I got my charge as a replacement for my fascinate like many others. befor i do anything i wanted to give the phone a few days on stock to make sure everything works fine. So far the only thing i noticed was sometimes it lags when i hit the power button to turn the screen on. Sometimes it flashes a static filled screen for a split sec before home screen loads. also some times it takes a sec for my screen to come back on after i lower the phone from my face so i can hang up. Is this just a little minor known issue others are having or is there something wrong with my phone possibly? Phone is all stock, fully bloated and the only apps ive installed are xbox live stats and google googles (coolest app ever). I doesnt do it all the time but it happens frequently enough to notice it. I can normally recreate it if i hit power button to turn screen off and let it sit a few mins then hit the button again to turn it back on.
When running completely stock, I experienced the same 2-3 second delay. Now that I am on EE4 with a custom kernel, the delay is closer to 1 second.
NotATreoFan said:
When running completely stock, I experienced the same 2-3 second delay. Now that I am on EE4 with a custom kernel, the delay is closer to 1 second.
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did you ever see black/white lines or static? I only ask because if its a common thing that most have exp then its really no big deal. ill root and flash to help fix the lag. But if its not then i would like to get it fix asap. Other then that i havent seen any other issues yet.
I see the lines and"static" on mine when the screen comes on. Not every time though.
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Undzis said:
did you ever see black/white lines or static? I only ask because if its a common thing that most have exp then its really no big deal. ill root and flash to help fix the lag. But if its not then i would like to get it fix asap. Other then that i havent seen any other issues yet.
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I have seen it on occasion. It's much less noticable on a custom kernel and ROM.
Undzis said:
did you ever see black/white lines or static? I only ask because if its a common thing that most have exp then its really no big deal. ill root and flash to help fix the lag. But if its not then i would like to get it fix asap. Other then that i havent seen any other issues yet.
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I have that on mine too.
(Out of the box EE4 stock)
Thanks for posting everybody. It seams like its a common issue then. I just wanted to make sure it wasn't just mine or that i needed to return it due to some kinda of defect. Nice to know a custom kernel will fix it for the most part. Thanks again guys. This phone is so much nicer then the fascinate
I set a lock pattern on my phone, and I haven't seen the screen flicker once since. I'll switch back to the puzzle lock and see if it comes back....standby.
*update* switched back and still no flicker. Maybe that's the ticket.
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I have it on two replacement phones I got through amazon . White lines for a split second . I got it replaced through verizon because both of the others had a dead glowing red pixel after about a week. The one I got from verizon works great I would get it replaced asap before u get the glowing red dot of doom
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Ok so i picked up my new skyrocket 2 days ago and I put CWM on it, made a back up and installed the ICS flavor ROM from the development forum. Everything went fine, and i didnt use the phone much yesterday, but today i noticed that i am having annoying touchscreen problems. It basically makes Swype unusable. I have restored back to stock and it was still doing it. I have reinstalled the ICS rom, double flashing it, and it still does it. Is anybody else having issues like this? Its noticable on lists. This video is just an example but it does it in the market, on web pages, etc..
http://youtu.be/x__jdlGXyjk
I have never had these problems. Maybe take it back and exchange it.
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Update:
I used odin and i reset everything to stock with no CWM and no Root and the issue has stopped as far as i can tell. Maybe i just had a bad download. Ill redownload it again and flash it tonight and see if it persists.
Ok so ive been using stock and it started again. I used an app called Touch Test to see what the screen is seeing. It is a really intermittent issue. There is a "ghost touch" that is happening. near the top of the screen and at the bottom of the screen. A touch in the middle causes it to jump to the top and then back to the bottom causing touches to jump all over the place. It is very intermittent. I didnt buy the phone from ATT so there could be 2 reasons for the this.
A) It was sold to me like this
B) The people at ghost armor put to much liquid on my phone when applying the screen protector and messed up my phone.
I didnt notice any issues before i got it ghost armored, but i only had the phone 2 days before i got it wrapped.
