Anyone having an issue with the LED? - T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989

I bought two phones yesterday; one for me and one for my wife. Mine worked perfect fine but hers is having a weird issue with the led flash. At first it wouldn't turn on at all, rebooted the phone, took out the battery, and boom it worked with a flashlight app, but it still won't work with the camera app.
Anyone else having this issue?
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if this was the vibrant forum i would say odin it back to stock and that may fix the problem but since our phone isnt rooted yet, id take it back to store

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Camera light stopped working

Hi everyone,
I got my Samsung Galaxy S2 on Thursday and yesterday(Monday) I noticed the camera light stopped working and I don't know why? Does anyone have any troubleshooting methods for a similar issue? I know it worked before, I had extended controls with the flashlight toggle and worked fine now I'm not sure if that's what messed it up. Even if I try to take a picture the light won't flash. I'm not rooted and have done multiple master resets to try and fix the issue. I really don't want to do a warranty exchange.
Also I noticed that when I plug my phone to Samsung kies it states that my firmware isn't upgradable??
Thanks I'm advance for any guidance.
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CarlosCruz15 said:
Hi everyone,
I got my Samsung Galaxy S2 on Thursday and yesterday(Monday) I noticed the camera light stopped working and I don't know why? Does anyone have any troubleshooting methods for a similar issue? I know it worked before, I had extended controls with the flashlight toggle and worked fine now I'm not sure if that's what messed it up. Even if I try to take a picture the light won't flash. I'm not rooted and have done multiple master resets to try and fix the issue. I really don't want to do a warranty exchange.
Also I noticed that when I plug my phone to Samsung kies it states that my firmware isn't upgradable??
Thanks I'm advance for any guidance.
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If you've done a master reset a few times and its still not working if you take a picture or use a flashlight app then I would mark this one off as a hardware issue and exchange it.
From what I heard Kies isn't setup for our phone yet so that's why your getting the issue your getting with kies.
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this used to happen when my battery was low on g2x, i let it charge and flash is good i think power saving settings override it. flash uses some power believe it or not... u werent at low battery right? only other thing i can say is if after a master reset it does not work take it back.. do me a favor try tiny flashlight + led its a flashlight app in market and works with most phones i also think it works at low power like below 30 percent see if it works, but first try charging your battery then report back

Galaxy Nexus LED flash has issues

I've had my galaxy nexus for a full 2 weeks and only recently I've noticed problems with the camera LED flash. (not the notification LED, the camera flash on the back of the phone.) Pretty much the LED on the phone will stop working most off the time for no reason at all.
I try to snap a pic with flash turned on but it won't do anything (only takes the pic but no flash), same with the camcorder and third party flashlight apps I've used. I actually managed to get it to work a few times but I havent been doing anything differently so it seems like it works at random.
The LED flash has not been functioning properly for the past 2 days and i even tried a factory reset to fix this but no luck unfortunately. Has anyone else had issues with this, or have any advice on how to fix this? i'm hoping its not a hardware issue.
I've had no issues with the flash so it seems you indeed have a hardware issue... TeslaLED works for sure, so you might want to try it though. Some other flashlight widgets seem to have issues with the phone.
You should be able to get the flash working at least in the camera app and in TeslaLED.
I have just tried Tesla led, it's not working on my nexus, but flash working well when shooting. I'm confused a bit.
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TeslaLED working fine for me too.
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I would bring the phone back to wherever you bought it, show the issue to them, and they should replace it. Sounds like a hardware issue, I've had the phone for > 3 weeks and my LED flash has never failed to turn on.
Reboot. Go into the ICS stock camera app. Manually turn on flash (force on). Take pictures. If the flash doesn't turn on every time, something is wrong with the hardware.

Problem with S2 going into silent mode on its own

I have had my own SGS2 since it came out and have had no issues at all. I got one for my gf and gave it to her a few days ago and she already has experienced some strange issues. The most important of those issues is that the phone randomly (and quite frequently) goes into silent mode. It happens in the middle of normal use or if the phone is just sitting on the table. Its definitely not a matter of accidentally hitting the volume button or something like that. This is an issue because she is missing all her calls and notifications. The phone is rooted and is running GB 2.3.5 ....Anyone have any idea how to fix this? any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Same here too .. I have tried so many roms to get rid of this problem ,,, but same
I thought I was just crazy! My phone does this all the time. Very annoying.
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My phone has been doing that from day 1, I thought it must be somehow a changed setting while in my pocket (it it moving or something)...nice to know that it isn't just my phone
Yea I have no idea what it is ..strange. I don't know if her phone still has the problem. According to her it doesn't happen anymore but then again she has her phone on vibrate 99.9% of the time so I can't really know if it is still changing on its own
it is very annoying...I have missed important phone call because of it. I just did not think it was the phone doing it on its own (strange issue for a phone to have). I don't think I have heard of any other phone doing such a thing.
Did you find any solution to this annoyance? I am facing this for quite sometime and don't have a clue on how to fix this
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HOX Vibration problem

