For the second time since I got my Prime yesterday, my screen has had a slow flickering fit. The soft buttons disappeared but still responded to touches, and the screen would flicker very tiny lines of color and slightly bounce at the edges. Anyone else experience this?
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I notice a pulsating from Google maps but thats it.
nyijedi said:
For the second time since I got my Prime yesterday, my screen has had a slow flickering fit. The soft buttons disappeared but still responded to touches, and the screen would flicker very tiny lines of color and slightly bounce at the edges. Anyone else experience this?
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Scumbag Inc. said:
I notice a pulsating from Google maps but thats it.
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Same here but that's it.
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I'm not sure that it's a defect. I figure I'll give it some more time first. Also, it started happening after I installed 2 apps that weren't listed the market, which I sideloaded onto the tablet, so I'm wondering if they may have had something to do with it. I've since uninstalled them and will monitor the situation.
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Wipe/factory reset it. If that doens't fix it, send it back for exchange/refund. I wouldn't want them trying to diagnose a wonky problem, get a fresh tablet.
Also, even though the flickering seems like it would be a hardware problem, the fact that the soft buttons disappear and the area turnaround black leads me to believe that it's some type of software problem, not a hardware defects.
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I get it on some web pages and a lot on the bottom of the screen watching YouTube. I just started to get it while booting. It did a restart on me this morning. Factory reset sucks without nandroid. Asus, please let us root this....
jimbob_sf said:
I get it on some web pages and a lot on the bottom of the screen watching YouTube. I just started to get it while booting. It did a restart on me this morning. Factory reset sucks without nandroid. Asus, please let us root this....
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I suspect that incompatible apps may have something to do with this. I sideloaded two unsupported apps and I got the flicker shortly after that. I uninstalled them yesterday and so far, so good. Also, I was getting a ton of reboots and crashes when I initially automatically loaded all of my phone apps onto the Prime. I did a factory reset and carefully chose my apps, and it's been much more stable since.
All of You just disable the auto brightness and the flickering is gone ;P
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All of You just disable the auto brightness and the flickering is gone ;P
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Thanks, but I'm talking about something different. It's a little hard to explain, but I wasn't complaining of flickering brightness. Rather, the picture itself would get all scrambled up.
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Thanks, but I'm talking about something different. It's a little hard to explain, but I wasn't complaining of flickering brightness. Rather, the picture itself would get all scrambled up.
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Wow. So this EXACT thing just happened to me. I have no sideloaded apps and auto brightness is disabled. Over the course of several minutes, it went from a few glitchy lines to the entire screen and a complete lockup of the tablet. I held down the power button to reboot, and then came to find this thread...
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I have the same problem. I had to reboot, since the tablet completely froze at one point with random lines across the screen.
Ever since I do see flickering of the Asus logo when booting but no more serious problems, such as a crash.
I will go on a two week busines trip outside the country and therefore womt return the TP - just hope it will not get worse.
That said, I am happy learn about a possible fix?
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I have the same problem. I had to reboot, since the tablet completely froze at one point with random lines across the screen.
Ever since I do see flickering of the Asus logo when booting but no more serious problems, such as a crash.
I will go on a two week busines trip outside the country and therefore womt return the TP - just hope it will not get worse.
That said, I am happy learn about a possible fix?
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I have always had the glitching during bboot as well...but I've been staring at this thing almost non stop since the 22nd and this is the first time it has occurred. Dunno what's up but it makes me uneasy.
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Hopefully it's nothing more than a graphics driver glitch that can be fixed with an update.
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tdrussell said:
I have always had the glitching during bboot as well...but I've been staring at this thing almost non stop since the 22nd and this is the first time it has occurred. Dunno what's up but it makes me uneasy.
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I am too, very uneasy with this issue.
Decided to do a last hard reset and if the flicker does not go away, I will return the TP tomorrow morning.
I hope that the hard reset will take care of the problem.
The boot up graphics flicker has been reported by others on another forum as well, they did note that it doesn't occur if you boot up with the Prime plugged in.
i've also noticed this problem, flickering/scrambling on boot during the ASUS bootup screen.. and i've also had quite a few random lockups, force closes and reboots... looks software related to me
firmware update this morning seems to have fixed the boot and browser flicker. Anyone else?
jimbob_sf said:
firmware update this morning seems to have fixed the boot and browser flicker. Anyone else?
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have not seen it after a factory reset, update this morning, and then two or three reboots. It was an addressed item in the release notes.
Software fixes are good!
