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It's a few to list.
1)Light leakage from almost the entire bottom of the phone alligned with the 4keys. The search key also have light leakage.
2)Charging port about to go out. If I'm transfering stuff to my computer or usb tethering it I softly bump my phone it disconnects then reconnect and ask the four usb options. I stopped using my usb and use the external charger.
3)Forced to use Verizon roaming lol my data speeds were always over 1mbps but later went to .2-.56 max even around 3am when data should be tops. Verison i get great speed but don't signal drops a lot.
4) Today my phone randomly shut off on a 80-86% battery no led showed up on when I put the charger in. I tried my OEM battery and my Extended battery and still a no go had to let the phone sit for like 10 minutes then try again. This isn't the first time my phone has done this and I wasn't even using it pick it up to send a text realized it was off.
That's the main prob should I call sprint or asurion. Sprint tries to give me a hard time like when i called in for my blackberry and my first evo that had software issues before I rooted they keep repeating if we don't find something wrong with your phone your going to be charged and would you believe they charged me :-( $100 for a phone that I didn't root and had problems with they did credit me like $50 back after me complaining. That's why I'm kinda trying to make up my mind about sending my phones back. I guess its cause I'm young lol jk but what should I do and I'm tired of that blackberry the phone can be off the charger for 3 hours and die with network off horrible battery they even gave me a new battery and the thing dies faster than me evo before rooting. They keep telling me the same thing over and over check your settings and talking about it might be the battery knowing they just gave me a brand new battery and the freaking phone heats up. What would you do in this case?
Strap a fake bomb to your chest and go into the Sprint store demanding a new phone.
Worked for me last time.
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Strap a fake bomb to your chest and go into the Sprint store demanding a new phone.
Worked for me last time.
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Lol I think I would have given you a phone to but raise your bill lol
Wow sprint didn't give me a hard time. They said my new replacement phone in 5-7 days there on back order and my other phone should be here in 2-3 days
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wow sprint didn't give me a hard time. They said my new replacement phone in 5-7 days there on back order and my other phone should be here in 2-3 days
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that cool. Way to go sprint.
1975jamie said:
that cool. Way to go sprint.
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Yea now I have to unroot and retoot 004
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Yea now I have to unroot and retoot 004
Swyped From My Rom But I Will Always Be A Mynion!
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Have you rooted 004 yet?
Swyped from my Evo running Dark Cocoa v.97
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Have you rooted 004 yet?
Swyped from my Evo running Dark Cocoa v.97
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Yea the phone I have now is 004 got one the week they came out
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I've been having an issue with my softkeys (settings, home, etc...). They will randomly press opening settings, going back and opening the recent apps. Usually it does a combination of all of them and the only way to fix it is to turn off the screen and turn it back on.
I first thought this was a rom problem and switched to a new one. This didn't help so I believe it has to do with hardware. I looked up online and people say that it is a screen or battery problem. So I flashed to stock ICS and brought it into sprint, the guy was nice and stuff but he said he couldn't do anything unless we could make it happen. It wouldn't do it, so he couldn't do anything about it.
I'm wondering if it actually is a software issue or something that I'd be able to fix myself. Has anyone had any problems like this? It's not too often but often enough to be annoying. Any help would be nice.
Thanks in advance
I've heard pepper have issues with soft keys in low signal areas but never heard of that issue.. When you left the store did you have the problem on stock ics still
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Well, I flashed back to Paranoid when I got back home and so far I've had no problems. I haven't been using my phone though, I'll have to see how this goes.
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I've heard pepper have issues with soft keys in low signal areas but never heard of that issue.. When you left the store did you have the problem on stock ics still
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I have the issue of menus open and close in all apps and from home screen in low to no signal areas. Some times making the phone unusable. If I turn mobile data off seems to cure the random menu opening issue... Becomes 1/2 a phone... No data and 10 a month for... What oh ya high speeds data... Used to get 10 Meg download on 4G until a couple months ago.. Now only getting 700K, I think the Sprint tower near my house was stolen lol is that a word? FI27 is out, might help. My phone has been flagged for liquid damage so hard to find out if it's a hardware problem causing the menu issues. My upgrade isn't until May so I will make the most till then. NOTE 2? Little Rant in your thread OP... Sorry
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I don't mind the rant
I think it may have something to do with signal however. I was at work today and I got a bunch of random presses again. There was a good sized storm and I only had a bar or two. I'm also still wondering if it is software but I cant even stand to use stock ICS to see if it happens, if I couldn't use custom roms I don't think I would even own an android phone.
I was at the gym last night... 1 to no bars, menus and soft keys started poping like crazy... Turned off mobile networks.. 3G data and not one more Phantom menu press... If I wasn't so lazy I would use a custom prl and roam control... Bet that would cure my low signal areas. I will test that theory soon.
I had same menu action when I Odin stock el29 GB, with all modems I flashed
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I think it may have something to do with signal however. I was at work today and I got a bunch of random presses again. There was a good sized storm and I only had a bar or two. I'm also still wondering if it is software but I cant even stand to use stock ICS to see if it happens, if I couldn't use custom roms I don't think I would even own an android phone.
