This is weird. My company requires that I have a password on my device. So be it. I want to say that when I upgraded to WM6.1 this issue started, but it might have been there before. Not sure. Anyway, here is the scenario:
1) Phone coming back from a soft-reset/battery removal/etc. Doesn't
matter, as it always does this.
2) The outline of the Password screen pops up, I press top left of outlined
area.
3) Enter password the second that the numbers show up and press unlock.
4) If I don't do it fast enough, the device locks up - HARD!
5) To come back from this, I have to do a soft-reset and perform 2 & 3
fast. If I do, the device works fine. In fact, subsequent password
entries will work fine. Only the very first one after a reboot.
Any ideas on this? I did a little searching and didn't find anything specific to this issue. But then again, my searching sometimes isn't perfect! :-D
Thanks in advance! Cheers...
I've seen something like this, though not as bad.
Try turning off absolutely everything on the Today screen to see if that helps.
When I saw it, I think a program was firing up in the background while the password screen was displayed.
WannaBeSedated said:
This is weird. My company requires that I have a password on my device. So be it. I want to say that when I upgraded to WM6.1 this issue started, but it might have been there before. Not sure. Anyway, here is the scenario:
1) Phone coming back from a soft-reset/battery removal/etc. Doesn't
matter, as it always does this.
2) The outline of the Password screen pops up, I press top left of outlined
area.
3) Enter password the second that the numbers show up and press unlock.
4) If I don't do it fast enough, the device locks up - HARD!
5) To come back from this, I have to do a soft-reset and perform 2 & 3
fast. If I do, the device works fine. In fact, subsequent password
entries will work fine. Only the very first one after a reboot.
Any ideas on this? I did a little searching and didn't find anything specific to this issue. But then again, my searching sometimes isn't perfect! :-D
Thanks in advance! Cheers...
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Do you possibly have some other type of startup program running in the background? I had something similar (can't recall now exactly what it was) when I was using a Wizard a couple of years ago. It was like the lock interface kept losing the "focus" after a few seconds. Ultimately I hard reset and started from scratch, but the issue never resurfaced.
In the end I chose to stop the policy enforcement from my company's Exchange server altogether. Not necessarily recommending you do the same, as it's surely frowned upon by all pointy haired bosses in IT. But in the event you'd like to experience the Dark Side of the Force... here ya go.
Sitting on a train. Started the phone. Can't unlock it. The screen is dead so I can't enter pin. When I push back I come to the locked screen. Can't move. Haven't got pattern on. Wtf. :-(
Ps. I managed right now to unlock it. This is true. I pushed Start button. Then audio down button. Then I could sweep away the "glass".
Now I'm stucked again. And the audiodown trick won't work. I'm going crazy. For real. Any suggestions?
Have you tried removing the battery, it has been known to work with some android handsets
Geryatrix said:
Have you tried removing the battery, it has been known to work with some android handsets
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Tried that many times.
Maybe it's the Launcher.
I will try the touchwiz for a while and see if thats helps.
Used the standard launcher. This morning the phone was locked again. Haid to remove battery. Am I doing something wrong?
Start+swipe is all I trying to do.
GONNA RESET THE WHOLE PHONE.
But thats not good for my work-settings and program :-((
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Phone worked when I left home. It was charging. Now it's impossible to unlock it again.
I removed the battery 5 times or so. Now it says: Enter Pin. But I can't the screen is dead. When I use the back button I get the background picture and the text who says: Phone Locked. But I can't sweep away the "glassscreen"...
I would (almost) be glad if someone else had this and we could figure out what is failing...
PS. This is my last writing in this matter, until someone else gets it. Now I removed the battery and strted the phone for maybe the 10th time since I started.
This time I didn't touch the phone for 1 minute maybe. And it works. I could enter the pin directly without unlock.
I'm much more near to start cry than laugh right now ;-)
I am using a t-mobile unlocked phone...I am using Energy ROM...
I have set a password to open up my today screen..simple 4 letter password.
But when I enter it in the locked screen it is not responding...
I am not able to do anything now...I can receive calls..but I cant make calls or read sms...It is locked
I am sure I have used the exact lock code.
I was trying to do something through my PC...But that is also not responding as it is locked...
I cannot even flash ROM now
I removed battery
Can anyone help...
Is there any simple way to
hard reset your phone. to do that pull the battery, put it back on, and power on your device while holding BOTH THE VOLUME DOWN AND VOLUME UP KEYS. follow the on screen instructions from there and you should be all good!
oshizzle1991 said:
hard reset your phone. to do that pull the battery, put it back on, and power on your device while holding BOTH THE VOLUME DOWN AND VOLUME UP KEYS. follow the on screen instructions from there and you should be all good!
