Hi everyone....my beloved HD2s screen has lost the ability to accept touch commands! It started two days ago...slowly at first then more and more often until only restarts got the screen working and now it's just completely unresponsive. Hard buttons work ok but nothing else.
I have had Android running though NAND. I also flashed an original WM6.5 Rom and still nothing.
Anyone else experience this before?
Thanks!
Sounds like digitizer problem.
Just press end call (power) key really hard and hold it for few seconds (digitizer is just underneath it) and the screen should work just fine.
Wow, never heard of such a thing before...honestly I thought you were trolling me until I did a google search! it's worked. Thanks!
deafmetal said:
Wow, never heard of such a thing before...honestly I thought you were trolling me until I did a google search! it's worked. Thanks!
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now the only problem is its gonna keep doing it as long
as you touch that endkey button
i have the problem but ive got my phone setup so that i dont have to use the endkey for anything
in fact since ive switched to using the 2 roms in my sig i havent touched
any of the hardware keys
everything is done with softkeys
thats one solution for you
or get buttonremapper and change the endkey to another hardware key
yeah I thought I have the problem from now on. Software buttons from now on!
Thanks for the help.
deafmetal said:
yeah I thought I have the problem from now on. Software buttons from now on!
Thanks for the help.
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your welcome
Kameirus said:
now the only problem is its gonna keep doing it as long
as you touch that endkey button
i have the problem but ive got my phone setup so that i dont have to use the endkey for anything
in fact since ive switched to using the 2 roms in my sig i havent touched
any of the hardware keys
everything is done with softkeys
thats one solution for you
or get buttonremapper and change the endkey to another hardware key
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Using buttonremapper you can also change any other hard key to the power button. For me, since i launch the phone using the icon on my home screen, i remapped the call key to be power. it works too
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This is my first post and I must say that this is a great group of people who know what they are talking about!
Anyways, I have had my 8525 for about two weeks and I am loving it. For whatever reason some of my buttons do not work! The dpad works but the two soft buttons, the start button, ok button, email, PIE, and the green and red buttons don't work. The power, scroller, comm manager, the left ok button and the PTT all DO work. I did a hard reset hoping that would fix it but no luck. I been installing and trying a lot of programs but I thought after the hard reset that any program that screwed this up would be gone. Please help I love this phone and really don't want to take it back.
Thanks,
Dan
I took it back and that solved all of my problems.
you took back , what?
i am having the same issue with a HTC Tytn.
terracot said:
i am having the same issue with a HTC Tytn.
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My hermes has a similar problem, buttons under the screen sometimes won't work, but if I turn off backlight and turn on, it works... but not very well because if I press green button then red button continually, buttons don't work again after few pressions....
I have changed my ROM but it's the same, it isn't a hardware problem because if I turn the scroll it works again...
This problem is known?
Thank you very muche for your help and sorry for my bad english.
same issue with my TyTN...
Same issue here with Tytn, buttons won't work but if I use scroll button a bit then buttons work again.
Hey guys,
Exactly the same problem here and it's infuriating when I'm trying to make calls on the run and sometimes I can't even pick up calls.
I have an I-mate Jasjam ROM 1.31.305.2.
If anyone has any fixes or solutions that would be great. Or do I have to send it in for repair or something?
So has anyone managed to fix this? Anyone tried a hard reset?
I have no idea how to diagnose the issue and even whether it's a software or hardware fault.
Jasjam- Same here
Also my screen turnes white some times
mattytj said:
So has anyone managed to fix this? Anyone tried a hard reset?
I have no idea how to diagnose the issue and even whether it's a software or hardware fault.
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I'm also having these problems with the front buttons not working. Very frustrating. The problems seem to be platform independent.
I really cannot believe this. When I used the search function I noticed so many people are having these problems with the TyTN, and no resolve.
It's my second machine I received from HTC, first one also had these problems.
HTC sucks BIGTIME.
I know the buttons was working a few days ago. Is there any reason why after I dial a number, I get the screen with the "keypad""hangup" buttons and I can't press anything on the whole screen? The HARD buttons works.
Without trying to uninstall everything, last things I installed was:
glmodeswitch
reset button
BsB Tweaks(but I didn't see anything to lock the touchscreen)
Please help.
in bsb tweaks turn off the "tap time" tweak.
GOD! You got it! Thanks! What did that have to do with locking the screen? I thought it just makes it harder to click buttons?
starstreak said:
GOD! You got it! Thanks! What did that have to do with locking the screen? I thought it just makes it harder to click buttons?
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Lol, no clue, but that has been the answer to that problem several times. (Once earlier today in another thread, as it happens)
I wish this didn't affect the in call screen. .
hi all
i have a problem. it stoped working buttons on home screen (menu, phone, + ). it looks like that this buttom part of the screen doesn't works. you can press that button, but you have to tap a lot to manage that. screen isn't broken or something. any advice, where could be the issue? sry for mistakes
NuJo said:
hi all
i have a problem. it stoped working buttons on home screen (menu, phone, + ). it looks like that this buttom part of the screen doesn't works. you can press that button, but you have to tap a lot to manage that. screen isn't broken or something. any advice, where could be the issue? sry for mistakes
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It's quite a common issue people have. A lot need to send the phone back to HTC to get it fixed.
isn't there any other option to fix this? becouse it looks like a software problem
NuJo said:
isn't there any other option to fix this? becouse it looks like a software problem
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What ROM are you using then?
i have official 2.1 update
Then it probably isn't software. Contact HTC and explain the problem - you should still have your warranty in tact as you haven't rooted.
