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So, I just started having this problem as of a few days ago.
I was driving to San Jose using TomTom on my Tilt and everything was good until all of a sudden it lost signal. It happens time to time and I usually just quit out of TomTom and go back into and it works again.
This time I quit out of TomTom and was back at the home screen (I'm using the Dutty Series). After that, the backlight seemed to dim and the phone wasnt working correctly.
1) Back light was on
2) The soft keys weren't working
3) The power button would put the screen to sleep but wouldnt wake it up or turn it off, i have to reset the phone or take the battery out
4) When sliding the keyboard, no sound works like normally
5) The keyboard doesnt work
6) I can't receive phone calls or texts
It did this for about 5 hours and went back to normal. And now its doing it again. Anybody have any suggestions. I've already tried taking out my memory card in hopes of deactivating TomTom but no luck. Anything helps Thanks.
SBZRO said:
So, I just started having this problem as of a few days ago.
I was driving to San Jose using TomTom on my Tilt and everything was good until all of a sudden it lost signal. It happens time to time and I usually just quit out of TomTom and go back into and it works again.
This time I quit out of TomTom and was back at the home screen (I'm using the Dutty Series). After that, the backlight seemed to dim and the phone wasnt working correctly.
1) Back light was on
2) The soft keys weren't working
3) The power button would put the screen to sleep but wouldnt wake it up or turn it off, i have to reset the phone or take the battery out
4) When sliding the keyboard, no sound works like normally
5) The keyboard doesnt work
6) I can't receive phone calls or texts
It did this for about 5 hours and went back to normal. And now its doing it again. Anybody have any suggestions. I've already tried taking out my memory card in hopes of deactivating TomTom but no luck. Anything helps Thanks.
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just a basic suggestion, try reflashing your radio or rom.
Well did a hard reset on the phone and everything works now. The only thing is that it no longer charges.
the phone has been dead for the whole day and has been on the charger but the battery isnt charging. i dont know if its the charger itself, the battery or the phone.
Could be a damaged usb port.
Please note that most of the USB car chargers will brick the tilt. Mainly because they don't have sufficient power regulation (and the phone has none) so spike voltages from your alternator brick your phone.
We've seen user after user who has bricked phones using USB chargers. There's only a very select few that don't put the phone at risk.
It's entirely possible you've fried the charging circuitry of your phone. Although swapping a new battery in may save you, if it is simply a dead battery or a fried battery.
Good luck!
jon_k said:
Please note that most of the USB car chargers will brick the tilt. Mainly because they don't have sufficient power regulation (and the phone has none) so spike voltages from your alternator brick your phone.
We've seen user after user who has bricked phones using USB chargers. There's only a very select few that don't put the phone at risk.
It's entirely possible you've fried the charging circuitry of your phone. Although swapping a new battery in may save you, if it is simply a dead battery or a fried battery.
Good luck!
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wow, thanks, looks like I will never use a car charger.
i guess there is some advice for this:
1) Do not have your Kaiser plugged in to the dc outlet before you start/turn off your autmobile
2) If you have an older vehicle, make sure you unplug the tilt from the charger before using your power windows or high beams
3) If you power anything else through a dc outlet make sure you don't start it or turn it off while the tilt is plugged in as well
normal spikes of electricity in automobiles
I never use a car charger. I don't even own one for my Tilt.
It was charging fine prior to Sunday night. I had actually charged it to about 80% before I left my hotel to make the drive back from San Jose to LA. During that trip is when many of my problems started.
When I got back to LA i tried charging it and nothing was working.
WOW thanks guys for the warning, i used a car charger alot and well now i'm not going to. this phone is like my child(if my child was a super smart machine that had GPS, ran like a computer and could call people when i say call *name*) i'd never do anything that i thought could hurt her
So I was going to purchase the official htc car dock and I came across problems such as the phone failing to save the dock settings and overheating when placed in the car dock.
Can anyone whose has the dock please confirm if this is true? Does cyanogenmod allows the dock settings to be saved?
Umm..Since the Google store Closed today, where are you intending on buying the dock?
