Touchscreen not the same since FroYo - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Ever since I started flashing FroYo Roms my touchscreen has seemed to have issues. I saw people noticing the same thing in the early stages of the AVA Sense FroYo, then it seemed to go away for everyone else. I have tried multiple ROMs tried toasted kernel and stock kernels with every ROM, nothing seems to work.
Does anyone know the remedy? the symptoms are random non response. Sometimes I can't answer a call, sometimes I have to press twice on something to select it, and sometimes it just seem as accurate as it used to be. Before I did my first FroYo ROM, I did the wimax and radio update.
Sometimes I have to turn the screen off then on to regain control of the phone.

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[Q] Custom Roms Freezing

Hi everyone,
Sorry if this has been discussed in the past but I did several searches and didn't find anything.
I flashed my HTC Tilt 2 last week and installed the Energy Rom. I love everything about it but after about two days I began to notice that the touch screen and the phone itself will become unresponsive at least 3 times a day. I will touch the screen and nothing happens. My weather will freeze (no clouds moving etc) and none of my buttons will work.
There have been times when I was charging my phone and it would freeze and when I removed the charger, the charging light would remain on until I soft reset on the side with the stylus.
This is very frustrating and while I love the custom rom I am contemplating getting everything back to the stock rom.
Has anyone else experienced this? I tried several searches but found no answer or anyone else with a similar problem. If anyone can provide insight/advice I'd appreciate it!
You say that customs roms get you freezing...But you only mention energy. Did you try other roms? There are many other good roms that don't freeze. Believe me when I say that when you flash a decend rom, you won't go back to stock
Make sure you run a task29 before flashing an other rom.
I have a Tilt2 and have been running various (5 or more) versions of the Enregy ROM since May, and have never had any problems like the one you mentioned. I always run Task29 before every ROM flash.
Thanks for your replies!
I'll reflash energy and use task29 hopefully it fixes things!

[Q] random vibration pulses after DK28 update

I just updated to DK28 using the update.zip over stock software (no root) and on top of various new features and new bugs, I've noticed a strange new behavior.
At least several times per hour, my phone will give a quick vibration pulse, then maybe a second or two later will give two (or sometimes three) real quick pulses. I have no idea why it's doing this and whether it means something or not. Anyone know?
I can't seem to correlate the behavior to anything in particular the phone is doing at the time. It happens with the phone sleeping, and it does it while I'm using it. It happens when I'm on the home screen, when I'm reading web articles, when I'm playing with other apps, when it's on the charger, when it's off...
pilby said:
I just updated to DK28 using the update.zip over stock software (no root) and on top of various new features and new bugs, I've noticed a strange new behavior.
At least several times per hour, my phone will give a quick vibration pulse, then maybe a second or two later will give two (or sometimes three) real quick pulses. I have no idea why it's doing this and whether it means something or not. Anyone know?
I can't seem to correlate the behavior to anything in particular the phone is doing at the time. It happens with the phone sleeping, and it does it while I'm using it. It happens when I'm on the home screen, when I'm reading web articles, when I'm playing with other apps, when it's on the charger, when it's off...
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I got that too, plus lag and other bugs when first went to 2.2 (rooted 2.1 and used update.zip). Did you wipe when you updated? I didn't so it was acting weird... Plus the GPS didn't work so I did the Odin thing and now it works fantastic.
Did you wipe when you updated?
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No. I probably should.
I just wondered whether these little vibration pulses were meant to indicate something, or whether they're just a bug.
happens when an app crashes
My vibration was related to turning on the WIFI became very unstable. The DK28 I had came with clockwork mod so I did a recovery to Epic Experence 2.0.7 chosing the recover form a specific zip file I had copied to my SDcard. Fixed the vibration problem and my USB connection then agin worked on my Windows 7 laptop

Bewildering, consistent, recurring problem on CM6 and CM7

I first started using CM at 6.1.2. I'm now on CM7 RC2 and the same problem still occurs. I have no idea why this happens but I'll provide as much info as possible in the hope that someone will be able to figure it out.
My phone will work completely normally for several days after I initially flash CM6.1.2 or CM7. After a few days, a crash will occur where the screen stays on but the phone is completely unresponsive to all input -- touch, softkeys, or hardware keys. The power button stops functioning. After a while, the screen dims and the phone reboots. After the reboot the phone chugs along for a few hours and then the same thing happens. This crash almost always occurs in the Browser, in the middle of loading a page. I don't think it's a memory issue because I consistently have ~100MB free for RAM.
Also, I don't know if this is at all related, but I often notice just before the crash, the haptic feedback from the phone for keyboard presses and the softkeys becomes very erratic and inconsistent.
I can never get a logcat because the phone restarts after the crash. Has anyone else seen this or know what might be the problem? Again, this has been happening all the way since CM6.1.2 (and possibly earlier, I haven't tried anything earlier than 6.1.2 though). This is driving me pretty crazy, and I really love CM and would like to continue using it, but this is kind of a dealbreaker.
Did you wipe between flashing CM6 and CM7?
Yes, I always wipe data/cache/dalvik between flashing.

[Q] Help troubleshooting soft resets. Possible firmware problem.

