I was in my classes today, and i went to unlock my G1, and as i did, i saw that the colors of the screen were messed up. This meaning that, there were four to five white/grey pixelated bars separating the screen, and when i went to pull up the menu, the screen experiences what seemed to be a great amount of lag, and the white and grey bars seemed ti fill up more of the screen. When i boot up the phone, it is followed by just a black screen where the G1 should be, and when the android logo comes up, from the latest cyan, its all chopped up.
once the phone rebooted i went to slide the screen up to horizontal mode, and it was clear, and perfectly fine, but after i closed it once more, the screen just stayed black. i took out the battery and rebooted, and the same things happened again.
any idea what happened? is the a solution? should i buy a new phone?
like always, any help is appreciated
Sounds like it needs a wipe. You have something running in the background it sounds like
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Hi all, I've been testing some roms, and finally found one I like nfsans 6.5. Recently while I was tethering my sprint touch, i had the phone sitting in the window seal for better reception and it was really sunny and warm, my phones screen started rolling by itself and there was nothing I could do. I did a soft reset then the phone would have a white screen. It boots up because the green light is flashing, but it's still a white screen. I can receive phone calls, and if I knew where stuff was on the screen, the screen is still responsive to touches, but it's just white. I tried hard reset, bootloader mode, and taking the battery out and nothing still white screen. I put the battery in the freezer for about 15mins, then put it back in the phone and it boots up and the screen is normal for about 10-15 mins then the screen starts flickering or rolling then it turns white. I took the battery out and stuck the phone in my cool basement for about 30 mins, then put battery in then it does the same thing, it works for about 15 mins then rolling screen then white. Please any help and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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Hi all, I've been testing some roms, and finally found one I like nfsans 6.5. Recently while I was tethering my sprint touch, i had the phone sitting in the window seal for better reception and it was really sunny and warm, my phones screen started rolling by itself and there was nothing I could do. I did a soft reset then the phone would have a white screen. It boots up because the green light is flashing, but it's still a white screen. I can receive phone calls, and if I knew where stuff was on the screen, the screen is still responsive to touches, but it's just white. I tried hard reset, bootloader mode, and taking the battery out and nothing still white screen. I put the battery in the freezer for about 15mins, then put it back in the phone and it boots up and the screen is normal for about 10-15 mins then the screen starts flickering or rolling then it turns white. I took the battery out and stuck the phone in my cool basement for about 30 mins, then put battery in then it does the same thing, it works for about 15 mins then rolling screen then white. Please any help and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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OK, so your battery gets hot - but have you taken the battery out and ran the phone on a different battery?
It may be heat from the battery causing issues although it would have to be really hot to do so I think or perhaps in your window the sun could have baked something on your phone directly and after the device runs for a while it blanks out the screen
I read through your posts regarding this as well on PPCGeeks - looking for a different answer? Dont think your going to get much of one other than you already got from over there its most likely a hardware issue just how and what is the hard part to determine across the net
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Thanks, but I don't think I have a thread over there. Looks like I'll have to use my squaretrade warranty with this thing.
ok i am going to bring this back into the light to see if there have been any resolutions. i just flashed to v13 of NSFAN's and just started having the white screen. however mine is not really hot at all. neither battery or phone. i figured i had a bad flash so i have tried to reflash a few other times and i still get it. no ryme or reason i even tried flashing back to v12 since i never had a problem and right off the bat, white screen. i think i will post in the mega nsfan's mega thread as well just to maybe get a few more eyes on it.
I've searched around the forum and the whole Google results. Found nothing about it. Every time I unlock my HD2 (Android on SD - now Hyperdroid CM7 2.1.0 rom but used to happen with every other) I see, for just an istant, a vertical yellow/green line on the screen after which the lockscreen appears. It's pretty annoying but what I'm really concerned about is that it could be a sign of an almost broken screen! I'm trying to find a solution as soon as possible because I know is a software related problem (only with Android, none on WM6.5). Thanks to anyone who'll try to help me! I'll take a picture as soon as I'm able to lend a good cam! In the meanwhile keep in mind these things:
- It only happens while unlocking the screen (vertical line on black background then lockscreen)
- Sometimes the screen becomes completely "whitey" (You can distinguish icons, text etc. but the screen seems to be made of white LCs! Weird!). Can't do anything but reboot. I'll try to take a picture of that too!
I repeat: this doesn't happen with Windows Mobile! So it's not the screen itself.
The first issue I don't know. The second, if you mean by white, everything is in similarity to white/grey/light pink/purple, then it is common. Just reboot.
screen starts glowing from center out when turning on and glows from out to center when turning off, it sounds like you are talking about the screen-on and screen-off animations in cyangenmod settings/display options.
@montecarlo5: Well, I'm not talking about those animations My screen doesn't glow in or out. It simply shows this vertical line then the lockscreen appears. That's all. Oh and I disabled all the animations
@Kailkti: I supposed it was very common. But what I'm concerned about is that it could damage the screen. Can it?
