Is my phone dying?

belvedere · #1 (**permalink**) 07-18-2008, 09:30 AM

the other day my dpad stopped working, and last night.. whenever i slide the keyboard out... the screen would rotate but it was real static-y. and now this morning when i slide it out, nothing even happens (the screen never rotates). sliding the keyboard back in the screen shows landscape mode perfect and then switches to portrait. i haven't dropped my phone or anything, so i'm not sure what to blame it on or how i can fix it. i guess maybe i should try and get a new one ?

jgilfor · #2 (**permalink**) 07-18-2008, 10:14 AM

"Static" is the clincher for me to guess that you are having a hardware (vice soft/firmware) problem. Time to take a trip to the phone store.

belvedere · #3 (**permalink**) 07-18-2008, 11:03 AM

i haven't tried flashing it, but i have a feeling that's not going to solve anything. i think i'll be looking for a replacement

belvedere · #4 (**permalink**) 07-18-2008, 11:28 PM

i just re-flashed my phone and the problem persists. it's something to do with the display because in the S2U2 settings, if anyone's familiar, it's got a nice little touchflow menu to it... well that was sluggish as hell. i'm gonna have to get my phone back to factory settings and just (hopefully) swap it. i am only using no2chem's 5067 ROM, maybe trying the pre# would help since they have the D3D drivers? or do they anymore... i haven't been paying attention as of late.

**Darkjedi** · #5 (**permalink**) 07-19-2008, 01:34 AM

hmm weird, I get weird "static" when I rotate the screen occassionally and also when I quit out of programs (typically ones that have used a lot of RAM). The "static" is colorful and is definitely some sort of graphical glitch/artifact. It doesn't really affect the performance of my phone though, and everything else is working 100%

belvedere · #6 (**permalink**) 07-19-2008, 06:22 PM

i got it swapped today. guess we'll never know what was wrong....

IFMISM · #7 (**permalink**) 07-19-2008, 08:46 PM

i took my phone into the store with a cooked rom on it. i guess i got lucky because they didn't even check it they just swapped it for a new one on the spot.

arparent · #8 (**permalink**) 07-20-2008, 02:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by belvedere

i got it swapped today. guess we'll never know what was wrong....

We can always speculate, for entertainment purposes...