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Display turning on by itself for no reason

Does it happens to others that the D2G turns the display on by itself for no reason? This happens to my D2G all the time and for no apparent reason. What can be the real reason or is it just a bug on android 2.2 or a hardware issue?
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Do you receiving text messages correlate with your screen turning on?

I DO have the same 'problem' with my desire hd. Every once and a wile the screen turns on by it Self with no reason. Dont know why this is, there is no message comming in or anything else, it just turns on. I know my touch HD had the same thing every night at 2359 hours. Weird stuff these phones;-)
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I believe this happens when you tick the "in pocket detection" option under settings>display. It supposedly turns off the screen and locks the phone automatically when its in your pocket.
Try turning that option off and let me know how that goes.
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In pocket detection is not checked on my D2G and it does this sometimes, I rarely notice it, but once in a while when it hasn't been touched and is just sitting next to me on the couch and never got a txt message or sort of notification or update it will turn the screen on. It is so rare that I think nothing of it really, but it is definitely weird.

Well, it is not weird, it seems it is a bug on Froyo. It happens all the time and it has nothing to do with text messages coming in. I am not sure about the in pocket detection. It happens while laying over a table by itself. These are the things that make me think Android is still experimental, kind a like windows mobile always was.
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Maybe it happens when the phone looses connection with the network.
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I noticed my D2G doing this sometimes. Turns out it was crashing and doing a short reboot (just android logo for a few seconds and right to lock screen, not a full reboot with the M logo etc.)

Same here with HTC Desire. Looking for a solution. This is really annoying!

I am beginning to think that when i cancel data and it only works on 2G, it doesnt turn the display on by itself. Maybe it has to do with the phone working on GSM instead of CDMA, which is my case.
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I am almost sure display comes on thanks to an application you have installed. If you have time to waste - start fresh (factory reset) and check if phone does it again with no extra apps loaded.

I suspect that the cause of the display turning on is the window that pops up everytime I loose connection with the network asking if I want to switch to Global mode since there are no GSM/UMTS networks available...
leobg said:
I am almost sure display comes on thanks to an application you have installed. If you have time to waste - start fresh (factory reset) and check if phone does it again with no extra apps loaded.
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Finally I found The Reason
Some installed apps works without permission ,,,, so the screen turns on every short time<<<,
For example the reson of turning on the display on my phone < that i have installed a livewallpaper ""morph.galaxytt.apk or Morphing Galaxy LiveWallpaper" so this livewallpaper ""even if i not using it "" will work on services causind the screen turns on
so you have to go to "setting/Applications/Running Srvices" and stop the apps thats working without permission
Note that i have been forced to uninstall morph.galaxytt.apk after that my phone screen stays off <<<<
Press Thank button if you benefit from this Reply &&& sorry for my bad english

[Q] screen wont timeout

I have a rooted thunderbolt (thanks for all who made that possible). in the last couple of days I have noticed that the screen does not timeout. I don't know if it is a rouge app, or some other problem. I have done some searching and it appears that I am not the only one with this problem, but I have not seen a solution to the problem yet.
After a reboot it does appear to work correctly for a time though. If it is an app how would I find out which one is doing it? As a side question. If I do a hard reboot will I lose root?
dTardis

Go to Spare Parts > Battery History and select "Partial Wake Usage" from the first dropdown. Should tell you what the culprit is.
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i've noticed the same thing intermittently over the last few days, let me know if you figure out how to fix it

Yeah, I get this too.
Do you guys run Titanium? My screen wouldn't turn off this morning, and now that I'm paying more attention, I noticed Titanium ran an auto-backup last night on the charger. That might just be a coincidence, but something to look out for.

intangibleDroid said:
Go to Spare Parts > Battery History and select "Partial Wake Usage" from the first dropdown. Should tell you what the culprit is.
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Well the spare parts thing did not work...
Any other ideas?

