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Xda IIs is slowly dieing can anyone help????

Hello all can i say i love this site it has helped me out over time and i would like to thank you all so THANKS!!
Well i have had my xda for nearly to years and recently i think its starting to die first of all i had a problem with calls i could not hear anything nor could anyone hear me. I found out that if i plug my charger in it worked fine. Then i noticed that it wouldn't charge if i left my bluetooth on. OK if that's not bad enough it has now started to reset its self if left alone for a couple of hours. Could it be missing me??? Could any one help me?? if not ill try to swap it for a hard drive for my xbox 360 lol. Many thanks again

The best way - hard reset, if will not help - change the CE Rom.....thats what i would do.....
thanks

cookie25 said:
Hello all can i say i love this site it has helped me out over time and i would like to thank you all so THANKS!!
Well i have had my xda for nearly to years and recently i think its starting to die first of all i had a problem with calls i could not hear anything nor could anyone hear me. I found out that if i plug my charger in it worked fine. Then i noticed that it wouldn't charge if i left my bluetooth on. OK if that's not bad enough it has now started to reset its self if left alone for a couple of hours. Could it be missing me??? Could any one help me?? if not ill try to swap it for a hard drive for my xbox 360 lol. Many thanks again
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There are symptoms there that suggest a battery or battery connection problem. Hard reset by all means but if problems persist, I think I'd be trying a new battery.
Mike

mikechannon said:
There are symptoms there that suggest a battery or battery connection problem. Hard reset by all means but if problems persist, I think I'd be trying a new battery.
Mike
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arrrr i did notice that on of the lugs on the top of the battery was missing and the battery isn't sitting rite many thanks. While I'm typing know any place to get cheep batteries???? Many thanks again

Help me get an antique xda going.

Hello, I will start by saying despite my aged condition i have only recently (in the last week) been seduced to the ownership of any sort of mobile phone. I have one that works fine. But in my investigations a friend offered and gave me a XDA exec (O2) mainly to stop me moaning about the silly way text messages are entered with out a Qwerty keyboard. Unfortunately the phone seem to be dead. Or at least in a coma (as it has some life signs).
The symptoms are, White screen, not much else, odd times my eight year old got the keyboard lights on and thats about it, plain white screen. I have investigated the net for answers and tried. Reset (power, back light and reset), taking out battery and replacing, taking out the battery over night, i investigated 02's web site which i found of very little help, the user manual there etc presupposes some sort of information on the screen ! I seized on the idea that a Rom Upgrade might help but all links to that i have found are dead.
I installed Activcync to my PC and the phone syncs up allowing me to see that there is indeed things on it the windows files etc. Which gave me hope that it isn't totally dead.
So any suggestions? can i do anything with this impressive looking paperweight?

you prob get more results reading and writing in the forum for the device in question
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=280
as more people who own and or know anything about that device would be reading that forum

oops..will do thanks

my dash shutdown spontaneously :(

hi everybody
les go to the problem
I am not sure when this start happen, this is my girlfriend phone and I don't remember her complaining about the phone.
I flash the last rose rom, everithing ok, but, without a reason the phone is turned off automatically, is random, with full battery, or when I turn on the wifi, when data conection is turned off, when the phone is in my pocket doing nothing, etc.
I follow the instructions to reflash the original rom, I chose the HTC EXCALIBUR 1.33.422.1 (windows mobile 6 WWE ), but the problem cotinues
I work with this thing and is really annoying to miss emails and phone calls
plz help, any idea is a good idea.
thanks
PS: sorry about my poor english.

