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Odd Screen Dead Spot

I've been having a weird screen issue lately, independent of rom or kernel; my screen won't respond to touch input directly beneath the status bar.
For instance, if I touch an icon or button at the top of the screen, it does not respond at all... Unless I rotate the phone into landscape mode and select the command.
The status bar itself works fine, I just have to tilt the phone to use the area of the screen underneath it. Weird.

Just a shot in the dark, do you have a screen cover that might have lifted a bit?

ca1ne said:
Just a shot in the dark, do you have a screen cover that might have lifted a bit?
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I have a matte, anti-glare cover, but it's tight as a drum. Not even an air bubble.

Similar thing happened to my last phone. Only it was the bottom corner. Never found a solution. Ended up getting new phone.

[Q] Screen not completely off when using flip covers?

Hey guys, this is extremely bothering. I have an xqisit folio case that also doubles as a stand. Anyways, when I open the case, the screen lights up, and if I open it just ever so slightly, I notice there's this view mode that displays time and battery, the information that shows through the s view cover.
Anyways, I don't own a s view cover nor do I want one. I also don't want the screen to light up when I open the case because that means the screen's not completely off/phone's not completely resting and uses up more battery.
How the hell can I disable this? I've googled and found nothing and also gone through the settings but found nothing there as well.

Theshawty said:
Hey guys, this is extremely bothering. I have an xqisit folio case that also doubles as a stand. Anyways, when I open the case, the screen lights up, and if I open it just ever so slightly, I notice there's this view mode that displays time and battery, the information that shows through the s view cover.
Anyways, I don't own a s view cover nor do I want one. I also don't want the screen to light up when I open the case because that means the screen's not completely off/phone's not completely resting and uses up more battery.
How the hell can I disable this? I've googled and found nothing and also gone through the settings but found nothing there as well.
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well i suppose your folio case uses also the magnetic sensor used by the s-view cover to turn the screen on and off.
as this switch was primary implemented for the s-view cover its the default behaviour to show the s-view screen when you close your cover.
afaik there is no mod to change it right now but i hope this "s-view mode" will be customizable in future with the help of our fantastic community devs! :fingers-crossed:
anyway dont worry about the battery consumption too much as the s-view screen is only displayed for about 5 seconds and then the screen turns completely off.

clonednull said:
well i suppose your folio case uses also the magnetic sensor used by the s-view cover to turn the screen on and off.
as this switch was primary implemented for the s-view cover its the default behaviour to show the s-view screen when you close your cover.
afaik there is no mod to change it right now but i hope this "s-view mode" will be customizable in future with the help of our fantastic community devs! :fingers-crossed:
anyway dont worry about the battery consumption too much as the s-view screen is only displayed for about 5 seconds and then the screen turns completely off.
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Thanks a lot! Out of thanks for the moment so can't thank you.

I have S view cover.
When the screen is unlocked and you close the cover, it will show the time. If u open it a little, it will still show time. But if you open it till roughly more than 30 degrees, it will either show the lockscreen(for those with passcode/pin etc.) or homescreen(for those with no lock).
When screen is off and you close the cover, it will not show anything. Open the cover alittle, maybe around 20degrees, it will still not show anything.

[Q] Where is the Magnetic Sensor located?

Hi all
So my S4 had an issue where it kept flashing the S View Cover UI (the black display with clock) even though I don't even own a S View Cover or use a magnetic case. I took it to Samsung Smart Care, they gave it a new mainboard, but the issue was still there.
I took it back to them yesterday, this time they replaced the entire LCD with the Frame, phone looks brand new and the S View issue seems to be gone.
So I'd just like to know out of curiosity, does the Magnet sensor come in the Screen assembly e.g. in the frame? If not, where is it located?

[Q] i9506 Sensor problem (screen turns off if sensor is blocked)

Hi All!
I had recently bought my mother an S4 i9506, and recently she has switched to a flip cover (with a magnet - what I think to have caused the problem)
Now what happens is if anyone's finger or any object for that matter covers any one of the two sensors next to the earpiece (the 2 that are directly next to each other with the right one of bigger size) the screen turns black until the object is taken away.
[EDIT] its the proximity/gesture sensor
Now this is really annoying and internet searching has turned up nothing of use to me, So any help is welcome.
It just renders the phone useless practically as the sensor seems super sensitive and I have no Idea of how to at least switch it off.
Thanks in advance
i9506 - android 4.3 build XXUUBML6
Not Root
Thanks in advance

Hall sensor issue?

When i put slight pressure on the top left area of the phone (from the hall sensor to the top of the phone) my I9505 goes black (in the same manner as when you close a S-view cover).
I can also put pressure on.. turn on the screen.. and then let go... the effect is the same... the screen goes black as well.
It does the same when i am in recovery mode. Clearly a hardware issue right?
Any hardware guru's around that can help me with this problem?
i9505XXUGNG8
Imperium LL Rom v9.0 (5.01)