Help! My kickstand isnt working any more

[kurtcocaine]

My kickstand just stopped working out of the blue. It still works physically i.e. it deploys fine but the OS doesnt register it i.e. I dont get the alternate homescreen selection screen and wakelock isnt activated.

I was on peetr's hybrid v15 when i first noticed the problem. It was working fine when i was on v14 yesterday so i went back to that, wasnt working. Then i tried CM9, didnt work in that either.

So i decided to reset to factory image using the sbf but on bootup it was just stuck on activating network for a really long time so not sure if it worked in factory image or not (did not work in the activating network screen)

After that i tried CM7.2 and again, not working.

I dont understand what can cause it to stop working suddenly like this..? I havent dropped it or anything and it still opens fine and registers the click while opening.

Anybody got any ideas?

 

[peetr_]

It is based on magnetic contact. Try to look, if there's still that little magnetic spot on the opposite side of kickstand. You can take some bigger magnet and apply a few times to your phone (near the kickstand). Maybe that contact got stuck.

 

[kurtcocaine]

I dont think its magenetic. I currently have my phone opened up in front of me. There's a large metalic block with a small spoke coming out of it and a C shaped metallic thing attached to it and is freely movable. The block is reactive to the magnet at the tip of the kickstand but the tip of the kickstand rests well beyond both the block and the c- shaped thing.

So how does it actually work..???

touching the tip of kickstand to the block or rotating the c- shaped thing does nothing.

Have a look at this video to understand..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBgsZbugWJg&feature=player_detailpage#t=118s

the thing just below the battery connectors.

 

[peetr_]

Ok. Maybe your phone is different. My reacts with magnet. ;-)

 

[kurtcocaine]

No, it reacts to the magnet, I meant the thing inside (under the kickstand) isnt even placed directly under the kickstand's magnet... and that spinning thing inside doesnt react to magnet..

Can anyone give men any info about how that kickstand sensor works exactly..?

 

[peetr_]

I don't have my Photon disassembled, but if I do understand you and the video right, that spinning thing is vibrator motor. That magnetic contact is maybe on the back cover and connected to the board with pins, as the rear speaker is.

 

[kurtcocaine]

aah thats the vibrator.. well that makes some sense..

But then this is really weird, there is no magnetic contact on the other side for the magnet at the tip of the kickstand..
There isnt a sensor of any sort at the hinge of the kickstand either..

I could definitely make out the speaker and its contacts but nothing that looked like a magnetic contact for the kickstand..

will open again and take a look again..

 

[topolovich]

You ever figure this out? I had a similar issue, but for very, very different reasons. I tend to overlook obvious things from time to time though but I doubt that's what you did. Either way, I'm just curious if it's working for you now.

 

[adolfegg]

Same issue, opened my photon, tried magnet (on opened and closed), no reaction. Same in the recovery (key test)
What is it?

 

[Lancerz]

I remember when my kickstand stopped working. It was when I was in cwm and a menu popped up saying format partition or something like that. I just hit OK and thought nothing of it. But come to find out that erased the PDS partition on my phone so I was unable to update my profile or prl because of that. That was when my kickstand stopped working also. I did the PDS fix posted and my kickstand started back working again and I was able to update my profile and prl again. Don't know if that was why my kickstand stopped it not but the timing was perfect.

 

[rolgar20]

well im not that good at open my photon bu twhen i saw the configuration it did say a magnetic switch although i dont know how, and i haven't try and see if its magnetic

 

[kurtcocaine]

Thanks!!

I remember when my kickstand stopped working. It was when I was in cwm and a menu popped up saying format partition or something like that. I just hit OK and thought nothing of it. But come to find out that erased the PDS partition on my phone so I was unable to update my profile or prl because of that. That was when my kickstand stopped working also. I did the PDS fix posted and my kickstand started back working again and I was able to update my profile and prl again. Don't know if that was why my kickstand stopped it not but the timing was perfect.

I just saw this and thought i'd try it out... even though i never wiped anything like you did in cwm.. and it worked!!!

thanks a lot.. kickstand is working again..

for anyone else who wants to try it..this is what i did..

1. made backup (just in case)
2. Flashed the pds fix from here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1131649 (follow method 2 nd chose gb version)
3. wiped cache and dalvik

Its working fine now.. Thanks a lot again

 

[Lancerz]

I just saw this and thought i'd try it out... even though i never wiped anything like you did in cwm.. and it worked!!!

thanks a lot.. kickstand is working again..

for anyone else who wants to try it..this is what i did..

1. made backup (just in case)
2. Flashed the pds fix from here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1131649 (follow method 2 nd chose gb version)
3. wiped cache and dalvik

Its working fine now.. Thanks a lot again

Cool, glad your kickstand is back working now.