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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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Touchwake

Hi guys!
I am missing a feature I used to have on my old Galaxy I9000: It is called "touchwake" and allows the screen to be switched on, if it gets touched.
Very handy feature and I think TWRP already has it (maybe it's a sensor thing, though). Has anybody an idea? Is this a kernel feature?

Martux76 said:
Hi guys!
I am missing a feature I used to have on my old Galaxy I9000: It is called "touchwake" and allows the screen to be switched on, if it gets touched.
Very handy feature and I think TWRP already has it (maybe it's a sensor thing, though). Has anybody an idea? Is this a kernel feature?
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yes it is a kernel feature. GM used to add it to siyah all the time....bad luck for us he's not interested in a note 2 :/

Yeah but that would mean a wakelock won't it?
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UtkarshGupta said:
Yeah but that would mean a wakelock won't it?
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i've seen great versions of it...it does mean a wakelock for sure but in most cases was developped with a 10 second timer...10 seconds after the screen is of it would stop working reducing battery drain

Then how is it helpful?
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It's an awesome feature, really. That would be even better than "quick glance" which keeps me actually on stock-based ROMs... I think I will ask in the Perseus kernel thread

lesalloum said:
yes it is a kernel feature. GM used to add it to siyah all the time....bad luck for us he's not interested in a note 2 :/
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unfortunately

Yeah I miss that too. It's bad none of the available kernels include it...
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Hi.
Try proximity screen off . This app is good n no wake lock
my S pen did this.

lesalloum said:
i've seen great versions of it...it does mean a wakelock for sure but in most cases was developped with a 10 second timer...10 seconds after the screen is of it would stop working reducing battery drain
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UtkarshGupta said:
Then how is it helpful?
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You don't have to reach for the power/home button when your screen times out (and this happens to me quite often if I'm reading something)

D3_ said:
You don't have to reach for the power/home button when your screen times out (and this happens to me quite often if I'm reading something)
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Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't the stock standard feature cater for that (SmartStay)?
Monitors your eyes and prevents the screen from switching off if you are looking at it.

Why dont you just download screen on toggler from the play store. That way, you can just quickly pull the menu down, press a button and your screen will never time out. Press it again and it switches back to your original time out setting.
Comes in handy when its too dark for smart stay to work.
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UtkarshGupta said:
Yeah but that would mean a wakelock won't it?
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Fluxi kernel on S2 had swipe to wake. It does not have any wakelock.
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Galaxea said:
Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't the stock standard feature cater for that (SmartStay)?
Monitors your eyes and prevents the screen from switching off if you are looking at it.
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Chillerhippie said:
Why dont you just download screen on toggler from the play store. That way, you can just quickly pull the menu down, press a button and your screen will never time out. Press it again and it switches back to your original time out setting.
Comes in handy when its too dark for smart stay to work.
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There is a confusion on this function. This kind of feature allow you to turn on the screen without pressing any physical button. You can take the phone out from your pocket and swipe or touch the screen and the device will wake up.

D3_ said:
You don't have to reach for the power/home button when your screen times out (and this happens to me quite often if I'm reading something)
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Obvious solution: increase your time-out setting.
I have it at 2 min (hate the absurdly short time-out many people seem to use) and it never times out when I am reading.
Plus, as already mentioned, if for whatever reason that I can't imagine you want to keep a short time-out setting, you can always use SmartStay which works surprisingly well and can be very easily and quickly turned on and off with its toggle in the notification shade.

Guys, this isn't about SmartStay or the likes. I am already using it, also QuickGlance. TouchWake means turning ON the display by merely touching it (2 seconds for example). I was asking for this feature in the Perseus kernel thread, if you like the idea, just vote up my request.
PS: I also tried "proximity screen off" from playstore. It's nice but still not what I was looking for. A fast double tap for screen on would be nice for example.

Martux76 said:
Hi guys!
I am missing a feature I used to have on my old Galaxy I9000: It is called "touchwake" and allows the screen to be switched on, if it gets touched.
Very handy feature and I think TWRP already has it (maybe it's a sensor thing, though). Has anybody an idea? Is this a kernel feature?
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I fell in love with this feature seeing it on a BB10 device (and that's just about the ONLY thing that I like about the BB10 BTW :laugh.
It would be awesome and would enable us to get rid of the physical home button (which wastes space and is a durability worry but it's still needed to wake the phone up as it's way more comfortable to use than the power button).

As I've seen on your comments you really don't know what it is.
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DerTeufel ( the guy working on dual boot ) just released a kernel with touchwake.... here

Reminds me of MeeGo. This would be an awesome feature, given that the physical buttons don't seem to last well over time...

