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I’ve got a friend who dropped her S7 edge. The glass hasn’t broken, but the screen flickers/flashes, to the point where it’s hard to look at and almost impossible to use. Given the cost of new LCD units, replacing that isn’t looking a likely option. I’ve taken the back off and disconnected everything in the (admittedly very slim) hope that it could have been a slight loose connection from the drop. When I connected everything back up and turned it on it was still flickering to start with, but after a while it returned to normal. This lasted about 20mins before the flickering started again. I’m guessing the display was damaged when she dropped it and it’s not repairable, but thought I’d ask here if anyone has any ideas what might be wrong, and if it can be fixed, before she goes shopping for a new phone?? Thank you in advance.
Here’s a similar case with the same model: https://forums.androidcentral.com/ask-qu… From a moderator: “Try a hard reset. Hold the power button and volume down button until you see the Samsung logo and then let go. Hopefully that will help. If it doesn’t I would think then that you have done internal damage.” May the odds be ever in your display’s favor.
I have an s6 active and I drop my phone, multiple times a day. I have also had a screen flickering problem, only about a half inch on the bottom of my screen flickers, mainly when I use Netflix. Turning down the brightness on my screen makes it stop flickering completely. Hope this helps.
Not guaranteed as it is a case by case assessment but a temporary fix with a strike rate of 4 out of 5 edge screens I have come across is to immediately switch of ALL EDGE PANEL LIGHTING AND PANELS. This will also help reduce the stress on a damaged device. Finally, switch off the auto brightness feature and keep the brightness level down to a usable level. Again this is not guaranteed to work but I have had success with this approach as a temporary measure.
A factory reset reboots the entire system. It deletes everything in the system by reformatting the hard drive. Hard reset is a form of factory reset, in that it only reboots the hardware on the phone. A hard reset is used to put as many settings back to their original state as possible.
Can someone please help me.my Infinix hot 8 continue to
What’s the difference between a hard reset & factory reset? Will a hard reset erase everything?
I dropped my Samsung galaxy s10 and cracked the screen a little (more a tiny chip). What was more annoying was the flicking screen problem I assumed was LCD damage. After putting off fixing for 6-months I was amazed to find it had fixed itself after the latest automatic update meaning it must be a software issue! Either update android software or do a hard reset, should fix it!
