Odd screen issue Help!!!!! - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III

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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Screen reversing itself, reboot only way to fix

MY phone has done this twice now. The screen with flip itself and look like I'm looking at the phone in a mirror. The buttons, words, icons are all mirrored but I still have to tap in the normal spot to get them to work.
I have to pull the battery to get it fixed. Anyone else have this happen?
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I've had it happen once as well, don't know what caused it.
Some rom devs have identified the issue is with the screen orientation transition effects.
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This worked for me. No one has provided any feedback as to whether it working for them or not.
lattisimo said:
Some rom devs have identified the issue is with the screen orientation transition effects.
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It is the ICS rotation animation causing it. Sometimes you can reproduce it if you lock the screen in landscape mode I believe
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Killer Turtle said:
MY phone has done this twice now. The screen with flip itself and look like I'm looking at the phone in a mirror. The buttons, words, icons are all mirrored but I still have to tap in the normal spot to get them to work.
I have to pull the battery to get it fixed. Anyone else have this happen?
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I've had this happen to me a couple of times.
I never had to pull the battery to fix it though... All I had to do was turn the phone to a different orientation, and then turn it back.
Whenever I had that issue I just tilted my phone sideways and it fixed it. Did you try putting it in landscape mode after the issue?
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I tried everything, it would even rotate mirrored. If it happens again, I'll try stuff
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Killer Turtle said:
MY phone has done this twice now. The screen with flip itself and look like I'm looking at the phone in a mirror. The buttons, words, icons are all mirrored but I still have to tap in the normal spot to get them to work.
I have to pull the battery to get it fixed. Anyone else have this happen?
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When it happens to mine I just unlock it and turn it to the side then back up, goes back to normal after.
Originally I was only able to get out of it by pulling the battery. If you use a lock pattern it doesn't respond correctly to touch inputs.
I went to take a screen shot of the screen while it was upside down/mirrored, and when it shot it the screen went back to normal. I was able to unlock the phone. Seems like an easy enough workaround till the problem is resolved.

Screen flicker

Anyone having screen flicker while phone is in use? Split second screen flickers?
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spodie said:
Anyone having screen flicker while phone is in use? Split second screen flickers?
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Turn off auto-brightness, and power saving.
whats weird
thanks for the advice... i tryed but its not it.. i know what u mean were it can go from light to dark.. but this is a very quick flicker of the screen.
could this be kernel related or even hard ware... im gonna try stock kernel.. im using faux 009.. this didnt happen on the 003 kernel...
faux says not all chips are created equal...just a guess... id hate to return for a refurb phone.. when this is my only problem...
time will tell... i was just wondering if anyone gets this very quick flicker.. not a shift in brightness......
spodie said:
Anyone having screen flicker while phone is in use? Split second screen flickers?
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I rarely get them. Once in a while if I am switching from an apps to home screen via home button . I see the main apps on the home screen flicker very quickly once.
I think it started happening when I installed the wicked rom red. Before I was full stock . Matter of fact while typing this message I seen it flicker twice.
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If you are in your 14 day period, I would exchange the phone.
This seems like a hardware issue, not a software one.
If the flicker continues then it will only get worse.

