I've had a Commuter case before, on my Desire HD, so I was comfortable with buying one for the HOX.
I installed the phone into the case - both parts - but not the screen protector, I left that to one side for the moment. Imagine my surprise when the first incoming call shows a blank screen - I can't answer it. The phone is ringing but nothing shows up.
Removing the case and making a few incoming test calls and then and refitting the case confirms that something the case is doing is preventing the screen from lighting up when the phone rings. Yet pressing the power button works fine. The problem only happens when the silicone and hard shell are both fitted - the silicone case alone does not have this effect.
So what could be causing it?
1. Proximity sensor - it's not blocked, there's nothing in front of it
2. Power button - pretty stiff at first and hard to press but getting better, especially if I make sure to pull the rubber button surround fully out of the hard shell aperture
3. Volume buttons - see above
4. Stumped. What else could possibly be causing this?
good to know, I wanted to buy one
anyone has this problem?
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I'm curious to know if you can get it back together with all the seems as tight as when it was new. I want to get a new case off ebay but I want to know if there's problems with if fitting together again after it's been disassembled.
I was able to do it. It came out pretty good but I did slightly bend the metal edge of the new frame when I had to reopen it to align the reset button cover. But it's so slight, no one would ever be able to tell but me. All in all, it wasn't too bad, but it was just nerve racking having your $500 phone ripped apart and wondering if it will work when you put it back together - if you can get it back together. I was so relieved when I got the WM screen again!
A few pieces of advice:
For one, the instructions I read just said to disconnect the ribbon cables. Well it doesn't say that all you have to do is flip up the little plastic part to release the tension from the ribbon. (figured that out the hard way)
Also, make sure the rubber covers for items like the mic and reset button line up before you resecure the board to the frame. You DON't want to have to reopen it.
My phone will now stay covered with an excellent silicone cover made by Boxwave. The cut-outs are precision - you can get to everything. Also, it fits nice and tight like a glove. And it's just thick enought to protect, fit in the carrying case, and allow you to use all the buttons easily, especially the scroll wheel. (my last cover was too thick to use it with the cover on) I don't want to have to do this surgery an my phone any time in the near future so this is staying on my phone.
Problem when change housing
Yesterday I've change my M700 housing with P800. But as we know, they have different button map.
Now, I am trying to set up a hotkey for the Call button (Green button),
ie, when I press the call button, an application of my choice would
start running. For that I need to change the default settings in the
registry of the Pocket Pc. Could someone tell me where the default
settings of the call button is stored in the registry and what all
values should I change in the registry so that I can setup the call
button hotkey. Any help would be highly appreciated.
Why not just download hbutton and map as many programs as you like to the other available buttons? I've got like 12 prog mapped to 5 buttons.
Edit: Oops. I missed the point of your post. The buttons are mapped differently.
I've got a Verizon TouchPro2 that I currently carry in a leather holster. Ideally I'd like a plastic bracket, but because I have an extended battery from Siedio my phone won't fit in one.
Anyway, the problem with the leather holster is that depending on how I'm sitting I can accidentally press buttons. No biggie, that's what a lock screen is for... that that works very well, expect that I haven't found one that prevents holding down the power button to completely turn off the device. Every once in a while I'll pull out of my phone to find it's completely off! Not a good thing. I've using S2U2 right now, and I know there's an option to block long press on HTC phones to power off. But no matter if I have this option on or off, I can still power off the phone with a long press on the button.
Any help?
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I've got a Verizon TouchPro2 that I currently carry in a leather holster. Ideally I'd like a plastic bracket, but because I have an extended battery from Siedio my phone won't fit in one.
Anyway, the problem with the leather holster is that depending on how I'm sitting I can accidentally press buttons. No biggie, that's what a lock screen is for... that that works very well, expect that I haven't found one that prevents holding down the power button to completely turn off the device. Every once in a while I'll pull out of my phone to find it's completely off! Not a good thing. I've using S2U2 right now, and I know there's an option to block long press on HTC phones to power off. But no matter if I have this option on or off, I can still power off the phone with a long press on the button.
Any help?
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I used to use TouchLockPro. I never had any problems like that before. Setting it up the way you want, in my experience, is a little confusing, but if you PM me, I'll be willing to help as much as possible.
-From a guy who also uses leather [belt] holsters.
I am training for a marathon and sweat a lot. Is there a good armband that will fit the phone tightly but is waterproof? I don't want the sweat to damage the phone.
