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MY phone has done this twice now. The screen with flip itself and look like I'm looking at the phone in a mirror. The buttons, words, icons are all mirrored but I still have to tap in the normal spot to get them to work.
I have to pull the battery to get it fixed. Anyone else have this happen?
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I've had it happen once as well, don't know what caused it.
Some rom devs have identified the issue is with the screen orientation transition effects.
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This worked for me. No one has provided any feedback as to whether it working for them or not.
lattisimo said:
Some rom devs have identified the issue is with the screen orientation transition effects.
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It is the ICS rotation animation causing it. Sometimes you can reproduce it if you lock the screen in landscape mode I believe
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Killer Turtle said:
MY phone has done this twice now. The screen with flip itself and look like I'm looking at the phone in a mirror. The buttons, words, icons are all mirrored but I still have to tap in the normal spot to get them to work.
I have to pull the battery to get it fixed. Anyone else have this happen?
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I've had this happen to me a couple of times.
I never had to pull the battery to fix it though... All I had to do was turn the phone to a different orientation, and then turn it back.
Whenever I had that issue I just tilted my phone sideways and it fixed it. Did you try putting it in landscape mode after the issue?
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I tried everything, it would even rotate mirrored. If it happens again, I'll try stuff
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Killer Turtle said:
MY phone has done this twice now. The screen with flip itself and look like I'm looking at the phone in a mirror. The buttons, words, icons are all mirrored but I still have to tap in the normal spot to get them to work.
I have to pull the battery to get it fixed. Anyone else have this happen?
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When it happens to mine I just unlock it and turn it to the side then back up, goes back to normal after.
Originally I was only able to get out of it by pulling the battery. If you use a lock pattern it doesn't respond correctly to touch inputs.
I went to take a screen shot of the screen while it was upside down/mirrored, and when it shot it the screen went back to normal. I was able to unlock the phone. Seems like an easy enough workaround till the problem is resolved.
Do you know any solutions to this annoying problem? Its impossible to watch full screen flash videos with stock browser. Screen turns off automatically. i tried turning on/off smart stay, no difference whatsoever. I even installed 3 different versions of flash player, cleaned the browser cache ,nothing. What the hell is this? I am so sick of this stupid bugs.
do you know a way to fix it? and no I don't wanna use other browsers.
warfanax said:
Do you know any solutions to this annoying problem? Its impossible to watch full screen flash videos with stock browser. Screen turns off automatically. i tried turning on/off smart stay, no difference whatsoever. I even installed 3 different versions of flash player, cleaned the browser cache ,nothing. What the hell is this? I am so sick of this stupid bugs.
do you know a way to fix it? and no I don't wanna use other browsers.
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Did ya try the screen timeout setting? Maybe its a parental control thing haha what kinda "flash" videos are ya watching just kidding lol
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warfanax said:
Do you know any solutions to this annoying problem? Its impossible to watch full screen flash videos with stock browser. Screen turns off automatically. i tried turning on/off smart stay, no difference whatsoever. I even installed 3 different versions of flash player, cleaned the browser cache ,nothing. What the hell is this? I am so sick of this stupid bugs.
do you know a way to fix it? and no I don't wanna use other browsers.
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Smart Stay works for me when watching on the actual device. Not sure why it doesn't work for you.
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Did ya try the screen timeout setting? Maybe its a parental control thing haha what kinda "flash" videos are ya watching just kidding lol
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unfortunately with this bug I cant watch kinky videos, 2 min not enough for me
Yeah when I change screen timeout I can watch longer but its max 10min, so annoying.
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Smart Stay works for me when watching on the actual device. Not sure why it doesn't work for you.
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No, smart stay works when the room is lit but I like to watch videos in bed which makes it impossible because smart stay doesnt work in dark.
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Ya could try to find an app in the play store that overrides the screen timeout settings? I dont think its a glitch i think its just how this phone is
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I can't watch any flash on my phone.
ifyoutooktimetoreadthisyoujustwastedyourtimecauseitsnothingimportanttoread
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Ya could try to find an app in the play store that overrides the screen timeout settings? I dont think its a glitch i think its just how this phone is
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I just want to open browser and be able to watch damn videos. Why do I need to install screen timeout apps and click it everytime I need to wqtch something. How convenient is this?
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Yeah , it's annoying.
But I guess Android Jellybean system files dont support adobe flash out of box so maybe tweaking system files for screen time to support flashplayer is needed.
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Try Screeble, best App to keep screen on while in use, by using screen orientation / gyroscope/apps
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keyes.screebl.lite
Highly recommend!
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Zaatour36 said:
Try Screeble, best App to keep screen on while in use, by using screen orientation / gyroscope/apps
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keyes.screebl.lite
Highly recommend!
