[Q] S4 Active - Very slow to turn off? - Galaxy S 4 Active Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi all,
My gf got rid of her S3 yesterday after lots of problems and upgraded to the S4 Active on Voda UK. Great phone so far, but she's having a weird problem where on reboot or shutdown it takes well over 2 minutes to actually power off. The screen goes black as usual, but the notification light pulses blue until it finally vibrates and powers off. It starts up in what seems a normal amount of time.
Has anyone else found this issue or know what it might be?
The phone itself is completely stock and nothing untoward appears to be running in the background which might be blocking the powerdown.
Thanks in advance

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I've plugged it into my pc to get some data files off about an hour ago.. forgot about it and just looked at it now and the screen is displaying!
It is displaying and accepting input although it was flickering at first (like pixel shifting). but i pressed the power button to standby the screen and pressed it again and the display is fine with no flickering ?
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