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audio adapter causes my tilt to redial???

Here's a puzzler for you ... I wanted an adapter to use normal headphones with my AT&T Tilt, so I bought this...
ADAPTER AT AMAZON
Got it in the mail today, plugged it in, works great, sounds great, until...
My wife's phone rings, she looks at it, and says "your phone is calling me".
It happens again a few more times, I unplug it and it stops happening. On further experimentation, it clearly just redials the last number dialed a few minutes after it is plugged in, and usually does so three times in quick succession, then waits for a while, then does it again.
Obviously I'll just return it or ask them to send me a new one if I can't figure anything out, but does anyone have any idea what could be causing this, or if there might be a simple way to fix it?
thanks...
[after posting noticed THIS THREADabout the same device I bought]

I have a theory...
if you are still having the same problem, that is..
I bought a set off eBay for my wife and I... not a dual unit, but just a mini-USBX to 3.5. It had the added benifit of a silver button to answer a call. It also re-dials the last number called if you click the button when the phone is not in a call...
The first pair that was sent to me did NOT work. They routed the audio just fine, but the button was in-active. So, I let them know and they sent me a new pair (what a great merchant!). The new ones work as designed.
My theory is that there is an internal failure or a short in your adaptor (or possibly a problem in your mini-USBX port, but un-likely). This short is causing your phone to dial constantly.
Still having problems?

cdmccul said:
I have a theory...
if you are still having the same problem, that is..
I bought a set off eBay for my wife and I... not a dual unit, but just a mini-USBX to 3.5. It had the added benifit of a silver button to answer a call. It also re-dials the last number called if you click the button when the phone is not in a call...
The first pair that was sent to me did NOT work. They routed the audio just fine, but the button was in-active. So, I let them know and they sent me a new pair (what a great merchant!). The new ones work as designed.
My theory is that there is an internal failure or a short in your adaptor (or possibly a problem in your mini-USBX port, but un-likely). This short is causing your phone to dial constantly.
Still having problems?
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yeah, some sort of short seems likely - I'll just try to get a new one sent to me
thanks for the reply

Possible Solution To "Vibrant Won't Mount"

I don't know if this has been brought up before (search didn't find anything), so I thought I'd share. Both my son and I have a Vibrant. I have flashed just about everything out there (can't help myself ), but he has yet to take the plunge. Anyway, I wanted to pull some video he had shot during the New Year's Celebration, and couldn't get his Vibrant to mount. It would do the usual business about asking to mount and all that, but my laptop wouldn't recognize it. It would recognize mine just fine. I asked if he had ever hooked his phone up to his PC, and he said that he had, but hadn't had any luck connecting lately. He also mentioned that he had recently bought a new charger for it. On a hunch, I looked at his charging port, and yep, you guessed it, one of the usb tabs on the phone was all jacked up. (it was pushed all the way to the back of the slot, like there was a bad fit on the new charger??) Anyway, with a little coersion, I put the tab where it was supposed to go, and VOILA!! Connection problem gone! I realize that this will probably only help a few folks, but I figured it can't hurt...And no, I didn't think about getting a pic of it prior to the repair, sorry....Oh and sorry for the long post
Cheers!

Good observation I had the same thing happen on the other side My laptop's internal usb connection had a piece break off, and it took of investigating to figure out what actually happened

[Q] Screen and HDMI problems. Defective phone?

