My vibrant is in a bit of an issue. The screen is black and not responding but the 4 buttons are lit up.
The phone boots normal with its standard boot animation and load screen but as soon as the phone gets to the actual UI it blacks out and becomes unusable.
I can get into both recovery and download mode, and i have already flashed 2 different ROMS through ODIN in hopes that it would fix the issue, but no dice. one ROM alleviated the issue for about a day then it came back. the other ROM I flashed was no use.
I want to ask what else could i try ... or what could be causing the issue with the phone.
My thoughts is that theres is a I/O issue within the phone that is blacking the screen out when it gets to the GUI, other then that im at a loss for options.
I was having exactly the same issue with my wife's phone. When it booted up it seemed to try to turn on some of the various antennas (3G, Bluetooth), sometimes it ran the media scanning step, and then it black screened and started over. I cleared the internal SD memory and cache from recovery mode and that _seems_ to have fixed things for the moment.
ironlood said:
My vibrant is in a bit of an issue. The screen is black and not responding but the 4 buttons are lit up.
The phone boots normal with its standard boot animation and load screen but as soon as the phone gets to the actual UI it blacks out and becomes unusable.
I can get into both recovery and download mode, and i have already flashed 2 different ROMS through ODIN in hopes that it would fix the issue, but no dice. one ROM alleviated the issue for about a day then it came back. the other ROM I flashed was no use.
I want to ask what else could i try ... or what could be causing the issue with the phone.
My thoughts is that theres is a I/O issue within the phone that is blacking the screen out when it gets to the GUI, other then that im at a loss for options.
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What were you trying to do when the screen went black? load a gb bootloader or anything?
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Problem started when phone would go into powersave. screen would blank but require sometimes a reset to come back on. Forcing into bootloader would always show the correct screen.
Now phone is powering up and working but display remains blank. Everything else is working, I can force into bootloader and communicate via USB. The backlight is working correctly.
Now it looks like maybe a problem on the data cable between the main board and the screen, but it started as looking like a software issue - since it would only fail when entering powersave.
Anyone seen this before?
LostBrit said:
Problem started when phone would go into powersave. screen would blank but require sometimes a reset to come back on. Forcing into bootloader would always show the correct screen.
Now phone is powering up and working but display remains blank. Everything else is working, I can force into bootloader and communicate via USB. The backlight is working correctly.
Now it looks like maybe a problem on the data cable between the main board and the screen, but it started as looking like a software issue - since it would only fail when entering powersave.
Anyone seen this before?
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Not being able to wake up is also known as SOD (sleep of death). It happens to some cooked roms. Try flashing to either stock or something else and see if this fixes the issue. If you put the device in bootloader, do you see the tri-colored screen with the device info?
Initially I was getting the tri-colour, but lately it was totally blank.
I had tried flashing to a basic Sprint rom but no joy.
I just finished putting it back together, seems like all it needed was a re-seat of the video connector. It was just weird when it was intermittent and not a hard fail.
Oh well, I know how to strip down a TP now.
Thanks
LostBrit said:
Initially I was getting the tri-colour, but lately it was totally blank.
I had tried flashing to a basic Sprint rom but no joy.
I just finished putting it back together, seems like all it needed was a re-seat of the video connector. It was just weird when it was intermittent and not a hard fail.
Oh well, I know how to strip down a TP now.
Thanks
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Always useful info
Hello.
When I leave my phone in sleep mode (screen locked and light off) and try to wake with On/Off button, sometimes I get a black screen with a faintly image. The touchscreen works and all the buttons, and if you click 2 times On/Off button - the image appears all ok. I tried to flash another stock ROM - all the same. Then I`ve unlocked the bootloader, rooted the phone and even did the S-off with wire trick (1.53 Hboot). Then I`ve tried 3-4 custom ROMs with 6-7 different kernels, from stock to custom, but all the same. Yes, I`ve updated the firmware file, also, but with no difference.
Well, I see that this problem is not so usual, but I couldn`t find any real solution. Did anyone have this kind of problem and solved it? Since I got this phone from another country - official warranty is out of the question, I need a DIY solution.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
THX in advance!!!
I would have to say it looks like the light for your screen is dying, I had my screen replaced once, my screen would flicker from very dark to very bright
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flashallthetime said:
I would have to say it looks like the light for your screen is dying, I had my screen replaced once, my screen would flicker from very dark to very bright
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hmmmm, but when I get the OK image - it doesn`t flicker or go from dark to bright, it only has trouble to "wake up from sleep mode". even when i relock the screen quickly and don`t leave it unused for 2-3 minutes, the screen works OK every time....it looks like a software problem, but still I didn`t manage to fix it with all the ROMs/kernels/firmwares I`ve flashed....
E-ducation said:
Hello.
