Hey guys, was just reading about the sudden death issue on our phone when i pulled mine out and was aghast to see that all the colors were inverted across all parts of the screen (no matter what app i used)
I did a reboot and it sprung back to normal like nothing happened. phones never been dropped.
What mightve happened?
16gb sgs3
omega rom v34 siyah kernel
Nova Launcher Prime
my emmc revision is vulnerable if that is relevant
you pressed your home button 4 times ..... try it now the same will happen
Under settings find Accessibility and under that is "Negative colors" that you probably switched on
striving-to-survive said:
you pressed your home button 4 times ..... try it now the same will happen
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Wow didnt realize that shortcut existed! thanks lots mate!
Thanks
mkendra said:
Under settings find Accessibility and under that is "Negative colors" that you probably switched on
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Thank you for your suggestion! This solved my problem. I thought I already needed to replace my phone. Cheers!
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My Galaxy S2 screen starts to look like photo negative occasionally. It would be mostly black. This gets resolved after a reboot. Has anyone faced this issue before?
I am on VK ROM 5.1.2 with siyah 3.3.2.
With the Siyah kernel pressing the home button 4 times inverts the screen colours.
thelossa said:
With the Siyah kernel pressing the home button 4 times inverts the screen colours.
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Thanks. I just couldn't imagine it could be a feature...
thelossa said:
With the Siyah kernel pressing the home button 4 times inverts the screen colours.
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Thank you.
Initially, I thought there was some hardware issue with my screen and thought of taking it the service center after reverting back to stock ICS ROM.
If you use recent builds of Siyah, you can turn this feature off in ExTweaks.
I love you all. I fell like a f***n' noob.
Thanks
Thank you. Felt the same! (like a n**b)! Saved me a reboot the second time!
As far as I remember this is for night reading.
^^^
Post in the correct forum for your device I.E N8000 Q&A :-/
even i am facing the same problem...the screen looks so dull when compared to earlier stages...is it with the LED display ??
Hi!
I'm using a recent CM9 nightly with default kernel.
I would like to have your opinion : about 3/4 a week my SGS3 is "stuck" when it's locked : impossible to wake up using home or power button, the screen stays black.
The weird thing is that when it happens, the phone is not frozen : I can still hear music on the headphones and control volume using Up/Down buttons.
Sometimes I let it stuck and receive a notification some minutes later and the phone magically can be unlocked again, screen wakes when I push Home button.
Very weird and annoying when that happens.
My question is : what do you think it could be? An app? How can I debug this and know what prevents the screen to wake up when that happens?
Thanks.
Wipe and reflash the rom
zodiaxe66 said:
Wipe and reflash the rom
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Thanks, but is that the kind of easy answer you all tell when you don't know the exact answer?
When I installed CM9 a week ago, I did do a full wipe...
I think that next time it happens, I will try to connect my SGS3 on USB and do a adb logcat, maybe I'll find useful information.
Have you tinkered with any of the could settings or voltage settings?
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ricey1986 said:
Have you tinkered with any of the could settings or voltage settings?
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium
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Nope
slainer68 said:
Nope
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Having a similar problem to yourself. Installed CM9 rom had a play and then went back to omegaV9 performing a full wipe using the instructions on this site before reflashing.
Since then when my phone is locked screen off then i unlock either via swipe or using security code (digits ) it looks like the phone unlocks but sort of does a warm boot with black screen for a few seconds with the two buttons down the bottom light up.
When it starts it looks like all the apps have stopped and are restarting again.
I re flashed again omega 9 thought i had it sorted but it started playing up again this evening.
If anyone has any ideas please post..
Hi, I'm a newbie here. I also exprience this problem with my samsung GT-i9300. I hoping to see a fix with this problem.
This forum has been so helpful to new android users. Thank you guys.
I'm running rootbox v1.6..and randomly I turn the phone on today and the entire thing inverted in.colour..all the black is now white etc etc..but if I restart the phone it gets fixed.. this has happened in the past as well but today within the past 24 hours its happened twice..once when I plugged it into my computer..and once randomly..what's going on?!?!
param.006 said:
I'm running rootbox v1.6..and randomly I turn the phone on today and the entire thing inverted in.colour..all the black is now white etc etc..but if I restart the phone it gets fixed.. this has happened in the past as well but today within the past 24 hours its happened twice..once when I plugged it into my computer..and once randomly..what's going on?!?!
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Do you have Siyah kernel installed? There is a feature of Siyah that inverts the color palette by clicking the home key 4 times.
ctomgee said:
Do you have Siyah kernel installed? There is a feature of Siyah that inverts the color palette by clicking the home key 4 times.
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Nope..darkknight v1.9.1
According to the DarkKnight thread first post, it also has toggle MDNIE negative effect with home button.
Ctomgee is right, this is what's causing your 'problem' (unless you're using a build from months & months ago when this feature wasn't included).
Edit - Fixed link (it's 3am).
I didn't realize any other kernels implemented this, thanks MistahBungle!
It's obviously a Siyah ripoff if it has that feature (which begs the question; Why is it in 'Original' Android development ? But that's a question for another day/time/thread).
