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So I've had my Nexus One since release at the beginning of 2010, and I'm finally coming out to ask: does anyone else have occasional trouble with their touchscreen detecting touches at completely the wrong places? At random points while using the Browser (maybe once or twice a week) I'll be trying to scroll and I'll get a quick zoom instead. Also, if I touch about 1 inch above the Back/Menu/Home/Search keys, they will be recognized as those keys instead of touching the screen! This bug happens outside of Browser too (though it always seems to start there) and has been consistent across CM6, MM's Gingerbread Builds, and several other ROMs. It always goes away with a reboot, but I just wanted to see if anyone else has had similar problems
I'd bet 99% of Nexus owners have this problem. You don't have to reboot, just turn your screen off and on again to reset it.
It's a hardware problem, the touchscreen panel isn't very good in the Nexus One..
But, It's fine in the newer phones like G2 and Nexus S
yup I have the same issue not a major issue I think battery draining & memory has been my main issue at the moment.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=878477
Since getting mine back from repair the problem occurs less often but is still there.
QuacoreZX said:
So I've had my Nexus One since release at the beginning of 2010, and I'm finally coming out to ask: does anyone else have occasional trouble with their touchscreen detecting touches at completely the wrong places? At random points while using the Browser (maybe once or twice a week) I'll be trying to scroll and I'll get a quick zoom instead. Also, if I touch about 1 inch above the Back/Menu/Home/Search keys, they will be recognized as those keys instead of touching the screen! This bug happens outside of Browser too (though it always seems to start there) and has been consistent across CM6, MM's Gingerbread Builds, and several other ROMs. It always goes away with a reboot, but I just wanted to see if anyone else has had similar problems
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Same to you, I have this problem either.
I have swapped my n1 3 times and finally got one without this problem. I mean completely gone, not occur even once. So I suggest you swap it.
Same here. Yesterday, the half upper screen doesn't recoginze any input
helloworld1 said:
I have swapped my n1 3 times and finally got one without this problem. I mean completely gone, not occur even once. So I suggest you swap it.
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Same here. My first one had the issue a couple times a day, the next phone was particularly bad with my screen screwing up every few minutes. This current phone hasn't had the issue in the month I've owned it.
Part numbers and the touchscreen panel part numbers are the exact same in the last two.phones.
This bug is a year old.
Amazingly I've never had that issue so I don't think its universal though my screen sometimes fails to respond at all but that'll go away after a minute or so.
RogerPodacter said:
This bug is a year old.
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It's not a bug, it's a hardware defect. There is no way to prevent this in the software.
I only seem to get it when on charge, and there is a thread about the same thing in the NS forum, so it's not just us.
GldRush98 said:
It's not a bug, it's a hardware defect. There is no way to prevent this in the software.
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Granted. However I can envisage a piece of software that cycles the screen off/on momentarily every few minutes that may in practical terms fix it.
My first N1 was only slightly effected by the screen fault, even after going back to HTC for a new power button. When the power button failed a second time I elected to go for a refurb on the second warranty return. Unfortunately the refurb is quite badly effected by the screen alignment fault.
Most annoying thing is when the alignment goes out, I have no choice but to use the power button to cycle it off. I am trying at all cost to avoid using the power button on my N1 to defer its inevitable next failure.
There's a fix for it
I can confirm that replacing Radio to "Korean Radio" solves this problem!
Verified in 4-5 different devices.
You can find the radio here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=816917
Tomer
tomerbn said:
I can confirm that replacing Radio to "Korean Radio" solves this problem!
Verified in 4-5 different devices.
You can find the radio here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=816917
Tomer
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That's not entirely true... I'm on that radio and I have this issue from time to time.
As above, radio isn't a fix, can't think why it would be.
logger said:
Granted. However I can envisage a piece of software that cycles the screen off/on momentarily every few minutes that may in practical terms fix it.
My first N1 was only slightly effected by the screen fault, even after going back to HTC for a new power button. When the power button failed a second time I elected to go for a refurb on the second warranty return. Unfortunately the refurb is quite badly effected by the screen alignment fault.
