I've read a lot about the screen flickering issue, suggestions range from changing options in developer options, removing your SD, squeezing certain parts of the phone, slapping it, replacing the screen etc. I was rooted on lollipop using this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/general/root-method-og5-ok3-t3290370 and after the root the screen returned to normal for about 20 minutes. Over about a month or so after this the problem got worse, I'd have to press the power button 20 or more times to get the screen to come one and as of 3 days ago I haven't been able to use the phone at all. Today I was messing with it and found that if I reboot the phone holding the power and volume down buttons, the screen flickers and I see the yellow triangle with an exclamation point briefly, and flickers out again until the samsung boot screen, every time I do this, the phone stays on. I have USB stayawake on and if plugged in the phone will stay awake for hours until I push the power button to turn off screen, and then repeat the reboot process. Just in case there was a software issue I upgraded to the latest update by using odin, I'm now on 6.0.1 and the phone was working perfectly for an hour before it returned again. If the issue is the flex/ribbon cable that connects the screen or other hardware issue, I don't see how rebooting would help, but if its a software issue, I don't understand why its only after I turn off the screen. Regardless, even when the phone was working it would still flicker on the lowest brightness, but at least the power button would work. Anyone have any ideas?
I've been in this type of your situation believe me all those solutions you mentioned above non of them really work, infact i nearly got my phone twisted because of one stupid yellow flickers. As of now the only perfectly working solution according to my extensive research is first of all never put it in auto brightness, you can reduce the brightness to a minimum, this happens on many samsung devices like s4,note 3 and even some s6 due to the amoled screens you'll notice when you reduce your brightness to the lowest it start immediately. I only got one report on this same issue damaging a s5 but it rear so dont be scared of loosing your phone. I'll upload a sreenshot of my minimum brightness to give an ldea.
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I've been in this type of your situation believe me all those solutions you mentioned above non of them really work, infact i nearly got my phone twisted because of one stupid yellow flickers. As of now the only perfectly working solution according to my extensive research is first of all never put it in auto brightness, you can reduce the brightness to a minimum, this happens on many samsung devices like s4,note 3 and even some s6 due to the amoled screens you'll notice when you reduce your brightness to the lowest it start immediately. I only got one report on this same issue damaging a s5 but it rear so dont be scared of loosing your phone. I'll upload a sreenshot of my minimum brightness to give an ldea.
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The not using auto brightness does stop the screen from flickering so if I have to turn it down, I turn it down to just below where it starts happening but I still have the issue of the screen not coming on with the power button consistently, it flashes on for a second then back off, not nearly long enough for me to unlock the phone, except for when I restart it using power+vol down
EDIT: I see now this probably should've gone in the help and troubleshooting sub-forum, if any mod sees this, please move it for me.
It worked perfectly for me except your is getting worse by the week. Never mind i just got a new way may be it'll work on your phone, move your brightness tray to the highest or at the middle, keep using it as normal for every day use for at least a week. It worked for my indian friend as he told me. Keep in touch.
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It worked perfectly for me except your is getting worse by the week. Never mind i just got a new way may be it'll work on your phone, move your brightness tray to the highest or at the middle, keep using it as normal for every day use for at least a week. It worked for my indian friend as he told me. Keep in touch.
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The first day it didn't seem to make a difference but I didn't check on it a lot, after that I've checked a few times and it does seem to make a difference it comes on much more frequently now, almost every time, but what could be the cause of the issue then? When I thought it was the ribbon cable connecting the screen I wasn't opposed to replacing it if I have to, but now I'm not sure how to go about fixing this or if I even can other than just leaving brightness up
Just to update, keeping it on max brightness did a lot to solve the issues, but it was still under warranty through Samsung so I sent it in, its on its way back, but according to the report they replaced the LCD
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I don't know if anyone else has ever had this problem but when out in the sun ( I think this is the only time to actually see it) I can see a burn in of the previous view. One example is sliding the app drawer up then sliding it back down I can see the apps and a thick bar that is the app tab sliding down. I am using the T-Mobile G1 and am wondering if this is a hardware problem or something else.
i noticed this too, i on't believe it is an issue and i don't think we can fix it. the only time i see it when i get my recommended daily dosage of sunlight wich is about 15 minutes, the rest of the time i am in a dark room in a basement on my computer
Ok I just didn't want to go on thinking my phone was supremely messed up.
