Ever since I've updated to 8.1, I've had a strange problem with swiping up to unlock my phone. It doesn't happen every time, but when it does, I have to do a full swipe from the bottom almost to the top of the screen. Here's a video demonstrating this intermittent problem:
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You can see the touches on there showing how I am swiping in a way that normally would have "flung" the screen up and unlocked, but instead I have to do a long swipe up. Anyone else having this problem or have any ideas as to what could fix it?
That's a feature or some **** of 8.1. Gotta swipe up farther to unlock.
I say to everyone, stop using this garbage release. I came back to 8.0. There are so many things which are utterly stupid on 8.1.
ithehappy said:
That's a feature or some **** of 8.1. Gotta swipe up farther to unlock.
I say to everyone, stop using this garbage release. I came back to 8.0. There are so many things which are utterly stupid on 8.1.
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Dang. so that's really a known "feature" of 8.1?
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Is anyone experiencing this?? I have 'swipe to unlock' but sometimes it doesn't unlock. But the weird thing is when this happens, you can still unlock when you swipe near the bottom of the scree(not shortcut). I can do a restart and it'll be fine again but it's annoying! I actually got a 2nd S4 and returned the first one hoping it's was just that phone. But apparently it's not. So someone else mush have this problem?
Yea it happen to also nd when u reset it. Its fine Samsung messed up with the s4 so much lags n software problems im on my 3rd s4 in 3 weeks got it may 25. There no where it should b laggy or any problems my s3 is faster sometimes. Im getting the htc one tomorrow. And the battery life is terrible with little use only last 10 hours
E46M3 said:
Is anyone experiencing this?? I have 'swipe to unlock' but sometimes it doesn't unlock. But the weird thing is when this happens, you can still unlock when you swipe near the bottom of the scree(not shortcut). I can do a restart and it'll be fine again but it's annoying! I actually got a 2nd S4 and returned the first one hoping it's was just that phone. But apparently it's not. So someone else mush have this problem?
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Are you talking about when you slide over and there is a little lock symbol on the bottom of the screen and that is the only thing you can unlock with?
phillyman said:
Yea it happen to also nd when u reset it. Its fine Samsung messed up with the s4 so much lags n software problems im on my 3rd s4 in 3 weeks got it may 25. There no where it should b laggy or any problems my s3 is faster sometimes. Im getting the htc one tomorrow. And the battery life is terrible with little use only last 10 hours
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phillyman said:
Yea it happen to also nd when u reset it. Its fine Samsung messed up with the s4 so much lags n software problems im on my 3rd s4 in 3 weeks got it may 25. There no where it should b laggy or any problems my s3 is faster sometimes. Im getting the htc one tomorrow. And the battery life is terrible with little use only last 10 hours
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I'm sure HTC1 is a great phone, but if you're hoping the battery will last longer, I think the 1 will be a bigger disappointment. My S4 has be great with everything other than this little problem. Battery is phenomenal, too!
phillyman said:
Yea it happen to also nd when u reset it. Its fine Samsung messed up with the s4 so much lags n software problems im on my 3rd s4 in 3 weeks got it may 25. There no where it should b laggy or any problems my s3 is faster sometimes. Im getting the htc one tomorrow. And the battery life is terrible with little use only last 10 hours
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elesbb said:
Are you talking about when you slide over and there is a little lock symbol on the bottom of the screen and that is the only thing you can unlock with?
Normally you can swipe the screen anywhere to unlock. But sometimes I can't no matter how much I swipe the screen. But the weird thing is you can still unlock by swiping near the bottom of the screen(not the lock icon) or by swiping the shortcuts. It's just annoying!
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E46M3 said:
elesbb said:
Are you talking about when you slide over and there is a little lock symbol on the bottom of the screen and that is the only thing you can unlock with?
Normally you can swipe the screen anywhere to unlock. But sometimes I can't no matter how much I swipe the screen. But the weird thing is you can still unlock by swiping near the bottom of the screen(not the lock icon) or by swiping the shortcuts. It's just annoying!
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Well, the widgets on the lockscreen block the area from being unlocked. You can only unlock from below them. You might however be able to set it to just a clock (under my device > lockscreen) and that may enable unlocking from the top.
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elesbb said:
E46M3 said:
Well, the widgets on the lockscreen block the area from being unlocked. You can only unlock from below them. You might however be able to set it to just a clock (under my device > lockscreen) and that may enable unlocking from the top.
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But I don't understand why it happens so randomly. And I don't know what you mean by widgets. Widgets(which are shortcuts right?) are located on the bottom of the screen. And that's the part that's not effected by this as I could still unlock either by opening up a widget or swipe just above it.
