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[LG G Watch R] Ziofreddy:
Two days ago I deleted all the watch faces on my Note 3 and also all the application I downloaded from Google Play. I left only the main Android Wear app. I reset the watch and leave without synchro for 24 hours. Then I leave the watch on the cradle all night long (without synchro). The screen today is perfect. No blinking, no flashing after removing from the cradle. Now I'm going to synchronize it... Then want to see what's happen....... At the moment I could say that should be a software (firmware) problem....:confused:
[LG G Watch R] SergioMAB:
Frustrated in Canada and not with the weather...

Greetings all, I just wanted to chime in as well. I like many of you have the straight up Korean import version of the LG G watch R and it was perfect for about a week. Then it all went wrong when I decided to experiment with third-party watch Faces (may have been a coincidence, can’t say for sure.)

I put the watch to sleep for the night on the charge pad and the next morning I saw that the top half of the watch face was flickering and showing distorted video. I am a career IT guy like many of you and I have seen many a bad LCD screen. So to me this looked like a LCD with a bad video Board. I have replaced many laptop LCD to know this issue by heart.

First, there was complete RAGE, I almost whipped the watch at the wall. Yes, I have anger issues. Then many F words. And at this point my wife thought I was crazy…lol. DOA after a week. What bull****. I am in Canada and I bought the watch from a Korean vendor on EBay. So good luck to me on a return. So I have to live with it.

The problem seems to have gotten worst over time. Now every morning, I factory wipe the device and it is good to go for the whole day. But every morning I wake up to a half blinky defective watch. Not cool. SO every morning the same; Factory reset and reconnect to Nexus 5. Tedious but it works.

I like many believe this is a firmware/software issue. Not a hardware issue. So I think it can be fixed with an update. If this was a permanent hardware issue. The OLED display would not correct after a factory wipe.

I really, really hope LG fixes this issue. Living in Canada I had to pay a lot extra to get this stupid watch and now I regret buying it at all. I should have learned from my Samsung Gear Live experience; that one was also a huge POS (sold that thing 2 months later). 2 for 2 POS Android Wear watches. WTF…

LOL.. Last week I bought the Nexus Player with 2 game pads….I really hope that thing doesn’t carp out too. My sons and I love that thing. We use it every night.
[LG G Watch R] Ziofreddy:
It's working! No blinking screen no flashing screen.... there are a lot of watchfaces I downloaded in the watch memory that were not displayed in the Note 3 and I have to remove from telephone memory only using a file editor. Tomorrow morning will tell if is still working...;)
[LG G Watch R] fredriks:
What phone do you all have that have this problem ? I have a Sony Z3c. [MENTION=6194729]Ziofreddy[/MENTION], I did a reset of mine and uninstalled every 3:e party apps but my problem came back anyway.
[LG G Watch R] Ziofreddy:
Hi, I did made the total reset, then unistalled all the applications and watchfaces I did install fron google play. Some of them are not listed in my Note 3 so I did uninstall direct from the google play. I did forget I installed a calculator and some other applications so I search all Google Play for the installed ones. Then I made a new reset and without pairing I leave the watch on the cradle for the night. This morning the screen was on, non sinchronized asking to install on my phone the main Android Wear application. I did it... Then I waited for the known problem. The watch is now on my wrist perfectly working from this morning. i do not have any applications or watchfaces installed on it, waiting for battery go down to put again on the cradle for the night. Tomorrow morning will tell.......:fingers-crossed:
[LG G Watch R] Ziofreddy:
:good: The watch is working as new!!,!:laugh:

No blinking, no flashing. I did not install anyting from the google play. This is meaning that some application create some problem in this watch. I think I will not install any watchfaces for the moment waiting for a new update (LG is reading this discussion, I'm sure). I bought the watch in a big electronic store here in Rome -Italy, not imported from Korea.
[LG G Watch R] stephclauz:
Strange

When mine started blinking weeks ago, I had absolutely no app installed apart from the main Android Wear one, no 3rd party faces. So in my opinion it isn't related to apps or 3rd party faces… but if it is working for you, great :)

Mine keeps blinking after I take it off the cradle, but I've noticed that it stops after a while, even without a reboot. I leave it to blink for a few minutes, and gradually it blinks less until it stops… This is what makes me think of a kind of overcharge, as if the cradle was delivering too much intensity or voltage, and this excess somehow unloads on the screen, and when it gets back to a normal level, no more blinking…. if it were the case then it is HW right?

