[Q] Split screen randomly opening - Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge

Just got the S6 edge a few days ago. Since yesterday the split screen mode keeps opening and the recent app list. I am not touching the screen when this happens. Almost like a ghost is touching the screen.

STM2121 said:
Just got the S6 edge a few days ago. Since yesterday the split screen mode keeps opening and the recent app list. I am not touching the screen when this happens. Almost like a ghost is touching the screen.
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oooo scaaaary

Long pressing the multi task button (capacitive button on the left) does that. Not sure if that's your issue.

its happening to the Galaxy S7 too. Hardware issue.

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Usage of apps like NotifyX and Floating Toucher wakes screen without reason

Hi!
I've trying to figure out why apps like Active Notifications and Floating Touched doesn't work the way it should.
I'm running stock and I'm rooted.
Floating Tougher has an option to lock screen when button is pressed on screen. However when this button is pressed the screen goes dark and flickers and then turns on again. At first I thought there was a problem with the app do I didn't think much about it.
NotifyX and Active Notifications etc. doesn't work either. When I lock my screen there's a brief moment, 6-7 seconds, under this moment the screen stays lock but then turns on to show the notification screen by the app.
I've uninstalled most of my downloaded apps but the problem still persists. I've checked wakelocks but couldn't find anything worth checking out.
Anybody else with the same problem or maybe even a solution?
Thanks!
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Capacitive button worries

So on Monday I went out and got a shiny new Turbo. I'm loving it so far and hoping for root and or bootloader unlock eventually. This morning though something odd happened. For a period of about ten seconds my capacitive buttons quit working completely - no vibrate when I touched them, no nothing. The phone wasn't frozen or anything. Then they suddenly started working again. About five minutes later it did it again, but it hasn't done it since. Should I be worried? What should I do?
I'm having the exact same issue, seems to be random.
Ok I have the Moto Maxx and noticed that too... then I figured that in my case it happened because I was touching the screen with my palm while tying to reach for the capacitive buttons. The buttons stop working while you are touching the screen. Check if that is what is happening to you.
jfassad said:
Ok I have the Moto Maxx and noticed that too... then I figured that in my case it happened because I was touching the screen with my palm while tying to reach for the capacitive buttons. The buttons stop working while you are touching the screen. Check if that is what is happening to you.
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I've even had it do that if there is any liquid on the screen...like maybe a few small drops of water after you just washed your hands or something like that.
Does the proximity sensor disable the buttons? Thinking that if the phone thinks it is near your face for a call, it might shut off the screen and buttons to prevent accidental presses.
Ekkoria said:
So on Monday I went out and got a shiny new Turbo. I'm loving it so far and hoping for root and or bootloader unlock eventually. This morning though something odd happened. For a period of about ten seconds my capacitive buttons quit working completely - no vibrate when I touched them, no nothing. The phone wasn't frozen or anything. Then they suddenly started working again. About five minutes later it did it again, but it hasn't done it since. Should I be worried? What should I do?
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They will automatically dim and turn off when in a well lit area/room. If you are in a dark environment they will always be on.
Just hold the device under a lamp and watch buttons dim slowly off. Turn lamp off or go to a dark room and watch them illuminate back to life after 8-10 seconds.
Pretty standard, however, if they are going on and off constantly in the dark, than most likely a defective unit.
jfassad said:
Ok I have the Moto Maxx and noticed that too... then I figured that in my case it happened because I was touching the screen with my palm while tying to reach for the capacitive buttons. The buttons stop working while you are touching the screen. Check if that is what is happening to you.
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I'm pretty sure this is what happened to me, after playing around with it I noticed my phone does the same thing. That's a load off my chest, I was a bit worried about it. thanks!
Screen pinning vs Long press for menu
Just a note, I recently discovered that if you have lollipop screen pinning enabled under the security settings and also the "Use long press for menu" setting enabled under display settings, they seem to conflict and cause all kinds of key lag with any of the capacitive keys. Must be because both utilize a long press of the recents/overview key. As long as you only enable one or the other it should be fine. Just thought I'd throw that out there.
I have had this problem too, it simply has to do with the fact that the screen is and capacitive keys are combined. You can use one or other, but not both. If you encounter this, just mess around on the screen for a few seconds and the keys should work again.
Clear cache. That usually fixed the problem for me.
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[Q] Lollipop!

