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[Q] touchscreen problem desire s

hallo
since the beginning (1 yrs ago) I've got problems with screen freezes as this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcA2QKz9O18&list=HL1358706604&feature=mh_lolz
this happens about 4-5 times a day
I tried several room but nothing....
shoul I've to change screen buying this one http://www.ebay.it/itm/321059298778?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649#ht_500wt_755
thanks

i have upgrade to desire x right now is great dualcore and cheap phone

AW: [Q] touchscreen problem desire s
I bought my Touchscreen from Sintech. The Sintech Touchscreens are very good.
If you cant change the Touchscreen yourself i can do it for no money.
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Darkplayer16 said:
I bought my Touchscreen from Sintech. The Sintech Touchscreens are very good.
If you cant change the Touchscreen yourself i can do it for no money.
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First of all I'd like to know if the only solution to touchscreen problem is screen change...
In this case I'll try to change it alone, I saw some youtube video and It seems to be easy....
ach sintech touchscreen .... 70 euro....:silly::silly:

AW: [Q] touchscreen problem desire s
Change touchscreen and screen both. You can destroy the display very easy. So the 70€ are a good price for good quality.
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(My GT-I8190 is a Desire S ;D )

sonicmauro said:
First of all I'd like to know if the only solution to touchscreen problem is screen change...
In this case I'll try to change it alone, I saw some youtube video and It seems to be easy....
ach sintech touchscreen .... 70 euro....:silly::silly:
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Guys... I believe I found a little piece of software (on another forums) that might make all of our troubles go away
This is from Lignja (earlier comment):
if you have touchscrean and swipe problems on your sensation, download SGS touchscreen booster from market, install it, press on super optimized, and pull first 3 collums on end left, and 2 last on end right, then press apply... your sensation will worke like a charm, you wont have any swipe problems or locking ring... then you can test it and turn back ond defult or uninstal that application and it will still work... hope it helps you like it helped to me... soz for bad english..
I'm testing it now... so far it's working... fingers crossed

[Q] Very strange location problem...

Hi everyone,
I'm having a very strange problem with my new Nexus 5: I noticed that sometimes (many times every day, to be honest) my phone displayed wrong locations in Google Now. The GPS module seems to work because when I opened Google Maps and checked for my location it found the right position in few seconds, even setting "Device Only" in Location settings.
So, I decided to take a look at my Location History, and here's what I got:
It seems like I've been in Paris, Rawang, Kanpur and Bangkok several times in the past few days, but I never moved from Italy!!!
I think I can exclude the possibility for my Google account to have been hacked, because of the two-steps authentication which should send an SMS to my phone when someone tries to log in.
I've also restored my phone to the default settings and erased my data when I rooted it, but the problem is still there, as it was before rooting it.
Please help :crying: I don't know what to do, and I'd rather not to send my phone back to google because, apart from this issue, it's perfect.

pgptheoriginal said:
Hi everyone,
I'm having a very strange problem with my new Nexus 5: I noticed that sometimes (many times every day, to be honest) my phone displayed wrong locations in Google Now. The GPS module seems to work because when I opened Google Maps and checked for my location it found the right position in few seconds, even setting "Device Only" in Location settings.
So, I decided to take a look at my Location History, and here's what I got:
It seems like I've been in Paris, Rawang, Kanpur and Bangkok several times in the past few days, but I never moved from Italy!!!
I think I can exclude the possibility for my Google account to have been hacked, because of the two-steps authentication which should send an SMS to my phone when someone tries to log in.
I've also restored my phone to the default settings and erased my data when I rooted it, but the problem is still there, as it was before rooting it.
Please help :crying: I don't know what to do, and I'd rather not to send my phone back to google because, apart from this issue, it's perfect.
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I'd download My Tracks and leave that on for a couple of hours or so. See what that does.

alsheron said:
I'd download My Tracks and leave that on for a couple of hours or so. See what that does.
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But that won't help me solving my problem... actually my phone finds its right position if it uses the GPS: the issue appears only when Google Now asks for the location (based on the 3G network i suppose).

pgptheoriginal said:
Hi everyone,
I'm having a very strange problem with my new Nexus 5: I noticed that ... and I'd rather not to send my phone back to google because, apart from this issue, it's perfect.
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Give it some time. I had the same problem and it resolved after a few days.

