xda iis too hot while charging - MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General

has anyone experienced this? whenever i charge my xda iis, it becomes too hot, and i mean hot to handle... i almost dropped my phone when i held it... it takes at least 10 mins for my phone to cool down, considering that i have an airconditioned room... after this, my phone hangs and only a hard reset can fix it (man, i thought it was broken)... i just got my phone fixed -- no more gprs/mms problem and hard reset problem when i remove the battery... those asking how they fixed it, they had to change the board (unfortunately from where i live, you cant have the unit replaced after two weeks of purchase)... i also had pocket hackmaster installed... havent installed this before... now my problem is i dunno if pocket hackmaster can cause this problem... right now, the only way i can charge my phone is through my cradle... no time to bring it to the service center right now coz im out of town... tnx!

i know the problem with my mda III
I got the same problem.
i went to the t-com shop an they chenged my batterie.
the next problem was my backupbattery, it was damaged too.
now i got a new mda III. i wondered why all my settings after
battery drop or battery down were gone...
if your keyboard is getting hot too, you got the same problem.
my choice:
change it.
nikon

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repair my xda 2s

hi
i have the xda2s, that has a fault, when the battery is taken out it will not switch on for a good few hours. the power button works fine as i can turn the backlight off fine when on. i have sent the phone off to the xda repair center, but they nust have overlooked it, and sent it back with the same fault. ive been trying to get through to o2 about getting the phone replaced, as i dont want to wait the week and a half for xda repair center to fix the phone. but o2 customer services dont whant to be of any help since i dont have an o2 sim contract. i dont see why i need one, as its there phone and its faulty and still in warrenty. im leaving on a buisness trip in the next week and will be out of the country for quiet some time. so i havent realy got time to sending letters to get things sorted.
any help would be appreciated
thanks
Ariel
could be some really simple. Does a red light come on (top left) when you try and charge the unit. if so i had the same problem. i was charging the unit on a slight angle (so much for ergonomic desks) must have given it a bad connection. I'm sure you have already tried this but when i happens take the battery out for a min then give it a go.
your right about the red light, ive just placed an order fot the xda 2s cradle,do you think that would solve the problem
when i take the battery out it takes a good few hours to switch back on, is the phone now broken at the bottom, or is it just simply a case of not useing the usb cable charger again, would that solve the problem.
i had a suspecion that it could be the charger because my xda 2s with a broken screen developed the same recently aswell.
i realy hope this isnt permanent and if it is, hope its covered under warrenty
thanks for your help
Ariel Cohen
ok looks like te problem was just the clip. its cracked on the side, so that not all the clip moves when you lock the battery in place. as the clip also has the power of turning the phone off, most probebly to stop a short circuit, it seems that the half that dosent move is stuck in the off postition. this can move by applying a little presure. does anyone know a way of fixing the clip or possibley getting a new one from somewere. or could it be covered under warrenty, can you think of an excuse were it could be.
thanks for all your help
Ariel
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Damaged O2 XDA IIs in UK - advice ?