i am a vampire, so i shouldn't have a problem with this haha
but good looking out.
i get the same thing.. only with mine I can see it when the device is turned off... recently its been overheating so i'm hoping TMO UK will switch it
I usually see it right when i force the device off (pull battery or Call+Menu+End reboot) for about 5 seconds and then it goes away. I'm not sure if my phone's behavior is normal and yours is messed up or what but something is amiss somewhere
I guess it's simply the way these LCD screen is updated. You don't really get 1ns response time with these small screens. They may even been designed this way to save power.
If you watch carefully, you may see the screen slowly fade away when you turn off the phone.
Yeah I tried it and you're probably right ( not sure how it saves power) but it does fade away after I turn it off.
Anyone has this problem? When I put my finger on the touchscreen, screen moves up and down like crazy. It gets worse when I move my finger to the side of the screen.
I tried different roms, different kernels, nothing fix this.
Only when using the touchsentivity app and changing the value to any value and clicking apply makes this behaviour disappear for a moment.... after locking the phone and awake it, same thing happens again.
It drives me crazy because I always put my finger on the screen when reading something.. or in some apps or games when I need my finger stay on the screen it gets annoying. .
VIDEO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMffYq8styM
This isn't normal. If you can't solve this problem with a factory reset, get your phone exchanged or repaired.
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That's what my HD2 used to do. Couldn't type anything on it to save my life. Think I'm gonna have to check my SG2 now I've seen your vid.
Thats probably because the custom kernel your using has a different value for it and the app is setting up 5, try it with a stock kernel and perform a factory reset and see if the issue still occurs w/o changing the TSP value.
I got the same problem. I do that sometimes too.. scrolling up and read while holding my finger down, it just jitters or something.
You're not the only one, but not sure how widespread this problem is or if it is normal or not..
Mine is also jerking when holding the finger out at the edge lol, looks retarded
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Interesting...so if I disable the touchscreen fix the problem goes away. If I reinstall it, no matter what the settings are, I get the jittering effect at the very corner of the screen.
Tri3Dent said:
I got the same problem. I do that sometimes too.. scrolling up and read while holding my finger down, it just jitters or something.
You're not the only one, but not sure how widespread this problem is or if it is normal or not..
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Yep I got same problem, when reading and holding down on the screen it does the same.
On Litening Rom 1.5 cant remember if it happened on stock rom though
I get this too, my SGS did it as well.
I tried this multiple times on the edge and it does not jitter at least on the phone that I have.
Mine did this when it was plugged into the mains (using a non-samsung) charger. Does not do it when plugged in via USB or on battery.
Is yours plugged in?
So some have it, some not?
I always had this thing, since KE1.. now on KG5. Stock kernel, custom kernel, rooted or not rooted doesn't matter.
Also, it has nothing to do with the touchsentivity app. The app even fixes it temporary when applying a new value, but it re-appears when locking-awaking the phone. (I tried to enable the service option on the app, so it will apply the value everytime I awake the phone, but this does not work)
I just tried it when plugged in in the changer, it seems to do the opposite... when plugged in I don't have this effect anymore. Once plugged out it starts again.
I also have SGS1.. this does not happen.
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So some have it, some not?
I always had this thing, since KE1.. now on KG5. Stock kernel, custom kernel, rooted or not rooted doesn't matter.
Also, it has nothing to do with the touchsentivity app. The app even fixes it temporary when applying a new value, but it re-appears when locking-awaking the phone. (I tried to enable the service option on the app, so it will apply the value everytime I awake the phone, but this does not work)
I just tried it when plugged in in the changer, it seems to do the opposite... when plugged in I don't have this effect anymore. Once plugged out it starts again.
I also have SGS1.. this does not happen.
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So how has this worked out for you? I have this too but just a little bit less. It also stops for me when plugged in. I wen't back to the store with it but saw that the shop model had the problem too so I decided to not return it. How about you?
I checked and it appers that i have i too. Didnt notice it till now.
It is occuring only on the left side when holding my finger.
I did not notice it too...and yes, mine is "Jerky" too...
Mine is fine, so looks faulty to me.
