Man, I was so happy with my transformer, but now it's crippled. The power button has a bit of side-to-side movement, and it got stuck in the down position. Now, it's acting weird since it doesn't really pop back out. It's like one side of the power button is stuck in the down position. I can't turn it on reliably, and can't turn it off reliably.
I think that left side bezel creek effected the button. The extra give on the bezel somehow interfere with the button push.
Stinks! It's 4 days old. I got it from Tiger Direct via ebay, so we'll see if I can return it. I was so happy with it, thinking I got a good one. I'm not sure what to do now, whether I'll get another Asus in a bit or get a Samsung Tab or iPad...
I can live with some flaws like light bleed, or even poppy speakers...but not being able to turn it on/off is kinda sucky. I saw someone else also had this problem:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1088241
So...just thought I make a post to balance my glowing post about the initial impression.
I'm not sure what to do. Since the power button is stuck down, it down seems to randomly/constantly turn itself on. And then sometimes it stays off for a little while, but then turns itself back on...
Should I keep it on the charger, or let the battery drain? I'm going to RMA it tomorrow (I can't send it out today)...but I'm not sure what to do in the mean time.
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I carry my phone around in my trouser pocket in one of these.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BLACK-LEATHER..._MobilePhonesCasesPouches&hash=item483990906e
I am always on the move with the phone in my trousers and I am sure that the buttons get pressed all day long causing the phone causing the screen to switch on. I find that with my screen off all day over the weekend, the phone lasts about 16 hours without charge (which is pretty **** anyways) but when I am out, it lasts about 8 to 9 hours max.
Does anyone else experience this?
nope i dont experience this
its more likely caused by your phone going in and out of high/low/3g/3g areas while its in your pocket. the buttons are quite hard to press accidentally imo
Apart from the top power button, it's only the middle button that wakes up the device. I have a gel case on mine (not that ugly ass full silicone wraparound crap) and the edges protrude a lot further than the buttons, so I don't seem to have this problem either.
I believe I have also had this issue. I haven't tested it via battery life, but I do sometimes pull my phone out of my pocket to see the screen on.
Additionally, I downloaded a no-lock app from the market, and whenever I went out and had the screen lock disabled, I'd pull my phone out and it would be doing something (using calculator for example). I've since, re-enabled the screen lock
Wish we could disable the menu button from turning the screen on.
mtechfan said:
Apart from the top power button, it's only the middle button that wakes up the device. I have a gel case on mine (not that ugly ass full silicone wraparound crap) and the edges protrude a lot further than the buttons, so I don't seem to have this problem either.
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Which case is that?
alitech said:
Which case is that?
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I have this exact kind, 4 different colours.
Just a random eBay ad to show you what it looks like.
The lighting is a bit bright making them look a bit more glowy then they actually are in this auction.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CRYSTAL-SILIC...AU_MobilePhoneAccessories&hash=item4aa13c8cfd
They have terrific grip in your hands and protect the device face down, face up and from any edge impacts. Call it the cheapest insurance policy you can ever have. I have a black x10 and got clear, smoke, blue and red ones. They all look really nice on the device.
I have read several threads, both here and on other support website on the Transformer's display randomly having a tendency to fail (in some cases anyway).
Often this is through no fault of the user with lots of users being affected who's Transformers aren't rooted and have suffered no damage.
I found all these forums because one day my Transformer did this. I used it that morning and then locked it for the day with wifi on walking around my college, meaning it was likely to be on wifi all day but I wasn't using it.
When I got home I pressed the lock button and the backlight came on but nothing else? This confused me so I pressed lock again, backlight switched off, press lock again, backlight came back on but still nothing actually on the display, just a black lit up display. Hmm this is definitely weird. Held down lock button until the screen had gone blank. Pressed lock and it made that mechanical click like usual and the speakers flickered like usual. The backlight had came on but no display still.
It seems that the power to display is still connected but a ribbon cable that provides the input comes loose somewhere. After rebooting several times with no luck I got bored and started shaking it around a bit. Not violently or hitting it, more waving it around like a crazy person.
Suddenly it made a clicking noise and I saw it had restarted. Now there were loads of blue lines across my screen. The blue lines remained until what seemed like the duration of the time it took to boot. Then it went blank again. I shook it around some more and when I was ready to give up I pressed the lock button and it lit up, my background and all. Touch input is working and everything appears to be working.
I thought I would just write this in case someone is experiencing this issue and rather than sending it back (or if you have rooted so have no warranty) you might with any luck be able to fix it just by having a little dance with it!
Good Luck.
A few weeks ago I dropped my GS4 coming out of the grocery store. It hit the curb on its side right at the volume button. The screen (glass and LCD) broke. The volume button also deformed slightly. The case I had on it offered no protection around the buttons or the top and bottom. Got an Otterbox on it now.
Anyway, after weighing my options I ordered a new screen was replaced it myself. The process is pretty straight forward and only took about 20 minutes. I could probably do it in 5 if I had to do so again. Since the replacement I've noticed a few odd behaviors. It doesn't seem to charge as quickly (could be my imagination, I have no hard data to back that up.) I had it on the charger for about 6 hours last night and it only got up to 86%. It was at about 25% when I plugged it in. To be fair, last night was the first time that's happened. I was using the same charger I've been using since I got it.
