Hey everybody,
I have a problem with my phone. The blue notification led is constantly on. However I never tried to get it working, I just on day picked up my phone and it was on. I have a completly stock android device, so I don't know how it happend.
I've sent it to HTC to repair it, but they completly screwed up. First on my ticket it mentioned my problems i had with my phone (it also continously thought it was on a headset so didn't use the speaker and mic of the phone, that is now fixed) However a few days later it said symptom not available, but i figured since it was on there before they should have it. Well got it back after two weeks (was done after a week but they left it lying there for a week :S) And saw on the repair form they sent with it that they didn't have symtom available when they started testing, during the testing they found that the sound wasn't working (they aparently found it not odd that a blue notification led was on all the time :S) and as repair it said: Device is returned unrepaired :S:S
well the sound is now fixed so I can at least use the phone, but the constant blue led still annoys me. I now have tried to fix it by flashing this generic rom: RUU_Bravo_HTC_WWE_1.21.405.2_Radio_32.36.00.28U_4. 06.00.02_2_release_126984_signed.exe
but that didn't solve it.
Can any of you please help, I don't want to loose my phone for another two weeks?
I know that one of the developers has developed a program which allows people to use the led (and also send him a pm, but no reply yet), so maybe there are some other people which also looked into it which can help me.
Sounds like a defective mother board to me. Maybe a solder isssue with the circuits around the LED. Take it back and demand a new device.
Update: Just re-examined the package they sent it in and found out that they apparently found moisture damage and hence it is no longer under warranty. I never got it wet so wtf.
Edit update 2: Just installed the desireled programme of chaosR and noticed that the blue led that is constantly on on my phone is less bright then when i toggle the blue led on.
No one else knows anything?
Flaggie said:
Update: Just re-examined the package they sent it in and found out that they apparently found moisture damage and hence it is no longer under warranty. I never got it wet so wtf.
Edit update 2: Just installed the desireled programme of chaosR and noticed that the blue led that is constantly on on my phone is less bright then when i toggle the blue led on.
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As suggested before, it sounds like a fault on the board, which could have been caused by moisture damage. There are tiny moisture stickers inside the device that change colour when exposed to moisture. High humidity can cause these to change colour when exposed for a period of time.
I can see two moisture stickers (one on battery and one below it on the motherboard) and both of them are still white.
Use the adb or terminal emulator to disable to blue led. U will find it somewhere in the desire android development somewhere
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I tried that first turned it on with:
echo 1 > /sys/devices/platform/leds-microp/leds/blue/brightness
It became brighter then before
Then i typed
echo 0 > /sys/devices/platform/leds-microp/leds/blue/brightness
And it went back to the way it was (so not completly off)
(i used better terminal emulator for this)
Just out of curiosity, what is the blue LED meant to show? Never seen it on my Desire.
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It isn't supposed to be on ever. That is the weird part about it. Someone else also noticed that they had it and they wrote a programme to use it: see here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=700418&page=1
but I never used that app or tried to get the blue led to work and therefore it is so odd that it is on, constantly.
Flaggie said:
It isn't supposed to be on ever. That is the weird part about it. Someone else also noticed that they had it and they wrote a programme to use it: see here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=700418&page=1
but I never used that app or tried to get the blue led to work and therefore it is so odd that it is on, constantly.
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Follow the advanced instructions yo disable it
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Flaggie said:
I tried that first turned it on with:
echo 1 > /sys/devices/platform/leds-microp/leds/blue/brightness
It became brighter then before
Then i typed
echo 0 > /sys/devices/platform/leds-microp/leds/blue/brightness
And it went back to the way it was (so not completly off)
(i used better terminal emulator for this)
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more advanced then these i did not see in there
It definately sounds like a hardware fault; the only way to fix would be to return it to HTC. Did you ask them why they said it was water damage - even though the paper strips are still white?
not yet, guess i will do that today, but I'm not expecting any useful info, will probably be along the lines of we have our ways of determining that.
Called them today and they sent me the following picture, but the quality is kinda crap. And the picture could be of just any phone, but yeah i guess they would not do that or they would have a lot of complaints.