froman said:
hi everybody
les go to the problem
I am not sure when this start happen, this is my girlfriend phone and I don't remember her complaining about the phone.
I flash the last rose rom, everithing ok, but, without a reason the phone is turned off automatically, is random, with full battery, or when I turn on the wifi, when data conection is turned off, when the phone is in my pocket doing nothing, etc.
I follow the instructions to reflash the original rom, I chose the HTC EXCALIBUR 1.33.422.1 (windows mobile 6 WWE ), but the problem cotinues
I work with this thing and is really annoying to miss emails and phone calls
plz help, any idea is a good idea.
thanks
PS: sorry about my poor english.
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maybe do a hard reset it tells u how in the sticky thread

froman said:
hi everybody
les go to the problem
I am not sure when this start happen, this is my girlfriend phone and I don't remember her complaining about the phone.
I flash the last rose rom, everithing ok, but, without a reason the phone is turned off automatically, is random, with full battery, or when I turn on the wifi, when data conection is turned off, when the phone is in my pocket doing nothing, etc.
I follow the instructions to reflash the original rom, I chose the HTC EXCALIBUR 1.33.422.1 (windows mobile 6 WWE ), but the problem cotinues
I work with this thing and is really annoying to miss emails and phone calls
plz help, any idea is a good idea.
thanks
PS: sorry about my poor english.
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Most probably the battery, especially if does it on all ROM's, there have been many threads about spontanious turning offf may be worth doing a search.

wow this was fast, thanks for the answers
s1l3nt said:
maybe do a hard reset it tells u how in the sticky thread
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I already do a hard reset (many times)
stylez said:
Most probably the battery, especially if does it on all ROM's, there have been many threads about spontanious turning offf may be worth doing a search.
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I already made a search about this problem (I am not so newbie ) but I cannot find any problem like this.
but now you mentioned it, some times the battery has a strange behavior, some times is fully charged, a few minutes after show only 20%, if I reset the dash the battery shows 90% ..... maybe is time to a new battery pack

yah it is a problem with the dash as i experienced it as well...as soon as the new battery came it did not do that. if you check maybe your battery has swelled just a tiny bit...as that is what happened in my case even though i did not drop it in any liquid.

froman said:
wow this was fast, thanks for the answers
I already do a hard reset (many times)
I already made a search about this problem (I am not so newbie ) but I cannot find any problem like this.
but now you mentioned it, some times the battery has a strange behavior, some times is fully charged, a few minutes after show only 20%, if I reset the dash the battery shows 90% ..... maybe is time to a new battery pack
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Not even a mention you didn't search or being a noob , i just know that there are @ least 3 i can mem about, random shutdown.
A new battery should sort it out but some members have had it current after not long getting a new battery, take a look @ first couple of pages, there ia recommended batterys in a thread.
Good luck

stylez said:
Not even a mention you didn't search or being a noob , i just know that there are @ least 3 i can mem about, random shutdown.
A new battery should sort it out but some members have had it current after not long getting a new battery, take a look @ first couple of pages, there ia recommended batterys in a thread.
Good luck
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I searched by "shutdown or turn off" but not by "battery", sorry, all these years and I still being a noob
I bought a new battery in hong kong (don't kill me ) in a few weeks (maybe 8 weeks xD ) I tell you if the problem is solved

mossimo53 said:
yah it is a problem with the dash as i experienced it as well...as soon as the new battery came it did not do that. if you check maybe your battery has swelled just a tiny bit...as that is what happened in my case even though i did not drop it in any liquid.
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umm looking.....
yes you right, the battery is a little deformed.
thanks to all, everything aim to the battery is the problem.

froman said:
I searched by "shutdown or turn off" but not by "battery", sorry, all these years and I still being a noob
I bought a new battery in hong kong (don't kill me ) in a few weeks (maybe 8 weeks xD ) I tell you if the problem is solved
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It's all in the search criteria
Battery request give you an idea as to what batterys we using
Stick a bit of card between the battery back and back of case, if the battery is malformed then it may just be a slight contact issue worth a try. "might get you by till new battery"

