Hi All,
I love my Arc S. Love it. I'm even more careful with this phone than I usually am.
Unfortunately, my Arc S was knocked out of my hand over the weekend and fell on the floor. The back cover came off and battery fell out. In the rain!
Fortunately, the phone is almost perfectly fine - except the Up Volume button virtually no longer works properly. It takes a very, very hard press to respond and seems to be rapidly degarding to the point where it won't work at all.
Can anyone recommend a way I can get this fixed reliably and economically? I really don't like the idea of sending my phone away, but I like the idea of it not working properly even less. I can attempt a self-repair too if feasible.
I'm based in London, UK.
With thanks,
schnide
just set it to high and leave it? . Then if required you can change it via settings. You can also buy buttons off ebay.
soldiers33 said:
just set it to high and leave it? . Then if required you can change it via settings. You can also buy buttons off ebay.
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That's fine for call volume, not so fine for media volume which can need changing constantly.
And buying new buttons might not solve the problem - the physical button looks fine apart from tiny cosmetic damage.
I would really appreciate an answer from someone with expertise on the internals of the Arc S to see if this can be fixed
schnidex said:
Hi All,
I love my Arc S. Love it. I'm even more careful with this phone than I usually am.
Unfortunately, my Arc S was knocked out of my hand over the weekend and fell on the floor. The back cover came off and battery fell out. In the rain!
Fortunately, the phone is almost perfectly fine - except the Up Volume button virtually no longer works properly. It takes a very, very hard press to respond and seems to be rapidly degarding to the point where it won't work at all.
Can anyone recommend a way I can get this fixed reliably and economically? I really don't like the idea of sending my phone away, but I like the idea of it not working properly even less. I can attempt a self-repair too if feasible.
I'm based in London, UK.
With thanks,
schnide
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Why not give it to sony for a repair..
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king-iyokan said:
Why not give it to sony for a repair..
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It's not a bad idea I suppose, but I can't help feeling that'll be the most expensive way of doing it and I don't know what their repair quality is like.
I bought a French unit (from a UK company) although I imagine it has a European warranty. Thing is, the unit was damaged by 'myself' and hasn't just turned faulty on its own.
wen i sed change buttons i meant thr actual ribbon part. Not the physical buttons.
soldiers33 said:
wen i sed change buttons i meant thr actual ribbon part. Not the physical buttons.
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Ah right, sorry I didn't realise. I had a quick search on eBay but unfortunately found nothing. I guess I'd have to find a repair guide too.
Off to Google..
schnidex said:
Hi All,
I love my Arc S. Love it. I'm even more careful with this phone than I usually am.
Unfortunately, my Arc S was knocked out of my hand over the weekend and fell on the floor. The back cover came off and battery fell out. In the rain!
Fortunately, the phone is almost perfectly fine - except the Up Volume button virtually no longer works properly. It takes a very, very hard press to respond and seems to be rapidly degarding to the point where it won't work at all.
Can anyone recommend a way I can get this fixed reliably and economically? I really don't like the idea of sending my phone away, but I like the idea of it not working properly even less. I can attempt a self-repair too if feasible.
I'm based in London, UK.
With thanks,
schnide
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It you flash the official ICS rom onto your handset then you gain the ability to move the volume slider on the phone screen up and down. This works for media volume and call volume.
There also might be an app on the market to do this - have a look there
also if there are no scraches you could possible send it into Sony and say that it stopped working on its own accord
adsada arc said:
It you flash the official ICS rom onto your handset then you gain the ability to move the volume slider on the phone screen up and down. This works for media volume and call volume.
There also might be an app on the market to do this - have a look there
also if there are no scraches you could possible send it into Sony and say that it stopped working on its own accord
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Thanks for this, I'll bear it in mind but would like to have the hardware side working as that's what it's meant to do.
Unfortuantely there is minor cosmetic damage on the volume button in the form of a small scratch/dent.
ive seen a site before that sells lots of different ribbosn for arc. Search it up on google I think it cost around £7 or £8
soldiers33 said:
ive seen a site before that sells lots of different ribbosn for arc. Search it up on google I think it cost around £7 or £8
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Tried 'Sony Ercisson Arc S Ribbon' and 'Sony Ercisson Arc S Ribbon Replacement' but no joy - any other search term ideas?
I appreciate your help by the way, so thank you.
just tried looking and cant find it anymore. Only ones I can find are keypad, and camera buttons.
