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OFFICIAL BELL JellyBean Screen flicker

Anyone else seeing this ? I am on stock , non modded bell jellybean and getting screen flickering , even after a fresh odin install!

I had some flickering going on the fist time i opened the gallery app while the pictures were loading but haven't been able to reproduce it since. Everything seems top notch so far.

None here. Did you try a factory reset?
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i get flickering sometimes but doesnt bother me too much... usually in Words with friends

I have reset , usually flickering for me is when texting so far. Happens occasionally

If this is anything like the aosp flickering issue, then disabling hw overlays should help.
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I've not had any flicker that I have noticed
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it's kind of lame to have to be disabling hw overlays on a stock rom isnt it ? I understand it for custom stuff....never expected to see this on full clean stock

No flickering here. Also Bell GS3 JB.

None for me either
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No problems whatsoever.
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Yep my Bell I747 flickers. I've updated 4 of my friend's s3's (rogers and bell) and they all flicker. You guys just have bad eyes, you don't notice it.

stevenca said:
I have reset , usually flickering for me is when texting so far. Happens occasionally
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+1 ... no factory reset yet, though but was considering it as it annoys the hell out of me!
IUH1991 said:
If this is anything like the aosp flickering issue, then disabling hw overlays should help.
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How do we go disabling hardware overlays ?

I think in developer options
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Upgraded to k4 via Odin. No flickering. Installed cwm flashed nexusmod k4. Installed 50 apps plus themed 4.2 keyboard, 4.2 camera, and the jellybean blue theme. No flickering at all. I used to have it on aokp with inverted play music.
I'm on rogers.
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HiKsFiles said:
+1 ... no factory reset yet, though but was considering it as it annoys the hell out of me!
How do we go disabling hardware overlays ?
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Menu-settings-developer settings-disable hw overlays.
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Flickers here too. Especially the status bar icons flicker a lot when scrolling, sometimes outright blink. Very disappointed in JB. Scrolling is liquid smooth IF I don't have Power Saving on. If I have Power Saving on, scrolling studders. It never did this under ICS.
Maybe the flickering is because I have power saving on.
Stock, no root.

Just to let you know that disabling hw overlays seem to have solve the flickering issue. :good:

HiKsFiles said:
Just to let you know that disabling hw overlays seem to have solve the flickering issue. :good:
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seems to have fixed it for me too. No flick on Words with Friends anymore.

stevenca said:
Anyone else seeing this ? I am on stock , non modded bell jellybean and getting screen flickering , even after a fresh odin install!
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just saw this with Temple Run...
Another little annoyance , the list keeps growing.

I get flickering when writing emails. I have tried a factory reset and still get it. This is on AT&T.

Does anyone else have a problem where screen rotation stops working?

I have had the problem twice now where screen rotation stops working (even in apps where I **KNOW** it should work (like Facebook). I try toggling the option in the quick bar on and off to see if I can get it to come back but nothing. I have to reboot to get it back.
I downloaded an app from the market called GyroRotate to see if it is a hardware problem but it doesn't appear to be since the app responds appropriately when it isn't working.
Any ideas?
Stock ROM with root.
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Iv had that very same issue a few times. For me it would get stuck in either landscape or portrait. It hasnt happened in a while though. Is smart rotation turned off in settings?
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Yeah it is unchecked.
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I have had this happen once to me. I'm not sure if this has anything to do with it, but I had not rebooted the phone in about three weeks. Usually I reboot once a week(had an HTC before the Note 2, old habits die hard).
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I'm completely stock, I did the OTA update and my screen rotation stopped working. Well I'm not exactly sure if it was the OTA update that caused the problem because i didn't have the phone long enough before i applied the update, so it might have been broken just overlooked it. Most of the time it works but the youtube app does not rotate. I have to restart the phone to get it working again and then after some time, don't know what causes the problem, it will stop working again.

