Is there is any other way to turn the screen back on other than pulling the stylus, hitting the power button or sliding the keyboard ?
I'm wondering if there is any software that turns on the screen by shaking the device or by any other means like holding it upright or tapping on screen you know??
The button on the top of the device?
well I'm still not used to holding it in one hand and try to reach the upper button with my finger, even the back cover slips off sometimes when I'm pressing the button. They should have picked another position like the call button maybe, something easier to reach.
I use a software to turn off the screen by putting the device in my pocket upside down, I found it so practical. but couldn't find a software turns on the screen yet
Maybe you could try this.
Everytime I boot my phone up, it works fine up until when the screen goes into sleep mode. Once it goes into sleep mode I cannot turn the screen back on, it stays black. The keyboard, end and answer key lights show up when I press the power button but the screen just stays black no matter what button I press.
I end up having to either take the battery out or using the stick to press the reset button on the side in order to get the phone to where I can see the screen again. I have adjusted the settings to where the screen doesnt go into sleep mode and the screen just stays on but that drains my battery. I want to be able to have my screen go off so I can save power but if it goes off it wont come on again until I reboot.
I have done a hard reset. This problem started happening to me when I started using the Energy Rom but I've even flashed different Roms and the problem still exist.
Somebody please tell me what's wrong! I need help! This is a big annoying problem to have. Thanks.
is this problem occurring when you slide the keyboard out?
i had the t-mobile touch pro2 with this problem.
the screen would die when the keyboard was out and not come back.
if this is the case, what i did was...
well. obviously not open the keyboard fully.
but if i accidentally had.
instead of pulling out the battery, i waited...
till the screen 'naturally' went to sleep.
than i would pull out the stylus or press power button
and the screen would come on.
sh4d0w86.
sh4d0w86 said:
is this problem occurring when you slide the keyboard out?
i had the t-mobile touch pro2 with this problem.
the screen would die when the keyboard was out and not come back.
if this is the case, what i did was...
well. obviously not open the keyboard fully.
but if i accidentally had.
instead of pulling out the battery, i waited...
till the screen 'naturally' went to sleep.
than i would pull out the stylus or press power button
and the screen would come on.
sh4d0w86.
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Yes the problem still exist even when I slide the keyboard out. Once the screen goes off, that's it....pressing the power button to get it out of sleep mode, sliding the keyboard, I press all buttons and nothing works. The only thing that "works" to get the screen back on is removing the battery or using the stylus to press the reset button.
When sliding the keyboard out the keys light up but the screen doesn't come on, also pressing the power button lights up the end and answer keys without the screen coming on.
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Yes the problem still exist even when I slide the keyboard out. Once the screen goes off, that's it....pressing the power button to get it out of sleep mode, sliding the keyboard, I press all buttons and nothing works. The only thing that "works" to get the screen back on is removing the battery or using the stylus to press the reset button.
When sliding the keyboard out the keys light up but the screen doesn't come on, also pressing the power button lights up the end and answer keys without the screen coming on.
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so. whenever the screen goes out, period, you cant get it back?
or the screen goes out and cant get it back once you slide the keyboard out?
if it is only when sliding out the keyboard...
try not opening the keyboard fully on the right side.
on my rhodium, after that point, the screen goes out.
sh4d0w86.
sh4d0w86 said:
so. whenever the screen goes out, period, you cant get it back?
or the screen goes out and cant get it back once you slide the keyboard out?
if it is only when sliding out the keyboard...
try not opening the keyboard fully on the right side.
on my rhodium, after that point, the screen goes out.
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Yes, period. Also, you know when you put your face to the phone during a call and the screen goes off so your face wont press anything on the screen? It doesn't come back on from that either once I end the phone call, it just stays black. I'm assuming you don't have any other suggestions. This Sucks
themasterhook2000 said:
Yes, period. Also, you know when you put your face to the phone during a call and the screen goes off so your face wont press anything on the screen? It doesn't come back on from that either once I end the phone call, it just stays black. I'm assuming you don't have any other suggestions. This Sucks
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: / sorry. i am unsure.
maybe you have a lose connection?
sh4d0w86.
