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Wildfire S - blank screen bug?

Is this a known bug?
When I use the power management widget and toggle the screen brightness to the lowest. Then when I go to stand-by (by clicking powerbutton or automaticly) and try to activate the phone again the screen stays black (touch buttons light up but I can't use them).
I have to take out the batterie and reboot to get the screen back...

I'm so happy to see this.
I have exactly the same problem. My Wildfire S arrived this afternoon. I used it without any problems until about 22.30, then all of a sudden it wouldn't get out of standby anymore. The only way to get it working again is indeed by removing the battery for a second.
I did a factory reset (through the general phone menu) and now the problem has disappeared, but it could come back any second.
Other people experiencing the same problem?
This is a phone bought in the Netherlands where I live by the way, the black Wildfire S.

I had the same problem.
I had my wildfire s mount to usb... and using the navigon software while driving... then suddenly went to black screen with the keys activated.
I tried to enable the screen but with no luck.
When I unplugged the usb...I push the power button... and suddenly it came back to normal.
!!
very strange.

well... I found a sort solution for this.
If you do what you said.... the only way to enable it again is to plug a usb...and unplugged it.
!!!!!
The bug starting when we enable the lowest brightness!!!!!!!

I'm having the same problem. If you don't set the brightness to the lowest, it won't happen. So, this will be consideration between stability and use duration

Just the Backlight is turned off.
I have the same problem. Use an external light source and bring light to your wildfire S and you'see it is still alive. If you are able to find your brightness settings using the flashlight, increase it and you will have your old display again... It is definetly a bug.

Hi,
so any news on this bug or whether htc is doing something about it?
Just got my WF S with the most recent software and still has this bug which is very annoying. Would be great to be able to use lower backlight for nights/less battery!!

UPDATE: using continuous lightness, I found that whenever I choose light lower than 12% it stays dark and has the bug, please HTC do something about it!!!

Has this been fixed in a custom rom or does it presist in all roms?

I had it on original and custom (CM7.2) ROMS.
Think this is general bug, too bad. or someone does NOT have this bug??

I have this bug too. But u can Try to Pull the ring in the middel, Then the Screen shoudl appear again.

I do not have this bug.
Stock European ROM 2.3.5, jikantarus OC Kernel, BL unlocked and rooted

Screen brightness

Hi guys i've a new questions for all
Usually i keep the brightness of the screen about to 80%,but after 20 minutes of intense use of the phone a strange thing happens:
The brightness goes down about to 55/60% and to get back as before i must act on the settings....
What happens?How can i disable this thing?
Thank you

robsup79 said:
Hi guys i've a new questions for all
Usually i keep the brightness of the screen about to 80%,but after 20 minutes of intense use of the phone a strange thing happens:
The brightness goes down about to 55/60% and to get back as before i must act on the settings....
What happens?How can i disable this thing?
Thank you
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Anyone can help me please?

If I use the buttons at the pulldown menu to set the brightness to automatic it goes back to 50% after a cuple of time. When I set it into the Settings Menu it works normaly.

Good to know that I'm not the only one experiencing this irritating anomaly. Anyway, I have not found a solution as of yet. I'm running the latest build, and the problem is still there.

Problem solved by a member of telefonino.net (maorr):
-Open build.prop
-Search this line "ro.config.disablesmbacklinght=true"
-Change in "false"
-Reboot the phone
Now the problem is gone :good:

robsup79 said:
Hi guys i've a new questions for all
Usually i keep the brightness of the screen about to 80%,but after 20 minutes of intense use of the phone a strange thing happens:
The brightness goes down about to 55/60% and to get back as before i must act on the settings....
What happens?How can i disable this thing?
Thank you
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it is same auto brightnes as in iphone 5 .. when is set to auto it automatically moving with slider depends of light intense .

Screen is yellowed, but goes back to normal when opening some menus like Settings

I'm facing this issue since yesterday. I think that was after I actived reading mode, night mode or something like that, but couldn't find it anymore.
When I press the Settings button, for some milliseconds the color goes back to normal, with a neutral temperature. Then I open the notifications menu, it turn yellowish again; and neutral when I close the notifications. But turns yellow again when I close the Settings.
What's happening and how to solve it?

