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Hardware Issues? Broken Screen

Well, ive had my first HW issue today. I was using the phone as usual when the screen went funny and looked like it had "split" in two, two identical images one on top of the other. I took the battery out and put it back in and turnede the phone on and the display was flickering badly. It looked like the brightness was totally broken and was increasing and decreasing constantly. After trying to fix it i had to factory reset and i took it back to CarphoneWarehouse and got a replacement. Anyone had any experience of this? I did a Google search and noticed a similar issue with the G2. Im hoping this is just a one off and not and issue with the early devices. If it happens again im asking for my money back.

LG G4 Display problem

I have been using my G4 for about a month without any problems. Today, each time I turn on the phone, the display hiccups for a few seconds and what I see is an incorrectly rendered version of the lock screen. I don't know the correct way to describe it, but it looks like tv's did in the old days when the vertical lock was incorrectly set (yes, I'm THAT old).
Has anyone else experienced a similar problem? Anyone have any thoughts?

mitchs11 said:
I have been using my G4 for about a month without any problems. Today, each time I turn on the phone, the display hiccups for a few seconds and what I see is an incorrectly rendered version of the lock screen. I don't know the correct way to describe it, but it looks like tv's did in the old days when the vertical lock was incorrectly set (yes, I'm THAT old).
Has anyone else experienced a similar problem? Anyone have any thoughts?
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Yes, mine has been glitching all day. I'm mailing it back tomorrow and going back to my LG Optimus G.

I used to see that on the Nexus 5 which casually is LG. However the hardware is so different between both that I just think it could be a common bug on the display driver. Just my imagination :angel:

I had the same issue with my G4 as well, except it was the left side of the screen. I just got back from replacing it with another G4 at a Sprint store... I hope it doesn't happen with this one. It started as a subtle error and progressively got worse and reared its ugly head even more during and after I charged the battery, until it was bad and made the phone almost unusable. Im guessing its a design issue with the screen and battery.

White lines on screen

I've owned this M9 for about a week now, its the AT&T variant. This is a 2nd line use phone and rarely sees much use so the white line issue occurred when phone was not in use.
This happened earlier today after being in my pocket for a hour or so, then phone sit on my desk for about an hour before I picked it back up and there was bad white lines running up and down the screen even in the boot animation. But then after about an hour they are now completely gone. I did see a few reddit posts about it but didnt see much info other than it went away.
Anyone else run into this? Any ideas?
I can still return the device which I may end up doing. Just was about to buy S-off today
Thanks!

It happened to me twice but lines used to vanish after about an hour. Honestly i don't know why but mine has almost 2 years.

It's hardware problem for sure. Either:
a) display screen defect
b) motherboard defect (GPU probably)
c) some loose connector (unlikely tbh..)

Randomly turning off after lock.

Hello, recently I've noticed that sometimes my phone Is turned off after pulling it out of my pocket. It never seems to crash during use so I have to hold the power button to turn it on when I pull it out of my pocket.
This happened on the latest official MIUI which prompted me to unlock the phone and install Pixel (to see if it was a ROM issue).
So now I'm on a clean install of the latest pixel ROM and it still happens (maybe once a day).
I've tried uninstalling all apps which I think may have an effect. I don't remember ever dropping my phone or damaging it so what else could it be?
- can I reset the battery?
- is there any way I can track what my phone is doing so I can see what was happening before the phone powered off?
I bought it off AliExpress so I doubt I can fix it under warranty (especially now it's unlocked).
Many thanks

I literally came here to post something along these lines, my phone started randomly shutting down just today, and it happened like 10 times already. Just like you it mostly happens in deep sleep/when it's in standby but I've noticed it shutting down while I was using it too. I'm running Aosip Pie's 270119 build.

Matt17BR said:
I literally came here to post something along these lines, my phone started randomly shutting down just today, and it happened like 10 times already. Just like you it mostly happens in deep sleep/when it's in standby but I've noticed it shutting down while I was using it too. I'm running Aosip Pie's 270119 build.
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Just had it happen twice last night. Literally done nothing to warrant it.
I'm wondering if I need to replace the battery at this point.

Urgh, happened again tonight. I have absolutely no idea what could be causing this

Crosshash said:
Urgh, happened again tonight. I have absolutely no idea what could be causing this
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Maybe it's the battery's fault. Why don't you take it to service center and tell them that your device shuts down after some time.

Ordered a replacement battery so we'll see if that fixes it. Seemed to be fine the last couple of days but tonight in town it turned off about 5 times by itself; I wonder if GPS has something to do with it.
[edit] regarding the service centre, I ordered the phone to the UK from Aliexpress so I don't have any warranty. Replacing the battery is probably my last shot at salvaging this issue.

Just to also add, it seems to just be random shutting down now; it turned off during use (not after lock) last night too.

Same here. If anyone knows a fix, please share. Started today.

Mine turns off when as soon as I turned on then when I turned on again it turns on normally.Why?

I have the same issue but I've found a solutions.
Just I open my phone and I place a little peace of paper to block the connector of the battery.
The problem is the connector are not correctly attached.
Hope that help you me it's good a long 1month after 5 months of sheet.

