Has anyone else experienced this problem with their P3300?
Unpredictably, the screen on my P3300 will fail to come back on after I have shut the device off with the power button. I know the device is on because the hardware buttons light up when pressed, but the screen appears almost completely dark and won't come back on when tapped. The only way to get the screen back to normal function is to get to the backlight settings and adjust them. This seems to return the device to normal function...until it randomly happens again. I'm seeing this about two or three times a day.
At first, I thought I needed to soft reset - and this worked - I then just went to the backlight settings to modify them and got back normal function for a while. The strange thing was that after the screen issue and the soft reset, my backlight settings for battery power were on "brightest" - and they wern't there before the issue popped up.
Now I have a WA2 shortcut on my top bar that goes to backlight settings. I know approximately where it is on the screen, so when the issue pops up and the screen is pitch dark, I can tap in that general area and get to backlight settings. The screen is still dark, but I can just make out the backlight slider enough to adjust it from there and avoid the soft reset.
So, basically, it seems as though my backlight settings are randomly resetting themselves to the lowest setting every once in a while after power off. Anybody else with an Artemis seeing this? Seems a little similar to the first of the three questions in this thread, but not exactly the same:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=281763
Any help or empathy would be appreciated!
I've had that, too. I assume the program for the allocation of the soft keys has a bug. You had to HARD RESET, and dont change the soft keys any more.
I've read some more about this issue and it seems it is a WM5 bug that is seen across devices. I guess I can hope they will address it at some point in a future ROM release. Thanks for the suggestions anyway.
Check this out for more info:
http://www.sbsh.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=12842
Sleep Mode
What you are describing sounds like sleep mode
" Quickly pressing the POWER button turns off the display temporarily and switches your device to sleep mode. Sleep mode suspends your device to a low power state while the display is off in order to save battery power "
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(Taken from MDAC3 Manual)
Pressing the power button again should bring it out of Sleep Mode. If it is getting stuck then it is possibly a bug affecting the sleep mode.
Hi!
Any news on this issue? My phone is acting just like described in this thread (and no, this is not standby/sleep mode)
PK
This only hapen to me after a soft reset. And the only way i found to "fix" the problem was after every soft reset going to Settings>Backlight move the brightness bar up and down. And after that it never blocks the light again until the next soft reset. Sometimes when connected to usb it blocks too but if you always go to the backlight, befor e the light goes off, and move the bar it wont block anymore...Its not a real solution but the only way i found...
Imaginati0n said:
This only hapen to me after a soft reset. And the only way i found to "fix" the problem was after every soft reset going to Settings>Backlight move the brightness bar up and down. And after that it never blocks the light again until the next soft reset. Sometimes when connected to usb it blocks too but if you always go to the backlight, befor e the light goes off, and move the bar it wont block anymore...Its not a real solution but the only way i found...
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Yeah, that is all I am doing too. Hopefully HTC is noticing this problem too and a future ROM release will alleviate the problem. Perhaps a Crossbow upgrade someday????
I have the same problem. I found out that it happens when PhoneAlarm switches my profile from work to home.
Solution!
Check this thread out:
http://www.pocketmax.net/smf/index.php?topic=3324.0
As stated above, looks like PhoneAlarm is the culprit. I use it and I would bet that everyone posting in this thread does too. In fact, Bruce from PocketMax has even listed the Artemis Backlight corruption issue as a fixed item in his latest release, v1.57 available here:
http://www.pocketmax.net/phoneAlarm.html
Once you download and install, make sure to go the the backlight % setting in each of your profiles and select "Leave Unchanged". This alleviates the problem. My Artemis no longer goes blank without backlight slider manipulation after a soft reset!!! One less thing to worry about!
I had the same problem ... I try your solution and make a feed back
I too have had this problem and have PA installed - I'll also apply the solution and report findings . . thanks for sharing.
Hi!
I installed the PA 1.57 upgrade, but it did not help... But it seems like the backlight settings on the Artemis device is not standard, so I uninstalled Spb GPSR monitor (who has a backlight setting option), and then the problem disappeared.
PK
Looks like any program you have installed with a backlight setting option needs to be adjusted not to change the backlight settings in order for things to work properly for the time being. I'm sure that software developers will adjust to this new device soon just as PA has. Thanks for the feedback!
hi,
i have PA 1.58 (build 100), and the reminders for missed calls not work properly. the orange led is blinking, but the vibration and the sound are
not played (i have set the alarm reminder to 1 x 5 min x endless)...
please, test and indicate to me if this function works on your artemis...
the reminders for sms works fine.
thank's
Ahqar said:
Pressing the power button again should bring it out of Sleep Mode. If it is getting stuck then it is possibly a bug affecting the sleep mode.
