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[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michele72:
:(

I just wanted to share this, since I was able to replicate this issue with three different phones, also asking if other people are having the same issue.

I am using my Samsung Nexus S for three days.

I noticed that the back button (the first capacitive button on the bottom left) appears to have an hardware problem.

Basically normally it works fine, I mean when I'm not using the phone for some hours.

Then if I start to use the phone, after a moderate use (example installing applications from the market, browsing etc) the button gets less and less sensitive.

After some minutes it gets really annoying.

To make it work it is necessary to use a really stronger pressure with the finger, and it is not even always working!

I am planning to return my device, but today talking with some people/colleagues I discovered that two of them have exactly the same problem.

I'm suspecting there is a batch of Nexus S phones with this glitch, I am curious to know how many people have the same problem.

Note:

At first I thought it was a general issue of the capacitive buttons. But I can't replicate the same problem with the other three buttons, they work very smoothly just lighltly skimming the finger over them, even after long usage.

Anyone with the same problem? What is your experience with this button after some usage?

Cheers
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] distortedloop:
I want to say that I noticed something similar the other day, but it was short-lived, and I'm not 100% sure. It wasn't long enough or bad enough to make me think the phone is defective, but I'm a bit used to funky capacitive button responses from my N1 days.

I can't reproduce the issue right now, though. How much usage are you talking about needing to duplicate?

Does your phone get hot, or feel hotter than normal when this happens?

I'd see if there's some particular pattern or software that seems to trigger it if you're interested in trouble-shooting.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michele72:
The problem goes away when I don't touch the phone for a while (it seems that 1 hour is enough to reset the problem).

It seems "recharging".

Then with normal usage, nothing in particular, just even browsing in the settings/maps/market/browser etc., in few minutes the problem appears. The button definitely loses his "power".

It's very annoying, and my friends confirmed the same behavior.

EDIT:

Forgot to sat that the phone is not getting hotter, everything else is really normal.

Cheers
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] distortedloop:
Mine definitely can be used for much more than a few minutes without the problem you're describing appearing.

I'd take it back. Factory reset the phone to protect your private data before taking it back. After the factory reset, you might want to test the behavior again, if it went away, the phone's not defective, you just had some software glitch.

Reminder, factory reset erases everything on the phone, so if you do it as troubleshooting step, be prepared to have to set the phone up from scratch again...I'm sure you knew this, but just covering my butt in case you didn't. It's a good trouble shooting step no matter what if you don't mind the hassle of re-setting things up.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] csmall:
I have a similar experience with the back button. Not sure what to think yet.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DKYang:
I had a similar problem when I had the Vibrant. Just exchanged it and luckily I got a better one without any problems. I did find out though if you are using the screen protector that came with the phone, it can cause this type of problem.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michele72:
No problem, I will try everything tomorrow. This is not my primary phone (still loving my rooted Nexus One with CyanogenMod 6.1.1 ;-) I can't renounce to the colored trackball for the different notifications), but just a "dev" phone for testing purposes.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] distortedloop:
The app NOLED from the Market may interest you if you can't live without trackball style color notifications. Seems to work fine when I tested it.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michele72:
Thank you, giving it a try.

Anyway, today I factory-reset my telephone and the problem of the back button is still there. I am returning the device.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rohanaswani:
Back button non responsive

Hi,

I just got my new nexus S (about an hour ago) that I was really excited about and am faced with a problem with the back button too.

Its got factory settings, so it cannot be a downloaded software issue. Also, I have not yet charged the battery at all, its still running on the same battery power that it shipped with.

The other buttons at the bottom of the phone (home, menu and search) all respond fine, its only the back button that does not seem to work. After going through this thread, I tried long-pressing the button, hard-pressing it, pressing just above it, below it, etc. It just wont respond. I had removed the screen protector it shipped with, so that cannot be the issue either.

If this is a known hardware problem (i.e. others have faced it too), irrespective of whether it is acknowledged by Samsung / Google, I'll return the handset. I do not want to spend a fortune and be landed with a handset that does not work - forget working as desired, but it does not seem to be working as designed !