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I have to say this happens to me too but only when at the VERY edge of the screen,on the left.
There is something very weird about the left side of the phone.
1. the touch issue
2. the yellow tint
3. the glass is more raised than the right side(check it out) its like there is less bezel showing on the lower left part of the phone than the right side. I've checked 3 s2s and they all had it.
I have this all over the screen but not as bad as on the left side. Could someone install note everything and make a paint note with the smallest brush. Then try to make some straight lines (without the phone being connected to the a/c). Draw them really slowly from the left to the right. Mine usually jumps 1 pixel up and/or down and is a bit wavy (which isn't normal for touchscreen phones cause I tried the same thing on my friend's optimus 2x and the lines where as straight as could be). Maybe if you guys make a screenshot (home button+lock button) we could compare them and see if there is really a problem with specific phones or with the Galaxy line in general.
This was something I noticed when I first got the phone, if I kept my finger on while browsing, it would "shake" and be extremely annoying. Same thing happens when you hold an application in the left corner of the screen.
If my phone is charging, the problem is gone! It's smooth, and doesn't "shake".
Soon as the charger is removed problem is back
Going to return this tomorrow and see if they'll exchange it.
Just another 'my phone is red, yellow screen thread'. Does it affect your day to day usage? If it does,i too is concerned.if not, then what's the point in looking for non measure issues? This issue was up like 4 months ago and now, back. Y'all just return your phones and close annoying threads.
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I'll preface by saying I am an IT professional for work so this is no noob request.
So, this all started with my capacitive buttons acting up. I have CWM (tripped knox), SlimROM. What was happening was when my capactive buttons were lit and then would dim... whenever I'd press ANYWHERE on the screen (with the capactive buttons dimmed), it would press the back button for me. Made no sense to me, sounds weird I know. Never got around to trying to flash a new rom or anything, just ended up permanently having the buttons dimmed.
Fast forward a few days... in my car in the cupholder, spilled energy drink where my phone was sitting in cup holding. Probably only an inch high or so with my phone upside down (home button to the sky), so the charging port side was safe. That day is when it went south. I'd hit the power button on, screen would come on. Power button off and on again, screen would not go on (but capactive buttons WILL light up, and digitizer works and you can hear the audio). Off and on again, maybe came on. Intermittent. Put in rice for 36 hours. Same thing. Note that when the screen IS on it is perfectly fine and usable (the capacitive button problem is gone now too....). I set the display to turn off after 30 minutes of inactivity. It's been on for like 10 right now and hasn't flickered or nothing. It's just if I turn the phone off, and back on, chances are it will not come back on (but capacitive buttons always light and touch screen and audio still works). It seems to only come on when it's been left for a while. Like if I turned it off now, and went off/on/off/on/off/on it would probably stay black until i left for 10 minutes and then might fire on.
My Note 3 model is SM-N900W8 (Canadian TELUS). Behind the battery there is a speck of a circle that is pink looking. Unsure if this is a Liquid Damage Indicator. Another CLEAR liquid indicator on the top left when case is off is clearly white, the LDI on the battery is white. Had a hard time finding image that shows the LDI's. Anyway, KNOX is tripped. As far as I've researched I cannot change this. I do have a CWM image of the stock Samsung firmware. But, there is no point in going through warranty at this point (phone IS under warranty though) unless I can revert KNOX, and confirm the LDI's are all white......
I am thinking this would be a relatively easy hardware fix though. Everything seems to work perfectly fine if the screen IS on. It's just the screen getting on being finicky.....
Any suggestions?
Currently getting all data off, and then will try flashing another firmware etc. but this really seems like a hardware issue.....
Thanks for any advice!
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I'll preface by saying I am an IT professional for work so this is no noob request.
So, this all started with my capacitive buttons acting up. I have CWM (tripped knox), SlimROM. What was happening was when my capactive buttons were lit and then would dim... whenever I'd press ANYWHERE on the screen (with the capactive buttons dimmed), it would press the back button for me. Made no sense to me, sounds weird I know. Never got around to trying to flash a new rom or anything, just ended up permanently having the buttons dimmed.
