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Got a replacement Nexus S yesterday last one had a black dot on the screen was inside of it so im guessing a dead pixel or something.Anyways with this new phone the back button gets stuck unlit then goes back to normal but while thats happening the phone sorta freezes.Has anyone found a way to fix this?
barmanham said:
Got a replacement Nexus S yesterday last one had a black dot on the screen was inside of it so im guessing a dead pixel or something.Anyways with this new phone the back button gets stuck unlit then goes back to normal but while thats happening the phone sorta freezes.Has anyone found a way to fix this?
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There's already a thread that discussed this here in the forum, you might search and find it for more details, but I believe the consensus was it's a hardware issue and to take the phone back.
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This is crazy the people at bestbuy are gonna think I am retarded lol ive returned about 5 phones now 2 mt4g ****ty screen and 1 mt4g she gave me by accident that was white.Then 2 nexus's one of them had some stuff under the screen the next one had a dead black pixel around the middle of the screen.Last time I went there which was yesterday all of them like oh I remember you..... She tried to push the blacktie program saying there is unlimited exchanges on it but I dont have a credit card or I would I think.Anyways im gonna go to a different bestbuy and do it lol......
No notification light?
Ok wtf...
Not even a running charge indicator, no notification light? I mean it was so awesome on the nexus one and most every other android device with some form of glowing indicator light...
Now i dont know if a message or anything is waiting i have to keep turning on the phone. What a pain... Cant put a led in there somewhere?
Or is my phone screwed up?
Also, on two phone calls tonight the phone shut down and restarted...............
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Ok wtf...
Not even a running charge indicator, no notification light? I mean it was so awesome on the nexus one and most every other android device with some form of glowing indicator light...
Now i dont know if a message or anything is waiting i have to keep turning on the phone. What a pain... Cant put a led in there somewhere?
Or is my phone screwed up?
Also, on two phone calls tonight the phone shut down and restarted...............
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Download the NoLED app from the market
Slapinfunk said:
Ok wtf...
Not even a running charge indicator, no notification light? I mean it was so awesome on the nexus one and most every other android device with some form of glowing indicator light...
Now i dont know if a message or anything is waiting i have to keep turning on the phone. What a pain... Cant put a led in there somewhere?
Or is my phone screwed up?
Also, on two phone calls tonight the phone shut down and restarted...............
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Welcome to life with a Samsung phone...
OK very cool thanks. Coming from a nexus one I would have never known about that.
Can we get swipe keyboard or something. The gingerbread one is so tiny feeling
alnova1 said:
Welcome to life with a Samsung phone...
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Yeah. I kinda love HTC
This is my first non HTC phone since the first g1. Had a click but that pretty much went into the wall with that motoblur crap crashing all the time.
Slapinfunk said:
OK very cool thanks. Coming from a nexus one I would have never known about that.
Can we get swipe keyboard or something. The gingerbread one is so tiny feeling
Yeah. I kinda love HTC
This is my first non HTC phone since the first g1. Had a click but that pretty much went into the wall with that motoblur crap crashing all the time.
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I dont have a NS yet...I have been reading the boards and trying to decide if I want one but I have a Fascinate and since its been rooted and debinged its a good phone but stock it was crap. I use something called BLN to notify me when I have a text or email. It lights up your buttons at the bottom. Its in the market but I think your rom has to be made to use it..I'm not sure about that but you might want to investigate that...it works better than NoLED.
I have no led running now. It works. I have it set to blink So it flashes the TV off animation which is cool.
Honestly. If You already have a galaxy s phone don't bother with the ns. I had my n1 since the day it came out I needed a new phone. There are many things ivwill miss about it. Like the desktop doc.....
More threads about this? Really? Can we have a mod lock this please...
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I have no led running now. It works. I have it set to blink So it flashes the TV off animation which is cool.
Honestly. If You already have a galaxy s phone don't bother with the ns. I had my n1 since the day it came out I needed a new phone. There are many things ivwill miss about it. Like the desktop doc.....
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Thats kinda what I been thinking...
Best buy couldn't get my upgrade info so I paid full pop. Was on phone with t mobile and bestbuys system couldn't get it happening so I can still get another phone suplimented. Tried a mytouch 4g but returned it. So much t-mobile garbage on it plus gotta pay for wifi teather
BLN ftw, wait for a kernel that implements BackLightNotifications and then download Blinky which makes your softkey's blink ever few seconds when you get notifications.