Thanks & Regards,

Rohan
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Belarios:
Yep. Definitely a problem here with the back button. There's also two other threads here about it.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ruprick:
I'm having similar problems. I have to touch the button just right for it to work properly
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrmarshall428:
I was experiencing the same thing with my Nexus S, wasn't sure if it was the case I was using! Took of case and still had problem. I eventually returned mine cause it seemed like it was getting worse! I have a new one worth no problems, definitely a hardware problem! Return it!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ll_l_x_l_ll:
those buttons work over the heat of your finger. thats why after use it doesnt get as responsive. its because the screen is also heated and the heat of the screen is effecting the buttons. thats why you need harder pressure for the phone to understand this is your finger.

same issue was with Nexus 1. less responsive buttons. thats why there is a bigger gap between the buttons and the screen for galaxy S phones. i dont know why they did such a thing again with the nexus S. its like samsung didnt learn from anything from HTCs mistake.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rusty!:
They work with capacitance, not heat. Hence it being called a capacitive screen with capacitive buttons.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gogol:
I think this is true ...

I have an HTC Desire with AMOLED screen.

When I play a finger intensive game, like "SkyForce Reloaded", after some times, the touch is not registered.

Then I must stop for a while, or change finger :)

Try that, you will know what I meant.

But, I don't have issue with the back button on HTC Desire because it is a hardware button. I am just trying to explain about loosing touch registration because finger interaction on (s)amoled screen.

PS: SkyForce Reloaded is an old school shot'em up game where you control a little space ship with your finger, shooting enemies.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rusty!:
The Desire's digitizer is the same Clearpad 2000 which is used in the Nexus One (and quite a few others), the problem there is that it's pants.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ll_l_x_l_ll:
lol, isnt called like that because it registers the heat from your fingers. thats why if you try to use a pen, it wont register :) . and thus. the screen is NOT resistive type ;) "where it will recognize anything since its being pushed by force ? :P "
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rusty!:
Much more too it than that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitive_touch_screen
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ll_l_x_l_ll:
from your link

"A capacitive touchscreen panel is one which consists of an insulator such as glass, coated with a transparent conductor such as indium tin oxide (ITO).[7][8] As the human body is also a conductor, touching the surface of the screen results in a distortion of the screen's electrostatic field, measurable as a change in capacitance. Different technologies may be used to determine the location of the touch. The location is then sent to the controller for processing.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PGRtoo:
My home is well within the Sprint 4G coverage area shown on the coverage maps. When I turn on 4G (from the Settings screen) it connects to the "Sprint Network" and obtains an IP address (Signal strength = Good).

BUT:

None of the applications which require network access (browser, Market, email, YouTube, etc) can connect. They'll open up, but they can't access the network. If I uncheck Mobile networks in Settings > Wireless & Networks and then re-check it again, it reports "Service unavailable" despite the fact that the 4G Settings screen still reports Connected to Spring with "Good" signal strength and I still have an IP Address.

I should add that the phone has been doing this since I got the phone in November, but I figured it was due to the "unofficial/testing" status of the 4G coverage. I also installed the new 3.70.651.1 update hoping that it would fix the problem, but it had no effect.

After telephone support ran out of things to try they issued a Ticket # and sent me to a Sprint repair location this morning. That location couldn't test the phone on 4G because the store isn't in a 4G coverage area so they just replaced it with a brand new one (not a referb). So I get it home and try it on 4G before I make a single configuration change and the new phone does exactly the same thing as the old one: Good 4G connection but no service. :mad:

Has anyone else experienced this problem? Did you find an answer for it?

Thanks!

Pete

Note: All apps seem to work fine when I'm connected to 3G.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PGRtoo:
Additional info:

For the record, switching back to 3G after trying 4G results in the battery dropping like a stone. aLogcat reveals a flood of those damned <DC Connect> failures going on in the background. Thankfully, powering the phone off and on clears the problem until I try 4G again.

