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Fascinate problem

My fascinate has started doing something strange. I can open an app and use it for a couple of minutes and the keyboard will suddenly appear then usually the app will close. Sometimes I can hit the back button and the app will stay running but usually the app will close. It does this on mainly resource hungry apps like XDA or Market though it has done it on about all of the apps. I thought I had a rom or kernel issue but I've gone all the way back to stock and it still does it. I'm beginning to think I've got a touchscreen problem but I don't know for sure. The phone is still under warranty but I want to be sure its not the way I've got something set or an app problem. It just did it on the home screen, keyboard popped up and I hit the back button and it went away. Ever heard of this?
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I have a touchscreen problem as well(I think), but please try to post questions in the Q&A section. Just sayin'

had the same problem, took it into verizon, told them I was having that issue and the missed call issue and they sent me a new phone. New phone not having any problems yet (fingers crossed)

I just ordered my second replacement due to "phantom" button presses. But mine was always mimicking the home, back, or menu key. Wouldn't even have to be touching the phone when it happened.
You may be having a similar issue. although I'm not sure how you'd get the keyboard from the home screen unless your cursor is in google search our something.
Anyway, I've read of similar issues on fascinate, charge, and original droid. All required new hardware. Most commonly blamed on 3rd party chargers and possibly buggy charging code. Ends up damaging the touchscreen over time.
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Interesting about chargers. I sometimes use a non-samsung charger that came with an LG phone. I'll stop using it just in case. Mine also will act up without me even touching the phone. I just got a replacement in the last 10 minutes and will see how things go. Thanks for the replies.

I have phantom button presses, too, but I've ALWAYS used my stock charger. I did notice that removing my otter box case helped cut back on
It
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Toddw said:
Interesting about chargers. I sometimes use a non-samsung charger that came with an LG phone. I'll stop using it just in case. Mine also will act up without me even touching the phone. I just got a replacement in the last 10 minutes and will see how things go. Thanks for the replies.
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It took me forever to figure out why i could not get odin to detect my phone or why my phone would never show up as being USB connected. I was using an LG USB charging cable. I bought a new microUSB cable and it worked like a charm. I swear those LG cables are about as reliable as their phones (see LG Voyager)

Certain areas of my ATRIX Screen are no longer responsive.

Certain areas of my ATRIX Screen are no longer responsive. Tried removing my battery and all. Nothing fixed it. Anyone have any ideas?
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Have any details? Is it rooted? Unlocked bootloader? Custom Rom? Water damage? Has it been dropped? How long have you owned the phone? 3rd party launcher? Type of screen protector (if there is one)? Scratches on the screen? etc...
If it is running stock then I would use the warranty. If you are running a custom Rom then try flashing it again or something else. If nothing works it probably needs a new digitizer.
Gabbosgreats said:
Certain areas of my ATRIX Screen are no longer responsive. Tried removing my battery and all. Nothing fixed it. Anyone have any ideas?
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Gabbosgreats said:
Certain areas of my ATRIX Screen are no longer responsive. Tried removing my battery and all. Nothing fixed it. Anyone have any ideas?
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If it's all jacked up and your bottom keys don't work either it could be the pds partition if it is google pds partition fix and download and flash the appropriate fix for the version of android you are running.
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Sorry for the lack of details. I'm running stock from bell. 2.4.6 I believe. Not rooted or modded. I have had it for 9 months and no water damage it major drops. One tiny scratch but on the other side of the screen.
My last test was to use the Touch Test app and when I run my finger across the screen and it detects touch all the way across except a vertical strip from top to bottom. For instancr I can't use letters w, e, s, z when in portrait mode.
I'm guessing or hoping to be able to get it fixed under warranty.
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Yeah, warranty sounds like the best option if the phone is completely stock.
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Sorry for the lack of details. I'm running stock from bell. 2.4.6 I believe. Not rooted or modded. I have had it for 9 months and no water damage it major drops. One tiny scratch but on the other side of the screen.
My last test was to use the Touch Test app and when I run my finger across the screen and it detects touch all the way across except a vertical strip from top to bottom. For instancr I can't use letters w, e, s, z when in portrait mode.
I'm guessing or hoping to be able to get it fixed under warranty.
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2.3.6 I meant to say.
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This is a known failure (according to the research I did) that will be covered under your warranty. Mine started doing the exact same thing after 6 months of ownership. There was a 10% strip of unresponsive area in the upper portion of my screen. AT&T shipped me a replacement and all is good.
I found several users who were experiencing the same failure that I was experiencing, so at least I knew it was not just me.

