So after weeks of trying to figure this out I've found what's causing the problem. Not sure how to fix it. When the phone stays on the charger the rotate will stay on. If your rotating stopped before plugging your phone or the charger then simply plug in ur charger and then restart and once ur charger stays plugged in then it should auto rotate some people my need to restart more than once. So in my view I'm thinking there is some electrical problem or lack of power or some how it's linked to the USB port. Please try it and report if u get the same result. Hopefully this will lead to someone finding a solution. Maybe someone can change their USB port and let us know if that solved the problem.
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So after weeks of trying to figure this out I've found what's causing the problem. Not sure how to fix it. When the phone stays on the charger the rotate will stay on. If your rotating stopped before plugging your phone or the charger then simply plug in ur charger and then restart and once ur charger stays plugged in then it should auto rotate some people my need to restart more than once. So in my view I'm thinking there is some electrical problem or lack of power or some how it's linked to the USB port. Please try it and report if u get the same result. Hopefully this will lead to someone finding a solution. Maybe someone can change their USB port and let us know if that solved the problem.
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most of auto rotation become malfunction is because lib file missing. especially if u're in custom rom or stock but doing some debloat.
check in your system/lib folder for file libgnustl_shared.so.
if missing, then auto rotate will not work. but in your case maybe hardware/sensor related problem.
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most of auto rotation become malfunction is because lib file missing. especially if u're in custom rom or stock but doing some debloat.
check in your system/lib folder for file libgnustl_shared.so.
if missing, then auto rotate will not work. but in your case maybe hardware/sensor related problem.
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It would seem like hardware because the file is there.
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Ok. So I can say for sure my rotation issue is related to the usb port. At the begining when I plugged in the usb cable and restarted my phone the rotation would continue working until I removed the usb cable and even for a few minutes after removing it would still work
So what I did was get a very small piece of paper and made it into a little ball and push it under the contact of the usb port right up to the back so that the usb cable could still fit properly. The paper is just to brace the usb connection upwards a little and in doing do so my phone even charging better seeing I had charging issues so I guess it's part of the issue. Now I have normal rotation for weeks.
If rotation stops it's because the usb cable has crushed the paper too small so I just replace the paper but so far it's all good. I just dnt have the interest to do a usb port change but I think that would be a more permanent solve. Hope this helps. Just sharing my experience to those of you who have the same issue and can't find a fix.
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Usb port changed and rotation working flawlessly. I even recorded over 6000 steps and more than 12 minutes walking. Notified by S health, haven't seen that in a long time
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OK guys sad to say I'm bk on this because after awhile my rotation stopped again. I don't know if the replacement USB port is going bad again as it was a Used USB port or its something else but I have found another fix which seems to be working a few days now.
So this fix will require disassembling your phone again.
What I did was disassemble my device and when I reached to the main board I used a little screw driver to pry off the shine piece of covering that covers some of the chips which includes the gyroscope chip. U guys can google to see where the chip that controls the gyroscope is on your s5.
Then I folded a piece of tape and placed it on top of the gyroscope chip just thick enough so the metal covering when place back on it will squeeze the tape down on the chip. After all that is done reassemble ur device and try it out.
On a side not my proximity sensor was not working properly either and I did the same thing. Folded a piece of tape and place it behind the proximity sensor it will be tight again when phone is reassembled. So far its been working for me so I hope this helps.
I know its an old device and most of u might not see the need to fix a device this old but for those of you who like tinkering with ur device like myself u should try and let me know if it works for u.
HAPPY NEW YEAR.
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i have samsung SM-G906S. lately i have been facing the problems with auto rotation, proximity sensor and auto brightness adjustment. All these have stopped working. These problems are not with hardware because they vanish when i factory reset the phone of reinstall OS using samsung smart switch. but these problems occur again after some time (a month or two). seems like some problem with samsung firmware. too bad the official support from samsung has stopped for this phone.
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Ok, I've done this several times now. I flashed back from Kaos Froyo to Aloysius Snow, and my trackball issue goes away. Albeit my phone is fully charged, and I will get the issue sometimes (not all the time) when I plug my phone in to charge while running snow. It's not a complete cure, but my phone will work fine for several days at a time now (using power manager, and set cpu to save battery).
For the record, here's what I did:
-Charged battery full while on whatever Rom you are using (besides Snow).
-Unplug and turn phone off for about 10 mins.
-Flashed Snow.
This work for anyone else?
what does your trackball do when it's not working correctl? I've been trying to solve this problem (if I cant help with software might as well try with hardware lol).
most of the problems with the trackball are actually physical problems with it, but there is a fix that I posted a video of a while ago.