Also, if you have any suggestions for the best phone setting for running, let me know. I don't want to keep the screen on all the time, yet I don't want it to be too tough to turn it on every time either. I don't know how easy it is to push the power button inside an armband while running. I have already installed myLock so that it automatically unlocks when I press the power button. It would be nice to have a setting/app that could wake up the phone by tapping on the screen or the soft buttons.
I found some options that may work for you while looking for waterproof camera cases earlier today. Assuming it fits, you can operate the capacitive touchscreen through the plastic membrane. [Actually, you can operate the screen quite well through a Zip-lock bag. ] Pressing the power button may be tricky, but I'm guessing you could use the call/hangup button on a wired headset or bluetooth of course.
Overboard Case w/Armband $64
You'll need to double-check the size. There were less expensive variants without the waterproof headphones.
As for skipping the keyguard lock screen, I use a Tasker profile to disable it while driving / at home / etc. If Tasker seems too complicated, Locale is its more user-friendly but less powerful predecessor.
Hopefully this helps.
I kind of think its hard to hear people now that I have the Otterbox Defender case since it keeps your ear further away. The phone was never that loud to begin with sadly.
Is anyone using the screen protector that it came with?
Sometimes its harder to text with the case, am I right?
I got the Defender for my Captivate about two weeks ago and my only complaint is that it makes the buttons at the bottom of the phone (Home, Back, etc) a little bit harder to hit. Not enough to really make an impact though. Can still hear all calls fine. Texting is uninterrupted.
I had that case for a while and never had that problem. Make sure you didn't install your screen protector upside down so that it covered the speaker.
Or if you are using custom rom sometime the volumn is not as loud as the stock...
I'm finding that my phone will wake if I barely touch the power button.
If this happens while my phone is in my pocket, the screen is so sensitive too, that my pocket lining will unlock the screen and then start pressing buttons and turning off alarms or doing other odd stuff.
I do have "pocket mode" enabled. Any suggestions on how to prevent accidental unlocking?
I'm using the Spigen Rugged Armor case right now, which does cover the power button. Have a Trudia DualShield case on the way and hopefully that makes the power button less sensitive.
Turn display away from your body.
If the power button is defective, replace as an unexpected failure will prove very inconvenient.
CZ Eddie said:
I'm finding that my phone will wake if I barely touch the power button.
If this happens while my phone is in my pocket, the screen is so sensitive too, that my pocket lining will unlock the screen and then start pressing buttons and turning off alarms or doing other odd stuff.
I do have "pocket mode" enabled. Any suggestions on how to prevent accidental unlocking?
I'm using the Spigen Rugged Armor case right now, which does cover the power button. Have a Trudia DualShield case on the way and hopefully that makes the power button less sensitive.
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Turn pocket mode on in utilities section of settings
CZ Eddie said:
I'm finding that my phone will wake if I barely touch the power button.
If this happens while my phone is in my pocket, the screen is so sensitive too, that my pocket lining will unlock the screen and then start pressing buttons and turning off alarms or doing other odd stuff.
I do have "pocket mode" enabled. Any suggestions on how to prevent accidental unlocking?
I'm using the Spigen Rugged Armor case right now, which does cover the power button. Have a Trudia DualShield case on the way and hopefully that makes the power button less sensitive.
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Then you should put on a case which will prevent from switching on the power button.
Hi! I faced the exact same issue for some reason. I initially thought it was my case because I removed and placed my phone in it a couple of times. Was super annoying. I ended up removing my case and flashed Oxygen OS on my phone (coming from Evolution X). Faced the same thing on Oxygen OS as well initially, but later it settled after a while. Safe to say the issue resolved itself on its own, and I haven't faced it again.
Had problem with sensitive power button. Almost every time I was putting my phone to sleep it went double press and opened the camera.
Had this on stock kernel, Omega, but with arter's the issue is gone.
Maybe the app Double Tap would be helpful...
blow it out with air. i think it's because everything it so "tight" because of the waterproofing, but mine constantly opens the camera when i press unlock until i blow it out
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blow it out with air. i think it's because everything it so "tight" because of the waterproofing, but mine constantly opens the camera when i press unlock until i blow it out
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I be careful with that. Using high pressure air inappropriately can have unforeseen consequences...
ask the victims of shop pranks
I went from CRDroid back to stock ROM and have not had the issue one single time over the last two-three weeks on stock ROM (with arter kernel).
Could be coincidence.
Or could be that custom ROM does not have finely tuned pocket sensors?