This has to be a software issue but I don't know where to start. I'm surprised nobody else has encountered this problem. I've grown frustrated of this issue because I don't understand why it's doing this. I have had the phone for almost 6 months only dropping it once 4 months ago and it wasn't a strong damaging drop that would affect anything inside. I guess I'll just have to go last resort and call warranty to swap the phone out. Thanks for the help.
Same problem
themasterhook2000 said:
This has to be a software issue but I don't know where to start. I'm surprised nobody else has encountered this problem. I've grown frustrated of this issue because I don't understand why it's doing this. I have had the phone for almost 6 months only dropping it once 4 months ago and it wasn't a strong damaging drop that would affect anything inside. I guess I'll just have to go last resort and call warranty to swap the phone out. Thanks for the help.
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My phone also dos not come back on, when I put it in out the sreen with the power button on top, or when the phone goes to sleep. Nothing can put it back on(opening te keyboard, pulling out the stylis, presing the answer-, windows-, back- and end button). I and up using a music players too keep the phone busy what's makes it operational. Cant really remember when this started happening exactly. My phone is at the moment loaded with a standard ROM. I used too have a custom ROM.
My TP2 does this too, although I only encounter the problem sometimes when someone calls. I answer and put the phone next to my ear, the screen goes black as it should and the phone just dies. I can't hear what the other person is saying and the screen wont turn on anymore. I have to take out the battery to reboot.
set light sensor to manual in settings. You have some bad or fragmented code causing the problem. Pretty common actually, many different reasons, but usually either a bad light or proximity sensor or software issue. Setting the sensor to manual should do it, if not, hard reset and allow the phone to fully set up before touching it, to allow full customization process to complete. Search my posts on SOD (sleep of death) for more information.
Funny this was brought up. Now im worried I just dropped 250.00 and have a new one coming.
Mine started with the ear piece quit working. couldnt hear anything except on speaker.
Anyway I started having the screen issue over a month ago, only way to get it back was soft reset with the stylus. Also when the screen was lit, I couldn't hit the power button to turn the screen off. At times the screen would be on 24/7 and I just dealt with it. The times when it decieded to go to sleep was when I needed the soft reset. Well long story short I forgot my charger one day at work and the battery died. after pressing the power button for hours with no response, moving the screen in all diffrent directions as I pressed the button.It came on once after hrs of messing with it. Well today it died again and I am fed up with it so out came the tools. Once I opened it up I noticed the ribbon that feeds the screen from the mother board was worn and torn. the ribbon slides everytime the keyboard is slid out and it rubs on both sides of the phone. I thought maybe mine was just a fluke and was installed wrong considering the phone being 10 months old but now I read this and see maybe its a common problem. The cheapest I could find the Ribbon was 56.00 so I didnt want to chance it not being the issue.
OK, so this is annoying me. If my phone is flat on the table, and I ever so slightly press the screen or soft keys on the left side, the screen has a tendency to switch to landscape mode as if I fully tilted it that way. It only does it on the left. I can almost tilt it completely to the right before it switches that way. Now if I hold it vertical I have to literally turn it all the way on its side to switch to landscape, but like I said, if it's just sitting flat on a table it just likes to switch so easily. Any other like this?
this is one problem that annoys the hell out of me. occasionally ill have my phone in my pocket and when i pull it out im forced to align the screen. if i dont whip the stylus out (forcing me to use 2 hands) and do it properly it'll just repeat and no other action can be taken until it is complete.
how can i disable this?
the screen is already aligned but im guessing it gets interrupted sometimes when in my pocket thinking it needs an alignment
also while im here. any easy way to stiffen the power/screen button? i reassembled my TP2 the other day and ever since then it's slightly softer. i always bump the button when i'm holding the phone horizontally
It should never, ever go to the align screen unless you're pressing the key combo to enter it... Which I don't even remember what the key combo is for the RHOD. On my RAPH I think I had to hold a volume button and the middle button. I'll try to look it up, but basically there's probably a key combo you're hitting while the phone is in your pocket, that is causing that screen to come up.
