Problem with orientation involving hardware keyboard. - EVO Shift 4G General

My phone will switch to landscape orientation when completely closed. I can finally get it to switch into portrait by SLIGHTLY nudging the screen to the right. I've been having this problem ever since I got my EVO Shift around June. It's particularly annoying because it causes the screen to wake, and my phone is usually in my pocket causing it to move around. I often find my phones display is randomly on when I pull it out. It causes even more problems when I'm listening to music.
I want to know if anyone else has experienced this problem and/or if anyone has a suggestion/knows how I can fix this issue myself.
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What Rom are you using? Are you rooted? You can disable Auto rotate. Menu-Settings-Auto rotate , and uncheck it. But it should not be rotating on the home screen unless you flashed a mod to do so.

prboy1969 said:
What Rom are you using? Are you rooted? You can disable Auto rotate. Menu-Settings-Auto rotate , and uncheck it. But it should not be rotating on the home screen unless you flashed a mod to do so.
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Changing that setting does not do anything. As I stated in the title, this problem is related to the hardware keyboard. The mechanism that detects if the hardware keyboard is open or not is malfunctioning. It's detecting that it's open when it's completely shut, thus causing orientation switch.
EDIT: Just to clarify, this has happened on multiple roms. Stock 2.2/2.3, CM7, and MIUI. I'm currently running MIUI. I just want to avoid turning to Sprint to fix this issue ;(

Alvien89 said:
Changing that setting does not do anything. As I stated in the title, this problem is related to the hardware keyboard. The mechanism that detects if the hardware keyboard is open or not is malfunctioning. It's detecting that it's open when it's completely shut, thus causing orientation switch.
EDIT: Just to clarify, this has happened on multiple roms. Stock 2.2/2.3, CM7, and MIUI. I'm currently running MIUI. I just want to avoid turning to Sprint to fix this issue ;(
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Run G-Sensor calibration (bubble level in market if not on sense) and see my CM7 optimal settings thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1262313
Basically want only 0 and 90 degrees of rotation. That should help.

If it did it on the stock Rom unrooted, than I would have to say it's a hardware issue. If it started after you rooted, than I would just RUU back to stock and see if that fixes the issue. But you might as well try the RUU if you have to take it back to Sprint anyway. The Froyo 2.2 RUU is HERE if you do decide to go that route.

I'm positive it's a hardware issue. I can't remember exactly when I got my Shift, but it was stuck on 2.3 OTA. The problem was occurring then and is still present on all the custom ROMs I've tried so far. I guess I'll just have to take this thing up to my Sprint repair store ;(
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I'm not absolutely sure about the shift, but I know a lot of phones "read" the position of the keyboard by magnetic movement. Your magnet may have come loose. Any drops you remember? Very possibly. I wouldn't sweat taking it in if you have a repair store near by. It should be a quick fix.
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Mine did this all the time... I got the htc case and there is no more wiggle to the keyboard and it stays completely shut... I actually just got a brand new replacement, so this problem happened with my old shift...
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drob311 said:
Mine did this all the time... I got the htc case and there is no more wiggle to the keyboard and it stays completely shut... I actually just got a brand new replacement, so this problem happened with my old shift...
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I was thinking a case may fix the problem and/or prevent future problems. I've been looking at the OtterBox Commuter case. It's on sell for $21.85 on Amazon, but I'd like to find something a little cheaper. Any suggestions on a good, inexpensive case?

Alvien89 said:
I was thinking a case may fix the problem and/or prevent future problems. I've been looking at the OtterBox Commuter case. It's on sell for $21.85 on Amazon, but I'd like to find something a little cheaper. Any suggestions on a good, inexpensive case?
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What ever you do, dont get the black carbon fiber holster and shield from sprint, when i used it the thing would short my screen out and i would have to flick it really hard in the middle to get it to come back, i removed the case and it has been fine since
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strapped365 said:
What ever you do, dont get the black carbon fiber holster and shield from sprint, when i used it the thing would short my screen out and i would have to flick it really hard in the middle to get it to come back, i removed the case and it has been fine since
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Weird. I'm rocking that same case now without that problem.
