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Help Using HTC wildfire with a car cradle

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ukstan

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Hi, I bought a car cradle for my Wildfire on ebay which is supposed to be escpecially for the wildfire. I did try a universal holder but it covered the volume control and the usb plug. My problem now is that when i put it into the cradle the touch screen does not work corresctly. Sometimes i have to touch it very lightly or press it hard about 5 times to get it to do anything, it was the same with the universal holder I had
Any ideas guys ? i was wondering if putting it in the cradle then trying to calibrate the screen from there might help ?
stan
 
Same problem here! No operation when its in the cradle.
But just touch the wildfire elsewhere with another finger, whilst for example unlocking. Then it works fine. I think when its in er vertical position, without holding it in your hand its supposed to be "locked".
 
Jobak said:
But just touch the wildfire elsewhere with another finger, whilst for example unlocking. Then it works fine.
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I dont quite understand this. Are you trying to say it just needs the thing unlocking ? i can open it up with the switch but then tapping the icons does nothing
 
Same problem here, really can't explain it....

I've found a way around this, either by holding/touching the phone with one hand while I use the other to touch the screen, or by one hand, using the thumb to touch the screen while the rest of the fingers are holding/touching the phone.

Strange stuff..
 
nickelsmell said:
Same problem here, really can't explain it....

I've found a way around this, either by holding/touching the phone with one hand while I use the other to touch the screen, or by one hand, using the thumb to touch the screen while the rest of the fingers are holding/touching the phone.

Strange stuff..
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Exactly what I was trying to say... :)
You dont unlock it by tapping the switch, it justs "wake up".
 
Oh right, now i get it and yes it does work, touching with one hand or finger and using another on the screen, thanks guys for your help, i still dont quite understand the
You dont unlock it by tapping the switch, it justs "wake up".
 
Oh right, now i get it and yes it does work, touching with one hand or finger and using another on the screen, thanks guys for your help, i still dont quite understand the
You dont unlock it by tapping the switch, it justs "wake up".
 
ukstan said:
Oh right, now i get it and yes it does work, touching with one hand or finger and using another on the screen, thanks guys for your help, i still dont quite understand the
You dont unlock it by tapping the switch, it justs "wake up".
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Maybe I wrote it a bit "cryptic".
When you tap the switch on the top -> you "wake up" the phone.
When you afterwards slide the bar down on the screen, you unlock it..
Is that better? :D
 
Jobak said:
Maybe I wrote it a bit "cryptic".
When you tap the switch on the top -> you "wake up" the phone.
When you afterwards slide the bar down on the screen, you unlock it..
Is that better? :D
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Perfect ! I couldnt have said it better myself :D
 
I have a wildfire - about two months old - has exact same problem reported here - I can't use it on a desk with one finger - I always have to use it with two hands.

A friend brought his new wildfire round to me and his is perfect everywhere so I think this is down to poor manufacturing (I've done a full reset to clear any other apps away and it doesn't help)

I'm going to try to get a replacement of a different make.... how I'm supposed to do that when I'm on a 24 month contract I have no idea!

bought mine from mobiles.co.uk (am I allowed to mention that?) and it's a redemption deal which probably complicates returns I guess... I'll see what they say though.


Edit: As I expected... mobiles.co.uk have refused to replace it - not only with a different phone make that works but also with a replacement wildfire. Sucks really. They want to send it away for a 'repair' - why should I accept a repair - I want a phone that is 'fit for purpose' for the entire 12 months of the minimum warranty period. So I have to be without a phone now while they play with it and return an item that is not a manufactured right first time phone that I paid for... I wouldn't pay full price for a refurbished phone to begin with, so why would I accept a refurbished phone now? Now I'm wondering what company would look after its customers like Apple does but in the Android world... Anybody? I really regret going cheap now... A lesson for life I guess...
 
I experience the same troubles with my Wildfire. When it's lying on a surface somewhere, without me holding it, and I want to interact with one finger on the touchscreen, it simply does not work properly often times. It somehow depends on the surface though. I can only assume this has something to do with electrical grounding.
 
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