The only time I had this happen was when I bumped the volume buttons as I was setting the phone down. Somehow the volume indicator on the screen got stuck or something and the screen never shut off. I just started being more careful not to bump the volume, or actually pressing the power button to shut the screen off. Idk if this is your issue or not, just thought I'd throw it out there.
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Ecomaniac said:
Yeah, I get this too.
Do you guys run Titanium? My screen wouldn't turn off this morning, and now that I'm paying more attention, I noticed Titanium ran an auto-backup last night on the charger. That might just be a coincidence, but something to look out for.
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Change the setting to disable "partial wake locks" (in TB) and it will go back to sleep.

pandora radio also has a toggle to keep the screen on while its in use.
maybe you guys are using pandora?

ridobe said:
Change the setting to disable "partial wake locks" (in TB) and it will go back to sleep.
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Disabled now...thanks.
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I will try that (TB wake locks disabled) and see if it helps.

Cg006 said:
pandora radio also has a toggle to keep the screen on while its in use.
maybe you guys are using pandora?
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I dont have or use Pandora, but thanks.

[APP][2.2+]NotifyWake (save power buttons)

Well everything about the android is good and getting better, but weve seem to have neglected the physical hardware. namely the power button.
This application will wake the phone for 10 seconds when any notification(theoretically) is received. this includes changes to existing notifications too. this will reduce the need for using the physical power button to turn the phone back on, this is very usefull for IM apps, email, or things that require short reaction timespans(for many people SMS)
In combination with the notification power widget(or another app that can turn off the screen) you can reduce the use of the button and preserve its lifespan.
This app leverages the accessibility api of android to detect when notifications are changed, and accessibility must be enabled by the user.
installation: install like you would normally(from attachment) and then go to settings > accessibility options > NotifyWake
it will run only when its been selected from the accessibilty.
P.S.: feel free to let me know of any ideas or problems with it.
[update]
added in timeout options and some other experimental features, havnent had much time to add stuff but what i wrote a long time ago
[update 2]
added in whitelist/blacklist filter options, got rid of the osd notify(it isnt finished nor intended to be a part of this app) remember, enable in accessories
[update 3 may/29/2012]
-fixed bug where if filter is disabled, it doesnt function.
+added api 15 compatibility for appearance(functionality remains unaffected so far)
+added fastscroll/thumbscroll on filter activity
*attempted to make seekbar item match default items themes, if anyone can help would be nice
download link: http://dakunesu.dev.animuson.net/apps/NotifyWake.apk

I tested this on my Optimus Chic and it works great, although i only tested it with SMS.
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I just found something, it doesn't work well with juice defender, since internet turns offduring screen off, making it turn on when it internet is off
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EJ98 said:
I just found something, it doesn't work well with juice defender, since internet turns offduring screen off, making it turn on when it internet is off
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Juice Defender actually uses more juice than its saves. By default wifi gets turned off when the device goes so sleep. All that stays awake is you mobile data, unless and app keeps the wifi on. Most android devices have a very good battery life, requiring you to charge at most once a day unless the device is being taxed by constant use. I suggest you charge when you go to sleep and get rid of Juice Defender. This app works perfectly and I get my happy 12-18 waking hours on my device, unless playing games. On my other android device which i use only for calls, 2 days without charge and no battery profile managers

EJ98 said:
I just found something, it doesn't work well with juice defender, since internet turns offduring screen off, making it turn on when it internet is off
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curious what internet has to do with this app. im not familiar with juice defender. only cases that i i think it wouldnt work well would be when an app sends a notify because the phone sleeps. in which case i would find a different app...
i will add in a way to make an ignore list.

Another good little app.
Few requestsbwould be default- option to decide amount of time screen is on
and a scheduler - like off at night.
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drgopoos said:
Another good little app.
Few requestsbwould be default- option to decide amount of time screen is on
and a scheduler - like off at night.
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will do when i get back home.

update, see op

Will test and let u know.
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some more visual stuff, silent mode options. can someone running an ics or ics derived build test please?

useful app, however i found that it bypasses the screen lock. would be good if u fix that. useful app nonetheless, keep up the good work!

interesting, are you using a 3rd party lockscreen? nothing in the source touches the lock screen. in fact, this app doesn't have that permission in the manifest.

