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Is my screen dieing?

I keep getting random laginess and screen unresponsiveness. It doesn't seem to be rom specific as it has happened on cm7, myns 2.2, and now the rooted stock leak. There is a bright white spot that has been there since day 1 and that seems to be where it becomes most unresponsive. It also randomly scrolls and even the capacative buttons become unresponsive.
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flyboy1100 said:
I keep getting random laginess and screen unresponsiveness. It doesn't seem to be rom specific as it has happened on cm7, myns 2.2, and now the rooted stock leak. There is a bright white spot that has been there since day 1 and that seems to be where it becomes most unresponsive. It also randomly scrolls and even the capacative buttons become unresponsive.
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seems like your digitizer is lifting off the screen because mine would do the same until I fixed it by heating the screen with a hair drier for a bit then pushing the digitizer glass in around the edges.
The white spot is a very common defect-> my phone has it as well.
So its DIY or sprint tep to fix it. Good luck.

Problem with sprint is I think unless it does it all the time I don't think they will fix it. The closest store to me sucks, the last time I brought it in they told to just smash it because they wouldn't fix it. Maybe I will call customer service tomorrow as I don't see any physical defects, the screen is not lifting
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Fresh warm 2.2 install, just did it again, so definetly hardware failure, I will call sprint tomorrow!
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I tried the hairdryer thing, worked fine for 5 days, now the unresponsiveness is starting again, going to unroot and call sprint because u don't think there I'd a repair center near me
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Sprint is sending me a refurb. Gambling Iguess, but my phone is unusable right now.
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flyboy1100 said:
Sprint is sending me a refurb. Gambling Iguess, but my phone is unusable right now.
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Who knows you might get lucky , I wasn't. My original and refurb both have the screen issue but I can live with it. Just make sure to clean the screen regularly and u should be good.

I clean my screen daily, we will see. It is fine now, but an hour ago I couldn't do anything. Had to last really hard and beat on the screen to get it to work. 3 returns and you get a new one right?
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i have the light spot. Pretty sure its caused by heat. . Took it in and had the screen replaced by a repair center. It also had light leaks that also got fixed. The new screen is doing the light spots again though. I'm willing to to bet you have a novatec lcd panel. When it happened to me I took a pole and everyone who had this problem had the novatec over the epson. If my xoom does it ill be pretty pissed. My friend has a droidx that also has a light spot in the same area as my evo. Bottom middle, a little off center to the right. Am I right? Neither have screen unresponsiveness though.

flyboy1100 said:
I clean my screen daily, we will see. It is fine now, but an hour ago I couldn't do anything. Had to last really hard and beat on the screen to get it to work. 3 returns and you get a new one right?
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Actually for the screen I just turn it off and on and my problems go away.
This is actually my 2nd phone. First one the charging port broke off, I kept it and got a refurb. Then I dropped my refurb and cracked the screen. So I opened up and swapped my old evo's screen to my new one. Works fine, now.

boredmug said:
i have the light spot. Pretty sure its caused by heat. . Took it in and had the screen replaced by a repair center. It also had light leaks that also got fixed. The new screen is doing the light spots again though. I'm willing to to bet you have a novatec lcd panel. When it happened to me I took a pole and everyone who had this problem had the novatec over the epson. If my xoom does it ill be pretty pissed. My friend has a droidx that also has a light spot in the same area as my evo. Bottom middle, a little off center to the right. Am I right? Neither have screen unresponsiveness though.
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Your right, its a defect in the novatech lcd, hence the change to epson lcd on newer hardware revisions

ok now that you mention it alex I do have screen unresponsiveness but I also fix by screen off then back on. Its random and I thought it was a cyanogen thing as I've been using that from for a long time now.

