Sometimes when i press the power button on the side of my phone my phone will not fire up. I see the screen really vague. I need to press the button sometimes more them 10 times in order to get my phone working. It looks like the backlite is not working good. It is starting to piss me off.
Anyone else experiencing the same kind of problem?
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rickxbox said:
Sometimes when i press the power button on the side of my phone my phone will not fire up. I see the screen really vague. I need to press the button sometimes more them 10 times in order to get my phone working. It looks like the backlite is not working good. It is starting to piss me off.
Anyone else experiencing the same kind of problem?
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Hey,
Sorry to say I don't know the answer to your question, but there is one thing I'd like to share with you. Samsung OLED displays don't have backlite. So it can't be broken either. Good luck finding a solution!
Stock rom = sent it back
Flash stock, if still not working, triangle away, Send it back..
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I can sent it back but i dont want to miss my phone for some weeks if i can fix it myself. Then i have to go back to my S1
So you want a defective phone? Even if you fix it, you still have a defective phone. Get it sent back to the store or Samsung.. Surely you can live without it for the benefit of the time it comes to sell the device.
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Are you sure you are on the most current official ROM? (This would be, starting today, Jellybean in a few countries)
Some old offical ROM's sometimes had the issue and it was annodying as hell. I have not seen it since switching to leaked Jellybean builds.
As the previous poster already said; there is no backlight so you should not be able to see anything. Maybe your eyes are playing tticks on you or you got some app such as ScreenFilter to act up.
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Hey, I recently got this phone, and I must say its impressive. It runs so well and a great phone all-around. However lately when I go into department stores or even large buildings, the phone has no signal.
However when this occurs and the phone goes on standby, I noticed that you can't turn it back on without popping the battery in and out.
Is anybody else having this issue? I've been googling it and I can't find anything. Is this an android OS issue? A Hardware issue? or its just my phone doing it.
TLDR: No Signal kills phone? Is this common?
No issues here. If I lose signal it comes back on after im in range. Have you tried a factory reset since you had the phone. I did a factory reset when I got my phone and a lot of the issues were fixed.
This sounds like a weird problem. If its not related to an app or something and factory reset doesn't work, I think you should exchange it.
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Actually I would think its a software issue not a phone defect. I have been experiencing the same issue. I'm on my 2nd one and the only way I can prevent it from blacking out like you say is to set it in flight mode. Kinda sucks when you're a cellphone salesman and you pull out your phone to try to sell one then the screen is just black and frozen.
I'd bet money it's all related to the GPS problem. With GPS enabled, and you go somewhere where it cannot get a signal (a weak as it is doing that anyway), GPS enabled apps, especially google maps but others as well, have locked my phone up.
My fix until the fix comes out is to leave GPS turned off except when I specifically want to use it.
I don't its a GPS issue the phone freezes even when the GPS is shut off. I'm willing to bet that the OP is having the same issue and his GPS is off as well.
@ op are you using setcpu app?
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Farrenkip said:
TLDR: No Signal kills phone? Is this common?
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Yes it is common fault throughout the Samsung Galaxy line of phones. Apparently pressing and holding the power button for ten seconds will force the phone to reboot, though I can't confirm this myself as it has never worked for me...
Some people have reported that a new SIM helps, others recommend the NoBars app. Personally I've tried both and neither have helped, leading me to think that this is a yet another hardware/software bug that can only be properly fixed by Samsung. It's perhaps also worth noting that I've had this happen to me 12+ times on two GT-I9000s running stock firmware with zero modifications.
I've entered a building where I work and have lost signal many times and ate lunch for nearly an hour. I just get the no signal image, but never blacked out.
It is true that holding the power/lock button for aprox 10 seconds will force a reboot.
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Yes it is common fault throughout the Samsung Galaxy line of phones. Apparently pressing and holding the power button for ten seconds will force the phone to reboot, though I can't confirm this myself as it has never worked for me...
Some people have reported that a new SIM helps, others recommend the NoBars app. Personally I've tried both and neither have helped, leading me to think that this is a yet another hardware/software bug that can only be properly fixed by Samsung. It's perhaps also worth noting that I've had this happen to me 12+ times on two GT-I9000s running stock firmware with zero modifications.
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ive had the phone freeze a few times due to the gps **** and holding the power button has always rebooted the phone. you might have to hold it longer than 10 seconds depending on how hard the phone has locked up, but it eventually reboots.
Okay reformatting worked and fixed the signal issue. Musta went app happy and installed something that messed it up. Now that I reformatted i was a little more cafeful with what i Installed. However lately now my back and home keys has glitched and every time i push it, it either holds the menu key and goes to search or disables them for like 10 seconds
You must have install something the first time that is making your phone act up. Recommendation master reset your phone is like it come out of the box. That's what is master reset in case u don't know. If that's doesn't work get a new one. I am pretty sure they will change it cuz they did it for me.
