Question Weird visual glitch - Samsung Galaxy S21+

I'm having this weird visual glitch and already tried flashing with odin but the glitch persist...

Maybe hardware. If at the same spot(s) it likely is. Temperature may effect it if so.
Could be a display or mobo failure in progress.
Almost all variable refresh rate displays have been having issues from subtle to outright failures. Not acceptable on a flagship class device... Sammy.
Run ScreenTest and see what it shows.

How do I run that test?
blackhawk said:
Maybe hardware. If at the same spot(s) it likely is. Temperature may effect it if so.
Could be a display or mobo failure in progress.
Almost all variable refresh rate displays have been having issues from subtle to outright failures. Not acceptable on a flagship class device... Sammy.
Run ScreenTest and see what it shows.
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fabiansforc said:
How do I run that test?
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You may need the updated version, this one is known to work on Android 9 and 10...

go to samsung members app > get help > diagnostics to do some rough tests. It's not a 100% guarantee of issue detection but it's at least something.
then Reproduce issue then report to Samsung Members app > Get Help > Error Report

Thanks ! I will do that, hope to find a solution soon.

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Fixed the lagg! Phone is now amazing. - Swapped Units

After having done everything I possibly could to speed up the phone, reluctantly, I just went to an AT&T store to see if any of the employees had a Galaxy S4 that I could compare my lag issues too. None of them did, however I was able to swap out my release day S4 for a brand new one.
Let me tell you guys, there is a night and day difference. This phone is now performing like it should. It is fast, responsive, and I am NOT experiencing any of the previous lag issues. Everything is butter smooth with this new handset. I mean smooth!!!!! Menus, Internet browser, gallery, and the camera. Even with all the bloatware still enabled, this phone performs as Samsung wanted.
I strongly advise and urge anyone with lag issues to go in and swap out their handsets for a new one.
Mod Edit: I have lightly edited the title of your post so that it is not misleading or representative of an actual lag fix
Given that the reports of lag seem to be like 50% or more, I reallllllllly hope this isn't a hardware issue....
burningembers said:
Given that the reports of lag seem to be like 50% or more, I reallllllllly hope this isn't a hardware issue....
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If I had to take an educated guess before, I would have said the problem is in the software. The phone seemed fast, but still lagged.
I had almost talked myself into waiting till the next update. What a sucker I would have been!
Even went into the AT&T store, only wanting to compare my phone with another persons. I had no intention of swapping them out, but the CSR offered so I said what the heck.
Previously, I had lag while surfing the internet with stock Internet app, lag while switching through menus or apps, and most noticeably, was when I took a picture and immediately selected the new picture for viewing in the Gallery app. This would take about 10-15 seconds to process. The Galaxy S4 now takes a second to process the new picture and display it in the Gallery app.
Interesting enough, and I suppose this should have been an indicator, but restart your phone and watch the Samsung logo fly in. Does it lag or shutter or stutter at all? My old one did, but the new one is silky smooth.
I am one happy Galaxy S4 owner at this point.
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Given that the reports of lag seem to be like 50% or more, I reallllllllly hope this isn't a hardware issue....
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OP: I did a factory reset on mine and it was awesome then the lag came back. It's software related, which will be fixed in an update soon.
Highly doubtful the hardware would be cashing lag. If so, they'll have to do a recall.
OP: please keep us updated and if your phone stays this way.
Grant H said:
If I had to take an educated guess before, I would have said the problem is in the software. The phone seemed fast, but still lagged.
I had almost talked myself into waiting till the next update. What a sucker I would have been!
Even went into the AT&T store, only wanting to compare my phone with another persons. I had no intention of swapping them out, but the CSR offered so I said what the heck.
Previously, I had lag while surfing the internet with stock Internet app, lag while switching through menus or apps, and most noticeably, was when I took a picture and immediately selected the new picture for viewing in the Gallery app. This would take about 10-15 seconds to process. The Galaxy S4 now takes a second to process the new picture and display it in the Gallery app.
