Hi everyone,
I have worked out that its heat that causes the phone to start to flicker. I put my phone in the freezer for about seconds seconds (don't advice anyone else to do this) and boom the flicker went away for a while.
So this means its not the screens which are faulty looks like a hardware design fail to me. Whats the long term effect of this on the device? Could it cause the phone to stop working? Who knows but i cant belive HTC did not catch this during testing.
evo6 said:
Hi everyone,
I have worked out that its heat that causes the phone to start to flicker. I put my phone in the freezer for about seconds seconds (don't advice anyone else to do this) and boom the flicker went away for a while.
So this means its not the screens which are faulty looks like a hardware design fail to me. Whats the long term effect of this on the device? Could it cause the phone to stop working? Who knows but i cant belive HTC did not catch this during testing.
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I played Glowball for at least a half hour yesterday and my display didn't flicker. So it's not all of them.
mate flicker is a defect, end, my hox heats to 53deg n no flicker
Definitely not heat related, I noticed the flicker as soon as the several I've had were delivered, they were freezing at the time, as they'd been in a couriers van all day in cold weather. If anything it then became more intermittent as it warmed up.
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Hello and thanks in advance for helping me.....
I had accidentally dropped my HTC Desire HD on the floor from quite some height. Later on I started noticing a big amoeba-shaped blotch on the screen which spots inside in grid pattern.
The touchscreen is as responsive as ever but the blotch still remains.
Interestingly the grid pattern seems to reduce every time I pull out the battery and let the phone stand for a couple of hours but it reappears after a few mins of re-use.
I would be taking the phone to the service center but would like to know if there could be a way to solve this on my own.
I wish I could try a hard reset but the Volume Down button has also stopped responding.
Any help regarding the issue would be gr8.....
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Hello and thanks in advance for helping me.....
I had accidentally dropped my HTC Desire HD on the floor from quite some height. Later on I started noticing a big amoeba-shaped blotch on the screen which spots inside in grid pattern.
The touchscreen is as responsive as ever but the blotch still remains.
Interestingly the grid pattern seems to reduce every time I pull out the battery and let the phone stand for a couple of hours but it reappears after a few mins of re-use.
I would be taking the phone to the service center but would like to know if there could be a way to solve this on my own.
I wish I could try a hard reset but the Volume Down button has also stopped responding.
Any help regarding the issue would be gr8.....
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its better to visit your customer care center,if you have the warranty period.
I've had a few cameras that have done that before. Does the stuff ooze at all from your phone? And does it move around like liquid? It could be the LCD crystals damaged. If it does start to ooze, the stuff is probably toxic, so...yeah.
If you're in warranty, see what your carrier can do. But since it's accidental damage I don't know...but it never hurts to try!
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I've had a few cameras that have done that before. Does the stuff ooze at all from your phone? And does it move around like liquid? It could be the LCD crystals damaged. If it does start to ooze, the stuff is probably toxic, so...yeah.
If you're in warranty, see what your carrier can do. But since it's accidental damage I don't know...but it never hurts to try!
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Thanks MoHi96,
The screen seems to clear off when I let it rest for a while without the battery but it does reappear when I use the phone for sometime.
PS. Also, the phone is not under warranty.
I encounter this problem too. But for my case,that blotch recover itself, so I hope it applied to yours too
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Hi guys, recently I've been having quite an issue with my Wildfire S. It worked fine, rooted S-ON with CM7.2RC from alquez, until one day.
It all started two weeks ago when I was on one open air party where a thunderstorm overwhelmed me and left me completely wet. I've been terrified of that day before cause WFS is my first smartphone and I've been wondering how would it react on water. Maybe there is no causality between this, idk.
But since then, everytime somebody called me, the display shut off and after the call has ended, I couldn't awake my phone by normal means - the on/off button didn't work, so I started using quite dumb solution - a hard reset with taking off battery and putting it on.
(then I figured out that it could be awaken by plugging it to USB)
quite stange issue, isn't it?
I did a factory reset and flashed the CM again on clean. The frequency of a dead display has lowered down to every two calls appr. but it was still happening. Today, finally, I took off and on the battery again and that somehow did a factory reset... that's it, I have to solve it.
I'm quite worried it has something to do with HW (after becoming wet). However, if I'm not calling, it WORKS FINE!
Anybody can say anything about this?
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Hi guys, recently I've been having quite an issue with my Wildfire S. It worked fine, rooted S-ON with CM7.2RC from alquez, until one day.
It all started two weeks ago when I was on one open air party where a thunderstorm overwhelmed me and left me completely wet. I've been terrified of that day before cause WFS is my first smartphone and I've been wondering how would it react on water. Maybe there is no causality between this, idk.
But since then, everytime somebody called me, the display shut off and after the call has ended, I couldn't awake my phone by normal means - the on/off button didn't work, so I started using quite dumb solution - a hard reset with taking off battery and putting it on.
(then I figured out that it could be awaken by plugging it to USB)
quite stange issue, isn't it?
I did a factory reset and flashed the CM again on clean. The frequency of a dead display has lowered down to every two calls appr. but it was still happening. Today, finally, I took off and on the battery again and that somehow did a factory reset... that's it, I have to solve it.