TP2 Battery Life Problem SOLVED

First off. . .I've had so many WINMO phones i've lost count. . . so knowing a bit about WINMO and how batteries work, THIS MAKES NO SENSE WHY IT WORKED. . .but it did.
Ok, let me know if this fixed the problem for you, I'd love to hear if there was another factor in my battery suddenly becoming An AMAZING powerhouse.
So my battery life SUCKED for the first week i had my Sprint TP2. After trying every reg hack I could get my hands on (including trying to disable 3g - which the mode of operation page just never showed up on my settings- like it did on my touch pro --anyone have thoughts on this?) I decided on another hard reset.
But this time was different. . . I let it charge all night long. . .then while it was still plugged in, I hard reset it. . .
1) CHARGE FULLY
2) hard reset while still plugged in
3) install myphone and restore (still plugged in)
4) install nuePower 1.52 -- soft reset twice
5) install other software
About 2 hours after doing this (and using it) i noticed the battery was still at 100% - - - WHAT!!!
My first thought was that the sensor was broken, but then about an hour later, it dropped to 90%. I used the phone more yesterday than i have in every day I've had it combined. . .
I downloaded (on the battery) I'd say upwards of 30MB -- did another myphone sync - a cleanup -- took about 1/2 hr.
Made several phone calls. . .bluetooth the whole sh'bang (about 30 mins phone calls i'd say)
end of the day . . . battery was at 50%
NOTE: for some reason the 1% increment doesn't work, but who cares anymore when the battery now ROCKS!

I'm more incline to think an app you install before was sucking the power somehow, did you have identical app suite before and after the hard reset?

yes, I've re-installed EVERY piece of software i had before. That's one of the reasons it makes no sense why it works.
s2u2
Facebook
Bing
Myphone
Klaxon
DST Update
Advanced Config Tool
Google maps
nuePower
olive tree bible reader
PHM Registry Editor
weatherCityEditor

olive tree bible reader-> lol
mantici said:
yes, I've re-installed EVERY piece of software i had before. That's one of the reasons it makes no sense why it works.
s2u2
Facebook
Bing
Myphone
Klaxon
DST Update
Advanced Config Tool
Google maps
nuePower
olive tree bible reader
PHM Registry Editor
weatherCityEditor
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mantici said:
olive tree bible reader
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where did you find that app at? Can you get different versions (KJV or NIV) ?

http://olivetree.com
they have several bibles for free (KJV, MKGV, ASV, etc) and some for fee (NIV for one).
app is pretty good, if not a bit "old" looking

Mike Mercury said:
where did you find that app at? Can you get different versions (KJV or NIV) ?
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Here, and yes. Many of the older versions are free. It doesn't support touch screens very well yet, but you can make the zoom bar work as a scroller which helps.
BTW, back to the OT-
I found that I had to turn off the power option that turns on the TP2 when the keyboard opens. The keyboard sensor is magnetic, and it would think the keyboard had opened every time I would put it back in it's HTC belt case. You know- the one with the magnetic lid...

i've not seen that magnetic case problem, got the case from Sprint, insert it in so the screen faces my belt. . . no problems there. Yup, just checked it.

Hey where did you find that feature to turn off the keyboard thingy. I have a magnetic case and I always see my light one when I take it out of my case

second that request for how turn off the power option on sliding the keyboard..
it is silly anyway. I never slide the keyboard unless i have an app open that needs it. But that app doesn't need it until I open and use the app, which doesn't happen until I turn on the phone.....
LOL

rn4emp said:
Hey where did you find that feature to turn off the keyboard thingy. I have a magnetic case and I always see my light one when I take it out of my case
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Google is your friend-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=523842&highlight=power+keyboard+slide

here: so you don't have to jump through 2 loops to get to it:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Hardware\DeviceMap\Keybd] Create new dword "SlideWakeup" with value of 0 and soft reset.
To revert, delete the key or set it's data to 1

cameraddict said:
second that request for how turn off the power option on sliding the keyboard..
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Schap's Advanced Config did that on the Kaiser, has anyone tried it with the TP2?

I have that installed, i don't see the setting anywhere.