Having installed android just recently on my hd2, I started to use my hardware buttons more often. Now, whenever I push the windows-flag-button on the far left (still the button but close to its left rim), then the home-button is pushed too. Is this a general flaw of the hardware buttons or is it just my hd2. I would love to see some response, in order to see whether it makes any sense to send it in or to just live with it.
Thanks in advance!!
After I changed to the "Photon" style and use, I started using the hardware buttons extensively - that was already last summer.
Did never have any issue like you describe. Still everything working perfect for me.
erniepb said:
Having installed android just recently on my hd2, I started to use my hardware buttons more often. Now, whenever I push the windows-flag-button on the far left (still the button but close to its left rim), then the home-button is pushed too. Is this a general flaw of the hardware buttons or is it just my hd2. I would love to see some response, in order to see whether it makes any sense to send it in or to just live with it.
Thanks in advance!!
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I have the same issue with my HD2 (also using an Android NAND). I believe, that it is a hardware-flaw, and not a ROM-Issue. I just made myself press more on the right of that button (closer to the middle of these two buttons (Flag and Back-button)) , and now it doesn't really bother me anymore.
I hope, I could help.
laerador
BTW: I own a O2 HD2 from Germany. (Might, that this flaw is connected to a specific model)
The hardware buttons begin failing on a lot of hd2s, this is a common problem since android makes you use hardware buttons more. There are several threads about it. Luckily, a dev from this forum created button savior for android, an app that creates soft buttons on the side of your screen that can pull out when you need them. Get Button Savior from the market... a needed app for the hd2 so you don't have to use your hardware buttons so much.
Just in case you don't know: there's a software alternative for hardware buttons on Android, SW Key.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865525
Edit: oops sorry, previous poster also pointed you towards that. Well, here's the link ;-)
try not to use your nail to click on the key,, use the middle of your fingers to push slowly down.
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is there any work around after a button has failed
marsbar 1 said:
is there any work around after a button has failed
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Yeah, you read the whole thread
dio62000 said:
Just in case you don't know: there's a software alternative for hardware buttons on Android, SW Key.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865525
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My HD2 is about year old. I bought it (months 4 ago) with broken digitizer. Replaced it itself. What i finded inside is interesting. Buttons bar have clued some small plastic dots (see on pic). As i understand they fits to keypad excrescent plastic dots (dont have pic). And one of these on buttons bar was gone. I ordered then new button bar and now no more problems with buttons. Before i had too problems when i pushed home button accidently popped up calling or menu (windows logo button pressed).
Hope this helped you find right direction to resolve your problem.
Sorry, maybe the question was phrased incorrectly.
my home button has failed. in ASOP builds my phone boots into safemode.
in Sense builds it doesnt, but my battery ussage in both types of builds is above 50 ma
can I turn off the buttons to sort out the short in the rom.
Thanks for your response!!
I have sent it in for repair and got a 100% cash refund.
Well, let's see what little gadget I can buy for the money ...
So i've been dealing with this for the last week or so and I finally decided to stop searching and scouring the internet and ask for some help from my XDA brethren.
I don't exactly know how or why, but all the hard buttons on my HD2 do not work anymore. Volume up and down, pick up, home, menu, back, and hang up buttons... all not working. They all stopped working at the same time.
I don't really care except for the fact that I cannot wake my phone up after it locks/sleeps. I tried an app called Shake and Wake with no luck. Any sugguestions? or should I just look for a new phone? I really don't want to give up on my HD2... we've been through a lot! Thanks a ton you guys, I really appreciate it.
If I were you I would head on over to the nexus one threads and ask the question.
That phone only has one button, and some folk have had that not work, so they are used to the problem, and I'm sure they will have a solution for you. Worth a try anyway........
Button Savior - free from Market
Jadrobe, I really like button saviour but that still doesn't solve my problem, how do I wake the phone up without any buttons?!!
do your volume buttons work? if so, you could use ButtonRemapper (paid app) to remap one of your volume buttons to work as your power button and do the rest with button savior.
Nope, none of the buttons work!! I'm screwed!
Then yes, you are indeed screwed. Sorry for your misfortune.
Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA App
paolovazquez said:
Nope, none of the buttons work!! I'm screwed!
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Pretty much. If you have one working button then you could use an app called "button remapper"
Have you flashed back to stock/something different yet? Seems a touch coincidental that they all go at once. The bottom 5, or the two volume yea, cos they're on two separate input busses, but for both to fail together... not saying it couldn't happen, just saying it could be something else.
If there not working how do you turn on your phone?
When I slide the battery into the phone it automatically boots up as if I pushed in the power button.. it never used to do that before.
And also right after it powers up it sends me straight to slide to shut down which kind of makes me believe I may have the power button stuck on or something? I'm going to try to flash the stock rom and see what happens. I'll keep you all posted. Thanks!
Dude!! Proximity Screen Off (look in Abdroid Themes and Apps sub-forum) could fix you up in combination with button savior !
It has an option to use the prox sensor to put your phone to sleep and to wake it. The downside is it will drain your battery faster than normal because the prox sensor is in use when the screen's off. But it could keep your phone useable til you can get your buttons fixed (probly just your power button is malfunctioning it sounds like to me)
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Thanks a ton Huggs. I'll definitely look into it, as the main reason I love this phone is for Android roms!
So far i've had good luck with this Winmo 6.5 app. I had to revert to the base/stock Tmo rom and it works okay.
Shake and Wake
http://www.xda-developers.com/windows-mobile/shakenwake-mod-for-hd2/