it was a really nice phone till it started doing this and cbf sending for repairs il just buy a new phone when i get the money and yeah if i decide i might try something that requires opening it up but i just cbf
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Well, the reason to pad the D-pad chip is because the d-pad circuit board is the one that the screen connector connects to and the chip is the one that processes the screen signals. So although your buttons work fine, it is still that board that causes the screen whitening.
The usb port sounds like the anchoring solder joints may be cracked. These can normally be resoldered.
Mike

Hi Gr33kJag,
Try to perform the solution provided by mikechannon only if u can assemble and de assebmle ur pda very accurately, because the pros and cons of that method are describle in that page.
This solution worked for me at least and i am very much thankful to mike for giving me solution to that problem.

[HOWTO] [REF] Get Download Mode without 3-button combo using homemade JIG

This guide is for the situation where your phone is not booting and the three-button combo for getting into download mode is not working for some reason, and you have tried all the other solutions in the FAQ. It won't help you if you can already get into download mode but something else is going wrong with the flashing process, for example you can't get Odin to communicate with the phone.
If the phone's bootloader is still intact, that is you see at least the white Galaxy S/Samsung/AT&T logo or the "PC ! Phone" logo on the screen, you should be able to force it into download mode by connecting a homemade jig that simulates the Samsung "Anyway" field test jig. You can buy these jigs online, or make them using a micro USB plug and a resistor.
If your phone screen is always black, that is it does not display the white Galaxy S/Samsung/AT&T logo when you switch it on, then sorry, this jig will not help you.
If this helps you recover your bricked phone, please donate to the CyanogenMod developers: go to this thread and click the link under "SUPPORT US". Thanks.
If you don't want to buy a pre-made jig, you can build one yourself from a few parts. You will need:
1. a micro USB plug that you can solder onto. If you are not confident with soldering or you just want a tidy solution, buy this micro USB breakout board from Sparkfun.
Otherwise, get a cheap micro USB cable and cut the sleeving off the plug with a sharp knife. You cannot just wire onto the cable because this jig uses a normally-unused pin (pin 4) of the micro USB plug which will not be connected to the cable.
2. a 301k resistor. You can buy one from Digikey, or make one up by joining several resistors together in series, for example 3x100k and 1x1k. The resistor value does need to be fairly accurate (I would guess within 1% of 301k) to trigger download mode. 300K seems to work for everyone so far.
Procedure:
1. Solder the resistor across pins 4 and 5 of the micro USB plug. Do not do this with the plug plugged in to the phone as the heat could damage the phone's USB socket. The pins are shown in this diagram ("Micro-B"). On the Sparkfun micro USB breakout board they are labelled "ID" (pin 4) and "GND" (pin 5). When the plug is plugged in to the phone they will be the pins closest to the headphone socket.
2. Make sure the phone is fully switched off by pulling the battery, waiting 5 minutes, then replacing the battery. Do not switch the phone on.
3. Connect the rigged USB plug to the phone. Try not to touch the pins on the back of the plug or the resistor(s) as you are plugging it in, as your skin resistance could affect the resistor value seen by the phone. You do not need to press the power button. After a few seconds the phone should go into download mode.
4. Disconnect the rigged USB plug and connect a regular USB cable from your PC to the phone, then you should be able to flash using Odin.
For more information on how this works see this thread and this thread.

I knew you guys would figure it out - well done. I will build one before I attempt rooting and flashing
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If this works then thats amazing, I will have to make one!

Well we only have one confirmation so far. If it does work for you please let us know what state your phone was in prior to using it as I'm interested to see what problems it can repair.

TheBeano said:
Well we only have one confirmation so far. If it does work for you please let us know what state your phone was in prior to using it as I'm interested to see what problems it can repair.
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I would try but my phone is with samsung and I'm not all too handy with a soldering iron =)

Hi, anyone have pictures of the cable with the resistor soldered? I am just unsure where to solder it, is it on the micro usb cable side or the standard usb (on which end of the cable?) and which part of the cable do you need to cut open? (i heard there is a pin/wire that usually isn't used?)
Also, if i decided to go with the breakout board, i would only have to get the board+301k resistor plugged in the 4 and 5 pin and plug it in the galaxy and would boot in download mode?
Thank you very much!

Thank You!
TheBeano said:
you should be able to flash using Odin
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Oh, man, You are cooool It works like a charm for Me. Thank You!

This is awesome!
added to the wiki

sackofnoise said:
I am just unsure where to solder it, is it on the micro usb cable side or the standard usb (on which end of the cable?) and which part of the cable do you need to cut open? (i heard there is a pin/wire that usually isn't used?)
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Only the micro USB plug has 5 pins (regular USB plug has 4) so it has to be the micro USB plug. You have to cut the sleeving (insulation) right off the plug. You can disconnect the cable from the plug or leave it attached, but don't plug the other end (the regular USB end) into anything.
sackofnoise said:
Also, if i decided to go with the breakout board, i would only have to get the board+301k resistor plugged in the 4 and 5 pin and plug it in the galaxy and would boot in download mode?
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Yes that's all there is to it.