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I was just wondering if this happens to anyone else. So sometimes I go to unlock and the screen doesn't let me do anything, it happens not just when unlocking but when I'm using the phone too, it's really annoying when I'm trying to text someone back or try to answer a call. It doesn't happen all the time so I could live with it....but I'm wondering if anyone has a fix or has the same problem.
Also I have my phone rooted and g3 tweaksbox, and I turned off the knock in code..I don't know if any of these have factors.
WendyB87 said:
I was just wondering if this happens to anyone else. So sometimes I go to unlock and the screen doesn't let me do anything, it happens not just when unlocking but when I'm using the phone too, it's really annoying when I'm trying to text someone back or try to answer a call. It doesn't happen all the time so I could live with it....but I'm wondering if anyone has a fix or has the same problem.
Also I have my phone rooted and g3 tweaksbox, and I turned off the knock in code..I don't know if any of these have factors.
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Is it lag? Does it only happen for a few seconds before it starts again?
It's not lag..I don't think unless it's a really long lag ?... I turn my screen on and off and it would still be frozen. Maybe after a few mins of turning the screen off and on again it will work...
WendyB87 said:
It's not lag..I don't think unless it's a really long lag ?... I turn my screen on and off and it would still be frozen. Maybe after a few mind not turning the screen off and on again it will work...
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Sounds faulty i think.I'd get the phone freezing for a few seconds before it responded, but that was lag.
Aww man that would suck if it was... That's the only problem I have!
WendyB87 said:
Aww man that would suck if it was... That's the only problem I have!
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i had this problem..it would lock up..freeze and i had to wait for a min or so to come back to life..a hard reset fixed it
Oh okay! That is good to know...I guess I'll be trying that soon
I have the same issue as well.
It's not that the screen "stopped" working. It works, except there's no update on the screen. As if the entire phone is frozen, but it's still giving me haptic feedbacks. Except, actions aren't being reflected on the UI; things like, tapping home navbar button, doesn't take me to the launcher, tapping up/back doesn't take me to the previous screen. I can lock/unlock the phone, but I'd return to the whatever page of the app that corresponds to the back/up command I previously made.
I think, the easiest way I can summarize this is that the OS stopped doing visual updates, while there's actually stuff going on despite that "stuck" screen.
I've been having issues with touch responsiveness off and on for the last two weeks or so, and I'm wondering if somehow the last security patch could have caused it. Like, I will be typing with the swipe and it will stop halfway through a word and spit out random stuff, or sometimes I have to pull a few times to bring down my notification bar
Everything's ok for me. Are you using a glass protector?
No such issue here either, I don't use a screen protection.
Phazonclash said:
Everything's ok for me. Are you using a glass protector?
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I am using a glass screen protector, but I've had it since I had the phone
I'm having the same issue. And of course, it's not doing it now as i swipe. Happens more when i type.
CrimsonToker said:
I've been having issues with touch responsiveness off and on for the last two weeks or so, and I'm wondering if somehow the last security patch could have caused it. Like, I will be typing with the swipe and it will stop halfway through a word and spit out random stuff, or sometimes I have to pull a few times to bring down my notification bar
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Larzzzz82 said:
I'm having the same issue. And of course, it's not doing it now as i swipe. Happens more when i type.
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I have noticed something similar. My issues has been like this since I got the phone and upgraded to 8.1. I heard of others also making this complaint after the fist update to 8.1.
For me... When I try to silence a call it will not let me swipe down on the end button. Unlocking can also be a challenge.
Scott said:
For me... When I try to silence a call it will not let me swipe down on the end button. Unlocking can also be a challenge.
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I use a pattern and sometimes getting to that can be an issue.
The only problem I've noticed, and I'm not positive this is from the OTA, my Gear S3 stopped vibrating and showing notifications from Android Messages. It was literally the day or the day after I took the OTA. But, who knows. All other SMS apps seem to work fine though.
I still haven't unlocked and rooted mine yet, so I'm hoping by doing so maybe this issue will disappear. Lol at least it doesn't seem to be just me. Though I'm glad to have this issue and not one of the other, worse issues I've heard of people having ?
I'm unlocked with root...
I have screen touch issues. Answering or declining a call is frustrating.
I get it still when I try to swipe away a notification or if i'm pulling down the Notification shade to access the quick toggles, it goes up and i gotta pull it down like 4 times to get it to stay
Yeah I've noticed this as well, have issues answering and rejecting calls and typing on the phone the touch screen responsiveness is off. Hopefully they fix this and the battery drain issue in the March update, because you know we wont get an update before March 5th lol. Also noticed my Gear S3 doesn't receive notifications properly anymore, tried factory resetting the watch and the phone and no resolution unfortunately.