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jesusice said:
Weird. I'm rocking that same case now without that problem.
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It started about 5 months after i got my phone, and then i was forced to deal with it because no root so it hasnt dont it since i took the case off
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Touch screen occasionally messed up

Hi,
I've got some weird problems with my N1. I searched around but couldn't find the solution.
I've tried CM7 stable 7.0.3 and Nighties 87 builds, and this problem happens to both.
1. When I'm running an app, such as "plants vs zombies", or typing with keyboard, when I touch a spot, it thinks I touch another spot. For example, when I touch key "D", it may give me a "space". When I try to place a plant on the left side, it puts it on the right side.
2. When I'm watching videos with MoboPlayer, the screen is locked sometimes (maybe this is a setting that I don't know, how do I turn this feature off?). When I press the "menu" button, it was supposed to unlock the screen, but it actually unlocks and locks back and forth continuely, and the phone keeps vibrating.
All the problems will be gone if I just lock the phone and unlock again. However, it will come back after a while.
Please help and thank you very much!
Andy
beef1218 said:
Hi,
I've got some weird problems with my touch screen. I searched around but couldn't find the solution.
I've tried CM7 stable 7.0.3 and Nighties 87 builds, and this problem happens to both.
1. When I'm running an app, such as "plants vs zombies", or typing with keyboard, when I touch a spot, it thinks I touch a other spot. For example, when I touch key "D", it may give me a "space". When I try to place a plant on the left side, it puts it on the right side.
2. When I'm watching videos with MoboPlayer, the screen is locked sometimes (maybe this is a setting that I don't know, how do I turn this feature off?). When I press the "menu" button, it was supposed to unlock the screen, but it actually unlocks and locks back and forth continuely, and the phone keeps vibrating.
All the problems will be gone if I just lock the phone and unlock again. However, it will come back after a while.
Please help and thank you very much!
Andy
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Yep, always been a problem with the Nexus One and often on capacitive touchscreens when plugged into a charger. You've stated the known workaround.
khaytsus said:
Yep, always been a problem with the Nexus One and often on capacitive touchscreens when plugged into a charger. You've stated the known workaround.
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Really? Are you saying that these problems happen to all Nexus one and we all have to live with them?
By the way, I have these problems regardless if I'm charing or not.
beef1218 said:
Really? Are you saying that these problems happen to all Nexus one and we all have to live with them?
By the way, I have these problems regardless if I'm charing or not.
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Correct.
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I see. Thanks.
Just turn off the screen then back on, it clears this bug and only takes a second.
All nexus ones have this issue.
I traveled from Singapore to the States for about 2 weeks in May and I suddenly had this issue too. I never had it for the 16 months I owned it back here in Singapore. And when I got back after my 2 weeks trip, the problem never occurred at all again.
I'm guessing that it has to do with either the temperature or humidity levels.
time_shock said:
I traveled from Singapore to the States for about 2 weeks in May and I suddenly had this issue too. I never had it for the 16 months I owned it back here in Singapore. And when I got back after my 2 weeks trip, the problem never occurred at all again.
I'm guessing that it has to do with either the temperature or humidity levels.
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I agree with you. I think it has to do with humidity specifically because it happens only when I just left from the bathroom (taking a shower) and there is a vapor, then the touch gets crazy!
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Iv'e only had it a few times in about 16 months. But, it's very dry here in Vegas wih very low humidity!
I've had this issue from day one with the nexus one. For me atleast it triggers everytime I have the phone plugged in and I'm using the phone at a 90 degree angle, like sideways in bed, very strange.
Atento said:
I agree with you. I think it has to do with humidity specifically because it happens only when I just left from the bathroom (taking a shower) and there is a vapor, then the touch gets crazy!
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+1, always happens to me!
But never happened in other conditions.