Yeah! Big thanks to DerTeufel! Good job for what I can say so far. Will test some more days

Screen closes during call. Help

Hi, im on wicked rom with the native call recording option. Anytime im on call, screen closes and turns black. I can not see anything unless I hit the power button which turns screen back on. The screen use to open as soon as I took my phone from my cheek. Is this auto screen time out how its supposed to be or is there an issue?
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rbtady said:
Hi, im on wicked rom with the native call recording option. Anytime im on call, screen closes and turns black. I can not see anything unless I hit the power button which turns screen back on. The screen use to open as soon as I took my phone from my cheek. Is this auto screen time out how its supposed to be or is there an issue?
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Are you using a case? Specifically an OtterBox, by chance? It's relevant.

rbtady said:
Hi, im on wicked rom with the native call recording option. Anytime im on call, screen closes and turns black. I can not see anything unless I hit the power button which turns screen back on. The screen use to open as soon as I took my phone from my cheek. Is this auto screen time out how its supposed to be or is there an issue?
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Do you have any other window open? Or just the dialer?
lordcheeto03 said:
Are you using a case? Specifically an OtterBox, by chance? It's relevant.
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Never had issues with my otter box.
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elesbb said:
Never had issues with my otter box.
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Hah, I had put mine on within minutes of buying the phone. Little did I know it was screwing with the proximity sensor. I just thought that, for some reason, the S4's proximity sensor was supposed to turn the screen off until you hit the power button again during a call. But I read a thread where someone was complaining about the same thing and the recommendation was to take the case off and color the edge of the case around where the speaker, front camera, etc with a silver sharpie. It worked... All I'm saying, if OP has a case, try taking it off and see if the phone functions correctly. If it does, it's the case and can be fixed with a silver sharpie. If not, there's something else going on.

elesbb said:
Do you have any other window open? Or just the dialer?
Never had issues with my otter box.
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It's just the dialer that I have open. I do have a case (neo-hybrid spigen), but after I took it off the same thing happens. As soon as I call, the screen turns black and I need the power button to turn it on. I even turned off the smart stay TW feature, but it still does the same thing.

rbtady said:
It's just the dialer that I have open. I do have a case (neo-hybrid spigen), but after I took it off the same thing happens. As soon as I call, the screen turns black and I need the power button to turn it on. I even turned off the smart stay TW feature, but it still does the same thing.
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Download an app called "Proximity Sensor Finder" That might at least tell you if the sensor is just not registering the fact that it's being uncovered.

rbtady said:
Hi, im on wicked rom with the native call recording option. Anytime im on call, screen closes and turns black. I can not see anything unless I hit the power button which turns screen back on. The screen use to open as soon as I took my phone from my cheek. Is this auto screen time out how its supposed to be or is there an issue?
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Check your screen protector
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atlprettygirl2145 said:
Check your screen protector
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Good call. I remember some cheap screen protectors were affecting the s3 too.
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elesbb said:
Good call. I remember some cheap screen protectors were affecting the s3 too.
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Unfortunately the screen protector was not the problem either....Could it just be the Wicked rom? Does anyone else have this issue? Could it also be the modified secphone.apk I have for the call recording?

rbtady said:
Unfortunately the screen protector was not the problem either....Could it just be the Wicked rom? Does anyone else have this issue? Could it also be the modified secphone.apk I have for the call recording?
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Easy enough to rule out; try using a stock version of secphone.apk and see if the problem still exists.

rbtady said:
Unfortunately the screen protector was not the problem either....Could it just be the Wicked rom? Does anyone else have this issue? Could it also be the modified secphone.apk I have for the call recording?
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I'm on Wicked V4 amd don't have this problem. Screen turns on and off as supposed to. I also have an Iloome Tempered Glass which covers the sensors with no issues. Have you tried doing a fresh install?
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I had this issue on stock rom... ended up exchanging the phone as the prox sensors "stopped" responding for some reason.
elflip88 said:
I'm on Wicked V4 amd don't have this problem. Screen turns on and off as supposed to. I also have an Iloome Tempered Glass which covers the sensors with no issues. Have you tried doing a fresh install?
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rbtady said:
Hi, im on wicked rom with the native call recording option. Anytime im on call, screen closes and turns black. I can not see anything unless I hit the power button which turns screen back on. The screen use to open as soon as I took my phone from my cheek. Is this auto screen time out how its supposed to be or is there an issue?
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I'm also running Wicked ROM (with native call recording). The only thing I noticed is that there's a noticeable delay for the screen to turn back on, but that's all.
Try waiting ~5 seconds and see if it turns on.

I have this issue too. I think it's call recording related.
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elesbb said:
I have this issue too. I think it's call recording related.
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It's not the call recording apk. Hmmm..
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Wiping data fixed it.. I'll try and isolate what it was.
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rbtady said:
Unfortunately the screen protector was not the problem either....Could it just be the Wicked rom? Does anyone else have this issue? Could it also be the modified secphone.apk I have for the call recording?
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I'm running Wicked, but do not have the problem you describe. Proximity sensor works as it should during calls.

double tap to sleep trick (no root)

Sorry if someone posted this already didn't see anything. But Figured out a neat trick if you use apex launcher, probably works with other launcher too.
Go to behavior settings in apex settings. then go to double tap and then select launch shortcut. Go down to s pen: screen off.
That's it! Double tap home screen and the screen turns off.

widekyle said:
Sorry if someone posted this already didn't see anything. But Figured out a neat trick if you use apex launcher, probably works with other launcher too.
Go to behavior settings in apex settings. then go to double tap and then select launch shortcut. Go down to s pen: screen off.
That's it! Double tap home screen and the screen turns off.
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You can do this on Smart Launcher also
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any idea on how to do this on nova launcher?

