Galaxy note 5 samsung-sm-920a
android version 6.0.1
Randomly my phone will have a really fast black screen that has a symbol or maybe an S showing in the middle. It fades away very fast so its hard to tell. What is doing this?
I only noticed this happening after the last update. I don't believe I have installed anything new since before the update.
I tried searching for an answer but "black screen" brings up a host of issues that are completely different.
Any insight is much appreciated.
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After rooting with Damagecontrol, anytime I go from an application back to the home screen, a White HTC shows up, then after 3 seconds goes away, a loading box comes up for about 3 seconds, and the home screen appears. Never happened before root. did I do something wrong? Did I change a setting by accident?
I hate this screen, slows everything down. Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks in advance
That white HTC screen is just the loading screen for Sense. Sounds like something is killing Sense while it's in the background so it has to reload when you go back to the home screen. Are you using any kind of app killer w/ auto kill turned on?
Nope, I had task manager installed, but I uninstalled it and it is still happening.
I'm bumping this to get a reply. I've searched the boards and having found much of anything besides this thread.
After I used rEVOked to root, I started getting this issue. I thought if I updated to the latest firmware, the problem would go away. I was wrong. Still getting this issue about 3-4 times a day which is pretty annoying.
I usually get this whenever I unlock my phone or going to a different home screen. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
jhawk2002 said:
I'm bumping this to get a reply. I've searched the boards and having found much of anything besides this thread.
After I used rEVOked to root, I started getting this issue. I thought if I updated to the latest firmware, the problem would go away. I was wrong. Still getting this issue about 3-4 times a day which is pretty annoying.
I usually get this whenever I unlock my phone or going to a different home screen. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Unrevoked does not unlock NAND. More than likely, not being fully rooted has something to do with your problem.
Well, I've "cleared storage" and I am still getting the same problem... Any other possible solutions?
You said, "not being fully rooted has something to do with your problem", so should I fully root my EVO and see if that works?
You should see that screen when coming from a different home screen. You know how when you start some PC applications there is a splash screen that comes up for a few seconds while it loads? That is exactly what that white HTC screen is.
The HTC launcher is a bit more resource hungry than some of the others, so it has to load some stuff into memory every time it starts. However it is supposed to stay in memory so you can open a music app/game/browser/etc. and then go back to home without waiting for it to load.
If you are seeing that screen something has killed the HTC Sense process since you were last on the homescreen. If you are not running something like a task killer, it is probably that whatever ROM you are running has settings that kill apps quickly, this is often done for performance or battery life, but yours is too aggressive.
Only other possibility I can think of would be if sense is crashing and has to restart every time.
I'm having this same issue. I'm running a stock EVO, and HTC Sense will reloading sometimes when unlocking/tapping home.
I have a feeling it might be related to WidgetLocker, as the only "task killer" app I have is System Panel which doesn't auto-kill.
Anybody else using WidgetLocker and having this issue?
Bump. Still having this issue regularly.... anybody else have this with or without WidgetLocker?
When I press on the very bottom of the screen (edge of the glass), it acts as a click to about 1/3 the way up the screen. This is annoying by its self (and doesn't seem ROM related) but also my screen sometimes locks up, with a point at about 1/3 the way up the screen, and horizontally in the middle, and I can't do anything until I lock the screen and leave it off for a second. More recently, but related to this issue, the keyboard when typing hasn't been accurate. I've tried to type 'a' but got caps or 'q' instead, and I get letters I didn't press.
This is not ROM related, as it started happening on CM6 about a week ago, and I've flashed Ava V9, Myn's 2.2, FrEaKy Evo, and CM6, and I have tried stock kernels, and Kings. It seems to lock up more when plugged in also. I've been watching the forums and I haven't seen anyone else post about this, is it just me? It seems very hardware related, but if there is a fix for it that someone knows about, please let me know.
If I get around to it I might take a video of what I'm talking about, but probably only if it's requested.
I'm currently running Myn's Two-Point-Two with King's CFS #11 and am still getting the issues. I've rebooted, and wiped cache/dalvik, flashed new roms, reflashed, nothing.
I am having the exact problem, except that the spot that keeps getting phantom clicks is at the very top of the screen, so the drop down bar starts freaking out. I downloaded the program 'dotty' and it is showing that a touch is being registered in the expect spot, so I'm pretty sure it is just an issue with the screen hardware. I want to take it to a sprint store and see if they can replace just the screen instead of getting a brand new phone because I have so much stuff downloaded on it and I don't want to lose data/settings.
It happens a lot, but then I will have days at a time that it stops happening...its just very strange.
