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Should I be worried?

I went to check something on my galaxy s but it wasn't responding. I tried holding the power button and tried to get it into recovery and download mode but nothing happened.
I then removed the battery and put it back in and it turned on as normal.
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Known sleep-to-death problem. It happens on all ROMs I have tried on my phone. Happens more after a phone call. I was recently on holydays on another country and turned phone off, to use the SGS as a GPS navigation device only and I could suspend and resume it and use the GPS all day and it does not hang.
Just make a call, let it go to sleep and it may not wake up when you press the home or power button.
You don't have to remove the battery, just press the power button 10 seconds, phone will reboot.

I didn't make a call though. I was just on facebook then went back to the homescreen and locked my phone using lock screen widget which I have been using for months without a problem. A minute later I went to unlock it and it wouldn't respond. I tried holding the power button for atleast 8 seconds n nothing.
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vcespon said:
Known sleep-to-death problem. It happens on all ROMs I have tried on my phone. Happens more after a phone call. I was recently on holydays on another country and turned phone off, to use the SGS as a GPS navigation device only and I could suspend and resume it and use the GPS all day and it does not hang.
Just make a call, let it go to sleep and it may not wake up when you press the home or power button.
You don't have to remove the battery, just press the power button 10 seconds, phone will reboot.
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Pile of ****. Does NOT happen on all roms. It may happen on all roms you flash. More likely a problem with your phone, or user error.
Post the roms and your route to flashing, and then we will be able to advise.
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vcespon said:
Known sleep-to-death problem. It happens on all ROMs I have tried on my phone. Happens more after a phone call. I was recently on holydays on another country and turned phone off, to use the SGS as a GPS navigation device only and I could suspend and resume it and use the GPS all day and it does not hang.
Just make a call, let it go to sleep and it may not wake up when you press the home or power button.
You don't have to remove the battery, just press the power button 10 seconds, phone will reboot.
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Never have I read so much BS in one post. Lol
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lock screen issue with 4.0.3 lpy

hey guys,
Im having a strange issue with the official ics release.
Sometimes when i press the unlock button to wake up the phone, the screen brieflly flashes the home screen and then the lock screen comes up.
Anyone having this issue too?

No issues here..
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try going to setting --> developers option and uncheck show screen updates and strict mode

intolaomair said:
hey guys,
Im having a strange issue with the official ics release.
Sometimes when i press the unlock button to wake up the phone, the screen brieflly flashes the home screen and then the lock screen comes up.
Anyone having this issue too?
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Mines doing that as well. If I wait maybe like 3 seconds or so and press the unlock button, then it's okay. But this isn't that much of a repetitive issue for me. It's just random.

+1 exact same problem.. I think the lock is delayed..
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intolaomair said:
hey guys,
Im having a strange issue with the official ics release.
Sometimes when i press the unlock button to wake up the phone, the screen brieflly flashes the home screen and then the lock screen comes up.
Anyone having this issue too?
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mine lockscreen go green

gsdiva said:
mine lockscreen go green
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Your lock screen recycles??
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octavian90 said:
Your lock screen recycles??
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i dun really think thats the case...
Lockscreen: "You wont like it when i am angry" - Quoted from................. Incredible hulk.....

Actually you can set the delay time with ICS now. It's located in Settings --> Security --> Lock automatically. I set mine to 30 seconds...
Otherwise: No problems whatsoever here...

Something strange happened to mine on Friday, I wasn't able to reproduce.
Basically when I turned on the screen I got the lock screen, pressing power again I went straight to home screen, pressing it again went back in lock etc. Weird!
I disabled it in security and re-enabled it and it seemed to have disappeared.

Any fix. For the lock screen issue guys

[Q] Back key pressing by itself

Good day everyone!
I am having problem with the back key of my S4. Sometimes when I press the '.' key it automatically presses the back key, so when typing an SMS, it hides the keyboard when typing, which is kinda annoying. And the frustrating thing is that the backlight of the soft keys isn't turned on, which does when you press one of the soft keys. Anyone lese having the problem? A solution, perhaps?
Regards.

Help please........
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Hello! To turn the lights on the touchkeys on go to settings>my device>display>touch key light duration
Hope this fixes your problem with those touch keys. Dont know what causes the problem with the back button
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benni2903 said:
Hello! To turn the lights on the touchkeys on go to settings>my device>display>touch key light duration
Hope this fixes your problem with those touch keys. Dont know what causes the problem with the back button
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Thanks for your reply, I know how to enable backlighting of sof keys, but what I wanted to say was that this happens only when the unintentional back key is pressed, the backlighting is normal when I actually press the back key.

Hi rat. Thank god I found someone that has the same issue, I also bought a SAMSUNG GALAXY S4 GT19500. and Yes I have been having this issue for 2days now. The TWO SOFT keys( Menu and Back), started to AUTO PRESS! I cant even text on my phone, but somehow when the issue disappears when I went to work @ work yesterday. So i thought the issue is just some glitch as I have not experienced it when using the phone for the whole week. Now the issue reappeared again I am upset, Please if you are able to find some workaround to permanently fixed this. Please message me here or please email me @Lovelo[email protected] Thank you very much. I will wait for your reply. Thanks!

