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First a disclaimer ... actually two disclaimers ...
#1. I'm an Android noob - I had installed it onto my old AT&T Fuze and loved it and based on that bought a Dell Streak which arrived today;
#2. Within an hour of getting it, it was rooted and 2.1 O2 image installed
I love it. Faster than I can believe is possible over 3G, smooth, lovely.
Except it constantly shuts down. It seems almost every time I go to switch it on it's booting from startup again ... Dell logo ... O2 logo ... then home screen.
OK, 3 disclaimers ...
#3. I've installed a ****load of apps onto it already
Is there an application that will allow me to monitor which applications are causing the instability, or do I just have to suck it up as the cost of running something that's beta/unstable/wrong network/wrong device ... ?
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First a disclaimer ... actually two disclaimers ...
#1. I'm an Android noob - I had installed it onto my old AT&T Fuze and loved it and based on that bought a Dell Streak which arrived today;
#2. Within an hour of getting it, it was rooted and 2.1 O2 image installed
I love it. Faster than I can believe is possible over 3G, smooth, lovely.
Except it constantly shuts down. It seems almost every time I go to switch it on it's booting from startup again ... Dell logo ... O2 logo ... then home screen.
OK, 3 disclaimers ...
#3. I've installed a ****load of apps onto it already
Is there an application that will allow me to monitor which applications are causing the instability, or do I just have to suck it up as the cost of running something that's beta/unstable/wrong network/wrong device ... ?
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have you checked the back plate is secure? when i had random shut downs it was because the backplate wasnt in place correctly. that could be the reason your having random shutdowns? the backplate is a little temperamental
I'm 99% sure it's secure ... it's flush to the device and can't see that it could possibly slide any further up.
It just shut down while I was using it ... hit the menu hard button in the XDA app ... reboot ... although this one was much faster restart.
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It just shut down while I was using it ... hit the menu hard button in the XDA app ... reboot ... although this one was much faster restart.
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hmmm, how odd. i dont think there is a app that will allow you to diagnose the problem. the best way would be to factory reset then reinstall one by one each app and try to find one which may be the problem
I've disabled the live wallpaper - will see how that works.
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Power it up let it sit and dont run anything. Pick it up and drop it back in your hand then tap on the back plate. If it powers off then either the cover is loose or like me i actually had to mess with the two tabs on the back that senses thae cover is on. It was easy fix but took a bit to find. Thought I had a lemon for sure. I am not sure why they care if the back is on or not but it drops the unit without warning. Your problem sounds similiar to mine.
I think you guys could well be right. Last night I picked it up and dropped it about an inch onto the table and it rebooted.
So far today it seems to be behaving after I really pushed the back plate for all I was worth!
A bit of a design flaw to have it quite that sensitive I think.
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p_razzi said:
I think you guys could well be right. Last night I picked it up and dropped it about an inch onto the table and it rebooted.
So far today it seems to be behaving after I really pushed the back plate for all I was worth!
A bit of a design flaw to have it quite that sensitive I think.
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You also need to remember that 2.1 is currently in Beta and is pretty buggy, that could also be causing the reboots
I'm on the 2.1 beta also, so expect the odd bug. Mine rebooted this morning after I dismissed the night clock after it had been running fine all night and the alarm woke me up fine.
Random rebooting is something I hope is fixed in final release
The back plate does become easier to fit after a bit, the first time I fitted mine I thought I was going to break something.
Not seen any random reboots on 2.1 (or none that I remember),4399 was much more prone to it.
Since giving the back cover a major push, the reboots have stopped. Kudos to flumps and martywix.
Loving this device ... why did it take me so long to discover Android?
Twice I pulled my phone out of my jacket pocket and it was stuck on the dell logo. This was after using the qdl tool and updating to 318. This time instead of redoing it on 318 I used the tool again then went back to stock att 1.6. Had one screwy reboot yesterday for no reason. Both times stuck on the dell logo I couldn't factory reset. Couldn't do anything without using my computor. That's just wrong!
