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to simply put the problem if i press the end hang up button which locks the phone when i press it again the touch screen goes out.... screen comes back on but no touch function at all....any body had this problem and i dont think its just android because it happens even when i am in wm6
Happened to me too
So far no luck in resolving this problem (tried different roms, and no luck)
happens when you click the end button repeatedly (was my habit, was using motorola milestone before this)
So now i have to take it slow, and had to make a habit of ending call with the software button instead of the hardware ones (works for me)
With proper discipline i managed to go on for week without hangups. Try it, make sure you dont rush to click the end button
I think everyone has this problem. you cant instantly unlock a device.
It is normal if you repeatedly rush in waking up your hd2. Builds differ only in the length of the lag. You can also try waking it up using the "call" button.
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This is the funniest part.. i just laugh on people doing it with my phone after giving them to try it xD! they always rush to press the end button after exploring the phone
white-energy said:
This is the funniest part.. i just laugh on people doing it with my phone after giving them to try it xD! they always rush to press the end button after exploring the phone
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-that is good to people who just want to peep on your gallery.
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same problem, flashed new rom/radio... nothing helps.
The screen works on the first initial boot in after a restart then i lock it. After that its just a cry-fest.
Someone please help!
When we have nand flashing hopefully this kind of thing will be sorted.
and also once it locks i have to soft reset over and over and over and over till it works again...is their a way i can change it so that when i press the end button it does not lock the phone? or a way i can make the phone go dim but NEVER locks?
I have only had the problem in Android. The simple way to solve this is to turn off the screen again, wait for about 20-30 seconds before turning on the screen. It will be fine again!
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This is the funniest part.. i just laugh on people doing it with my phone after giving them to try it xD! they always rush to press the end button after exploring the phone
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Indeed, but that gives bad impression that your phone is unstable.
I normally snatch the phone before they press the end button with the pretense of doing something else lol
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When we have nand flashing hopefully this kind of thing will be sorted.
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The possibility is there - HD2 threads is one of the most popular threads in xda and you could see lots of chef and modders here (finger crossed)
And with NAND flashing, i dont even had to see the dreaded WM6 anymore
Plus i could imagine the speed increase it bring (since the O/S resides in the NAND flash, you could access stuff from the microsd card without stutter)
it's just your android BUILD
you could try switching roms/radio's maybe it's related but I had it in the past, and now I don't, so it's fixable, suggestion? Try and test out new stuff
My sister always says.
"What if you have to call the police! you cant unlock the phone and you get killed."
Thats my main problem with android builds.
=( sad. I sent in to htc today. waiting for response.
Any chance of getting that fixed since last post?
Hey my lovely XDA-ers, I'm really hoping for some magic here...
Yesterday my HD2 digitizer just stopped working... the Touchscreen will not respond to any inputs. It was bitterly cold outside so I was half hoping that an overnight stay in a warm room would help, but no avail...
The thing is, on one in every 5 restarts, I get a small amount of life from it. One one in 15 restarts, I get full use. So there's still life in there.
I could understand if it broke because I dropped the phone/squashed it, but at the time I was just playing Robo Defence, completely normal use, when all of a sudden it stopped responding.
I've uploaded a video, which shows how, occasionally, the bottom fifth of the screen works. However, as shown, when I'm using the top half of the screen, the digitizer appears to be receiving input from the bottom of the screen, as though I'm trying to perform a multi-touch action. For this reason I'm hoping there still be some way to rescue the phone without an expensive repair job. I bought it in March from XDA Marketplace, and it's served me faithfully since, but because of that I do not think I have the manufacturer's guarentee, or insurance
I've hard-reset, I've reflashed my ROM, I've tried in both WM and Android (my usual OS at the moment), I've reflashed over WM ROMs, and the problem stays the same... (also read all related threads!)
Sorry for inverted nature of vid!
So does anyone have any suggestions to try? Otherwise I might go through a £130 repair service on htcrepairs.co.uk - they do not show up on a forum search so I was wondering if anyone had used their service before?
Thanks all, appreciate any ideas.
Edd
Very odd indeed. I don't have a solution for your problem, but a suggestion. It is a long shot, but might help.
