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A70 screen will not dim/USB connection.

(Topic created on: 26-10-2019 08:09 AM)
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AndrewTanner
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Hey,

 

I've noticed a problem with my A70 regarding trying to dim the screen when locking manually or expecting it to lock after screen timeout.

 

Basically, my phone won't sleep, at least not whilst charging. I spent a good while playing around with settings on my phone, such as timeout and lock screen settings. I also powered off the device but no luck.

 

After trying to figure out the problem further I discovered that the notification tray is being constantly updated every few seconds swapping between "Android system USB connector connected" and "Android system USB connector disconnected". So presumably this is what is keeping the phone awake as it thinks it is being constantly connected and disconnected from source USB source. I cleaned out the USB port but it was pretty clean to begin with. I'm not getting any notifications regarding any moisture detection.

 

The A70 charges just fine (though sometimes there is a slight delay to it recognising being plugged in) and it seems that the USB tethering interface is working well as I can use the remote debugging feature in Google Chrome (for web development purposes) just fine. As far as I can tell, there are no actual issues with the USB port - it functions as I would expect.

 

The A70 was last updated on the 14th August to "Security Patch level: 1 July 2019" and looking over the log of updates I see that "The charger/USB port's moisture detection algorithm has been improved" - so someone somewhere has been looking at this feature and I doubt it coincidence that my device has just developed a fault, given that I've not had it anywhere near moisture or excessive dirt.. and the port still actually works!

 

I've also tried Safe Mode but the issue persists. Also, if I power the device off, then plug it into the wall, power it on, the notification issue stops... until I unplug it/switch off the wall socket - then it comes back again.

 

Anyone else having similar problems?

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Hailey123
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No still no updates 

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huryhoy
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Is there any other alternative solution? *****, I already did everything that was posted here. Is it really a hardware issue?

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Hailey123
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No is not definitely a software issue 

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huryhoy
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I hope Samsung can fix this soon. It's too annoying, phone will get hot and drains the battery fast. 

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Hailey123
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We are already 5 weeks waiting for an update but nothing...thousands of A70 with the same issue 

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Hailey123
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I was really happy about the A70 buttery life 

But Samsung find a solution to f###  

🤨

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Shan66
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I'm having the same issue...this looks like a common issue many has. This is not a cooincidence. Has anyone sent out a complaint direct to Samsung about this? Its clearly a software problem and not hardware based on so many users taking their phone to the repair centre, just to experience the same issue after time. A patch needs to be rolled out to fix the algorithm for the moisture detection, coz that's clearly the issue
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Shan66
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I'm having the same issue...this looks like a common issue many has. This is not a cooincidence. Has anyone sent out a complaint direct to Samsung about this? Its clearly a software problem and not hardware based on so many users taking their phone to the repair centre, just to experience the same issue after time. A patch needs to be rolled out to fix the algorithm for the moisture detection, coz that's clearly the issue
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sll
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I've been in contact with samsung ..... sadly not much luck but the more people that call them maybe then it might get sorted

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Hailey123
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Samsung have done nothing locally agent here told me is not covered with guarantee that issue really disappointed 

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