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So the latest update did correct most of the banding issues but im still having some glitches when doing some things like half the screen will go away for a second them come right back, it does this very randomly. i also noticed this when playing games like shine runner, it will completely lock up. I included a video of what its doing, its weird in the video it would only do it by using the mouse but when doing it on the home screen if the recent apps filled up all the way to the top of the screen it will do it every time whether I use the mouse or touch. I have only had any of the problems since ICS so i know its probably a bug, anyone else having these issues?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxyTUc2cVTw
here is the issue that it still has with using the front camera, and using the silly faces feature.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSveBF1FNnA&feature=related
I have exactly the same issues.
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I have exactly the same issues.
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ok i figured it was a bug, its not too big of an issue but i would like to see it fixed soon.
i have this same problem also. it mostly occurs when i'm using youtube. hope they fix it soon because its annoying!
have the same issue it does it for me as well in Google talk, but YouTube is the worse i get a constant flicker for like 2 seconds.
Same for me too, I think I read that Asus stated it was some of the Prime's hardware drivers having incompadability issues with Ice Cream Sandwich (hence no problems with Honeycomb). Anyhow, I believe they stated that they should have an update to fix the issue in February...hopefully early Feb.!
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..same here and only seen with Youtube..
Anybody pinged Gary Key or ASUS about it?
Regards
Ditto, only rarely and seemingly random but I feel it might be after I've just plugged or unplugged the dock.
Similar issue here though it manifests as very thin bands covering only the left 1 inch of the screen and only when scrolling up and down. This is not a constant problem,but not rare either. Shows up in either orientation. I also occasionally get artifacting usually in the form of a momentary white triangle when I use the task switcher button.
Both of these only started occurring after the most recent update: .11 on 1/17. Before that I had never noticed any screen problems.
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I have this bug like you... This bug is on ICS. But my bug is like triangle on screen
Just wanted to be added to the list of users having this problem. The longer i have this tablet, the more issues i run into.
Hope a fix comes in the next few weeks, or Amazon get's it back.
Wanted to bump this thread because it seems like an issue some people are having, but it's not widespread enough that it's gathering the attention that the GPS/WiFi/Bluetooth issues are getting.
Personally I'm getting the diagonal screen flicker on the home screen, especially when pressing the recent apps button. Someone noted in a thread somewhere that this is most common when there are a lot of apps stocked up in there. It also seems to happen a lot more frequently when the dock is plugged in, even without touching the recent apps button - it just happens randomly.
Has anyone tried a factory reset to assuage this? That's probably my next step.
Edit: Come to think of it, I didn't notice any screen flickering until I plugged my tablet into the dock for the first time. Can anyone else with this issue confirm they've been using a dock? I might try something like a factory reset with full battery on both dock and tablet, maybe that'll make a difference...input, please, someone
Still having the same issues after todays update...
Ok, so...apparently, when I touch the recent apps button or when I click down on the mousepad, that's when the flicker occurs. When I just touch the touchpad without clicking, the flicker doesn't happen. What the hell? At least that's got me pretty well convinced that it's a software thing.
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Still having the same issues after todays update...
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Before the update everything was fine. No issue at all. It starts for me after the update. Also made my GPS worse. Wifi is the same (they just change the signal icon to look that my connection is full). So far no reboots or lockups.
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I have the screen flicker on
1. Youtube
2. When I am using the dolphin live wallpaper (one that came installed stock)
AS of now youtube is still crashing
Im having the same issue. I just bought my prime yesterday and noticed it while running the SKYRIM live wallpaper. I don't have a dock either so i can confidently say that's not the cause to MY problem (can't say for sure about others) and it happens when pressing recent app list or the settings in the bottom right corner.
Not functional threatening but visually annoying. I love the TFP though I have it next to me at work and im ITCHING to just play with the damn thing. We need more atttention to this.
I just started getting a screen flicker about every 10 seconds with a live wallpaper on. They must have "fixed" the problem with the last update.
Anyone found any solutions for this?
looks like the latest update fixed it, will know for sure after i put it through its paces.
The panel will just sporadically begin to look very oversaturated and look like this:
http://imgur.com/HeFUW
I got nothing. Any thoughts of anything I can do before I go return it?
soldierblue348 said:
The panel will just sporadically begin to look very oversaturated and look like this:
http://imgur.com/HeFUW
I got nothing. Any thoughts of anything I can do before I go return it?
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Not sure what your pointing out with that image, but if your talking about the ghosting .. where the icons are still slightly visable after moving to a flat background colour then its pretty normal...
Image persistence like that after less that five minutes is not normal.
Power saving mode I'm guessing? And you need a better camera -.-"
Make a copy of your home screen by long pressing the previous app button in the task bar and post that.
