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Hi,
Sorry if this has been posted before, can't find anything on it but not sure what I should be searching for. I've just received a replacement Orbit from O2, it boots up ok but doesn't seem to be able to get a phone signal even though I know I'm in a good signal area. Been on for about 2 hours but all I get is the searching icon. Anybody know what's wrong with it?
Thanks

just one other thing, when the phone boots up what should it show in the top left, i.e IPL/SPL/GSM/OS.

Sorry if this is obvious and redundant -
But have you tried various levels of resetting the phone from a simple power on/off all the way to a hard reset? Also, are you able to access SIM features like stored contacts?

Tried removing battery/sim/sd card soft reset. Just tried restoring from SPB backup and now device gets stuck at the green "Direct Push Technology" screen. What keys do a hard reset?
Cheers

Hold down the two 'soft keys' they are the ones directly to the left and right of the chrome wheel towards the top are of it. Keep holding them down while you use your stylus to press the resessed reset button on the bottom left side of the phone. Keep holding the soft keys until the phone displays a message for you to confirm by pushing the green 'talk' key. this will put your phone back into the smae state it was when it was new in the box, you will have to do the screen aligning and all that BS....
Hopefully this works for you. Otherwise I would suspect faulty hardware.

Send it back..if it's a replacement then it too is fubar and you shouldn't try and "fix" it...ring them from a landline and tell them to drop a new unit and collect the "replacement".

Why not try and 'fix' it? Thats half the purpose of this board. I know the company is liable for sending a defective unit, but if he can get it working on his own then more power to him.

Agreed....but I too have had a "replacement" orbit from O2 which had more problems then the one I sent back...I think they "recycle" the returned phones when they consider them fixed!! That is only reason to send it back...after that come here and learn how to make it sing !!

Cheers for the help people, rang O2 and it turned out it was a refurb and had been blocked off the network. Do have one other issue with it, when I receive a text and try to reply its trying to send as an email. Rang O2 and they didn't know how to sort it, anyone here know?
Thanks

[Q] Blank screen although phone working

One of our HTC Desire's screen is no longer displaying although the phone is on, the buttons at the bottom are lit, it receives calls and you can even answer them by swiping your finger from top to bottom. I have tried removing the battery and also memory card and SIM but to no avail. I am currently leaving it dismantled for an hour or so to see if that helps. If I don't find the solution from posts on this thread I will reluctantly try a hard reset before calling HTC in the morning. Googling 'blank screen' I can see that others have had this problem however I have not come across a solution yet. Any help would be very greatly appreciated.

SLCD- brick?

!PANDA said:
SLCD- brick?
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Zaphodski said:
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How did your phone reach this state? What were you trying to do? Where are you from? Is the phone branded/unbranded? Is it an SLCD/AMOLED? Which ROM's on it? Preliminary qns..

droidzone said:
How did your phone reach this state? What were you trying to do? Where are you from? Is the phone branded/unbranded? Is it an SLCD/AMOLED? Which ROM's on it? Preliminary qns..
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The handset screen just went blank whilst trying to make a call. It rang a couple of times last night (screen still blank) and I actually managed to answer one call by swiping my finger down the screen. UK based handset on Orange with stock Froyo. I have no idea what type of screen the Desire has.....the same as everyone else? It's beeping at me now as I type to remind me of a calendar appointment

Very unlikely to be a software issue then. Better have it looked over at service. I'm guessing your display will need to be changed.

[Q] HELP! White lines on black screen HTC Desire CM7

A few days ago I succesfully (at least I thought so..) flashed my Desire to Cyanogenmod 7 using Amon-ra and it worked perfectly, until today out of nowhere my screen is black with a couple of white lines from top to bottom. One minute it worked as normal, and a couple of minutes later when I pressed the top button to unlock it, the screen was all weird. The touch functions of the screen seem to work as normal, I can unlock the screen, shut it down, power it up, enter my pin etc (blindly) but I see only the vertical lines so it's hard to check what's going on. I do see that the lines "move" when something changes on the screen, like when I unlock it, I see that the screen does react on it, but only some lines appear, move or disappear. For the rest, the sound works as normal when I turn op the volume, as does the vibrating.
I have a PVT4 S-on (thats all I remember) if it makes any difference.
Picture is from a camera, not a screenshot. Looks a bit yellow or so but the background is black, and the lines are white.
Does anyone know what it caused and what I can do to fix it? Maybe reset it or reflash it someway?
Many thanks in advance!!

Where's the picture?

You might want to give HTC a ring.

Request from puntchiel, a picture of his mobile phone:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13976378/P1050923.JPG

Hm I forgot the picture, my friend len posted a link for me, for Im not yet able to do that cauz Im a nub
Thx len!