Also if youre saying it works when pushing hard maybe its cause the plastic behind it snapped off therefore you must push very hard in order for it to catch against something. I think its best to open the phone and have a look.
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It's not a bad idea I suppose, but I can't help feeling that'll be the most expensive way of doing it and I don't know what their repair quality is like.
I bought a French unit (from a UK company) although I imagine it has a European warranty. Thing is, the unit was damaged by 'myself' and hasn't just turned faulty on its own.
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Man they are gonna repair it even if you were the one responsible for the damage.. And repairs can be done all ovr the globe. They are just going to charge you for the repair.. I think its a lot better idea than banging your head..
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As you can tell from my title, the face buttons on my g2 isn't working. Let me give you some back ground information about it. It is my sister's g2. She didn't have insurance on it for whatever reason, fell out of her pocket, and got ran over by a 15 passenger van. I took it apart, replaced the screen, and gave it back to her, with everything functional. Couple weeks later she apparently dropped it "just right" cause the screen stopped working again. (fyi, my sister is REALLY bad with electronics...) She decided she's going to get a mt4g so she gave the g2 to me. I replace the screen again, and do the spring mod for the hinge. Everything goes well, boot it up and such. But alas, the face keys don't work. Pulled the battery, did factory reset, neither of these worked. So does anyone have any ideas or clues on what to do?
Wow it got ran over by a van and your g2 is still some what intact? That's crazy... Well I bet you need to replace some components of the soft keys since they might be damaged
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lainvalenajr said:
Wow it got ran over by a van and your g2 is still some what intact? That's crazy... Well I bet you need to replace some components of the soft keys since they might be damaged
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When I replaced the screen the first time after it got ran over, the soft keys still worked flawlessly. Was only after my sister dropped it and broke the screen again, that apparently they don't work.
That is insanity that this damn thing got run over by a van and somehow still manages to function. Go HTC your hardware is pretty fantastic despite its flaws.
you can use key tracker to see if the system is registering any kind of key press, and button remapper to reassign the functions you need to the volume up/down and camera buttons or trackpad center until you figure out something better.
Hope this helps.
Thanks ill dawg. The key tracker showed me that its not registering any thing from the home keys, as much as I suspected. I noticed at the bottomish of the screen there is a dead area on the touch screen, so the digitizer must of gotten ruined too, so I have to replace that next. The button remapper does provide an adequate work around for now though.
I think the regular phone speaker got messed up as well, though I'm not sure on that, could of been like that all along, but appears to be damage on the metal "screen" area that protects it, so I'll probably replace that too.
So, while I'm already that far into the phone again (hopefully for the last time), are there any other hardware tweaks I should do for my phone? I have already done the hinge spring mod.
FYI the van that ran over this phone is a 2009 Ford E series van with a large wheel chair lift in the back. The stock weight is almost 5000 pounds, no idea how much the lift adds to it, nor the people inside. So one can only imagine the forces put onto this phone, and the only thing that seemed to have broke was the screen/digitizer and speaker...damn I love htc
Rubic13 said:
Thanks ill dawg. The key tracker showed me that its not registering any thing from the home keys, as much as I suspected. I noticed at the bottomish of the screen there is a dead area on the touch screen, so the digitizer must of gotten ruined too, so I have to replace that next. The button remapper does provide an adequate work around for now though.
I think the regular phone speaker got messed up as well, though I'm not sure on that, could of been like that all along, but appears to be damage on the metal "screen" area that protects it, so I'll probably replace that too.
So, while I'm already that far into the phone again (hopefully for the last time), are there any other hardware tweaks I should do for my phone? I have already done the hinge spring mod.
FYI the van that ran over this phone is a 2009 Ford E series van with a large wheel chair lift in the back. The stock weight is almost 5000 pounds, no idea how much the lift adds to it, nor the people inside. So one can only imagine the forces put onto this phone, and the only thing that seemed to have broke was the screen/digitizer and speaker...damn I love htc
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I'm not surprised the G2 has taken this amount of damage. The HTC Evo is known to stop bullets and still work flawlessly.
wow...what a tank of a phone.
btw, i'm curious how much do the screen replacements cost? is it really worthwhile to replace it as opposed to getting a new phone?
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btw, i'm curious how much do the screen replacements cost? is it really worthwhile to replace it as opposed to getting a new phone?
