I've searched and all I can find is the backlight not working. That's not my issue. The buttons don't light and nothing happens when I press them. I flashed CM to see if it was just a software issue. They still don't work at all. Any idea how I might possibly be able to address this? Don't think variant matters but it's the G900R4 if anyone's interested.
Solved. I bit the bullet and did a full restore to stock w/ Odin. I haven't the slightest idea what got grumpy but it was something that lived through wiping the usual stuff. Glad I had enough sense to do a backup just before doing all this.
Lesson of the day: Always maintain a current backup. You never know when you might have to send it to hell and start fresh.
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I am running the stock ROM from Sprint (WM 6.1). To my knowledge I do not have anything really wacky installed...and have not installed any new programs...but the following problem has developed...
Periodically my sound will jsut stop working. If I turn the phone off and back on, the sound seems to come back (by phone I mean the screen using the power button on a short press -- not actually causing the phone to power off). Sometimes that works and sometimes if doesn;t the first time...
Sometimes the sound will simply come back on it's own.
I have not done a hard reset yet, becuase I do not want to spend another three hours rebuilding my phone....
Any ideas?
Try installing a new radio. Some radios don't work well with ROMs, therefore giving intermittent sound.
(Also, for the sake of making a hard reset easier, use Sashimi to preload your cabs )
First, as a side note, if you spend 3 hours rebuilding your phone, sounds like you don't backup, I highly suggest doing that.
Anyways, there could be a number of reason why the sound is out. Since you say you hve installed nothing, I would guess a hardware issue. I would go pickup a new device.
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First, as a side note, if you spend 3 hours rebuilding your phone, sounds like you don't backup, I highly suggest doing that.
Anyways, there could be a number of reason why the sound is out. Since you say you hve installed nothing, I would guess a hardware issue. I would go pickup a new device.
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I have backups....I back up several times a week...but since I do not know what is causing my problem...will restoring the backup help...
I did not say I did not install anything ... I said I did not think I installed anything wacky...and have not installed any new programs for a while...
Hopefully by restoring, it will work properly, then you can narrow down the problem.
Anyone having a issue with the screen not coming back on and staying blank? I get this happening from time to time and the only way to fix it is to do a battery pull or do volume up + camera + power button to reboot. When it happens I can hit the power button to wake up the screen but it stays blank and just the keys on the bottom light up and respond to be touched but don't do anything.
Rooted with stock EB13, it did this on rooted DI18 also.
I've done a lot of reading on the Epic forums (General and Development) and I haven't heard of this issue before. What method did you use to update to EB13? If you didn't already do it, you might want to consider a full wipe/reflash of EB13 using Odin/Heimdall/Samsung installer. I'm not guaranteeing anything, but to me it sounds kinda like you have a bad upgrade/flash.
If wiping your caches and doing a full reflash doesn't fix it then it's probably a hardware issue.
DISCLAIMER: I'm nowhere near as experienced as some of these dudes on XDA. If anyone else thinks I'm wrong, please say so and explain why so that I don't give any more bad info! However, I try not to talk out of my ass, so I feel fairly confident in what I've said.
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I've done a lot of reading on the Epic forums (General and Development) and I haven't heard of this issue before. What method did you use to update to EB13? If you didn't already do it, you might want to consider a full wipe/reflash of EB13 using Odin/Heimdall/Samsung installer. I'm not guaranteeing anything, but to me it sounds kinda like you have a bad upgrade/flash.
If wiping your caches and doing a full reflash doesn't fix it then it's probably a hardware issue.
DISCLAIMER: I'm nowhere near as experienced as some of these dudes on XDA. If anyone else thinks I'm wrong, please say so and explain why so that I don't give any more bad info! However, I try not to talk out of my ass, so I feel fairly confident in what I've said.
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I used the Samsung installer.
Same thing has happened to me thrice today (since the upgrade last night, which came from ODINed DI18 usind update.zip).
And that's with no apps installed/running.
I've had this coming up couple times a week on DK28 ROMs, sometimes it's able to recover (like some sort of soft-reboot), most times I need to pull the battery.
I need to replace my Epic badly.. if the replacement behaves the same way, it will join a pile of junk WM6 phones in my basement.
No one else has had this?
Yes. It happened to me twice earlier today. Disturbing. I can't think of anything specific when it happened...once on Dolphin and once after using the camera i think. Have used those a lot since, and it hasn't happened again.
Stock, not rooted. I manually updated via placing the install.zip file on my SD card.
I can confirm this behavior.
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When in a phone call the other persons voice comes out of the speaker on the back of the phone, not the ear speaker like it should. Speaker phone works fine. I've tried everything. Flashed multiple different roms, switched recoveries and kernals. Anyone have an ideas? could this be hardware related?
I've seen this happen on a desire, but a full wipe (w/no settings restored from TB) fixed it.
Yeah I've every wipe possible, several times. still did not do anything.
I'm having the same problem, did you ever find a solution? The phone is currently running the most recent Cyanogen 7.
no still no solution. I've posted multiple threads on different sites. I feel like I've tried absolutely everything.
Sounds like it may be a hardware issue?
yeah it seems that way. I just dont want to believe it because that would mean I was ripped off by swappa.com/the seller because they claimed everything was working perfectly.