Flaggie said:
I tried that first turned it on with:
echo 1 > /sys/devices/platform/leds-microp/leds/blue/brightness
It became brighter then before
Then i typed
echo 0 > /sys/devices/platform/leds-microp/leds/blue/brightness
And it went back to the way it was (so not completly off)
(i used better terminal emulator for this)
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Just for the fun of it, run echo 0 on red, amber, green etc also. Does it darken even further or same?
You might also check if you've got other control directories by running "find | grep leds" with su. I've got it, but the other dir does not control anything.
My two dir's on DeFrost 1.7c ROM.
Code:
[B]/sys/devices/12c-0/0-0066/leds/[/B]* (red, blue, amber, green)
/sys/class/leds/* (red, blue, amber, green)
Flaggie said:
Called them today and they sent me the following picture, but the quality is kinda crap. And the picture could be of just any phone, but yeah i guess they would not do that or they would have a lot of complaints.
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Looks like water/rain or something has entered the headphone socket. If its a short on the pcb which i am sure it is, you will not be able to fix this by tweaking the LED settings.
So i have good news and bad news. The good news is my blue led notification led is off (although i have no idea why, it just happend) However, the bad news is that my other problem is back again, my cellphone thinks that it is constantly connected to my headphones, so no sound and no microphone without plugging in my headphones so my phone is pretty much no phone
It is clearly short circuits on your motherboard. The only solution is to get it repaired as suggested previous. The longer it is left, the more corrosion will build up!
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After the latest handcent update, the default setting on the notification led is set to continiuos blue. Just go to handcent settings -> notification settings -> blink led/ colour led, and set your desired settings.
I don't if this will help you, but it did it for me
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Hi Forum,
I got a dash with the WM 6.1 from this great forum.
Somehow since yesterday the screen turned completely white
There was no physical impact on the phone what so ever...
When I turn the phone on, the screen is all the time white... but the phone is still working since the alarm is still ringing....
I've tried already the following:
- took the battery out for over 6 hours and tried again
- with and without sim/sd card
- to reset the phone but with no success since I cant see anything (2 softbuttons, powerbutton etc.)
- putting WM 6.5 with no success with the Error 270
- pressing and holding any button
- tipping the jagger for 3 times
- and finally hitting the phone
All these steps didnt use me anything...
I'd be gratefull for any sudgestions
Maybe the screen is just damaged and its not because of the software...
thanks a lot,
RedDot69
Hard-reset will be best option and can be done blind since it's button sequence as known then green key, i knopw that peeps have done it blind and with you spending enough time it will be sorted... The other option is bootloader and flash your stock ROM as won't get an error 270
thanks for the fast reply.
ok about the hard reset.
I hold both buttons beside green and red button then while holding i turn on the phone (power button more then 3 sec.) after it turned on i let go of the buttons and press the green button (I pressed it a several times). What after that?? will everything happen automatically??
if yes then the hard reset wont help since its still white...
unfortunately I dont have the original ROM anymore (WM5).
Do you know where I can get it??
Ok I guess I managed to hard reset this thing.
Unfortunately with no success
can anyone help?
will the problem be gone if I change the display?
RedDot69 said:
Ok I guess I managed to hard reset this thing.
Unfortunately with no success
can anyone help?
will the problem be gone if I change the display?
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Can you sync with your PC? That's something that you haven't state in your original post.
From what you have posted in the first post, looks to me like your phone has suffered water/moisture damage. Classic white screen, nothing shows, display turns off after default timeout seconds, phone functions smoothly. For this to occur, you dont have to dunk the phone in water, phone in pocket when exposed to light rain, snow will do it.
If this is the case, the first thing you can do to salvage the phone is to remove the battery, otherwise the charge will short circuit more, leading to irreparable damage.
Second thing, try and keep it open for 24 hours or more and try ONCE more, just once, if the moisture has been evaporated. If not, remove battery again.
Next you will need to find a service center where they will dismantle the phone and physically air dry the PCB, and hopefully if it hasnt already shorted, it will come back to life.
The cost for this could vary from minimal to astronomical, depending upon which country you are in.
Do not take my words for granted, do a google for phone water damage, find out if those are your exact symptoms.