Lemcott said:
what does your trackball do when it's not working correctl? I've been trying to solve this problem (if I cant help with software might as well try with hardware lol).
most of the problems with the trackball are actually physical problems with it, but there is a fix that I posted a video of a while ago.
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its related to your USB port on the phone being shifted around while plugged in. If you play with the cable while its plugged in youll notice that it cuts in and out at certain angles. its not dirty, well it might be dirty but thats not what makes it stop working. and its definately not software.
What ^ He said. There are some "fixes" for the trackball like rubbing it on a piece of paper or cleaning it with a cuetip + rubbing alcohol but those are only for trackball issues related to the trackball and not the magnetic sensors. The usb port is right next to the magnetic sensors and of course an electric charge is going to screw with them. It wasn't very smart of them...
I tried this cure out of curiosity, sadly it didn't help.
Most trackball issues are hardware related. I made a other thread about mine the other day. I even pulled my phone apart and cleaned the trackball, rollers and sensors with rubbing alcohol and that didn't help. Only thing that helps is pulling up on the USB adapter when its plugged in. BTW mine doesn't work regardless of if its plugged in or not
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I tried this cure out of curiosity, sadly it didn't help.
Most trackball issues are hardware related. I made a other thread about mine the other day. I even pulled my phone apart and cleaned the trackball, rollers and sensors with rubbing alcohol and that didn't help. Only thing that helps is pulling up on the USB adapter when its plugged in. BTW mine doesn't work regardless of if its plugged in or not
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i have to actually push the usb cord up from the bottom while i use the trackball or it won't work.
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I think the best cure is to use that one year warranty and get another phone
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Trackball woes...
I think the trackball issue is a little different for everyone. Mine pulls to the left, occasionally the system freezes, and the SMS/MMS acts screwey. For whatever reason, my "trick" works for my phone. If I just go get a power mat and never plug the USB in, my phone should be good.
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I think the trackball issue is a little different for everyone. Mine pulls to the left, occasionally the system freezes, and the SMS/MMS acts screwey. For whatever reason, my "trick" works for my phone. If I just go get a power mat and never plug the USB in, my phone should be good.
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i second the powermat idea im going to get a refurb and see about a powermat so it doesn't happen again. but down side is i wonder if they are coming with that new update? and i wonder if its possible to attain root?
The update will only temporarily remove root.
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The update will only temporarily remove root.
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i did it guys i figured out how to fix it!!!!!
take that sh*t back to vzw store
boo-yah gramma,
boo-yah!
and yes that did just happen
"USB cb wake lock" "vbus_present" etc. battery charging when unplugged.
Hi All,
This is not a question, its something I want to share as I searched a lot and read a lot on this.
After flashing a 300+ roms without a problem, my S2 decided that it was going to suddenly and randomly act up.
The battery acted as if if was charging when unplugged. Betterbattery stats showed "USB cb wake lock" + "vbus_present" using massive amounts of battery.
I flashed a few stock roms, some custom and many kernels with ODIN but nothing fixed it.
Eventually I had 8-9 back ups on my phone and I tried each of these but the error continued in all but one. After days of frustration I was beginning to think it was a hardware USB issue that I need to replace the part. But no, one of the restore fixed it.
It started acting up today but I cleared battery stats and fixed permissions and all is well again.
Not sure why this randomly happened but I wanted to share this as many are of the opinion its always a hardware issue and needs replacing when clearly there are exceptions to this.
If anyone understand why the above worked, I would appreciate comments as there are some very clever people here and I am sure some of you have fixed this issue.
Thanks.
My two cents on how or what is happening, however not on the software side: Some people with the same issue report that cleaning the USB-port with a toothbrush or any soft brush helped, and sometimes the issue appears or disappears randomly. I guess that the USB connector is badly soldered/mounted onto the board. This could explain why the issue comes and goes, because if the connector gets pushed/pulled in the right direction, the port could reconnect.
I had the same issue, the wakelocks, 'charging' written on the lockscreen, and every now and then the 'charger connected' sound. However flashing, batterystats-wiping and whatnot did not help. Only when I exchanged the board in the lower end (where the USB connector is) with one I had lying around the issue disappeared and has in the two months since never reappeared.
If this keeps happening, it could be worth a try, and it is quite easy to do. There is a very nice photo guide on here somewhere on replacing the screen, it explains it all and is no different for the USB-connector. It also is a possibility, if you don't mind the trouble, to reflash to stock and let the phone be repaired at a service centre.
If you need help or the link to the photo guide, I might still have it somewhere.
I hope this helps.