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In other forums they have this 'problem' too, and all of these people had SPB Pocket Plus installed. My guess is that it is a backlight setting in that program. You can temporarily get the backlight back on by connecting the phone to the pc through ActiveSync, and change the settings accordingly.
Hard- or softresets shouldn't be necessary to solve this.
@phonealarm users,
you can fix the unserious backlight bug if you are using at least v.1.57 or higher and set all backlight settings (battery and pluged) in used profiles to the option < LEAVE UNCHANGED >
@all
happy new year!
Ok! so i am not alone! a couple of times i did face this situation. the screen doesnt come up, but the device is on, and i am able to see a slight silhoute of the icons, very very light. and i have to do a softreset to get it back on.
bmod said:
@phonealarm users,
you can fix the unserious backlight bug if you are using at least v.1.57 or higher and set all backlight settings (battery and pluged) in used profiles to the option < LEAVE UNCHANGED >
@all
happy new year!
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Yep, that´s it! In every app offering different profiles (like PocketZenPhone, PA, etc.) Settings for Backlight (including Minutes to switch off) must be exactly the same in each profile! Maybe <Leave unchanged> will work, too!
bmod said:
@phonealarm users,
you can fix the unserious backlight bug if you are using at least v.1.57 or higher and set all backlight settings (battery and pluged) in used profiles to the option < LEAVE UNCHANGED >
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Hey Guys,
We appreciate the posts about Phone Alarm, but if you just read this entire thread before posting you would have seen that this is old news and this issue was resolved in post #9!
Thanks anyway!
Oh, and Happy New Year as well!
hi,
please, tell me if pa reminders for sms and missed calls work fine in your p3300.
i have installed spb pocket plus and pa and the reminders for pa not work now.
please, if this combination works for you, explaine your config settings.
thank's
Hi!
I have installed both Gyrator 2 and Galarm 1.2.3 in my blackstone.
When the alarm rings both snooze actions when 'when device turned down' and 'when you shake the device' do not work.
I know that it is because of Gyrator.
Is there a fix on this?
g
Hi!
I think Version 1.03 of Galarm is working good with shake for closing program also with screen off
FYI. There's a new version - 1.2.4. But same problem, tilt sensor feature doesn't work.
I 've heard that this problem is solved if you differentiate some settings in the Gyrator application.
Anyone with a hint on this?
g
Hey guys, there's a new version GAlarm 1.4. The tilt sensor feature is working great!!
http://www.ageye.de/index.php?s=download
the new version seems working ok.
thank you
g
The last app I installed was Galarm. I did this last night.
Since then I have had a few problems with my HD.
1) twice since midnight last night I have used TF3D to access settings > communications, before loading the communications screen the device hangs, then I hear the default beep randomly and untill I perform a soft reset.
2) Soft key menus have been very buggy all through the OS. Most noticable in Opera, and Coreplayer. Taping the soft key menu results in just an outline being shown while the actual menu is transparent.
While installing Galarm it asked me if it could fix a known bug, I allowed it to. But am now wondering if this could have been the cause?
I'm not blaming Galarm per se, but it is the last piece of software that I installed. Has anyone else had similer problems?
Noodled24 said:
The last app I installed was Galarm. I did this last night.
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2) Soft key menus have been very buggy all through the OS. Most noticable in Opera, and Coreplayer. Taping the soft key menu results in just an outline being shown while the actual menu is transparent.
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Yes I get the same menu problems, if you press up or down then the menu choices appear but often vey corrupted. I stopped using Galarm for a couple of days and I never had the problem, I used it this mornning and my menus got corrupted again. At the same time I get my start menu appearing blank (transparent). I'm going to download another clock program and use it for a month then I'll switch to Galarm for a definitive test.
hi all,
bit of a strange issue with BFC on my note2 4G
about a week ago, i noticed nfc was off, i tried to turn it on from notification panel, but opton was just not responding, so had to turn it on in settings. turned it off after use and was ok.
next time i went to turn it on from notification panel, it went green then i get a message saying
Unfortunately system ui has stopped responding.
now it does it every time i try to turn it on from notifications or it is freyed out as per before.
has anyone else noticed or had this issue? or has a fix?