Most annoying thing is when the alignment goes out, I have no choice but to use the power button to cycle it off. I am trying at all cost to avoid using the power button on my N1 to defer its inevitable next failure.
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i avoid the power button too when i need to cycle the screen. i use cyanogen ROM which has the Zzz button in the drop down shade, which blacks out the screen. then just hit trackball to wake it back up. power button avoided!
RogerPodacter said:
i avoid the power button too when i need to cycle the screen. i use cyanogen ROM which has the Zzz button in the drop down shade, which blacks out the screen. then just hit trackball to wake it back up. power button avoided!
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There is an app in the market for a buck, it's called screen off. It comes with a widget or app and one of the choices is an invisible widget so if you don't want to see it you don't, (just remember where you put it)...........
I use it for shutting my screen down all the time for saving battery life.
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There is an app in the market for a buck, it's called screen off. It comes with a widget or app and one of the choices is an invisible widget so if you don't want to see it you don't, (just remember where you put it)...........
I use it for shutting my screen down all the time for saving battery life.
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I'm using the Lock widget to power down...it's free on the market! There's a transparent version in the Android theme section.
Yesterday my wife picked up her phone to use it and found that when she pressed the power button the screen was just white. She couldn't turn it off and had to pull the battery to restart it. The phone is now still going the same thing.
It's running completely stock and has been fine for the 11 months she's had it.
I've tried the hard reset using the buttons and while I can't see anything on the screen the phone does vibrate when expected. Also if i tap the screen with my finger the occasional black line will appear and then vanish again.
Any thoughts?
Are you able to enter bootloader or recovery?
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App
No matter what I do the screen is just plain white. I think the phone is working as normal apart from the screen itself. Sadly I have it with me at work and the wife took the SIM out since it was broken. I want to see if it can receive calls.
Can you boot into fastboot via power + vol down?
If so, you can perform a factory reset and that skulls fix it.
I believe the phone is going into it but I cannot SEE that it is as the screen never displays anything other than blank white.
I know that it is doing something different to normal boot because normal boot has a vibration and booting with vol down does not.
I've tried the various button presses even though I cant see the display and I think it's worked, but the screen is still just plain white.
I have a feeling it is just the ribbon.
DarrenT said:
I believe the phone is going into it but I cannot SEE that it is as the screen never displays anything other than blank white.
I know that it is doing something different to normal boot because normal boot has a vibration and booting with vol down does not.
I've tried the various button presses even though I cant see the display and I think it's worked, but the screen is still just plain white.
I have a feeling it is just the ribbon.
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Sounds like ribbon to me boss
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Just an update. Sure enough with a new £28 screen from eBay the problem is resolved.
I think Wifey wants to sell it and get P4U to buy her out of what is left on the contract so she can get something else. She really wanted a keyboard but she's found she doesn't use it.
I also think the ribbon's the problem. Take it to HTC, maybe?
Has anyone of you guys encountered the same issue with your HTC HD2? Care to share the fix you did? Would this mean bye-bye to my HD2 already?
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Has anyone of you guys encountered the same issue with your HTC HD2? Care to share the fix you did? Would this mean bye-bye to my HD2 already?
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If a clean install (task 29) doesn't help, then I guess you have no other option than sending it for reparation.
It seems like there is a limited life span on the touchscreen. Mine died in October, and I had to buy a replacement because nothing I did fixed the problem.
I had the same issue as you, but in my example touchscreen is slowly dying. For example I can't wake up the phone pressing right (red) button. So I learned that using any other button will not cause freeze of screen. I also discovered that if you gently slap your phone on hand, magically screen starts responding. Weird, but it's ‘working’ like this since 5 months so far.
I just encountered this problem with my HD2 as well. It seems that this is a fairly common issue. Apparently the digitizer for the touchscreen is located directly beneath the red power button and has a tendency to lose its connection.
For me, holding the red power button down with some force for about 5 seconds fixed the issue. Is this temporary? Perhaps, but it has worked just fine for a few days now. Try that out.
Can't Unlock the Phone..
