Android 4.2.2 Ruined my tablet. Any suggestions? - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello, I currently have an insignia flex 10.1. When I first purchased this device it was perfect. I wired my car to utilize this tablet as a head unit through my micro HDMI port. However a week ago my chrome was acting poorly and had bee for a while. So after clearing cookies and cache, I updated the OS just for good measure. Terrible mistake. Doing so moved the on screen home button to the center of the screen just below the space bar when before it was off to the left. Completely changed my keyboard settings. But the most infuriating aspect was now with the update when my micro HDMI port is being utilized the volume is locked on max with no way of lowering it. Since its my car stereo head unit this is a big problem. Not only that but my music app actually has volume controls built in as well as an equalizer. That's the whole reason I purchased the app. All volume and sound settings remain locked as long as the port is used. I'm at my wits end. If it was hardware I would be able to figure this out, however When it comes to software I don't know where to start. Please any ideas?
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Malikih said:
Hello, I currently have an insignia flex 10.1. When I first purchased this device it was perfect. I wired my car to utilize this tablet as a head unit through my micro HDMI port. However a week ago my chrome was acting poorly and had bee for a while. So after clearing cookies and cache, I updated the OS just for good measure. Terrible mistake. Doing so moved the on screen home button to the center of the screen just below the space bar when before it was off to the left. Completely changed my keyboard settings. But the most infuriating aspect was now with the update when my micro HDMI port is being utilized the volume is locked on max with no way of lowering it. Since its my car stereo head unit this is a big problem. Not only that but my music app actually has volume controls built in as well as an equalizer. That's the whole reason I purchased the app. All volume and sound settings remain locked as long as the port is used. I'm at my wits end. If it was hardware I would be able to figure this out, however When it comes to software I don't know where to start. Please any ideas?
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1. backup your phone(it will erase your data)
2.go to setting >>backup and reset >> factory data reset
...now try to connect it ......it may help .

I've done a soft reset using the system, and a hard reset using them button sequence. Neither returned it to stock
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Malikih said:
I've done a soft reset using the system, and a hard reset using them button sequence. Neither returned it to stock
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if your insignia is under warranty please visit service center ......if not then root it and install stock rom ( warranty void )
but fist conform that problem is solved or not ......

The service center can't do anything. I've called and taken it to geek squad. As far as rooting it goes I don't know how. I can't find information that directly relates to my tablet. For stock ROM I've read a couple places it just doesn't exist for this model yet.
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Mounting problem

Sorry if this has been answered elsewhere but I was unable to find it in the X10 section. I am trying to munt my phone to the computer but it is not mounting?? normally a window pops up on the computer or I can press mount on the phone but non of these options appear?? The does charge though. DOes anyone know what is wrong??
Dont know if this helps to dagnose the problem but I have a rooted phone with the latest software official sftware and jit.
same issue
CM 4.5.7
would loove a solution
I had the same problem, took it to service center and got a replacement. The problem started since early this month, many posted similar problem around this time. Coincidence?
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It possibly could be a USB socket in the phone has come loose. Does the phone charge when you plug it in? If it does the connections should be ok. You could try using a widget like multimount which I find useful, just press it as you connect your phone and press it again to disconnect and the best thing about it is that you can listen to your music on your phone while you access your files on the pc. There's a free version in the market.
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The Gingerbread Man said:
It possibly could be a USB socket in the phone has come loose. Does the phone charge when you plug it in? If it does the connections should be ok. You could try using a widget like multimount which I find useful, just press it as you connect your phone and press it again to disconnect and the best thing about it is that you can listen to your music on your phone while you access your files on the pc. There's a free version in the market.
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Thanks for the help Gingerbread man, the USB socket is a bit loose and does not always charge however, I can get the phone to start charginf via the USB slot on my computer but it will not mount on the. This leads me to believe that although the Connection is weak, it is still working and cannot be the problem.
Multimount seems very interesting, I would have given it a go but my market does not work and I have been unable to fix it. I normally download the prgram from my computer and then transfer it to my phone. I then install it using Astro but I cant even do this since I cannot mount my phone. <-- Its a catch 22
I really should proofread my comments before posting them
Are there any other solutions to the mounting problem??
Does anyone know of a really good link which would sort out the market downloading problem??? When I try to download something, it just says "your item will be downloaded" but does not start the download??
Try settings/applications/all/market then force stop and clear the data and cache or even try pressing uninstall updates and it should be ok again, this normally fixes issues unless its at Google's end
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The Gingerbread Man said:
Try settings/applications/all/market then force stop and clear the data and cache or even try pressing uninstall updates and it should be ok again, this normally fixes issues unless its at Google's end
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Thanks again Gingerbread Man I am quite sure that I have tried this some time in the past but I will give it another go. I have also got another Android phone and will try to download MultiMount on that phone and transfer it across to my phone.
A closing update:
I was able to install multi mount and the problem was still their. I tried the cable on my fathers new Android phone and it still didnt work but then when I pushed the cable in it conected for a while which means it is the connection.
In regards to the Market issue, I tried pressing force close, deleting all cache etc and uninstalling updates but the problem is still their so I will just have to keep looking. Thanks for your time Gingerbead Man
Not a problem for lending a hand, for your connector I'm afraid that's a job for a mobile repair store. About your market try what I said again but reboot your phone straight after.
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Trouble while making outgoing calls. HELP!!