Also Most Phones will get hot when charging and using GPS Navigation and the same time, my G1 overheated and N1 does get warm.
Its becuase the Battery is being drained real fast, and trying to charged simulatneously.
Why don't they make some sort of circuit, that could bypass charging the batt. temporialy and run the phone off ac?
I have found that when charging, using GPS / Navigation and in the hot sun the N1 will get very hot. In fact I've had two sudden reboots which I believe were overheating.
It works fine if you only plug in the charger for short periods of time ... which is enough to keep it going.
The BT speakerphone worked well with the stock FroYo but I think there may be issues with CM6.0 RTM. The BT connects but I've only had a couple of calls and I am not sure if it was using the N1's speakerphone or the car mount's speakerphone.
I have had one or two calls not use the dock for audio and instead use the built in speaker, but other than that it's great. The phone gets warm, but so does using the wall charger that came with the phone. It has never overheated.
But as mentioned before, unless you have already purchased the dock you are probably out of luck. I don't know where you could buy one now that the store is closed.
The N1 has a bug whereas sometimes when it's plugged in being charged, the touch screen goes wacky and becomes either unresponsive or the touch positions are way off. I've found that simply pressing the top button to turn the screen off then back on fixes it right away.
This is probably the issue you're been reading about. That aside the dock is great and have no qualms recommending it.
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The N1 has a bug whereas sometimes when it's plugged in being charged, the touch screen goes wacky and becomes either unresponsive or the touch positions are way off. I've found that simply pressing the top button to turn the screen off then back on fixes it right away.
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i've had that too, but not when it was docked, i was playing skies of glory and downloading something via 3G in the background, and it was pretty hot outside, so it did the same thing..
about the car dock, the phone does get hot, but it never failed me inside the car dock, you can also turn your A/C to go to the windscreen to keep it a bit cooler.
With Eclair i had the problem that when it was in the dock and i got a call it never actually used the dock for the phone call, now in Froyo that works just fine, i get a call, the trackball flashes blue and i can hear and talk through the dock audio.
It's definetly worth buying, i didn't have any major issues with it yet!
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The N1 has a bug whereas sometimes when it's plugged in being charged, the touch screen goes wacky and becomes either unresponsive or the touch positions are way off. I've found that simply pressing the top button to turn the screen off then back on fixes it right away.
This is probably the issue you're been reading about. That aside the dock is great and have no qualms recommending it.
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I have this problem too. Do all n1s have this? I was about to return mine.
Has anyone noticed an issue when connecting a USB, Headphone or HDMI cable to the D3, where the touch screen doesn't respond properly?
I had the same issue with the DX when I upgraded it to Gingerbread and the DX2. When plugging in a cable (even brand new cables), the touch screen doesnt want to respond. To use the touch screen, I have to unplug it first.
Since this is the 4th phone I have had this issue and it "seems" to have started with my DX when upgrading to Gingerbread, I wonder if it is a Gingerbread issue?
So no one else has noticed this issue? It is really irritating. I had the same issue with the DX/DX2 desktop dock. I had the dock replaced with the D3 desktop dock and have the same issue!
As soon as I dock, the screen doesnt want to respond correctly to touch. The car dock seems to work fine though.
I'm having the same problem and it was there pre and post root. When I am in HDMI mode, the screen is very laggy and sometimes completely unresponsive. If I unplug the HDMI the issue immediately resolves.
i've seen this sometimes, thought it might be the angle im holding it when the USB cable is plugged in.
Doesn't always happen tho and the dock works fine for me currently.
-smc
I have the issue with every charger except my car chargers... I also notice the problem if I plug into the headphone jack or HDMI port.
With the Droid X and X2, I had a similar issue (3 different phones) but with the Droid 3, I notice that not only does it not want to respond but it responds as if I touched somewhere else... It even responds as if I touched the screen when I am not even near the phone...
I took it in to Verizon and surprising enough, I was told it was normal!!!! Augh...
I do not have this issue. Just tried headphones, wall charger, and USB to my laptop and the screen was just as responsive as when the phone is unplugged. If you can narrow down a pattern I will gladly test more situations.
