My device constantly freezes when I try to unlock it. The lock screen comes up when I push the power button and it's randomly completely non-responsive. I will lock the screen again with the power button and repeat the process and it will then work.
Anyone else having this problem on their Nexus 4?
I've tried disabling lock screen widgets with no help. All I am left to wonder is whether it's from an application I've installed.
If I want to completely reset the phone and remove any fragments of old applications, is doing a factory reset enough to get this done?
crazeco said:
My device constantly freezes when I try to unlock it. The lock screen comes up when I push the power button and it's randomly completely non-responsive. I will lock the screen again with the power button and repeat the process and it will then work.
Anyone else having this problem on their Nexus 4?
I've tried disabling lock screen widgets with no help. All I am left to wonder is whether it's from an application I've installed.
If I want to completely reset the phone and remove any fragments of old applications, is doing a factory reset enough to get this done?
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Yep , not as much as u though , and never since installing AOKP
drawde40599 said:
Yep , not as much as u though , and never since installing AOKP
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How often on stock 4.2 did you have the freezing?
crazeco said:
My device constantly freezes when I try to unlock it. The lock screen comes up when I push the power button and it's randomly completely non-responsive. I will lock the screen again with the power button and repeat the process and it will then work.
Anyone else having this problem on their Nexus 4?
I've tried disabling lock screen widgets with no help. All I am left to wonder is whether it's from an application I've installed.
If I want to completely reset the phone and remove any fragments of old applications, is doing a factory reset enough to get this done?
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Happens to me once every two days.
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I had random reboots from lock screen. I wiped and flashed the factory image. I haven't had the issue in the last 3 days.
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No issues at all.
jasonwc said:
I had random reboots from lock screen. I wiped and flashed the factory image. I haven't had the issue in the last 3 days.
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I spoke too soon. My phone just locked up while in a deep sleep overnight. I had to Power + vol down to restart it.
+1 . Mine generally freezes overnight. When I got to unlock my nexus 4 to check the time I find the phone frozen on the lock screen then the phone reboots itself. I did a factory restore, did a factory re-flash, and nothing seems to help. Today I shut off google now to see if that was the issue. Reading through various threads it seems the problem is widespread and across multiple nexus devices including the nexus 7 and galaxy nexus. This gives me some faith that the phone itself maybe fine. Google please fix ASAP. I need my alarm in the morning, not a frozen phone. :crying:
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Just to add, I did a bug report and called tech support. Nothing I mentioned seemed like news to my tech nor did he have any recommendation other then to RMA. I told him I would give the phone another week to see if anything improves its stability. I still have my Gnex as a backup. I have not noticed any issues with 4.2 on my Gnex but then again it's been in my backpack since my nexus 4 arrived. Perhaps I will leave my Gnex on as we'll to see if I run into any issues with it.
Lock screen freezes once or twice every day, the fix is easy, just press the sleep button again, but its still annoying. 4.2 has pretty bad quality control.
i had the same issue on my old N4. Especially when i got incoming call, lock screen freezes all the time
I will get replacement tho..
crazeco said:
My device constantly freezes when I try to unlock it. The lock screen comes up when I push the power button and it's randomly completely non-responsive. I will lock the screen again with the power button and repeat the process and it will then work.
Anyone else having this problem on their Nexus 4?
I've tried disabling lock screen widgets with no help. All I am left to wonder is whether it's from an application I've installed.
If I want to completely reset the phone and remove any fragments of old applications, is doing a factory reset enough to get this done?
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I had the same issue. Seemed to be related coming out of the lockscreen after having done some BT music playback. Anyway, I had this "lockscreen widget disable" app installed. Removed it again, and now I have not had any lockups in the last 3 days.
I'm glad to know I'm not alone here. I did a full reset and I still have the problem. I get a lock 4-5 times a day.
I do use bluetooth and google music...