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Thank you, I downloaded. Seems like a good app
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Search for "Screen On" on Google Play. Free app, no ads. Tick the stock Internet browser and enable the service within the app (disable the annoying icon in the notifications bar within the settings). Voila, issue resolved.
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Search for "Screen On" on Google Play. Free app, no ads. Tick the stock Internet browser and enable the service within the app (disable the annoying icon in the notifications bar within the settings). Voila, issue resolved.
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Thanks a lot for that, works great
I have tested this with two of these phones and it is confirmed there for sure. I live in Miami Florida there is a lot of Sun here so I have no problem testing this. Within any app if I am in the Sun and it is directly hitting my screen and my keyboard is popped up my screen flickers it's not a super bad Flicker it's light but it's definitely there looks like your screen is blinking really fast. I'm going to try on as many of these devices as I can but can anyone tell me if they are experiencing the same?
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pezlomd said:
I have tested this with two of these phones and it is confirmed there for sure. I live in Miami Florida there is a lot of Sun here so I have no problem testing this. Within any app if I am in the Sun and it is directly hitting my screen and my keyboard is popped up my screen flickers it's not a super bad Flicker it's light but it's definitely there looks like your screen is blinking really fast. I'm going to try on as many of these devices as I can but can anyone tell me if they are experiencing the same?
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I too live in Miami, I was at the beach today texting, facebook, instagram and of course xda and did not see this happening....
Deviant Development Take Over!!!!!
saldebot said:
I too live in Miami, I was at the beach today texting, facebook, instagram and of course xda and did not see this happening....
Deviant Development Take Over!!!!!
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Try while in the texting app w white backgrounds.. Only happens while keyboard is popped up and sun directly hitting the screen
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see if it happens with auto adjust tone turned off
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see if it happens with auto adjust tone turned off
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it does
Go to settings, my device, display, screen mode. Set to standard. Fixed it for me.
elesbb said:
Go to settings, my device, display, screen mode. Set to standard. Fixed it for me.
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I just went outside, took off adapt display and tried every screen mode. did not work.
orlandoxpolice said:
I just went outside, took off adapt display and tried every screen mode. did not work.
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I definately recall seeing it. I know exactly what you are talking about. I don't see it anymore so either my kernel (ktoonsez) fixed it or it was a bloat app.
I can confirm the issue on my I9500. Its not only limited when under the sun, also happens when you turn the brightness level all the way down. I'm still on stock kernel, maybe custom kernel may solve the issue. No settings in stock has mitigated or fixed this issue for me.
The people who are seeing this, have you turned off "Adapt Display" ?
elesbb said:
The people who are seeing this, have you turned off "Adapt Display" ?
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Yes it doesn't matter what screen mode or what setting or anything it just happens in the Sun
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pezlomd said:
Yes it doesn't matter what screen mode or what setting or anything it just happens in the Sun
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have you tried disabling the setting under the power saver settings? I forget exactly what its called.
Power saving isn't on when this happens
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SOoo I often use first row sports to stream different sporting events. When I click to fullscreen in the browser window I can still hear sound but the whole screen goes black.....I have flash installed and am using Firefox.
Does anyone else have this prob with full screen videos?
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SOoo I often use first row sports to stream different sporting events. When I click to fullscreen in the browser window I can still hear sound but the whole screen goes black.....I have flash installed and am using Firefox.
Does anyone else have this prob with full screen videos?
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Do you have auto rotation enabled? I modded my Firefox to automatically enable it and then after I hit the full screen button and rotate me phone the picture comes back.
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elesbb said:
Do you have auto rotation enabled? I modded my Firefox to automatically enable it and then after I hit the full screen button and rotate me phone the picture comes back.
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Thanks for the reply. I do have Auto-rotation enabled, I just cant figure it out at all, the streams will play fine if I rotate my phone and zoom it to screen size, but not if I try to play it as a full screen video.
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Thanks for the reply. I do have Auto-rotation enabled, I just cant figure it out at all, the streams will play fine if I rotate my phone and zoom it to screen size, but not if I try to play it as a full screen video.
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Try rotating then hitting full screen button. Can you link me to a video so I can try?
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elesbb said:
Try rotating then hitting full screen button. Can you link me to a video so I can try?
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Yeah tried that. As soon as I hit fullscreen I get sound but no picture.
I really appreciate your help. http://firstrowus.eu/watch/49044/1/watch-mma-tv.html Be careful of popups, spyware etc on that site
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Yeah tried that. As soon as I hit fullscreen I get sound but no picture.
I really appreciate your help. http://firstrowus.eu/watch/49044/1/watch-mma-tv.html Be careful of popups, spyware etc on that site
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Same thing here. Must just be the website. Cause jwplayer worked fine for me on my anime sites
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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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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.
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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?
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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.