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[Q] Nexus S screen turns off during/after a call

Is there anyone else having the same issue as I have? My Nexus S screen would turn off during/after a call, sometimes it would turn on when i press the power button and sometimes it would not. I am on stock Android 2.3.4 baseband I9020AUCKD1 Kerne version 2.6.36.7-ge382d80 android-build2apa28 #1 Build number GRJ22. I just got the OTA update the other day. Is this some kind of bug that comes with the update? I hope someone could shed a light on this matter. BTW I am on At&t if that helps. Thanks in advance!

Have den same problem in my phone to
Android 2.3.4
i9023
The screen turn's off when i answer a phone call.

I think it turns off when your in a call so that you don't touch the screen, it can detect you proximity , try on the middle of a call take the phone from your ear the screen should turn on.
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App

I have the same problem... sometimes the display stays black after the call is finished. Then I have to press the power-button.
Rom: MIUI-1.8.19
Kernel: Netachy-1.3.7

I don't have a solution for this problem, but it certainly annoys me too.
It seems that the screen lock timer is still running while the call is in progress. You can verify this by trying to hit the home screen in the middle of the call and seeing the lock screen come up.

I also have this problem and can be very annoying.

This also happens sometimes when I am watching flash video content. As soon as the video finishes the display turns off. The person who said something about the idle timer continuing to count idle time sounds plausible. As soon as the app that was preventing the sleep/lock ends it sleeps immediately.
Sent from my Nexus S using Tapatalk

I think its the in pocket detection... does anyone how to update my kernel from 2.6.35.7 to 2.6.36.7?im not sure how to do?

I think you should just wait, as its going to be March real soon and we should start to see updates for the Nexus S and 4g coming up. If you really can't wait, go ahead .

mclee235 said:
I think its the in pocket detection... does anyone how to update my kernel from 2.6.35.7 to 2.6.36.7?im not sure how to do?
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Are you rooted? Are you on a customer ROM?
If I'm not wrong, you can only update your unrooted stock ROM when you get an official update. (Somebody more experienced please confirm this)
However, once rooted and with a custom ICS ROM there is a whole list of Kernels that can be flashed and each one has the instructions on their respective pages.

dino993 said:
I think it turns off when your in a call so that you don't touch the screen, it can detect you proximity , try on the middle of a call take the phone from your ear the screen should turn on.
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App
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you are correct

is that possible:
1. proximity sensor during the call in order to avoid your face accidentally touched the screen
2. over time to lockscreen , like 1 minute , but you spoke 2 minutes ... and then phone automatically screen off ?

I exprienced that sometime in stock GB ROM and custom GB ROM. I have yet to experience it in ICS so far. It could be that when you try to wake the screen up, the phone may actually try to wake up but at that time your phone call may take higher priority -- cpu wise, so it is busy processing your phone call instead. I'm thinking Windows processing priority and I'm a noob.. Or the proximity sensor processing got stuck.

This does actually happen sometimes on my 2.3.6 stock ROM (i9023). Never had problems with turning the screen back on afterwards, though.

[Q] THL W8S Issue - Lock Up, Screen Fade, Auto-Reboot

Received this phone (THL W8S) 5 days ago, and straight out of the box it has had a serious issue where the phone will lock up, the screen will fade slowly to black, and then reboot itself. The problem occurs both after factory resetting AND in safe mode.
The phone is unrooted and running the stock ROM.
Basically during use, the screen suddenly becomes unresponsive to touch and the physical buttons (home, volume, power) all stop functioning. As soon as the phone locks up this way, the screen slowly fades to black over about 60 seconds, at which point I have to leave it to fade completely before it reboots itself.
It happens most frequently when using any browser (stock, or otherwise) taking from less than 5 seconds to around 5min before the random lock up occurs) but also happens when scrolling through messages; scrolling through emails in either of the stock apps; using a compass app which came pre-installed (very quickly).
Initially I thought it might have to do with WiFi, but problem also cropped up with WiFi off, using 2/3G. Then in troubleshooting also managed to get it to happen using the camera (lot of motion, and repeatedly taking snaps).
Also odd is that the batteries I received in the box were generic black ones, not the official stamped/logo'ed THL ones I've seen on every website and every unboxing of this particular phone. So while there's a possibility this may be a battery issue, the fact that the phone hasn't done this while using a more battery draining app (Beach Buggy Blitz; Rayman Jungle Run) makes me think this is a deeper hardware fault related to , although I don't know enough about voltages and such to rule it out completely.
I have a couple videos showing the problem, but unfortunately I'm not allowed to put the links here. Should both be easily found by searching:
THL W8S issue Kostas P
if interested.
Any thoughts/views would be greatly appreciated!

