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Screen corruption when answering call with K-Jam

Hi, I was wondering if anyone suffers from screen corruption when recieving an incoming call. My screen sometimes (maybe 6 times out of 10) will go into landscape mode and result in some corruption. It will revert to normal when I actually answer the call. Sometimes, I am unable to answer the call and the caller will be sent to voicemail even though I click the green send button.
Has anyone come accross anything like this?
Thanks.

Well, there is a chance that I am psychic... Are you storing your device in the supplied holster? It has been noted that the sensor which indicates the keyboard is fully out appears to be either magnetic or sensitive to magnetic fields. So it is entirely possible that it is getting temporarily switched to landscape as you drag it out of the holster.
Neat experiment to prove this sensitivity. Take your K-Jam, turn on the power. Now, with the keyboard stowed, take your holster flap place the fuzzy side against the back of your device and slowly move it up around the right-hand edge of your device. At some point along the way your device will flip to landscape.
Robert Harrold
Houston, TX

Ahh, its done magnetically? I was worried a microswitch would eventually wear out ;p

you are so true, it happens to me all the time, it even answers calls automaticaly, I thought I was pressing some buttons while taking it out of the holster but I tried your little experiment , it was positive all the time,
Now, how to solve this without throwing the holster away?
I notices that it happens more when the screen is facing inside, when I insert it screen outside it rarely happens!

you are so true, it happens to me all the time, it even answers calls automaticaly, I thought I was pressing some buttons while taking it out of the holster but I tried your little experiment , it was positive all the time,
Now, how to solve this without throwing the holster away?
I notices that it happens more when the screen is facing inside, when I insert it screen outside it rarely happens!

robinton said:
Well, there is a chance that I am psychic... Are you storing your device in the supplied holster? It has been noted that the sensor which indicates the keyboard is fully out appears to be either magnetic or sensitive to magnetic fields. So it is entirely possible that it is getting temporarily switched to landscape as you drag it out of the holster.
Neat experiment to prove this sensitivity. Take your K-Jam, turn on the power. Now, with the keyboard stowed, take your holster flap place the fuzzy side against the back of your device and slowly move it up around the right-hand edge of your device. At some point along the way your device will flip to landscape.
Robert Harrold
Houston, TX
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Robert, I will pay to have you read my fortune any day!! Exactly as you said. Really gutted about having to ditch the holster, but I would rather be able to answer my calls effectively.
Thanks again, pal. Much appreciated.

simx said:
you are so true, it happens to me all the time, it even answers calls automaticaly, I thought I was pressing some buttons while taking it out of the holster but I tried your little experiment , it was positive all the time,
Now, how to solve this without throwing the holster away?
I notices that it happens more when the screen is facing inside, when I insert it screen outside it rarely happens!
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U JUST SOLVED MY PROBLEM
I JUST THOUGHT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH MY HANDS !!

or what i have is the top button on the right handside to flip between land and port, so when it does that you just press the button and it flips back right away!

screen flips when incoming call

Hi,
I've got the 9100 for a month now.
and everytime when the phone rings, the screen go automaticly to landscape mode, and the send button is not responding.
i can anser only frem the "answer" button on the screen which is now on the top left corner.
it doesnt happend all the time, but its very annoing.
any help?
thanks

Have you tried a hard reset ?

Hahaha... I know where this is coming from...
You are using the TERRIBLE useless case that comes in the box right? Its magnets cause the screen to flip around... your unit is A-OK.
By the way, you store your unit screen facing out or facing your body? Try changing directions if you insist on using this stupid case (I am using it also but I am looking for a better one).
Has anyone found a better case for the KJAM/QTEK 9100?

I had the problem with the case, too...
But it doesn't explain the send button not working - that's happened to me also, which is damn annoying when you're trying to answer the phone!

oh, and I'll be writing a review of the PDAir case as soon as it arrives... Fingers are crossed!

ooh
It really make sense, the magnet thing.
i don't usually put the device on specified side.
but i will try to notice it from now.
in that case, what about the car holders that uses magnet to hold the device?

Give it a try, use the cases magnets to find the spot on the KJAM that flips the screen. It seems that the sliding keyboard uses a magnet to let the device know it is open and to flip the screen.
The included case is such a useless case. I am sure that NO ONE at HTC actually tested the usability of the case WITH the KJAM inside in an everyday usage pattern...
Also, I am not sure if the magnets don't harm the device..

Many many thanks you very clever and helpful people!!!
I was on the verge of getting on to eBay and letting the top bidder have my XDA Mini, because of this switching lark, but I've tried what has been posted here and sure enough, it is the magnets.
So I'll get a better case and keep the device which I think is excellent.
Thanks again!!
:lol:

yea
it helped
please give us a recommendation for a good case
thanks

Yeah.. would like to hear about a good case...
I was thinking about one of these:
http://www.proporta.com/F02/PPF02P05.php?t_id=302&t_mode=cat
Anybody uses them?

