Hi,
My father got a Samsung Galaxy Ace, and with the stock Vodafone ROM, in the bottom left it was all red. I thought it was some weird branding, so I put on CM7, and its still there. This is after a complete wipe and flash!!
Also, when I boot, its not there, however, on boot there is a blue on in the top right!!!
So the chain of events:
Turn on - blue corner in top left
Android splash screen - nothing in any corner
CM7 boot up animation - nothing in any corner
Launcher loads - Red corner in bottom left
I've attached a screenshot. Can anyone tell me if this is some sort of software thing or maybe a hardware issue?
Thanks.
The blue triangle at the top left is normal.. I have never encountered the red Triangle at the bottom..
Maybe you phone have simlock?
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Yes, it is simlocked, but why would having a simlock create a red corner?
eoinzy said:
Yes, it is simlocked, but why would having a simlock create a red corner?
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try to flash other rom and look if its there if not fpash stock rom and return to smasmsung
herpderp © aint got money to pay to my fish
Well it was on stock rom then I flashed a custom rom on top of it. So it was there on 2 roms.
It's not there on boot or when I open any apps. Just on the launcher.
try otyher launchers and show more pictures etc
herpderp © aint got money to pay to my fish
FYI, my brother got the same phone yesterday and it has the same red corner.
I believe it must be something that the provider puts in, for some reason...
Maybe due to simlock. Or it maybe a regional issue
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Hi just bought my sgs2 few days ago and installed my first custom r roms, some of it come with nice crt off animation and all of them on my phone don't look as should, so I start to worry about my device.
When I press the power button in standard behaviour of this animation screen getting plain white colour for a moment and than is covered by a black bars from all four sides but in my phone the white background is full of some rubbish black/white dots and lines as typical memory bug or something with gpu, there is no other problems with this phone. I have tried many times with different roms, formatted cache and data, dalvik and all what possible but with no results.
Any of you noticed something like that? My phone is still under warranty or even can exchange it in shop for new one if broken but this animation is not included in any stock rom so no option to explain in shop what actually is wrong.
Or maybe this is a normal behaviour in this phone?
Another thing if I trying to get back to any of 2.3.3 stock rom I finishing with bootloop every time.
Thanks for all help
Obecny said:
Hi just bought my sgs2 few days ago and installed my first custom r roms, some of it come with nice crt off animation and all of them on my phone don't look as should, so I start to worry about my device.
When I press the power button in standard behaviour of this animation screen getting plain white colour for a moment and than is covered by a black bars from all four sides but in my phone the white background is full of some rubbish black/white dots and lines as typical memory bug or something with gpu, there is no other problems with this phone. I have tried many times with different roms, formatted cache and data, dalvik and all what possible but with no results.
Any of you noticed something like that? My phone is still under warranty or even can exchange it in shop for new one if broken but this animation is not included in any stock rom so no option to explain in shop what actually is wrong.
Or maybe this is a normal behaviour in this phone?
Another thing if I trying to get back to any of 2.3.3 stock rom I finishing with bootloop every time.
Thanks for all help
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crt animation has been messed up from day 1, reboot fixes it, but it will come back in time.
designgears said:
crt animation has been messed up from day 1, reboot fixes it, but it will come back in time.
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You right, it coming back soon as I type my pin number, before pin is alright.thanks
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Obecny said:
My phone is still under warranty or even can exchange it in shop for new one if broken but this animation is not included in any stock rom
As you void warranty by rooting and or custom rom you would need to restore to original or at least stock firmware and reset the custom rom counter to zero via usb jig .
jje
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When in airplane mode it works correctly. Everyone has this problem, I really dont understand why rom devs put the effect in because it looks horrible.
Even in airplane mode it does not look like it should, its all white. But it is supposed to look like your screen distorting to red green and blue and then stretch out to the sides.
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designgears said:
crt animation has been messed up from day 1, reboot fixes it, but it will come back in time.
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oh so no point to flash screeenOff animation because is lagg, and only reboot can fix, but it will come back in time?
I was think is only me like that !!! !!
