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Hey everyone,
This is my first post here. Figured you might enjoy seeing how my dad's new Evo stood up after falling out of his front pocket on the interstate on the way to work. He did have a hard outer case covering the back and the sides. You can see from the pictures where it landed on the one corner and shattered the screen. It does function fully and you would never know that it had been dropped at 70mph and run over by a car if the screen weren't shattered. If you ask me, it held up pretty good.
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wow.... how did it fall out again???
cant wait to see the pics
My dad was riding his motorcycle to work and it fell out of his pocket when he hit one of our city's famous bumps in the middle of the highway and it threw the back end of his bike up in the air. He was doing an unintentional endo in the middle of the highway at 70mph.
damn!!! sorry... that is one big bump to force a big phone out of his pocket!..
i hope he has insurance on the phone!
That's the ultimate drop test!
ah, i see it ... dayum! O_O
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That's awesome though! Not the drop, but that it still works!
Awe man that sux, but I can relate! I had that happen to me once with my Sprint Diamond. On a Vmax and pulling away from an R1 in a red-light to red-light drag, I'm looking in my mirror at the guy on the R1 and notice my phone sliding on the road along side him. The hardest part was to forfeit the race and then turn around to go get it. Glad I did though. The phone suffered only a rash to it's backside. The screen was still perfect.
This Evo is going in an Otter case, as soon as they are released.
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I cried when mine meet the floor the very first day, imagine how i felt when i saw this pictures!!
the real sad part....
some noob will get this as a refurb... and complain that the EVO quality sucks!!!
look wat happened to mine
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=700590
Yeah, mine cracked like that at work. Using my good ole hero right now waiting for one to be shipped to me from assurion. 100 dollar deductible but oh well.
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**First, I don't know if this really belongs in the Q&A Section or in this General Section, so sorry if I misplaced this thread.**
Here's the story:
Yesterday in San Francisco marked the last day of Fleet Week demonstrations by the Blue Angels, who ride FA-18 jets. Our Italian Heritage Day and Columbus Day parade was held at the same time the flight demonstrations occurred. My school marching band (which I am part of) participated in the parade, and we would here the jets flying above us, producing loud cracks, so I assume they were creating sonic booms.
I put my HD2 in a thin leather sleeve, which then goes into my band's U.S. Marine uniform's inner breast pocket. Of course, the two-mile parade made me sweat. At the end of the parade, I took out my phone, and the sleeve was wet (but the phone was dry). When I turned it on, it was frozen, so I did a soft reset. When it rebooted, I noticed something weird...
Here's my issue:
Every time I add pressure on the power button (I don't have to depress it all the way), it launches my task manager (ArkSwitch) and the screen freezes until I turn off the screen by fully depressing the power button. When I turn on and unlock the screen, ArkSwitch is open.
I flashed the T-Mo USA stock ROM (WM6.5), and when I add pressure to the power button, it launches the Start Menu. This made me realize that the power button has somehow been cross-wired to the screen's top-left corner (where the start menu is now located, and where the ArkSwitch activation field was located)!
Here's a question:
Has anyone ever heard of this before? My friend's iPhone, right after the parade, could not make a call -- it would not launch anything, but the home screen still swiped left/right. Another friend, who has a Samsung dumb-phone, took out his phone at the end of the parade, and the screen was shattered! Is it possible that the waves from the sonic booms may have affected our phones (We've been in longer, hotter parades, so I don't think humidity is much of an issue, especially taking into consideration the broken screen of my friend's Samsung. Also, the water damage indicators are still white, so sweat didn't penetrate)? This has never happened to me before, but this is the first time I marched this particular parade with my HD2 in my pocket (I've already marched 3 parades with the HD2); I marched with my TP2 in the same pocket last year, and it was never affected (I marched probably 6-7 parades with the TP2).
~~I now have restored stock SPL, and I'm going to go to the T-Mo store to try to get a warranty swap.
Update
I'm getting a replacement phone soon.