All the best.
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Can you sync with your PC? That's something that you haven't state in your original post.
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yes I can. I already saved the contact list The phone is perfectly working beside the white display...
@ ccpraveen
I really dont think thats the case. Since I was sleeping on the couch, the phone's alarm went of like at 11 and it was all ok, then 30 min later the screen was all white
And the night before I left the phone at home...
Bringing the phone to some service center is out of question, since I live in Germany... If possible, I'd have to repair it my self...
By the way the Display time out works too... Somehow I got the feeling that it wouldnt use me anything to change the display
please, can no one help
RedDot69 said:
please, can no one help
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install this on your computer http://www.mymobiler.com/
it will silently install on your s620 when it syncs with activesync and you will be able to view your screen from your computer monitor
if everything works buy a new lcd from ebay and replace it because its probably broken
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Please skip this reply and read the next (cant delete this anymore)
ducamie said:
install this on your computer http://www.mymobiler.com/
it will silently install on your s620 when it syncs with activesync and you will be able to view your screen from your computer monitor
if everything works buy a new lcd from ebay and replace it because its probably broken
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thanks a lot for the very usefull link
I installed the programm and I can see my display on my monitor
Then I hard reseted the phone
Installed WM6.5 from the forum successfully
But the display is still all white
If anybody thinks that the problems any way not from the display please do tell.
RedDot69 said:
thanks a lot for the very usefull link
I installed the programm and I can see my display on my monitor
Then I hard reseted the phone
Installed WM6.5 from the forum successfully
But the display is still all white
If anybody thinks that the problems any way not from the display please do tell.
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My impression is that you have a hardware problem, maybe your screen has something loose. If you state that you will fix it by yourself, you can read the sticky on how to take apart your dash.
There are also power management settings that will turn the display white, however if it is white all the time, then it's probably hardware. Loose connections does sound possible. I'd check that first
You can try the following:
*- COMPLETELY disassemble your phone.
*- Take the PCBs apart on a table or something.
Then... take an hairdryer!!!
You have to dry your PCBs: take a PCB in your hand and do the work.
Be aware of not using TOO HOT air, or you'll melt all.
If it doesn't work, try to dry your LCD.
Doesn't work?
Okay, then the only 2 possible fixes are:
*- Replace the LCD Flex Cable if not integrated in the LCD.
*- Replace the LCD.
Hope that you'll get your phone fixed and running
Howdy all,
I've been having a bit of a strange issue these last few days. I'm thinking the LED might be on the fritz. I'm not sure I can be bothered reverting to a telstra rom and sending in for warranty over a blinking light, but if I could fix it myself I would be wrapped.
I awoke the other morning to find my phone had no led showing. That's weird I thought, is it still plugged in? Sure is. So I did'nt think too much of it, until it did it again the following morning. I've since downloaded blink and tried a few different colors, and it seems only red is working. If I test with blue or green the notification doesn't flash at all. It will flash when red is selected for test, it also flashes when yellow and when purple is selected, though the color is the same as when red is selected, so it seems it is stuck on one color only. Can anyone suggest anything at all I might try. I had a poke around in terminal emulator in /sys/class/leds or whatever it was to no avail.
Is my notification led dead? Seems odd, thought they were supposed to live forever.
Figured I would give this one one last try. Anyone have any idea at all? Issue has persisted across multiple roms. I think its stuffed
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!
Hello,
I have a weird problem in my screen. I get a red and two blue (dots?) on my screen. The red one appears on all dark colors regardless of the brightness of the screen, while the blue dots appear on high brightness only(dark colors as well).
Light color and dark color.
I called ASUS and told them about the problem, they told me that I should call them later so that they let Aramex come and pick it up or something(called them at around 4pm). So I wondering whether this is a software or a hardware problem? And do I have to relock the bootloader or not if I want to send it to them? And how to do so?(Unlocked it using NRT but it is not working now, maybe because of the JDD15R).
Thanks,
Hush
99.9% hardware. Dead, hot or stuck pixels or LCD irregularities are hardware, and, technically have nothing to do with software.
That should not have any bearing on hardware warranty.
