I was woken last night by a flashing light in my room, the screen on my N10 was cycling between white, black, and backlight off.
The power button would not wake the device, the only thing I could do is hold the power button down until it turned off.
On powering back up, everything was fine and it didn't do it again.
I don't have any apps installed that would cause this, no screen flash notifiers or anything like that, what the hell happened?
I had that happen once, about three weeks ago. Also don't know why, but it hasn't happened again since.
cspiby said:
I was woken last night by a flashing light in my room, the screen on my N10 was cycling between white, black, and backlight off.
The power button would not wake the device, the only thing I could do is hold the power button down until it turned off.
On powering back up, everything was fine and it didn't do it again.
I don't have any apps installed that would cause this, no screen flash notifiers or anything like that, what the hell happened?
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cspiby said:
I was woken last night by a flashing light in my room, the screen on my N10 was cycling between white, black, and backlight off.
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paranormal activity?
Patrik G said:
paranormal activity?
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Maybe OP has an Ouija Board app installed on his N10!?!?
Happened to me too
The screen was flashing a monochrome pattern that looked like a TV test pattern. I had to reboot by holding down the power button. It hasn't happened yet. It also went completely black another time and wouldn't respond, I had to reset it that time as well. I was afraid that it was because I bought a reburbished Nexus 10. I'll repost if it happens again.
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The screen was flashing a monochrome pattern that looked like a TV test pattern. I had to reboot by holding down the power button. It hasn't happened yet. It also went completely black another time and wouldn't respond, I had to reset it that time as well. I was afraid that it was because I bought a reburbished Nexus 10. I'll repost if it happens again.
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You bought a refurbished N10? Interesting. I'm curious - how well does it perform? Any issues, other than the aforementioned? I can only afford a refurbished model at the moment, I'm looking at the one currently on eBay buy-it-now 32GB for $430; are the speakers okay? How is the battery life? Solid?
Sorry for derailing the topic, you're just one of the first that I've seen who have bought a refurbished model.
That's probably the memory leak in the graphics driver that some people mentioned (and the crash resulting from it). I had this happening 2 or 3 times on my N10, but only after long uptimes (2-3 weeks). Until it gets hopefully fixed .. reboot more often.
It works well. The speakers sound great, the battery life is pretty good (I use it a lot). It does charge a bit slow, but I may buy the pogo charger.
Ken
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You bought a refurbished N10? Interesting. I'm curious - how well does it perform? Any issues, other than the aforementioned? I can only afford a refurbished model at the moment, I'm looking at the one currently on eBay buy-it-now 32GB for $430; are the speakers okay? How is the battery life? Solid?
Sorry for derailing the topic, you're just one of the first that I've seen who have bought a refurbished model.
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I was installing some apps on my phone and suddenly the screen turned off. When I tried to turn it on, nothing happened. I then let the phone sit for a minute and still nothing would happen until I noticed the buttons turning on and off. I tried swiping where the unlock would be when the buttons come on and it worked. I could tell from the tactile feel. I then rebooted the phone by pressing and holding the power button and guessing where restart would be. The screen works again.
Has anyone else experienced this problem? First time for me.
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I was installing some apps on my phone and suddenly the screen turned off. When I tried to turn it on, nothing happened. I then let the phone sit for a minute and still nothing would happen until I noticed the buttons turning on and off. I tried swiping where the unlock would be when the buttons come on and it worked. I could tell from the tactile feel. I then rebooted the phone by pressing and holding the power button and guessing where restart would be. The screen works again.
Has anyone else experienced this problem? First time for me.
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I had it happen to me once, when I first got the phone. Exactly as you described, except I had to battery pull. I was using an app called Screen Filter, so I could dim the capacitive lights. I figured it had to do with that app, so i removed it. I haven't had it happen since. I'm not sure if it was Screen Filter that caused it or not, but I haven't had it happen again since I removed it. Either that, or just a coincidence.
