Ok, I have this Cingular 8525 that I bought it used and use it for 6 months then suddenly the the touch screen stop functioning. Thought I have to change the whole screen and I eventually bought and installed it myslef successfully! and after installing the brand new screen w/ digitizer that I bought it from ebay with instruction on how to installation. the touch screen still doesn't functioning. I did the reboot, now it's in green screen where it say " windows mobile " " then top the screen to setup " and I can't use it. please anyone can help me to figure it out whats wrong with my Cingular 8525. I don't think is the flex cable since it turns on and work except the touch screen. I love this PDA cellphone. Please help. thank you in advance to every one.
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I have the 8125 and tonight i go to answer a phone call. When i got off the phone mysteriously the touch part of the screen no longer works. I tried a soft reset, a hard reset, removing the battery.... I cannot get the touch part of the screen to work. You can see whats on screen but there is no touch functionality. Anyone have any ideas?
remote screen aligment
i had the same problem the touchscreen stopped working suddently. im assuming that you can get pass the touch the screen to set up you device so what i did i downloaded a program called "remote screen aligment" that the only way you are going to be able to pass the first screen. hope this helps. google it to find the program its free.
S1ug said:
I have the 8125 and tonight i go to answer a phone call. When i got off the phone mysteriously the touch part of the screen no longer works. I tried a soft reset, a hard reset, removing the battery.... I cannot get the touch part of the screen to work. You can see whats on screen but there is no touch functionality. Anyone have any ideas?
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Same problem here, just started browsing around since I was travelling last week without computer access. I am goign to call warranty services with CIngular tomorrow if they are open. If not first thing Tuesday!
working?
did you get it working again?. It happed to me yesterday, drives me nuts
Nah, called CIngular and got a warranty replacement no problem.
Re: remote screen aligment
kurtslash said:
i had the same problem the touchscreen stopped working suddently. im assuming that you can get pass the touch the screen to set up you device so what i did i downloaded a program called "remote screen aligment" that the only way you are going to be able to pass the first screen. hope this helps. google it to find the program its free.
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Mine did this when I was CID-unlocking and had mismatching IPL/SPL versions. I found that by drawing a circle around the alignment cursor with the stylus I was able to get past this screen.
Not working touch screen / broken replacement ...
Center of my XDA miniS touchscreen stopped to work almost 3 weeks ago...
I sent my (lovely) PDA to O2 UK two weeks ago and today I received FAULTY replacement!
(very good known and common issue - "stylus is very loose and keeps falling out")
I've just sent another e-mail to O2's Customer Services and I'm waiting for reply...
I'm so angry and disappointed!
Regards
anyone find a solution
My touch screen gave out yesterday...I am getting very good at using my 8125 without the touch screen but a few programs require it. If anyone has found a solution please let be know because it would be a very happy man. Thanks for reading!
ive upgraded my hermes with official O2 hermes rom a month ago. 2 days ago i upgraded with black satin normal edition. my phone worked 2 days normally but today touch screen has no reaction when i touch it.
firstly i wasnt panic because i tought it can be a software problem then i did hard reset. but still no reaction on my touch screen. i was starting to be panic. then i upgraded with O2 official rom again. unfortunately touch screen is still same. now my panic mode is active.
first, i mean time that i realized first about touch screen, all button was working fine, except touch screen
need some advice!!!
mrtkts said:
ive upgraded my hermes with official O2 hermes rom a month ago. 2 days ago i upgraded with black satin normal edition. my phone worked 2 days normally but today touch screen has no reaction when i touch it.
firstly i wasnt panic because i tought it can be a software problem then i did hard reset. but still no reaction on my touch screen. i was starting to be panic. then i upgraded with O2 official rom again. unfortunately touch screen is still same. now my panic mode is active.
first, i mean time that i realized first about touch screen, all button was working fine, except touch screen
need some advice!!!
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When you flashed the other ROMS did you bypass the screen alignment screen somehow? Or is that where it is stuck?
Mike
yes when i pushed power buttons it passes boot scren and says "tap the screen to set up your windows mobile based device" because of the screen i cant touch it. so nothing more
thanks for reply
I had a similar problem, it turned out however to be an issue with the digitizer for the touch screen and it was simply a coincidence I was flashing roms.
