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Momentary black screen

Anyone had this one? Since 4.2, the screen momentarily goes black, with a similar transition to hitting the task manage soft key, but transiting to the left in landscape, then flicks back to normal use. Happens in apps...screws up some games, puts others into pause mode as if a task has been switched. Thought it might have had something to do with auto rotation going a bit bonkers, but not sure....
Not heard any reports...have looked through the forum, couldn't find anything.
Weird...it just did it then....but the keyboard stayed on screen, xda disappeared to the left...
Any thoughts and thanks in advance
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Thank God! Thought it was just me!
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Ok..just happened again while in portrait mode. Definitely saw it flick to landscape. Rotation is locked btw.
Hmmmmm.....
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It happened to me three times last night after update to 4.2 :crying:

Ok...so, while sitting in a tedious meeting, Nexus in landscape, propped up with its folding case the screened flipped upside down and stayed upside down. 3 times. My ipad using colleague giggled.
Any way to recalibrate the tilt sensor? Or any other suggestions?
It's not the end of the world but...there must be a patch solution or other? Before 4.1 I used the auto rotate app, I forget its correct name...
Thoughts?
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I used logcat to monitor the Nexus 7 until the random rotation happened. After looking at the log I realized that it was always the same process being activated and that process was nVision.
Since nVision always rotates into landscape mode I was suspicious that perhaps when it tried to update itself in the background it was changing the screen orientation. I disabled notifications and then uninstalled the app and the problem has completely gone away. I have had no random rotations at all in the last 24 hours.
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Thanks very much. Ill give it a try and report back
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Okie doke.
For the record.... 48 hours and no random flips to landscape and back. I'd be willing to be a substantial amount of money this was the culprit. However, whether this is a 4.2 issue per se vs. Bad behavior in nVision is an open Question.
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Ok. Disabling nvision notifications still flips out. Will uninstall later.
Thanks again
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Uninstall it. I still think it checks in and screws your screen, whether it shows you the notification or not.
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Uninstalled...all good so far. Woooooo!
Cheers!
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Screen Burn-in

I Recently noticed screen burn-in of the Google Play icon (Homescreen Shortcut) on the screen ...
The burn-in is more noticeable in white/gray backgrounds...
How do I remove it if its posible? Tried few apps from market but app logo imprint is still visible

Can u post screen photo from another camera
How much old is your s3
And do you always use same home screen layout ?
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I don't have any other camera device ATM... Phone is 5 months old & yes sadly I always use same homescreen layout...

abhifusion said:
I don't have any other camera device ATM... Phone is 5 months old & yes sadly I always use same homescreen layout...
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Then it will burn it has to be.
Even in led TV's if u use Amy particular image more then 2hrs its pixels also starts burning that's why in led TVs we don't have blue screen when there is no cable connection
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5 months is too early
when will amoled mature?
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ronhoover88 said:
5 months is too early
when will amoled mature?
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You can burn your screen in a day also
Just keep your device screen on in particular image
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Managed to take pics from featurephone, check them out ...
Please enlist any good apps you know to fade it out

No way to reduce it it will
Read this for future
http://m.samsung.com/us/support/SupportOwnersFAQPopup.do?faq_id=FAQ00001261&fm_seq=1429
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Mother of GOD ! there are other icon imprints as well if I look closely !!
Hope it doesn't get darker than this ...

You won't find away around it unfortunately.
These screens are both fantastic and both sh*t at the same time. It's good technology but it isn't perfected. My original SGS went terrible. After nearly 2 years on it I could see perfectly the alarm icon and almost every icon I had on my home screen on light and dark backgrounds - It's a nice screen but it will only get worse within time.
As others have said only real solution is to keep altering your backgrounds and home screens but tbh I wouldn't bother, you'll still get burn from the time and other icons in the status bar.
Until Samsung sort them out and improve how they work it's just the way it's going to be

Whoa!! That is scary!
I have heard that there is no solution for a burn-in..? Thanks for the advice though. I'll keep changing the layout constantly.

[Q]Nexus 4 touch sensitivity sucks

Coming from an s3 I was able to use my finger nail if I wanted to click on stuff and scroll. No joke I can post a video lol.
Just got my nexus four tonight and I love the phone overall but the touch sensitivity is really bad. Any ideas how I can improve it?
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There's a mod in one of the Dev forums... I haven't used it but it seems to be working for those that have installed it.
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Crisisx1 said:
Coming from an s3 I was able to use my finger nail if I wanted to click on stuff and scroll. No joke I can post a video lol.
Just got my nexus four tonight and I love the phone overall but the touch sensitivity is really bad. Any ideas how I can improve it?
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Lol You're fingernail at the time you were using your s3 must have been short, thus allowing your finger as well to touch the screen without you noticing it. And now that you use your nexus 4, you're fingernail is long again..
P.S. Peace I come in peace
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wtfshouldidonow said:
Lol You're fingernail at the time you were using your s3 must have been short, thus allowing your finger as well to touch the screen without you noticing it. And now that you use your nexus 4, you're fingernail is long again..
P.S. Peace I come in peace
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Lol ... No. Actually used the back of nail where no skin would be able to touch.
On the n4 I press as hard as I want with my nail and it won't click anything.
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This topic doesn't make sense. How does the screen suck when nails aren't supposed to be able to work on a capacitive screen normally?

