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Help Phone app keeps launching by itself

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Just got my s5 a few days ago. Phone app keeps launching by itself as if I were going to make a call no matter where I touch on the screen. App is also open sometimes when I just unlock the phone. Intermittent but annoying. Anyone??
 
New phone, under warranty. Have it replaced. Why it's doing what it's doing is only of academic interest to those interested in such things.
 
Yep, my wife had similar issues this afternoon with her second S5.
First one had to be returned with constant wifi dropping problems.
Then this afternoon the S5 appeared to have a mind of its own, swiping screens all over the place, then started to play media.
The funniest thing for us though was when our son started shouting about his xbox trying to play songs on its own as well.
Somehow the S5 had managed to connect to the xbox media centre???
The staff in Tesco Phone Shop appeared disbelieving until the phone went wild in their hands when it started to perform random actions, taking screenshots.
After a factory reset the phone restarted then froze and the language screen totally ignoring any attempts at screen selections.

Here's hoping the third S5 is the lucky one that actually works.
 
My phone kept randomly jumping to the play store listing for the s health app. I read the reviews and a number of people were complaining about the same thing after upgrading their phone software. The solution was to disable that app.
 
Mine goes into phone app sometimes. Then it stops for a few days. Then it'll do it again. No idea why. Others having the problem do you happen to have the gear watch as well?
 
jmatteis said:
Mine goes into phone app sometimes. Then it stops for a few days. Then it'll do it again. No idea why. Others having the problem do you happen to have the gear watch as well?
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Happened to me a few times, as well .. and I do have a Gear 2 connected ... do you ?
 
Anyhow, as an update, I have unchecked the feedback setting or whatever it is that displays the last app when phone is picked up and it has not happened since.
 
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