boredmug said:
ok now that you mention it alex I do have screen unresponsiveness but I also fix by screen off then back on. Its random and I thought it was a cyanogen thing as I've been using that from for a long time now.
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I had the impression of it being the rom early on but after multiple flashes, its the hardware. I believe its due to the combination of lcd lifting and heat from the cpu. I had my swype keyboard on screen one day and noticed that the screen went berserk on/near the white spot on the lcd by watching the trace line

alexisprz said:
I had the impression of it being the rom early on but after multiple flashes, its the hardware. I believe its due to the combination of lcd lifting and heat from the cpu. I had my swype keyboard on screen one day and noticed that the screen went berserk on/near the white spot on the lcd by watching the trace line
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Yup same here and I have a novatec. And turning the screen off and on doesn't have much affect. I have to do that 5 or 6 times, and run my thumbs from the bottom to the top pressing very hard, then it will start to work again
definitely not rom specific, as I am now completely unrooted running 3.70.
Maybe I will get get a refurb version 4
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flyboy1100 said:
Yup same here and I have a novatec. And turning the screen off and on doesn't have much affect. I have to do that 5 or 6 times, and run my thumbs from the bottom to the top pressing very hard, then it will start to work again
definitely not rom specific, as I am now completely unrooted running 3.70.
Maybe I will get get a refurb version 4
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Wow that sucks, I never had to go to those extremes when my screen acted up, good luck.

How do I tell what screen my new one has?
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So far no issues, figures, call for replacement and get it ordered and now my screen has been fine
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Acted up twice today, so glad a replacement is on the way
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how many refurbs do i have to go through before i get a new phone? 1 down so far.

keyboard popping up randomly and other strange things

I am running the CM7 with the newest OTB kernal, and I am still getting the keyboard randomly popping up, the back key randomly will work 2 or 3 times in a row. I had the same problem on EF 3.6, com rom and even on the SC roms. Has anyone else had these random key strokes? I heard it was a froyo related issue? Is it hardware related? I had a screen protector that covered the soft keys and removed it, but it is still happening. Any thoughts on how to get rid of it?
FWIW I have odined back to stock, with the atlas pit and even used the ext4 reformatter before I switched to EF3.6.
Any help, advice or thoughts would be great.

I encounter the same issue but it always seems to happen when on the edge of losing cell signal. When going back n forth quickly from service to no service the capacitive buttons (I believe that's what they are called) seem to push themselves. And I have noticed this issue since DJ05 on any rom I have flashed since then and any kernal. I have run just about every rom posted except for miui and cm7. I can not confirm if cm7 has this issue because it is on my other fascinate and not on the cell network. I have terrible signal in the building at work and I have always seen this happen there, at least once a day.
You know am pretty sure I replied to this question before. I guess no one else has really has this issue and the thread died.
Also didn't matter which radio verison I used. I have come to terms that my fassy is just possessed lol
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apparently you and I are the only ones that it happens to. I was hoping someone could give me some insight on how to at least find some relevance to a rogue program, bad kernal/rom combo or something. It's very strange and it does it to me more than once a day, and I have good signal most of the time.

Happens to me all the time when I'm at home where I have terrible signal.

I just started having this happen on CM7. The keyboard or the menu would randomly pop up. For me it happened more than just when I had bad signal, but it did seem to happen more often when I had poor signal.

I have this problem too, it would back out of apps I am in too. Quite annoying.

I've been having this problem as well on CommRom 2.1. Seems to be related to poor signal for me. It's pretty annoying to deal with.

Happens on a stock device also

chasmanian said:
Happens on a stock device also
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Um. No. Not in my experience. Its something that has been well known that is associated with weak/intermittent signal. Didn't start for me until Comm Rom and became more pronounced with CM7…

This happens to me too. Oddly though it only seems to happen during the night when it's plugged in and it doesn't happen all the time. Sometimes I will wake up in the mornings and my screen is on and the keyboard is up.

Do a search for phantom softkey presses. It's pretty common and is a hardware issue.

I as well have this happen. Mostly it happens in low signal area. Recent, my keys just stop working, until I got better signal, or sometimes I am forced to restart the phone.