cheers
device details
model N7105T
stock 4.1.2 rom
rooted
baseband N7105TDVDMA1
build JZ054K.N7105TDVDMB1
kern 3.0.31-774241
fliptechnologies said:
hi all,
bit of a strange issue with BFC on my note2 4G
about a week ago, i noticed nfc was off, i tried to turn it on from notification panel, but opton was just not responding, so had to turn it on in settings. turned it off after use and was ok.
next time i went to turn it on from notification panel, it went green then i get a message saying
Unfortunately system ui has stopped responding.
now it does it every time i try to turn it on from notifications or it is freyed out as per before.
has anyone else noticed or had this issue? or has a fix?
cheers
device details
model N7105T
stock 4.1.2 rom
rooted
baseband N7105TDVDMA1
build JZ054K.N7105TDVDMB1
kern 3.0.31-774241
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I have the same problem.
I initially tried to use SBEAM to send some files between my Note II, and my friends S4.
Then, I tried to turn it OFF, and same error occurs.
I also turn it off in the settings without a problem, but it automatically turns back on.
Which I really don't know why.
Hopefully this gets a fix.
fliptechnologies said:
has anyone else noticed or had this issue? or has a fix?
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Known issue. (Not sure if Samsung knows this, the issue keeps recurring even in recent updates)
I'm not sure if there is a fix, but a workaround which works for me,
1) Turn off the NFC manually
2) Replace the NFC icon from notification panel with some other unused icon (say blocking mode)
3) Restart Phone
4) Add NFC notification panel icon back and now it should be okay and working for sometime.
5) I don't know what causes it. But repeat step 1-4 when System UI hangs and throws error.
ysrini said:
Known issue. (Not sure if Samsung knows this, the issue keeps recurring even in recent updates)
I'm not sure if there is a fix, but a workaround which works for me,
1) Turn off the NFC manually
2) Replace the NFC icon from notification panel with some other unused icon (say blocking mode)
3) Restart Phone
4) Add NFC notification panel icon back and now it should be okay and working for sometime.
5) I don't know what causes it. But repeat step 1-4 when System UI hangs and throws error.
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cheers another method i found was
turn nfc on and off manually about 5 times from the wifi menu in settings
then the icon works
So i just got my phone back from service. I had a white spot on the screen. They fixed it by replacing the motherboard. It'll all fine and dandy right there. But i noticed i could not pull down the notification bar in potrait mode. While switching to landscape it works. This sounds like a hardware issue but im not sure. Is there a way to test the screen?... if a move a widget to the top of the screen from my homescreen. The screen detects it's up there.. so i guess the touch is ok?
The service took about 4 weeks so i hope i don't have to send it in again
I've tried resetting the phone (clean install)
UPDATE: Sent it back for another 4 weeks of service..
Hello
To make a touch screen test follow these steps:
1- open the phone dialer and dial this number *#*#3421#*#*
2- Choose accept, that will take you to a hardware test page
3- Choose touch screen line draw test.
Thank you
i have the same issues its software and gets fixed automatically
but there should be a solution
I just received my brand new HTC 10 today and I have the exact same problem as you.
I am unable to pull the notifications bar after I unlocked the phone in portrait mode. However I can pull the notifications bar while the phone is still locked AND when the phone is unlocked and rotated to landscape mode.
I have tried factory resetting my phone and upgrading to the latest software but the problem still persists.
What should I do?
Anyone solved this problem?
DaveedDB said:
Anyone solved this problem?
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It's a screen issue. Do a line sensor test from the help app
Hi.
Quick background incase it's relevant...
I was running Malaysk 5.1.1 on my rk3188 800x400 and paired it with my Sony Xperia Z for Bluetooth audio and calls; all worked prefectly.
Then I updated my handset to an Xperia XZ premium and Bluetooth calls stopped working. I tried every fix, msu and rom I could find but nothing ever worked. I left the hu with a stock rom until I could find a solution.
My handset software then updated to 8 and hey presto, calls are working again.
So, I re-installed Malaysk's 5.1.1 rom.....and now the story continues...
I found that in the 'car mod' launcher as well as the xposed installer app that I couldn't press the menu buttons on screen. Everything else worked and those parts of the screen worked when other buttons were under them.
Thinking it was an installation glitch I reinstalled the rom but the problem remained. In short I tried four other roms but found the same problem. Then I tried changing the lcd density to make the gui bigger and found the buttons worked, but only if the screen is ridiculously big! (240 or over). I also found that if I used my thumb (which is large!) to press the menu buttons it works at smaller screen sizes but often presses others screen elements nearby.
So, the touchscreen works, the menu buttons work but only if they're huge or I mash that whole area of the screen!
What the what is going on?!
Thanks.