Dim screen in cold temperatures

[mcrisostomo9]

Waking my screen in cold temperatures would result in a very dim screen which looks like its on the verge of dying. I live in socal so its not like crazy cold temps so its a very weird problem. The only remedy would be to warm up the phone by holding it in my hand and constantly waking the phone until it would regain its regular brightness.
Its been like this for the past 2 months or so. It originally started when I was running CM10. I thought it was a ROM problem so I switched to a touchwiz ROM which temporarily solved the problem for about two weeks but it returned a week ago and is suffering the same problems again.

Any suggestions?

 

[Lanhoj]

How cold is "cold"?
I'm currently in Canada (today was -20F) and have no problem using it outside.

 

[mcrisostomo9]

Only about 50F. My phone currently would not survive in Canada lol.

 

[Lanhoj]

In NorCal it's often in the 40's and runs fine too...not sure what's causing your problem, sorry.
Have you tried fully stock?

 

[worwig]

Can you get hold of another battery to test it with?
Lithium battery don't have a high output when cold. Maybe yours is really sensitive and the phone is smart enough to turn down the display due to poor battery output.
Just a wild thought.

 

[mcrisostomo9]

Can you get hold of another battery to test it with?
Lithium battery don't have a high output when cold. Maybe yours is really sensitive and the phone is smart enough to turn down the display due to poor battery output.
Just a wild thought.

That might be a good idea. Any idea if an S2 battery would work with the S3?

 

[rxgadget]

That might be a good idea. Any idea if an S2 battery would work with the S3?

No it won't unfortunately. GS3s have their own batteries

Sent from my VZW Samsung Galaxy S3