flickering backlight - Touch Pro, Fuze General

on the bottom of the screen right where the slider is in manilla it appears the backlight has begun to flicker but this only started recently and doesnt happen very often
should i be worried?

lbhocky19 said:
on the bottom of the screen right where the slider is in manilla it appears the backlight has begun to flicker but this only started recently and doesnt happen very often
should i be worried?
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Haven't heard of a software issue that would cause this.
Sounds like a hardware failure.

I'm having the same exact issue! it doesnt happen often and its very slight but the left and ride sides of the manila icons will flicker..what rom are you running and any mods to it? i'm using the nrgz warhawk..the newest one..with tf3d2.1 and the panaromic background..

also warhawk but also happened on the previous build i cant remember if it ever happened before that though

Just to rule it out, do you ever flash back to stock before you flash a custom ROM?
Sometimes continuous flashes can corrupt your memory but when you flash back to stock its sets it right again.

no sir, but i'm now going to give it a shot..is the stock fuze rom easily available on here that you know of? (i'm about to start searching but jw)

Mine does the same thing, only across the bottom, some days it is worse other days it is just slightly. Did it on the original rom and on the updated one from HTC. I am not too worried about it now.

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LCD Screen Defect or Software/Driver Problem?

Hey guys,
I am going crazy here, searching forums did not help me at all.
The lower section of the screen keeps flicking, and not always, what do i mean by flicking, its like the screen at the lower section keeps doing like a strange low refresh rate, and has an old imprint of some old menus. Happens especially when there is the color of gray.
Made a screenshot of the phone, no problems, there, so its not a software rendering problem, might be a drivers problem though, or a defec tin the screen itself.
Frequency is high but not always, and am unable to determine when does that happen exactly. going crazy here, is this a defect? or all touch pro's have this?
Exact explanation summary:
1CM from the bottom of the LCD sometimes flickers as if that 1CM is having an extremely low refresh rate. Mostly happens when there is light gray, but not necessarily, and a soft reset for the phone does not remove it. It happens on random!
Hey,
Yeah it happens to me too! You don't need to do a soft reset, it actually fades away if you watch it closely! I don't know what it is either, and yes it is random as you have stated! I initially thought it was an application I installed as it only started happening after that, so I did a full hard reset and its still happening! Not sure what or how, but hoping next firmware version stops it!
Cheers,
mpls-te
As it happens, that's exactly why I've logged on here today! Any ideas whta the cause might be?
OK, good to see that others have this, so am not alone here, experts here, any ideas? other touch pro users, can you please leave your statements?
I hope its a driver issue.
But from what i noticed, its like, the screen is OFF, as in blank and no back light, but somehow, the application working on the screen before you turned off the device is somehow printing something on the LCD, something that we don't see, and when we actually start the phone and its back light, that OFF LINE imprint pops on screen. Something like that.
Its completely illogical, but dunno, can't find any sense here and am going crazy
Same thing happened to me and a few others as well.
See my thread here.
What rom is everyone using?
I've noticed a similar issue with mine, except rather than something software it seems like it's the backlight for the bottom 1cm of the screen flickering slightly. I don't see any weird pixels or inappropriate screen information, just a dimming/high speed flickering of the backlight in that same regionas yours. It comes and goes. Sometimes weeks without it, then maybe 3 times in a day for a minute or two at a time. Everything else works fine and whatever screen I go to displays fine.
I'm assuming it's a hardware problem with the LED(s) that light up the bottom portion of the screen, and I'm going to use it as an excuse to get a warranty replacement somewhere near the end of the warranty when the phone's getting a little old and worn.
maxh said:
I've noticed a similar issue with mine, except rather than something software it seems like it's the backlight for the bottom 1cm of the screen flickering slightly. I don't see any weird pixels or inappropriate screen information, just a dimming/high speed flickering of the backlight in that same regionas yours. It comes and goes. Sometimes weeks without it, then maybe 3 times in a day for a minute or two at a time. Everything else works fine and whatever screen I go to displays fine.
I'm assuming it's a hardware problem with the LED(s) that light up the bottom portion of the screen, and I'm going to use it as an excuse to get a warranty replacement somewhere near the end of the warranty when the phone's getting a little old and worn.
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Lool, evil, lets just hope that this problem DOES occur when you go to their shop for your replacement
Good idea though, might do the same thing except that i have to travel abroad to where i got the phone from to actually get the warranty working. Don't forget to re-enable stock SPL and stock ROM
It happens frequently enough I'll be able to get it on video just in case they need proof, but typically they just exchange by mail.
I just posted in another thread about this issue. I have run into the same thing a few times. The bottom portion of the screen flickers, and when i do things that have a dark gray or black screen I can see a ghost image of the left and right soft keys from my TFL3D home screen. It seems to be most noticeable when the screen brightness is set to max. To get it to go away I usually do a few soft resets, and then, if needed, i will turn off the phone and take the battery out for a while. I have never tried waiting it out to see if it will just go away on its own.
proj3ktpat said:
I just posted in another thread about this issue. I have run into the same thing a few times. The bottom portion of the screen flickers, and when i do things that have a dark gray or black screen I can see a ghost image of the left and right soft keys from my TFL3D home screen. It seems to be most noticeable when the screen brightness is set to max. To get it to go away I usually do a few soft resets, and then, if needed, i will turn off the phone and take the battery out for a while. I have never tried waiting it out to see if it will just go away on its own.
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I see that everyone posting in this thread,that has their signature filled in, is using the Energy ROM. I find that very interesting.
i am having the same problems, sometimes touchflo3d will flicker at the bottom, near the edges. I also get text that can be read through other screens. Like on pocketshield i can see the left and right softkey words still at the bottom. its so odd !
P.S im on energyrom
I'm on NATF v2.2, not an energy rom. But then again, mine looks more like a hardware issue, as I've never seen any ghost images of text or softkeys, just flickering.
can somebody post screens?
maybe the same problem here...
hardreset, other roms > problem still there:-(
Same problem here and I am using stock rom!
here are 3 screens of my xda diamond pro, using latest official o2 rom and newest romeOS eng
hope you can see this prob?! same like yours?
climber1872000 said:
I see that everyone posting in this thread,that has their signature filled in, is using the Energy ROM. I find that very interesting.
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Well, i doubt EnergyROM has anything to do with that problem, since my Stock ROMz had same problem, never got fixed with any updates HTC used to release. MAYBE some Cooked ROMs out there have this solved, if any, please let us know And my problem is nothing close to screenshots above :S
mj084 said:
here are 3 screens of my xda diamond pro, using latest official o2 rom and newest romeOS eng
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hope you can see this prob?! same like yours?
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Dude, those photos are awful, after seeing them am happy with my phone flickering, its nothing close to this.
You see, in your photos, all three of em, you some kind of shadow effect, where text of a button for example has that same text beneath it 3x6mm, that is not my case at all.
My case is as follows, IF i am on the home screen for example all looks ok, except that the bottom 1CM of the screen is flickering. If i go to another window, either a total black one or any other screen, i would still see a ghost of the old home screen, for example, and only at the bottom 1CM.
Will post photos once i get my cam back. Cheers
similar issue
my issue is kinda similar, instead of getting the bottom 1cm or so discoloration or stuck pixels, I get streaks of red or blue on my screen. I have had this happen on each version of NATF I have tried, but don't remember it happening on the stock version (which I am tempted to try again to see if that's the issue).
Could this be a driver issue?
mind is even worse than all you guys, the touch screnn dose not response, and i have the energy rom on it, before it goes wrong. it just suddenly dose not response, than i send it to HTC, they ask for 425.00 for fix.... I will just send this to Asia and get some one to fix it.
But I hope before i send it out, some one can help me here.... anyway can fix it easy!!!!
Hi all, i have the same problem, here's another topic about it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=447891&page=2