Are you using cyanogen? If so, try turning off livedisplay in display settings. If it doesn't work, try resetting your device or change to another rom. If it still doesn't work, then I guess it's a hw problem.

IIRC there's a night mode in stock. Could you post details about your phone?

rsb2097 said:
I'm facing this issue since yesterday. I think that was after I actived reading mode, night mode or something like that, but couldn't find it anymore.
When I press the Settings button, for some milliseconds the color goes back to normal, with a neutral temperature. Then I open the notifications menu, it turn yellowish again; and neutral when I close the notifications. But turns yellow again when I close the Settings.
What's happening and how to solve it?
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Make sure the Simulate Color space is set to disabled in Developer Options

xCalibur15 said:
Are you using cyanogen? If so, try turning off livedisplay in display settings. If it doesn't work, try resetting your device or change to another rom. If it still doesn't work, then I guess it's a hw problem.
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Uninstalled CM Locker, it was solved. So it's probably an option within it. But I'm not using it anymore.

Brightness Problem after boot

Every time I boot my lovely handset the brightness is maxed out no matter where it was positioned via the slider in the settings menu previously. It takes a good couple of minutes to sort itself out and within that time the screen flashes/glitches ever so slightly as if it's trying to remember the above settings. I can move the toggle slider left/right and there is not much of a change either. Weirdly if I tap the back of the phone when this is happening it will change the brightness on every tap. After this initial booting time it is perfectly fine and works as it should and doesn't happen again until reboot. I am on stock everything and this has happened on 1.30 and now on 1.80 firmware(s). Only a slight annoyance but I'm more worried about hardware failure. Does anyone else have or know about this problem?

BaggyBizzle said:
Every time I boot my lovely handset the brightness is maxed out no matter where it was positioned via the slider in the settings menu previously.
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Does anyone else have or know about this problem?
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Yes, mine is super bright on boot and shutdown, too. I actually thought this was by design.
Verizon HTC 10, rooted stock.

BaggyBizzle said:
Every time I boot my lovely handset the brightness is maxed out no matter where it was positioned via the slider in the settings menu previously. It takes a good couple of minutes to sort itself out and within that time the screen flashes/glitches ever so slightly as if it's trying to remember the above settings. I can move the toggle slider left/right and there is not much of a change either. Weirdly if I tap the back of the phone when this is happening it will change the brightness on every tap. After this initial booting time it is perfectly fine and works as it should and doesn't happen again until reboot. I am on stock everything and this has happened on 1.30 and now on 1.80 firmware(s). Only a slight annoyance but I'm more worried about hardware failure. Does anyone else have or know about this problem?
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A little video would be nice.

Always on display "flickering" when activated (on tap)

Hey everyone!
As the title say i'm facing a issue with my always on display.
I'll try to make it as simple as possible:
When I set the always on display to be always active it works flawlessly.
When I set the always on display to activate on tap (and last for 10 seconds according to the settings) it appears for roughly 3 seconds and then disappears for 3-4 and reappears flickering for 2-3 times sometimes showing the desktop wallpaper between each flicker.
Did anyone experience the same issue?
What I did to try and fix it was:
- tested both on battery and while charging
- factory reseted and then restored backup (which was stupid, that lead me to the second point)
- start in safe mode (to check whether it was an app causing troubles) but no such luck, problem still occurs.
- uninstalled "nice lock" apps
- changed some settings under the always on display tab
- cleared cache of the always on app
What you should know:
- I'm running android 9, not rooted and have nova launcher as default home
- After I factory reseted the phone I wanted to stop always on display from updating to test whether it was a new version issue but I forgot and didn't make it in time so I'm currently running the latest version
Does anyone have any idea as of why it's behaving like this?
edit: just wanna be a little more clear, flickering is not meant like a lightbulb it's more something like it turns off and back on after a delay (I'm sorry english is not my native language I can't really explain it any better)