This happens on mine too, but if the problem is the humidity, so why lock the screen and unlock it solves?
time_shock said:
I'm guessing that it has to do with either the temperature or humidity levels.
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Were there any bears around? It could be the bears.
southern china. occurs occasionally also. yet not so often these days. more often when charging. it seems that temperature matters alot, not sure about humidity.
jvictor said:
This happens on mine too, but if the problem is the humidity, so why lock the screen and unlock it solves?
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For me, solves only for a short time. If conditions stay the same the touch gets crazy again.
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I have it when its charging. Not often but always (((
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I have similar problems as mentioned irregularly, but sometimes switching the screen off and on doesn't fix it at all. It's not very humid where I live (except when it's raining). Has anyone else considered replacing the digitizer (the touchscreen panel) of the phone, and if this would fix the problem?
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thanks all
I sent my N1 back to HTC for warranty repair because of this issue. They did something and sent it back saying all good now. The issue occurs less frequently now but it is there.
I suspect there is something in the trackball area that generates EMF of certain qualities (frequency?) and it interferes with the screen circuitry due to poor shielding and close proximiy.
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this is definitely a design flaw of N1, the touchscreen controller chip just SUCKS

keyboard popping up randomly and other strange things

I am running the CM7 with the newest OTB kernal, and I am still getting the keyboard randomly popping up, the back key randomly will work 2 or 3 times in a row. I had the same problem on EF 3.6, com rom and even on the SC roms. Has anyone else had these random key strokes? I heard it was a froyo related issue? Is it hardware related? I had a screen protector that covered the soft keys and removed it, but it is still happening. Any thoughts on how to get rid of it?
FWIW I have odined back to stock, with the atlas pit and even used the ext4 reformatter before I switched to EF3.6.
Any help, advice or thoughts would be great.
I encounter the same issue but it always seems to happen when on the edge of losing cell signal. When going back n forth quickly from service to no service the capacitive buttons (I believe that's what they are called) seem to push themselves. And I have noticed this issue since DJ05 on any rom I have flashed since then and any kernal. I have run just about every rom posted except for miui and cm7. I can not confirm if cm7 has this issue because it is on my other fascinate and not on the cell network. I have terrible signal in the building at work and I have always seen this happen there, at least once a day.
You know am pretty sure I replied to this question before. I guess no one else has really has this issue and the thread died.
Also didn't matter which radio verison I used. I have come to terms that my fassy is just possessed lol
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apparently you and I are the only ones that it happens to. I was hoping someone could give me some insight on how to at least find some relevance to a rogue program, bad kernal/rom combo or something. It's very strange and it does it to me more than once a day, and I have good signal most of the time.
Happens to me all the time when I'm at home where I have terrible signal.
I just started having this happen on CM7. The keyboard or the menu would randomly pop up. For me it happened more than just when I had bad signal, but it did seem to happen more often when I had poor signal.
I have this problem too, it would back out of apps I am in too. Quite annoying.
I've been having this problem as well on CommRom 2.1. Seems to be related to poor signal for me. It's pretty annoying to deal with.
Happens on a stock device also
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Happens on a stock device also
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Um. No. Not in my experience. Its something that has been well known that is associated with weak/intermittent signal. Didn't start for me until Comm Rom and became more pronounced with CM7…
This happens to me too. Oddly though it only seems to happen during the night when it's plugged in and it doesn't happen all the time. Sometimes I will wake up in the mornings and my screen is on and the keyboard is up.
Do a search for phantom softkey presses. It's pretty common and is a hardware issue.
I as well have this happen. Mostly it happens in low signal area. Recent, my keys just stop working, until I got better signal, or sometimes I am forced to restart the phone.
I just went back to stock ED05 mainly because of this ultra annoying issue and I am completely devastated to find out that it's still #$*%ing happening.
I am so pissed too because I called VZ a week ago and they offered me the Charge replacement, but I couldn't make it to the corporate store until yesterday where I was informed they stopped the replacement policy that day and that I was SOL. Argh. So angry.
