Anyone got an idea how to fix? Using darkys 6.0 rom
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This happened to me once on a stock ROM. Now, I'll probably be exposing myself as a complete clueless as to the inner workings of the galaxy but here goes:
I remembered that I had dropped the device from my pocket. So I figured something maybe got stuck, so I shook the unit vigorously a couple of times and hey presto, compass worked again (seriously, I'm not kidding).
Cheers
Raz
razzda said:
This happened to me once on a stock ROM. Now, I'll probably be exposing myself as a complete clueless as to the inner workings of the galaxy but here goes:
I remembered that I had dropped the device from my pocket. So I figured something maybe got stuck, so I shook the unit vigorously a couple of times and hey presto, compass worked again (seriously, I'm not kidding).
Cheers
Raz
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Ta. I'll give this a try.
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My wife dropped her phone.....in the toilet.
I tried turning it on today, and it sits at a screen that has a picture of the phone pointing at a laptop. I tried running the Windows Phone Support Tool, and I get this:
Update device 055ec22b - 332fe4fd - a812e651 - 640069c7 Complete with error code: 801812C0, error message: The update failed because your phone started improperly (in the main OS instead of the SLDR, or system loader).
Is there any way to get the phone reloaded with the default OS, or is her phone toast?
The best way to fix it....... Drop it again in the toilet and buy new phone
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maybe try a factory reset by using volume up+camera+ power button to boot..if not you can always try flashing one of the stock firmware available in these forums..assuming your hardware isn't toast these things will work
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wilcoholic5 said:
maybe try a factory reset by using volume up+camera+ power button to boot..if not you can always try flashing one of the stock firmware available in these forums..assuming your hardware isn't toast these things will work
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Tried a factory reset, as well as trying to flash the stock firmware on the phone. However, I end up at the same spot with the picture of the phone tethered to the laptop. I have a feeling it's a lost cause at this point. Thanks for the advice.
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Quick questions:
1. Was the phone on when it was dropped?
2. Was the battery removed immediately?
3. How was it dried and for how long?
It could be worse - mine just took a magical trip through the washing machine in my pants pocket. :/ Anyone know of a good parts supplier that stocks the mainboard? That's the one component I can't find for sale, but I want to make sure I CAN get it before I take apart my other Samsung Focus to troubleshoot the broken part(s).
from my experince with a samsung jet,
I dropped it also in water too, i tried t oturn it after few days, strange things happned too me!!! so decided to get a new phone.
I didn't through my jet, and after few months, I charged the phone, and test it found it working without problems
I believe was just a matter of when al lthe electronics inside the phone gets really dry
try it out
I heard pulling out the battery, and putting everything buried underneath dry rice helps. Probably for a couple of days, then see what happens.
Dieabolical said:
I heard pulling out the battery, and putting everything buried underneath dry rice helps. Probably for a couple of days, then see what happens.
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This is a proven method.
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My Focus is VERY sensitive to any dampness at all. If it gets damp in my pocket (sweating, lawn sprinkler, etc.), it will ding constantly with the sound when you connect the USB cable to it. I have to take a hair dryer to the micro-USB port.
A method I heard, but have never tried, is to wrap the phone in a full sized thick bath towel and bind it closed (duct tape, bungee, whatever) and then put it in the clothes dryer on low heat for an hour.
Thanks for all the info. I will be trying it again tomorrow once I get my USB cable back. I know the cable for my Inspire will work on it as well but I forgot that at work today. Thanks again all.
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This is a proven method.
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no its not... Its a myth. The liquid evaporates unless you took it all apart and the rice actually touched the liquid and absorbed it. Taking the battery out and leaving the door off and placing the unit in front of a fan will do 1000 times more for the process than rice... Moving air is the perfect evaporator. Plus rice dust gunks up ports... Sorry to burst the experts bubble around here but facts are facts...
I had been using a popular eh09 rom for write some time when suddenly my touch screen stopped responding current. it would stop recognizing input after a random amount of time.
The only way it would work again is by turning off the screen and turning it back on again.
At first I thought it was an issue with the rom I was on so I flashed a different one. The new rom worked fine... For about 3 minutes. I've wiped data to see if starting fresh would help. Same issue.
Help?
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Post this kind of stuff in the Q & A forum.
Once there, make sure you include information like rom, kernel, modem, what you did to flash, etc.
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I've wiped data to see if starting fresh would help.
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This may be a silly question but did you do all three wipes?
Factory, cache, and dalvik?
I know when i first went to CM7 a while ago it would do that, i found doing all three wipes fixed it for me.
