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HOME button after JB update

Hi there. Before update to JB on my S3, when i do my readings on the phone, screen blackout, press the HOME button, the screen will come back up.
Now, screen blackout, press HOME button, screen come back up but the app or browser that I'm using will close down instead of just led the screen on (where the app still there)
Anyone has a way to fix this? Keep pressing on the POWER button to light up the screen is not as Convenient as by using the HOME button.
Thank you.
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Glad it's not just me. This has been driving me bonkers ever since I updated. It's really the only complaint I have about the official 4.1.1. ROM right now. Would love to hear some suggestions on how to fix. In the meantime, I've been trying to train myself to use the side power button for screen on action.

Is there anyway that we can make suggestions on this matter?
It bugs me when I read on the bed at night.
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leesanhua said:
Hi there. Before update to JB on my S3, when i do my readings on the phone, screen blackout, press the HOME button, the screen will come back up.
Now, screen blackout, press HOME button, screen come back up but the app or browser that I'm using will close down instead of just led the screen on (where the app still there)
Anyone has a way to fix this? Keep pressing on the POWER button to light up the screen is not as Convenient as by using the HOME button.
Thank you.
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this has been happening on jelly bean ROMs (not cm tho) ever since the leas came out - at least for me anyways. very irritating sometimes but yes, you are not the only one.

Bump. No one else is annoyed by this but us or has any idea for a fix?

Only 'fix' is to use smart stay when theres enough light. Otherwise increase your screen on time to one min. I had to increase my time since I use it at night so often.
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An easy fix is just to use your power button as soon as the screen blacks out.
It wakes the screen back up without closing down the current app your in... I just tested it out and it works, doesn't lock the phone either.
But if you don't wanna use the power button then I suggest you increase your screen time out to one minute or more if you don't want the screen blacking out fast.
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Very annoying and not something that can be considered useful in anyway, so a bug in my opinion.
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demize! said:
Very annoying and not something that can be considered useful in anyway, so a bug in my opinion.
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Like someone else mentioned, what's wrong with smart stay?

pytyper483 said:
Like someone else mentioned, what's wrong with smart stay?
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Does it work in the dark when reading in bed like the OP asked? My comment was criticism of why they coded it this way,for what purpose?
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Its really just doing what its supposed to before the device locks. I guess they expected smart stay to take care of it.
If you keep double press home to open svoice enabled it should also stop this from happening.
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DocHoliday77 said:
If you keep double press home to open svoice enabled it should also stop this from happening.
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Bingo. This is the answer. I'd much rather have the slight lag in returning to the home screen than lose the ability to turn the screen back on with the home key. Thanks!

Odd screen issue Help!!!!!

Sometimes when i lock the screen to my phone the screen does not light up, the capacitive keys at the bottom light up but the screen does not. I am rooted on a stable cm10 build and have tried other ROMs also. Could not find anyone else with this issue. Thanks. Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda app-developers app

Man_Bear_PiG_402 said:
Sometimes when i lock the screen to my phone the screen does not light up, the capacitive keys at the bottom light up but the screen does not. I am rooted on a stable cm10 build and have tried other ROMs also. Could not find anyone else with this issue. Thanks. Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda app-developers app
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Does the screen eventually come on?

Man_Bear_PiG_402 said:
Sometimes when i lock the screen to my phone the screen does not light up, the capacitive keys at the bottom light up but the screen does not. I am rooted on a stable cm10 build and have tried other ROMs also. Could not find anyone else with this issue. Thanks. Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda app-developers app
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pretty much SOD > sleep of death. Toggling the power button can fix it. Generally a rough app force closing or bad sleep off settings. o=

teh roxxorz said:
pretty much SOD > sleep of death. Toggling the power button can fix it. Generally a rough app force closing or bad sleep off settings. o=
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Not always I had this issue with mine, and my LCD was fried. But my screen didn't show at all.

cbass15 said:
Not always I had this issue with mine, and my LCD was fried. But my screen didn't show at all.
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That's a new one...I haven't seen anything that bad since the evo.

teh roxxorz said:
That's a new one...I haven't seen anything that bad since the evo.
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Haha! that's what everyone said. Even the Sprint guys who fixed it were shocked..

Mine is not quite like that, my screen still works fine but if I lock my phone repeatedly it will eventually cycle to this odd issue to where they white keys light up but the screen does not. Once the issue tosses then I can hit the lock key again and the screen is fine..
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Flashed a new rom and it fixed the issue.
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my N2 wakes up goes directly to recently open app?

Can you guys shed some light on my issue. When I hit open phone goes directly to recently open menu..(close all apps, clear ram..that window).
I'm rooted 4.1.2
L900VPALJC
JZ054K.L900VPAMA7
3.0.31-903705
Thanks!