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you sure your not holding the power button and locking it up?
I had this issue a few times when it was in my pocket. No longer have this issue using my otterbox beltclip
I had this and had to take the battery out to reset it. Once I had done this I had a look at the graph produced by Juiceplotter and it showed a 10% drain in 5 minutes!
Im not entirely sure what the drain was as it was simply in my pocket and the Juiceplotter graph did not show wifi/screen etc on.
Jacket pocket. Very lose jacket pocket. I'm on att 1.6 for a couple days now. I was on the phone and couldn't get the screen to come back on after she hung up on her end. Nothing..... I pulled the battery and put it back in and the #$%% phone reset to factory state so I lost everything. I'm and so fed up with this phone now. I am going to try and get dell to send me a new one
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Just got a replacement from dell. Very happy with how well they handled this. Sticking with 1.6 for now and waiting
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Glad it worked out for you, I've gone back to stock from 1.6.1 and so far seems fine.
I had a NS with a back button that used to get stuck and i exchanged that NS for a new one. Since then i did not have the issue. Here comes 2.3.3 and the little monster is back. I have seen it twice in the past few hours. Google fix this ASAP or this phone is going back for good.
Anyone else with this problem?
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FlyingRequin said:
I had a NS with a back button that used to get stuck and i exchanged that NS for a new one. Since then i did not have the issue. Here comes 2.3.3 and the little monster is back. I have seen it twice in the past few hours. Google fix this ASAP or this phone is going back for good.
Anyone else with this problem?
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That's not good!! I had this issue occasionally (never exchanged the phone though) and so far since 2.3.3 it's not happened.
I would strongly suggest raising the issue on the google support forums - there is an existing thread from before the 2.3.3 update which as it happens was meant to fix the problem......
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=455215ff8747658b&hl=en&start=40
Mine is N1, I also got back button problem occasionally since 2.3.3. I press the Back, I feel the vibration, but there is no action. I should retry few times.
I guess this is 2.3.3 bug.
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Mine is N1, I also got back button problem occasionally since 2.3.3. I press the Back, I feel the vibration, but there is no action. I should retry few times.
I guess this is 2.3.3 bug.
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u know i had this issue on stock 2.3.2, both home and search was not working, then i wiped data & cache from stock recovery, and then it started working again, worth giving a try!!!
back button is very irresponsive in 2.3.3 !!! i thought google was supposed to fix that s**t. instead it has got even worse for me.
deeren said:
back button is very irresponsive in 2.3.3 !!! i thought google was supposed to fix that s**t. instead it has got even worse for me.
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my back button is very responsive maybe you need to reflash.
OK I take back what I said previously, this has started happening to me again now. In fact I'd say it's worse than it was before.
I have no idea what to do other than trying to exchange the phone which will probably be a nightmare because I've had it since early January..........
weird cause i read people saying that if their phone had a back button issue it was fixed with 2.3.3
Well I've taken it back to the carphone warehouse where I bought it, they are going to attempt a repair..............will hopefully end up with an exchange for a new handset - i'll keep you posted.
Well the nexus one never had this problem at all, never. And now since the update it too has this issue. So that's pretty solid proof to me that this problem exists and needs to be fixed by Google.
I have non rooted nexus s 2.3.2 and noticed this for the first time last night. Back button key would either stick and/or be un responsive (light would turn off).
I wonder I'd this be a memory issue in that it might occur more frequently when the device is low. Notice a lot of apps run services around midnight and in the morning when this is happening for me..
I have also seen problems with green screen from flash when memory is low.
Closing some apps seems to solve this.
Just a thought. Hope this is not a sign of a hardware failure.
I'm waiting to collect my "repaired" Nexy - wondering what if anything they will have done to try and fix it.....
Feel naked without my phone........