Anyone got a dead HD? I need the volume button :(

I'm sceptical that I'll get a response, but here goes nothing!
I don't know how where or when, but I lost my volume control button.
Does anyone have a dead HD that can sell the volume up/down button?
Thanks for reading

can't help you but curious as to how you lost it?

Maybe a dummy phone of the HD can be found on eBay with hope that the part is a exact replica. I was holding the Diamond dummy phone and the buttons seemed like the real thing.

Do you mean the thing that part of the back cover? I think looking for the back cover itself could be cheaper .

Hi
It's not part of the back cover, it's actually the volume up/down button.
I tried the dummy phones, but they just have a moulding
I spoke to HTC and they will only repair if I send in ($$$) and the don't just sell the button.
I suspect it fell by being squeezed somehow and flicking out.
grrrr

johnpatcher said:
Do you mean the thing that part of the back cover? I think looking for the back cover itself could be cheaper .
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oh no, it seems you're right after all. I checked my other backcover, and there it was. I didn't loose it at all, it's just that I never moved it to my new cover.
cheers man!!

LOL!

Why'd you get a new cover? Was it, by chance, an attempt to get rid of the creaking sounds every time you handled the phone or used the touch screen? Did it work?

nope, it was because I scratched it!

Screen turns off right after phone calls are dialed

Hi folks:
Sorry if this problem has been covered before. I ran a search to try to see if I could find someone having this problem and could not find it. This problem started all of a sudden (without any ROM updates or nothing).
This is it: I make a phone call, and immediately after I press "TALK" on the screen, the screen turns itself off, and I don't have access to the keypad, or any of the touchscreen functionality.
I tried pressing all the hardware buttons to see if the screen would come back on, but nothing, it stays off.
Then, when I hang up the call (by pressing "END CALL" on the screen), the screen comes back on and everything is back to normal.
Can anyone offer any clues to solve this? Thanks in advance.

is the phone near something? maybe your ear?
is anything in front of aproximity sensor? (upper left, near speaker)
DN41

Nope... I use a BT headset since I got it (this only started happening 2 days ago, and I've used this device for over a month now).
It also happens everywhere (in my room, outside in the street, etc).
Very puzzling... I am thinking of doing a hard reset, but want to see if anyone has had this happen before...

Does it happen when you don't use the headset?

Yes indeed, I had already checked that and ruled out that the headset was causing the issue.

have you recently installed a "screen protector" ? This happened to mine as i hadn't quite got the holes lined up for the proximity sensors.
thanks,
scater1983

This happened to me as well today. Had the phone for 3 months now and can't say I've noticed it before. I do have a screen protector which also covers the proximity sensor (no holes in that area), but this was like a month ago and I have had no problem accessing the screen during calls until today. I have made a couple of calls after the one I mentioned but didn't remember to check if the problem was still there. Will try to see on the next one

ive been able to just press a face button to bring the screen back up. of course mine turns off when i put it near my ear thats intended. i had an issue where the touchscreen would not work at all durung a call. the screen would be on but only the physical buttons could do anything. a hard reset fixed that

Yeap, coincidentally, I just installed a screen protector and a protective case (darn). I will try this without the case and report back.
Thank you !

Problem solved ..
Been trawling these forums for hours for a registry edit to fix screen blank when making a phone call - LOL - who would have thought it was the cheap plastic case I whacked on the other day!

Black Screen after opening the back of note 3

I was having some issues with my GPS so followed another thread about opening the phone and looking at the GPS contacts. I didn't notice anything too out of place - I pressed on them with the battery out to see if they were noticeably flattened but didn't do anything else. Put the phone back together and now even though the blue light will come on (and the back and menu button light up) the phone screen never turns on. Could there be something I accidentally loosened that would make this happen? Any thoughts on what to check? Thanks

benjamingrantdu said:
I was having some issues with my GPS so followed another thread about opening the phone and looking at the GPS contacts. I didn't notice anything too out of place - I pressed on them with the battery out to see if they were noticeably flattened but didn't do anything else. Put the phone back together and now even though the blue light will come on (and the back and menu button light up) the phone screen never turns on. Could there be something I accidentally loosened that would make this happen? Any thoughts on what to check? Thanks
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I'm not an expert but it sounds like there is some issue with the connection between the display and the board it's connected to. Try loosen that connector and clean it before you put it back. I have repaired many laptops and often if some of the keys on the keyboard isn't working it's often that the keyboard's connector is dirty.
Let me know how it goes and good luck!

fredrik8 said:
I'm not an expert but it sounds like there is some issue with the connection between the display and the board it's connected to. Try loosen that connector and clean it before you put it back. I have repaired many laptops and often if some of the keys on the keyboard isn't working it's often that the keyboard's connector is dirty.
Let me know how it goes and good luck!
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Thanks! I couldn't figure out where this connection was for a while but it's in upper. I attached a picture for anyone that runs into the same issue. I used a google link shortener because I'm not allowed to use real URLs as a new member
goo.gl/Yk270V