What's up guys, i'm new here . Three days ago, HTC sent back my phone after a checkup for a vibration problem. They said that they did a software update (false, it was already 1.29.401.11) and sensors calibration. Yesterday, the phone stopped vibrating again. What should i do now? I think that is a software problem (stock rom, never rooted). I'm sorry for bad english . Thanks
TidyGnu said:
What's up guys, i'm new here . Three days ago, HTC sent back my phone after a checkup for a vibration problem. They said that they did a software update (false, it was already 1.29.401.11) and sensors calibration. Yesterday, the phone stopped vibrating again. What should i do now? I think that is a software problem (stock rom, never rooted). I'm sorry for bad english . Thanks
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Don't think you can do anything much other than give it back and ask for a replacement as it's the second time this has happened... Also, try doing a factory restore and see if it works.
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Asheel said:
Don't think you can do anything much other than give it back and ask for a replacement as it's the second time this has happened... Also, try doing a factory restore and see if it works.
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I dit it, but this should be the third time that i send it to assistance. The first one was for a g sensor problem, resolved with a replacement of motherboard, but when i sent it the vibration worked perfectly, i suspect that they broken my phone.
TidyGnu said:
I dit it, but this should be the third time that i send it to assistance. The first one was for a g sensor problem, resolved with a replacement of motherboard, but when i sent it the vibration worked perfectly, i suspect that they broken my phone.
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That's bad luck...I hope they are giving you a replacement instead of just fixing it...
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mine keeps vibrating every 30 min or so
i cant figure out what's causing it any suggestions what it would be ?
not a incoming email vibration notification , not a wi-fi drop out vibration notification.
TidyGnu said:
What's up guys, i'm new here . Three days ago, HTC sent back my phone after a checkup for a vibration problem. They said that they did a software update (false, it was already 1.29.401.11) and sensors calibration. Yesterday, the phone stopped vibrating again. What should i do now? I think that is a software problem (stock rom, never rooted). I'm sorry for bad english . Thanks
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They actually scammed you by saying they updated it(when it was updated already like you say) You should go back, yell at them and take out some frustration if you wish =P
Don't root your phone to install another rom, try fixing it as is on stock rom.
I would try these:
1)Factory Reset
2)Update to latest FW
3)HTC Diagnostics Test (Has a vibration test)
4)Haptic Feedback On(To see if it vibrates on typing and tapping and such)
5)Phone Ringing with vibration
If any of the above work, then its definitely a software problem.
If they don't, either way you have to go back to HTC. Try getting a replacement. Say you're tired of coming back again and again to get your phone fixed, "Give me a replacement or My Money back"
I read another post a few weeks back where the user was experiencing these mechanical sounds on haptic feedback(I also have that problem) but his vibration stopped altogether. He got his HOX replaced.
Anyways Good Luck.
ICO187 said:
mine keeps vibrating every 30 min or so
i cant figure out what's causing it any suggestions what it would be ?
not a incoming email vibration notification , not a wi-fi drop out vibration notification.
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I don't recommend hijacking the thread, create your own thread
Sorry I'm probably stepping on his thread too, but please point in any directtion before I have an inoperable phone and a hard time getting HTC to cover.
However, I an issue that will f-up this phone I'm afraid. I have on a daily basis what I would describe as an alarm of some sorts (can't duplicate) that runs about 15 seconds once to twice daily at full vibration. Not rooted and have reset 3 times.
If you've ever run a battery drain program with full vibration on. Not good for the phone. I'm at a loss in this one, really dreading tech support or my local store. Will run the HTC diags but any other ideas greatly appreciated
No receipt, no box and I traded for it on Craig'slist 2weeks ago..
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My friend had the same problem with a HOX - it wouldn't vibrate at all. He tried doing a factory reset and playing with settings, but nothing worked, so he sent it back and got a replacement. I'm not sure you can do anything about it since it's likely a hardware problem.

Notification Light quit working

My Wife's HTC One had its notification light quit working about a month ago. I figured the phone needed to be hard reset and she just hasn't had the time for me to do it. With the recent 4.4.2 update I figured that it might fix it. She took the update and wouldn't you know it... the issue still remained. I just got done hard resetting her phone and even after doing this it doesn't work. It lights up when the phone is being charged, and the service menu tests work perfectly, so I know this LED itself is good. I am just not sure why the notifications aren't working. Mine works flawlessly and has never given me a bit of grief. Has anyone experienced this and resolved it?
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My Wife's HTC One had its notification light quit working about a month ago. I figured the phone needed to be hard reset and she just hasn't had the time for me to do it. With the recent 4.4.2 update I figured that it might fix it. She took the update and wouldn't you know it... the issue still remained. I just got done hard resetting her phone and even after doing this it doesn't work. It lights up when the phone is being charged, and the service menu tests work perfectly, so I know this LED itself is good. I am just not sure why the notifications aren't working. Mine works flawlessly and has never given me a bit of grief. Has anyone experienced this and resolved it?
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I haven't experienced this, but if you flash NuSense it gives you the option to pulsate the softkeys when you get a notification. This would be kind of a workaround if you didn't want to send it in to get fixed I guess.
So Verizon sent my Wife a new One. Upon setting up the phone the notification light was blinking. I restored via setting up her Gmail account and specifying to restore the settings and then once that was done I used HTC Sync Manager to fully restore everything else. I am not sure which restore, but something broke the notification light again. This leads me to believe something is botched in a setting somewhere and either Google or HTC Sync is restoring the bad setting. I want to say somewhere I read that someone else has this issue and said the fix was to not allow Google to restore the phone. I am going to try this and then use HTC Sync and see what happens. If this works, I will post here just in case someone else runs into this issue.

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