EVO 4G LTE wont' stop vibrating.

[Breken]

I was very happy to get my new phone, tossed on a screen protector, gave it a change, put it in it's nice new case. Then today it started vibrating. Non-stop. It kept vibrating even after I killed the power. Even after I did a factory reset. Still vibrating.

What I discovered is that if you put a little bit of pressure on the back of case about a half inch below the led flash, it makes some kind of mechanical connection causing the vibraion motor to activate. In my case it didn't take much pressure at all, and would often "stick" like that.

I had to take the cover off and massage the plastic a bit to get it to stop vibrating at me. It will still get stuck if I apply a bit of pressure on the back of the case.

Did I get a lemon, or does anyone else have this issue.

-E

 

[bighuta]

I was very happy to get my new phone, tossed on a screen protector, gave it a change, put it in it's nice new case. Then today it started vibrating. Non-stop. It kept vibrating even after I killed the power. Even after I did a factory reset. Still vibrating.

What I discovered is that if you put a little bit of pressure on the back of case about a half inch below the led flash, it makes some kind of mechanical connection causing the vibraion motor to activate. In my case it didn't take much pressure at all, and would often "stick" like that.

I had to take the cover off and massage the plastic a bit to get it to stop vibrating at me. It will still get stuck if I apply a bit of pressure on the back of the case.

Did I get a lemon, or does anyone else have this issue.

-E

Must... restrain... joke...

I think you have a lemon that wont make lemonade. You're still under warranty, so why not just send it to a sprint repair store?

 

[shook187]

Try pulling the battery

 

[jeffrey567]

Maybe it the screen protector touching the soft keys...

Sent from my SPH-D710 using XDA

 

[scottspa74]

Try pulling the battery

That's cold.

sent from 2yr old Evo on ICS

 

[Breken]

Try pulling the battery

Seriously, that's the first thing I wanted to do when the problem started. *smirk* That was a bit frustrating. I thought I was going to have to wait until the motor draining my battery. Sounds like I'll be taking it to the store. Annoying. Oh well, I'm making up for the perfect luck I had buying the original EVO on launch.

-E

 

[mswlogo]

Hopefully not a design issue and just a lemon.

I've had screen protectors do weird crap if they have tension on them. Pretty rare these days though.

I'd try removing screen protector (but I hate to see you waste one if that's not it).

Also if you hold volume down it will vibrate. Not sure if it will be continuous.

You might stopp fussing with it and get swapped out, when it's easy to show the problem they should replace it on teh spot.

 

[mystxda]

Newest HTC evo LTE also vibrates nonstop even with power off


Same problem as noted. I have this HTC evo LTE 4 months
No screen protector.
Phone was on bedside night table charging when it wakes me up at 4AM on a Sunday with the nonstop vibrating. Powering off did not stop the vibrations.

Any suggestions

 

[Kisakuku]

Going to necro rez this thread to share my experience with an identical issue.

Couple weeks ago I noticed that once in a while the vibration motor of my Evo 4G LTE (bought in June 2012) would turn on for a second or so for no particular reason (no incoming notifications). Several days later the motor started vibrating constantly, even when the phone was powered down. Taking off the back cover and "massaging" the area around the camera LED and headphone connector would slow down the rotation speed and sometimes completely stop it, but it would always start rotating again in minutes/hours. Putting the back cover on would always start the motor again.

I took the phone to the Sprint store for repair. The tech said he had never seen this issue before, but was quickly able to figure out that there was a short circuit in the two-pin connector for the vibration motor leads. Luckily, he had an extra connector, so I was out of the store in about 15 minutes with a perfectly working phone. Who knew I didn't have to RUU and S-ON, the guy didn't even turn it on

 

[jshow816]

I'm having this issue as well. Exactly as described in OP. Pull the plastic cover and no more vibration, just the slightest pressure towards the camera and it starts again.. sucks.

 

[Kisakuku]

I'm having this issue as well. Exactly as described in OP. Pull the plastic cover and no more vibration, just the slightest pressure towards the camera and it starts again.. sucks.

Like I said in the post above yours, might be a very simple repair that's worth a trip to a Sprint store.

 

[tonyrone]

Replaced vibration motor worked for me

I believe someone else mentioned on another site they replaced the vibration motor and the phone stopped vibrating all the time.

That is what worked for me. Took about 10 minutes. I had an old Evo LTE that was not working (glad I kept it) and removed the vibration motor assembly from it and swapped it for the one in my working phone.

All is well now. FYI...If you don't know what the motor looks like search for HTC Evo LTE vibration motor.

They are also being sold on Ebay for about $6 if you don't have one handy.

Thanks for the help, viva la Internet!:good:

 

[ouch31223]

I have the same problem. it is so annoying