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Some hardware buttons won't work!

This is my first post and I must say that this is a great group of people who know what they are talking about!
Anyways, I have had my 8525 for about two weeks and I am loving it. For whatever reason some of my buttons do not work! The dpad works but the two soft buttons, the start button, ok button, email, PIE, and the green and red buttons don't work. The power, scroller, comm manager, the left ok button and the PTT all DO work. I did a hard reset hoping that would fix it but no luck. I been installing and trying a lot of programs but I thought after the hard reset that any program that screwed this up would be gone. Please help I love this phone and really don't want to take it back.
Thanks,
Dan

I took it back and that solved all of my problems.

you took back , what?
i am having the same issue with a HTC Tytn.

terracot said:
i am having the same issue with a HTC Tytn.
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My hermes has a similar problem, buttons under the screen sometimes won't work, but if I turn off backlight and turn on, it works... but not very well because if I press green button then red button continually, buttons don't work again after few pressions....
I have changed my ROM but it's the same, it isn't a hardware problem because if I turn the scroll it works again...
This problem is known?
Thank you very muche for your help and sorry for my bad english.

same issue with my TyTN...

Same issue here with Tytn, buttons won't work but if I use scroll button a bit then buttons work again.

Hey guys,
Exactly the same problem here and it's infuriating when I'm trying to make calls on the run and sometimes I can't even pick up calls.
I have an I-mate Jasjam ROM 1.31.305.2.
If anyone has any fixes or solutions that would be great. Or do I have to send it in for repair or something?

So has anyone managed to fix this? Anyone tried a hard reset?
I have no idea how to diagnose the issue and even whether it's a software or hardware fault.

Jasjam- Same here
Also my screen turnes white some times

mattytj said:
So has anyone managed to fix this? Anyone tried a hard reset?
I have no idea how to diagnose the issue and even whether it's a software or hardware fault.
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I'm also having these problems with the front buttons not working. Very frustrating. The problems seem to be platform independent.
I really cannot believe this. When I used the search function I noticed so many people are having these problems with the TyTN, and no resolve.
It's my second machine I received from HTC, first one also had these problems.
HTC sucks BIGTIME.

SOLVED: Rejecting calls starts volume controls

Hi!
This is my first post here. I'm using an HTC Touch HD for three months, and before this I used an HTC Touch Cruise.
The problem is that, every time I reject an incoming call using the slider, volume controls appear in the device display, and volume is increased automatically by one point. It also happens sometimes when ending a call with the slider. If I reject or end calls with the right hard button, everything works fine.
I have installed AEButton plus and 'Touch In Call Screen Tweak', but I don't think it's got something to do with the problem.
Is this happening to someone else? Does someone know a fix for this?
Thanks.

jfrba said:
Hi!
This is my first post here. I'm using an HTC Touch HD for three months, and before this I used an HTC Touch Cruise.
The problem is that, every time I reject an incoming call using the slider, volume controls appear in the device display, and volume is increased automatically by one point. It also happens sometimes when ending a call with the slider. If I reject or end calls with the right hard button, everything works fine.
I have installed AEButton plus and 'Touch In Call Screen Tweak', but I don't think it's got something to do with the problem.
Is this happening to someone else? Does someone know a fix for this?
Thanks.
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i'd be willing to bet that the installed app is the cause of your problem. simply uninstall it, soft reset and see what happens.

Thanks for your help. It seems that AEButton plus is causing the problem. Uninstalling it made the fix. I'll try to modify the app settings, and see if I can keep it without these bugs.

Volume buttons do other things of htc music

Is it just my phone or dose the leo's volume button change track not volume when using the HTC music player as it is rather anyoing and havent worked out how to change the volume in music player without having to go into calender then back again.. and i do hope just isnt a dumb question as it been bugging me since ive had the phone with no luck.