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I bought it off of repairs universe, probably can be found cheaper but meh, was lazy. Screen costs 50, then 5 bucks for T5 Torx screwdriver, then 5 or so for shipping I believe. So your looking at 60 bucks, compared to the 120-160 it was for insurance to replace it(least thats what it cost me when i wrecked my g1). You also need a smallish phillips screwdriver as well, but I had a whole assortment of those already so no idea what it'll run you for that.
The digitizer runs for 65 bucks on repairuniverse, but found an amazon listing for 30 bucks, so figure I'll give that a try.
All said I'll be about 100 bucks into the phone. So cheaper than insurance, and also I feel now that if anything goes wrong with the hardware, I know the innards well enough that I can fix or replace just about anything.
imdando said:
wow...what a tank of a phone.
btw, i'm curious how much do the screen replacements cost? is it really worthwhile to replace it as opposed to getting a new phone?
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According to source Repairs-Universe the screen and digitizer cost $49.99 and $64.99 respectively.
I suppose to answer your last question it would depend on how handy with a set of wrenches the end user is. I have no idea if "run over by a van" is a legitimate insurance claim, but I know that I would certainly love my phone a lot more if I ripped it apart and put a new screen in. Being able to tell some random bar-jack, "Why yes, my telephone did get run over by a van and all I had to do was replace the screen" is pretty good word of mouth advertising for HTC.
Edit: beaten like a two handed chimpanzee going for a banana
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I have no idea if "run over by a van" is a legitimate insurance claim,
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Insurance covers any damage or loss. I could tell them I paid a hooker to pee on me while I played the picolo into my phone and the urine ruined my phone. Approved. Unless you have a picolo exemption on your policy. Then you're ****ed.
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well final update. In total I replaced the lcd screen, touch screen, and ear piece speaker, and works 100% now. I did go ahead and do the spring mod and got the bigger capacity batteries from amazon. So yeah other than a few scuffs and such, it is impossible to tell that it was ran over by a 3 tonn vehicle.
It may be overused, but:
It's not a bug. It's a feature.
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It may be overused, but:
It's not a bug. It's a feature.
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Forgive me, but what are you even talking about? What is a feature?
Hi people,
I have a problem with my 2 week old Galaxy SII.
The day before yesterday rain got me outside and my SGS2 got a little moisted.
It was in a gel skin but some water got under the battery cover just on egdes.
The phone looks as new and works perfectly, despite today my volume rocker got crazy. It only increases the volume, but doesn't work opposite way. It "clicks" but doesn't do anything. -,-
Anyone had the same problem?
Demiourgos said:
Hi people,
I have a problem with my 2 week old Galaxy SII.
The day before yesterday rain got me outside and my SGS2 got a little moisted.
It was in a gel skin but some water got under the battery cover just on egdes.
The phone looks as new and works perfectly, despite today my volume rocker got crazy. It only increases the volume, but doesn't work opposite way. It "clicks" but doesn't do anything. -,-
Anyone had the same problem?
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make sure there is no water inside(around the corners)
Remove the battery use a hair dryer around the phone with low power dont take it too close to the phone..Just do it around the corners for 3 to 5 min and then start the phone see if the key works..
The above experiment is totally un-tested and you are responsible for your own actions..
thanks, but didn't worked
Demiourgos said:
Hi people,
I have a problem with my 2 week old Galaxy SII.
The day before yesterday rain got me outside and my SGS2 got a little moisted.
It was in a gel skin but some water got under the battery cover just on egdes.
The phone looks as new and works perfectly, despite today my volume rocker got crazy. It only increases the volume, but doesn't work opposite way. It "clicks" but doesn't do anything. -,-
Anyone had the same problem?
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oh my, you are me! and if you are even more me, the up button will discontinue working after a little more time. i sent it to warranty repairs and we'll see what they say of it there.
Limpperi said:
oh my, you are me! and if you are even more me, the up button will discontinue working after a little more time. i sent it to warranty repairs and we'll see what they say of it there.
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I will take mine to the shop on Monday. I'm curious if it will cost me some money or they'll do it on warranty.
Demiourgos said:
I will take mine to the shop on Monday. I'm curious if it will cost me some money or they'll do it on warranty.
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well, it costs 100% surely if you say you caused it thats why i said it "just stopped working" evil twisted truth. remember that i didn't say this online
oh, just to make sure, unroot if rooted.
Mine isn't rooted and I didn't said no one it got (a bit) wet ;P just you know that.
I just asked my dealer "How come an 2 week old phone could failed?"
