I noticed this issue on my Galaxy S4, S3 and Note 3, when I had them, but turning off the various screen automation controls those phones had generally took care of it. My nexus 5 however, doesn't have options for those, except the standard auto-brightness, which is turned off, so I am not sure why my screen dims a lil bit and then goes back to normal, at random times. It's pretty annoying. Has anyone else noticed this issue, and know of a fix ? I haven't found much info on it when I searched for it. Found plenty about the Galaxy series tho lol*
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I can't remember if this happened with the build I was using before (month 2) -- I think perhaps one or two times, but I'm not 100% sure. However, more recently it has been happening quite a lot. Sometimes the phone will just simply not turn the screen on. There's not even any backlighting (or in this case in other words the black level is below the minimum that it seems to be when the screen is on since it's LED.) Most of the time I don't think it's responding at all, but this latest time I did get haptic feedback from what should be the lock screen, so I'm not entirely sure if I was maybe just missing the lock before. I think the issue has been happening more frequently now than before though (well, it has only been since the 14th or so I guess, but I'm pretty sure the issue wasn't happening much at first) I'm wondering if it's more likely something I've changed. Also, this last time I did notice later that day that the battery was shockingly low for such a short trip out. I think it was in the 70-80 range -- normally it's around 92+ after that length of time.
To be honest, I do keep a lot of things from running in the background and freeze a lot of apps. I try not to get anything essential, but sometimes it's hard to tell what truly is. I've mostly frozen obviously useless things like the live wallpaper stuff though. The only thing even remotely related that I could think of is the face unlock which I froze since it was running even though I don't use it (I have the plain slide to unlock set and do not want face unlock.) I can't think of anything else I might have messed with that even remotely could have to do with this though... My Nexus 7 also running CM 10 stable doesn't seem to have this issue.
Just got my Note Edge 2 days ago and when comparing the screen brightness (at max/no auto) it is much dimmer than our note 4. now I am not talking about the super bright setting that occurs when its on auto and outside but instead indoors. I also have been seeing a message in the display brightness settings "UNABLE TO INCREASE THE BRIGHTNESS FURTHER. THE DEVICE IS OVERHEATING" Could this be due to a faulty battery or something else? This is my only complaint with this phone but its a big one especially if i'm receiving this message. Should I return to Tmobile or is it most likely a software glitch. It is very cold where I am at so it has not been out in the sun or plugged in too long. minor use has led to this overheating message usually only seen in the summertime when in the car too long
why you need turn on full brightness? I only use brightness like 20% on that slider. it also save battery.
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I typically enjoy and have always used max brightness and even if i didn't this issue probably shouldn't be happening. It's the fact that i think something is wrong with my new phone already. I want to make sure by asking questions
Yes something is wrong if you're not gaming intensely or something like that. It should never overheat just from full brightness I have the T-Mobile one and I use max brightness all day no problems.
Guys the samsung NoteEdge on lollipop has that issue. Basically you can't switch auto brightness fully off it will control your brightness even if uncheck the box. After weeks of searching and trying I found a kind of solution because I love to see my screen in all his power and brightness. Solution is call "screen filter" can be found in the play store for free. Set the brightness at 100% and switch it on. You'll see the difference.
I picked up my Galaxy S6 Edge from sprint 8 days ago. After getting it i thought it was the best phone i have ever bought. But after a week of use some bugs are starting to appear. To start things off the night clock turns on the entire screen. It makes the screen a very dim grey the entire time the night clock is on. The screen is fine with the information feed, it's only with the clock. Issue 2: my edge lighting no longer works. I set my 5 favorites, and it worked for a week. Now when i get a call from one of those 5, and my phone is upside down, nothing. No edge lighting. And that's a shame since it's one of the main features of the edge. Issue 3: the information stream is upside down when my phone is on its back. It is supposed to flip, but doeant unless i shake my phone around a bit. Issue 4: googles voice detect on any screen option disappeared. I can only choose detect in app now. And finally everything is startin to lag. Moving between apps and even the camera quick open lag now.
If you have any ideas on how to fix all this, please help! This was a very expensive phone, and i expected more from samsung... i have already tried resetting, and even did a factory reset. Nothing has changed.
On a positive note my battery life has been great since i got the phone!
As in the title, now that I have turned on the lock which should only activate when I take off the watch I find that it activates while still on my wrist. This is happening seemingly randomly several times a day and is quite annoying. I like the security of it locking if it's not on my wrist but it is becoming a nuisance. Anyone having a similar problem?
I'm having the same problem. I found this post from a Google search, hoping to find a solution.
Were you able to figure it out?
same issue here. very annoying. i've ended up disabling the PIN lock because it keeps happening (i assume because it's not super tight on my wrist, but i don't want it too tight).
It seems to be one of a few glitches on the gear S2 (i also can't tag HR measurements, and the weather app often won't refresh if my Note4 hasn't been used in a few hours).
pretty disappointed with Samsung since these issues have been around for months.
It's weird because mine does too, yet my bf's doesn't. I'm thinking to just reset to factory and start over.
This is an old thread, but did anyone ever find a solution? Mine was working fine until I started disabling things to extend battery life... now it locks as soon as the screen blanks. I have a feeling there's something it needs for heartrate monitor that I disabled... any ideas? Thanks
I recently purchased a Galaxy S22 Ultra and when I'm on the lock screen trying to read my notifications, it always times out after 5 seconds and the screen goes black.
I have the display timeout for the entire Android system set to 5 minutes, and I used GoodLock to set the lock screen timeout to 1 minute, but it seems the setting is being ignored.
did you try extending your lockscreen's timeout for a maximum of 2 minutes via lockstar?
I did. It did not change anything. The reviews for LockStar on the galaxy store show a lot of people having this same problem.
I just changed the timeout to 15 seconds. It stayed on for 15 seconds. There was an update available when I opened LockStar. Perhaps this was addressed in the update.
I saw the update too and tried, and it did not work :-\ I also noticed the last review in the galaxy store mentioned today’s update fixed a different one of their issues, but not the timeout one.
Anyone a solution for this issue yet ? I'm using a Galaxy S10 BTW
An update of LockStar ended up fixing this for me a little while back. Like within the last 4 weeks.
I can't say this is related but when I'm making a call and on speaker my screen goes dim after 10 seconds and black after another 5 even though my display is set for 10 minutes. It happens with both my s22u and s21u. Neither Samsung or the local repair shop can answer why.
That is most certainly a different issue.
I seem to recall my phone screen turning off when on a call if it thinks the phone is next to my ear. Maybe it could be related to that?
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That is most certainly a different issue.
I seem to recall my phone screen turning off when on a call if it thinks the phone is next to my ear. Maybe it could be related to that?
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Samsung Rep said the same thing however the phone was a good 12" directly in front of me. I did check some settings they recommended but no difference. Took it to the repair shop they recommended and they could only say it shouldn't do that. Both my s22u and s21u do it but my note 8 never did and still doesn't.