[Q] Commons problems of hardware on Milestone/Droid phones

[darkhole]

Hi, greetings from Colombia!

Mi Motorola Milestone (that I buy the last September after my lost Nokia 5800) on this days had one hardware problem, the power button failed (semms broken), so I take it to the warranty (using CyanogenMod 7 for Milestone Android 2.3.5) and the fixed it!! Weee... But...

I just enjoy my fixed phone for just 1 week, because another defect comes up, the digitizer begins to fail, first, become unresponsive from the right side (and the search button), and, after 3 days, all was OK, but in the afternoon the scren become "crazy", and sometimes the right side begins to fail again, so.. this Monday i has to return it to warranty (I'm hoping that they change my phone for a new one).

From my sight, I have a really bad luck, having two of the most commons problems of this Milestone/Droid phones.

Do you know another common failure of this phones?

 

[Eiertschik]

The "bubbly" keyboard is quite likely to lose a few keys and the paint on the camera button comes off quite frequently.

 

[linuques]

I have experienced some of those hardwares problems with 2 Milestones. The camera button I guess its the most common.
Hardware problems that I had:

- Digitizer failing. Replaced on warranty, no problems since.
- Camera button paint came off.
- Bad headphone jack.
- Bubbly keyboard on one of the phones, went to RMA, problem persisted.
- Loose battery cover.

Most of the problems you can live with, except for the failing digitizer.

Sent from my Milestone using XDA Premium App

 

[ronnieg]

my digitizer went bad. bought a replacement on ebay. arrived in 9 days. it ain't so straightforward inside the milestone coz of the slider mech but all's good now

 

[Eiertschik]

[...]
- Digitizer failing. Replaced on warranty, no problems since.
[...]
- Bad headphone jack.
[...]

Second that.

Lots of people report their screens going nuts or becoming unresponsive - due to moisture or general digitizer failure

My headphone jack was a pain at first - but the more often I use it the better it gets

 

[Anil_Trinidad]

Guys - I am expecting to receive my Milestone (1) on Monday. But I am just now seeing these hardware issues that you had. After how long did the hardware problems - especially the digitizer - show up? I'm wondering how long I will have to go before it starts calling for parts!

 

[adamz667]

My digitizer died after 9 months (December -> August). At the beginning (first week before completely dead) right side of screen stops working. In second week I saw that digitizer is jumping over menus by itself, then screen stops working.

Everything else is working fine. I hope there will be no other problems with other parts of phone

 

[darkhole]

My digitizer died after 9 months (December -> August). At the beginning (first week before completely dead) right side of screen stops working. In second week I saw that digitizer is jumping over menus by itself, then screen stops working.

Everything else is working fine. I hope there will be no other problems with other parts of phone

Same time for me, after 9/10 months my digitalizer started to fail, and the power button problem was 9 months after I got it, btw maybe my power buttons problems was caused by using this buttons to hang out calls (using CM7 settings), so my advice, don't use this function.

And, talking about my phone, the replace it . Now I have a new Milestone, wee...

 

[Eiertschik]

I bought mine in May 2010 and haven't had any hardware problems.

But a friend of mine bought his' just a month earlier and his keyboard fell apart and the camera button lost its coating.

I guess it's just a matter of luck - and good care of course

 

[stackingreasyBBs]

The headphone jack has been the only problem I've run into, and it's an issue that apparently can be at least partially fixed by shimming it in one direction or another.

 

[Anil_Trinidad]

Thanks for the heads up. It seems I have nine months before sh!t starts happening then! Lol. I'm wondering if some of those hardware problems can be fixed or prevented by opening up the phone and giving it a periodic brush out / clean out? For example the headphone jack after becoming loose can probably be re-soldered, etc?

 

[Eiertschik]

I don't think the solder connections are faulty on the headphone jack.
It just seems to be a little to loose for most 3,5mm plugs.

Some of my headphones give me a lot of trouble - others none at all.

And the more I use it - the less problems I get.

So I'm led to believe that it's more a problem of dust and corrosion that worsens the contact quality.

 

[darkhole]

Talking about headphones, I use a wired BlackBerry headphones, seems ok for me, but sometimes when I move it in the jack, my music is paused (maybe this is related with the different standars of jacks?)

 

[Eiertschik]

Even if you use a standard 3,5mm stereo connector with not 4th contact at all the phone's gonna interpret a slight loss of contact the same way it does pressing the media button on a media headset.

My Milestone sometimes started playing music when I was watching a movie or whatever.

But if your Phone is rootet you can use the app Autostarts to disable the phone reacting to the media button and therefore problems with loose contacts.