While on an outgoing call, I can hear my contacts, but my contacts cannot hear me... Anyone else has/had this problem and know of a solution? Btw, I'm on the 351 build and rooted. Thanks in advance!
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What steps have you taken to troubleshoot this?
Tried with the speakerphone on?
Tried with a wired headset?
Tried with a bluetooth headset?
Did you recently install any apps?
When did this start?
This started a few months ago (even with stock), but I always thought It had something to do with "Total Recall" (a phone recorder app)... but after finally uninstalling Total Recall and clearing cache, the problem continued. I also tried everything u mentioned and everything works perfectly. It's only when I use just the phone its self to make calls I run into this prob.
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Btw, it's not all the time that this happens...
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Install StreakMod Recovery and make a nandroid backup.
Reset your phone using the reset in the settings under Privacy. Test the phone. If it works resinstall your apps one by one to check. If you still have the same problem after a reset with no apps installed I would suspect a hardware problem.
Will give it a shot. Thanks.
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Do you ever just bump the mute button with your cheek? This is a good possibility if they can't hear you halfway through the conversation (sometimes my head falls off the light sensor causing the screen to turn on).
You know what?... that's a good possibility. Thanks
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Yes I have the same problem. I traded my HTc desire for dell streak stock rom not rooted. 5 inch is great, really great. But at leat one in seven calls I can hear the other person, but that person not me.
The lock screen is also unresponsive, same 1 out of 7, I just can't answer, because the slider won't slide.
Sometimes the screen is also unresponsive in general, especially the lower part, I have to change to landscape mode and then hit the kill all apps button, after wich the screen works fine again.
First I thought these were problems caused by the stock music player, but now I dunno anymore. (music quality is much better than on the desire by the way)
also bluetooth calling works really bad. People always complain about the echo of their voice. I tried 3 differents headsets. Bluetooth music works great though.
Maybe this streak is just bad model. No wonder The guy wanted to trade.
I faced the same issue on my Streak5. For almost 3 weeks i was chasing this issue and was absoultely fed-up. Actually i had recently changed the sim card for my telephone operator, and i thought that was the issue, so i fought with the telecom operator to get it changed but no difference. Then i suspected some software is screwing up, so i went through all the installed software and jotted down every software that had some audio/mic relation. Finally in the list i most suspected a call recorder software called "Call Recorder Free" by Clever Mobile and BOOM ! I uninstalled it and that was the culprit indeed ! My phone is working perfectly fine now ! Please beware of this or any such software.
you guys could try to use the olleh 407 ROM or use the custom ROM where usually custom ROM is the best alternative for streak...