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Make a copy of your home screen by long pressing the previous app button in the task bar and post that.
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A screenshot won't show any LCD issues?
currydude said:
Power saving mode I'm guessing? And you need a better camera -.-"
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Balanced; when it does it, I do a cold boot and it's still there. And the camera? For a phone it's way up there.
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Image persistence like that after less that five minutes is not normal.
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Its normal on the transformer prime and the transformer ...
You wont even see it when using it normally.
If its bugging you, take it back, but i can assure you its pretty normal as far as i'm concerned.
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Its normal on the transformer prime and the transformer ...
You wont even see it when using it normally.
If its bugging you, take it back, but i can assure you its pretty normal as far as i'm concerned.
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I dunno, my Transformer never did anything like this.
I think the TFP saw what phone you were using and decided it didn't like you anymore. On a serious note that amount of screen burn isn't normal as mine doesn't do it at all. I know that i had two bright spots on my tab as if an led back light was too close to the screen and I thought I could live with it. 2 months later I sent it in last week for RMA I just couldn't deal with it. Since you just got it I would suggest an exchange at place of purchase before going to the RMA department which is a big PITA as you will see from some other threads.
Oh this certainly exists. If you don't see it, you need your eyes checked. I just ignore it, doesn't effect my experience.
I've only had an issue like this sometimes, but the stuff from the previous screen would go away in a few seconds. I'm not sure why yours is there for 5 minutes
Thanks for your input guys, took it back this morning. Walked out with an Acer A200 which is... tolerable I guess... and cheap.
all IPS panels ghost..
Hi
I've had my prime for quite a while now.
And since day one, the screen will turn on by itself several times a day.
(when in standby mode)
I have had this behavior on 3 different roms.
Current rom is EOS 2.0
Does anyone have an idea of what can cause this? Most likely an app that wakes the device.. So i have tried disabling facebook etc..
But are there any sensors that might wake it?
Also, if its an app or process - are there any apps or monitoring tools that can find out what exactly happened at the moment it woke ?
It's likely caused by an app. My old phone used to do this and my prime did it a couple times but hasn't since I reformatted it. What app it was I am unsure.
Same thing happens to my prime. I have gotten used to it. Turning the screen off again will do lol.
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ratloverice said:
Same thing happens to my prime. I have gotten used to it. Turning the screen off again will do lol.
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True enough, but when you are at work all day, and comes home to a discharged prime every day, you will get annoyed
It's all about the battery...
I noticed something odd yesterday.
If you slide the transformer over the docking, back and fourth - the screen will wake and close.
Its as if they are aware of each other. wierdness!
Anyhow, I thought I had found the solution to my problem with it waking up all the time. (I always have it lying on top of the docking, face up)
But no such luck, it still wakes byitself anywhere is lies. With reformatted ROM, no apps!
DarkWader said:
I noticed something odd yesterday.
If you slide the transformer over the docking, back and fourth - the screen will wake and close.
Its as if they are aware of each other. wierdness!
Anyhow, I thought I had found the solution to my problem with it waking up all the time. (I always have it lying on top of the docking, face up)
But no such luck, it still wakes byitself anywhere is lies. With reformatted ROM, no apps!
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When you attach the pad to the dock, and close the lid, the pad will turn off the scren, like a netbook.
brantje said:
When you attach the pad to the dock, and close the lid, the pad will turn off the scren, like a netbook.
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True enough.
But I mean, just placing your prime on the docking with the screen facing up. Not connecting the hinges.
Slide it horizontaly upwards against the hinges, and back again.
Then it will lit the display, and close it.. Just try it.
I've had my XZU for a week now, everything has been working fine so far. Nonetheless I've noticed lately that when I turn it on I will see like a curtain or shade of colors from the top down up to half of the screen (it's like a flash, quickly disappearing), apart from that it will resume from sleep fine and no other issues, nonetheless is weird that this is happening now after a week of usage, I hope is not a symptom that something worse is about to happen. I have attached a Youtube link to a short video I just recorded.
NOTE: I do not think is a software problem because I booted the phone is "safe mode" and the exact same thing happened. It seems like a hardware issue that gets worse over time, because at the beginning happened once out of 4 times I turned it on, now is once every two times. I do not see a very good future with this phone
http://youtu.be/1ZucFrMvg_w
UPDATE 8/15: All my screen issues have been fully resolved with FW .475
So we have our own thread for the curtain now.