Yea I had the 10% top portion go bad.. Warranty was my only fix.
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send it to futuretel under warranty, the details are on the motorola canada website.
i had the same issue, the top row of my keyboard stopped working, and i sent it back without issue.

rp_guy said:
send it to futuretel under warranty, the details are on the motorola canada website.
i had the same issue, the top row of my keyboard stopped working, and i sent it back without issue.
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i will never buy another Motorola devices after experiencing this glitch from the Atrix. I had problem with the screen about two months ago, there are two horizontal lines in the screen that are non-responsive, and since i can't send in for warranty, i had to replace the digitizer at a local shop. after two months and many flashes (i was trying Darkside, Muiu, CM7) and now my screen is messed up at the same places they were wrong before. My experiences with Motorola have been very bad. Motorola in general is not a very good company

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i will never buy another Motorola devices after experiencing this glitch from the Atrix. I had problem with the screen about two months ago, there are two horizontal lines in the screen that are non-responsive, and since i can't send in for warranty, i had to replace the digitizer at a local shop. after two months and many flashes (i was trying Darkside, Muiu, CM7) and now my screen is messed up at the same places they were wrong before. My experiences with Motorola have been very bad. Motorola in general is not a very good company
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Have you been overclocking or keeping your screen in your pocket toward your leg?
The digitizer on any android will burn out using any of those because the phone will get too hot.
When I replaced my digitizer after accidently leaving it OCd all night and slept on it, I woke up with the same issue, and the connector was fried, it literally broke right in half instantly.
I do want to know, why is Motorola a bad company? They have made amazing phones for years, and a lot of them have been widely popular.

I had this happen with my first Atrix out of the box when I bought it. They replaced it at the ATT store.
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I had a problem similar to this, notification bar area of my phone would not respond, AT&T wouldn't do sh!t about it until i took it to the local store and demonstrated its unresponsiveness to an employee using a touch test app from the market, it would register the touch and stop for about a 3/4" part of the screen and once i passed the broken section the line i was drawing would appear.
I recommend sending it back, this is my 3rd atrix due to defects. My second atrix had some severe issues, the battery nearly exploded lol.
I have lost all hope in motorola phones, too. Thankfully, i have only owned 2 that were smartphones & not nextels.
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I had the same problem with my Atrix, I sent it back to Motorola, and they did replace it under warranty.
My current one seems to have another problem where the haptic feedback fails for no reason.
Disappointed to say the least

Sorry to thread jack OP, but I am too experiencing these issues. Top of screen is unresponsive, and it skips to random home screens. I am running CM7, unlocked bootloader, what is the best way to get my phone back to OEM spec? I want to return it to motorola for 1 year warranty, I really appreciate it guys.

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i will never buy another Motorola devices after experiencing this glitch from the Atrix. I had problem with the screen about two months ago, there are two horizontal lines in the screen that are non-responsive, and since i can't send in for warranty, i had to replace the digitizer at a local shop. after two months and many flashes (i was trying Darkside, Muiu, CM7) and now my screen is messed up at the same places they were wrong before. My experiences with Motorola have been very bad. Motorola in general is not a very good company
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u r funny ...