+1 on FDro's comment. That said, though, you may just have some conductive gunk on your screen, especially if it's persistent across roms and kernels. For example, any dried sweat on there that regains moisture (ambient humidity, rain, more sweat) will instantly become a the equivalent of a hand on your screen; the system will continually register that conductive spot/blob as input until you wipe it off or reset the screen. It may indeed be a bug that requires further troubleshooting, but see if CAREFULLY cleaning off the screen with a lens cloth and some distilled water helps. Do it with the battery out just to be safe though, because the distilled water will become slightly conductive as it pulls material into solution. Use it sparingly, avoid the earpiece, and wait a few minutes to replace the battery and you should be fine.
Edit: I recommend against any solvents like hexane or isopropyl alcohol at the moment since I don't know whether the Gorilla Glass has any sort of coating that they could break down.
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the entity said:
I had been using a popular eh09 rom for write some time when suddenly my touch screen stopped responding current. it would stop recognizing input after a random amount of time.
The only way it would work again is by turning off the screen and turning it back on again.
At first I thought it was an issue with the rom I was on so I flashed a different one. The new rom worked fine... For about 3 minutes. I've wiped data to see if starting fresh would help. Same issue.
Help?
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Uh oh. I had the same problem when I moved from eclair to froyo. Screen would freeze and only by locking and unlocking it would it work. The only solution I had was to have Samsung repair my screen. It was done for free, but I was without a phone for a week.
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Just to give more detail, I was on Powerwashed 2, did all wipes.
Flashed via Heimdall.
Worked fine for a month.
Suddenly started happening after I installed Seal. I thought that may have taken up too much ram and that android had closed down the touchscreen driver as it managed memory. Uninstall didn't fix the issue. Ruled out the app.
Next I tried changing roms. Went from PW to TSM. Flashed via recovery. Wiped. etc. Worked for about 3 mins, locked up again. Ruled out the rom.
Flashed TKSGB kernal. Issue persisted. Ruled out the kernal.
Now I've just flashed back to ED05 stock. Seems to be working ok.
I'm slowly reinstalling each app to see if it may have been a certain app causing it.
And @ johntinman it may be possible that my phone has the same issue. I'm running off a refurb.
How's the humidity in your neck of the woods? Do you encounter any steep gradients, say, at work or around the house? Example: time spent in air-conditioned areas with movement into "normal" air (ie. Outside). This really sounds hardware-related, but too random to indicate "damage," per se, as opposed to some kind of interference. Was there ANYTHING common to these incidents? Maybe something environmental?
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How's the humidity in your neck of the woods? Do you encounter any steep gradients, say, at work or around the house? Example: time spent in air-conditioned areas with movement into "normal" air (ie. Outside). This really sounds hardware-related, but too random to indicate "damage," per se, as opposed to some kind of interference. Was there ANYTHING common to these incidents? Maybe something environmental?
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I live in Arizona. No humidity whatsoever.
Interesting... I've never been to AZ (and I need to check whether it's even relevant here), but consistently dry air has me wondering about static.
Also, is the air dusty at all? Have you hit it with some canned air?
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Not very dusty here... I'm more concerned with flour from the pizza shop i work at than dust.
Overall, as a quick update the issue is resolved. I repartitioned, flashed back to stock, then followed up with my current rom. All is well.
So I just dropped my beloved vibrant ok the toilet and need reassurance, anyone whos done it before, will it live? So far its working ok, random color spasms and headphone port sounded distorted for a second but stopped when I paused music. It hasnt happened in about 15 minutes and the phone fell about an hour ago and dryed for about 30 minutes. I ran it over with a bike before on accident and it still worked and I love this phone so hopefully it will survive. Anyway worst damage to happen to your phone and it still worked?
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Turn off your phone, take out the battery and put it in a bag of rice. Good as new in about 2 hours.
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Before you put it in rice, might want to clean the ports and anything that you can access with distilled water. This will hopefully prevent corrosion from rusty, particle ridden toilet water.
I was at an Ace Hardware where they were selling, for five or ten bucks, a plastic bag with some dessicant for wet-phone rescue. Rice or any dessicant should work fine. I would make sure no rice dust gets into phone.
If you have any kind of blower or compressed air, blowing it out gently on no heat first might be a good idea. Also, I would first take phone somewhat apart, remove battery, sim, sdcard. Dry loose parts by hand, then blow out phone, especially all ports and contacts.
Some kind of tuner-cleaner might be an option if needed.
Thanks guys I took the whole phone apart yesterday and air dryed/ blew air in to dry it out and its working great. Only issue is the volume down rocker doesnt work 100% I have to press it a couple times to make it work. Any way to fix that?
