The Sview function were totally fine before I send to repair USB charging port.
After I got the back from USB charging repair, the Sview function were totally not usable.
And I found out that the auto brightness is not working either although the proximity sensor is working fine when I check using *#0*#.
Using stock 5.1.1, tried factory reset too..
Please let me know if u hv any idea what seems to cause this problem.
Thanks
Send it back and tell them to fix what they broke
Sure I will send it back, but before they do anything, I would like to know what happened.
rhey might just give me crap excuse or ask me to pay extra to fix those problem...
Guys, any idea?
Like how does the phone detect sview cover?
ronald_loulan said:
Guys, any idea?
Like how does the phone detect sview cover?
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I think something magnetic, I was able to activate it without the back part even snapped on, it's something in the 'spine' part afaik.
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Rakuu said:
I think something magnetic, I was able to activate it without the back part even snapped on, it's something in the 'spine' part afaik.
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The magnet were located at the bottom left of the flip cover...
I think there's a magnetic sensor at that location but I nvr saw how it looks like before...
The longer you wait messing about with it, the more likely they're going to think you broke it because you didn't send it back immediately
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Hi All
Hope everyone is having a good weekend. So what I'd like to know is is there anyway to Disable the S View Cover Service or Process in App. Manager? Reason I ask is due to my GS4 always flashing the S View Cover lockscreen even though I don't even have an S View Cover on it, seems there must be a hardware fault.
I WAS going to take it in to get its motherboard replaced but it seems the local Samsung Smart Care are having a shortage of them and it may take over a month to get my phone back if I take it in, so I'm taking the matter into my own hands.
So is there some process I can disable to kill off S View Cover?
Thanks.
Bump.
Anybody?
Guess I'll root and keep searching...
Thought I had found it when I saw FlashBarService but that wasn't it. Wish it was just written S View Service, it would solve my ONE problem with my GS4. :/
Have u tried the following option?
Settings-My device-Accessory-S view cover
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Am having same issue but alot worse. Phone always stays on the S-View screen as long as its on. Any way to fix?
I was having the same problem (i.e. S-view screen flashes randomly). I went to Samsung service center and they replaced the motherboard but the problem was still there. So I went again, they replaced the screen and the problem was fixed.
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Hi All
Hope everyone is having a good weekend. So what I'd like to know is is there anyway to Disable the S View Cover Service or Process in App. Manager? Reason I ask is due to my GS4 always flashing the S View Cover lockscreen even though I don't even have an S View Cover on it, seems there must be a hardware fault.
I WAS going to take it in to get its motherboard replaced but it seems the local Samsung Smart Care are having a shortage of them and it may take over a month to get my phone back if I take it in, so I'm taking the matter into my own hands.
So is there some process I can disable to kill off S View Cover?
Thanks.
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Bump..
Please post if you found any solution.
Thanks
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Whenever I make, receive or even check my balance(which had absolutely nothing to do with the sensor), after the call is over proximity sensor still works! :crying:
Gets pretty annoying some time Later, can't work, play games, watch movies just somehow hand comes in front of it and then Sensor detects it and black out the entire screen!
Please if someone knows anything about it, I desperately need their help! Thanks. :good:
Might sound silly, but have you enabled all your Samsung Air/Gesture commands etc? -- also Smart stay/Pause?
If so, disable them.
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Might sound silly, but have you enabled all your Samsung Air/Gesture commands etc? -- also Smart stay/Pause?
If so, disable them.
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I absolutely never enable them they're off since I got my phone but the sensor still continues to annoy me!
What should I do to stop it?
there are a few thread for proximity sensors problems... search and you will find some useful information.
but in short, there is probably some dust in front of the proximity sensor.
a temporary fix is to blow some air in the earpiece... but the problem will eventually come back.
I do this once a month.
The other thing you can do is disassemble your phone, clean the proximity sensor lens, maybe add some kind of protection to protect it from dust... and reassemble everything.
