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home/menu/back/search buttons dont work at all

My dad's G2 after the gingerbread upgrade started to act dumb, now the home/menu/back/search buttons dont work at all, I did factory reset, cache cleaning, erased sd card and nothing! I have been looking on google for solutions and nothing, but I have found some people having the same issue after update

same here
mine stoped responding
all four capacitive front buttons are dead

I'm having the same issue, except my phone was already rooted and running CM 7.0 without any issues to report. I have barely been using my G2 lately because I have an iPhone 4S as well for work, and it gets much more attention these days. I just noticed today that none of the aforementioned buttons work at all any more, even after reboots. Tried reinstalling, upgrading to CM 7.1, even tried MIUI's latest to see if it was some software glitch, still nothing. It just seems so weird given nothing else is wrong with the touch screen at all.
I've done some searching as well and haven't been able to find any solutions for this issue. Anyone have any updates? Is this simply a hardware issue?

mine was doing that with the tiamat kernel

hey for those that have this problem and are using cm7 try using zdunes patcher to get the tablet buttons

AKOP builds for Vision b-37

Because I can't post in the proper place, maybe the forum admin could transfer
this post to the proper place(development).
On version b-37(5/26) of the AKOP build for vision I have a couple of comments.
I have exercised this build for the last few days and it works very well, I only have found a couple of possible bugs.
The mic in the headset(earbuds) does not seem to work for phone calls. The little switch on the headset does seems to work and the playback works fine. The mic in the phone works fine if you unplug the headset. There might be another program switching the mic off, but I haven't found any. It is like the mic is in mute and the mute switch does nothing on the headset mic.
The WiFi is off when the phone boots up, This might be a feature rather than a bug. Unless there is a lot of complaints I don't think it needs to be changed. The Internet phone from T-mobile does not work(known).
Another problem and I don't know if it is a program problem of a version problem.
I have tried many web browsers and on some sites they are very slow for the page to loads(like a minute or so). It might have something to do with Flash,
although most sites are OK. You Tube does work OK. Another quirk is the sites will come on with low resolution and then it appears as though the site has finished loading and the font is fine. It appears as though some sort of page loading problem. This happens with all the browsers I have tried.
A couple of times I have had the font under the Icons scramble, if the page gets rewritten then the font is OK.
All in all this is a very good version with very few bugs, great job !!!
Clyde

New build is up. Some of your bugs should be fixed already (e.g. with microphone).

AKOP build 38
The mic problem is fixed in b38(thanks), only one other problem that is new
to b38 is that the Home key and the Search key on the bottom of the phone
no longer function.
I found that the included browser has problems when loading then freezing on a
white screen. Other browsers seem to work, so deleted same.
I might add that in b37 and b38 the track pad finally works like it is supposed to.
In earlier versions and 2.3.4 it never worked properly. Also, the lights on the
keyboard and the 4 buttons on the bottom of the phone now stay lighted and
don't go off and on. Thanks for the improvements.
Clyde

Hello,
I also use the ROM and find it great. But I have two problems with it.
I can't send MMS. I have delete and recreated the MMS-APN but without any change.
My second problem is the clock when I use the apex launcher. When the phone ist unused for a while the clock goes wrong. On the widgets it shows 10:20, on the screenlock it shows 9:45 an the realtime ist 11:34 or so.
I hope someone has an answer.
thx

Home Key fixed
Found the problem I was having with the Home key being non-functional.
Seems like 2 programs I found write data where it is not supposed to be,
they are Android Assistant and Super Task Killer. If you run either one of these
programs the home key becomes non-functional.
The standard included browser has a problem with most of the time not
starting and giving only a white screen. I have tried 6 other browsers and all
work fine. Deleted same.
This fixed the 2 major problems with Build 38. There is a minor problem with the
Sim Card recognition, gives a error message to restart which is in error. The
main screen comes up long before the initial boot process has finished. I think
init.d is running after the main screen comes up. Works fine if you just let it
complete its work.
Build 38 is very stable and has very few problems. Great work !!
Clyde

[Q] Nexus 4 Portraite Navigation bar not responding

Today i was simply typing a email and after finishing it i clicked back button to hide the keyboard. Wooha it is not working !
I thought
"Okey no problem i was on Android L and may be it is a framework issue lets flash ROM again"
Entered into my recovery and my heart skipped a beat.! Yep navigation keys not working in recovery too
Flashed Mahdi still no luck. Tested my touch screen with an app found in play store and it is not recognizing touch on that portion. But when i type something with keyboard all the bottom portion keys are working perfectly!
What is this issue ? Is it an hardware related thing ?

