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Looking to find anyone with the same issues I am having. My NC is rooted using Auto-nooter for 101. Everything went smoothly no issues at all. A day later my NC has been possessed. When reading a book NC would start to skip pages sometimes as much and 5 pages in fast progression, I would then have to swipe back to my page. Then there are times when the quick nave bar of the NC would start flashing multiple times then click a random book from the home screen or from the daily shelf and open it, when I close it it would do it again this would happen about 3 or 4 times till the screen freezes for about 7 minutes. But its not over, then the NC would automatically go into settings then back to home screen then back to settings again really fast, then again freeze. The only way (and this does work) is to "light boot" it by holding down the power button for 5 seconds (the option to shut down will pop up) then let go then press the power button once quickly on then off. The home screen will come back and the "possession" will have stopped, for awhile. This is getting really annoying, especially the reader skipping multiple pages forward on its own as I do like reading with my NC. So has anyone else have this happening? Any ideas as to what this could be? Thanks for any help or ideas. I have read the forums but it seems I am the only "lucky" one to have this issue. Again thanks.
yes, this happened to me. I went and bought a screen cover and cloth. Cleaned the screen VERY thoroughly and applied to cover. Has not happened since.
Phyllip J FRy said:
yes, this happened to me. I went and bought a screen cover and cloth. Cleaned the screen VERY thoroughly and applied to cover. Has not happened since.
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Do you mean like an anti glare/non scratch screen protector? I have a great gadget cloth that I use all the time.
brie987 said:
Looking to find anyone with the same issues I am having. My NC is rooted using Auto-nooter for 101. Everything went smoothly no issues at all. A day later my NC has been possessed. When reading a book NC would start to skip pages sometimes as much and 5 pages in fast progression, I would then have to swipe back to my page. Then there are times when the quick nave bar of the NC would start flashing multiple times then click a random book from the home screen or from the daily shelf and open it, when I close it it would do it again this would happen about 3 or 4 times till the screen freezes for about 7 minutes. But its not over, then the NC would automatically go into settings then back to home screen then back to settings again really fast, then again freeze. The only way (and this does work) is to "light boot" it by holding down the power button for 5 seconds (the option to shut down will pop up) then let go then press the power button once quickly on then off. The home screen will come back and the "possession" will have stopped, for awhile. This is getting really annoying, especially the reader skipping multiple pages forward on its own as I do like reading with my NC. So has anyone else have this happening? Any ideas as to what this could be? Thanks for any help or ideas. I have read the forums but it seems I am the only "lucky" one to have this issue. Again thanks.
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No, you're by far not the only one, seems to be related to bad chargers, bad cables, or bad luck... I've had it happen one time while plugged in, but some people have said they couldn't use their NC at all while plugged in.
There are several threads here already on this subject...
I had some eratic stuff going on...buttons clicking, menus popping up, etc. Cleared up after i cleaned the screen really well and stopped breating so heavily (have a cold and coughing & breath was making the screen moist).
something similar happened to me early on... My K key kept pressing itself, and random key strokes while trying to enter a password... here I think.
Is your screen dirty? I happened to be using mine with sweaty hands right then, lots of finger cheese on the screen was causing false contacts. cleaned it and was good to go.
I have had the "dirty screen" issues as well. But there was one time about a week ago when this was happening even after I cleaned the screen. I completely powered off and rebooted and all has been well since. . .
Thanks for the replies I never thought that my greasy marks would make false positive clicks on my screen. come to think of it it does happen when I am reading for a bit before it starts and eating chips while reading just conjures up those spirits, thanks.
EDIT: Alright I am now convinced that this issue is technical. Its happening again now and my screen is clean and I just reboot it. NC was just sitting and charging I started it to read and it just started jumping to settings again and the Nav bar keeps flashing on and off. This time I just let it go and it went on for 5 min even after the screen turned off. I did the old "soft boot" (check first post) and it stoped. HHHHHHHHMMMMMMMMMM. I think I have a conflict with an app. I did the "save battery by changing the phone.apk and telephony.apk, has anyone also changed this and have this problem?
I had the problem before I did the cell standby battery thing.