When I leave my phone in sleep mode (screen locked and light off) and try to wake with On/Off button, sometimes I get a black screen with a faintly image. The touchscreen works and all the buttons, and if you click 2 times On/Off button - the image appears all ok. I tried to flash another stock ROM - all the same. Then I`ve unlocked the bootloader, rooted the phone and even did the S-off with wire trick (1.53 Hboot). Then I`ve tried 3-4 custom ROMs with 6-7 different kernels, from stock to custom, but all the same. Yes, I`ve updated the firmware file, also, but with no difference.
Well, I see that this problem is not so usual, but I couldn`t find any real solution. Did anyone have this kind of problem and solved it? Since I got this phone from another country - official warranty is out of the question, I need a DIY solution.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
THX in advance!!!
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Thinking about how to troubleshoot if hardware or software. When in sleep mode, instead of using the power button, I would have the phone plugged into a computer and use the " adb reboot " command to reboot the phone without touching the phone a few times and see if it lights up correctly. The first thing you should see is the boot screen, and if it works every time, then you do have an issue with your firmware. If you don't see that boot screen first every time, then as much as it sucks, I would guess there is a hardware issue.
Good luck, but this is the easiest way I know of to help determine what the issue likely is.
Minor update here, the first thing (at least on mine) that I see is the lock screen for just a quick second or two, then it quickly goes into the boot sequence. This is important as in "sleep" the ROM is running, so if the first thing you see is the boot sequence every time, and not the lock screen, then it points more to a software problem than a hardware issue. CM9 had an issue for the epic4g where you had to turn it off and on sometimes to get the keyboard to light. They found the issue in the firmware causing it.
Just wanted to make this as accurate as possible.
Wow so I am not the only person with this problem. The EVO 3D that I have was replacement phone that was given to me from Sprint from the first EVO 3D that I had which had issues with the digitizer. I received the replacement phone this past Tuesday and it worked fine for two days. It was not rooted and I did install the ICS update. On Friday morning I took it off the charger and went to work, while in the break room the screen suddenly went black and I could not get the phone to display anything after that. The Android function buttons at the bottom will light up but the screen wont, the phone also gets hot even with it powered off.
Long story short, I took it back to the Sprint store where they ordered me yet another replacement EVO 3D. Has anyone had to go through 3 EVO 3Ds or more?
sonza said:
Thinking about how to troubleshoot if hardware or software. When in sleep mode, instead of using the power button, I would have the phone plugged into a computer and use the " adb reboot " command to reboot the phone without touching the phone a few times and see if it lights up correctly. The first thing you should see is the boot screen, and if it works every time, then you do have an issue with your firmware. If you don't see that boot screen first every time, then as much as it sucks, I would guess there is a hardware issue.
Good luck, but this is the easiest way I know of to help determine what the issue likely is.
Minor update here, the first thing (at least on mine) that I see is the lock screen for just a quick second or two, then it quickly goes into the boot sequence. This is important as in "sleep" the ROM is running, so if the first thing you see is the boot sequence every time, and not the lock screen, then it points more to a software problem than a hardware issue. CM9 had an issue for the epic4g where you had to turn it off and on sometimes to get the keyboard to light. They found the issue in the firmware causing it.
Just wanted to make this as accurate as possible.
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Excellent thinking, I didn't think in that direction. I'll try this tomorow, since I'm not at home. My personal oppinion that it's a software problem but if I did all the above - what did I miss? If I flashed the firmware, ROM and kernel, what else is left untouched that could affect the LCD? Could anyone suggest a good kernel? Or can I downgrade the firmware, since no one had such a problem with GB?
just to inform all - I tried all soft solutions, but all the samo. finaly - I replaced the LCD and everything is OK.
THX all for help
Hello everyone,
I have a question, sinds today my phone is doing trange thinks.
If I use the phone, don't matter what app or game sometimes my screen flips. I see very fast black screen and then is the creen back. Also the screen flips very quick from normal to landscape and back. This is not the only problem, also my battery gets hot. If I use apps or games the battery gets very hot, and normal this is not happend. This problems are getting up from to day and normal nothing strange happend.
I have reset my phone and have do a factory reset but this will not help. What can be the problem and is it possible if I flash a ROM that the problems are gone or is there a diffrent sollution of problem.
Thanks allot!!
What ROM are you using? Have you tried to flash a different kernel, like Siyah?
I use LPW ROM and its not the kernel because I use months the chainfire kernel without problems and now there are problems sins yesterday.
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Hey,
I'm getting the same problem with the screen quickly going black for 1 second and then back to whatever I was doing. It seems to happen on any application. I also have the issue where the screen will randomly rotate into landscape mode, then go black, and back to portrait. It does this with the phone laying flat on a level table or holding it upright in my hand, regardless of auto-rotate being on or off. It even does it on the home screen but it seems to reload the icons after it goes black, almost like it did a RAM reset or something. The black screen flash and rotate problems seem to be related, as they started happening around the same time, but don't always happen together.
The phone is Galaxy S II LTE from rogers running ICS 4.04, stock everything including touchwhiz. I have done a factory reset using the option on the phone which appeared to fix the problem only to come back after a few hours of re downloading my apps and whatnot. Also calibrated the gyro on a level surface...no fix.