I got caught in that major downpour on saturday and my BA and Globalsat BT-338 GPS unit got soaked.
I dried them off in the car and tried the BA. It powered on, and on the blue imate screen (I flashed it with a PDA2K image) I saw a very brief bit of corruption on the screen. It got into windows then rebooted.
I got it home, dried some more, tried again. Dead as a doornail.
Put it in the cradle, the red "break call" button was dimly flashing. Not an even flash, a bzzt bzzt "I am shorting" kind of flash.
I immediately pulled it out of the cradle and left it to dry more overnight.
Today I tried it out of the cradle, still dead. Gingerly put it in cradle, the top right light went red (low battery I think this means) but no flashing break light so I left it and it went orange (indicating normal charging) after a while. I powered it on and it works. I still get the same brief bit of corruption just after the serial / rom ID screen on bootup.
It would not sync howver. I tried my lil-sync travel sync lead and that synced. I then had the idea of pulling the power plug out of the back of the cradle and letting it reset. It now syncs in the cradle.
All seemed good I thought. But I soon realised that the power button doesn't work. I cannot turn off the screen. If I hold the button down it toggles the backlight, so the button itself isn't broken, but I don't know what is...
I suppose I will have to call O2 and they will tell me to send it to a repair centre, but that will probably a) take ages and b) possibly cost loads.
I was thinking of taking it to a repair shop but I doubted they would know how to fix a BA. Also they may try to rip me off.
Any suggestions ?
Also if you know the best way of going about getting my globalsat BT-338 GPS repaired also that would be great. When I plug it in to charge the orange charging light flashes briefly but then nothing.
worst come to worst, install something like handymenu and make a quick action link for turn off, then assign that quicklink to one of the buttons to turn it off.
not sure that will work to turn it on though - unless you've worked out another way to do that?
When something gets wer, always take the battery straight out and thouroughly dry the inside with a hairdryer before trying to turn it on again. Probably not much help to you now though
I bet 02 will fix it for about £50.
I don't have a hair dryer - you need hair to make it worth having one and I haven't had any hair in years !
I will give O2 a call and see what they say.
I have a XDA2s for parts
Hallo
If you are interested i have O2 xda2s with brocen screen for parts exchange feel fre to contact me
07746555729
Take it to O2 just tell them it doesnt work and you dont know whats happened to it... play it dumb... always works for me. they replaced my entire screen with a brand new one for nothing and it only took under a week. It was so obviouse i had dropped it since ther was a clear dent at the top of the BA. only thing is that if they want to charge you for repair and you decide not to go ahead they will charge you to post it back to you.
DJUPLIFT
exactly what i did uplift
posted it in today, fingers crossed...
I think I am defo gonna get insurance if I get it working again, too much worry...
well I sent it in to the official repairers (Anovo) and they sent it back "Fixed under warranty"
Except that it was NOT fixed, it was displaying the exact same fault, which is SO easy to replicate, how the hell can they call it "Fixed" ???
So I call up O2 cust serv and tell them. They asked me to fax in receipt from repairers which I did and they said they would be sending me a brand new handset
Woohoo !
Well i was happy with o2 till i noticed a ****ING crack on the bottom left hand side of the screen. so i went back a week later cos i was working and didnt have time.
Told them that it was sent back to me like that and they basicaly said piss off.... said they couldnt do anything about it that i could have broken it anytime myself... fair enough. So now i have an xda with a cracked screen and anywhere down in the left corner i have to touch about 6mm to the left of
any button to press on it.
So pressing the New button is impossible.
I cant belive how they didnt even question about how the screen stopped working the first time, so why the hell cant they replace it again!?
Im proper pissed off :twisted:
Anyone know anybody that has a dead xda with a working screen id gladly pay good money for it!
annoying, but I would imagine the screen is quite easily replaceable.
It's gonna cost, but better than being left with a paperweight...
You guys are not gonna believe this...
So O2 send the new handset.
When I got it I decided to use my old battery until the new one had charged.
Guess what... same problem !!
IT WASNT THE PHONE IT WAS THE BATTERY !!!
So, if your XDA fails to go into standby mode when you hit the power button - don't suspect the phone, suspect the battery !
evilc said:
exactly what i did uplift
posted it in today, fingers crossed...
I think I am defo gonna get insurance if I get it working again, too much worry...
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if u do, make sure u dont get it wet, cos o22 insurance wont cover water damage.
I can't use O2 insurance anyway, you can only insure with 02 within something like 14 days of purchase.
Got same crack but in the right-hand bottom...
I am using my device in landscape mode while waiting for a reasonably priced spare part donor. Rotating the screen usually helps.
DJUPLIFT said:
Well i was happy with o2 till i noticed a ****ING crack on the bottom left hand side of the screen. so i went back a week later cos i was working and didnt have time.
Told them that it was sent back to me like that and they basicaly said piss off.... said they couldnt do anything about it that i could have broken it anytime myself... fair enough. So now i have an xda with a cracked screen and anywhere down in the left corner i have to touch about 6mm to the left of
any button to press on it.
So pressing the New button is impossible.
I cant belive how they didnt even question about how the screen stopped working the first time, so why the hell cant they replace it again!?
Im proper pissed off :twisted:
Anyone know anybody that has a dead xda with a working screen id gladly pay good money for it!
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help.orbit wm6 turn off alone!!