I spoke to one local rep and 2 CS (on the phone) reps. All 3 of them were dumbfounded when I explained the hardware problem. The local rep who actually witnessed me pressing the Power Button, which launched the Start Menu, was so confused he didn't even bother doing anything -- he immediately took out the battery, looked at the water damage indicators, wrote down the IMEI, and told me he wrote a note on my account regarding a strange hardware problem, and that CS will deal with warranty swaps.
The 2 CS spokespersons were just plain confused about the issue! Good thing they just ended up doing a warranty swap without pulling the "Did you do a hard reset?" stuff.
Anyway, I'm still curious as to how this happened. I've had my HD2 since mid-April, and this failure occurred only yesterday (Oct.10).
Wow, that's strange
If you have another device you should use that one for a day or two and leave all cards and the battery out of device, and maybe put some pressure on the hard send key. Something similar happened to my Topaz over the summer, it was really hot out and I'm pretty sure I didn't get any sweat on it. Anyways, somehow the next day the windows hard key opened up the dialer all of a sudden and there were some tiny green lines on the phone.. after a while the green slowely creeped down to the bottom of the screen and dissapeared (over a period of three months) and the hardware buttons eventually fixed themselves (over about a week).
Were you drinking at this parade?
sumflipnol said:
the Blue Angels, who ride FA-18 jets. (
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No offense intended, but the Blue Angels don't "ride" FA-18s, they fly them. In aircraft passengers ride and pilots (or naval aviators) fly.
The Blue Angels did not go supersonic. The aircraft at the airshow did not affect your phone in any way. Think about it. If you experienced a sonic boom that could break your phone, what do you suppose would have happened to your eardrums? Plus, the Blue Angels are all about precision flying. I guarantee they didn't accidentally go supersonic, and they damn sure didn't do it on purpose. Hope that helps narrow down what happened to your phone... Wish I could be more help, but at least I eliminated a blind alley!
Ex military pilot.
Scabes24 said:
Wow, that's strange
If you have another device you should use that one for a day or two and leave all cards and the battery out of device, and maybe put some pressure on the hard send key. Something similar happened to my Topaz over the summer, it was really hot out and I'm pretty sure I didn't get any sweat on it. Anyways, somehow the next day the windows hard key opened up the dialer all of a sudden and there were some tiny green lines on the phone.. after a while the green slowely creeped down to the bottom of the screen and dissapeared (over a period of three months) and the hardware buttons eventually fixed themselves (over about a week).
Were you drinking at this parade?
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Thanks, I'll give that a try. But my replacement HD2 should be arriving in 2 days, and who knows, I might as well relive the "new phone" experience!
I didn't have alcohol of course, but I did have a bottle of water after the parade (and I swear I didn't miss my mouth when I drank it).
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No offense intended, but the Blue Angels don't "ride" FA-18s, they fly them. In aircraft passengers ride and pilots (or naval aviators) fly.
The Blue Angels did not go supersonic. The aircraft at the airshow did not affect your phone in any way. Think about it. If you experienced a sonic boom that could break your phone, what do you suppose would have happened to your eardrums? Plus, the Blue Angels are all about precision flying. I guarantee they didn't accidentally go supersonic, and they damn sure didn't do it on purpose. Hope that helps narrow down what happened to your phone... Wish I could be more help, but at least I eliminated a blind alley!
Ex military pilot.
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Not offended at all. (I admit I'm ignorant when it comes to aviation.)
Geez, when 3 Blue Angels members (1 pilot and 2 engineers) came to my school for a brief recruitment presentation, they did say they go supersonic during some points of the demonstrations -- maybe they realized us kids these days just don't know that much about aviation.
I love watching the Blue Angels fly. I used to go to Downtown SF each year to watch them on their last performance, but now that my marching band participates in the parade that occurs during the demonstrations, I barely get to watch them anymore (I just hear them flying above me).
Thanks. Now I think aliens are just screwing with me...
thats really corious
happily, you'll get your replacement
thanks for sharing this "funny" story.
what about the other phones? are they working again?
DN41
DN41 said:
thats really corious
happily, you'll get your replacement
thanks for sharing this "funny" story.
what about the other phones? are they working again?
DN41
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The iPhone is working fine; my friend has had no issues since the parade. The Samsung, which had the broken screen but still had calling capabilities, stopped working altogether -- my friend just got a new phone to renew his contract.