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there are a few thread for proximity sensors problems... search and you will find some useful information.
but in short, there is probably some dust in front of the proximity sensor.
a temporary fix is to blow some air in the earpiece... but the problem will eventually come back.
I do this once a month.
The other thing you can do is disassemble your phone, clean the proximity sensor lens, maybe add some kind of protection to protect it from dust... and reassemble everything.
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But how to disassemble the phone it must be a risky business!
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But how to disassemble the phone it must be a risky business!
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If you have the tools, is not very difficult...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2488031
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sambhavmathur said:
Whenever I make, receive or even check my balance(which had absolutely nothing to do with the sensor), after the call is over proximity sensor still works! :crying:
Gets pretty annoying some time Later, can't work, play games, watch movies just somehow hand comes in front of it and then Sensor detects it and black out the entire screen!
Please if someone knows anything about it, I desperately need their help! Thanks. :good:
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Try going to Settings>General>Application manager>All>Phone and clearing data.
If that doesn't help, try doing a factory reset.
Failing that, try availing warranty, or if you are Knox 0x1, try another ROM.
zadigre said:
there are a few thread for proximity sensors problems... search and you will find some useful information.
but in short, there is probably some dust in front of the proximity sensor.
a temporary fix is to blow some air in the earpiece... but the problem will eventually come back.
I do this once a month.
The other thing you can do is disassemble your phone, clean the proximity sensor lens, maybe add some kind of protection to protect it from dust... and reassemble everything.
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His problem seems to be a software issue and not a hardware one.
FeralFire said:
Try going to Settings>General>Application manager>All>Phone and clearing data.
If that doesn't help, try doing a factory reset.
Failing that, try availing warranty, or if you are Knox 0x1, try another ROM.
His problem seems to be a software issue and not a hardware one.
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I had the exact same problem with my device... and the problem is hardware (dust in front of the proximity sensor)...
I tried everything, including a factory reset, and the only thing that fix it (for now) is to blow some air in the earpiece.
Next step will be to disassemble and clean the sensor manually
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Before when I call or receive a call from anybody the proximity sensor still worked and turned the screen off even after the call, but now my phone is acting even more weird!
After the call the headphone jack is also not working!
Desperately need assistance guys, pls help!
Hello,a week ago my proximity sensor started making bizarre things.The screen stayed black after calls etc etc. I went to Samsung in Greece and they changed the sensor.I had the phone back after 4 days...4 difficult days because I am in love with my phone but now everything is working fine. I saw a lot of threads in forums about proximity sensor problems on this phone...too bad!
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Hello,a week ago my proximity sensor started making bizarre things.The screen stayed black after calls etc etc. I went to Samsung in Greece and they changed the sensor.I had the phone back after 4 days...4 difficult days because I am in love with my phone but now everything is working fine. I saw a lot of threads in forums about proximity sensor problems on this phone...too bad!
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But I can't send my phone to Samsung because I rooted it and that triggered Knox warranty so I probably need some other way!
If anybody knows anything please help!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=50740216&postcount=4
Well, you could just disable the proximity sensor and turn the screen off manually by pressing power.
Phone --> Call Settings --> Turn off screen during calls.
Not ideal, but at least you can still use your phone.
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But I can't send my phone to Samsung because I rooted it and that triggered Knox warranty so I probably need some other way!
If anybody knows anything please help!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=50740216&postcount=4
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Try what he says! if this do not work then, or you have to pay to get your phone fixed or find a way to fix it yourself (buying a new proximity sensor and changing it through the help of videos).The second option will be a pain in the *** and I would never try it as I am not sure if it could go well.
Absolutly same problem i gotta
my proximity senzor is still little red Everything works fine. Like test or calls but is still slightly red. When i restart phone is black but after first call is slightly red and turn black only after restart.. but works fine. Any solution?
Hello guys, my touchscreen going crazy whenever I'm charging the phone.
Doesn't receive input half of the time. No matter which charger / rom / kernel I try with, problem still there.
