[SOLVED]Screen On Skips Notifications&Time Screen, goes straight toDraw Your Pattern
I need help. So, I did a nandroid backup, then reset and restored the nandroid backup, just to get rid of the tons of gigabytes of junk that i can never find out where it is that all my Android devices tend to clump up over time without me ever knowing why. (I've searched and searched the entire root and every folder and found absolutely nothing but that's not why I've come with questions today. If you have a quick answer on that too it'd also really help though).
Anyway, after the restore, my phone has started doing this weird thing where, when i turn on the screen, whether it's double tap to wake or on button, it shows a short flash of the notifications and time screen and then skips to the "Draw Your Pattern" screen. It's so annoying. I hate always having to unlock the phone just to see what time it is without having to read in the blink of an eye and wonder "wait did i read that right?". It's also made it really annoying because i used to be able to shut up alarms and reminders from the lock screen but now i have to unlock the phone and annoy other people for that much longer (especially when my phone lags).
Also, I've tried putting lock screen on "swipe to unlock" mode, and it works fine that way. The time and notifications show on the lock screen. But i can't just not have a pattern or etc on my phone.
I'm on rooted oxygen OS 3.5.3 with elemental x Kernel (it solved a bunch of Wi-Fi issues i was having with stock kernel). oh, and after the nandroid restore my phone is encrypted... I don't remember if it was or wasn't before. But just now when i forced restarted it for crashing so long and hard it asked me to "draw my pattern to start android" which it had never done before. Thankfully i knew my pattern unlike the other people searching about it online. Oh, and also, when i restored the nandroid backup, it also forgot my pattern and apparently replaced it with some nonsensical one. Seems to be a common bug with restoring from nandroid on twrp according to searches. Thankfully i also had a fingerprint so i was able to use that and then delete the files with the pattern lock and all that stored in the phone so i could set my pattern again. I honestly don't remember if the lock screen skipped to the draw your pattern screen before i deleted the lock screen files and set a new pattern. It was a long while ago and i was so frustrated at the time for having an unknown pattern that i wasn't thinking about whether i was having this issue or not ?. I don't know if any of this has to do with the problem I'm currently having, but i just thought I'd mention them just in case someone notices a correlation.
Thanks so much everybody!
Turns out at Some point i had accidentally flipped on Gravitybox's Direct Unlock feature which skips straight to the security challenge.
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Just as many others here, I flashed my wing many times (lost count of it) on the first day I got it. So I don't know if this is a bug of the rom or it is like this even for the stock rom 'cause I never have a chance to use it. I am using ASerg's HERALD.ASerg.Lite4.WM61E.WWE rom. I love it so far, so fast and stable. However, when the phone is locked and idle (screen turned off, I don't know the term to describe this stage) and I got an incoming call, the phone interface will show up. Everything normal until the other side hang up and I exit the phone interface. Now the Today's device lock plugin said that my phone is lock, but I still can access the menu and everything. Can someone know how to fix this? I want the phone still unlock after I received a call, otherwise there is no point for the lock. Thanks for any help.
If like me, you lock your Android phone with a PIN (in case it gets lost, and you don't want whoever finds it to have access to... well, pretty much every sensitive piece of information you have) you need to take one precaution before doing the same on a rooted Nook Color running a custom ROM like Phiremod.
If you set a PIN in Phiremod (and I assume, other ROMs, too), you will find, much to your chagrin, that when you lock your device and try to unlock, the keypad for entering your pin is not shown in its entirety on your screen. You will only see a couple of buttons and will most likely be unable to enter your full PIN (and unable, in any case, to click OK when done). So you'll find you've locked yourself out of your nook and have to reflash to get back in (unless there's a hack I'm unaware of).
So before you go doing something dumb like this, be sure to go into "Spare Parts" and disable "Compatibility Mode." Once you do this, the unlock PIN keypad will show up full screen in its entirety and you'll be "good to go."
Or you could reboot and it will be fine.
That happened to me and I thought I was in trouble, but I turned it off and back on and it was fine.
danbutter said:
Or you could reboot and it will be fine.
That happened to me and I thought I was in trouble, but I turned it off and back on and it was fine.
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Are you saying that when you rebooted, the OS auto-adjusted? That would have been nice to know.
Same thing happened to me with Pattern Lock. Luckily my pattern was only using the top circles.
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
We have a rooted Galaxy S4 Active and its been having some strange issues that I can't figure out.
The phone was recently ( a few weeks ago) wiped completely and flashed to NE3 via odin, then updated following the how-to to OC7.
Everything was fine for a while, and outside of a few default apps on the phone getting updates, no extra software has been installed. But within the last few days, the phone has been freezing/lagging on the lock screen. Its set up to use a pattern lock. If you fail the pattern, the phone sometimes will hang for a really long time before clearing the pattern and allowing you to reenter it. Even after entering the right pattern, the phone still hangs for a bit before actually unlocking. But after this period of time is over, the phone behaves fine, even on the lock screen. It feels like the phone is getting hung up on some process for a time, and then after it recovers everything runs fine. This doesn't seem to happen unless the lock screen is up, however, so seems suspect.
Anyway any ideas?
Hello, check the reply on my post http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-active/help/root-active-s4-i537ucucoc6-t3240300
I'm not sure that helps? The phone is already rooted and running OC7.
The problem is that some of the system settings menus and the lock screen tend to lag a good bit. Sometimes if you enter the wrong pattern in the lock, it will just stay frozen for some time before you can attempt again, other times if you are in the settings menu it will lag between setting screens.
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I'm not sure that helps? The phone is already rooted and running OC7.
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First try clearing cache and dalvik, this can be done with flashfire or in stock recovery. If that doesn't help, try flashing Galaxy Mod and see if that improves anything. Finally, are you on stock OC7, or deodexed OC7? Maybe you ought to try the other