Happened to me once when I was messing with a root script that had a bug. Ended up clearing some of my app data too. Seems like a common "brain death" state that the phone can get into. I'm pretty sure it's software related and nothing to worry about.
Mike
it happens to me often, and I too have screen filter... but that isn't the cause of the problem (i got it to dim the buttons but it doesn't work on those yet).
I'm not sure what the problem is, but you can eventually turn the screen back on and reboot it - just keep at it. Do you have anything plugged into the headphones jacks BTW? If you do, and you try to reboot, it'll hang. It's done that to me a few times so I unplugged the headphones everytime
Started happening to me after i installed either switkey x or the amazon app, i am not sure but i think that's what caused it
SwiftKey works fine for me... try reinstalling it. Same far any other apps that cause issues, make sure the download was good and reinstall.
If the phone freezes, remember that the only ways to get a try restart is a dead battery or battery pull. Wifes phone froze and shut off, would not restart until a battery pull.
Good luck!
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Happens to me too and it is really irritating.
GhettoBSD said:
it happens to me often, and I too have screen filter... but that isn't the cause of the problem (i got it to dim the buttons but it doesn't work on those yet).
I'm not sure what the problem is, but you can eventually turn the screen back on and reboot it - just keep at it. Do you have anything plugged into the headphones jacks BTW? If you do, and you try to reboot, it'll hang. It's done that to me a few times so I unplugged the headphones everytime
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It works perfect for dimming (well turning off) the buttons, check your settings!
so i keep having the same problem even without the swiftke y installed tried to reboot and even factory reset no luck. did you find any solutions.
used to happen a lot when i had aosp roms on my old hero
Are you guys overclocked?
I am not overlooked and I exchanged to another phone.
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iliapiano said:
I am not overlooked and I exchanged to another phone.
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Damn....I may have to do that. Sprint allowed you to exchange with no hassle? It seems to happen so randomly that I don't think my Sprint Store will exchange it if they can't reproduce it.
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Are you guys overclocked?
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My wife was oc when hers froze
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I'm overclocked but the issue @ hand is software related. When I had the OG Evo, certain kernels would cause the screen to act in the same matter stated in the op. A lot of bugs that people report would be resolved once we get perm. Root.
My ''xDU4L C0R3 SH00T3Rx'' shot you down in 3D!
SO this has happened to me and I am freaking out thinking its the aosp rom. how long did it take for the screen to light up again. it been like two hours for mine.
does this happen to you?
i was playing on my tablet then the screen turn soooo dark
like as if the bright setting is turn all the way down.
i can hardly see to operate, i press the power button then again to login.
but when i check the setting it appear untouch
even after turning off auto brightness.
Mine kinda does this... mine just goes super dark, but i usually just touch the screen or the power button and it brightens back up, just like a laptop getting ready to go into sleep or hibernate mode.
It happens again after I set timeout tok 30 m3inutes
It could be bad lcd, I could not see a thing.
That would suck if it is a bad LCD, but at least it would be under warranty!
This happened to me, I think it is because I had brightness at maximum... I turned the brightness slightly down and it has happened again. But maybe that's just me?
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It has a light sensor and auto-adjust capability. I've notice as I move around with mine or change how room light hits it will darken or brighten. Doesn't bother me enough to go looking for some settings to disable it, but there should be some there.
I have the same problem too... everytime I turn off the screen using the power button then turn on again the screen turn very dark when the setting is set to auto brightness... it is very annoying while doing something on the S and went away from a while then come back to use it the brightness is totally so dim...
I'm sorry to say but you guys have a defective unit. Just switch it in right away.
turn off auto brightness.
I contact newegg yesterday but no reply yet.
edit: i call them via phone got my shipping label.
Turning off auto brightness doesnt help, but tuning down the brightness from max down slightly I havent had the issue.
If it happens again ill have to send this back, I feel bad loosing the official siony screen cover.
Byt loosing $30 is better than five ninty-nine us dollars.