Whenever i had similar problems with my Wizard (i know, kind of old but one of the best older devices every made by HTC), i opened it and cleaned it from the inside and checked all the connections of keyboard, touchscreen, etc. to the mainboard. Sometimes it helped...
In the end, if you buy the replacement kit, you anyway have to open the HD2, so why not try this in prior to buying the kit...
A lot of people seem to have this problem. There's a lot of information on it here. Do a search. But the short answer is its a hardware problem. If your phone is still under warranty send it back. I think HTC will fix it for free if It's less than a year old. But try your carrier first.
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BAD NEWS...
i had EXACTLY this happen to me. eventually it totally stopped responding. Only option is to replace the digitizer.
GOOD NEWS..
After a month of searching, I found a really good guy to do it. www.iexpertstudio.com . The owner is VINCE. you can email him on his site. He charged $110 including mailing it back to me. He replaced the LCD and digitizer and sent it back. All works perfectly now.
I see you are in the UK so dont know if it makes sense to send it to the US. Alternative is to go on ebay and buy the screen/digitizer and replace it yourself.
(BTW normally i would have chucked the device, but even after 1 year I still dont think there is as versatile a device as the HD2. Had the DHD been 3G useable in the US I would have bought one.)
Thanks for the feedback guys, I've been doing some investigation my end (and you're right, there are similar threads on here, but none which had a "half-screen working" problem.)
I've narrowed the culprit down to my "Back" button. It's somehow exerting pressure on the screen, leading to either a non-responsive digitizer or an input at the bottom of the screen.
I might add this to an entry in the "ANDROID KILLS YOUR BUTTONS" thread
My choice is to live manually with it, or get the company mentioned in the first post to give it a good clean, but whether it's worth £80 just yet is a question for me.
Anyway, thanks for your input, guess this thread will close, but to any readers in future, if your screen seems to die, see if it's pressure on the screen caused by the buttons!
I can totally support your reasoning.
I haven't had any problems whatsoever with the touchscreen in almost a year of honoured career of this phone, while this morning I was trying to unlock it with no success (nothing special happened, I even used it 10 minutes this morning already). At first I thought it was the usual "sleepy" behaviour of the screen right after waking up, butafter sliding down the hdmini style unlocker at least 10 times with no effect I really started freaking out :O
I have longpress endkey set on instant reboot, and after that it seemed working... just not for too long.
To cut to the chase, what in my opinion supports your idea of hardware buttons interfering is:
sometimes, as I have LMT installed, with the tap&hold option enabled, swiping with just one finger triggered double swype instead (as if the screen detected a second, firm press on the screen elsewhere even if I sure as heck was swyping with one finger)
using mymobiler didn't work as well; if it was a hardware touchscreen problem, mymobiler should work, as it simulates touches, so it will just do its job even if the touchscreen is totally dead... while, IF the hardware touchscreen detected a firm press somewhere, mymobiler wasn't able to actively simulate another press
repeatedly pressing on the end key (which seems to be the culprit in my case) apparently solves the problem, as I can use the touchscreen again; also, a prolonged cycle of hibernating with end key, waking with end key, swyping down the hdmini lock (repeat at libitum) seemed to work, as if I dislodged something by activating the button so often
What I don't understand anyway is: HOW can a button pressing on the digitizer be exerting a touch action? If this was a resistive screen, I'd understand, but it's capacitive, and not even capacitive pens are so good as fingers in activating the touch. The buttons are just plastic with a metal contact underneath, and this metal contact shoudl by no means be anywhere near the digitizer.
Bah.
I know I have 2 years warranty on this device, but being far from my phone during the warranty processing gives me the creeps, so I'll just go on using it and pray this to be the defaillance of one sunday morning not to be seen again... after several soft resets (and fantasizing about a new rom flash, which I need anyway for other reasons) the problem seems to have settled by delicately bashing on the end key. The unlock slider is responsive after every wake up now... FOR now.
Praying...
My screen also died. So the only thing I have to do is press on the end key for a couple of times to make it work again?
lol, that's ONE possibility.
Just saying, in my case it worked, and still does since it happened once more this evening, so it's definitely got something to do with the hardware keys messing around (and hopefully dislodging themself for good, or I'll have to send it back for servicing), anyway in your case it could also be a dead digitizer, so no go
let's put all this about touch screen in 1 sticky thread pls.
