So my Nexus S 4g been mighty stable, til this morning. i check my bank account on my phone then all the sudden, the back button starts blinking like crazy, and everything goes back if i open anything, and the vibrate feedback can be felt like rapid fire. So I hold the button so I can actually power off the phone into recovery.
Its still blinking, so I hold it down so it sends only one signal, so i can change my kernel back from Netarchy 1.3.7 to 1.3.6 where it still does it. Repeat to Mathkids. I also wiped the cache partition, and dalvik cache for this one. havent tried stock yet.
Anyone ever have this problem. Its still doing it. Thinking about going to stock and returning phone.
And if I do return it, do I have to unroot, and relock the bootloader?
tried stock kernel, did a few backups, formatted everything agian, turned back to stock and it hasnt stopped.
did notice tho if my hand or thumb got close to the back button, but didnt touch it, it would stop blinking. maybe it needs a heat sensative calibration? it wont stop flickering no matter what
It seems to be related to this issue: www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=49e8ca84071d51a4&hl=en
Im having exactly the same problem, but with the searh button. In the Google thread a Google employee has replied, and according to him they're working on a fix (software related). This was posted a couple of weeks ago, i bet the fix is issued in 2.3.5, set to rls in the upcoming days.
For me the search button flickering seems to be related to how long the screen has been on, i.e. how warm it is. I can use it perfectly for 20-30min, but then its unusable for the next five. I discovered the relationship between screen on time and the flickering like a day ago and it may be incorrect. The Google employee says it is a software issue, but i dont hold my hopes high.
I was having this problem with the search button.
I goofed up something on the phone and ended up reflashing it back to stock like 5-6 times in the course of a night.
Ever since then, I havent had the issue pop up even once.
I also have read that it has to do with the NFC contacts on the battery cover. Someone was able to supposedly fix this by preventing the contacts from touching their corresponding contacts on the phone.
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Anybody experiencing the "quick search" box coming up at random. I've had this issue since flashing to JH7 (both the unofficial samfirmwares version and 'real' version).
It literally goes crazy, goes to the quick search screen and blinks like 5 times, then stays on the quick search screen, until i press back.
I had this problem with the home button on JF6 and it went away in JH3 but now appears to be back for me in JH7
Ever since I left stock my search screen randomly pops up. I truly can't find a pattern. I used to think I was accidentally hitting it but I've seen the search screen pop up while the phone was just sitting there while plugged into the computer.
I've gone days without it happening and I've seen it happen multiple times within a day. It's very odd and bothersome!
I have the problem as well and I'm not rooted so I think its just a issue with or without root
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I think it's a hardware issue.
First phone I got, has this problem with "home" button, sometimes 10-15 times/minute. Changed after 2 weeks, home button is fine but "search" button coming up at random, and also has random shut down issue (4 shut downs within a hour). Changed again, now this phone is perfect, no shut down anymore, no search button issue.
BTW, all three phones run stock rom, not rooted, update to JH7 yesterday and so far no problem at all.
i'm the OP, and now it happens less than it was before. haven't changed ROMs--been running Cog 2.2 Beta 7, but this has been happening ever since JH7.
i notice it gets super crazy when using the stock browser. what i've done is seriously press it manually very hard when it happens, until it goes to voice search. then do it again and again. thinking maybe the button is stuck down there.
It has started for about 2 weeks now. The phone pops up a message saying for me to save and that if I want to save before I turn off. If I try to turn off the screen, the top button wont react. I have to press twice to get it off, then it comes back on and it gives me the same message. I have to soft reset it to get it working again.
I also did a ROM update and that reset it everything, but then it started doing it again.
It is hardware right?
So this is becoming very annoying this ****e keeps popping up and its draining the ****e of my battery. Anyone has had this problem.
I don't really have a solution for this, but I had the same and also was thinking it's hardware related...
I tried opening up the phone and cleaning it out, first with no noticeable effect (except I broke my speaker wires, be carefull with that if you ever decide to open up your phone), but it seems like something went right, because I only rarely have that problem now ...
One theory I had was that water might have sipped in the button or something, so I'm leaving it out the bathroom when I'm taking showers now.
Anyway, if anyone else has had this problem and did something about it, I'm also very interested to know...
Actually to me, it sounds like some app has gone rogue. Have you installed or modded anything after you flashed the updated ROM? I would suggest if you have anything of importance, that you save/backup that information before performing a hard reset as this will reset everything back to stock for the ROM that you are using. I am using the ROM in my sig/signature and I am not experiencing any of the issues you are describing. It is a custom/cooked ROM so you will need to have HARD-SPL'd your device before you flash. Also, there is a CDMA version on PPCGeeks if you have that type of device.