I did some searching around to find some answers related to these problems, but was unable to find anything so my apologies if this has been answered before.
Anyway, I've had my atrix for about 2.5 weeks now (through Bell) and twice now the screen has shut off, and I am unable to turn it back on. Swiping the fingerprint sensor or pressing the button on the top does absolutely nothing. Both times I've had to pull the back off and take the battery out to restart it, and then the phone works just fine.
My other problem is that when I connect my hdmi to my tv, the motorola logo shows up briefly (on the tv) for 2-3 seconds, then it disappears. The controls to navigate through my videos are there on my phone, but nothing displays on the tv. It worked before on my friend's tv the first day I got the phone, but apparently something is wrong.
Basically what I'm wondering is: is my phone defective? Am I able to fix these problems myself? Will an update to 2.3 (apparently coming out in July) fix these problems? Or should I just go back to the bell store and get a new phone. I'm wanting to try out rooting the phone to get rid of motoblur (which apparently increases speed and battery life) but if I'm going to have to return the phone anyway then I'll wait a few days.
Just to clarify, I have a motorola atrix from Bell. I guess there are a few differences between it and the one you get from AT&T.
Thanks!

stuntman_dan said:
I did some searching around to find some answers related to these problems, but was unable to find anything so my apologies if this has been answered before.
Anyway, I've had my atrix for about 2.5 weeks now (through Bell) and twice now the screen has shut off, and I am unable to turn it back on. Swiping the fingerprint sensor or pressing the button on the top does absolutely nothing. Both times I've had to pull the back off and take the battery out to restart it, and then the phone works just fine.
My other problem is that when I connect my hdmi to my tv, the motorola logo shows up briefly (on the tv) for 2-3 seconds, then it disappears. The controls to navigate through my videos are there on my phone, but nothing displays on the tv. It worked before on my friend's tv the first day I got the phone, but apparently something is wrong.
Basically what I'm wondering is: is my phone defective? Am I able to fix these problems myself? Will an update to 2.3 (apparently coming out in July) fix these problems? Or should I just go back to the bell store and get a new phone. I'm wanting to try out rooting the phone to get rid of motoblur (which apparently increases speed and battery life) but if I'm going to have to return the phone anyway then I'll wait a few days.
Just to clarify, I have a motorola atrix from Bell. I guess there are a few differences between it and the one you get from AT&T.
Thanks!
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It sounds defected, since you cannot turn the screen back on. I've never experienced that. I'd say just swap it for another if you can.

Yeah I've heard of a few glitchy/buggy things happening but this sounded to me like a defect for sure.
I'll head down to Bell on monday and get it taken care of.
As just another question on the side, I've been reading about hacking/modding/whatever you want to call it for the atrix and it sounds like fun! Are we able to unlock our bootloaders on Bell or is that just AT&T?

stuntman_dan said:
Yeah I've heard of a few glitchy/buggy things happening but this sounded to me like a defect for sure.
I'll head down to Bell on monday and get it taken care of.
As just another question on the side, I've been reading about hacking/modding/whatever you want to call it for the atrix and it sounds like fun! Are we able to unlock our bootloaders on Bell or is that just AT&T?
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I think it's for AT&T only, sorry. There is a progressive thread on unlocking it, though.
You can view it right here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1138230

Alright well good to hear people are workin on it!
Thanks for the prompt reply

Phone stuck on USB/charging... very weird

Hey there. I have my Galaxy S II (GT-I9100) for about a month, and since a couple of days ago it has been behaving very weirdly about USB and charging.
First of all, the phone thinks it has USB connected at all times. When I go to the settings menu try to enable mass storage it says USB is already connected, even though it isn't!!!
Sometimes when I start the phone it goes to that USB Kies screen and says "connected", when absolutaly no cables are connected AT ALL!!!
When I turn the cell off, remove the battery and plug it back in, without turning the phone on, the recharging battery icon appears, but blinks with a drained battery icon with a yellow exclamation sign and a thermometer which I sincerely have no idea what that means.
It also takes ages to recognize the power charger or when I really connect the USB cable. And finally, when I take them off, it also takes a while to "perceive" they're off and remove the charging lightning from the battery icons.
PRETTY PLEASE, SOMEONE HELP ME OUT, as I don't have time to take the phone to service, and didn't really want to do that
Thanks!!!