OK so I agree with:
"I really dont understand why rom devs put the effect in because it looks horrible"
Heya
I've been searching around and havn't found any issues like this
But granted it's hard to describe and thus hard to search for
My Galaxy S2 is new (A few weeks) yet since new has had this issue. When powering the screen on (Lockscreen) the screen displays a white vertical line just left of the middle of the screen before powering on.
This line is NOT visible at all at any other time. Ran some screen tests without any evidence. Seems only to occur before unlocking
I have compared it side-by-side with my brothers Galaxy S2 so I know this isn't normal
Occasionally it will power-on normally but this is quite rare.
Had this issue from Stock, moved from rom to rom without change
Is this something to worry about? Could this be a sign of a failing screen, lose cable, crappy connection etc?
Is it worth sending it back under warranty?
The last thing I want it to do is to fail after the warranty expires
Cheers!
Azurren said:
Heya
I've been searching around and havn't found any issues like this
But granted it's hard to describe and thus hard to search for
My Galaxy S2 is new (A few weeks) yet since new has had this issue. When powering the screen on (Lockscreen) the screen displays a white vertical line just left of the middle of the screen before powering on.
This line is NOT visible at all at any other time. Ran some screen tests without any evidence. Seems only to occur before unlocking
I have compared it side-by-side with my brothers Galaxy S2 so I know this isn't normal
Occasionally it will power-on normally but this is quite rare.
Had this issue from Stock, moved from rom to rom without change
Is this something to worry about? Could this be a sign of a failing screen, lose cable, crappy connection etc?
Is it worth sending it back under warranty?
The last thing I want it to do is to fail after the warranty expires
Cheers!
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Sorry buddy, but It's really no prob.
It's an effect called CTR-animation (on or off)
This is an effect from an old TV turning on oder off.
So the display get crashed on a small line and goes off (CTR-off) or the display build up from white line (CTR-on)
If u using a Rom, just check ur apps for JKAY Deluxe... That's the app which manage such things.
There u can search for the two effects and turn on or off.
CHEERS ;-)
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Heh thanks for your input
But it doesn't look anything like the CRT animations, nor is it pretty and well animated (And its a vertical, non-centred line. not a horizontal one
Also this was still present on the stock Samsung Rom
Azurren said:
Heh thanks for your input
But it doesn't look anything like the CRT animations, nor is it pretty and well animated (And its a vertical, non-centred line. not a horizontal one
Also this was still present on the stock Samsung Rom
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Oh... Then sorry buddy.
Hmm if also on stock u maybe should think about using ur guarantee (flashing on original back first, for sure).
That's really strange.
CHEERS ;-)
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Ahhh well, was hoping I wasn't going to have to go down the warranty line
So, directly to samsung or through Mobiles.co.uk?
In the UK the seller is responsible for the warranty .
But you can go direct to Samsung .
Root or custom rom will void warranty restore to stock and reset custom rom counter .
jje
JJEgan said:
In the UK the seller is responsible for the warranty .
But you can go direct to Samsung .
Root or custom rom will void warranty restore to stock and reset custom rom counter .
jje
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Cheers guys..
Guess I'm going to be without a phone for a while
Ok guys here's my situation. I purchased a brand new galaxy s2 (at&t) about 3 months ago (craigslist) and an issue has recently popped up. When I press the power button to turn on the lockscreen, a white line very briefly flashes down the screen. This doesn't happen at any other point at all, only when i turn to the lockscreen. I contacted samsung about it and they told me to take it to an At&T store to get it checked out. The problem is i purchased this from craigslist so I am not the original owner and I do not have the original receipt. There's no way AT&T is going to replace my phone then, right? what do i do?? any help would be appreciated.
Just let them know that you bought it on craigslist I'm sure as long as it wasn't reported stolen they should do something for you. Tho you might have to pay
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Same kind of thing happened to me when I was on Verizon (so take this with a grain of salt), I traded my DroidX2 for a Thunderbolt. When I activated, Verizon informed me, I would retain the balance of the original warranty. AT&T does not warranty your phone, nor do they repair it, they act as an agent for Samsung in this regard. You should be able to find out when the phone was purchased from Samsung and you'd have 1 years warranty from that date.