I'm also from Italy and my geolocation using net (3g) is completely broken.... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2545837

tylerdurden83 said:
I'm also from Italy and my geolocation using net (3g) is completely broken.... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2545837
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And... I'm with Tre Italia (H3G), too! Maybe they're having some problems...

pgptheoriginal said:
And... I'm with Tre Italia (H3G), too! Maybe they're having some problems...
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Go figure.... I'm on the same provider.... City, if I may ask? Im from Rome

tylerdurden83 said:
Go figure.... I'm on the same provider.... City, if I may ask? Im from Rome
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I'm from Genoa, so I think it's not linked to the network cell we're connected to... I think I'll follow PhilipTD's advice and, if something happens, I'll post here.
P.S: Sorry, I just noticed your PM. If I had seen before I would have posted in your thread instead of submitting a new one...

pgptheoriginal said:
I'm from Genoa, so I think it's not linked to the network cell we're connected to... I think I'll follow PhilipTD's advice and, if something happens, I'll post here.
P.S: Sorry, I just noticed your PM. If I had seen before I would have posted in your thread instead of submitting a new one...
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I've been having this problem at the very least since 1 week now...
My colleague right next to me is running stock Galaxy S2 with H3G and he's localized right away, while I'm not.

tylerdurden83 said:
I've been having this problem at the very least since 1 week now...
My colleague right next to me is running stock Galaxy S2 with H3G and he's localized right away, while I'm not.
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Same here: as you can see in the screenshot, the issue appeared one week ago.

pgptheoriginal said:
Same here: as you can see in the screenshot, the issue appeared one week ago.
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Another "coincidence" I guess....
Anyone with quite a few modem knowledge could maybe clear up for us if this issue could potentially happen only on the modem currently used by the nexus 5?

pgptheoriginal said:
Same here: as you can see in the screenshot, the issue appeared one week ago.
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May I also ask you if you use Tasker or if you tried to reboot your phone when the location would fail? For example last night it'd not locate me, or actually it would, saying that I was where I work, but i left work 3 hours earlier and I live 50 km away from it, but after a while trying to get a fix I rebooted the phone and voilà, located I was...

Reminds me of when I was experimenting with intermediate pos in the gps.conf file. I got some drastic errors with positioning. You can check that manually in the file or you can download a great free app called fasterGPS which will show that.
If that's not the case check for recent solar activity online which can cause these kinds of issues.
Sent from my Nexus 5... yeah... my Nexus 5

tylerdurden83 said:
May I also ask you if you use Tasker or if you tried to reboot your phone when the location would fail? For example last night it'd not locate me, or actually it would, saying that I was where I work, but i left work 3 hours earlier and I live 50 km away from it, but after a while trying to get a fix I rebooted the phone and voilà, located I was...
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My situation is slightly different... A reboot doesn't even temporarily solve my problem, and I don't use tasker (though I think I'd get the same location issue with that, like all the application which rely on the cellular network to determine position).
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anactoraaron said:
Reminds me of when I was experimenting with intermediate pos in the gps.conf file. I got some drastic errors with positioning. You can check that manually in the file or you can download a great free app called fasterGPS which will show that.
If that's not the case check for recent solar activity online which can cause these kinds of issues.
Sent from my Nexus 5... yeah... my Nexus 5
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We have specifically said that this is not about the gps, gps positioning is fine.