kostako said:
Received this phone (THL W8S) 5 days ago, and straight out of the box it has had a serious issue where the phone will lock up, the screen will fade slowly to black, and then reboot itself. The problem occurs both after factory resetting AND in safe mode.
The phone is unrooted and running the stock ROM.
Basically during use, the screen suddenly becomes unresponsive to touch and the physical buttons (home, volume, power) all stop functioning. As soon as the phone locks up this way, the screen slowly fades to black over about 60 seconds, at which point I have to leave it to fade completely before it reboots itself.
It happens most frequently when using any browser (stock, or otherwise) taking from less than 5 seconds to around 5min before the random lock up occurs) but also happens when scrolling through messages; scrolling through emails in either of the stock apps; using a compass app which came pre-installed (very quickly).
Initially I thought it might have to do with WiFi, but problem also cropped up with WiFi off, using 2/3G. Then in troubleshooting also managed to get it to happen using the camera (lot of motion, and repeatedly taking snaps).
Also odd is that the batteries I received in the box were generic black ones, not the official stamped/logo'ed THL ones I've seen on every website and every unboxing of this particular phone. So while there's a possibility this may be a battery issue, the fact that the phone hasn't done this while using a more battery draining app (Beach Buggy Blitz; Rayman Jungle Run) makes me think this is a deeper hardware fault related to , although I don't know enough about voltages and such to rule it out completely.
I have a couple videos showing the problem, but unfortunately I'm not allowed to put the links here. Should both be easily found by searching:
THL W8S issue Kostas P
if interested.
Any thoughts/views would be greatly appreciated!
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Hi, I also have the same problem described by kostako. Please look for your feedback as soon as possible.
thank you very much
Best regards.

san_tony said:
Hi, I also have the same problem described by kostako. Please look for your feedback as soon as possible.
thank you very much
Best regards.
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Hello, I wanted to inform you that lately the reboot occur concurrently with application updates.
They are like your impressions.
Best regards

THL W8S the screen fade and reboot too!!
Hello!
I received the phone on 12 September. The screen faded from the first minutes of use. Yesterday I came three times. In "THL mobile store" recommend updating the firmware. But the update I have not found anywhere.
any suggestions
Thank you very much in advance.

[Q] Galaxy S5 turns display on randomly

Was anyone experiencing the display randomly turning on & won't dim itself off. I am using the fingerprint lock so it stays on the screen asking for the alternate password. This happens while charging & when idle. The phone stays on until you press the power button. I am testing if is something to do with the fingerprint lock, switching to pattern lock. any ideas?

I also use fingerprint unlock and have noticed that the display will randomly turn on and ask for the alternative password. I just got the phone this past Sunday (6/8) and all I've really done to it is add the fingerprint security.

what ROM are you running?

youdoofus said:
what ROM are you running?
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Stock ROM, no changes.

I've also seen this. Usually happens to me at night for some reason. Screen turns on and when I hit the side button to turn off the screen it goes out for a few seconds then lights up again. Have to reboot to fix it.

Mine does it during the day at work quite a bit, I think it is from the home button being pushed in my pocket. It really should be associated with the light/proximity sensor as to when the button will work.

Having the same problem with both swipe and fingerprint unlock. I can understand swipe, fingerprint works better in my pocket then with my finger

Mine is constantly turning on in my pocket now. I have an otterbox commuter on it and edges are raised pretty good, doesn't seem like my leg would hit the home button but it's hard to tell

Only happens to me when connectivity state changes, or music skips for a notification
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I am having this problem on stock unrooted ND2 as well as RDDT. I also noticed on both that I get notification sounds with NO notifications showing up. So I have my notification sound going off a few times each hour for no reason unless I leave my phone on silent.
As far as the screen coming on randomly, I found that disabling air wake has helped a little bit. Especially overnight, I leave my phone next to my pillow (yea, I am a junkie...) and the screen would turn itself on every time I rolled over, and the screen would stay on after that until I woke up and turned it off. I know it was staying on because a couple of times I reached over the phone, screen turned on and I watched it for about 5 minutes (screen time out is set to 15 seconds) and it didn't shut off.
TL;DR Turn off air wake - Need help figuring out phantom notifications (still exist after multiple factory resets and almost no apps installed)

My issue stopped once I installed a glass screen saver. Home button is now countersunk with the 0.33 mm. Cover & review.
http://www.amazon.com/Tech-Armor-Samsung-Ballistic-Protector/dp/B00IGISUTG/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
http://www.amazon.com/Tech-Armor-Sa...tBy=bySubmissionDateDescending#R1R8876D8WLXE3

I installed the same one, lol. It still does it, not as often though

I was using standard pattern lock screen on stock rooted and had this issue. It was the wave to wakeup feature that was causing it. I turned it off and it went away. 3 days with no waking by itself.

