u/Disco181

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Issues with display modes (and other stuff).

I've installed e/OS on an old Samsung s10+. It was working great until I scheduled the sleep mode to come on. When it was on, the phone would simply display a blank screen and did not wake the screen so I could use the phone. Tapping on the screen activated the haptic feedback in certain areas but I was unable to get into the phone until Sleep Mode had been disabled via the schedule.

I was setting up a Custom Mode as a work around as I wanted the screen in greyscale for night time use and I must have turned on the setting that causes this behaviour (cannot see the options so cannot remember which it was - dim screen possibly). When I switched the phone to Custom Mode to test it, the screen went blank and I've been unable to get back into my phone. I've rebooted but it boots back into the Custom Display settings and blanks the screen so I am guessing it's sat on the PIN entry screen, hence the haptic response when I press the screen.

So, my question is this. Is there anyway to boot up into the normal display settings so I can use the phone again? At the moment it is unusable.

I would post this over at the e/OS Github or community forums but they will not allow me to sign up with a @duck.com email, or my own domain, telling me I need to use a work email. I am hoping the e/OS tech team have someone monitoring this so they can recommend a course of action beyond reinstall and start again!

I've tried to find a way to boot into safe mode but I can't find a method that works with e/OS installed.

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u/Disco181 — 9 days ago