I realised its a user problem, nth to do wif ur app. so sry.

its all ok man

updated
patches and a couple yummies added

going to use it very good idea!
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TiKaZz said:
going to use it very good idea!
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thank you, opinions are greatly appreciated

great app!!! been using it for about two weeks .. no complaints so far.. working great with whatsapp...

theking_smen said:
great app!!! been using it for about two weeks .. no complaints so far.. working great with whatsapp...
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just so its posted here, xabbber will not function correctly. i emailed them, they dont think its important to correct their notifications to proper standards for this case. as a result, xabber will have inconsistent triggering of notifywake. im trying to get the cash to make my dev account and really get into deving.
if anyones got info about the ics toast/notification changes, PM me please?

(Q) Screen Lock App/Widget

Can anyone recommend and good screen lock/off app? I want something that I can press on my homescreen instead of having to press the power button when im driving. I used Screen Lock and Off on my nexus but supposedly it's not compatible with the s3. All the others Ive tried either have delays or some unnecessary animations etc. Im looking for something nice and simple. Thanks
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I've used Invisible Lock Widget in the past, but it seems like you have to hit it twice on the S3 to get it to work.

I use something simply called "lock screen widget" available in the market. Works perfectly.

Thanks I will give these a try.
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turbosrrgood said:
I use something simply called "lock screen widget" available in the market. Works perfectly.
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I use that too. simple & works perfectly.
LOL, I agree with your sig 100%............

kzoak82 said:
Can anyone recommend and good screen lock/off app? I want something that I can press on my homescreen instead of having to press the power button when im driving. I used Screen Lock and Off on my nexus but supposedly it's not compatible with the s3. All the others Ive tried either have delays or some unnecessary animations etc. Im looking for something nice and simple. Thanks
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Screen Lock and Off works perfectly fine on my S3 (as well as my wife's). Initially, it would either flicker first then turn off, or the screen would go blank for 2 seconds or so then turn back on. I solved this by going into settings and checking the "Delay Device Locking" option. It says, "If the screen turns off and comes back on immediately or you want to use screen off animiations, then you can use this option." The apps now works great.

bassett said:
Screen Lock and Off works perfectly fine on my S3 (as well as my wife's). Initially, it would either flicker first then turn off, or the screen would go blank for 2 seconds or so then turn back on. I solved this by going into settings and checking the "Delay Device Locking" option. It says, "If the screen turns off and comes back on immediately or you want to use screen off animiations, then you can use this option." The apps now works great.
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How did you download it? It doesn't even come up for me in the market. I need to find one of my old titanium backup and restore.

jmorton10 said:
I use that too. simple & works perfectly.
LOL, I agree with your sig 100%............
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I tried this, but my screen turns right back on....

Ok found the Screen Off and Lock apk at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1577380
The screen comes back on for a second after pressing, but then shuts off (with the delay option enable) which I guess is better than nothing. The others mention in this thread don't keep the screen off, but thanks for all your help anyway.
If anyone else has any suggestions, please let me know. Thanks!

