Screen dims but won't completely turn off - Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

As the subject says and I've had this problem for most of the day. The settings haven't been changed I know this from checking just to male sure the timeout was set and it's set to 1 minute. Not sure why it's happening and I'll try anything to fix it.
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AndroidWins said:
As the subject says and I've had this problem for most of the day. The settings haven't been changed I know this from checking just to male sure the timeout was set and it's set to 1 minute. Not sure why it's happening and I'll try anything to fix it.
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Have you tried rebooting? Does the problem still persist?

Thanks for but now I have another problem. This started the other day when I uninstalled GO Launcher EX and 2 other GO products, GO Locker and GO ICS Theme. The problem is when I reboot my phone icons disappear and there were 3 gone when I rebooted this time. So my question is: What can I do about this? I'm on stock can and running DooMKernel v21 3021 Test 2. I probably should be asking DooMLoRD just in case if done something wrong when I flashed his new kernel. I'm thinking if I flash it again that might fix the problem but if it doesn't then ive wasted time flashing it gor nothing.
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AndroidWins said:
Thanks for but now I have another problem. This started the other day when I uninstalled GO Launcher EX and 2 other GO products, GO Locker and GO ICS Theme. The problem is when I reboot my phone icons disappear and there were 3 gone when I rebooted this time. So my question is: What can I do about this? I'm on stock can and running DooMKernel v21 3021 Test 2. I probably should be asking DooMLoRD just in case if done something wrong when I flashed his new kernel. I'm thinking if I flash it again that might fix the problem but if it doesn't then ive wasted time flashing it gor nothing.
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Sounds bit fishy... If I were you i would take backup, then wipe data and try again after restoring backup. I think something is now corrupted.
Flashing kernel is quite fast procedure. Took less than a minute for me to flash DoomKernel V21 3021.
Are you running your phone overclocked or under volted? Might that be some sorta stability issue?

I think I'll give that a try whenever I get the chance. Thanks for your help.
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I tried everything short of starting from scratch. I've even tried clearing all the caches and then restoring but the problem is present in the backup so i might have to revert to an earlier backup.

the screen dims at half the time you've set for it to turn off. for example, if you've set the screen timeout at 2 minutes, at 1 minute it will dim, at 2 minutes it will turn off.

Yes I already knew this and resolved it but thanks anyway.
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Swipe to call or text

So...does anyone else get this problem?
It is intermittent but very annoying when it happens. When I go to a contact and swipe there name to call them the phone will not call.. it freezes up and then 20 seconds or so later will call.
Anyone else get this?
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you got too much stuff running in the background
it does it immediately for me
Thats not it. It does it with nothing running in the background. I've checked that before. I've killed everything then tried and still did it
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clninja said:
So...does anyone else get this problem?
It is intermittent but very annoying when it happens. When I go to a contact and swipe there name to call them the phone will not call.. it freezes up and then 20 seconds or so later will call.
Anyone else get this?
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I had that on complete stock kl1. I used tl swipe over and pver again and then like 20 seconds later it used register all the swipes at once and call like 5 times. Really annoying. I flashed stock deodexed and the problem hasn't happened since.
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I'm unrooted on stock rom... don't know why it happens.
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same here.. happens ALL the time for me.. was thinking about taking my phone in for it.
That's why I posted this.. if this is not a common problem and only a few people are experiencing it.. I'm gonna have my phone replaced
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Don't think replacing the phone will solve it.
Try stock Deoxed or any one of the custom ROMS. I've been running smooth as butter with Vultures 4.1 + Synergy Kernel and getting better batt. life than stock.
Hope that helps.
GL
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Don't think replacing the phone will solve it.
Try stock Deoxed or any one of the custom ROMS. I've been running smooth as butter with Vultures 4.1 + Synergy Kernel and getting better batt. life than stock.
Hope that helps.
GL
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Why wouldnt replacing the phone solve it? That doesnt make sense.. i never had that problem before rooting and hella-flashing.. it has to be an issue with the phone. (For the record, that doesnt mean i dont recommend flashing a custom rom and kernal!! )
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My phone is completely stock (not even rooted) and it occasionally does the same thing you describe. I just reboot when it does it and it seems to stop.
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capcanuck said:
Why wouldnt replacing the phone solve it? That doesnt make sense.. i never had that problem before rooting and hella-flashing.. it has to be an issue with the phone. (For the record, that doesnt mean i dont recommend flashing a custom rom and kernal!! )
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Because sometimes odex files will mess up things if it was your phone. You would have problems swiping left to right for screens. Meaning the digitizer was damage. Just flash a Rom and the problem will go away.
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mine's rooted, does it occasionally
I am on stock rom. It happened to me randomly.