I'm still at school and my HD2's at home, so I don't know if it's working well yet.
sure its a screen issue...there is a video on youtube of a hd2 being pressed near the hardkeys and doing funny things
Had like same problem with my old Wizard. when pressed over dpad up button it launched always start menu, but when pressed exactly at dpad up button it did what it was meant to like there would have been extra button hidden..
but as for sonic boom, no they didn't do that at no chance at all. it is very dangerous for people near mostly for ears. and as far as I know they are allowed to do that only very high in the air where is no "outsiders" and only far away from cities and other stuff.
thumbs up for you getting new phone
Well my HD2's still broken... Looking at the UPS tracking, I should get my phone in 20 hours (when I get home from school tomorrow).
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sure its a screen issue...there is a video on youtube of a hd2 being pressed near the hardkeys and doing funny things
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See, the weird thing is, why would the hardware suddenly fail after 6 months of use?
I imagined the would fail within one month of using the phone; I never thought of it taking 6 months.
I finally received my HD2 today. I can tell it's refurbished; the screen was not lined up correctly with the uni-body sides/back design, so I had to push the screen down on the sides to line it up (I assume the screen was replaced on this device). Whatever, just as long as this lasts me at least another year, it's fine.
Scabes24, the "fix" you recommended hasn't worked yet, and I will have to return the broken phone by the time it might fix itself (you said about 1 week).
Back to flashing... I can finally update my one-month-old ROM and my sig.
(Oh, yay! 1000th post!)
So I'm runnin crazy at work, and one of my employees tells me my wife is on the phone for me. I pick up, and she's all frantic and babblin...can't understand her. I get worried, and tell her to slow down and breathe.
"I dropped it in the toilet babe...I'm so sorry!"
"Eh...dropped what in the toilet?" I ask.
"My phone! I was brushing my hair and listening to my voicemails...and it slipped out of my hand...omg omg what do I do!"
So...I pause, and it's my turn to take a deep breath. I'm cursin her out in my mind, for sure...I wanna say: "This is why I get all the cool toys, and you get the hand-me-downs babe!! WTF?!" Instead I get into action-mode.
"Ok...first off open that puppy up, and take out the battery and sim / sd cards. Give it a good shake, get all that water outta there."
"I'm so sorry honey..." Still panicking
"It's all good" I say through clenched teeth
"ok what next?"
I walk her through blotting it dry on the surface...spreading it all out on a towel, then tell her to get her hair dryer out. She goes to town with a no heat setting for about 30 mins...hittin each and every nook and cranny.
"Ok...now go pour some rice on a plate in an even layer, and lay the phone on top of it." I instruct.
"Huh? What-the-hell-you-talkin-about hon?" Her response
"Just trust me on this"
"Ok...I'm really sorry." All timidlike
I get home a few hours later, and touch it all off with a compressed air canister to be sure. Put it together again and press the power button....
And there's that lovely sideways Android Logo. A few reboots later to make sure, all is well.
The wife hugs me in relief and asks...
"Are you still gonna get me the NookColor for Christmas?"
I went outside for a smoke.
lol I find it sweet and i don't know why.
congrats on getting it back
only thing i would have done differently is leave it in the rice for 24-48 hrs. dropped the old mytouch in the toilet and got it back that way.
usually when people cant get it working after water exposure its because they immediately try to turn it back on or with in a couple hrs and end of frying it. seems like you already know this, just throwing it out there for others.
anyway, congrats on keeping it going
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So I'm runnin crazy at work, and one of my employees tells me my wife is on the phone for me. I pick up, and she's all frantic and babblin...can't understand her. I get worried, and tell her to slow down and breathe.
"I dropped it in the toilet babe...I'm so sorry!"
"Eh...dropped what in the toilet?" I ask.
"My phone! I was brushing my hair and listening to my voicemails...and it slipped out of my hand...omg omg what do I do!"
So...I pause, and it's my turn to take a deep breath. I'm cursin her out in my mind, for sure...I wanna say: "This is why I get all the cool toys, and you get the hand-me-downs babe!! WTF?!" Instead I get into action-mode.