nhatters said:
This topic doesn't make sense. How does the screen suck when nails aren't supposed to be able to work on a capacitive screen normally?
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I never said the screen sucks. I said the touch sensitivity does. And I was using my nail as a comparison between the s3 and n4 screen touch sensitivity.
Your reading and comprehension sucks.
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Crisisx1 said:
I never said the screen sucks. I said the touch sensitivity does. And I was using my nail as a comparison between the s3 and n4 screen touch sensitivity.
Your reading and comprehension sucks.
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Really? What are you touching then when you're testing the sensitivity? Do you even understand how capacitive screens work?

The sensitivity mod allows you to tap with the back of fingernail (i know i tried lol). It uses the earlier touch driver, but it does have the side affect of making the phone stall for a minute or more when first booted up; but if used with the supplied modded stock kernel you only have this happen once, also 'Matr1x' kernel also has this feature.
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Really? What are you touching then when you're testing the sensitivity? Do you even understand how capacitive screens work?
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Everything and anything on my phone.
Even if I put my finger on the screen slowly without adding too much pressure it will not recognize the touch...try it.
I guess I'm just used to the s3 really sensitive touch screen.
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My impression of the touchscreen is good, most of the things you are describing I have not experienced.
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NewAndreas said:
My impression of the touchscreen is good, most of the things you are describing I have not experienced.
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Can you scroll on your home screen or click on apps with your finger nail?
Can you tap on an app with your finger ever so slightly, but definitely make contact with the glass, on an app icon or keyboard, and no action happens? Meaning the app doesn't open or the letter pressed isn't typed in...
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I can scroll with the back of my fingernail, and can open apps with a very small amount of pressure. I don't see why I would use my fingernail anyway
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Just checked, it works on the back of my fingernail but not the tip of my fingernail
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NewAndreas said:
I can scroll with the back of my fingernail, and can open apps with a very small amount of pressure. I don't see why I would use my fingernail anyway
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Lol you wouldn't. I was just using that as a reference to my s3. I could do it on the s3 but not my n4.
Is it possible I got a defect or what? Did you flash the mod...
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wtfshouldidonow said:
Just checked, it works on the back of my fingernail but not the tip of my fingernail
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I can't do either. My sensitivity is really bad. It's really annoying when I'm typing so fast and half the letters pressed don't register.
Did you flash the mod?
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Wow most of you are assholes.. I stopped reading after the 3rd negative response. Does anyone know what an example is? That is what the OP was saying when they said they could select things with their fingernail. It does not mean that they want it to do that but only showing an example of its sensitivity that their other phone had and I can tell you that you CANNOT do this on the Nexus 4 unless you push somewhat. My GS2 would scroll with no issues by grazing the screen I actually have to push before doing the mod.
There is a temp fix and it works fairly well. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2028289

no6969el said:
Wow most of you are assholes.. I stopped reading after the 3rd negative response. Does anyone know what an example is? That is what the OP was saying when they said they could select things with their fingernail. It does not mean that they want it to do that but only showing an example of its sensitivity that their other phone had and I can tell you that you CANNOT do this on the Nexus 4 unless you push somewhat. My GS2 would scroll with no issues by grazing the screen I actually have to push before doing the mod.
There is a temp fix and it works fairly well. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2028289
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Lol thank you ...finally someone understands ...
But I've got used to it since I'm not using my super sensitive s3 screen.
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Coming from a galaxy s3 as well I can also confirm that the screen responsiveness on the nexus 4 is poor. Typing messages is a lot more difficult... OP I feel your pain
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ronak47 said:
Coming from a galaxy s3 as well I can also confirm that the screen responsiveness on the nexus 4 is poor. Typing messages is a lot more difficult... OP I feel your pain
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Yup...you'll get used to it...at least I am.
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Crisisx1 said:
Yup...you'll get used to it...at least I am.
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Literally as we speak I'm updating to 4.2.2! Lets hope this makes a difference.... *watch this space*
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GREEN TINT IN S4 i9500

