So I'm sort of freaking out here. My phone was fine one second, then flickering the next. I thought it was a software issue, so i went into TWRP and tried to wipe data, but it happened there too. I'll try to post a video if I can, but the whole screen just dims, then gets brighter really quickly so it looks like flickering. Any help would be appreciated!
Has anyone called google and gotten a replacement for a tmobile nexus (not bought from the play store). And yes I have fastbooted back to stock unrooted. It still does it.
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Hi guys, this is my first post here and I hope someone can help me please!!
I got my phone 5 weeks no problem till last night,
basically when I am in screen lock state and then go unlock, I keep getting this anoying WHITE screen which coveres the whole screen and only on the top in narrow blue band it say "wiedges setting" to get out of this, I have to press the return button (on the right ) and it goes away , this happens everytime I go to lock position (after it stays in that position for 5 minutes or more),
Also I noticed even DURING my call after about 5-6 minutes through out the call this white screen appears and it ALWAYS goes away as soon as I press the return button.!!
so please tell me how to get ride of this?
if not, how to reset the phone without losing my apps and data? if I do factory reset is my apps will stay in andriod market, or do they also get deleted?
my phone IS NOT rooted phone.
what can I do, this is really killing me, as its everytimes into my face.
Please help me...
thanks so much
ps. is there any way that I can reset the phone to previously saved version! (3 days ago lets say),?
Sounds to me like an app causing this, as it seems it wants you to alter some settings.
Can you think of any apps you have installed since it started happening? It is usually always the fault of a dodgy app when you have issues.
I am not sure you can restore the phone back 3 days if you havent already done a backup.
Restoring your phone won't necessarily help as you will probably end up re installing the bad app once you are done.
I would try taking off some apps that you installed recently or anything you think might affect the screen.
Good luck and i'm sure someone else will be able to help
Biff.
edit: if it only started last night, is there anything you've installed just before it happened?
Hi all,
I got my Nexus 7 from the Play Store a couple of months ago (one of the pre-orderers). The first time I turned it on, I noticed the screen slowly dimming and turning off during the boot animation. I would see the 'X' but it would slowly fade out, disappear totally and then reappear on full brightness. The screen then totally turned off after completing booting and I couldn't see anything. A couple of reboots later and the screen finally turned on which was great. The tablet would run anything perfectly after that except if I turned the brightness to the lowest setting which would cause the screen to turn off. This didn't bother me either since I always use it on full brightness anyway.
However, over the last couple of weeks I noticed the touchscreen becomes unresponsive after prolonged use. This made me decide to get it replaced. I called Google who said they would send me a replacement :victory:.
Here's the problem...Since I was rooted and running CWM recovery I decided to revert to the factory image for warranty purposes. So I reverted to stock and rebooted but I now have the same problem I had at the first boot. My screen won't turn on! I tried rebooting a couple of times to see if that would do it but it just happens everytime.The bootanimation completes and the screen just turns off. The problem is I can't relock my bootloader which is going to jeopardise my warranty IMO since my tablet is scheduled for return on the 12th of this month (10/12/2012).
Well finally could anyone please help? Has anyone had the same issue? What steps did you take?
Sorry for the long post. I'm just worried that I'm going to be stuck with the defective tablet which I worked hard to save the money for in the first place
BUMP. I really need any help I can get since i've got less than 48 hours to get it fully stock before the courier comes to pick it up for RMA.
Did you follow this guide to return to stock/relock the bootloader? I had this exact same problem and your best bet would be to get an RMA.
Actually I did perform all those steps but I just can't seem to enter the stock recovery. I just keep getting the Android with the red triangle. Thanks for the suggestion anyways. I'll give you a thanks just for that
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Sounds to me as if your auto brightness is stuck....wake it up and shine a flashlight or something on the screen. If you can see your screen, go into settings and turn off your auto brightness.
Well I did what you said and guess what IT WORKED! Thanks a million. I'm really dumb for not having thought of that..
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So, just recently I had a problem with the phone when I tried turning on the screen but instead got small coloured pixels and the screen started glowing green. When I rebooted it rebooted normally but the screen stayed the same. It seemed like everything else but the screen display was working. Don't know if that makes sense to you guys. Has anyone else encountered this problem?
