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I've been testing this a little now and I am sure that I am presing the "End call" button with my face and dropping calls more now than ever. Maybe it's more sensitive in the new ROM's? Or the light sensor is less sensitive?
Is there a way to get rid of this button or disable it?
I am running DC 2.07.2 with the new radio and PRL 60663.
I was getting that too with DC 2.06. From what I could figure it would be caused by hanging up on the person with the soft end button and not the hard key. That is what I could gather out of the few times that it happened to me.
when you make a call, pull your taskbar down.
thats how i test if its me or the ROM.
Haha, I tried that... but my face pushed "call in progress" and brought me back to the call screen.
Maybe a themer could remove the "end call" button from that screen?
I am really having an issue here. Can anyone suggest a way to disable the soft button?
Download "proximity sensor" from the market.
After you make or answer a call, press the home button to go back to the home screen
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I am really having an issue here. Can anyone suggest a way to disable the soft button?
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Well, we don't really have a proximity sensor. BUT you can download the proximity sensor app from the market and that pretty much locks the phone while its in a call. That would be the only thing I can think of.
It does FC when you end a call on the Hero - but it doesn't disable the app, it gets the job done.
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It does FC when you end a call on the Hero - but it doesn't disable the app, it gets the job done.
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I haven't had a problem with Proximity Sensor FC'ing in 2.1. Calls going through at all… Now, that's a problem!
Well, I tried it and it doesn't work at all. Nothing I do makes it go into lock mode.... is my light sensor broken? And could this be from the ROM?
doojer said:
Well, I tried it and it doesn't work at all. Nothing I do makes it go into lock mode.... is my light sensor broken? And could this be from the ROM?
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Could very well be broken from the rom, I haven't tried it in a couple of months. I'll see if I can make it work tonight. I wonder if its open source.
doojer said:
Well, I tried it and it doesn't work at all. Nothing I do makes it go into lock mode.... is my light sensor broken? And could this be from the ROM?
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map your end button to put the phone to sleep or home only.
smoother2010 said:
map your end button to put the phone to sleep or home only.
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If it's possible to re-map the hard button, isn't it possible to remap or break the soft one?
I'd rather keep my hard end button the way it is and disable or re-map the soft one.
Can anyone help? Would a donation move things along?
smoother2010 said:
map your end button to put the phone to sleep or home only.
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...or just push the home button
Sigh........
Well, I had been using Regaw's suggestion of holding down menu and bringing up the keyboard during calls. It was working perfectly as a screen "shield" until a few days ago when it started pushing the screen up instead of covering it. It's so weird, it just randomly started doing that, so I actually am more likely to press the end button with that method now....
I guess I am going to have to get that overbloated "Screen Suite" program to stop this crap, since removing or disabling the soft "End call" button on the call screen does not seem like something that anyone here is capable of doing...
Just updated my wife's Moment yesterday to the leaked 2.1. Her biggest complaint about the phone was that she constantly muted or hung up on other people with either her hair, earring or cheek. Once updated I tried a test called and I couldn't believe that this issue was actually fixed! The mute/end call button now looks just like the vanilla unlock and can't be that easily activated. Not sure if that can be ported over to Hero but it would definitely be great to have.
Maybe just stop mashing the phone hard against your face?
I've never had a problem with this.
^Well, if you've never had a problem, then I don't know why I'm even posting here! Should have asked you first, apparently.
I know plenty of people who have this problem. It sucks.
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Just updated my wife's Moment yesterday to the leaked 2.1. Her biggest complaint about the phone was that she constantly muted or hung up on other people with either her hair, earring or cheek. Once updated I tried a test called and I couldn't believe that this issue was actually fixed! The mute/end call button now looks just like the vanilla unlock and can't be that easily activated. Not sure if that can be ported over to Hero but it would definitely be great to have.
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Weird, my issue actually got worse when I updated to 2.1 (damage).
(BTW, did you let your wife know that Sawawa has never had this issue? She might want to check with him next time before bothering you about these things.... )
Seriously, I'm already really missing the blinking trackball of my Nexus One flashing ever second in different colors depending on what notification I have.
No Led is sort of working, but when I hit the power button it just turns the screen off and then the icon is there again, so I have to kind of hold it just long enough for it to turn the screen back on, but not long enough to make it launch the dialogue box in which i can choose to put it in airplane mode or power it off.
