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Issues like crazy

Ok first off im a total noob when nit comes to Windows mobile. Ive been using a Palm treo for 2 years and was given an att 8525 for free i just have to see if i can fix it. i have searched for my issues in other threads and found some but not all of the issues, so here goes
~Screen fades to white and if squeezed on the left side will come back but then fades out again and it seems to be worse when slid open. (i believe this is the flex cable issue that ive read about)
~Radio drops out one min i have full bars and the next nothing. i havent found any patterns to it.
~When send sms it will send a few but then i will get a few that come back saying phone not ready.
~Power button has a almost exact 23 second delay from the time you push it to the screen comming on ( i noticed that after i did a fresh install of wm6 it went away for a little while and then came right back)
~Wifi wont connect to secure network (i enter the PW and it will connect then as soon as i igo to a website it says cannot connect and then asks me for the PW again)
~SD card inserted and phone doesnt show any signs of recognizing it including when you go to setting/system/memory it says card not installed, doesnt even light up when you insert the card
Thank you in advance for any help even iif its direction to a forum that has answers that might help.

Damn, your 8525 has alot of problems, iam guessing it was dropped??. There may be a chance that all these repairs will cost you the price of a working used hermes. Anyways, I had the same radio problem as you, and it was the most longest, and stressfull thing ever to get it to actually work. I was opening up hardware, flashing radio/roms, using mtty, numerous of times. Trust me, its not worth it. And if your flex cable is damaged its gonna cost $30 or more to fix. And if wifi or SD card slot is broken too, the device is practically an PDA of the past. You could try to fix it(With the possiblitiy of killing yourself from all that stress), or sell it on ebay for parts(sells for a decent price actually).

Thank you for your response. was kind of afraid that was the response i was gonna get. damn that sux. the $30 for the flex cable i could swing, but from what your saying it sounds like majority of my issues are hard ware and not software (like i was hoping) and ive priced most of that out and might as well buy a new one i agree. thanks though ill keep playing with it. but now i know not to get my hopes up.

For sd card problem, you might be able to get it to recognize the sd card if you insert then do a soft reset, others have had this issue. I'd also check to see if the sd card is registering on the pc with a card reader because if its not, you may need to get a new sd card.
Wifi, Might be a rom problem... Read up on the thread if others have this problem, might have a fix or might need to find another rom...

Here are Some of the Fixes that i have found and some of the issues i am still having~~
~Screen fades ---fixed Kinda, i have disassembled the phone checking all the connections and putting tape tightly over all connections, i still get the white screen on occasion but its %90 better and i can always press on the bottom ov the screen and bring it right back
~Radio drops out one min i have full bars and the next nothing. i havent found any patterns to it. (still an issue but am trying to update radio ROM to one that i read in the forums that is supposed to be better for my carrier. If i can get the RUU issue corrected)
~When send sms it will send a few but then i will get a few that come back saying phone not ready. (i have found it is realted to the radio issue above)
~Power button has a almost exact 23 second delay-- i have found it seems to be correctable if i make sure there are not alot of stuff running. (found a program that actually closes the apps with the x button instead of just minimizing them)
~Wifi wont connect to secure network--didnt really do anything but seems to be working again (who knows)
~SD card inserted and phone doesnt show any signs of recognizing it including when you go to setting/system/memory it says card not installed, doesnt even light up when you insert the card... still an issue but now it will on occasion recognize the SD Card.
Thank you in advance for any help even iif its direction to a forum that has answers that might help.