Take off battery cover. Tighten up a bit the screws on the back of the phone. See if that changes anything. I experienced that a little while ago, tightened the screws and now all's good. Haven't seen a single issue since. 2.3.2 and 2.3.3
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bogdi1988 said:
Take off battery cover. Tighten up a bit the screws on the back of the phone. See if that changes anything. I experienced that a little while ago, tightened the screws and now all's good. Haven't seen a single issue since. 2.3.2 and 2.3.3
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Well I dont have the phone right now but I'll certainly give this a try if the problem happens again once I have the phone back.
Out of interest what size/type of driver do you need to fit the screw heads??
Thanks!!!
moon-unit said:
Well I dont have the phone right now but I'll certainly give this a try if the problem happens again once I have the phone back.
Out of interest what size/type of driver do you need to fit the screw heads??
Thanks!!!
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a small philips head screw driver
same problem with me. I upgrade to 2.3.3, the back button will stick for several seconds especially when you hit back key very fast and repeat after fast scrolling the screen.
I flash back to 2.3.2, change rom, not install apps, the problem is still there. And even in bootloader, the issue is still there.
I've just been told my phone is being sent to some central repair hub and might take 28 days to get back to me :-(
will probably get scratched to bits and still wont be fixed.....
Guess I'll have to dig out the old Sony handset to keep me going for a few weeks..today is a bad phone day...
Well I picked up the phone today and noticed a few things where different, firstly I now have an unlocked padlock icon at the bottom of the bootscreen - On checking recovery it would seem my bootloader has been unlocked....
Secondly it was running 2.3.1 which I also found odd?
Going charge it up and do a manual update to 2.3.3 using the full 90mb ROM, wonder if the back button issue has been fixed......? the repair notes said the PCB had been checked and cleaned......
I'll keep you posted.
Hi all.
This has been on for several months now.
After ending calls, or mostly calls being ended, at random times, the streak would seem to be unresponsive and would be very sluggish. I would have to wait for a few minutes or to turn it off and on again for it to start functioning properly once again.
This happens with both streakdroid 1.8.1 and 1.9.0
Could it be an issue with my baseband?21
I have the same problem. I looked everywhere but I didn't find an answer. It happens to me regardless of witch version im using. Currently im using 1.9.0. I would really appreciate some help with this.
Had the same issue despite which rom I was using. Did a screen recalibration from the recovery screen and no problems since. Select it from the stock recoveey screen. One down from "apply update pkg" I think. You don't even have to touch the screen, it does it all itself. Has never been so responsive.
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brunswick000 said:
Had the same issue despite which rom I was using. Did a screen recalibration from the recovery screen and no problems since. Select it from the stock recoveey screen. One down from "apply update pkg" I think. You don't even have to touch the screen, it does it all itself. Has never been so responsive.
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Thank you so much for sharing. I have re-calibrated my screen and shall report here if the screen becomes unresponsive , and the streak becomes sluggish once a phone conversation is ended. (It happens at random, so may take up some time)
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Had the same issue despite which rom I was using. Did a screen recalibration from the recovery screen and no problems since. Select it from the stock recoveey screen. One down from "apply update pkg" I think. You don't even have to touch the screen, it does it all itself. Has never been so responsive.
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I did the calibration but it didn't help:-( .
same here...so slow after calls end
I hope someone has a solution for this because its my biggest issue.
Pretty strange for sure. I dont know what rom you guys are using, but I neglected to mention that I had just finished flashing the 351 official firmware and then performed a factory reset, and then the recalibration. Not telling you to reset, just sharing my experience. Hate having to reset! It completely solved my issues though. Not a screen freeze since.
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Pretty strange for sure. I dont know what rom you guys are using, but I neglected to mention that I had just finished flashing the 351 official firmware and then performed a factory reset, and then the recalibration. Not telling you to reset, just sharing my experience. Hate having to reset! It completely solved my issues though. Not a screen freeze since.
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how is the 351 version? I'm currently using 1.9.0 and I'm thinking of going back to official but i cant find and decent step by step instructions. Any idea? My phone is a European one.