Yeah I'm getting it too. Seems like the home button is a lot more sensitive. I have found lightly tapping it now prevents it from going to the recent apps page. Consequently my International Note 1 N7000 also got the 4.1.2 update and it did not affect the home button sensitivity.

adelmundo said:
Yeah I'm getting it too. Seems like the home button is a lot more sensitive. I have found lightly tapping it now prevents it from going to the recent apps page. Consequently my International Note 1 N7000 also got the 4.1.2 update and it did not affect the home button sensitivity.
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Hmm.. Interesting. I'm curious if anyone else is experiencing similar issue and confirm if it's not software and if it's hardware maybe if we can tweak the sensitivity. I love my home button and not side power button.

Mine is normal just to let you know
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same here
happens to me all the time but when i press the home button it doesnt

furiousgtz said:
Can you guys shed some light on my issue. When I hit open phone goes directly to recently open menu..(close all apps, clear ram..that window).
I'm rooted 4.1.2
L900VPALJC
JZ054K.L900VPAMA7
3.0.31-903705
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Same issue. Wakes to recent apps.
Rooted, MA7_OC

It's an issue with MA7. It only happens when using the home button to wake up the device right after the screen timed out. Only way I found to avoid it is to wait about 3 seconds before hitting the home button to allow the lock screen to kick in when it times out. Or use the power button instead.
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RayTrue04 said:
It's an issue with MA7. It only happens when using the home button to wake up the device right after the screen timed out. Only way I found to avoid it is to wait about 3 seconds before hitting the home button to allow the lock screen to kick in when it times out. Or use the power button instead.
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Thats what I have been doing to avoid it no big deal
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Thanks for moving to right section!
budde2 said:
Thats what I have been doing to avoid it no big deal
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I turned on my slide to unlock screen now it blocks the recent app trigger.

Broken power button

So my power button is broken and i'm on the official T-Mobile Jellybean release. I was wondering if there was some code I could put in build.prop that could enable the volume rocker wake until I send it into Samsung for repair. I exhausted every resource and read many forums but I couldn't find anything. If anyone could help me or even point me in the right direction it'll be really appreciated!
Thanks a lot!
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Reveille94 said:
So my power button is broken and i'm on the official T-Mobile Jellybean release. I was wondering if there was some code I could put in build.prop that could enable the volume rocker wake until I send it into Samsung for repair. I exhausted every resource and read many forums but I couldn't find anything. If anyone could help me or even point me in the right direction it'll be really appreciated!
Thanks a lot!
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what u need is button remapping.
depending on model of your phone, u can find out hard button mapping, then using adb u can assign the change.
i know it's possible, i did it on a old captivate once. Will go thru my notes.....
hit thanks now or late

Hmm sounds hard but i'll try googling it. Thanks!
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Reveille94 said:
Hmm sounds hard but i'll try googling it. Thanks!
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I had the power button issue too. I sent it to a third party place to get the button replaced. My phone is working like a charm now.
It seems the gs2's had this issue on a few of them. The button seems to get stuck and the phone keeps on rebooting.
Cost me 40 bucks to get it fixed. Well, plus shipping.
Here is the link to the place I used.
www.MobileTechVideos.COM
Hope this helps

Tried remapping the buttons...failed miserably. Thanks for the help guys!
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Try fixing it yourself
there are excellent step by step videos on youtube
teaches you exactly how to replace all parts
I have seen the videos seems simple
just order the button assembly online
save yourself some big buks
you can probably fix it faster yourself this way too...

Power button being strange...

Alright so recently I've gotten rid of all custom roms and gone with stock GB27 because I wanted better battery life with my phone. My phone is not rooted or anything at the moment.
However, the other day I did root again and since then my phone started being really weird. I stayed on stock GB27 and just did root so that I could keep the really good battery life but still be on JB. After root I noticed that my phone doesn't register power button presses the same. Sometimes if I just tap the power button it accepts it as me holding it and brings up the power menu asking if I want to turn off, etc. or it just won't respond at all. If it doesn't respond, I press it again hoping it will respond, but then it just reboots after I press it like 3 times hoping for the screen to turn off.
It's really irritating when I can't unlock my device or turn off the screen, especially when the phone turns on and off perfectly if I want it to. I have no issues being able to turn the phone on if it is completely off, it's only when the phone is on that I have these problems. Does anyone know how to fix this?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...ityscreenoffpr

bigmike6200 said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...ityscreenoffpr
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Link is broken.

organizedConfoosion said:
Link is broken.
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Go to the play store and type "gravity screen off".
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bigmike6200 said:
Go to the play store and type "gravity screen off".
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Oh wow, this app is incredible. Thank you so much!

organizedConfoosion said:
Oh wow, this app is incredible. Thank you so much!
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No prob. I went for the pro version. Iy is a very useful app. Enjoy.
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Wow thanks bigmike6200! I was having the same problem and posted a thread but no one replied but thanks!
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