I am using my s4 from past 20 days but today i noticed whenever i open keyboard to type something a slight green tint occurs on the display it is very visible while using the phone in dark environment with zero brightness and with higher brightness levels its not that clear but still it is there ... i got rid of smearing issue courtesy screen adjuster app but this issue is bothering me .... anyone else having the same issue plz let me know.
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Haven't noticed this on my I9505, try using another keyboard
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I'm having this issue and it's doing my head in!
Every time I bring up the on screen keyboard the hue changes slightly to greeny tone. Then back again when keyboard goes.
I'm surprised not more people mention it.
The easiest way I found to see it was ten brightness right down, go to a dark room and open play store. Touch on the search bar to bring up recent searches and keyboard, then hit the back button, then touch touch bar again, then the back button. Keep doing this so your toggling keyboard on and off and watch the whole screen shift tone.
I'd love to know if it's an issue across the board or if only a few phones are affected.
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I am facing the exact issue bro but i hope it will be a software related issue but i am also worried that may be we have defective handsets because very few people raised voice against this issue so it means that most users are not suffering from this issue.
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Is this for the stock keyboard? I'm using SwiftKey though.
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I tried with other keyboard and its still there
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It's got nothing to do with the keyboard.
If you watch a movie on you tube (black and white is best) put to full screen and wait for slider to dissappear, then tap screen to bring it back. The hue changes to green!
It's whenever the screen has to bring something up like a keyboard, menu, slider etc.
Come on guys please can you test this so we know it's a problem on all handsets like smearing or if it's a hardware fault in a few handsets.
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Yess same issue here like u mention
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Same thing with my.
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Disable the auto tinting option at display options and the problem is mostly gone...

I9505 here and same thing.

sj44k13 said:
Disable the auto tinting option at display options and the problem is mostly gone...
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What auto tinting option ?? Where is it ??
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Lol there is no 'auto tinting' option. If you mean adjust screen tone, it makes no difference.
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This happens on kernels based on MDN below,
anything above MDM the tint issue is fixed.

On ME2 firmware and I experience the same issue. It feels kinda like a 'flicker'.

I have same keyboard tint problem too and its bugging me. Is it a sw or hw issue? Can it be fixed?
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Raad76 said:
I have same keyboard tint problem too and its bugging me. Is it a sw or hw issue? Can it be fixed?
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Brother i think its a sw issue along with purple smearing ... i hope it will be solved with next update
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saad2687 said:
I am using my s4 from past 20 days but today i noticed whenever i open keyboard to type something a slight green tint occurs on the display it is very visible while using the phone in dark environment with zero brightness and with higher brightness levels its not that clear but still it is there ... i got rid of smearing issue courtesy screen adjuster app but this issue is bothering me .... anyone else having the same issue plz let me know.
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mostly all people have this problem & I was worried too about this. But update your phone. you should get a new update notification by now.! I already updated and it fixes this problem. and the smearing issue as well. And then you can also move your apps to sd!!!!!:victory:

Hi, just got my replacement after having some overheating problems and noticed this problem on the new one. I'm pretty sure is the screen, and not a software problem. Mine looks yellowish/greenish on the bottom. I downloaded Screen Test app and notice the problem. I have some pics showing the color differences along the screen. I'll go for another replacement tomorrow.

Renowned xda member bala gamer said that after installing MEA update this green tint issue is gone
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42454525
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[Q] something weird with the stylus

hi guys
i just bought samsung gakaxy note 3 N9000 (exynos version) 2 days ago and i noticed something weird with the stylus
there is a certain area of the screen (to the right exactly) that the stylus doesn't write properly i need to press hard on this area when i try to write or scroll and sometimes it doesn't write even if i pressed hard
any ideas what could be the problem??!!!
the finger touches work normally only the stylus
i tried to record it but all screen recorders require rooting and i don't want to root this phone now
i took a screen capture by "Screen Write " feature with the air command .... you can see clearly the area that has no Red lines in the right of the screen
thnx all

Looks like a defect
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phyba said:
Looks like a defect
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so should i replace it???
i just bought it

phyba said:
Looks like a defect
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I would if u are still within your return window. It shouldn't be doing that
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phyba said:
I would if u are still within your return window. It shouldn't be doing that
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thank you for your answer :good:
the problem solved by removing the case
i read on another forum that some types of cases interfere with the magnetic field of the stylus
weird :silly::silly:
i removed the case and the stylus is working fine now all over the screen

mktns said:
hi guys
i just bought samsung gakaxy note 3 N9000 (exynos version) 2 days ago and i noticed something weird with the stylus
there is a certain area of the screen (to the right exactly) that the stylus doesn't write properly i need to press hard on this area when i try to write or scroll and sometimes it doesn't write even if i pressed hard
any ideas what could be the problem??!!!
the finger touches work normally only the stylus
i tried to record it but all screen recorders require rooting and i don't want to root this phone now
i took a screen capture by "Screen Write " feature with the air command .... you can see clearly the area that has no Red lines in the right of the screen
thnx all
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Do you have a case with a magnet?
Regards,
Dave
EDIT: Didn't see last part in thread! Doh!
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ya the Problem was With the magnet in The Case
Sadly I had to cut throw the leather of The Case To remove the magnet
from inside
Better Than discarding the whole case
Thank you all for your answers :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
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Just to contribute.
I tested mine out. Smooth all the way left to right top to bottom. Effortlessly registered.
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Any case with a magnetic latch causes this problem, happened to me in note 2 .that area of the screen is exactly where the flip cover magnet button is when the the case gets turned on itself
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