Two things of note:

It doesn't matter whether I use the 4G widget or the Wireless & networks screen.

Removing the 4G widget has no effect.

Pete
[Android Software Development] Simpdapimp:
I am new to app development and i want to create an app that will login to Sprint website and allow me to see my account info and such. The problem i am having now is how to log in to the sprint website programatically? Can anyone here help me?

Thank you.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shivammcool:
Hey,

I have a previously rooted nexus one. It is 2.2.1. It was on cm then I used rom manager to put it back to factory settings. Now I want to root and mod again. What is the easyest way.

I am not really that experienced so go easy on me.

Or should I wait for gingerbread.

So what should I do. Go for cyanogenmod or Gingerbread???
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] houzuoguo:
I think currently Cyanogenmod is more stable than Gingerbread releases, so I'd suggest you to go for CM.

Here's a complete guide to installation of Cyanogenmod

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Nexus_One:_Full_Update_Guide
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shivammcool:
No I am actually asking if I should go with cyanogenmod or THE OFFICIAL 2.3 GINGERBREAD
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhantomRampage:
Cyanogenmod.

If you install 'official gingerbread' its just going to feel like froyo, no major differences. If you wait for CM you'll have way more perks
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knightnz:
You didn't explicitly say that in your first post, so don't shout.

A stable/final Gingerbread could be weeks off yet, so unless you're willing to wait, then go with CM.

Also, should be in the Q&A section, not dev.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shivammcool:
I was not shouting but sorry anyways. And thanks. I will wait for. 2.3 first. Then if any thing ill root it after.

MOD EDIT: The OP has 6 similar threads open, so closing this for now.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] musclehead84:
I just have a question. I'm new to the evo and my phone, the epic, doesn't have a locked boot loader. I'm trying to figure out how to root my wifes evo cause there are so many versions out I have to find which one works for her phone. My one question is unlocking the NAND the same as unlocking the boot loader? Also she just got her phone and her hboot is 2.10 hardware version 3. Is that a newer hboot version? She had a version 4 but had a lot of light leakage so we exchanged it and got this one. Didn't know there were any version 3s out there still new. Thanks for your help.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] epicroot:
so she hboot 2.10 we also need to know what radio version it is
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] musclehead84:
2.15.00.11.19
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cruise350:
There are 2 different methods for rooting a phone with hboot 2.10. You can find both in the developers section. It will state in the heading if it works for 2.10 so look for the ones with 2.10 in the title and that are dated after 12-15-10 since that's when 2.10 came out.
[Galaxy Tab General] mmathai77:
FOR SPRINT GALAXY TABs - DEACTIVATION OF SPRINT ACTIVATION MESSAGE ON BOOT and ACTIVATE DEVICE NOTIFICATIONS.

Ok well the verizon method of bypassing the activation everytime you start the tab doesnt work (vol up once, vol down twice, etc. etc.)

I used the 2nd post in:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=866162

to try and deactivate the activation screen, but it bricked my Sprint Tab. I had to use the rom available here which messes up GPS and modem. But anyway foxmeister mentioned why not just go to the app and delete, freeze, it.

1) I used Root explorer and went to:

/system/app/

2) put the folder in R/W mode (look at top for button)

3) now look for -

sprintadroidextension.apk

4) long hold press it, either copy it and paste it in another folder as backup.

5) go back to /system/app/ and long hold press sprintadroidextension.apk

again and Delete it.

6) put the folder back in R/O mode.

Now restart and you should not see anymore activation messages!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =]

Thank you to : foxmeister, sirmacbeth, rkmj

RKMJ stated you can try to use Titanium Backup and freeze the app instead of deleting it. I just deleted it and it WORKS =].

I also saved a backup in another folder so in case i need the app i'll have it.

I'll try to upload the apk for anyone who needs it later.

I made a separate topic on this because 1) i tried it and it worked 2) the other thread is confusing and can lead you to brick your sprint tab fast.
[Galaxy Tab General] Air One:
Finally!!! Something that finally appears to work!