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My back button is freaking out. It randomly presses and it sucks. I can't do much of anything on my phone because of it. Started happening last night and has lasted all through the day doing the same thing. Open an app and use it for a few seconds then it hammers the back button. (Or long presses it.) Doesn't matter which app, and sometimes no app, just the main screen.
Why is this happening? It had been working great. When I was on 2.3.2 it happened a couple of times and then quit. Now it won't stop. I've cleaned the screen several times. Wash my hands like crazy. Reboot, pulled battery...
happened to me after i restored apps with mybackup. i don't know if it was a specific app or something to do with mybackup. couldnt be bothered finding which app it was, so just factory reset to fix it.
this thread might be related
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=952535
I've seen that thread and tried to tighten screws but none were loose. I hoped to not reset...
The model working at The best buy store here has this issue bad. The back button simple doesn't work unless pressed extremely hard, enough to almost break the phone. The other 3 buttons work just fine though.
My back button is also less sensitive than the other buttons.
I can even use the phone with gloves, only the back button doesn't work.
I found one thread that said to turn off animation. I did but it didn't stop. It did seem to slow it down. Now it seems to have stopped for today.
i had this issue with my home button. it's a hardware issue not caused by any apps you've downloaded. you're going to have to call samsung and have them fix yours unfortunately. they won't send out a new one they require you to send yours in for repair and for them to ship it back out to you =/
my 1st ns had problem with back button with my second ns back button works great
My phone runs perfectly fine until I enable Gps location. Once I enable GPS location, it freezes, then it reboots my phone and it slowly do a system check, then it continuously rebooting the lg logo screen. I tried taking out the battery and put it back in, even took out my battery for a day and it still does the same. I'm not sure if it's the hardware problem, but it's a pretty rare case, since I read most of the threads in forums, people said it can be fix once you pull out the battery, but somehow it's not working for me. Anyone knows the reason why? Btw, my phone is not rooted or used any 3rd party program.
Ah. Posted too soon. There's a master reset that I believe is Power and Volume Up. Try that.
Unfortunately, it's still not working. Is there any other possible way? Or else I have to call in and return it.
Try turning off the phone, then press power + vol down and hold it until you see the word android. This should do the factory reset.
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My phone runs perfectly fine until I enable Gps location. Once I enable GPS location, it freezes, then it reboots my phone and it slowly do a system check, then it continuously rebooting the lg logo screen. I tried taking out the battery and put it back in, even took out my battery for a day and it still does the same. I'm not sure if it's the hardware problem, but it's a pretty rare case, since I read most of the threads in forums, people said it can be fix once you pull out the battery, but somehow it's not working for me. Anyone knows the reason why? Btw, my phone is not rooted or used any 3rd party program.
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It sounds like the permissions are not correct, or perhaps that your ROM was not flashed correctly. I have seem this problem happen numerous times due to bad firmware flashes or ROM issues. I would just download a new copy of the latest CM 7 ROM or whatever your favorite ROM is and flash it through CWM.
Thanks guys for the help. I found out that you have to hold down first then power button for around 30 second and then the droid animation comes out. I was so close to returning it. Thanks!
I am having a really strange issue with my Blaze. I am not sure if it is a hardware problem due to a faulty USB or if it is from the Rom. I put a new jack in a month or so ago. I started using tthaz777 stock ICS 4.0.4 shortly after. A week ago the phone prompted me for an update, I declined it because I didnt want to loose my root. The next day I received another prompt, I accidentally confirmed so I did a battery pull. On reboot I got the expected message the update failed, but everything was working fine with 4.0.4. Next came a Simpsons update, I got the dreaded not enough space error (even though I had plenty). I read to clear the cache to solve this so I did and everything installed fine. About an hour after that my Home button went all screwy. When pressing home from inside an app (or while on a home screen to jump to the main home screen) instead of taking me home I jump to a different screen I have never seen before. It resembles a lock screen, except I don't need to swipe the screen to get by it. Hitting the back button or the X brings me back to the last app I was in. I figured it may have been something from either wiping the cache or stopping the update. I went to recovery and wiped cache and data and reinstalled 4.0.4. Seemed to work, for a few days. I did some app updates and out of the blue it started up again. I reinstalled after a complete wipe and it didn't solve the problem. I noticed sometimes it will do it while charging but go back to normal as soon as I unplug it which has me thinking I have a bad solder joint from the jack install and it is some type of charge screen, but I don't ever remember seeing it before and can't find a matching image on the net. I tried going back to 4.0.2 to see if I could duplicate it but the camera is buggy and it is painfully slow. I guess I'll have to try a KitKat versoin, which I despise to see if I can get it to happen again. Anyone had similar problems?