I did the trick of sliding a credit card between the screen and the frame and cleared out some gunk - then it worked perfectly.
I just had the same thing happen lol.. company bought me a new one and cingular sent me a broken refurb so now they are sending another
Haz-Mat said:
I had a similar problem, it turned out however to be an issue with the digitizer for the touch screen and it was simply a coincidence I was flashing roms.
I did the trick of sliding a credit card between the screen and the frame and cleared out some gunk - then it worked perfectly.
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hi haz-mat
can you give some details what have you done. did you open your ppc. because i live in turkey and i bought mt ppc form germany. so ive no garanty here. to fix it i need to send it to germany. it means at least 1,5 month. so ive to do it myself or someoneelse here
any other advice?
i just had the same problem after upgrading my new 8525 to wm6 then flashed again to shaps 3.54 then 3.60 and then back to wm6 because it had so many bugs. then screen stopped working. i took out battery/sim card for 10 minutes as well as using a receipt to clean out the screen (under the case) and worked just fine for 30 minutes. now the screen is dead again. YAY. got a 300$ piece of ****.
Hey Guys,
I am having a problem with the touch screen on my 8525. Now I'm not exactly sure if this is a similar problem as other screen issues on this site but my phone was working fine then the then the screen stopped responding altogether. I was able to navigate via keyboard but that was it. I did a soft reset and it did not help. I then did a hard reset and the screen went to the setup and wants to align the screen which obviously I cannot do. Did the business card trick, no good, put it in the freezer for a lil bit, also no good. I'm a bit reluctant to open it up yet. HTC said the repair would cost anywhere between $170-270... clearly not worth it... I should just open it up take a look? If so what EXACTLY am I looking to do here???
Please Help Me
Thank you all in advance
flow this topic: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=285062
Hi, I have a problem with my Cingular 8125. See my touch sreen is not working and I just flashed my phone. Now I am at the part where it tells me to "Tap the screen to set your Windows Mobile based device." Since my touch sreen is not working, I can not touch it, well I did but it does not work. Is there any other way I can by pass this? Any help is really apprecited, thanks in advance.
why not install wm6 standard rom without (touch screen)
If can provide the link, I would really apprecite it and also I tried flashing the ROM with WM6 but I have Vista. I followed all the steps in how to update ROM with Vista but it doesn't work. Everytime I try to flash the phone, it says "ROMUpdateUtility MFC Application has stopped working" and I can not seem to find any solutions .
PLEASE NOTE!!! SMARTPHONE(Non touchscreen) AND POCKET PC ROMS ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS! YOU CANNOT FLASH A SMARTPHONE ROM TO A POCKET PC!
I tried flashing the Cingular 8125 with a WM6 ROM, and that doesn't work. I couldn't find any ROM that has the touch sreen disabled . Is there a WM6 for Cingular 8125 that has the touch sreen disabled? If anyone could help me, I would really apprecite it.
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aiq said:
Hi, I have a problem with my Cingular 8125. See my touch sreen is not working and I just flashed my phone. Now I am at the part where it tells me to "Tap the screen to set your Windows Mobile based device." Since my touch sreen is not working, I can not touch it, well I did but it does not work. Is there any other way I can by pass this? Any help is really apprecited, thanks in advance.
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If your touch screen doesn't work I don't know how much use the phone will be for you but to get past the spot your in at this stage of your install you can always use a freeware called my mobiler at mymobiler dot com or pocket controller pro from any of the usual places.
Than you for the software information, it really helped but I'm still stuck, I am at the "align screen" part, I keep tapping the target but never works.. .
I just posted this on another forum and then I read this posting. Based on what I read here, the MDA is totally hosed if you cannot use the touch screen?
Well my MDA Touch Screen has finally quit working. My MDA is almost 2 years old. Now I have a problem using the MDA since I am so use to using the Touch Screen. Has anyone tried to use the MDA without the touch screen?
If so, how did you setup your MDA? I cannot even get to the various button menu to reset all my buttons. I have been using SPB PocketPlus, SPB Diary, etc., and now I am at a loss to even get to the Menu Screen. Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thank you in advance.
All I can say is that you can try to change the touch screen or call T-Mobile or HTC to see if they will replace it for you. I just ordered a new touch screen I found on eBay and am waiting until it comes so I can replace it and see what happens. If you are having software problems, I am not sure what problems you are having, you can try to re-flash the MDA with the newest MDA ROM or a ROM on this site...
