Machine freeze when entering text?

[blackobsidian]

Hi folks,

It seems I have quite a major issue with my device in that I can't type anything without the machine freezing-up... To narrow down the issue I've tried a few different things and it seems to be a software issue rather than hardware issue because it also happens when typing using Cerdisp (this circumventing the physical keyboard/hardware used to type)

Does anyone else know of these issues by chance?

Device Information
ROM version: 3.30.0.1
ROM date: 04/17/07
Radio version: 1.41.00.10
Protocol version: 32.74.7020.18H

Bootup
M05
S04
B06
R3.30

I'm thinking about rolling-back to my default Orange WM5 OS at the moment as my phone is pretty much useless except for calls :(

[Madcap180]

I used to get it sometimes with the custom roms.. When I woudl send a txt message as soon as I hit a letter the backlight would go off along with the keyboard lights and then a couple seconds later it would turn back on.. is this similar to the problem you are having?

[blackobsidian]

No no, I've had the problem you speak of in the past but it's not that... What happens at the moment is a complete system freeze. The text stops being entered and the cursor just sits there blinking and won't let yu enter any more. Then if you close the keyboard it doesn't switch back to landscape. If you then hit "start" the menu comes up but that then doesn't work and it just gets completely tied-up in knots until you have to soft reset it :(

UPDATE: Vid is available here (very apt music if I do say so myself! ;) )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwB-fI_TrkA

[blackobsidian]

Hmmm... I've been perusing MrVanx's Downgrade Guide (http://www.mrvanx.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=27) but the ROM I'm looking to downgrade to is a pre-packed .exe I've downloaded from my official provider's website...

MrVanx's guide states:-

NOTE: If your radio version is currently HIGHER than 1.27.00.00 then it is very likely the radio bootloader is version 0108, this WILL NOT allow the radio to be downgraded to a radio containing BL 0106 and will result in a "NO GSM" error.

I have Radio Version 1.41.00.10 as mentioned before so that puts me in a bit of a catch 22... How can I find out if the ROM contains BL 0106?

EDIT: I found a thread on here for a new Orange ROM and someone had tested that it was downgradable from WM6 so I ran the installer on that version (up until the version screen appeared) and the same with the downloaded version from Orange website and they were the same version so I've now successfully downgraded using Force SSPL. :)

[martin3z]

did you find a quick fix to the text messaging problem? i noticed the system freezes when i type "w" and "n" also when i type "w" right after the word "it" i cant type "it Was" without the machine freezing...im using funkeys rom and it's great but im concerned now because the only reason i switched from blackmajic was because the same keyboard problem was occuring...what could it be?

[greywolf]

Did a resolution ever come out of this? I have the some problem and it is driving me nuts. I can type the alphabet but if I enter a full stop and the type i, my pda changes it to an upper case and it locks up. same if it tries to change it mid sentence from a lower case i to an upper case I. Any ideas?

greywolf20k

[darthbane2k]

This is a serious WM6 bug, im suffering it too on my HTC touch.