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Strange status bar icon

Hey all.
Out of nowhere this strange icon appeared, and stayed there for about 20 mins never to be seen again. I've never seen it anywhere before.
Anyone know what it is?
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Could it be:
- call hold (my moneys on this)
- flight mode

ozy944 said:
Could it be:
- call hold (my moneys on this)
- flight mode
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Flight mode - plane mode? That dissables signal totally, and I had signal. As for the call on hold, that'd be on the left of the status bar. This was a permanent icon amongst the right side.
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Let me have a stab at this...
I think it's the icon denoting your phone microphone is mute.
To test, make a call and then tap on the mute button. See if the mysterious icon appears...

To me it looks like 'Phone is bricked' ... but that would make no sense

streetdaddy said:
To me it looks like 'Phone is bricked' ... but that would make no sense
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LOL. That would be a great black icon all across the screen.
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Ask the person who made the theme, might be a replacement for something else...

I have passed this thread to a few people on the VillainRom IRC channel and most seem to think its related to "call barring" or a similar feature.

Thats icon for TTY-telephone typewriter mode

SPARXX1981 said:
Thats icon for TTY-telephone typewriter mode
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Which is??

EddyOS said:
Which is??
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aka text phone.
For deaf and or mute people.
Didn't know our phones could do this... can they?
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streetdaddy said:
To me it looks like 'Phone is bricked' ... but that would make no sense
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Simple way to tell me
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mercianary said:
aka text phone.
For deaf and or mute people.
Didn't know our phones could do this... can they?
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How on earth would I have started that? My phone was left in my pocket. Max of 5 mins of sitting in the car before I checked and that was there.
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Auto power on

Some dev knows if it is possible??
Thanks in advance for the answers
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If you mean from the completely off state (powered down) then no. These phones don't keep running. The only phones I know of that can do that are blackberries.
If that's not what you meant then please give more info.
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Mr_JMM said:
If you mean from the completely off state (powered down) then no. These phones don't keep running. The only phones I know of that can do that are blackberries.
If that's not what you meant then please give more info.
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Symbian phones also do that...but, i'm thinking that if the Desire HD at power-off is in an "ibernate status" maybe there could be a possibility...

EnricoTV said:
Symbian phones also do that...but, i'm thinking that if the Desire HD at power-off is in an "ibernate status" maybe there could be a possibility...
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thinking the same..maybe something within the kernel :S I'll check when home
thanks for all the answers

Auto Power on Android when the charger is Connected
Does it have anythin to do with the phone's Kernel or Is it the bootloader?! i'm a bit confused, IS it all about the hardware ?!!.. i'm after this for quite a while and haven't reach a solution !!..
Would anybody help ?!

Mr_JMM said:
If you mean from the completely off state (powered down) then no. These phones don't keep running. The only phones I know of that can do that are blackberries.
If that's not what you meant then please give more info.
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The thread objects ask about power ON not off.... I think will be a good thing to make itself on..
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I can remember where I saw the damn video, but someone turned the phone on and off simply by swiping the hand over the top of the display (where proximity sensor is.) I think it's just screen on and off and not the phone it self, since it is close to impossible to pull that off.

Auto power on: I think it is possible
Symbian phones can Auto POWER ON when you set an alarm and the alarm goes off. Currently, i see no such feature in android.
However, it is interesting to know that you can actually REBOOT/ RESTART your android phone using custom build roms. I have personally tried kyrillos 9.5 which has this feature.
It means that there is a batch of instructions which instruct the phone to reboot/ restart after it has switched off. I think these instructions should be closely looked at and exploited.
Another take on this is - may be the command only logs you out from the system and logs in without actually switching off the phone completely. but i think this should not be the case since android actually boots up after taking a lot of time to load on rebooting.
Whats your opinion guys?

I don't know. As far as I was aware, once the phone is off it's off.

Turning screen off, looks odd.

When I press the power button on my GN to turn the screen off it doesn't just go straight off like say the iPhone does, it kind of disappears down to a weird white line and then goes off. Its like the days of really old TVs where it went to a white dot when the crt turned off.
Does this happen to anyone else?
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It's a feature.

That is how it supposed to be. It is an animation from Google since the Gingerbread builds

Lol, really? Each to his own I suppose. At least I know it's not a faulty display.
Thanks.
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gazhowell said:
Lol, really? Each to his own I suppose. At least I know it's not a faulty display.
Thanks.
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No of course it's not a faulty display
It's a really awesome little feature when turning off the device. I love it!