Just trying to think if it makes sense to send it back to LG for repair for the 2nd time or not (or wait until we're sure they know how to fix it)
[LG G Watch R] Ziofreddy:
:crying::crying: I dit take the watch off the cradle now (after two days fine working) and (I'm sorry to tell) it's blinking again in dimmed mode..........

Now LG have to do something!!!!!
[LG G Watch R] fredriks:
Same as mine, just let it blink and it will stop after a while. Didn't have to do a reset when this happened just wait for a while. The funny thing with mine was that I didn't have to take it of the charger to get this problem. It was enough just to start it in the morning and it would start to flash. Mine is now on repair and I'm curious to see what LG will do with it.
[LG G Watch R] tehkab:
I had this issue come up about a week ago. I've noticed that after removing the watch from the cradle (after sitting overnight), the blinking starts off really bad, even sometimes at the awake screen. Not only is there blinking but some sections of the displayed image (always full sets of rows on the display) shift down and cover up others.

However, regardless, after a while the intensity and frequency of the blinking/display strangeness goes down, and seems to always eventually stop. I've noticed that, for me at least, once the watch gets down to 97% displayed battery it's all but stopped or completely stopped. And then it never happens again until fully (over?) charged again.
[LG G Watch R] geovass:
Mine was received on the service centre on the 27th. They need 5-7 working days to complete the repair process.

Sent from my SM-N910F
[LG G Watch R] activ8me:
I am making the same experience. It is definitely an "over"charging issue. And yes, LG should take this serious and solve it. It does not make sense to me to send it in if they don't deal with the issue and just send a new watch with the same problem. Has anyone on this forum actually got confirmation from LG that they could replicate the issue and have solved it? That would be the solution, not just pretend to repair something they did not even understand...

When the charge goes down to 97%, the blinking also stops for me, so I can confirm this.
[LG G Watch R] jazeng:
interestingly enough my watch has stopped having this issue - at least for the past two days,

There wasn't anything I did to it nor did i uninstall anything. - unless there was a secret firmware update that took place?

Will keep posted if it starts blinkign agian.
[LG G Watch R] fredriks:
My watch is on its way back to me now, seems like it's a new one and not the one I sent in. Only thing I care about right now is that it works.

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[LG G Watch R] Ziofreddy:
Let us know how is going with the watch was sent to you.... I wrote to LG Italy an email and they call me by phone telling that I have to send the watch because they ..."know the problem"...??? Would it be true? My watch one day is perfect and the other is blinking......
[LG G Watch R] RoosW:
LG G R Blinking

I am now on my third 'R' the first did a Neal Stephenson's 'Snow Crash' impression, and refused to respond to anything. The second started the whole blinking thing :(

And of-course this happened after i gave my Pebble to my stepson and my LG G to my wife, i am now recovering of withdrawal symptoms ;)

I must say that the store i bought it from reacted quick and easy, i got a return label for free shipping and the same day they received it a new one was send back.

I do hope they fix it, and even more that this does not affect every watch!

Any of you got a new one and experiencing the same issue again?
[LG G Watch R] SergioMAB:
Same here. In the morning when I take the watch off the charge pad it blinks like crazy. Then about 15Mins later at 97% battery it settles down and stops blinking.
[LG G Watch R] stephclauz:
Let us know if indeed it's a new one or the same. When I sent mine for repair a couple of weeks back, they didn't replace it, they did nothing to it and sent it back to me, but maybe they know how to fix it now

I must say, I've managed to avoid it blinking for the past week, by taking it off the cradle when it's around 95%, and no issue. And apart from that the watch it awesome, I even had a grandma the other day admire it! :p

Would be easier though to just be able to place it on the cradle over night and forget about the fact that it needs a daily charge, rather than have to think about it in the morning and watch the charge before it reaches 100%...
[LG G Watch R] ro_explorer:
This is my usage and I did not had any issue with the flickering. Maybe it was a batch with that problem... but still, I bought it as soon as it was available in stock so I assume it was one of the first batches.
[LG G Watch R] SergioMAB:
My watch is now blinking in all modes. What a POS... watch is now unusable.. Thanks LG.
[LG G Watch R] fredriks:
Today I got a watch, it's a new one in box. Will see if this one starts to blink also. Really hope it won't ☺