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According to the DarkKnight thread first post, it also has toggle MDNIE negative effect with home button.
Ctomgee is right, this is what's causing your 'problem' (unless you're using a build from months & months ago when this feature wasn't included).
Edit - Fixed link (it's 3am).
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Ah thank you..so that toggle would be found in the recovery mode I assume?
Read that first line of my post that you quoted again. Slowly. The hint is in there. Or you can read the first page of the DarkKnight thread, which I would have thought you'd do if you were using that kernel. I guess people don't do that anymore.
Also read the last 6 words of Ctomgee's initial reply to you.
param.006 said:
Ah thank you..so that toggle would be found in the recovery mode I assume?
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Um... no. Re-read post 2.
param.006 said:
Ah thank you..so that toggle would be found in the recovery mode I assume?
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Edit: or hit home button 4 times quick, like previous post
Huh ? What does 'enable keys backlight' have to do with MDNIE negative toggle
kilometers4 said:
Nope, that would be in settings - device settings - sensors - enable keys backlight
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Huh ? What does 'enable keys backlight' have to do with MDNIE negative toggle
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haha, sorry. I don t know what I was thinking.. sorry
kinda out of it
I have a general problem with all samsung mobile phones from s2 and note to s3
The screen continuously turns on and off when in idle mode that drain phone battery fast and I had no reason to do something like that
Any one could help?
must be because of something you did on all these phones.
- rooted?
- custom rom?
- separate custom kernel?
- weird apps?
- some badly made cover/case that inadvertently presses the power button regularly?
what happens on screen when it is turned on? just the unlock screen or ..??
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sodeknetters said:
must be because of something you did on all these phones.
- rooted?
- custom rom?
- separate custom kernel?
- weird apps?
- some badly made cover/case that inadvertently presses the power button regularly?
what happens on screen when it is turned on? just the unlock screen or ..??
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it's not rooted or custom rom it's the original rom
weird apps I don't really know about this
cover/case not installed
it's only lighten up like when press home key the pattern appear and then turn off again
I've had all the Galaxy S line of phones. Never seen this kind of behavior. Especially if your not flashing anything. Take it back.
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I had this problem with my S3 2 weeks ago.
Turns out that the "Super Mario Bross" game was causing this.
Install BetterBatteryStats to see whats is causing this problem. :good:
haranbh said:
I had this problem with my S3 2 weeks ago.
Turns out that the "Super Mario Bross" game was causing this.
Install BetterBatteryStats to see whats is causing this problem. :good:
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Thanks, but is this APP will mention or analyze what is the APP that is behind this or it will just save battery?
ashraf.abdelrahman said:
Thanks, but is this APP will mention or analyze what is the APP that is behind this or it will just save battery?
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It gives you a detailed report of whats constantly using the battery and keeping the phone awake, called wakelocks.
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It gives you a detailed report of whats constantly using the battery and keeping the phone awake, called wakelocks.
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Really appreciated all of you, I found a live wallpaper that was causing this and I removed it and everything is OK now :good:
ashraf.abdelrahman said:
Really appreciated all of you, I found a live wallpaper that was causing this and I removed it and everything is OK now :good:
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Nice !!
Hello everyone,
Today I was checking my phone and I noticed this big oval spot at the bottom left of the screen.. It only appeared in the morning, but I never seen it before! It's like it came all of a sudden! VERY STRANGE ON AN OLED SCREEN!
it's not visible at all on a pitch black background, but only on light colors like white, gray...etc check the attached photos below !
anyone have or had same issue on their Xperia 1? and if anyone knows what caused it to appear and if its gonna be permanent or if it will disappear by the time?
Please let me know in the comments!
thanks for your contribution and help!
Since you are using the gesture mode. I believe it's something with the sideswipe rather than screen/display problem.
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Since you are using the gesture mode. I believe it's something with the sideswipe rather than screen/display problem.
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yes, since i got the phone which is 1 year and 3 months I've been using gesture swipe option.. do you think it's a software rather than hardware?
Yes. I think it's software.
In my phone, I sometimes see that the clicked gesture keeps showing in the back button.
I have seen it many times.
I guess it's similar to what mine was in yours too.
.... and it exactly looks like you are going back from the app or menu.
Maybe you can try using the two-finger or 3 classic types to check.
jeoleo7 said:
.... and it exactly looks like you are going back from the app or menu.
Maybe you can try using the two-finger or 3 classic types to check.
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do you still see your spot or it's completely disappeared as it never been there?
also, have you tried to factory reset your phone and see if it's software or hardware?
thanks for keeping up!
It's gone but appears sometimes.
Mine disappears by pressing the power button, or back key or recent apps.
jeoleo7 said:
It's gone but appears sometimes.
Mine disappears by pressing the power button, or back key or recent apps.
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it's very strange mine is still there but i noticed that some part of it started to disappears! hopefully it will completely vanish all of it!
Thats bad but I hope it will go away!
jeoleo7 said:
Thats bad but I hope it will go away!
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yes I hope the same too. Thanks for your following up