Coirpre said:
My two cents on how or what is happening, however not on the software side: Some people with the same issue report that cleaning the USB-port with a toothbrush or any soft brush helped, and sometimes the issue appears or disappears randomly. I guess that the USB connector is badly soldered/mounted onto the board. This could explain why the issue comes and goes, because if the connector gets pushed/pulled in the right direction, the port could reconnect.
I had the same issue, the wakelocks, 'charging' written on the lockscreen, and every now and then the 'charger connected' sound. However flashing, batterystats-wiping and whatnot did not help. Only when I exchanged the board in the lower end (where the USB connector is) with one I had lying around the issue disappeared and has in the two months since never reappeared.
If this keeps happening, it could be worth a try, and it is quite easy to do. There is a very nice photo guide on here somewhere on replacing the screen, it explains it all and is no different for the USB-connector. It also is a possibility, if you don't mind the trouble, to reflash to stock and let the phone be repaired at a service centre.
If you need help or the link to the photo guide, I might still have it somewhere.
I hope this helps.
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Very much appreciate your reply and you could be right about the bad soldering issue, I am going to order the part anyway and have it on stand by.
It was strange that all of the roms, kernels and backups did not work except one. I did the port cleaning and all that too but to no avail but it might be all coincidence that it worked with the backup for a finish. which reminds me, I better change my signature
Thanks or your reply and for your offer to help, it is much appreciated. Thankfully its running butter smoothe at present and I wonder if the USB port is susceptible to moisture too, which might be my issue.
The Sview function were totally fine before I send to repair USB charging port.
After I got the back from USB charging repair, the Sview function were totally not usable.
And I found out that the auto brightness is not working either although the proximity sensor is working fine when I check using *#0*#.
Using stock 5.1.1, tried factory reset too..
Please let me know if u hv any idea what seems to cause this problem.
Thanks
Send it back and tell them to fix what they broke
Sure I will send it back, but before they do anything, I would like to know what happened.
rhey might just give me crap excuse or ask me to pay extra to fix those problem...
Guys, any idea?
Like how does the phone detect sview cover?
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Guys, any idea?
Like how does the phone detect sview cover?
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I think something magnetic, I was able to activate it without the back part even snapped on, it's something in the 'spine' part afaik.
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Rakuu said:
I think something magnetic, I was able to activate it without the back part even snapped on, it's something in the 'spine' part afaik.
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The magnet were located at the bottom left of the flip cover...
I think there's a magnetic sensor at that location but I nvr saw how it looks like before...
The longer you wait messing about with it, the more likely they're going to think you broke it because you didn't send it back immediately
Hi,
i bought a factory refurbished I9600F from aliexpress. It worked great for 3 days, then the phone became slow to respond, the screen was flickering in yellow-green tones, and then wouldn't come back on but stay black. (but I would still get notification sounds for incoming messages, the notification LED was still working, and the menu keys also light up when I press home/power).
Pulling the battery fixed the issue once, but the problem came back after 1 hour.
I managed to revive the phone once more by pulling the battery and holding the power button to drain all remaining power in the device. The phone was working again for a few hours, but now it's back to having a black screen and even the power drain method doesn't work anymore...
So i'm guessing that replacing the screen won't fix the issue, since the screen is working just fine for a a while (both image and touch are perfect) - but then somehow there must be some electrical issue that causes the graphics unit to malfunction.
I checked the easily accessible connector to the left side of the battery, but it seems that the screen is mainly connected via flex cables that cannot be accessed unless you heat up your device and pry out the screen.
I have found some information on the internet that pressing hard on the spot where the flex cable connector is might fix the problem, but this didn't work for me.
FYI, I'm running the default Samsung firmware the device shipped with and used Kies + OTA update to get the latest official FW. No rooting or any other mods. Just some regular apps installed.
Any recommendation what I could try to fix this problem? Thank you all!!!
BTW, I have found similar reports on the internet here:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s5/405238-galaxy-s5-static-screen-won-t-turn.html
But the linked how-to-fix guide states that heating up the display assembly is only recommended on devices with a broken screen... So now I don't want to risk breaking my working screen.
So mainly my options are
a) open the device to check the flex cable connection
b) buy a new battery to see if that solves if (some people have reported success with a different battery)
c) buy a new screen assembly on aliexpress for around €135 and hope that a new screen will fix it...
Thoughts?
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So mainly my options are
a) open the device to check the flex cable connection
b) buy a new battery to see if that solves if (some people have reported success with a different battery)
c) buy a new screen assembly on aliexpress for around €135 and hope that a new screen will fix it...
Thoughts?
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Hello, how did you solve this? I currently have the same problem.
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Hello, how did you solve this? I currently have the same problem.
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sorry, i actually never was able to get this resolved. I tried removing the screen to get to the flex cable, but broke the screen because I hadn't heated up the glue enough...
Had to buy another device.