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I have use menu other Android devices my first phone was a Samsung moment, i rooted all my phones and i 've never had this problem, i even called Samsung and they say its sprints network not software or hardware, so i will take my phone to another store to see if i have better luck
I was experiencing the same problem on Gamer Mod. Even reflashed after fully wiping everything and still had it happening... was using apex launcher...but never happened to me before. Anyway wiped again and flashed back to blue kuban and its gone.
Shame because I really liked gamer mod.
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I don't see how a network can cause an issue like this though.
Also, I've tried wiping and flashing multiple roms on everything from GB to JB and still the same thing.
It is a low signal issue. The end. Only solution.. Get it replaced. My co worker had it. So I had first hand experience with it.
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When I brought it in he said he can only do something if we could duplicate the problem. Should I call Sprints call center and see what they can do? Would they already know about the problem or are they going to pretend like they've never had an issue like it. Do I have to flash back to stock ICS or do they not care? Sorry about the questions, I'm just pretty new to having my own phone plan and my own problems and don't really know how to deal with them yet.
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When I brought it in he said he can only do something if we could duplicate the problem. Should I call Sprints call center and see what they can do? Would they already know about the problem or are they going to pretend like they've never had an issue like it. Do I have to flash back to stock ICS or do they not care? Sorry about the questions, I'm just pretty new to having my own phone plan and my own problems and don't really know how to deal with them yet.
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You have to unroot the phone or they will say the rooting its causing this problem or even worse they will say it's big no no to root phones and they will invalidated your warranty, show them this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKG-iq4XezU so they get an idea what the problem is
That is really odd, hadn't heard of that before. I instantly thought hardware, but it sounds like it has been proven otherwise. Is your device under warranty? If so, could be worth the hassle of a replacement, otherwise sprint call center is pretty worthless in general. They will give you pre made responses and tell you they were not aware of any such issue unless you get someone who actually gives any kind of a crap haha. Good luck! Be sure to post any updates!
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When I brought it in he said he can only do something if we could duplicate the problem. Should I call Sprints call center and see what they can do? Would they already know about the problem or are they going to pretend like they've never had an issue like it. Do I have to flash back to stock ICS or do they not care? Sorry about the questions, I'm just pretty new to having my own phone plan and my own problems and don't really know how to deal with them yet.
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The only way to duplicate the problem everytime on my phone is to go to a low signal area. Ask the Sprint tech to go with you maybe buy them a cup of coffee and a donut.
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I've been having an issue with my softkeys (settings, home, etc...). They will randomly press opening settings, going back and opening the recent apps. Usually it does a combination of all of them and the only way to fix it is to turn off the screen and turn it back on.
I first thought this was a rom problem and switched to a new one. This didn't help so I believe it has to do with hardware. I looked up online and people say that it is a screen or battery problem. So I flashed to stock ICS and brought it into sprint, the guy was nice and stuff but he said he couldn't do anything unless we could make it happen. It wouldn't do it, so he couldn't do anything about it.
I'm wondering if it actually is a software issue or something that I'd be able to fix myself. Has anyone had any problems like this? It's not too often but often enough to be annoying. Any help would be nice.
Thanks in advance
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Ok, before I call in I have one last question. Will they send me a loaner phone? I need my phone for work and what not so if I cant get something temporary then I'm not even going to be able to send it in.
Not sure if this will answer your question but a co-worker recently had to take his OG EVO in for service. They gave him a loaner phone, an EVO 3D.
My wife's E4GT had the same phantom soft key issue. It was recently replaced due to another unrelated issue and so far, no issues.
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Very last question, I promise. Should I call Sprint or call Samsung directly? I'm most likely going to try and get it replaced this weekend. Hoping that everything goes well.
Short of a sledge hammer or selling the phone is there any remedy?
Phantom keys were crazy on my phone yesterday. I hadn't seen the problem very much in a week or so. I have no idea what was going on, but cleared dalvik cache and that seemed to help. No problems with it today. I wish I could figure out a correlation besides poor signal.
I have been having a lot of problems with my new honey, namely in the signal department! I went through a whole thing with it right after activation...it worked, then didn't, then did...etc. A chat session, phone call, & 2 trip to the actual store (all in 1 day!) resulted in them doing a factory reset and sending me on my looney way. It seemed to have helped, for about a day and a half. Now it is dropping signal again! It seems to do so, sometimes, when I have the wifi on. But then sometimes not (I'm not sure if wifi is culprit or coincidence.)
The ATT store employees said I may have changed a setting (I'm sure I didn't as I don't know of any setting that would even cause that!) and also "explained" my signal will naturally fluctuate...(They think I am an idiot, obviously and of course the phone was working fine when I was there...duh!) They also gave me a new sim card.