Interesting enough, and I suppose this should have been an indicator, but restart your phone and watch the Samsung logo fly in. Does it lag or shutter or stutter at all? My old one did, but the new one is silky smooth.
I am one happy Galaxy S4 owner at this point.
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Okay, this may be different than the other lag users are talking about. We see...miniscule stutter in glow animations, transitions, and the periodic 0.5 - 1 second pause in something happening that often times happens faster than that.
It sounds like perhaps you were having more significant issues. None of my lag is a 10-15 second delay. My Samsung logo is just fine. I still have what I consider to be "lag".
Glad you got it sorted out though, cheers!
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OP: I did a factory reset on mine and it was awesome then the lag came back. It's software related, which will be fixed in an update soon.
Highly doubtful the hardware would be cashing lag. If so, they'll have to do a recall.
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My old S4 lagged from day one and even after a reset I did not notice an improvement.
It is quite possible though, that I had experienced a hardware fault on my last one, and that other people's issues will be fixed with a software update.
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Okay, this may be different than the other lag users are talking about. We see...miniscule stutter in glow animations, transitions, and the periodic 0.5 - 1 second pause in something happening that often times happens faster than that.
It sounds like perhaps you were having more significant issues. None of my lag is a 10-15 second delay. My Samsung logo is just fine. I still have what I consider to be "lag".
Glad you got it sorted out though, cheers!
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Yeah, those problems sound software related and fixable. I'll gladly wait for that update.
So you didnt actually fix the lag, you only swapped out the device. Kinda confirming the people with lag have faulty devices? :0
OP misstated, he switched out with an HTC One and that's why the lag was gone :laugh:
Can maybe someone post a short video of the lag that they experience coz im kinda skeptical if my lag is just right or may I just got used to it
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lyrad12 said:
Can maybe someone post a short video of the lag that they experience coz im kinda skeptical if my lag is just right or may I just got used to it
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using xda premium
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I tried asking for this before since I dont have this terrible lag and noone has posted a video yet.....so it never happened.
burningembers said:
Okay, this may be different than the other lag users are talking about. We see...miniscule stutter in glow animations, transitions, and the periodic 0.5 - 1 second pause in something happening that often times happens faster than that.
It sounds like perhaps you were having more significant issues. None of my lag is a 10-15 second delay. My Samsung logo is just fine. I still have what I consider to be "lag".
Glad you got it sorted out though, cheers!
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So you didnt actually fix the lag, you only swapped out the device. Kinda confirming the people with lag have faulty devices? :0
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This was certainly my case lol. Maybe it it's others as well. I saw one other case where a swap fixed the problem.
Like others have just mentioned, I guess part of the problem was that I did not know the extent of my problem until I had the new phone. I thought that everyone was experiencing issues like mine with lag. Come to find out, I was probably experiencing far greater lag issues (possibly hardware related) than everyone else.
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After having done everything I possibly could to speed up the phone, reluctantly, I just went to an AT&T store to see if any of the employees had a Galaxy S4 that I could compare my lag issues too. None of them did, however I was able to swap out my release day S4 for a brand new one.
Let me tell you guys, there is a night and day difference. This phone is now performing like it should. It is fast, responsive, and I am NOT experiencing any of the previous lag issues. Everything is butter smooth with this new handset. I mean smooth!!!!! Menus, Internet browser, gallery, and the camera. Even with all the bloatware still enabled, this phone performs as Samsung wanted.
I strongly advise and urge anyone with lag issues to go in and swap out their handsets for a new one.
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You didn't fix the lag... you swaped phones! You thread title is misleading...
