Ive had my nexus s for 2 weeks, flashed cm7 stable and latest nighly. With both distributions of android Ive had this problem where my phone, about once a week goes into a "coma"
It dosent wake up from sleep and shows a single white pixel lit up in the middle of the screen. I take out the battery and reset it and then it works.
Anyone else had this problem? And does anyone know how to fix it?
Thanks!!
Mine won't come out of sleep once in awhile. I don't get the white pixel though. I have chalked it up to flaky kernels or poor Samsung hardware as it never happened with my EVO Shift. I haven't run completely stock long enough to know whether it would happen in stock or not though and it is infrequent enough that I don't care. If I remember to reboot once in awhile the problems goes away.
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I'm having a very strange problem with my Charge. It seems like pretty much every other time I unlock my phone, a color from the RGB spectrum is missing. Which in turn causes the screen to be a weird shade of blue, green or red. I can lock and unlock the phone again and it will be totally normal, but as I stated above, it seems like it's happening quite a lot more often here recently, and I'm wondering if anyone else has had this problem? I know I'm going to call Verizon tonight or tomorrow and see about getting a replacement because it's definitely not a software issue that I can see.
I had that happen once, and only once. However, it hasn't happened since then, so I'm pretty sure it was software related. Have you done a hard reset yet? If not, you need to do that to rule out a software issue. You need to try it for a bit in that clean state before loading 3rd party software to confirm.
I have the same problem, which just started this morning. When I woke up and looked at my phone, as it unlocked, sometimes it had a bluish or greenish tint. This would appear intermittently as I unlocked my phone.
I searched the internet, and found other instances of this happening as well.
I restarted my phone, and the problem hasn't returned since. Something to keep an eye on, but I'm hoping it's not hardware related, but rather software related (and can be fixed with a reboot).
Mko.
I had that happen a couple times. I have not seen it in a long time but it is software related. I could get it to do it a whole lot one day and after a reboot it never happened again.
I've never had this happen to me but I heard the Fascinate had a problem with the screen since amoled was still being developed, you can just attempt what these others have tried(factory reset, reboot, etc)
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I'm having a very strange problem with my Charge. It seems like pretty much every other time I unlock my phone, a color from the RGB spectrum is missing. Which in turn causes the screen to be a weird shade of blue, green or red. I can lock and unlock the phone again and it will be totally normal, but as I stated above, it seems like it's happening quite a lot more often here recently, and I'm wondering if anyone else has had this problem? I know I'm going to call Verizon tonight or tomorrow and see about getting a replacement because it's definitely not a software issue that I can see.
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For me when I unlock the phone it does a black screen with lines for a second,pretty much 5 out of 10 times I unlock my phone. I've already got a replacement charge,so my old one and the new one do it. I'm sending my phone to Samung because Verizon has sent me two charges with scatches on the screen, one also has a dead pixel.
Only had the weird color thing happen once upon unlocking several weeks ago. Locked and unlocked it again and it was normal again. Haven't had it happen again.
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I had this happen to me pretty consistently when. I tried running GummyCharged GBE. Rebooting didn't work for me, so I went back to GummyCharged FE, and that's what solved the problem for me, but it's possible that reflashing GBE may have done the trick too. I never tried that because I thought the issue was related to the ROM.
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Well I called Verizon, and while they didn't have it listed as a known issue, I was told to reboot because it was more than likely a software issue. I did just that and haven't had this happen since.
Having said that, I noticed something else, the screen was at a different brightness nearly every time I unlocked it and it wasn't a funny color. Either full on 100% or dim as could be, never anywhere in between. I also stumbled upon an article from a lesser known tech site that suggested that the auto-brightness function was indeed the culprit. Seems to make perfect sense given what I saw. I've had this happen once in a blue moon before the other day, and as others stated after a lock/unlock all was well, but this was a different experience altogether. Hopefully this software problem can be fixed with an update (GB maybe? Probably right as they release Ice Cream Sandwich...).