The volume buttons have only ever changed volume in HTC Music on my phone. In fact, it uses a slightly different volume screen. Instead of going to the full-screen volume thing like on any other screen, it has a nice little popup overlay of the volume while still being able to see the album cover in the background.

robertlewisca said:
The volume buttons have only ever changed volume in HTC Music on my phone. In fact, it uses a slightly different volume screen. Instead of going to the full-screen volume thing like on any other screen, it has a nice little popup overlay of the volume while still being able to see the album cover in the background.
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you write that as if everything is fine and dandy when it clearly isn't. yes sometimes it changes the volume like you have stated while, on the other hand it decides to change the track instead.
what we need is a solution to this.

i encountered this problem today in my hd2 youtube application (volume button got the video forward or backward instead of bringing the sound up/down). i uninstalled g alarm and restarted the phone and it came back to normal. hope this helps you.

Here's another thread about this problem. It's vital that all people with this bug let HTC support know about it, so please report it! Maybe we could even get a fix in the upcoming 1.48 ROM update...

bogdan wst said:
i uninstalled g alarm and restarted the phone and it came back to normal. hope this helps you.
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The problem will come back. Resetting the device solves the problem, but only temporarily. No need to uninstall G-Alarm.

vangrieg said:
The problem will come back. Resetting the device solves the problem, but only temporarily. No need to uninstall G-Alarm.
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thanks. i will reinstall g-alarm.

Nearly fixed all my issues with my HD2, only a few more. Any help appreciated

Hi,
As some of you may know I've recently got a HD2, and had a few gripes. Some have been issues with the phone, some have been just me not being used to HTC and/or Windows mobile. I must say the support on here has been nothing short of excellent
Anyway here are my remaining issues, I've searched for answers but can't find them. I have found other posts relating to my issues but not resolving them. I've tried wiki, and hints and tips.
1.Sometimes while making a call the screen turns back on and my ear presses all kinds of functions, and ultimately hangs up the call. I know a few people have had this issue, but has it been resolved, and if so how?
2.Sometimes when I'm typing and press 12# the cursor jumps to the middle of the text. Again I know a few people have had this issue, is there a fix? I must admit, I think I've noticed it happens more typing email rather than SMS.
3.And finally, the call volume. I find that the call volume is very loud and I have to have it on it's quietest setting, and still sometimes it distorts/crackles on certain words/letters, depending on how the person on the other end is talking. The other problem with having to turn the volume down is that when it's connected to my parrot handsfree in my car the call volume is too low and so have to turn it back up on the phone again.
Issues 1 & 3 are very irritating, and I must say pretty poor for a phone of this calibre. Issue 2 isn't major, but still annoying. Are there any fixes or workarounds for these????

snerkler said:
Hi,
As some of you may know I've recently got a HD2, and had a few gripes. Some have been issues with the phone, some have been just me not being used to HTC and/or Windows mobile. I must say the support on here has been nothing short of excellent
Anyway here are my remaining issues, I've searched for answers but can't find them. I have found other posts relating to my issues but not resolving them. I've tried wiki, and hints and tips.
1.Sometimes while making a call the screen turns back on and my ear presses all kinds of functions, and ultimately hangs up the call. I know a few people have had this issue, but has it been resolved, and if so how?
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I never had this but read in other posts, that message receiving will activate the screen when set as wakup on.
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3.And finally, the call volume. I find that the call volume is very loud and I have to have it on it's quietest setting, and still sometimes it distorts/crackles on certain words/letters, depending on how the person on the other end is talking. The other problem with having to turn the volume down is that when it's connected to my parrot handsfree in my car the call volume is too low and so have to turn it back up on the phone again.
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I also have the problem. what works for me is in a call, take phone from your ear adjust volume 2 clicks up and then completely down. this will reduce the volume in a call further when it was already set to mimimum. about the handsfree system i dont use that.

snerkler said:
2.Sometimes when I'm typing and press 12# the cursor jumps to the middle of the text. Again I know a few people have had this issue, is there a fix? I must admit, I think I've noticed it happens more typing email rather than SMS.
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I get this too! I thought it was just me.
Hopefully there will be a fix soon, I never got it on the stock o2 ROM 1.43. So far I've only noticed it on the 1.61 ROM and 1.48 Rom WWE which Im using now.