I've been living for the problem for about three weeks now. It's never got worse, but never got better. It's a livable situation so for the moment I'll deal with it. I might check with HT about warranty, but it's not yet bothersom enough to make me want to flash back to stock, send it off etc. etc.
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I've been living for the problem for about three weeks now. It's never got worse, but never got better. It's a livable situation so for the moment I'll deal with it. I might check with HT about warranty, but it's not yet bothersom enough to make me want to flash back to stock, send it off etc. etc.
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ditto.
Actually, I don't like having paid good money for a defective phone, but being without HD2 for up to a couple of weeks to one month (maybe? have no idea how fast HTC servicing is) is troublesome. I may buy for a deal a blue angel as a spare, yet, no GPS...
The most problematic event is if you get the "stuck" screen during a call.
In my case, it's the end key that messes it up; if the screen's dead, pressing twice the end key, firmly enough (once for screen off, then again for screen back on) wakes up the screen, and apparently, during a ringing incoming call, you can press the hardware end key without rejecting it, so it's a viable option (not taking into consideration the fact that trying to wake up the screen takes time, and the caller may give up after a while if you're not fast enough).
But if for any reason the screen gets stuck while the call is connected, I am stuck too, as to wake it up I should press the end key thus hanging on the other party.
Sad story.
EDIT: forget what I wrote, pressing end key while phone is ringing WILL reject the call. I tried it before during a real incoming call and apparently it didn't do it, but now it just did.
I also have a HD with a dead screen....
Only thing here is I have sent it back twice already to TelSuck here in Australia only to have it returned after the tech has wiped it over and reflashed it for me... What helpful little imps they are!
Code:
http://www.youtube.com/v/T6ssqmpRIB0
Its drivin me nuts sending it away for 3 weeks at a time to have someone with just enough grey matter to be able to wield a screwdriver tell me nothing is wrong.
Happy to try any suggestions!
@insinr8
this thread is just for half-dead screens where the screen sometimes actually works. Unless you can resurrect it by firmly pressing on the hardware keys, but if it's dead on a regular basis, then it's not our same problem I'm afraid :-(
@OP
while having an "attack", did you try plugging out the microsd to see if it magically solved the problem?
I mean, if it did, it would still be a hardware problem related to the microsd slot, since there is no point for a faulty microsd to mess up the touchscreen, and let it work from time to time
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@insinr8
this thread is just for half-dead screens where the screen sometimes actually works. Unless you can resurrect it by firmly pressing on the hardware keys, but if it's dead on a regular basis, then it's not our same problem I'm afraid :-(
@OP
while having an "attack", did you try plugging out the microsd to see if it magically solved the problem?
I mean, if it did, it would still be a hardware problem related to the microsd slot, since there is no point for a faulty microsd to mess up the touchscreen, and let it work from time to time
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I will try that - it seems to happen more frequently when plugged in and charging, and now more buttons seem to be the cause/fix (e.g. now the home-button, or when I am on home-screens the phone will swipe "left", whereas before it would swipe "right". I'll keep playing.
I may check out HTC as I reckon my warranty, if I have one, will run out soon... Will still wait til after Xmas as I need my toy for the boring bits of Xmas!
I'm having same trouble now whit my phone except problems started mouth ago. After some period I again power up my phone and suddenly everything worked perfectly. Unfortunately this last only for two days and then exactly same problems happened, partially function screen.
As far as I know only good solution is replacing digitizer... I already ordered one for me.
exactly the same problem for me.. I sent it back with warranty yesterday
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I may check out HTC as I reckon my warranty, if I have one, will run out soon... Will still wait til after Xmas as I need my toy for the boring bits of Xmas!
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Ditto.
Actually, my warranty lasts two years, which means until 2012, anyway I cannot stand risking to lose calls because the screen dies on me in the wrong moment, and the only way to wake it up is pressing the endkey (which by the way is the only "cure", and apparently never the cause).