Search is magical.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=723972
Seems if you hit both volume buttons and tap the screen it pulls it up? Sorry, I can't test this... I completely wiped WinMo off my RHOD .
Hello there! A friend of mine gave me her Galaxy S4 mini GT-9195 LaFleur (pink one). She was going to throw it away as she dropped it in half a glass of water. Apparently, some water got into the bottom of the phone and got the Home button stuck. As a result, the phone permanently gets the hardware Home key signal and is almost entirely unuseable. I managed to get past the PIN-code screen by entering the PIN while manually holding the Home button, but that's about it.
I also managed to root it with the intention to install CM which features disabling the hardware keys and using on-screen keys, but I wouldn't be able to get to the menu to disable the keys. I've also found other methods, but they involve editing files on the phone itself, which is impossible because of the Home key being pressed about 3x per second.
So my question is: is there a file I could flash to resolve this issue and disable the home button or disable all hardware keys? Or is there maybe a rom written with these keys being disabled by default, and on-screen keys?
Any other help or suggestions are of course also very welcome!!
Thanks!
dlo2008 said:
Hello there! A friend of mine gave me her Galaxy S4 mini GT-9195 LaFleur (pink one). She was going to throw it away as she dropped it in half a glass of water. Apparently, some water got into the bottom of the phone and got the Home button stuck. As a result, the phone permanently gets the hardware Home key signal and is almost entirely unuseable. I managed to get past the PIN-code screen by entering the PIN while manually holding the Home button, but that's about it.
I also managed to root it with the intention to install CM which features disabling the hardware keys and using on-screen keys, but I wouldn't be able to get to the menu to disable the keys. I've also found other methods, but they involve editing files on the phone itself, which is impossible because of the Home key being pressed about 3x per second.
So my question is: is there a file I could flash to resolve this issue and disable the home button or disable all hardware keys? Or is there maybe a rom written with these keys being disabled by default, and on-screen keys?
Any other help or suggestions are of course also very welcome!!
Thanks!
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None that I know of!
The key is probably malfunctioning because there is still moisture in there and it's shorting the switch out (or possibly it's now what is the salts etc left after the water evaporate). In first case put it in an airtight container with with the battery out & cover off & a lot of rice and leave for a week or two. If that doesn't work (better option I think) take the cover off and remove the back panel, take out the power board PCB and clean the contacts of the switch and ensure there is no moisture anywhere in the phone e.g. under chips etc. (also check other switches etc water may have condensed in other areas) (you can buy little phone tool set on ebay etc cheaply). Should then work normally ........:fingers-crossed:......
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None that I know of!
The key is probably malfunctioning because there is still moisture in there and it's shorting the switch out (or possibly it's now what is the salts etc left after the water evaporate). In first case put it in an airtight container with with the battery out & cover off & a lot of rice and leave for a week or two. If that doesn't work (better option I think) take the cover off and remove the back panel, take out the power board PCB and clean the contacts of the switch and ensure there is no moisture anywhere in the phone e.g. under chips etc. (also check other switches etc water may have condensed in other areas) (you can buy little phone tool set on ebay etc cheaply). Should then work normally ........:fingers-crossed:......
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Thanks, but I've been able to solve it differently. The phone was kept in a airtight box with rice and anti-moisture silica for a few months, but the problem continued.
I noticed that after being locked a few times, SOMETIMES I was able to hold the home button, and then access the menus. I then managed to root it, add soft keys in build.prop and disable the home button in the generic.kl file in \system\usr\keylayout...
Problem solved! It's a functional phone again, without a hardware home button.
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Thanks, but I've been able to solve it differently. The phone was kept in a airtight box with rice and anti-moisture silica for a few months, but the problem continued.
I noticed that after being locked a few times, SOMETIMES I was able to hold the home button, and then access the menus. I then managed to root it, add soft keys in build.prop and disable the home button in the generic.kl file in \system\usr\keylayout...
Problem solved! It's a functional phone again, without a hardware home button.
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Oh right, so you managed to get in to root it etc. :good:
(yes rice doesn't always work as moisture can stay trapped in areas like the buttons contact pads underneath, I think. Even if dried out contaminates can remain that can short switch)