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.
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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 all,
Just got the SmartWatch 1 for a good price. I'm enjoying the notifications and call screening a lot.
But I can't wake the watch.
Double tapping does not work.
Having the phone on all the time while it's moving will drain the battery in 3 seconds flat.
The one where you are supposed to move the watch horizontally and the display will turn on is a joke. It simply doesn't do a thing.
A friend got his too and we have the same issues.
Other than turning it on with the power button, is there a ay to "fix" the double tapping thing?
Any help will be appreciated!
Mine does the same thing intermittently. No rhyme or reason to it. Mine was a door prize at XDA Devcon
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Mine does the same thing intermittently. No rhyme or reason to it. Mine was a door prize at XDA Devcon
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It's strange. Yep, it'll sometimes wake up and most of the time it won't. But I have better luck tapping the strap, as someone suggested. So. Weird!
Still. This looks to me like one of the greatest stupid things ever. I mean, it doesn't do much - but in a single day, I now wonder why nobody invented it before. It rocks!
This thing is an error.
Double tap to wake function only works if the watch goes to sleep when its on the default clock screen.
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I have used the power button double tap to wake up the watch and it still displays the last app that was showing.
I've done this with a few apps now.
Hi
Had my nexus 5 couple of weeks now, I seem to be getting odd things happening especially with the onscreen navigation buttons at the bottom.
I have noticed every once in a while as I say I go to press the back button it will actually register before I touch the screen!! One I hovered my finger above it was registering like crazy..
Has anyone else noticed this?!? Not sure how its doing it, am putting it down to some type of electrical sensitivity as my finger goes near by... The other on screen menu buttons may do the same but notice it most with back button as use it the most probably.
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touchscreen crazy
ramb02000 said:
Hi
Had my nexus 5 couple of weeks now, I seem to be getting odd things happening especially with the onscreen navigation buttons at the bottom.
I have noticed every once in a while as I say I go to press the back button it will actually register before I touch the screen!! One I hovered my finger above it was registering like crazy..
Has anyone else noticed this?!? Not sure how its doing it, am putting it down to some type of electrical sensitivity as my finger goes near by... The other on screen menu buttons may do the same but notice it most with back button as use it the most probably.
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hi man
my phone have the same symptons yesterday it became crazy automatically press home button then go to google now and open it and the keyboard begin to type some letters all of this without touch it, do you find a solution for this?
Hey, no, I thought was only one! Still get it.. I reach to hit the back button (or any other) and as I nearly push it. It can register already as a touch.. Really odd.
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Is anyone else having an issues when on a call to someone you take it away from your ear and look at your phone and the screen doesn't come back on. I have to hit the power button to make the screen wake up. I'm all stock (4.4.2) with unlocked bootloader. I m trying to see if this is a hardware problem where I need to RMA or software problem.
Mine works perfectly well. Are you sure you don't have anything that might be affecting the proximity sensor, like smudges or a screen protector?
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No, I don't have any screen protector not any smudges. I saw similar issues on other phones and someone said to clear data and cache on the phone app so I don't know if that will work or not.
ProBird79 said:
Is anyone else having an issues when on a call to someone you take it away from your ear and look at your phone and the screen doesn't come back on. I have to hit the power button to make the screen wake up. I'm all stock (4.4.2) with unlocked bootloader. I m trying to see if this is a hardware problem where I need to RMA or software problem.
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What time out do you have your screen set to? Sounds like it's simply locking after the designated time.
I've noticed the screen turning on and off occasionally when talking. Almost like the sensor isn't sure if I'm holding it to my head or not but then I do hold it away from my face.
I have the same issue...
I can't hang a call because the screen simply don't turn on when I remove my phone from the ear.
In add at this issue, seems like the proximity sensor turn off the backlight screen only.
When I finish a call, I found the clock screen opened, in my case the settings screen of advanced clock widget...
It's really annoying...
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Do you guys have a screen protector applied by any chance? Everyone had this issue with the nexus 4 because the sensor is really sensitive and picks the protector up, not letting it turn the screen on. Try removing a section of the protector where the sensor sits, this will fix your issue.