In another thread people were solving it by recalibrating the screen. I tried it and it worked for a while before they phantom presses started again, though I might have done it wrong to begin with.
*can't post the link but its in the nookdev wiki.
Sunrisemix said:
I had the problem before I did the cell standby battery thing.
In another thread people were solving it by recalibrating the screen. I tried it and it worked for a while before they phantom presses started again, though I might have done it wrong to begin with.
*can't post the link but its in the nookdev wiki.
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Thank you so much for this, I did not even know of this site, happy I do now. To anyone that needs this the link is here. Again thanks.
http://nookdevs.com/Recalibrate_the_NookColor_touch_screen
Happened to me when i first got my NC while charging it. Has not happened since.
brie987 said:
Looking to find anyone with the same issues I am having. My NC is rooted using Auto-nooter for 101. Everything went smoothly no issues at all. A day later my NC has been possessed. When reading a book NC would start to skip pages sometimes as much and 5 pages in fast progression, I would then have to swipe back to my page. Then there are times when the quick nave bar of the NC would start flashing multiple times then click a random book from the home screen or from the daily shelf and open it, when I close it it would do it again this would happen about 3 or 4 times till the screen freezes for about 7 minutes. But its not over, then the NC would automatically go into settings then back to home screen then back to settings again really fast, then again freeze. The only way (and this does work) is to "light boot" it by holding down the power button for 5 seconds (the option to shut down will pop up) then let go then press the power button once quickly on then off. The home screen will come back and the "possession" will have stopped, for awhile. This is getting really annoying, especially the reader skipping multiple pages forward on its own as I do like reading with my NC. So has anyone else have this happening? Any ideas as to what this could be? Thanks for any help or ideas. I have read the forums but it seems I am the only "lucky" one to have this issue. Again thanks.
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I had it happen one time recently while the NC was charging. I was attempting to type a FB reply and the keyboard went all wacky. For every character I hit it entered 3-4 random characters. I switched to Gmail and it did the same thing. I unplugged the NC to plug into the computer to calibrate the screen and immediately after unplugging (before calibrating) it worked perfectly. No problems since.
My God! I thought I was the only one this was happening to. It drives me CRAZY. It happens all the time.
I have hands that sweat almost nonstop, and I think they're what causes this for me. Funny thing is, I never noticed it till I rooted. Does AutoNooter install a custom kernel? That may explain it. Also, it mostly seems to happen when plugged in, which makes me think it may be an issue like on the Evo in it's early days where the screen isn't properly grounded. It was fixed by a sensitivity tweak in a software update, and that should be possible here, I'll look into it.
Someone said a screen protector helps, and I just ordered one to try it. They've helped on past devices, and may here too.
While I have not personally had these problems on either of the NCs in the family it seems pretty conclusive that two things contribute to the problem ... a) 'dirty screen' .. getting a screen protector helps ... b) using while charging .. the #1 'quality' problem reported in the forums seems to be the port/plug on the NC and circumstantial evidence points to the cable .. I don't use the NC while it's charging so don't see the behavior and do use it connected to the PC rarely and do not use the B&N cable to connect so those with the problem may want to try another cable/charger. One of my cables works fine, the other is problematic.
Long time lurker, first time poster.
I woke up today to see my captivate screen showing blank screen (active black screen with buttons lighted up) being unresponsive. It was on it's charger from the night.
I pulled the battery to shut it down. It rebooted. I thought nothing about it until I tried to use it about an hour later.
I have had it on stock Froyo, with no root. Never have flashed any other ROM besides updates through kies.
Problems and things I've noticed so far:
No puzzle lock screen. Can't find it under "set screen lock". Only None, Pattern, PIN, Password available.
Home button and search button do not function(they light up like they are pressed, but not action occurs in any apps or home screen).
No data. Usually i'd see edge or 3g, but I have no data connection.
Text messages wiped. None available through "Messages"(though call log shows history of messages).
Keyboard was on stock android rather than swype(since changed back to swype).
Holding power button only shows "Power off" option. Before there was at least Airplane mode.
GPS was on(I hardly ever use it).