Yup same problem but even when its stuck, samsung apps like email or calculator will rotate, its weird and annoying at times, especially since I cant figure out whats causing it. Im also stock and rooted

Try calibrating in settings then motions and then find gyroscope calibration
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I have the same problem since the ota update. It happens about every other day and the only way to fix it is a reboot. I've tried toggling autorotation on and off and tried calibrating the gyro and nothing fixes it
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fyi might get some good answers if you post this in the Q/A forum instead of General.:cyclops:

andrawer said:
fyi might get some good answers if you post this in the Q/A forum instead of General.:cyclops:
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I really don't think this is a Q&A issue, which is why I posted it here.
Q&A Issue would be something like - How can I enable WI-FI through a widget.
A possible bug like this one doesn't belong in Q&A IMO.

100% stock and it has happened several times to me as well.
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Same here fellas
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Just happened to me in the YouTube app. First time ever.
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I suspect that it might have something to do with advanced display options. In addition to "auto-rotate screen" there is a "Smart rotation" mode which - if enabled - may disable screen rotation (it checks orientation of your face).

This is a known issue... I had it once before and it's never returned... There's a thread about it somewhere... the fix involves removing the battery and rebooting...

Two questions
Does anyone know of a way to firmly reproduce this error???
How can we report stuff like this to Samsung to get fixed.

lilo777 said:
I suspect that it might have something to do with advanced display options. In addition to "auto-rotate screen" there is a "Smart rotation" mode which - if enabled - may disable screen rotation (it checks orientation of your face).
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I have that turned off and it still happens
kbiz said:
This is a known issue... I had it once before and it's never returned... There's a thread about it somewhere... the fix involves removing the battery and rebooting...
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Next time it happens I will try this and report back
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I have had that bug too. Only thing that fixed it was a reboot.
I hope they patch it by next release.
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Milkman00 said:
Two questions
Does anyone know of a way to firmly reproduce this error???
How can we report stuff like this to Samsung to get fixed.
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Don't know how to fix, i haven't really follow the thread to be honest.
I would start by contacting ATT (611 and ask for tech support), and then Samsung (look in their website).

Papi4baby said:
I would start by contacting ATT (611 and ask for tech support), and then Samsung (look in their website).
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I would like to be able to firmly reproduce the problem before I contact anyone since they will disregard it (IMO) until I can.

Turn the phone off and then back on make sure you see the little red light in the motion sensor turn on for a second. Rebooting doesn't fix the issue. Sometimes you may have to turn off three finger boot to recovery and reboot system.

Auto Rotate Issue

OK. Have a question that I hope someone has an answer for. I am a flashaholic. I flashed Touchwiz dream rom a couple of days ago. Wasn't my thing so I went another direction. Here's the problem. Auto rotate now won't work on any rom other than touchwiz dream. I can flash 10 other roms and auto rotate wont work. Flash touchwiz dream and it works again.
I have searched and found something about making sure that use calibration data is not checked inside the advanced settings in touchwiz dream. It is not. I have checked on every other rom I have flashed and auto rotate is turned on. I am at a loss.
Any help would be appreciated. I need auto rotation but would really prefer not to have to stick with touchwiz dream just to have it.
I have also flashed the Odin GB08 rooted restore and still no auto rotate unless I flash Touchwiz dream.

I was about to suggest flashing a stock rom when i got to the bottom of your post.
The only thing i can think of is flashing a stock non rooted rom and give that a whirl.
After flashing gb08 did you check your auto rotating right away? Did you load your apps then check?
The reason I mention non root is to give the phone a sampling of pure stock. I would say that 5mins after flashing should be sufficient time for rom to settle and check your settings.
By the way, what phone do you have? Touchwiz dream doesn't ring a bell in these here parts.
Pp.
sent from a jellybean filled epic touch.

Are you sure you are in the right forum? The Only Touchwiz dream ROM I found was in the T-Mobile Galaxy SIII Forums...