I exchanged mine today and all I can say is that's it's better then my old one.
Buttery smooth it's NOT and it still lags and shutters a bit..
My previous S4 did not have the black crush issues and this one does... YAWN!
Exchange one issue for another...
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OP misstated, he switched out with an HTC One and that's why the lag was gone :laugh:
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LOL, that would be the solution alright
Sent from my HTC One using xda premium
I think this is all placebo...
It's like when people flash a new rom and all the cache is cleared and no apps are installed - BOOM IT'S SO FAST NOA!!
Come on guys, the hardware doesn't have voodoo magic built in to it. This stuff is all manufactured down to tolerances within microns that are desirable for silicon-based electronics. They ALL perform within 1-2% of each other.. Outside variables such as temperature can affect this or current caches, etc..
Blaming the hardware is a rediculous joke IMO. If the hardware was at fault the phone would have much more severe problems than just some minor lag.
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I think this is all placebo...
It's like when people flash a new rom and all the cache is cleared and no apps are installed - BOOM IT'S SO FAST NOA!!
Come on guys, the hardware doesn't have voodoo magic built in to it. This stuff is all manufactured down to tolerances within microns that are desirable for silicon-based electronics. They ALL perform within 1-2% of each other.. Outside variables such as temperature can affect this or current caches, etc..
Blaming the hardware is a rediculous joke IMO. If the hardware was at fault the phone would have much more severe problems than just some minor lag.
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You are right to a point.. Some phones will have hardware issues as it's the nature of the beast. Just like cars, washers, dryers, refrigerators, ect.. Make enough and some will not work properly..
My new S4 is a bit smoother as far as I can see but time will tell. I can say with absolute certainty that my old unit did not have black crush and this one does..
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You are right to a point.. Some phones will have hardware issues as it's the nature of the beast. Just like cars, washers, dryers, refrigerators, ect.. Make enough and some will not work properly..
My new S4 is a bit smoother as far as I can see but time will tell. I can say with absolute certainty that my old unit did not have black crush and this one does..
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Without any real concrete evidence this post is nothing but heresay and everyone should be taking his word with a giant pinch of salt.
He technically should have benchmarked it roughly 5-10 times, averaged it.. CPU and GPU benchmarks as well... then benchmarked the new device. That would rule out a hardware issue. But we have no evidence, so we can't simply believe him.
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Without any real concrete evidence this post is nothing but heresay and everyone should be taking his word with a giant pinch of salt.
He technically should have benchmarked it roughly 5-10 times, averaged it.. CPU and GPU benchmarks as well... then benchmarked the new device. That would rule out a hardware issue. But we have no evidence, so we can't simply believe him.
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Well, you are obviously correct about the needed benchmark evidence. However, its not that unusual for the specs of phones (especially ones that have been rushed for release) to vary a great bit. Though it is true that they are not supposed to. You have to remember that not all of these phones are manufactured and assembled in the exact same plant and in the past, it is known that panels and chip sets have been supplied differently because of demand issues. When the S2 Skyrocket was released, many of the first units had streaks or bars present in the display when it was dark...it was a hardware issue. Not all of them had it but many did. I'm sure other phones were released with similar issues to start with.
Overall, I think it is way to early to say if the majority of the problems on the S4 phones are software related, hardware related, or a little of both. It is also to early to tell if certain problems can be traced back to certain "lots" they may have been sub-standard. Releasing millions of phones to hundreds are markets in a short time causes a lot of confusion.
So maybe its hardware issues, maybe its software and can be fixed by the magical unicorn of all OTAs, or maybe it's a little of both. I think this is why what works for one phone might not work for the next. The only real fix will be to give things time to settle.