Surprisingly, I don't have this problem
Team Nexus 5 sucks. Underpowered battery for a 5inch 1080p screen that is non-removable. Weak generic antenna that drops signal. Worst speaker of any device on the market. Cheap plastic build.
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Do you guys have a screen protector applied by any chance? Everyone had this issue with the nexus 4 because the sensor is really sensitive and picks the protector up, not letting it turn the screen on. Try removing a section of the protector where the sensor sits, this will fix your issue.
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My phone is naked... No screen protector, no cover...
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bblzd said:
What time out do you have your screen set to? Sounds like it's simply locking after the designated time.
I've noticed the screen turning on and off occasionally when talking. Almost like the sensor isn't sure if I'm holding it to my head or not but then I do hold it away from my face.
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I have it on 15 seconds. Shouldn't that feature be bypassed when a call is in progress so that the proximity sensor is usable. This is the first phone that I've had that has done this to me. On all others the proximity sensor stays live even after the predetermined sleep time.
After 15 seconds you're screen is simply turning off as you have set. Mine does so after 1 minute, which is my screen time out setting.
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I have 30 minutes of inactivity...
The proximity sensor is broken...
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After 15 seconds you're screen is simply turning off as you have set. Mine does so after 1 minute, which is my screen time out setting.
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During a call shouldn't the screen timeout be bypassed then go back to the default setting once the call has ended? That makes much more sense to me.
ProBird79 said:
During a call shouldn't the screen timeout be bypassed then go back to the default setting once the call has ended? That makes much more sense to me.
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This seems to be the built in functionality of the phone and not a bug. I can't really say if one way is better then the other but I just turn the screen off during calls now.
This is the bug...
really annoying
same problem
ProBird79 said:
Is anyone else having an issues when on a call to someone you take it away from your ear and look at your phone and the screen doesn't come back on. I have to hit the power button to make the screen wake up. I'm all stock (4.4.2) with unlocked bootloader. I m trying to see if this is a hardware problem where I need to RMA or software problem.
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Same problem here do any one have solution for this..
Hey all,
My nexus 5 is keep unlocking itself while it's in my pocket, and doing random things like calling people, opening apps etc.
I set the pattern lock, and it helped, but from time to time I still see that screen is awake when I pick phone from pocket, sometimes it's in emergency call... Is there a "pocket mode" or something that I turned on or what's up with my phone?
Anyone else experiencing similar thing?
I hate pattern lock thing as well, but I saw that as only solution to a problem that I had.
HA..ha.ha.. Happens to me all the time. But in my case it happens only when i get a call while the phone is in the pocket. Not only does the call get rejected or accepted, but it also unlocks the phone, opens a plethora of apps and then goes back to sleep.
Now, the solution
Do you use a case? If yes, is the power button covered by the case? If yes, then you can either change your case or cut the case around the power button.
If you don't use a case, make sure your power button is not messed up! or you might have to replace the button (THE CERAMIC ONE)
Good luck let us know how it goes
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HA..ha.ha.. Happens to me all the time. But in my case it happens only when i get a call while the phone is in the pocket. Not only does the call get rejected or accepted, but it also unlocks the phone, opens a plethora of apps and then goes back to sleep.
Now, the solution
Do you use a case? If yes, is the power button covered by the case? If yes, then you can either change your case or cut the case around the power button.
If you don't use a case, make sure your power button is not messed up! or you might have to replace the button (THE CERAMIC ONE)
Good luck let us know how it goes
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Thanks for your quick answer.
I do not use case yet, looking for one these days for sure. The phone is new so I don't think that button should be replaced, it's working just fine from what I can tell. Guess that i'll have to stick with pattern and to see if some nice case can help with this problem as well.
Thank you once again.
Never once has my Nexus 5 done anything in my pocket. I'd say its your pocket's fault, not the Nexus 5
I'm running LiquidSmooth. It has an option that the screen doesn't turn on if something covers the proximity sensor. It's quite useful when your N5 is in your pocket but if it is laying on the table and I try to unlock it I need to watch out a bit
Sorry for my bad English
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I had the same problem, fixed it with a little script I made with "tasker"
I could send it to you if you like
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