Hi I have been using a Galaxy S for almost two years. I have two problems which started to occur recently. They occur in all ROMs I tried, so I don't think it is a software issue.
1- Sometimes when I unlock the phone the screen acts like I touch everywhere, even though there is no contact. It randomly starts apps etc. It can be very annoying. When I lock the screen and unlock it again, everything is normal. It happens two or three times a day on average.
2- Sometimes when I try to unlock the screen, the screen turns on, there is light coming out of it but it is still black. Nothing happens. I think this happens mostly when there is a media app running like music etc. but not 100% sure. The only solution is a reboot. Sometimes after waiting for some time the screen turns on but rarely.
Are these look like simple problems that can be fixed by phone repairer or something or the screen is dying? What do you think about it?
Thanks.
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Hi i saw a couple of days ago that my N1 do something odd when turning the screen to sleep mode, sometimes (not always) some thick and soft colored lines (light green or light red) appear and dissappear VERY quickly in the bottom of the screen... is this a normal behavior? Whut should i check to see if my screen is going to fail?
my screen works perfectly but... i really dont like this behavior
I have seen that too a few times; just don't give it too much importance.
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Dude, im a little paranoic, does this happens very often to you?
have anyone faced this trouble too?
I just noticed this same thing last night. it happens maybe once every 6 times you turn off the screen. it happens on the bottom part of the screen.
however one observation, this does NOT happen if you are viewing the lock screen and then turn off the screen. it only happens when viewing the homescreen, or web browser, etc.
so because of this fact, it doesn't happen all the time, nor on every screen, so that tells me it might be some type of software glitch or power glitch. I don't think this means our screens are failing.
this is a VERY difficult issue to notice.
Thanks for answering Roger!
Im a little bit uncomfortable with this issue because it makes me think that my phone's screen will stop working any time... i may say that i have noticed that this is happening more often now than before...
I hope im just being paranoic about this!!
Every once in awhile I'll turn my screen on and the screen won't respond to touch, if I hit the power button it only toggles the backlight, not the actual display. If I let the screen time out, it'll still toggle the backlight but the screen won't turn on. This usually resolves itself after a minute or so but it's becoming increasingly frustrating.
Also the problem did appear once or twice when I was on EPE54B but it's become significantly more common(like 3 or 4 times a day) since upgrading FRF91, I can't recall if it happened on FRF85B and it has yet to happen when I'm already using the phone, only when inactive.
PS the wifi seems to lose its connection when this happens although I've had the issue when not connected to wifi.
My phone is not rooted nor is the bootloader unlocked.
same problem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLE1oifpzQY
http://www.nexusoneforum.net/forum/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=92358
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/android/thread?tid=5d85c5a843d8de5a&hl=en
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=44db6d8e31129d4c&hl=en
It's not a touchscreen problem.
Search my posts in General, you'll see.
Seems that it doesn't happen with new, non-stock Froyo and GB kernels.
i'll get stright to the problem, after flashing my SGS and rooting it a a week ago, and loading it with almost 60 apps, the speed is still stable, everything including the benchmark is giving the same results around 21++ ,,, today something weird happened, when i try to turn on the screen after the screen turns off after 30 sec, i just can't get the lock screen anymore, it goes directly to the desktop, i tried restarting and removing the battery, i only get the screen lock the first time then i can't get it anymore except after restarting it,,
i also tried to use the pattern lock and yes the problem still exists, i get the pattern once i restart then when i turn on the screen after some time it goes directly to the desktop
any idea :S ?? this seems like a bug to me specially after only one week of use
try installing Simply Lockscreen
Topic: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=755741
Apk: http://www.appbrain.com/app/org.firezenk.simplylock
more cool apps here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7840748#post7840748
I have a strange problem, well a few. If I lock my phone (C6903) using the physical button I can't unlock it again. I try for about 5-10 minutes sometimes and it just wont work. If I hold it down I can feel it vibrate as if it's bringing up the power menu but the screen just stays black. Eventually it will randomly wake up then I can play around as normal. If I leave it to lock itself I can unlock every time, fist time no worries. This is what pointed me to it being a SW problem rather than a hardware problem.
I also noticed that when I do have the screen turning off in the dark, I can see that the screen is still lit up! Just it is black, not completely asleep. It's really quite bright when I have it next to the bed. Also when I am outside I can't see the screen at all really, even with the brightness turned right up.
It's really strange all these happened about the same time. I figured maybe it was a ROM problem and a fresh install of stock ROM would help. Tried it and at first most of these problems went, just the fact I still couldn't really see the screen in the sun. I tried another ROM and at first was just the same but then these problems started again.
Has anyone had any or all of these problems or got any ideas what it could be? I am left thinking now that the problem is more likely hardware related as the problems are so sporadic and happen whatever I have installed.
Any help / suggestions would be appreciated but I have the feeling I will have to just admit the phone is dogged
You say that most of the problems desapararecen to install a new ROM, it is likely that installing something extra to be the cause, I was introduced me something similar with Expoxed Notifications Module.
Try a clean installation without installing test applications to determine if the problem recurs.
Thanks, yes I guess I will try that, bit of a pain having to reinstall apps after every install and restoring messages etc so I might just put up for now.
I also have realised that the screen not turning on and the screen staying on but black happen at different times. i.e. I can now randomly turn the screen on and off no problem (don't think I have installed or deleted any apps or changed anything), but the screen stays awake when off. When I was last not able to turn the screen back on after turning off the screen actually went to sleep. Very strange
I've searched far and wide and can't find a solution for this issue.
Here is what happens: for no reason that I can see (no new notifications), my screen turns on its own. My phone is just there on the table when this happens and I haven't touched it.
This happens whether the phone is plugged in or not. It happens in the middle of the night and wakes me up.
Things I came tried:
- turn on do not disturb and remove all exceptions.
- disable always on display.
- disabled all lock screen notifications.
- disabled a notifications.
Other things I've tried:
Lift to wake and all other things that could wake the screen.
Did a factory data reset and re setup my phone from scratch.
Nothing works. Can anyone please help me?
Thanks in advance.
I had the very same problem until a few days ago when this behaviour suddenly stopped. What changed? I had shutdown my Pebble watch and connected a Wear OS watch to my phone.
I don't know what the Pebble did, but it looks like it woke up my phone at random intervals.
Maybe it a bluetooth device you've connected?
I'm expeciencing sometimes this behaviour when listening to the music on bike with phone in pocked on back. I disabled all "smart" funcions like smart lock, pocket detecting, wearing detection etc and it stopped.
I think it is caused by new type of proximity sensor used in whole S10 line (so I think it is hw related). I read somewhere than it detects skin proximity even thru several layers of cloting.
It is behaving strange even during phone calls - when put phone down from my ear, it tooks several seconds until screen lights on.
it's one of the things that bothers me a lot about otherwise great phone.
facing same issue
I always loved Samsung galaxy s10. I bought it from my friend who used it for 10 months. I am facing the same issue first I thought it is because he used it for 10 months and some bug appeared but now I came to know its not just me. if anyone knows how to fix it then please post a reply. I really need to fix this
I haven't noticed that on my S10. It sounds like something is triggering it, but what. Do all of you use Bixby because I don't.