Question Video Flickering at 60fps

Anyone else notice this? I did find a small thread on Samsung.com so not sure if its a hardware issue or if all of them have it. - https://us.community.samsung.com/t5...t-flickering-on-video-recordings/td-p/2209967
Seems to only do it at 60fps options 1080p60 and 4K60.
Except its just not flash light related or LED light related. It'll do it outside as well Highly annoying!
I tested it and don't have this issue.
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I tested it and don't have this issue.
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Its not a 100% all the time issue. Its under certain lighting specific lighting conditons. Usually lower light for me
for low light always use auto fps. it was tested to show its actually better and brighter and clearer
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for low light always use auto fps. it was tested to show its actually better and brighter and clearer
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Last year on the 12 Pro Max Auto FPS ruined a video that couldnt be remade. It for some reason switched despite being in the bright outside, on top of that it recorded 24fps and made the clip choppy. Not saying samsung would do this but its not worth the risk keeping that enabled.
But the weird flickering has happened with it being bright outside as well
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Last year on the 12 Pro Max Auto FPS ruined a video that couldnt be remade. It for some reason switched despite being in the bright outside, on top of that it recorded 24fps and made the clip choppy. Not saying samsung would do this but its not worth the risk keeping that enabled.
But the weird flickering has happened with it being bright outside as well
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something doesn't seem to be syncing. i would say the flickering is due to hardware more than software. but yea i only switch on auto fps in low light and its been impressive. i forget where but there's a video of the s22u side by side and auto fps was much more preferable since it could slow down frames meaning it would be brighter with less artificial noise reduction
Looks like a PWM frequency issue depending on the brightness of the (flash LED).
Literally just made a thread about this. The exact same problem. Glad to see i'm not the only one, because I wasn't able to find any other person experiencing this. You can see my example videos here:
Is it normal that my camera flickers on videos when the lighting level changes ? Does it happen on you too ?
It's not happening because of the lamps above, it happens on natural lighting too. It happens when camera focuses to a new area where the lighting level is different. Is this a defect, or is it the same for everyone ? Here are 2 example videos...
forum.xda-developers.com
Hope it's not a hardware problem and they fix it with an update
I'm so happy to say that May update I just received (S908EXXU2AVDA) fixed this problem. Can you check if it's fixed for you too ? @hyelton I tried every specific condition that it flickered before and it doesn't flicker anymore, made me happy that it wasn't a hardware problem and they were aware of the issue.
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I'm so happy to say that May update I just received (S908EXXU2AVDA) fixed this problem. Can you check if it's fixed for you too ? @hyelton I tried every specific condition that it flickered before and it doesn't flicker anymore, made me happy that it wasn't a hardware problem and they were aware of the issue.
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The US model doesn't have the update. I have the U/U1 model which we just got an update not long ago. So I'm sure it'll he awhile.
Glad it was fixed in an update!
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The US model doesn't have the update. I have the U/U1 model which we just got an update not long ago. So I'm sure it'll he awhile.
Glad it was fixed in an update!
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Alright, tell me when you receive the update and check please, you're the only one I can ask this since nobody else was realizing about this problem lol. Hope it gets fixed for you too!
wholelottared said:
Alright, tell me when you receive the update and check please, you're the only one I can ask this since nobody else was realizing about this problem lol. Hope it gets fixed for you too!
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I'll post here if it ever gets fixed. Yeah I'm sure it's just people don't notice it.
Example
I can hand my phone to my mom and set it to 60hz. And low power mode. She will think it's crazy fast and no lag. When it most certainly is not LOL
She does now find her old S10 slow after using a S21 FE the past few weeks.