Known bugs that HTC must fix

I think it could be useful to compile a list of known bugs, so that we users can have a look and solve (if possible) them and HTC hopefully can bare in mind what still affects this otherwise great phone.
I'm on the EU rom, so I'm listing the bugs of the INTERNATIONAL EUROPEAN One S STOCK ROM (Firmware 2.35, Android 4.0.4, radio 1.06es). If someone is interested in listing the american version's or other version's bugs let me know and I can write down everything in this first post.
KNOWN BUGS:
1) email ringing twice: when you receive an email (just 1 email), the phone sometimes rings twice (one ring and immediately another in 1-2 seconds).
2) hung in standby: if you put the phone in standby for a long time (i.e. at night), when you try to disable standby mode the mobile network is marked as "activating..." in the menu, and actually never activates. You have to reboot in order to get network connectivity (not only data connectivity, but also the ability to make/receive a phone call) back.
3) wifi hung when screen off: wifi keeps connected to the wifi network (if wifi setting "always on" is selected), but data isn't actually transferred when the screen turns off. As a result, the app that relies on wifi (for example, Airdroid) stops responding with screen off, and instead immediately responds if you turn the screen back on (even not unlocking the screen: it's enough that it's on).
4) continuously switching between 3g and hsdpa: when trying to use the mobile connectivity (e.g. loading a web page), the phone sometimes starts switching between 3g and HSDPA and viceversa at 2-3 seconds intervals. In the meanwhile data transfer (download/upload) completely stops (e.g. the web page loading doesn't proceed). Possibly related to fast dormancy. Bug that used to affect other HTC phones in the past and that HTC solved for those with a software update.
5) htc sense keyboard's arrows showing up even if disabled (thanks to users s10shane and greeneyes513)
AND THEIR WORKAROUNDS:
1) none
2) if you enable/disable standby mode by long pressing the power button, instead of from the settings menu, it works.
3) the bug doesn't happen if there is a constant flow of data: e.g. if you put in download a quite huge file and in the meanwhile you turn off the screen, all works (not only the download but also other apps like Airdroid) until the download finishes. Other method: enable "better wifi performance" in settings menu (but this drains the battery a lot). Third method: manually activate a wake lock via third party app such as Android Terminal Emulator (don't know about battery drain but I think likely there is).
4) maybe disabling fast dormancy but this requires root access, so this can't be considered a workaround for most.
5) sometimes can get rid of the arrows by putting the phone in landscape mode, then turning the phone back to portrait mode.
What am I forgetting?

I don't have any of those so called "known issues".
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besides 1, the others are present with my device

Yes, the first one is also already known. For example here (that guy mentions it as number 2).

i have an issues with the htc sense keyboard on 4.0.4. i noticed when i turn off the arrows in the keyboard settings, sometimes they show back up on the keyboard even though they are turned off (also it only turns them off in portrait mode). sometimes i can get rid of them by putting the phone in landscape then turning the phone back to portrait mode. lol its annoying as hell

The wifi bug bothers me a lot since I use a texting app and facebook messenger and my wifi ends up turning off after standby for like 5 mins

s10shane said:
i have an issues with the htc sense keyboard on 4.0.4. i noticed when i turn off the arrows in the keyboard settings, sometimes they show back up on the keyboard even though they are turned off (also it only turns them off in portrait mode). sometimes i can get rid of them by putting the phone in landscape then turning the phone back to portrait mode. lol its annoying as hell
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Can you confirm the same happens on the stock rom? We must be sure that bugs aren't related to custom roms implementation.

It happens on stock.
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Added the keyboard's arrows bug...

Hey Guys Flex360 found a way to disable HTC SmartSync on the EVO LTE, with a few shell commands. I whipped it up into an app in the play store HTC smartsync toggle if any one wants to try it.
SmartSync is what is disabling WiFi when screen is off

Unable to add widget...
Oops!!! Did it again!!! the mistake of buying HTC (One S to be precise) .
What a crap HTC devices became!!!
Anyhow, my problem is that I'm unable to add widgets on home screen. When place it on screen it just "loading" and then screen goes blank but widget never shows up, even after reboot. This piece of crap is only 2 days old and installed only few apps. Mine is the Z520e (Snapdragon version).
Any idea how to fix this?
Note :
phone is complete stock
Vodafone branding
not rooted