Tried it, worked once. now phone not doing anything. no lights or boot screen......

MarkyG82 said:
Tried it, worked once. now phone not doing anything. no lights or boot screen......
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Were you able to flash it after it went into download mode? Did you try pulling the battery for a while?

Thanks for your reply. I got it working by your suggestion. Seen many others saying leave the battery out for a while and also seen peeps saying do the 3buttonbootwhile inserting the battery.
As my home made jig was soldered with the pins out of the plug I wiggled it/them about in the socket to ensure a connection was made, then I inserted the battery.
Panic over. Flashed JP1 with 512. not been on for long so cant confirm all is working but looks promising.
I am putting this gadget in a !!!!!!S.A.F.E!!!!!! place.
Also will be available for borrowing in the S/SE UK if anyone is interested.
Im gonna leave playing firmware for while as my heart cant take much more at the mo
Many thanks to OP and others for various tips.
The short answer is yes

MarkyG82 said:
Thanks for your reply. I got it working by your suggestion. Seen many others saying leave the battery out for a while and also seen peeps saying do the 3buttonbootwhile inserting the battery.
As my home made jig was soldered with the pins out of the plug I wiggled it/them about in the socket to ensure a connection was made, then I inserted the battery.
Panic over. Flashed JP1 with 512. not been on for long so cant confirm all is working but looks promising.
I am putting this gadget in a !!!!!!S.A.F.E!!!!!! place.
Also will be available for borrowing in the S/SE UK if anyone is interested.
Im gonna leave playing firmware for while as my heart cant take much more at the mo
Many thanks to OP and others for various tips.
The short answer is yes
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Can you take a pictures of the micro usb soldered and about the procedure or a short video to youtube

haha
d47 said:
If this works then thats amazing, I will have to make one!
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and if u make one ill have to come see you soo i can get mine done since your only in bris haha

celtichazard said:
Can you take a pictures of the micro usb soldered and about the procedure or a short video to youtube
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1+ yess please so we know what we are doing thnx

natao2nv said:
and if u make one ill have to come see you soo i can get mine done since your only in bris haha
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haha gladly, I've ordered all the parts (i had to get a soldering iron and the whole kit lol).

d47 said:
haha gladly, I've ordered all the parts (i had to get a soldering iron and the whole kit lol).
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Haha i have a soldering iron how hrd do ya rekon it will be to make this thing do u rekon it wil boot a non 3 button download on black screen of death ph-!-pc into download mode soo i can get a stick rom back on it i realy miss my galaxy this xperia x10 cost me more but nothing the same haha
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celtichazard said:
Can you take a pictures of the micro usb soldered and about the procedure or a short video to youtube
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Ill see what i can do when i get home. The hardest bit was to make sure the soldered tops of the pins dont touch. Had to redo them a few times. Resistors got hot too but as it worked im confident i didnt bust them.
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MarkyG82 said:
Ill see what i can do when i get home. The hardest bit was to make sure the soldered tops of the pins dont touch. Had to redo them a few times. Resistors got hot too but as it worked im confident i didnt bust them.
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Looking forward to see this
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Thanks everyone who helped solve this problem. I have a i9000 and flashed it with the captivate rom. I could not charge the phone so I tried to reflash with original software, I used the 803 pit file. It stopped and i waited for about 10 minutes and disconnected the phone and I got the screen of death.
I did this last week and was going to take it to Samsung after the Froyo upgrade came live and I was going to say that it happened when I tried to upgrade.
Guess what I made this USB factory jig and I was so happy that it went into download mode. This made me so happy many thanks and i will wait until the official upgrade comes.
I used a old nokia USB connector stripped the plastic off and bought a 300k resistor from Jaycar for 45 cents and this must be the best 45 cents I have ever spent.
harry

Vibrant T959 Only Turns On With Charger Connected

I have a Samsung Vibrant T959 TMobile US with 2.1-update1, Baseband T959UVJI6.
The battery is fully charged, it registers in the phone as fully charged 100%, but when I hit the power button I get a progess wheel that gets stuck, then the phone just turns off. It never gets passed that wheel, it only displays for a second then dies.
However, when I plug in the USB and hit the power button, it comes right up like it should. Then I can unplug the usb and use the phone just fine. Its almost as if I need to jump-start the phone with a power source.
I have reset the phone, even re-flashed the stock firmware using Odin. Same results. I have even swapped batteries with a buddy just to see if that was the case, but I still got the same results.
Any advice or suggestions is GREATLY appreciated. Thanks Very Much In Advance!

Anybody? Any ideas?

