Anyone experienced this? I've bought this phone off hands and it's been working fine and dandy, now the flashlight won't turn on. It doesn't work when I take pictures with flash mode set to "on", and it doesn't work in safe mode either.
Edit: I switched the phone off and pulled the battery out. Left it this way for a minute or so, then it started working again. Looks like it's an overheating issue, the phone was charging when I've noticed the flash is dead. I've let the phone cool down (actually put a glass of cold tap water on the camera bump), and it's working fine now. I guess if I plug in a charger or start playing something demanding it'll play dead again.
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Hi!
I brought my Xperia Play phone USED two years ago and I've never had any problems with it.
However, recently, the phone has started to freeze itself in "screensaver" mode (Where the screen goes black after 15 seconds and locks the phone), but the screen won't light up no matter which button I press. I've had to restart the phone every time this happens.
It's been behaving strange at start up as well, as it sometimes take 20 minutes just for it to turn on, while on other occasions, it won't turn on at all!
Is this problem caused by the battery, or is it the hardware?
Is it with stock firmware?
Vortelf said:
Is it with stock firmware?
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Yes.
I've never modded it or installed custom firmware/apps.
Have you tried factory resetting it?
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Have you tried factory resetting it?
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Yes, but it didn't fix it. The problem still occurs.
tldr: Black screen, no display, everything works "under" (I can answer the phone etc). Not a flex cable problem because occurs randomly, regardless of the slider being open or closed. The problem also occurs during boot up, so rather not a software problem.
I think I have something similiar. Everything was fine until a few days ago the screen didn't want to unlock..or at least I thought it was that.
Basically the phone sometimes works OK but sometimes if I turn off (lock) the screen, it won't go back. To be precise, the phone works and if someone calls me I can pick it up moving the finger where the slider should be, it's just the display doesn't turn on. Same goes for booting, bootloader logo etc, so IMO it's not a software problem.
Strange thing is that it just randomly pops back, sometimes when I move the gamepad slider, sometimes when I put in a jack cable or if I hard reset the phone (remove battery). I've had problems with the flex cable in the past and this time I know that it's not it (no difference if I open/close the slider).
My guess would be some power supply or LCD driver IC issues, because the screen stops working almost everytime if I put the phone into the dock. Moreover, if the screen doesn't work, the orange charging LED is not working (green and blue are OK). The moment the screen starts working, the orange charging LED starts working too.
it's very strange but I'm used to electronics doing strange stuff. Just wondering if I should give a try disassembling the phone and trying to fix it or just buy a new one or something?
I might add that I have bought a new battery ~3 months ago, but it's been working fine to this point. I have tried if the same problem occurs with the old/original battery and it's the same.
well, any ideas?
edit: This video shows something very similiar (except the backlight): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4p0-kv1cxA
Same problem. And I guess this guy has it too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-play/help/problem-flex-cable-brightness-t2803991
Any help?
I had a day or two where I was unable to get my phone to change orientation from portrait to landscape. Mainly for watching netflix or Youtube. I found a work around for youtube, I had to flip the orientation of the device and press the full screen button. But then my phone was locked in landscape and wouldn't go back to portrait unless I shut the screen off and unlocked the phone again.
I dealt with this for two days, I checked settings to make sure that "auto rotate" was enabled, I disabled it and re-enabeld it just to be certain.
I'm not sure what really fixed it, I started tapping it lightly against the table while the phone was in landscape mode. After about 3 light taps the phone started responding to the changes in orientation again.
Now my question is... What happened, and Why?
I assume that the accelerometer got stuck, but has any one else experienced any issues like this?
So far this is the first issue that I have had out of the device and it has been an awesome 3 weeks
I have an Otterbox Commuter installed on the phone, in case that helps.
Happened here too.
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Mine is currently stuck as well. My girlfriend turned rotation off and since turning it back on it won't work. Turning the phone off didn't help.
I've seen multiple users here and on Reddit have fixed the stuck accelerometer by lightly banging against a table.. I find it quite amusing
They get stuck sometimes, especially if the phone has had an impact from dropping. It's a small miracle that they work at all.
If yours gets stuck all the time it could be a bad chip. I'd replace the phone while it's under warranty.
Same problem
After accidentally turning off auto rotate several months ago it stopped working. A light smack on the back of phone fixed it and haven't had a problem since.