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The issue describedhappened to my first one which is why I know it. Just re turn it. Its not normal behavior.
It is the Android problem, not Sony. Unless you change OS....
sixthday said:
It is the Android problem, not Sony. Unless you change OS....
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my xperia x10 2.3.3 fw and before that doesn't bug me this much.
if all 3.2 fw tablet does it then i would blames on 3x
go ahead turn on your auto brightness and browse the net in a well lid room.
I have one that is doing the same thing. Also every now and then the screen shuts off and I cant get it to come back on for awhile unless I hold power for like 30 sec. Is this a defective tablet or honeycomb 3.2? Thanks!
I'm telling you guys, I sell the things andI KNOW the issue they are taking about. We played with the settings all day and it kept happening but the issue NEVER happened to any of the other units. It's most likely a defective unit because as I said, it only happened to the one unit.
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I'm telling you guys, I sell the things andI KNOW the issue they are taking about. We played with the settings all day and it kept happening but the issue NEVER happened to any of the other units. It's most likely a defective unit because as I said, it only happened to the one unit.
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I agree, im exchanging mine today. Last night I charged it and it kept restart looping untill I turned it off then hooked up the power supply. Ill let ya guys know how the next one acts!
Is official sony screen cover out yet? And in which country please - i would like to get one as soon as possible. Thank you.
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D00QLE said:
the official siony screen cover.
$30 us dollars.
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i think they are not available in Europe yet - so you should be able to sell the cover easily if you ship internationally
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Try your local Sony Centre, High Wycombe have them in stock. £24.99 i think
Hey, my battery life on a newly flashed CM10 is about 3-4 hours on low brighteness and disabled wifi, gps, and bluetooth. I also calibrated battery using the root toolbox app on google play (cant use the BSR for stock ROM). Another thing is that when i select anything but auto brightness the hard key lights stay on no matter what the sensor detects until the next reboot and then they stay off regardless of the sensor. When I use my phone in absolute darkness and the hard key lights are on, i can see a sliver of light bleeding through the borders of my phone and it getts really hot.
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Hey, my battery life on a newly flashed CM10 is about 3-4 hours on low brighteness and disabled wifi, gps, and bluetooth. I also calibrated battery using the root toolbox app on google play (cant use the BSR for stock ROM). Another thing is that when i select anything but auto brightness the hard key lights stay on no matter what the sensor detects until the next reboot and then they stay off regardless of the sensor. When I use my phone in absolute darkness and the hard key lights are on, i can see a sliver of light bleeding through the borders of my phone and it getts really hot.
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Sbf and reflash.
Already did. Multiple times
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Already did. Multiple times
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hmmm, it might be a hardware problem. Did you drop it at any point before
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hmmm, it might be a hardware problem. Did you drop it at any point before
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nope. ironically i got it about two weeks ago as a replacement for a defective droid x2.
joewiddafro said:
nope. ironically i got it about two weeks ago as a replacement for a defective droid x2.
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You might have gotten a defective replacement phone, that has happened to me before.
AKShotgun said:
You might have gotten a defective replacement phone, that has happened to me before.
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Oh wow. So maybe thats whats causing the backlight problems and the screen's high power usage?
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Oh wow. So maybe thats whats causing the backlight problems and the screen's high power usage?
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Does everything work ok on the stock rom?
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Does everything work ok on the stock rom?
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You battery life seems similar to what I am experiencing. I have to charge my phone twice daily with Cm10 vs every other day on the stock ROM. However, I do not have any issues with the hard key lights being stuck on all the time on the light bleeding.
My phone does get hotter than it did on the stock ROM, but that may be caused be some other factor.
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You battery life seems similar to what I am experiencing. I have to charge my phone twice daily with Cm10 vs every other day on the stock ROM. However, I do not have any issues with the hard key lights being stuck on all the time on the light bleeding.
My phone does get hotter than it did on the stock ROM, but that may be caused be some other factor.