I *really* want to love this phone! But I'm finding it frustratingly undependable. Texts won't send when I need them to. I'm not getting them either, always. Voice is hit or miss when it drops (sometimes it works, sometimes not.) I have ALSO noticed the signal is not as strong as my old beloved Cappy. That thing was a horse (and I'm thinking of going back to it if this new one doesn't wise up!) Seriously, $300 bucks for a brand new phone & it can't keep a proper signal?
Is it the radio? Is it the software (still 100% stock, unrooted)? Should I make them give me a new one? What if it doesn't work, either? Flashing it to fix the issue is fine for me, but I've been holding out for multi-view before I get flash-crazy. lol Not to mention I may have to return it so better to not mess with it [yet]. I'm very frustrated & tired of getting looked upon like I'm the typical woman idiot who is not as smart as her new smartphone!!! I am NOT imagining it!!!
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I have been having a lot of problems with my new honey, namely in the signal department! I went through a whole thing with it right after activation...it worked, then didn't, then did...etc. A chat session, phone call, & 2 trip to the actual store (all in 1 day!) resulted in them doing a factory reset and sending me on my looney way. It seemed to have helped, for about a day and a half. Now it is dropping signal again! It seems to do so, sometimes, when I have the wifi on. But then sometimes not (I'm not sure if wifi is culprit or coincidence.)
The ATT store employees said I may have changed a setting (I'm sure I didn't as I don't know of any setting that would even cause that!) and also "explained" my signal will naturally fluctuate...(They think I am an idiot, obviously and of course the phone was working fine when I was there...duh!) They also gave me a new sim card.
I *really* want to love this phone! But I'm finding it frustratingly undependable. Texts won't send when I need them to. I'm not getting them either, always. Voice is hit or miss when it drops (sometimes it works, sometimes not.) I have ALSO noticed the signal is not as strong as my old beloved Cappy. That thing was a horse (and I'm thinking of going back to it if this new one doesn't wise up!) Seriously, $300 bucks for a brand new phone & it can't keep a proper signal?
Is it the radio? Is it the software (still 100% stock, unrooted)? Should I make them give me a new one? What if it doesn't work, either? Flashing it to fix the issue is fine for me, but I've been holding out for multi-view before I get flash-crazy. lol Not to mention I may have to return it so better to not mess with it [yet]. I'm very frustrated & tired of getting looked upon like I'm the typical woman idiot who is not as smart as her new smartphone!!! I am NOT imagining it!!!
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I would definitely take it back and make them give you a new one.
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Sounds like your antennae is shorting out or something like it wasn't soldered properly or the cable isn't secure. Would explain why WiFi affects it. I'd go there and demand a replacement and if they don't wanna budge your within 30 day no questions return. Then go to a diff store and get a new one. I really don't see it being a software issue.
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Sounds like your antennae is shorting out or something like it wasn't soldered properly or the cable isn't secure. Would explain why WiFi affects it. I'd go there and demand a replacement and if they don't wanna budge your within 30 day no questions return. Then go to a diff store and get a new one. I really don't see it being a software issue.
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Is it possible that whatever the problem was, it miraculously resolved itself? I had it drop signal two more times since this post, then nothing since. It's been working perfectly. I hate to keep it if it might arise again but I hate to return it if it was some weird fluke thing.
This may or may not be related to the above problem: has anyone noticed their reception is not as good as on a previous device? I had a Cappy and it always got great signal. I noticed this one is not as strong in the same places I previously visited with my old phone. Although admittedly, it seems to be improving. Does that even make sense or is even possible? Just like me, my phone has to be the goofball of the bunch!
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Is it possible that whatever the problem was, it miraculously resolved itself? I had it drop signal two more times since this post, then nothing since. It's been working perfectly. I hate to keep it if it might arise again but I hate to return it if it was some weird fluke thing.
This may or may not be related to the above problem: has anyone noticed their reception is not as good as on a previous device? I had a Cappy and it always got great signal. I noticed this one is not as strong in the same places I previously visited with my old phone. Although admittedly, it seems to be improving. Does that even make sense or is even possible? Just like me, my phone has to be the goofball of the bunch!
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Haha I'm glad its working better but I still think it may be hardware related. I get better signal now with this device then my sIII or my note before it. Have ya done anything to your phone at all? Root mod etc?
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Haha I'm glad its working better but I still think it may be hardware related. I get better signal now with this device then my sIII or my note before it. Have ya done anything to your phone at all? Root mod etc?
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Nope. I've done nothing because I'm having this returning debate. lol I'm itching to though!
This is classic "my car doesn't work so take it to the garage then it works fine and they will make fun of you" If I do return it what do I say? It is documented about my "troubles" as per the ATT phone rep. Though if I can't reproduce the problem they're just going to send me on my way, I'm afraid.
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Nope. I've done nothing because I'm having this returning debate. lol I'm itching to though!
This is classic "my car doesn't work so take it to the garage then it works fine and they will make fun of you" If I do return it what do I say? It is documented about my "troubles" as per the ATT phone rep. Though if I can't reproduce the problem they're just going to send me on my way, I'm afraid.