If drivers are working you can use any of the 'manual' methods of relocking, etc using ADB/Fastboot commands. (Quickly Google or search these forums for instructions)
If the drivers are keeping you from using NRT got to get that straightened out first.
When I was using this phone the screen suddenly turned black. No powering off or anything, the phone was nearly fully charged anyway. Nothing seems to be working anymore. I tried turning it back on but it's completely unresponsive. It won't even charge anymore. I was wondering if there was any solutions to this and if other people where having this problem or did my phone just brick itself
Are you able to get to the bootloader? by pressing volume + and power at the same time. It may be worth trying to flash stock also. I am no expert its just what I would try.
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When I was using this phone the screen suddenly turned black. No powering off or anything, the phone was nearly fully charged anyway. Nothing seems to be working anymore. I tried turning it back on but it's completely unresponsive. It won't even charge anymore. I was wondering if there was any solutions to this and if other people where having this problem or did my phone just brick itself
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try using spflash all format + download flash stock rom
MrPureskill said:
When I was using this phone the screen suddenly turned black. No powering off or anything, the phone was nearly fully charged anyway. Nothing seems to be working anymore. I tried turning it back on but it's completely unresponsive. It won't even charge anymore. I was wondering if there was any solutions to this and if other people where having this problem or did my phone just brick itself
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look here and flash stock rom again
http://forum.xda-developers.com/elephone-p8000/help/how-to-guideline-install-mtk-drivers-t3334698
Hello there. I have the same problem, phone suddenly stopped to show anything on the screen, it is comleptely black. Tried to reflash few original roms, without a succsess. Replacing lcd did also not solved the problem. Did anyone find a solution?
Thanx
Did you try to format + reflash using spflash? Check out my video walk thru.
https://youtu.be/rzKll-HG6rQ
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Of course I did. But at no avail. Today, I found out, that the new screen is partially working. I can see very dark picture, it means, I have no back light. Tried to set it up from engineers mode, but no luck.
So the new screen is on, but without back light, and the phone heats pretty much in the top area.
storm525 said:
Of course I did. But at no avail. Today, I found out, that the new svreen is partialy working. I can see very dark picture, it means, I have no backlight. Tried to set it up from engineers mide, but no luck.
So the new screen is on, but without bacjlight, ans the phone heats pretty much in the top area.
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If so. Try to pull down the statusbar and swipe a bit under the statusbar line, in the top of the screen from left to right, with some luck you will tap the brightness switcher
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I can connect to the phone through Vysor, and when I change the brightness level there, there is no change at all. The Phone does not react to any settings change at all.
Tried eragon rom, but still no change....
storm525 said:
Hello there. I have the same problem, phone suddenly stopped to show anything on the screen, it is comleptely black. Tried to reflash few original roms, without a succsess. Replacing lcd did also not solved the problem. Did anyone find a solution?
Thanx
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Better hope you still have your garantie, because theres legit no way to restore it. You just have to send it back for it to get fixed. This happened to me once and yesterday twice. sadly I am to dissapointed from this. I am never buying an Elephone again ! PS bro it isnt worth sending this hell of a **** peace back. It costs and the blackscreen thing is gonna happen again in 6-8 months. SO go out there and buy yourself a real phone not this bull****. I have to do the same rn.
P8000 unrespnosive Fix
MrPureskill said:
When I was using this phone the screen suddenly turned black. No powering off or anything, the phone was nearly fully charged anyway. Nothing seems to be working anymore. I tried turning it back on but it's completely unresponsive. It won't even charge anymore. I was wondering if there was any solutions to this and if other people where having this problem or did my phone just brick itself
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Just happened to me with my 3 year old phone. Left overnight with enough charge. Pressed the side button and nothing - held it down to restart and then complete blank.
Repalced the battery about 1 month ago with one from AliExpress for £5.
So using the kit provided with the battery or a watchmakers screwdriver - undo the 12 tiny screws and remove the white surround and then the inner back with the phone's number on it. Next disconnect the battery socket but be careful as it is tiny - use a torch and magnifier if vision not good. Remove the sim card. Wait 10 minutes - did this with the blue light flashing - it stopped finally on disconnection.
Put it all back together and hey presto fully working phone