Touchwizdream is new to the Epic 4g touch. Here's the link. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2170942 I will try to flash a nonrooted stock rom and see what happens.

genericman said:
Touchwizdream is new to the Epic 4g touch. Here's the link. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2170942 I will try to flash a nonrooted stock rom and see what happens.
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Fair enough. Good luck.
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OK. So I flashed the GA10 stock nonrooted and still no auto rotate. I'm at a loss. Can't figure out why auto rotate won't work on any rom other than the touchwiz dream

I had this problem. The only thing that fixed it was flashing wild for the night 02/15, set my phone on a level surface, goto advanced and check and uncheck calibrate data a few times, but leaving it checked before hitting calibrate. Now flash whatever rom with the recommended flashing process

BAleR said:
I had this problem. The only thing that fixed it was flashing wild for the night 02/15, set my phone on a level surface, goto advanced and check and uncheck calibrate data a few times, but leaving it checked before hitting calibrate. Now flash whatever rom with the recommended flashing process
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Thanks for the tip. I'll try that later when I get a chance.

Omar04 is who i originally got this from. So thank him

BAleR said:
Omar08 is who i originally got this from. So thank him
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Thanks to you and Omar08. That worked. Amazing.

hmmm, I'm gonna try this too, I've had this problem, but not from a touchwiz rom. I went from slim rom and then flashed to miui 3.2.22, then rotation was borked. gyro works, but no rotation. went back to one-click stock GB08 then only camera would rotate, but not gallery, then back to EL29 stock and same thing accept I found in GB EL29 that if I held the phone sideways and shook it like crazy eventually it would rotate. the thing that was confusing is that (in EL29) using the sensor box tool, rotation worked fine. the level bubbles rotated without any delay.
I'm downloading the 2-15 wild for the night now and will post back with my results. This is so weird, you'd think a full restore to stock would reset your sensors...
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Holy cannoli! It worked! After trying so many ways for over a week now finally rotation works! I was worried that my accelerometer was busted. Thank you so much!
Now to link back to this from all the posts I've made trying to figure this out... :laugh:

I tried the 2/15 and it didn't work.
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I dunno why, this has worked for everyone ive seen that tryed it. Did you follow my steps?

BAleR said:
I dunno why, this has worked for everyone ive seen that tryed it. Did you follow my steps?
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Nvm it was a ROM issue now it's fixed. But thanks anyway.
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Thanks I am going to give this a Tyrus
Try....
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Never mind.

Screen rotation is reversed. Need help

This may sound wired but it's true, when I rotate my phone to play any games or anything else the screen always rotates the opposite way it was turned so that my screen is always upside down unless in portrait mode and is quite annoying.
Any help is greatly appreciated

phazingazrael said:
This may sound wired but it's true, when I rotate my phone to play any games or anything else the screen always rotates the opposite way it was turned so that my screen is always upside down unless in portrait mode and is quite annoying.
Any help is greatly appreciated
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Did you flash a custom kernel not made for your phone (Verizon,T-Mobile,etc)? This is the only time I have heard of this problem.

Evilone69tmg said:
Did you flash a custom kernel not made for your phone (Verizon,T-Mobile,etc)? This is the only time I have heard of this problem.
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Yeah exactly what he said. Flashing a Verizon kernel will do that.
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I think I may have, I swore I got it from our section, ill revert to my nandroid. Thanks a bunch guys
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phazingazrael said:
I think I may have, I swore I got it from our section, ill revert to my nandroid. Thanks a bunch guys
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You got it from Original Developement-Zeus kernal http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2207191, cause I also downloaded it and had the same video problem. I believe the kernel was ported from Verizon's GS3.
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szezso Rom Port To Incredible 2

szezso has allowed (with proper credits) to port is rom over from the incredible s to the incredible 2.
If anyone here would like to port it, it will be pretty cool, as the following rom is fully functional and stable.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1996570
heres waiting for a miracle