Weird Digitizer Issue (Just me)?

Fellow Pixel-ers,
So, I broke my screen about 8 months ago. It had coverage and got it replaced by a Google authorized screen fixer place.
I noticed early on that things didn't seem quite right. If I pushed down too hard on the screen, my touch wouldn't register. But, it didn't happen too often and I didn't want to have to deal with arguing that they may have poorly installed the new screen/digitizer and that it wasn't 'my fault'.
As time went on I started noticing that the almost bottom of my screen would not register a touch but mostly only at night. Again, it didn't happen too often and it usually went away after a little poking/prodding/pushing/.
I also thought it might be an application that I gave 'screen Overlay' rights that I shouldn't have and it was causing issues.
I validated my issue by using a Touchscreen Test app.
When I use an app like Vysor I am able to 'access' that area of the screen even when my fingers cannot. Does that validate this is a hardware issue?
The area affected was definitely more than just a few pixels (see screenshots).
More recently it was happening more frequently (not just at night) and it almost never goes away.
I wanted to make sure it wasn't a software issue. So I planned on dirty flashing my OS (AquariOS), but actually ended up accidentally upgrading to a clean version of Android 10. Unfortunately, the issue was still there.
I then did a clean flash and downgraded back to Pie w/AquariOS.
Shortly after getting back up the issue showed up again.
At this point, I have virtually lost all touch response for the bottom 1/8 (not quite the very bottom) of my screen. I've had to use a floating keyboard because the space bar falls right in that area. Sometimes I can't click 'next' or 'continue' in apps or web sites.
Has anyone ever experienced this very odd digitizer issue like this? Any thoughts/suggestions/ideas.
I'm guessing the only solution is a new phone as it is not worth the money to fix it.
So now I'm just waiting for either the Pixel 4A or 5 to come out so I can get a new phone I guess.
I just find this very odd how specific this area of 'dead pixels' is. I always thought it was more random than a specific rectangle.
I look forward to hearing from anyone.
A (not working with a full screen) Bug

I've faced the same issue mate....
a_bug said:
Fellow Pixel-ers,
So, I broke my screen about 8 months ago. It had coverage and got it replaced by a Google authorized screen fixer place.
I noticed early on that things didn't seem quite right. If I pushed down too hard on the screen, my touch wouldn't register. But, it didn't happen too often and I didn't want to have to deal with arguing that they may have poorly installed the new screen/digitizer and that it wasn't 'my fault'.
As time went on I started noticing that the almost bottom of my screen would not register a touch but mostly only at night. Again, it didn't happen too often and it usually went away after a little poking/prodding/pushing/.
I also thought it might be an application that I gave 'screen Overlay' rights that I shouldn't have and it was causing issues.
I validated my issue by using a Touchscreen Test app.
When I use an app like Vysor I am able to 'access' that area of the screen even when my fingers cannot. Does that validate this is a hardware issue?
The area affected was definitely more than just a few pixels (see screenshots).
More recently it was happening more frequently (not just at night) and it almost never goes away.
I wanted to make sure it wasn't a software issue. So I planned on dirty flashing my OS (AquariOS), but actually ended up accidentally upgrading to a clean version of Android 10. Unfortunately, the issue was still there.
I then did a clean flash and downgraded back to Pie w/AquariOS.
Shortly after getting back up the issue showed up again.
At this point, I have virtually lost all touch response for the bottom 1/8 (not quite the very bottom) of my screen. I've had to use a floating keyboard because the space bar falls right in that area. Sometimes I can't click 'next' or 'continue' in apps or web sites.
Has anyone ever experienced this very odd digitizer issue like this? Any thoughts/suggestions/ideas.
I'm guessing the only solution is a new phone as it is not worth the money to fix it.
So now I'm just waiting for either the Pixel 4A or 5 to come out so I can get a new phone I guess.
I just find this very odd how specific this area of 'dead pixels' is. I always thought it was more random than a specific rectangle.
I look forward to hearing from anyone.
A (not working with a full screen) Bug
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Hi bro, I've face the exact same issue, but for me it was at the center of the screen. Luckily my phone was under warranty, but getting them to replace my touch digitizer was a whole different thing. At first they just didn't acknowledge the issue, then I tried showing them proofs but they didn't believe as they were from some third party apps. Finally, I used markup to show them the issue and recorded it took some screenshots as well. So, they replaced my digitizer at last after constantly speaking them for 2-3 weeks. I can only suggest you that if your phone is still under warranty or you have accidental damage coverage, ask them to replace them. Otherwise, it'll be better to buy a new phone as replacing the screen from your pocket may be very costly.

For anyone who reads this thread,
I resigned myself to having a bad digitizer but was starting to look to replace the phone. Then about a week later I inadvertently dropped the phone in a pool. Unfortunately, as the screen had been replaced the waterproofing was no longer good and phone was a brick. So I never resolved the issue but will always assume that the company that replaced the screen did a less perfect job and that when a screen is replace the phone looses it's waterproofing ability
-A (new Pixel 3XL owning) Bug