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[LG G Watch R] LemOnlyMan:
Flashing and corrupted display

I started having the same flashing problem the second time I charged it overnight. I recorded a video of it but can't post it since I'm a new user. This is a stock watch face. Resetting the device also doesn't fix this. I just turn on the stopwatch to keep the display on and use up the battery so that the problem would go away. I also noticed that the watch seemed much dimmer in daylight the next day. The display looked great outdoors when the watch was new, but not anymore.

This morning the problem got worse and the display turned to a colored pattern with a hazy view of the clock frozen at something like 3:00 AM. I could feel the menus working as I touched the screen with shades moving in and out but the display only had the garbage pattern and wrong time on it. I'll post a video of that when I can too.

I am probably returning the watch to T-mobile for a refund although I would have loved to get a replacement even if it meant waiting! But it's okay as I'll get to evaluate some of the newer watches in the market. Maybe the reason this isn't in stock is that they are trying to fix the problem before shipping more of these?
[LG G Watch R] geovass:
My watch is already 2 weeks with LG UK. They have ordered some parts (!) and still waiting for delivery.

Sent from my Galaxy Note Edge
[LG G Watch R] doki81:
to resolve the blinking screen...restart will not help....

you can stop it by power off the watch and then on it back again...need to power off 1st ..
[LG G Watch R] RoosW:
Blinking

So there still is no one with a clue as to what causes this? Hardware/Software? Will the lollipop update fix it?

Not that i have it yet ;)

But with the further deterioration i hear about and 'LG Waiting for parts' on another post i get the impression the hardware surrounding or forming the screen is just not up to scratch yet :-/

I still hope for a software fix, i would not be amused to have to send my third LG G R back again, i think i will not settle for a replacement any more but want my money back!

BTW any user with the new lollipop update having blinking problems?
[LG G Watch R] LemOnlyMan:
This is my first watch, but I had the exact symptoms you describe here.

Till I hit the 10 post mark to be able to post links, here is the YouTube "video ID" of a video that shows the watch with a corrupted color display: 0yfdMPMV0A0

The screen was stuck in this state for a few hours before automatically going back to normal.

This video shows the flickering on the dimmed screen: XhQoNpp4Oio

I definitely got a bad piece. I only got to use it for 10 days but I loved how the watch and the display looked.
[LG G Watch R] RoosW:
For those having the blinking issue, just out of curiosity, what is the brightness setting you use? Is it 1?

I ask because i see this flickering also in my ereader (Kobo Aura HD) when i have the brightness at its lowest, could it have anything to do with borderline enough power to function, that is making this happen?

On my reader it disappears when i go from 1 to 2%.

As a precaution i have my latest LG G R now on brightness 2 in stead of 1.
[LG G Watch R] doki81:
will try it and see if it help..but the weird one is after i upgraded to fw 5.0.1..the flickering issue seem to disappear...at least for this 2 days...i left my watch charge to 100% and left it there for 1-2 hours...when i pickup the watch from dock..there is no flickering happen~..:confused:
[LG G Watch R] RoosW:
That sounds good, on G+ i have seen a growth in the 'Snow Crash' issue combined with the new update, sure hope you not get that one, it is reported from a one time occurrence to something that went away with banging(?) the watch a few time (loose connector?) and as mine had, draining the battery within an hour, then a reboot to show normal screen without touchscreen functions and repeated crashes again.
[LG G Watch R] doki81:
not just the flickering issue gone for now...my battery life on LGWR is also getting better... from 8am till now 634pm...my battery drain is from 100 to 73 only..
[LG G Watch R] newdriver2007:
I also have the same problem. and I'm not sure how to solve it. I feel frustrated when buying it .
[LG G Watch R] RoosW:
You can not solve this, contact your supplier and get it swapped for a new one.
[LG G Watch R] newdriver2007:
coincidence that I also buy it in Korea. but now I'm in Vietnam is very difficult to send it back to where I bought transportation. I'm hoping it's just due to faulty software.

p/s :sorry if you do not understand. I'm really not good english.
[LG G Watch R] geovass:
My Watch arrived this morning - after 3 weeks; (LG UK).