I noticed this both on factory 8.1 image AND on DU RC22 Rom.
Once in a great while, usually when playing a game, I have to tap twice to get a recognized touch, especially near the edges.
Maybe it's just the screen protector, I know I've read some stuff about the screen protector and people rooting and flashing something, but I swear this thing doesn't respond to my touch. I'm on Android p DP 2 and just factory reset it to see if it helps with some app bugs. Just swiped up 7 times before it went up so I could type my pin in, this has been an issue with this particular device.
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Maybe it's just the screen protector, I know I've read some stuff about the screen protector and people rooting and flashing something, but I swear this thing doesn't respond to my touch. I'm on Android p DP 2 and just factory reset it to see if it helps with some app bugs. Just swiped up 7 times before it went up so I could type my pin in, this has been an issue with this particular device.
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I have noticed this sometimes as well on DP2. I have a fingerprint setup but my phone is usually lying on my desk so i swipe up and enter the pattern. Sometimes it just refuses to swipe up and stay there.. its sort of bounces back down. I have to pick up the phone and use the fingerprint scanner.
They lock screen swipe issue was fixed for me recently on a security update but on dp2 sometimes it's worst then it ever was before the fix.
Just tap the lock, no need to swipe
Ah never noticed that. If you have the fingerprint enabled, tap the fingerprint icon.
akellar said:
Just tap the lock, no need to swipe
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akellar said:
Just tap the lock, no need to swipe
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And this is why you're a senior member, that's pretty helpful. Now swiping away notifications would be wonderful
amazes me that people run essentially a beta version of the software and complain when things arent working correctly.
skimminstones said:
amazes me that people run essentially a beta version of the software and complain when things arent working correctly.
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Are they not allowed to test and provide feedback? Why does it bother you?
Anyways, to be fair, I've been experiencing this issue off and on ever since I purchased the phone. And no, I'm not running beta firmware.
Why does it bother you if I comment?
If you're running a version of Android that hasn't been officially released yet then there is always going to be issues. That's pretty obvious frankly.
The lockscreen swiping is definitely an issue with the Pixel 2 XL. I always had this issue on Oreo but on P DP2 it's gone. It's interesting how it's the opposite for others in this thread.
Even on Oreo, it's hit or miss.
Swiping away notifications almost always takes at least 2-3 tries.
Super annoying for a phone this expensive.
E30Nova said:
Even on Oreo, it's hit or miss.
Swiping away notifications almost always takes at least 2-3 tries.
Super annoying for a phone this expensive.
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Oreo Lock Screen Fix (Substratum) from Arol Wright fixed it for me.
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Why does it bother you if I comment?
If you're running a version of Android that hasn't been officially released yet then there is always going to be issues. That's pretty obvious frankly.
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You seem very passionate about this issue so let me clarify... It's been an issue the entire life of this phone ON ANY AND ALL SOFTWARE.
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amazes me that people run essentially a beta version of the software and complain when things arent working correctly.
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To be fair....even before I jumped on dp2....I had these same lockscreen issues on Oreo. It's just worse on dp2.
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You seem very passionate about this issue so let me clarify... It's been an issue the entire life of this phone ON ANY AND ALL SOFTWARE.
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Nope, No issues on mine
Yeah the swipe up issue definitely does happen once in a while for me but it's not often or consistent. Now that I know the tap the fingerprint/lock does the same thing, I just do that.
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No issues here. If i'm looking for perfection ill go purchase one of those $25,000 phones and even then you'll find something wrong.
Normally I can unlock my phone with one hand, but after the oreo update I cannot unlock. I swipe on the screen and it just snaps back as though I didn't swipe far enough. It takes about 4 or 5 tries and then it works and goes to my pin entry.
This problem doesn't happen all of the time, maybe 40% of the unlock attempts (100% when I only have one hand free).
It also seems to work fine if I have the developer options 'show taps' enabled, but I haven't had it enabled long so maybe it just hasn't done it yet.
Maybe you have the same screenmistake that many from us XA1 users have. Sometimes the left and right side of the screen just f*** up so you cant unlock your phone at 1st try. For example I cant use letters like p and l anymore.
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Maybe you have the same screenmistake that many from us XA1 users have. Sometimes the left and right side of the screen just f*** up so you cant unlock your phone at 1st try. For example I cant use letters like p and l anymore.
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I saw people posting about that, and I suspected as much. Is your p & l issue persistent or is it intermittent. Maybe Ill contact sony, it also seems odd that it would start happening right after the oreo update. I have a button on the edge that doesn't work great now.
Thanks