Is my slider broken?

Hey i have european TP with Mystic 6.5 rom.
Just on the other day i slide my phone open and it does'nt goes to widescreen i can still type with it but it does'nt go to white screen... the only program i installed was hdWobble can that caused the problem or can it be a hardware problem?
no one? i really need help
had you just flashed the rom? even tho i've never heard of that happening, it might be some odd error due to that.
if not, open it up and check the contacts between the slits in the back and whatnot. maybe something to stuck in there.
if still no good, i'll bet your slider is broken. i've never heard of software issues causing that.

About the screen (bottom part)

Okay so I've had the HTC Fuze for 3-4 days now and 1 thing that i noticed is in the screen, by the bottom (where the touchflo is) the screen is like "blinking".
It's hard to explain, but if you get closer to the screen you see like its moving and shaking but when you look at any other spot its not.
Is this normal or my device could have a problem?
Oh and sometimes when i use the keyboard and the screen rotates, the "right side" which is the bottom (keeps blinking) sometimes has the letters of the menu before i rotated the phone, so it has like letters with opacity there as if OVER the screen.
Any of you have this problem? Or is it just me?
What can I do? My device is still in warranty but its a really small problem, it just bothers me the screen like that.
Thank you.
PS. Ill post a video if you want to see more clearly.
not normal
I agree this is not normal. Reflash your ROM.
xlinkx said:
I agree this is not normal. Reflash your ROM.
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I've never done this before. But i wanted to take all the A&T stuff of my phone and make it faster. What ROM would you recommend me?
There's other threads about this on these boards. It's a hardware issue with the Fuze, and yes, it is normal. I've gone through 4 Fuze's, all of them were sent back on warranty, because of this exact problem. I just seen a thread not too long ago about it and someone mentioned that it was a hardware problem but I really don't remember his/her explanation of it.
PryorDaniel said:
There's other threads about this on these boards. It's a hardware issue with the Fuze, and yes, it is normal. I've gone through 4 Fuze's, all of them were sent back on warranty, because of this exact problem. I just seen a thread not too long ago about it and someone mentioned that it was a hardware problem but I really don't remember his/her explanation of it.
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Oh so should I send mines back or just keep it?
It doesn't bother me at all, i mean, i could live with it, but sometimes i think it would be better if it didnt do that.
It just happens when my device is hot. I mean, when you use WIFI the phone gets warmer and thats when the screen starts doing that, when i turn it off and let it rest it works fine again, and sometimes when i put it in standby mode and then back to normal it comes with the blinking thing and sometimes not.
Like I said, I've gone through 4 and still have the problem. My advice, either switch the TF3D look so it's not as noticable in portrait or just switch a totally new ROM with a new TF3D look. It's still going to happen but you'll notice it less. Even on this new Fuze it's still happening. I'm using EnergyROM Mercury right now, and while I still have the problem, it's nowhere near as obvious as before.
Another thing I've noticed that seems to help a bit from time to time is to turn off the screen and plug the charger in. Weird, but it fixes it sometimes. As you also noticed, it only happens when the device is hot. A prime time for it to happen is when you hang up a call.
PryorDaniel said:
Like I said, I've gone through 4 and still have the problem. My advice, either switch the TF3D look so it's not as noticable in portrait or just switch a totally new ROM with a new TF3D look. It's still going to happen but you'll notice it less. Even on this new Fuze it's still happening. I'm using EnergyROM Mercury right now, and while I still have the problem, it's nowhere near as obvious as before.
Another thing I've noticed that seems to help a bit from time to time is to turn off the screen and plug the charger in. Weird, but it fixes it sometimes. As you also noticed, it only happens when the device is hot. A prime time for it to happen is when you hang up a call.
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Thanks a lot for this information!!
Ill just keep my device and live with it.
I'm flashing to a new room soon, ill see which one i'd like.
Thanks again.

