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Some huge troubles with screen

Hello, I have an issue with screen - it is very dark and it is even twice as darker as it used to be, and its just unusable
I don't really know why it is so - it can't be a physical damage, because I've been using this device for 3 months and never dropped it. BTW such issue was 3-4 or for times before and was cured by rebooting - now it doesn't help and even charging phone doesn't solve this problem.
I've been using the ROM - Cognition (some of the latest) and will try to flash back to stock, maybe it will solve my problem
Have you guys had such issue?

Have you tried changing you brightness settings?

after unlocking the screen slide your finger over status bar at top or where it should be if u could see it and see if that works.

lol, I know how to change brightness of the screen) but that's was awful, very dark screen and seemed like broken. after charging to 100% now it is fine, but I afraid I will have the same issue in the future
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oh, hell, AGAIN ((( Hope it's sofrware problem
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Did you try disabling the "power save" option to see if that was causing it?
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ricethief said:
Did you try disabling the "power save" option to see if that was causing it?
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just have tried it - no difference
flashing back to stock didn't solve the problem...
Seems like super amoled display is crappy....

anybody can help?

hey guys

You should have a year warranty through ATT if you got it that way ... otherwise, yikes.

tanneji said:
You should have a year warranty through ATT if you got it that way ... otherwise, yikes.
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not a USA citizen....
I even have no idea, why it happened, maybe because of that so much cold weather in Russia?

is this only happening when the battery charge is less than 10%? If so, that's by design.

jsmith8858 said:
is this only happening when the battery charge is less than 10%? If so, that's by design.
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no, even with 100%
and it is even darker than when it used to be on 10%

today I was told that it's the screen problem and the only thing I can do is to replace it with the other screen, but unfortunetly, european Samsung Galaxy S screen is a bit different and the only place where I can replace it is the United States...
buy buy captivate, hello HTC Desire HD (or motorola defy, not sure yet)

[Q] Help! Back key on Nexus S freezes.

Hello guys I was wondering if anybody else is having this problem, sometimes when I press the back key on my att nexus s it freezes for a couple of secs then it goes back to normal, it won't matter what I am doing it could be anything from visiting the marketplace to browsing the web its really annoying me a lot at this point.
If you know anyway how to fix this issue please let me know thanks.

I have the same problem, but it also happens with my menu and search keys. The individual backlight will dim and the phone freezes for 4-7 sec.
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Not having this issue.
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Is the phone freezing or is just the back key randomly not responding to touch? If its the latter, then you need to do an exchange. Common problem.

I used to have this issue but it eventually went away. It happened after they replaced my screen.

I used to have this and assumed it was a hardware thing, changing roms sorted it.
I have no idea why this is the case and when someone else said as much I thought it couldn't be the case but I'd suggest you flash a different ROM and see how you get on.

I have this problem also. Mine will go dark and exit out of anything I'm doing as if I was pressing it. Gets old sometimes
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http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?hl=en&tid=455215ff8747658b
I started getting this about two months into the life of my Nexus. In the process of exchanging mine now in the hours that I get an unaffected unit.
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My first one did this constantly so I exchanged it and so far so good with the new one.

Looks like a bad batch of ns4g's went out. Mine is doing this too. Not very ofter but enough that I notice it.

tdavis42 said:
Looks like a bad batch of ns4g's went out. Mine is doing this too. Not very ofter but enough that I notice it.
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Actually it affects all Nexus S models. I think it is touch panel driver bug.
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Lines on Screen, please help

Whenever I turn on my screen, I see lines or a fuzzy gray box flashing across my screen. They go away in less than a second, but I am afraid that my screen is broken. This also happened on my first charge, so I was wondering if the cause could be my battery which I bought on ebay (samsung 1500mah). Also, my new phone almost never connects to 4g even though my old one got full bars.
Please help, I googled my problem and came up with nothing. I still have my first phone, could I send back the same phone they sent me in the box?
Thank you.

What you see on your screen is apparently common for other charge owners myself included. Saw it mentioned as screen "static"in a thread on here somewhere which it can look like sometimes. I don't think it's been associated with any screen issues so I wouldn't trip on it too hard over it. I'll take that quirky behavior with the screen quality!
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Ya, this happens to me. kind of looks like you turn on a tv. Pretty cool lol.
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EThanks for the replies! I feel a lot better now that I know this is common.