This has also happened to me and loads of other SGS2 users! Although usually it only happens sporadically and not constantly. It seems that it's a bad soldering job or dust/dirt has gathered in the microUSB port. You might be able to fix it, if you're *really* careful.
Quote from another thread;
JaX3RiR said:
Last night my phone wouldn't even start charging, so I decided to take matters into my own hands. With the smallest screwdriver I could find, I carefully 'lifted' the tiny PCB in the USB jack while blowing in at the same time. Sure enough, some sand particles fell out, and I haven't gotten carmode'd in nearly 13 hours now. Previously it would do it once every 15 minutes. So far so good, it seems.
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Thanks for the help... but what is PCB? Is it the connector inside the "hole"?

Tried that and it stopped thinking USB was connected the whole time... on the other hand, it doesn't detect when I connect the USB cable

Lets try keeping 1 thread
Therere are other threads about it.
Read here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1132588&page=2

StupidIdea said:
Therere are other threads about it.
Read here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1132588&page=2
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You can't talk on plural when you only point out one thread. And I've read that, but it isn't the same as my phone doesn't go in "car mode".
My phone's problem only resembled a problem JaX3RiR briefly mentioned in the middle of the thread.
I tried googling it before posting anything anywhere, but couldn't find anything useful.
Please don't try to look like a smartass like that and embarrass yourself. If you got nothing to add to the thread, it's best if you sit out of it. It's much more appreciated when helpful people like JaX3RiR post...

Hi,had the same problem,tried reflashing back to original firmware,but still had the same problem,,the only way i could boot the phone was through recovery mode,(reboot)Had to send phone back for possible repair??cut a long story short they sent me a new phone,,They said they couldnt repair the fault,something to do with the usb charging system,,So i would advise anyone with this specific problem,to send phone back,and get a replacement..hope you get it solved

Thanks mate, I sent mine today as well... I hope they act the same with me, as I'm afraid customer service around here always tries to incriminate the user not to use the warranty...

ghnogueira said:
You can't talk on plural when you only point out one thread. And I've read that, but it isn't the same as my phone doesn't go in "car mode".
My phone's problem only resembled a problem JaX3RiR briefly mentioned in the middle of the thread.
I tried googling it before posting anything anywhere, but couldn't find anything useful.
Please don't try to look like a smartass like that and embarrass yourself. If you got nothing to add to the thread, it's best if you sit out of it. It's much more appreciated when helpful people like JaX3RiR post...
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There is no reason to be angry, I'm just trying to help, and just wanted that we all post in one thread, so it would be easier to track later.
I just posted longest thread. Here is another one if it helps to justify:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1151863
I'm pretty sure you have the same problem. Sometimes Vlingo starts, sometimes phone thinks its charging, when trying to boot it shows battery image and won't boot, can boot only recovery and do restart from there.
Get of the high horse when people are trying to help you.
Are you sure you didn't connect USB cable upside down or bended USB port with the cable?

I have no idea what Vlingo is, and obviously I didn't connect the USB cable upside down. I don't think I bended the port with the cable since it still recognizes the cable for charging or booting and going directly into Kies mode, for example.
I am not on any high horse when people try to help me, as you could see my response towards the guys above. Your post wasn't sounding helpful at all, you were just sounding like "hey, you dumass noobie, don't open a new thread for yourself, check the forums first".
By the way, I also took a look at that thread you posted before posting mine, but I have no idea what is "car mode" on my phone...

Sorry if I sounded rough. I thought it is similar issue, so I posted link to longer thread. I had this issue myself.
Peace. Let us know what the service say .

