[Q] Slide to Unlock Problem - Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I just got my Dell Streak a week ago, I really like it so far, but I've had a pretty vexing problem come up today.
I had it in Silent mode, and when I woke up the screen and went to "Slide to Unlock", the whole bottom of the screen was unresponsive. I had to let the screen time out and try it again at least three times.
Has anyone else had this problem? I'm running the Stock 2.2 on Rogers, and using ADW Launcher Pro as my launcher. No other major UI Tweaks.

I can confirm that I do experience that problem sometimes. The S2U moves just a little bit, but but I can't slide it all the way over. I'm also using LP+ as my default launcher. I guess it would be a good test to run the Stage UI as a test to see if it's related to LP+ or not.
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I had this same problem, but I noticed that it only occurred if I had the screen facing my leg when it was in my pocket.
I think that what is happening is that when it's in your pocket it still detects screen presses by your leg, and then it gets confused, and won't detect any more screen presses for a long time.
To begin with it stopped me from answering calls and was really annoying, but now I just make sure I put it in my pocket with the screen facing out and it works fine.

Yall need to recalibrate ur screen that helped mine never to be unresponsive again! Search for the guide on here cant remember the button combo to get to it i think it was hold camera and power at the same time when turning on but dont hold me to that just search xda its on here

recalibrate the screen, and also its created by the friction/heat from rubbing off your leg (wahay), so either have the screen facing out, or buy a case for it

Since i recalibrated my screen i can have it any way i want in my pocket and it never hangs anymore

Download menu unlock from the market. It will unlock when you hit menu
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kybernetikos said:
I had this same problem, but I noticed that it only occurred if I had the screen facing my leg when it was in my pocket.
I think that what is happening is that when it's in your pocket it still detects screen presses by your leg, and then it gets confused, and won't detect any more screen presses for a long time.
To begin with it stopped me from answering calls and was really annoying, but now I just make sure I put it in my pocket with the screen facing out and it works fine.
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That's exactly what happened to me all day today! I had it in my jeans pocket with the screen facing my leg! I thought it may have something to do with ADW Launcher, or having it in silent mode all day. I'm recalibrating the screen now!
Mucho Thanks!

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Dell Streak not unlocking when I take it out my pocket?

Does anybody else have a problem with unlocking your Dell Streak when you take it out your pocket? I do, when I take it out my pants pocket it takes a few minutes for my phone to unlock, the swipe does not want to move up. Does anybody know what is the cause of this, or is my phone defected.
One "fix" is to run the screen re-calibration tool.
You get there by booting your phone while holding down the up and down volume.
This has worked for me in the past but does not appear to be a permanent fix.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php?searchid=64044784
Ghetto Geeksta said:
Does anybody else have a problem with unlocking your Dell Streak when you take it out your pocket? I do, when I take it out my pants pocket it takes a few minutes for my phone to unlock, the swipe does not want to move up. Does anybody know what is the cause of this, or is my phone defected.
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search, search, search its all in here i recalibrated my screen when i saw it on here and have never not once had a problem again! made it so so much better
Thanks guys it worked!
I believe that I saw a posting about this from DJ_Steve stating that it is from static build up while in your pocket, and the screen pointing towards your body. I had issues prior and it seems that since I stopped putting it in my pocket with the screen towards my body it has stopped.
rdel74 said:
I believe that I saw a posting about this from DJ_Steve stating that it is from static build up while in your pocket, and the screen pointing towards your body. I had issues prior and it seems that since I stopped putting it in my pocket with the screen towards my body it has stopped.
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since i recalibrated i can carry it in any pocket any way i want in my backpack anywhere and i never have this problem anymore
Strangevenough for me recalibrating did nothing, it was the turn the screen away of your body when in the pocket that solved it all.
Quite depressing no to be able to use one s phone when taking it ou of pocketbfor call
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I'm wondering if there's an anti-stat sheet that one can carry in the pocket with the streak to test this theory.
I noticed it only after I enabled live wallpaper. When I was able to get it unlocked I disabled live wallpaper and it hasnt done it since.
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I use the "face it away from my body" trick and I have no problems.
I tried recalibrating the screen, but it still had the issue from time to time.
Hi, had similar issue. Think the streak slows down the processor too much and struggles to wake up when there is a call. Try installing setcpu and making the minimum processor speed 576. You might have to experiment s bit. Worked for me. You need root access for the app.
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keyboard bugging out!