I suspect it won't be long before someone figures out how to put a part of that OLED screen to use as a notification light...
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I suspect it won't be long before someone figures out how to put a part of that OLED screen to use as a notification light...
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Try NoLED (10 chars)
Im also just waiting for some sort of wonderful notification app that most likely WILL be created soon
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=730692
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=772672
Better, imo, since NoLED drains more battery than this.
Does anybody read?
I said I AM using NoLED but it's giving me problems.
dinan, that app says it's only for 2.1...would it still work?
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Seriously, I'm already really missing the blinking trackball of my Nexus One flashing ever second in different colors depending on what notification I have.
No Led is sort of working, but when I hit the power button it just turns the screen off and then the icon is there again, so I have to kind of hold it just long enough for it to turn the screen back on, but not long enough to make it launch the dialogue box in which i can choose to put it in airplane mode or power it off.
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You have to hit the Home button to show the lock screen.
ksc6000 said:
Does anybody read?
I said I AM using NoLED but it's giving me problems.
dinan, that app says it's only for 2.1...would it still work?
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There's a froyo link, but no that's meant for the Galaxy S international version. I was just pointing it out because I think someone will port it to the Nexus S soon, so I don't suggest trying it on your phone just yet.
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You have to hit the Home button to show the lock screen.
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Thanks. That helps, but I guess the way NoLED works is that it turns on the screen each time you ask it to blink...and with the Nexus S there's that stupid screen off animation. So that keeps happening everytime it works lol. Any way to turn that off?
Hi,
I have a i5800 which I have updated with froyo.
I'm pretty pleased with the operation of the phone, with 2 exceptions.
Firstly, the audio seems to skip in voice calls, which makes it hard to comprehend the other person. I figure this may be because there isn't an official froyo yet, so I hope itll be resolved if the official firmware ever comes out.
Secondly, I just can't believe how awkward it is to hang up a voice call. When the screen is on. There is a button, but usually the screen has blocked during the call, so it needs to be swiped first.
So, does anyone have a more convenient way?
Can you stop the screen turning off/locking during voice calls, or can you assign a physical button to hang up?
Any advice would be appreciated.
which version did you flashed? in firmware I5800BOJP6 works everything good try to flash this version
I usually say "Alright, bye."
*Rimshot*
Now as the laughing has faded away we can get to the point. I know how you feel. I hate same things about my phone.
Go to Settings -> Accesibility and press cancel. Then check 'The power key ends call'
It will not turn the screen off. That's what I use.
Thom47 said:
I usually say "Alright, bye."
*Rimshot*
Now as the laughing has faded away we can get to the point. I know how you feel. I hate same things about my phone.
Go to Settings -> Accesibility and press cancel. Then check 'The power key ends call'
It will not turn the screen off. That's what I use.
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I use this as well. It's the best way to end a call. I felt the same way trying to hang up calls before. So I used to give up, say bye and put it in my pocket hoping they hung up soon.
That's a good idea, but when I go there on the settings it's greyed out, and says I need to install accessibility application, checked market and cannot find. Where do I get this application?
Odd. What rom are you using?
Well, you could follow the link it gives..
Supersonic335 said:
which version did you flashed? in firmware I5800BOJP6 works everything good try to flash this version
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I'm using I5800XXJPF. Generally it works well for me. Voice calls just skip on occasion. It annoying but I can live with it for now. Still hoping we will some day see an official froyo for this phone.
Thom47 said:
I usually say "Alright, bye."
*Rimshot*
Now as the laughing has faded away we can get to the point. I know how you feel. I hate same things about my phone.
Go to Settings -> Accesibility and press cancel. Then check 'The power key ends call'
It will not turn the screen off. That's what I use.
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That's exactly what I was looking for. Thanks a lot, it works great, that makes things a lot more simple.
When My Nexus is off, and you press the on button the screen flashes, fthe same for you?
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When My Nexus is off, and you press the on button the screen flashes, fthe same for you?
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Any way you can post a video. What rom are you running if any.
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App
fosdos4790 said:
Any way you can post a video. What rom are you running if any.
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App
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Turn youre Phone off and press the on button a couple Of times, do it in a dark Place because it hard to see
morbideglidaren said:
When My Nexus is off, and you press the on button the screen flashes, fthe same for you?