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I did the calibration but it didn't help:-( .
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Did not work for me too
It becomes rather sluggish after some calls, where it happens at random.
About factory resets,
What i do before flashing a new rom is to do a factory reset, then enter CWM, and do a factory reset once again, clear the partition cache, dalvik cache , and finally, install the rom. This issue still persist.
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Did not work for me too
It becomes rather sluggish after some calls, where it happens at random.
About factory resets,
What i do before flashing a new rom is to do a factory reset, then enter CWM, and do a factory reset once again, clear the partition cache, dalvik cache , and finally, install the rom. This issue still persist.
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I'm stumped then. Its rather weird that I had the same issues and fixed them so easily. I wish I had somerhing more to offer, but I'm just learning this stuff myself. Hopefully someone with more knowledge will chime in with a suggestion.
As far as the official 351 build is concerned, I'm happy with it. I'm waoting for the gingerstreak rom to get the kinks worked out and then I'm upgrading. To be honest I really liked 1.9.0 and didn't have any issues with it. But, 351 is working fine for me and I'm just not in the mood for another factory reset, reinstall everything morning right now. So it comes down to lazziness more than anything, and I'm not afraid to admit it
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I had the same issue to with 1.9.0 all I can say that has been fixed on 1.9.1. Don't think Steve is going to release that version though. Just wait for a stable gingerstreak.;-)
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screen recalibrate
Mine seems to get sluggish after a few weeks of use, then almost down right unresponsive after a phone call, and while on the phone call I do something else with the screen. After a screen calibration, all is well until a few weeks later, then it will do it again.
I'm just wondering...even though the streak has "Gorilla glass", I have a Zagg screen protector on it. Any chance either bare or covered glass is getting some sort of static discharge freaking out the screen?
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Mine seems to get sluggish after a few weeks of use, then almost down right unresponsive after a phone call, and while on the phone call I do something else with the screen. After a screen calibration, all is well until a few weeks later, then it will do it again.
I'm just wondering...even though the streak has "Gorilla glass", I have a Zagg screen protector on it. Any chance either bare or covered glass is getting some sort of static discharge freaking out the screen?
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I read an article about capacitive screens and faulty grounding. Basically stated that if there was a ground problem with the screen it wouldn't register touch appropriately. However, the symptoms were more along the lines of touch registering at an alternate place from where you are touching. Doesn't seem to be the case here. Hopefully a definitive solution can be found.
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Just to share what I experienced. Don't install performance mod. It fixs the problem for me.
RaymondX said:
Just to share what I experienced. Don't install performance mod. It fixs the problem for me.
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This may very well be the reason as i have perfmod installed.
brunswick000 said:
I read an article about capacitive screens and faulty grounding. Basically stated that if there was a ground problem with the screen it wouldn't register touch appropriately. However, the symptoms were more along the lines of touch registering at an alternate place from where you are touching. Doesn't seem to be the case here. Hopefully a definitive solution can be found.
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If it is a grounding problem, I wonder if there is a common mode problem associated with a difference of potential, between the glass & the casing? The back is metal, and the case front is plastic. I use to use a defender case, but switched to a belt case that is a soft fabric material. I've heard pulling it in and out of your pants pocket could cause an issue, wonder if the case I'm using might be doing it. LOL...if you are old enough to remember curb feelers, maybe I need one of these on my pants to make sure I'm grounded
I had this problem of random freezes and sluggish from the beginning. yes full factory reset n whatnot, ts been always there. from the first couple official builds, over 1.9.0 and even now with the 254 build from dell. I think its connected to the phone module tho, I sometimes have the problem that the complete streak is unresponsive on incoming phone calls. I can see the "pick up" slider, but I cant use it for a couple of seconds, and then its a pain in the *** for a lil bit after the phone call.
-> suspects the phone implementation
I am using 354 rom n its good too....
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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
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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...
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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?!?!?!