Phone won't constantly read memory card

So i got my new phone from a warranty replacement, flashed android on it and put the data on the SD card, 10minutes later then phone won't read the card and locks up, I reboot and find out that the android bootloader won't read the SD card, and won't until i pull the battery and card then put both back in. I've tried it with 2 separate cards and neither want to work correctly. I'm currently trying to put winmo on to test if it has the same problem.
My problem is that it's not constant, so i can't go into the store and point and say look.
-Is there somehow i can test the card in the phone, either winmo or android (pref winmo since i have to lock it if i send it in)
-Is it possible that this is an android only problem?
On a side note, i'm pretty sure this phone has problems of it's own, it refuses to mount the SD card when connected to USB, in android it 'mounts' but 3 seconds later it says preparing sd card and resets the USB connection. In winmo it seems to work just fine

mrono said:
So i got my new phone from a warranty replacement, flashed android on it and put the data on the SD card, 10minutes later then phone won't read the card and locks up, I reboot and find out that the android bootloader won't read the SD card, and won't until i pull the battery and card then put both back in. I've tried it with 2 separate cards and neither want to work correctly. I'm currently trying to put winmo on to test if it has the same problem.
My problem is that it's not constant, so i can't go into the store and point and say look.
-Is there somehow i can test the card in the phone, either winmo or android (pref winmo since i have to lock it if i send it in)
-Is it possible that this is an android only problem?
On a side note, i'm pretty sure this phone has problems of it's own, it refuses to mount the SD card when connected to USB, in android it 'mounts' but 3 seconds later it says preparing sd card and resets the USB connection. In winmo it seems to work just fine
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You may have a dirty or damaged set of pins in the card port.

I just started having the same problem with my tilt, did you come up with a solution

clmartin22 said:
I just started having the same problem with my tilt, did you come up with a solution
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yeah, told sprint they gotta replace it or ima come over to their house with a baseball bat, got my new one last tuesday and haven't had a problem. I suspect it was something with the hardware, not sure what though, it would work for either 10 seconds or hours so i'm not sure what it was. It wasn't software though...

Bad SD Card? Tmo-US

I got my first HD2 on release day last week and it ran laggy, after few days i did a hard reset and it seemed to run smoother for a day. Then i ran into this problem that seems to affect the phone dialer software part of the phone. When i attempt to place a call the phone dialer will lock up, i can usually it in windows and move around all the other tabs but the phone dialer is locked up in the back ground.
I did 2 more hard resets with same problem with the phone dialer. I finally returned the phone as i couldn't send or receive any calls.
Luckily they had more in stock at Walmart, so off i go with a new phone yesterday. Everything working great installed around 288 contacts set up 2 gmail accounts and gmail calendar sync. Cookie home tabs and that was about it. Then this monopoly game i got from an HD2 app blogsite which i had also installed on other phone.(coincidence?)
Today i have the same problem with the new phone where the phone dialer locks up and i cannot send or receive calls. Even removing the battery and rebooting leaves me unable to bring up the phone dialer.
I then discovered removing the memory card while the phone dialer is locked up will make the phone bleep and the phone dialer then becomes unlocked and works as normal.
Can someone figure out what is happening as currently i dont have the memory card in the phone as i cant dial out if i do. Is there a way to format the card, is there anything i need off the card other than Transformers am i maybe doing something to the phone i dont realize that is causing this problem?
Any help appreciated my 14days to return is coming up next Wed im trying to stick in with this phone but nothing but trouble with it.
thanks Giles

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no one got any ideas whats going on?

No different then any other memory card. Stick it into a card reader and format it. No card reader you can use the phone, stick in plug it into the computer and you should be asked if you want to active syn or disk drive. Choose disk drive, go into my computer, selected the correct drive and format it.

ok thanks for the info, i will format the card after i have taken everything off it. I will try put things back 1 by 1 to see if i can find the problem. I have tried searching the forums and cant seem to find a similar problem to mine with the phone dialer locking up and its now happened on 2 phones. Would like to find the reason why.

Memory card is gone for good !!

Good evening everyone...
I have a problem with my X2, the memory card have disapeared for good, its been a while now and I have tried every fix in this site, still no luck.. I have done a clear setting (hard rest) and many things still the memory card no go... some one help??

Is that the Original Card that came with the phone? How long did it work, if ever?
Did you apply the reg setting to DISable card sleep?
Did you try a DIFFERENT card?
Did you try that card in a Different Phone?
....and the results are....

Hi there,,, yes its the original card and its working for quite some time now,,, Its been working for 4 months now, and I have tested it n my PC and its working, its tottaly the phone, can u explain what you mean by card sleep disable trick??