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well all i can say is if your phone runs fine on stock its the rom. if it has all around problems (stock or not) i would sbf dont root and try to get another phone out of the company.
I've had my XZU for a week now, everything has been working fine so far. Nonetheless I've noticed lately that when I turn it on I will see like a curtain or shade of colors from the top down up to half of the screen (it's like a flash, quickly disappearing), apart from that it will resume from sleep fine and no other issues, nonetheless is weird that this is happening now after a week of usage, I hope is not a symptom that something worse is about to happen. I have attached a Youtube link to a short video I just recorded.
NOTE: I do not think is a software problem because I booted the phone is "safe mode" and the exact same thing happened. It seems like a hardware issue that gets worse over time, because at the beginning happened once out of 4 times I turned it on, now is once every two times. I do not see a very good future with this phone
http://youtu.be/1ZucFrMvg_w
UPDATE 8/15: All my screen issues have been fully resolved with FW .475
So we have our own thread for the curtain now.
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I think the issue is Power Management related, let me explain. If I turn on the device after being idle for a while (device is COLD) there will be no curtain issue, but if I turn it OFF and then ON right away (device is WARM) it seems the phone is entering a power save state and is not ready to be powered on again and that's when you get the curtain issue. The result seems to be very consistent with my explanation.
What I do not understand is that why this problem started happening after one week of usage, I thought it was application related but after my "safe boot" mode where no new applications are running only stock apps and I got the same result it can be application related. Also I thought that maybe the Stamina Mode had something to do with it, but it does not.
My last theory is that there is a piece of hardware that is getting degraded over time and when the phone is warm it will produce the curtain effect, if that's the case this is really bad, because the whole phone could stop working down the road. but it's just a theory.
Oh man
My experience with similar LCD issues has been around poor connection between the LCD screen and the motherboard. However, I'm by no means an expert on this.
I would definitely be claiming under the warranty for this.
I spoke with the vendor in Singapore and told me this is a known problem by Sony and they are working on a Firmware update. They suggested to keep the phone until the FW will be released in September and then decide if I will exchange it or keep it. The vendor also extended the Return/Exchange window until October so I will have enough time to test the phone after the FW update.
It's good to know that Sony has acknowledge the problem and is working on a solution.
Any chance Sony will do a firmware update to resolve this?
So it might be a firmware issue? I sure hope so
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I think the problem is Power Management related, because if I leave the phone idle for 5min and then I turn it ON it will happen the issue you are seeing on the attached video. But if you turn it OFF and immediately turn it back ON again it will be fine. I think what is happening is that after 5min the phone will enter into DEEP POWER SAVE. The threshold to enter power save mode is around 15 seconds. I would say is something that should be able to be fixed with a Firmware update, but my only concern is why this problem did not happen during the first week, that behavior makes me think it's a Hardware problem that developed over the first week of usage, meaning a defective device.
NOTE: As you can see at the beginning of the video the phone has been Factory Reset, so there are no third party apps and anything wrong on the configuration.
http://youtu.be/vgnILc3ib8M
Mine did it the first day. I noticed it did it about 3 times that day. And I agree with you it might be the power save mode. Hopefully it gets resolved.
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my phone has a problem too
http://youtu.be/Jv-QkbZBi58
Watch my video..
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I got a XPERIA Z ULTRA TODAY and I didn't install anything.
but When I push the power button, this phone wake up randomly.
after factory reset, this situation is same continuosly
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I've had my XZU for a week now, everything has been working fine so far. Nonetheless I've noticed lately that when I turn it on I will see like a curtain or shade of colors from the top down up to half of the screen (it's like a flash, quickly disappearing), apart from that it will resume from sleep fine and no other issues, nonetheless is weird that this is happening now after a week of usage, I hope is not a symptom that something worse is about to happen. I have attached a Youtube link to a short video I just recorded.