But really, all of my old phones got wet by a rain, few of them were in worse situations and they worked well . I even sinked my Nokia in puddle and it was fine.
btw. Did your phone also got wet? Or it just decided to stop working properly?
Limpperi said:
well, it costs 100% surely if you say you caused it thats why i said it "just stopped working" evil twisted truth. remember that i didn't say this online
oh, just to make sure, unroot if rooted.
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however i think they will se if are inside some trails of water otherwise u might get free fix if also custom kernel counter will be found 0
dandumitru said:
however i think they will se if are inside some trails of water otherwise u might get free fix if also custom kernel counter will be found 0
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hope they wont notice! yea reseted counter also will report what happens when i get it
I've get my SGSII back from Samsung after a week. It was a software issue , now I have KE4 kernell
Just today my housemate's T mobile vibrant, the capacitive buttons on the front stopped working, the back light comes on, but the buttons do nothing when pressed, I tried doing a factory restore and they still didn't work. So I restored the nandroid I had just made.
Any ideas on how to get them working again, I think I might try a bit of surgery tomorrow morning. But any help would be GREATLY appreciated, I am a bit newb on Samsungs as my handsets have been all HTC, so hopefully I don't make it worse.
calm down, i think i have good news!
2 months ago i read a topic here of a guy who bough a used phone with exactly the same problem. he flashed through odin stock 2.1 and everything came back working. you should give a try
OK I will try this tomorrow... thanks for the suggestion...
power off phone
pull out battery
GRAB THIS STUFF : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1047087
turn on odin
attach phone to pc with usb cable
now while holding down both volume buttons put battery back in.
now you should be in download mode and go back to stock with odin from here!
make sure u put the proper tar file in pit and the .pda file in pda in there proper places on odin and ur set to go.
Enjoy and also make sure u have the proper samsung drivers
infestedd said:
calm down, i think i have good news!
2 months ago i read a topic here of a guy who bough a used phone with exactly the same problem. he flashed through odin stock 2.1 and everything came back working. you should give a try
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Ha I remember it was funny
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Still not working
I flashed back to stock through ODIN and the capacitive buttons are still not working. Any other suggestions?
really strange... since these buttons and the screen are the same digitizer piece, i THINK if there is no software solution, you will need to replace the digitizer. on ebay you will find it for 20 dollars, not expensive but you will NEED an professional to replace it, believe me, i tried and its hard as hell.
But, if you have money to spend... you can buy the lcd+digitizer set and replace yourself, for about 130 usd
I have replaced my screen on my vibrant and buttons are separate piece of hardware tapped to the screen
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gun said:
I have replaced my screen on my vibrant and buttons are separate piece of hardware tapped to the screen
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I am guessing that the connector might have come loose, I will have to do some surgery on the Vibrant tomorrow to check it out. I am guessing that because none of the buttons work it is going to be a connector, and going by a tear down video i just watched I am hoping that this means I won't have to go through the whole screen removal thing, cause that looks long and arduous!!
Hopefully it's just a connector!!!!
hmm sounds like driver/firmware issues. the capacitive buttons actually have seperate firmware. did the owner of the device try updating screen drivers/firmware via operator codes or using an app like sgs toolbox etc? i'm using miui so i can't give you instructions on how i fixed the problem for myself when i accidently tried updating screen firmware. but i will say ODIN didn't do squat for me. if you have an app like sgs tools/toolbox on that vibrant find the operator code for maintenance/tech and screen firmware and try updating/reverting and see if it fixes the issue. Ben about 4 months otherwise i'd be more specific sorry.
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hmm sounds like driver/firmware issues. the capacitive buttons actually have seperate firmware. did the owner of the device try updating screen drivers/firmware via operator codes or using an app like sgs toolbox etc? i'm using miui so i can't give you instructions on how i fixed the problem for myself when i accidently tried updating screen firmware. but i will say ODIN didn't do squat for me. if you have an app like sgs tools/toolbox on that vibrant find the operator code for maintenance/tech and screen firmware and try updating/reverting and see if it fixes the issue. Ben about 4 months otherwise i'd be more specific sorry.
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Nah her phone was in her bag, she pulled it out and the buttons were not working. She doesn't know how to update or anything, and no one had tried updating or anything for 5 months.
Samsungs are so different to HTC, which is what I use that I am struggling to get my head around the different methods of doing stuff on it. I will try to find some drivers or something and go from there. Stupid Samsung releasing so many different versions of the Galaxy S!!