U can press the power button once and the screen goes off lol seems pointless

haruyukisama said:
any idea on how to do this on nova launcher?
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Same process. As for action launcher.
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Texus915 said:
U can press the power button once and the screen goes off lol seems pointless
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Not if your power button gets destroyed from ware and tare

mlock420 said:
Not if your power button gets destroyed from ware and tare
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Please how often does that even happen, never has that ever happened to any phone ive ever used

Texus915 said:
Please how often does that even happen, never has that ever happened to any phone ive ever used
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I gonna agree with him. If u abuse it then buy a new ? lol.
BAD ASS NOTE 4

mlock420 said:
Not if your power button gets destroyed from ware and tare
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Ware and tare........... :what:
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haruyukisama said:
any idea on how to do this on nova launcher?
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if your device is rooted, then you can download the "screen off" app off the play store. Set it up to double tap to lock. then set up a gesture in nova for double tap, pick the screen off app

I like to use greenify and then set up double tap to hibernate+lock screen in nova. Works great.
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Texus915 said:
Please how often does that even happen, never has that ever happened to any phone ive ever used
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Lol there are fiens who constantly flash phones and sometimes they hold power button ,volume button and home button to get to recovery constantly. ....don't act like its not possible lol
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BACARDILIMON said:
I gonna agree with him. If u abuse it then buy a new ? lol.
BAD ASS NOTE 4
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Well you are pretty rich so I guess you gonna buy a new[emoji335] oops i mean[emoji337]. [emoji23] [emoji379]
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Ware and tare........... :what:
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My bad meant to say wear & tear....lol smh[emoji23] [emoji379]

pezlomd said:
I like to use greenify and then set up double tap to hibernate+lock screen in nova. Works great.
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Nooooo, this causes all kinds of havoc with every phone I use. Not to say that it always does, but in my case it breaks things till I reboot, lol xP

I can buy a pointy dunce hat to wear. Have u ever seen the test these phones go through. The home power and volume buttons wont break unless u push them with extreme force
BAD ASS NOTE 4

I can't seem to find the s pen shortcut on nova launcher. Am I missing something? Went to menu, and then behavior and then shortcut but I don't see s pen. Any help is appreciated

BACARDILIMON said:
I can buy a pointy dunce hat to wear. Have u ever seen the test these phones go through. The home power and volume buttons wont break unless u push them with extreme force
BAD ASS NOTE 4
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I figured you for a jester lol pointy dunce hat to wear lol

[TA-1043] Strange behavior trying to pull down status bar

While the phone is lying on a table or on bed, if you try pulling down the status bar, using just one finger without touching the sides of the phone, it just won't pull down, it would like block the touch for that even though it'd register touches for usual taps and swipes.
Even stranger behavior is while it won't be pulling down while it's lying on the table and the sides of the phone are not being touched, if you even slightly touch the side of the phone and then swipe down status bar, it'd work perfectly. That's one of the strangest things I've seen in a phone.
There's no issues while holding and using the phone btw.
Please answer back if you're facing the same issue or try replicating what I said with your device and report the behavior below, would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks.

Can you make a video? If I understand your post right, it works fine on my device.

Not able to make a video atm as no other device is with me. Would love for other people to reply as well as I'm pretty sure it can't be my particular device's defect.
I've found people reporting very similar things for surface pro on this thread here if you wanna understand what I'm saying better
https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/284584/Why+does+my+touchscreen+only+work+when+touching+the+case
Here's a video from someone in the Nokia forums acknowledging the issue I reported and made a video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfSZwSFOQTI&feature=youtu.be

Thanks for the video, so, I did understand it right
I tried it again few times, and it works fine for me.

Ja_som said:
Thanks for the video, so, I did understand it right
I tried it again few times, and it works fine for me.
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Can you post a video of it as well?

hsn97 said:
Can you post a video of it as well?
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Sure, will do, but I'm at work now.

So, here is my video
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Ja_som said:
So, here is my video
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What is your phone lying on?

hsn97 said:
What is your phone lying on?
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In video it was on my bed, at work I tried it on my worktable.
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Ah man then nokia might have profuced some ta-1043s with that issue

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In video it was on my bed, at work I tried it on my worktable.
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Also do you have a screen protector/glass installed?

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Also do you have a screen protector/glass installed?
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Nope, I have not found any accessories yet.
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It happens with mine too. But not always lol....

Try turn off gestures?
Setting > System > Gestures > Swipe fingerprint for notifications.

I have not seen this, but you can set the fingerprint reader as a tiny touchpad which can be used to bring down the status bar.