[Q] Galaxy S 2 keps crashing! Help!

Okay, so i had the balck galaxy s 2 and it never had this problem, but i just got my white galaxy s 2 and every time i reboot, it freezes, and then comes up saying that power manager has crashed. Then nothing works, so i reboot and it does the same thing. I figured there was something wrong with the system, so i rooted and installed the Dewizzed rom, after 3-4 minutes of using it, it freezes, turns black, and then goes to the lock screen and it lost all conections to t-mobile/wifi. changed the rom to the juggernaut and the same thing happened.
Can anyone help? I don't know why this is happening. Never happened with my balck SGS2
probably just a faulty device dude.... return and get another is what I would do
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Did you try factory reset? Wipe all data and cache before you flash a different rom?
I agree with the secobd person that posted an answer but theres another solution to it.... just get into download mode im sure you know how to do that... and use odin and flash back to stock... stock rom... that should fix everything.. thats what i do everytime something goes wrong with my fone...
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There were problems on stock too. Plus for some reason, stock had a terrible lag. I gues if it doesnt resolve itself i will have to do another exchange (this is my 4th exchange) hopefully with mwc next month, t-mobile will get a few new phones and i will be able to get a working device . Anyways thanks for the help
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Rooted, Now Shutdown Gets Stuck at Pink Goodbye Screen.