OK this is freakin getting me mad! I was tolerating it for a while now, but every since I rooted my 3D Ive noticed huge keyboard lag / buggyness. Ill be typing then it starts freaking out, cant push certain letters, and other weird things.. Its not the ROM, I flashed wiped did everything I could possibly think of...I think?
You guys have any ideas? Hardware malfunction? Anyone else have this problem?
Update:: ok I think I noticed that it's happening when my Handcent pop ups a text when my screen is off. When typing normally, after unlocking the screen it seems to be working normal.... Could be a Handcent problem?
I am having issues also. I am stock but did temp root a couple times in the beginning. Mostly having issues in landscape. If swiping left past d it starts a new word. Also pressing a adds an e right after. Think mine might be screen related though.
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Try turning off pop up on key press in settings. That might help a little.
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I'm also having the same problem. I'm currently on SteelH's latest 2.1 using Smart Keyboard Pro, but I have tried several other roms/keyboards. It only does it when I'm typing in portrait mode with both thumbs. I think it may be my palm pressing on the capacitive buttons. Never happened on my EVO 4G because it was wider due to the aspect ratio of the screen. I guess I'll just have to start wearing finger-less gloves all day.
i love the htc keyboard, its auto correct is amazing and very rarely makes mistakes.
Yeah something is going on with mine too. Mainly my backup button and the letter P gives me problems. Not sure what I is but its starting to piss me off. When I try to delete I have to press the back button several times. It's annoying me.
Edit: so recalibrating did the trick. Now everything works great.
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Razr touch screen randomly not responding

I had my razr for about 2 weeks, and this problem already happen to me a few times.
The touch screen will suddenly not responding to ANY touch, only the the buttons are still working(include the 4 buttons on the bottom).
I had to hard reboot my phone to get it working again.
Does anyone face the same issue?
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WongJames said:
I had my razr for about 2 weeks, and this problem already happen to me a few times.
The touch screen will suddenly not responding to ANY touch, only the the buttons are still working(include the 4 buttons on the bottom).
I had to hard reboot my phone to get it working again.
Does anyone face the same issue?
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Yes I also face this type of problem while playing games. Screen become unresponsive while playing but can solve by pressing power button(no need to reboot).Not on 2.3.5 base only on 2.3.6.
I also face this problem, after updating my rom to arctic 2.0 rom, which uses some stuff from 2.3.6.....power does not help, have to hard reboot. any idea why?
I've had this problem happen to me on my Droid RAZR (CDMA Verizon), can't remember if its before or after I was rooted... I just had to hard restart and its only happened once since then.
pswin09 said:
Yes I also face this type of problem while playing games. Screen become unresponsive while playing but can solve by pressing power button(no need to reboot).Not on 2.3.5 base only on 2.3.6.
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The power button does not work for me
I had try to press the power button, but then the screen still not responding, so I cannot pass through the lock screen, and have to hard reboot......
I am on stock rom, 2.3.5, the Asian version.
But it seems it does not matter to different region's razr since the cdma one had the same issue
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I get this too. I had 3 razrs, first two had dead pixels so I had them replaced, all had this issue. Has not happened in awhile and I can't remember if it was always with a game, but at least one time it was with a game. Anyway, I don't think this has to do with rooting because my first one I never rooted and it did this. Don't remember if power button worked or not, but I had to reboot as well with power and volume down, or up, whatever it is, to get it to respond again.
No problems here.
I have had this happen about 4 or 5 times for me as well - got it day of launch. Mine says it is the XT912 though - is that right?
XT912 is the Verizon specific one, so yes.
Seems to be a fairly common issue. What is the chance that this is a software problem as opposed to a hardware one and so will be fixed with an update?
I had it happen for the first time yesterday after about 5 weeks or so, strange cause I wasn't doing anything. Battery was at about 15% though...
I only encounter this bug when I open Rom Toolbox for the first time and the superuser permissions screen shows up. My screen doesnt respond to touch anymore. I have to use the power button to make it work. Thats it. It happens nowhere else.
I've been using ROM Toolbox since day one, can't say it's the issue.
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opensourcefan said:
I've been using ROM Toolbox since day one, can't say it's the issue.
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Happened to me today...any need to panic?? On official Stock ROM 2.3.5...
Also, is this a hardware issue or software??
My problem is bit different, on a 4 month old unrooted razr.
Touch screen will start to fail recognizing my sywpe typing and start jumping all over the place, or it will end the word while I'm still sywping the word...
Sometimes it types in different letters (1/2 keyboard away) when I'm not sywping to avoid this BS when it happens.
Unfortunately, I cannot reproduce this result whenever I want to, I'm currently trying to reproduce the situation.
I believe this happens more often when my battery is low... or when I have been using it for an extensive time.
I go to draw program to test if it is the hardware problem and it is jumpy too, but not by much.
The problem does get better with reboot, but not 100% of the time, so I can't conclude it is SW problem
I also have issues with this. I think the problem is software side. It seems to be poorly responsive often after I unlock my phone and try to swipe screens.
Also while typing quickly with two hands it often does not input all the letters I type, although it flashes the keys and acknowledges that I touched them (this one might be a keyboard issues, not sure yet)
And ya, on an all black screen, I'm noticing some dead pixels- a lot of rectangular patches of dead pixels. I don't really notice it anytime else except when it's all black.
Been making me double think my choice, but I will wait for ICS update and possibly bootloader bypass. But.. I might be getting another phone shortly just because of the size (bezel mostly), these touch screen issues, and the performance isn't exactly where I anticipated it to be.
Razr XT910 touchscreen randomly jumping or not responding
I'm having all the problems mentioned earlier:
- touchscreen stops working randomly
- touch "jumps", like someone is touching it in random places
- some letters on the keybord stop working randomly
- phone gets quite hot at the top
My XT910 is not altered in any way, stock android 2.3.5, as updated as possible.
This happened when it was up-to-date and the very clean one.
This happens really irregularily. At first it happened when I played multitouch games - at some point the touchscreen just stopped responding and could only go back or lock the screen (but not unlock it, obviously).
Twice it happened when I was just going through messages or contacts.
I sent it to Motorola to fix it - they just reset it, benchmarked it for 45seconds and sent it back.
The very evening I got it back I tried to "heat" it myself - I installed a lot of apps, played a lot multitouch games on 3d graphic and voila! - it started freaking out like never before (vidoe in zip file attached).
My last idea is that it happens because of a low quality generic anti-scratch foil on the screen. So I threw it away and tried to "heat" the phone again - nothing.
I used a different foil - anti-reflecting + benchmarking apps - nothing.
If it happens again I'll send it with this video + the one I'll make then.
Hope it gets Motorola specialists off their ass and back to work .
Hey there, my maxx has this weird issue with it's screen too.
Take for example, a game with on screen controller like reckless racing. If i push the screen too long, it won't recognize my press anymore in the pressed area. I tried to go back home, thinking this is the game issue, but it's not, the home launcher button that coincidentally in the same location with game control button is unclickable. i tried with phone tester app and it show the same symptom, the pressed area indicator will disappear within 1-2 minutes.
The only solution is to turn off display and turn it on again. Should i bring it to service center?
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Hello, I've recently having this exact same problems with my Motorola Droid Razr Maxx.
The screen sometimes doesn't respond as it should:
-Random touches.
-Not detecting swipes.
-Not detecting anything at all after long press.
-Detecting the touch location wrongly...
When this happens, sometimes a reboot fixes everything. Others, I just have to stop using the phone, and come back later.
Has anyone managed to find a possible cause and/or solution to this problem?
I've tried diferent roms, full reset, rsd flashes... But still the same problem