Location settings seemed to be default("use wireless networks" was unclicked)
Most other settings/app data seems fine.
About phone info:
Model Number: SAMSUNG-SGH-i897
Firmware version: 2.2
Baseband version: I897UCKB1
Kerner version: 2.6.32.9
Build number: FROYO.UCKB1
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Other related things:
Day or two before I received a text message from AT&T to download Kies and use Froyo(Don't remember exact wording, lost the text message, but something to the effect it looked like a mass mailing text to update to Froyo using Kies). I was already on Froyo(flashed as soon as I found out it was available few months back).
I also got a text message about downloading their at&t app to manage my minutes and pay my bill(also already had that app).
My Captivate would randomly freeze/unresponsive a few times, but I didn't think much of it.
Google Music app seemed to randomly start playing the audio file i paused(just in my pocket, or once when i put headphones in to make a call).
Searching the forums, haven't found too much related.
One thread suggested using "home switcher", which I have tried(both Froyo and regular versions, though can't press home button for Froyo version). Neither seems to know what my default Home App is, but it only sees TwLaucher(I only have TouchWiz).
Tried installing an alternative launcher(ADW,LauncherPro), still no home/search button.
I'm without my computer for the weekend, so I can't backup my files and reset to factory just yet.
Anyone have any thoughts to fix this or know what may have went wrong?
I might finally make the jump to a Custom ROM if it'll fix this.
Yes, you should either flash a custom rom or do a factory reset. I will say an event similar to this, also involving text messaging, is what made me make the leap to Assonance, and then Serendipity, and I haven't looked back.
Sent from a state of Serendipity
At the least, try a master reset.
You're not alone....
Two Saturdays ago, I woke up, grabbed my phone to see what time it was and my phone was going haywire. It as blinking, flickering and rebooted on its own a couple of times...without me touching it.
When I DID manage to access the phone after a reboot there was no connection. I couldn't call, send/receive texts, nor could I access most of the features (during one of the haywire moments, the phone popped open my "Gallery" folder and started running a slideshow and then shut down. Again, all without me touching it!) There was a distinct blue circle with a slash where the 3G bars used to be on the top right corner of the phone.
I did a factory reset and didn't help. Wiped everything off the phone, but the device was still going nuts.
I got the phone in mid-December and have absolutely pampered that thing. Never dropped, never scratched, never abused. So I was surprised when I took it into the AT&T replacement center that the lady told me that my battery was wet! Not the phone, but the battery. Those two white-that-turn-pink indicators are so close to each other on the phone that I can't see how one gets wet while the other doesn't.
So they give me a new phone. One thing I noticed right away was that my data usage went WAY UP with the new device. To put it in perspective, I used 100 mb of data in 29 days and 64mb IN ONE DAY with my new phone. I thought it may be a one-time fluke, but it's not. I am only 10 days into my new month and am already at 164mb out of 200mb in my plan. I have NEVER used 164 mb in the 6 months previous, let alone in 10 days.
Fun's not over yet. I noticed a lot of crashes and "Force Closes" with the new phone too. I didn't even have any apps downloaded yet and things were still crashing. Last night I pull my phone out to take a picture and...nope. Screen was all kinds of whacked out and it crashed. And still does now every time I open the camera function. I managed to get in camera mode fast enough to do a reset, but didn't work. The screen is fine otherwise. So looks like I'm back to A&T tomorrow for another round.
I'm glad you posted this, cause the same morning all this happened -- literally, within 10 mins of me waking up -- my computer (brand new - 2 days old) went berserk and shut off and my stereo started flipping channels, turning the volume, treble, bass up and down..BY ITSELF without me touching ANYTHING! It was pretty freaky. I wondered if I was struck by lightning the night before.http://media.xda-developers.com/images/smilies/eek.gif
I was finally able to get back home today and do a factory reset. This (somewhat) solved the problem. Everything is mostly back to normal(home button and search button work on home screen, lock screen is there).
Lost a couple of game saves as I had no method to pull a save file(was doing adb pull on some known file locations).
I did run adb logcat before resetting, and home button and search button seemed to trigger something, just not follow through(Search button did work in a card game as a forward button and home button worked in the kies app to exit, just never as a return to home button in apps).