"Ok...first off open that puppy up, and take out the battery and sim / sd cards. Give it a good shake, get all that water outta there."
"I'm so sorry honey..." Still panicking
"It's all good" I say through clenched teeth
"ok what next?"
I walk her through blotting it dry on the surface...spreading it all out on a towel, then tell her to get her hair dryer out. She goes to town with a no heat setting for about 30 mins...hittin each and every nook and cranny.
"Ok...now go pour some rice on a plate in an even layer, and lay the phone on top of it." I instruct.
"Huh? What-the-hell-you-talkin-about hon?" Her response
"Just trust me on this"
"Ok...I'm really sorry." All timidlike
I get home a few hours later, and touch it all off with a compressed air canister to be sure. Put it together again and press the power button....
And there's that lovely sideways Android Logo. A few reboots later to make sure, all is well.
The wife hugs me in relief and asks...
"Are you still gonna get me the NookColor for Christmas?"
I went outside for a smoke.
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So she is terrified of you from the sounds of this.
My wife is in no way afraid of me, but anytime shes dropped an expensive electronic she turns into the battered wife (figuratively, not literally).
Good job saving the day!
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So she is terrified of you from the sounds of this.
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LOL nah, she's just dramatic and REALLY loves her Vibrant. Plus, I may have added a little dramatic flair to her dialog for entertainment value.
thanks for sharing! enjoyed reading.. too much drama in the development section..
If I could I would give you a standing ovation. Haha this gave me a good laugh
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And not a **** was given that day !!!
I needed a good story/laugh. Thanks for sharing and making my day!
This story was absolutely awesome! Thank you for the laugh. So... are you going to get her the Nook Color for Christmas?
LMFAO!!
What a great story. So funny and it so hits home. This is exactly how me and my girl are. Glad to hear everything worked out in the end.
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Hehe, this sounds like my wife. I always get the insurance for her because no phone can survive 6 months in her hands.
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Awesome story. I could so see my wife doing this one....
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So she is terrified of you from the sounds of this.
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Nothing wrong with a little healthy fear of the hubby, good for a marriage
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Nothing wrong with a little healthy fear of the hubby, good for a marriage
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Lol...infrikindeed!
I did tell her she would still get the nook...but I expect an Advent Tegra tablet in my stocking. Dual core android ftw! (also included various favors in the deal)
Nice story and I surely learned a lot.
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lol good story
just tell her that she can't do the same thing with food
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"This is why I get all the cool toys, and you get the hand-me-downs babe!!!
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My thoughts exactly...
Not to be a downer, but if it was dropped in toilet water, it will probably start to corrode and die. I would have opened it up, and carefully done a 99% alcohol or methanol rinse. Rinse all the nasty water away, the 99% isopropyl alcohol or methanol will evaporate in seconds without damaging anything, and no corrosion.
You might have things like printed material on chips inside the phone rub off with the methanol, but ahh no biggie.
Ok, so i picked up the Nexus S early today, and well I'm in LOVE with the dam phone. BUT i've been through 2 Nexus S's already: 1 because of a dead pixel right dead center of the screen, and the other because of real bad touch screen issues. The touch screen works, but it would become unresponsive frequently and randomly. It works fine then randomly stops responding to input. Took it back and got another 1; same touchscreen issues however not half as bad as the second nexus but still there. I didn't bother replacing for another as the store was about to close and didn't wanna bother but I will go back on sunday if the issues don't go away. Pressing the hardware keys seems to always fix the stalling issue so maybe it's software? idk but it's VERY annoying -_- Has anyone on here experienced these unfortunate issues?? Sound off below!
How did you even get a replacement one? I stood in line, was the fourth person at my best buy and almost didn't get one. I was the last person. They had a total of 4 phones. Every BB in my area for that matter (orange county, ca). I have a ring shaped "watermark" in my screen and I need to get it replaced. Other than that I love this thing. The plastic is not as scratch prone as the vibrant by the way. Also, crazy that this phone was literally manufactured one week ago and got shipped to best buy. That's a crazy turn over time. No wonder they only had 4 at launch.