Haha, yeah, when I updated my Desire to CM7 I spent ages just turning it on and off to watch it. I'd be VERY sad if they removed that feature.
(I'm easily pleased)

Unfortunately I do not have this feature with my SGN.
I cannot find the option to enable it also through settings at all.
Anyone got any idea how to enable this?

sellhimechoes said:
Unfortunately I do not have this feature with my SGN.
I cannot find the option to enable it also through settings at all.
Anyone got any idea how to enable this?
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I don't think u need to enable it... Its already there..... When you hit the lock button, u will see your phone do a CRT like animation.

When I turn the screen off I definitely don't have it. I used to have it on my Desire with Gingerbread (Miui XJ). I used to be able to enable it in the options but I definitely don't have it on my SGN???

sellhimechoes said:
Unfortunately I do not have this feature with my SGN.
I cannot find the option to enable it also through settings at all.
Anyone got any idea how to enable this?
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That's because the SGS is running a bastardized version of Android, like all TouchWiz devices. If you were to flash CM or an AOSP-based build you would have it.

gazhowell said:
When I press the power button on my GN to turn the screen off it doesn't just go straight off like say the iPhone does, it kind of disappears down to a weird white line and then goes off. Its like the days of really old TVs where it went to a white dot when the crt turned off.
Does this happen to anyone else?
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I LOL'd when I read this post, are you just trying to troll?
You might be able to turn it off if you go into display settings, or just wait until CM9 comes out, it gives you an option to turn it off in the CM Settings as well as the ability to make the animation appear when turning it on.
I highly doubt you bought a Nexus and bought the XDA premium app without knowing about this Gingerbread feature

Lol funny post. I remember when video was leaked of gingerbread and all it was was that screen off animation.
Slickest thing I ever saw lol
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claud_face said:
Lol funny post. I remember when video was leaked of gingerbread and all it was was that screen off animation.
Slickest thing I ever saw lol
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That video was Droid porn for me..
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gazhowell said:
Lol, really? Each to his own I suppose. At least I know it's not a faulty display.
Thanks.
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Lollll. This has been in Android since 2.3. Its a nerdy throwback to CRT monitors/TV's.

jmbillings said:
Haha, yeah, when I updated my Desire to CM7 I spent ages just turning it on and off to watch it. I'd be VERY sad if they removed that feature.
(I'm easily pleased)
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I love watching it worth wasting the precious battery for!

[Q] [!Data recovery!] waterdamage/black display/no touch/no auto usb storage.

I did do a search, I couldn't find anything directly related to my problem as it's not how to fix the phone, but how to recover my data in this specific situation.
Alright, so I went to Dublin, got absolutely smashed, and dropped my new One X in the toilet. It's working fine - turns on, buttons light up, goes to what seems like sleep mode and waking up when I use the volume buttons, all seems okay except my display is ****ed - black, sometimes with streaks of visibility but nowhere near enough to see what's going on. No touch either.
No-one will touch it and I don't care so much about the phone, I just want all the pictures I took from my drunken holidays. As HTC so intelligently decided on internal storage instead of SD cards I'm a bit at a loss here. I can connect my phone to the PC, but the default behaviour is 'charge'. With the update that came out a while ago it defaults to USB storage when plugged in (or so HTC customer service says) but I rooted it and ran CM10.
What I need is a way to force USB storage through the PC, or a way to do a full backup of the phone without having to turn storage on. I'm not sure if this is possible? I'd appreciate some help here!
(It's dry now, was about two months ago, also I don't need advice on how to get it fixed, I'm not interested in paying for this as I'm going to give it away for spare parts and buy a waterproof phone)
Thanks in advance guys!

How about usb-debugging, enabled or not?
Are you currently on CM10?
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Oop's that sounds bad but I'd be happy to help you to get your photos off. Firstly have you rooted yet? If so you could get it into recovery mode and with help from a friend or another phone then you could activate the usb mode. Also I'd be happy to take it off you for spares as I have two hox's in my house.

TToivanen said:
How about usb-debugging, enabled or not?
Are you currently on CM10?
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USB debugging.. I'm not quite sure. I think it was on. I am on CM10 but as I said, can't see or use the display at all..

Maximus78 said:
Oop's that sounds bad but I'd be happy to help you to get your photos off. Firstly have you rooted yet? If so you could get it into recovery mode and with help from a friend or another phone then you could activate the usb mode. Also I'd be happy to take it off you for spares as I have two hox's in my house.
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I've already promised it to a friend of mine - I am rooted, running CM10 but even if I get it into recovery I've no idea what I'm doing as the screen is completely black so it doesn't really help. How could another phone help me, I don't know anyone with a smartphone as we're all insanely good at drowning them in alcohol.