If not, do you have insurance? Do you have a receipt from whomever you bought it from? The warranty is applied to the device not the owner usually, it should be transferable, although the laws on this would vary from state to state.
it still has the 1 year warranty but i don't have the original receipt nor is at&t my service provider. I unlocked the phone to work on another carrier. So if i were to walk in to an AT&T store would they replace it on the spot?
Call Samsung. I bought a Motorola Atrix from some girl on Craigslist. It ended up breaking a week later. I called Motorola and they said it was still covered under the one year warranty and told me to send it in. I got it a few weeks later working fine.
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Momar99 said:
Ok guys here's my situation. I purchased a brand new galaxy s2 (at&t) about 3 months ago (craigslist) and an issue has recently popped up. When I press the power button to turn on the lockscreen, a white line very briefly flashes down the screen. This doesn't happen at any other point at all, only when i turn to the lockscreen. . . .
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The problem you mention. . .you didn't happen to flash or install something that uses CRT animation did you? My phone does the same thing (horizontal line flash, middle of the screen) but it's built into the ROM. My apologies if you know the difference between the animation and a glitch. Just checking.
That sounds exactly like crt animation to me..
Assuming that isn't it, simply call Samsung USA. They will want the imei number to verify its not stolen and in warranty.
They will then email you a ups shipping label and rma info free of charge. Send it to Texas and you should see it back in 5-7 days.
They don't care if you are the original owner or not, just that it has a good imei.
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i don't know what crt animation is but i know that its a hardware issue because it happens even on the stock rom.
Momar99 said:
i don't know what crt animation is but i know that its a hardware issue because it happens even on the stock rom.
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Are you absolutely certain you're completely stock? Maybe the previous owner was on stock rooted?
that might be it... what is crt anyway? how do i get rid of the line?
Momar99 said:
that might be it... what is crt anyway? how do i get rid of the line?
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CRT = Cathode Ray Tube. Old television. The CRT animation others are talking about is the emulation of the slow screen shutdown that ended with a white line across the middle of the screen that flicked off.
Where is the line your talking about, is it across the narrow part of the screen or along the long axis?
You can also check your phone under settings>About Phone> Build Number: See what is says. Also check your settings for an app called SU or SuperSU, that indicate superuser and root.
Wink
CRT animation is a feature on some phone that makes the display "flash" like an old-timey CRT monitor when you turn it on or off. It can be enabled on rooted Galaxy S2s.
First off, let's figure out if you're rooted or not. Do you have either the SuperUser app or the SuperSU app in your app drawer?
EDIT: Dang, beat me to it...
Winklie said:
CRT = Cathode Ray Tube. Old television. The CRT animation others are talking about is the emulation of the slow screen shutdown that ended with a white line across the middle of the screen that flicked off.
Where is the line your talking about, is it across the narrow part of the screen or along the long axis?
You can also check your phone under settings>About Phone> Build Number: See what is says. Also check your settings for an app called SU or SuperSU, that indicate superuser and root.
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ohhh i knew what that was... i just didn't know its called crt. The white line flashes from the top of the phone to bottom of the phone when i TURN ON the lockscreen, not turn it off. so it's not crt... correct?
Momar99 said:
ohhh i knew what that was... i just didn't know its called crt. The white line flashes from the top of the phone to bottom of the phone when i TURN ON the lockscreen, not turn it off. so it's not crt... correct?
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Top to bottom?? It's not any CRT animation that I've ever seen...
ok thanks. that's what i thought. crt doesn't even have animation for turning the lockscreen ON. so it definitely has to be a hardware issue. I'll call AT&T, thanks.
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crt doesn't even have animation for turning the lockscreen ON.
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Yes it does. There is a CRT On animation and a CRT Off animation.
not on the aokp rom
CRT is the effect of old school TVs. When you turn the screen off, closes up into a horizontal line in the center of the screen for like half a second.
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Sorry I was way late.
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Yes it does. There is a CRT On animation and a CRT Off animation.
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This.
And the on animation is usually vertical vs the horizontal off animation.
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I just bought a new Mega 6.3 after dropping my old one and breaking it beyond a feasible repair cost. But even though it's SIM unlocked, it came with a nasty ugly splash screen of a stupid carrier instead of the simple one that should be the simple black background with white letters that says "Samsung Galaxy Mega i9205" like I had before (.. just to be clear, I'm talking about the screen that immediately comes up when the phone is turned on, before the boot-up animation).
