Help Folders open on their own ?

[Deb13b]

My folders are opening on their own

If I wake the phone, or close an app, my games folder opens by itself. This also happened with my news folder, I thought it had been a problem with a news app in the folder so I deleted it. But now it's the games folder ! Is this down to an app conflict ? As far as I can see it happens randomly, not triggered by something I'm doing. I thought it might be something to do with automatically opening regularly accessed folders but it's not consistent.

*really hoping you lot aren't getting sick of my inane android-newbie questions*

 

[addouk]

this happens to me too so i deleted the folder...so annoying..hope there is a way around this

 

[fourther]

happens to me all the time too

especially if i receive an sms or phone call, finish reading sms or hang up phone then a certain folder (last folder on my 5 touch wiz pages) keeps showing every time.

i find touch wiz to be buggy & slow sometimes. it needs to be updated

 

[barrybarnstabl]

not sure if this will help but the same problem was happening to me.
Samsung S3 when I came out of emails one of my folders on home screen would open.

I had a clock widget (not the default version) on that screen. When I changed this for the original clock it stopped happening. Might help you as it was driving me crazy.

 

[jtoffalmangler]

i hate to resurrect an old thread but this has been happening to me.
whenever i close any app a folder i have created periodically opens..
when it does happen it is always the same folder.
i have a non rooted att galaxy s3.
any help here would be appreciated.

thank you

 

[davidmanvell]

Is anything on your screen ? Clean it?

 

[jtoffalmangler]

no, its not oil or debris
it only happens when i am closing applications.
also when i use the back button to get out of an app

 

[johnnylighton]

I have that problem too! Fortunately not too often. I'm hoping the coming Jelly Bean Android update fixes it.

 

[Cliffman]

Glad to see I'm not the only one having this issue. It disappears if you delete the folder but after a while it starts happening again with the new folder (if you created a new one to replace the one you just deleted). So yeah, I guess we'll have to put our hopes on the upcoming update.

 

[davidmanvell]

Using a screen protector? if so it could be pressing the screen on it's own in one or two spots.

 

[bgblktruck]

I'm starting to have this problem on my Galaxy S3 after an update yesterday. Was a fixed ever found for it?

For me, it's the same folder that opens when I unlock my screen, or back out of apps.

 

[Greg Scott]

Did anyone come up with a fix to this problem? I have had my phone for almost 2 years and not had this problem until just recently. If I wake the phone and unlock it, or close an app, my games folder opens by itself. Not all of the time just some of the time. It is the only folder that does this. My screen is clean so it is not that.