Rexton270 said:
Oops!!! Did it again!!! the mistake of buying HTC (One S to be precise) .
What a crap HTC devices became!!!
Anyhow, my problem is that I'm unable to add widgets on home screen. When place it on screen it just "loading" and then screen goes blank but widget never shows up, even after reboot. This piece of crap is only 2 days old and installed only few apps. Mine is the Z520e (Snapdragon version).
Any idea how to fix this?
Note :
phone is complete stock
Vodafone branding
not rooted
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Sell it if It's crap...
Delete HTC sense app data.
My One S is perfect.
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xxquicksh0txx said:
Sell it if It's crap...
Delete HTC sense app data.
My One S is perfect.
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Factory reset? If that doesn't work, RUU. Somehow one software bug = crap device? Let me know when you find one without a bug. I'll buy 10.
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xxquicksh0txx said:
Sell it if It's crap...
Delete HTC sense app data.
My One S is perfect.
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What I will achieve by deleting Sense data? Did hardreset yday and it worked ok until disabled Vodafone apps but it started again, however this time widgets are ok, but very laggy. When returning to home page it takes up to 10 seconds! Compare to my other "toys" this is really crap! Shame on HTC!!!
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MissingBonobo said:
Factory reset? If that doesn't work, RUU. Somehow one software bug = crap device? Let me know when you find one without a bug. I'll buy 10.
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Did it and it was OK, but then disabled some operator bloatware and now it's very laggy. I think time for rooting and install WWE version...

Rexton270 said:
What I will achieve by deleting Sense data? Did hardreset yday and it worked ok until disabled Vodafone apps but it started again, however this time widgets are ok, but very laggy. When returning to home page it takes up to 10 seconds! Compare to my other "toys" this is really crap! Shame on HTC!!!
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Did it and it was OK, but then disabled some operator bloatware and now it's very laggy. I think time for rooting and install WWE version...
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So let me get this straight. It worked fine before you messed with it and now it is HTC's fault?
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Rexton270 said:
What I will achieve by deleting Sense data? Did hardreset yday and it worked ok until disabled Vodafone apps but it started again, however this time widgets are ok, but very laggy. When returning to home page it takes up to 10 seconds! Compare to my other "toys" this is really crap! Shame on HTC!!!
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Did it and it was OK, but then disabled some operator bloatware and now it's very laggy. I think time for rooting and install WWE version...
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A lot of times sense will glitch and do some funky stuff. Clearing the data wi fix it some times...
Seriously just go buy a different phone.
And don't blame it on HTC if disabling vodaphone apps makes it glitch, its vodaphones problem, they changed the software.
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A few bugs I found... Are these already known?
Often when opening the sms app, the sort menu will open by itself.
The phone reports available open wifi networks, even though I turned that feature off.

Notification about open wifi networks
I can confirm this bug. Although I have turned the notification for open networks off, it shows up in the notification area whenever I have wifi turned on and am not connected to a wifi network. That's probably not the expected behavior, so it's a (minor) bug.

I read that this may be due to not doing a factory reset after installing the lates OTA update.
I just bought the phone and installed everything, so I can't be bothered with a reset for this small inconvenience. But when/if Jelly Bean arrives, I will do a reset after installing, and see if that fixes the issues.

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2) hung in standby: if you put the phone in standby for a long time (i.e. at night), when you try to disable standby mode the mobile network is marked as "activating..." in the menu, and actually never activates. You have to reboot in order to get network connectivity (not only data connectivity, but also the ability to make/receive a phone call) back.
AND THEIR WORKAROUNDS
2) if you enable/disable standby mode by long pressing the power button, instead of from the settings menu, it works.
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Not for me it doesn't. In fact I'm not sure I understand the workaround anyway! I mean, how else am I supposed to enable/disable standby mode? I only ever long-press the power button to put it in standby mode.
Mine is totally stock, supplied unlocked from Clove and about one in every four wake-from-standby, I have no data or mobile network connection unless I carry out a full restart. I thought it was me, the fact that I occasionally use it without data, or swap between PAYG and Pay Monthly (o2) sim cards, but I've just popped in another (True Mobile) PAYG sim and that's the same.
No such problems with my HTC One X+; possibly the best phone I ever bought. That's not supposed to sound conceited. In fact, quite the opposite.