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Help Screen does not turn on unless sliding out.

Ok, here is a weird situation. Last week, when I press the power button or the home key to turn on the screen (from sleep mode) the screen flashes then goes back to being dark. I thought it was battery related, ordered a new battery, same thing happens.

I read on a forum that someone slid open the phone and the screen turns on. It does work for me when doing this. I also did a factory reset this morning through the menu options, problem still occurs.

My question is, is something hardware related going bad/wearing out on my phone? Has anyone else had the same problem?

This phone is all "stock" version 2.3.3, no rooting or unlocking.

Side note, then removing/inserting the batter and pressing the power button with it closed, the Sony Ericsson logo will flash then go dark. It will keep doing this over and over, sometimes a red or green light will be solid, sometimes not.
 
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