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thanks for the help...it is fine now..
appoos said:
thanks for the help...it is fine now..
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Do not use a password through the phones stock security. It WILL happen again to you. Its a well known problem, HTC knows as well as T-MO. They havent put out any fixes though. Just beware...
Also out of curiousity... did your password by chance start with "9"? Ive heard a rumor about that being the cause, and Im curious because my phone did this as well and my password began with 9.
This is my second one. The last one had the same issue. I've never dropped it. Help...
Pull the battery and try to load it back up
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Pull the battery and try to load it back up
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Did that, sorry should have said in the OP. I even tried installing different ROMs.
Do you have BsB tweaks installed? If so, go in that app and turn off the "tap time" setting...that's been known to cause this type of symptom.
sirphunkee said:
Do you have BsB tweaks installed? If so, go in that app and turn off the "tap time" setting...that's been known to cause this type of symptom.
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Nope, and I wouldn't be able to anyways, unless I can finally get application that allows me to control the phone from my computer (shoot, I can't remember the name of it) to work. The touch is completely dead.
EDIT: Shoot, never mind I think I do have that installed. I'll try that.
MyMobiler! That's it.
Nevermind, I installed a different ROM so any settings were deleted, right? That can't be it. Gah it's happened every two months.
wont respond like... the screen is just black? or it comes on but you cant do anything with it?
ek9beast said:
wont respond like... the screen is just black? or it comes on but you cant do anything with it?
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The latter.
I have what sounds the same problem
the other day I noticed that it was starting to play up, and then the touch screen just would not work. It shows the screen but there is no response on touch HELP anyone
Press the end or back button fairly hard. Sometimes that seems to make it work again for a while, then call HTC and see if they will warranty it, they did mine.
Hey, i need help. I know nothiing about these phones. I came on here and got help last year to make my hd2 windows into an android.... i did all the work, wahtever you wanna call it, flashing or ROM. something like that. Well anyways, over the the past few months, its been getting stuck on the unlock screen. nothing works, then all of a sudden it will swipe and unlock. now its been stuck for two weeks and i have tried everything, taking the battery out and resetting from the small button in the back, but nothing changes.
lovelyxleo said:
Hey, i need help. I know nothiing about these phones. I came on here and got help last year to make my hd2 windows into an android.... i did all the work, wahtever you wanna call it, flashing or ROM. something like that. Well anyways, over the the past few months, its been getting stuck on the unlock screen. nothing works, then all of a sudden it will swipe and unlock. now its been stuck for two weeks and i have tried everything, taking the battery out and resetting from the small button in the back, but nothing changes.
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you can try this but you will have to press it really really hard and try it multiple times
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19458378&postcount=2
Kameirus said:
you can try this but you will have to press it really really hard and try it multiple times
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19458378&postcount=2
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Then once you do above and get the screen working again, you can do what i did and use attached program to remap one of the other buttons (i chose green phone button since i press the phone icon to use the phone anyhow) and remap it to function as the power button and never worry about the screen again
To install: download to computer, then use adb install to install.
Or the simple way, just download straight to phone, navigate to the downloaded folder using a file explorer(astro works well found on the market) and launch it through the file explorer to install.
elesbb said:
Then once you do above and get the screen working again, you can do what i did and use attached program to remap one of the other buttons (i chose green phone button since i press the phone icon to use the phone anyhow) and remap it to function as the power button and never worry about the screen again
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pssst
you forgot the attachment
Kameirus said:
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you forgot the attachment
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Not uh! lol thanks Ive edited post
elesbb said:
Not uh! lol thanks Ive edited post
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..lol....
Yep, I have tried that.... pushing the end button a zillion times. It use to work before, but now it doesnt. I tried the end button, the call button, sliding over the other keys, just tapping on the unlock keys on the screen... but nothing. i do it so much, i pretty much start banging on the keys.....ummm... not sure if that made it worse??
is there anyway i can just reset my phone.... perhaps flash a new rom. I really dont care what is on my phone at this point. phone numbers not saved on sim can be replaced.... i dont care about anything else as far as apps. i just want to be able to use this phone again, whatever it takes. not sure if this is even possible without unlocking the screen first. i am so frustrated i wanna let my rottweiler accidently chew it up, just so i can get a new phone...
i know there is some smarty pants out there that can figure this out... help me pleeeeeeeeeeze!!!!