420fan said:
I am running the CM7 with the newest OTB kernal, and I am still getting the keyboard randomly popping up, the back key randomly will work 2 or 3 times in a row. I had the same problem on EF 3.6, com rom and even on the SC roms. Has anyone else had these random key strokes? I heard it was a froyo related issue? Is it hardware related? I had a screen protector that covered the soft keys and removed it, but it is still happening. Any thoughts on how to get rid of it?
FWIW I have odined back to stock, with the atlas pit and even used the ext4 reformatter before I switched to EF3.6.
Any help, advice or thoughts would be great.
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I commented on this a while ago in the CM7 thread. I have it on stock ed04.
What I wanted to know was if you guys have a screen protector on yours or not.
I wondered if my Zagg Invisible Shield was what was "pressing" the capacitive buttons.
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lane32x said:
I commented on this a while ago in the CM7 thread. I have it on stock ed04.
What I wanted to know was if you guys have a screen protector on yours or not.
I wondered if my Zagg Invisible Shield was what was "pressing" the capacitive buttons.
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You have a shield on gorilla glass???
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tyler1234567 said:
You have a shield on gorilla glass???
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Verizon makes a metric **** ton selling screen protectors to those spending $200+ on a smartphone that doesn't need it.
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Um. No. Not in my experience. Its something that has been well known that is associated with weak/intermittent signal. Didn't start for me until Comm Rom and became more pronounced with CM7…
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Well, just to back this guy up. I had it happen back before and during the time I rooted my phone, and it still happen after I returned to stock (via Factory reset and OTA updates).
EDIT: To the guy who asked about the screen protector, I did have a ZAGG on there, then took off only the section covering the softkeys. Still did it even after I made sure to fully clean it to eliminate any residue. Took the protector fully off, same full cleaning, and it seemed to have gotten worse (if thats possible lol).
I'm about to call tech support, but wonder if it's worth it now that the good trade-in is over.
ElStormChaser said:
Well, just to back this guy up. I had it happen back before and during the time I rooted my phone, and it still happen after I returned to stock (via Factory reset and OTA updates).
EDIT: To the guy who asked about the screen protector, I did have a ZAGG on there, then took off only the section covering the softkeys. Still did it even after I made sure to fully clean it to eliminate any residue. Took the protector fully off, same full cleaning, and it seemed to have gotten worse (if thats possible lol).
I'm about to call tech support, but wonder if it's worth it now that the good trade-in is over.
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yeah im sure it happens but its fairly rare on a stock phone i would say....
I have it happen semi-regularly. I'm currently on MIUI 1.7.22 / Glich 11.1 / ED05 radio, and never used a screen protector. I also had it happen back before when I was on Super Clean 2.9.2 (don't recall the radio), as well as most any other ROM I've been on.
It's not too uncommon that I would hit the power button to turn off the screen when back on SC2.9.2 and instead it would take a screen shot, because it assumed the back button was being held down!
Gotta love the Fascinate...
jpricesd said:
This happens to me too. Oddly though it only seems to happen during the night when it's plugged in and it doesn't happen all the time. Sometimes I will wake up in the mornings and my screen is on and the keyboard is up.
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Yup, I got the same issues! Although minor, these things just shouldn't be happening? There's gotta be a fix for this?!?!?!

Need help explaining an odd issue.

I really cannot figure out this issue I'm having. Basically, I have the black rubberish/flexible case that T-Mobile sells. Once in a while, while using the touch keyboard ( stock gingerbread, I'm using cm7.) A couple letters become unresponsive. Most work, but others will not.
Weird thing is, when this happens and I take the case off, all goes back to normal. Maybe I'm missing something here, but how could the case cause this?
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kimbernator said:
I really cannot figure out this issue I'm having. Basically, I have the black rubberish/flexible case that T-Mobile sells. Once in a while, while using the touch keyboard ( stock gingerbread, I'm using cm7.) A couple letters become unresponsive. Most work, but others will not.
Weird thing is, when this happens and I take the case off, all goes back to normal. Maybe I'm missing something here, but how could the case cause this?