So awesome. 3 out of 4 calls ended with the phone restarting
Sounds you guys are having even more trouble than Galaxy S phones, I hope it gets sorted out soon.
I can deal with a dropped call but having the phone restart wtf.... I may un install everything and go from there adding one app at a time
When the phone is off if you click the power button it will show you if you phone is still charging or not
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"Thx" Samsung
Darrien13 said:
When the phone is off if you click the power button it will show you if you phone is still charging or not
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App
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well yes... that works for everything... but why should I take the time out of my day to reach out and touch something when I could just glance at it and not move my arms????????
Is it me or am i tripp'n..I SWEAR that it looks like it's an LED light on the left of the MIC...i dunno if i'm just hope'n for something thats not there..but it looks like it's in there but i dunno
Or atleast where it should of been
Shizzx said:
Is it me or am i tripp'n..I SWEAR that it looks like it's an LED light on the left of the MIC...i dunno if i'm just hope'n for something thats not there..but it looks like it's in there but i dunno
Or atleast where it should of been
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Left hole (circle) is the proximity sensor. Right hole (oval kinda) is the ambient light sensor. Hope this helps.
Does this phone even have a led notification light? thats the dots next to the earpiece right?
I ask because on my phone, i never get any LED flashing notifications when i receive a text, email, miss phone call, or etc.
Ive searched all throughout my settings but to no avail.. help?
Thats not an LED. It doesnt have one! Search. Its been discussed over and over again
They only just appeared today, randomly when I took my phone out of my pocket. I've restarted the phone to no avail, and am panicking because I dont know where to begin..can anyone diagnose my problem?
Looks like dead pixels, but the image isn't really clear enough.
Take a screenshot with some app.
If you see that in the screenshot, then reflash your firmware & ROM or flash an RUU.
If you don't see it in the screenshot, then it's a hardware problem.
Thanks, I took a screenshot and it's not a part of it. The lines keep getting bigger and bigger!
Sounds like it needs to go for repair. Is it under warente? Best of luck to you!
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Horizontal Black Lines
dragonnson said:
They only just appeared today, randomly when I took my phone out of my pocket. I've restarted the phone to no avail, and am panicking because I dont know where to begin..can anyone diagnose my problem?
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I too have this issue. It was present from the moment I powered the unit on. I continued with the setup to see if I could adjust the screen or maybe an update might fix it. But sadly no dice. I'm calling Google tonight to see if they can send me another unit or repair this one.
Had the same problem earlier, when i dropped the phone accidentally.
Observation: It gets darker and grows when the phone heats up, and lighter (almost cyan blue) when the phone cools down for a significant period of time with the screen off.
i had to keep the phone near an air conditioner vent for a few hours with the phone turned off for it to disappear.
once the lines disappear completely they dont return back, unless if you drop them again (which is what i did a few days back again.. and the stupid lines are back )
If you have any other ways in which you can get it resolved pls share with us.
Cheers,
Alan
Hello All!
New user to xda, and I really need help.
I got a Nexus 5 about 15 days ago, and it has worked perfectly fine...until now.
For some reason, I was playing a game and all of the sudden the nexus 5 screen just flipped, but apparently it is only the graphics, because the controls remained on the same place (which makes it even worse).
I tried turning off the phone and back on, but even the boot logo is upside down.
I am even wiping the data to reset to phone to factory image, and even the recovery screen is upside down.
Has someone got into this trouble and knows how to fix it?
PLEASE HELP!
clongan said:
Hello All!
New user to xda, and I really need help.
I got a Nexus 5 about 15 days ago, and it has worked perfectly fine...until now.
For some reason, I was playing a game and all of the sudden the nexus 5 screen just flipped, but apparently it is only the graphics, because the controls remained on the same place (which makes it even worse).
I tried turning off the phone and back on, but even the boot logo is upside down.
I am even wiping the data to reset to phone to factory image, and even the recovery screen is upside down.
Has someone got into this trouble and knows how to fix it?
PLEASE HELP!
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What game?
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There no way a game in android can flip the screen in recovery. The game must be a coincidence and the flipped screen a fault.
Send for repair IMHO
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Wow, even the boot screen? Do you have a picture?
And btw, the game couldn't have done that. As the guy above me said, it was just a coincidence.
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rootSU said:
There no way a game in android can flip the screen in recovery. The game must be a coincidence and the flipped screen a fault.
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The game was Candy Crush..