Can anyone else confirm this... I would do this in a second if I thought it would work. I barely get a days worth out of normal use. Sprint TP2

I'm about to give this a shot. I'm not terribly upset with my battery life, but anything more would be better. I see that you are using the sprint TP2. Is hspl out for that yet? I'm using a Tilt2 and have a custom ROM. Not sure if that means much to you but I will let you know if I see an improvement.
Update
So far so good. I won't know if the 1% battery driver doesn't work until the battery meter updates, but it hasn't dropped below 100% yet. It's my feeling that the full charge and hard reset on charge is what did the trick. I will keep everyone posted.

can anyone tell me if they are having success by using this method...is this working on any touch pro 2 bc i have a verizon touch pro2 and im lucky to get 10 hrs life with it and thats with texting only (heavily)...i dont make any phone calls and i barely use the data but like i said, im lucky to get 10-12 hrs of life...any help would be great

mwrood said:
can anyone tell me if they are having success by using this method...is this working on any touch pro 2 bc i have a verizon touch pro2 and im lucky to get 10 hrs life with it and thats with texting only (heavily)...i dont make any phone calls and i barely use the data but like i said, im lucky to get 10-12 hrs of life...any help would be great
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Well I've been using my phone with heavy to moderate usage since my last post (with wifi off) and my phone is currently at about 65%. So it doesn't seem that my battery life has improved dramatically. I'll have a better idea about how effective this method was on my battery life later this evening.
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It has been about 10 hours off charge and my phone is currently at 36%. Since it's the weekend and I just got the phone I've been using it a little more than usual. So far I feel that the battery life has improved after using this method. Once I've used it for a couple more days I'll report back my results.
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I woke up at 8am, used my phone throughout the day, and here about 12 hours later my phone is at 33%. I am much happier knowing that I can use my phone all day and still only have to charge it overnight. Thanks OP.

Solution to my battery life issue.
Hi all,
This is related to battery life (but not really the original poster's cause), so I thought I'd post it here so others can find it. I purchased a TP2 in a city where 3G coverage exists, while on a business trip, and I was pleased with the battery life. But when I returned home I found my battery life decreased greatly. The phone was only 3 weeks old, but I thought I might have had a dud battery. The Settings>System>Power>Information tab, however, showed many hours of device usage (which was draining my battery) even on days when I didn't check email or use the internet.
I was finally pointed to a solution by a T-Mo rep (after a few encounters with less-informed staff). My home location is in a non-3G area and my phone was constantly trying to find 3G coverage all day long when in my home area. This was, apparently, the equivalent to being on the internet all day and my phone wouldn't last 10 hours. I went to Start>Settings>Advanced Network and changed the option to Disable (when I'm in a non-3G area) and this solved the issue. My phone now lasts two days again, instead of 10 hours.
This is, I know, slightly off the topic of the orginal posters topic but I hope someone reading about battery life issues might find this useful.

can anyone provide me the nuePower 1.52 i cant download it

p600 wifi turning off on of on off on....

Ok this started last night, tablet has been working flawlessly for the last 6 months or more.
What happened was, I wasn't able to use the Internet. Just wasn't working. And every 20 seconds or so it would flash up at the bottom of the screen "connected to (my router)".
So I turned wifi off and on, which usually fixed connection issues, but didn't help. I also restarted router, even though my computer and my phone isn't having any issues.
So then I went to the wifi settings screen to see if there was any way to reset networks. What I saw was this:
If i turn wifi toggle on and watch the screen, it would scan for networks, find the list... Couple seconds pass... Then the toggle would switch itself off and back on! And then it would start looking and finding networks again, and then off and on, and etc etc.
I have tried a factory reset and cache reset.
I have also downloaded the 4.4.2 stock rom and installed using odin for a totally new install.
Still does it.
Any suggestions? Seems very strange. It's under warranty but it seems like an odd hardware fault, seems more like software but I dunno.
Help me xda, you're my only hope.

