Hi guys. I recently bought a Samsung Galaxy S2 and I'm having some issues.
I have the latest Vodafone firmware ICS 4.0.4
So.. When I'm, for instance, texting, sometimes I find the touchscreen is unresponsive to my touch (skips letters I've pressed and that kind of thing), and the same happens in games.
Do you reckon this is a software problem, because I've heard that the ICS is a bit bad when it comes to touch responsiveness or is this some hardware failure?
Thanks in advance
Hi, is the phone second hand? Do you have a lot of background processes running? You could try a full wipe and clean install of the rom. Official stock roms can be found on Sam firmware
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Hi, is the phone second hand? Do you have a lot of background processes running? You could try a full wipe and clean install of the rom. Official stock roms can be found on Sam firmware
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Hi.
The phone is new (not second hand) and it doesn't have lots of processes running. Only those that are needed. I have the stock ROM (4.0.4).
If that's the case I'd get it repaired under warranty. I've flashed numerous roms custom and stock and never noticed any lag in the responsiveness of the screen and touch.
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Yeah. I'll probably do that. Just in case that there's some kind of problem in the touch screen.
Cheers mate
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Hi guys,
I got the ICS update from Samsung a month back in India. I am not too happy with it. It is not as smooth and it takes up a lout of ram. Of late I have been getting very little battery backup. It gives me only 3/4 of a day with light use. What could be the reason? Are there apps that I need to delete or remove our make some changes? Please help.
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So I guess you are using a stock ROM. Can you tell me which version?
One of the problems (or not) is that when you update via Kies all the user data/apps remain the same. That's why I would prefer doing a wipe before upgrading so that my device will not be clogged with lots of processes.
How much screen time do you get? If you can, post a screenshot of the battery consumption.
What's your modem/baseband?
Yes you are right. I am on stock rom. Haven't had the guys to root and instal custom rom on such an expensive phone. As you say I didn't do a wipe out before I upgraded on Kies. I am on 4.0.3 and base band I9100DDLPA.
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I am having the same concern now, not like the stockics very much, it is slower( scroll list in system settings..), hot after a while. Maybe we can consider to choose cm9 or other custom roms.
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Since yesterday evening, being on the recent stock rom (not latest one; not upgrading automatically unfortunately), the screen gives a small dot/circle where-ever I touch the screen. So it is moving with me, e.g. when unlocking the screen, even when pressing a phone number. I have restarted a few times already. As said, I am on stock ROM, although I rooted my SG3. Any thoughts ?
MattRob said:
Since yesterday evening, being on the recent stock rom (not latest one; not upgrading automatically unfortunately), the screen gives a small dot/circle where-ever I touch the screen. So it is moving with me, e.g. when unlocking the screen, even when pressing a phone number. I have restarted a few times already. As said, I am on stock ROM, although I rooted my SG3. Any thoughts ?
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SETTING
DEVELOPER OPTIONS
disable SHOW POINTER LOCATION
Ya, you can switch it on or off at will, Samsung have included many settings with there galaxy S3
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shaneel1491 said:
Ya, you can switch it on or off at will, Samsung have included many settings with there galaxy S3
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Its in all phones with ICS or JB.
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Yep, apparently 'that simple' ... I am quite I have not switched it on, but so it be ! Thanks !
Hey there
Just installed the XEO-DLIB release.I've restored several apps with TB and got root again with CF-Root. Wiped completely after flashing. But from time to time I get annoying freezes.
Tried different SetCPU governors but none of them seem to improve this.
Some of the freezes need me to pull the battery in order to reboot.
Is there anyone who might have a solution on this?
If any further information is needed just let me know and I'll provide it
Kind regards
ch0ka
Im getying the same with omega newest vs.
I reverted to stock ics wiped cache dalvik factory reset the lot.
Every now and then the phone gets really slughish and i mean really sluggish ive actually just had to power off.
Also the stock browser. It doesnt seem to go back a page unless you click hard key 4 times. very annoying.
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Suggest you guys to reflash with full wipe again.
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With TB restore apps but not system data .
Factory reset and full wipe and flash stock rom .
jje
You are not alone mate.