The big issue is that the Galaxy S here in Australia is so different, and the owner of the phone is visiting from America, so it's the Vibrant, so I basically gotta find out info myself, not sure anyone in Australia can help!!!
Is this the thread you are talking about... I am not sure on how you used the code to fix the problem...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=854725
I entered the code into dialer and the info was given to me:
Phone's Touch key FW version :0xd
Part's Touch key FW version: 0xd
I pressed the "Touch key FW update" button and it did it's thing telling "passed" at the end but still no love on getting the keys working again.
The lights for the keys all work, but they buttons do not actually do anything... sigh...
to get to those buttons you have to separate digitizer from LCD and this is the hardest part to do since they are taped together. I used hair blower to heat it up and slowly I mean very slowly was pulling them apart. At one point I almost gave up but next day tried again and it came apart.
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to get to those buttons you have to separate digitizer from LCD and this is the hardest part to do since they are taped together. I used hair blower to heat it up and slowly I mean very slowly was pulling them apart. At one point I almost gave up but next day tried again and it came apart.
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OK so fixing this is beyond me and no one in Australia has the Vibrant to get parts from....
sooooo.... Is there anyone on here who would be willing to fix this for me? I am prepared to pay!!! Let me know if there is anyone who wants to have a look at this, cause my chances of getting this done in Australia is quite low!!!
I have taken apart quite a few various phones to replace digitizers and such. From experience I can say that even if all the parts are able to be separated with heat they will never go back together quite as good as stock. Also if you do this please do not use a large heat gun as they will get waaay too hot. we have heat pumps with a temperature adjustment that we use here. The lowest setting they have is 100C. I generally set them at 150-175C to remove digitizers.
seeing as how the entire assembly for this phone is around 130 why doesn't she just get a new one with her insurance if she has it? The deposit on an insurance claim for T-Mobile is 130 for me so it is the same financial investment either way.
If she does decide to repair the phone when she gets back to the states I would be willing to help. I do repair various phones and whatnot regularly although most of what comes through here are iPhones (idiot phones). i am in Chicago, but we regularly have phones and laptops shipped to us to repair.
I only found this thread because my buttons just stopped working. A reboot brought them back though.
I hope all works out for her either way.
Ordered new button things from ebay and watched few videos on dismantling and repair of the vibrant then repaired it myself.
All good now! Everything works 100%
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bunnybash said:
Ordered new button things from ebay and watched few videos on dismantling and repair of the vibrant then repaired it myself.
All good now! Everything works 100%
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Do you have the link for the videos? Im having the same issue.. i removed the back cover to replace the camera and now my buttons dont work. but everything looks fine.. not sure what happened.
df186 said:
Do you have the link for the videos? Im having the same issue.. i removed the back cover to replace the camera and now my buttons dont work. but everything looks fine.. not sure what happened.
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Odds are that bunny won't respond back due to the his last post was August lol.
Its not hard at all I saw a couple of vids on disassembling the vibrant and the touch keys are easy
I think if you Google" install ffc on vibrant video" it should pull up
Lol.. thanks for the reply... I figured it out . Ribbon was cut slightly.. replaced it and now good as new
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I actually think i'm going to either:
-bring my samsung back for fixing
-sell my samsung and buy a more reliable phone
-cry in a corner.
I've had the home button problems since a few months or so...
Sometimes it won't react at all when i press it, sometimes it brings up the voice control, sometimes it'll lag for 2 seconds...
I tried a factory reset, tried updating, tried uninstalling voice apps and nothing works...
If anyone has any tips i don't know of please let me know before i send it for replacement because this is unacceptable on a €600 phone.
Any help is appreciated
You may have dusts stuck under the button. Try this trick I used to loosen my iPhone's home button:
1) turn the phone upside down
2) tap the button with your finger nail a few times firmly (but not very hard as it can damage the circuitry underneath)
3) wipe the edges of the button with a moist tissue or cloth
4) wipe the button dry with a dry tissue or cloth
are you serious...?
Riqz said:
I actually think i'm going to either:
-bring my samsung back for fixing
-sell my samsung and buy a more reliable phone
-cry in a corner.
I've had the home button problems since a few months or so...
Sometimes it won't react at all when i press it, sometimes it brings up the voice control, sometimes it'll lag for 2 seconds...
I tried a factory reset, tried updating, tried uninstalling voice apps and nothing works...