wilcovh said:
I never had this but read in other posts, that message receiving will activate the screen when set as wakup on.
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Do you mean the sceen will activate if there's an incoming message? Mine activates whether there's a message or not Where can I find the setting for wakeup on/off?
Also I'll try that trick with the call volume. Shouldn't have to do it though, bad flaw imo

snerkler said:
1.Sometimes while making a call the screen turns back on and my ear presses all kinds of functions, and ultimately hangs up the call. I know a few people have had this issue, but has it been resolved, and if so how?
2.Sometimes when I'm typing and press 12# the cursor jumps to the middle of the text. Again I know a few people have had this issue, is there a fix? I must admit, I think I've noticed it happens more typing email rather than SMS.
3.And finally, the call volume. I find that the call volume is very loud and I have to have it on it's quietest setting, and still sometimes it distorts/crackles on certain words/letters, depending on how the person on the other end is talking. The other problem with having to turn the volume down is that when it's connected to my parrot handsfree in my car the call volume is too low and so have to turn it back up on the phone again.
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1. For some ppl, this is due to the hair intermittently covering the sensor. Would be cool to just press a button to turn of the screen in the call.
2. The new SMS-fix from HTC (released today?) apparently fixes this issue. There is a CAB available in one of the threads, if you are on a cooked ROM.
3. You can find a reg edit here to try: HKCU\ControlPanel\SoundCategories\inCall AND InCall2
Change the value of InitVol to "2". >One of them is "5"

ZekeWolf said:
1. For some ppl, this is due to the hair intermittently covering the sensor. Would be cool to just press a button to turn of the screen in the call.
2. The new SMS-fix from HTC (released today?) apparently fixes this issue. There is a CAB available in one of the threads, if you are on a cooked ROM.
3. You can find a reg edit here to try: HKCU\ControlPanel\SoundCategories\inCall AND InCall2
Change the value of InitVol to "2". >One of them is "5"
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1. I don't think the hair issue is a problem for me lol
2. What is a cooked ROM?
3. Do you change InitVol to 2 on both, or just the one that's 5?

snerkler said:
1. I don't think the hair issue is a problem for me lol
2. What is a cooked ROM?
3. Do you change InitVol to 2 on both, or just the one that's 5?
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2. A cooked ROM is one released by other source than HTC, normally newer versions of Betas, e.g. from one of the Chef:s here on XDA-developers.
3. 2 on both.

ZekeWolf said:
2. A cooked ROM is one released by other source than HTC, normally newer versions of Betas, e.g. from one of the Chef:s here on XDA-developers.
3. 2 on both.
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OK, I've changed the initvol so will see how that works next time I take a call. Many thanks for your help

I have had issue 1 & 3. I upgraded to ROM 1.61 and that solved all of the issues that I had with my phone and also increased the speed too. Issue 3 was very annoying for me and I sent my phone back to o2 for a replacement and got the replacement yesterday. I imediately flashed to ROM 1.61 which solved any issues I had, but the crackling at high frequencies still remain. I guess I have to live with it until some fix comes out. The high call volume is still an issue.

snerkler said:
OK, I've changed the initvol so will see how that works next time I take a call. Many thanks for your help
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Remember to soft reset

ZekeWolf said:
1. For some ppl, this is due to the hair intermittently covering the sensor.
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3. You can find a reg edit here to try: HKCU\ControlPanel\SoundCategories\inCall AND InCall2"
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1. The problem happend to me several time, but I have boldhead, so in my case hairs are innocent
I notices twice that screen light up when I have been calling someone and pickuping phone on the other side of the line was the trigger. But this could be of course just some kind of coincidence.
3. thanks for reg entry, this is the first real reason to modifie some entry at this phone, because my calls can hear people standing next to me