Wipe everything and do a clean flash. Always do a clean flash...

It is been last 3 months am using this beast as it is. Thanks to LMT. Thinking about replacing display.

[Q] Nexus 4 Ghost touches

So I bought a used N4 sold as is because the seller said he had some issues with the ROM and the touch sensitivity and all it needed was a stock ROM flash. I took up the challenge and flashed stock 4.4.4.
While I'm at the home screen everything's fine, as soon as opened the app drawer there were random touches all over the bottom half of the screen. Some were shown in the center and many at the bottom left corner but most were just random. I mean like 7-8 touches per second. The same happened whenever I went into play store, Opera or Chrome. Didn't test it further since I decided to try another rom.
Flashed Purity ROM and at first glance it worked flawlessly. Not random touches in home screen, app drawer or settings. Then I flash Gapps and the same thing happens with Play and Opera.
The funny thing is that the problem persists but at different circumstances. Can't pinpoint the exact cause. Should I get a new screen and try? Or maybe something else is at fault there?

I've been having the exact same problem as you. It started after I replaced the screen and the usb flex.
Ghost touches 1-2 each second only on some apps (none on homescreen or settings). I noticed that it happen in 4.4.4 app drawer but not in the 4.2.2 app drawer. I got almost no ghost touches on 4.2.2 messaging app also. It happens in almost any app, like play store, dropbox,chrome....
I thought it was the battery so I replaced it, but it did not fix it.
I have been trying to troubleshoot the problem but I ran out of theories. I wish the best luck to find the solution, as I almost gave up on it. If you happen to solve it tell me.

I think i found out what's causing this issue.
My theory was that apps with a lot of white would trigger the ghost touches. So I tested with flashlight screen apps that only show white on the screen. As expected the ghost touches only started to appear when i turned the flashlight on.
Therefore my theory was correct.
In my case I will contact the seller that sold me the screen to see if I can get a replacement.

I've had the intermittent touch screen issue, just above the capacitive buttons and also the ghost touches.
Started about 2+ weeks ago.
I reverted back to the stock "HOME" launcher instead of the Google Now launcher and that seemed to have fixed the issue.
I will have to keep an eye out to see if it lasts.

Nexus4 Ghost touch navbar fixed (for rooted only)
Nubrig said:
So I bought a used N4 sold as is because the seller said he had some issues with the ROM and the touch sensitivity and all it needed was a stock ROM flash. I took up the challenge and flashed stock 4.4.4.
While I'm at the home screen everything's fine, as soon as opened the app drawer there were random touches all over the bottom half of the screen. Some were shown in the center and many at the bottom left corner but most were just random. I mean like 7-8 touches per second. The same happened whenever I went into play store, Opera or Chrome. Didn't test it further since I decided to try another rom.
Flashed Purity ROM and at first glance it worked flawlessly. Not random touches in home screen, app drawer or settings. Then I flash Gapps and the same thing happens with Play and Opera.
The funny thing is that the problem persists but at different circumstances. Can't pinpoint the exact cause. Should I get a new screen and try? Or maybe something else is at fault there?
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Hi everyone. this is my first post. i may make some grammar mistakes, because english is not my native language.
I found a solution for the ghost touch issue on my nexus 4, so maybe it can help who is having the same problem.
1- Download and instal the NOMone Resolution Changer on Play store
(this is my first post here, so i cant paste de link here, but you will not have trouble to find it)
2- when asked, Allow superuser
3- open the app and change the height resolution to 1250. (it worked for me, but make some tests to see if you need to disable a bigger part of the screen to avoid de problem)
This is not the best way to keep using your phone, because you may lost a part of the usable screen, but worked for me.
Thanks!

