Brand New (pretty sure) Transformer Screen Issue - Eee Pad Transformer General

I just got my transformer in a few days ago, bought it off of a store on eBay that I HAVE ordered from before. All the plastic was on the device and everything, thank god I haven't flashed custom ROM. Just a few minutes ago my girl was playing pinball when the screen started going NUTS on her. The screen started flashing on and off and then colored waves of pixels started passing through random bits of the screen. The game stayed in the background while all this happened I guess on top of it. It just kept doing it and would act like it was going to stop for a second then happen again. Finally I was able to turn it off after having to time my ninja-like finger jabs with the screen flicker. I waited a few minutes and turned it on again. The ASUS screen popped up and then went black for a minute, I pressed the power button quickly and the Eee pad screen popped up and then went into the lock screen. Everything seemed normal for 2-3 minutes, I downloaded a quick dead pixel detector app and everything passed fine. I just rooted last night using Razorclaw, so I checked my superuser to make sure there were no problems (just in case) and it needed an update. I did so and checked it, because it kept force closing auto-open apps when the tablet booted, after the update those apps opened fine (titanium and rom toolbox). right after this, maybe about total 7 or 8 minutes after booting, the screen began flashing again as I was trying to uninstall the dead pixel app. eventually she timed her own finger jabs with the demon screen flicker and clicked OK to uninstall app. as it was uninstalling the screen started working fine. right after it was done uninstalling (bout 30 seconds), what do you know, the bloody ( i love that word) screen started being crackhead-ish again. Its turned off now. Does anyone have any prior experience with this issue? I will contact the razorclaw team to ask them if maybe its a side effect, but I just wanted to see if any of you folk knew anything about this. It IS a newer B70 model and I do have another 5 days to ship it for a return from the seller. I'm pretty sure I will unless I get a response with a sure fix for this being software or something. Also while I've got your attention, I'm under the impression I can boot to stock recovery to factory reset? hopefully at least.... and if I do so, please tell me this will remove root access?
Thanks much in advance for your answers, which I'm sure there will be some useful info as usual with XDA.
Lemonoid

UPDATE: MY tablet won't turn on now.

Best option, return the defect peice..
Hey .. if you have 5 days to return to the shipper, go ahead and return the defect piece. My wild guess is that it has no connection to the software installed or rooted, its mostly an hardware issue (first of its kind though).
I have not faced any screen related issues with my B80 version...
Return this & Get Prime
Cheers,
Amrth

i do agree with the guy above,
write what hapend and return it, and in hope that they can fix it, if not u will get a brand new or the money back.
My TF101 works flaviously and it's something i wanted and even with custom rom its more better and funnier, so yeah, thats a hardware issue or some "wrong made tablet"

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[Q] Digitizer unresponsive?

I got up this morning, grabbed my tablet, switched it on and found that no matter what, it wouldn't respond to touch input.
Hoping I could sort of "kick it" by using a keyboard I plugged one in and while that worked fine, it didn't unstick the digitizer.
Had to reboot.
Anyone else seen this?
I've had this happen once or twice, and as you mentioned the only way to get it to respond was by a reboot.
oooooo.... never happened to me for the full 6 day since i have this tab i suggest you turn then for replacement....
just remembered something are you guys by any chance use screen filter? that causes touch problems in some spots....
I'm using it on my phone but but not the iconia
its has happen twice in the last two days. Usually when the tab is left for a while hours. You're right the only way to unlock is to reboot.
thor2002ro said:
just remembered something are you guys by any chance use screen filter? that causes touch problems in some spots....
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Na, I'm not using a screen filter. It happened twice in the first couple of days of owning it and hasn't happened for the last couple of weeks. I've had the same thing happen on the Desire HD a couple of times as well. It doesn't happen very often so I'm not overly concerned.
Jup, sometimes the screen doesn't respond. I found that if you rotate it (even with the lock on) and then turn on the device the screen wants to rotate and will then be unresponsive. Reboot and all is fine. Seems like a software bug to me.
Just in case you haven't done so, remove the sticker on the right border. It has a metallic back and interferes with the screen. I had that happen on a display model at BB twice withing 10 minutes. Once I removed it, no more problems. And I haven't had any problems with my purchased one.
A friend of mine bought one online and complained about the same thing. I told him to remove the sticker and the issue went away.
the sticker on mine was removed in the first five minutes. haven't had the problem again yet. hope it was a fluke

Need Advice N7 Screen issue.

