Hi fellow dreamers (sorry just can't help myself), just got my dream for a few weeks, and it came only with travel charger (non-standard). I notice that when charging, my touchscreen goes haywire i.e. the touch detection goes offscreen and intermitten, it would click on icon far of the screen where i was clicking. The trackball works fine though. Would like to know if this is normal?
Oh also i've tried using my mp3 miniusb cable to connect to the computer, and it was the same, therefore it's not the charger that causing this.
Would like to hear your opinion, thanks for the help guys...
ps. dream was not officially release in my country, therefore bringing it to htc service center was out of the question (i've tried )
Are you holding the phone in your hand when you have problems? Capacitive touch screens dont work well when they aren't grounded to your hand (ie when you touch the screen while it is sitting on a table charging)
axion68 said:
Are you holding the phone in your hand when you have problems? Capacitive touch screens dont work well when they aren't grounded to your hand (ie when you touch the screen while it is sitting on a table charging)
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really? surely just touching the screen grounds the phone?
anyway, its always acted perfectly for me when it's charging and sat on my bedside table. get in touch with t-mobile and get them to replace it.
its a ****ty charger, the same thing happend to me when i bought a 2nd charger from a flea market, its just a ****ty charger thats all
this is happened to me too a while ago. the touchscreen went haywire after charging using usb cable to my computer. since htc dream is not officially available to my country, i ordered a new lcd screen digitizer from ebay and replaced it myself. it was complicated to replace an lcd screen digitizer, but it was worth the try. there is a tutorial video on youtube you could see on how to replace your screen. or you could ask somebody with repairing experience to do it for you.
now my touchscreen is back to normal
I found that if I use one of my non-HTC chargers (I have several from Motorola and other phones) that the touch screen would go crazy and the phone would get very hot when charging. When using the standard charger that came with the phone neither of these things occur.
From what research I did at the time, I found that the mini-usb connectors are slightly different (compare a couple if you have extras) and it's enough to cause these effects.
exactly,. but an OEM charger from htc and you should have no problems
Did you drop your phone recently? or you are assuming its due to the charger, get the screen replaced and it should solve the issue.
Just like everyone else says, it's the charger, I had this issue too, I used the charger that came with my phone and it has no issues then I had lost it (or thought I did) and got a charger from a kiosk and my screen went crazy, then I tried my friend charger that came with his phone and it worked just like my charger.
thank you very much for the reply guys, guess i'll try using htc official charger first (htc diamond's charger should work right?)
tried holding it and put in on the table, same result
dunno about dropping it, i got it second hand
About changing the digitizer, i guess since i only have problem during charging, i'll stick with it.........heard that changing digitizer is quite risky...
will post back after trying with the diamond's charger
its the charger
cumi2k4 said:
thank you very much for the reply guys, guess i'll try using htc official charger first (htc diamond's charger should work right?)
tried holding it and put in on the table, same result
dunno about dropping it, i got it second hand
About changing the digitizer, i guess since i only have problem during charging, i'll stick with it.........heard that changing digitizer is quite risky...
will post back after trying with the diamond's charger
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i work at a tmobile store and was using a genric charger while at work and had the same problem and sent it back and got another one and had the same problem come to find out it will only work with the original htc chargers
dskyers said:
i work at a tmobile store and was using a genric charger while at work and had the same problem and sent it back and got another one and had the same problem come to find out it will only work with the original htc chargers
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yeah, just confirmed the same thing
now just need to go buy original htc charger since i'm tired of unplugging everytime i need to use the phone
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I got my elfin for about 3 years now and today it stopped charging. It won't charge at all with any usbcable nor the wall-charger. The led doesn't turn on. I think the usb jack is broken, but all the pins seem fine. Does anyone have any idea what to do?
If you say the USB jack is gone? did you try conn ur elfin to the computer? is it getting detected?
remove the battery, wait for few minutes, put it back (DO NOT TURN ON ELFIN) and put on charge.
If the USB jack is really broken then you can use a universal battery charger and transfer your files and activesync via bluetooth (only slower)
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If you say the USB jack is gone? did you try conn ur elfin to the computer? is it getting detected?
remove the battery, wait for few minutes, put it back (DO NOT TURN ON ELFIN) and put on charge.
