Screen keeps acting like its touched, without touching!!! - Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

From time to time, or from hour to hour, The lower part of my screen keeps acting like Im touching it by itself, its like the "enter" key keeps pressing, zooming in/out in browser/gallery, selecting tweets in Twitter, etc...all alone!!
I tried rebooting, recalibrating, reflashing..
Another thing, after going out from airconditioned area to none, the screen stops responding for a while, then its ok, but i think its a humidity/heat thing??
Any ideas whats going on? Any tips??
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Mazensahlieh said:
From time to time, or from hour to hour, The lower part of my screen keeps acting like Im touching it by itself, its like the "enter" key keeps pressing, zooming in/out in browser/gallery, selecting tweets in Twitter, etc...all alone!!
I tried rebooting, recalibrating, reflashing..
Another thing, after going out from airconditioned area to none, the screen stops responding for a while, then its ok, but i think its a humidity/heat thing??
Any ideas whats going on? Any tips??
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try putting the phone inside pouch or leather case... something similar... and put screen protector first...

deysmacro said:
try putting the phone inside pouch or leather case... something similar... and put screen protector first...
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I'm using the Impact case, but i dont use a protector, ill try the protector came with the case anyways, but i cant have it until returning to my apartment in my university's city..and no stores in my hole country sell any streak/accessories, no ebay/amazone shipping too
it gets really annoying sometimes, like its taking about 5 mnts to write this respond !!! (Enter , capitalize, z, x, smiley, enter X5, num.& symbols...)all by itself
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Mazensahlieh said:
I'm using the Impact case, but i dont use a protector, ill try the protector came with the case anyways, but i cant have it until returning to my apartment in my university's city..and no stores in my hole country sell any streak/accessories, no ebay/amazone shipping too
it gets really annoying sometimes, like its taking about 5 mnts to write this respond !!! (Enter , capitalize, z, x, smiley, enter X5, num.& symbols...)all by itself
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if you can .. try to use matte type screen protector

Mazensahlieh said:
From time to time, or from hour to hour, The lower part of my screen keeps acting like Im touching it by itself, its like the "enter" key keeps pressing, zooming in/out in browser/gallery, selecting tweets in Twitter, etc...all alone!!
I tried rebooting, recalibrating, reflashing..
Another thing, after going out from airconditioned area to none, the screen stops responding for a while, then its ok, but i think its a humidity/heat thing??
Any ideas whats going on? Any tips??
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LCD is starting to bleed. Start looking for a replacement
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My return key works like home screen key and home screen key works as return key. Volume up is working like volume down and volume down is working like volume up. (After upgrading to jelly bean)
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ashiksiles said:
My return key works like home screen key and home screen key works as return key. Volume up is working like volume down and volume down is working like volume up. (After upgrading to jelly bean)
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not relevant because streak have no jb yet ... lol

deysmacro said:
if you can .. try to use matte type screen protector
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I'll buy a galaxy note matte protector and try it, thanx for the advise
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cdzo72 said:
LCD is starting to bleed. Start looking for a replacement
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Thats the answer i wasnt hoping for
Maybe removing the screen and resetting it again in its place will help?
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Mazensahlieh said:
I'll buy a galaxy note matte protector and try it, thanx for the advise
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there is matte protector for streak you know... i use that one..
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Mazensahlieh said:
Thats the answer i wasnt hoping for
Maybe removing the screen and resetting it again in its place will help?
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try to use the protector first.. hopefully you dont need to replace the lcd...

Have you tried a screen calibration yet?