Question Is pixel dead or glitch

Hey guys i have an problem on my s22 ultra from today morning. I don't hard use or haven't dropped my phone till now from the day i bought. So the pixels on display are malfunctioning itself like only two pixel. I have attached the picture of it. Please help me with it guys thank you in advance.
Use Screen Test to see what you got.
Send it in for warranty repair. It will likely get worse. A lot of failures and issues with the Samsung variable refresh rate displays. Completely unacceptable for flagship devices.
This is an older version, may or may not work with Android 12.
blackhawk said:
Use Screen Test to see what you got.
Send it in for warranty repair. It will likely get worse. A lot of failures and issues with the Samsung variable refresh rate displays. Completely unacceptable for flagship devices.
This is an older version, may or may not work with Android 12.
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Thanks for letting me know. I tried the app you attached still the problem remains same i will get in touch with an samsung store
shafique ali said:
Thanks for letting me know. I tried the app you attached still the problem remains same i will get in touch with an samsung store
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Sorry to hear that. It likely is the display.
At least it happened under warranty. Too many of these premium displays are failing out of warranty. It started with the N20U... and it seems to be an ongoing issue.
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Sorry to hear that. It likely is the display.
At least it happened under warranty. Too many of these premium displays are failing out of warranty. It started with the N20U... and it seems to be an ongoing issue.
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Displays failing plus phone is heating too much in basic tasks which they stated its been resolved on this s22 model
shafique ali said:
Displays failing plus phone is heating too much in basic tasks which they stated its been resolved on this s22 model
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High temperatures don't help anything but the issues seemed tied to the design, materials and/or manufacturing process. It spans multiple generations and models. Samsung isn't advertising this issue... other manufacturers are also seeing higher failure rates with the variable refresh rate displays as well. OP's track record appears to be good in this regard and for color accuracy/calibration which is almost impossible to do with variable rate displays. A dirty little secret.
Another problem is the increased brightness levels. All organic leds have a rather short finite lifespan. Use manual brightness control and keep it 50% or less whenever possible. I limit use outside at near 100% to seconds, not minutes because of this. I avoid use in direct sunlight.
Use dark mode and limit the white and blues especially. Low energy red pixels generally out lived the blue pixels. This heavily used N10+ display has >8k hours on it and is still perfect.
Its prob a screen connection issue (most likely NOT though), try fixing it yourself with the help of ifixit (or if you dont want your device demolished), send it to a repair centre & tell them to replace your screen

Question Screen weirdness on me the other day.

