I'm using Fallout v5 ROM from a month without any problem, but lately I have seen a really irritating touch screen glitch which I know is not ROM related.
Problem:
I'm seeing some random screen clicks and swipes (as though a ghost is operating my phone) and during this my phone touch screen becomes un-responsive. But I can turn the screen off using the power button and after turning the screen on sometimes the problem does reappear. I did some googling for this problem and found that many android users have seen this but none have a solution or know the root cause of the problem.
The guesses as to the Root of this problem floating around are:
1. Caused by erroneous charger (I charge from PC or from htc charger only)
2. Caused by high temperatures or humidity (I have seen this problem other wise too)
Lately the frequency of the problem is increasing and sometimes the phone is unusable. My theory for the behavior is that the battery needs replacement as my phone is already 1.5 years old. Willing to try any suggestions you guys suggest. I have already done a full wipe and tried 2 ROM but the problem re-appears.
Any help is appreciated.
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So I searched everywhere and can not find ANYTHING on such an issue...
A little history on my phone, previously cracked the digitizer but replaced it with no issues (except for a minor cosmetic scratch on lcd, barely noticeable) about 3 months ago, has run fine since then, never any issues
I am running ICS under HD sensation rom, never any issues
I occasionally had some touch screen unresponsiveness, but a quick turn off and on of screen would fix this, a pretty common issue for this phone
The Issue:
today for some odd reason my phone screen would turn on and would be just random pixels of varying color, not correlating to lock screen at all, a reset of the phone did nothing for this, but strangely enough pressing very slightly across the whole front of the screen would return it to normal, if a bit briefly, so i concluded that a wire connecting the screen had come loose, or there was dust inside the phone, so i took it apart and made sure everything was a-ok, which it was, but after putting it back together the same issue persists, and has in fact gotten progressively worse throughout the day, it is now to the point of being unusable, has anyone experienced anything similar, or does anyone have any solutions? i would rather avoid a new phone if possible...
AnyOne??
I'm also having the same problem with my HTC Sensation and tried the master reset and inserting a new SD Card. Did you figured out what was causing the problem? I appreciate any info.
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Was at about 30% battery and the screen froze as in it wouldn't take any touch events. The backlight would react as if the screen wasn't touched. It seems like the touch events just were not registering but the phone worked in the background. Kernel issue maybe? I have been using faux.
Something similar ....
I had a similar experience on the 15th .... took my N5 off the Qi charger and the screen froze when i tried to unlock it.
I hit the power button and was able to unlock and get a few touches in before it froze again.
I was finally able (after much screen off/on cycles) to get down to the developer options and turn on show touches & show cpu usage.
... background processes looked fairly normal when the screen was frozen(touches showed as frozen) ...
I was rooted, stock rom except for xda user Jishnu Sur's N5 camera mod and running a couple tried & true root apps(Stickmount & QuickBoot). Thought some software issue might be jamming up the digitizer i/o causing it to freeze.
Reverted entirely to stock (the Team Win recovery was also experiencing screen freeze - buttons worked fine) including removing TRWP and re-locking the boot loader!!
The screen freezing problem persists ... my conclusion is that it's a hardware issue. :crying:
It's possible you are seeing the same thing, but I haven't seen anything in the forums to indicate it's a widespread problem.
Returning it for a replacement phone ... :fingers-crossed:
Hi,
same problem here from France.
I already returned a Nexus 5, after multiple freeze I tried to format data partition via bootloader, (no rooted phone, following google instructions for stock reset) then the phone crash wile formatting, it never wake up gain.
When I get a new one from google after one or two week same problem appears, and it's append more and more often, since monday my phone crash one time more every night, and all the day today.
A this time I'm still trying to load it sine I came back from work seven hour ago, battery still at 49%.
I think it's and hardware issue too.
I'm very disappointed about Google and I'll never by anymore LG products.
Thanks for reading.
biggiephat said:
Was at about 30% battery and the screen froze as in it wouldn't take any touch events. The backlight would react as if the screen wasn't touched. It seems like the touch events just were not registering but the phone worked in the background. Kernel issue maybe? I have been using faux.
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Freezes tend to happen on custom kernels specially if you under-volt it too much. have you done that?
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canaillou2k5 said:
Hi,
same problem here from France.