Hello-
I usually do not open threads but I need advice on this recent touch responsiveness issue that has been happening. My Nexus 7 8 GIG was running great I had not had one issue with it, until one day I opened the case "Poetic leather case with magnet locks" and the screen came on notifications were on and animated everything looked fine. I went to unlock it and the touch screen did not respond to anything, now the screen rotates fine and all but it would not respond to touch. So I reset it with the power button, the touch screen then works until it times out and turns off, I wake it up and the screen does not respond again. I took it out of the case and have manually turned it on/off and it still does not respond to touch, but it will work every time I reset it. This problem has came out of nowhere it was running great.
I was originally on AOKP Milestone 1 with Franko's Kernel r25 so I thought maybe that was it so I re flashed Milestone 1 and kept the stock kernel and the problem persists. So I wiped everything and put BAMF Paradigm on it and it still does this, but the touch screen responds every time it is manually reset so I am trying to figure out if this is hardware or software related I am led to believe it is software considering the touch screen works flawlessly upon reboot but again I am not sure.
I have not added any new apps or anything like that to cause a memory leak or such. This problem started when I left the N7 for two days without touching it, then the problem happened after I tried to use it after the two days of inactivity.
Update: I turned the N7 off for about a day booted it back up now the touch screen is working every time I am confused.
So I still have 7 months on my ASUS manufactures warranty should I send this unit back? I just do not want to think its software related and it will get fixed through updates and then find out it is hardware related and be out of the warranty period.
I am on 4.1.2 with the last boot loader "not the new one"
latest version of TWRP
Thanks everyone in advance for your time.
It seems like a magnet bad effect to me! not sure though cuz the nexus 7 suppose to work fine with magnetic cases but it could be a Magnetic field effect. In my opinion as long as it works don't send it cuz you don't know what happens there in the service center, I mean once the device is opened it would never get the same as before.
Chaw Rash said:
It seems like a magnet bad effect to me! not sure though cuz the nexus 7 suppose to work fine with magnetic cases but it could be a Magnetic field effect. In my opinion as long as it works don't send it cuz you don't know what happens there in the service center, I mean once the device is opened it would never get the same as before.
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Yea I had thought that was it but I took it out of the case and still does it so no dice on that field
well i flashed the latest google image and just started fresh. The touch screen is now working without issue so hopefully it was nothing still not sure though what would have caused this though -_-
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if anyone could shed any light on this issue it would be greatly appreciated thanks again.
Sent from my ADR6425LVW using xda premium

Can't unlock - just relocks and goes black

My rooted 32GB has just started doing this (2nd time this has occurred now). When I try to unlock, it just makes a click sound and relocks and blacks the screen. The first time resolved itself. Not sure if a reboot will help (probably so), but wondering if anyone has seen this or has any suggestions.
doncaruana said:
My rooted 32GB has just started doing this (2nd time this has occurred now). When I try to unlock, it just makes a click sound and relocks and blacks the screen. The first time resolved itself. Not sure if a reboot will help (probably so), but wondering if anyone has seen this or has any suggestions.
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Is there any magnet near the N7? (if you have case, maybe the it is not working to well, most of the case is not prepared for daily use )
Ábel
Does the screen turn on and everything looks fine, but there is no touch response at all? Do the hard buttons prompt the menu's like power down and volume control but there is absolutely no touch input? I am asking these questions because if it is doing this you are having the same issue as me, I had been working on this issue for a solid month with absolutely no luck and the issue kept getting more frequent.I have re-flashed stock Google images both 4.1 and 4.2 with absolutely no luck. After the clean installs I did not root it I left the it completely stock and the issue is still there, also I thought it may have been my Poetic magnet case, well i took it out of the case and it still does it. I even removed my $20.00 dollar Steinheil Ultra Crystal Screen Protector thinking that may have something to do with it but that's not the issue. After every reboot it will work fine, so I was completely frustrated and could not find that many people on line with this issue. I finally had to send mine back to ASUS and they stated it was a screen assembly issue and they could replicate the problem, well I got it back last week and five minutes after booting it up the issue is still there so needless to say I have to RMA it again. What really bugs me is the Nexus 7 worked fine for two months not one problem then, I left it in a cabinet for 2 days without touching it and that's when the issue started and it has just gotten worse.
I apologize for the long story if this is not your issue but I just wanted to save you a lot of hassle if it is.
My issue isn't as complicated, fortunately for me. The screen is black (even though cover, with magnet, is open). I hit the power button once to get the screen to light up and slide the unlock. It looks normal but only flashes for an instant, then makes the click and the screen goes black again.
It self resolved again, so I actually am suspecting that it could be that when the case is folder over, the magnet may possibly be causing this. So thanks for that suggestion. Next time it happens I'll be looking specifically for that to see if I can narrow it down.

Phone instantly reboots?

