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Screen ghosting / sliding by itself without touching

I'm sure some of you Hero veterans have heard of this problem. I've searched a few threads but can't seem to find the answer. One thread has tons of folks saying that this happens to them on and off but this is happening to be NON-STOP for 3 days straight. I can't do anything on the phone. I've tried flashing different roms, reflashed radio but still nothing.
Can anyone give me their two cents because I'm totally out of ideas and about to ditch this phone... and I really don't want to.

Hi !
Are you talking about this sort of problem ?
youtube.com/watch?v=UHOGXvzZJ_A
I was having the same. Because my phone is under warranty, I sent it at an HTC Customer Service in France last week.
I received my phone today at home : but I haven't seen if the problem has been solved yet. They wrote a technician saw error logs in my Android system. So they updated my phone (I hope it isn't an hard reset, but I think it is... I always trying it) : that's what they've written in the technical report.
One question : is your phone only on edge network ? (My problem was only on edge network when datas were broadcasting)
On Friday I will use my phone and tell you if there is any change.
PS : sorry for my awful english...

formuk said:
I'm sure some of you Hero veterans have heard of this problem. I've searched a few threads but can't seem to find the answer. One thread has tons of folks saying that this happens to them on and off but this is happening to be NON-STOP for 3 days straight. I can't do anything on the phone. I've tried flashing different roms, reflashed radio but still nothing.
Can anyone give me their two cents because I'm totally out of ideas and about to ditch this phone... and I really don't want to.
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If this is happening for 3 days I would send it back, it's probably a sensorflaw.
And when you're scroll sensor is ****ed it doesn't matter wich rom you use you'll always have problems.

Locked!?

Hey guys.
On the HTC i have set up a 4 Digit Pin, so that no one can just grab my phone and use it while i am at work, and its been working great for the last few months, but today all of a sudden, when i press the unlock on the screen the button only works about 20% of the time and when the unlock button is pressed it throws back that my password is wrong. I know the password is right as its my date of birth...
Any ideas on how to unlock this thing?

a1h said:
Hey guys.
On the HTC i have set up a 4 Digit Pin, so that no one can just grab my phone and use it while i am at work, and its been working great for the last few months, but today all of a sudden, when i press the unlock on the screen the button only works about 20% of the time and when the unlock button is pressed it throws back that my password is wrong. I know the password is right as its my date of birth...
Any ideas on how to unlock this thing?
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If you can't unloc anymore, I'm afraid you need a hard-reset.
but off-toppic, way using your date of birth? I mean mostly your colleges known this! No?
Ow, ps welcome on xda.

If you keep trying and it still says incorrect then reset it....
But have you done any software changes? you installed something or removed anything before this happen?

No one knows my date of birth, and its not something that is discussed at work.
No new software has been installed or change.
It just started doing this last night and i thought id do an extended power cycle to fix it.. but it turns out its an issue with windows mobile.. no more phone locks for me. Ive lost so much personal data from doing a hard reset. i am just hoping i can recover some stuff off the memory card from when i did a pim back up a few months ago.

a1h said:
No one knows my date of birth, and its not something that is discussed at work.
No new software has been installed or change.
It just started doing this last night and i thought id do an extended power cycle to fix it.. but it turns out its an issue with windows mobile.. no more phone locks for me. Ive lost so much personal data from doing a hard reset. i am just hoping i can recover some stuff off the memory card from when i did a pim back up a few months ago.
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WOW that sucks... I know how you feel... I gotten into the habit of backing up everything when i get the chance now...
If you haven't already Start using "Microsoft MyPhone" ... You need a Live Account but it backs up Text Contacts Calender photos videos.. bunch of stuff

I know the feeling of losing contact number/sms/...
In the earlier state I used also a lock combination (thinking it's save) but unfortunate I have had the same experience like you, so from that moment I don't use it anymore.
hope you can restore a lot.
tray to make on regular base updates, Microsoft MyPhone is a good solution.

well on the bright side i am taking this chance to update the rom because ive lost everything anyway..
hopefully i can retrieve everyones contact numbers, specially my gf's lol.

