nexus not vibrating anymore - Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

hi everyone sorry if it might be a repetitive issue but I've Googled it and nobody seemed to have my same problem. phone is not vibrating anymore. It was working fine on my desk I picked it up and I noticed that texting doesn't give me the haptic feedback anymore. went through all the settings nothing. I tried to switch from silence to vibration mode to make it vibrate. nothing. Downloaded apps of the kind (tap to vibrate) and it didn't work either. I don't see how the sensor or whatever it is got broken by standing still on my desk.? any suggestions? I've already has this problem with my old nexus 4 but it got solved by itself. This time is getting longer than usual without fixing itself..
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bellasahbella said:
hi everyone sorry if it might be a repetitive issue but I've Googled it and nobody seemed to have my same problem. phone is not vibrating anymore. It was working fine on my desk I picked it up and I noticed that texting doesn't give me the haptic feedback anymore. went through all the settings nothing. I tried to switch from silence to vibration mode to make it vibrate. nothing. Downloaded apps of the kind (tap to vibrate) and it didn't work either. I don't see how the sensor or whatever it is got broken by standing still on my desk.? any suggestions? I've already has this problem with my old nexus 4 but it got solved by itself. This time is getting longer than usual without fixing itself..
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did you try rebooting?

yes twice
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Could it be an app you installed? especially as you mentioned it has happened before on your old n4.

The fact that you have to wait for it to fix itself is kinda worrying. I think your vibration motor could be dodgy. Could try ringing Google and see if they have any tips? If not you could RMA?

I am sorry for bumping old threads, but it seems like I have had exactly the same issue. It has happened to me 4 or 5 times. I've noticed that vibration disapears after some very intensive cpu activities that makes both cpu and battery significantly warmer than usual...for example doing nand backup and then restore another backup and after short period of time let's say performing a clean installation. Vibration "comes back" after a while. Sometimes it takes half an hour sometimies one or two hours.
This is a very annoying issue. I'd go directly to retailer, but it makes no sense in such circumstances. Mostly due to lazyness of our service guys here. They don't do any effort to reproduce the problem and won't do the thing if they see vibration working as it should. (I am pretty sure that even if I leave device with "sleeping" vibration it will "wake up" when the service guy boots the device.) I guess I am gonna have to wait until vibration dies for good.
Anyway
bellasahbella
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can you please post how you solved your vibration issue. Did you get replacement or did vibration start to work again as it used to do before?

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cyanogen 5.0.5.3 touch screen

is it normal that my touchscreen goes nuts sometimes? I find that sometimes (usually at night or first thing in the morning) my touchscreen on my n1 is inaccurate. I'll touch in the middle of the screen and it will click on something on the bottom of the screen. if I reboot my phone, the phone works great again.
yes its normal, its been posted here that even stock rom will get that problem now and then. Although mine has been random, not at a certain time.
Google is working on a software fix for it, and cyanogen 5053 (for my experience) has cut that problem to a minimum. I think ive experienced that problem 2 times since flashing. So a span of 3 weeks it happend twice. So i say its been pretty good.
And you dont need to reboot, just turn off the screen and turn it back on. Last i had a problem, i did that and it worked.
So as soon google fixes it im sure this board will be flooded with threads about it. And the devs are fast enough to implement it to their ROMS!
Are you holding it differently at those times? You mentioned at night or in the morning. Are you still in bed? I find I sometimes grip the phone is a way that my hand touches the edges of the screen. That throws off the touches and I've noticed it jumping down to a different icon at times. Just make sure your hand doesn't wrap around to the front of the screen.
My nexus one touchscreen will go nuts at times too. Locking the phone and unlocking does fix it though. I'm also 100% positive it has nothing to do with erroneous input from the way I'm holding it.
ya I was making sure that I wasn't holding it weird. hopefully Google makes a fix : )
p.s. thanks for the tip on turning off the screen rather than rebooting the device.
mine does this too but it seems that if I just put it to sleep and wipe it off it's back to normal
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Mine too does this w/ cyanogen 5053. sometimes it's so bad that i cannot even unlock the phone. I never noticed it this bad before on stock... but then again i only used stock for about two weeks before i rooted it.
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I'm on a non modded phone and I get it every once in a while. Hit the power button and all is well.

Is my phone freezing up...or is it turning itself off (3rd phone...same problem!)

