Phone screen won't turn off

[Allyza Taylor]

Thank you so much! Wakelock works! It found soundclolud running for 12 hrs and I uninstalled it then it turns off again after my desired time of screen turn off while idle. I cant thank you enough! Thank you again

 

[TomCollins88]

This showed me exactly what was causing my problem.

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Hi,
Probably some application is holding the Screen wakelock and not releasing it.
There is a light app to hunt for wakelocks: Wakelock Detector

This showed me exactly what was causing problem.

 

[NinaTexas]

Mine won't turn off. It acts like it's locked but I've never locked it. The battery got very low and I changed it and it still won't turn on or shut off. Just sits there. I've tried a hundred times to unlock it via running my finger and/or stylus over the screen and it just won't work.

 

[GSDer]

it still won't turn on

Which is it - won't turn off, or won't turn on?

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[KingKomaOma]

Anything new on that? i have the same problem, but i can make shure its not the software... i reseted the phone, and even flashed it with different os - no success... so i have to expect it to be a hardwareproblem. as i also already replaced the glass (earlier - did not cause the issue) my question now is - is it more the power button or the softkeys that might cause the problem? or is there anything else i can try from the softwareside?

 

[GizmosAmerica]

Are you having trouble with galaxy screen staying on while plugged in? I DID; fix:
Settings》
More》
Developer option》
Uncheck "Stay Awake" while plugged in.
;@)

 

[Ryan Amberg]

Same exact issue for me.. on my brand new Note 3! Damn Sixaxis program Thanks!

 

[Craig Couchman1]

I turned off the swipe screen and it fixed this issue on my note 2,hope this helps somebody.:-!

 

[Michael Weidner1]

Wakelock saved my bacon too (actually saved my S3; kept me from tossing it) after it revealed what was sucking up my battery!

 

[KelsMB]

I've been having the same problem, and when I went to the App Store to download the Wakelock thing, it automatically updated a bunch of my apps that needed new updates, and now the screen will stay off! Try updating any apps that need it.

 

[Sreymom chhay]

i came across the same problem, i found out it was my screen timeout setting was set to 10 minutes.

 

[bbells2009]

I apologize for 'waking' an old thread.
Here is how I fixed it on my S4: I turned off the alarm on the clock. That is all it took.
I then loaded a different app for an alarm. There are a few, I chose Timely since it is so simple. Hope this helps someone.

 

[Melissa Brobst]

I was having the same issue with my Note 4, not sure if this will help you much because I have a different phone, but I figure the settings might be similar, but under Settings > Under "System" there is an option for "Developer Options" > "Stay Awake" was checked and that caused the phone to NEVER sleep, so no matter what setting you have as far as timeout, it won't ever turn off. I unchecked the box, and now my phone turns off, even when docked and charging. Hope this helps!

 

[Tom Peszynski]

Thank you for this. I did not know it was in that section under the developers options

 

[Zailani Arif]

go to developer option, there should be an opyion call stay awake when charing untick it that should solve your problem for samsung

 

[madan mohan3]

This problem has been solved after uninstalling Textra SMS app..May b it is an issue with sms apps.

 

[Talib_S]

Samsung has a feature of Smart Stay which keeps the screen on if you keep looking at it(and unofficially in close proximity to your face). Go to Phone Settings>Display and uncheck the Smart Stay feature.

I hope this will solve your problem.

Thanks & regards,
Talib

 

[Menichini]

Not sure why but suddenly my screen won't shut off. This is killing my battery because the screen is always on. Tried turning the timer down, turned on power saver mode. Nothing. Suggestions?

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My case I was fooling around whith bootanimation and rename bootsamsung.qmg, bootsamsungloop.qmg and shutdown.qmg and has this very same issue. Just take ir back and problem solved.

 

[Craft Lord]

upper volume key and power button held down restarts your phone i had the same problem now its fixed

 

[mamun sirajul]

hi guys i also faced the same problem, i simply close all the running apps and then its okye. screen is turning off. hope this will be work.