I will be uploading a video on youtube regarding this, also to show it to the guys at the HTC support who will be asking me to hard reset and reflash until annoyed to death (as if that will solve anything)
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This is the video that I just uploaded to youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3-PNYwpYeI
EDIT: One day after, the problem has become way more frequent, 1 out of three times I wake up the phone, diugitizer is dead and I need the " on the end key to make it work
Uploaded another video on youtube with problem showing on vanilla lockscreen so HTC support doesn't try and tell me it's CHT lockscreen's fault
Last bump.
Screen has ben promoted from "hardware key problem" to "permanent death".
Now I can use the phone with mymobiler, but I can't anymore with touch, I seem to not be able even to wake it up even by pressing on end key
Re-flashing last official rom upgrade now to see if anything changes... yeah,sure
Ouch - good luck, hope mine doesn't go that way...
I "recently" (i don't know if it is recently or not) found that when i press the end key to wake up the phone from sleep mode, the touch screen doesn't work; when i press other buttons to wake it up, the touch screen works.
i don't know if your guys have the same case, please confirm me.... thank you
I have the exact same problem as yours. a disaster that strikes when you enjoying new rom every day?
or perhaps we press end button too often while flashing?!
Going to send to repair within warranty period. but require a week! gonna miss my HD2 so much after that
P/S: go to this link for temporary fix for this problem..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=993787
I have the same problem, and it's the digitizer, you can send it in for repairs, or attempt to fix yourself. Oh and it starts with the red button not working and slowly progresses to nothing working
JeremyGuan said:
I have the exact same problem as yours. a disaster that strikes when you enjoying new rom every day?
or perhaps we press end button too often while flashing?!
Going to send to repair within warranty period. but require a week! gonna miss my HD2 so much after that
P/S: go to this link for temporary fix for this problem..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=993787
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Thanks for your info. i think i need to take it to the service center as well.
Read this thread. It explains the issue in detail and also shows a possible fix if you want to try it.
Hi! First post so sorry if its been asked before, is there any way to disable that annoying feature that makes the defy and others ignore a touch if held for so long? It makes some games unplayable (jet car stunts anyone?) Because you need to hold a button and you can't cos it ignores you after about 30secs, also is there any way I can boost touch sensitivity? I find the defy a bit shaky on recognising some touches, especially when typing, thanks for any help or infos
p.s I'm on CM7 cherry picks
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Really cant understand what's your issue.
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Really cant understand what's your issue.
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When you touch and hold an area of the screen after about 30secs the touch will no longer register even though your thumb is still there. Apparantly its to stop the screen staying awake if you get water on it, I want to disable this, sorry hope it makes more sense now D:
Noone has a solution to this? I can't sprint on Nova 3 in multiplayer for long because it stops responding
then u go for the never turn off option in the display menu..screen will stay awake until u press the power button..hope it helps..defy's touch is too gud man..i nevr had any problem..
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then u go for the never turn off option in the display menu..screen will stay awake until u press the power button..hope it helps..defy's touch is too gud man..i nevr had any problem..
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I really should explain better, thanks but that isn't what I mean, the screen will still be awake, just the touch will become "invalid" somehow if you hold the same spot too long, to demonstrate download multitouch visualiser from the market and hold 2 points, if you hold for long enough the touch disappears
I totally got your point as it happens to me too.. but occassionaly... i think its a hardware fault in the touchscreen.. like you said, it stops getting the point after 30 seconds, actually, the problem is that it starts reading your touch at another point on the screen, so you cant accelerare or sprint in jet car stunts and nova because when you tap the respective buttons, the touchscreen recognizes it as you are tapping somewhere else... i myself didnt found a solution to this problem, i just turn the phone on, wipe the screen and my fingers clean, and turn the phone on, sometimes its gone sometimes not.. and 30sec is too much.. my touch lasts for only 3-4 secs... hope we'll get the solution one day.. did you got your phone repaired? I got my touchscreen replaced few months ago but i think this problem was before too
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I totally got your point as it happens to me too.. but occassionaly... i think its a hardware fault in the touchscreen.. like you said, it stops getting the point after 30 seconds, actually, the problem is that it starts reading your touch at another point on the screen, so you cant accelerare or sprint in jet car stunts and nova because when you tap the respective buttons, the touchscreen recognizes it as you are tapping somewhere else... i myself didnt found a solution to this problem, i just turn the phone on, wipe the screen and my fingers clean, and turn the phone on, sometimes its gone sometimes not.. and 30sec is too much.. my touch lasts for only 3-4 secs... hope we'll get the solution one day.. did you got your phone repaired? I got my touchscreen replaced few months ago but i think this problem was before too
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No its an actual feature according to cyanogenmod forums to prevent "phantom input" caused by water on the screen, I dunno whether the digitizer handles this or its a driver, because if its software controlled theoretically it can be disabled
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I really should explain better, thanks but that isn't what I mean, the screen will still be awake, just the touch will become "invalid" somehow if you hold the same spot too long, to demonstrate download multitouch visualiser from the market and hold 2 points, if you hold for long enough the touch disappears
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sry dude.. i misunderstood the question..but does it work if u move tat particular finger (i mean not holding onto the same point) across the screen(without taking it off) and still doesnt respong after somtime ?