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Maybe the case is applying pressure to the device and for some reason making the screen less responsive. I have this with my TPU-S Curve case and the one with the kickstand on it.
I actually believe that is a CM7 bug. I have experienced the same problem on recent nightlies. Some keys on the keyboard will go unresponsive, while others will work. Occasionally the entire keyboard locks up. Once, the keyboard worked but the image of the keyboard didn't show up (tapping in random spots on a webpage resulted in text being typed, lol).
synaesthetic said:
I actually believe that is a CM7 bug. I have experienced the same problem on recent nightlies. Some keys on the keyboard will go unresponsive, while others will work. Occasionally the entire keyboard locks up. Once, the keyboard worked but the image of the keyboard didn't show up (tapping in random spots on a webpage resulted in text being typed, lol).
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I have evil's unity rom so it cant be cm only. I havent tried the kb without the case off though.
synaesthetic said:
I actually believe that is a CM7 bug. I have experienced the same problem on recent nightlies. Some keys on the keyboard will go unresponsive, while others will work. Occasionally the entire keyboard locks up. Once, the keyboard worked but the image of the keyboard didn't show up (tapping in random spots on a webpage resulted in text being typed, lol).
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Everyone experiences that in any rom, even stock, once in a while. The point is, some letters work, some dont. The ones that dont work usually are not even close to each other. and EVERY time it happens, I take off the case and it goes back to normal.
As for the theory that the case was causing pressure, the chances of that are slim for two reasons:
1. It hardly even reaches over the glass. at most, a couple millimeters. http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/AddOns...48e2-bb7a-0e5d354aefa7&inCart=True&catCode=21
2. Being a gel skin, it doesn't really cause pressure to the phone at all. (I could be wrong here, it just seems unlikely.)
This just baffles me because I KNOW its the case causing it but I can't begin to comprehend why.
Ace42 said:
Maybe the case is applying pressure to the device and for some reason making the screen less responsive. I have this with my TPU-S Curve case and the one with the kickstand on it.
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Just for kicks I tried applying pressure to the edges of the screen using the gel case while typing. I also wiggled the phone around in the case so I could test all positions, all while typing away and nothing could reproduce the unresponsiveness.
kimbernator said:
Just for kicks I tried applying pressure to the edges of the screen using the gel case while typing. I also wiggled the phone around in the case so I could test all positions, all while typing away and nothing could reproduce the unresponsiveness.
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The only solution is to ditch the case or just deal with the screen not responding.
Ace42 said:
The only solution is to ditch the case or just deal with the screen not responding.
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I've come to this conclusion as well. The only thing keeping me from ditching the case is the fact that this is one dang slippery phone.
kimbernator said:
I've come to this conclusion as well. The only thing keeping me from ditching the case is the fact that this is one dang slippery phone.
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Yeah that's true and I like the case to protect it when it falls.
Perhaps the gel case is electrically conductive? I noticed one day I was caught in the rain and some raindrops fell on my touchscreen, which caused random things to be selected until I wiped the water off.
It actually might not be the case... The myTouch 4G's screen has random spots that die temporarily for no reason, and keeping away from the screen or locking and unlocking it can revive the spots. It's not the case at all, probably just the time it takes you to take off the case that the spots revive and convince you that it's the case. Try letting it sit for about 20 seconds when the screen dies and see what happens.
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Perhaps the gel case is electrically conductive? I noticed one day I was caught in the rain and some raindrops fell on my touchscreen, which caused random things to be selected until I wiped the water off.
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Water does that. Wet a paper towel and you'll see.
GazaIan said:
It actually might not be the case... The myTouch 4G's screen has random spots that die temporarily for no reason, and keeping away from the screen or locking and unlocking it can revive the spots. It's not the case at all, probably just the time it takes you to take off the case that the spots revive and convince you that it's the case. Try letting it sit for about 20 seconds when the screen dies and see what happens.
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When at home I use the phone without the case quite regularly. I've never had this issue when the case isn't on.