I've never had that turned on.

looks like you guys turn on air wake and it's working sensetively. on the contrary, mine is numb

yueyejinghun said:
looks like you guys turn on air wake and it's working sensetively. on the contrary, mine is numb
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It was numb for me too when it wasn't being awakened by ghosts. The other guy said he didn't have that feature on so not sure what the other issue(s) is/are.

GorillaPimp said:
It was numb for me too when it wasn't being awakened by ghosts. The other guy said he didn't have that feature on so not sure what the other issue(s) is/are.
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air wake is a nice feature to extend the lives of home & power button, except it always makes me look like an idiot when I am waving my palm over the phone again and again.
I tried to set the mode to unlock by fingerprint and keep air wake on for a whole day, but I didn't encounter that problem. maybe it just affects some devices, maybe it's not air wake.

Anybody found a real solution for this inconvenient?!
This only happens at Lollipop... 2 months ago I updated and because this annoying issue that was draining my battery I downgraded to Kit Kat...
Last weekend I decided to give another shot to Lollipop, but the issue remains...
I tried all settings relative to screen and lock screen and nothing worked!

andreluigo said:
Anybody found a real solution for this inconvenient?!
This only happens at Lollipop... 2 months ago I updated and because this annoying issue that was draining my battery I downgraded to Kit Kat...
Last weekend I decided to give another shot to Lollipop, but the issue remains...
I tried all settings relative to screen and lock screen and nothing worked!
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I have the same problem. My battery has been life does not even last me until the end of work. Trying a fix now that I just thought of though. This problem is incredibly frustrating at night too.
I believe its the connection optimizer. Go to Settings > More networks > Mobile networks > Connections optimizer:
Then Uncheck "Connections Optimizer"
Seems to be working so far! So hopefully this helps the rest of you!
This Fix did not work still perplexed by this problem.

After rooting and removing a lot of bloat, I got rid of it. I have no idea which app it is though. Maybe an xposed module logging screen wakes could be of assistance. But I too noticed it immediately after flashing a lollipop ROM.

[Q] My Note Edge's Screen doesn't turn ON during incoming call

I've a problem with my Note Edge SM-N915S (Exynos device).
/i've never seen this issue before, just first time happened today:
First, I'm running few apps like FB, Messenger, Chrome... and I turn my screen off for taking a little rest before an important call of my boss.
It's about 15 minutes later, I got an incoming call of boss: the phone's ringing loud, but the screen still stays dark except there's an ELECTRIC-HORIZONTAL-LINE ... yeah I mean it's looks like a thin line of the CRT SCREEN OFF ANIMATION - but I'm currently at stock ROM, with no custom screen off effect.
it looks like the picture here (can't post image because of new user restriction please paste this link into your web browser manually to view them and help me )
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I cannot turn it on with touching on screen or anything except press the Power button twice. Accidental wake up is Off. I've no problem when using this phone before and after this time, phone still work normally... there's no any problem with the screen, the touch, and even the proximity sensor...
But i'm afraid if is there any hardware problem with my phone or my screen which is making phone unusable. Appreciate help, please. Thanks.

Screen backlight stays on!

Hello!
My oneplus one is having this issue for a while now, When I plug it in and lock the device, there is a 60~70% chance that the display stays on but its just blank, I have to unlock it and lock it again to fix it.
Recently this also started happening when it was not charging and the screen would often stay on causing massive battery drain :/
This happens on every single rom all the way from CM11S up to CM13 and also oxygen os,...
Does anyone know what the problem is?
Thanks,
Noahvt

I have the same problem since I can remember, also looking for an answer.

I have a similar issue. Sometimes the screen stays on, but is dimmed. A simple double press of the power button resolves it (turn on full, turn off screen) but its mildly irritating. I have only noticed it since being on sultanxdas cm12 ROM. I had an issue with a notification LED app not working since a recent ROM update so uninstalled it. Maybe the issue was related to that app as I cant remember the issue occurring since I uninstalled it a few days ago.