JaronBang said:
I had a problem similar to this, notification bar area of my phone would not respond, AT&T wouldn't do sh!t about it until i took it to the local store and demonstrated its unresponsiveness to an employee using a touch test app from the market, it would register the touch and stop for about a 3/4" part of the screen and once i passed the broken section the line i was drawing would appear.
I recommend sending it back, this is my 3rd atrix due to defects. My second atrix had some severe issues, the battery nearly exploded lol.
I have lost all hope in motorola phones, too. Thankfully, i have only owned 2 that were smartphones & not nextels.
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You don't make sense. I've owned a Motorola Nextel phone (i860) and it lasted my whole contract without issues, I then gave it to a family member who used it for a year. Then he gave it to a friend who eventually dropped it in a puddle. Not a bad run if you ask me. I then got the i1 boost android smartphone (not very smart) for the iden network (direct connect) and it lasted till I bought this phone. My cousin still uses my i1. My experience with moto has been great, I had this issue with this phone due to ocing, but they repaired it free of charge (At&t did nothing to help).
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Need help w/ broken LCD/Digitizer...

Hi all... I have a vibrant w/ a broken lcd/digitizer. This means that the screen won't turn on whatsoever. How can I tell if that is the only thing wrong with it? In other words, how do I know that if I fix that, it will work again? Is there anyway to check circuit board current or something to see if its working?
I was wondering if the operating system should still be working even if the LCD/digitizer is not working... I ask this because I tried to put it in download mode and hook it up to ODIN, but ODIN didn't recognize it. This leads me to think that there may be another problem too and maybe I shouldn't waste my time. Thanks!

If usb debugging is enabled, turn the phone on and do adb logcat.. Should show the bootup process.
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Try and turn the phone on normally, plug it into the pc and see if anything appears in device manager.. if not, no good.

The phone should boot up normally without LCD. It should play sound. The buttons should light up. It should ring with simcard inside. It should charge battery.
Put motherboard inside different vibrant.
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My vibrant's lcd/digitizer just broke today.
What is the cheapest fix?
Is it possible to successfully harvest a working screen from a different phone or would the screen most break in the process?

It is possible but have to use a lot of heat and do it very slowly
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It is possible but have to use a lot of heat and do it very slowly
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A 1500W hair dryer on high will do it. Heat it for 6 to 10 minutes moving around the edges. When you remove it do it from the top first and don't separate completely at the bottom until you remove the soft button ribbon. It's fragile and will break if rushed.

Unfortunately I think the whole phone is gone... My computer doesn't recognize it, and i get nothing when trying to turn it on... Completely dead. I bought it used to try and fix... Oh well. Guess the motherboard is bad too. :-(

sorry to hear that, at least you double verified iit is fackled though.

Maybe it's battery? Dead battery might not turn the phone on eventhough you have charger plugged

So would it be possible to put a good motherboard into another bricked vibrant?
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Yes.
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Screen flickering problem

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Hey, I've owned my phone for
about 6 months. It has been fine till about a week ago when I flashed a miui rom (Mintberry). At first, it was just occasional flickering, everyday or two for a few seconds, but now it's turned into a fair bit more.
If I don't use my phone heavily for about 3 hours, and go back to the phone, the screen has turned completely grey. When this happens, no matter what state my phone is in the screen flickers. It generally begins flickering very fast then after 5 seconds the screen is completely grey (even once rebooted).
I have dropped my phone a few times like everyone does, nothing severe or even close though. I didn't drop it then have it instantly happen.
I have since tried a few things...
Changed pixel density in rom toolbox (works once rebooted, but only till I stop using)
Changed from miui to ICS (no difference, but took an hour for it to start)
Am I looking at buying a new screen?
Edit: tried another battery, no success (didn't expect much)
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I had similar issue with my phone. I do not think it has anything to do with software.. but yours is far worse thn mine.. I only had minor flickering which could only be seen sometimes and you really need to notice it with black or white background.. I tired diffrent roms it was on all of them.. I switched back to original rom.. and then got my screen replaced underwarranty... working fine since then..

