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ambivalentSoul

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So I've had my Triumph for about a month now without any problems. But I let my mom borrow it and she brought it back to me with a problem and she has no idea how it happened..

The home screen is shifted up, and the 4 main buttons on the bottom of the phone are duplicated digitally onto the screen as well. It doesn't allow me to access any of the apps that are "under" it, including making phonecalls. I've posted an image of it below:

http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/8167/img20111120150718.jpg

Does anyone know what this is and how I can fix it? Thanks
 
agentc13 said:
lol. No it shouldn't, I will see if I can find anything to help. I don't know the answer off the top of my head.

This is with stock 2.2.2 froyo correct?
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Thanks. I appreciate all the help I can get. The main problem is I can't tell if it's a weird setting or if it's just an OS glitch. I'll probably call VM tomorrow and see if they can help me out with it. If it's a weird system glitch, they should be able to replace it, right?

and yeah.. it's the stock OS. I haven't messed with anything except downloading a few apps from the Market.
 
I'll flash my 2.2.2 backup and mess with some stuff to see if I can replicate it. It seems like a setting got messed with somewhere that did this, but it could be something else completely. Can you list all the 3rd party apps you are using?
 
agentc13 said:
I'll flash my 2.2.2 backup and mess with some stuff to see if I can replicate it. It seems like a setting got messed with somewhere that did this, but it could be something else completely. Can you list all the 3rd party apps you are using?
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Quick Settings
Yahoo Mail
Facebook
Fruit Ninja

I can't get into my app list due to this weird glitch, but I'm pretty sure that's all I downloaded onto it.
 
ambivalentSoul said:
Quick Settings
Yahoo Mail
Facebook
Fruit Ninja

I can't get into my app list due to this weird glitch, but I'm pretty sure that's all I downloaded onto it.
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Press and hold the home key it should bring up recently used apps, what is listed in there?
 
Yeah, I tried to set up my phone and do something similar and I can't find anything that comes remotely close. I can't find out what went wrong to be able to troubleshoot it that way. There is a post in the all things root section that you can read that will tell you how to replace the Mobile: partition on the phone and I would think that would fix your problem. You can also do like you said and call virgin mobile, they are very good at sending a replacement if they can't help you figure it out. Don't mess with the partition stuff if you do not feel comfortable with it. It is pretty simple, but if you are not comfortable call VM and see what they say to do. Usually a replacement phone is there within a few days.

Read these posts (they are part of the same thread) if you want to try to replace the mobile partition:

http://androidforums.com/triumph-al...artition-fix-phone-wont-boot.html#post3251703

http://androidforums.com/triumph-al...artition-fix-phone-wont-boot.html#post3363806

It would probably be good to read the whole thing.

Sorry I couldn't help more, maybe someone else who had this issue can stop by and help.
 
Seeing that you only have a few apps, it would be easy to replace them. So do a factory reset. wait can you get to the settings? if so then go to privacy then click factory reset. That will fix it if it was a setting. Or it may have got dropped or alot of weight put on the screen and screwed the screen up.
 
ipaint666 said:
Seeing that you only have a few apps, it would be easy to replace them. So do a factory reset. wait can you get to the settings? if so then go to privacy then click factory reset. That will fix it if it was a setting. Or it may have got dropped or alot of weight put on the screen and screwed the screen up.
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I thought I had read that this was already done (factory reset), and after re-reading that is not clear. This would be the first thing I would do.
 
i know what it is! its that stupid talk back keyboard.... just press the search key on the bottom of the phone, a google search text box should appear. now press and hold the text box, it will bring up a box saying input method. select it, then select android keyboard.... and your all fixed! :D that keyboard is meant for hard at hearing people or deaf people.
 
ziggy46 said:
i know what it is! its that stupid talk back keyboard.... just press the search key on the bottom of the phone, a google search text box should appear. now press and hold the text box, it will bring up a box saying input method. select it, then select android keyboard.... and your all fixed! :D that keyboard is meant for hard at hearing people or deaf people.
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I tried messing with that and couldn't find a way to make what the OP posted happen!

off topic - I have had to help my mother out of similar situations on her computer, just train them to pay attention to what they are doing so they can remember!
 
agentc13 said:
I tried messing with that and couldn't find a way to make what the OP posted happen!

off topic - I have had to help my mother out of similar situations on her computer, just train them to pay attention to what they are doing so they can remember!
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i got that same thing to show up on my home screen... it looks like a keyboard when in a text field, but is what is in the picture above when on the homescreen.
 
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