I already returned a Nexus 5, after multiple freeze I tried to format data partition via bootloader, (no rooted phone, following google instructions for stock reset) then the phone crash wile formatting, it never wake up gain.
When I get a new one from google after one or two week same problem appears, and it's append more and more often, since monday my phone crash one time more every night, and all the day today.
A this time I'm still trying to load it sine I came back from work seven hour ago, battery still at 49%.
I think it's and hardware issue too.
I'm very disappointed about Google and I'll never by anymore LG products.
Thanks for reading.
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Last week I had the same problem with my new NEXUS 5. IT’S TOTALLY A HARDWARE ISSUE.
LG products are however not so bad in the JAPAN market but still we are expecting a lot from LG technology.
LG services suck.
I am facing the same problem with my Nexus 5. Unrooted, bought 7 months back from India itself, was working fine till around two weeks back,when the lags, screen freeze, blacking out n all appeared. Got it repaired twice at the LG centre. They changed the front display touchpad as well as the charging connector strip. The problem still persists.
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I recently bought a new digitizer for my Xperia M from parts4repair.com and after I changed it, it worked fine. Next day I encountered a problem. The problem was that if I use phone for about 30 seconds, the digitizer freezes and I have to take out the battery to use the phone again. Although the touching of this digitizer is great.
I tried to make factory reset to see if it was software problem but it's probably hardware problem. I also tried using it in different conditions like warm and cold places. In cold places I could use it for more than a minute but in warm place it only takes less time for digitizer to stop working. So I think heat might also influence it.
Maybe someone has encountered similar problem and knows how to fix it
Thanks
Hi,
I have a Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 and the battery gets really hot and then the screen starts flickering and eventually goes out. I was wondering if anyone else has had or heard of this issue?
Thank you, Snow
While doing what sort of activity at what brightness level? There is s flickering issue that isn't necessarily related to heat which is why I'm asking. .
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These things are rated save to use up to 80ºC, so unless it reaches near-melting temperatures, something else is probably wrong.
There are a couple of threads on screen flickering issues. Primarily concentrated issue on the WiFi and AT&T models.
It has also become a bit of a trend for people to say 'It gets really scalding hot', whilst it turns out to only be around 40ºC. That is not hot. That's normal for a device with a powerhouse CPU and no fans.
Use CPU-Z to get the actual battery temp. 25-45C is perfectly normal, 50-60C in heavy usage is also normal (Games, for instance).
This primarily happens when playing games or watching video's on it. It seems like the processor/battery gets hot and then all of a sudden the screen starts going crazy.
Enable developer options and disable hardware overlays within there. It has been said that this should fix the flickering in video playback.
Be aware that when you reboot the tablet you will have to disable hardware overlays again.
If you're rooted and have TWRP, clearing cache and dalvic will resolve the flickering for a period of time (days) without having to dive into developer options.
Snowleopard1900 said:
Hi,
I have a Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 and the battery gets really hot and then the screen starts flickering and eventually goes out. I was wondering if anyone else has had or heard of this issue?
Thank you, Snow
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Hi , i was having the same problem and now the device is unable to turn on at all , please help me because there are no samsung service center near to me. :crying:
IbrahimGla said:
Hi , i was having the same problem and now the device is unable to turn on at all , please help me because there are no samsung service center near to me. :crying:
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Hi IbrahimGla,
Once the hardware overlay issue was mentioned, I looked for instructions on how to turn hardware overlays off on the Galaxy tab (Which where hard to find). Here are the instructions and so far, it looks like it is working for me:
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To fix flickering in video:
Enable developer options in settings (go to about device and tap Build Number 7+ times).
In developer options, under hardware-accelerated rendering, check "turn off hardware overlays". You can also check "force GPU rendering", but I've found the former is all that's necessary.
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Hi Snowleopard,
Snowleopard1900 said:
Hi IbrahimGla,
Once the hardware overlay issue was mentioned, I looked for instructions on how to turn hardware overlays off on the Galaxy tab (Which where hard to find). Here are the instructions and so far, it looks like it is working for me:
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To fix flickering in video:
Enable developer options in settings (go to about device and tap Build Number 7+ times).
In developer options, under hardware-accelerated rendering, check "turn off hardware overlays". You can also check "force GPU rendering", but I've found the former is all that's necessary.