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With enough "negotiating" they'll take it back haha. Plus are you still within your no ask return window? Just explain how its sporatic but annoying to the point its not functional for reliable use and they should do something within their power to help ya out
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Nope. I've done nothing because I'm having this returning debate. lol I'm itching to though!
This is classic "my car doesn't work so take it to the garage then it works fine and they will make fun of you" If I do return it what do I say? It is documented about my "troubles" as per the ATT phone rep. Though if I can't reproduce the problem they're just going to send me on my way, I'm afraid.
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You spent enough money on the device, you should be absolutely happy with it, not apprehensive. If you wait past the return date, it's going to sit in the pit of your stomach for 20 months and ruin your enjoyment of it until you can upgrade again. Not worth it. Smile your brightest smile, walk into the store, very nicely tell them that you've had multiple issues and the AT&T phone reps said to go in and ask for an exchange. That's it. They're going to count on you being intimidated and going away. Smile, be nice, and don't be intimidated.
If they say you have to reproduce the problem, invite them to spend the day with you. The Note 2 is amazing and you shouldn't settle if you believe your hardware is having problems.
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You spent enough money on the device, you should be absolutely happy with it, not apprehensive. If you wait past the return date, it's going to sit in the pit of your stomach for 20 months and ruin your enjoyment of it until you can upgrade again. Not worth it. Smile your brightest smile, walk into the store, very nicely tell them that you've had multiple issues and the AT&T phone reps said to go in and ask for an exchange. That's it. They're going to count on you being intimidated and going away. Smile, be nice, and don't be intimidated.
If they say you have to reproduce the problem, invite them to spend the day with you. The Note 2 is amazing and you shouldn't settle if you believe your hardware is having problems.
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Yes. I have decided to take it in later today, as my 14 days is up on Friday. I hope they have stock of them. Anyhow...I have another question. If a phone is sitting still with no movement (and the weather is good, lol) will there be variations in signal strength? I get 3 bars with 4G showing, then it drops to one tiny bar. Sometimes the 4G disappears then reappears. The it will go back up to 4 bars. All in the course 5 minutes! I do realize signal will vary with movement but will it if your phone is just sitting there?
I am trying to experiment a little. I just realized/remembered that I had (uneventfully) dropped my phone (not hard, in-case) about the same time as my dropped signal problem pretty much resolved itself. So then I was like, hmm, maybe there IS something loose inside. I've tried gently shaking/jarring it here on my desk, coincidentally with the bars dropping back to just 1 as a result. But then again it may be coincidental as they are seeming to waiver A LOT. I just wondered if it is normal.
I never really stared at my old phone (Galaxy1) here at my desk but I'm almost positive it always had more than 1 bar at this same location and I never noticed it waiver like this one. But like I said I never had to make myself stare at it to check, either! lol Just wondering if someone knows a little more about cellphone signal 101 than me.
I have the issue of no 4G HSPA+ but I can get a strong LTE signal when in an LTE reception area. I'm wondering if you are in an LTE area and can get LTE? Where are you located?
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I have noticed problems with my GN2 as well. Mine shows I have signal but my data stalls or doesn't seem to work as it should. I'm in an area where there shouldn't be any problems. Only seems to happen in non LTE areas. Whenever I have LTE signal this thing is blazing fast.
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Update: Took the phone in. Basically, they had never heard of the issue with this phone. But...I walked away with a replacement. So far so good though I've had it only a few hours. The girl was very nice & explained even though I was borderline limit she would take care of me. I told her I received it Fri the 9th but she said they were basing the 14 days on the 7th! I said I didn't physically have it till the 9th! Jeeze. Moot point since she was going to take care of it anyhow but it just concerned me how (corporate) att could chop 2 days of my in-store return time!
So no, I'm not in LTE land, unfortunately. 3g H+ & E only though I can't complain about the coverage or speed. Good enough for me 4 sure.
The signal bars waivered quite a bit even while in the store. They said while some fluctuation is normal it shouldn't be as much as it was doing especially with the close proximity of the tower & good weather and especially while just sitting on the counter.
I downloaded the free app "No Signal Alert" from the Play Store. In just a few hours it recorded lost signal 4 times! (In a very good coverage area) [my first phone b4 the exchange] Consider using it if you want to see if you are losing signal like I was. Handy app!
Hopefully this is a good one. I know it sounds goofy but this phone seems to even move faster than the other. Weird. It will be interesting to hear if anyone else is having this problem. Maybe there was a bad batch of them or something? Like the Nexus I read about & their signal problems.
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Haha im glad that they helped ya! No its not goofy or silly to think that one phones faster then another because no two phones are alike. The silicone chips are very different and performance can very greatly. I had an s3 that wouldnt take custom kernels to save its life but I got it replaced after a two year old and a toilet incident haha and that one took even the most abusive settings in stride!
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I have a similar situation with mine. LTE will be working fine but then I notice that once I connect to my home wifi and then either leave my wifi range or turn off wifi the LTE icon will show in the status bar and it will show that it's sending and receiving data but Web pages will stall and never load, Play Store will timeout, and SpeedTest.net will start up but the needle will freeze about 1/8 of the way up indefinitely. I've toggled data at this point but it never fixes it, I have to restart the phone at which point LTE works perfectly but once I get back on my wifi the cycle will repeat, this has happened reliably for about the past week.
