xperia x10 freezes, hangs upon pressure or bending, also USB connection problem

[Joren90]

Hello all,

My X10 has a few strange problems regarding freezes and reboots, and also problems with USB connections.

When my I applie pressure to my phone, it reboots. This also happens when I slightly bend my phone. It's a strange problem and I think (almost know for sure) it's hardware related because it happens in two custom roms (freexperia beta 4 by Zdzihu, and Achotjan_Froyo_2.2.1) and also in xrecovery.

The other problem I have has to do with my USB connection.
When i connect my phone to my pc. there is no notification and it doesn't connect to my PC. in contrast to other x10's that have USB connection problems (I've searched other threads) charging is still completely normal.
That's why I think the USB connection is software related

I was wondering if somebody has something usefull to say about either one of the issues, thats why I'm posting.
So if anyone has any idea feel free to post

 

[egyptshun]

...Life sucks?.... new phone maybe?

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[kxhawkins]

Don't bend it?

 

[zax10]

It sounds like a bad or lose connection some where on the motherboard. Has your phone had any hard impacts?

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[andrewddickey]

How are you bending the phone?


http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/04/flexible-paperphone-wants-to-get-bent-out-of-shape-video/

 

[Joren90]

Don't bend it?

How are you bending the phone?

I'm not really bending my phone but "trying to bend it"or pressure lets it reboot. this would indeed be not really much of a problem, just don't bend or apply pressure. The problem however is that when I put it in my pocket, the same kind of forces (bending, pressure) will work on it and it'll reboot. this is pretty annoying because each time you'll get your phone out of your pocket it's rebooted or it still hangs.

It sounds like a bad or lose connection some where on the motherboard. Has your phone had any hard impacts?

Well yes it has, a car drove over it once but that's was more then a year ago, and it's fallen quite hard sometimes. I've opened it up however, and nothing is visible wrong (loose connections etc.)

 

[iridaki]

Well yes it has, a car drove over it once but that's was more then a year ago, and it's fallen quite hard sometimes. I've opened it up however, and nothing is visible wrong (loose connections etc.)

Seriously???

A car drove over it and it has fallen quite hard sometimes?!
That makes the title of your thread misleading.
You should have mentioned these in the OP.

It's a miracle the phone works!!!
Of course something might be messed up inside
and probably not in a visible to the naked eye way.

If you want to hold on to the phone, maybe buy a hard case,
that will keep the pressure to minimum while in your pocket!

 

[fiscidtox]

Probably a loose capacitor or resistor...

 

[Mr_Element]

I'll agree with My_Immortal on that one. A hard case might help you in you situtation. But mate let me say this. From the injuries that your x10 has been through it's a miracle it still works!
Imho you should take better care of your stuff , it's a smartphone for God's shake not a buldozer!

 

[OmegaRED^]

I'm not really bending my phone but "trying to bend it"or pressure lets it reboot. this would indeed be not really much of a problem, just don't bend or apply pressure. The problem however is that when I put it in my pocket, the same kind of forces (bending, pressure) will work on it and it'll reboot. this is pretty annoying because each time you'll get your phone out of your pocket it's rebooted or it still hangs.



Well yes it has, a car drove over it once but that's was more then a year ago, and it's fallen quite hard sometimes. I've opened it up however, and nothing is visible wrong (loose connections etc.)

Words cannot describe how special you are.
Were you holding the phone when the car went over?

 

[egyptshun]

Well yes it has, a car drove over it once but that's was more then a year ago, and it's fallen quite hard sometimes. I've opened it up however, and nothing is visible wrong (loose connections etc.)

LMAOOOOOO, funniest thread ever ;D


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[Joren90]

Seriously???

A car drove over it and it has fallen quite hard sometimes?!
That makes the title of your thread misleading.
You should have mentioned these in the OP.

It's a miracle the phone works!!!
Of course something might be messed up inside
and probably not in a visible to the naked eye way.

If you want to hold on to the phone, maybe buy a hard case,
that will keep the pressure to minimum while in your pocket!

Well yes indeed I could've said this.

But why I haven't is because it happened more than a year before these problems started. the bending, pressure problem started quite suddenly out of nowhere, and thus might not be related

(I also think the car didn't do that much damage, my phone lay flat on the road, and the car drove pretty fast (around 50 kph) so the car was actually on the phone for a very short time: less than 9 micro seconds .)

I've started this thread mainly because I thought maybe someone had heard about these kind of problems before and knew something about it.

 

[iridaki]

Well yes indeed I could've said this.

But why I haven't is because it happened more than a year before these problems started. the bending, pressure problem started quite suddenly out of nowhere, and thus might not be related

(I also think the car didn't do that much damage, my phone lay flat on the road, and the car drove pretty fast (around 50 kph) so the car was actually on the phone for a very short time: less than 9 micro seconds .)

I've started this thread mainly because I thought maybe someone had heard about these kind of problems before and knew something about it.

I understand that the car incident was a year ago,
but in my opinion, it's very hard NOT to relate it with your issues.
Of course, there is always the possibility that it has nothing to do with them,
Have you tried using a hard case?

 

[fiscidtox]

I understand that the car incident was a year ago,
but in my opinion, it's very hard NOT to relate it with your issues.
Of course, there is always the possibility that it has nothing to do with them,
Have you tried using a hard case?

should open it and test across the components to see where the drop in voltage occurs, probably a simple resoldering would do the trick!!

 

[OmegaRED^]

should open it and test across the components to see where the drop in voltage occurs, probably a simple resoldering would do the trick!!

Yeah.. it may just be a simple loose component.
Only solder if.
1. You know what your doing.
2. You have steady hands.
3. you have the right soldering iron "i use a 25W to 80W fine tip"

 

[iridaki]

Yeah.. it may just be a simple loose component.
Only solder if.
1. You know what your doing.
2. You have steady hands.
3. you have the right soldering iron "i use a 25W to 80W fine tip"

May I add:

0. You are sober.