This would be the more interesting one IMO: [DEV][ROM][CM11][4.4.2]VivoKat[Camcorder][ION][STABLE #7][28/03/2014]
What's working:
- Boots
- WiFi
- Camera
- Camcorder
- Video playback
- SD
- Bluetooth
- RIL
- GPS
- Audio
- SMS/MMS
- Native WiFi/BT/USB Tether
- Hardware Accelaration
- Microphone
- Native screenshot
- Torch (screen-off also)
- Button Rotation
- SELinux
- Built-in Superuser
- ART (Android RunTime)
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Bugs:
- Major:
- Nothing, hopefully
- Minor:
- Nothing, hopefully
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i was thinking the same but it seems thats still under testing (battery drain issue?)
if i knew how to do it myself, id be all over this. even did some research but i am not good at programming (let alone cmd.exe). so i hope someone takes this on

nstream said:
i was thinking the same but it seems thats still under testing (battery drain issue?)
if i knew how to do it myself, id be all over this. even did some research but i am not good at programming (let alone cmd.exe). so i hope someone takes this on
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I don't have anything better to do, so I suppose I can do it. Call it my Inc. 2 parting gift. I'm passing it down to my grandma who's flip phone gave out a week ago.
EDIT--- I will be doing the KitKat version because I can't seem to find the battery drain.

theseabass said:
I don't have anything better to do, so I suppose I can do it. Call it my Inc. 2 parting gift. I'm passing it down to my grandma who's flip phone gave out a week ago.
EDIT--- I will be doing the KitKat version because I can't seem to find the battery drain.
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holey seabass! i just got word from szezso that he might do it as well. this looks freaken awesome. you guys could work to gether and make a super awesome love child
SOOO HAPPYY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Looks cool

Any update on this?

Uploading a build right now. Since this is blindly built, expect bugs and it may not boot. But it should, especially considering the devices are practically the same.
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First, completely untested build. VivoWCat
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23501681358545843

theseabass said:
Uploading a build right now. Since this is blindly built, expect bugs and it may not boot. But it should, especially considering the devices are practically the same.
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First, completely untested build. VivoWCat
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23501681358545843
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ah cool, will give this a go tomorrow. its almost bed time where i live.
btw did you use szezso's rom as a base?

so installation was a success, but phone is stuck on a black screen.
the capacitive buttons light up, and the phone vibrates any time it is touched.
thats it for now

nstream said:
so installation was a success, but phone is stuck on a black screen.
the capacitive buttons light up, and the phone vibrates any time it is touched.
thats it for now
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Hmm. That's weird. Hmm. Did you completely wipe everything (except SD) before flashing?
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theseabass said:
Hmm. That's weird. Hmm. Did you completely wipe everything (except SD) before flashing?
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i wiped "EVERYTHING" including the SD card

nstream said:
i wiped "EVERYTHING" including the SD card
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Okay. If I can get some time I'll look some more into it. No guarantees though. If it's a kernel issue there's nothing I can do because my Linux box bit the dust last week.
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Alright, thanks for trying though

nstream said:
so installation was a success, but phone is stuck on a black screen.
the capacitive buttons light up, and the phone vibrates any time it is touched.
thats it for now
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Same here, tried with dalvik wipe and so many...
No luck..

nstream said:
so installation was a success, but phone is stuck on a black screen.
the capacitive buttons light up, and the phone vibrates any time it is touched.
thats it for now
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What recovery did you use? For me, the install aborted almost immediately (android with red exclamation point).

polymath257 said:
What recovery did you use? For me, the install aborted almost immediately (android with red exclamation point).
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Just gonna go out on a limb and say to make sure your on 4EXT Touch Recovery, as I know CWM and TWRP haven't been updated is a good while.
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Just gonna go out on a limb and say to make sure your on 4EXT Touch Recovery, as I know CWM and TWRP haven't been updated is a good while.
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Edit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1377680
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EDIT2: You may also need to manually flash the boot image in fastboot with
fastboot flash boot boot.img

i am on TWRP 2.6

nstream said:
i am on TWRP 2.6
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Try 4EXT. I know on the DNA( My current phone) we have to have at least TWRP 2.7.0.0 to get a booting Kit Kat rom. I use 4EXT on mine and got the Beanstalk 4.4 rom a while back.
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ok will up grade to 2.7 and post back