Knowing other people are having this issue really makes me think it's software and not hardware.
i notice that when mine freezes on the lock screen, [i use a pattern], that pressing the power button to turn the screen off then back on solves the problem.
crazeco said:
My device constantly freezes when I try to unlock it. The lock screen comes up when I push the power button and it's randomly completely non-responsive. I will lock the screen again with the power button and repeat the process and it will then work.
Anyone else having this problem on their Nexus 4?
I've tried disabling lock screen widgets with no help. All I am left to wonder is whether it's from an application I've installed.
If I want to completely reset the phone and remove any fragments of old applications, is doing a factory reset enough to get this done?
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This is the only disappointment for me, having to press the power button a few times in order to unlock this damn phone.
Power to turn screen on, frozen touch, power to turn screen off, power to turn it on again and the it registered touch.
I am surprise not many have this problem.
A friend of mine ordered at the same time as I did, and does not have this problem.
Feels so stupid having to turn the screen on and off a couple of times to get into the homescreen.
Especially when friends asked to play with the phone and the damn thing wont unlock, and I have to explain to them the process of unlocking the phone.
I want to rma, but shoot, might not get a replacement till next year.
unfaix said:
This is the only disappointment for me, having to press the power button a few times in order to unlock this damn phone.
Power to turn screen on, frozen touch, power to turn screen off, power to turn it on again and the it registered touch.
I am surprise not many have this problem.
A friend of mine ordered at the same time as I did, and does not have this problem.
Feels so stupid having to turn the screen on and off a couple of times to get into the homescreen.
Especially when friends asked to play with the phone and the damn thing wont unlock, and I have to explain to them the process of unlocking the phone.
I want to rma, but shoot, might not get a replacement till next year.
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RMA won't help a software defect, which it is 100%, it's freaking annoying and makes me think google literally makes the phones and never uses it to see if it has any bugs.
Same problem here. So it is hardware related?!
doquentin said:
Same problem here. So it is hardware related?!
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Any updates on this issue? My lock screen still freezes.
Never had one, probably a rogue app.
You might have 3rd party application on the lock screen that does this?
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doquentin said:
Same problem here. So it is hardware related?!
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I think I've had it happen 2 or 3 times so far. I don't think it's hardware related, it seems to be software to me.
I figured out the first time it happened, if I grab and slide up to launch Google Now, it lets me unlock it. So it definitely isn't hardware, as it is registering touches.
So, just recently I had a problem with the phone when I tried turning on the screen but instead got small coloured pixels and the screen started glowing green. When I rebooted it rebooted normally but the screen stayed the same. It seemed like everything else but the screen display was working. Don't know if that makes sense to you guys. Has anyone else encountered this problem?
Only problem I encountered with S4 wqs straight out of the box after connecting to a genie to transfer data for a customer the screen on the S4 just went haywire and snowy like an old tube tv. Other than that haven't seen anymore screen issues.
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htcslic said:
Only problem I encountered with S4 wqs straight out of the box after connecting to a genie to transfer data for a customer the screen on the S4 just went haywire and snowy like an old tube tv. Other than that haven't seen anymore screen issues.
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That's exactly how the screen looked. Do you have any idea how it could occur?
luster_12x said:
That's exactly how the screen looked. Do you have any idea how it could occur?
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Honestly didn't happen till it was connected to the Genie. Other than that I am clueless.
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Similar screen death problem
I have had an AT&T Galaxy S4 SGH-I337 for 2 weeks and love it. I was having a battery drain issue but powering off and back on seemed to fix it (also I am no longer ending the Google Play Music process from the Task Manager which may have caused the common "Media Server" battery drain I was having).
But today, I had a similar problem as the OP =(
Unlocked my phone (using the pattern to unlock) and it lagged as it tried to display the home screen. When the home screen showed up, the colors immediately went whacky, all white-washed and faded, then a half second later and the screen went black. Screen completely dead.
I can still hear sounds from the phones and see the status light so I know the rest of the phone is still working. It responds to me unlocking the phone and pressing the home, back, and settings button.
I will be taking my phone back to AT&T this evening but just wanted to see if anyone had any suggestions or solutions. I will post an update after visiting AT&T.