Now I'm sure: it's a Google Play Services problem.
As a matter of fact, if I delete Play Services' data when the issue pops up, and then swipe to update Google Now, it finds my correct location.
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pgptheoriginal said:
Now I'm sure: it's a Google Play Services problem.
As a matter of fact, if I delete Play Services' data when the issue pops up, and then swipe to update Google Now, it finds my correct location.
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If you can star the ticket that I opened https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=63045&thanks=63045&ts=1385805958

tylerdurden83 said:
If you can star the ticket that I opened https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=63045&thanks=63045&ts=1385805958
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Done
Now I enabled the "always scan" (scansione sempre disponibile) option in advanced WiFi settings and the problem seems to be gone, but I don't want this feature, I'd like WiFi to be really off when I disable it.
Did you have this option switched off, too, when you encountered the location issue?
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pgptheoriginal said:
Did you have this option switched off, too, when you encountered the location issue?
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No I had it on at least once

I'll keep it on for a while and I'll see if it happens again tell you later.
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S7 flat: unresponsive touchscreen

Hi everybody.
This is my second S7 (I also own a S6 and a S5) and I'm having touch screen issues.
It seems less responsive at the edges sometimes, especially bottom and sides.
I have evidence of this while writing through qwerty, as it's sometimes missing "p", "a", space or caps lock.
This is also happening while trying to delete emails with stock client, as I have to tap several times the trash icon.
Now I own a white S7, previous one was black. Same issue.
Never happening with my S6 and S5.
This is very frustrating.
Anyone else?

mine sometimes does this at the bottom right, but then I can't replicate it. I'm pretty sure it's a software issue bc the entire phone seems much less sensitive to certain touches than my note 4 did.
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There are lots of apps in the Play Store for testing the touch screen.

Can be also tested Via *#0*# and this confirms my complain
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Same issue here. See my thread buried by time: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7/help/dead-sensitive-horizontal-stripe-screen-t3335987
The sometimes not responding left and right sides are bugging me as well.
Funny (or not so funny) thing is, that i went to some local shops with display units. literally ALL OF THEM had the very same issue, although its difficult to reproduce without a screen protector.
I am forced to use a keyboard with customizable bottom padding in order to properly type (Perfect Keyboard). Did get a replacement for my first and even my second S7, same issue pertains with the third. Is this some kind of mass production issue? if it was software, it should apply to a much larger userbase, right? Or are most people mashing their screens with such force so they dont experience the issue?

TheBandicoot said:
Is this some kind of mass production issue? if it was software, it should apply to a much larger userbase, right? Or are most people mashing their screens with such force so they dont experience the issue?
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That's something I really want to understand. Just to decide whether ask for a replacement or a refund.
But this, I repeat, is really really frustrating. Then I read that this is the best smartphone ever... ?
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schumi_84 said:
That's something I really want to understand. Just to decide whether ask for a replacement or a refund.
But this, I repeat, is really really frustrating. Then I read that this is the best smartphone ever...
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Being a guy who has dealt with these type of problems quite a lot. Sorry to say. If your device is still under 7 days of purchase you will get a replacement. If all device of that particular production unit has the same issue, asking for refund will be kind of tough depending upon your dealer. But most dealers around the world deal with these type of problems with a free repair by replacing just the front unit of the device.
If you get a refund by any chance and you still wanna stick with Galaxy S7 as your next device. Try a online dealer. Considering the situation here, my local online dealer is selling the Global version(without warranty) whereas Samsung officially sells the Duos version.
BTW where is your unit made?

Both units from Vietnam. CSC ITV no brand Italy.
I purchased them online so I can opt out within 14 days by law.
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Just to show you how it works, to let you check yours as well and to get suggestions, this is a video I just shot about the defect
https://youtu.be/MLUi6hFl7c0
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schumi_84 said:
Just to show you how it works, to let you check yours as well and to get suggestions, this is a video I just shot about the defect
https://youtu.be/MLUi6hFl7c0
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Mine doesn't show anything like that.
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Another user on YouTube reported the same commenting my video
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schumi_84 said:
Another user on YouTube reported the same commenting my video
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Have the same problem. I just got my unit and I noticed the problem in less than an hour.

Then we can officially talk about a touchgate
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schumi_84 said:
Then we can officially talk about a touchgate
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It is the first day using the S7 officially. The problem happens a few times today and it is something that does not bother me. It's difficult to happen, but I know it is there (and it is a very expensive gadget).
I don't know if it can be fix with an update. But trying a multitouch test app, if you touch the middle of the screen and then go to this blind spots without taking your finger out off the screen, everything works. No faults.
I'm going to keep it for a while to see what happens.