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That didn't work. The computer doesn't detect it at all, I've tried several USB cables.
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If the USB jack is really broken then you can use a universal battery charger and transfer your files and activesync via bluetooth (only slower)
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Well yes, that is the only thing I could think of, but I have none of those. They are fairly expensive to try if you're not even sure.
May be that light is not working properly.
Jus chk whether u see "Charging" in Power settings available in settings -> system.
If it says charging then ur light might have a problem.
svvv said:
May be that light is not working properly.
Jus chk whether u see "Charging" in Power settings available in settings -> system.
If it says charging then ur light might have a problem.
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I can't check anything, the battery is empty. That's why I think the USB is the cause and not the battery being dead, because it was already near empty when I saw it 'alive' for the last time.
I have the same problem.
Is the battery broken or the phone?
tried another battery
same result
now i'm waiting a tattoo
omg...currently my elfin behave the same way...unfortunately i don't have any other battery to try on
is it possible that your elfin one day just completely stop working? no life whatsoever???
i just can't charge my elfin at all...and yes the battery completely gone
what to do...what to do... *sigh
My Elfin did this last year. The problem for me is the contact pin used for charging in the mini USB jack on the bottom of the phone was squished.
If you look at the bottom edge of the phone with the screen facing the ground then you should see 5 contact pins along the top edge of the mini USB connector. The contact pin on the far left is the charging pin. The contact pins are springy. To fix mine, all I did was use the point of a small pin and gently pried up on the charging pin so it was more exposed.
Hope this helps,
dunlopkr
Same problem on my side
In actual fact, when I got my fist elf, it only worked for a month then the screen stopped working. A quick stop at the distributor and a new unit was supplied. The new unit lasted 3 days and would not charge. After spending many hours swapping cables and trying other chargers and batteries, i came to the conclusion that the charging circuit had been damaged. I had the device replaced with another brand new elf and lo and behold, 3 days later, it wouldn't charge again. I took all I had back to the distributor and had everything replaced with new ones, from cables to charger to phone. I got home, flattened the battery with video playback then charged the phone again. To my dismay, it refused to charge. The broken device was returned again The distributor got so sick of seeing me for the same issues, they took my kit, and replaced it with a new elfin which has been working perfectly till today.
My guess is that the HTC devices have a very low tolerance to electric fault or spiking through the USB which causes the charging circuit to malfunction. All in all, my elf was repaired twice and replaced 6 times with new units in the first year alone. My elfin on the other hand may not be the most feature rich phone on the market but has certainly been my favorite.
Hi all,
same problem here. The power-pin just broke off. I'll try to mend it and report here.
Ok, so I get to work and decide to plug in my phone from an old charger from another phone. I plug it in and all of a sudden, my touchscreen is WAY OFF. I hit the icons near the top and my middle icons light up.
I thought it was the phone, tried different settings, then ended up plugging in the native USB charger/cable....and all is fine.
Just in case any else runs into this issue, try the original charger.
Same thing happened to me on ny Captivate with a generic charger I purchased on Amazon.
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That is a problem with the charger hitting a sensitive spot in the usb bus, this happened a lot with the hero as well when using an aftermarket charger. I messes up touch input and makes the phone unresponsive to touch altogether sometimes
Oh yeah, common issue - bad grounding I always suspected.
I've had the exact same issue. I've been using the generic charger that I used for my Pre, and the touchscreen goes crazy when it's plugged in.
It's kinda like an extra puzzle in the morning. Have to remember to unplug the phone before I can disable the alarm clock.
Here I thought I found something new....
Ah well...thanks guys/gals
So I just bought a mytouch from a friend and plugged it in to charge and the screen is not responding or it would register only I press and wount work after that. Also the screen gets dimmed down and i have the brightness turned down to 0... Sorry if theres an answer to this question already but I couldnt find it
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Warranty replacement time.
But its only when its charging so the hardware is working fine.... plug it in - not working , take it out - works like a charm
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try a different charger first. same thing happend to me. it turned out it was the charger i was using
Thx man ill stop by tmo tomorrow and have them test a different charger on it .
Will post results.
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Sounds like a defective phone... id replace it under warranty.