[Q] Help! Spurious button presses make phone act like it is possessed

Today my Atrix 4G started acting like a ghost was controlling it. It can be just sitting there with the display on, and somt part of the screen will be pressed and a program started. I have Elixir 2 buttons, Multicon buttons, and the regular app buttons installed on the display by the basic ATT controls. All three have had buttons "pressed" in a seemingly random way. I have rebooted several times. The phone is quite unusable.
Then I also get my regular reboot problem. The phone will be fine all day, but at some point, it just starts rebooting every 2 minutes. The little LED in the upper right corner turns often purple (it is usually green.) I get the process stopped message a lot then, too. It happens even if it is fully charged.
Part of your problem can be after having widgets on screen if you then froze the program which is for the widget the widget remains but as a ghost. You don't see it but its there. I had this issue with something like beautiful widgets and it played hell with my phone. Just a thought.
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No wifi, nothing frozen
I have not frozen any programs. It happened after several reboots. I also did not have wifi turned on.
Thanks for your suggestions
ziva1 said:
I have not frozen any programs. It happened after several reboots. I also did not have wifi turned on.
Thanks for your suggestions
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I have this issue too, but it happens at random times and I can stop it by turning the screen off then on.
I think it might be the digitizer going bad.
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Mine was accompanied by dead zones. I had to rotate the phone to get certain spots and keys on the keyboard to register. Sometimes pressing a spot on the lower left side registered on the upper right.
When I finally replaced the digitizer, I found the left side ribbon had detached and was being held in place by pressure. if the ribbon moved around, it caused spurious connections. I even had one ROM install itself with the Aroma installer because it kept thinking I was hitting the "next" button.
Digitizer replacement fixed.
Will replace phone, need to copy old phone to new
I think my phone needs a new digitizer. The wty expires in a week, so I'm going to a service center tmw. Thanks to all who made these useful suggestions.
Do I need to unroot it before I return it?
Do you know how to ghost my old phone to my new one?

Vibrant got wet acting funny

Hi,
I installed a screen protector that used this fluid when installing the protector (you spray it on the screen and the protector and smush them together). I got a lot of the fluid inside the phone when it was on (I took battery cover off and it was dripping through). Now the phone is acting weird, I am randomly getting USB connected notice, the whole screen has flipped sideways and I cant get it to flip back, when I try to turn off screen flipping the button doesn't do anything (I actually cant turn it on the button just doesn't do anything). Its says media scanning sometimes randomly, and I get this wierd screen after pressing the unlock button from a locked state, a screen Ive never seen before, it has like buttons for home and some others, and when I press home it takes me to my unlock code. Its just acting bizarre. Anyone have any ideas what is going on?
Thanks
If it was dripping through the phone It probably fried mutliple things inside the phone. Hence the problems your having
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Put it in a container with rice or some bread. It will extract the moisture. Don't plug it in until you get it dry. Good luck.
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