Has anyone experienced any sort of tear or glitch on the screen once in a while? It doesn't happen a lot and is barely noticeable. Comes once in a while. Is this a hardware problem of some sort?
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Havent noticed what you describe, but while watching a streaming video in the stock browser i noticed a white dot in lower right corner of screen and upper left. Looks like lcd is going out. But if i move the window, it fills in. But it comes back randomly.
Its like driver isnt communicatung with the screen correctly or something. . . . . .
Idk.
I flashed back to stock. Problem gone. Go back to gingerbread. Its back.
I believe i read somewhere that its an sgs driver and not even for the tab. Did i imagine reading that or could this be the problem at the base of all our gingerbread issues? It has happened on stock, with and without cf root, overcome beta 1 and 2.
Seems to me that this new gingerbread is a lemon. I mean just look at all the problems people are having with it.
Geez
Don't Panic
Thanks for the reply. It just really bothered me.
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I have been noticing a weird thing with my Droid 3. I love the phone. I haven't had any issues. I do get this annoying green screen effect during transitions. It only seems to happen if I have Netflix or Youtube running in the background. I can fix the problem by going into my settings and turning off my screen animations. I am in the process of getting it exchanged. I will let you know if it is just a fluke or maybe a possible issue with the phone software.
Is this happening to anyone out there with a Droid 3?
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I have the same problem between screen changes
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My wifes did that too, but she was using just texts. I turned off animations and to save battery, and noticed it hadn't come back yet. Thought maybe I was only one
Edit: she says it still does it...hmmm dunno...hope it gets fixed in next update
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tried to replicate the problem on mine, but didn't have any issues. Hmm.
Green is usually an overlay color when drawing from a framebuffer. This just means something is forcing screen output before the frame is fully drawn. It's an out-of-sync drawing issue somewhere in the software or driver and isn't a hardware problem. I wouldn't worry too much about it unless it happens so often that it annoys you. It's not hurting anything.
I've seen this as well with youtube...I've also seen it show a partial view of my homescreen while transitioning between menus....not a big deal, but hopefully it'll get fixed soon
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Happened to my wifes and my phone today. Kept going to green screen when trying to open the camara app. Had to reboot to make it go away. Im also on my third droid 3 phone. First one scratched the paint finish next to the keyboard when sliding open. The second droid 3 the speaker sounded like it was shorting out when calling or talking to someone.
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I had this problem, it went away after a reboot. Haven't seen it since.
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Have you tried rebooting the phone, instead of getting it replaced? A reboot can work wonders.
"Have you tried turning it off and then on again?" - The IT Crowd
Love that show.
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wife's phone did this while in camera mode. looked lik she was peering into the matrix. rebuffer or not, it's an obvious software glitch. i factory reset her phone so that vzw would log the activation.
640k said:
wife's phone did this while in camera mode. looked lik she was peering into the matrix. rebuffer or not, it's an obvious software glitch. i factory reset her phone so that vzw would log the activation.
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Yeah, a stuck app that is unable to redraw will do the same thing but instead of a flash it's a permanent green-screen until the app is force closed or the phone is rebooted. I've had the camera do this to me a few times and Motorola has already come forward saying the camera app has problems, including this one, that they're working on.
i could live with an occasional software glitch if everythign wasn't so dammed slow. i've yet to see this phone actually perform a function faster than my D2. the software overhead is unbelievable.
640k said:
i could live with an occasional software glitch if everythign wasn't so dammed slow. i've yet to see this phone actually perform a function faster than my D2. the software overhead is unbelievable.
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Well we could be in luck, it looks like root on the D3 could very likely happen sometime this week. 2.3.4 has been successfully rooted with the phone already on 2.3.4 and the bootloader still locked. We have P3 all over it now, too.
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Well we could be in luck, it looks like root on the D3 could very likely happen sometime this week. 2.3.4 has been successfully rooted with the phone already on 2.3.4 and the bootloader still locked. We have P3 all over it now, too.
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Link? Where is this?
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Link? Where is this?
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You didn't really have to look far haha.. start at the top of page 3 where it starts to get good.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193893&page=3
We're also looking into the way they obtained root on the Atrix on 2.3.4 with the bootloader still locked.. second post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1138204
...thats my post. Wow I feel dumb.
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...thats my post. Wow I feel dumb.
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LOL! I just saw that myself. Cheers!
Ha!
@pplude that made my day.
I have the same problem, i get the screen flicker going between handecent and my homescreen running prolauncher. i've had my droid 3 for a couple weeks and after rooting and freezing all that junk, I'm quite happy with the phone. other than this weird green pixel matrix screen... thing..
Not a huge issue, just a lil annoying.
TopHat
I had the green screen issue. I uninstalled youtube updates and haven't seen it since, same thing on my girls d3 hope it helps
This morning when I woke up I checked the calendar on my Captivate and everything looked fine. I had an IM app (Go) running but stopped it. I went back about 15 minutes later to look at something else on my phone and it would not wake up. Nothing I did would make the screen come on. I eventually just pulled the battery and it started working fine. This is the 3rd or 4th time that's happened and usually at night while charging.
Any ideas?
Thanks for any help
Its called sleep death. What ROM, kernel,oc/UV values are you using?
I've never heard of that, but I would definitely say that describes it perfectly.
I'm actually running stock Froyo. All of this pain lately makes me want to load up a custom ROM this weekend (assuming it would help). I just don't want to end up bricked.
Thanks
That's not sleep death, at least what I experienced, I have seen that on my own captivate. Usually mine will lock up and become non-responsive, eventually the phone will restart. I don't know if it is a common issue but one I have had often.