Any ideas on how to recalibrate the screen or any other options i may have?
Found the culprit... Kind of embarrassed it took me this long. Ended up being the wall charger. Its a cheap knock off but it had the same input and output. I was sitting at my desk on the touch test app seeing it spaz out and unplugged it to show my friend what was happening and it stopped. Used the same cable to plug into the pc and no problem. Well that is a relief.
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Found the culprit... Kind of embarrassed it took me this long. Ended up being the wall charger. Its a cheap knock off but it had the same input and output. I was sitting at my desk on the touch test app seeing it spaz out and unplugged it to show my friend what was happening and it stopped. Used the same cable to plug into the pc and no problem. Well that is a relief.
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Wow, thanks a lot for this info man! You really saved my life.
I also got a new charger and started experiencing these weird jitters. If it wasn't for this post I would never have figure it out.
My new charger was an Original one from Samsung, but it was obviously made for a different model as the output voltage and current were higher = caused jitters.
I then went back to using my old charger which came with the phone and the issue is gone.
Using Samsung Galaxy S5 NEO (SM-G903F).
Thanks again!!!
I rarely start a thread and i typically search first and i did that already but couldn't find an answer or someone else with the issue...
So my problem is simple but annoying... When i snap a picture with the stock camera app and flash turned on, randomly my phone shuts off and will NOT turn on again until i do a battery pull... I say randomly because it doesn't always happen... But it happens quite often...
I haven't tried with a 3rd party camera app because I prefer to use stock apps mostly... So I'm not sure if its app related or hardware related... I'm leaning towards hardware because I've had this issue since running 4.1.2 ROMs and I've tried multiple stock/modified camera apps to no avail... Currently on 4.2.1 ROM with of course the 4.2 camera...
Torch toggle works fine, as well as turning on the flash while recording video... This ONLY happens when the flash comes on for taking a photo... And again it only happens randomly...
Anyone else experience this or know how to fix it?
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I rarely start a thread and i typically search first and i did that already but couldn't find an answer or someone else with the issue...
So my problem is simple but annoying... When i snap a picture with the stock camera app and flash turned on, randomly my phone shuts off and will NOT turn on again until i do a battery pull... I say randomly because it doesn't always happen... But it happens quite often...
I haven't tried with a 3rd party camera app because I prefer to use stock apps mostly... So I'm not sure if its app related or hardware related... I'm leaning towards hardware because I've had this issue since running 4.1.2 ROMs and I've tried multiple stock/modified camera apps to no avail... Currently on 4.2.1 ROM with of course the 4.2 camera...
Torch toggle works fine, as well as turning on the flash while recording video... This ONLY happens when the flash comes on for taking a photo... And again it only happens randomly...
Anyone else experience this or know how to fix it?
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The first thing I would do is flash factory Google. This will rule out it being a ROM issue. If the problem is so there then yes it is a hardware issue.
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Great suggestion... I'll try that when i have a computer to back everything up and make sure i can root again!!
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I've seen that happen with a bad battery once. Would occur more often at low charge percentage too, but was relatively fine at 100%. Took a while to figure out what the heck was going on
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I've seen that happen with a bad battery once. Would occur more often at low charge percentage too, but was relatively fine at 100%. Took a while to figure out what the heck was going on
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Strangely, it was doing it before i got a new battery a couple months ago... I sorta felt my battery was bad so i went to get a new one from the sprint store... The guy said because "It was rooted and the phone had so much awesomeness.." it was draining the battery faster... I told him a quick reason why i thought it had to be the battery and he just gave me a battery from the drawer without doing any paperwork or anything... My battery wasn't feeling any better after the change and i still had issues with flash...
I think I'll just take some photosphere pics and well lit shots... Who needs flash anyways? Lol
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I have the EXACT same issue however long pressing the power button turns on the phone instead of pulling the battery. It also started happening to me only on jelly bean. My GF has the same problem.
I can also tell you it happens with camera zoom FX as well but this cannot be a hardware issue since it only happened in jelly bean. It cant be that "suddenly" our phones developed a problem.