This splash screen NOT in the ROM itself (that I already flashed into a custom one and the splash screen remained). This needs be flashed separately. Anyone knows how to flash this screen to get rid of it or replace it with the Samsung stock one or something else? Thanks much
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I just bought a new Mega 6.3 after dropping my old one and breaking it beyond a feasible repair cost. But even though it's SIM unlocked, it came with a nasty ugly splash screen of a stupid carrier instead of the simple one that should be the simple black background with white letters that says "Samsung Galaxy Mega i9205" like I had before (.. just to be clear, I'm talking about the screen that immediately comes up when the phone is turned on, before the boot-up animation).
This splash screen NOT in the ROM itself (that I already flashed into a custom one and the splash screen remained). This needs be flashed separately. Anyone knows how to flash this screen to get rid of it or replace it with the Samsung stock one or something else? Thanks much
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I believe that is with the Kernal
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I believe that is with the Kernal
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It's not, nothing to do with kernel. I flashed a custom kernel on my Mega, on top of a custom ROM and didn't affect the splash screen.. in fact I think maybe part of the bootloader..
That is odd... Was the custom kernel a modified stock kernel?
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That is odd... Was the custom kernel a modified stock kernel?
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Yes, over clocking Kernel for the Mega running 4.2.2.. has nothing to do with the kernel..
video of whats happening on boot
i cant post hyperlinks as i am a new user so h ttp://youtu.be/FiAOk02Vybk
there is a space on the h in http just to highlight
it goes on to have the bottom led keys working and the top color led works too i heard a notification from it so i think its a software issue
i can boot it into the downloading mode by pressing power+volume down+ home key and the whole screen works
I haven't rooted or done anything at all to my phone a week or so ago i had it in a dry box which had water in it somehow anyway 1 week on rice it seems fine but this is happening
Please help
Waden18 said:
video of whats happening on boot
i cant post hyperlinks as i am a new user so h ttp://youtu.be/FiAOk02Vybk
there is a space on the h in http just to highlight
it goes on to have the bottom led keys working and the top color led works too i heard a notification from it so i think its a software issue
i can boot it into the downloading mode by pressing power+volume down+ home key and the whole screen works
I haven't rooted or done anything at all to my phone a week or so ago i had it in a dry box which had water in it somehow anyway 1 week on rice it seems fine but this is happening
Please help
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Looks like water damage for sure.. does the screen do that at all when it is completely booted?
I have personally never seen a boot animation do that from a software standpoint..actually I take that back..I have but it has failed to boot..this while porting from and different device with different screen resolution
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Looks like water damage for sure.. does the screen do that at all when it is completely booted?
I have personally never seen a boot animation do that from a software standpoint..actually I take that back..I have but it has failed to boot..this while porting from and different device with different screen resolution
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so you think just the water? but i can get it to the download screen fine so that makes me think it its a software thing, also when it is completely booted it has just a black screen nothing on it the touch keys on the bottom still work along with the top led and i randomly heard a notification from it also makes me think some weird software thing as i can make the display work in the download mode
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so you think just the water? but i can get it to the download screen fine so that makes me think it its a software thing, also when it is completely booted it has just a black screen nothing on it the touch keys on the bottom still work along with the top led and i randomly heard a notification from it also makes me think some weird software thing as i can make the display work in the download mode
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Hmm.. yea that would not make sense. I would try to Odin flash a stock img. You can find the thread in General section on how to restore to stock
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Hmm.. yea that would not make sense. I would try to Odin flash a stock img. You can find the thread in General section on how to restore to stock
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Thank you so much for helping man
also do you think that would mess with a warranty or something with Verizon?
Waden18 said:
Thank you so much for helping man
also do you think that would mess with a warranty or something with Verizon?
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No. If you Odin a stock img like for instance MC3, which is the official Verizon release, it will not. You only mess with the warranty when rooting your phone.
Did you take the 4.4.2 OTA? If so then you need to use that instead. If you don't have it I can provide a link