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Are you using the charger that oficially came with the phone? I ordered a generic charger from ebay to keep at work. And when plug that charger into the phone my touch screen doesnt respond but all the physical buttons work (home, lockscreen button, etc). When I get home and use the official my touch charger that came with the phone the touchscreen works fine
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Are you using the charger that oficially came with the phone? I ordered a generic charger from ebay to keep at work. And when plug that charger into the phone my touch screen doesnt respond but all the physical buttons work (home, lockscreen button, etc). When I get home and use the official my touch charger that came with the phone the touchscreen works fine
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I just bought a phone from Craigslist with the same issue, but I've only tested a PC USB cable and a wall USB charger, both of which have the same problem.
Have you found anything besides the original charger that works?
edit: the USB-to-PC charging is now working, no go on the wall charger.
Hey all,
It seems my HTC HD2 is unable to receive any kind of charge. I've used a different usb cable, my roommate's myTouch 4G cable and a friend's HD2 cable, and they all cannot charge my phone as well. My phone doesn't recognize any cable that is being plugged into it. I've made sure I'm in the right USB connection setting, checked the little 3 gold prongs where my battery receives (electricity?) from the phone to make sure those aren't situated in an odd bent position, but alas nothing. Could it do something with the actual part on my HD2 that the cables plug into? Phone is currently dead and I have no phone and am out of warranty. Is it a part I can easily replace?
Thanks for your help!
Edit: It seems the HD2 was launched on March 16 so I'm a couple of days past the 1 year mark fo warranty. Do you think I could persuade tmobile or HTC into replacing my phone even though it this slim out of warranty?
Does your lex still show that the battery is charving when you plug your HD2 up to your charger? If so you may have a faulty battery. If not then it could be a hardware or software problem. I suggest you buy another battery and see if
Nope, the chord isn't even recognized. It's as if nothing is plugged in when in fact something is.
Sounds like a broken microUSB port. Unnless you have a warranty, you're out of luck. To replace the port, you'd need a whole new mainboard.
Yes if your HD2 is not recognizing the USB cable then yes it sounds like you have a bad mini USB port on your HD2. You can try a hard reset if you want to but make sure to back up all your personal information first, but I kinda doubt it will do you any good to hard reset. You will have to get the main board replaced if this is your issue, wi h I believe it is. You can either find a cell phone repair shop or do it yourzlc ic you feel comfortable enough doing it. replacing the mainboard requires no soldering as all the ribbons just plug in. You just need to be gental with everything as you are working on it.
Now to get you by until you can either fix the phone or just to be abale to harvesting the battery for day to day use. You can by a external charger. Or you can take a old USB cable or buy a cheap USB cable and cut the end off of it. Strip it back a little and the zrip back the red and black wires a little. With a little tape attack the red wire to the positive(+) battery terminal and the black wire to the negative (-) battery terminal. Then plug the cable into your wall charger, don't worry the oltage comming out the wires is very low and will not hurt you, in fact you can not even feel it. They are marked on the battery. I do suggest just using this as a very temporary fix until you can vet an external charger or get your HD2 fixed as I do not know if this may be detramental to your battery with long term use. Also I give credit to Senior Member Samsamuel for this idea as he is the one I learned it from.
I contacted HTC and they confirmed the phone is still under warranty. The problem is I'm running CM7 on my phone so I'm asssuming when they start it up and view I have a 3rd party ROM, they'll void my warranty. I would rather fix it myself personally but I don't know anything nor do I really want to touch/pay for a new mainboard. But if my phone does get it's warranty voided, I'll have to pay either way. I think I might just go ahead and buy an external battery charger until i figure out what to do
axyrus said:
Hey all,
It seems my HTC HD2 is unable to receive any kind of charge.
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Phone is currently dead
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axyrus said:
The problem is I'm running CM7 on my phone
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magldr wont let battery charge when phone is off.
No fault with phone, dead battery and user error.
Use another hd2 that isnt running magldr to charg ebattery, OR use friends battery to flash to winmo and use winmo to charge battery, OR take an old usb cable, mini or micro, cut end off, find red and black wires, connect red to + black to - on the battery (the markings are on there faintly) and plug in to wall charger for a half minute or so then try start phone with real usb cable plugged in. should be enough charge to boot far enough into android for the charging to start. If nothing at all happens, then maybe there is really a problem.