Its good to hear that I'm not the only one with this problem. Currently running rooted stock froyo. unrevoked forever. Original June 7th release device.
same here...was happening witht he W/q as well...but when your viewing a white page you can see a light on the screen brighter than the rest...
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same here...was happening witht he W/q as well...but when your viewing a white page you can see a light on the screen brighter than the rest...
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W/q? what are you talking about there?
also the light bright spot is completely unrelated: evo developing a light spot in middle of screen
Screen burn possibly due to overclock
Bright spot in the lower right of screen
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I am having the exact problem, except that the spot that keeps getting phantom clicks is at the very top of the screen, so the drop down bar starts freaking out. I downloaded the program 'dotty' and it is showing that a touch is being registered in the expect spot, so I'm pretty sure it is just an issue with the screen hardware.
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I downloaded dotty, and it's saying my spot is at:
X: 159.6
Y: 363.5
and P which I'm assuming is the size of the area being touched at .937.
I tested P and it does seem to be how big of an area you're touching but the biggest that I could get using my thumb was only .235, so it's a huge area and constantly in the same spot. Some times it gives me two points or one a bit up and to the left.
So I have a Boost Mobile Samsung Galaxy S2 (Epic 4G Touch) and I recently found out there was an update from Ice Cream Sandwich to Jelly Bean. So I immediately rushed to my computer and updated the software. I absolutely love it! My girlfriend tried it out and she really liked it, so I plugged her phone in and did the update as well. Her phone is the T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S2.
When we updated her phone (using the automated Samsung Kies update), she was not too happy with her version. She lost the "Active Applications" widget (and program it seems, we can't find it anywhere anymore; it's the one used to end programs and clear the RAM).
Instagram has a lot of problems. If she tries uploading a picture, when she's on the screen to add effects to the image and what not, she cannot see the bar at the top or bottom of the screen. We tried clearing the data, then uninstalling it and reinstalling it but that made no difference.
Also, when she tries to use the camera sometimes, something very similar happens and she cannot see the buttons on the top or bottom of the screen.
About half the time that she unlocks the phone, the screen just shows black, and you can't do anything. If you hold the power button down, it'll show the "Device options" box to restart or turn off the phone, even though the background is still showing black, so we know it's not freezing at all.
She's pretty mad that her phone is no longer working correctly cuz the update on my phone is awesome. We didn't run into any issues with the install procedure while updating her phone. I'm just trying to figure out what to do. I really don't want to wipe the phone clean and try hard rebooting it. And we really don't want to have to get it replaced.
Has anyone else had any issues with this? And do you have any ideas on what to do to fix it?
it sounds like she would be better off rooting the phone and installing the latest aokp rom which is 4.2.2
thats what i'm running right now on my t989 and its running smoother than stock
Hi guys
I bought a cheap OnePlus 5t. It's had a hard life, but everything seems to be working ok.
Except- 3 or 4 times a day it starts having phantom/ghost touches. Usually at the edge of the screen (I put touch tracking on) -I've rebooted, factory reset, but no improvement.
Anyone know the best way forward? Don't think I'll get warranty, so is it likely to be hardware or software? Unlock it and put a new Rom/kernal on? Or try fitting a new screen?
Is there any way to know whether it's software or hardware?
Any experience or suggestions gratefully received
Thanks
What rom are you on? I used to be on custom roms and I noticed phantom touches. It wasn't till I went back to oxygenOS and disabled nav bar completely did I fix this. I found that having a nav bar greatly worsens phantom touches because when you type on the keyboard you tend to touch one of the nav bar buttons.
Also maybe check to make sure you are on the right firmware
Thanks for the reply.
I was on stock, I'm now on lineage. It hasn't fixed it.
The touches are always up the left of the screen... When they happen theyre happening hundreds of times a second, as in its not one touch... The screen becomes in unusable because there's so many touches on the top left of the screen -
It lasts for about a minute, or untill I force restart it...
It's driving me nuts to be honest. I've even taken out apart to see if re-seating the screen would help but it didn't.
Would a custom kernal help?
I don't have any experience with custom kernals. And this problem seems a little different than the one I had which was more a single phantom touch.
Hello,
Recently my phone started to show the background picture with the nav bar for few seconds, then right after the lock screen, I never experienced this before since I bought it.
Anyone know what could cause this and what can I do to solve the issue or report to Samsung?
I have been seeing all kinds of weird stuff with the A50. Apps open after I unlock the screen, my Samsung browser home page gets pushed back to google.com ever 5 or 6 days. This is the first phone I have seen these kinds of strange things happening. I have Android 9 on other devices and never see these types of issues. I did factory resets and still these things happen