NOTE: I do not think is a software problem because I booted the phone is "safe mode" and the exact same thing happened. It seems like a hardware issue that gets worse over time, because at the beginning happened once out of 4 times I turned it on, now is once every two times. I do not see a very good future with this phone
http://youtu.be/1ZucFrMvg_w
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My Z Ultra does exactly the same thing but it does not worry me. Seems to be a software glitch that should be easily fixed.
Mine happens when i am taking calls and i turn the screen on or off. Other times it is random but normally when i have been using the device for a period and then turn the screen on and off quickly after using it.
But yeah, i do not think it is an issue to worry about. If it was serious, surely the screen would be having issues a lot more when it is on and not under these specific situations?
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My Z Ultra does exactly the same thing but it does not worry me. Seems to be a software glitch that should be easily fixed.
Mine happens when i am taking calls and i turn the screen on or off. Other times it is random but normally when i have been using the device for a period and then turn the screen on and off quickly after using it.
But yeah, i do not think it is an issue to worry about. If it was serious, surely the screen would be having issues a lot more when it is on and not under these specific situations?
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If it's a software problem how is it possible that during the first week the phone worked fine?, even after a factory reset the problem will still be there, that means (to me at least) that a hardware issue develop during use for the first week and now it cannot be recovered
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If it's a software problem how is it possible that during the first week the phone worked fine?, even after a factory reset the problem will still be there, that means (to me at least) that a hardware issue develop during use for the first week and now it cannot be recovered
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seems to me like the screen is not getting enough power for the first couple of seconds
douse this problem also happen if u disable stamina mode :?
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seems to me like the screen is not getting enough power for the first couple of seconds
douse this problem also happen if u disable stamina mode :?
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I've tried both scenarios Stamin ON and OFF, same result no difference
So far the new update looks to have fix the curtain
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2 days ago I left my ZU on charge all night and today updated to firmware 14.1.B.0.475 and touch wood no more screen issues, and finally my cover arrived just need the sbh-52 and dock and I am all good.
Do a factory reset with full wipe!!!
For make sure you totally wiped that garbage bro
I have an SD note 4 and I have never noticed the back lights working on bottom buttons. Do these actually have lights on them? I see option in settings to turn em on and off and they are turned on but they don't work on mine. I am on stock miui 9 global rom.
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I have an SD note 4 and I have never noticed the back lights working on bottom buttons. Do these actually have lights on them? I see option in settings to turn em on and off and they are turned on but they don't work on mine. I am on stock miui 9 global rom.
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Of course they work but not all the time, after you press them, they are lit for a few seconds
Stevica Smederevac said:
Of course they work but not all the time, after you press them, they are lit for a few seconds
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I must have a faulty one then as never seen mine light up. I assumed they did not have lights until I saw them in settings
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I must have a faulty one then as never seen mine light up. I assumed they did not have lights until I saw them in settings
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Could be a faulty device. Go to test mode, tap on kernel version several times and you have a lot of stuff to test and test everything, backlights especially
Here
Stevica Smederevac said:
Could be a faulty device. Go to test mode, tap on kernel version several times and you have a lot of stuff to test and test everything, backlights especially
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Yes deffo faulty. Tried the test and they do not come on.
Never mind as I have managed with it last 2 months without noticing it ha ha. Not worth the cost of returning to China from UK either.
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Yes deffo faulty. Tried the test and they do not come on.
Never mind as I have managed with it last 2 months without noticing it ha ha. Not worth the cost of returning to China from UK either.
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Mine is working but it's turned off all the time
Stevica Smederevac said:
Mine is working but it's turned off all the time
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Like I say I never noticed lol. Had the phone 2 months now so due a new one anyhow lol
Hey guys,
I have the opposite problem: they never turn off. They dim ever so slightly, but even with the device powered down they are still lit up (I have a second device to compare it to and in a pitch black room they are clearly lit up). Currently on global stable 9.0.5.0, will see if the problem persists once the 72 hour binding time is over and I can unlock bootloader. Unless someone has a suggestion for a fix?