Fast forward a few days... in my car in the cupholder, spilled energy drink where my phone was sitting in cup holding. Probably only an inch high or so with my phone upside down (home button to the sky), so the charging port side was safe. That day is when it went south. I'd hit the power button on, screen would come on. Power button off and on again, screen would not go on (but capactive buttons WILL light up, and digitizer works and you can hear the audio). Off and on again, maybe came on. Intermittent. Put in rice for 36 hours. Same thing. Note that when the screen IS on it is perfectly fine and usable (the capacitive button problem is gone now too....). I set the display to turn off after 30 minutes of inactivity. It's been on for like 10 right now and hasn't flickered or nothing. It's just if I turn the phone off, and back on, chances are it will not come back on (but capacitive buttons always light and touch screen and audio still works). It seems to only come on when it's been left for a while. Like if I turned it off now, and went off/on/off/on/off/on it would probably stay black until i left for 10 minutes and then might fire on.
My Note 3 model is SM-N900W8 (Canadian TELUS). Behind the battery there is a speck of a circle that is pink looking. Unsure if this is a Liquid Damage Indicator. Another CLEAR liquid indicator on the top left when case is off is clearly white, the LDI on the battery is white. Had a hard time finding image that shows the LDI's. Anyway, KNOX is tripped. As far as I've researched I cannot change this. I do have a CWM image of the stock Samsung firmware. But, there is no point in going through warranty at this point (phone IS under warranty though) unless I can revert KNOX, and confirm the LDI's are all white......
I am thinking this would be a relatively easy hardware fix though. Everything seems to work perfectly fine if the screen IS on. It's just the screen getting on being finicky.....
Any suggestions?
Currently getting all data off, and then will try flashing another firmware etc. but this really seems like a hardware issue.....
Thanks for any advice!
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So how did it go?
I would just bring it to repair, it's better to lose a hundred canadian (send to repair or fix yourself) than to bear with a broken phone that doesn't sleep properly.
Test the proximity sensor and ambient light sensor.... If you have any "pocket mode" or active display features active in your rom try disabling those... Sounds like your warranty is definitely void but you could take it to a local independent shop if samsung wants too much to fix it.
Good luck!
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So how did it go?
I would just bring it to repair, it's better to lose a hundred canadian (send to repair or fix yourself) than to bear with a broken phone that doesn't sleep properly.
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Since I cannot stand when I research an issue, finally find someone with the same question and turns out there was never a resolution response, I am going to say that much to my shock, reflashing to my stock Samsung TouchWiz nandroid fixed the issue. I then clean flashed the latest SlimROM and all is well. I had dirty flashed to the latest (stable) SlimROM 4.4.4 and it worked fine for weeks which is why I had little to no faith a reflash would fix. Especially since the screen would be blacked out during the boot screens. That is baffling to me. A custom ROM/kernel should have no effect prior to the ROM booting should it? I guess I am wrong on that? Regardless, happy I did not have to work around the KNOX being triipped....
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Since I cannot stand when I research an issue, finally find someone with the same question and turns out there was never a resolution response, I am going to say that much to my shock, reflashing to my stock Samsung TouchWiz nandroid fixed the issue. I then clean flashed the latest SlimROM and all is well. I had dirty flashed to the latest (stable) SlimROM 4.4.4 and it worked fine for weeks which is why I had little to no faith a reflash would fix. Especially since the screen would be blacked out during the boot screens. That is baffling to me. A custom ROM/kernel should have no effect prior to the ROM booting should it? I guess I am wrong on that? Regardless, happy I did not have to work around the KNOX being triipped....
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That's so strange, but congratulations on fixing it.
You should have a boot animation with any ROM you flash, just remember to check your MD5's to the developer's MD5's after you download.
i was using my s7 edge today, and in the middle of browsing facebook the screen just went black, the phone didnt die because the navigation buttons still light up when i press back or recent, also i still get notification light, i tried to do a hard reset to restart (holding power and vol down) but the phone and it still has a black screen.. anyone know what i should do? or has this happen to anyone
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This happened two days ago with my wife's S7 Edge. She was using it to text me about dinner plans after work, her screen shut off, and it wouldn't work for several hours. The thing was getting very hot. When she was home and charging the phone the screen started working again for a little while, but with several green stripes down the right edge snd aa flashing horizontal band of grey near the top overlaying the screen image. Then when I tried plugging it into my computer to use Samsung's Smart Switch to roll back from the update she had accepted while at work the screen died again. It has not come on since, not even the stripes, and blue or red LED lights once in a wwhile at random. I managed to use Smart Switch to wipe the phone's memory. Then the program took several hours to download something very slowly and install that - a whole new OS update? That completed, and now the charging LED works correctly and the green stripes and grey band are back, flashing rapidly when powering on. Otherwise no screen function.