My screen seems to sometimes not respond very well either, but it doesnt bother me enoigh to exchange.
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How did you even get a replacement one? I stood in line, was the fourth person at my best buy and almost didn't get one. I was the last person. They had a total of 4 phones. Every BB in my area for that matter (orange county, ca). I have a ring shaped "watermark" in my screen and I need to get it replaced. Other than that I love this thing. The plastic is not as scratch prone as the vibrant by the way. Also, crazy that this phone was literally manufactured one week ago and got shipped to best buy. That's a crazy turn over time. No wonder they only had 4 at launch.
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You can still get replacements. Just go back. Best Buy does 30 day returns/exchanges. It's free if it's defective.
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You can still get replacements. Just go back. Best Buy does 30 day returns/exchanges. It's free if it's defective.
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Or if you got the Black Tie protection you can go in after 30 days, plus it covers accidental handling damage. SOLD.
Is the unresponsiveness caused by lag, like, if you press an icon, does it launch moments later? Because this is a problem that plagues the Vibrant. Gingerbread not living up to what it says it is?
Not sure which would be worse... an issue with Gingerbread lag or with the touch screen not registering.
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How did you even get a replacement one? I stood in line, was the fourth person at my best buy and almost didn't get one. I was the last person. They had a total of 4 phones. Every BB in my area for that matter (orange county, ca). I have a ring shaped "watermark" in my screen and I need to get it replaced. Other than that I love this thing. The plastic is not as scratch prone as the vibrant by the way. Also, crazy that this phone was literally manufactured one week ago and got shipped to best buy. That's a crazy turn over time. No wonder they only had 4 at launch.
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BB's that don't normally carry and sell Tmobile are limited to 4 phones (my understanding) BB's like the one I went to in my area which sell tmobile had about 80 in stock which they didn't even sell thru half my guess. I was real cool with the staff they just exchanged no problem
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Is the unresponsiveness caused by lag, like, if you press an icon, does it launch moments later? Because this is a problem that plagues the Vibrant. Gingerbread not living up to what it says it is?
Not sure which would be worse... an issue with Gingerbread lag or with the touch screen not registering.
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NO this isn't lag in gingerbread lol.. This phone FLIESSSS out of the box. its the touchscreen. It becomes unresponsive when i tap anything or swipe. I barely have that issue in this phone than on the last one, but when it happens it's extremely annoying.
same issue here. i can't even unlock the screen now.
My NS is easily the most responsive Android phone I've ever used. Sucks you guys got duds. Luckily if something happens, apparently no one bought them here...
This is also sometimes happen on my HTC Desire. If it does not happen so often, then I think it is OK.
I also found that our finger might contribute with this problem. Too dry or too cold, for example. When that happen, I rub my finger and it works.
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This is also sometimes happen on my HTC Desire. If it does not happen so often, then I think it is OK.
I also found that our finger might contribute with this problem. Too dry or too cold, for example. When that happen, I rub my finger and it works.
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well, being as this never happened to me on either of the 2 vibrants and nexus one I owned prior to this phone, it tends to really bug the hell out of me.
Extremely responsive here. As responsive as my Vibrant & G2, if not better.
My fingers are perpetually cold, and I'm fine. Lemme walk outside, its below zero here. Update in a minute.
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My fingers are perpetually cold, and I'm fine. Lemme walk outside, its below zero here. Update in a minute.
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Screen actually feels more responsive, but that might be attributable to the fact that I cant actually feel my fingers.
Someone needs to give it the old couch test:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTs52PSTuU8&feature=player_embedded
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Someone needs to give it the old couch test:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTs52PSTuU8&feature=player_embedded
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I will do that. Early Incredibles and Evos had screen issues where they didnt respond without being "grounded." Quotes because a software update fixed it.
I'm on a couch right now if it matters.
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Yeah I'm huddling in a corner against the brutal MN cold...o wait....no Im watchin King of the Hill in my hot as hell (damn GF) house. My NS works just fine grounded or not. Responsive as hell.
the issue seems to happen very very little now. I might just keep it. If by sunday it doesn't continue i won't bother takin it back. But man, the last phone I had was unbearable. Literally happened every minute
Really strange Iconia<->Human compatibility problem? Anyone else experience this?