I am on my third SGS from Bell Mobility. I returned the first two because of the same problem. I would be using the phone like normal, and at random times I go to make a call or something, and notice that the phone is turned off! On my last 2, i couldn't turn it back on using the power button and assumed it was turned off, so i would re-install the battery to get it working again (until it would happen again a day or two later).
Well, today it happened for the first time on my third SGS (on the 2nd day after i had it). This time, i decided to hold the power button for about 10 seconds to see what would happen...and the phone restarted (didn't re-install battery like i used to).
What could be causing this? I thought it was a defect in the phone, but this is the third one to do it. It happens randomly (sometimes every 3rd day, sometimes everyday). Anyone know what it could be? Could the phone just be 'frozen' in sleep mode? (meaning the phone is still on, just the screen is frozen black)...or could the phone actually be off? Thanks in advance!
The same happened to me several times, but since i changed the default home screen mananger, it never happened again. So, maybe this is a software issue, i dont know.
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pedroc2009 said:
The same happened to me several times, but since i changed the default home screen mananger, it never happened again. So, maybe this is a software issue, i dont know.
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default home screen manager? could you please explain that to me (noob!). thanks
Just download from market Launcherpro or Adw launcher and Home switcher to set default layout.
Btw it's strange, because my SGS havent hanged up even once since i have it.
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I have the same problem. But it happens at least few times a day. I have to check my phone is on regularly to aviod miss call.
I am using a rooted JF7 ,anyone have idea how to solve it?
SetCPU is known to cause that.
The device shuts down automatically.
Just realized WHEN this happens
Happened again today... I tried calling my phone to see if maybe it was just stuck in sleep, but it went to voice mail. This is very annoying because i cannot rely on my device to be on when it should be (ie- for an alarm) The only way to get it back on was to either re-install battery or hold down power for about 10 seconds. This is my 3rd SGS and it happened on the 1st one and the 3rd (only had 2nd one for a day).
I just realized today that it only happens to me at places where i have no signal. It happened at work 5 times (where i get no reception), and once in the forest where i was bike riding. I was in an area that showed no signal, and shortly after the phone was off. (it doesn't make any shutdown noise or anything, I just realize sometimes the phone has randomly turned itself off.
Could reception have something to do with this? Now that I think about it, the 1st phone i had also turned itself off at work....never at home. Will 2.2 fix this problem? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Three handsets exhibiting the same problem?... I'm starting to think that this might be somehow related to your sim-card...
just leave the phon in stock and it'll work better
once you start adding apps to change the normal stuff, weird things happens
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Three handsets exhibiting the same problem?... I'm starting to think that this might be somehow related to your sim-card...
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A sim card can cause glitches in how a phone works? That's interesting...how exactly is that possible?
As long as you weren't installing any 3rd party application which can cause this and there's no strong electro magnetic field nearby, which might disrupt your sgs ... I can't think about nothing else...
if you can try a different sim card for a day or two, maybe you'll figure that out...

RMA

Hi all how are Google at RMA?
It looks like the vibration unit is faulty on my phone. If i'm typing a text after a bit the haptic feedback stops working, when this happens the vibration stops all together, Turning the phone off and back on does not start it again (no vibration on startup)
Only way i can get it to work again is shake the phone.
Have you tried a factory reset? But Google's RMA is good, they order a new one for you on the same day.
Problem is, we don't know how fast it gets to you. Some people are taking about 10 days.
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Yes i reset everything to stock. It worked great for about 14hrs and then when doing a text it stopped working again. Its like its got a loss connection, sometimes it works great and sometimes i have only got to type 1 letter and it stops.
I thought it might be a bug in the software, but as the phone does not vibrate on startup i guess that rules that out

screen not turning back on after call

Hi
I have just had an issue with the screen turned off and not turning back on forcing me to reboot by holding down the power for 10 seconds. It was after a call and went off as it is meant to as i had the phone to my ear. When i had finished i went to end the call and no display. The phone was still functioning as the notification led was flashing when i double tapped.
Just wondered if anyone else has experienced similar?
Cheers
I had that exact problem with this phone when i first got it... it kinda went away after a while it seemed.. i haven't had that issue sense..
Try factory reset
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I think it's a core android problem, because I had it on my Note 2.
Thanks guys
I did a hard reset last night and havent been able to make it happen again after numerous calls today at work. I think perhaps it was a one off bug.
That was one of the first things i did..
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[Q] Black screen when quickly pushing lock