She is now trying to find a new phone, but definitely NOT a Samsung. This S7 Edge has already had the screen replaced once, just before the first year warranty ran out, as it did almost the same thing - in March the green striping (plus pink) appeared along one edge and the battery was running out very fast, the phone overheating so much that she found it uncomfortable to hold. We argued with Samsung a lot until they replaced the screen. Something is VERY wrong with this model. She's considering an LG. What a waste of money. One would expect a thousand dollar phone to last longer than this.
I am facing what I think to be the same issue with my son's phone. Green line down right side edge. Screen turns on for a second, then black screen. It's on, but can't do anything. Did you find a fix for this?
No. Today I gave up and took my wife's S7 Edge to the authorized repair centre. They say they'll run a diagnostic for $25, and if the screen needs to be replaced it will cost $385. Brilliant. If this thing gets fixed I will be running custom ROMs on the phone, probably an RR, as it seems Samsung's OTA updates kill phones.
Turned in out the authorized repair centre for our region, Acura in Surrey, BC, went ahead with the screen replacement without our authorization. I specifically said in a note given to them at the time that they were to ask first. But they didn't bother. My wife decided she liked the phone enough to pay over $400 to get it back. It's been working for a few weeks now. Hope it stays working. At this point I have a strong feeling that the S7 Edge was a poorly made device, at least some batches. The reports of these screen failures are just too common.
Check if your screen still alive or maybe connected correctly, here is a way to do it:
1- plug it in your computer then start smart switch
2- dail *#7353#
3- you can now test any thing in your phone
4- search for the TSP
5- try now to touch your device screen
If it display in the computer that mean the touch is working but the screen is not
If the toch is not working you have to check the cables if its connected correctly inside your phone
But if you have warranty don't waste your time and let them fix it, and don't forget to backup your files
My brothers TMobile S8 screen randomly stopped working. It has no signs of damage anywhere as well. Weirdly, I managed to get the screen to go on one time by pressing some button combos to try to follow a guide to get it into recovery to factory reset it. Upon the phone booting, the battery had 3% and when I went to show him, it was dead. Now after letting it charge, the screen does not work once again and I can't seem to get it to come on in the same way it did before, the bright blue recovery screen.
Is there any software I can use to just attach the phone to it and factory reset it? I mean, I've seen bad phone screens before that have still had images show up on them, even if heavily damaged physically or it no longer responding to touch and showing dim lights. But this one simply doesn't turn on, except the one random time it did, and it was perfectly fine, showed no sign of damage. Any thoughts would be greatly helpful
Is the battery known to be good?
If not replace it. The system will not boot if there's not enough current. It takes a fair amount of power to boot up. A charger can't provide enough to do so...
It boots up fine, I can hear the initial TMobile boot audio as well as the notification sound the phone makes when it gets to the lock screen. I also had it stop charging @80% not too long after buying the phone on release, with some custom ROM I installed. Ofc its a possibility its battery related, since I can't see anything on it, but it was taken care than the average person I am sure
With a custom rom all bets are off. Makes troubleshooting much harder. Possible rootkit.
Firmware and malware aside if it's booting but no display, possible loose ribbon connector, failed display or mobo. That's assuming the battery is good...
Well I did disable/uninstall Superuser from the phone, and I used it for a couple years before giving it to my brother to use. That is a good point about the cable, I will search for images, maybe I can squeeze a few spots to just see what happens
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Well I did disable/uninstall Superuser from the phone, and I used it for a couple years before giving it to my brother to use. That is a good point about the cable, I will search for images, maybe I can squeeze a few spots to just see what happens
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Sometimes just reseting a connector is all it takes. Those are low voltage lines and a perfect contact is needed.
If the battery is more then 2-3 yo it's probably at the end of its usable service life.
Thanks for the input, I will open it up if nothing else works and I will report back if it helps