I can leave my phone plugged in and charging and quickly check a text message and reply, and my phone will be fine. But if I try to use my phone any more than that, the display gets strange artifacts (it's different every time, ranging from a dark grid overlayed on top of the image to the screen filled with different colors on each pixel) and sometimes the speaker emits a constant loud high pitched noise, even if it's on silent. I noticed one of the times that the sleep button worked, but using the touch screen and the capacitive buttons is impossible and I have to yank out the battery every time it happens. I'm running a recent CM10.1 nightly and default kernel, and I've experienced this problem independent of which nightly or kernel I'm using for the past few weeks (I have had no problems in the recovery menu). It even crashed one time upon boot up when I tried to unlock the phone immediately. Another minor problem is that my home screens got screwed up one of the times it crashed. It seems like a hardware failure to me. I'm wondering if anyone has seen this problem or has any ideas that might help. Thanks.
It certainly sounds like a hardware issue to me. I have not seen anything similar reported on these forums. Is the phone currently stock, or custom firmware? The best test to see if the problem is firmware or hardware related is to flash a fresh stock firmware using Odin3. If the problem goes away, then it is obviously a firmware issue.
If it is a hardware problem, you may have trouble flashing a fresh stock firmware, or may not be able to at all. Or if you are able to flash a new stock firmware, but the problem does not go away, then it is probably hardware.
I have a Galaxy S3 that I have been running CM 10.2 on for quite some time. Today I dropped the phone and cracked the screen. The phone still worked perfectly in every way despite the cracked screen. I used it for a few hours after without any issues. I took it to someone today to replace the screen assembly. When I got the phone back it turns on and the screen looks fine but it hangs on the samsung screen for 3-5 minutes before booting in to anything (booting the rom, recovery mode, download mode etc. all take 3-5 minutes to start) when the phone finally boots the touch screen does not work at all. All buttons work fine, including the bottom buttons (back and settings) for touch but no where else does the screen respond to touch.
So far I've tried:
- wiping cache
- factory reset
- re-installed CM 10.2 rom
- Took the back off the phone and checked all the connections, unclipped and clipped back in to be sure they were connected ok.
- Completely removed battery and all sim/sd cards for an hour
At this point I'm not sure if I'm dealing with a hardware issue (maybe they guy screwed something up when replacing the screen) or the digitizer/screen he used is faulty? I know this doesn't neccessarily mean anything but when I got it back the new screen still had the protective film etc. on it so I'm almost positive the screen assembly the guy used was at least new.
And I don't really understand where the 3-5 minute boot issue could come from? I wouldn't think it would be related to the screen/digitizer but I suppose anything is possible. What could explain this?
Is there any way this could be a software issue or any other troubleshooting I can attempt?
jfall said:
I have a Galaxy S3 that I have been running CM 10.2 on for quite some time. Today I dropped the phone and cracked the screen. The phone still worked perfectly in every way despite the cracked screen. I used it for a few hours after without any issues. I took it to someone today to replace the screen assembly. When I got the phone back it turns on and the screen looks fine but it hangs on the samsung screen for 3-5 minutes before booting in to anything (booting the rom, recovery mode, download mode etc. all take 3-5 minutes to start) when the phone finally boots the touch screen does not work at all. All buttons work fine, including the bottom buttons (back and settings) for touch but no where else does the screen respond to touch.
So far I've tried:
- wiping cache
- factory reset
- re-installed CM 10.2 rom
- Took the back off the phone and checked all the connections, unclipped and clipped back in to be sure they were connected ok.
- Completely removed battery and all sim/sd cards for an hour
At this point I'm not sure if I'm dealing with a hardware issue (maybe they guy screwed something up when replacing the screen) or the digitizer/screen he used is faulty? I know this doesn't neccessarily mean anything but when I got it back the new screen still had the protective film etc. on it so I'm almost positive the screen assembly the guy used was at least new.
And I don't really understand where the 3-5 minute boot issue could come from? I wouldn't think it would be related to the screen/digitizer but I suppose anything is possible. What could explain this?
Is there any way this could be a software issue or any other troubleshooting I can attempt?
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Go and talk to the person who replaced your screen.. maybe has used faulty screen and also may be he has changed with some of the faulty parts..
suyash1629 said:
Go and talk to the person who replaced your screen.. maybe has used faulty screen and also may be he has changed with some of the faulty parts..
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Very strange, but it looks like it was indeed a software issue after all. For some reason changing the screen out while having CM 10.2 installed did not play well together. I did a full wipe and went back to stock rom and touch is working now. I may try a new install of CM again to see what happens. Odd
jfall said:
Very strange, but it looks like it was indeed a software issue after all. For some reason changing the screen out while having CM 10.2 installed did not play well together. I did a full wipe and went back to stock rom and touch is working now. I may try a new install of CM again to see what happens. Odd
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Strange issue.. never had it ever, m flashing CM from more than a year.. Try to do a new flash downloading new files..