Hi guys
I got an HTC M8s less than 2 months now and it has so many issues it's driving me insane at this stage....
It's on stock ROM unrooted with all the latest updates.
First issue that came up was not recognising the headphones after i plugged them in, that eventually went away after lots of searching and fiddling with settings etc.
Then it started going into Car mode while it was resting on the table, no input on my end no triggers set for it, hell i don't even own a car to use this function....
I disabled HTC car and that stopped.
The included micro usb cable somehow went bad, tried it on other devices, it will not charge....
Now i'm having some weird charging behaviour, it drops out of charging and resumes or sometimes it just stops charging (that doesn't happen when the phone is charging while being switched off, so i'm guessing it's not a hardware issue)
Another massive problem is that all incoming/outgoing calls go to the speaker which almost burst my ear drum first time that happened.
I have looked in every single forum out there and have tried all possible solutions, ranging from disabling google Chrome to trying every available speaker management/toggle related program on the play store but nothing seems to be working.
Some times if i plug in the headphones, make a call and then unplug them, then it works as it should for a little while. But later on it reverts to the previous mentioned behaviour.
One thing i have noticed, before it routes calls to the speaker, the screen will light up, no notifications come up and then all calls go to the speaker.
I used Wakelock to try and find out which program triggers the screen wake in order to remove it and maybe solve this issue but nothing came up.
Any input would be greatly appreciated as i am at the end of my rope with this device....
I still have my HTC DHD A9191 and i never had any issues with that phone, i'm very dissappointed with HTC :/
Thanks in advance
Yanni
Less then 2 months......return it ! Not even sure what you want to achieve here besides messing up warranty ?
I am using Spign slim armor case on m8s and after using it my power button isn't working.
and I have a Motion Launch problem when phone is on my pocket it opens camera, calls someone because of the sensor.Any fix about that?
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Hi guys
I got an HTC M8s less than 2 months now and it has so many issues it's driving me insane at this stage....
It's on stock ROM unrooted with all the latest updates.
First issue that came up was not recognising the headphones after i plugged them in, that eventually went away after lots of searching and fiddling with settings etc.
Then it started going into Car mode while it was resting on the table, no input on my end no triggers set for it, hell i don't even own a car to use this function....
I disabled HTC car and that stopped.
The included micro usb cable somehow went bad, tried it on other devices, it will not charge....
Now i'm having some weird charging behaviour, it drops out of charging and resumes or sometimes it just stops charging (that doesn't happen when the phone is charging while being switched off, so i'm guessing it's not a hardware issue)
Another massive problem is that all incoming/outgoing calls go to the speaker which almost burst my ear drum first time that happened.
I have looked in every single forum out there and have tried all possible solutions, ranging from disabling google Chrome to trying every available speaker management/toggle related program on the play store but nothing seems to be working.
Some times if i plug in the headphones, make a call and then unplug them, then it works as it should for a little while. But later on it reverts to the previous mentioned behaviour.
One thing i have noticed, before it routes calls to the speaker, the screen will light up, no notifications come up and then all calls go to the speaker.
I used Wakelock to try and find out which program triggers the screen wake in order to remove it and maybe solve this issue but nothing came up.
Any input would be greatly appreciated as i am at the end of my rope with this device....
I still have my HTC DHD A9191 and i never had any issues with that phone, i'm very dissappointed with HTC :/
Thanks in advance
Yanni
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ok man
look i have htc one m8 + one m7+one max
the one m7 had the same problem of u
i will give to you one solution for try
i try it on the one m7 and its work
but on one max not work
on m8 not test yet
try this:
1. Turn phone OFF
2. Let charge for AT LEAST 10mins even if it doesn't look like it's charging.
3. Press and hold POWER + VOL UP + VOL DOWN for AT LEAST 2mins. Anything less will not reset the charge mode.
4. After 2mins release the buttons and the phone should boot as normal
if it not charge at the first time then try it again andd u will be OK
Hi Hazem
Thanks for the input, i'll give this a go when i get back home and let you know if it works out.
Should i try this when the phone is at 4-5% ? And then let it charge all the way ?
I'm experiencing these same issues as well after rooting my M8. Hopefully someone here knows what the issue is.
Well for me all issues remain unresolved.