[Q] touchwiz and headphone jack

hello,
so i have had my galaxy s3 for a couple months and it was working great up until recently.
Touchwiz works fine and doesnt freeze, until you plug something into the 3.5mm jack (be it headphones, speaker, aux etc.)
it took me a while to realise it was when i plugged in a jack that it would start playing up but iv tried a couple solutions that i will list below;
1)clear cache and data of touchwiz home
2) restart the phone
i dont really want to factory reset my phone to be fair i was hoping there was a solution without doing that,
so thats my problem id greatly appriciate any possible solutions as i will try them all
Thanks,
Terry.
Terry Dawson said:
hello,
so i have had my galaxy s3 for a couple months and it was working great up until recently.
Touchwiz works fine and doesnt freeze, until you plug something into the 3.5mm jack (be it headphones, speaker, aux etc.)
it took me a while to realise it was when i plugged in a jack that it would start playing up but iv tried a couple solutions that i will list below;
1)clear cache and data of touchwiz home
2) restart the phone
i dont really want to factory reset my phone to be fair i was hoping there was a solution without doing that,
so thats my problem id greatly appriciate any possible solutions as i will try them all
Thanks,
Terry.
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disable page buddy from settings and try
which ROM are you on btw? is your phone rooted? did you install some mod after which this is happeing?
Its the stock ROM, yes it is rooted and the only sort of mod i got is stweaks.
I have tried deleting my un-necessary apps and have disabled 90% of the bloat-ware
that comes with the phone (flipboard, samsung app store etc.)
Thanks,
Terry.
Edit: page buddy is turned off and refuses to turn on for me to test it, i think touchwiz is trying to use it
and encountering a error maybe?
reflash your rom and factory reset. if it doesn't help - send it to service
I have the same issue. I reflashed my rom and it still did not fix the problem. Rooted using The People's Rom 17. I would also like help with this issue as well, thanks for any help.
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ashemann said:
I have the same issue. I reflashed my rom and it still did not fix the problem. Rooted using The People's Rom 17. I would also like help with this issue as well, thanks for any help.
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I9300 phone ????
jje
Oh sorry sprint L 710 GS3.
this is the i9300 forum
I am experiencing same problem in my galaxy s3 I9300
after connecting my earphone Touchwiz launcher freezes again and again by showing "unfortunately touchwiz home has stopped"
I tried to install another launcher and everything works fine in new launcher
recently I tried to disable bloatwares and I am in wonder what app could cause this problem !!!

[Q] Wife killed her phone, need help

The wife dropped her S4 today and cracked the "inner screen" so there is no discernible display and it doesn't respond to touches.
I just want to wipe the phone clean but cannot find any way of doing so. Keep in mind that the S4 is stock, not rooted... so far:
adb shell: wipe data (says no permissions)
Tried to boot into stock recovery and guess at the menu options (didn't work)
Installing remote control apps (TeamViewer, etc.) but can't get the codes to appear on the screen so that I can use mouse/keyboard on my laptop to control screen, I can only view the screen.
fastboot -w command (didn't work)
I can see the phone's screen when booted to the Android OS using the "androidscreencast" java program, but because I am not rooted, it will not accept mouse clicks.
Aside from just taking a sledgehammer to the phone, anyone know of a way to wipe the phone so I don't have to press anything on the screen?
Another thing that may help would be for someone to write out the steps to wipe the phone in recovery. (Meaning: "Boot to recovery. Volume down 3 times, press power. Volume down 5 times, press power.)
Basically, I have a smartphone that works, but I might as well be blind! :silly:
Huge magnots near the back should wip it clen
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Kies or the vzw software utility that came with it will do the trick. Just plug into ac PC or Mac. Install the software. Its on the phone already. Then select repair utility. It will reinstall the firmware which will wipe the phone.
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Erisnoob said:
Kies or the vzw software utility that came with it will do the trick. Just plug into ac PC or Mac. Install the software. Its on the phone already. Then select repair utility. It will reinstall the firmware which will wipe the phone.
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Totally forgot about Kies, thank you so much! :victory: Now I can back her crap up and then wipe for when her new phone gets here.
I think I need to invest in an otterbox for her... she's cracked 3 screens and dropped 2 others in water since I've known her (11 years)!