Now I know they disabled taking screen captures with the S pen holding down the button, but when I screen cap using the power and home button, (I can't palm swipe for ****) I get 2 of the same pix. Samsung nor AT&T were now help. Also if you hover the S pen and click the button twice the lil scroll wheel comes up and you can screen cap that way, I just wish it would stop taking the pix twice, It shows up in stock gallery and QuickPix, Help? Please?
OptixPrime said:
Now I know they disabled taking screen captures with the S pen holding down the button, but when I screen cap using the power and home button, (I can't palm swipe for ****) I get 2 of the same pix. Samsung nor AT&T were now help. Also if you hover the S pen and click the button twice the lil scroll wheel comes up and you can screen cap that way, I just wish it would stop taking the pix twice, It shows up in stock gallery and QuickPix, Help? Please?
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This Lollipop thing is like the first iteration of Windows Millenium used to be: a buggy POS.

Please help - screen randomly becomes nonresponsive - but only partly - please read

Now there is another long topic on freezing, but its basically about 10seconds freeze , then things normal and stuff. Mine is different so I made a new topic.
Have sprint note. On Marshmellow now but happened on Lollipop as well.
The problem is:
After several hours of use, or may even a day, the phone just freezes....partly. Let me explain. Basically if you touch anywhere on the screen, it won't register the touch. If you hit the hard recents button, it'll show recents, but you can't click any program (it doesn't register your touch). When it first happened I thought I needed a new screen, but quickly found out I probably don't: If I hit the nav bar, it will pull down full screen, and if I have it full of notifications, I can click any of the notifications, whether its near the top, middle, or bottom, and it registers the touch and sends me to the app. But then again, at that app, the screen doesn't register. Even if I touch in the same place on the screen where I clicked the notification that sent me to the app. But the nav bar still works. It recognizes the touch, and will pull down full screen, and I can click anywhere on the screen and my touch will register. Also if I hold the power button and the reboot options come up (which on mine has option from top down to bottom, I can click any option on the screen, and it will register my touch. But if I hit the home button, the whole screen is non responsive. So I have a partial freeze. The whole screen doesn't work, but then the whole screen will work when I pull the nav bar down, so im totally confused. I already tried usually differnt launchers, but same thing, after while, screen will be non responsive
If I reboot then everything works fine and normal, so I doubt its a screen issue. Because if its broke its broke. Also tried a hard reset,problem still came back. I guess it may be an app clashing problem but I have over 100 apps it could be any one of them
Has anybody experienced something similar?
I had a buddy give me an LG Lucid3 that had a similar issue... It actually got worse over time and the touchscreen totally stopped working. (He thought) I took it apart and actually the connection was good. Put it back together and just kept rebooting it multiple times in a row. Finally, the touch started to work a little an for some reason I thought to go and download an antivirus program. The phone had 11. Got rid of them and phone has been working fine for a couple weeks now. Idk if that's your problem but I figured I'd share this experience because I've never seen anything like it.
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Floating Icon For S-Pen Randomly Showing Up

I have this setting turned off. It's been off since the day I got the phone in the mail but suddenly I'm starting to see the floating icon pop up. It's random. It doesn't happen when I pull the S-Pen out but I'll just have my S-Pen sitting next to my phone (outside the phone) on my office desk like I usually do, then I'll start using an app and suddenly I see the floating icon pop its head. I'll touch it then touch away from it on the screen and it disappears.
But it's randomly reappearing. Different apps, different times during the day. I've restarted the phone and clean cache here and there and it still doing it. So weird. Has anyone else seen this on their phone?
EDIT: I attached a pic I just now took with my S8 Plus to show you what I'm talking about. I'm in the S-Pen settings and you can clearly see the option for the floating icon is set to OFF yet it's still there on the side and you can see my S-Pen chilling next to the phone on my desk. I touched the icon, then touched away from the screen and it disappeared. I locked the screen, waited a few seconds, turned the screen back on and the floating icon reappeared.
Something is funky. I have no idea what's causing this.
I have a cheap Chinese-made leather case with poorly placed magnets that causes this behavior. It became so annoying that I stopped using the case (and the problem went away). Perhaps your problem may be a nearby magnetic field too.
I think the Note 8 is having some teething problems. I want that icon on my front page and have it turned on in the settings but it only shows when it feels like it? I suspect Samsung will address this situation when it updates the Note 8?
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