Do you all think I have a defective radio or am I missing something? I'm still within my return Window and will probably swap it Friday.
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I have a similar situation with mine. LTE will be working fine but then I notice that once I connect to my home wifi and then either leave my wifi range or turn off wifi the LTE icon will show in the status bar and it will show that it's sending and receiving data but Web pages will stall and never load, Play Store will timeout, and SpeedTest.net will start up but the needle will freeze about 1/8 of the way up indefinitely. I've toggled data at this point but it never fixes it, I have to restart the phone at which point LTE works perfectly but once I get back on my wifi the cycle will repeat, this has happened reliably for about the past week.
Do you all think I have a defective radio or am I missing something? I'm still within my return Window and will probably swap it Friday.
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williamsjscott said:
I have a similar situation with mine. LTE will be working fine but then I notice that once I connect to my home wifi and then either leave my wifi range or turn off wifi the LTE icon will show in the status bar and it will show that it's sending and receiving data but Web pages will stall and never load, Play Store will timeout, and SpeedTest.net will start up but the needle will freeze about 1/8 of the way up indefinitely. I've toggled data at this point but it never fixes it, I have to restart the phone at which point LTE works perfectly but once I get back on my wifi the cycle will repeat, this has happened reliably for about the past week.
Do you all think I have a defective radio or am I missing something? I'm still within my return Window and will probably swap it Friday.
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Sounds very similar to how mine is acting. I'm wondering if it is the ATT smart WiFi app causing the problem. Shows data incoming and outgoing but stalls.
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Sounds very similar to how mine is acting. I'm wondering if it is the ATT smart WiFi app causing the problem. Shows data incoming and outgoing but stalls.
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That's exactly how it's acting for me. I just now disabled the AT&T Smart WiFi app and after a quick restart and toggle test there was no problems, but I'm not sure if the problem will only pop up after I've been on wifi for a while. I'm going to see if it keeps doing it tomorrow.
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Disabling Smart WiFi appeared to fix the problem.
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What I noticed today is that when this same issue happens, with 4G icon and wifi icon both active, it occurs after I manually check for a firmware update within the system settings. The 4G icon doesn't go away until I reset the phone.
Also I manually deleted the all the AT&T boat ware apps before this was happening so the smart wifi app is not causing this for me.
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Weird, if you get the issue and don't have the Smart WiFi app then it must be something else and it was coincidence that it worked normal for me today. I've only checked for firmware once (when I first got my phone) so it must be something else causing it. I'm hoping the multi view firmware will also have a fix for it.
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i ordered a verizon nexus off ebay for a decent price. physically it looked great but the battery life has been pretty bad. overnight i can get it down to 3% an hour discharge just sitting there, but when i actually use it i'm lucky to get an hour and a half screen on time. and that's using an underclocked kernal.
also, it seems that no matter what rom or kernal i use i get a freeze once a day where i have to pull the battery. not an SOD but the screen is on and frozen and the phone is totally unresponsive. stock or custom rom, stock or custom kernal.
did i get hosed with this phone?
PS i ordered a new samsung battery just in case but it didn't help
We need more information. Sound like user error?
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how in the world did you come to that conclusion? and what other information would you like? this isn't even close to my first android phone
ok more info.. LTE off. bluetooth off. wifi off. screen on auto (i know the auto isnt' the best but i need to be able to see the screen when i'm out in the sun) couple of phone calls, couple of texts. checked FB a few times. if i'm using the phone for 5 minutes i can watch the battery go down 2 ticks.
also some times when i wake the phone up it lags like mad until i turn off the screen and turn it back on. raised the minimum CPU speed but it still does it. also the phone does go into deep sleep and doesn't seem to wake itself often
ok my phone just froze in recovery too. something is not right here
My guess is main board. My first GNex had little flaws that I thought were just software/New technology problems - NFC tags were often hard to register, reboots at random, power button taking a few tries to activate from time to time, device freezing at odd times. Then one day it just wouldn't turn on. Still under warranty, got it replaced, and now realize how defective it was.
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My guess is main board. My first GNex had little flaws that I thought were just software/New technology problems - NFC tags were often hard to register, reboots at random, power button taking a few tries to activate from time to time, device freezing at odd times. Then one day it just wouldn't turn on. Still under warranty, got it replaced, and now realize how defective it was.
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i guess since i'm not the original owner i'm probably out of luck. guess i'll contact the seller and see what happens
i think i kno whats causing the lag ! i cant really say but battery life ! to get rid of the lag install this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wsMSwxLDMsImNvbS5rb3ZpdC5wLmZvcmV2ZXJnb25lIl0.
let it fill ur sd card and when its about 90% or so done ! stop the filling and do "release free space" then reboot bout 3-4 times ! ur lag should be gone !
it worked for me , cant really say it'll work for u ! but give it a shot
edit- DO NOT USE THE PHONE (no sms,calls NOTHING) while this procedure is going on, or else itll freeze and get stuck on bootanimation (at times ) ! and prevent it from going to sleep ! do 10 min for screen timeout in display settings !