I restarted the phone and now the boot logo is the same circles but now there are lines across the screen with the same colors...
Looks like a got a phone with some display issues... fml
This is how it looks (and that's in the moment it looked the best)
clongan said:
This is how it looks (and that's in the moment it looked the best)
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RMA I'm afraid.
No one yet with this situation? Is it possible that maybe the heat due to the sun might have caused this problem with the screen ?
don't worry
clongan said:
Hello All!
New user to xda, and I really need help.
I got a Nexus 5 about 15 days ago, and it has worked perfectly fine...until now.
For some reason, I was playing a game and all of the sudden the nexus 5 screen just flipped, but apparently it is only the graphics, because the controls remained on the same place (which makes it even worse).
I tried turning off the phone and back on, but even the boot logo is upside down.
I am even wiping the data to reset to phone to factory image, and even the recovery screen is upside down.
Has someone got into this trouble and knows how to fix it?
PLEASE HELP!
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no need to worry u r still are in warrenty so just send ur phone back to lg if u r
rooted and ur bootlocker is unlocked theb plz lock it unroot ur device and do a clean factory reset
clongan said:
Hello All!
For some reason, I was playing a game and all of the sudden the nexus 5 screen just flipped, but apparently it is only the graphics, because the controls remained on the same place (which makes it even worse).
I tried turning off the phone and back on, but even the boot logo is upside down.
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Maybe you're holding it wrong!.........Nevermind, that was Apple's excuse.............
Sorry, just couldn't help it.
BCSC said:
Maybe you're holding it wrong!.........Nevermind, that was Apple's excuse.............
Sorry, just couldn't help it.
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LOL, that would be easy fix
Is it possible that the cause of the screen going that way is the heat of using the Phone as a GPS, holding on the dash of the car? maybe the heat made it crazy...
Hard to say. As someone else mentioned, if it does it in both recovery and fully booted Android, you have a hardware issue. It could be from sun cooking and damaging the gpu, I guess. It does seem that your best option is RMA.
Upside Down and Backward!
I've had my Nexus 5 since December and have been very happy with it. I just had the exact same experience, where a swipe (in WWF) flipped my entire UI upside down and backward. The UI didn't match input points either; to select something that was a little up and to the right, I'd have to hit a little down and to the left to make the proper selection. Top right corner equals bottom left corner, and so on...
Getting ready to start a return; did you learn anything?
clongan said:
Hello All!
New user to xda, and I really need help.
I got a Nexus 5 about 15 days ago, and it has worked perfectly fine...until now.
For some reason, I was playing a game and all of the sudden the nexus 5 screen just flipped, but apparently it is only the graphics, because the controls remained on the same place (which makes it even worse).
I tried turning off the phone and back on, but even the boot logo is upside down.
I am even wiping the data to reset to phone to factory image, and even the recovery screen is upside down.
Has someone got into this trouble and knows how to fix it?
PLEASE HELP!
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screen flipped upside down and with lines all over
've had my Nexus 5 since December and have been very happy with it. I just had the exact same experience, where a swipe (in WWF) flipped my entire UI upside down and backward. The UI didn't match input points either; to select something that was a little up and to the right, I'd have to hit a little down and to the left to make the proper selection. Top right corner equals bottom left corner, and so on...
Getting ready to start a return; did you learn anything?
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Im having the same issue. I wanted to know what the results were after you send it to repair.
My nexus 5 is still under warranty (bought it in amazon.es, but I think the warranty is with LG directly), but Im afraid if they consider it as a broken screen they'll want to charge me 160eur or so from what I have read (the outer screen is in perfect shape).
I also found from other phones having the same issues that it could have something to do with the flex cable (usb). This at least I could dare repairing it by myself.
I did a factory reset, and even in developer mode is all flipped and turned upside down. The place were all the buttons are supposed to be remain as if nothing is damaged, so I have to guess were on the other side that 'key' should be. Very annoying.
Any thoughts?
Thank you.
So my Nexus 5 (a couple months ago) has started to just randomly go black. I get notifications and stuff, and the backlight but no display. Not sure what to do or what part to replace. Would flashing/rooting help at all?
Appears to be a hardware problem.
Was the phone every dropped or exposed to water/moisture? Possible loose connection inside?
No way to tell for sure if the phone needs a new screen unless you are able to test the motherboard in another N5.
audit13 said:
Appears to be a hardware problem.
Was the phone every dropped or exposed to water/moisture? Possible loose connection inside?