Well, with a Registry Editor I go to:
HKLM\system\current control set\control\power\state\suspend and then to same key but RESUMING
and sete the shc1 value='0'
which makes the sd card never go to sleep. So far for me and I am using even a 32GB card, it never disappeared.
If all does not help and the card works in another PHONE, then the last thing left is to try a DIFFERENT card in your phone.
Else, phone back to SE for warranty!

thx man Ive tried that but its already set to 0.... I think the phone is having an emotional problem, cuz he dont see the card even with a SEUS clean rom install,,, seems the hardware is the problem not the software,, this is bad cuz the warranty isnt in my country and i cant do anything to fix it now..

Hii! new updates... I just got a new HC card 4 GB and it worked,, so i guess the device some how dont wanna recognize its original card any more, even hto its working on PC.. anyway thanks dude, i just got new memory card and its working, this X2 will drive me crazy some day but not today i guess!

SD fix
Just apply this fix:
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i also got the same problem and it's been 1 week since i bought the phone
the card is readable with card reader in my laptop pls hlp me. :'(

[Q] focus 7 problem

hello all,
last week I bought the samsung focus from the US. (i am from Austria by the way..) and the first 3 days were absolute great and I was happy about my new samsung. but on the 4th day the phone shut down all the time, I cant stop it.
now when I start the phone I can only see "Samsung" and dark colour. this picture belongs to hours and hours. nothing happens.
I don't know what I can do, I have already tried it with the "hard reset" and a "micro SD" because I have heared that this 2 options can help.
But it doesnt work
Can anybody help me with this problem?
or knows anybody when there will be a new update?
I am going crazy because of this situation....
thanks for all your help!

tussi1 said:
hello all,
last week I bought the samsung focus from the US. (i am from Austria by the way..) and the first 3 days were absolute great and I was happy about my new samsung. but on the 4th day the phone shut down all the time, I cant stop it.
now when I start the phone I can only see "Samsung" and dark colour. this picture belongs to hours and hours. nothing happens.
I don't know what I can do, I have already tried it with the "hard reset" and a "micro SD" because I have heared that this 2 options can help.
But it doesnt work
Can anybody help me with this problem?
or knows anybody when there will be a new update?
I am going crazy because of this situation....
thanks for all your help!
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Did you have a microSD card installed in the phone before the phone started rebooting?

Tussi1 - it's me again.. forgotten the password...
thanks for your comment!!
When I get the phone without microSD and I have started it without it. and everything works well the first 2-3 days.
I bought the mircoSD when I saw that I can't start the phone anymore. Because I read a lot that such a microSD can help when you this problem with samsung focus. I bought 2 different types (different GB's) but nothing works.
It was a 4 GB sanDisk and a 8 GB kingstonDisk. Both doesn't work!
As I already wrote there is only the SAMSUNG design on the dark display...
do you think I need a other microSD for rebooting it?
thanks!!!

tussi_1 said:
thanks for your comment!!
When I get the phone without microSD and I have started it without it. and everything works well the first 2-3 days.
I bought the mircoSD when I saw that I can't start the phone anymore. Because I read a lot that such a microSD can help when you this problem with samsung focus. I bought 2 different types (different GB's) but nothing works.
It was a 4 GB sanDisk and a 8 GB kingstonDisk. Both doesn't work!
As I already wrote there is only the SAMSUNG design on the dark display...
do you think I need a other microSD for rebooting it?
thanks!!!
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At this point I would just take it back and exchange it. Sounds like more work than it's worth dealing with.

Did you format the SD card?
I realize you can't get past the boot screen currently but WP7 is notorious for SD card incompatibility.
Also, have you attempted to boot the phone while connected to a PC?
If these attempts fail, a return may be your only option but how feasible is it to return a phone to the US from Austria?

I believe you need to remove the SD Cards and do a complete reformat. I ran into the same issue after using an incompatible SD Card. Pull the Card, Turn OFF the phone by holding Power Button when NOT connected to power. Hold down Volume Down, Power button, and Camera button whilst the phone is off. That will make it turn on and ask if you want to format.
I believe that was it. Anyone know different?