I have the same kind of issues with Sony xperia z tablet. My suspicion was that it's reaction to some movement - but sometimes it does this when laying absolutely still. Os is 4.3 just updated and this bug was before and after the update. Most trouble is press of a back button - I mean mostly that))) but once it just started to type random things in search line.... Paranormal f...ing activity altogether...

rat170 said:
Good day everyone!
I am having problem with the back key of my S4. Sometimes when I press the '.' key it automatically presses the back key, so when typing an SMS, it hides the keyboard when typing, which is kinda annoying. And the frustrating thing is that the backlight of the soft keys isn't turned on, which does when you press one of the soft keys. Anyone lese having the problem? A solution, perhaps?
Regards.
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Is your s4 new or second hand? How old is it?
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rat170 said:
Good day everyone!
I am having problem with the back key of my S4. Sometimes when I press the '.' key it automatically presses the back key, so when typing an SMS, it hides the keyboard when typing, which is kinda annoying. And the frustrating thing is that the backlight of the soft keys isn't turned on, which does when you press one of the soft keys. Anyone lese having the problem? A solution, perhaps?
Regards.
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So you've got BIG thumb!
Try to install new keyboard like Google Keyboard, swiftkey, ...

I got the same problem... So, does anyone know a workaround/fix for this? It REALLY annoys the hell out of me.

Hi Guys,
I bought a second Hand S4 with a new !!! Display.
I have a Problem with the Back Button. It's auto pressing by itself.
Any News about a Fix?

Lock/Unlock Issue

Anyone experienced this? I'm using the imprint to unlock my 6P. Then after some time while pressing the power button, it supposedly locks the phone. Yes the screen turns black as it should be, but I was expecting that after I unlock it, with the power button, the password does not prompt. Anyone?

fernievidal said:
Anyone experienced this? I'm using the imprint to unlock my 6P. Then after some time while pressing the power button, it supposedly locks the phone. Yes the screen turns black as it should be, but I was expecting that after I unlock it, with the power button, the password does not prompt. Anyone?
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Check under lock settings whether, "lock screen immediately" (on press of the power button) option has been selected. If it is set to lock after some time, the phone will be unlocked and hence it will open up if you press the power button without a password prompt.

Here's my current settings. Will try the one you gave.

fernievidal said:
Here's my current settings. Will try the one you gave.
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Ok, seems like your lock immediately option is selected. Do you have the smart lock feature turned on? otherwise, you shouldn't be having this issue.

ultraquantum said:
Ok, seems like your lock immediately option is selected. Do you have the smart lock feature turned on? otherwise, you shouldn't be having this issue.
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Seems Lock immediately option to 5 seconds solved my issue. I never turned on my Smart Lock feature. Thanks mate.

Cool that you've solved it. You're welcome!

fernievidal said:
Seems Lock immediately option to 5 seconds solved my issue. I never turned on my Smart Lock feature. Thanks mate.
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I had the same issue and it comes back after a while. The only way to solve it is by restarting the phone.

Its back. I'm finding it very annoying now.

I have the same problem here stock rom and custom rom ... Does anyone have an idea?

Maddragon2000 said:
I have the same problem here stock rom and custom rom ... Does anyone have an idea?
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I haven't experienced this in a while. I disabled "Power button instantly locks" and it never occurred again.

How do I disable do not disturb?

Problem:
Phone in my pocket, volume down gets bumped into. The next 3 hours I won't get any notifications. This is incredibly annoying and frustrating.
How in the world can I disable volume down activating do not disturb while the screen is off?

First, the power button has to be bumped first, then the volume down button (various times). Too much bumping.

get a case

joooe said:
First, the power button has to be bumped first, then the volume down button (various times). Too much bumping.
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The power button does not need to be bumped.
While the phone is sleeping (screen off + short wait), press volume down either once or twice and it will go into do not disturb mode. I can also put on full volume while it's sleeping as well.

Tried what you said. Doesn't happpen to me. Using stock rom.

joooe said:
Tried what you said. Doesn't happpen to me. Using stock rom.
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Is mine defective?
I just let it sit for 10 minutes, pressed volume down twice and its on dnd. No power button touched.

cmg5461 said:
Is mine defective?
I just let it sit for 10 minutes, pressed volume down twice and its on dnd. No power button touched.
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I restarted the phone and the issue hasn't come back yet. If/when it does I'll post again. Seems to be a weird bug

cmg5461 said:
I restarted the phone and the issue hasn't come back yet. If/when it does I'll post again. Seems to be a weird bug
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Issue has just came back. Restarting the phone makes it go away. Seems like we have found a solution! I'll keep a log of how often this happens here.

cmg5461 said:
Issue has just came back. Restarting the phone makes it go away. Seems like we have found a solution! I'll keep a log of how often this happens here.
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Which rom are you using? Is Double tap to Wake enabled? Are you using an app to lock the screen? Maybe that app is not locking the screen initially but displaying a black image for a short time before turning the display off.
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SlimSnoopOS said:
Which rom are you using? Is Double tap to Wake enabled? Are you using an app to lock the screen? Maybe that app is not locking the screen initially but displaying a black image for a short time before turning the display off.
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Stock rom.
Ambient display is disabled.
No App. It did this stock out of the box

RMA would be a better option.

Problem has come back! a week delay this time

I would love an option to disable it on the phone entirely I never use it anyway and it occasionally gets turned on by mistake and I end up missing calls.

Found this in another forum - change DND priority settings to allow calls and messages from anyone. Should fix it!