I just went back to stock ED05 mainly because of this ultra annoying issue and I am completely devastated to find out that it's still #$*%ing happening.
I am so pissed too because I called VZ a week ago and they offered me the Charge replacement, but I couldn't make it to the corporate store until yesterday where I was informed they stopped the replacement policy that day and that I was SOL. Argh. So angry.

420fan said:
I am running the CM7 with the newest OTB kernal, and I am still getting the keyboard randomly popping up, the back key randomly will work 2 or 3 times in a row. I had the same problem on EF 3.6, com rom and even on the SC roms. Has anyone else had these random key strokes? I heard it was a froyo related issue? Is it hardware related? I had a screen protector that covered the soft keys and removed it, but it is still happening. Any thoughts on how to get rid of it?
FWIW I have odined back to stock, with the atlas pit and even used the ext4 reformatter before I switched to EF3.6.
Any help, advice or thoughts would be great.
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I commented on this a while ago in the CM7 thread. I have it on stock ed04.
What I wanted to know was if you guys have a screen protector on yours or not.
I wondered if my Zagg Invisible Shield was what was "pressing" the capacitive buttons.
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lane32x said:
I commented on this a while ago in the CM7 thread. I have it on stock ed04.
What I wanted to know was if you guys have a screen protector on yours or not.
I wondered if my Zagg Invisible Shield was what was "pressing" the capacitive buttons.
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You have a shield on gorilla glass???
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You have a shield on gorilla glass???
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Verizon makes a metric **** ton selling screen protectors to those spending $200+ on a smartphone that doesn't need it.

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Um. No. Not in my experience. Its something that has been well known that is associated with weak/intermittent signal. Didn't start for me until Comm Rom and became more pronounced with CM7…
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Well, just to back this guy up. I had it happen back before and during the time I rooted my phone, and it still happen after I returned to stock (via Factory reset and OTA updates).
EDIT: To the guy who asked about the screen protector, I did have a ZAGG on there, then took off only the section covering the softkeys. Still did it even after I made sure to fully clean it to eliminate any residue. Took the protector fully off, same full cleaning, and it seemed to have gotten worse (if thats possible lol).
I'm about to call tech support, but wonder if it's worth it now that the good trade-in is over.

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Well, just to back this guy up. I had it happen back before and during the time I rooted my phone, and it still happen after I returned to stock (via Factory reset and OTA updates).
EDIT: To the guy who asked about the screen protector, I did have a ZAGG on there, then took off only the section covering the softkeys. Still did it even after I made sure to fully clean it to eliminate any residue. Took the protector fully off, same full cleaning, and it seemed to have gotten worse (if thats possible lol).
I'm about to call tech support, but wonder if it's worth it now that the good trade-in is over.
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yeah im sure it happens but its fairly rare on a stock phone i would say....

I have it happen semi-regularly. I'm currently on MIUI 1.7.22 / Glich 11.1 / ED05 radio, and never used a screen protector. I also had it happen back before when I was on Super Clean 2.9.2 (don't recall the radio), as well as most any other ROM I've been on.
It's not too uncommon that I would hit the power button to turn off the screen when back on SC2.9.2 and instead it would take a screen shot, because it assumed the back button was being held down!
Gotta love the Fascinate...

jpricesd said:
This happens to me too. Oddly though it only seems to happen during the night when it's plugged in and it doesn't happen all the time. Sometimes I will wake up in the mornings and my screen is on and the keyboard is up.
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Yup, I got the same issues! Although minor, these things just shouldn't be happening? There's gotta be a fix for this?!?!?!