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I think the issue is Power Management related, let me explain. If I turn on the device after being idle for a while (device is COLD) there will be no curtain issue, but if I turn it OFF and then ON right away (device is WARM) it seems the phone is entering a power save state and is not ready to be powered on again and that's when you get the curtain issue. The result seems to be very consistent with my explanation.
What I do not understand is that why this problem started happening after one week of usage, I thought it was application related but after my "safe boot" mode where no new applications are running only stock apps and I got the same result it can be application related. Also I thought that maybe the Stamina Mode had something to do with it, but it does not.
My last theory is that there is a piece of hardware that is getting degraded over time and when the phone is warm it will produce the curtain effect, if that's the case this is really bad, because the whole phone could stop working down the road. but it's just a theory.
Oh man
My experience with similar LCD issues has been around poor connection between the LCD screen and the motherboard. However, I'm by no means an expert on this.
I would definitely be claiming under the warranty for this.
I spoke with the vendor in Singapore and told me this is a known problem by Sony and they are working on a Firmware update. They suggested to keep the phone until the FW will be released in September and then decide if I will exchange it or keep it. The vendor also extended the Return/Exchange window until October so I will have enough time to test the phone after the FW update.
It's good to know that Sony has acknowledge the problem and is working on a solution.
Any chance Sony will do a firmware update to resolve this?
So it might be a firmware issue? I sure hope so
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I think the problem is Power Management related, because if I leave the phone idle for 5min and then I turn it ON it will happen the issue you are seeing on the attached video. But if you turn it OFF and immediately turn it back ON again it will be fine. I think what is happening is that after 5min the phone will enter into DEEP POWER SAVE. The threshold to enter power save mode is around 15 seconds. I would say is something that should be able to be fixed with a Firmware update, but my only concern is why this problem did not happen during the first week, that behavior makes me think it's a Hardware problem that developed over the first week of usage, meaning a defective device.
NOTE: As you can see at the beginning of the video the phone has been Factory Reset, so there are no third party apps and anything wrong on the configuration.
http://youtu.be/vgnILc3ib8M
Mine did it the first day. I noticed it did it about 3 times that day. And I agree with you it might be the power save mode. Hopefully it gets resolved.
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my phone has a problem too
http://youtu.be/Jv-QkbZBi58
Watch my video..
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I got a XPERIA Z ULTRA TODAY and I didn't install anything.
but When I push the power button, this phone wake up randomly.
after factory reset, this situation is same continuosly
http://youtu.be/pig1BurDaGw
brosenz said:
I've had my XZU for a week now, everything has been working fine so far. Nonetheless I've noticed lately that when I turn it on I will see like a curtain or shade of colors from the top down up to half of the screen (it's like a flash, quickly disappearing), apart from that it will resume from sleep fine and no other issues, nonetheless is weird that this is happening now after a week of usage, I hope is not a symptom that something worse is about to happen. I have attached a Youtube link to a short video I just recorded.
NOTE: I do not think is a software problem because I booted the phone is "safe mode" and the exact same thing happened. It seems like a hardware issue that gets worse over time, because at the beginning happened once out of 4 times I turned it on, now is once every two times. I do not see a very good future with this phone
http://youtu.be/1ZucFrMvg_w
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My Z Ultra does exactly the same thing but it does not worry me. Seems to be a software glitch that should be easily fixed.
Mine happens when i am taking calls and i turn the screen on or off. Other times it is random but normally when i have been using the device for a period and then turn the screen on and off quickly after using it.
But yeah, i do not think it is an issue to worry about. If it was serious, surely the screen would be having issues a lot more when it is on and not under these specific situations?
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My Z Ultra does exactly the same thing but it does not worry me. Seems to be a software glitch that should be easily fixed.
Mine happens when i am taking calls and i turn the screen on or off. Other times it is random but normally when i have been using the device for a period and then turn the screen on and off quickly after using it.
But yeah, i do not think it is an issue to worry about. If it was serious, surely the screen would be having issues a lot more when it is on and not under these specific situations?
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If it's a software problem how is it possible that during the first week the phone worked fine?, even after a factory reset the problem will still be there, that means (to me at least) that a hardware issue develop during use for the first week and now it cannot be recovered
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If it's a software problem how is it possible that during the first week the phone worked fine?, even after a factory reset the problem will still be there, that means (to me at least) that a hardware issue develop during use for the first week and now it cannot be recovered
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seems to me like the screen is not getting enough power for the first couple of seconds
douse this problem also happen if u disable stamina mode :?
dragnar said:
seems to me like the screen is not getting enough power for the first couple of seconds
douse this problem also happen if u disable stamina mode :?