This happened to me one week ago while on holiday....that temp indicator while charging plus the other stuff you mention....
Plus the phone went into flight mode and won't come out....
Got home and did a reset and phone now doesn't recognise sim card...
great phone but I'm a little disappointed

stevee1953 said:
Hi,had the same problem,tried reflashing back to original firmware,but still had the same problem,,the only way i could boot the phone was through recovery mode,(reboot)Had to send phone back for possible repair??cut a long story short they sent me a new phone,,They said they couldnt repair the fault,something to do with the usb charging system,,So i would advise anyone with this specific problem,to send phone back,and get a replacement..hope you get it solved
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Hello,
Had the same problems aswell, only mine had a bunch of other problems aswell:
When I shut down my mobile it restarts itself and then shows a yellow exclamation mark with an tempgage. Only way to turn on my phone is to connect it with the charger, turn of my phone again, remove the charger and then the phone turned itself on again but without the temp gage.
My phone also thinks its charging when it is not, and when I am actually charging it, its not charging.
Also my PC does not recognize my phone so I am not able to update it.
I have also sent my phone for a repair, I will keep you guys posted.
greets from the netherlands

Yep, mine only got fixed by going into service. It got its mainboard warranty switched.

T- Mobile sent me a replacement phone
They seemed to know the symptoms when I explained what was happening

Same fault for me. Mainboard replaced, works fine now.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA App

How did you guys get it fixed? Did you have to ship the phone out somewhere? How long did you have to wait to get it back? What was the process?
Thanks.

Mine is going to be repaired in two weeks.
I was the 8th SGS2 since tuesday which came in the repair center.
The repair guy said it is a manifacturing fault.
The phone gets hots, and outside temperature is cold, so it makes moisture in the phone.
This cause the phones power management to get fu up (SGS2 has a small battery inside of it, and that gets fu up). Only fix is replace hardware, but 9 of 10 times Samsung gives the fault to the customer. They say it has water damage and can't be fixed in warrenty...
I'm going to write a huge article about it, and I hope it will get published by a lot of site's soon. Phones he admitted having the problem: SGS1, SGS2 and SGSN.

I charged my GS2 2x by USB and it's discharged faster than by the sector
The USB power isn't enough for charge up the GS2 correctly

Are you guys suffering from rapid battery discharging, i have all of the above symptons but my battery drains within hours...I`ve even bought a brand new battery off ebay that is exacly the same issues... I`d like to send it back to O2 but i`ve rooted and flashed custom firmware...

Nvidia Shield TV Pro, a Nightmare !

I got this thinking I am buying the best machine available for streaming and from day once , have been plagued by problems.
First on opening the unit, the AC adapter was faulty. It turned out to be a piece of plastic stuck between the contacts.
Anyway I solved that problem on my own as shipper refused to entertain any claims outside the USA.
Then when it finally got going, I noticed most apps had loading circles going around, and were waiting to download. Tried everything possible and they would not move ahead . Finally cleared cache and data on the Google Play Store app and the app started downloading for precisely one application then it stopped and again same circling. I had to clear data on the Play store app every time to update each and every app on the machine.
Then i couldnt find my favorite apps in the app store. Turns out , Shield does not support. Ok, no problem, i said lets compromise and move on.
Downloaded MX Player Pro from the Play Store and sat down to watch a 1080p movie on the USB drive and again the loading circle popped up on the screen. Buffering on a 1080p file from a usb 3.0 flash drive !!! I copied the file onto the HDD and again the same problem. I had no idea how to watch this movie, BTW had watched it a night before perfectly on my Alphawise H96 Pro+.
Then one by one all the apps started crashing.
I decided to do a factory restore which lasted 2,5 hours. After restore, same problem, all apps crashing.
I do not have anything connected to the Shield , no usb drive. no air mouse, nothing. Both ports are empty.
The surprising thing is even Google play store crashes , also the Lean back Launcher and the system crashes.
I called up Nvida support and they say we do not support the Shield as you are not in the USA. Guys, even the chinese from Aliexpress support you and give a replacement if item is faulty. All they ask is a video showing the problem. In todays times, there are going to be non us customers buying from the Usa, you need to support them also.
Stuck with a Lemon.
Cannot even sell it off as whoever buys it from me will throw it back in my face. The dam thing is just a few days old.
Havent slept three nights, trying to solve the problem, got finally tired and have connected the Alphawise to the TV and Shield goes back into the box
There are lots of other people complaining about similar issues but no fixes from Nvidia ?
If someone can please suggest something which I can try, I will be highly obliged. Else I am stuck with a $300 paper weight.
I did a Full Reset (2.5 hours) once and a Fast reset , hoping it would solve the problem. But no luck.
Please help, someone, please.