These are the two setups I have used thus far (besides full stock), and this issue has occurred on both:
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The first is on ktoonsez kernel on stock rom. The second is Slimroms Kitkat. I have been using the first much longer than the second (which I moved over to just a few weeks ago).
Basically this soft reset tends to happen when I'm driving and using the GPS most often (and I notice that's also when the phone is usually the warmest). What happens is the phone just freezes up and sits there for a bit before finally doing a vibration and starting back up to the unlock screen. Kind of like I was restarting, but not quite. If it happened in the middle of calls, somehow it would keep the call going (at least on the stock kernel, I'm not sure about the new one yet). The other person just wouldn't hear what I was saying during the "soft reset"
On the stock kernel it used to happen even when not using the GPS. It was infrequent, but occurred I would say usually when I was using the phone more heavily... mostly just random though. Sometimes it would also not happen while using the GPS. That is to say it's a sporadic issue.
On this new Kitkat kernel it happened while I was navigating recently, but has not occurred when during any other operations (yet) that I can think of. Considering that was one of the first times I tried navigating with the kernel this worries me.
Does anyone know how I could approach this problem? Perhaps some logging I could do to get to the root issue? Some firmware I should perhaps try out?
Thanks.
Sounds hardware related to me. Especially if its happening on different roms.
Then again... I just looked at you image and you are still running 4.0.4 on one. But the other you are running 4.4.4. On one or tge other you most likely have a rather large gap between your firmware build and the rom. Id try flashing full stock firmware with Odin and test for a day or two. Up to you what build you want to use, but if it were me id update to 4.3. If you go to 4.3, keep in mind there is no going back.

So is there no fix/ solution for random reboots?

I got my Nexus 7 when it first came out last year, rooted it, installed TWRP, and have been on several different ROMs since. Didn't have any issues with random reboots for several months. Early this year, I started having an issue where the tablet would freeze while I'm using it, then automatically reboot itself. I thought perhaps it was a problem with the ROM I was running, but I had switched ROMs a few times after that, and every single ROM I've been on since then has had the same problem. It usually only happens when I'm browsing the Internet (with Chrome being my browser of choice), but I've had it happen once while using the camera app, as well.
The other day, I upgraded TWRP to the latest version, and I installed the 4.04 bootloader in preparation for Lollipop ROMs. I was hoping on some slim chance that perhaps an upgraded bootloader might fix the problem, but I'm still getting random reboots.
I know I've seen people talk about random reboots as well, but in the past, I never saw anyone find any kind of solution. Is there one, or is it one of those things I just have to live with, at this point? It's odd to me that I didn't start experiencing this issue right away, and that it only started several months after I had had the device. To me, that makes it seem like it's not a hardware issue/ defect, but I guess no one has been able to pinpoint what the problem is, why it occurs, and how to fix it, huh?
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I know I've seen people talk about random reboots as well, but in the past, I never saw anyone find any kind of solution. Is there one, or is it one of those things I just have to live with, at this point? It's odd to me that I didn't start experiencing this issue right away, and that it only started several months after I had had the device. To me, that makes it seem like it's not a hardware issue/ defect, but I guess no one has been able to pinpoint what the problem is, why it occurs, and how to fix it, huh?
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I'd tend to agree with you it's a software thing. However, my approach would be a bit more radical than yours: that I would erase everything, including formatting the internal storage twice (after making a backup, of course), then install a completely clean rom, use it for a while to make sure it doesn't act up again before restoring any apps.
On the side, I've seen a Nexus doing random reboots whose owner had opened the back and bent the cover somehow, which slightly depressed the power button. While the button operated normally, this condition forced it to "click" randomly, which caused the reboots. It stopped after the owner replaced the back cover. You might want to check this part. Good luck.
Most of the time, random reboots are kernel related. If you are overclocked try to set max CPU lower and see if the problem fixes itself. If you don't overclock try installing something like Trickster Mod, and lower max CPU to see if that helps. What ROM and kernel are you running?
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I always recommend flashing back to stock to rule out software issues. If it continues, you've got a hardware issue.
I haven't really messed around with kernels, I've typically just used whatever was included in a particular ROM, and I never adjust to overclock or anything like that. I don't remember what all the ROMs I've been on are, but I've been on CM before, and I'm currently using CleanROM. I think the only time I ever specifically tried a different kernel was a while back, when I flashed an Elemental kernel, but I've since wiped and been on a different ROM.
For now, I'm trying to hold out wiping anything until a good, rooted build of Lollipop is available, at which point, I'll try wiping out everything, including internal storage, and see if that helps.
I guess I could also try flashing back to stock before I do that, though. I think I've seen one stock ROM for the N7 floating around. The only problem is, it's really hard to "test" this, because the reboots are very inconsistent. The other day, after I had updated the bootloader, I was browsing Chrome for over an hour before I got a random reboot. One time, I was browsing Chrome for an hour and had 4-5 random reboots within that hour. So, that makes it difficult to determine if it's fixed in a timely manner. :/
Alright, so now that there's a proper build of Lollipop out, I did a factory reset and wiped internal storage (twice), and I'm now running stock Lollipop. I spent about an hour or so getting everything set up, and no reboots thus far; but the reboots mainly occur when I'm using Chrome, and I didn't really do any browsing, as I was getting all my accounts and apps and whatnot set up. Hopefully within the next couple of days, I'll have used it enough to get a good idea as to whether or not I'm still experiencing issues.
So far, no reboots, though i don't want to jinx it, heh... I'll be glad if the issue is finally fixed, but I'll also feel kinda dumb that all it took to fix it was something as simple as wiping internal storage and/ or reflashing a stock ROM. Lollipop is pretty nice, as well.
Yeah I'm using a custom version of L myself. You need to flash custom kernel to get working root access with SuperSU BETA 2.19
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