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I've tried both scenarios Stamin ON and OFF, same result no difference
So far the new update looks to have fix the curtain
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2 days ago I left my ZU on charge all night and today updated to firmware 14.1.B.0.475 and touch wood no more screen issues, and finally my cover arrived just need the sbh-52 and dock and I am all good.
Do a factory reset with full wipe!!!
For make sure you totally wiped that garbage bro
So recently my z ultra has been acting up there's a single black line that flickers across the screen at time and then the screen turns sort of white and whatever image is on the screen at the time of this happening stays there if you scroll to another home screen or open an app it eventually goes away if you turn the screen on and off multiple times but then it happens again sooner or later......i will upload pics or a video later to give you guys a better idea on what im talking about
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So recently my z ultra has been acting up there's a single black line that flickers across the screen at time and then the screen turns sort of white and whatever image is on the screen at the time of this happening stays there if you scroll to another home screen or open an app it eventually goes away if you turn the screen on and off multiple times but then it happens again sooner or later......i will upload pics or a video later to give you guys a better idea on what im talking about
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Go to phone > *#*#7378423#*#* > Service test > Display
If the screen is not all white then you have LCD problem.
If all white that's mean your LCD is good,maybe try flash another ROM or factory reset.
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Sounds like you're having the same problem as me. You only have a single line though, while 2/3 of my display is like this. Mine gets like this whenever it's a little under room temperature, and it's a hardware defect according to Sony.
Post some pictures though. It could be software related (if you're lucky).
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My XZU has this 1x1 cms 'purple cloud' at top mid center of screen all the time. I see it at the phone boot animation also. Its not captured on screen. So I guess its an LCD burn mark
Its visible only at medium and high brightness on a black background. Not on white background.
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So recently my z ultra has been acting up there's a single black line that flickers across the screen at time and then the screen turns sort of white and whatever image is on the screen at the time of this happening stays there if you scroll to another home screen or open an app it eventually goes away if you turn the screen on and off multiple times but then it happens again sooner or later......i will upload pics or a video later to give you guys a better idea on what im talking about
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http://youtu.be/iFnjwzcNcX4
I did a factory reset twice ...and its running the stock rom
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Sounds like you're having the same problem as me. You only have a single line though, while 2/3 of my display is like this. Mine gets like this whenever it's a little under room temperature, and it's a hardware defect according to Sony.
Post some pictures though. It could be software related (if you're lucky).
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It does happen when the phone gets a little cold so maybe we have the same problem
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It does happen when the phone gets a little cold so maybe we have the same problem
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Just checked out your video, and i'm having this issue too. That's called "ghosting", and that means that the response time of the screen has gone to hell. The issue gets triggered on mine when the temperature drops a little.
Try this:
- Is it functioning normally in room temperature? If yes, put the phone in your refrigerator for 2-3 minutes and see if it's still functioning properly. If not, well.. then you're having the same issue as me, and i've talked to Sony, and it's a hardware defect and you'll have to use your warrenty and get a new screen. I sent mine in for repairs today, so i'm crossing my fingers.
IF you decide to send it in for repairs, remember to call them and ask them to do whatever triggers the issue, or else they'll simply re-flash the firmware and call it a day. That's what happened to me the first time, and you don't want that to happen
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Just checked out your video, and i'm having this issue too. That's called "ghosting", and that means that the response time of the screen has gone to hell. The issue gets triggered on mine when the temperature drops a little.
Try this:
- Is it functioning normally in room temperature? If yes, put the phone in your refrigerator for 2-3 minutes and see if it's still functioning properly. If not, well.. then you're having the same issue as me, and i've talked to Sony, and it's a hardware defect and you'll have to use your warrenty and get a new screen. I sent mine in for repairs today, so i'm crossing my fingers.
IF you decide to send it in for repairs, remember to call them and ask them to do whatever triggers the issue, or else they'll simply re-flash the firmware and call it a day. That's what happened to me the first time, and you don't want that to happen
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It was working fine then I put it in the fridge for two minutes and it started malfunctioning as soon as I took it out like you said it would
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It was working fine then I put it in the fridge for two minutes and it started malfunctioning as soon as I took it out like you said it would
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Alright, so it's the same issues as i have, and it's a production error according to Sony, so you'll have to send it in for repair. This is strangly enough only the second case where this happens, that i've read or heard about (including my own Ultra), so it doesn't seem to be that big of an issue. It could simply be an issue on a batch of Ultras that we got. It's a really strange defect though.
Alright, so I got my Ultra back yesterday with a new screen, and the problem is solved. I tested it by leaving it in my refrigerator for about 5 minutes, and there were no signs of slowdowns or other defects, so that's the way to go
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