Wow, that sounds like a whole lotta suck.
Sorry to hear you had such hardship.
My Pro model had the blurry Recommendations section, which was a symptom of the faulty harddisk, for ages (before I knew about the mass RMA they had) and, one day, the Shield stopped responding to input, even from the capacitive power button on the device itself.
So I pulled the plug but it wouldn't turn back on afterwards.
I applied for a replacement here:
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/home
Where'd you get yours?
I'd purchased mine as soon as it was released through the US Amazon - I couldn't wait the extra month or so for it to be released in Europe
Despite this, they processed the replacement. I sent it off to the Netherlands, if I recall correctly, and they returned the refurbished unit shortly afterwards, which has been working fine ever since; all the useless recommendations load quickly and there's no slow down or stuttering like I'd experienced before. I also got a new controller in the box with it and an EU plug. :good:
Anyways, my point is that it shouldn't matter where it was purchased. Try that link and see if you can't get it sorted.
I wish you the best!

DreadfulDrummer said:
Wow, that sounds like a whole lotta suck.
Sorry to hear you had such hardship.
My Pro model had the blurry Recommendations section, which was a symptom of the faulty harddisk, for ages (before I knew about the mass RMA they had) and, one day, the Shield stopped responding to input, even from the capacitive power button on the device itself.
So I pulled the plug but it wouldn't turn back on afterwards.
I applied for a replacement here:
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/home
Where'd you get yours?
I'd purchased mine as soon as it was released through the US Amazon - I couldn't wait the extra month or so for it to be released in Europe
Despite this, they processed the replacement. I sent it off to the Netherlands, if I recall correctly, and they returned the refurbished unit shortly afterwards, which has been working fine ever since; all the useless recommendations load quickly and there's no slow down or stuttering like I'd experienced before. I also got a new controller in the box with it and an EU plug. :good:
Anyways, my point is that it shouldn't matter where it was purchased. Try that link and see if you can't get it sorted.
I wish you the best!
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I have the 2017 shield pro. and all though I wouldn't say it has been a nightmare, it hasn't been without its problems; such as apps randomly not responding with a message saying close the app or wait...slow down of apps opening at all to include settings not opening...streaming apps to include Netflix not playing or simply force closing...even Leanback Launcher stopping with the message Leanback Launcher has stopped...close or wait....I finally bit the bullet after posting on this forum and getting no response and did a wipe of data and dalvic from TWRP and re-flashed the 6.1 or 6.2 firmware. It seems to be running smooth so far. Got my shield from amazon. wouldn't expect this many problems from a $300 device that claims to be the best on the market. When it works without problems it is a great device!
Hope you get it sorted out. If nothing else works, it may be worth it to fastboot boot TWRP if you have an unlocked bootloader...wipe data and dalvic and install the 6.1 firmware update.

Real sorry to here you had so many problems Mate. Hope they sort it for you ....But if they fail to deliver (which they really should not, Take no excuses from them ,Polite but firm)
You have the option to get a Donner clone from a thread based in these forums ,along with further help in the threads below.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/shield-tv/development/nvidia-shield-tv-ssd-t3402580
https://forum.xda-developers.com/shield-tv/general/guide-migrate-to-ssd-hdd-size-satv-pro-t3440195
I would almost Guarantee that it is your Hard drive at fault ...as your descriptive clearly points to this as the culprit.
I have read a number of post and comments in them threads ,and it is invaluable ... I am Dam sure many will bend over backwards to help you out.
Real shame the same can not be said concerning NVIDIA ...Hopefully they see your Dilemmas and respond dutifully.
Good Luck!
Best Regards,