I recently had a problem with my s6 edge where the screen would randomly lock up and give me a black screen with a small x but it was unresponsive. Even if I powered it down via the power button and volume down key it would boot back into that black screen
Here is a video I found that someone else uploaded with the same problem.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtdahXCetu4
Now I am no expert but after some research I found the problem to be that the phone thinks it is in VR mode and basically locks the user out of using the screen. The reason it thinks it is in VR mode is because that metal tab piece inside the charger port was touching the bottom of the phone causing it to lock itself in VR mode which is why the phone will often freeze up when charger or won't charge when in this frozen state.
I found a fix, which may only be temporary but I thought I would share since I could not find a tutorial anywhere else.
To Unfreeze:
1. VERY VERY gently use something small like tweezers or a tiny flat screwdriver to lift the metal piece inside the charger up just a little. The image below is the metal piece that should be lifted incase there is confusion, I drew a small red marker around it.
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Guide to Fix from happening again
1. I used Titanium Backup to freeze all the Gear VR programs but then the problem occurred again, except this time the screen just froze as my wallpaper instead of the black screen so you also need step 2
2. I then used a DisableService application and under system tab, I disabled all four items on "Gear VR Services"
I haven't had the problem since I disabled the gear vr services so hopefully it will fix it permanently
Unconfirmed fix
0. If you can get your hands on a VR headset you can attempt plugging it in and unplugging it to reset , but I do not have one so unknown if it would work.
If anyone more knowledge has any information or better fixes feel free to share incase I'm completely wrong here :laugh:
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Hi Guys,
This issue has been really p*****g me off over the last two days... so, would reapply appreciate any help on this...
Yesterday or day before, I was just scrolling through the menus of the phone and decided to do a horizontal calibration (i've never done this since the getting the phone about two months back).
Settings > Display > Horizontal Calibration
And ever since I did the calibration, the screen has been really screwing up with me. Basically, what happens is that, a certain area of the screen gets automatically clicked!! This happens to a specific area of the screen. For example, when I get to the home screen from the app drawer, the widget that I normally have in this area gets clicked on for no apparent reason, and then I have to hit the back key to get back to the home screen. This happens about 5 times and then seems to go away for a while. However, it happens all over again when I use the phone after a little while.
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In the attached screen capture of my home screen, I have highlighted the area of the screen where this happens in red. This happens not only from the home screen, but from within any open app as well.... For example, when I view the "my apps" section in the Android Market app, the app that happens to be listed in the above area get automatically selected!!!
I have re-calibrated the screen, re-started the phone and the only thing I've left to do is a hard reset. I'm not too keen on doing this as I don't fancy having to re-install 70+ apps all over again!!
Have any of you guys encountered anything like this ?
Would really really appreciate any help on this as this is really flipping me over!!
Thanks in advance,
Cheers,
anyone......?
cmon, am I da first one on XDA to experience this issue?
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[Q] Auto Clicking - Sorted
ah! no replied at all!!!
neways, finally got this sorted by having the screen replaced!! luckily the phone is still under warranty... otherwise it would hav cost me around 250$ to get it done apparently (according to the service center guy who did it)!!
tried hard resetting, data+cache wipe and even flashed with a different ROM (darky's).... but nothing worked.... so, finally took it to the service center... luckily those people didn't notice that the phone has been rooted and all that plus, got a gud rappo with one of the technicians over there, so got it back the next day as well....
cheers.....
IHello, I had bought this smart watch about 3 months ago.
I work perfectly but now i have problem.
When the watch change to ambient mode the screen very dark and it has red colour in background.
if the background is white, it will change to red.
How to fix it, plz help me cos it has no guarantee in my country.
plz, plz and plz.
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It is normal when wake up.
nobody ? ??
increase your brightness ?
it is not solve problem when i increase brightness.
it has red colour background, i can set many colours but can not set white colour. Maybe the back-lit change from white to red.
Are you using a custom face? if so, change to one of the built-in watch faces from LG, or just try a few different watch faces in general and see what happens.
I'm not sure (because I don't know what watchface you're using) but it definitely looks like your screen is defective.
Now, the screen is death
I have nearly the same problem. It's been this way for about three months. I did a factory reset three times. The screen looks fine in normal mode, but when it dims, it flashes the dimmed color for half a second, then dims dark to red. Mine appears darker. I can't see it in the daylight at all.
mine just started the same thing :/ do i need a new smartwatch ALREADY?
kay so its gotten much worse, it seems to be caused by not enough power tothe screen, it seems to get worse when it attempts white
Hi,
Can we have more informations please ??
like : did you used Stock Watchfaces, if not which one before the problem etc...
just got it back from LG, the note says:
replacement case
replacement ic/pa/filter
does anyone know what that means?
How do we get service on this watch? I can't take it back to the original store because it was in another state and I'm tired of living with it this way. Thanks
call LG in your state and winge.. it worked for me
btw my watch JUST started bugging out again https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AeJ6c65lOo
Hey everyone, I've got an issue I've been trying to get figured out with no luck & I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction. As it says in the title I'm on the Note 5 32GB from t-mobile, it's running 6.0.1, and is rooted with TWRP recovery. Now on to the issue.