Ok, this might not be specific to only the Iconia, but its happening with a A500 so Im posting it here.
After my Mother got a A500, she started complaining that the birds in Angry Birds were some times launching by themselves, not launching at all, exploding in mid air, etc.
Now, after a few days of telling her it was USER ERROR, I stopped by to see first hand what was going on.
Before I get in to it, I have to clarify that neither my wife, kids, or myself have ever had any problems with AB on our phones, Tabs, etc.
Ok...she starts playing AB. After a few mins she tells me thats its happening. So, I try it and go through like 5 levels flinging birds at a rapid pace flawlessly.
She tries it again and continues to have a problem. After telling her she must be doing something wrong, or her fingernails are causing an issue....I watch what shes doing closely.....and she's doing it correctly. She will pull the bird back and hold it down tightly...and after a second or two it just lets loose. Hrrmmm. WTH!
A minute later, she cant zoom in/out at all (like its frozen). I try it and its smooth as butter. She tries it again and it wont do anything!
I have her wash her hands and keep them damp. Nadda. I have her use moisturizer on her hands and.....Nadda.
So, to not go on too much longer...has anyone ever heard of this? It seems to happen in waves. Maybe she has a chemical/electro-magnetic imbalance? Theres no pattern that we can figure out (diet, clothes, drinks, time of day, etc).
Anyone have any ideas? I'm thoroughly stumped here. :0
Thanks!
Does it do this when charging and off the charger..?
Yes, the first few times it was plugged in. But unplugging it didnt change anything.
While building a large gas plant in southwest Wyoming a few years back we had a secretary that would end up rebooting her computer everytime she stood up...
Of course we were in the environmental controlled room (cooled and dry) with the telecommunications systems (300 channels of 6 gig and 2 gig microwave and a 640 line PBX).
So we ended up building her a 25 foot static cord so she could move around and that took care of the reboot problem...
Maybe it is static ...
Ted...
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While building a large gas plant in southwest Wyoming a few years back we had a secretary that would end up rebooting her computer everytime she stood up...
Of course we were in the environmental controlled room (cooled and dry) with the telecommunications systems (300 channels of 6 gig and 2 gig microwave and a 640 line PBX).
So we ended up building her a 25 foot static cord so she could move around and that took care of the reboot problem...
Maybe it is static ...
Ted...
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Thanks. That's an interesting possibility. I just dont know how/why it would build up while she is just standing still with the A500 on the kitchen counter....or sitting in a chair.
hrrmm....I'll see if I can figure out a way to discharge her and test it. Or maybe I should trying wiring her up to a ground stake :0
Try her on a capacitive touch screen phone, too.
Had a similar issue with my dad, his problem was that after years of manual labor, his fingertips were almost like paper, which seemed like it was causing too large a gap between the screen and the detectable flesh of his finger.
I had him exfoliate his fingers and it solved the issue.
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maybe you should get a stylus. Not the fix that works best but possibly the only fix for this issue
I knew a guy that worked for Amtrack as the guy that takes the tickets on the train that had this same problem.
He never made a lot of money, so he couldn't get the problem fixed.
Which stinks, because everyone knows all it takes is a poor conductor to make stuff not work properly.
I'll be here all weekend folks, try the fish.
phonegunner said:
While building a large gas plant in southwest Wyoming a few years back we had a secretary that would end up rebooting her computer everytime she stood up...
Of course we were in the environmental controlled room (cooled and dry) with the telecommunications systems (300 channels of 6 gig and 2 gig microwave and a 640 line PBX).
So we ended up building her a 25 foot static cord so she could move around and that took care of the reboot problem...
Maybe it is static ...
Ted...
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This is off-topic, but anyhow: That reminds me of this one guy who went to work in this large office building and worked just as he does normally. Then later on in the day electronic devices around him started acting abnormally, the carpet under his feet started melting and so on. Pretty scary stuff, so his co-workers called the fire department there who escorted the guy out. Turns out he had accumulated over 25,000 volts of static charge in his clothing and had he touched something that had circulated the charge back in his body he would've fried himself.