Where do I master reset? I did Factory Data reset in the privacy settings. Is that it?
Okay doing a master reset. For those who need to know the combo. I did
Volume up + menu + power
So far this is a fix. Lets see how long it lasts.
Update: Going to take it back tomorrow. This must be a hardware failure.
That's not a master. You do it from the priv section with phone on. You will also have to call samsung if older then 15 days.
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Maybe its the building? blocking the signal
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I've locked the phone on 3G many of times, and when I go home I lose all 3G so the phone is in emergency mode.. sounds like you need to flash the new firmware.
Hey guys.
I've noticed that occasionally Vlingo/Voice control pops up after a single-click of the home button. This happens a couple of times a day.
I was wondering if this could be a hardware or software error. My guess is that it has to be a software error because it happens so rarely and the button itself has quite the travel (I just don't feel it being pressed twice).
My question is has this problem happened to anyone else before? It's kind of driving me crazy.
I'm on stock rooted (with insecure kernel) BOKE3 (Android 2.3.3).
Thank you!
I think it's hardware related. I noticed it in CWM Recovery. Sometimes when i pushed Home once, phone acted like I was pushing it twice.
I have my GS2 for 2 months. It happened to me only twice.
Thanks for the reply. I don't have CWM recovery installed and the couple of times I've been in the stock one I haven't noticed anything. I guess time will tell if it's a hardware or software bug when ICS is finally (officially) released for SGS2.
Happen to me in cwm a couple times too...
Now i use POWER button...just to be sure i dont mess up the Sg2
can somebody fix this problem? it is annoying when I want my phone back to homescreen but the vlingo comes out...
I have the same problem, and it's definetly a hardware issue. My home button have gotten progressively worse, it have now reached a point where it now double clicks several times a day.
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You know, I remembered that it all started when I had the "bright" idea to format the /cache from the stock recovery. I just formatted it to see if it will fix itself. Already the stock launcher's animations are back (I never realized they were gone), hopefully this fixed the problem, otherwise off it goes to Samsung for service.
This happens to me all the time and it drives me crazy... I hate that goddamned thing... `what would you like to do` how about shut the hell up.
I suppose if you root it can be uninstalled
i think i have the solution , will post a video on youtube in few hours.
I had same issue with LPB ICS, then i flashed again, wipe data, cache etc, even deleted battery log/stats, and now everything is perfect..
This is not HW issue afaik..
Same for me. It's especially annoying if you're sitting in a course and the media sound isn't muted.
For me it seems to be a hardware problem, too. Because after I had replaced my S2 it just happend once in 2 month. Before it happend several times a day.
LG WortPixel
I have the same problem too. I used CWM. I think this is software things.
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I have the same problem too. I used CWM. I think this is software things.
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How many times have you encountered it and have you disabled/use Rom without home button double click?
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Factory reset did not do the trick, I still occationally get the damn Vlingo. Maybe I should try installing another factory firmware.
I'm really tempted to just send it in for service.
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Factory reset did not do the trick, I still occationally get the damn Vlingo. Maybe I should try installing another factory firmware.
I'm really tempted to just send it in for service.
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It won't help, I'm confident it's a hardware problem. The best you can do is to flash a rom without the double click feature.
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Do you know if the stock ICS (leaked) roms come with Vlingo or a double-click feature in general?
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I had same issue with LPB ICS, then i flashed again, wipe data, cache etc, even deleted battery log/stats, and now everything is perfect..
This is not HW issue afaik..
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It happens on every Rom I've used.
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Can't we just make a warranty claim? Or are they just going to come back with "could not reproduce problem" since it only occurs 2-3 times a day?
Edit: I've contacted Samsung and they've told me to update to the latest firmware. Lol.
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Do you know if the stock ICS (leaked) roms come with Vlingo or a double-click feature in general?
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Yup they do, and I had the same problem on the latest ICS leak. It also double clicked in CM7, but it's harder to notice there as it dont have Vlingo.
I guess you can make a warranty claim. I dont know your countries rules regarding this, but in Norway they must fix stuff like this even though the warranty dont apply/is expired.
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The phone's warranty runs until the end of September 2013.
I just installed another original rom and it already popped up Vlingo once, I'm going to test it some more and report back.
Edit: Same problem, it's definitely hardware related.
Okay people, I just got my S3 last night, and after about 3hrs of use, my problems developed. My problem is intermittent, but nonetheless, very aggrivating. When I press the power or home button, screen wakes, but touch is unresponsive. I thought it might have been a lockscreen issue, but I've tried all variants including no lockscreen and have the same problem. Is there any updates or fixes that anyone knows of or do I have a defective phone? Any thoughts are welcomed. For what its worth, I also rooted my device, and it installed supersu. I don't know if that could be related, but I'm going to give a full unroot reset a try as well.