I've been searching the Internet all day trying to find someone else havin this problem... But I seem to be the only one. And noone seems to have any suggestions.
At the moment I'm having to consider a warranty dispute, but that means however many days/weeks without the tablet which I use on a daily basis.
Not ideal Samsung.

nirurin said:
I've been searching the Internet all day trying to find someone else havin this problem... But I seem to be the only one. And noone seems to have any suggestions.
At the moment I'm having to consider a warranty dispute, but that means however many days/weeks without the tablet which I use on a daily basis.
Not ideal Samsung.
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Hey. I had the EXACT same problem. Even made a video of it and showed it to the service point personell. Turning on off on again and again, it also displays in the settings the switch just switches itself without any action of mine. It was a hardware defect. send it in and get a new one, better than being annoyed by it. Mine did it on a 5-10sec interval length...

Keks1234 said:
Hey. I had the EXACT same problem. Even made a video of it and showed it to the service point personell. Turning on off on again and again, it also displays in the settings the switch just switches itself without any action of mine. It was a hardware defect. send it in and get a new one, better than being annoyed by it. Mine did it on a 5-10sec interval length...
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Yeh mines probably every 5-10 seconds...
So this is definitly a hardware fault? In which case I'll have to get in touch with john lewis and hope they will do an exchange in store. If it involves having to send it off to samsung and waiting for it..
Anyway thanks for replying to the question, shame it wasn't better news haha!

nirurin said:
Yeh mines probably every 5-10 seconds...
So this is definitly a hardware fault? In which case I'll have to get in touch with john lewis and hope they will do an exchange in store. If it involves having to send it off to samsung and waiting for it..
Anyway thanks for replying to the question, shame it wasn't better news haha!
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yeah sorry to be the one to tell you this is a faulty device but it seems like this unit ain't free of errors and there quality control is somewhat sketchy.
Which android version are you running? I am asking because I run kitkat and also have relatively ****ty battery life. I use it for university so I have the screen on and write notes during lectures. Usually it lasted 7-8hours but for about a week or two it now only lasts 4-5 hours of screen time which is really ****ty.
I read somewhere that this might be a motherboard issue and if it is it might be somewhat corellated to our wifi problem. In my case they replaced the wifi module and gave me back my "old" device but this is having bad battery life so I am thinking about sending it in (again). I did however root so I would have to make use of the warranty provided by the seller, not samsung itself, since my knox is tripped.
(in Germany the sellers also must provide 6months - 2 years of warranty and there was a judgement in Europe that rooting must not have any influence on wether your device still is under warranty or not. sadly this only applies to the warranty provided by the seller, not the manufacturer)

Is your BT on and are you connected to a 2.4 GHZ network?
If so, turn off BT
I get random WiFi disconnects and reconnects from 2.4 GHZ networks when BT is on but not connected. Though, Ive never noticed the wifi switch going off and on.

I am running 4.4.2 or whatever, kitkat anyway.
Bluetooth is off, I never use it on my tablet. I dunno what network type I'm running, might be N or might be B/G, but whatever it is it what it has been for months as I havent changed any router settings lately.
I have restarted the router twice already in case this was a network problem, but the network wouldn't cause the wifi to toggle off and on, it would just cause disconnects etc. Least I assume so. I may try this just in case but like I said the network type hasn't changed lately

John Lewis are saying they won't exchange it, it will have to be sent off to Samsung for "repair". Meaning I'll probably get sent back a refurbished second hand one with a dodgy light bleed screen, as I expect they have hundreds of those lying around now.
Oh and it'll be up to 28 days. For a premium and expensive device that's less than 6 months old this just isn't good enough.

nirurin said:
John Lewis are saying they won't exchange it, it will have to be sent off to Samsung for "repair". Meaning I'll probably get sent back a refurbished second hand one with a dodgy light bleed screen, as I expect they have hundreds of those lying around now.
Oh and it'll be up to 28 days. For a premium and expensive device that's less than 6 months old this just isn't good enough.
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I had mine replaced as well but dont remember wether I got a new one or just my old one repaired... should have written down the IMEI I guess :-/
you're from Bristol, don't the EU rights apply there? If so your retailer should be obliged to replace or repair the device.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1998801
Anyways my replacement was done through Samsung and it took 6 days. But then again idk differences between UK and Germany...