Frans1897 said:
Hey everyone!
As the title say i'm facing a issue with my always on display.
I'll try to make it as simple as possible:
When I set the always on display to be always active it works flawlessly.
When I set the always on display to activate on tap (and last for 10 seconds according to the settings) it appears for roughly 3 seconds and then disappears for 3-4 and reappears flickering for 2-3 times sometimes showing the desktop wallpaper between each flicker.
Did anyone experience the same issue?
What I did to try and fix it was:
- tested both on battery and while charging
- factory reseted and then restored backup (which was stupid, that lead me to the second point)
- start in safe mode (to check whether it was an app causing troubles) but no such luck, problem still occurs.
- uninstalled "nice lock" apps
- changed some settings under the always on display tab
- cleared cache of the always on app
What you should know:
- I'm running android 9, not rooted and have nova launcher as default home
- After I factory reseted the phone I wanted to stop always on display from updating to test whether it was a new version issue but I forgot and didn't make it in time so I'm currently running the latest version
Does anyone have any idea as of why it's behaving like this?
edit: just wanna be a little more clear, flickering is not meant like a lightbulb it's more something like it turns off and back on after a delay (I'm sorry english is not my native language I can't really explain it any better)
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i also experience the same.
this phone has many strange bugs.
when i restart my A70, tap to show always on display works for me for 2-3 times.
after 2-3 times working correctly, the bug starts.
after i tap the screen, it shows AOD for 2 seconds. then turns the screen off and then at the end of the 10th second, screen just flashes itself for the last time and turns off completely.
i think it is related to the fingerprint scanner.
because after i registered my fingerprints and turned on unlocking the screen by the FP reader, this bug ends.
after i tap the screen it shows both the clock and fingerprint icon at the bottom of the screen.
after 2 seconds fingerprint icon disappears. and the clock is continued to be shown until the end of 10th second.
but there is a minor issue, when the fingerprint icon disappears, the AOD screen brightness changes. dims or brighter slightly.
can you please try tap to show AOD, by enabling the fingerprint unlocking?
samsung ?

xprzs said:
i also experience the same.
this phone has many strange bugs.
when i restart my A70, tap to show always on display works for me for 2-3 times.
after 2-3 times working correctly, the bug starts.
after i tap the screen, it shows AOD for 2 seconds. then turns the screen off and then at the end of the 10th second, screen just flashes itself for the last time and turns off completely.
i think it is related to the fingerprint scanner.
because after i registered my fingerprints and turned on unlocking the screen by the FP reader, this bug ends.
after i tap the screen it shows both the clock and fingerprint icon at the bottom of the screen.
after 2 seconds fingerprint icon disappears. and the clock is continued to be shown until the end of 10th second.
but there is a minor issue, when the fingerprint icon disappears, the AOD screen brightness changes. dims or brighter slightly.
can you please try tap to show AOD, by enabling the fingerprint unlocking?
samsung ?
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Hey! Thanks for the answer, I can confirm we have the exact same issue. I also have the same brightness issue you described
Anyway, I have always used fingerprint unlock though so I don't know what to answer you.. I only recently noticed the weird behavior. I did a couple things to test and I found out that enabling the "fingerprint" icon showing in the always on display seems to "fix" the issue of the flicker but not the one of the brightness change (after enabling it i've yet to see the problem occur), you should try it and let me know if you see any improvement. It's probably on samsung's end though and hopefully we get it fixed with android 10 or earlier
I'll take this chance to ask you another question; two weeks ago I received a software update and ever since that day I noticed my battery to be lasting waaaay less than it used to, did you update your phone as well? Did you notice a battery drain?

I have the issue both of you talking about.

hello, I had this same issue and what I did was turn the phone off, and booting it up while pressing "Volume Up", after entering a black screen with many options, I selected wipe cache. It has worked without a flaw since then. There's lots of bugs with this phone. I recently had a problem where the USB port will detect a device and "plugged and unplugged" it, making my phone unable to dim. Thankfully I was helpful.