First of all ... update your radio and your ROM. From my experience Xannytech is the best so far, in terms of design and stability. I3v5y is also nice, but a lil bit more buggy (not his fault, it's WM6.5.3).
And what I really think on 2. is that you maybe press the cursor button. I think the keyboard from HTC is not really developed for capacitive screens. I heard TouchPal is quite good. I dont write that much so I dont need it

snerkler said:
Hi,
2.Sometimes when I'm typing and press 12# the cursor jumps to the middle of the text. Again I know a few people have had this issue, is there a fix? I must admit, I think I've noticed it happens more typing email rather than SMS.
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Could it be the sensitivity of the touch screen ??
Ive had something similar with the sms on screen keyboard.
here is the thread to get the cab to reduce the sence of the screem . works for me with the On Screen Keyboard
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5071018&postcount=430

I've suffered from issue two and its deffinately not a case of fat fingers. After I noticed this happening I was very careful about where I was pressing, yet the cursor still jumped.
I've got around this by just using the long keypress to select icons from the normal qwerty keyboard.
On a similar line to this (and I think it may, fingers crossed, have been fixed in the latest update) is when you open an sms thread from the sense interface, if you start typing the XT9/ABC toggle is switched to XT9, yet the input is standard ABC, switching it back and forth still doesn't do anything!! Just another little thing I noticed.

Multiple problems after official froyo update

i successfully updated to froyo from kies. before this i had the stock rom and did not install any custom one
after updating my proximity sensor works when the phone is held vertical in an upright position
but after making a call, if i keep it on the table and close the sensor, the screen doesn't turn off. it should turn off and was working fine in 2.1 for me
can you guys confirm if the sensor turns off even when laid flat on the table?
also, the volume up/down button does not silence the ringtone when i get a call
please reply so that i can confirm whether the problem is with my phone or with the new release.

Not sure about the sensor problem but as far as your second problem is concerned hold the vol down button for a few seconds to mute the ringtone
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Proximity Sensor is problematic
Yes The Sensor does'nt seem to be responding towards the end of the call. Just use the home key to light up the screen.

The display screen timeout settings does not automatically turn off even after specified time.this happens very often and need to enable screen timeout settings again and again.
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Yes , I am experiencing problem with Swype , it is not responding to aby gesture. I am able to type using swype as regular keypad but not as "swype". I resetted my phone 3-4 times but i wasn't lucky.
So i am using keypad only. Its official DDJP2 FROYO version thpugh its flashed using odin as i was experiencing problem with KIES.

I am experiencing some strange behavior in media and notification sound. while i play some song and want to lock my screen from power button, some glitchy sound is coming, same happening when some messages coming. is anybody experiencing the same. plz try it with headphone attached while playing a song and just lock the screen from power button menu...

satyamsit said:
I am experiencing some strange behavior in media and notification sound. while i play some song and want to lock my screen from power button, some glitchy sound is coming, same happening when some messages coming. is anybody experiencing the same. plz try it with headphone attached while playing a song and just lock the screen from power button menu...
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May be you have checked "screen lock sounds" option in /settings/sound unchek and see if the problem persists...

deadwood01 said:
May be you have checked "screen lock sounds" option in /settings/sound unchek and see if the problem persists...
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Thanks a lot for ur reply but the option is unchkd from beginning ... ..

satyamsit said:
I am experiencing some strange behavior in media and notification sound. while i play some song and want to lock my screen from power button, some glitchy sound is coming, same happening when some messages coming. is anybody experiencing the same. plz try it with headphone attached while playing a song and just lock the screen from power button menu...
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Yes....This is happening
This is the worst release by Samsung , as per me....Even on call if you are using headphone, you will hear clicking sound (argh)

Yes the proximity sensor isn't working fine. Screen does not turn on after a call. So I need to press home screen every time.
And long pressing menu button in call log does not enable search bar which happened perfectly in 2.1

maverickgenius said:
also, the volume up/down button does not silence the ringtone when i get a call
please reply so that i can confirm whether the problem is with my phone or with the new release.
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For those who r facing the problem silencing the ringtines from vol up down, press power on off button, it shud work.