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your phone has been through hell haha!
unfortunately there isnt much anyone here can tell you. there are certain things you can do to get as much water out as possible like the rice trick, swabbing all ports, etc. but in the long run, theres really no way of telling if any water got in deep enough to go unnoticed/uncleanable, and actually reached a point where it could cause damage <--- and if thats the case, like Woodrube said, you may experience issues somewhere down the road, even long enough to the point when youve totally forgotten about dropping it in the toilet, and youll say "how come this started happening all of a sudden?"
sucks man, gotta be careful...i went to the bathroom one night to relieve myself, after 1 or 2 drinks , and for some reason i thought that holding my phone in the same hand that was aiming wasnt the worst idea ever......yup, i ended up pissing on my blackberry
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Thanks guys I took the whole phone apart yesterday and air dryed/ blew air in to dry it out and its working great. Only issue is the volume down rocker doesnt work 100% I have to press it a couple times to make it work. Any way to fix that?
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If it was my phone, I'd get some tuner-cleaner and shoot it into the switch and hope.
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i went to the bathroom one night to relieve myself, after 1 or 2 drinks , and for some reason i thought that holding my phone in the same hand that was aiming wasnt the worst idea ever......yup, i ended up pissing on my blackberry
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Lol. No really I laughed out loud and these ladies sitting next to me turned and looked. Brings new life to the phrase "piss on blackberry".
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Lol. No really I laughed out loud and these ladies sitting next to me turned and looked. Brings new life to the phrase "piss on blackberry".
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100% true story...not my highest point haha, although it did ultimately lead to me getting my vibrant, so i guess it can be considered a win of sorts
Hey guys I really need some help here, I recently spilled a drink on my phone and after cleaning it off (it was almost all on the screen) the phone worked fine,until today that is. Everything on the phone works well except for the headphone Jack. I'm hoping its a software issue, I've wiped the cache and loaded a backup from before this started to no avail. I can't re-flash my rom yet because I'm not home. Im almost sure its just my phone and not the earphones, I used the earphones on my moms iPhone and it worked fine. Does anyone have any ideas as to how I can fix this? I'm running cyanogen mod nightly #20 (I realize there Is a new one out but I haven't downloaded it yet) I'm afraid to do what I hear most people did and take the phone apart. Is there anything that could remove any gunk from the Jack? I use my phone for music constantly and really want to fix this ASAP any help or advice is appreciated, thanks,
Zack
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If this helps anybody, I installed an app called toggleheadset2. This works as a temporary fix for now, however i still really want a permanent fix
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Spraying stuff like electrical contact cleaner into a smartphone headset jack is ill advised. You could try it, it might work without disassembly but it is risky.
If you have small q-tips you might try getting the end damp with isopropyl alcohol, hold the phone upside down and gently insert and remove a few times. Battery out of course, let it dry when you think it's clean. That's what I'd do probably. Little risk of damage, controlled amount of liquid entering the device and oriented in a drainage encouraging position.
Good luck and post your results and the method used!
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I feel like the atrix headphone jack attracts junk. No other device with a headphone jack has had this much trouble preventing stuff from getting in the jack. Perhaps it's because the phone is in my pocket most of the time with lint etc.
BTW I think alcohol is the best solution. TAKE OUT BATTERY FIRST
Thanks for all the great replies guys, however I don't have any idea how I fixed it. I put the headphones in to no avail. Downloaded that app. Toggled a few times and when I uninstalled the Jack worked again.
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Hey !!
I recently purchased my new galaxy s4.. and when I started going through the features and everything I noticed that the auto rotation wasn't working. At first I didn't pay much attention and thought I'd take a look later. After rooting the phone and getting on with the gaming etc.. ut started to become an issue. I've searched about everywhere but cant seem to find a proper solution.
The phone is the 9500 one. Can somebody please please please help me out. I will be very grateful.
same problem with i9505
Any solution?
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I made it finally work. Believe it or not,, a couple of good smacks to it with your hand will pretty much get the job done. There's not much of a difference between the 9500 and 9505.
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I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR WHATSOEVER.
This method worked for me though I was shatting my pants while doing this. Just need to put the accelerometer back to its place somewhere. Lol.
good luck!
EliSyed said:
I made it finally work. Believe it or not,, a couple of good smacks to it with your hand will pretty much get the job done. There's not much of a difference between the 9500 and 9505.
Ps.
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR WHATSOEVER.
This method worked for me though I was shatting my pants while doing this. Just need to put the accelerometer back to its place somewhere. Lol.
good luck!
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how do I put the accelerometer back?
By giving the phone a few hard b****slaps. At least that's what worked for me
kept slapping it hard on the sides and front, back etc.. outta nowhere it started working and never faced the problem again. Even though I dropped it accidentally a couple of times, it kept working.
fridrik said:
how do I put the accelerometer back?
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By giving the phone a few hard b****slaps. At least that's what worked for me*kept slapping it hard on the sides and front, back etc.. outta nowhere it started working and never faced the problem again. Even though I dropped it accidentally a couple of times, it kept working.
Very risky to do that =/
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Very risky to do that =/
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Yeah It kinda is but it worked for me. Just take the phone in one hand and hit it to the lower part of your palm of the other hand. It's kinda obvious you won't crack it. Think logical.
It's a common problem with almost all s4's