Blocks render completely black
All blocks in world render with brightness 0 (stone,grass,etc). Water and lava are not affected. It also happens on all worlds (downloaded and locally created).
Steps to reproduce:
1 Open minecraft,
2 Start world,
3 Lock phone,
4 Unlock phone.
Observed results:
All blocks are rendered black regardless of block light (except water & lava)
Expected result:
All blocks render correctly
Notes:
From my knowledge, it only happens on samsung devices after repeatedly locking the device.
Tested on samsung s9, samsung a53
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- Android
- Android 14 (one ui 6), Android 13 (one ui 5.1), Android 10 (one ui 2)
- 1.20.41 Hotfix
Created Issue:
Blocks render completely black
All blocks in world render with brightness 0 (stone,grass,etc). Water and lava are not affected
Θters to reproduce: open minecraft, start world, lock phone, unlock phone. From my knowledge, it only happens on samsung devicesTested on samsung s9, samsung a53
- Unresolved
- Open
- Unconfirmed
- Android
- Android 14 (one ui 6), Android 13 (one ui 5.1), Android 10 (one ui 2)
- 1.20.41 Hotfix
All blocks in world render with brightness 0 (stone,grass,etc). Water and lava are not affected
Θters to reproduce: open minecraft, start world, lock phone, unlock phone. From my knowledge, it only happens on samsung devicesTested on samsung s9, samsung a53
All blocks in world render with brightness 0 (stone,grass,etc). Water and lava are not affected
Steps to reproduce: open minecraft, start world, lock phone, unlock phone. From my knowledge, it only happens on samsung devices after repeatedly locking the device.Tested on samsung s9, samsung a53
All blocks in world render with brightness 0 (stone,grass,etc). Water and lava are not affected
Steps to reproduce: open minecraft, start world, lock phone, unlock phone.From my knowledge, it only happens on samsung devices after repeatedly locking the device.Tested on samsung s9, samsung a53
All blocks in world render with brightness 0 (stone,grass,etc). Water and lava are not affected
Steps to reproduce:
1 Open minecraft,
2 Start world,
3 Lock phone,
4 Unlock phone.
Observed results:
All solid blocks are rendered black regardless of block light
Expected result:
All blocks render correctly
Notes:
From my knowledge, it only happens on samsung devices after repeatedly locking the device.Tested on samsung s9, samsung a53
All blocks in world render with brightness 0 (stone,grass,etc). Water and lava are not affected
Steps to reproduce:
1 Open minecraft,
2 Start world,
3 Lock phone,
4 Unlock phone.
Observed results:
Allsolidblocks are rendered black regardless of block light
Expected result:
All blocks render correctly
Notes:
From my knowledge, it only happens on samsung devices after repeatedly locking the device.Tested on samsung s9, samsung a53
All blocks in world render with brightness 0 (stone,grass,etc). Water and lava are not affected
Steps to reproduce:
1 Open minecraft,
2 Start world,
3 Lock phone,
4 Unlock phone.
Observed results:
All blocks are rendered black regardless of block light (except water & lava)
Expected result:
All blocks render correctly
Notes:
From my knowledge, it only happens on samsung devices after repeatedly locking the device.Tested on samsung s9, samsung a53
All blocks in world render with brightness 0 (stone,grass,etc). Water and lava are not affected. It also happens on all worlds (downloaded and locally created).
Steps to reproduce:
1 Open minecraft,
2 Start world,
3 Lock phone,
4 Unlock phone.
Observed results:
All blocks are rendered black regardless of block light (except water & lava)
Expected result:
All blocks render correctly
Notes:
From my knowledge, it only happens on samsung devices after repeatedly locking the device.Tested on samsung s9, samsung a53

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I could not reproduce on 1.21.1, is this still an issue?
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