I have my Nexus 4 for about 2 months now, and lately I have noticed a very annoying thing.
Whenever I lock my screen and then trying to quickly unlock it (using the power button), the screen lights up a little bit in a dark blue, stays like that for about 15-20 seconds, and only after that the lock screen shows up, allowing me to unlock the phone. This happens every time I try to unlock it after, let's say, less than 10 seconds after I locked it. If I unlock it after a longer period of sleep, no problem at all.
I have stock Android 4.2.2 and the phone is not rooted.
I have had installed GO Locker, and thought that it might cause the problem, but I uninstalled it. Unfortunately the problem persists.
I also had apps like Screen on / off, GO Switch, that were device administrators to allow them to lock the screen. I have unistalled them all, the same situation.
Can anybody tell me what is the cause and how could I fix this? It's really annoying when I need some quick information and I have to wait 20 second for the screen to unlock.
Hello
I started using screen lock apps, with slide and pincode options. I was using slidelock. After sometime, after an upgrade or two to the app, the screen lock started to freeze. It would not let me unlock the phone, but stayed at the locked screen only. I had to restart the phone itself, and that also by removing the battery and reinserting. I could not access anything on the phone. So I uninstalled slidelock.
I started using cleanmaster screen lock, and for many days, this worked great. But this morning, again the freeze screen lock started. I had to remove the battery and restart the phone.
Has something similar happened to anyone else? What is the solution to this?
I am using Samsung Note 3 with android 4.4.2
thanks
sup guys i have some difficulty with my P8Lite some times its go for no reason on black screen and only option for that is to restart phone, have some one this same issue?
any advice an what can it be, i have only root and freeze one app for the autoupdating
Have you tried factory reset?
Same black screens here on my P8 lite dual sim, have you get rid of it ? I allready try reset and 5 days have no problems, but they came again. Will try to downgrade to LP.
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sup guys i have some difficulty with my P8Lite some times its go for no reason on black screen and only option for that is to restart phone, have some one this same issue?
any advice an what can it be, i have only root and freeze one app for the autoupdating
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Trifonov81 said:
Same black screens here on my P8 lite dual sim, have you get rid of it ? I allready try reset and 5 days have no problems, but they came again. Will try to downgrade to LP.
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Try seeing what you 2 have in comment.
buildnumber android version. bootloader unlocked root etc... perhaps sort off apss that you use.
Lordbannakaffalatta said:
Try seeing what you 2 have in comment.
buildnumber android version. bootloader unlocked root etc... perhaps sort off apss that you use.
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Sorry,
Build number of my "problem" i ALE-L21C432B564 Android 6.0, OTE flashed from B190, phone is not rooted, after returning factory settings today and update of basic apps it freezes one time and one time make black screen. After restart all is ok for a while. I have't installed no one external app. Should I try to return B190 ?
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Sorry,
Build number of my "problem" i ALE-L21C432B564 Android 6.0, OTE flashed from B190, phone is not rooted, after returning factory settings today and update of basic apps it freezes one time and one time make black screen. After restart all is ok for a while. I have't installed no one external app. Should I try to return B190 ?
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You can try but i don't think it's gonna work. As you describe it it reminds me of the sony xperia ray st18i i once had. It had the same problem. I had to cool it down in order to work. Try playing a game or 2 with battery mode to normal to see if you reproduce the problem. Also if the problem occurs call your phone to see if it's still on
And try these steps http://recomhub.com/blog/how-to-fix-huawei-p9-black-screen/
When black screen occures, phone is on, but it does not ring. Black screen comes when long time 1h or 2 phone is on idle and unlock - it turns on display and freezes . It makes that randomly... .
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When black screen occures, phone is on, but it does not ring. Black screen comes when long time 1h or 2 phone is on idle and unlock - it turns on display and freezes . It makes that randomly... .
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so the background lights up but nothing shows?
i think that the best thing you could do is ask huawei themself what the problem is.
(don't tell them you've got root and stuff like that.)
also try to upload screenshots from your developer settings in here.