hi, looking for a bit of advice please.
my speakers and microphone were sounding very muffled so i decided to take my phone appart to clean out all the lint and dust that had built up over the past year.
the only problem is that now that i put it back together i have no sounds what so ever. also no vibrate
i have checked in settings etc. to see that all my notifications are on. (they are the same as before i removed the cover).
the only other piece of advice is to say that the volume button on the left hand side also raises no respone from the phone when pressed. it fell out when i pulled it appart but i think i put it back together correctly. it depresses both up and down but nothing happens on the screen
apart from sound and vibration phone works great!
any ideas.... cause otherwise i have just stuffed a perfectly good working phone!!
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I am unable to watch a video on the Desktop dock. When I put the Epic into the dock it hits the volume rocker and it then turns the volume to mute. On a couple of occasions I have been able to barely put it in and it will play at what ever volume but once I touch it and mutes it again.
Anyone having a better experience with it?
Thanks
dws51 said:
I am unable to watch a video on the Desktop dock. When I put the Epic into the dock it hits the volume rocker and it then turns the volume to mute. On a couple of occasions I have been able to barely put it in and it will play at what ever volume but once I touch it and mutes it again.
Anyone having a better experience with it?
Thanks
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ive got said dock. same issues. totally cuz the volume rocker is hitting the cradle in just the right manner. ive just gotten really good at putting it in at just the right angle to not hit it, but your right. if i touch pretty much anything, it starts to turn the volume down all the way. what i do when im not going to try to have a movie playing is always make sure the screen is off. the dock will turn on the screen about a few seconds after its plugged in. it shouldnt be this big of a pain in the ass and im thinking about taking the dock back. i think its a legitimate reason.
austin420 said:
ive got said dock. same issues. totally cuz the volume rocker is hitting the cradle in just the right manner. ive just gotten really good at putting it in at just the right angle to not hit it, but your right. if i touch pretty much anything, it starts to turn the volume down all the way. what i do when im not going to try to have a movie playing is always make sure the screen is off. the dock will turn on the screen about a few seconds after its plugged in. it shouldnt be this big of a pain in the ass and im thinking about taking the dock back. i think its a legitimate reason.
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I didn't have any of these problems with mine and was wondering what everyone was talking about.
That is until I took my phone charm off. Apparently the tiny string the charm uses is enough to keep the phone from hitting the volume and causing problems.
That being said, you can control volume, too, through the function and arrow keys on the keyboard. It helps but it is still annoying if you don't have a charm and keep hitting the hardware volume keys.
(My charm is ninja stars, so not all charms are "girly".)
ya. i had an old psp wrist strap on and noticed it kept it from happening too, but the strap is kinda garish and i didnt want it on there all the time. im still on the fence about taking it back.
I put three layers of electrical tape along the right half of the groove, just before it dips down for the volume keys (alas, not down far enough.) It works great for me... since I was going to cover that bright blue light anyway.
My Shift is not shutting off the screen like it should while in a call. I am sure this is draining my battery quicker as well as being annoying when I hit mute, speaker, or hang up with my face. Any idea what my issue might be?
Phone is stock:
Android Version
2.3.3
HTC Sense Version
2.1
Home screen widgets and icons...
Sense Clock with weather
People, WiFi, Battery (HTC Widget), Voicemail
Messages, Market, Flashlight, Camera
laid out in that order from top to bottom, left to right. I have only one other widget on another screen for Player Pro. Running Lookout.
Download "proximity sensor finder" from the market.
And once opened you should see it say 9.0cm. cover your finger over the proximity sensor (little circle to the left of speaker grill) and that number should change to a 0...
if it doesnt you need to take your phone to sprint
I guess it is broken. I covered it and it did nothing. It messed up a few times where it would work a little, then come back on now the screen is on all the time. I have resorted to pushing the power button while in a call to turn the screen off. Does the same thing I guess but it really doesn't matter much. I think I am going to get the Photon soon.
Thanks for the tip on the app. I think I will use it in the future.
evilthx said:
I guess it is broken. I covered it and it did nothing. It messed up a few times where it would work a little, then come back on now the screen is on all the time. I have resorted to pushing the power button while in a call to turn the screen off. Does the same thing I guess but it really doesn't matter much. I think I am going to get the Photon soon.
Thanks for the tip on the app. I think I will use it in the future.
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No problem,
Although since that is just a defect that came with the phone, Sprint will replace that for free, without any problems.
(and tell/show them the apps responses if they do, they cant deny proof )
Just make sure you run the RUU beforehand if you do take it in and your rooted (but you said your on stock 2.3 so im assuming your not anyway)
Nope, all stock... I will look into returning it... it is a good phone and wouldn't mind it as a back-up phone.
Bump...
I still have my EVO Shift and the day before yesterday I did something to my phone to try and fix my led issue. It wasn't a major problem with it but something was obstructing the led making it hard to see when I got notifications. Well It started by me using a fine bristled brush to clean the little mesh earpiece screen with to clean over the led... it started to work and then made it worse. I then decided to just remove the mesh screen. I pried it out as gently as I could which made it easy to clean the obstruction from the led but as a very welcome side affect it also fixed my proximity sensor!!! The phone now functions fully again. So to all those willing to try it if your sensor is "broken" try removing the metal mesh part of the earpiece... just be very careful.