Screen flickering problem

Temp fix on post 7
Hey, I've owned my phone for
about 6 months. It has been fine till about a week ago when I flashed a miui rom (Mintberry). At first, it was just occasional flickering, everyday or two for a few seconds, but now it's turned into a fair bit more.
If I don't use my phone heavily for about 3 hours, and go back to the phone, the screen has turned completely grey. When this happens, no matter what state my phone is in the screen flickers. It generally begins flickering very fast then after 5 seconds the screen is completely grey (even once rebooted).
I have dropped my phone a few times like everyone does, nothing severe or even close though. I didn't drop it then have it instantly happen.
I have since tried a few things...
Changed pixel density in rom toolbox (works once rebooted, but only till I stop using)
Changed from miui to ICS (no difference, but took an hour for it to start)
Am I looking at buying a new screen?
Edit: tried another battery, no success (didn't expect much)
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Bump.
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I had similar issue with my phone. I do not think it has anything to do with software.. but yours is far worse thn mine.. I only had minor flickering which could only be seen sometimes and you really need to notice it with black or white background.. I tired diffrent roms it was on all of them.. I switched back to original rom.. and then got my screen replaced underwarranty... working fine since then..

OK thanks, ill give them a call today.
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Had mine flickering in the same fashion. Out of warranty. Took it to a repair place and apparently it was just the screen connection was loose - thats what they told me anyway - $80 later everything worked again - probably ripped me off but im not a hardware tech so didnt want to screw with it myself

I'll have a look at a disassemble guide today, see if I can fix the cable. Thanks man, generally screen flickering is from a loose cable.
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Well today I found a fix...
I accidently left my phone in the car when it was pretty hot. Seemed fine when i used it for a few minutes so i assumed it was water damage and decided to take the battery out and leave it for a while.
Came back to the phone after i had done the shopping to see if it was still working. Nope... It was noticably colder though as the car was now in the shade.
I ended up getting a heat bag and wrapping it around the phone. The screen almost immediately started working and the screen was perfect.
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Nexus 4 Display

Ok so today I wake my phone like I would any other day, but my screen starts to bug out. The display became all jittery and it was not uniform. Im not sure how to explain it, It was very distorted and started to flicker a little. I reset it 2 times and it began to improve. Right now, the issue is gone completely, but Im not sure if it will happen again. Also the phone became VERY hot after.
I'm running ParanoidAndroid Feb 03, stock kernel. I did use the Nexus 4 Display Control app to adjust the color a little bit, but not too much.
I've never dropped it and it never got wet or anything.
Any help?

How much did you adjust the colour by? There's a chance you adjusted it outside the 'safe' parameters.

I had the same problem. I returned the original phone they sent me. When I got the new replacement phone after just a few days it acted up the same problem. I returned it to Google and never purchase the Nexus 4 again. I'm glad the gave ma a full refund minus the shipping though. Right now I'm still searching for a good reasonably price phone :fingers-crossed:
Just return it and ask for full refund before your warranty runs out.
ImmenseGT said:
Ok so today I wake my phone like I would any other day, but my screen starts to bug out. The display became all jittery and it was not uniform. Im not sure how to explain it, It was very distorted and started to flicker a little. I reset it 2 times and it began to improve. Right now, the issue is gone completely, but Im not sure if it will happen again. Also the phone became VERY hot after.
I'm running ParanoidAndroid Feb 03, stock kernel. I did use the Nexus 4 Display Control app to adjust the color a little bit, but not too much.
I've never dropped it and it never got wet or anything.
Any help?
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Vertical black lines?

So I have the Vs980 variant, and I flashed the newest build of beanstalk last night, after a while i noticed these lines on the right hand side of my screen. Thinking it was just a Rom issue, I flashed the OptimusPro v4.4. The lines are still there, plese help,
Edit: well i just realized the lines didn't show up on the screenshot, if anyone else has had this problem, how do i get rid of it?
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I don't know why and what caused this but as you can see here the same happened to me last night.

icke said:
I don't know why and what caused this but as you can see here the same happened to me last night.
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Thats exactly what mine looked like. When I flashed the Bean Stalk Rom, at boot-up it did this crazy flash and the LG Logo looked kinda inverted, and the screen looked white. It then rebooted itself and looked fine... A couple hours later I noticed the black lines. I then flash another Rom, same thing... I then went back to stock, same thing. I'm not sure what happened but they are replacing it.