Hi all!
A few days ago I rooted my stock T989(ICS) using the galaxys2root method and everything went well. The only issue I ran into though, when I turn off my phone normally (hold power then shutdown), it will get stuck at the pink goodbye screen (as did about 3 others in the comment section of the GS2Root website). When I was unrooted, turning off the device normally, it would hangup a bit at the pink goodbye screen as well, only for about 30 seconds at the most though. In this current state, I've ran this over 5 minutes and it still stays at the pink goodbye screen.
I didn't see this to be too much of an issue since I use notification toggle, which has a a restart and power off toggle that I can access in the notification bar for rooted users. But last night I didn't charge my phone so it was dead when I woke up. The thing is, it was hot. So I'm thinking it got hung up on the pink goodbye screen until the very last drop of battery left. So it just worry's me in the long run if it happens again here and there of affecting the battery. It showed 0% when I plugged in to charge and did take a while to go past that number.
Some background:
-Completely stock rom and kernels (know nothing about flashing/intimidating to do for me as I don't want to ruin anything)-slowly looking into it though
-Only rooted because I wanted to save some game data.
-I've already done factory reset but it didn't fix the issue.
Hopefully any input will help out others with the same problem as well!
MyanRagahis said:
Hi all!
A few days ago I rooted my stock T989(ICS) using the galaxys2root method and everything went well. The only issue I ran into though, when I turn off my phone normally (hold power then shutdown), it will get stuck at the pink goodbye screen (as did about 3 others in the comment section of the GS2Root website). When I was unrooted, turning off the device normally, it would hangup a bit at the pink goodbye screen as well, only for about 30 seconds at the most though. In this current state, I've ran this over 5 minutes and it still stays at the pink goodbye screen.
I didn't see this to be too much of an issue since I use notification toggle, which has a a restart and power off toggle that I can access in the notification bar for rooted users. But last night I didn't charge my phone so it was dead when I woke up. The thing is, it was hot. So I'm thinking it got hung up on the pink goodbye screen until the very last drop of battery left. So it just worry's me in the long run if it happens again here and there of affecting the battery. It showed 0% when I plugged in to charge and did take a while to go past that number.
Some background:
-Completely stock rom and kernels (know nothing about flashing/intimidating to do for me as I don't want to ruin anything)-slowly looking into it though
-Only rooted because I wanted to save some game data.
-I've already done factory reset but it didn't fix the issue.
Hopefully any input will help out others with the same problem as well!
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Flash darksides cache wipe, I had the same issue until I flashed it
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ac3theone said:
Flash darksides cache wipe, I had the same issue until I flashed it
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Either that or install a shell, umount, then wipe properly.
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Darkside Cache Wipe always fixes my issues. It's said not to use CWM fix permissions or cache wipes. Using the Darkside also aligns your card.
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Thanks guys! So DarkSide it is then.
So in order to do this, it's essentially just like rooting, right?
This is how I'm thinking of it based on GS2Root's video:
-Boot into clockwork mod recovery
-Install zip from sd card
-Choose zip from sd card
-Find DarkSide Cache Wipe in where ever folder I put it in (which I finally found the download link and hoping this is the right one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1477955)
-Choose the zip and apply.
-Done?
Are these the right steps? Or is there anything special after and/or before that I need to do? Don't have to install the DarkSide rom beforehand?
Also, would I ever need to uninstall this for an update? I just read somewhere on my drippler app that t mobile or samsung will provide a future update for bug fixes, but not jelly bean.
That's correct steps then just reboot. It's a script that does what cwm should do plus more. It will wipe both cache partitions then properly fix permissions. It's not installing anything so it won't effect any future updates. Also doesn't matter what Rom your on, it's not specific. Just a fix for cwm not working correctly.
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Perfect! Just fashed DarksideCacheWipe and everything worked fine after. Back to normal shutdowns once again. I upped those thanks meters for all of you. Thanks for the help everyone!
Thanks, had the same isse as the topic starter. Used the super wipe and its fixed now :good:
same thing happened to me and the darkside program works perfectly
Welcome to the Darkside
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Is it just me, or is there a new thread posted every few days for this exact same issue?
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I did that and for me what had happened is that it would stall at the loading screen and not budge until I did a cwm restore. Can anyone explain what is going on?
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Worked like a charm
Towle said:
Is it just me, or is there a new thread posted every few days for this exact same issue?
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Well you see apparently the search box is a direct link to the burning depths of everything painfully scary.....
Saw it in a movie, has to be true.
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Ok, after installing this i found that that my wallpaper is not scrolling anymore when i switch pages, and when i try to change the wallpaper i dont see the option to set it as a panorama wallpaper, idk if you guys understand my problem, my english is kinda
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Ok, after installing this i found that that my wallpaper is not scrolling anymore when i switch pages, and when i try to change the wallpaper i dont see the option to set it as a panorama wallpaper, idk if you guys understand my problem, my english is kinda
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Scrolling has been removed. Your flash went fine!
I'm just sayin!
Same problem
rastlin said:
I did that and for me what had happened is that it would stall at the loading screen and not budge until I did a cwm restore. Can anyone explain what is going on?
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I was having the issue with the phone hanging on goodbye screen and not shutting off. I ran the darkside wipe now hung on start screen. I'm fairly new can anyone help please.
darkside wipe deleted your rom and its data... thats what its designed to do.... do you cant go past the start screen because there is nothing to boot too... reflash your rom or get a different rom.
ShadowBlack666 said:
I was having the issue with the phone hanging on goodbye screen and not shutting off. I ran the darkside wipe now hung on start screen. I'm fairly new can anyone help please.
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Did you run the superwipe as you are directed to do? it is a pretty simple process and it will not wipe your ROM.
DaveinSoCal said:
Did you run the superwipe as you are directed to do? it is a pretty simple process and it will not wipe your ROM.
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Superwipe will in fact wipe your ROM. Cache wipe will not wipe your ROM, and will probably help with the reboot hangs.
Superwipe is for before you flash a ROM.
Cache wipe is for problems after an install.
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After the Jellybean update my phones screen seems to not turn off.