As a side note my screen also does the gray lines once in a while, just 2 or 3 down the whole length of the screen for a split second before an unlock. Seems like it's not an issue so far.
I've had a completely black screen--my lockscreen will flash and just go black, but sliding where the normal unlock would be turns on the display to Home. Kind of odd, and I've only seen it twice.
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For the past two weeks or so my Sensation 4G has been acting strange. The screen randomly goes black and the only way I can get it working again is to pull the battery. Whats odd is that when the screen is black all the buttons at the bottom are still lit up, and when I touch them the phone vibrates just as it does usually. It seems as if the backlight has just turned itself off and doesnt want to come back on! Has this happened to anyone else, and if so, what is the remedy?
Do you have a custom ROM? ARHD had this issue
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Do you have a custom ROM? ARHD had this issue
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Nope, its as stock as the day I bought it from Tmobile.
Not happened here, but it is an issue that has popped up on the evo 3d. In fact phandroid just ran an article about it. Most people with the problem seem to be 100% stock.
The odd thing is that it only just started happening and I have had the phone for a while.
Happened to me too a few times. Gotta pull the battery everytime. I'm not sure what's the cause of it
Try a factory reset, and if that doesnt work, take it in, and get a replacement.
Its just irritating (and infrequent) at this time, so I am not sure I want to return it yet. If it becomes any more frequent I will certainly send it back however. I am thinking of getting a replacement anyway given that I also have the infamous dust under the screen issue.
I've had this happen a few times, and I think it might be caused by an app.
This happens to me when in a Call. 15 mins into call, phone locks up, reboots. Sometimes calls still going, screen is black and won't respond reboots.
I'm thinking it might be one of the two apps:
Google Music (Been trying this recently)
Google Voice (Has happened when using this)
I'm wondering if anyone else is having issues. I've gone down to bare minimum. No launcher, or major changes. Just the minimum apps.
Right now on EB 2.3.7 (Oct 10 Release).
Previously on EB 1.07 (Old release, but phone stable on it).
Haven't really tried any other ROMs. I'm pretty sure its not the ROM. Google Voice did cause Havoc when using it all the time and rebooted my phone.
Just wondering if anyone else has this Black Screen of Death.
happens to me too, but im on stock gingerbread. some times i turn the screen off and when i try to turn it back on, nothing happens. It also happens in calls as well alot. very annoying.
Yea I had that too. I think it is an issue with the stock dialer. I had this on CM7 too. I noticed it would do that after being on the phone for a while. Seems the proximity sensor would detect me removing the phone from the side of my head a few times, then would become unresponsive.
More times then I'd like, I would have to pull the battery after a call or until the other party disconnects, which closes the phone app and it comes back to life.
I've paid a few bills and ordered Pizza from a few places where they "can't disconnect" and require the outside party to end the call... which this bug would force me to try to remove the battery while still connected to the call.
MIUI's dialer is wonderfully awesome and has NEVER done this. MIUI is based off CM7 so I don't think it is the kernel or OS... but rather the stock dialer itself.
Try downloading Go Contacts and using its dialer or Dialer One. See if that fixes it... or just convert to MIUI.... or pull the MIUI dialer and use on other roms.
I have this a lot, very annoying but never while in call. Only when in my pocket, charging or when im doing something, shutoff the screen then try to get back to what i was doing, it will just freeze up with softkeys lit, or random reboots.. I went back to froyo, it hasn't happen in 2days now.. And as for the MIUI dialer, you cannot add it to any other rom
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I have this a lot, very annoying but never while in call. Only when in my pocket, charging or when im doing something, shutoff the screen then try to get back to what i was doing, it will just freeze up with softkeys lit, or random reboots.. I went back to froyo, it hasn't happen in 2days now.. And as for the MIUI dialer, you cannot add it to any other rom
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Same thing here, i noticed its when i place my cell in my magnetic pouch, it does that (black screen of death, no response, have to remove batt.)with the latest miui, any help will be so grateful.