That's one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard.
Someone else try it! lol
jimmyco2008 said:
That's one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard.
Someone else try it! lol
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Can attest to the app "Forever Gone" doing its job. :good:
well it looks like its a moot point anyway. i bought this phone so i could go prepaid when i left my job but verizon is ridiculous with their plans. they won't let me put the nexus on a prepaid plan , but they'll let me get 300 mb of data for 80 bucks a month! bunch of thieves. i guess i'm gonna get a nexus 4 and tmobile prepaid
I feel ya man, this is probably my last Verizon phone, bought it off contract too so I can leave anytime B)
Verizon's 3G has gone to hell in many places, like Sprint-speed, I mean 4G my record is about 33 Mbps down, but I live in an "Extended 4G Coverage Area", A.K.A. no 4G and barely any 3G, where I'm lucky to pull 200 kbps down...
T-Mobile doesn't have this problem, and I don't need the exclusive Verizon coverage anymore... Looks like I made up my mind lol, no I'll be here for a while.
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murso74 said:
i guess since i'm not the original owner i'm probably out of luck. guess i'll contact the seller and see what happens
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That doesn't matter. The warranty goes with the phone, not the owner. As long as its under warranty they will replace it.
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hmm maybe i'll send it to them then and then sell it on ebay. thanks
So today I bought a new Note 2 (SGH-i317M) on Bell Mobility Canada, as I was having issues with my first one. The first one had been rooted, and had a couple different roms on it. The last week or so my reception has been atrocious and constantly in "emergency calls only" mode, so I said "forget it" get a new one, send in the old one and sell it to my buddy when it gets back.
I managed to get a stock recovery and a stock rom on the old Note 2 using Samsung Galaxy Note2 Toolkit. Now, this is where it goes wonky and not sure what happened.
Upon initially getting the stock rom (4.1.1) on it, I noticed another update in the notification tray. At this point my SIM card has been pulled and I am using only wifi on it. I jumped on the update thinking cool my device isn't "modified" anymore, so I will take this update ( to 4.1.2)
After doing that update, I looked in my app drawer and it has 6 or 7 Roger's bloat apps in it, and the kernel version was different. Otherwise baseband, build and Android version are the same Not sure if it happened when I installed the stock rom from the Toolkit process or if the Roger's apps came with the OTA update to 4.1.2.
The problem is, this makes it hard to take a phone back to Bell for repairs with Roger's system apps in it. I've tried flashing the stock rom from the Toolkit via Odin again but there is still Roger's bloat there.
I have no idea what to do now. I pretty much used up all my brain power today getting this far. Could someone point me in the right direction, I would appreciate it greatly.
Thanks ahead of time for any responses, I've been at this most of the day now and I am just out of ideas now. :silly:
If you are getting rogers apps in a fresh flash via Odin...then you likely have the wrong rom being flashed....(it happens)
Look in the "Everything thread" in the development section for the stock bell firmware. this is the bell stock firmware from the thread...I pulled it for you...http://www.hotfile.com/dl/180165074/47da708/I317MVLALJ2_I317MOYAALJ2_RWC.zip.html
That rom is the link from the everything thread...
You are the second user this week that has flashed a mis-labeled rom from the kit...
Once bell is flashed, your rogers apps will go away...
Remember to wipe all data and caches in the stock recovery before booting the new rom....g
U need to change ur csc, all stock Canadian fw is the same... it will show bell bloat till u enter the proper csc.
Hopfully this helps http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1988202
And this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2004029
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U need to change ur csc, all stock Canadian fw is the same... it will show bell bloat till u enter the proper csc.
Hopfully this helps http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1988202
And this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2004029
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+1 csc will give you right firmware i always use Samsung Galaxy S csc from pstore. Just choose your carrier and no need to flash firmware again.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.manniakk.cscselector
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gregsarg said:
If you are getting rogers apps in a fresh flash via Odin...then you likely have the wrong rom being flashed....(it happens)
Look in the "Everything thread" in the development section for the stock bell firmware. this is the bell stock firmware from the thread...I pulled it for you...http://www.hotfile.com/dl/180165074/47da708/I317MVLALJ2_I317MOYAALJ2_RWC.zip.html
That rom is the link from the everything thread...
You are the second user this week that has flashed a mis-labeled rom from the kit...
Once bell is flashed, your rogers apps will go away...
Remember to wipe all data and caches in the stock recovery before booting the new rom....g
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Thanks so much. I wish found that earlier.
As well as this.........
twanskys204 said:
U need to change ur csc, all stock Canadian fw is the same... it will show bell bloat till u enter the proper csc.
Hopfully this helps http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1988202
And this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2004029
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Which may have lead to this......
jon3sh said:
+1 csc will give you right firmware i always use Samsung Galaxy S csc from pstore. Just choose your carrier and no need to flash firmware again.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.manniakk.cscselector
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Thanks so much guys. This experience has really stumped me.