Thank you!

Sent from my Galaxy Tab.
[Galaxy Tab General] 312:
Thanks
[Galaxy Tab General] mmathai77:
Glad its working for you guys. Because after a couple days it will automatically BRICK your Tablet.. and render it useless!

..Just kidding, =]. Your welcome, and make sure you thank : foxmeister, sirmacbeth, rkmj
[Galaxy Tab General] alfrediio:
HAHAHAHAHA lol

Sry for the spam... I just couldnt contained myself.

Thanks!
[Galaxy Tab General] IP IHI II IL:
R/W button?

I can't STAND the activation prompt... until today, I just put the tab in Airplane mode, and rebooted. That got rid of it, but I have to manually turn on the WiFi every time i boot it. I'm in position, but can't for the life of me find the R/W mode button, or a way to change the permissions... lil' help please?

Thanks for this! Whether ot works for me or not, I HAVE learned something!

=IP IHI II IL=
[Galaxy Tab General] mmathai77:
is your tab rooted? Are you use root explorer?

when you get over to the /system/app directory, on the upper left/middle side of the screen you'll see a button that might say either R/O or R/W

Click that button, it will switch from read only mode to read/write mode.

It might say Mount R/O or Mount R/W, i forgot exactly how it was.

I don;t have my tab on me, sent it into samsung because I did some stupid stuff nd lost my GPS capability.\

Cheers.
[Galaxy Tab General] HypnoticGuy:
Worked good for me. Thanks!

I'm still going to use my G Tab in Airplane mode for the most part however. I have a hunch it's draining battery when it's locked onto the EVDO network, and there's signal bars in the status bar at the top of the screen.
[Galaxy Tab General] pois0n:
[highlight]Mod Edit: Asking of warez is prohibited under XDA rules[/highlight]
[Galaxy Tab General] mmathai77:
[highlight]Mod Edit: Promotion of warez is prohibited under XDA rules[/highlight]
[Galaxy Tab General] Geletis:
What is this activation prompt? I have a Sprint Tab and have never seen it.

I'm sure there was some sort of activation the very first time I used the device, but certainly not every time I turn it on.
[Galaxy Tab General] anielk77:
after deleting the file with root explorer it came back again.

how to delete the file? the tab is rooted :confused:
[Galaxy Tab General] silky28:
Ok, so I did everything and when I delete the file it comes right back. As soon as I go back to the system folder it seems the program regenerates itself.

Now I am having a problem with the R/O mode switch. When I first open the program I can change it to Mount r/w. However, as soon as I get into the system folder and the app folders the mount r/o button kind of greys out and when I click it nothing happens.

any ideas?
[Galaxy Tab General] plughie:
Thanks! This worked well for me. Only change was I used Super Manager rather than Root Explorer to delete the file (since it was free and on the Market for Sprint). If you don't set the directory to R/W is seems to work but dfoes not actually delete the file.

My question now is do I have to be concerend with firmware updates. Will they reset this or fail to apply? TIA

I think I answered this myself - Can't get OTA firmware updates and if you try it tries to activate again!

Future firmware updates are problematic too I hear - they will attempt tp prevent people hacking or rooting the device.
[Galaxy Tab General] rkmj:
Yes, you can get Titanium Backup for free through the market and freeze the app. Also, for anyone having trouble deleting the app, freezing it through Titanium Backup will produce the same result of removing the activation prompt.
[Galaxy Tab General] s44:
Bump for Woot buyers.
[Galaxy Tab General] akaKJB:
I've been having this problem on my Sprint Galaxy S III. I tried this method but it didn't work - activation came up again right after reboot. I tried searching for activation disabling on the GSIII and this was the only thing I could find. Anybody have any ideas on how to get the SIII to can the activation screen?

