Just wonderng what other peoples experiences are with blue angels, I have an mda 3 model and I have had nothing but problem after problem. I have the buzzing screen which has grown to intollerable level, My internal battery keeps draining for no apparent reason, my power button snapped of the mainboard a couple of weeks after purchase and T-mobile would not fix it,
After having it fixed a few months later my power button now only works when I hold it to turn off the backlight but I cannot turn off the screen by pressing once (A few others have had this problem) it's not a hardware issue I don't think because I had it back to a phone shop that specialises is PDA's and they say noting is mechanically wrong with it. From pressing the power button once it seems to stay in the memory or whatever that I presses it and then when I do a soft reset, It hard resets. My internal battery has now started behaving but I still have this power button prob and the buzzing screen.
Also did they put legs in these styli because I have had each xda model and never lost as man styli as I have with this model!!!!!!
Just wondering if anyone else shares my frustration, I have had tons more probs and will post when I think of them!!
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Yep I have tried flasing it with different roms and still no change. Im now back to my trusty old xda 2!! never had a problem with that[/code]
Probably, if is not mechanical, the problem is in WIN OS - upgrade new room,other room,oher room etc.
andyrow said:
Also did they put legs in these styli because I have had each xda model and never lost as man styli as I have with this model!!!!!!
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Lol!
Same here! :lol:
But beside that, I don't have any problems with my MDA 3 (knocking on wood :wink...
I was having that prob. then i looked at the side and realised one of the screws holding the ba together had fallen out
Id started thinking it was a software fault, but its definitly not as I have installed countless roms and just put WM5 on. I took it in for repair this morning (as last time they put a dodgy screw back in and I cant find a screwdriver that fits!!) and they are having a look tomorrow! I will tell them about the screw so cheers!!
Which screw is it then? inside the phone?
no its the one at the top, on the side next to where the stylus is held.
you may find its loose and when you tighten it the stylus stops falling out as much.
speaking of those T-6 torx screws... where can they be bought, or found?
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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
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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 !
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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.
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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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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
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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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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?
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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
I do not know if somebody faced this problems before or not:
1- The soft-keys, dial key, call drop key, and the scrolling keys; are always while pressing them for long time does not response until turning off the screen by pressing the power button then turning on again to keep working for awhile then same thing happen again.
2- The screen is sometimes fade to be completely white & brightness more, and everything hidden until turning off the screen by pressing the power button then turning on it again
If anybody knows how to fix this matter please provide me with the solution.
Thanks for all concerned
I had the same exact problem... I fixed it by getting a warranty exchange from AT&T!
I have the same problem! Unfortunately my phone is not covered by warranty. I think it's a hardware issue because I changed a number of ROMs and the problem persisted. I don't know what to do, it's driving me nuts!
Help anybody???
Good news!
Ok, as far as the key problem goes, using the PDF file about HTC TyTN where you can see how EXACTLY to disassemble and assemble the TyTN I took the courage to open up my TyTN and pull up the motherboard and clean everything up and close it tightly back. However I did not completely disassembled it as the manual shows because I did not want to remove any stuff that's glued like the rubber parts and the metal tape that holds the keyboard connector. So basically, I did not reach the part where the soft keys are, but somehow miraculously my keys are working nice again! I guess the problem was just loose connections and probably it was loosing contact somewhere because keys worked sometimes and then suddenly stopped.
Anyways, it's been 2 days now and the keys work perfectly and my TyTN is not so loose like it's going to fall apart as it was before!
P.S.
I haven't noticed the white screen problem also but it's been only 2 days and it wasn't happening so often before anyways.
This issue is known -there are threads in hermes section, search for white screen..
Its a harware issue with XILINX coolrunner(if I remember it right) on the front keypad below screen.. It propably has some bad solders under it -mine went so bad that it showed only white screen until I disassemled the unit and pressed directly the chip with my fingers
Then I bought a new circuit from cnn -at the moment it had those boards for sale, not anymore. That fixed my problem.
Among the threads someone got his/her phone to operate again by putting something between the cover and the chip..
I had the problem on my handset and managed to fix it by cutting up a piece of card..be it and old credit card or whatever to the size of the recess that the chip fits in...this pushes against it nicely and since then only had the problem reoccur once...then it was cured by just putting the handset into standby mode and back to normal again
Everyone has experienced some problems with their phone, whether its white screen/d-pad syndrome or some other fault.
Today my phone has decided not to turn on. It was working perfectly then all of a sudden screen went blank.
I have tried taking battery and sim card etc out and putting it back in. Phone won't even pick up charger.
I have had white screen of death before and dismantled my phone following alkizmo directions. This fixed my phone for a number of weeks, though problem started to re-appear.
Could this be whats caused my phone to switch off.
Does anyone have any ideas on how to get my phone to turn on again.
Warranty is well gone!!!
Seeing as there doesn't appear to be any ideas, I may go hunting for a new phone, though I'll probably take my hermes apart first!!
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....though I'll probably take my hermes apart first!!
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Yeaaaaa, kill the bast...rd and go for Diamond
My hermes just started showing the same symptoms. None of the front buttons work, not even the leds... I took the phone apart i did the foam trick but it didn't work. However, it could be because the mail button is faulty (it doesn't click when pressed) so I've ordered a flex cable which includes that button. Its a good thing I've already pre-ordered the touch pro, so its not too much longer with my faulty hermes..
Hi,
I do not know if someone has posted or commented on this before. I bought my TP2 back in november and since then I have noticed that it would power off every now and then. Closing the keyboard would very often power it off, or slightly banging it. A friend of mine bought the phone the same day and had the same issue. I have been reading forums and people recommended changing the mother board, or re-flashing... but in my case it would still power off.
Yesterday I was enlightened. I saw the battery has a little movement in its enclosure. I inserted a piece of plastic on the upper left corner... now the phone will not power off unless I want it to. I have noticed the battery is even working better. It seems it is les than 1mm smaller than it should be or something.
Seems incredible, but this really solved me and my friends problem... hope it works for other people too.
P.S. I know my phone is dirty
waw
i came searching for that problem, my tp2 turn off some times when i slid the keyboard open !!!
i didnt have this problem before, but few weeks ago i updated my ROM at the HTC care office , so i suspect the ROM but let me try ur way .. may be some how the battery space becam 1mm larger
What version of Touch Pro 2 is that?
My battery is nice and snug on my tilt2 (RHOD300)
@ samarrai:
Please do try it and let us know how it worked. I have seen this problem occur and be solved this way on 3 rhodiumms already.
@ fone_fanatic:
Good one. This is RHOD210, I will try and find out what version the others with this problem are and post it here.
Thanks for your posts!
How odd this post shows up today. I have had my Tilt 2 for about 3 months and yesterday I pulled it out of its case to check the time and I could not turn the phone on. Had to remove and replace the battery to get the phone to come back on. Wonder if this is the same as above.
This post is actually really odd, cause the exact same thing happened to me yesterday, took phone out to check time and it was off. I just dismissed it thinking I prob turned it off while it was in the case. but didn't occur to me at the time that i had to use the reset button to turn it back on rater than just the standard power button. leads me to believe more than just a battery not fitting issue.
It might seem odd... dont know what so say except my phone used to shut down every day more than 10 times... my friends phone used to shut down really often as well. We both bought it from the same guy the same day, and both are RHOD210 from at&t.
Now that we put the little plastic thingy, they just will not power off unless we tell them to. I just thought I'd share the info in case someone else is having this issue. I know I read a lot about it while googling, and no one commented on this.