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it only does that when i have NoLED installed, with missed alerts enabled
as in it goes back to sleep, then every now and then it flashes for like 1 sec, then goes back to sleep to conserve battery
AllGamer said:
it only does that when i have NoLED installed, with missed alerts enabled
as in it goes back to sleep, then every now and then it flashes for like 1 sec, then goes back to sleep to conserve battery
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okey, but i hasn't NoLED on my phone, but i mean you turn the phone of and then you press the on/off button rapidly, the screen flashes.
that is the shutdown animation of TV tube off
AllGamer said:
that is the shutdown animation of TV tube off
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no, it's not. the phone is completly turned off! then you press on/off button rapidly, and the screen flashes
Uh... I don't feel like powering my Nexus off to test but why do you care? It's probably firing up the display thinking you're about to turn it on but then you don't hold down the button long enough so it just turns the display back off. Why would you ever want to do this lol... at least with this phone you have to hold the power button down a few secs to turn it on unlike the nexus one, which just turns on at the slightest press of the power button (annoying)
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no, it's not. the phone is completly turned off! then you press on/off button rapidly, and the screen flashes
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Uh... I don't feel like powering my Nexus off to test but why do you care? It's probably firing up the display thinking you're about to turn it on but then you don't hold down the button long enough so it just turns the display back off. Why would you ever want to do this lol... at least with this phone you have to hold the power button down a few secs to turn it on unlike the nexus one, which just turns on at the slightest press of the power button (annoying)
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But i just want someone else to try so i know my phone isn't broken!
So can someone please try?
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But i just want someone else to try so i know my phone isn't broken!
So can someone please try?
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would it make you feel better if i say.. its the same as yours?
but all in honesty, I HAVE NO Idea what you're talking about. make a video of it.
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no, it's not. the phone is completly turned off! then you press on/off button rapidly, and the screen flashes
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How about you don't press the power button rapidly. There is absolutely no reason why you should be doing that. Its like saying "When I try to drive my car on its roof, it won't go!" Well of course not you sod. Just don't do the thing that is pointless and silly.
kenvan19 said:
How about you don't press the power button rapidly. There is absolutely no reason why you should be doing that. Its like saying "When I try to drive my car on its roof, it won't go!" Well of course not you sod. Just don't do the thing that is pointless and silly.
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EXACTLY! same thing i feel. OP is making a big deal out of nothing; not even sure why you would try and push the power button fast when the phones off.
how hard can it be to understand, let's make a guide:
1. Turn your phone off
2. Press the on/off button a couple of times
3. look at the screen, is it flashing white?
I noticed this last night when i turned the phone off, i didnt do it on purpose.
So can someone please try because im worried thats something wrong with my new nexus!
Thanks
Just to satisfy your curiosity, I can confirm that mine doesn't do what you're saying.
Nexus-S said:
Just to satisfy your curiosity, I can confirm that mine doesn't do what you're saying.
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thanks man!
how do i fix this on mine?
Reading this made me laugh out loud...but not LOL...
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Reading this made me laugh out loud...but not LOL...
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yeah, really funny.
Do you know why my phone is doing this?
morbideglidaren said:
yeah, really funny.
Do you know why my phone is doing this?
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maybe take it back for a replacement...
sounds like faulty unit to me
my phone does not do that
you press the button once when it's off it will continue to boot all the way into the OS even if you hold or quickly trigger happy pressing the buttons all crazy it does not make it flash
morbideglidaren said:
how hard can it be to understand, let's make a guide:
1. Turn your phone off
2. Press the on/off button a couple of times
3. look at the screen, is it flashing white?
I noticed this last night when i turned the phone off, i didnt do it on purpose.
So can someone please try because im worried thats something wrong with my new nexus!
Thanks
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First off, I can't reproduce it and I'm not going to waste any more time trying.
Second, here is a guide for YOU!
1) You accidentally did something silly to your phone and got a strange result.
2) Don't do that again.
3) Continue to not do the stupid pointless thing again.
4) Continue to continue not doing the stupid pointless thing again.
5) Continue to continue to continue not doing the stupid pointless thing again.
6) Stop trying to convince people this is a serious issue and get on with your life.
7) Realize that there is nothing wrong you just did something stupid with it and are continuing to try to reproduce the stupid thing you did once to prove that its a problem instead of avoiding the stupid thing you did once and getting on with your life.
To the OP: does it flash when you don't have the battery in? Just want to make sure... heh.
Hi Guys,
got my S8 about 6 days ago. it's been working flawlessly and i've been really enjoying it.