I'll be looking to root and flash a custom ROM, especially root so I can do a proper backup in case anything like this happens again.
I just want to say thank you posting in q&a and doing research before and after your flashing started. Then searched after your problem. You're a new member of a breed that are few and far between. I will hit your thanks when I get on my computer, app doesn't have it. You will go far here.
Okay, I have been having a serious issue with my D3 lately. One time, my phone just randomly rebooted, and then it would get stuck at the red "Droid Eye" screen, where it would be laggy and such after a while. Eventually the screen would time out in like 2 minutes. After it turned off, I could not get it to turn back on. Basically dead, except I could still get notifications and even a phone call. But I could not act on any of them. it's like the phone's heart is still beating, but I can't turn the screen on. I pull the battery and reboot and it does it again. SOMETIMES if I keep touching the red eye screen I can get to get to the lock screen, but the wallpaper won't load and it's basically frozen. I even tried booting into safe mode and that didn't help. I took it to Verizon, they said they've a couple other people with a similar issue on the forums. They did a factory reset, and that has been the only solution to the issue. I have had it 3 times now, and this time I'm sticking with the Blur launcher and keeping only the essential apps installed. I'm assuming this is a software issue, and I'm currently trying to figure out if it is related to a certain app that was installed. Hoping they will fix this with an update! ANYBODY ELSE HAVING THIS ISSUE? if so, any leads on another fix or what it could be?
sounds like a software issue. a factory reset doesn't do anything other than change the software.
I had a similar issue on my droid 1. it was rooted and when I installed a gingerbread from I forgot who, it got stuck at the eye, kept rebooting, and occasionally, i'd get calls and it still wouldn't work. I look forward to root.
out of curiousity, did you have to take it to the store to factory reset or is there an option for it in the bootloader(I know its locked but I have no idea to what degree)
The first time I took it to the store they did it for me, but yeah there's an option in the bootloader. Just took my back to Verizon cuz this was the 4th time it's done it, they're sending me a new one! It's okay, cuz my nice screen open 'click' sound was gone on the keyboard lol
My Vivid does all sorts of crazy stuff. Sometimes when you flick the screen one way, it will flick 4 screen the other way. Sometimes when you press an icon on the home screen it will select the icon to the right. Some times when returning to the home screen i will get black bars along the sides of the home screen. Is anyone else seeing things like this with their vivd?
It also seems that as soon as you run an app like Pandora the phone slows a lot. No more smooth transition back to home screen.Instead I get a second of the black screen instead of that nice fade back to home. Its like the phone goes stupid as soon as you a running something. Is this phone really not that powerful?
By the way, I returned a phone for this already. This is the second phone running in the same way.
Not so cool.
You seem to be alone. Take that one back too. Inconvenient but you deserve better.
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This is my 3rd phone.... i dont think they will take it back again ..
this is my first android phone from an iphone and to me it seems a little buggy, but my problems are in android and they dont happen often.
i clicked on the messaging app once and it opened my browser
2 apps randomly got deleted when i rebooted
dropbox app was there but the app wasnt, so i had to uninstall it and reinstall it
it froze on my once the second day i got it
this might be normal for android, but its frustrating coming from an iphone. the problems might be user error clicking the wrong thing, but in my book that still falls on android for making a hard os to follow for noobs. maybe now that im learning more of android im able to stop problems or prevent them but your problems sound weird seeing as its your third phone
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this is my first android phone from an iphone and to me it seems a little buggy, but my problems are in android and they dont happen often.
i clicked on the messaging app once and it opened my browser
2 apps randomly got deleted when i rebooted
dropbox app was there but the app wasnt, so i had to uninstall it and reinstall it
it froze on my once the second day i got it
this might be normal for android, but its frustrating coming from an iphone. the problems might be user error clicking the wrong thing, but in my book that still falls on android for making a hard os to follow for noobs. maybe now that im learning more of android im able to stop problems or prevent them but your problems sound weird seeing as its your third phone
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The problems you are having are not very typical either. My main suggestion would be to check your Micro SD Card for the app thing. Sounds like the card is glitching out to me or you got a phone that has a Micro SD Card reader flaw.