I workaround this issue avoid using undervoling in the kernel, and avoid lower temperatures in phone, yes as you read ... this issue give my crazy when my phone was to hot and I tried to cold my phone using one ice cube in screen and back, the temperature of the phone down but ghost touches appears again, so played some videos to warm the phone again and dissapear again.
Don't ask me about how it works, or relation with screen, digitizer or battery, I don't understand but help me to workaround the issue.

Navbar stop working

so i recently replace my mtxp screen and everything was working perfectly until one day i was watching a youtube video and tried using my navbar buttons and they were unresponsive..did everything from rebooted..clear cache..reinstall rom...same problem..its like the bottom of the screen is unresponsive and only works when screen is locked...
anyone else with the same problem/solution?

Hi, I have the same situation: the screen was replaced some 9 months ago and worked fine until a few days ago, when the navigation bar stopped responding. I think it happened during watching a video (on facebook or YouTube) as in your case. I've also tried everything you did, but for no avail. The interesting thing is that the screen itself is reaponsive in that area e. g. during the Setup wizard or on the lock screen (e.g. the button to switch on the camera is working fine). I think I had some similar issue with another android device (LG 4X) when I was using a non-stock ROM (CM) and there was some issue with the installation of Google Apps. As I'm using the stock ROM for my Moto X Style, my best guess is that it might be a potential Google Play Services update that is causing this issue.
Maybe this theory could be checked by installing a third party ROM without Google Apps (I'm not sure if that is possible) to see whether the navbar works that way or not.

vodanium said:
Hi, I have the same situation: the screen was replaced some 9 months ago and worked fine until a few days ago, when the navigation bar stopped responding. I think it happened during watching a video (on facebook or YouTube) as in your case. I've also tried everything you did, but for no avail. The interesting thing is that the screen itself is reaponsive in that area e. g. during the Setup wizard or on the lock screen (e.g. the button to switch on the camera is working fine). I think I had some similar issue with another android device (LG 4X) when I was using a non-stock ROM (CM) and there was some issue with the installation of Google Apps. As I'm using the stock ROM for my Moto X Style, my best guess is that it might be a potential Google Play Services update that is causing this issue.
Maybe this theory could be checked by installing a third party ROM without Google Apps (I'm not sure if that is possible) to see whether the navbar works that way or not.
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Hopefully I will figure it out.. It's definitely a software problem triggered by a update or system app.. My work around for now is using a nav bar app from the playstore

vodanium said:
Hi, I have the same situation: the screen was replaced some 9 months ago and worked fine until a few days ago, when the navigation bar stopped responding. I think it happened during watching a video (on facebook or YouTube) as in your case. I've also tried everything you did, but for no avail. The interesting thing is that the screen itself is reaponsive in that area e. g. during the Setup wizard or on the lock screen (e.g. the button to switch on the camera is working fine). I think I had some similar issue with another android device (LG 4X) when I was using a non-stock ROM (CM) and there was some issue with the installation of Google Apps. As I'm using the stock ROM for my Moto X Style, my best guess is that it might be a potential Google Play Services update that is causing this issue.
Maybe this theory could be checked by installing a third party ROM without Google Apps (I'm not sure if that is possible) to see whether the navbar works that way or not.
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Hopefully I will figure it out.. It's definitely a software problem triggered by a update or system app.. My work around for now is using a nav bar app from the playstore

Hi, I have switched on the "Show touches" feature in the Developer options to see whether the screen is detecting touches in the bottom area of the screen: it actually doesn't. It is not an issue on the lock screen though but it is for the navigation bar. So, it seems it is the hardware that is acting up, after all...
I have found a thread about this issue with a workaround to increase the height of the navigation bar by xposed: https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-style/help/navigation-buttons-issue-t3497985
I'll try either that or by installing a custom ROM that has that option built in - e.g. AICP 12.1 (Android 7.1) seems to have such setting.

https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-style/help/solved-navbar-responding-t3993049

Same problem here - at least in my case also a hardware issue after replacing a broken screen. Thought (as many did) it was software because TWRP, lockscreen etc works, but if you actually try touching only the downmost parts of the TWRP or lockscreen buttons, it won't react. "Show touches" from developer tools also shows touches being registered only just above the normal navigation buttons.