OK thanks, ill give them a call today.
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Had mine flickering in the same fashion. Out of warranty. Took it to a repair place and apparently it was just the screen connection was loose - thats what they told me anyway - $80 later everything worked again - probably ripped me off but im not a hardware tech so didnt want to screw with it myself

I'll have a look at a disassemble guide today, see if I can fix the cable. Thanks man, generally screen flickering is from a loose cable.
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Well today I found a fix...
I accidently left my phone in the car when it was pretty hot. Seemed fine when i used it for a few minutes so i assumed it was water damage and decided to take the battery out and leave it for a while.
Came back to the phone after i had done the shopping to see if it was still working. Nope... It was noticably colder though as the car was now in the shade.
I ended up getting a heat bag and wrapping it around the phone. The screen almost immediately started working and the screen was perfect.
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[Q] G2 802 Screen doesnt show anything [HELP]

Hello everyone,
I got this problem with my LG G2 that it fell in the water once, I directly put off the phone. (It was still intact after falling in water).
Later I turned it on but the screen did not show up. Sound works, Vibration works, TOUCH screen works (no graphical stuff) and even if I call my self with another phone the LG goes off, vibrates, plays the ringtone and everything.
I sent my phone to Dynafix which is the repair center, they said it's not available for warranty, because its water damage and they declared the phone as "Unrecoverable". Which I think is pretty weird. I have thought of repairing it myself by buying and new LCD and Digitalizer.
(w w w . etradesupply . com/lg-g2-d800-lcd-screen-and-digitizer-assembly.html)
I have never done that though but with a good tutorial on YouTube and the right tools I should be able to do it. But before I take any action which may not work I want more info about this problem.
I made a video of my phone but can't post any links here, the name is: "LG G2 screen doesnt go on? [HELP!]"
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Don't waste your time or money on this. If it was completely immersed in water, it is in fact unrecoverable. The water might not have an effect on the device the first couple of hours, but after a short while it will corrode it's way trough the device, rendering it useless. The repair center won't touch it because they know that no matter what they do, there is a huge risk that the corrosion will come back. You're better off with a new device.
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Really?
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Don't waste your time or money on this. If it was completely immersed in water, it is in fact unrecoverable. The water might not have an effect on the device the first couple of hours, but after a short while it will corrode it's way trough the device, rendering it useless. The repair center won't touch it because they know that no matter what they do, there is a huge risk that the corrosion will come back. You're better off with a new device.
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The phone in on the charger and on, Everyday I still hear sounds and such. The phone hasnt been in water more then 1 sec though. And afterwards I left it drying in dry rice for 1 week. I know i am a bit selfish but I think there could be a chance of making it work.
The phone comes with a subscription for 2 years and it's not even a year old ;/

se1988 said:
Don't waste your time or money on this. If it was completely immersed in water, it is in fact unrecoverable. The water might not have an effect on the device the first couple of hours, but after a short while it will corrode it's way trough the device, rendering it useless. The repair center won't touch it because they know that no matter what they do, there is a huge risk that the corrosion will come back. You're better off with a new device.
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Not exactly the same but a friend was skipping lessons at school when we were like 10 (10ish years ago) and using Gameboy Advance SP in the toilets... you can guess what happened... Any way i took it apart and left it in a closet for a few days, gave it back to him fully working after. So it's not necessarily un-fixable.

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The phone in on the charger and on, Everyday I still hear sounds and such. The phone hasnt been in water more then 1 sec though. And afterwards I left it drying in dry rice for 1 week. I know i am a bit selfish but I think there could be a chance of making it work.
The phone comes with a subscription for 2 years and it's not even a year old ;/
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How fast until you took it apart? Also, did he remove the batteries quickly after water exposure? I'll bet that's not the case with the phone here...
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Didn't remove battery, just the back cover
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How fast until you took it apart? Also, did he remove the batteries quickly after water exposure? I'll bet that's not the case with the phone here...
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Well yeah, I just turned it off got the back cover off but not got the battery out. and let it dry.
Is there any way to acces the phone's screen through my PC? The phone is rooted.

Fixed the phone!
I removed the main board from the phone and brushed the connections with a toothbrush. Re-assembled the phone and it worked!
The only money I spent is for a plastic opening tool and a philips screwdriver.
pho . to/5mF1y <- link for pics