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Thanks for your reply , i did what u have mentioned in the begening of my problem and no thing has changed , now after a month from the first time where my screen starts flickring the device is not turning on it is like a device with no battery it just show me the battery charging when it's off.
do you advise me to buy a new battery and replace my note pro battery??
Thank you & sorry for my bad english
I am having a similar problem with my Note Pro. It ussualy starts when the battery is down to 60%. The screen starts flickering and then I get a message saying the SD card is corrupt or not formatted. Sometimes it locks up as well. Sometimes when I plug the charger in to tells me "charging is suspended due to high battery temp.". The device is warm but not extreamly hot. If I turn the device off and let it charge, once the battery charge comes up to 70% I can turn it back on and everything works fine. As long as I keep it charged to over 60 - 70% I never have a problem. I tried several different SD cards but that doesn't seem to be the problem.
I have contacted Samsung but the only response I have gotten from them is "have you done a factory reset?".
Not sure what to try next. Anyone have any suggestions?
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Sorry I missed this, I am not on here very often, I am back because the Note 7 is coming out. I have never replaced the battery on mine, so I am not sure. Apparently replacing the battery has worked for some people. I ended up sending the Note Pro to Samsung 2 times under warranty and the problem was not fixed.
Finally I called their support back a 3rd time near the end of the warranty period and said: Listen, I have send this *** to your repair department 2 times already. I want one that actually works sent back to me. They sent me a Note Pro in an un-marked (maybe a re-furb box?) with some sort of bar code sticker on the back of it.
Since then, this different Note Pro has worked for the most part, but every so often it has minor issues with it getting hot and the battery loosing charge, but it is not as bad as the one I bought. I really think Samsung dropped the ball on that tablet and they are lucky I just got a Tab E.
Definitely not my experience with the Note Pro. Mine has been rock solid for 2 years now, I still rack up a minimum of 2 hours of screen on time per day 7 days a week, and quite often more than that.
Just an FYI that there has been threads posted about screen flickering and battery issues that document issues with the battery connection and how to resolve them (involves opening the back and resoldering the battery terminal). Definitely something that you'd think Samsung would do but doesn't always do it . .
My tablet had the same screen flickering and getting hot problem. I solved the issue by soldering the battery connector in the motherboard. If you look at post #10 of this thread you will see a very good photo posted by Beut of the tiny black connector that seems to be failing. Other users report that the white battery connector also causes problems. In my case it was the black one, I soldered it a month ago and the problem was resolved.
Hi guys
I'm sure this problem is not brand specific but a general issue:
My device (Xiaomi Redmi Note 1W 3G) loses its display from time to time. The screen (1) flickers for a few secs or
(2) during standby it loses power, only way is reinsert battery. Sometimes there is a freeze (3)which means for half a minute the system hangs until it reboots all alone.
My question to you: is it possible some internal wires have become loose, or and other idea?
btw, my device never ran correctly, from the first day on, issues.
So far, I've tried a custom ROM and several global versions as well as TWRP and CWM.
Any help highly appreciated! [emoji316] [emoji26]
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Hi guys
I'm sure this problem is not brand specific but a general issue:
My device (Xiaomi Redmi Note 1W 3G) loses its display from time to time. The screen (1) flickers for a few secs or
(2) during standby it loses power, only way is reinsert battery. Sometimes there is a freeze (3)which means for half a minute the system hangs until it reboots all alone.
My question to you: is it possible some internal wires have become loose, or and other idea?
btw, my device never ran correctly, from the first day on, issues.
So far, I've tried a custom ROM and several global versions as well as TWRP and CWM.
Any help highly appreciated! [emoji316] [emoji26]
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Screen flickering issues seem to be common in the Redmi Note series :/... I read that someone who had this problem found that factory reset fixed it, but once he entered recovery the issue came back. I would assume it's a hardware problem with my experience with laptops and desktops (yes they aren't phones though). I don't think that there's a wire that's loose; I think it's something on the motherboard causing the problem, not the screen panel itself. Can you send it back to the person you bought it from and get a replacement?
Thanks for your reply. I've never read about these issues anywhere before, but now I see that this might be Xiaomi's fault. Nonetheless I'm gonna open it up just to check it out as I imported my Note from China. Sending it back would be way too adventurous.
I'll turn my back to Xiaomi, other brands are smaller yet more reliable.
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