I'm quite worried it has something to do with HW (after becoming wet). However, if I'm not calling, it WORKS FINE!
Anybody can say anything about this?
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It sounds like the proximity sensor got wet. Normally, i'd tell you to take the case and battery out and leave it all in a bucket of uncooked rice for a day to pull out the moisture. But beings that this has been awhile, idk if it will help
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It sounds like the proximity sensor got wet. Normally, i'd tell you to take the case and battery out and leave it all in a bucket of uncooked rice for a day to pull out the moisture. But beings that this has been awhile, idk if it will help
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I was thinking about something like that too (since I have very little expertise at smartphones). Could I disable it for calls somehow? (what would it do to normal use?)
As far as I know there is no actual setting to disable it. If you were a code ninja (or knew one) i'm sure they could. And it would just mean that you would have to manually turn it off to talk on the phone. But, we're not sure that's the problem. So, I personally would try the rice and hope for the best.
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As far as I know there is no actual setting to disable it. If you were a code ninja (or knew one) i'm sure they could. And it would just mean that you would have to manually turn it off to talk on the phone. But, we're not sure that's the problem. So, I personally would try the rice and hope for the best.
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Thanks for your help mate. You told me about the proximity sensor - which I googled and this popped out - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=951858
"Screen does turn off when holding to face on a call, but fails to come back on, requiring taking out the battery"
I may have found a solution. Thanks again!
I hope so. If not, just come back and light this topic up again
Well, it seems my enthusiasm was premature as the app doesn't work on WFS. I tried a factory reset & flash once again, called from my gfs phone to mine and it happened again:
Even though I didn't put the phone to my ear, the display went black and after the call has ended, it hasn't awaken.
I'll try the rice, but damn, I don't understand it at all.
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Well, it seems my enthusiasm was premature as the app doesn't work on WFS. I tried a factory reset & flash once again, called from my gfs phone to mine and it happened again:
Even though I didn't put the phone to my ear, the display went black and after the call has ended, it hasn't awaken.
I'll try the rice, but damn, I don't understand it at all.
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I don't get it either. The only thing besides it being dead that i can think of is that there's still moisture in the lens or something causing the sensor to trip (or not in this case).
I may have found another solution, but I don't understand it at all. http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f634/solved-wildfire-s-proximity-sensor-problem-1413248/#post8066168 Could you translate it to normal language, if you think it could be the fix?
That actually seems good. It basically says to get JTAG manager, and rewrite the broken nand files with the working ones at the bottom of the post. It IS a pretty advanced operation though, and it seems you would have a pretty good chance to brick your phone if you don't follow it to the letter.
I guess CM has an option to turn proximity off. Try that maybe?
Try a different rom.
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I have the following problem: My Galaxy Nexus thinks that it is always charging - a problem caused by the usb-connector as it seems after a long google search session. It also seems that sending it back might be a problem, as a lot of people got the answer that it is a water defect.
Since my phone works normal despite the notification that it is charging (i can charge it normally) i dont want to risk it to send it in. The only thing which is bad is that it - since it thinks it is charging - never go into deep sleep anymore, which leads to a faster battery drain.
Therefore my question: Is it possible to force the phone into deep sleep mode even when it is charging? If there is any way it would be great - i have already searched along for some time but i did'nt find anything.
I am on the latest official ROM - but flashing wouldnt be a problem ...
Thanks in advance!
If its supposed to be a water problem, it may be. Try putting your phone in a bag of rice over night, if there is water, it will suck it out.
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If its supposed to be a water problem, it may be. Try putting your phone in a bag of rice over night, if there is water, it will suck it out.
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Well they say that its a water problem - but it never had contact with water. I have read that the usb connector board is very sensitive and that already humid enviroment or taking the phone with you while doing sport is enough to cause this ... so drying will not help (the corrosion is already there) - and it behaves like this already weeks ...
I know that one could change the usb-board from the phone itself - i am just looking first for a solution without opening the phone if possible ...
Thanks anyways
Hello everybody,
my cousin had his (pretty new) HOX plugged to the wall and it charged normally.. But suddenly he noticed a power blackout and pushed his phone out immediately. This event happened 1 week ago.
And now he can use his phone pretty normally, even charge it. The only thing is: It get' s freaking hot after a short period of time and kinda locks or hangs up, that means the phone doesn' t react to the user's interactions..
Also he told me that the notification LED is blinking red/green , but I' m not sure if he meant that it did just after the black out or that it means it is still blinkin'. I can' t check it at the moment, cause he isn' t reachable.. :/
He sounded really worried and I told him this is a case for the warranty and he calmed down now.
Anyways I tought I should give this forum a try, since the most of you are real pro' s .
I appreciate any help. :good:
Regards from Germany,
~Nobody
P.S. Just for my curiosity: What did actually **** up, I mean which phone part? I think it must be the cooler or the processor, since this sounds like the problems you get after overclocking, isn' t?
Red/green blinking means the battery is over heated > 48 c.
Has he tried a factory reset?
If that doesn't help its a warranty job, I wouldn't say anything about what happened and just say its over heating a few of my friends had the issue and the phone got replaced
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I have a simple problem, i think i fried the head phone jack. my phone wont go under 40c lol. after 2 or 3 minutes of use, it jumps to about 50c