In fact, I can usually (Without taking the case off) go back to the homescreen and do stuff, all spots being responsive, while the keyboard is acting funky. The keyboard itself has the issue but nothing else, even when using the same touchscreen spots.
It's such an odd correlation, the keyboard software itself and the case. Yet there has to be something that one does to the other.
Also, just to make this clear - this ONLY happens to the keyboard. If that theory was correct I would experience this in any app
I noticed this also when I first bought my phone, bought the rubber case the same day. after a couple of months, the letters towards the end of the keyboard would become less responsive and I had no idea why. took the case off and it went away. so I ditched the rubber case and got a TPU, never had the problem since then. I think over time the rubber case gets a bit stretchier and bigger, causing you to have to sort of roll your finger around/over the case to press the keyboard buttons on the end(unless in landscape mode)
You know I've always had this problem, and I thought I was the lone soul that had this retarded hardware (maybe software?) issue. I was on Royal Ginger 2.1 and never had this problem. But then subsequently left RG and started using ROM's like Virtual Fusion, MIUI, Virtual Unity, CM7 RC1 and other CM7 nightlies and all of them I've had the problem where some of my keys would just stop working, most noticeably the "delete" key. Other keys like the letters "P" and other vowels would cause the same problem as well. So I figured it's just another list to add on to the plethora of hardware defects that plagues this phone. I've used several KB's as well such as Flex T9, SwiftKey X, SmartKeyboard Pro and even the stock GB keyboard and problem still persisted in all of them.
So I thought what the hell might as well flash Royal Ginger 2.1 to see if the problem is still there and after 2 days I have yet to encounter it! So now I'm baffled... I was for sure that it was hardware related but now I don't get why it's not happening ONLY to Royal Ginger...
I have had the same case on my phone, it's a TPU case. I know it is not the cases' fault as it's always on my phone even now when I'm on RG where I have yet to experience that problem even once.
So I'm pretty much dumbfounded...
I don't think it's the case. I thought it was a ROM thing... agreeing with mackster on this... haven't had a problem while on RoyalGinger 2.1, but have encountered it on CM7 RC1, MIUI & Virtuous Unity...
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[Q] Screen Issues...

I don't know whether this is in the right section, or even if this was discussed beforehand, but lately, my Fascinate has been having issues. When I wake it up from sleep, the screen is unresponsive. It's not the screen of death or anything, but it just won't register? my touches. For me to work around it, I have to pull my battery out, which is a pita because i have the epic 4g touch 1800 battery. And this just isn't a once in a while issue, it happens 24/7. I think this is a hardware issue, because the screen also acts all weird and starts flashing? when gripped right under the unlock button. Can someone tell me what's going on?...
P.S. I don't have warranty anymore nor did I get insurance.
Ahem
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Well, I guess it was a mtd rom issue? For now, it doesn't seem to occur in SC 0.5.
That sounds like hardware but if changing roms fixed it then maybe not. I've never heard of that particular issue but you never know what could go wrong. If you're out of warranty then you're out of luck, just wait until your upgrade and get a nexus or something.
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I was thinking that maybe it was the battery's fault. Maybe it applied pressure on the phone which caused the screen to not register my touches
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Shift touchscreen issue.

I noticed tonight that my touchscreen stops working when I slide the keyboard all the way out. It looks like when you slide it, when it gets about 1/2 way, the lights under the touch keys (home, search, etc) turn off, then 3/4 of the way out, they come back on, but you can't touch anything on the screen. No scrolling, no selecting, nothing. When you start to close it, the lights turn off 3/4 of the way open, then 1/2 the way open they turn on and the touch screen starts working again.
I've been watching videos on how to replace the digitizer and they look easy enough for me to do, but is it really the digitizer if it is working when the phone is closed? This sounds more like a loose cable, eight? Anyone else have this happen?
