Hey,
I am using this phone on VZW and am having trouble accessing the internet during calls. I hit the home button (or the back button) and the screen just goes blank. I hit the power button to bring it back on, and attempt to try it again, and the same sort of thing happens. Is anyone else experiencing this? It's not a signal problem because I am in an area with LTE and the phone shows up as having 4G signal. Is there some weird setting I need to change?
The phone is running the latest update from VZW (the one from a week or so ago).
Thanks
-- Dan
The only way I can duplicate your problem is by waving my hand over the proximity sensor. It will black the screen out. I don't have to be very close to it for it to happen either. So I would guess you are inadvertently tripping it or your proximity sensor is possibly going bad.
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Has anyone had their screen become unresponsive at all? meaning certain parts of it not working? I was typing before and my screen seemed to have a few "dead" spots where I would press and it wouldnt register, The V key on the kb, but b and c worked.. it was just strange. a reboot seems to have solved it for now but just wondering if anyone else has had this happen at all. I just got this as a warranty replacement. My old one never did anything like that.. so I'm wondering if maybe they sent me a bad one or if it was just a temp software glitch
Yes I have had this exact issue only mine occurs in the home screen and lock screen where I can't swipe to another page at times or I can't unlock the phone in a certain area.
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Yes, have same issues...even som times when I have to turn it on. Video playing wrongly as well. I might reboot it.
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i only occasionally have any issues
Do all the nexus s 4g's have the back button issue? or just some? should i exchange?
Issue is that the back button becomes unresponsive periodically for about 15 seconds. Workaround is to wait or turn off the screen and then turn it back on.
It happens a few times every day.
My back button works just fine.
No problems here. Don't even really know what the back button issue is...
What is the issue you have? Doesn't work?
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Back button becomes unresponsive periodically for about 15 seconds. Workaround is to wait or turn off the screen and then turn it back on.
Mine is fine.
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I've never heard of that.
If it's such a bother, you might as well just exchange it.
I had the same exact problem with the menu button. I found out about it two days into owning it, returned it for a new one and haven't had the problem since.
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Mine had the back button issue. it's currently at Samsung for repair. Turnaround time is about 10 days for repairs. If you bought it recently, I'd recommend exchanging it. The problem will not go away and cannot be fixed with a software update. My wife has the Nexus 4g as well and she's never had the issue. Mine would freeze 5 or more times a day. Talk about frustrating. It is a very common problem which has been posted on over 500 times at google's forum and it effects the home button more commonly.
Strangely, Samsung says they never heard of the problem, Yeah right. But it's definitely a crappy hardware issue.
A friend of mine just got a Nexus S and has the same issue. He's been asking me if that's normal. I know my Epic doesn't do that. I assumed maybe it was a software issue but now that I've seen several other people have returned theirs, I'll suggest he do the same.
I believe it to be a bug in Samsung touch panel driver. But we can't know for sure because they don't release the source code.
Mine does it on back and home buttons. Some do it on search button which is even worse. Basically this bug causes a tap on a button to register as a long press for about ten seconds. Turning screen off and on makes it stop. Otherwise the button stays dark and you see long press behavior (if there is any for your current context) for about ten seconds. Very annoying.
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My first two did the same thing.
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Hello!
A few days ago my desire s started acting very weird. Sometimes the four buttons don't work (home, back, etc.) and sometimes my finger gestures aren't recognised. For example if I want to call somebody and then click on the home button my device thinks I pressed on the call button instead. Or if I am in some menu and I click on some of the four buttons, my desire s thinks I pressed the display somewhere else on the screen. Sometimes it helps if I turn the display off and then immediately on. But after a few clicks the same behaviour again.
I wanted to install a custom rom anyway, so I did a full wipe and installed Fallout. But nothing changed. Do you think my device is broken?
Ive had this top my screen was replaced under warranty mine was stick at the time
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ratzer said:
Hello!