My pixel 7 pro freaked out on me the other day and went black on me when I played a game and didn't come back for over 15 minutes then finally was responding again. Any reason why this happened . Hopefully software and not hardware. Hasn't happened since but still concerning .
Anyone ?
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Anyone ?
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Flaky game? I never play games on any tool, which a smartphone is. I wish the OEM's would stop trying to make it even possible. Buy a "gaming" phone which is designed specifically for that purpose. In fact, some of the best phones available today (spec wise) are gaming phones! If it only happened while playing the game then that is where I would look.
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Flaky game? I never play games on any tool, which a smartphone is. I wish the OEM's would stop trying to make it even possible. Buy a "gaming" phone which is designed specifically for that purpose. In fact, some of the best phones available today (spec wise) are gaming phones! If it only happened while playing the game then that is where I would look.
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This is one of the most ridiculous responses I have ever seen. There is nothing that makes a "gaming phone" special. They're using the same hardware and software as any other phone with gaming-specific gimmicks. The phone has a throttle mechanism to prevent any kind of damage.
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This is one of the most ridiculous responses I have ever seen. There is nothing that makes a "gaming phone" special. They're using the same hardware and software as any other phone with gaming-specific gimmicks. The phone has a throttle mechanism to prevent any kind of damage.
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Ridiculous...maybe...but the fact remains that you experienced this WHILE playing a game! So I wonder what the problem may be?
Hmmm
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Ridiculous...maybe...but the fact remains that you experienced this WHILE playing a game! So I wonder what the problem may be?
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That's called a hardware defect if the hardware can't cope. Going blank for 15 minutes is not normal.
Hardware hmm and not software?
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Hardware hmm and not software?
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What were you playing? If it was a graphically intensive game, I would definitely lean more towards blaming the hardware. It's very rare that a game can actually make a phone that unstable. In fact I can't remember the last time I've had a game make my phone unresponsive.
Roblox with my nephew
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Roblox with my nephew
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I've never played that game but their site seems to suggest some rather low requirements so I would be shocked if an ARMv8 processor like Tensor 2 is going to struggle with it.
Android warning screens
Due to the very large number of Android devices in existence, we cannot be certain that all devices will run optimally even if they are running the correct version of the operating system and do not have a Tegra 2 chipset.
We have 2 levels of unsupported Android devices - skippable and unskippable:
Skippable Devices: These types of devices will get a warning telling you that your device may not be powerful enough to play experiences smoothly. This is just a warning to let you know that while your device isn't specifically supported, experiences might still run though they will likely lag a little (or a lot). Tapping outside the warning box will make it go away and the experience should keep loading.
Unskippable Devices: will get a message that informs you that your device doesn't meet the minimum system requirements. This means the device is not able to play experiences on Roblox. This message usually shows up on devices that use the Tegra 2 graphics chipset or a processor older than ARMv7. These kinds of tablets/phones do not support features that the Roblox needs to be able to function. However, users with these unskippable messages will still be able to access all other parts of the app outside of experiences.
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https://en.help.roblox.com/hc/en-us/articles/203625474-ROBLOX-Mobile-System-Requirements
Yea I was thinking it had low requirements. Maybe bad coding ??? But then again no other app or game has caused that to happen. Sooo. Yea
I don't think it's software. I already had one screen die. Went black and never came back on. I had it fixed under warranty at a local UbreakIFix (Asurion - Google's warranty partner). Techs were aware of a similar problem with the 5a and replaced my screen same day.
I've had a few wonky screen issues that hard locked my phone. Had one go black, but fortunately came back after holding power down. It once went all yellow with weird shapes/sections. And then just had some freezes with artifacts on the screen.
I'm going away for the holidays so I'll send it back when I get home if I'm still having issues. If you're going away, I'd suggest taking a backup phone just in case. Had mine die the first time when I was visiting my folks out of state. It sucked with no backup.
One thing I noticed is the screen does a fuzzy flash whenever I plug in a USB charger. It's only a split second but it is noticeable. Has anyone else experienced that?
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I don't think it's software. I already had one screen die. Went black and never came back on. I had it fixed under warranty at a local UbreakIFix (Asurion - Google's warranty partner). Techs were aware of a similar problem with the 5a and replaced my screen same day.
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Most of these failures have been a combination of both hardware and software - nothing is actually wrong with the screen. I'm not sure exactly how it happens, but it seems that this usually involves a OS crash (phone freezing up) followed by an attempt to reboot, but for some reason the bootloader has become corrupted and the device won't start. Fixing it generally involves replacing the mainboard, because most repair centers don't have the QPST or the software needed to perform low level reflash. This is a known issue over several generations of Pixels; the cause is unknown.
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Most of these failures have been a combination of both hardware and software - nothing is actually wrong with the screen. I'm not sure exactly how it happens, but it seems that this usually involves a OS crash (phone freezing up) followed by an attempt to reboot, but for some reason the bootloader has become corrupted and the device won't start. Fixing it generally involves replacing the mainboard, because most repair centers don't have the QPST or the software needed to perform low level reflash. This is a known issue over several generations of Pixels; the cause is unknown.
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What was weird is when mine went black, the phone would still boot and in theory was still usable. Pushing the buttons gave haptic feedback like they were bringing up the power menu or adjusting the volume. I just couldn't see what was going on or use touch to give input.
They told me they just replaced the screen. Didn't touch the motherboard.
I was using one of the custom kernels so I ended up having to wipe it and went back to stock kernel with magisk and some modules. It hasn't acted up as much as it did with the custom kernel, but there are still issues. I suppose it could be something that's messed up in the stock kernel, and perhaps tweaks a dev made in theirs may have exasperated it some.
If I end ups ending it back, I'll try a custom kernel again, but for now, I'm just sticking with stock.
*no disrespect intended or implied to any dev
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What was weird is when mine went black, the phone would still boot and in theory was still usable. Pushing the buttons gave haptic feedback like they were bringing up the power menu or adjusting the volume. I just couldn't see what was going on or use touch to give input.
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Yeah, that's definitely a display issue. I'm talking about when the device doesn't work or respond at all, maybe vibrates on power up but doesn't respond to anything, and usually will come up as "Qualcomm Bulk USB" or something when connected to PC
Superguy said:
They told me they just replaced the screen. Didn't touch the motherboard.
I was using one of the custom kernels so I ended up having to wipe it and went back to stock kernel with magisk and some modules. It hasn't acted up as much as it did with the custom kernel, but there are still issues. I suppose it could be something that's messed up in the stock kernel, and perhaps tweaks a dev made in theirs may have exasperated it some.
If I end ups ending it back, I'll try a custom kernel again, but for now, I'm just sticking with stock.
*no disrespect intended or implied to any dev
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For sure, active development may or may not have stability issues, it's all a learning process!