Ya I've had that happen. Either I gotta pull the battery or my phone poops on itself and reboots. Oh well
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I have been having the screen go black and the phone is unresponsive at times so i called att and they are sending me another phone under warranty but i asked them if my replacement is going to have the same issues because most cappy owners have this problem she said it would but i think all the phones have this issue
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I wish they would send refurbs with updated GB but i was told im getting the same
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Does anyone know if a custom ROM would fix the issue or is this hardware related?
I've given custom ROMs much thought. Not sure which one I'd choose, etc. Seems like there is so much to read and a lot of the information builds on itself. My luck I'd try AIO or something and get down to page 80 of all the postings and realize it doesn't work for me after I already flash it.
Thanks
I started having the same problem a couple days ago. I've my captivate for almost one year already. I had stock eclair, froyo, several roms. Now I'm using stock GB 2.3.5 KI2. The only thing that I can think it changed is the fact that I added an external 16gb sd. I'll do a factory reset and remove sd to see if it happens again.
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I have had the least issues on cognition 4.5.3, the gingerbread leaks for whatever reason never worked well for me. I have a S II now with no issues, but still use the captivate like an iPod touch. Working very well on cognition as I type.
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I started having the same problem a couple days ago. I've my captivate for almost one year already. I had stock eclair, froyo, several roms. Now I'm using stock GB 2.3.5 KI2. The only thing that I can think it changed is the fact that I added an external 16gb sd. I'll do a factory reset and remove sd to see if it happens again.
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I found the source of my battery leak/black screen. It was "Smooth Calendar Widget" app.
Hello all,
I have been doing stacks of reading on this issue and have not come across any useful info on the subject...basically I have a IncS rooted running Bindroid (great rom) I recently upgraded because I had touch screen issues such as unable to unlock, text input not responding, screen freeze...press the power button a few times and whallah! It works again until I go to use my phone again...this is very very annoying....I have read about grounding issues and software issues...people have reported they re did their phone a number of times and still had the same issue..
My question is, Is there anyone out there who can shed some light on this really annoying issue, I love my HTC, I do t want to have to go back to the "other side" lol
Thanks for taking the time to read this post, and please feel free to throw so e ideas out.
Rob R
Have you undervolted? Too much undervolting causes such issues... Too much overclocking does too... Try a different kernel is also an option... Maybe rcmix or lordmod?
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Could also be a loose connection with your screen to the motherboard. If you want a cheap fix search Google for a replacement screen its 40 dolla. I got one for my gf's incs after she dropped it and the screen cracked, came with instructions on how to replace it and the tools required, worked like a charm. If you don't want to buy a new screen there should be detailed instructions via. Google search on how to disassemble your incs so you can check the wiring.
Maybe your screen just isn't clean... Like if sweat falls on my phone when I'm at the gym... The screen goes nuts until it's squeeqy clean xD
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Nah it's not a sweat issue, I have tried all of the above except for trying a dif kernel.
This phone is so frustrating to use lol I'm not going to give up until I get it resolved! Lol
I don't have that problem, but perhaps it's related to THIS.
hey my screen on my I9001 got a black border now.. I think that happened after i watched some videos which had strange dimensions, or like 16 to 9 or 16 to 10 I dunno what dimensions the phone has, never looked up for it, but I guess it happened after i switched to fullscreen... i used the default video player from:
GT-I9001_BRI_I9001ZSKP6_I9001OZSKP6_I9001ZSKP6 2.3.6 Asian ROM
I watched a .flv video, and some videos on youtube afterwards, few minutes later i noticed this border (like few pixels) So i dunno what caused it...
I am very sorry to start a new thread for this but i culdnt find anything similar which could have helped me...
Any clues ?
Have you tried a reboot already?
Yep i rebooted.. Still there...
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Anybody have any clues ?
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No, really no idea how this might have happened. Are you absolutely sure that is has not been like that before? The only way to find that out IMO would be a complete factory reset which deletes all of your data.
heya, im pretty sure about the border, because now theres black space between the edge of the screen...
that sucks so hard..... I wanted to test other roms, so i guess thats a good opportunity to get rid of the prob aswell :>
Most probably, you just didn't notice those borders before.
Whenever I touch the screen on my slim ics captivate, there are just random touches around, it took me about 10 mins to write this, random letters. Would get pushed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEPcOQAba5c&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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I am not familiar with the slim ics settings. So there may not be a seeting available. you might try to change the screen sensitivity or a different keyboard.
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Whenever I touch the screen on my slim ics captivate, there are just random touches around, it took me about 10 mins to write this, random letters. Would get pushed
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I've seen this happen on a different ICS ROM on my Captivate. It is intermittent, i.e. goes along just fine and then a period of "stutter" typing and then back to fine. I guess I'll try a different keyboard as the other person suggested. I'm currently using Smart Keyboard Pro. How about you?
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I've seen this happen on a different ICS ROM on my Captivate. It is intermittent, i.e. goes along just fine and then a period of "stutter" typing and then back to fine. I guess I'll try a different keyboard as the other person suggested. I'm currently using Smart Keyboard Pro. How about you?
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Im using the stock ics keyboard
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Im using the stock ics keyboard
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I switched to that one yesterday. No problems *yet* but not nearly long enough to be conclusive.
found out it was a third party charger, if you guys have one, thats your problem
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found out it was a third party charger, if you guys have one, thats your problem
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Hmmmm..... I haven't experienced it since switching to the stock keyboard. But, it's so intermittent, it's hard to call that conclusive. I think I'll switch back to Smart keyboard and see if the problem comes back.
What sort of third party charger are you using and how did you come to that conclusion?
Have you tried flashing your cap to docs Master ROM? You will not be let down. My only complaint is the call quality.
Using Doc's Master ROM v7: Cappy edition