I couldn't resist waiting for the Official JB so I flashed Wanam JB ROM 3.7
I got 3 Touchwiz home error already which i read some where reported already + i've noticed while the phone charges the Led is so dim ? very strange. The Quadrant result shows my current JB Rom is slower than ICS ROM by big margins. not impressed by JB.
hero000 said:
You are not alone mate.
I couldn't resist waiting for the Official JB so I flashed Wanam JB ROM 3.7
I got 3 Touchwiz home error already which i read some where reported already + i've noticed while the phone charges the Led is so dim ? very strange. The Quadrant result shows my current JB Rom is slower than ICS ROM by big margins. not impressed by JB.
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LED`s brightness is controlled through the light sensor. Thats why its dim. Get light over the phone and it will get brighter.
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terranoid said:
LED`s brightness is controlled through the light sensor. Thats why its dim. Get light over the phone and it will get brighter.
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Ty mate you are right.as I moved it towards my study lamp. It got brighter. Anything else or the known bugs which I've missed. By the way just flashed note 2 gallery.it's amazing. If any one missing it check it under theme section.
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Same here random freezes I got so frustrated I am back on my best nand backup ICS.... and I swear to god i actually forgot how this phone felt, Now it is BUTTERY smooth even opening widgets and instanly scrolling hardly jerks... I have it clocked to 1704mhz and battery is great perfectly stable.. Every single game works without a problem. Nothing beats ICS still in my eyes, even with that extra ram on JB. ICS is still smoother on my phone right now. Untill JB becomes like this I aint going to use as a daily
well in one week I will be on I9305 now that JB is 100% better
Re flashed it and it has sorted lag and browser problems.
Is anyone having problems with 3g. I am nog able to get it working. Tried a couple of modems and nothing.
Im on omega v27.1
cheers
After use for a while....the screen gets real unresponsive. To the point where if I try to scroll down on FB...it will actually register a click instead of a swipe and open up the picture I happen to swipe over.....anyone else???
Galaxy S III I747
fmllc said:
After use for a while....the screen gets real unresponsive. To the point where if I try to scroll down on FB...it will actually register a click instead of a swipe and open up the picture I happen to swipe over.....anyone else???
Galaxy S III I747
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This only happens to me when I'm trying to use my phone while it is plugged in and charging. It acts all crazy, but once I unplug it the thing works fine. I pretty much keep my phone in ECO mode and haven't switched that off to see if it makes a difference.
Same here. I keep my phone on ECO mode and have no issues with responsiveness, except for once in a while when it's plugged in and charging.
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That's horse ****! Someone has to come up with a fix for this! Doesn't eco mode cap the processors at 1.1 or something?
LGOG E970
Seems cycling the screen off and back on will get rid of the lag....until it happens again....lol
LGOG E970
I don't have that problem at all with mine. I am unlocked, rooted and running Notach's Base ROM.
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I don't have that problem at all with mine. I am unlocked, rooted and running Notach's Base ROM.
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I DO have that problem with mine. I am unlocked, rooted and running nottach's Base ROM the problem has reoccurred with the stock ROM and versions 0.5, 0.6.5 and 0.7.3 .
It's probably a kernel-level memory or CPU issue because for most people it appears to be a specifically time-based problem. The longer your uptime is, the worse the problem gets. Reboot your phone and the problem goes away for awhile.
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Have you tried restarting your phone lol. I've never lagged once.
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I DO have that problem with mine. I am unlocked, rooted and running nottach's Base ROM the problem has reoccurred with the stock ROM and versions 0.5, 0.6.5 and 0.7.3 .
It's probably a kernel-level memory or CPU issue because for most people it appears to be a specifically time-based problem. The longer your uptime is, the worse the problem gets. Reboot your phone and the problem goes away for awhile.
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Amrando, inflammatory and unhelpful statements aren't going to win you any help with your problems. It's just alienating those that would otherwise help you out and gets you reported to the mods.
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amrando said:
I DO have that problem with mine. I am unlocked, rooted and running nottach's Base ROM the problem has reoccurred with the stock ROM and versions 0.5, 0.6.5 and 0.7.3 .
It's probably a kernel-level memory or CPU issue because for most people it appears to be a specifically time-based problem. The longer your uptime is, the worse the problem gets. Reboot your phone and the problem goes away for awhile.
