Flickering screen after a drop...

Flickering screen after a drop...

I've got a friend who dropped her S7 edge. The glass hasn't broken, but the screen flickers/flashes, to the point where it's hard to look at and almost impossible to use. Given the cost of new LCD units, replacing that isn't looking a likely option. I've taken the back off and disconnected everything in the (admittedly very slim) hope that it could have been a slight loose connection from the drop. When I connected everything back up and turned it on it was still flickering to start with, but after a while it returned to normal. This lasted about 20mins before the flickering started again.

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bert [Entry]

"Here's a similar case with the same model: https://forums.androidcentral.com/ask-qu...

From a moderator:

""Try a hard reset. Hold the power button and volume down button until you see the Samsung logo and then let go. Hopefully that will help. If it doesn't I would think then that you have done internal damage.""

May the odds be ever in your display's favor."

bert [Entry]

Not guaranteed as it is a case by case assessment but a temporary fix with a strike rate of 4 out of 5 edge screens I have come across is to immediately switch of ALL EDGE PANEL LIGHTING AND PANELS. This will also help reduce the stress on a damaged device. Finally, switch off the auto brightness feature and keep the brightness level down to a usable level. Again this is not guaranteed to work but I have had success with this approach as a temporary measure.

bert [Entry]

I have an s6 active and I drop my phone, multiple times a day. I have also had a screen flickering problem, only about a half inch on the bottom of my screen flickers, mainly when I use Netflix. Turning down the brightness on my screen makes it stop flickering completely. Hope this helps.

bert [Entry]

can you do one of a samsung tablet , i would keep dropping it and now it just glitches and i cant see anything.

bert [Entry]

What's the difference between a hard reset & factory reset? Will a hard reset erase everything?

bert [Entry]

A factory reset reboots the entire system. It deletes everything in the system by reformatting the hard drive. Hard reset is a form of factory reset, in that it only reboots the hardware on the phone. A hard reset is used to put as many settings back to their original state as possible.