I don't know how dell's screen calibration works (it should detect the background electromagnetic fields, if I'm not mistaken, so it can filter them out and register only actual touches) but it doesn't seem to work or the screen is overly sensitive by nature (hence the advice for pocket storage that I haven't seen for other capacitive touch phones). My phone, for example, actually registers some touches when I haven't even touched the screen yet and my finger is still about 1cm above the screen. While it's not as bad as the op's problem, it's still strange, like it reads my mind, and more importantly screen calibration doesn't solve it.
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deysmacro said:
there is matte protector for streak you know... i use that one..
No Streaks and no Streak's accessories in my country at all, but lots of iPhones, Galaxies, Sonies, HTCs >_<..so i think ill buy a Note's protector and cut it so it match my screen
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tenorntex said:
Have you tried a screen calibration yet?
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I did..it didnt work
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Mazensahlieh said:
From time to time, or from hour to hour, The lower part of my screen keeps acting like Im touching it by itself, its like the "enter" key keeps pressing, zooming in/out in browser/gallery, selecting tweets in Twitter, etc...all alone!!
I tried rebooting, recalibrating, reflashing..
Another thing, after going out from airconditioned area to none, the screen stops responding for a while, then its ok, but i think its a humidity/heat thing??
Any ideas whats going on? Any tips??
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Olways put ur dell streak insyd ur pocket vd its screen facing up and not to d body..
As u know dat dell streak has touchscreen which only works through body friction..
So whn u keep it insyd ur pocket vd d screen facing ur body its touch calibration is disturbed..
So switch off ur phone..
Go to recovery mode.. by pressing both d volume buttons n d power button..
N in d menu u'll find screen calibration..
Select it..
N ur touch vl b back to normal as new..
:thumbup:
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Vibrant home button leakage

I've been searching on google and on here and can't seem to find a thread on it.
My home button led seems to leak half way into my display when i'm viewing a black screen.
The screen would display a black image and having the buttons on makes the home button leak on the screen
It is really annoying... Anyone else have this issue? it looks like a lightsaber on my phone...
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Given where you sent this message from, I think you may be in the wrong forum.
If not, I can't say I've had such an issue, but apart from using a mod to turn off the LEDs for good, there's probably not much you can do.
i'm using my hd2 because I just got my vibrant from Samsung for a screen replacement....
No one has a problem if the led from home leaking?
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i'm using my hd2 because I just got my vibrant from Samsung for a screen replacement....
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kaintfm said:
I think you just answered your own question
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haha thats what everyone would think but it had this problem before i even sent it out
thanks for your help!
Exact same problem with the home key, gradually learnt to live with it
How bad is yours? I just need to feel better about it lol
My gf is not as bad as mine
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In complete darkness it gets to about half of the screen. In normal light its not as bad.
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Yea I have the same problem, My gfs doesnt. I think its a factory defect when they are putting it together. One little pinhole in the paint that seperates the softkeys from the rest of the screen and boom, you have led glare half way up the screen.
I had 3 vibrants replaced an they all had same problem but I dont care buttons are off most of the time
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I have this problem but it's very minor. I barely see it when dark. Do they just give you a new vibrant for replacement? Were you able to force them to let you do like an upgrade to a better phone or something?
no they replaced the chrome bezel and the housing + the display and glass...
It's practically new now..
Jasonhunterx said:
I had 3 vibrants replaced an they all had same problem but I dont care buttons are off most of the time
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Same exact thing here. The home button leakage is on most(if not all) vibrants. But it's only noticable in near or in pitch dark really. Using 2.2.1 roms turn off the lights while not being used but for some reason, that particular build on whatever rom always decreases sensitivity to the point where going back to used applications(holding home) doesn't work while the processor is being used extensively(800-1ghz) which is REALLY annoying. Anyone else by chance?
Cerv3r said:
no they replaced the chrome bezel and the housing + the display and glass...
It's practically new now..
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Since doing the work it too much, Ilm sure they instead give you a refurbished vibrant and used your old one for parts. In other words, Samsung didn't repair anything for yours but gave you another vibrant(which could be using parts from various sources).
It's the same imei and the same way the home button leaks... I also have a minor scratch on the camera which mine still has
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[Q] Is there a slight delay when swiping on a screen?

For example, when I'm switching from home screens, the instant I press on the screen and start swiping, it takes about half a second to move. Is that normal? I'm using a thin screen protector, could that be the problem, if there is any.
the protectors r not a prblm,,but android was designed for buttuns not touch..long back many articles were rised on this...the lag is there in every roms..the ios is thts y very diff frm android as once said by google team in their code work area...the diff were raised by a google architec i think long bak too...but iam used to it an i got many droids an i feel the sgs2 is pretty fast an frankly out of the box i dint notice any lag....(((the post here is is no way to harm any ios or droid users)))
rocky23 said:
,but android was designed for buttuns not touch..long back many articles were rised on this...the lag is there in every roms......(((the post here is is no way to harm any ios or droid users)))
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What bull is this rocky?
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Sepharite said:
For example, when I'm switching from home screens, the instant I press on the screen and start swiping, it takes about half a second to move. Is that normal? I'm using a thin screen protector, could that be the problem, if there is any.
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No its not normal, what ROM are you using?
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I just updated the kernel and it now runs fine now. Thanks all.
atifsh said:
What bull is this rocky?
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It's clearly nonsense. At least, what I can decipher from it.