Is nobody using a nexus S to take photos or what? Or is it just a few unfortunate users affected by this?
Thanks for that post... Now I know I'm not alone here lol... I too noticed it with JB... Its %~°^¶©£ annoying... I wish a dev would look into it... I think it may have something to do with the flash having that instant jolt of high voltage... Idk because I'm no expert... I found a 50/50 chance of making it work correctly... If you hold the shutter button to let it focus, then let it snap, there's a chance it won't shut off... Just something to try and see if it helps!!
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just did a complete factory restore back to 4.1.1 unrooted and everything... forgot to test the camera... i rooted again and installed custom recovery... tested camera out several times... no issue at all... tested some more... no issues... decided it WORKS!! so i flashed cm10.1 and updated everything again... tested camera and OFF!!! FU%$&*&@&#&^$%$^@&$^&$^^%$#^%@*@*@&&#^*&@^#*&^@#*^ i'm at a loss for what to do here... i'm glad one other person reported this... but there HAS to be more people out there with this issue...
test it... make sure flash is ON and snap a few pics... maybe a close pic out of focus, etc... idk what else to do... it worked fine unrooted...
I've had this issue happen randomly to me too...but usually only when my battery is low. And it is VERY annoying when it happens.
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I've had this issue happen randomly to me too...but usually only when my battery is low. And it is VERY annoying when it happens.
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doesn't matter my battery level... it happens on my charger too lol...
I didnt have this problem last night on a wedding thankfully as that would have been embarrassing, lots of pics were taken with flash. Its the sheer randomness of this that it makes it so hard to diagnose. :S
I've been having exactly the same problem. I cannot relate it to Battery Levels, as the battery drains sooo fast since I got the ICS upgrade.
I am now on the Factory ROM 4.1.2 and it is all problems. I am thinking of going back to Ginger Bread... them were the days!!!
J.
if you read above, it worked fine for me when i flashed 4.1.1 factory image... something to do with 4.2 i guess... idk... i'm not stressing it so much... i've learned not to use my camera when its dark or low light lol...
have the same problem
Do you have a link to the stock 4.1 ROM?
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Do you have a link to the stock 4.1 ROM?
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it wasn't a ROM, it was the factory image from returning the phone to stock with the program i used to root it... i've given up on pictures with this phone haha
Its a Battery Problem
I'm suffering from this same issue and after downloading several camera app to no avail, the issue is finally resolved. From my experience, I can safely conclude that my was a hardware battery issue. At first I didn't believe it was a battery problem. I decided to go to different stores and tried several batteries but all shut down the phone when the flash on/flash auto + taking a snap is executed. Then, I pulled out the battery from my friend's brand new S3 and inserted it in my phone's battery compartment, fire on the phone and voila the camera flash worked like a charm without shutting down the phone. I used the same old battery on the new S3 low and behold, the new S3 inherited the flash+camera=shutdown issue instantly.
Same Issue on SGS2 Hercules
Having this issue after flashing a ROM on my GS2 Hercules, good thing I only experience it when my battery level is below 25%. But it would really be a pain if I would want to take a picture with a flash while my battery is low.
Have anybody tried other solution or troubleshooting aside from trying a different/new battery.
similar problem here...
the same thing happens to me, but with the difference that i run stock 4.1.2 rooted, and when the phone die after the led flashes, i just press pwr button and the phone turn on like never was happened.
i think it's a problem of corruption of something in the system, if i do a factory reset, for some limited shot the camera+led works, after that the phone die instantly.
similar problem with front camera, if i switch from back to front the camera service crashes and i can't do anything for make it working (manually stop the gallery process, reboot, cleaning data of gallery process), just wait some days and the process came back working (just for the rear camera).
sometimes i notice that while the stock camera app doesn't work, the Whats app camera keep working also with flash!