Yesterday i took it out of my pocket and the screen wont turn on. it's completely black. i can hear it unlocking, i can even answer phone calls on it and talk, but again, can't see anything. I've tried hard resetting the phone (volume down & power button), it completely reboots, which you can hear the tune of it starting, but nothing. I've tried plugging it into the charger, still nothing.
I'm new to the samsung party, so i did some research naturally and found this was a common problem on the previous generations. Most cases were solved by removing the battery and reinstalling. however with this model, i can't do that. I've taken the phone back to at&t to get an exchange, and because i "preordered it," i need to go through customer service, which they are telling me i need to send the phone back, and because i do not have the original shipping box, i need to pay a 15% restocking fee to return the phone. THEN, they will take up to 5-7 days to send me a new phone. As you can tell, i'm a bit frustrated.
Any suggestions?
try holding down the power and the home virtual button (even if you dont' see it)
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try holding down the power and the home virtual button (even if you dont' see it)
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Tried it, nothing. I can feel the phone giving haptic feed back and clicking as i click the virtual home button too. I held it for upwards of 30 seconds.
bryce_wsj said:
Tried it, nothing. I can feel the phone giving haptic feed back and clicking as i click the virtual home button too. I held it for upwards of 30 seconds.
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darn. my brothers did that, and that is how he got it to power down. then it powered up normally
have you tried:
Vol up, bixby and power for recovery
Vol down, Bixby and power for download mode
jonno95 said:
darn. my brothers did that, and that is how he got it to power down. then it powered up normally
have you tried:
Vol up, bixby and power for recovery
Vol down, Bixby and power for download mode
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I tried all of that, however, i can't see the screen. So I'm not sure where i stand when i enter those modes. When the phone reboots normally, i have to enter my code manually the first time, which i can do, just by memory of the button placement on the screen, but as i said, can't see anything. I'm willing to try anything. At this point i'm just letting the phone sit idle and let the battery die, hopefully that will do something.
You have a month free of Samsung Premium - sign up for it, call samsung and they'll take care of it
ElBeaner said:
You have a month free of Samsung Premium - sign up for it, call samsung and they'll take care of it
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i spoke with them. I need to make an appointment with a local best buy so a Samsung agent can run diagnostics.
bryce_wsj said:
i spoke with them. I need to make an appointment with a local best buy so a Samsung agent can run diagnostics.
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final update, i was instructed to go to a corporate AT&T store. i did so and they swapped it no questions asked.
Happy Ending! Cheers
Great!
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Damn, I got the exact same behavior on my S8+ today! sitting in the couch watching Hockey and I got all excited after the Caps crushed Penguins tried to send a text to a friend but the screen won't turn on? Tried everything above but screen is black..SUCKS!
I just got the same thing ..tried everything ..however the download did work ..and a blue screen came up and asked if i wanted to download so i pressed yes ...so we will see what happens
A friend and I both had this happen within a week of buying the phone. What it turned out to be in both our cases is the screen was on the very lowest brightness setting. We did not set this. Somehow it happened spontaneously. Go to the darkest place you can find and you should be able to return your screen to a normal brightness. I have a feeling this is going to be a recurrent problem with a software fix in the future.
I had a similar issue. I set the power saving option and it looked like the screen turned black. Only after going to a dark room could I tell it was on. It was a new level of dark I never seen even if you consider setting the brightness to its lowest setting.
same here,
during typing screen freesh and black out.
as death as a door knop. nothing worked none of the mentioned options by Samsung relieved me from a black and dead screen.
its now being collected for repair,
lets wait and see
Same here also.
After 7 days of using it I picked it up to check for notifications just to see the black screen.
Never let it fall or anything.
Unfortunately I will not get a replacement from my dealer but a repair. Let's see if we get a BSOD-gate ****storm with this.
Another BSOD here.
Less than 7 days of normal use, screen seems to be deade. I have haptic and sound feedback. Even the alarms are ringing all day long and I can't turn them off.
Now I'm waiting for the vendor to collect it since I requested a return due to defect.
I FINALLY understand what is going on with Samsung Black Screen of Death-- how it happens and what to do.
First off the bat -- IT'S A DESIGN FLAW IN PHONE! Here is what occurs to induce the Black Screen.
1.) As you lift the phone to your ear, the top of your ear touches the screen. The screen "understands" this to be your finger drawing down the "notifications" bar.