a1h said:
well on the bright side i am taking this chance to update the rom because ive lost everything anyway..
hopefully i can retrieve everyones contact numbers, specially my gf's lol.
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HAHA shouldn't you know it! .. lol

hakuchi18v said:
HAHA shouldn't you know it! .. lol
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I should but i don't. I have problems remembering numbers

a1h said:
I should but i don't. I have problems remembering numbers
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I was going to set a lock code for my HD2 prior to reading this but I don't think I'll bother now? I also don't know my gf's number? :S

a1h said:
Hey guys.
On the HTC i have set up a 4 Digit Pin, so that no one can just grab my phone and use it while i am at work, and its been working great for the last few months, but today all of a sudden, when i press the unlock on the screen the button only works about 20% of the time and when the unlock button is pressed it throws back that my password is wrong. I know the password is right as its my date of birth...
Any ideas on how to unlock this thing?
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i have the same problem at this moment...i have a 6 digit pin and my phone dont recognise my password anymore... i have been using it for almost 7 months since i bought this HD2... i have no backups for 3 months thats why im searching if there is a solution for this than hard reset...is there really no way to unluck this phone? or do i have to wait for someone who know the solution...thanks in advance...

Problems with the s3

So 6 months down the line I have reached a time where something has gone wrong with the phone.
Unfortunately I am not into rooting and In general happy with the phones capabilities.
However after the 4.1.1update its been sticking and acting weird. The keyboard can never remember the default setting I put it in, lockscreen shortcuts cannot be deleted after a while, and screen types or number cannot be deleted either. Touchwiz crashes and sometimes it fixes itself by hard resetting, sometimes it doesn't. The gmail wasn't updating yesterday either nor I was given the option to re-enable sync. The email client kept counting the emails after deletion of the read ones as -1....
God knows how many times I had to redo my contacts- calendar, settings etc... because of course no backup program is actually that good.
I have contacted samsung and they want to see the phone and decide if it can be repaired. I'm going to be left without a phone which is a tool for my work. Do you think I ought to get a loan phone or replacement?
Is there anything I can try before I send it that might work?
sent with nokia 5110

Gmail had some problems over the past couple of days.
If your deem it necessary, send it in for diagnostics, by all means. They will reflash your phone with new software and see what's what.

Thanks for that
sent with nokia 5110

after sending the phone to samsung, i am told that they updated the firmware, so the problems were eliminated.
I am waiting to pick up the phone tomorrow, so hopefully it will be back in business.
in the meantime i have also bought the front panel and back cover along with some assorted parts to make my white phone into pebble blue. Cool stuff! Dont know how to root the phone,but im good with changing the appearance of it!:laugh:

just an update on this.
i got the phone back with all they have done is upgraded to 4.1.2
the phone once i start to put my info back on gets stuck on the following areas:
1) deleting screens on touchwiz, the screen taken to the dust bin, crashes touchwiz and are not able to delete it.
2) Default keyboard turns back to samsung on every restart, even though you set a different default. This was also found to be true from samsung technical team!!!
3) Lockscreen options delete, also crushes touchwiz.
What i usually do after each hard reset is to eliminate the animations(all off) as i want the phone to go faster, i there is speculation that this may be the cause. I have now used up to .5 animation and so far its ok.
However the default keyboard is the only annoying thing now, and i cannot get rid of the samsung keyboard as i dont know how, and im reluctant to root just for that at risk of warranty!
All this has started after the 4.1.1 upgrade by the way,
and as i went and bought a second S3 today, brown one which looks fab, it did EXACTLY the same thing! so i returned it of course.
If others test it similarly and the same things happen, maybe samsung may need to log this as a bug and issue an update in the future.

1. My S3 did not crash when I deleted 5 pages of screens.
2. I love the default keyboard.
3. Never test that.

not had any of those issues, just tested them once more to see and all works fine
Ive swapped and changed keyboards many many times and never once had an issue with the default one being changed.
Can only suggest you send it back to them making sure they know they didnt fix it last time

Clearing data for Touchwiz launcher can fix the launcher crashes.

Would that also clear my settings?
Also how can it be that 2 completely different phones in manufacturing times had the exact same problem?
Those who tried the above, did you take the animations to off?