Question Horizontal line flashing @ top ⅓ of screen when changing apps

Hi, I have a p7p. I've got the animations turned off. I'm NOT using the smooth display. When I do use the smooth display this issue seems to go away. Perhaps it's because my eye doesn't perceive the flash at the higher frequency. The flash most often seems to occur when I'm typing on the Gboard. It's like a glitch ⅓ of the way do the screen and is just a line that flashes across the entire width of the screen. Is there some way to test this? I see mention of "display checker" apps on this forum sometimes.
I am wondering if I have to RMA the phone. The flash is just a line and is for a split second, but I don't like it having paid $1000 for this phone. I don't want it to get worse after the phone is out of warranty. That's what really bugs me. If I let this go and it grows into a screen failure or something I'll be kicking myself in the butt if it fails after the warranty is expired. What even is the warranty on these phones?! I have the 512GB storage version from Google
The standard warranty is 1 year; this may be dependent on your locale.
I have yet to understand why people tend to take to the Internet to complain about problems with a device that they can get fixed for free. Not flaming anyone here, but if you're worried about the longevity of your device and whether a problem may get worse in the future, why wouldn't you just take advantage of the warranty you have?
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The standard warranty is 1 year; this may be dependent on your locale.
I have yet to understand why people tend to take to the Internet to complain about problems with a device that they can get fixed for free. Not flaming anyone here, but if you're worried about the longevity of your device and whether a problem may get worse in the future, why wouldn't you just take advantage of the warranty you have?
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Not complaining. Asking if anyone else has it. Sometimes these things are known hardware issues and if it was i have no problem starting a RMA. I was just seeing if anyone else experienced this.
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Not complaining. Asking if anyone else has it. Sometimes these things are known hardware issues and if it was i have no problem starting a RMA. I was just seeing if anyone else experienced this.
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It most likely is a hardware issue. If it's not happening in a specific app, and you don't have any of the display debug options enabled in Developer Options, it's probably a GPU issue.
Thanks for the help.
try disabling animation, in case it's glitching
what i notice is this phone has that animation during app switching, and other thing, which on some ocassion, doesnt really suit my taste for visual stuff, bit awkward for the eye.
otonieru said:
try disabling animation, in case it's glitching
what i notice is this phone has that animation during app switching, and other thing, which on some ocassion, doesnt really suit my taste for visual stuff, bit awkward for the eye.
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I have animations off. I thought you hat might be part of the issue too and is why I mentioned it. With animations off a large app icon (for whatever is being switched from) momentarily pops up on the screen.
Schroeder09 said:
I have animations off. I thought you hat might be part of the issue too and is why I mentioned it. With animations off a large app icon (for whatever is being switched from) momentarily pops up on the screen.
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in my case, it was first app in app drawer (the app doesnt need to be running for it to happen) that will pop up during animation. I think this might be launcher bugs as well.
i stop seeing it after switching to nova btw
Should Google be repairing or replacing for this? I was hoping they'd just swap me a new phone. I don't want em tearing this apart and giving it back to me. What have they been doing for everyone else?
Dude you may have a lemon. In all my years on XDA, I have never seen someone start this many threads for a single phone.
schmeggy929 said:
Dude you may have a lemon. In all my years on XDA, I have never seen someone start this many threads for a single phone.
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One thread? I've started one thread for suspected hardware issue.

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