Happens here too. I wouldn't worry about it.
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Every charge i've seen (7) has done it one time or another

Phone occasionally locks and drops data

So, I love this phone but have one issue that seems odd to me. As an example I am currently running pandora and tried opening the xda app which caused what appeared to be a fc but my phone kept running pandora and went to a black screen for a minute then a faded screen which eventually lead to a drop in data (briefly). Every thing was briefly unresponsive... It acted exactly like a reboot without rebooting. When I was able to unlock the screen I had no data service (briefly) and all apps closed. Xda app often fc's which is not a big deal to me but causing the black screen and data drop is concerning to me. I also had this happen when opening the phone info app while running nothing else. Should I be concerned about this? Software or hardware? I am running stock.
Edit: Have also had to reboot due to dropped data but it may have been during a switch between 4G or 3g even 1x.
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Ryno77 said:
So, I love this phone but have one issue that seems odd to me. As an example I am currently running pandora and tried opening the xda app which caused what appeared to be a fc but my phone kept running pandora and went to a black screen for a minute then a faded screen which eventually lead to a drop in data (briefly). Every thing was briefly unresponsive... It acted exactly like a reboot without rebooting. When I was able to unlock the screen I had no data service (briefly) and all apps closed. Xda app often fc's which is not a big deal to me but causing the black screen and data drop is concerning to me. I also had this happen when opening the phone info app while running nothing else. Should I be concerned about this? Software or hardware? I am running stock.
Edit: Have also had to reboot due to dropped data but it may have been during a switch between 4G or 3g even 1x.
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same thing happens to me, not sure why. I went through and froze all bloat with titanium backup, and it still happens

It's not something I can make happen, just happens randomly. I have 5 days to return this so I would like to figure it out. If a software update would fix it I would just deal with it for now but I'm not sure what the problem is.
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I just talked to Samsung on their live chat and they recommended I return the phone and exchange for new. I am still in the 14 day return window so I will ask for brand new even if I have to pay their $35 fee.

Ryno77 said:
I just talked to Samsung on their live chat and they recommended I return the phone and exchange for new. I am still in the 14 day return window so I will ask for brand new even if I have to pay their $35 fee.
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The policy is there is no $35 reatocking fee for the same phone swap. Don't let them tell you different. Your phone is DOA. Its a warranty exchange.
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The policy is there is no $35 reatocking fee for the same phone swap. Don't let them tell you different. Your phone is DOA. Its a warranty exchange.
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Thanks. I already exchanged and they did not charge me anything. Hopefully I won't encounter that problem again.
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Replacement phone just did the exact same thing..... Seriously only one other person has this problem?
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No.. tons of us have data issues. My phone hot booted in my hands the other night and it was the first time I experienced it, but I've seen reference to it before.
Your issues are not isolated.
I gave up with tech support and wishing a new phone would fix it and turned to third party development. My first time flashing a ROM. I used synergy and have been really thrilled with it.
Sucks to have to fix a brand new phone. Sucks to be a beta tester for Samsung and vzw.
Sorry for your troubles though.
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Not the dropped data, the unresponsive black screen... Sorry, should have been more specific.
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Ahh.. no. Sorry. Have you tried wiping/restoring the phone? Lame, I know...
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I did not try wiping the phone because the first one was only nine days old and I had not done much with it. The second one lasted a day and now I am on my third. I really hope this does not happen again. The people at the Verizon store said they have never heard of this..... They think it's an app... I only have 12 apps installed. I don't know what I'm going to do if this happens with this phone. This is frustrating. I do not want to get stuck with a phone that has a problem like this.
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Ryno77 said:
I did not try wiping the phone because the first one was only nine days old and I had not done much with it. The second one lasted a day and now I am on my third. I really hope this does not happen again. The people at the Verizon store said they have never heard of this..... They think it's an app... I only have 12 apps installed. I don't know what I'm going to do if this happens with this phone. This is frustrating. I do not want to get stuck with a phone that has a problem like this.
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Mine does the same thing. Besides the stock stuff, I loaded Pandora, Google Music, Amazon MP3, and Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: Master of the Seas game. It was nice enough to wait until just after the 14 day return window to start locking up and misbehaving. The only way I could get it back was to do a battery pull. Of course, when I brought it to the store it ran like a champ! If you can get another replacement, make sure it says 'UPDATED' on the box. Those have a newer kernel / baseband and seem to be working better.

All of mine have said updated on the box. I am trying to limit apps for now and will slowly add them if I have no issues.
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Battery dying at random

My epic 4g touch has been dying at random and the screen flickers before doing so. Many times it tells me theres at least 60% but it dies but usually its very random when it shuts off. I'm running android 4.2 and my galaxy s2 is fairly new. Does anyone know what I can do to fix this?
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Getxrealx said:
My epic 4g touch has been dying at random and the screen flickers before doing so. Many times it tells me theres at least 60% but it dies but usually its very random when it shuts off. I'm running android 4.2 and my galaxy s2 is fairly new. Does anyone know what I can do to fix this?
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I have no experience with that particular device, but any time there are actual non-binary hardware issues (screen flickering as opposed to, say, simple hard reboot) I get concerned that it's going to be a quagmire rather than a simple fix. Are you still under warranty? Unless others have had similar issues (which should be subject to a Google search) I would say a) replace the batter or b) contact the manufacturer. Sorry for the lack of insight.

By flickering do you mean getting a jagged black screen around the edges,a second before it dies? (I have this problem on my mango, still looking for the reason. )
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Its just the whole screen flickering. My guess is that my battery calculation is off or something thinking there's more/less battery than what really is there.
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Thanks for the info, I think the battery is just messed up because the battery terminals are a little faded. I sure hope its not a hardware error in my phone because I don't have a warranty
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