skimminstones said:
not had any of those issues, just tested them once more to see and all works fine
Ive swapped and changed keyboards many many times and never once had an issue with the default one being changed.
Can only suggest you send it back to them making sure they know they didnt fix it last time
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Unfortunately the samsung technicians are at a loss themselves. My s3 on 4.0.4 had no such issues

vasp3690 said:
Unfortunately the samsung technicians are at a loss themselves. My s3 on 4.0.4 had no such issues
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so get them to swap the phone under warranty. They cant find/fix the problem, the problems you have arent generic to the phone so they should give you a working model

skimminstones said:
so get them to swap the phone under warranty. They cant find/fix the problem, the problems you have arent generic to the phone so they should give you a working model
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What good will it make if they change the phone? Since a completely new phone does exactly the same. Should I be changing every phone until I get one that works? How long will that take?
I was betting that a new phone would work and hence I bought the new one which I returned immediately of course as id had the same issues. This is why it makes me think it may be a firmware bug

vasp3690 said:
What good will it make if they change the phone? Since a completely new phone does exactly the same. Should I be changing every phone until I get one that works? How long will that take?
I was betting that a new phone would work and hence I bought the new one which I returned immediately of course as id had the same issues. This is why it makes me think it may be a firmware bug
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well as not every phone is doing the same it would probably do some good but its upto you.
as i said earlier, not every phone has this faults, yours is the only one ive ever heard of with those faults. Its certainly not a firmware bug as its never happened on mine

Have you done exactly what I have above?
Jelly bean 4.1.2 or 4.1.1, animations to off, and also use a different keyboard and after setting the default see if samsung keyboard comes back as default?
I find it very hard to believe that I went and bought a random phone that once I did the above it immediately reacted as my previous one.And at the same time a technician from samsung also verifying that the samsung keyboard always flips back to default as well!!! The default only changes if you restart the phone, not on the fly
I cannot play a game with samsung to have the phone back and forth as its a daily tool for me. Unless I get a second handset as a replacement I cannot see any point me sending phones back and forth.

vasp3690 said:
Have you done exactly what I have above?
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yes...as posted above
skimminstones said:
not had any of those issues, just tested them once more to see and all works fine
Ive swapped and changed keyboards many many times and never once had an issue with the default one being changed.
Can only suggest you send it back to them making sure they know they didnt fix it last time
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still, if you dont want to believe me and think that every single gs3 out there is faulty its upto you i guess. Personally id be getting the phone swapped but thats just me

Thanks for verifying that at least your phone works fine. I will have to see what I have to do. So far I bet samsung wont do anything and according to them they have to try and fix it 3 times before they offer a replacement for it. What a shame

SGS III no usb connection only charges
Guys,
I bought my SIII on Monday(17th)....plugged it in my laptop and it worked fine.....But for the last couple of days whenever i plug it using the usb cable it only charges and the pc doesn't even recognize it. I tried checking this through the device manager but still it does not show any device connected to the computer.
I've done a factory reset and still no hope.
Can anyone help me out here ????? this is really frustrating....

mohsinmasoom said:
Guys,
I bought my SIII on Monday(17th)....plugged it in my laptop and it worked fine.....But for the last couple of days whenever i plug it using the usb cable it only charges and the pc doesn't even recognize it. I tried checking this through the device manager but still it does not show any device connected to the computer.
I've done a factory reset and still no hope.
Can anyone help me out here ????? this is really frustrating....
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Why do want to connect it ? If you to transfer some data you can use airdroid https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sand.airdroid
We only have what we give

A small update on this.
Samsung has received my phone and I hope they replace the motherboard for this issue. I'm on i9305 now and I will be selling the s3 once its back from the repair.
I also bought a secondhand s3 and it didn't have any issues with these glitches. For all I know these could be issues of a dying motherboard of this sudden death issue.

[Q] Nexus 4 Spots On Screen

I already trouble shot it with Google but I figured I would ask here as most of you know more than they.
I already did a factory reset 3 days ago because I deleted a file I shouldn't have. But now it has come down to them recommending me do another and then getting back if it still persists.
The problem is when I turn my screen back on I see white spots all over the screen for 2-3 seconds. I can't imagine why, or even why a factory reset is going to fix.
I have NEVER dropped (cross fingers) or got it wet, and truthfully have no idea how to tell and wouldnt want to begin taking the back off.
I am most certain there is no water damage
So I have tried:
Switched Wallpapers
Turned phone off then on
Switched from Apex to Launcher
Still there. I am posting a pic below. If anyone could help I would be most grateful.
Again you prolly know more than most of their employees
One time when I had a problem, but eventually got fixed, this is what I was told, they will do an advanced replacement, BUT I have to pay $350, then get it back when they get and verify the phone I send
I am not working so would not be able to do that. I suppose I could switch to my phone of choice I have here and just send it in?
Or I was told contact LG where there is no downpayment needed.
In either case, back then I was told there was stock for this type of situation, now I am told they no longer have any? You have any idea when they will catch up
THANKS for even taking time to read this, and even more if you can help
Eric