Yesterday I rebooted my device, and when it came back up the home screen shrunk. What I mean is the icon/folder area and the screen indicator dots are smaller causing a significant dead space area between the dots and my bottom bar. I have included two photos, one untouched and one with yellow highlighting illustrating the area I am talking about.
In an attempt to remedy this, so far I have done the following:
Checked that one handed operation is disabled (it is)
Checked and changed screen fonts & font size
Changed the home screen grid options
I've even went as far as doing a system reset in twrp erasing everything and starting over
With that I have been unsuccessful in getting this fixed. I am hoping someone can help. In my research the only information I have found to this point talks about the settings I listed above as attempts, and I haven't seen this problem come up at this point, so please don't blast me if I've missed it, and you know where I should look, I am more than happy to read any information provided.
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I've shared the photos with an image tag from my onedrive account, if they aren't working please alert me and I'll try to find another way to share them.
Not working. Curious though. How is the rest of the system? Setting and whatnot set to normal? Did you flash a ROM?
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Everything is default accept my theme, which changing it didn't affect it either. It's a stock rom and systemless root with TWRP recovery. I was thinking I screwed up a setting also which is why I tried to do a reset.
Hey Guys, this one is a doozie. My fire 7 screen has mirrored itself. The touch panel is regestering the correct locations and a screenshot sent to the computer looks fine, but the screen is mirrored on the tablet (as in it reads correctly when held to a mirror. This is not the RTL layout in the developers options. Even the Amazon logo during startup is mirrored. It happened randomly when I turned on my tablet from sleep mode, and it hasn't been the same since. Also, no, this is not a rotation error as not matter what the screen is rotated to, it is displayed wrong.
I have restored to stock and installed TWRP and a custom rom to see if any of those would fix the issue to no avail. I also took the tablet apart, inspected the logic board, ad disconnected/reconnected all internal connections, but that didn't make a difference either.
Is there any way to fix this? Amazon won't fix it without me paying, but a new Fire is cheaper than a repair (although the new ones are locked down). It seems to be a kernal/boot/weird bit that got flipped somewhere, but I haven't been able to track it down.
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JM0535 said:
Hey Guys, this one is a doozie. My fire 7 screen has mirrored itself. The touch panel is regestering the correct locations and a screenshot sent to the computer looks fine, but the screen is mirrored on the tablet (as in it reads correctly when held to a mirror. This is not the RTL layout in the developers options. Even the Amazon logo during startup is mirrored. It happened randomly when I turned on my tablet from sleep mode, and it hasn't been the same since. Also, no, this is not a rotation error as not matter what the screen is rotated to, it is displayed wrong.
I have restored to stock and installed TWRP and a custom rom to see if any of those would fix the issue to no avail. I also took the tablet apart, inspected the logic board, ad disconnected/reconnected all internal connections, but that didn't make a difference either.
Is there any way to fix this? Amazon won't fix it without me paying, but a new Fire is cheaper than a repair (although the new ones are locked down). It seems to be a kernal/boot/weird bit that got flipped somewhere, but I haven't been able to track it down.
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Sure you have the right forum (5th gen Fire)? I assume device has the 5.0.x bootloader as you referenced TWRP which can be booted but not installed. You could try reflashing the bootloader from this thread. Beyond that there may be a hardware or low level firmware glitch that can not be repaired.
Hello,
I've successfully managed to install OnePlus3T_28_A.86_191104_repack through MsmDownloadTool V4.0.71 where the Status of Communication is "Download Complete".
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After this, when the phone boots, the OnePlus logo shows up for a little while – and after that, a black screen. I can only access fastboot – and that's about it. The phone is locked, etcetera, so I can't flash via adb/fastboot. When I try to access recovery mode through the fastboot menu, the screen becomes black too.
Worth mentioning I've also successfully installed through an older version of MSM before this. But same results. The version is the following OnePlus3T_28_A.23_161027 and the MsmDownloadTool V3.0.6.
What are the alternatives? Is it good game? If someone could pinpoint me what to do next would be glorious. The hard-brick guides seem to always point to the MSM way of things.
Thanks in advance!
Alright so I've been digging a bit deeper.
Stumbled upon a bunch of different YouTube videos that had similar solutions.
Most of them were squeezing, tapping and doing different motions onto the phone. Like pressing down the screen at different angles with some pressure, etc. Also from the back, the buttons to loosen them, etc. I'm sure I've missed some of the methods mentioned in the video.
However, the squeezing on the screen and the back actually made the phone go past the black OnePlus logo into the boot animation -- and I thought that was it. Apparently, it hung up half-way through.
The last method they mentioned was to put the phone in the freezer in a zipper bag and TRUTHFULLY it worked after being in there for 10 minutes. The phone booted up, went through the installation setup and it worked for a while... until it didn't.
Apparently, my battery does not charge and it's stuck at 0% all the time. Seems a bit suspect. Will dig further into it.