Custom ROMS causing keyboard issues?

[Mayonesa]

today is not my day

having problems flashing a ROM after the one i was using started to have problems. i was able to flash a new rom. it needs a lot of work IMO and i still have problems with the keyboard. it doesnt work..


im going to try and flash one more time to see if it fixes the problems, i just hope i dont have any issues... the 1st time i flashed i didnt have one problem. now im having a lot of them..

[TheDoctor1971]

I exchanged mine cause the keyboard quit working. I've had the replacement 2 weeks and the keyboard died again. My mom's stock TP is starting to have keyboard issues too so I really don't think its ROM related.

Apparently there's a connector somewhere under the spacebar area that gets loose. I got my mom's keyboard working again by squeezing it where the spacebar was. Didn't work for mine though. I'm tempted to say screw it and take the cover off and fix it myself.

[shad0w77]

yup it's a hardware issue. Mine started with the space bar, soon after it turned into texting like this "hhhowwwwwww arrrrrrrrrre yyooouuuu?", and after that the light went on but no response from the keys. If you are still under the sprint warranty you don't have to go through TEP and you can get a new one in a few days. You even get to keep your old battery!! Well, if they don't send you a refurb.

[darnell]

My TP is 2 months old now. I was using the stock Sprint ROM till yesterday, when I loaded up MightyROM 4.15. My device never had a HardSPL and ROM flash before yesterday. My hard slideout keyboard always worked without any problems at all with stock Sprint ROM 1.03.651.4. (That's the ROM my TP came with.) But since loading MightyROM 4.15 I've had one instance where the hard slideout keyboard stopped working until I soft reset.

So to me (for my own case) it's got to be an issue within how customized ROMs are handling the hard slideout keyboard. Soft qwerty works fine. And I never had this issue with the stock Sprint ROM which I used for months.

Making my first venture into customized ROMs, I think MightyROM 4.15 is great. I'm sure some of the other customized ROMs are exciting too. So I hope this issue is resolved. I seldomly use the hard slide out keyboard, but obviously we all want it to always work.

[Darkjedi]

wow that's really weird, I just flashed 4.14 the other day and with the first bootup I had a problem with the keyboard responding. I reflashed to 4.15 yesterday after it came up and I just experienced the same problem today. I think this is definitely some sort of driver issue. My stock Sprint ROM never had a problem with the keyboard. This is my only gripe so far with MightyROM, besides that the ROM is way snappier than the stock. I hope it's fixed somehow and soon without having to reflash. I have a feeling its something to do with the hardware keyboard lag fix as I think the keyboard input is just freezing up somehow. Sometimes when the keyboard doesn't work the entire OS starts to respond really slowly.

[WhiteWidow]

My keyboard completely died and is now unresponsive. Im flashing back to stock re locking and taking it to Sprint. I don't have sprints insurance but since its only 2 months old am I covered under the manufacture warranty? Does Sprint take them back and give you a new one? Also I have a InvisaShield on my TP can i peel it off and use the warrenty on that to get a new one?

[MightyMike]

Man, i don't know if it has to do with me being on Telus and most users with these issues are sprint, but.... Not even ONCE have i experienced anything like you guys are saying.

So weird... I think sprint blew it on this one!

I'm just looking at all the posts here and everyone is on sprint and i constantly hear stories mostly from sprint users about their hardware keyboard conking out.

Man this sucks!

[darnell]

Originally Posted by WhiteWidow

My keyboard completely died and is now unresponsive. Im flashing back to stock re locking and taking it to Sprint. I don't have sprints insurance but since its only 2 months old am I covered under the manufacture warranty? Does Sprint take them back and give you a new one? Also I have a InvisaShield on my TP can i peel it off and use the warrenty on that to get a new one?

You should read through this tread about returning your device. It has information about both Sprint and manufacturer returns. Regarding InvisibleShield you should be able to return it for free replacement. Although I'd recommend taking this opportunity to try another body cover like BodyGuardz instead. I know I'm glad I switched.

[impudent1]

It's not sprint specific Mike. I too have had this problem since day 1. (verizon) I've troubleshot this problem as much as my noobness will allow. The problem is that I corrupt my own testing by flashing so often.
I have returned 2 phones due to this issue, and am on my third.

Things I have noticed:
1. The keyboard seems to lock the phone up LESS when I slide it open from the today screen.

2. The phone locks up MORE when opening it in the middle of an app, such as SMS or Remote Desktop.

3. Some ROMS seem to act differently - less lock ups, more lock ups. ( I mainly cook with SSK and different builds)

4. The problem is more prevalent when TF3D is running.

5. The first 2 times I walked into the Verizon store to show them the problem, it didn't happen of course.

6. A verizon rep told me a lot of TP's get returned due to this issue.

[WhiteWidow]

WTF. I think my phone heard me now out of the blue text is working again