A few days ago my desire s started acting very weird. Sometimes the four buttons don't work (home, back, etc.) and sometimes my finger gestures aren't recognised. For example if I want to call somebody and then click on the home button my device thinks I pressed on the call button instead. Or if I am in some menu and I click on some of the four buttons, my desire s thinks I pressed the display somewhere else on the screen. Sometimes it helps if I turn the display off and then immediately on. But after a few clicks the same behaviour again.
I wanted to install a custom rom anyway, so I did a full wipe and installed Fallout. But nothing changed. Do you think my device is broken?
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Your phone has somehow been exposed to high temperatures?
Not that I am aware of. Though these things happened when I was out in the garden playing with my phone while the weather was pretty hot (about 30 degrees). But I don't think that you mean that with high temperatures, do you?
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Not that I am aware of. Though these things happened when I was out in the garden playing with my phone while the weather was pretty hot (about 30 degrees). But I don't think that you mean that with high temperatures, do you?
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Excessive heat can lead to detachment of the adhesive that is bonded touchscreen, it's not making edge contact. It happened to my ex HTC Hero on a sunny day (the phone was black)
Have you tried factory reset maybe this fixes it
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kamei said:
Have you tried factory reset maybe this fixes it
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It happened here sometimes with gingerbread stock while on *charging*! Only when charging. It's not happening on ICS RUU update.
I had the same problem a fortnight to a week back... exactly as OP describes (phone 6 months old from new). I've factory reset and changed ROMs, the problem remains.
But since 4 days now, my phone has become completely unusable.
The back and menu touch buttons don't work at all now. And some area's of the screen are dead, and brown coloured.
It's a PITA every time I have to type anything as my keyboard keys don't work at all (and other area's). Then, randomly, after 2-10 seconds, none of the keys or phone touchscreen will work until I off->on the screen.
Anyone please any idea of a fix (to me, it looks like hardware)?
If not, anyone ANY idea how to add a back button somehow? Or even assign the search button the back button function?
I desperately need the back button working. TIA!
I have exactly the same problem with my Desire S (stock ICS). Anybody of you solved this?
Thanks.
Dear xda community,
Since I received my Nexus 5 more than a week ago I am experiencing something which keeps me thinking.
Sometimes when I want to pick up my phone to check something, the screen will wake up without me touching any buttons. Is this supposed to happen?
What's happening quite often because of that is: I want to pick up my phone -> grabbing it -> screen awakes -> but since I am pushing the power button myself half a second later -> screen turns dark again. This is a little annoying from time to time...
I tried to recreate this incident but it just happens every ~30th time.While doing this I keep attention not to hit a button accidentally.
Any Ideas whats going on? Bug or feature? Are you experiencing something similar?
Thank you and best regards!
Same thing happening with my Nexus 5. Screen opens on picking it up. It happens on randomly.
I cannot see any pattern though.
Could be a faulty power button switch? Making a connection under the movement?
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It will wake up if the surface you put it on has a magnet in or near it. It's the hall effect sensor that does this, used for a cases that wake up the device when opened
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Are you using a Custom rom?
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There are some custom ROM/Kernel combo's which give the option to wake the phone by double tapping the screen. However this isn't present in stock. As some have already said the phone will wake if placed near a magnet, if I put my N5 on top my iPad it wakes when I pick it up. If none of these apply its probably faulty.
hi guys, I have my u12+ for about 7 months and I find out it started doing strange things, the most annoying is losing a network (crossed network icon) once or even twice a day !! need to restart it to get it working again, second thing are buttons, sometimes they working when they wants, not when I want to unlock it or volume up/down, another problem is squeeze function, sometimes it works on they own (power button too), any ideas if its a software problem, anyone had similar issues with this ****ty phone or its mechanical problems and should I ask for warranty repair ? ? thanks
I've had occasional 'phantom' button presses, usually when it's in a pocket. I turned off the squeeze sensor, but the buttons still play up now and again.
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