Can you confirm that you have clockworkmod installed?
I will soon return with directions on how to mount USB storage using only volume and power buttons.
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TToivanen said:
Can you confirm that you have clockworkmod installed?
I will soon return with directions on how to mount USB storage using only volume and power buttons.
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I do yeah! Thank you

Okay, here's a little guide:
Hold power and volume down for 25 seconds. Do not let go even if it vibrates.
1xvoldown
1xpower
Wait 20 seconds
Connect USB to PC.
5xvoldown
1xpower
8xvoldown
1xpower
The sdcard contents should pop up on pc. If not, reboot and do it all over again.
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TToivanen said:
Okay, here's a little guide:
Hold power and volume down for 25 seconds. Do not let go even if it vibrates.
1xvoldown
1xpower
Wait 20 seconds
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Just to make sure, I don't hold power, just one press, then wait 20 sec, yeah? And I disconnect it first. ..Annoying, it ran out of bettery. I'll let it charge a while then try it out and return to the thread. Thanks a lot

Kvntess said:
Just to make sure, I don't hold power, just one press, then wait 20 sec, yeah? And I disconnect it first.
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Correct, begin the process disconnected. Only hold in the beginning, all the other steps are single taps.
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TToivanen said:
Correct, begin the process disconnected. Only hold in the beginning, all the other steps are single taps.
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I'm literally crying manly tears from my womanly eyes. ...I thought.. my pictures.. Thank you. Wow. I can't. No words. I love you. I'll think of you when I brush my teeth.
Another thing, now we're at it, do you know where my contacts are stored by any chance.

Kvntess said:
I'm literally crying manly tears from my womanly eyes. ...I thought.. my pictures.. Thank you. Wow. I can't. No words. I love you. I'll think of you when I brush my teeth.
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LOL
You're welcome. It's always a pleasure to help people in a situation like this.
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TToivanen said:
LOL
You're welcome. It's always a pleasure to help people in a situation like this.
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You've no idea! -Do you know how to get my contacts off the internal storage if possible. Google is not my friend it seems :3

Kvntess said:
Another thing, now we're at it, do you know where my contacts are stored by any chance.
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Have you checked if they are on your sim card? They might also be synced to your google account.
The only thing I know is that they are not on the sdcard. They are probably stored somewhere in /system/.
It could be possible to retrieve them through shell commands, provided that your phone has usb-debugging enabled.
Imma do some research and let you know if I find anything useful.
In the meantime, leave the handset to a bag/box of rice for the night. I have once recovered a dead display by doing that.
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TToivanen said:
Have you checked if they are on your sim card? They might also be synced to your google account.
The only thing I know is that they are not on the sdcard. They are probably stored somewhere in /system/.
It could be possible to retrieve them through shell commands, provided that your phone has usb-debugging enabled.
Imma do some research and let you know if I find anything useful.
In the meantime, leave the handset to a bag/box of rice for the night. I have once recovered a dead display by doing that.
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They aren't synced to google, only my old contacts, and they're not on my sim, that's the first thing I checked of course.
I did find com.android.contacts folder, but it's empty, or hidden system files. Thanks a lot. You are BRILLIANT.
Really.. I'll give it a shot, it's been a couple months though so I doubt there's any pee left in it.

I did find out that /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/
has some info, but I believe that it contains only the entries that are already synced to google. Not very useful.
Oh well. I'll try again tomorrow.
If any of my dear colleagues knows something about this, please drop in.
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TToivanen said:
I did find out that /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/
has some info, but I believe that it contains only the entries that are already synced to google. Not very useful.
Oh well. I'll try again tomorrow.
If any of my dear colleagues knows something about this, please drop in.
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I really appreciate this. I'd make you cupcakes but I don't know where you live so have a thanks instead

Anyone please help me!!!

first my phone is htc desire HD, and i got a big problem and i wish if anyone can help me ​
my problem is the VOLUME BUTTONS
first the volume down stopped working then after that the both volume buttons stopped working
I will be very very thankful if someone helped me
THANK YOU

Try cleaning them.
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thank you
haerigrek said:
Try cleaning them.
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Thank you for your reply, but I tried it before and did not work with me :crying:

ibrahimxx said:
Thank you for your reply, but I tried it before and did not work with me :crying:
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You can buy new volume buttons from Ebay.
And you can google it howto put them in.
Goodluck!

HanZie82 said:
You can buy new volume buttons from Ebay.
And you can google it howto put them in.
Goodluck!
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How exactly does it go in and which way round? One end has a short black flap and the other end has a slightly longer black flap. Inserting it either way round just makes it seem inserted at one end but it sticks out slightly at the other.

A free fix could be installing this app here and setting it as a widget. And for booting in and out of recovery just use advance boot options of your Rom if its available