Hi
eric0668 said:
I already trouble shot it with Google but I figured I would ask here as most of you know more than they.
I already did a factory reset 3 days ago because I deleted a file I shouldn't have. But now it has come down to them recommending me do another and then getting back if it still persists.
The problem is when I turn my screen back on I see white spots all over the screen for 2-3 seconds. I can't imagine why, or even why a factory reset is going to fix.
I have NEVER dropped (cross fingers) or got it wet, and truthfully have no idea how to tell and wouldnt want to begin taking the back off.
I am most certain there is no water damage
So I have tried:
Switched Wallpapers
Turned phone off then on
Switched from Apex to Launcher
Still there. I am posting a pic below. If anyone could help I would be most grateful.
Again you prolly know more than most of their employees
One time when I had a problem, but eventually got fixed, this is what I was told, they will do an advanced replacement, BUT I have to pay $350, then get it back when they get and verify the phone I send
I am not working so would not be able to do that. I suppose I could switch to my phone of choice I have here and just send it in?
Or I was told contact LG where there is no downpayment needed.
In either case, back then I was told there was stock for this type of situation, now I am told they no longer have any? You have any idea when they will catch up
THANKS for even taking time to read this, and even more if you can help
Eric
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Can't imagine what sort of hardware issue or fault would cause that, it looks like some sort of effect done by software.
You need to reset your phone and go back to the stock ROM (if not already using that) and then see if it still does it, I suspect it will not.
Regards
Phil

So this was present before the factory reset 3 days ago? If not then do it again
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2

PhilipL said:
Hi
Can't imagine what sort of hardware issue or fault would cause that, it looks like some sort of effect done by software.
You need to reset your phone and go back to the stock ROM (if not already using that) and then see if it still does it, I suspect it will not.
Regards
Phil
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Thanks to everyone, as you were responding, my friend Macky (maybe you know him LOL) suspected it had to be software/app because it showed up on the screen shot. So he said it wasnt hardware
I reset again and no problem
Thanks
lets say it wasn't the app, what could have caused it. (btw I dont root so dont know all the basics you prolly do) Just simple things like the computer that get messed up??

[Q] factory bootloader in chinese

Hi Everyone,
I am hoping some one can help. i got ripped off by buying a galaxy note 3 from an ad. the imei number is missing, the phone is not rooted and when i try to go the to the bootloader screen it is in chinese. if anyone can give me some suggestions on how to install a new rooted operating system i would really appreciate it. under phone information it says that it is a gt-n9000. i have attached a copy of the screen i get when i press vol down, home and power. please please help. i paid 600.00 for this phone and i can't use it at all. :crying:

sprtsmum said:
Hi Everyone,
I am hoping some one can help. i got ripped off by buying a galaxy note 3 from an ad. the imei number is missing, the phone is not rooted and when i try to go the to the bootloader screen it is in chinese. if anyone can give me some suggestions on how to install a new rooted operating system i would really appreciate it. under phone information it says that it is a gt-n9000. i have attached a copy of the screen i get when i press vol down, home and power. please please help. i paid 600.00 for this phone and i can't use it at all. :crying:
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Yup you got short changed, that is a counterfeit Note 3, If you have a look around the forum you will see some threads of a similar nature. No IMEI is a worry though... it means your phone cannot and will not function on a network.

radicalisto said:
Yup you got short changed, that is a counterfeit Note 3, If you have a look around the forum you will see some threads of a similar nature. No IMEI is a worry though... it means your phone cannot and will not function on a network.
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thanks for responding so quickly, that's kind of what i figured. i have done some research and it seems i can restore the imei number if i can get the phone to root. its on the back of the phone under the battery but not programmed in the phone itself.

sprtsmum said:
thanks for responding so quickly, that's kind of what i figured. i have done some research and it seems i can restore the imei number if i can get the phone to root. its on the back of the phone under the battery but not programmed in the phone itself.
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As long as you have your IMEI you should be OK. Hardest part will be finding the right OS to root etc. Good luck anyway, sorry you got screwed
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radicalisto said:
As long as you have your IMEI you should be OK. Hardest part will be finding the right OS to root etc. Good luck anyway, sorry you got screwed
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thanks, hopefully with any luck some one will have some os suggestions.

First I would try to read all the fake reviews (i've seen more than one) to figure which phone you actually have . I mean even if unlikely, this could be original Note 3, made for Chinese market? no? Once you know which phone it is, it would be easier to find some support and help.