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yeah it seems that way. I just dont want to believe it because that would mean I was ripped off by swappa.com/the seller because they claimed everything was working perfectly.
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has the phone done this the entire duration that you've owned it? or did it work normal, then start doing this randomly? to me it seems like a software issue that a full wipe would solve if possible. if that dont work then yes maybe a hardware issue, though its hard to imagine how that could be possible.
I believe it has been like this since I had it. I had to root it when I got it and I think I noticed it the first call I made. but it may not have been like this although I don't see how anything I did could have caused it. I have done everything possible. every wipe imaginable. various roms, kernels, and recoveries. Even went back to stock unrooted. and the OTA gingerbread update. nothing works.
So you did a fastboot wipe?
I stand corrected. I have not done a fastboot wipe. how do you do one?
I have not because it was a MAJOR pain in the butt to do it on my G1 with a Mac. Seems like the last resort though.
oh I see. well its makes no difference to me. ill try anything. do you know of any good guides? I'm using a PC
I did a quick search but didn't find anything good, when I have more time I'll find something and share it if you haven't already.
This might be helpful...
http://theonda.org/articles/2010/03...-performance-boost-and-some-serious-geek-cred
that had nothing about a fastboot wipe in it however I did find something. I'll let you know how it goes.
I wiped it with Flashboot but it didn't help.
yeah same here. this is extremely irritating. what is htc's policy on it? like the warranty specifics.
Not sure, they just told me to call 1-888-716-3593
oh I see. let me know what they say. cyanogen tweeted that he sent in his unlocked n1 and they replaced it because of a bad power button. so I'd imagine we have hope?
No matter what battery i have left, if i leave the tablet with the screen off for any length of time (half hour say), the tablet seems to die?
To start it again, i have to long press the power button and the device reboots.
Does anyone know why? Its only started since recent updates.
My N10 is not rooted, and running 5.0.1.
Any help would be appreciated.
I guess no one else has this issue?
I literally go back ten minutes after using the N10, and it has shut down. Only a long press to reboot will bring it back?
Frustrated
sparks7 said:
I guess no one else has this issue?
I literally go back ten minutes after using the N10, and it has shut down. Only a long press to reboot will bring it back?
Frustrated
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I just bought/ordered a Nexus 10 so I might as well come in here and start talking to people about it. lol
I haven't used a Nexus 10 before but it should be like any other Nexus device. If your tablet is turning off on it's own, first off, pray it isn't hardware related. Hopefully some hardware inside isn't failing on you. But to make sure it isn't software related, I would say use the factory images and do a fresh install. This will set anything that is out of wack straight. If its software related, it will fix it.
Cheers for the reply.
Do you mean a factory reset, and I will lose all my saved stuff?
I'm not very clued up tbh, and only ever update the Nexus when notified.
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Cheers for the reply.
Do you mean a factory reset, and I will lose all my saved stuff?
I'm not very clued up tbh, and only ever update the Nexus when notified.
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It's not just a simple factory reset that you do in the settings or recovery. It will wipe your device (Internal storage and all) but it wipes everything including all system files and reflashes everything back to the way you got it out of the box. If you had a software issue and sent it in to get fixed, they would most likely do this. Its safe if you read up on it and know what you are doing. Google gives us the factory images for this reason. Here is an article for instructions. Not used to the Nexus 10 forums so I don't know if they have a dedicated thread for this:
http://www.androidbeat.com/2013/11/flash-factory-image-nexus-device/
I'm sure there are some videos on YouTube explaining in depth on how to do it as well. You might want to watch them and get familiar with the process. It's not that hard once you have everything you need to do it. Just back up everything onto your computer, flash the images and put everything back onto your tablet when done.
Thanks very much. I'll have a read up on that and give it a go.
My tablet used to do that. I've had this tablet since I pre-ordered it on initial release (so it's old!) It would also freeze/reboot at times, especially using any browser, so I naturally thought it was a browser problem. But, it would also occasionally do as you describe, wouldn't turn on unless I did a hard reset - holding power button 15-20 seconds or so. I'm also rooted so I started trying different roms. Finally, I flashed the 10.18 release of AOKP. It's beautiful & runs perfect. I've not had ANY, not a single issue & have been running it since last October. I don't think I'll ever change anything from here on. That's just my personal experience.
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Thanks for your help.
I'm going to properly read up on things before I try to resolve it. I don't want to make a mess of it
This problem remains forever, doesn't matter what custom rom you're using, it'll be still there.... I've tried a lot of thing to fix it, some doesn't work like this or that thread, however, this worked for me (not completely, I'll explain why...)
Well, the last one didn't work for me because after every new update/build, the fix is cleaned and you need to flash it again every new build/update. How to deal with it?
I need go give my phone to one of my parents and they don't know how to flash. I was happy because, at least, LineageOS updates itself automatically (except by the fix which need to be done manually). Unfortunately I don't know any other custom rom that has OTA updates working (and of course, updates itself automatically) and the audio is working normally.
I don't use the stock due to sluggishness, errors, being outdated since 2017. So, I need to flash a proper rom but it seems to be hardcore issue.
I need some help.
Get a pin and shove it in the mic hole
Get all the rubbish out & you might have to pierce the filter that's on the other side too like I did
After doing that I had no mic issues