[Q] No haptic feedback ("vibrate on touch") in Galaxy Nexus

TaliKa · May 2, 2012

Hi everyone,

I've looked for a solution all over the net, but seems like no one had this problem before (guess i'm a special girl...):

The vibrate feedback when touching the screen just stopped working, in spite of the settings under "settings -> sounds -> vibrate on touch".

It started after an update to AOKP rom - milestone 5 (based on ICS 4.0.4) + Franco kernel nightly r151, but effects all the other roms. Maybe one untouched system file damaged.

I've tried everything: restore from previous nandroid backup, another rom (CM9), another kernel, another launcher, I even wiped everything and flashed new and clean rom-stock from google developers' page. And yet - no vibrate feedback.

The wired thing is that the haptic feedback is working in few specific applications, like the build-in ICS keyboard and the dialer Dialer-One, so it probably not some hardware failure.
All this time there are five softkeys that still have haptic feedback: the buttons of the nav-bar, the button that opens the applications drawer and the google-search widget.

I've tried using "KickBack" instead, but it's too aggressive and very uncomfortable.

PLEASE, PLEASE - Help me!

taappel · May 3, 2012

Same thing happened to me. I had the exact same setup and the haptic feedback went away after I flashed the kernel. Since I've had lots of issues when trying custom kernels, I just restored a nandroid and went back to the kernel included with aokp.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA

taappel · May 3, 2012

Restore fixed my issue, so I'm not sure exactly what to tell you.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA

TaliKa · May 3, 2012

taappel said:
Restore fixed my issue, so I'm not sure exactly what to tell you.

I've seen some ppl's msgs that even simple reboot fixed their vibrate problem.

Didn't work for me, unfortunately

Sveke · May 3, 2012

Some kernels have haptic adjustment, see pic for kernel does.

I'm running Franco 152 and mines fine.

I know trinity kernels lower it

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA

TaliKa · May 3, 2012

Sveke said:
Some kernels have haptic adjustment, see pic for kernel does.

I'm running Franco 152 and mines fine.

I know trinity kernels lower it

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA

I'm also using Franco kernel, but I don't think this is the problem because i've tried some other kernels and none of them fixed my haptic.

nich0145 · May 3, 2012

Hi TaliKa

I've just had this problem myself but it happens long after I flashed aokp m5 + franco r152 (too) so I'm not exactly sure what caused it. However after I went to clear my cache and dalvik cache, everything seems fine again.

TaliKa · May 3, 2012

nich0145 said:
Hi TaliKa

I've just had this problem myself but it happens long after I flashed aokp m5 + franco r152 (too) so I'm not exactly sure what caused it. However after I went to clear my cache and dalvik cache, everything seems fine again.

Thanks guys, but as I wrote in the first msg, those actions didn't help.

Is there any pro here who can offer a profound solution that I didn't tried before?

TaliKa · May 3, 2012

Which system file responsible for the haptic feedback?

TaliKa · May 4, 2012

Guess I'll have to stuck without haptic feedback...

TaliKa · May 8, 2012

Sveke said:
Some kernels have haptic adjustment, see pic for kernel does.

I'm running Franco 152 and mines fine.

I know trinity kernels lower it

How can I adjust the haptic feedback feature in Trinity kernel?

takomar · May 10, 2012

+1
just wanted to say...exactly the same thing happened to me (started with aokp milestone 5 and vibration gone afterwards...)

im trying several things to get it back...i use it alot (at work and most of the time..its on vibrate)

hopefully we'll find a solution

Dacian · May 10, 2012

Yeah this just happened to me too. It was working fine for awhile on AOKP and then all of a sudden it stopped. No idea what happened exactly. I tried whiping everything and restoring CM9 but that didn't work either. I thought maybe hardware but the phone vibrated on boot so it isn't that. Hopefully we find a fix...

TaliKa · May 11, 2012

takomar said:
+1
just wanted to say...exactly the same thing happened to me (started with aokp milestone 5 and vibration gone afterwards...)

im trying several things to get it back...i use it alot (at work and most of the time..its on vibrate)

hopefully we'll find a solution

Dacian said:
Yeah this just happened to me too. It was working fine for awhile on AOKP and then all of a sudden it stopped. No idea what happened exactly. I tried whiping everything and restoring CM9 but that didn't work either. I thought maybe hardware but the phone vibrated on boot so it isn't that. Hopefully we find a fix...

unfortunately I didn't get any solution yet. Realy depressing.

I promise to update about any progress, and hope you'll both do the same...

Just don't give up! it isn't hardware thing, so there must be solution somewhere.

takomar · May 11, 2012

TaliKa said:
unfortunately I didn't get any solution yet. Realy depressing.

I promise to update about any progress, and hope you'll both do the same...

Just don't give up! it isn't hardware thing, so there must be solution somewhere.

im starting to believe its a hardware issue (well at least for me) i mean i dont even get a vibration upon booting or turning off the phone...and i even went back to full stock...same thing

maybe it might have been some software issue that led to the overburning of the motor(doubt that though)
what is weird though is that the same scenario happened to us so im lost...

maybe i should start talking to samsung for my replacement

meanwhile...im very open to suggestions that might help my case

hope we find something soon...u guys, does it vibrate at all?when u turn on ur phone?turn off? unlock ?

TaliKa · May 11, 2012

takomar said:
hope we find something soon...u guys, does it vibrate at all?when u turn on ur phone?turn off? unlock ?

Yes, it vibrates at boot and also when using application with it's own vibrate settings, like "dialer one" for example.

Did you try using KickBack just to check the hardware?

if it's some hardware issue, maybe you can apply to your warranty supplier about that, just flash stock rom and relock your device before.

takomar · May 11, 2012

TaliKa said:
Yes, it vibrates at boot and also when using application with it's own vibrate settings, like "dialer one" for example.

Did you try using KickBack just to check the hardware?

if it's some hardware issue, maybe you can apply to your warranty supplier about that, just flash stock rom and relock your device before.

thats what im gonna do i guess...such a sad day...

i couldnt find KickBack, its not available in my accessibility menu nor in my market (i live in France)
i tried googling an apk but nothing for android 4.0
do you have a link for it?

TaliKa · May 11, 2012

takomar said:
thats what im gonna do i guess...such a sad day...

i couldnt find KickBack, its not available in my accessibility menu nor in my market (i live in France)
i tried googling an apk but nothing for android 4.0
do you have a link for it?

I couldn't find it in play store either, but i download it from here:
http://code.google.com/p/eyes-free/downloads/detail?name=kickback-v1.1.1.apk

works fine for me.

Dacian · May 11, 2012

TaliKa said:
unfortunately I didn't get any solution yet. Realy depressing.

I promise to update about any progress, and hope you'll both do the same...

Just don't give up! it isn't hardware thing, so there must be solution somewhere.

Good to know. I went ahead and flashed the base image and it restored vibration, then I rooted and flashed AOKP again. It worked for about that day and then this morning when I woke up the vibration is gone again. I'm almost positive it's AOKP's software. I'll test another ROM (Android Revolution) for a day and see if it happens again.

TaliKa · May 12, 2012

Dacian said:
I'm almost positive it's AOKP's software. I'll test another ROM (Android Revolution) for a day and see if it happens again.

Which kernel do you use? and did you set the quite hours on?

If you succeed to restore the vibrate, i'd like to hear exact instructions how to do that, including links to download the boot image, if you plesae...

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