S-Pen Near Screen

When I'm trying to draw or write on my note, when I go to use it, it draws when i get within two inches or so of the screen....
So my regular, non-cursive, writing looks like crap. Bad.
How can I turn that functionality off, or turn sensitivity down?
***Tap the S-Pen on something hard, and see if there is a difference. Took me three tries.
I'm pretty sure that is not a feature, and is a defect either in the software or unfortunately the hardware. You might need a new S Pen to fix the problem the right way.
There's a youtube video out there on how to "fix" this issue, but what it really does is reduce the sensitivity of the pen to the screen and you probably lose some serious pressure levels when applying this fix. Sorry no link, but I would advise trying your S Pen on the verizon floor model and see if it does the same thing to that one. Then you can feel fairly certain you need a replacement pen.
baker954 said:
When I'm trying to draw or write on my note, when I go to use it, it draws when i get within two inches or so of the screen....
So my regular, non-cursive, writing looks like crap. Bad.
How can I turn that functionality off, or turn sensitivity down?
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That happened to mine when I first got the phone and I read a lot of forums saying to just tap the spen on something hard so I tried it and it worked and hasn't happened again
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timmyd463229 said:
That happened to mine when I first got the phone and I read a lot of forums saying to just tap the spen on something hard so I tried it and it worked and hasn't happened again
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HAHAHA!!!!
Well that just WORKED.
Definitely an S-Pen and not phone hardware issue.
Thanks!!!! XDA is da bomb!
timmyd463229 said:
That happened to mine when I first got the phone and I read a lot of forums saying to just tap the spen on something hard so I tried it and it worked and hasn't happened again
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baker954 said:
HAHAHA!!!!
Well that just WORKED.
Definitely an S-Pen and not phone hardware issue.
Thanks!!!! XDA is da bomb!
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Excellent news, glad to hear this. Will remember for future reference. Thanks timmyd.
had the exact same problem...
S-Pen Fix
timmyd463229 said:
That happened to mine when I first got the phone and I read a lot of forums saying to just tap the spen on something hard so I tried it and it worked and hasn't happened again
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Worked for me as well!! Who says banging on electronics never fixes anything.
nlambson said:
Worked for me as well!! Who says banging on electronics never fixes anything.
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Just brought back memories of my og Nintendo
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Is the tip of your s pen flat or rounded
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Mine is rounded.
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xxxxmarkxxx said:
Is the tip of your s pen flat or rounded
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I was thinking the same thing... if the pen is dropped and the tip is pushed back in to the pressure sensor then it would be 'active' all the time and the hover feature would be interrupted by the phone like touching the screen. A flat tip would be a good indication of that being the case.
Gottoon
timmyd463229 said:
That happened to mine when I first got the phone and I read a lot of forums saying to just tap the spen on something hard so I tried it and it worked and hasn't happened again
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Woa! Confirmed! :good: Just tap it flat on a table and it's like new again. :laugh:
yeah that happened to me too briefly. the pen nib is stuck down so it thinks it's touching the screen when it gets in range of the screen
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I've read that this happens when you use your finger to touch the s-pen tip/point.
I had the same problem on my s-pen too. But yea, the tapping on a hard surface seems to work.
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baker954 said:
When I'm trying to draw or write on my note, when I go to use it, it draws when i get within two inches or so of the screen....
So my regular, non-cursive, writing looks like crap. Bad.
How can I turn that functionality off, or turn sensitivity down?
***Tap the S-Pen on something hard, and see if there is a difference. Took me three tries.
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check to see if the tip of the s pen is pressed in as it would be if you were touching the screen. It is a physical button that pushes in while writing.