[Q] Urgent************A116 operates on its own

Hi All,
I have A116, which behaving bit weird. 6 months back, while on charging, it started operating on its own, when I removed it from charging, it stopped. While on charging with that particular charger, issue was there. I changed the charger, everything was OK. Recently, on a ugly morning, I answered a call at 5 am and around 6 am I tried to make a call and found that screen is absolutely irresponsive. Sometime later it unlocked on its own, started operating on its own, like opening any random app or web or anything and does some random operation. Tried to power reset the phone half a dozen time no go, removed both SIM and memory card. still the same. This has completely wiped out my phone data (phone book, all SMS, photo, mp3's video's), factory reset in other words (on its own). I was told its battery issue, changed that too. no go. . This is happening not always, it happens for a while and then behaves normal and after 5 minutes old story repeats.
The best part it had wiped out avast anti-virus too....
Any one heard of this..? Any solution without going to service center..?
thanks,
Narendra
chouna said:
Hi All,
I have A116, which behaving bit weird. 6 months back, while on charging, it started operating on its own, when I removed it from charging, it stopped. While on charging with that particular charger, issue was there. I changed the charger, everything was OK. Recently, on a ugly morning, I answered a call at 5 am and around 6 am I tried to make a call and found that screen is absolutely irresponsive. Sometime later it unlocked on its own, started operating on its own, like opening any random app or web or anything and does some random operation. Tried to power reset the phone half a dozen time no go, removed both SIM and memory card. still the same. This has completely wiped out my phone data (phone book, all SMS, photo, mp3's video's), factory reset in other words (on its own). I was told its battery issue, changed that too. no go. . This is happening not always, it happens for a while and then behaves normal and after 5 minutes old story repeats.
The best part it had wiped out avast anti-virus too....
Any one heard of this..? Any solution without going to service center..?
thanks,
Narendra
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Try with flashing stock rom again.
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chouna said:
Hi All,
I have A116, which behaving bit weird. 6 months back, while on charging, it started operating on its own, when I removed it from charging, it stopped. While on charging with that particular charger, issue was there. I changed the charger, everything was OK. Recently, on a ugly morning, I answered a call at 5 am and around 6 am I tried to make a call and found that screen is absolutely irresponsive. Sometime later it unlocked on its own, started operating on its own, like opening any random app or web or anything and does some random operation. Tried to power reset the phone half a dozen time no go, removed both SIM and memory card. still the same. This has completely wiped out my phone data (phone book, all SMS, photo, mp3's video's), factory reset in other words (on its own). I was told its battery issue, changed that too. no go. . This is happening not always, it happens for a while and then behaves normal and after 5 minutes old story repeats.
The best part it had wiped out avast anti-virus too....
Any one heard of this..? Any solution without going to service center..?
thanks,
Narendra
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Thats a big problem i think you have installed some malicious app with root permission or this is the problem with your TP. I think there might have been a problem while your TP would have been updated.
Solution:-
1. Go to micromax service center and tell them ur problem.
2. Try to flash stock rom again with sp flash tools.
3. If you are already on 4.1 than update to 4.2 else do vice versa.
Important:-TP means Touch Panel
My solution will definately help you :good:
rajneeshk said:
Try with flashing stock rom again.
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Hi Rakesh, let me try to do this. This is first ever i am trying to do.. hopefully this will fix the issue.
princechandela said:
Thats a big problem i think you have installed some malicious app with root permission or this is the problem with your TP. I think there might have been a problem while your TP would have been updated.
Solution:-
1. Go to micromax service center and tell them ur problem.
2. Try to flash stock rom again with sp flash tools.
3. If you are already on 4.1 than update to 4.2 else do vice versa.
Important:-TP means Touch Panel
My solution will definately help you :good:
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HI, i just hated to go to their service center. so checking any option. will try to flash the rom..in-between by screen is broken as well.
Can i upgrade the OS too..? please advise.
chouna said:
HI, i just hated to go to their service center. so checking any option. will try to flash the rom..in-between by screen is broken as well.
Can i upgrade the OS too..? please advise.
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the problem you are reporting is common in most canvas phones with older firmware. update the firmware
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it's easy. check this out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2292971
use factory reset to flash the new firmware. (you can root and install recovery if you want)
I faced a similar problem some time back.
I visited the service center in Azadpur(or nearby Azadpur Metro station, do not remember the exact address) and they fixed it in 30 minutes of wait time. Try visiting their service center..I had stock ROM back then though..!!
High Voltage
when u get high voltage in your supply....
it happens like this.......
no need to flash again......
praveenganesan said:
when u get high voltage in your supply....
it happens like this.......
no need to flash again......
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BhatiaPulkit said:
I faced a similar problem some time back.
I visited the service center in Azadpur(or nearby Azadpur Metro station, do not remember the exact address) and they fixed it in 30 minutes of wait time. Try visiting their service center..I had stock ROM back then though..!!
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you got the same old stock firmware alright. but it's the newer one. Micromax has updated their stock rom many times since android 4.1
v1 - Android 4.1.2 Initial version. Lots of bugs. You could install Flipboard app and see the entire device bricked.
v2 - Android 4.1.2 Update. Flipboard bug fixed. Yet there was another issue, which caused the touch pad to malfunction while charging. other bugs include the app storage issue. you can't install apps in external sd card and storage space was very small.
v3 - Android 4.2.1. TouchPad issue was fixed. Apps can be installed on external sd card. OTA firmware update support was added but it doesn't work.
v4 - Android 4.2.1 Update - New Camera App. OTA issue was never fixed.
v5 - the newest firmware from micromax which was launched with Micromax A116i. No bugs so far.
Micromax service center must have updated your firmware to Android 4.2.1. version 3
Ur problem was because of charging...
Voltage problem not a software problem...
Use ur own charger without any extension or any external supply...
U will not face any issue like this...
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