If anyone has any tips i don't know of please let me know before i send it for replacement because this is unacceptable on a €600 phone.
Any help is appreciated
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How about RMA and have it repaired/replaced?
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How about RMA and have it repaired/replaced?
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Definetly looking to replace it right now. Not satisfied at all.
If i do get it RMA'd can i leave it rooted? Should i unroot it?
Wiggle
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are you serious...?
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Have you tried to wiggle it a bit then blow it gentley?
TechWizard said:
Have you tried to wiggle it a bit then blow it gentley?
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That's what she said.
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That's what she said.
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True but maybe blowing it a little or a light vac may help disperse any particles if thats the cause mate
Yep, the home button really is ****ing crap. Mine doesn't work at all since month. I found a work around (using a volume button as home button, but its a shame for samsung)
I tried to send in it but they told me that it's a moisture damage (a lie if you would ask me) and they aren't able to repair it even if i'd pay for it.
So my next phone will have as few moving parts as possible.
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have my gs2 for about 4months now i use home button a lot and have no problem
i even use it gym and some time it gets sweaty still no damage
you have a faulty unit i think
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Yep, the home button really is ****ing crap. Mine doesn't work at all since month. I found a work around (using a volume button as home button, but its a shame for samsung)
I tried to send in it but they told me that it's a moisture damage (a lie if you would ask me) and they aren't able to repair it even if i'd pay for it.
So my next phone will have as few moving parts as possible.
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i think i would sell mine if they sent it back for that reason
yeah, a blow always help. at least for moral.
but depends on who is giving to who the blow
now seriously, mine got including in my daughter's hands while she was eating so a lot of moisture god onto the button and it's still working.
and by the way, they are forced by the law to fix it, at least for money, because the law, at least in UE is forcing them to offer post warranty support.
Basically they will change the mother board.
I had the same issue with stock rom reflashed with oxygen and miui and not experienced it since, coincidence maybe?
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are you serious...?
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Totally.
My iphone's home button stopped responding after about 6 months and I was about to return it for replacement. The button's responsiveness is still like new to this day after "cleaning" - the unit is 15 months old and counting.
sometimes it'll lag for 2 seconds...
This case is normal because Samsung is code home btn to wait for double click (so it can bring up a voice command) so it have a delay time to wait for it.
Btw you can disable it by using jkay to disable home btn double click.
Had the same issue as OP.
I went to the customer care center here and complained (which was a pain in the azz), then finally stood there until they reacted. Overall, they ordered a new screen and took care of it.
It took about 5 days for it to be replaced. I had the device until then of course.
Try button saviour from the market.
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If you bought the phone in the UK you are protected by the Sale of Goods Act 1979 which you should mention to the retailer. If this isn't the case I'm sure there are repair shops that could fit a new button relatively cheaply, that is if the blow job trick doesn't work
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turn the device off, remove the battery and spray a bit of contact cleaner on the home button gaps.. it should work then
15 months..? My iphone's been goin' for almost 40...<3 jb 3g
As far as the topic goes, I heard about this lumia 800 recently...
Hi there I have just recieved my Xperia Play from the repair centre and they exchanged it but the the power key is not working. It's stuck and I can't press it it's gone a bit inside
Is there a way I can pull it out a bit?
Thanks
We had trouble with one of ours the same. did you try taking back cover off as sometimes the cover catches the button and sticks it down.
The button design is really bad. Not easy to work at all.
poo-tang said:
We had trouble with one of ours the same. did you try taking back cover off as sometimes the cover catches the button and sticks it down.
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Yes I did take the back cover off it works then but when I put on the back cover it covers it. It's not sticking out anymore
I have another problem as well the L + R shoulder buttons are stiff ! I can't even press them down !
What have they done to my Xperia Play?
Don't the SBE Extranet repair centre know how to handle a phone ?
I've just realised that there is a issue with the screen as well. It has white marks/dots on it and it wasn't like that before giving in the phone for repair.
It's like they don't give a S**T and don't take care of the phone when repairing it.
We all pay good money for a smartphone and we all look after it only to be damaged by those nimwits.
It makes me so angry
They are seriously gonna pay for this and I will make sure they do !
I got a brand new one after some water damage from my insurance and with in a week mine did the same thing. It pisses me off because I can't use my Trident case anymore. This is my third one and I just have to live with it because I don't want to wait again for another replacement. My first one the touch screen went out in two weeks. Thank God for insurance. Love the phone but next time I'm going with Samsung.
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