The weird thing is, it doesn't happens whenever I'm in TWRP.
Anybody knows the problem? making me charge the phone only at night...
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Hello guys, my touchscreen going crazy whenever I'm charging the phone.
Doesn't receive input half of the time. No matter which charger / rom / kernel I try with, problem still there.
The weird thing is, it doesn't happens whenever I'm in TWRP.
Anybody knows the problem? making me charge the phone only at night...
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I'm betting that your digitizer is going bad - mine did similar things, then parts of the touch screen stopped responding - had to reset the touch screen several times (cat /sys/devices/virtual/input/lge_touch/f54 seemed to work for some duration of time). I eventually (as of yesterday) replaced the LCD/digitizer and it now works correctly (apart from the fact that I screwed up the new screen, that is).
I would try to open back cover and attach digitizer connector cable properly (next to Jack connector). This worked for me, when I had same problem
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I would try to open back cover and attach digitizer connector cable properly (next to Jack connector). This worked for me, when I had same problem
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Do you have a tutorial? how does it looks? (the digitzer connector). If not, can you shoot one for me? it would be great, because i'm not an expert
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Do you have a tutorial? how does it looks? (the digitzer connector). If not, can you shoot one for me? it would be great, because i'm not an expert
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Ive attached the image. on the black shield, i added extra tape to hold digitizer connector in place. Firstly make sure that connector is pressed in place properly.
I also glued down the left end of mainboard, so it couldnt wiggle anymore. Hope this helps... Id did for me!
well..... tried it... didn't help :/ but... here's one thing that looks weird to me: when i'm on jb - no problems. when i'm up to kitkat - the problem is back
WTF is GOING ON?!? also knock-on is gone now... brb throwing my phone on the wall
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So after weeks of trying to figure this out I've found what's causing the problem. Not sure how to fix it. When the phone stays on the charger the rotate will stay on. If your rotating stopped before plugging your phone or the charger then simply plug in ur charger and then restart and once ur charger stays plugged in then it should auto rotate some people my need to restart more than once. So in my view I'm thinking there is some electrical problem or lack of power or some how it's linked to the USB port. Please try it and report if u get the same result. Hopefully this will lead to someone finding a solution. Maybe someone can change their USB port and let us know if that solved the problem.
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So after weeks of trying to figure this out I've found what's causing the problem. Not sure how to fix it. When the phone stays on the charger the rotate will stay on. If your rotating stopped before plugging your phone or the charger then simply plug in ur charger and then restart and once ur charger stays plugged in then it should auto rotate some people my need to restart more than once. So in my view I'm thinking there is some electrical problem or lack of power or some how it's linked to the USB port. Please try it and report if u get the same result. Hopefully this will lead to someone finding a solution. Maybe someone can change their USB port and let us know if that solved the problem.
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most of auto rotation become malfunction is because lib file missing. especially if u're in custom rom or stock but doing some debloat.
check in your system/lib folder for file libgnustl_shared.so.
if missing, then auto rotate will not work. but in your case maybe hardware/sensor related problem.
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most of auto rotation become malfunction is because lib file missing. especially if u're in custom rom or stock but doing some debloat.
check in your system/lib folder for file libgnustl_shared.so.
if missing, then auto rotate will not work. but in your case maybe hardware/sensor related problem.
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It would seem like hardware because the file is there.
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Ok. So I can say for sure my rotation issue is related to the usb port. At the begining when I plugged in the usb cable and restarted my phone the rotation would continue working until I removed the usb cable and even for a few minutes after removing it would still work
So what I did was get a very small piece of paper and made it into a little ball and push it under the contact of the usb port right up to the back so that the usb cable could still fit properly. The paper is just to brace the usb connection upwards a little and in doing do so my phone even charging better seeing I had charging issues so I guess it's part of the issue. Now I have normal rotation for weeks.