This was my situation https://youtu.be/MLUi6hFl7c0
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Okay that's just weird. I can't get it to do that on mine so maybe it's not totally widespread, I don't know. Interesting. I hope it's software and not hardware.

runamonk99 said:
Okay that's just weird. I can't get it to do that on mine so maybe it's not totally widespread, I don't know. Interesting. I hope it's software and not hardware.
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I think that's a hardware issue because if it was meant to be software it was affecting all devices. I assume there are two or more touch producers or plants, and some of them were faulty.
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schumi_84 said:
I think that's a hardware issue because if it was meant to be software it was affecting all devices. I assume there are two or more touch producers or plants, and some of them were faulty.
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I believe it is a hardware issue too. But there is light in the end of the tunnel.
http://m.androidcentral.com/galaxy-s7-rogers-updated-touchscreen-fixes-shape-correction-feature
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goTouch said:
I believe it is a hardware issue too. But there is light in the end of the tunnel.
http://m.androidcentral.com/galaxy-s7-rogers-updated-touchscreen-fixes-shape-correction-feature
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Unfortunately this update is mainly dedicated to the edge version as it's too much sensitive
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Any further news on this ?
Hi Guys,
I'm in the same position. Bought my s7 from an online company called becextech. they seemed reputable. reviews were good.
got the phone, and instantly notices how buggy it was for texting/typing. missed presses, space bar not registering, backspace wouldnt always work.
Thought perhaps it was just me. Nope. went back to the s6 and it was perfect.
So i sent the phone back after just 2 days. Spoke to the company via email. Even attached the video that was linked above to show them what was happening.
They replied last week and told me that they couldnt find any problem with it. Which i can't believe. I just KNOW my fingers weren't missing the keys.
It kills me to think that they are going to do everything they can to deny the problem. And I'm going to be stuck with a phone that I dont want to use, and won't be able to get rid of.
Wish I'd never bought the phone

Replacement Screen

I searched here and Google but am having trouble finding replacement digitizers for the Shield tablet. Any help? (I cracked mine obviously... The screen still works but the crack is growing)

skythian said:
I searched here and Google but am having trouble finding replacement digitizers for the Shield tablet. Any help? (I cracked mine obviously... The screen still works but the crack is growing)
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Nvidia, from this point of view is bad. It has no service centers and no spare parts. You have to find a bad tablet to disassemble the spare part you need.
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Wow, okay I didn't realize that. Thanks for the info.

skythian said:
Wow, okay I didn't realize that. Thanks for the info.
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For the sake of completeness I tell you that I replaced the broken screen of a new LTE version with that of a WiFi with kill switch (bought on eBay). The screen works perfectly, but the stylus pen does not work anymore. I had to choose the minor evil.
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Try getting an OLED screen.

Combined app cpu draining battery

Goodmorning. I'm facing a problem with the battery draining. Gsam says "combined app cpu" is using the phone too much. The phone never go to deep sleep state, so the battery go down no matter if the screen is on or off. There's a way to fix it? Or is it a miui issue?
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Same issue miui 12
It might be the firmware , i tried every single fix available, but it's a no go.
I guess it will be solved by the next update

mostafa asal said:
Same issue miui 12
It might be the firmware , i tried every single fix available, but it's a no go.
I guess it will be solved by the next update
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After a factory reset with clean install(no backup using google or miui), and 1 day of usage, the problem seems fixed.
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Hi I'm having the same issue! Can you confirm that this fixes it?

hope not but im scared just got the phone and used it for a day to put my apps back on miui 11, later updated and seems like my battery went down real quick for no reason..

Shocker94 said:
After a factory reset with clean install(no backup using google or miui), and 1 day of usage, the problem seems fixed.
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Unfortunately, I tried it but nothing changed.

For now my fix seems to be disable miui optimizations...
Now it last a day 12-14h with 5h screen on on 3g data.

Got similar issue. Some time it goes into deep sleep, some time not. Decided to root the phone to try fixing it.