After I updated my phone to jelly bean via the root 66 inject method my screen seems to not time out.
I have my display timeout set to 15 seconds and I have smart stay turned on.
My question is did the update do this to my phone or is it possible that something on my phone is keeping my phone awake.
If that's the case how can I solve this problem?
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Have you tried with smart stay off?
Make nandroid backup first. Then in app manager try wiping data for settings/settings storage.
If thst doesn't help, then factory reset using cwm or twrp. (Stock recovery will also wipe your internal sd)
It may be that there's some data from before you updated that's causing your problem.
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I appreciate the help but It still seems to ignore my timeout settings... guess I'm just gonna have to deal with it while I try and trouble shoot certain apps.
Again thank you for you suggestions
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ironlood said:
I appreciate the help but It still seems to ignore my timeout settings... guess I'm just gonna have to deal with it while I try and trouble shoot certain apps.
Again thank you for you suggestions
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Download extended controls and add toggles Screen always on and stay awake. make sure that both of these are disabled. its a weird bug. I had this problem when I was chraging my phone and the screen would never turn off.
Try fixing permissions in recovery. If that doesn't help, make buckup to external sd and try odin again
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I was having this issue with my S3, 100% stock. I tried restarting the phone, power off then power on, hard reset and nothing worked. What did end up working was setting a different timeout than what was selected and going back to the home screen, then I went and changed the timeout duration to the one I wanted, went back to the home screen and then restarted my phone. My phone has been working fine and timing out like it should for the last week and a half.
Sometimes when I get a SMS my screen won't turn off. Only started to happen after JB.
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Home and power button not responsive after root ?

What's up guys. So I rooted my s3 with the qcom toolkit. I noticed that when my phone is asleep, and I try to wake up my phone by pressing the home or power button, its doesn't respond sometimes. I would have to press it couple of times to wake it up. (With obvious reasons I do wait a few seconds to press the home/power button to wake it up). I also noticed that when Im done with a phone call,my screen is black and I can't wake it up. I've had times where I had to pull the battery out. On a side note, my friend with a rooted s3 has these problems occurring as well. In a addition , I'm running paranoid android 2.54 (
Stable). I've also tries liquid smooth to see if it was an issue with the rim,but unfortunately it wasn't. So if anyone noticed this problem after the root please let me know and if you have a solution to this,I'd appreciate it if you can inform me. And sorry if this topic was already covered but I tried searching around and couldn't find anything. Thanks.
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It's an issue with paranoid android.
You carried the problem with you to the second flash
Do a wipe.
Reinstall paranoid android.
Or
A diff ROM
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I actually fully wiped everything from data,cache, to davik. On both occasions, I fully wiped when I went from paranoid to liquid and back to paranoid.
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Root cannot by itself cause problems. The problems you and your friend are having are rom problems. These AOSP roms have bugs. Unable to wake phone is lovingly referred to as the sleep of death.
Aerowinder said:
Root cannot by itself cause problems. The problems you and your friend are having are rom problems. These AOSP roms have bugs. Unable to wake phone is lovingly referred to as the sleep of death.
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So from what I've been reading, I have to change the kernel ? I see that it doesn't occur with some people with their stock kernel
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Every phone is different, some might not even be able to boot after flashing some kernels... You need to play with settings UV and OverClock and such and see what works best for you. There are options for profiles; in call, screen off/on, charging, and so on. You are getting issues that are rom/kernel related for the most part, try to fix it within settings mentioned above and good luck.
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Every phone is different, some might not even be able to boot after flashing some kernels... You need to play with settings UV and OverClock and such and see what works best for you. There are options for profiles; in call, screen off/on, charging, and so on. You are getting issues that are rom/kernel related for the most part, try to fix it within settings mentioned above and good luck.
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Cool, thanks man. I'll definitely try it out. BTW, what's UV?
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serizawa626 said:
Cool, thanks man. I'll definitely try it out. BTW, what's UV?
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Uv stands for undervolt
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