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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8gb Nexus 4 stock
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.
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.
I am having tons of issues since the last Verizon OTA update. First off, my screen will not turn off unless I manually do so. I have changed the screen time several times, and it will not turn off. So, if I get a text message, my screen stays on until I check the message and turn the screen off. Also, I am having some multitouch issues which I had originally when I bought the phone. (They disappeared after about a month and I had not been having the problems anymore). What happens is my touch screen does not respond at times and when it happen I have to turn the screen off and back on to get it to work, OR touch the screen in two place simultaneously, release, and then continue use as normal.
Hoping for a fix to this SOON!
Hi,
Has anyone ran into this issue where the pattern changed itself or no longer worked? I definitely did not update or change it. All of sudden today, it just stopped taking it. Initially, I was able to unlock with my fingerprint. However, when I went into lock screen settings to try and figure out what's the issue, it prompts of course for the pattern. It then of course said it was incorrect and then told me to try again. Now I'm currently locked out 60 minutes and my fingerprint doesn't work anymore either! This is such an annoying bug and have no idea how this came about since I haven't updated or downloaded any new apps. I've also rebooted several times as others have stated, and the problem persists..
This worked for me!
itsxiao said:
Hi,
Has anyone ran into this issue where the pattern changed itself or no longer worked? I definitely did not update or change it. All of sudden today, it just stopped taking it. Initially, I was able to unlock with my fingerprint. However, when I went into lock screen settings to try and figure out what's the issue, it prompts of course for the pattern. It then of course said it was incorrect and then told me to try again. Now I'm currently locked out 60 minutes and my fingerprint doesn't work anymore either! This is such an annoying bug and have no idea how this came about since I haven't updated or downloaded any new apps. I've also rebooted several times as others have stated, and the problem persists..
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Hey- I had the same issue happen to me yesterday. I was able to accidentally find a solution by following these steps
1. Turn off your Android device.
2. Press and hold the "power", "volume down", and "bottom" buttons simultaneously. ...
3. Release the buttons once your Android device is powered on.
4. A Warning screen will appear, press the volume down option to cancel and (restart phone)
5. Phone will restart and ask for your pin, the original pin should now be working again.
6. Add your other fingers to the scanner! - at least that's what I did
So recently my phone started to lag when I would try to turn the screen on. It sometimes takes 10-30 seconds from the time I hit the power button/fingerprint scanner for the screen to turn on/unlock. Any idea what might cause this? I tried a factory reset to no avail. Phone is completely stock.
hello,
So just to be sure, no software installed? It's like coming out of the box?