You can hold the wires on by hand, you wont feel it, or i used tape.
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I contacted HTC and they confirmed the phone is still under warranty. The problem is I'm running CM7 on my phone so I'm asssuming when they start it up and view I have a 3rd party ROM, they'll void my warranty. I would rather fix it myself personally but I don't know anything nor do I really want to touch/pay for a new mainboard. But if my phone does get it's warranty voided, I'll have to pay either way. I think I might just go ahead and buy an external battery charger until i figure out what to do
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Which HD2 (model number) do you have and which provider did you buy yours from?
rr5678 said:
Which HD2 (model number) do you have and which provider did you buy yours from?
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I have the USA HD2 from TMobile
axyrus said:
I have the USA HD2 from TMobile
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http://dl.htc.com/ruudownload/t-mobileUS/Filedownload.aspx?pid=leo2
stock ROM. download it, extract the .NBH from the .exe, stick the .NBH on the SD card and rename it to LEOIMG. Hold volume down + power when the phone is off.
may i repeat, just to confirm you considered this before you go about getting it repaired,, , if the battery is flat and magldr is installed, the phone wont charge.nothing will happen when you plug in usb.
Hello,
I don't know if it is the right place to post, but because I think my problem has to do with the software.
A few weeks ago, my HTC touch HD stopped being charged when it was on. No signs that USB was connected, nor with the computer or the charger. Still though it would charge when the phone was off, so I postponed to fix it back then. When I tried to change the ROM to the latest one(this is the ROM I have installed http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=809477), I couldn't and even after I connected the USB the screen kept showing "serial". Things are getting worse, now it shuts down without any alerts, especially when I watch youtube videos or browse the internet...
What do you think is the problem and what should I do? Can the device be fixed? I dont want to lose my beloved Blackstone
Thanks in advance!
the blackstone usb port is a known weak spot, maybe it really just quit on you and you should replace the mainboard. another possibility would be that the phone is fine and the battery is broken. the easiest way to tell which one it is would be to charge the battery directly in a docking station or external wall charger or get a new battery for it and try and charge it in the phone, see if it behaves any differently than your phone does now. if you are lucky, you can get your hands on either one from a store with a good return policy, so if that does not do the trick, you can return it as used only once and get your money back.
sadly, if this didn't help, you might want to say goodbye to your beloved blackstone, because replacing the mainboard is a lot of work and might become quite pricey for a device that is hardly worth 100eur these days.
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the blackstone usb port is a known weak spot, maybe it really just quit on you and you should replace the mainboard. another possibility would be that the phone is fine and the battery is broken. the easiest way to tell which one it is would be to charge the battery directly in a docking station or external wall charger or get a new battery for it and try and charge it in the phone, see if it behaves any differently than your phone does now. if you are lucky, you can get your hands on either one from a store with a good return policy, so if that does not do the trick, you can return it as used only once and get your money back.
sadly, if this didn't help, you might want to say goodbye to your beloved blackstone, because replacing the mainboard is a lot of work and might become quite pricey for a device that is hardly worth 100eur these days.
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Thanks for your answer!
I person I know has a working blackstone and I will ask him to lend me the battery. I am not good at soldering and I wouldn't bother with changing the board at all.
I cross my fingers and hope it works, because I loved this phone so far, it could do anything...
Got the battery from that guy, tested the phone and still it wont charge...
too bad, then probably your usb port and/or mainboard is fried. if you want to hold on to the phone, get an external charger, like a docking station with 2nd battery charger, kinda like this (not this exact one obviously, as it is for the galaxy s2): http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dual-Sync-C...AU_MobilePhoneAccessories&hash=item2a16087f53
or a direct battery charger like this one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/2x-1530-bat...AU_MobilePhoneAccessories&hash=item3cbebda52d
Once again thanks, but I have already have made my plans!
The phone itself is far from broken, so I am going to make it an entertainment device, for home use. No battery. Just a 3.7 DC transformer, acting like a battery. For the move, a simple nokia dumphone does the work!
Going to get back on you when I complete the project.