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sry dude.. i misunderstood the question..but does it work if u move tat particular finger (i mean not holding onto the same point) across the screen(without taking it off) and still doesnt respong after somtime ?
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No just a fixed point or small movements, large movements is fine, its not practical to constantly move or let go during some games, and once it goes it doesn't reset instantly it goes crazy for a while, you try and press again and it "flickers" on and off if that makes sense
I've had that issue in 2.2 (Stock), CM7 and now, in CM9, as well...
A friend of mine made me aware of that (I hadn't and probably wouldn't have noticed).
I understand this happens only in Defies (not in Droids), so it shouldn't be impossible to avoid.
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I've had that issue in 2.2 (Stock), CM7 and now, in CM9, as well...
A friend of mine made me aware of that (I hadn't and probably wouldn't have noticed).
I understand this happens only in Defies (not in Droids), so it shouldn't be impossible to avoid.
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Actually some of the Droid series do, if you look on the webpage for jetcar stunts they've even identified it as something they can't fix with advice on how to avoid it, I think it was the Droid x. I'm desperate for a fix, hopefully this is not something in the stock kernal otherwise we need unlocked bootloader :/
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Hi there guys
I am running sensation xl rom 5 months now. I am running custom android roms about two years now so I am not a complete noob.
As I was playing with backgrounds themes etc, just for a new feeling, I installed GO Launcher from market and few themes. I then noticed that the phone was becoming progressively unresponsive. Sometimes I had to press twice or wait and press again. At a point the phone became completely unresponsive. I thought that maybe the launcher did something bad to the rom so I did a clean install of the rom again. The rom was booted normally and when I reached the point were I needed to configure the rom by touching nothing happened.
Up until then I was thinking that there was something wrong with the flashing rom so I flashed another trustworthy NDT MIUI rom that I was using for over 8 months without any problems. However the exctly same thing happend when I reached the point to enter the pin the screen was unresponsive. I even went back to the original win mobile 6.5 rom (eek) but no luck.
The phone has never ever had a drop. It doesn't have a screen protector but it is good as new.
Any ideas?
Do you think that I have to replace the screen?
Please guys help, I love my HD2
It seems that your screen is dying - what is unfortunately typical in HD2. Topic was discussed many times here on xda, look for it. It also happened to me. Replacing the screen is the solution, but first you should try HR, and try to avoid pressing right (hang up) button
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It seems that your screen is dying - what is unfortunately typical in HD2. Topic was discussed many times here on xda, look for it. It also happened to me. Replacing the screen is the solution, but first you should try HR, and try to avoid pressing right (hang up) button
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thnx for the reply,
i looked before posting but nothing really helped me. Do you think that it is a coincidence that problems started when i installed the GO launcher?
Also I tried HR but nothing changed
And in the case you will have to change the touchscreen, be careful. Some new and some Chinese touchscreens are not supported by Android's kernel
try pressing alternately and simultaneously the power and call button
The "pressing the power button" trick worked but then stops working and then again and so on....Temporary fix.
I went to the HTC service and they asked 164 euros to change the screen's digitizer. No-way...
Thanx for the replies guys
HD2_TTs said:
The "pressing the power button" trick worked but then stops working and then again and so on....Temporary fix.
I went to the HTC service and they asked 164 euros to change the screen's digitizer. No-way...
Thanx for the replies guys
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