Regardless though to the OP sounds like where ever you are getting the phone from got a Bad Batch of phones shipped to them. As for return even if it is your third one if you are still having issues and still withing 30 days keep returning until you get a fully functional phone I would say.
randrewm97 said:
this is my first android phone from an iphone and to me it seems a little buggy, but my problems are in android and they dont happen often.
i clicked on the messaging app once and it opened my browser
2 apps randomly got deleted when i rebooted
dropbox app was there but the app wasnt, so i had to uninstall it and reinstall it
it froze on my once the second day i got it
this might be normal for android, but its frustrating coming from an iphone. the problems might be user error clicking the wrong thing, but in my book that still falls on android for making a hard os to follow for noobs. maybe now that im learning more of android im able to stop problems or prevent them but your problems sound weird seeing as its your third phone
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I experienced a few issue with reboots and jittery transistion the first few days I had the phone, but after that it is smooth sailing. I've been with android since I installed it on my HTC HD2 and was with WINMO before that. I can understand there would be a bit of learning curve coming from iOS. I actually flirted with the idea of getting the iPhone 4s, but settled on HTC Vivid instead, better media managment and couldn't get over the small screen size of the 4s, espcially when my proir phone was the 4.3-inch HTC Inspire.
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92hatchattack said:
My Vivid does all sorts of crazy stuff. Sometimes when you flick the screen one way, it will flick 4 screen the other way. Sometimes when you press an icon on the home screen it will select the icon to the right. Some times when returning to the home screen i will get black bars along the sides of the home screen. Is anyone else seeing things like this with their vivd?
It also seems that as soon as you run an app like Pandora the phone slows a lot. No more smooth transition back to home screen.Instead I get a second of the black screen instead of that nice fade back to home. Its like the phone goes stupid as soon as you a running something. Is this phone really not that powerful?
By the way, I returned a phone for this already. This is the second phone running in the same way.
Not so cool.
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As malickie suggested in his post, there may be a bad batch of phones delivered to stores in your area. I would return it and by it online, as I assume those may be delivered from a central warehouse or distrubtion center.
My phone acts that when when I'm using it with it plugged in to a wall charger. Strange...
i've found that my phone sketches out on me when plugged in to an AC power source. things like random screen activity and button presses because of the power supply. doesn't matter what combo of cords and adapters i use, it still wigs out on me. when it's plugged in to USB it works flawlessly. i noticed i had the same problem with my old iPhone 4 and 4s. same deal as now, works perfectly on USB charge. i think it has to do with some power circuits in older houses because it doesn't happen in some places, and in other places the intensity isn't as bad.
are these issues happening when your device is plugged in?
if not, then it is certainly a device problem because it shouldn't go bonkers at the slightest touch. regardless of how many times it happens, i would keep returning it. if they keep giving you defective equipment, then the onus is upon your cell company to provide you with working equipment. i can personally vouch for the power and functionality of the Raider (here in Canada) so i think you may have gotten the bad luck of being stuck in the middle of a bad batch of stock. try going to a different store and see if one from there makes a difference.
This may sund dumb, but any chance a certain wallpaper would be glitchy? I changed the wallpaper today to a more demanding live walpaper, and opened up every app i could find with pandora streaming and gps navi going and the phone was running very smooth still.
I wonder....... ill report back in a few days to see how it goes.
It's entirely possible you e been using one that has bugs, so if it fixed it then that may be the culprit.
See if the issue repeats without the LWP and go from there
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My Vivid does all sorts of crazy stuff.
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OP, i think i was able to duplicate your problem... I used a cheap micro usb cable last night to charge my vivid, while it was plugged in it started doing crazy stuff, the touch was way off etc... i tried a different cheap micro usb charger and was able to duplicate the problem. I then tried the OEM charger as well as a motorola micro usb charger and had no problems. So i would check the charger you are using..
interesting.. i will be keeping a better eye on when i have problems. Allthough with this new wallpapers once in a while its not super duper smooth going back to homescreen, i have not seen any of these crazier glitches in the past 24 hours...