No way to tell for sure if the phone needs a new screen unless you are able to test the motherboard in another N5.
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It's been dropped a couple times but not like any major drops or anything. Im pretty sure I checked all the connections inside and they were good. Im starting to figure out that the phone has to be off for a little bit then I have to charge it and turn it on and it works again
Sounds like it could be a damaged lcd or lcd connection. If it can work after being charged while powered off, could be battery or USB flex cable issue.
audit13 said:
Sounds like it could be a damaged lcd or lcd connection. If it can work after being charged while powered off, could be battery or USB flex cable issue.
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OK thanks, ill have to look up some videos on how to check everything
Same problem
cocook2000 said:
So my Nexus 5 (a couple months ago) has started to just randomly go black. I get notifications and stuff, and the backlight but no display. Not sure what to do or what part to replace. Would flashing/rooting help at all?
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The screen suddenly goes black and after force reboot every thung is fine. When screen was black i tried calling my no it ranged but i cannot answer thr phone.
It had happed around 5-6 times in a about a week with me.
Cant figure problem.
After reboot every thing is fine working normally
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The screen suddenly goes black and after force reboot every thung is fine. When screen was black i tried calling my no it ranged but i cannot answer thr phone.
It had happed around 5-6 times in a about a week with me.
Cant figure problem.
After reboot every thing is fine working normally
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Ya I figured out I have to reboot it a bunch of times then it will work
I think it might be the battery because this is my dad's old phone so it's been in use for a solid 3 years.. I wish I knew for sure though
So I have discovered that if my screen is on for a while the task bar at the bottom starts to shift up and down
Have you found out more about this? I think I have the same problem. My phone never turns black while I use it. But when the screen is off/sleeping, it sometimes won't turn on again. So a force reboot fixes it. Sometimes this happens a lot, some times it works fine a whole day.
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tor0en said:
Have you found out more about this? I think I have the same problem. My phone never turns black while I use it. But when the screen is off/sleeping, it sometimes won't turn on again. So a force reboot fixes it. Sometimes this happens a lot, some times it works fine a whole day.
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No I decided to send it into LG I'll update this when they tell me what's up with it
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No I decided to send it into LG I'll update this when they tell me what's up with it
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OK!
I could also mention that this happen every time I unlocked the lockscreen on stock ROMs, and custom. But nameless ROM for some reason got it to this point at least. If any one have black screen on unlocking the block screen, try nameless rom...
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tor0en said:
OK!
I could also mention that this happen every time I unlocked the lockscreen on stock ROMs, and custom. But nameless ROM for some reason got it to this point at least. If any one have black screen on unlocking the block screen, try nameless rom...
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So what your saying is to try the rom and see if it fixes it? Can I have a link or something, I don't know much about roms
cocook2000 said:
So what your saying is to try the rom and see if it fixes it? Can I have a link or something, I don't know much about roms
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Maybe, I don't think so. My phone was useless, black screen on every screen unlock. But namelessrom took that away, so that tip about nameless was for those who have the same black screen I had earlier. But now I have the same black screens as you do. Anyway, if you want to try it out, nameless-rom.org
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Happens with my nexus too. The screen goes blank randomly ..... But i have managed to deal with it.
Its happan to me also, with 4 nexus 5 of my family.
Is a firmware problem?
I'm trying to buy a new flex cable to see if it will help I'll update when I find out
You're replacing the USB charging flex cable? If you are, be careful with cheap third-party replacements as I have read reports of people having issues with charging, signal, or speaker functionality after installing the cable.
tor0en said:
Have you found out more about this? I think I have the same problem. My phone never turns black while I use it. But when the screen is off/sleeping, it sometimes won't turn on again. So a force reboot fixes it. Sometimes this happens a lot, some times it works fine a whole day.
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Ya so i sent it to LG finally and the diagnostic said that it was a flex cable issue which I was sure that it was anyway but I have a confirmation now
I've had a similar problem when my display suddenly started failing. First, there was colourful bands over the working display, then colourful static only and then black with backlight only. Bought a new phone, left it for a year and today after digging in the phone for a while I found a fix. The connection between the motherboard (the top bit) and the daughter board (the bit below battery with USB and connection to display) was somewhat loose and when pressed on, the display worked beautifully. I stuffed the insides with some tape to maintain pressure on the connection and phone works great.
Might not work for your problem, but it's worth a try if you're out of warranty and have tools to disassemble the phone.