satyamsit said:
For those who r facing the problem silencing the ringtines from vol up down, press power on off button, it shud work.
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we do know about pressing the power on/off key but that also switches off the sceen. but volume up/down only silences the ringtone but doesn't switch off screen.
araandroid said:
Yes , I am experiencing problem with Swype , it is not responding to aby gesture. I am able to type using swype as regular keypad but not as "swype". I resetted my phone 3-4 times but i wasn't lucky.
So i am using keypad only. Its official DDJP2 FROYO version thpugh its flashed using odin as i was experiencing problem with KIES.
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swype doesn't work because languages are not installed. root, delete swype, install swype from official site.
jaskiratsingh said:
Yes....This is happening
This is the worst release by Samsung , as per me....Even on call if you are using headphone, you will hear clicking sound (argh)
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and during a call, if you press volume up/down button to increase/decrease the volume, the voice breaks for a second and you hear a clicking noise.
these problems are seriously irritating me. thinking of going back to 2.1 or some custom ROM is samsung does not release an update fixing these problems.

Few more problems that I had observed....
1. If you open contacts and press back button you won't be going any where
2. Previously I used to connect my phone using bluetooth to my PC (Ubuntu) but now even after turning on my Bluetooth along with visiblity phone is not visible. Once I was lucky and recognized my phone as "V5" though the device name is different.
3. If you try to add pics to the contacts from your gallery the time taken is very long which was not the case with Eclair 2.1
4. Previously with Launcher Pro plus on Eclair I never had to "Force close" any application, but after upgrading to Froyo the first call itself raised a warning for force close. Even after sometime in my other call I couldn't End my call as the screen was not responsive.
After a struggle for One day on latest Firmware I feel that its not that worth to wait this much amount of time for official firmware.

techie.raj said:
Few more problems that I had observed....
1. If you open contacts and press back button you won't be going any where
After a struggle for One day on latest Firmware I feel that its not that worth to wait this much amount of time for official firmware.
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I was experiencing the same problem on the first day, but after that i rooted my phone and installed busybox. from last 2 days did not find that contacts back key problem anymore.. i dont know its a temporary fix and what has fixed it anyway...
but really .. somehow this release is not at all convincing. so sad.

techie.raj said:
After a struggle for One day on latest Firmware I feel that its not that worth to wait this much amount of time for official firmware.
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i too feel the same way mate..
can anybody tell me if I5801ZHJPF better that DDJP2?

I have another different problem my battery life is not going above 10 hrs while on 2.1 i used to get 18hrs. Am i missing some setting or what.I am gonna install something else if this **** firmware does not improve in the next update

i think this update was hastily released.
many bugs in it.
if you see the in-built task manager, the "uninstall" button is not even properly designed.
even accelerometer has some problems

the worst bug ever is the camera bug
theres this geo-tagging option..
until you get a fix on ur location camera will force close..
and it cant be disabled at all..
the only way to get around it is to use 3g or disable network mode in 2g..

19.nvv.11 said:
the worst bug ever is the camera bug
theres this geo-tagging option..
until you get a fix on ur location camera will force close..
and it cant be disabled at all..
the only way to get around it is to use 3g or disable network mode in 2g..
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i saw somewhere that this can be solved by disabling "use wireless network" option in settings->location and security.
not sure though. try it.

maverickgenius said:
i think this update was hastily released.
many bugs in it.
if you see the in-built task manager, the "uninstall" button is not even properly designed.
even accelerometer has some problems
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+ add one more bug to the list,
the microphone is also not working properly with different applications like Talking Tom or Talking Parrot, previously they used work on 2.1 without any problem or distrubance.
Did anybody also had the same problem?
One good thing with the Froyo update is previously my phone is used to restart unconditionally with the stock firmware (randomly sometimes during call or when Ideal). But till now no such weird behaviour in the current release.