2.) If your ear comes off of the screen, when you place the surface back to hear, the screen "understands" this to be a 2nd time pulling down on the screen.
3.) At this time, your screen brightness "slider bar" is sitting smack dab in the middle of the screen. This 'slider bar' controls the brightness, from very bright to the screen turned off. Slide to the left, screen gets dim. Slide to the right, screen gets brighter.
4.) If your ear next touches the screen, it is almost always on the left side of the screen - no matter whether you are left or right-handed. The Samsung S8 + interprets this 3rd contact to the screen as you "instructing" the phone to turn the screen intensity to "off".
5.) You now have the "Black Screen of Death".
You can simulate this with just using your finger on the screen. Pull down the notifications bar ONCE. Then do it a SECOND TIME. You will now see the screen intensity "slider bar" before your eyes. It is the one with the half sun / half moon icon on the left side of the bar. If you move the little blue bar with your finger, going right to left, you will see the screen go dark.
These are the exact same movements your ear traces on the screen as you use your phone to answer a call or to talk on the phone. 3 accidental touches and the screen is BLACK and you don't understand how it happened.
This is a design flaw in the software. Samsung needs to change how the sllder bar controls screen intensity.
If you go into a very dark place, there will still remain a very faint glow from the screen. All you have to do is 2 finger swipes down, then with your finger push the slide bar back to the right- and VOILA -- you can see the screen again.
Hope this helps everyone until Samsung fixes the problem.
Chuck_Daytona said:
I FINALLY understand what is going on with Samsung Black Screen of Death-- how it happens and what to do.
First off the bat -- IT'S A DESIGN FLAW IN PHONE! Here is what occurs to induce the Black Screen.
1.) As you lift the phone to your ear, the top of your ear touches the screen. The screen "understands" this to be your finger drawing down the "notifications" bar.
2.) If your ear comes off of the screen, when you place the surface back to hear, the screen "understands" this to be a 2nd time pulling down on the screen.
3.) At this time, your screen brightness "slider bar" is sitting smack dab in the middle of the screen. This 'slider bar' controls the brightness, from very bright to the screen turned off. Slide to the left, screen gets dim. Slide to the right, screen gets brighter.
4.) If your ear next touches the screen, it is almost always on the left side of the screen - no matter whether you are left or right-handed. The Samsung S8 + interprets this 3rd contact to the screen as you "instructing" the phone to turn the screen intensity to "off".
5.) You now have the "Black Screen of Death".
You can simulate this with just using your finger on the screen. Pull down the notifications bar ONCE. Then do it a SECOND TIME. You will now see the screen intensity "slider bar" before your eyes. It is the one with the half sun / half moon icon on the left side of the bar. If you move the little blue bar with your finger, going right to left, you will see the screen go dark.
These are the exact same movements your ear traces on the screen as you use your phone to answer a call or to talk on the phone. 3 accidental touches and the screen is BLACK and you don't understand how it happened.
This is a design flaw in the software. Samsung needs to change how the sllder bar controls screen intensity.
If you go into a very dark place, there will still remain a very faint glow from the screen. All you have to do is 2 finger swipes down, then with your finger push the slide bar back to the right- and VOILA -- you can see the screen again.
Hope this helps everyone until Samsung fixes the problem.
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Doesn't the S8 have a proximity sensor like the iPhone to determine that the phone is being held up against someones ear?
I FOUND A RECOVERY FROM THIS!!
I just got the Black Screen of Death for the first time after owning the phone for 2 weeks - pretty alarming when the phone is unresponsive, you can't reboot with the power button, and you can't pull the battery. (Coming from an S5, this is my first phone with a non-removable battery). Even though I knew my phone was fully charged, I tried plugging it in, and didn't even get the red LED. Not good.
After a little Googling, the solution I found that worked for me was: Press and hold Down Volume + Power at the same time for 7 seconds.
This brings you to a screen with some options, the first being to reboot like normal.
Volume toggles up and down between the options, but be sure not to choose option 2, which is a factory reset!
The Bixby button selects, so I just clicked on option 1, and I was back in business.
This apparently does a "simulated battery disconnect". Assuming it was some sort of firmware crash, this should bring you back to life. It did for me. There are other suggestions on the page if it doesn't work, but I was back to life after step 1. Hope it helps...
http://thedroidguy.com/2017/05/sams...ck-screen-death-troubleshooting-guide-1072353