Sorry I don't have better news...
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sorry, i actually never was able to get this resolved. I tried removing the screen to get to the flex cable, but broke the screen because I hadn't heated up the glue enough...
Had to buy another device.
Sorry I don't have better news...
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I'm going find out the cause for this issue. I've disassembled one device that only lights up when it is warm. If I put it in the cooler it refuses to light up for some time after that. I tried placing only the screen in the cooler, also only the phone body in the cooler, but couldn't find any difference doing this as it refuses to light up both times for a couple of minutes then it works great again.
I've ordered another device that had its screen shattered so I will try my current screen on that device.
It could be some internal hardware fault in the mobo, it could be the LCD connector having a bad connection somehow, it could be the screen assembly itself, but I will find out eventually.
I've seen many places on the internet where people say this is a software issue. There is a very simple answer to that question. How could it be a software issue if not even the boot logo shows up when you start the phone?
I will keep this thread updated.
Verified that this is a problem with the motherboard. What circuit on the motherboard could have problems with cold temperatures? The main power one? If so, I will try replacing it with a different one.
Update: Was not able to fix it. Motherboard is now scrap.
Hi all,
Since from 2 weeks , i am getting Pop up that my charging port is wet ,even port is dry and when i trying to charge not getting charge quickly and my BS2 adaptor doesn't work anymore after that issue and i have try to reset the mobile but same issue
So, i had searched issue in google and came to know many BS2 users facing the same issue on redit
Can anybody help in solving this issue?
will the issue solve if i try to downgrade to andriod 9?
I have the same issue, downgrading to android 9 seemed to have solved it but it came back after a couple of days, ended up upgrading to 10 again because it allows me to silence the notification, after the issue first appeared the included charger and cable stopped working for me and after using about 8 different cables i finally found one that allows me to fast charge using a different fast charger that came with my motorola phone. Hope you get to resolve the problem or stumble upon a permanent a solution.
Only solution for this problem is to physically change port on the phone. Go to nearest service center and change it. You can permanently damage your motherboard if you continue to use faulty charging port.
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Only solution for this problem is to physically change port on the phone. Go to nearest service center and change it. You can permanently damage your motherboard if you continue to use faulty charging port.
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That would be true, if it's an actual hardware issue and not software... I receive this message too when I connect the Cooler Case. Then after connecting the phone to simply with it's cable to the charger, it disappears. So this is not a hardware but a software issue in Joy UI 11 probably.
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That would be true, if it's an actual hardware issue and not software... I receive this message too when I connect the Cooler Case. Then after connecting the phone to simply with it's cable to the charger, it disappears. So this is not a hardware but a software issue in Joy UI 11 probably.
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Moisture detection control fuse needs to be physically damaged/blown in order to software "see" it as faulty and report water damage. So secondary board needs to be changed in order to fix this.
Too many Xiaomi devices comes to my service with this problem and there is no other "cure".
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Only solution for this problem is to physically change port on the phone. Go to nearest service center and change it. You can permanently damage your motherboard if you continue to use faulty charging port.
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tw1st3d83 said:
Moisture detection control fuse needs to be physically damaged/blown in order to software "see" it as faulty and report water damage. So secondary board needs to be changed in order to fix this.
Too many Xiaomi devices comes to my service with this problem and there is no other "cure".
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Okay but how come in my case it only happens if I attach my Cooler Case? It's sucks that I can't use this cooler though. :/ App won't install for some reason.
Spykee91 said:
Okay but how come in my case it only happens if I attach my Cooler Case? It's sucks that I can't use this cooler though. :/ App won't install for some reason.
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Probably something wrong with type-c connector on cooler. And as for app, are you sure it's needed? I guess when in "shark" mode other apps not needed for peripherals.
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Probably something wrong with type-c connector on cooler. And as for app, are you sure it's needed? I guess when in "shark" mode other apps not needed for peripherals.
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Well I noticed that when we try to download the old Shark Arsenal app, it already mentions that it has been built in function into Shark Space 3.0 which we currently have with the Joy UI 11 update, the FunCooler works without any problem. The Cooling case however don't. The Shark Space app does indeed have that section called as "Shark Cooleer" which is the app name too. Still it does not recognizes even though it's paired through Bluetooth. :/ I hope the recognition is not made by the Type-C port, cause btw that works too. I mean i can easily charge my phone through the cooler case's type-c port. And it's even fast charging so yea. I still think the Shark Cooler app would be needed to control the cooler. Or I bought a faulty device. :/ Still without the app I cannot test it so yea.
Hey guys i had a same problem wet surface but i already blower it and let it rest for a day still i cant charge my black shark 2 any tips or should i bring it to the nearest service center?