i got an xda orbit from a friend of mine and i have a huge problem,after updating to wm6 the orbit begins to shutdown alone.
i just leave the device 1-2 hours witout touching and then it shutdown .
sometime i hold the orbit and its on,then it turn off alone.DIESSSSS
i didnt c this problem when the device had wm5.
if anybody experiance something like this please help help.
Can you explain what you mean by it shuts down?
What behaviour does it show.
What happens when you turn it on?
Does it still recieve calls?
like you take the batterie out.
i mean when i press on the power botton the phone start like its soft reseted.
crazy wm6
I have a similar problem (still on WM5.0) of the Orbit turning itself off completely. Last night I discovered this happens if I put pressure on the rear battery cover. Going to return it to O2 as faulty but this may be the same issue you have?
Got the same Problem today and some days before...
I will have an eye on this
micstar said:
Got the same Problem today and some days before...
I will have an eye on this
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Two days later - same problem...
One more and i have to return the device...
I have exactly the same problem here with my P3300 and wm5 installed. By pressing the battery cover the device turns off.
Did you solve the problem? Did the customer support replace your phone?
I discovered that the problem is due to the battery which slightly moves by pressing on the cover and the phone turns off.
I was able to solve the problem by inserting a small piece of paper between the battery and the case.Now the battery does not move anymore and the phone does not turns off by pressing on the cover.
Two days later - again at middday
...the device turns off on its own.
I inserted a piece of paper- let´s wait and see.
Strange - it allways turns off at midday - every 2nd day.
I can´t reproduce the error by pressing on the cover...
Next time this happens, I will return it to O2.
Mic
micstar said:
...the device turns off on its own.
I inserted a piece of paper- let´s wait and see.
Strange - it allways turns off at midday - every 2nd day.
I can´t reproduce the error by pressing on the cover...
Next time this happens, I will return it to O2.
Mic
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I too have been having this problem.
I can mess with battery cover and battery without turning off, but even leaving it on side still powers off completeley evety now and then and sometimes I have to remove the battery and replace a couple of times before it turns back on.
Finding it impossible to recreate the problem.
I have sent it back to T-mobile once but they returned it saying they cant find the fault. I Ended up ringing the service team and they agreed that it seemed like an intermittant hardware fault.
Thing is now I am thinking of sending it back again but I get the feeling it will come back to me again.
PLEASE if any one has found a solution to this please post.
I will try to secure battery better and see if it makes a difference - will report back.
Hi. Have a look at Notification Queue, maybe there is a shutdown device procedue. You can use Pocket Mechanic Professional (www.wizcode.com/products/view/pocket_mechanic_professional) to do that. Hope it helps.
leez said:
Hi. Have a look at Notification Queue, maybe there is a shutdown device procedue. You can use Pocket Mechanic Professional (www.wizcode.com/products/view/pocket_mechanic_professional) to do that. Hope it helps.
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Cant see one but not sure what I'm looking for
Hi!
Since the upgrade to WM6, I have the same problem, about twice a week I pull my Orbit out of the pocket and it is off. I can turn it on and it boots like after a soft reset.
It happened just minutes ago, there was no pressure on the battery cover. I was listening to music, and it just stopped.
I tried pushing and shaking it, but I could not provoke the poweroff this way.
I also tried Pocket Mechanic to look at the notification queue, apart from two Reminders in the Year 4501 I could not find any obvious entries.
Any Ideas?
Ciao
Martin
Any news on this? I might have the same problem.
Thank you.
Orbit
I'm having the same problems :| i had them with WM 5,after upgrade it to WM6 from a O2 original rom still failing,even with the Artemis Touch...and never fell the floor :S
I had this same problem. I tried paper under the battery cover, but that made no difference. I then folded a couple of thin strips of paper in half three times (to make it 8 layers thick), and pushed these down the edge of the battery opposite the contacts (one at each end of the edge to keep it straight). This pushed the battery far enough that I could no longer see the contacts, and seems to have fixed the problem! At least, fixed the problem I could reproduce by pushing the battery cover - going to see if it turns off at all in my pocket now.
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Tev