CM9 & touchkey/softkey backlight

Alright, hopefully I'm just being a 'tard and not looking in the right place. I took my phone from 2.3.6 to 4.0.4 last night, and I have allllllmost everything set up the way that I want it. The only thing that's missing it the backlight for the four softkeys (menu/home/back/search). I want them to stay lit whenever I have the screen on. I've searched, but all the threads that I turned up were people that couldn't get them to turn off!
Can anyone point me in the right direction, or is it something I just need to get used to?
Thanks,
n1n00b
Its a bug, sometimes they turn on sometimes they don't. I hardly pay attention to them anymore as I've gotten used to it
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iLeopard said:
Its a bug, sometimes they turn on sometimes they don't. I hardly pay attention to them anymore as I've gotten used to it
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+1
happens to me off and on. Pretty common actually, not a big issue to me since at this point we should have the layout memorized
sent from my T989 full of CM awesomeness and a touch of Venom from the Darkside!!
This is a known issue. They won't work when the screen comes on initially.
If you leave the screen untouched for about 5 seconds, they will come on when you touch the screen. You can also get them to come on by adjusting brightness. They will work until the screen turns off.
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cmac0351 said:
This is a known issue. They won't work when the screen comes on initially.
If you leave the screen untouched for about 5 seconds, they will come on when you touch the screen. You can also get them to come on by adjusting brightness. They will work until the screen turns off.
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Not quite what I meant... I'm referring to the fact that, once they /are/ lit, if you don't touch the screen for a few seconds, they turn off. I want them to be on as long as the screen is on. You can set this to happen in the OEM TouchWiz OS, but not with CM9.
n1n00b said:
Not quite what I meant... I'm referring to the fact that, once they /are/ lit, if you don't touch the screen for a few seconds, they turn off. I want them to be on as long as the screen is on. You can set this to happen in the OEM TouchWiz OS, but not with CM9.
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Im AOKP ICS and as far as i know, there is no option like that.
LoopDoGG79 said:
Im AOKP ICS and as far as i know, there is no option like that.
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Bloody hell, that's what I was afraid of. Thanks.
Go to System > Advanced > Sensors, then check the box beside Enable Keys Backlight
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mangamaniacSA said:
Go to System > Advanced > Sensors, then check the box beside Enable Keys Backlight
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Not a fix lol easier to just adjust brightness from status bar to get them on...
same thing with the screen brightness... it's not as bright as it is with stock rom when you dont have power saver enabled..
death1246 said:
Not a fix lol easier to just adjust brightness from status bar to get them on...
same thing with the screen brightness... it's not as bright as it is with stock rom when you dont have power saver enabled..
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I think I misunderstood. I thought you wanted them to stay on when the screen is on. The directions I gave you do that on mine. What was it you want the keylights to do exactly?
Personally I think the screen brightness is actually too bright except in when out in bright daylight.
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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!

Screen flicker in sun with keyboard popped up?

I have tested this with two of these phones and it is confirmed there for sure. I live in Miami Florida there is a lot of Sun here so I have no problem testing this. Within any app if I am in the Sun and it is directly hitting my screen and my keyboard is popped up my screen flickers it's not a super bad Flicker it's light but it's definitely there looks like your screen is blinking really fast. I'm going to try on as many of these devices as I can but can anyone tell me if they are experiencing the same?
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pezlomd said:
I have tested this with two of these phones and it is confirmed there for sure. I live in Miami Florida there is a lot of Sun here so I have no problem testing this. Within any app if I am in the Sun and it is directly hitting my screen and my keyboard is popped up my screen flickers it's not a super bad Flicker it's light but it's definitely there looks like your screen is blinking really fast. I'm going to try on as many of these devices as I can but can anyone tell me if they are experiencing the same?
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I too live in Miami, I was at the beach today texting, facebook, instagram and of course xda and did not see this happening....
Deviant Development Take Over!!!!!
saldebot said:
I too live in Miami, I was at the beach today texting, facebook, instagram and of course xda and did not see this happening....
Deviant Development Take Over!!!!!
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Try while in the texting app w white backgrounds.. Only happens while keyboard is popped up and sun directly hitting the screen
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see if it happens with auto adjust tone turned off
amorek13 said:
see if it happens with auto adjust tone turned off
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it does
Go to settings, my device, display, screen mode. Set to standard. Fixed it for me.
elesbb said:
Go to settings, my device, display, screen mode. Set to standard. Fixed it for me.
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I just went outside, took off adapt display and tried every screen mode. did not work.
orlandoxpolice said:
I just went outside, took off adapt display and tried every screen mode. did not work.
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I definately recall seeing it. I know exactly what you are talking about. I don't see it anymore so either my kernel (ktoonsez) fixed it or it was a bloat app.
I can confirm the issue on my I9500. Its not only limited when under the sun, also happens when you turn the brightness level all the way down. I'm still on stock kernel, maybe custom kernel may solve the issue. No settings in stock has mitigated or fixed this issue for me.
The people who are seeing this, have you turned off "Adapt Display" ?
elesbb said:
The people who are seeing this, have you turned off "Adapt Display" ?
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Yes it doesn't matter what screen mode or what setting or anything it just happens in the Sun
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pezlomd said:
Yes it doesn't matter what screen mode or what setting or anything it just happens in the Sun
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have you tried disabling the setting under the power saver settings? I forget exactly what its called.
Power saving isn't on when this happens
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