I'm having a bit of a weird issue with my new Verizon GS5.
Scenario: I am doing something such as reading a text, decide I'm done and lock the screen, and then a second or two later realize I forget to check something and hit the lock button again to turn it back on. Most of the time when I do this the physical buttons will light up but the screen will stay black, and a few seconds later the physical buttons will turn off. This will happen a few times until finally the screen turns on and I see the lock screen.
I had a similar issue with my Galaxy Nexus (rooted and running Kit Kat) phone prior to the GS5 and figured it was my old hardware- is this some Kit Kat bug?
Thanks for any input
Same issue here. But I can't figure out if it was due to switching to ART or not.
We can wait others reply with this i hope someone will post a tip on this kind of problem.
I switched to art after installing apps and I'm ha ing this issue didn't really play with phone much until after switching to ART. Is anyone having this issue not on ART?
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kameleongt said:
I switched to art after installing apps and I'm ha ing this issue didn't really play with phone much until after switching to ART. Is anyone having this issue not on ART?
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Yes this is happening to me running Dalvik.
Happened just now to me. It has happened a few times.
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Had this a time or two. It's like the power button doesn't register or something. Yes I switched to art.
I have found though that if I hold power for a second it pretty much fixes itself without having to do anything crazy like yanking the battery or restarting the phone.
Imo: not a big deal, doesn't seem to happen a lot for me.
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tehgyb said:
Had this a time or two. It's like the power button doesn't register or something. Yes I switched to art.
I have found though that if I hold power for a second it pretty much fixes itself without having to do anything crazy like yanking the battery or restarting the phone.
Imo: not a big deal, doesn't seem to happen a lot for me.
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Is it kind of bugged?
Lodaserves said:
Is it kind of bugged?
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This is actually becoming quite an annoyance to me and happens very often. I'm still on Dalvik. Could this be caused by an app?
I feel like half the time I go to use my phone the screen doesn't turn on.
tehgyb said:
Had this a time or two. It's like the power button doesn't register or something. Yes I switched to art.
I have found though that if I hold power for a second it pretty much fixes itself without having to do anything crazy like yanking the battery or restarting the phone.
Imo: not a big deal, doesn't seem to happen a lot for me.
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I'm having the same issue for the past two days; although, I am not switching between apps or anything (only trying to use the phone). No display, but get sound/vibration from buttons and LED lights from soft keys. Unfortunately, both times required me to yank the battery. My S5 is completely stock (not using ART) and have manually reinstalled my apps from old device. Any suggestions?
I am not experiencing this and I have switched to ART...
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I think your phone have a problem and others don't have this kind of problem.
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I hope this isn't the case. Once again I experienced these EXACT same issues with my Galaxy Nexus running 4.4.2. I can't help but think it might be some app causing it since not everyone has it.
I am noticing this every once in a while. But it's mostly right after I shut the screen off after a large processed app or task, and then remember something I forgot to do and try and turn it back on and there is some lag bringing up the screen again.
Black screen when quickly pushing lock
Lodaserves said:
Try to ask the person where you bought it.
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I was about to return my S5 to Verizon for this very reason. I haven't switched to art and have been having the screen go black on me, you can tell the phone is on because the physical buttons are lit. It seems to happen to me alot when I take the phone off the charger and hit the on button. I will hear the phone rebooting, but not see the boot animation. Thats when I do a battery pull. Holding the button doesn't do it. I also have had a few random reboots. Thats ok...I'm going to try every root method under the sun..gggrrrr..lol
I've started to try to uninstall apps to see if I can narrow down the issue. It still plagues me at least half the time I try to use my phone.
This is happening to me as well. Not as often. I'd say once a day, but I have to pull my battery to restart it. I did 2 factory resets and am now using a new google account as per verizons request and I added apps slowly. I have been fine until I put a second launcher on. I installed the GEL launcher but did not use it just to see if having multiple launchers could cause this glitch. Could it be this? Is everyone else using a different launcher? Also the only time I ever had it happen while messing with the phone was two times while working in light flow. Any one else connected to those two happenings? Trying to narrow down what could be causing this.
Running ART here, I'm not sure if I'm getting this problem, but I have realized some latency from pressing either the home or power button and the screen turning on. Not sure what causes that lag, but it's a good almost full second whereas my S4 would be instant
eagle132 said:
I'm having a bit of a weird issue with my new Verizon GS5.
Scenario: I am doing something such as reading a text, decide I'm done and lock the screen, and then a second or two later realize I forget to check something and hit the lock button again to turn it back on. Most of the time when I do this the physical buttons will light up but the screen will stay black, and a few seconds later the physical buttons will turn off. This will happen a few times until finally the screen turns on and I see the lock screen.
I had a similar issue with my Galaxy Nexus (rooted and running Kit Kat) phone prior to the GS5 and figured it was my old hardware- is this some Kit Kat bug?
Thanks for any input
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I would assume this is NOT the physical hardware issue, but the software, I heard somewhere that Samsung version of KitKat 4.4.2 is quite buggy and glitchy.
Njzkrish said:
Same issue here. But I can't figure out if it was due to switching to ART or not.
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I had the issue before and after switching to ART
Anyone have any further ideas yet? I'm not running ART bit I was able to have it happen again when I had Google experience launcher installed. Removed it and it hasn't happened for two days. I'm installing Google launcher again now to see if that was causing the issue.
Anyone else with further developments?

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