[Q] Touchscreen OFF + Screen ON

Is there a mod allowing (with a button combination) to disable completely the touchscreen while leaving the screen on?
When I show a picture around, if anybody grabs my phone, 99% of the times they end up touching the screen (especially if they are not familiar with the SGS3 thin borders) messing up the display.
***** slap anyone who grabs the phone.. Problem sorted
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NatTheCat said:
***** slap anyone who grabs the phone.. Problem sorted
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Depending on the nature of the picture, sometimes they grab it anyway...
Haha well that's different, get it sorted. I'm sure there is a way just not sure
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[Q] Trouble with the home button?

Picked my One up today to replace my freshly broken Nexus 4. So far so good, but this home "button" registers about one out of five presses. Anyone else seeing this behavior? The back button works fine every time.
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Got a screen protector on it?
The sensitivity is a bit low for it to register perfectly. Happens on mine.
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I sure do! I guess I will try peeling it back and see if it helps.
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I have no screen protector and my home button doesn't register often either. Also when trying to touch places in the standard browser it doesn't register immediately. Starting to think there's a defect in screen or software.
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I'm having the sane issues it does it with the back button as well. Did it before I put the screen protector on it. It doesn't help that they sit so close to the screen. When I start tapping frantically trying to make it work I end up pressing whatever is right above it on the screen. Thinking about returning it to try another but if it's a common problem I don't want to waste my time. It's not too bad usually at least one of the two buttons will register if the other one won't
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Diesel321 said:
I'm having the sane issues it does it with the back button as well. Did it before I put the screen protector on it. It doesn't help that they sit so close to the screen. When I start tapping frantically trying to make it work I end up pressing whatever is right above it on the screen. Thinking about returning it to try another but if it's a common problem I don't want to waste my time. It's not too bad usually at least one of the two buttons will register if the other one won't
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Yeah it's my back button as well, I thought about replacing. It seems that quite a few people are having the issue. I don't know should I try and replace or if it's a software issue.
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I know I just put the screen protector on along with a carbon fiber skin. The idea of having to go and deal with the people at AT&T alone makes me want to just deal with it. Also afraid I'll just get another one
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Diesel321 said:
I know I just put the screen protector on along with a carbon fiber skin. The idea of having to go and deal with the people at AT&T alone makes me want to just deal with it. Also afraid I'll just get another one
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I agree, if the issue is only on our variant then it could be software or hardware. I have no idea what to do.
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godfirst said:
I agree, if the issue is only on our variant then it could be software or hardware. I have no idea what to do.
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Me neither. I suppose deal with it and wait to see how common it is and if any dev can fix it. I'm waiting to unlock and root anyway
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I had the same issue on my device. It took three swaps to figure out it wasn't the phone but, the Zagg HD screen protector I had on it. Once I took it off, everything started behaving as intended,
I noticed last night that my Zagg screen protector still had some water bubbles (very tiny ones) near the home button. So today after another night the bubbles are gone and the home button works well enough I can assign a double tap short cut.
Never had any issues with the back button, just for reference.
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Noticed the issue as well. Saw it mentioned in a recent review of the phone. You have to be really precise because the buttons are so small.
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dxwilliams40 said:
Noticed the issue as well. Saw it mentioned in a recent review of the phone. You have to be really precise because the buttons are so small.
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Precise isn't the word lol. I hope a software update will fix it completely
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abisai said:
I had the same issue on my device. It took three swaps to figure out it wasn't the phone but, the Zagg HD screen protector I had on it. Once I took it off, everything started behaving as intended,
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I'm almost 100% sure it has to do with the screen protector.
I was using an Otterbox Defender case which has the screen protector with the soft keys uncovered. I was using the phone without a hitch. But this morning I decided to use a different screen protector other than the one provided by Otterbox and that screen protector covers the soft keys.
Now I'm having issues with the sensitivity of the soft keys.
Somehow covering the soft keys with the screen protector affects the sensitivity level of the soft keys. I'm thinking of uncovering the soft keys just to finally confirmed that, that is the problem.
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Same problem on Sprint variant. I went to the store and the display model also had same problem. Neither had a screen protector.
This is either a widespread hardware defect or a widespread software problem.
Some have said the latest update to the Taiwan variant fixed it.
RE: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2245637
I have had the issue as well and I believe it's software, rather than hardware. If my back button freezes and I turn the screen off and then back on, it works fine. It only seems to do it when I "overload" the back button in an app that needs it a lot, like this one.
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