Yes
See my separate thread on the HTC Sense and Location Service problems.
Patience is wearing thin, and I'm getting ready to return it before the 30 return period expires.
Mine has done it twice while I've been trying to unlock the screen with the power button on top. I press it and nothing, then press again, and again, then the phone would reboot. I also sent the logs to HTC.
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i've found that my phone sketches out on me when plugged in to an AC power source. things like random screen activity and button presses because of the power supply. doesn't matter what combo of cords and adapters i use, it still wigs out on me. when it's plugged in to USB it works flawlessly. i noticed i had the same problem with my old iPhone 4 and 4s. same deal as now, works perfectly on USB charge. i think it has to do with some power circuits in older houses because it doesn't happen in some places, and in other places the intensity isn't as bad.
are these issues happening when your device is plugged in?
if not, then it is certainly a device problem because it shouldn't go bonkers at the slightest touch. regardless of how many times it happens, i would keep returning it. if they keep giving you defective equipment, then the onus is upon your cell company to provide you with working equipment. i can personally vouch for the power and functionality of the Raider (here in Canada) so i think you may have gotten the bad luck of being stuck in the middle of a bad batch of stock. try going to a different store and see if one from there makes a difference.
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OP, i think i was able to duplicate your problem... I used a cheap micro usb cable last night to charge my vivid, while it was plugged in it started doing crazy stuff, the touch was way off etc... i tried a different cheap micro usb charger and was able to duplicate the problem. I then tried the OEM charger as well as a motorola micro usb charger and had no problems. So i would check the charger you are using..
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I've had similar results under different charging circumstances as well.
In two of my cars I have power inverters that plug into the cigarette lighter sockets. With both of my OEM HTC chargers, as well as two different Samsung chargers, the phone goes haywire. Touch is sometimes completely off - if it even registers - and there's noticeable lag. However, the same chargers plugged into any other normal household outlet do not seem to affect the phone at all. What I took particular note of was that how when the engine is running, the phone acts up. But when it's off and the inverter is pulling straight from the battery, all is well.. perhaps the phone does not like running off of alternating current, although the current a car's alternator produces is still rectified into DC. Weird.
Me too
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Mine has done it twice while I've been trying to unlock the screen with the power button on top. I press it and nothing, then press again, and again, then the phone would reboot. I also sent the logs to HTC.
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Man, I thought I was the only one. It's kinda annoying.
My vivid has been screwing up bad all day. I was in the middle of trying to perma-root when it rebooted itself... Loaded up to the ATT beginning message and instantly shot to black screen, buttons didn't work. I pulled out the battery and booted it up again and when it got to the att screen a message came up saying it couldn't load the OS. I pulled the battery and the sim out and let it sit for about 10 mins. Booted it up for the third time and finally it loaded the home page. But now the status bar has been failing and my data drops in and out all the time. I think I might have to install a new OS
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My vivid has been screwing up bad all day. I was in the middle of trying to perma-root when it rebooted itself... Loaded up to the ATT beginning message and instantly shot to black screen, buttons didn't work. I pulled out the battery and booted it up again and when it got to the att screen a message came up saying it couldn't load the OS. I pulled the battery and the sim out and let it sit for about 10 mins. Booted it up for the third time and finally it loaded the home page. But now the status bar has been failing and my data drops in and out all the time. I think I might have to install a new OS
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It's not the phone, it's you. On a serious note, I don't think the bootloader is unlocked yet, so how will you install a "new OS"? /rom
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It's not the phone, it's you. On a serious note, I don't think the bootloader is unlocked yet, so how will you install a "new OS"? /rom
Sent from my HTC Vivid via Tapatalk
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Sorry I didn't know what it was called, I'm extremely green on HTC lol. As far as the phone goes it had a random reboot during the temp root loading and wouldn't turn on.
