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G2 screen messed up?

My G2 just randomly yesterday started adding red lines and messed up colors to the screen, it's really hard to describe. I'll put up pictures later but it almost looks like the screen went to 64K colors? I've tried rebooting, flashing new ROMs, even in Recovery the android in the background has the same effect. So it must be something with the screen, anyone know what's wrong?

It sounds like the cable connecting the screen to the rest of the device is either coming loose or is damaged.
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That was my first thought as well... drop it lately?

opensourcefan said:
That was my first thought as well... drop it lately?
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Nope... I was literally looking at it one second and it was fine, one minute later it was like that... I just bought it four days ago new and sealed off of eBay. Does HTC offer a manufacturer's warranty?

ShotSkydiver said:
Nope... I was literally looking at it one second and it was fine, one minute later it was like that... I just bought it four days ago new and sealed off of eBay. Does HTC offer a manufacturer's warranty?
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I believe the manufacturer warranty is one year.
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Here are some pictures showing what's going on. You can see some better than others.
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Anyone? Tried contacting HTC support but all I get is
"Sorry, but either the page you were looking for can’t be found or we are having a problem making it come to life.
You might want to check out our Site Map for a full list of pages available on this site"
after I try sending an email. Any help?

It looks like it stopped dithering or something... i'd try reinstalling the rom.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 running Cyanogenmod.

ibemad1 said:
It looks like it stopped dithering or something... i'd try reinstalling the rom.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 running Cyanogenmod.
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I've already flashed three different ROMs.

Come on... anyone? I'm getting no help from HTC and my screen isn't improving.

You probably should call HTC

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I am having the same issue with my Desire Z.
I'm wondering if it can be fixed without sending it back to HTC?

Well, both T-Mobile and HTC turned me away, saying I would've had to have gotten it from either of them to be able to be repaired. What do I do now?
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Sirjokerthegod said:
I am having the same issue with my Desire Z.
I'm wondering if it can be fixed without sending it back to HTC?
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That's what I'm hoping.
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HTC does do non-warranty repair, for a price of course.

Is there any chance the ROM(s) you installed were wonky? ie were you using a beta, nightly, or something else? which ROMs have you tried? I had this happen when I used a kernel that was incompatible with the ROM I had installed, which is why I ask. Flashing a standard/respected ROM after a wipe fixed it for me.

Weaseal said:
Is there any chance the ROM(s) you installed were wonky? ie were you using a beta, nightly, or something else? which ROMs have you tried? I had this happen when I used a kernel that was incompatible with the ROM I had installed, which is why I ask. Flashing a standard/respected ROM after a wipe fixed it for me.
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No, it's not a ROM, I've been on CM 7 RC0, CM 6 stable, stock Sense, and stock 2.2 and they all do the same thing, even in the recovery the background image has the same effect, so it's not a ROM issue.

ShotSkydiver said:
No, it's not a ROM, I've been on CM 7 RC0, CM 6 stable, stock Sense, and stock 2.2 and they all do the same thing, even in the recovery the background image has the same effect, so it's not a ROM issue.
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It may be a defective ribbon cable for the display possibly a tear in one of the layers. I see this alot in phones I fix at work, and usually the only way to fix the issue is to replace the cable entirely. your only option is to send it out for warranty repair or buy the part yourself and do the fix.

Got my first N1

Hey guys. I'm still kind of new to Android. I've had a couple, but always found something wrong, so I returned them. Im really liking the OS coming from iPhone. I recently returned my Atrix and bought an at&t N1. So far I love it. Its running 2.3.1 on CM6.
But I would like some mod suggestions? Roms? Anything you other N1 users really like?
Also, is there a way to increase the volume? Both headphone and ear piece? Its kind of hard to hear those that are soft talkers.
Thanks guys!
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every once in a while I try out a sense rom and quite enjoy it but I keep coming back to cyanogenmod for it's speed, stability and customizability(that's probably not a word but you know what I mean). I was the exact same way with my old htc magic. If you want to try sense, check out the Desire HD port. there are TONS of really nice features in sense. Also, some people really like the MIUI rom. Personally, I'm not a fan because it seems like it's trying to copy iOS too much but a lot of people love it.
I think I did read something about a volume hack once but I never tried it out myself. never really had any problems.. then again, I very rarely use my phone as an actual phone

Welcome! Got my 1st N1 a couple of weeks ago...it beats the crap out of the newer phones IMHO. CM7 is running great for me.

TheSneakerWhore said:
Welcome! Got my 1st N1 a couple of weeks ago...it beats the crap out of the newer phones IMHO. CM7 is running great for me.
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I agree. Still a better phone than the new ones. With the help of a friend, I just flashed CM7. The only force close I got was you tube.
I would still like to find some thing about the volume.
And anything about using an OC kernal on CM7?
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the first phone I've seen that I would get over the nexus one is the evo 3d
and it's still missing a few things that the nexus one has..
it's a shame
anyway, you should be able to play around with dsp manager to get things a bit louder I think

N-1
I have a Droid X I have had for about 6 mos. While my DX has GB and has benchmarked at 2137 I miss my N-1! Don't get me wrong I love my DX but that N-1 was sweet! Keep it! It isn't a developer phone for nothing. I miss my Nexus One!