Thanks for your answers!
I have this problem too..... only with Android system, none with WM6.5.
I have attached a pic as well...
I had this problem once.. when I unlock the phone (running on Android, can't remember which ROM) and everything was in white.. I was like.. WTF? I can still see icons, but everything was like real whitish.. some sort of blown up screen or something like that.
Thought my screen has busted, touch still works, so I rebooted and never seen that thing again.. phew!
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I have this problem too..... only with Android system, none with WM6.5.
I have attached a pic as well...
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I noticed this two times now and sadly I did not make a photo of it. I will try to describe it:
The phone is in standby, I press the power button and the display stays black. Over 10 seconds, the black slowly faded to a sort of gray blur. It somehow looked like a can of white wall paint was spilled over the black display. Another buttonpress turned it off again and then it worked normal again. So the phone was still working in the background, not crashed. This also happened one time while I booted the phone, right at the google logo.
What is this?? Is it a defect, or just software bug??
Thanks!
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I noticed this two times now and sadly I did not make a photo of it. I will try to describe it:
The phone is in standby, I press the power button and the display stays black. Over 10 seconds, the black slowly faded to a sort of gray blur. It somehow looked like a can of white wall paint was spilled over the black display. Another buttonpress turned it off again and then it worked normal again. So the phone was still working in the background, not crashed. This also happened one time while I booted the phone, right at the google logo.
What is this?? Is it a defect, or just software bug??
Thanks!
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Flash the stock Nexus 4 image, and if it still happens, get an RMA
I can do that, although I am still on stock and unrooted. Only applied ota 4.2.1 update. But I will give it a try!
edit: found two people on german forum who also witnessed this! so more possibly a software problem?
edit2: Got RMA
I gave a NookColor to my oldest son 1 year ago, which was rooted & had CyanogenMod7 on it. The other day he said he was booting it & he pushed some buttons while it booted & when he did the screen turned green. It has never been dropped & he has never had a problem with it before this. You can see the icons, fonts & it still functions properly in all other respects...the screen is just green. The screen is also green during the CyanogenMod startup screen, then it goes black, then is green again during the CyanogenMod boot animation. I can tell that the screen is working normal, as it is lit up & black when it is switching between the boot screens.
I have spent many hours searching the net & cannot find this problem ever happening before. How can I change the background back to normal? Is this a hardware or firmware problem??? I have taken it apart & unplugged & reseated the video connector, just to be sure that that wasn't the issue & I've tried putting different Roms on it, including the new CyanogenMod10 for NookColor & it still has a green screen. I even restored it back to Stock & the screen looks almost normal, but when I played the Introduction video, the video doesn't look like the colors are right or something.
Does anyone know how to fix this or if it is even fixable?
Someone...PLEASE help!
Thanks!
Similar Problem here, except half of screen is green.
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... the screen turned green. It has never been dropped & he has never had a problem with it before this. You can see the icons, fonts & it still functions properly in all other respects...the screen is just green. The screen is also green during the CyanogenMod startup screen, then it goes black, then is green again during the CyanogenMod boot animation.
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I have a similar problem, except only half of my screen is green. The half that is green remains in the same place, regardless of orientation, so I am guessing this is a hardware problem.
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I have spent many hours searching the net & cannot find this problem ever happening before. How can I change the background back to normal? Is this a hardware or firmware problem??? I have taken it apart & unplugged & reseated the video connector, just to be sure that that wasn't the issue & I've tried putting different Roms on it, including the new CyanogenMod10 for NookColor & it still has a green screen. I even restored it back to Stock & the screen looks almost normal, but when I played the Introduction video, the video doesn't look like the colors are right or something.
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My experience is similar, except obviously I have half a screen of odd looking video and half normal. I also tried reverting to the stock rom, but with no success. Fortunately when reading books, i.e. just black text on a white background, the effect is not very noticeable, so the NC is currently back to being an ebook reader.
Still I'd love to know how to fix it. I see powerbookmedic (I have no connection to, or experience of, them) sells used parts for the NC, but is this a display problem, which seems likely, or a logic board problem? Buying both would be more than the whole thing is worth.
Got my S7 Edge for just over a month now, and yesterday it started showing a black screen from time to time when navigating the phone. Note that I haven't dropped the phone, changed anything to it or made it wet. So after the black screen flickering, it only got worse, the black screen appears everytime for like half a second when i touch the screen, and when it gets noticably hot it simply stays black with rainbow lines flashing over the black screen.
Booting in safemode doesn't help. The flickering seems to be reduced just a little when I put it in the charger.. Not sure why.
I feel let down by Samsung (again), and I am bringing it to the service center tomorrow to have it fixed (and trade / sell it when I get it back) but I wanted to make 1 last cry for help on XDA, since maybe someone has a magical solution that will prevent me being without a smartphone for 2 weeks+.
Thanks a lot in advance.
Nothing we can do.
Factory reset phone is your last resort.