Its also fully waking when I wave my hand over it to check notifications. It used to just show the screen with the notifications and time. Now, that screen comes up briefly then goes to the unlock screen.
The replacement screen is an OEM Samsung screen for the i337. The internal markings are all correct and match the broken one. Any ideas why this is happening?
Okay, the charging thing seems to have been a fluke. Haven't had an issue with it since that night. The issue with it going to the lock screen when you wave your hand over the screen persists though. It is happening every time. Also noticing that when I make a phone call from the handset (not sure if its the same when I initiate the call from Bluetooth) that the phone volume slider appears on the screen. The volume doesn't change, the slider just appears.
So, my first G6 was defective as it wouldn't let me charge the phone as I kept getting moisture warnings. I was able to swap it out and get a new unit as it was only 10 days old, but having used this unit for about a week, I noticed that the power button is a little weird. The finger print sensor works to power on the phone perfectly, but to turn the screen off, I have to either press my button pretty hard, or right in the center. An edge press won't register of pressed softly, even though it "clicks".
Can you please rest your devices to see if it does this as well? I thought that perhaps it's a feature to prevent accidentally clicking, but can't recall my first defective unit doing this. If this one is defective too, I'm really starting to question LG's QC.
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So, my first G6 was defective as it wouldn't let me charge the phone as I kept getting moisture warnings. I was able to swap it out and get a new unit as it was only 10 days old, but having used this unit for about a week, I noticed that the power button is a little weird. The finger print sensor works to power on the phone perfectly, but to turn the screen off, I have to either press my button pretty hard, or right in the center. An edge press won't register of pressed softly, even though it "clicks".
Can you please rest your devices to see if it does this as well? I thought that perhaps it's a feature to prevent accidentally clicking, but can't recall my first defective unit doing this. If this one is defective too, I'm really starting to question LG's QC.
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Mine does that too. It's probably because of the water resistant seal.
I guess that's good to know. I can probably get used to it.
It is the design of the phone, so yours is not defective. The seal and the fingerprint sensor probably have something to do with it. I actually didn't notice until you mentioned it, but I have fat fingers so I had to go out of my way to push just the edge, especially with a case on it.
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I can push my button anywhere and it locks. I used my nail to get the furthest to the edge as I can and it locked
Mine actually locks with less force of I click on the edge of the button.
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I am 100% stock no fooling around yet (hotspot is my must have) surprisingly it works right from Sprint store! I have an issue with my cheekbone hitting the mute button 75%of time I answer calls. Took me a while to figure it out. I thought it was a phone issue initially till I noticed it was white which means on. Any thought on solution? Sucks having to be aware of it ever time I answer now, instead of just you know the thing going dark a moment before contact is made! Thx for reading hopefully
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I am 100% stock no fooling around yet (hotspot is my must have) surprisingly it works right from Sprint store! I have an issue with my cheekbone hitting the mute button 75%of time I answer calls. Took me a while to figure it out. I thought it was a phone issue initially till I noticed it was white which means on. Any thought on solution? Sucks having to be aware of it ever time I answer now, instead of just you know the thing going dark a moment before contact is made! Thx for reading hopefully
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I thought I was the only one with this issue haha
I had it with my oneplus 3T as well.
This might not be the issue in your case but I found I just hold the phone oddly under normal circumstances.
I diddnt realize it but I hold it a bit off center on my left ear causing the proximity sensor to miss me.
this turns the screen on and like you I end up muting it most of the time.
I figured it out by taking it off my ear while on a call and using my hand to cover the sensor. (it turned off the screen right away as it should)
then I just experimented with placement until I realized what was happening.
it diddnt happen with other phones I had but I realized they all had smaller screens so it wasn't as easy to hold them off center without noticing.
I found I can consciously move the phone center and see the screen go off out of the corner of my eye.
unfortunately that's a bit more focus than I like to put on it so I usually just end up hitting the power button while on a call which turns off the screen and it wont come back on until you manually turn it back on.
on a side note I used to have a cheap nokia windows phone that was inexpensive enough they did without the proximity sensor.
Instead they had it so when a large enough area of the screen was touched it would turn off.
single touches kept the screen on so you can still pull it away and mute or put it on speaker etc.
I kinda wish more companies would do that instead of the proximity sensor, but I think I'm in the minority as you are the only other person I've heard say they have that issue as well.
Ha, I'm not alone! Thanks for the tip, I will do some fooling around and see if maybe I'm holding at funny angle. I have been rooting since my first smartphone (HTC Evo 3d) for hotspot consequently. Seems even back then, especially on HTC phones the proximity sensor was a problem so I'm surprised I was clueless for as long as I was. That was a total bug tho. I would be talking to someone and open 4 apps and turn on airplane mode,take a screenshot, I even composed an email of gibberish and sent it to my son because the screen would not shut off Who knows, it was less than optimal. This is not a bug it seems either as you astutely pointed out I may be bringing it to my ear oddly enough to hit it before the sensor senses, ha. OR it is a hair slow. Who knows could be worse I could have a Samsung or Apple HA!