Apparently they have replaced the screen (will now more once i get my hands on it).
[LG G Watch R] RoosW:
Yeah, it looked like a screen connection/driver problem to me, i hope this fixes it for you, can you confirm they did not just swap the watch for a new one?

---------- Post added at 13:58 ---------- Previous post was at 13:56 ----------

Go contact LG, they will tell you what to do!
[LG G Watch R] newdriver2007:
Please give me their contact number . thanks !
[LG G Watch R] RoosW:
Serious? Go to lg.com for your country and choose service..
[LG G Watch R] geovass:
They have send a brand new watch and an extra charger! (in bulk packaging)

I am charging it now... came with 0% battery.
[LG G Watch R] newdriver2007:
Its situation now switched to continuous blink phenomenon as video.

http://youtu.be/foX4YYuW8dc
[LG G Watch R] fredriks:
Same symptom as mine, I got mine switched for a new one. Had my new watch for a while now and still no problems with it.

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[LG G Watch R] newdriver2007:
I can not get into recovery to restore the factory settings. I was thinking of alternatives in data recovery and wipe battery but I can launch it again k up. Now I have to think of a way to solve it.
[LG G Watch R] dersie:
My LG-R Watch begins to flicker after 4 weeks. This seems a little different for everyone. It is ON since two days, the battery is at 43%. Right now I'm in airplane mode.

It flick when go from dim mode to active mode.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrkePpZDjkE&feature=youtu.be
[LG G Watch R] stephclauz:
I'm observing the exact same thing as you are : since I updated to Android wear 5.0, not only does the battery seem to last longer, but I don't see the flashing screen anymore. Let's cross fingers and hope it was indeed a sw issue, now fixed with lollipop!
[LG G Watch R] dersie:
Every time I see the flicking effect is when screen is OFF for awhile. When press to see hour, the screen flicking for a few minutes and is OK after. All day if screen is alway ON there are no problem. Just the morning at end of charge, because I have screen OFF during charge process, or when watch go to sleep after no movement for 30min and screen go off and stay off few hours.
[LG G Watch R] unclebor:
Hi Dersie,

Which apps do you have running on your watch?

Did you try a factory reset?

Would you mind posting the build number and serial (without last 3 digits) in the poll?

Enter Poll HERE
[LG G Watch R] doki81:
it's too early to say...my flicker issue re-appear after few days ..sad :(
[LG G Watch R] dersie:
Many app/face, on update watch writing : update (25)/77 apps so 77 thing into watch.

No, no factory reset. I think this is not a solution. It work without and after awhile it flick, so no suddent corruption just for flicking screen ;)

This morning no flicking after charge. Since yesterday I use "SWApp True Dark Wear" wich works on brightness and I setup a brightness bellow all normal value to have a dim mode dark.
[LG G Watch R] unclebor:
that's pretty interesting, you changed the brightness level and the watch didn't do the "disco effect" after you charged it.

I have changed my brightness level from 4 to 1 and I'll post the results tomorrow after charging.

Thanks for the update :)
[LG G Watch R] wicked1683:
I really believe that's a hardware issue because some g watch r owner are not experiencing this

I return mine for warranty. They will fix it, but because it's holiday it will take 3-4weeks for them to fix this.

Really annoying, Quality nowadays is really poor no matter how expensive the item is.

LG and Samsung should fix their Quality Assurance team. This will be the last item I'll buy from those 2 korean companies.