I recently dropped my phone from my lap exiting the car Everything appeared to be alright and working, until a few weeks later when my vibrate function started to give out. For a few days after it stopped working all together it would occasionally try to spin and I could still feel very weak feedback.
My question is does anyone know how easy it would be to repair this? My screen is also cracked, but directly above the genius button, which I rarely use anyway.
If I wanted to repair this would it end up costing me more than simply replacing the phone?
If I had the tools and the patience I may be able to do this myself if someone could give me a heads up on this particular phone, or any experience they may have in this situation.
If I could simply open and examine the part I may be able to see if it can be a simple fix. Any ideas?
Well it could be something broke off and lodged into the edge of the motor not allowing it to spin freely. Or anything could be the solder joint broke. Depending on how the motor is set up it may be easier or harder to fix. If it is a solder joint that broke you could probably fix it yourself, by heating up a soldering iron and melting the solder to the pad again. If this is the problem and you want to attempt to fix, just make sure you don't hold the soldering iron on there too long, you don't want to burn the board or anything. It is possible (although highly unlikely) that the motor blew. There really isn't a easy way to find out for sure without opening it up though. Although if you download Z-device test, then you can go to the vibrate part of it and press the screen where it says press to vibrate and see if it is working at all through that.
I think this is the best we have for this kind of thing so far:
ifixsmartphone teardown of the doubleshot.
guess what my phone's vib stopped working about a day ago...
and it's fixed now...
this is how it went...
ppl were calling me and i wasnt getting notified by any means.
my ringtone got messed up some how... i tried taking battery out that did not help... to fix that i had to choose another ring tone and back to my default.
now i figued that my vib was also dead...
while watching a movie...
i took off the battery... and started hitting the phone upside down on palm of my hand.. and testing vib by turning the phone onn..
i started getting the vib back but it was very low...
so after the movie...
i took a peice(about 1 inch) of clear mailing tape and folded it backwards and made a thin pin alike... and stucked in the headphone jack hole... and twisted it...
guess what... a small peice of lint came out...
then i did it again... and another came out .. lol
and that's about it.....
my vib is back in action
seems like lint from my pants pocket gets in that headphone jack hole and some how blocks the vib motor to move!
have fun !
that's why I always have pouch for my phones
I never really noticed this as I don't use voice search or call very often. Sometimes I can't be heard, but if I press the bottom of the phone, the mic works fine again. It seems like the connection is loose and when I push on the general area of the microphone, it works again. Any clues as to how or why this has happened? I'm thinking of just taking it apart and seeing what's up, but would like some input from the guys who have taken their NS apart.
Small update. Finally go my screwdriver in the mail. Took the phone apart and cleaned the little rubber piece in some soapy water and let it dry. Don't know if that was actually the problem. Put the phone back together and it seems to be holding up. I gotta give it a few days to see if it actually worked though.
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my One S started to cut all audio randomly. it happens when i am talking on the phone (i have a suspicion that it's related to the way i put pressure on the phone's body, especially the bottom part, while holding it). it's usually preceded by a sharp/loud chirping noise, after which the speaker and the microphone stop working completely (the call is still on-going, but the other party cannot hear me, and i cannot hear the other party). at first, after rebooting the phone twice, it would go back to its normal mode and would function properly for a while, but now, it refuses to play any sort of audio signal at all. (for example, the YouTube app refuses to play videos, telling me that something is wrong, whereas Slacker radio refuses to broadcast any station, telling me something along the lines of "audio not functioning properly".)
i have tried wiping cache, and i have not reset the phone to factory settings and wiped all data on it. and it's still completely silent. my guess is that it is hardware related, but i don't know whether there is any solution for it or not. btw, my phone is T-Mobile US-branded, and it is unlocked (using HTCDev) and rooted. otherwise, it was (is) completely stock.
any ideas or tips?
PS: during that period of audio-silence, sometimes the phone becomes super sluggish; for example, if i press Disconnect, it takes a very long time to disconnect the call, or it takes a very long time to update the counter at the top which records the duration of the call. sometimes, the delay is so long that i get an error message "Activity Phone isn't responding", and it asks me whether i want to stop it or wait.
EDIT: i found this thread; someone suggested a little mod to the phone. still, i'd appreciate any help.
anybody?
EDIT_1: i also found this thread. seems like this is not an isolated incident.
EDIT_2: anyhow, i opened my phone (well, just the bottom plastic cover that is held in place by plastic tabs and sticky tape). there was dust along the edges, which i cleaned. and i straightened the connectors from the speaker (housed on the plastic cover) to the motherboard. it seems to have fixed things, but i only tested that for a short while. i will use the phone and report back.
darxider said:
anybody?
EDIT_1: i also found this thread. seems like this is not an isolated incident.
EDIT_2: anyhow, i opened my phone (well, just the bottom plastic cover that is held in place by plastic tabs and sticky tape). there was dust along the edges, which i cleaned. and i straightened the connectors from the speaker (housed on the plastic cover) to the motherboard. it seems to have fixed things, but i only tested that for a short while. i will use the phone and report back.
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just wanted to update. the issue came back after a week or so, the and phone randomly loses all audio functions. i opened it up again to make sure the speaker connections are fine (they are). to fix it, i have to power the phone off once or twice, and let it be powered-off for about 5 minutes or so, and then the sound comes back.
anybody knows of a real fix for this or should i just retire my One S and buy another phone?