My guess so far for the culprit seems to be the magnetic sensor, either badly programmed or a factory defect.
Kyaner said:
Well for me all issues remain unresolved.
My guess so far for the culprit seems to be the magnetic sensor, either badly programmed or a factory defect.
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u must charge ur phone
turn off the phone
let him charge to full about 3 hours
and try the method
it will work
i test it on 2 one m7 phones
let me know if that work
thx
Sorry Hazeem I understand that English isn't your first language, and you are trying to help but you are not making much sence....
You are basically telling me to charge my phone, then switch it off and charge it again even though it's already charged for another 3 hours....
Ok an update !
HTC Released a service pack along with an update for the car application, after installing these and a couple of reboots the charging problems stopped and the phone doesn't seem to be waking up without any reason, as it did before.
The calls getting routed to the speaker still remain but thanks to an app called Auto Speaker, I've managed to work around this issue. Before the updates this application had no effect, but now it works as it should by turning off the speaker when the proximity sensor is blocked.
I hope I am not celebrating too soon on this and I'll keep this post updated if anything else, related to these issues, happens.
Update 2
So far so good and with another unexpected benefit, I removed my phone from the charger Saturday morning around 11 and as of now Monday 7:30 it's at 27% !
Hi. I've got a SMT700 that I purchased new and have used for several years with only minor troubles(Having to reconnect the battery occaisonally) and recently I had a new issue come up I've no idea how to fix. My knowledge on this stuff has extremely large holes in it, so I may have missed something obvious. I've been poking around all week trying to figure it out to no avail.
Anyway, the issue: My daughter was using the tablet and it became unresponsive. I popped the back off and fixed the battery cable(It had come out) and after doing so it flat out refused to turn on. Wouldn't boot in recovery or anything else I could think of. So I plugged it in overnight and let it charge just to make sure, since I wasn't sure if it had had much of one when it turned off. Will not turn on. If you push the power button while it's plugged in, the status of the charge(Says 100%) will blank out and then it resets like I just plugged it in. I've found that if I try to boot it in Recovery, it will come up just fine - if I unplug it, it turns off instantly. If I reset it, it turns off and goes back to the charge status screen as if I just plugged it in. It just has the Samsung firmware installed, I believe fully updated(I rarely check it since the tablet is old and it's literally just used for Disney+ for the kid lately) I'm at loss for what could it causing it or what I can do to fix it. Anyone seen this and able to point me in the right direction? Thanks for your time.
Oh. And I have tried plugging it into the computer, but it doesn't even register as plugged in(Can't do recovery or anything) - that didn't really surprise me, it wouldn't charge that way before so I didn't think it would work.
I decided to repair my old Moto G5 who had a broken screen at the upper right corner.
When broken, it worked for few minutes and than the screen started to shrink and blink and and disappear.
Today i replaced the broken screen with the new one. Before proceding to remove the old one , i tested the new one by attaching it to the motherboard and it worked very well, no glitches, touch was good, had it tested for a couple of minutes, than removed the old one and placed the new one. Powered on the phone and it worked great. I was able to factory reset it, connect the wifi, test the screen, etc. but after 5 minutes it started with vertical stripes , disapperared and reappeared, flickering and dead.
I noticed that the motherboard was very hot when i removed the battery to shut it down.
When powered on again, it didn't show the screen, but the startup audio was working...
Thinking it wa an heating issue, i put it in the freezer (in a sealed container) and after 10 minutes, i turned it on... and it worked again, letting me test it for another 5 minutes before starting the issues again.
I disabled everything, no wifi, no bluetooth , no sim or sd. The issue happens also in bootloader mode by pressing power+vol- , works for some minutes, letting me brows the boot menu, but if i wait, the screen does the issues again.
Now i have to options :
1) Understand the issue and fix it
2) find someone in Antartica or Artic regions to use the phone at -25 celsius.
Thank You
A chip in your motherboard is malfunctioning. You gotta get it replaced. after 5 mins the problematic chip gets so hot it glitches your whole system. If you have a heat camera look over your motherboard while it is switched on. The culprit will shine like a christmas ball light. Then it's a matter of buying a replacement and replacing it.
If you don't have this type of camera, go to a repair center ( does not need to be official and tell them to check with their camera for the cooker).