the weirdest thing happened... i read this thread earlier and i was thinking to myself that i was lucky my phone didn't do this and i haven't experienced it. not even an hour later, i went to call someone, left a voicemail and everything. when i took the phone away from my ear and went to hang up the screen was completely blank! the soft keys were lit and everything and my status bar was even hanging up top but i couldn't end the call or do anything. needless to say i had to pull the battery all while still leaving a voicemail... i just thought it was so weird this had never happened to me before and now it just did. hopefully it's not a daily occurrence or i'll be really upset
Hi everyone.. I searched a bit but couldn't come up with any more answers so I'm wondering if I missed something.
I've had my TF since like May, and for as long as I've had it, I've had this issue.
No matter what kernel or Rom or anything, my TF always randomly reboots ONLY when my screen is shut off and the wireless is left on. It doesn't reboot if I'm using it, and the only way to make it not happen is to turn on airplane mode when I'm done with it.
Its not a big deal, but it is annoying, especially if I leave it in the living room and forget airplane mode. Then whoever is in there gets to watch my TV constantly and randomly reboot every few minutes.
Its just more annoying than anything. Id love to just keep wifi active so it automatically connects when I turn the screen on.
Other than this, my TF has been flawless for like 6 months
Thanks if anyone has any information!
I've suffered through the same issue with my 16gb TF. By any chance do you have your pattern lockscreen turned on? Can't quite remember where, but I read that having it stops the reboots.
I tried it on mine and haven't had one since...but it's only been a day or 2. Can anyone confirm if the lockscreen stops or limits the issue?
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I've suffered through the same issue with my 16gb TF. By any chance do you have your pattern lockscreen turned on? Can't quite remember where, but I read that having it stops the reboots.
I tried it on mine and haven't had one since...but it's only been a day or 2. Can anyone confirm if the lockscreen stops or limits the issue?
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Wow, ill have to give this a try. I've never used the pattern lockscreen.
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I get this after about an hour of use. If I sitch it off via the button then when I press it again it reboots. If I just let th TF switch itself off (after 5 mins) it switches on normally when I press the start button.
I also had similar problems with my wife's TF, it rebooted randomly just about anytime (not just with screen off), apps crashing randomly. When I returned it to the store where I bought it, they immediately replaced it with a new one that doesn't suffer any of those problems.
If you have such problems, I'd recommend taking it back to the store for repair, because that is definitely not the expected behavior.
unfortunately the lock screen thing didn't work
Can't really take the thing back, I've had it for months.... fortunately this is the only issue I have... I can live with it. Its purely an annoyance that doesn't affect me when using it...
i bought my gf a thunderbolt about 2 months ago. and lately her screen just starts acting up. like the home screen will just spin and pretty much spaz. she can be in the middle of something and widgets start moving around and the screen starts spinning. thers no case or any screen protectors. anyone have any ideas?
My aunt had this same problem and I didn't believe how crazy it was until I attempted to use her phone, I never seen a phone act like that. I tried an assortment of things to fix it but nothing I tried worked. She did have a screen protector on that I thought could be causing that problem but I guess not. She has sense then taken it back to version and had it replaced. No issues from the referb.
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Mine recently starting acting funky and strange but not as you describe. It was almost as if a magnet was pulling some of the pixels and causing distortion of colors. It also seemed to freeze up my camera really strange like.. I removed PRO HDR which is a cam app I recently updated and did a reboot and now it's fine. You try a back up/wipe/restore yet?
I have had this happen as well but it seems to happen to me if I set the phone down and don't push the button to put the phone to sleep. It actually happened much more when I was unrooted and running stock but since installing Liquid Smooth GB 3.2 the frequency has really diminished. If anyone has a permanent fix I would love to hear it and try it out.
im really baffled im pissed because i didint buy it through verizon so idk maybe i can contact htc fora referb.
I've never dabbled in HTC customer service but I'm sure they would back a phone with troubles such as yours
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