Welcome to XDA and the awesome Nexus1...Happy Flashing!

Im currently typing this on my Atrix, patiently waiting the arrival of the at&t N1 that I just ordered. I feel like somekind of prisoner carrying this Atrix. Can't wait to be free.
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Your nexus one
The nexus one is an awesome phone. But as everyone know it lacks on board storage space. This will frustrating when you are trying to load that final app and you are down to your last 20 mbs and you keep getting the Memory low error message.
A lot of roms have claimed to address this but I have tried them all and have had an N1 for about a year. CyanogenMOD is awesome but CM7 really has issues and you will fall in love with some of the features but still feel as if you need something more. I use Super AOSP with my N1. It allows me to have APPS2SD capability that was fairly easy to setup and works flawlessly. I had over 100 apps installed and my phone still showed over 160MB of storage available on the phone. I never had a force close or any problems at all really. So yeah in my opinion the N1 is great, but with a few hacks it can be excellent.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=966635
Currently I am using an HTC Thunderbolt and the phone is phenomenal as well but the Nexus One is still truly a great phone. Even after being out for a year there are still phone trying to keep up with it. If only the N1 was available for Verizon I would have never made the switch.

dmappdev said:
Im currently typing this on my Atrix, patiently waiting the arrival of the at&t N1 that I just ordered. I feel like somekind of prisoner carrying this Atrix. Can't wait to be free.
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I know that exact feeling. I loved about 98% of my Atrix. But I know it will never gets roms like the N1. It's amazing how well it runs for being as old as it is. I really hope Google gets with HTC again for their next Nexus. I wont buy a Nexus S. Enjoy your N1 when you get it.
CM 7 isn't perfect, but I like it so far. I'll probably flash something different in a couple days.
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So I'm having a couple issues with CM 7 and since I don't have 10 posts yet, ill post here.
None of my e-mails in gmail are coming through. I have auto on, but they aren't getting pushed. I have to go into my gmail app and high refresh to get my e-mails.
Also, on my last rom, push notifications worked for Facebook. But they aren't on CM7.
Also my battery life seems to have gotten worse since the other 2.3 rom I had.
Any suggestions? Thanks!
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First day with N1, reboots just after entering PIN.
Just got my first Nexus One. Wow, is it a sleek phone, and the speed increase... mmhmm. A marked difference to my now sadly departed X10i.
Came direct with 2.3.3. (it's been used as a display piece, but otherwise completely new). But then the trouble started. Constant reboots right after entering the PIN and when everything should start. Boom! Back to the X-screen and most of the time, a reboot, but sometimes it gets completely stuck there.
Succeeded in making a factory reset in the 10 seconds of working time that the phone gave me... After which things seemed to go well. Until it appeared again, again, again.
I'd re-flash, but I'm not familiar enough with the procedures. Which file should I recover with using the "update.zip"? (No custom stuff for me, this is still my first day with the phone). IF a pre-rooted version is available, I'd go for that, but if not, the stock one should do as well.
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_raz_ said:
Just got my first Nexus One. Wow, is it a sleek phone, and the speed increase... mmhmm. A marked difference to my now sadly departed X10i.
Came direct with 2.3.3. (it's been used as a display piece, but otherwise completely new). But then the trouble started. Constant reboots right after entering the PIN and when everything should start. Boom! Back to the X-screen and most of the time, a reboot, but sometimes it gets completely stuck there.
Succeeded in making a factory reset in the 10 seconds of working time that the phone gave me... After which things seemed to go well. Until it appeared again, again, again.
I'd re-flash, but I'm not familiar enough with the procedures. Which file should I recover with using the "update.zip"? (No custom stuff for me, this is still my first day with the phone). IF a pre-rooted version is available, I'd go for that, but if not, the stock one should do as well.
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You can reflash your N1 to 2.2 with the instructions from wiki. After that you should get back to 2.3.3 with OTA update.

What is considered a defect on this phone?

I still have my phone under the manufacturer warranty and it has been acting wonky lately. I want a new vibrant and I am just wondering what is considered a defect? Im thinking about flashing back to stock and saying my GPS doesn't work, and also I have light leakage from LED buttons. Thanks.

what is "wonky" about it?
Maybe we can fix it... I don't like the idea of helping get a new phone, just for the sake of getting a new phone.
This (and other reasons) are why phone costs so dang much.

Smh...
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s15274n said:
what is "wonky" about it?
Maybe we can fix it... I don't like the idea of helping get a new phone, just for the sake of getting a new phone.
This (and other reasons) are why phone costs so dang much.
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Exactly, if it is indeed defective then by all means get an exchange. But if it just running slow then it can prolly get fixed with a flash. I process so many warranty exchanges that in all honesty there was nothing physically wrong with it. A simply odin to stock fixes them.
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Marvlet said:
Exactly, if it is indeed defective then by all means get an exchange. But if it just running slow then it can prolly get fixed with a flash. I process so many warranty exchanges that in all honesty there was nothing physically wrong with it. A simply odin to stock fixes them.
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And if you are willing to try, check my signature for going back to stock... files and a guide for you.