I was listening to an audiobook when my phone suddenly died. It would not start back up, so I removed the battery. When I replaced the battery, the samsung logo would pop up but after about a second it would go black again. It will not start again until I remove/replace the battery, at which point it does the one second shutdown again.
At one point I got the phone to boot (no idea what I did differently) and I noticed that it got very hot around the camera area before going black again. A second time I was able to get into recovery, where I did a factory reset. Booted back up and it seemed to be okay, but then heated up very quickly and shut down.
Now, even if the phone is totally cool, I cant get past that 1 second of samsung logo. I'm really at a loss here, and totally screwed without my phone because I am traveling non-stop for the next 2 weeks. Does anyone know how I might try to troubleshoot this? Thanks
Possibly flash a new ROM and start over. That's what I would do
This EXACT situation happened to me yesterday! I was streaming from Google music, it was on the charger and things were fine. A call came in and the phone started vibrating like crazy and wouldn't stop. The screen went black and it kept vibrating. Finally it went off. On boot it will get to my lock screen and then crash after about 30 seconds. If I take the battery out and try again it lasts another few seconds after boot. If I leave it for a LONG time with the battery out and restart it I can get like 2 mins on the next boot without it crashing. The top part by the camera is getting hot on my phone as well. Recovery mode and download mode start fine and the phone doesn't crash. I have some data on the internal that I want to save so I tried to use Odin to flash the most recent build L720VPUFNG2 as that would just install the OS and not touch the data. On the next reboot things seemed to be working fine and I got maybe 5 mins out of the phone before it crashed again. I still don't have enough time to get the data off so I think I'm just going to say screw it and wipe it completely. You guys know of a way I can backup this app data using Odin or recovery mode? My phone is currently unrooted. I'm new to all this tinkering stuff. Phone is out of warranty now anyway.
Threw on a custom recovery, backed up all my data, did a full wipe, now I am good as new.
It worked for awhile but now it is back to rebooting itself. Any idea what could be the issue? I'm assuming at this point it is hardware related. Why can recovery and download mode run consistently without crashing but when an os is fired up it has issues? If it was a hardware issue shouldn't it not work across the board?
So I had Sprint replace my phone on the 8th. I have been using my same batteries (1 stock 1 Anker) and chargers (some stock some not) without issue the past 5 days. I rooted and installed xposed and some modules (original broken phone was never rooted and was completely stock). Things were going great until tonight when it started reboot looping exactly like the old phone. I switched battery and same proble. After I took the battery out and left it out awhile it fired back up but I'm afraid the problem will return. Is it possible that the battery or charger randomly are causing damage to the phone? I only have 14 day warranty on this replacement and need to figure this out.
I have no idea maybe try just using your stock battery for a couple days. See how that goes then use your other battery for a couple days and see what happens.
i7vSa7vi7y said:
I have no idea maybe try just using your stock battery for a couple days. See how that goes then use your other battery for a couple days and see what happens.
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I think it was one of the xposed modules causing the issue. I realized the rebooting seemed to happen whenever I pressed the power button. I had installed a power menu module so perhaps it was the cause. I restored from a nandroid and uninstalled that module and things seem to be working now. Hopefully that was the cause and this thing won't start acting up again after the return period.
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I think it was one of the xposed modules causing the issue. I realized the rebooting seemed to happen whenever I pressed the power button. I had installed a power menu module so perhaps it was the cause. I restored from a nandroid and uninstalled that module and things seem to be working now. Hopefully that was the cause and this thing won't start acting up again after the return period.
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That makes a lot of sense. Have to be careful with those Xposed modules. Don't get too carried away installing so many at one time and playing with them and then rebooting. You'll have a hard time figuring out which one is causing it. I'm pretty sure you found your problem.
i7vSa7vi7y said:
That makes a lot of sense. Have to be careful with those Xposed modules. Don't get too carried away installing so many at one time and playing with them and then rebooting. You'll have a hard time figuring out which one is causing it. I'm pretty sure you found your problem.
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That is exactly what I did I installed like 6 at once and things were working well for a few hours then disaster stuck. I think I won't play with this phone anymore as I am upgrading anyway and want to sell it in working order.
So things were going well for awhile and then the reboot loops started up again. I did some digging and read that apparently Samsung phones are notorious for sticking power buttons and the symptoms were exactly what I was experiencing. I watched some videos online how to open the phone and clean out the power button but it didn't make a difference. I then read that squeezing the connector for the power button with a pair of pliers sometimes does the trick. Not for me. So finally since I'm not under warranty, have no insurance, and the phone wasn't working anyway, I just ripped the white plastic part of the power button right off. Well, that seemed to do the trick. Phone immediately fired back up without issue and has been going strong. I glued a small thin piece of plastic where the old one used to be and I am back in action. If my little plastic piece solution eventually fails or breaks off I will consider soldering on a new button but so far so good.
If you have tried everything else, and are looking for last resort, try cleaning the power button with some alcohol, and if that fails, rip off that power button! Here is the video that gave me the idea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Glllc7bEJs and here are some other power button videos: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=s4%20power%20button&search_type=&aq=f&oq=

Tab4 8 Plus TB-8704, display shows cross hair instead of acting on the touch

I am losing the will with this Tablet.
Basically the touchscreen from time to time, stops reacting to my input and instead just shows me a little black cross hair where I am pressing the screen.
Once it starts I have to force reboot the tablet and then it can take between seconds, to half an hour to start acting up again.
Factory reset doesn't fix it.
I sent it back to Lenovo and I wasn't impressed, I got it back with the simple report saying software faulty and new software installed. They rolled it back to the previous version of Android that it immediately checked and requested an update, and back to the same issue.
Its still in warranty but they took 2 weeks to sort it last time, any ideas what I should try, I'm tempted to root it and install a custom rom to see if that sorts it, but then I guess bang goes my warranty
Any suggestions / ideas / seen this problem before ?
Thanks for any feedback given :angel:

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