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Are you connected to charger, that can cause pro lems when getting unstable current
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On or off the charger, makes no difference. I Fully factory restored, pulled root, triangle counter reset, and everything else in between, and the issue still remains. Even tried another rom and kernel, sames results. Seems like I have a fancy light up paperweight for the most part. First samsung phone in over 10 years, and this is what I end up with. Great job samsung.
For how long is there no response.anyway try disable s-voice in settings.that is directly related to home button.power button hmm, don't know..
So, factory reset the phone, reflashed stock rom, even booted phone up with no sim or memory card, fresh from a reset. On the main setup screen, if I lock the phone, then wake it up, touch is dead. Definitely a hardware problem. Called samsung uk because anyone who used DAILYSTEALS.COM will find out if their phone ever needs service, that the phones sold via them came from the UK. Not really happy this wasn't explained on their website prior to purchase, as I would have held off. Now my 3 day old phone with not even 24hrs of use on it is off to a UK service center.
Word to the wise when buying online, check the origin of your phone if the retailer isn't an official seller. now my money saved is going right back.
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For how long is there no response.anyway try disable s-voice in settings.that is directly related to home button.power button hmm, don't know..
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As stupid as it may be, I want s-voice to work, shouldn't have to disable something to make the phone work properly out the box.
My power button stopped working today. I set it to wake in volume rocker. I can't restart my phone or boot into recovery anymore. My phone is out of warranty, so I can't send it in. Any idea for a fix?
Edit: it also seems that if I leave it in standby for too long I can't wake it with the volume rocker. This all just happened completely randomly today too...
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try reading the other threads about power button issues before starting your own thread, about the same exact issue?
The only thread I found never resolved, so I thought I'd try my own thread.
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There is no "resolving" the issue. Its H/W. Your ****s broke.
Fix it, have someone fix it, or use S/W apps as a workaround.
All listed in other threads.
Like the most recent.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1941996
what do you expect to get different than what the others got?
I don't know man, just checking. Some people know a lot more about these things then I do, thought maybe it might be software out something. Thanks for the help.
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i had a faulty power button recently and it would keep restarting my phone basically anytime i touched it. i flashed 3 different roms on it to make sure it was a hardware problem and searching around i found that the phone is basically broken... luckily i was still within my the year for warranty so ive since replaced. im not sure if your power button just has stopped working all together or youre having other issues with it but from my experience you should start looking for a new phone
Damn, that sucks sorry man.. that's happened to me 3 months ago, luckily I still had the warranty...u might have to fork out the cash a buy a new phone... when is your next upgrade?
Next upgrade is in May. Oddly enough, when I took the back off to see if anything was visibly wrong, I tested it by pushing the actual switch (not the outside button cover) it worked. Then after putting it all back together everything works as normal. Hopefully it stays that way.
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anyone else getting this? every once in a while i'll try to go to another page on my home screen and it will just stick for about 10 seconds at a time. this seems to continue for a while, but a restart seems to fix it.
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anyone else getting this? every once in a while i'll try to go to another page on my home screen and it will just stick for about 10 seconds at a time. this seems to continue for a while, but a restart seems to fix it.
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Are you rooted or stock?
If rooted what recovery/ROM are you using?
Your phone could simply have issues (faulty hardware/software) because it shouldn't lag even if you're on stock. You might be leaning towards getting a replacement pending on how long you've had it.
And do try to post in the correct section next time (Q&A).
I have the same issue occassionally.
It isn't enough to be a problem but, every so often it acts a little weird.
Sometimes it just feels like it's not registering things then it pops up a few seconds later. Case in point the app drawer won't move then it starts moving later. I'm on a debloated rom and I'm personally thinking it's a software issue. I would guess some process is getting hung up or something.
I don't see anything like this.
Between excellent LTE coverage in DFW area and the internals, I do not wait for anything... EVER
@gregk232.... same here.. got your post 12 seconds before you posted. Lol.
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im rooted, no roms or anything though. it happened once on new years, and then this is the second time it happened. i got the phone around christmas
sorry for posting in the wrong section
Moved to Q&A
I experience this occasionally too, I hope it's just software, other than that a simple restart does the trick, I notice it only happens in the home screen, when you open an app its fine
Thrown up by my LG Optimus G, why you jelly at my superior phone?
ive identified at least one cause of it.
i use widgetsoid as my power control, and whenever i use the torch function on it, it causes the lag on my phone. every other feature seems to have no performance effect.
can anyone else confirm this?