Well, that is new to me...
I'll preface with, I have no clue how/why that is happening. But, this is what I would do:
1 - If really opposed to rooting, I'd call T-Mo / Samsung and get a replacement.
2 - If I liked my phone and wanted to make it better, I'd root it and flash a custom ROM. It likely would take care of the issue, as it clearly is not a hardware thing (well, I say clearly).
Worst case with #2, ODIN back to stock and then do option 1.

possible solution
also it says "USB connected" even when cable is unplugged? I had similar problem.. I tried everything, flashing, changing batteries.. none of that was useful. Then I find some post on some forum that says it might be corrosion, so i scratched my USB with thin wire and everything worked fine, but also scratching USB I was doing one more thing. In my opinion, I think that it's not corrosion. I think that USB is slightly bent (middle part of it), try to bent it in other direction, possible that it's too close to edge. That solved my problem. Tell me if this helpful for you, sorry about my english

we87 said:
Anybody? Any ideas?
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did you ever figure out? im in the same boat...
admirh said:
also it says "USB connected" even when cable is unplugged? I had similar problem.. I tried everything, flashing, changing batteries.. none of that was useful. Then I find some post on some forum that says it might be corrosion, so i scratched my USB with thin wire and everything worked fine, but also scratching USB I was doing one more thing. In my opinion, I think that it's not corrosion. I think that USB is slightly bent (middle part of it), try to bent it in other direction, possible that it's too close to edge. That solved my problem. Tell me if this helpful for you, sorry about my english
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i think i can get what you are saying, cleaning the usb port on the phone right??
BUT how does this affect turning the phone on?? if usb port is rusty, it will only affect charging, not turning the power on?

I experienced this identical issue last fall -- the USB would always say it was connected, wouldn't startup unless connected to actual USB, but otherwise worked fine.
Take your phone apart and look at the solder joints on your microUSB port... mine all had cracks in them or had broken free. I re-flowed the solder while holding the port down and it resolved my issues. (put on some flux, and run a hot soldering iron across the joints, clean up... it's not very difficult. just be sure you don't short out any of the pins.) I also added additional solder to the four points that just hold the mircoUSB to the circuit board. It's been rock solid since

Rahhstah said:
I experienced this identical issue last fall -- the USB would always say it was connected, wouldn't startup unless connected to actual USB, but otherwise worked fine.
Take your phone apart and look at the solder joints on your microUSB port... mine all had cracks in them or had broken free. I re-flowed the solder while holding the port down and it resolved my issues. (put on some flux, and run a hot soldering iron across the joints, clean up... it's not very difficult. just be sure you don't short out any of the pins.) I also added additional solder to the four points that just hold the mircoUSB to the circuit board. It's been rock solid since
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that sounds very difficult actually.. as I dont own any of the tools
anywhere cheap to recommend?

lazi punk said:
that sounds very difficult actually.. as I dont own any of the tools
anywhere cheap to recommend?
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See if there is a TV or electronic repair place still in business in your area. Or post an ad on CL asking someone with knowledge and skill to do it. Be careful they aren't an idiot just wanting 20 bucks and happen to own a soldering iron.

lazi punk said:
that sounds very difficult actually.. as I dont own any of the tools
anywhere cheap to recommend?
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you could see if Cell Phone Repair/ is near you and describe to them what you want to do.

I would go through these guys they are top notch helped me when i soft bricked my wife's phone. He even convinced me that i could fix it myself when i was ready to send it to them for a jtag.
They can replace the usb plug if thats the issue.
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-vibrant/

I would test to see if my battery is bad first before i went about resoldering, it could easily be a bad battery.

Xdogg said:
I would go through these guys they are top notch helped me when i soft bricked my wife's phone. He even convinced me that i could fix it myself when i was ready to send it to them for a jtag.
They can replace the usb plug if thats the issue.
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-vibrant/
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thank you for the response. I definitely think the usb port is an issue. what is a jtag? haha
ferhanmm said:
I would test to see if my battery is bad first before i went about resoldering, it could easily be a bad battery.
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No my stock battery is charging and i did buy a separate battery. same issue.

[Q] Bent USB Pin

So I go to plug in a flash drive and just noticed that one of the USB pins has been bent.
Does anyone have any experience with straightening out the pin or replacing the entire USB port.
I tried Warranty and they said they dont cover this.

smishra said:
So I go to plug in a flash drive and just noticed that one of the USB pins has been bent.
Does anyone have any experience with straightening out the pin or replacing the entire USB port.
I tried Warranty and they said they dont cover this.
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Try fixing it with a "straight pin", a pair of 2x glasses helps. If you smashed it back, you are just going to have to play with it.
Best advice I can give

Moscow Desire said:
Try fixing it with a "straight pin", a pair of 2x glasses helps. If you smashed it back, you are just going to have to play with it.
Best advice I can give
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Well that was easy! Thanks for the tip. I got the pin straightened, now lets see how it holds up.
Cheers and thanks!