You should feel glad though cause I was gonna call it iOS at first =p
Dawakat said:
My vivid has been screwing up bad all day. I was in the middle of trying to perma-root when it rebooted itself... Loaded up to the ATT beginning message and instantly shot to black screen, buttons didn't work. I pulled out the battery and booted it up again and when it got to the att screen a message came up saying it couldn't load the OS. I pulled the battery and the sim out and let it sit for about 10 mins. Booted it up for the third time and finally it loaded the home page. But now the status bar has been failing and my data drops in and out all the time. I think I might have to install a new OS
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My first attempts at rooting gave me the same status bar error. Hold off on rooting for a few and restart the phone a couple of times, letting it boot completely and then properly using the restart option in the power menu. Then try again.. it took me seven tries before the status bar errors and glitchiness went away, and it finally rooted.
Hey all. Just grabbed a new 32 gig Edge on Thursday. Everything was working fine up until this morning. As I was scrolling through an article, the Split Screen kept coming up and going away. I thought I hit something so I paid it no mind. As time passed, it started going crazy on its own. I wasn't pressing anything, just unlocking the phone and putting it down on the table.
It was almost like there was a ghost (or remote operator) screwing with me.
I did a factory reset, thinking maybe one of the apps I installed was causing some kind of issue. Still having the same problem.
Anyone else dealing with this on their new phone?
Hi,
I've got the exact same problem with my 32GB Edge. While my kids were playing some Lego Junior game on it (yeah I know, that was the the last time ), it started going haywire. It's like someone's pressing the button for recent apps all the time and sometimes very rapidly.
After a factory reset, logging on with my own Google account resulted in the same behaviour. So I tried another factory reset and tried my wife's Google account while restoring as little as possible. Now things seemed a little better so I tried the same with my Google account. That went fairly well (it now pressed Recent Apps once only when I pressed the Back button myself) but after a little time of fast charging, it went all crazy again.
So maybe it's got something to do with (over)heating? I'll try to leave it off now and see what will happen when it's cooled down.
Did you (or Samsung) happen to solve the problem?
ChrisFM77 said:
Hi,
I've got the exact same problem with my 32GB Edge. While my kids were playing some Lego Junior game on it (yeah I know, that was the the last time ), it started going haywire. It's like someone's pressing the button for recent apps all the time and sometimes very rapidly.
After a factory reset, logging on with my own Google account resulted in the same behaviour. So I tried another factory reset and tried my wife's Google account while restoring as little as possible. Now things seemed a little better so I tried the same with my Google account. That went fairly well (it now pressed Recent Apps once only when I pressed the Back button myself) but after a little time of fast charging, it went all crazy again.
So maybe it's got something to do with (over)heating? I'll try to leave it off now and see what will happen when it's cooled down.
Did you (or Samsung) happen to solve the problem?
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sorry! didn't realize there was a response here. i've yet to find a fix. it'll happen every now and again. i try to reboot it, but sometimes i can't because of it going crazy. once rebooted, it behaves for a little while.
but in terms of the back button giving me recent apps, that happens way too often.
I've had the same problem with the S6 edge 64G. After Samsung advised on a factory reset, to no avail, I spoke with my network provider who suggested a replacement sim. This worked for a few days but then back to the exact same problem as described above. Working along the lines of the sim replacement I noticed this problem occurs more frequently in areas of poorer coverage. I tried the phone in Airplane mode when I noticed the problem was occuring and it stopped straight away. Haven't spoken to my network provider since but now I'm not sure if it's a sim issue or the over heating problem.
Its hardly an effective fix having a phone that you can't make calls on so I might have to settle for the' return to samsung for repair' option.
Hope this helps a little in finding a solution
Does anyone have a fix for this. My phone started doing this whilst on charge, and I have a gorilla case, so the overheating thing made sense until I let it cool down and removed the case and it still happens. The reboot (holding all four buttons down) does not work.
Multi-screen glitch
I am having the same issue on my Galaxy s6. I installed the Multi-Window Toggle app from a developer on this site and now instead of switching in between recent apps and multi-screen, it switches between recent apps and the home screen. It doesn't seem to be related to overheating with my phone. It can be just sitting on the counter and start doing it all on its own. Very disappointed.
I'm having the same problem with my s7 edge 32gb. Haven't found a fix. If ywguys upgrade to an s7 you may find the same issue unfortunately. Its probably a software problem. Hopefully a system upgrade can fix it soon.