As to the topic itself: it could well be her fingernails or static charge. Hard to say which one unless you specifically set out to try.
Interesting thread! I went to college with a girl who also had similar issues with technology. Every time she tried to use a computer, it would turn off! Static electricity was indeed the culprit. She was like a lightening rod. Unfortunately, she ended up dropping out because of this.
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WereCatf said:
This is off-topic, but anyhow: That reminds me of this one guy who went to work in this large office building and worked just as he does normally. Then later on in the day electronic devices around him started acting abnormally, the carpet under his feet started melting and so on. Pretty scary stuff, so his co-workers called the fire department there who escorted the guy out. Turns out he had accumulated over 25,000 volts of static charge in his clothing and had he touched something that had circulated the charge back in his body he would've fried himself.
As to the topic itself: it could well be her fingernails or static charge. Hard to say which one unless you specifically set out to try.
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I don't think it's off-topic. It's an interesting topic and it's under the the general discution over issues on this tablet and we should keep this that way. I know because i've done a mistake placing a question under the wrong topic but... knowledge is more importante than mistakes... i've got my answer...
Anyway no human has the same electrical conductivity as everybody else. Typical factors are skin type, deep, greese, etc. I could even quote the caous theory... the capacitive touche screen is better then the others t/s but there will be cases were this technology has issues. Not everything is perfect.
Well, to sort out the problem, i agree that the stylus is te best soluction to this particular problem.
Cheers to all,
static control braclet
There are devices you can wear to control the static/static discharge and buildup in your hands.
Not sure anymore where we bought them.I think a company called black box. blackbox.com is the address if i remember correct.this is more common then you might think.
phonegunner said:
Maybe it is static ...
Ted...
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I think you nailed it, phonegunner
I've had her discharge herself (I wont tell you how as I dont want "Parent Protection Services" showing up at my door) each time before using it and there has been a MAJOR improvement!
Its been very dry here lately (it is Texas afterall) so I'm sure that has made the static situation worse.
Thanks!
erica_renee said:
There are devices you can wear to control the static/static discharge and buildup in your hands.
Not sure anymore where we bought them.I think a company called black box. blackbox.com is the address if i remember correct.this is more common then you might think.
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As an old-sk00l PC tech, I am quite familiar with the issues of hardware and static. I just never considered static as a possible cause for the random touchscreen issues she was having.
I myself arc all the time when touching metal. I mean loud, painful, scare small children kind of arcing. But, I've never had any issue with any capacitive screen device. She doesn't have that problem.
But live and learn. Now we all know!
FloatingFatMan said:
Try her on a capacitive touch screen phone, too.
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She didnt have nearly as much of a problem with my Tab or phone...so I think the Iconia is probably just more sensitive to the static.
Thanks all!!
Dont forget also that if she has a lenoleum floor that material is probably the equal to rubbing a baloon in your hair for static electricity.
Even stone tiles can creative massive amounts of static.
my father has stone tile entry way in his house and i notice when i kneel down t0 tie my shoes i can feel the static on the floor.
I have lenoleum in my kitchen and have noticed wierd issues with my iconia and mesmerize phone. Never thought about static until reading the thread.
They should make this a sticky and add a warning about the tablet being sensative to static
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v_lestat said:
Dont forget also that if she has a lenoleum floor that material is probably the equal to rubbing a baloon in your hair for static electricity.
Even stone tiles can creative massive amounts of static.
my father has stone tile entry way in his house and i notice when i kneel down t0 tie my shoes i can feel the static on the floor.
I have lenoleum in my kitchen and have noticed wierd issues with my iconia and mesmerize phone. Never thought about static until reading the thread.
They should make this a sticky and add a warning about the tablet being sensative to static
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Yeah, until the static was mentioned, I was trying to convince her that there was something wrong with her and that she should see a doctor...hehe....and that I was clearly adopted!
In hindsight, her house is all natural tile and carpet. And the "happening in waves" part was the result of walking around the house (tile->carpet->tile) then coming back to the Iconia.
I agree that there should be a sticky. I wonder how many people returned their "stupid POS tablet!" because they thought it was defective.
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