I am having the same problem..I can't unlock the phone..No matter what android Rom I installed.I tried to removed the lock screen and the touch stopped working..But when the phone restarts and you put you pin etc,I can use the phone normally..but when it goes black and trying to turn it on again nothing works on the screen..
Though the hard buttom works..Home screen etc..but can't get the touch to work after the screen goes black!
It's not rom related
I have installed WM6.5 (Stock), Android GB, Android ICS, Android JB But the problem appears to be the same in all
when I press Red button touch doesn't work any more
I would go with digitizer theory
BUT my question is this:
is it gonna get worse? cause for now as long as i avoid Red button everything is OK :good:
and I love my HD2 but if getting worse is possible I have to get rid of it :crying:
Well i had the same problem.now my phone has been to the service centre for reparing
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P.S. my HD2 got a dead touchscreen.so using this this till the HTC guys fix it
Anurag pandey said:
Well i had the same problem.now my phone has been to the service centre for reparing
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P.S. my HD2 got a dead touchscreen.so using this this till the HTC guys fix it
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Funny (or sad) thing is we don't have an official service center here
so only option is to replace it or sell it as the way it is
Try this:
Lock the screen normally, screen turns off. (Power button)
To turn it on again by pressing any other screen buttons other than the power button. (DONT USE THE POWER BUTTON TO DO THIS)
I found that if I do it this way, the screen runs normal.
So this phone has a non removable battery....
A few times now I have seen the need to do a battery pull when you're installing recovery or something goes wrong with a rom install....esp when you get into a bootloop....how will this play out on a phone where you can't?
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As it's been stated countless times, either a combination of button presses, or holding down the power button for a long period will cut off the power. The exact method varies by phone though
Check the HTC One X forum. Fixed battery, and no problem whatsoever with taking care of freeze ups or lock ups. Just hold the power Key & Volume - keys for like 10 seconds, and it reboots.
Zorachus said:
Check the HTC One X forum. Fixed battery, and no problem whatsoever with taking care of freeze ups or lock ups. Just hold the power Key & Volume - keys for like 10 seconds, and it reboots.
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i smell a bad future for me and this phone then. my volume keys are compeltly worn out on my phone right now, i can barly get to safeboot(power+volDown) as it is much less if any soft reset to break a freeze needs the buttons x.x
luckly this will be my second phone and ive found a way to nearly use every button from the screen already, still feels bad.
Besides after root you can install apps to reboot right into recovery mode or fast boot if you are a flashoholic like me to preserve volume keys
I saw a video about the phone that stated that holding down the power button for 10 seconds will turn the phone off. It's something they have to build into something that doesn't have a removable battery, not just for users but for them as well.
Same thing as a desktop, or laptop, or tablet, or any other phone that locks up. Hold the power button. It's a hardware-level thing, it works regardless of what state the device is in.
Zurginator said:
Same thing as a desktop, or laptop, or tablet, or any other phone that locks up. Hold the power button. It's a hardware-level thing, it works regardless of what state the device is in.
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This. My HTC One X can do this anywhere - even fastboot and recovery. It's hardcoded to the button logic.
M.
It's the new Nexus, man! Hopefully you won't be putting as many ROMs on this as you would with other mobile devices.
I started doing it on my Galaxy Nexus a while ago and then I ended up going back to stock because it was just so good and I found I never needed a custom ROM on it. My HTC Desire on the other hand... well, let's just say that that thing has had a real beating with me flashing new ROMs on it almost every day! Haha!
On my Xperia T you must keep down the power button and volume up for five seconds, which forces the phone to shut down. Maybe it's the same?
My wife's N7 sometimes starts normally, but very often you have to press and hold the power button for at least 15 seconds before you get the boot screen google logo.
I have searched but not found a thread dealing with this issue. I do not have the powering off/battery status issues, the tablet ALWAYS boots up, just that it seems very odd you have to press and hold the power button for so long sometimes. EDIT... HERE is a similar thread.
Any ideas if there is some fix for this?
The tablet is on Kitkat OTA update.
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Mark.