Hi, I have a Verizon Galaxy s6 and got the software update late last week. Since then, my split screen has gone crazy. It goes through these cycles of splitting the screen and vibrating. It is unusable when in the cycle. HELP!!!
Hi, I too started having the same issue with Galaxy S6 on ATT. Any fix for this?
I got caught in a monsoon the other day (really heavy rain) I was only in it for maybe a min and a half till I could ride my bike to cover, but unfortunately, I was soaked and so was my phone. I wiped the water off, but I noticed that some may have gone in my headphone jack because everytime I pressed my back button the multi window button would light up and then start flickering and turn off. So I turned my phone off for awhile to let it dry out and now my button is not working at all. it's been 2 days of not working and all the sudden tonight it starts opening up my recently used apps and telling me it's going into split screen mode and glitching like this 20 times or so, every couple of minutes. My S6 has gone downhill the past couple months. 3 weeks ago it stopped charging completely the battery would drain after 2 hours of regular, to minimal use and when I went to go plug it in, it would notice that I would plug a cord into it, but wouldn't charge. It did that on and off for a week. now it charges, but tells me it's over heating every couple hours. Now it's doing this glitch with the button. Kris upfront up either split screen, or recently used apps overt and over again. The button still doesn't work, won't light up, or do anything when I press it. It'll only lights up when the back button is pressed. I just thought my button was broken cause of water damage, but maybe it's a software issue?
I replaced my screen protector. Problem resolved!
Replacing or removing screen protector didn't solved my problem. I have edge 6 32gb and it's clearly not an software issue because I have flashed my phone with different firmware with odin and still the problem occurs again ....
I'm thinking this might be due to screen protector I recently installed. I had the thin one before but since adding the thicker one this has started happening. So much that the phone is almost unusable. If this doesn't work, the phone might be going out the window!
Samsung Galaxy S6 Split Screen & Apps Gone Crazy
I also have the split screen issue with my Samsung Galaxy S6 (not an Edge). I've done everything recommended up to and including a factory reset to no avail. I also removed the screen saver (which was relatively new) and that did nothing.
I also have an issue with the recent apps toggle key, which in the end, may be the real issue. The key only works randomly and lights up even less than that.
Anyone?? Any other ideas? I, personally, have reported this to the BBB and requested an inquiry since this has been a known, major issue since long before I purchased the phone in September 2015. We are in the middle of the inquiry now. Will advise as to the outcome.
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I had the same problem. I thought it was because glass was cracked. Tried replacing the glass, and actually ended up getting an entire new AMOLED/digitizer assembly, installed it, and it has the same problem. So annoying! I can't even send texts because it splits the screen and/or opens recent apps like every 0.5 seconds. The only thing that helps is having one finger continually pressing down on the screen as the app is open, which will let me scroll with my other finger and the app wont go in to split screen. I think it is a software/internal hardware problem. Not Cool, since this is an expensive phone.
EretsimmaI said:
I replaced my screen protector. Problem resolved!
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I took the screen protector off of my wife's s6. It was okay for a few minutes, then it started again. the same thing everyone else is experiencing. 'Can't afford a new device right now. So she has to downgrade to a s5
This fixed mine
Hi guys my sister had the same problem and I tried the toggle app and that didn't work for me but I found this vidio on YouTube on how to disable the multi window button and it worked for her! I'm not allowed to send a link but if you type into YouTube 'disable back and multitask button' it's the first one to come up. hope this works!
My samsung s6 edge has been switching between recently used apps, going into switch screen mode and both power and home buttons haven't been working consistently. If I do a force restart the buttons only work for 10 mins or so. I also did a factory reset and am currently using a replacement phone because the reset did nothing. Some people seem to think this is due to an SD card corruption, I'm not so sure. My screen is also shattered but it had been shatter 6 months prior to this problem occurring so it is not related. If I take the phone in they'd have to repair the screen as well and that will cost too much for me.
Hi, I have had this issue twice and both times I think it was moisture/humidty related. The first time it resolved itself after presumably drying out any condensation. Today I had the same issue and fixed it by blowing a warm hair dryer into the bottom of the phone for a few minutes.