That does sound more like the flex cable
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CodeMonk said:
I noticed tonight that my touchscreen stops working when I slide the keyboard all the way out. It looks like when you slide it, when it gets about 1/2 way, the lights under the touch keys (home, search, etc) turn off, then 3/4 of the way out, they come back on, but you can't touch anything on the screen. No scrolling, no selecting, nothing. When you start to close it, the lights turn off 3/4 of the way open, then 1/2 the way open they turn on and the touch screen starts working again.
I've been watching videos on how to replace the digitizer and they look easy enough for me to do, but is it really the digitizer if it is working when the phone is closed? This sounds more like a loose cable, eight? Anyone else have this happen?
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Sounds like it's most likely the Flex Cable. Which is easy enough to change. They usually don't just come loose. Has been know to happen, but it's rare. You can repair it yourself, you just have to have the proper tools. If you do attempt it, be sure to take your time. You can pick the Flex Cable / Tool Kit up on Ebay, or Amazon fairly cheaply.
prboy1969 said:
Sounds like it's most likely the Flex Cable. Which is easy enough to change. They usually don't just come loose. Has been know to happen, but it's rare. You can repair it yourself, you just have to have the proper tools. If you do attempt it, be sure to take your time. You can pick the Flex Cable / Tool Kit up on Ebay, or Amazon fairly cheaply.
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I personally wouldnt touch it... I had a bad flex cable and brought it to sprint and they bricked my phone while changing it... If sprint can brick that easily changing a flex cable, imagine your odds...
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drob311 said:
I personally wouldnt touch it... I had a bad flex cable and brought it to sprint and they bricked my phone while changing it... If sprint can brick that easily changing a flex cable, imagine your odds...
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That's very true. There is a chance you can damage, or even "Brick" the device if you don't know what your doing. I've changed about about five already. The first one took forever, I was so nervous. But after about the third one it was all good . Same with the digitizers, first one is like Ahhh . After about the 10th one it's not that scary. No I do not damage my phone that often. Just know a lot of people who do. That also do not have TEP Insurance.
TEAM MiK
Mik Roms Since 3/13/11
Ok, in the immortal words of Eminem, "I'm not afraid." Or wasn't, at least. I took it apart tonight and yep, the flex cable is broken. Taking it apart made it worse and I've lost my earpiece. The good news is the touch screen works while the keyboard is slid out... But it doesn't with it in. lol
I did find some on ebay, but does anyone know of a place that sells the sliding mechanism? Mine is pretty sloppy and I'd like to fix that while I have it open to replace the cable.
Your best bet is going to be a damaged Shift. I don't know of any place that sells just the parts. But I would still hunt around on the net. Maybe check Amazon, or Craigslist.
TEAM MiK
MikROMs Since 3/13/11
I mean nobody disrespect I am just as intrigued by taking things apart and just as satisfied with self repair as the next tech guy, but you don't even need to have TEP to get a shift with a broken flex cable replaced. This is a warranty issue. By no fault of yours, the phone is broken. Sprint replaces these without push back, I'm on my 3rd shift. Now that you've opened it though, you may be out of luck.
HTCotta said:
I mean nobody disrespect I am just as intrigued by taking things apart and just as satisfied with self repair as the next tech guy, but you don't even need to have TEP to get a shift with a broken flex cable replaced. This is a warranty issue. By no fault of yours, the phone is broken. Sprint replaces these without push back, I'm on my 3rd shift. Now that you've opened it though, you may be out of luck.
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You can always tell them you took it to a third party store to get looked at.
It was out of warranty. I already tried the warranty route.
Anyway, got the cable today, put it in and the jawbone connector for the LCD is jacked up. It won't go all the way in no matter what you do. So I put the old one back in and now the touch screen is completely gone.
My wife called sprint while I was messing with it cause she wanted to see if there were any repair stores that had parts and they offered me an early upgrade. $105 bucks and I get up to a $150 discount as long as I re-up for 2 years. Since I'm pretty happy with Sprint, this is probably a win-win situation for me to do it, so I did.
Now I just have to decide... Moto Photo, Nexus 4g, or Samsung Galaxy 2. Any opinions?
