Samsung Galaxy Note 3 - Interesting Problem, help! - Mimicking Smart Case

[mwatson2]

I get a lot of good feedback from you guys so I'll try this here.

Upon seeing weird graphical tweaks and having wonky responses on my screen I've nearly thrown my phone out the window. I've realized that the bottom half of my screen is 100% unresponsive, but the top half works perfectly. What threw me off was that the S Pen worked everywhere. I knew it wasn't a simple hardware failure because my incoming calls and "power off" menu were both re-positioned and slightly redesigned. I stumbled across this thread which I think nails it on the head. The locations of the call notification and power menu are both exactly where you'd find the window of a Smart Case. Either due to a magnet, an electronic signal, or simply buggy software I am confidant I am stuck in Smart Case mode.

Does anyone have any ideas of how to fix this? I REALLY don't want to have to unroot and then be forced to use a refurb... How about Titanium Backup - anyone know of, or how to find the source of the Smart Cover actions so I can freeze them?

 

[Zayd Ali]

I have the exact same issues. Bottom half doesnt work. Pen works fully. The power button menu is all changed to the top (which i didnt think is weird until i just read it.) I took it to the guy i bought it from and all he did was try to get of using the warranty to replace it, even though its not his job to do that. I tried everything to fix this issue. Im not sure what smart case mode is. I finally convinced the guy to take the phone and send it to the people to check why its doing this.

Did you manage to discover anything by any chance? Would be interesting to know what this issue is as ive never seen this before. Hopefully you have it resolved.

 

[mwatson2]

I actually took it back to best buy because it was in the return period. One idea would be to actually attach a smart cover and pull it off, maybe that would untrigger it?

I actually had to return a 2nd phone after this one because the proximity sensor died 2 weeks in...

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