lovelyxleo said:
Yep, I have tried that.... pushing the end button a zillion times. It use to work before, but now it doesnt. I tried the end button, the call button, sliding over the other keys, just tapping on the unlock keys on the screen... but nothing. i do it so much, i pretty much start banging on the keys.....ummm... not sure if that made it worse??
is there anyway i can just reset my phone.... perhaps flash a new rom. I really dont care what is on my phone at this point. phone numbers not saved on sim can be replaced.... i dont care about anything else as far as apps. i just want to be able to use this phone again, whatever it takes. not sure if this is even possible without unlocking the screen first. i am so frustrated i wanna let my rottweiler accidently chew it up, just so i can get a new phone...
i know there is some smarty pants out there that can figure this out... help me pleeeeeeeeeeze!!!!
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Nope. Its pretty much hosed. These are classic symptoms of the digitizer cable losing connection with the main board. Pressing the red End key forcefully can sometimes mate the connection back, but otherwise if that doesn't work nothing will. If you're feeling brave, you can take apart the phone piece by piece and reassemble it. That might do the trick. Else, you have to replace the digitizer.
Ok... first of all, what is a digitizer?
Also, is there any way I can connect it to my computer via usb and try to remove the files that i put on there for the rom.... that would just make it a windows phone again. Because Im confused.... is this a phone malfunction or a file issue?
lovelyxleo said:
Ok... first of all, what is a digitizer?
Also, is there any way I can connect it to my computer via usb and try to remove the files that i put on there for the rom.... that would just make it a windows phone again. Because Im confused.... is this a phone malfunction or a file issue?
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Can you get to the bootloader (stripey screen)? If so, then just flash a stock WinMo ROM from there and it should work.
Well I am able to restart the phone after I take the battery out. So there is a point at the startup while its loading, it says 1-2-3-4 Go Go Go. Not sure if there is anything I can from there.
Oh btw... for a brief few minutes yesterday, the phone did unlock. I got so excited that I started reading all my text messages I missed over the passed 2 weeks and also reviewing missed phone calls. And by that time, the phone locked again. No luck since.
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Well I am able to restart the phone after I take the battery out. So there is a point at the startup while its loading, it says 1-2-3-4 Go Go Go. Not sure if there is anything I can from there.
Oh btw... for a brief few minutes yesterday, the phone did unlock. I got so excited that I started reading all my text messages I missed over the passed 2 weeks and also reviewing missed phone calls. And by that time, the phone locked again. No luck since.
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Take the battery out, put it back in then hold down the power (end call) and volume down buttons. From here, you can flash a stock ROM via the USB port or flash a stock ROM via your SD card
lovelyxleo said:
Well I am able to restart the phone after I take the battery out. So there is a point at the startup while its loading, it says 1-2-3-4 Go Go Go. Not sure if there is anything I can from there.
Oh btw... for a brief few minutes yesterday, the phone did unlock. I got so excited that I started reading all my text messages I missed over the passed 2 weeks and also reviewing missed phone calls. And by that time, the phone locked again. No luck since.
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If you remap the call button to the power button, as lung as you don't hit the end key anymore your screen should stay working. It has for me
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OOOOH... ok how do i remap?
Nigeldg said:
Take the battery out, put it back in then hold down the power (end call) and volume down buttons. From here, you can flash a stock ROM via the USB port or flash a stock ROM via your SD card
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I have no idea how to flash a stock ROM... any links???
lovelyxleo said:
OOOOH... ok how do i remap?
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use the attached apk in this post from before and then find the call button inside the program i think its 231 or something like that. Then press apply and voila green key is now your power key
elesbb said:
use the attached apk in this post from before and then find the call button inside the program i think its 231 or something like that. Then press apply and voila green key is now your power key
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Okk, i can try this... but do i download that file to the computer then to the phone via usb or ?
i see the file, i just dont know what to do with it.
lovelyxleo said:
Okk, i can try this... but do i download that file to the computer then to the phone via usb or ?
i see the file, i just dont know what to do with it.
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You can eitherdownload to computer, the use adb install to install the program, or download to your phone and use a file browser to navigate to your downloads and install from there. Downloading to your phone is probably the easiest for beginners.
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i definatly think this is the digitizer problem... same thing heppend to me..
elesbb said:
You can eitherdownload to computer, the use adb install to install the program, or download to your phone and use a file browser to navigate to your downloads and install from there. Downloading to your phone is probably the easiest for beginners.
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Ok, I can try that. But I am still waiting to get this phone screen to unlock. I guess I cant do anything until then.