Rookie91 said:
similar problem here...
the same thing happens to me, but with the difference that i run stock 4.1.2 rooted, and when the phone die after the led flashes, i just press pwr button and the phone turn on like never was happened.
i think it's a problem of corruption of something in the system, if i do a factory reset, for some limited shot the camera+led works, after that the phone die instantly.
similar problem with front camera, if i switch from back to front the camera service crashes and i can't do anything for make it working (manually stop the gallery process, reboot, cleaning data of gallery process), just wait some days and the process came back working (just for the rear camera).
sometimes i notice that while the stock camera app doesn't work, the Whats app camera keep working also with flash!
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same issue with the nexus 5.. taking pictures works and then suddenly shuts down the phone, the power button can't wake the phone and the only way to get it to turn on is to plug it into an outlet.. very annoying.
that said I looked around the forums and it seems like a hardware battery issue, when the voltage supplied is too low or high or something
flash has caused my phone to shut off.
got GS3 SCH-i535 I've noticed the flash causing the screen to black out completely and shut off phone. I usually have to pull battery. its done it on 4.2 and 4.3 probably even 4.1 i dont remember I'm currently running 4.4.2. it just did it again which has prompted me to look online. as glad as i am to know im not the only one. is there any ****ing solution???
I am posting a new thread here because it says I cant post in the specific rom's thread.
I've recently flashed the Cyanogenmod 10.1 rom on my HTC Sensation and it works fabulously when it works.
I have the latest build but I'm experiencing a very intense screen flicker several times a day that requires I pull out the battery to fix it.
A normal reboot or power down/power up doesn't seem to fix it. The flickering will continue after reboot unless I pull out the battery.
The screen flickers and then goes totally black until I touch the screen again, then it flickers enough that I can see the content on the phone.
But the moment I release the screen it goes solid black again.
I flashed my phone back to stock before I installed the rom. I'm kind of a noob with all this - I flashed my last HTC HD2 phone to a separate XDA rom, so I have some experience, but not a whole lot. I may seem clueless on some things but I CAN figure it out with some clearly-written steps.
This seems to be a known issue but I haven't seen anything suggested that has fixed it for me yet.
If anyone could help, I'd appreciate it! I love the rom but the screen flicker happens sporadically. Sometimes it won't happen for hours, sometimes it will come back fifteen to thirty minutes after I power back on.
Try this rom. It's a modden version of CM10.1, specificly tweaked for the Sensation, running Android-4.2.2. I'm using it for a few days now on my own Sensation and I really like it.
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Try this rom. It's a modden version of CM10.1, specificly tweaked for the Sensation, running Android-4.2.2. I'm using it for a few days now on my own Sensation and I really like it.
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That's the one I used. It's perfect except for that horrible screen flicker.
Still waiting and hoping for an update.
I only noticed some screen flickering when I use the panorama function of the camera app. I've also seen a youtube where a guy is complaining about screen flickering. But this is an older video and this use was using an older version at the time.
In case you didn't know, this rom comes with GooManager. You can use it to check for updates for this rom.
I just got my Note 10 PLus about 2 Months ago and ever since I have been noticing its doing something weird and it happens randomly and maybe someone with more knowledge can help me out. The phone is sock I havent touched anything on it... While scrolling or either watching a video embedded on a webpage the phone looks as if its doing a transition to load another page, where it goes black for a quick second and either restarts me where I left off or it pauses video. Can anyone help me out? Ive tried almost every setting I can think of
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I just got my Note 10 PLus about 2 Months ago and ever since I have been noticing its doing something weird and it happens randomly and maybe someone with more knowledge can help me out. The phone is sock I havent touched anything on it... While scrolling or either watching a video embedded on a webpage the phone looks as if its doing a transition to load another page, where it goes black for a quick second and either restarts me where I left off or it pauses video. Can anyone help me out? Ive tried almost every setting I can think of
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I think its an app you probably installed recently and its about to load an ad or something.
You can try to factory reset your device I thing it would help a lot if it bothers you or you can take your phone to a nearby Samsung store to have your device checked.
If you need any other help tell me I would be happy to help and tell me if the reset has worked for you.