I noticed this when I was plugged into a brookstone international adapter that has a usb charger. Plugged into an old BB charger or my stock and it worked fine.
Actually I was in a bed and breakfast and my phone started to work on its own. Like it was haunted!!! Really crazy. I was able to repeat it everytime I connected this charger.
bishop0114 said:
I have the issue with every charger except my car chargers... I also notice the problem if I plug into the headphone jack or HDMI port.
With the Droid X and X2, I had a similar issue (3 different phones) but with the Droid 3, I notice that not only does it not want to respond but it responds as if I touched somewhere else... It even responds as if I touched the screen when I am not even near the phone...
I took it in to Verizon and surprising enough, I was told it was normal!!!! Augh...
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Have you tried a different setups then the ones you use? Like at a buddies or neighbor? If the issue following you around it could be a sign. As a former poster said with the charger cables the touchscreen goes crazy. I had a cheap charger that froze/slowed up my screen. I think it may be a grounding/noise issue (from a laymen not an EE).
HDMI
I've had issues with the HDMI cable plugged in. The video doesn't seem to be a problem, but the sound is very choppy on my HDTV. This was the case with both my wife's and my D3. I wonder if it is a setting on the phone or my 42" JVC TV is a POS.
I just had my D3 replaced due to an issue with the GPS. The replacement has the same issue. As soon as I plug it into any charger, the touch screen starts acting flaky.
When I plug it into my desktop dock (with or without power), the screen starts acting as if I had been pressing it and selects random things on the screen.
I have found that if I push a USB plug tight into the charging socket on the phone, the screen works fine.
Is it possible that Android 2.3 uses the extra pins in the USB and HDMI cables? If so, can this be disabled?
Use the cable and charger that came with your phone, if you're still having problems after that then you have an actual problem.
Hi,
I also have this issue sometimes when I charge the phone (original US charger with EU adapter). The screen responds slowly.
I have recently purchased the original Samsung car holder.
After my tab reaches the 100% full charge, it beeps and advise me to disconnect.
If I don't do it, the tab itself begins to overheat after some minutes.
It oveheats really hi ! On the right side of the tab.
It seems like the car charger is not able to stop charging, differently from the house 220V charger.
Have you experienced something like me with your car charger ?
I have been using the car dock, sinds the beginning. Cannot say that i have noticed any excess heat. Note: i have used a brodit clip to install it on the air vent. Nicely in front of me without blocking line of sight.
All the phones i had "overheated" when connected in a car dock, having a forced air flow over it quickly eradicates this problem!
I use my tab in my car using the usb cable and a generic usb 12v adapter and it doesnt overheat, even when using the tab heavily (screen full bright, Torque app, and Pandora).
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Ok, thanks for all your answers.
Could I ask you all, if you use bluetooth in your car?
I use bluetooth ON to stream music from SGT into my car stereo.
I mean it could be an overheat problem caused by the bluetooth antenna, isn't it ?
Bruno
I never use bluetooth.
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I have bought the original dock nearly one year agoand it overheated only one time (car standing in the sun). I use my tab with Bluetooth and wifi activated.
New experiment:
I have put it in the car dock, no wifi, no bluetooth. Only 3G + Google Navigator were ON.
It reaches 100% and after become very hot (in the right side)!
Now I need to try again with display off, and 3G off; only power charge.
And finally I will understand (as I suspect) there is something it's not ok in my car dock (I remember you that with my original home plug cord all is ok !)
Brunino
Adding to my post earlier, and answering your question, my audio is through bluetooth while I am running those apps.
It's even two bluetooth connections... Pandora and Torque at the same time.
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New experiment:
I have put it in the car dock, no wifi, no bluetooth. Only 3G + Google Navigator were ON.
It reaches 100% and after become very hot (in the right side)!
Now I need to try again with display off, and 3G off; only power charge.
And finally I will understand (as I suspect) there is something it's not ok in my car dock (I remember you that with my original home plug cord all is ok !)