Phone freezes up when idle

If I leave my phone on and come back to in about an hour it becomes unresponsive. The screen is won't come on, usb won't work and the power button doesn't work as well, but the lights still flash. All I can do is take the battery out and turn it on again.
At first i thought the keypad must have been getting disabled after a certain amount of time for some reason, but since the usb the connection alos dies when it's idle it must be something else.
I've been having this problem for awhile now. It first it started every once and awhile, but now it's getting to the point that I have to reset it every hour or so.
I just upgraded my ROM to Kavana 080408, but I've had this problem running the T-mobile WM6 ROM as well, therefore I'm guessing it's a hardware issue?
Any thoughts, questions, or help is greatly appriciated!
call tmobile and ask them to send you a new phone... its hardware issues...
Thank you. Err.. the only thing I haven't mentioned (for lack of mistaking the problem) is that just 3 days ago I dropped my phone outside and it rained the next morning. When I recovered the phone it was soaked.. I let it dry out and it worked again.
I think the incedent had to have been irrelevant, because I have been having this problem for about 8 months regaurdless, just not as severe.
Would T-mobile be able to know it got wet at some point and not exchange it because they'd assume the problem was due to water damage?
Well if you look under the battery to the right where the sim card goes, there is a litmus paper that turns purple/pink when wet and its white originally. I would just remove the paper if it is purple/pink and try to cut and glue a white piece of paper the same size. And then I would call them and tell them.
Glue and fish strips?
Thanks, but hmm.. how exact should this be? I was thinking about going to the fish store and buying some test strips and using those. Then i was thinking about thinning out some glue and using that to stick it. Does this sound good? I'll post how it goes.
Dash Arrived then Died
I just got my dash about two weeks ago. Before I could start finding my way around, it began acting strangely. It would not respond and sometimes suddenly cut off on it's on. Then it got to the point where it would not turn on right away. I would have to play with it (battery and SIM removal) and then it might turn on. I thought I was using the power button incorrectly.
Finally, the dash would not turn on at all. Since it was new and insured I requested a replacement. T-Mobile insisted that I test it with a alternate battery (I had a charger stand + battery on order but it had not arrived yet.) Since it would still not turn on via USB or power adapter (no charging lights either) I was certain it was not the battery. After arguing with a T-Mobile Rep and Supervisor I finally decided to lie (er um exaggerate) and tell them I had tested an alternate battery.
Before the new phone arrived the charger and spare battery arrived. I tried both batteries in the new phone with no problems.
You may want to try and get a new phone but the T-Mo rep definitely asked me the color of the paper strip inside the battery housing. My rep told me that it would change color if the LCD was damaged or cracked but I checked another phone (Samsung T409 and Motorola V188) and based on the locations of the strips I would assume it's a water damage test strip.
You may also want to see it you can remove a strip from an older phone.
Good luck!

Artemis white screen + screen shaking problem

hi all gurus,
my artemis recently got a white screen of death..
symptom
- the whole screen slowly becomes white
- will happens especially in hot (outdoor, noon time, or when loading big programs)
- the phone itself is noticeable hotter than normal when white screen happens...
- need to unplug the battery in order to restart.. soft-reset wont work when screen goes white..
- at early stage, still can connect to pc and flash new ROM, but now, cannot connect to pc already (pc just wont recognize it)
- the screen is seems to be shaking left to right all the time (a noticeable extra 5 pixels appears on the left most border of the screen, and the goes disappear, repeatingly)
- have already replaced a stable and clean ROM at the stage were the ppc still can connect to pc (i use the ROM before for few months, no problem)
- have try to switch on with a new battery, problem remains..
- battery drains quickly...
does anyone face this kind of problem before? it is hardware problem right? i search on the time, some says is the CPU need resoldering, some says need to replace the LCD ribbons... but the unfortunately things is, no pda repair expert near by area...
any feedback is apperciated. Sorry if my english grammer is not so good.
thanks.
i have the same problem...
i have bought a new battery and it still happens.
I now only get the following on boot:
IPL: 3.04.0001
SPL:1.11.0000
GSM: 03.08.90
I don't get the fourth one and it no longer loads - does this mean that the os is fluffed..?
Had the same problem, hard reset solved it
I have like this proble in my p3300
anyone can help us ??
oman_jeep said:
I have like this proble in my p3300
anyone can help us ??
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Hi...
I had the same prob. as in first post here...with my aretemis.Tried to fix it (after i ve read sh... load of threads) by heating up board and CPU (I was pissed so I just wanted to destroy it) and I managed to do so.
Now I get only red led when it is con.to PC.
After that I found post of some guy from ROMANIA who claims that he managed to fix it by one of these:
1. reheating CPU
2. changing CPY clock crystal
3.(I can't recall third thing, but it was hardware too)
After that I went on eBay, got a better one and now I'm happy with my new artemis,plus I have spare screen battery etc..in case I damage it somehow...
Ah yes...before I tried to f...(fix) it, I found that my warranty is expired for 1 month....so you can imagine why i lost my patience.
i know this will bring you down,sorry,but I had the same symptoms...
now I'm changing custom roms to see which one fits me, and still i get amazed with this beautiful phone....
cheers,
Z
Looks like a general problem with no fixes/solutions to be found anywhere.
My solution:
Get rid of this HTC sh!t and roll back to Motorola...
Found a solution!
Still being under manufacturers warranty, I took it to the repairs agents, they replaced the motherboard and voila!
Never blame a WSOD on software...

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