ADDED

I tried moving the sprint_installer.apk to my newly created backup folder where I also moved the sprintandroidextension.apk. I checked and that file did not regenerate as it did for another user in this discussion. Both are in the Backup sub-folder I created in the /system/app/ folder. Could it still be seeing these .apk's in there and loading them anyway? I've even picked up the paid version of Titanium Backup so I could try freezing the file (free version won't let you reeze but I use TB enough I figured $3.99 was more than reasonable for use I'd already gotten from it whether it helped this situation or not) but for some reason, it refuses to see the sprintandroidextension.apk file at all but I was able to freeze the Sprint-Installer.apk but it didn't appear to have any effect whatsoever.
[Galaxy Tab General] vampire01:
Hello All,

I've bought my AT&T SGT 2 wks ago and absolutely love it. Just out of curiosity, can I make music hub app work on the tab without having it flashed? Since whenever I execute the app, there is an error saying that "Application not supported in this country or no SIM installed".

Also one more curious qn :p : can we unlock the device without flashing it as well?

Thanks all :o
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hightechlive:
I can not root my T-Mobile g2 so I'm returning it andgetting another one but NY phone is showing s-off,how can I get that back to s-on or does it even matter because the are exchanging it by mail?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonathann0222:
Well if s-is off that means you can root you only need to get perm root. Download temp rootapk.and do the. Perm root flash recovery and your good to go.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hightechlive:
Can you please tell how to do that?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonathann0222:
http://theunlockr.com/2010/11/30/how-to-gain-permanent-root-and-s-off-on-the-t-mobile-g2-htc-vision/ this is the easy way to do it, just follow the steps and you will be fine . but if you say you have s-off tha means you can easly root, google the visionary .apk from modaco then open it like you would a regular app. then go to where it says perm root and select it. but make sure you have s-off then down load rom manager.apk and flash clockmod recovery all the files should be on the link i gave you.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steviewevie:
How did you get it to S-OFF, what method of rooting were you using ?

I would be useful to put it back to S-ON if you can, though T-Mobile will probably not notice anyway.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KiNG OMaR:
Yelling at the device while it's in recovery might help :)
[Droid X Themes and Apps] tobrizonwireless:
This is all new to me and I'm sorry if this has been raised before, I did look.....but I installed a theme after I rooted and did everything that I learned but when the phone was reset and loaded up....I got a few force closes from voice activated dialing and Google search. It wouldn't let me get past it and I kept hitting force close... I couldn't get past it.....any ideas why?
[Droid X Themes and Apps] kdkinc:
A Theme ?

what Rom ?

what sbf ? 2.3.15 or later ?
[Droid X Themes and Apps] tobrizonwireless:
It's the full gingerbread theme on this page 1.5......my rom is 2.5.18 and I'm running 2.3.340...I have a screen replacement running when I tried to install the theme....could that be it?
[Droid X Themes and Apps] Diremaker35:
Hi I had that same issue with one of the colored themes I think it was green could not get the phone to reboot into clockwork mod either. Solution was plugging the charger in and turning phone on after thee battery charging symbol came on and it rebooted into recovery automatically were I had to restore to a ealier image backup I had that was the only way I could get past the fc's.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Draciel882:
So I accidentally put my Desire in about half an inch of water upside down. So my ear speaker, my camera lenses and flash and my head phone jack and my external speaker got submerged. It didn't sit in the water very long, probably about 3 seconds but still long enough to make it start doing some weird things. So my problems are that everything has to load everytime I want to use it. If I'm in my messages and I go to my home screen it goes to the white screen with the green HTC letters and I have to wait for it to load everything every time without fail. It also has to load all my messages when I go into them. Another thing that happens is that my power button message opens randomly and for awhile my power button wasn't working and sometimes it doesn't. So my questions for whoever can answer them is what can I do to fix those problems and where are the moisture detection papers in my phone in case I want to get it fixed under warranty? Thanks a lot.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroHero:
try putting your device in an air tight container, filled with rice. the rice should absorb most or all of the moisture from your device, leave it for 12-24 hours, then boot it up and try again :) good luck