If rotation stops it's because the usb cable has crushed the paper too small so I just replace the paper but so far it's all good. I just dnt have the interest to do a usb port change but I think that would be a more permanent solve. Hope this helps. Just sharing my experience to those of you who have the same issue and can't find a fix.
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Usb port changed and rotation working flawlessly. I even recorded over 6000 steps and more than 12 minutes walking. Notified by S health, haven't seen that in a long time
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OK guys sad to say I'm bk on this because after awhile my rotation stopped again. I don't know if the replacement USB port is going bad again as it was a Used USB port or its something else but I have found another fix which seems to be working a few days now.
So this fix will require disassembling your phone again.
What I did was disassemble my device and when I reached to the main board I used a little screw driver to pry off the shine piece of covering that covers some of the chips which includes the gyroscope chip. U guys can google to see where the chip that controls the gyroscope is on your s5.
Then I folded a piece of tape and placed it on top of the gyroscope chip just thick enough so the metal covering when place back on it will squeeze the tape down on the chip. After all that is done reassemble ur device and try it out.
On a side not my proximity sensor was not working properly either and I did the same thing. Folded a piece of tape and place it behind the proximity sensor it will be tight again when phone is reassembled. So far its been working for me so I hope this helps.
I know its an old device and most of u might not see the need to fix a device this old but for those of you who like tinkering with ur device like myself u should try and let me know if it works for u.
HAPPY NEW YEAR.
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i have samsung SM-G906S. lately i have been facing the problems with auto rotation, proximity sensor and auto brightness adjustment. All these have stopped working. These problems are not with hardware because they vanish when i factory reset the phone of reinstall OS using samsung smart switch. but these problems occur again after some time (a month or two). seems like some problem with samsung firmware. too bad the official support from samsung has stopped for this phone.
Theirs probably little to no support for my phone here anymore but my screen is acting up in a way that makes the phone nearly useless, if for example I tap on an app to open it, the phone will think my finger is still there and act as a long press to move the app to another location when I just press and release to open the app, typing is a nightmare, If I type something then need to backspace itll hold the backspace and delete everything I type, I'm really hoping it's not the digitizer and hopefully it's just a software issue that I can fix by rooting and running lineage or something on it. I am not using a screen protector and the screen is not cracked or chipped, this is how the phone was when I got it and I would much rather use the v20 than my A10e, I really hate my a10e lmao. Any help would be greatly appreciated! PS: Ive already tried a full reset and that did not fix the issue, thanks!
Chekhova
Chekhova said:
Theirs probably little to no support for my phone here anymore but my screen is acting up in a way that makes the phone nearly useless, if for example I tap on an app to open it, the phone will think my finger is still there and act as a long press to move the app to another location when I just press and release to open the app, typing is a nightmare, If I type something then need to backspace itll hold the backspace and delete everything I type, I'm really hoping it's not the digitizer and hopefully it's just a software issue that I can fix by rooting and running lineage or something on it. I am not using a screen protector and the screen is not cracked or chipped, this is how the phone was when I got it and I would much rather use the v20 than my A10e, I really hate my a10e lmao. Any help would be greatly appreciated! PS: Ive already tried a full reset and that did not fix the issue, thanks!
Chekhova
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Sounds like a hardware issue
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Are you using a case?
Is your usb port dirty?
Hidden water damage?
Is the battery swollen (bulged)? Try using it without the back cover on.
Try running in safe mode to see if any user app is interfering.
Those are my only thoughts besides a hardware issue as mentioned above.
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Are you using a case?
Is your usb port dirty?
Hidden water damage?
Is the battery swollen (bulged)? Try using it without the back cover on.
Try running in safe mode to see if any user app is interfering.
Those are my only thoughts besides a hardware issue as mentioned above.
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Im not using a case, and this thing has never seen water in its life lol, battery is fine and fits normal, I tried it without the cover and it didn't change anything. i put it in safe mode and still the same thing, im afraid its the digitizer so im going to replace it and see if that fixes it, if not im going to just trash the phone lmao.