annoying screen refresh problem

see screenshots below. it seems that between 24 and 48 hours of uptime the top right corner of the screen freezes and fails to refresh along with the rest of the screen. in the screenshots is a piece of the htc website when i rotated the screen to landscape then back to portrait to make the problem more visible. so far the only way ive been able to fix it was a soft reset. this has happend to me on every 6.1 rom available and now on stock for the 2nd time so far that ive experienced this. any other fix?
eric12341 said:
see screenshots below. it seems that between 24 and 48 hours of uptime the top right corner of the screen freezes and fails to refresh along with the rest of the screen. in the screenshots is a piece of the htc website when i rotated the screen to landscape then back to portrait to make the problem more visible. so far the only way ive been able to fix it was a soft reset. this has happend to me on every 6.1 rom available and now on stock for the 2nd time so far that ive experienced this. any other fix?
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Is it still under warranty? See if you can get a brand new phone out of it. I have no idea, though. If it's spanning multiple ROMs, then it is likely to be a problem with the LCD refreshing (or not refreshing).
cajunflavoredbob said:
Is it still under warranty? See if you can get a brand new phone out of it. I have no idea, though. If it's spanning multiple ROMs, then it is likely to be a problem with the LCD refreshing (or not refreshing).
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its under TEP with sprint, its not doing it on any 6.5 ROMs and a soft reset fixes it. its just annoying having to do that because it interferes with my uptime
eric12341 said:
its under TEP with sprint, its not doing it on any 6.5 ROMs and a soft reset fixes it. its just annoying having to do that because it interferes with my uptime
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If it's under the warranty, I would still suggest seeing if you can get it to happen on the stock ROM and then calling for a replacement. The only thing I can think of is to do a task29 and then flash a different ROM to see if it still happens. The conditions you're describing are baffling. It's happening on 6.1 ROMs only after one to two days, and a soft reset fixes it. The task29 suggestion is the best I can come up with here.
im trying a different theme right now. it would happen with the sprint theme on. now i switched to the windows default theme. ill be back in here tuesday to see if it happens again
didnt happen when i was on the windows mobile 6.1 default theme, seems to be linked to the sprint one, but it looks so simple and sharp

Light/proximity sensor not working

Hi,
I've tried out some custom roms over the last few weeks and i noticed some days ago that my screen won't turn off when answering a call and holding it at my ear.
First i thought it was a miui bug, but same thing on different sense roms...
Then i noticed that automatic brightness is not working as well...
Sounds like a hardware bug, but my device didn't fall down or anything like that.
Could there be a solution to fix this?
Thanks!
bail.de said:
Hi,
I've tried out some custom roms over the last few weeks and i noticed some days ago that my screen won't turn off when answering a call and holding it at my ear.
First i thought it was a miui bug, but same thing on different sense roms...
Then i noticed that automatic brightness is not working as well...
Sounds like a hardware bug, but my device didn't fall down or anything like that.
Could there be a solution to fix this?
Thanks!
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Do you have a screen protector on? if yes, then it could be covering the sensor (which is on the left hand side of phone in line with the LED), I suggest that you cut a small hole in it, this helps....as I've read before.
thanks, but i don't have a screen protector...
could it be related with the new radio i flashed? (20.44.30.0821U_3821.08.00.24_M)
i don't know exactly, but the problem problably occured since i flashed radio.
tried different kernels and roms, so radio is the only solution left?
reflash? downgrade?
Got simmilar issue. Was trying different things to solve it. At end just sent in to HTC. Sensor was buggy and got replaced.
Just take it to HTC.
i sent it to htc yesterday, thanks.
hope they don't mind that i rooted and stuff, i flashed stock and put my device s-on again, so maybe they won't find out

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