what could be wrong with my phone?

th3drow · #1 (**permalink**) 01-10-2009, 12:51 PM

I thought it might be the diamond itself, but my friends doesn't do it at all. If i just power down the screen, it will sometimes turn it back on, if i lock it and it turns itself back on it will automatically unlock itself. If i mass a few buttons while the screens off it will usually turn on. does it with all roms.

**O'Neil Mitchell** · #2 (**permalink**) 01-10-2009, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by th3drow

I thought it might be the diamond itself, but my friends doesn't do it at all. If i just power down the screen, it will sometimes turn it back on, if i lock it and it turns itself back on it will automatically unlock itself. If i mass a few buttons while the screens off it will usually turn on. does it with all roms.

I've always ran custom roms, and I have never had that issue. I think you diamond needs a priest, or at the least a swap unit.

th3drow · #3 (**permalink**) 01-10-2009, 11:21 PM

Is there any way i can do that with sprint possibly? like sign up for insurance on it and then go in and complain? :P

**Success100** · #4 (**permalink**) 01-10-2009, 11:35 PM

lol..mine does this time to time. ill turn it off..and will turn right back on. there was one time i was actually fighting with it..it kept turning right back on...i had to reset to clear the issue

th3drow · #5 (**permalink**) 01-11-2009, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Success100

lol..mine does this time to time. ill turn it off..and will turn right back on. there was one time i was actually fighting with it..it kept turning right back on...i had to reset to clear the issue

thats mine in a nutshell but it does it alot, alot of the time i can even pick it up and start touching the screen and after a few times it will turn on. Or maybe if i just twirl the phone itself around it might turn on.

snovvman · #6 (**permalink**) 01-11-2009, 12:53 PM

1) What is your carrier?
2) Does your friend have the same carrier and the same phone?
3) Are you both in the same place when your phone turns itself on?

It is known that, at least for Sprint HTC Windows Mobile devices, when the phone switches between EVDO and 1xRTT, the screen turns on. (I have not observed this with Verizon Touch Pro or other Windows Mobile devices.) My Sprint Touch, Diamond, Touch Pro all do this. If you have poor coverage, especially poor DO coverage as I do at home, you will find that your screen turns on quite often. There is no known cure.

If your friend also has Sprint and the same phone, try his phone in the same place where you observe the screen turning on. If he has a different phone or not WM, or not even the same carrier, then the point is moot and you're comparing apples and oranges.

snovvman · #7 (**permalink**) 01-11-2009, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by th3drow

thats mine in a nutshell but it does it alot, alot of the time i can even pick it up and start touching the screen and after a few times it will turn on. Or maybe if i just twirl the phone itself around it might turn on.

To directly address this--I find that after the phone turns on and screen goes off, the phone is still in an "on" state. By pressing a key you would "re-wake" the phone. This may be what you are observing.