Yeh, send it to HTC or your carrier. It looks so ****ed

Well, sending it back and profiting from my insurance is my last option cuz I wont have it back for at least a month. Does anyone know what it could have caused or what could be a way to solve this highly annoying thing? I can't imagine that it is a hardware problem that occured this sudden... And the screen is reacting to my input but it only shows the frikkin lines! So I hope that it is a software problem. I just have no idea how to solve it, so thats why I'm asking the pro's on this forum

And btw, if I'm sending it back I need to make sure that they don't find out of the custom software on my device. That leaves me only two options I quess, fixing it or completely smashing it... So if someone at least knows how to use a RUU or something via my PC (without having to use the screen of my desire), your help is very much appreciated!!!

Meaple said:
You might want to give HTC a ring.
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Ohh yeah thats helpful; i am sure he did not think to contact htc himself

That picture recalls bad experience with my ex Nokia 5800xm. I had to replace display.
Maybe it is not same case but it looks same.

I have exactly the same problem, flashed cm7 on my desire a few months ago.
Worked all fine.
Then yesterday all of a sudden i had a black screen with white lines.
Maybe you, puntchiel, have found any sollution?

I'm sorry Hanswurst, I had my ensurance company pick up my device and they replaced the screen, so I asume it was a hardware problem. I wish I could help you buddy. Good luck with it!

Phone unusable during a call??

Am I missing a setting or something? I am unable to turn my phone(screen) back on at anytime during a call once it times out and shuts off. Neither the power, or home buttons will wake it while a call is in progress. So if at anytime during a call I need to check a text, look up info, or even make a selection for an automated system im out of luck. This has been happening since I got the phone on launch day, and at first it didnt bother me, but now that I have had to call customer support for my home internet a couple times this past weekend it has become quite the issue. As if I make a wrong selection I get stuck in the automated system, and cant wake the phone to end the call, so i have to take my phone out of its case, rip the back off, and pull the battery. I searched google & this forum, but didnt find anything. Was hoping the latest update would fix it, but it seems I may be the only one experiencing this.
Any help or info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!

Negrito said:
Am I missing a setting or something? I am unable to turn my phone(screen) back on at anytime during a call once it times out and shuts off. Neither the power, or home buttons will wake it while a call is in progress. So if at anytime during a call I need to check a text, look up info, or even make a selection for an automated system im out of luck. This has been happening since I got the phone on launch day, and at first it didnt bother me, but now that I have had to call customer support for my home internet a couple times this past weekend it has become quite the issue. As if I make a wrong selection I get stuck in the automated system, and cant wake the phone to end the call, so i have to take my phone out of its case, rip the back off, and pull the battery. I searched google & this forum, but didnt find anything. Was hoping the latest update would fix it, but it seems I may be the only one experiencing this.
Any help or info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!
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What kinda case do you have? Picture would be great.
Sent from Pluto.

I have this case...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0089T7XJU/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00
and this screnn protector....
http://www.xtremeguard.com/Samsung-.../galaxy_s_3_screen_protector.htm#.UA2LO6PqFI0
Could it really be the screnn protector? I dont seem to have any issues with auto brightness.

Data recovery from broken screen note 8

As the title suggests, my screen is inoperable but I can hear notifications come through, so it's booting up. Any way to get unbacked data off of it?

wbreslin951 said:
As the title suggests, my screen is inoperable but I can hear notifications come through, so it's booting up. Any way to get unbacked data off of it?
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I'd say plug it in to the computer and try getting into the phone.. You might have to tap on the screen even though it's broken it could probably still accept touch and you'll need to try to tap "ok" in order to get access or you'll have to try to use smart switch app to try.

The screen is unresponsive, I can't even try to guess where the buttons are to enter the pin

wbreslin951 said:
The screen is unresponsive, I can't even try to guess where the buttons are to enter the pin
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Your best bet is try to find a screen then.. I had that problem 1 time in my life and I found a screen on Ebay that was cracked pretty badly but it still worked and it allowed me to at least connect it and get my stuff transferred.. You should also check your gmail account because the Google account you have a lot of the phones backup themselves automatically and you might be able to get it back onto another phone.

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Your best bet is try to find a screen then.. I had that problem 1 time in my life and I found a screen on Ebay that was cracked pretty badly but it still worked and it allowed me to at least connect it and get my stuff transferred.. You should also check your gmail account because the Google account you have a lot of the phones backup themselves automatically and you might be able to get it back onto another phone.
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I would be able to help you get what you need off the phone if youre in the NJ area. Ive been able to help out people in similar situations before. Just let me know if you have exhausted other options and you dont mind handing over your phone temporarily to a complete stranger . Seriously though, I can see if I can help.

sunspot1224 said:
I would be able to help you get what you need off the phone if youre in the NJ area. Ive been able to help out people in similar situations before. Just let me know if you have exhausted other options and you dont mind handing over your phone temporarily to a complete stranger . Seriously though, I can see if I can help.
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Wrong person my friend.. My phone is not broken and I'm no where near new Jersey anyway haha.. @wbreslin951 was the one asking for help so you should tag him instead of me by tapping reply on his message..

MrMike2182 said:
Wrong person my friend.. My phone is not broken and I'm no where near new Jersey anyway haha.. @wbreslin951 was the one asking for help so you should tag him instead of me by tapping reply on his message..
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such a no0b move. thanks for the help