Hope it helps
I had the exact same problem you had, and I finally came across a solution on a different site.
All you need to do to bypass this is connect your phone to your pc (usb activesync) and browse the contents on your wizard and delete \\\Windows\StartUp\Welcome.ink . Then soft reset your phone and you are past the screen calibration part and continuing the installation
A Little Late
I had the exact same problem you had, and I finally came across a solution on a different site.
All you need to do to bypass this is connect your phone to your pc (usb activesync) and browse the contents on your wizard and delete \\\Windows\StartUp\Welcome.ink . Then soft reset your phone and you are past the screen calibration part and continuing the installation
Can you tell me how to find this file? I've connected my 8125 to my PC, but did a search for the file and it's not found. If I can bypass the screen it would at least be able to be used. I appreciate your help. Also, using My Mobilier doesn't work if you can't tap the screen as I tried it.
Hello
i've got en elf but it is stuck at the align screen.
i searched the forum for many day's and i found out that the digitizer probably is broken.
So i bought an new one an installed it with this manual
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=407323
great manual by the way
I also installed a new housing
I installed one of the new roms
But it is still stuck on the align screen$
I have a constant loop
first middle cross, then the 4 corners and then back to the middle
i installed a program to override the align screen and then the i can use the phone but when i tap the touch screen it is not the place i tapped that opens because it is not aligned
What can i do because i am all out of answers
ps there is no warrenty anymore
Greetz Hatchy
it could be the touchscreen
LCD and touchscreen are not the same
some models heve them separated,some not
as i could see elf has
touchscreen pic1
LCD pic2
so try replacing the touchscreen they are few dollars on ebay
Or if you want, you can have somebody cook a ROM for you that bypasses the screen alignment part.
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Or if you want, you can have somebody cook a ROM for you that bypasses the screen alignment part.
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i doubt it's the software,because he said he tried some roms
and bypassing screen align can make phone unuseable,so....
farukb said:
i doubt it's the software,because he said he tried some roms
and bypassing screen align can make phone unuseable,so....
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Yea, but even though, he can still use the phone without the touch screen before he gets it replaced.
kareem9nba said:
Yea, but even though, he can still use the phone without the touch screen before he gets it replaced.
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well if it was artemis...he could (arte has a mouse pointer)
but elf lacks the buttons,so using it without touch will be tricky
Hello
i replaced the touch screen because the old one had the same problems
but the new has the same problem
hatchy said:
Hello
i've got en elf but it is stuck at the align screen.
i searched the forum for many day's and i found out that the digitizer probably is broken.
So i bought an new one an installed it with this manual
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=407323
great manual by the way
I also installed a new housing
I installed one of the new roms
But it is still stuck on the align screen$
I have a constant loop
first middle cross, then the 4 corners and then back to the middle
i installed a program to override the align screen and then the i can use the phone but when i tap the touch screen it is not the place i tapped that opens because it is not aligned
What can i do because i am all out of answers
ps there is no warrenty anymore
Greetz Hatchy
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When your PPC is at the alignment part of the start up process simply plug it into your computer and let activesync run. You do not need to set up a partnership at this time to do this.
Explore your PPC and go to the windows folder and then to the startup folder and delete the welcome file in there.
Soft reset your PPC and you are good to go!
I had an IPAQ for years that had a bad spot in the middle of the screen and this is the only way I have found to bypass the alignment.
I am stuck on the align screen in a loop as well. What program did you write to skip the screen. I am not able to use the phone because of that. I am really terribly stuck. Please help. Thanks.
I hear placing a blank text file named "welcome" with the extension ".not" on the root of your SD card after hard resetting will bypass the Windows Mobile setup. And until you get your screen repaired (if ever) and if you have a working DPAD, then you can download a free, configurable mouse cursor here. Just go the the third post and click on the attachment I posted.
Dave
Well,
For what it's worth,
I found out on my brother's Qtek S200 that was also in a loop, that it automatically passed the align screen after some 15 times.
Later I found this in the registry:
HKLM\Hardware\Devicemap\Touch\MaxCallError(=16)
So I assume you can tick the align screen 16 times before it continues?
it works!!