*edit: I use CM7 on my shift and would like to continue to use CM7, I don't NEED CM9, but the option would be nice.
I have a shift for sale mint condition only 2 months old...
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Sorry, I already signed up for the upgrade. I just need to go pick one up.
Wait for the Galaxy Nexus, that's what I'm doing. The development is too awesome on nexus devices for me to stay away any longer. Even if the specs are already somewhat outdated, I just want one
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Wait for the Galaxy Nexus, that's what I'm doing. The development is too awesome on nexus devices for me to stay away any longer. Even if the specs are already somewhat outdated, I just want one
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You will miss your Shift . Once the Shift has you, it will never let you go .
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I have a shift for sale mint condition only 2 months old...
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How much? ....
obe1kobe said:
I have a shift for sale mint condition only 2 months old...
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BOOOO! Try the marketplace on xda instead of advertising it here btw what's you next device? I'm trying to see if I should even bother staying with sprint now that LTE is on hold it seems like I might never get 4G speeds in my town.
Ok, didn't want to clutter things up and start a new thread so I'm gonna hijack this one. Hope thats ok.
I've been having troubles with my touch sceen the last few weeks and its very sporadic. So first issue it just simply stops responding all together. Like for instance i go to pull notification bar down and it stops part way down and i cant slide it up or down nor do the home back keys work. I have to hit power button to lock then hit power button and unlock then all is fine for awhile. And to be clear i dont have to power it off, just lock it. Another instance I'll be browsing the web and i go to scroll down it starts acting goofy. As if i got 2 fingers on the sceen trying too pinch to zoom when i clearly dont. Another silly thing happens where it acts like some one is remotely using my phone. For instance I unlock my phone and then it just hitting buttons. It's actually made a phone call for me before. Also happens when browsing or anything else.
I run miui build 112300 with sparks patch. I have ran this rom for a very long time so something tells me it aint the rom. I really dont remember what I've installed lately so don't know if an app would be causing this. Something tells me its a hardware issue but i was hoping to get some suggestions before flash something new or worse running the ruu to stock. Also, i dont think it would be the flex cable because it happens mostly without the keyboard out. Plus i rarely use my keyboard, although I'm using it right now.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
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^^^ same thing happens to me. I think flashing the touchscreen firmware update would solve it but i haven't had time to try and fix it.
Shifted from my EVO
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Ok, didn't want to clutter things up and start a new thread so I'm gonna hijack this one. Hope thats ok.
I've been having troubles with my touch sceen the last few weeks and its very sporadic. So first issue it just simply stops responding all together. Like for instance i go to pull notification bar down and it stops part way down and i cant slide it up or down nor do the home back keys work. I have to hit power button to lock then hit power button and unlock then all is fine for awhile. And to be clear i dont have to power it off, just lock it. Another instance I'll be browsing the web and i go to scroll down it starts acting goofy. As if i got 2 fingers on the sceen trying too pinch to zoom when i clearly dont. Another silly thing happens where it acts like some one is remotely using my phone. For instance I unlock my phone and then it just hitting buttons. It's actually made a phone call for me before. Also happens when browsing or anything else.
I run miui build 112300 with sparks patch. I have ran this rom for a very long time so something tells me it aint the rom. I really dont remember what I've installed lately so don't know if an app would be causing this. Something tells me its a hardware issue but i was hoping to get some suggestions before flash something new or worse running the ruu to stock. Also, i dont think it would be the flex cable because it happens mostly without the keyboard out. Plus i rarely use my keyboard, although I'm using it right now. If not, time to take it to Sprint.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
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The first thing you can try is the latest Radio and Touchscreen Firmware HERE. If that does not work and the screen is still acting strange I would RUU back to Stock Unrooted. See if that resolves the issue. If not it's time to take it back to Sprint.
OK, thanks for the suggestions. Just flashed the new firmware. Like I said it was very sporadic so time will tell. Hopefully this works cause it's been a long time since I rooted my phone and I'd hate to unroot it.
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