Brunino
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Yeah, i think you're right. Without being an expert: Sounds to me, like it doesn't deactivate after the battery has reached 100%. As I understand.d you, it becomes hot after it is loaded to full capacity, right?
You should try to exclude all functions, that may be the source of this malfunction. Put it into flight mode and just try loading the tab. Then start activating single functions like wifi etc. After that, you can try combinated function.s like Bluetooth and wifi.
I have built a Nexus 7 into my car and I have a small issue.
I need a tasker profile:
When I turn the car on, the screen turns on and music plays.
When i turn the car off, the music stops and the screen turns off. (along with other stuff)
I have created a "test" version of all this so when I connect a power cable (i.e when charging) it turns the screen on and plays music.
When I disconnect the USB (i.e. stops charging) the screen goes off, music stops, bluetooth off etc and all this works fine.
However, the USB will always be connected with power coming through so I cannot use this option. I need another way to detect if the car is on and when it turns off so I can run the correct tasks.
One option i thought of is buy a wireless charger and build it into the car. When my phone is placed on the charger, send a text message to the tablet to turn it on, and when i turn the car off the charging will stop, then the phone will send a text to the tablet to turn the screen off etc.
However after purchasing the wireless charger, i realised everytime i get a call or take my phone of the charger for whatever reason, the screen will go off and music will stop, so this isnt an option either.
So the question is, what can i do so tasker can detect that the car is on or off so the nexus can perform the tasks?
Hope that makes sense
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ISo the question is, what can i do so tasker can detect that the car is on or off so the nexus can perform the tasks?
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You do realize that you really have two problems, right? The Nexus 7 will not know when the car is started, or stopped. Unless you can disconnect the power, manually etc.. If you can do that, you can send a command in fastboot to force the N7 to power up when power is connected, otherwise you'd have to boot it up manually.
You could unplug the USB charger.. Or have the tablet turn off after N hours of inactivity, although how do you detect "new" activity if there's no change when the car is started.
If your car has bluetooth, you could detect that as the "turn off" task perhaps, but turning on is probably your bigger issue.
Will the wireless charger idea work?
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Will the wireless charger idea work?
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No idea what you mean by wireless charger (2012 model has no wireless charging), or how you'd control it with the phone. And unless your tablet is a 3g one, I don't know how you'd directly communicate with it either.
I just put my phone back to stock so I had to uninstall Tasker, however your tablet does not pull power once the car is off correct? I had a power based one as well, I remember testing it with a surge protector. I could leave the USB connected but flip the surge protector on and off (to mimic power to the phone being halted). To my knowledge when the car is off your USB shouldn't be drawing power therefore you could run the profile off that. Export the profile and post here. I'd like to help test it.
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To my knowledge when the car is off your USB shouldn't be drawing power therefore you could run the profile off that. Export the profile and post here. I'd like to help test it.
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My last four cars (current and previous of wife and my cars) the lighter plug stays powered when the engine is off.
I think it's getting increasingly common for the plugs to stay powered. So there's no way for the tablet to know the car is off unless the car has bluetooth and you can look for that.
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My last four cars (current and previous of wife and my cars) the lighter plug stays powered when the engine is off.
I think it's getting increasingly common for the plugs to stay powered. So there's no way for the tablet to know the car is off unless the car has bluetooth and you can look for that.
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I have actually found the exact opposite to me true. My wife's 2014 Pilot goes off as well as my 2012 Veloster whereas my 2001 Sable and her 2007 Passat left them on. I'm not sure if you can resolve your issue then. I'll keep looking into it. You could trigger it based on speed I think
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I have actually found the exact opposite to me true. My wife's 2014 Pilot goes off as well as my 2012 Veloster whereas my 2001 Sable and her 2007 Passat left them on. I'm not sure if you can resolve your issue then. I'll keep looking into it. You could trigger it based on speed I think
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I suppose that could work.. Find out the speed for several periods in a row, if it's zero, assume it's time to shut down. But that'd mean it's playing music etc during that period etc.
IMO bluetooth, or a plug he can turn off, is really the only way if his USB is powered up all of the time.