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I've edited your post. This is a great example of the same phone, running a similar set up behaving completely different. The user you quoted wasn't doing anything other than stating that they don't have this problem so chill out a little and accept that each person can have a different experience and opinion. If you've got nothing useful to say, say nothing.
Thanks
AvRS
Since yesterday I am facing this problem.
Last evening the touchscreen of my phone just stopped responding. It happened so: all of the sudden the touch wouldn't respond. Pressing the power button to switch of the screen for sleep mode was not happening. The last thing I had done was pull down the notification bar so that so it was stuck there. I pressed and held the power button to restart and it worked fine. After a few hours again it happened. Restarted again. Worked. But now everytime its happening. It stops responding. I restart then it works for 2-3 minutes and stops responding and again Ihave to restart and again it stops after a couple of minutes.
I tried going into recovery mode and download mode and it enter and it charges properly also.
Also, last night I switched the phone off and I left it on charge annotd today morning when I switched it on the problem is still there.
please help me out
My galaxy s3 is rooted and its running on stock rom 4.1.2 and siryah kernel.
Is it a hardware problem or software? What can be done?
Another thing just happened now. It stopped responding while I was watching a video on youtube. The screen didnt respond but the video was working and after a while the video stopped but the audio was still playing!
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I heard somewhere syiah doesnt support 4.2 try another kernel. Did u update kernel/rom recently?
Have you tried removing the phone's battery and waiting for a half hour or so?
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I heard somewhere syiah doesnt support 4.2 try another kernel. Did u update kernel/rom recently?
Have you tried removing the phone's battery and waiting for a half hour or so?
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Its not 4.2 It's 4.1.2 Using the official one. And I have been using the siyah kernel for over a month now. Never seemed to cause a problem and never updated anything.
And no I didnt take out the battery. I just kept it switched off. Anyway I will do that too now.
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Okay....so you did nothing? Perhaps you're stressing the cpu/gpu too much and kernel does not totally support 4.2.x yet....try flashing perseus kernel also, it cant hurt...
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Okay....so you did nothing? Perhaps you're stressing the cpu/gpu too much and kernel does not totally support 4.2.x yet....try flashing perseus kernel also, it cant hurt...
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Should I flash stock firmwire then try rooting it again and then flash the kernel?
The thing is I used to use my phone while on charge. A friend says the circuits must have gone haywire but this doesn't seems like a hardware problem.
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oracle0008i said:
Should I flash stock firmwire then try rooting it again and then flash the kernel?
The thing is I used to use my phone while on charge. A friend says the circuits must have gone haywire but this doesn't seems like a hardware problem.
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If u use your phone while on charge that only harms the battery (it will make it last less...but it is inevitable anyways who dooesnt use phone whike on charge)...
What would be the very best option would be to factory reset through recovery (u have clockworkmod right?) (U can save apps with titanium backup) and flash a new rom and THEN a new kernel.
If you flash foxhound it comes with kernel already backed.
BUT before doing this (nobody likes to start off fresh) just try flashing another kernel first(or try and get an updated version of siyah kernel, maybe you got the s2 variant, which has a higher build version than the s3, making it look obsolete).
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I flashed the updated siyrah kernel but the problem has not resolved.
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factory reset, flash a stock rom. if that doesn't help, send it in
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I flashed the updated siyrah kernel but the problem has not resolved.
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Wipe phone in recovery flash stock rom and test .
jje
Same problem here, flashed stock rom stock kernel, and i tried custom roms and kernels but notting happens... touch screen still won't respond, i don't have warranty so i can forget about samsung service.. Any Help ????
elviss08 said:
Same problem here, flashed stock rom stock kernel, and i tried custom roms and kernels but notting happens... touch screen still won't respond, i don't have warranty so i can forget about samsung service.. Any Help ????
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my one if not in use stays put but when I touch it once, it works for a while and stops. do you have a similar problem?
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my one if not in use stays put but when I touch it once, it works for a while and stops. do you have a similar problem?
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Nope, i don't have this problem, mine doesn't work...
So I tried everything. Nothing worked. Thanks for your help guys. Guess I need to take it to samsung services.
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Any help ? :/
Give it for repair. Send some money.
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How come you don't have warranty in sgs3? It is not even 1 year old since first release
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Thanks for your help
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