I did however manage to get this sorted in the mean time. I installed a custom recovery back in, did a full system wipe the put in a rom that supports Canadian variants (tell ya the truth can't even remember it's name) and in that install process it had an aroma installer. One of the options was to adjust CSC for your desired carrier. After I set it up, I started the intitial process of wiping, and flashing and such over and voila I had all Bell apps and no Rogers apps.
But, in the meantime, the wifi decided to do its hanging thing again and for the last 3 hours or so I have been trying to get Triangle Away running on it. The app requires more data to work with my phone, but as this phone doesn't have a registered SIM and the wifi wont start now I have to manage a way to get it working, reset my binary count, unroot and verify and be done with it.
I greatly appreciate your guys input and will be reading as much as possible. Generally I can go flash crazy with custom roms but Odin messes me up.
I hope others see this thread and don't do what I did, and learn about CSC before they get hung up. Thanks again guys.
p.s. my brain hurts
OK. I officially give up. This 5 month old phone is going in the garbage. If it isn't one thing, it's another. Managed to get the wifi (and BT which I didn't know at first wasnt working) by inserting my new phones SIM. Blam, both worked. Great, now I can install Triangle Away, do my thing, reflash the stock firmware and I'm good.
And now.............the Toolkit won't recognize ADB enabled. I have been at this for over 24 hours now and it's been one roadblock after another.
I am officially McGyver'ed out :crying:
Idk what ur doing wrong but, doing a freash install should fix ur issues..
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Idk what ur doing wrong but, doing a freash install should fix ur issues..
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Right on. Ya I kinda gathered my thoughts and buckled down and started over. So, now I have what appears be the proper firmware on my older Note 2.
Version: 4.1.1
baseband: i317MVLAJ2
kernel: 3.0.31-262790 / [email protected] #1 / SMP PREEMPT wed Oct 3 ........2012
build: JRO03C.I317MVLAJ2
Device Status: Normal
It seems like the exact same software as when I first cracked my new one out the box. After I updated it, the newer one now has:
Version: 4.1.2
baseband: I317MVLBMA3
kernel: 3.0.31-262790 / [email protected] #1 / SMP PREEMPT wed Oct 3..........2012
build: JZ054K.I317MVLBMA3
Pretty sure I got all the numbers right lol.
Still trying to figure out what to do now for Triangle Away, and making this phone seem like it's never been touched. Thanks for your help so far.
Root with cf root ,,run triangle away then do what u just did
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Root with cf root ,,run triangle away then do what u just did
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CF Root. OK I will check it out. Thank you ! I will let ya know how it goes. I appreciate this as it just seems like there is just way too much Note 2 info out there. Thanks for the filter lol !
Update. Well that did it. In the "Download" screen it is saying;
-Custom binary download: No
-Current Binary: Samsung Official
-System Status: Official
In Settings, the device status is Normal
As far as my research has gotten me, my understanding is that I should now be able to send it in with out any warranty issues. My wifi and BT are acting hinky again but I may try my SIM swap again and see if that helps, before I send it away.
Thank you so much for your help. That suggestion of CF Auto-Root helped big time!!!!!
No problem. . Get some rest and hit it up in the morning. .
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Update. Well that did it. In the "Download" screen it is saying;
-Custom binary download: No
-Current Binary: Samsung Official
-System Status: Official
In Settings, the device status is Normal
As far as my research has gotten me, my understanding is that I should now be able to send it in with out any warranty issues. My wifi and BT are acting hinky again but I may try my SIM swap again and see if that helps, before I send it away.
Thank you so much for your help. That suggestion of CF Auto-Root helped big time!!!!!
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Next time you are flashing stock rom for your phone just use rom from link below so you dont need to worry about rooting after. Roms are root injected already and good to go.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2004650
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jon3sh said:
Next time you are flashing stock rom for your phone just use rom from link below so you dont need to worry about rooting after. Roms are root injected already and good to go.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2004650
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Nice ! Ya I found the same root injected bell rom but unfortunately it was after I wanted to uninstall and unroot. I will be taking this approach from now on. Thank you good sir!!
I appreciate everyone's patience because I was certainly runnIngl out of it . Going to get the old Note 2 packed up and shipped off sometime today. Again all help greatly appreciated guys .
To add to my ordeal going on now, I did notice that my first Note 2 was made in China, and feels sloppy. Like the battery is slightly loose, and like the assembly just doesn't feel tight. I had to slip a piece of folded paper in behind the battery as the phone always rebooted even just gently dropping it on the table.
My brand new Note 2 I noticed was made in Korea. The battery is seated much, much better, and the phone itself feels like it was put together in a factory, not a car garage.