+1 having same issue and have been for some time ever since jelly bean 4.3 ? Nexus 7 2012 UK 16GB WiFi variant
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Your device is not shutting down properly. For me if i load a bad kernel or do some thing nasty in kernel settings then device some times goes into sleep of death. It is on but not responsive. You are just pressing power button for 15 sec to reboot it. Plz update your kernel if u have custom kernel or check settings if u have changed any. And if u haven't done any thing then start paying attention to apps after which these problems start to happen.
Factory reset would also fix the issue.
P.s: do not undervolt if you are and if custom kernel then try increasing lowest cpu state frequency to 200+. Just a thought. Not every device can handle all kernels.
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xateeq said:
Your device is not shutting down properly. For me if i load a bad kernel or do some thing nasty in kernel settings then device some times goes into sleep of death. It is on but not responsive. You are just pressing power button for 15 sec to reboot it. Plz update your kernel if u have custom kernel or check settings if u have changed any.
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Thanks, I had thought that not shutting down properly is the cause, but now I have updated to stock kitkat, wouldnt that have come with stock kernel? Yet the issue persists...
Tx
Mark
Some app is causing sleep of death or ur tablet is faulty. Please do a through checkup and try to find out what situation is likely the be the reason to cause the problem.
Please ignore my spelling mistakes, English is not my native language and i hate on screen touch keyboards.
xateeq said:
Some app is causing sleep of death or ur tablet is faulty. Please do a through checkup and try to find out what situation is likely the be the reason to cause the problem.
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I wonder if there is an app for tracking/logging that...
I am not going to uninstall every app just to find this out.
Perhaps someone else with the problem has already found out some apps that cause this, anyone?
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Mark.
well i have the same problem myself, even if i shutdown the device normal.
Sometimes i need to press the power button a few times for like a few seconds. Even after a factory reset.
BL4CK_92 said:
well i have the same problem myself, even if i shutdown the device normal.
Sometimes i need to press the power button a few times for like a few seconds. Even after a factory reset.
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Ok, thanks BL4CK...
So that seems to point at HARDWARE being the problem... since after Factory Reset it cannot be software, and since I have STOCK kernel STOCK firmware, it cant be the ROM...
ah well... just have to live with it, it seems... though it does behave as though it is not shutting down properly.
cheers
Mark.
Same here...device is untouched, no root, no custom rom etc.
At first after unboxing i thought the nexus was doa, untill i realised that you have to keep pushing power button for 13 seconds!
What i hate even more: it's still on 4.3 because OTA updated doesn't work!
-update notification appears
-downloading update
-confirming "restart and install update"
-nexus turns off
I would really really appriciate some help!
PS: i do NOT want to update via usb to computer connection
Here is a thread with some good fixes for the hard start problem (hardware problem):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2090826
If an app was causing SOD when shutting down, a factory reset would resolve it.
Should also check bootloader to be v4.23
Start the device by pressing n holding PWR + VOL DWN until you enter the bootloader.
The info should be somewhere along the left-bottom side of the screen.
Once u get the version number, use vol up/down buttons to navigate until u reach power off.
Press power button to confirm power off.
Start normally/whichever way currently works for u.
Used to have this hard start problem alongside touchscreen problems.
Under the nexus's back cover are actually some antenna pins along with some grounding pins.
Sometimes these pins corrode or have poor contact, then it causes some electrical abnormalities.
Try to clean these pins with an cotton earbud and some metal cleaning solution. Stuff like carb sprays for example. Nothing oil based. Wet the bud a little with your solution and clean gently. Then use a dry bud and gently wipe dry the pins and all residues. Repeat a few times if needed.
Also try to push the pins outward so it will have more contact with the back cover.
!!Be very gentle and use minimal pressure, these pins break easily and if they do you will need a new board.
Other than that, check the battery connector too. Unplug and replug. Or other suggestions/solution in the thread above.
Good luck!
Word of advice be extra careful when messing with bootloader. I have seen many loss their devices because of simple yet stupid mistake.
Please ignore my spelling mistakes, English is not my native language and i hate on screen touch keyboards.