Also remember, he has no way to know when to power UP either. I still maintain that's the bigger problem, especially if it's a fixed install and he can't poke the power button
At the moment, its connected so when the car turns on, the USB is powered up and when the car turns off, the power in the USB stops. So at the moment, my tasker profile works on "when charging" do Task A, when not charging do Task B. And it all works fine at the moment.
However I am having issues with charging, (The device is not charging fast enough when turned on and the battery drains over a couple of days) so i planned to keep it always charging, so the power in the USB will always be there regardless of if the car is on or off. So i cant use the "when charging" on tasker anymore. So i needed a new way to it to figure out when i got in the car.
Here are my ideas:
1. Have a wireless charger in my car for my phone. (Not the tablet). When i get in the car, i could put my phone on the charger, have the phone send a text to the tablet to turn it on. When i remove the phone from the charger, send a text to the tablet to turn it off. Simples
2. Connect a wifi router in the boot or something and have it start up only when the car starts, and turn off with the car. It doesn't have to be connected to the internet, it just needs to power up. Then i can do a 'When wifi near' on tasker to see if the car is off or on, and turn the screen off accordingly.
3. Connect the tablet to my phones bluetooth. Whenever i get in the car, they will connect and the tablet will power on. when i leave the car, it will power off. (Not the best option since it will stay on even if i am near the car)
4. Similar to option 1, but have a nfc sticker in the car. when i swipe my phone on it, it communicates with the tablet and turns it on, n then off when required. but i dont want to do this since i know i am going to forget to turn it off one day.
I don't really want to do the speed option, since i want it to turn on as soon as i enter the car, not when i start driving, and i want to be able to park up and use it when i need to put an addess in the sat nav etc.
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However I am having issues with charging, (The device is not charging fast enough when turned on and the battery drains over a couple of days)
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If your charger isn't charging fast enough, you're using a crappy charger or one that isn't designed for Android. If your car has a built-in USB port, those are usually super slow, maybe 500mA, most less.
Anyway, glad to hear that your power follows the car state, that makes it all simple.
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If your charger isn't charging fast enough, you're using a crappy charger or one that isn't designed for Android. If your car has a built-in USB port, those are usually super slow, maybe 500mA, most less.
Anyway, glad to hear that your power follows the car state, that makes it all simple.
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I've tried about 20 different chargers, up to 2.5amps. The problem isnt the charger. The problem is i dont drive the car long enough to give it time to charge. So if i drive the car for about half an hour a day, for the other 23.5 hours, its on standby. so the battery is always going to go less. So thats why I plan to connect the charger directly to the battery so it will always be charging.
idi_idi said:
I've tried about 20 different chargers, up to 2.5amps. The problem isnt the charger. The problem is i dont drive the car long enough to give it time to charge. So if i drive the car for about half an hour a day, for the other 23.5 hours, its on standby. so the battery is always going to go less. So thats why I plan to connect the charger directly to the battery so it will always be charging.
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Oh, I thought you had the tablet turning off when the car went off. If I were you, I'd set up a profile that turns off the tablet if it hasn't had power in a few hours, pretty simple to do. On Power, set a time var, every so often check that time var to see if it exceeds your threshold, and power down if so.
If you don't have much installed, it should be a fairly quick power-up, especially the plug goes hot when you start the car.
BTW I hope you're considering cold and heat if you're leaving the tablet in the car. Leaving it in the heat all summer will will the battery.
You can use Timur's kernel, it senses power to turn N7 on or deep sleep it.
Also charges N7 while using OTG.
It;s designed for car install.
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If your charger isn't charging fast enough, you're using a crappy charger or one that isn't designed for Android. If your car has a built-in USB port, those are usually super slow, maybe 500mA, most less.
Anyway, glad to hear that your power follows the car state, that makes it all simple.
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I agree, you need to get at least a 2A charger for your car. My wife would watch Netflix on long drives and my car USB port or the normal USB charger I got for the cigarette lighter worked until I up'd it to a 2A charger. I can have screen on for hours while streaming video and still fully charge the tablet in a reasonable amount of time.