I am wondering if this is what is going on, because today after messing with the old one (which is now OTA'd to 4.1.2 *thanks again guys!*), and having the same persistent wifi hanging issue (not turning on and not really turning off, just suspended) and BT not wanting to turn on, alongside its original problem of poor cell reception......I thought I wonder if something is just hinky/loose or whatever. So I picked the phone up, dropped it flat on its back (in a case lol) from about 8 inches in the air, onto my coffee table. Opened the notification tray, and tapped the wifi toggle and it instantly turn on, bright lime and I was able to see available networks. The BT turned on immediately after pressing it too. Can't speak on cell signal, and it may well just be coincidence, but after several wipe/flash processes and BT and wifi acting hinky across several factory resets etc, then immediately working after the drop.......strange indeed.
More convinced now than ever that I have had somewhat of a lemon the whole time as I have had weird issues with reception for a long time from in the house to out in the world. The phone has never been seriously dropped and anytime it did slip it was in an Urban Armor Gear case, screen is near mint (didnt have protector first week) , and should be absolutely zero water damage.
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To add to my ordeal going on now, I did notice that my first Note 2 was made in China, and feels sloppy. Like the battery is slightly loose, and like the assembly just doesn't feel tight. I had to slip a piece of folded paper in behind the battery as the phone always rebooted even just gently dropping it on the table.
My brand new Note 2 I noticed was made in Korea. The battery is seated much, much better, and the phone itself feels like it was put together in a factory, not a car garage.
I am wondering if this is what is going on, because today after messing with the old one (which is now OTA'd to 4.1.2 *thanks again guys!*), and having the same persistent wifi hanging issue (not turning on and not really turning off, just suspended) and BT not wanting to turn on, alongside its original problem of poor cell reception......I thought I wonder if something is just hinky/loose or whatever. So I picked the phone up, dropped it flat on its back (in a case lol) from about 8 inches in the air, onto my coffee table. Opened the notification tray, and tapped the wifi toggle and it instantly turn on, bright lime and I was able to see available networks. The BT turned on immediately after pressing it too. Can't speak on cell signal, and it may well just be coincidence, but after several wipe/flash processes and BT and wifi acting hinky across several factory resets etc, then immediately working after the drop.......strange indeed.
More convinced now than ever that I have had somewhat of a lemon the whole time as I have had weird issues with reception for a long time from in the house to out in the world. The phone has never been seriously dropped and anytime it did slip it was in an Urban Armor Gear case, screen is near mint (didnt have protector first week) , and should be absolutely zero water damage.
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Flash away now
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Flash away now
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Well, I was thinking that, but seeing it's under warranty, I am going to see what happens at Samsung. Hopefully they don't have some new way of seeing its been customed *face palm* lol and just replace it, even if its with a working factory rebuild or whatever. As I had to purchase both devices out right, and I live in Canada, I may be able to buy a car with the money.......holy crap its expensive up here.
Nearly $800 for each one. Ridiculous lol
EDIT: It would be a crappy car, but a car none the less
Ya , im up in canada also.. mine was 840 when it first came out. I payed it right out and unlocked it.
Mind u my build quality is excellent, maybe except for the sqeeky back.
But no problems none the less.:thumbup:
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Ya , im up in canada also.. mine was 840 when it first came out. I payed it right out and unlocked it.
Mind u my build quality is excellent, maybe except for the sqeeky back.
But no problems none the less.:thumbup:
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Ya it is just ridiculous the costs up here, and I live up in northern BC so everything is just a little more than everywher else as expensive at it is already, UGH !
I wonder if there is a new batch shipped because like I said, the one I bought 5 months ago was made in China, and like you say "squeeky". Loose. And big difference in at least mobile data / cell radio performance between my two devices.
This new one made in Korea, even the older battery slides in nice and tight. No squeaky back. Just feels tighter, even the S-Pen. It was always kind of loose on the older Note and even tossing the phone onto the table sometimes dislodged it. Even my camera lense on my older one seemed like it was mounted weird. I'd prefer stuff domestic if possible but I sure notice a difference between the Korean manufactured and the Chinese manufactured.
But I have a feeling I may be sending it back right away if service is as useless as it is everywhere else nowadays. I noticed after getting home on the work order it says
Wifi not connecting
BT not connecting
etc
Well, it was not that BT or wifi wouldn't connect. They connect to my devces/network immediately, BUT if and only if they actually turn on. The toggle stays half lit, and the wifi would say "turning on" then simply shut off a minute later. And the BT just wouldn't turn on at all, UNTIL I "dropped fixed" them this morning.
She also forgot to add that the S-Pen is totally haywire. I think that may be simply a sensitivy calibration issue I could maybe fix myself from YouTube vids I've seen. Just never got to it with other issues. I just hope the tech that checks it isnt as useless as I am picturing them in my mind and they show initiative and actually check the whole phone. Dream on I'm thinking HA !
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Ya it is just ridiculous the costs up here, and I live up in northern BC so everything is just a little more than everywher else as expensive at it is already, UGH !!
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I have to agree Valkillmore, northern BC has horrible pricing. I have had mine since January on Telus and also had strange problems with the radios.
My wireless randomly drops my home wifi signal, regardless of which frequency it uses. This started just the other day and I actually hadn't done any flashing or updates in a few days. Seems strange that it would start now.