I'm really disappointed.
[LG G Watch R] dersie:
2nd day without flicking effect the morning. It is not just reduce brightness. Before I have brightness below Level 1 with "Wear Mini Launcher" and the watch fliked after long period with screen OFF. The new for now is the app "SWApp True Dark Wear" wich set the brighness in a scale 5,10, 15,........95, 100 % and for my actual face I'm at 35% scale. It is only since I use this app that I not see flick but do not know if it is related ?
[LG G Watch R] Traxex_:
It's just happening for me when I set the brightness to the lowest level with Wear mini launcher. As soon as I raise it a little bit, it disappears.
[LG G Watch R] greghk:
Same problem

Hi, I just had the same problem, the watch is a week old and purchased in Hong Kong. Did a phone restart and cleared ok - not on charge at the time. I will keep you updated on any further occurrences. Running add-on watch face and also mini-launcher.
[LG G Watch R] stupdasso:
Hi all. I have had this watch since November. About the top 1/8 of the screen is the only part of my watch that blinks, very bright, and only lasts about 15 minutes max. I waited for a few weeks to see if I could correct the problem. During those few weeks their was a firmware update. It seemed to have corrected it but then a couple weeks later it came back. The only time it seems to happen is after charging overnight. So ultimately it sounds like an overcharge/hardware issue? I bought this watch off Google Play Store and I am here in the U.S. so I don't know if this batch of watches came from overseas or not but LG must figure out a fix for it, especially when I paid $300 for this watch! :mad: I will probably contact them this week and let you all know what they say.
[LG G Watch R] ocorten:
Blinking after drained battery

I have been using the workaround to charge until 100% and then take it off the charger immediately succesfully for some time now.

But interestingly: tonight I let my watch drain the battery fully and it switched off somewhere in the middle of the night.

When I put it on the charger this morning it immediately started flashing for half a minute.

So the flashing is not only related to an overcharged battery.

Maybe a long sleep mode is more the issue here?
[LG G Watch R] XLAAX:
Damn just had a heart attack. Didn't turn my watch on at all yesterday, been fine ever since, turn it on this morning, and it's sorta like the top third of the screen is just constantly flashing white everywhere, on dim mode it didn't but it seemed like the text and etc. were flickering. It's sorta like where notifications are but on the top instead.

Tried reboot and shut down and messing with brightness, all didn't work.

Then I just tried removing an app, I removed the wear mini launcher, and after moving around some notifications it seems to have stopped, even in the boot stage too.

So hoping this will be the end of it... I imported from France so I guess it'd be a pain in the ass to try and send it out for warranty if it busts up again
[LG G Watch R] dersie:
After 3 weeks without issue my LG-R flicking again today.

Now I know why, the 2 times when flicking, it is in same condition.

- Flick when stay long time maybe > 8-10H in screen OFF : Theater mode or alway off.

Today my watch stay screen off maybe 24H and when I light up the screen flicked. The first time this issue happen in same condition. (I have also airplane mode the 2 time).

It seem that brightness circuit go to sleep when screen off a long time and can not unsleep quickly.

Most of review are after charging so most off time with screen off when charging. I have no seen issue when charging but I do not charge during more 6-7H. I think it has no casual link with charge but with time screen is off.
[LG G Watch R] RoosW:
So if someone wrote an app that keeps screen ON in charging state, this would fix the problem for the peeps having a blinking screen?
[LG G Watch R] doki81:
it might help but battery for the watch will be sux ;)

even if no charging, if you put the watch idle, it will go into screen off. idle as you didnt wear the watch.
[LG G Watch R] RoosW:
Why would it suck, it is on the charger when it is forced to stay in dimmed mode.. Without the charging state, just action as normal, so your battery would not change one bit.
[LG G Watch R] ro_explorer:
In order to do that you don't need any app. Just activate this option under developer options.

// sent from my phone //
[LG G Watch R] dersie:
Since yesterday I'm trying to black off screen when not use with app "SWApp True dark". So I not use the "Theater Mode" wich really power off the screen. After 12H it seem the watch always works without power off screen like you do not wear it. I can light up the screen with swipe left (action to disable the True Dark app) and no blinking effect. I must try for few day to see if it solve the issue when screen is power off ?
[LG G Watch R] ro_explorer:
Guys, this screen blinking is not normal. You should just simply return/exchange the watch if possible.
[LG G Watch R] Shrink:
How do you enable developer options in Settings? I don't have it. Thanks!

Edit: Nevermind - found out how. Sorry to be automatically lazy. :P
[LG G Watch R] ro_explorer:
Go to settings -> about (on the watch) and tap many times (7?) on the BUILD NUMBER ... you will see a message popping out with "You are now a developer".

From that moment, under settings menu, the last one is developer options and the first line under that is the option to keep screen on while charging.