Random restarts, GPS still doesnt work at all, light leakage on buttons and screen. Ive tried numerous ROMs and I am still having issues with GPS. Ive went to stock and while it fixed my problems with restarts, stock was just to laggy so I went back to custom ROMs, GPS still doesn't work.
I am also having signal problems. Me and my friend bought a vibrant the same day and we have tested in the same room that his gets better reception. In a room where he has H, I am only on Edge. This isn't a problem with the ROM because we are both running Bionix.
If there is any way to fix my GPS/Signal issues then by all means tell me and I wont send my phone in for a replacement.
EDIT: Thank you guys for the help. Could ROMs effect signal/GPS? Like I said above when I compared with my friends phone under the same conditions (same room, same ROM) i was only on Edge and he had H. I've tried Trigger, MIUI, and CM7 and still don't have 3G or H in places my friend does.
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Smh...
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Thank you for the input I'm glad you gave me some good information as to fixing my phone/getting a replacement.

ROMs COULD be a reason since they have different modems... but if you guys were on the same rom and didnt change the modem, then no....
I have best luck on KB1.
I would ODIN to JFD, root, Flash Trigger and see how your signal/gps goes... if not great, flash the KB1 modem over it (dev section) and see if any better.
If you look in my tips/tricks (first link in signature) there is a fix I do for GPS. Sometimes on a new ROM when it DOES NOT work, I have to do that to make it work. Other roms, it works right after flashing... no real rhyme or reason.
If you want a new phone, i am certain you could get one based off what you said already..... but I would not be surprised if you could make it 100% right.

s15274n said:
If you want a new phone, i am certain you could get one based off what you said already..... but I would not be surprised if you could make it 100% right.
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not to mention the refurb you get could have the same problems or worse.

Refurbished is what you will get, there are no more "new" Vibrants.
Sent from my CM7 Powered Vibrant

For gps try this http://www.intomobile.com/2010/07/21/t-mobile-samsung-vibrant-galaxy-s-gps-issues-fix-tutorial/
I am using stock KB5, it helped me get a lock in 15-30 sec.
edit: I did mess with gps.conf from hd2 forum, dont know if that helped too.

Nexus Restart Bug

Just a quick question i bought this phone when it was released and it suffered from this awful restart bug so it got sold.
With the ICS update being available what i'd like to know is has this been resolved and if not will flashing a custom ROM cure all that ails it?
Also will it bring at least 720p video recording?
TIA

Darkwun said:
Just a quick question i bought this phone when it was released and it suffered from this awful restart bug so it got sold.
with the ICS being available what i'd like to know is has this been resolved and if not will flashing a custom ROM cure all that ails it?
TIA
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Try doing a factory reset ... maybe that should clear it up... but if anything it should fix with next update .. did u buy the phone from someone who had a custom rom on it?
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Sorry i just realised i wasn't very clear.
When i bought one from a retailer it had the reset bug so i sold it as it was a common thing and this was a while back. Now i'm planning on getting another one seeing as ICS is coming out so i wanted to know if that restart bug is still around
FYI when i had it i do remember factory resetting it offten but it didn't fix it

Nah that was probably that phone.. the only bug known is the i9020A and it has a search bug where if ur signal is low it starts activating the search bug non stop until u restart or simply turn the screen off and on. But yeah its the only issue known. =]
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There is no known issue with restarting. Either you downloaded a buggy app or there was something wrong with that phone. You should of returned it for a new one.

And to answer ur question about 720p recording... it doesn't do 720p
Just wait for the Galaxy Nexus
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YourMainDude said:
Nah that was probably that phone.. the only bug known is the i9020A and it has a search bug where if ur signal is low it starts activating the search bug non stop until u restart or simply turn the screen off and on. But yeah its the only issue known. =]
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This is pretty much fixed with the lastest ROM and/or screen replacement.

Cool well although the vid recording isn't 720p I may still get one, my problem is in the UK we get stiffed on the price of phones and £540 is more than I'm willing to pay.
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Atrix with burnt WI-FI/Bluetooth

Well I'm going to miss this section of the forums. A few weeks back I started having random reboots, then WI-FI error when trying to turn it on. I had been changing ROMs a lot, and I had read about the problem of the chips frying, but had to give it one more try. I successfully RSD flashed back to official ATT firmware,and for some reason it worked...for about three days.
I picked up a really good deal on an almost new HTC Vivid. Not near the devolpment going on for that phone,but enough to make it fun.
If anyone needs an Atrix with fried WI-FI chip but good everything else get in touch

Out of curiosity, what did you pay for your vivid?

nh777 said:
Out of curiosity, what did you pay for your vivid?
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I got it in a trade.

What do you want for the atrix?
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