Only problem I encountered with S4 wqs straight out of the box after connecting to a genie to transfer data for a customer the screen on the S4 just went haywire and snowy like an old tube tv. Other than that haven't seen anymore screen issues.
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htcslic said:
Only problem I encountered with S4 wqs straight out of the box after connecting to a genie to transfer data for a customer the screen on the S4 just went haywire and snowy like an old tube tv. Other than that haven't seen anymore screen issues.
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That's exactly how the screen looked. Do you have any idea how it could occur?
luster_12x said:
That's exactly how the screen looked. Do you have any idea how it could occur?
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Honestly didn't happen till it was connected to the Genie. Other than that I am clueless.
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Similar screen death problem
I have had an AT&T Galaxy S4 SGH-I337 for 2 weeks and love it. I was having a battery drain issue but powering off and back on seemed to fix it (also I am no longer ending the Google Play Music process from the Task Manager which may have caused the common "Media Server" battery drain I was having).
But today, I had a similar problem as the OP =(
Unlocked my phone (using the pattern to unlock) and it lagged as it tried to display the home screen. When the home screen showed up, the colors immediately went whacky, all white-washed and faded, then a half second later and the screen went black. Screen completely dead.
I can still hear sounds from the phones and see the status light so I know the rest of the phone is still working. It responds to me unlocking the phone and pressing the home, back, and settings button.
I will be taking my phone back to AT&T this evening but just wanted to see if anyone had any suggestions or solutions. I will post an update after visiting AT&T.
Hi guys,
I would really appreciate your help if you ever ran into such an issue.
This thing started happening on Android 4.3 and it continued on Kitkat after I unlocked my device, unlocked, wiped and installed factory image of Kitkat.
The thing is that while working the screen suddenly turns either black/gray/ image dims/ only half image appears.
It mostly happens when using Chrome.
after a few minutes of dimming just leting it on with the screen off, it all go back to normal.
The only thing I noticed is that the region of the back camera gets a little warm, but besides that everything's OK.
Have anyone ever ran into such a thing? What could be the problem?
I'd appreciate your response,
Fabian
anyone??
Please?
Thanks,
Fabian
Like the title says I have an essential ph1 that constantly is rebooting itself I'm guessing it's a soft reboot because the screen gets bright freezes up and then boots to the lock screen does all this within 5 seconds but it treats the phone as it's been rebooted it's happening multiple times a day. Anyone else had this issue? I'm running Android pie. I have insurance but I'm afraid to make a claim because I've heard that the phone is out of stock everywhere and the value that they will give me is like $240 I like the phone.
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Like the title says I have an essential ph1 that constantly is rebooting itself I'm guessing it's a soft reboot because the screen gets bright freezes up and then boots to the lock screen does all this within 5 seconds but it treats the phone as it's been rebooted it's happening multiple times a day. Anyone else had this issue? I'm running Android pie. I have insurance but I'm afraid to make a claim because I've heard that the phone is out of stock everywhere and the value that they will give me is like $240 I like the phone.
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Boot into safe mode & see of it still reboots itself
https://www.androidexplained.com/essential-phone-safe-mode/
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Like the title says I have an essential ph1 that constantly is rebooting itself I'm guessing it's a soft reboot because the screen gets bright freezes up and then boots to the lock screen does all this within 5 seconds but it treats the phone as it's been rebooted it's happening multiple times a day. Anyone else had this issue? I'm running Android pie. I have insurance but I'm afraid to make a claim because I've heard that the phone is out of stock everywhere and the value that they will give me is like $240 I like the phone.
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Are you on a ROM? Kernel?
I ran into this issue with my OG Pixel. I found out the issue was I disabled some google apps. I re-enabled them all and the reboots stopped. Make sure Google Drive, Google Movies, Google Music, etc are not disabled.
mruno said:
I ran into this issue with my OG Pixel. I found out the issue was I disabled some google apps. I re-enabled them all and the reboots stopped. Make sure Google Drive, Google Movies, Google Music, etc are not disabled.
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Umm... That makes no sense...
But if it works for you...
I'm having this exact same issue for around 2-3 weeks now. I'm on stock, done multiple factory resets, and the issue continues.