Hey guys well i purchased a gnex back on launch day and it worked almost flawlessly, except sometimes anyways i work outisde and the auto brightness worked pefectly and my charging port went bad so verizon sent me a new one. and well this new ones auto brightness works terribly if at all when outside. Is there anything i can do to help or fix this, i know it doesnt work this poorly because like i said my original worked perfectly and even my fascinate worked perfectly. So any help or tips would be appreciated.
if you're still running 4.0.2 of the stock firmware, auto-brightness is improved with the 4.0.4 update
yes im stock and dont ever plan on rooting/romin my gnex did a bunch of that with my fascinate but dont feel the need to with gnex ics is so nice the way it is. But can anyone else confirm the auto brightness better in 4.0.4. But really thats kinda irrelevant because like i said it worked perfectly on my original gnex and this 1 is POS.
If it's faulty then I would get another replacement.
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I suggest u get the lux auto brightness app from the android market....I have been using it since I got my nexus and it works flawlessly ...you can also customize the auto brightness level and sensitivity to your liking
This is one advantage of rooting. Rooting isn't about flashing roms. Its about having admin rights to the OS so you could tweak the auto brightness values to your exact desired levels.
You shouldn't have to root in order to upgrade to 4.0.4 ... Verizon started pushing this version to phones in the beginning of May. Check for new updates in your settings.
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Hi everyone,
I got my Samsung Galaxy S2 on Thursday and yesterday(Monday) I noticed the camera light stopped working and I don't know why? Does anyone have any troubleshooting methods for a similar issue? I know it worked before, I had extended controls with the flashlight toggle and worked fine now I'm not sure if that's what messed it up. Even if I try to take a picture the light won't flash. I'm not rooted and have done multiple master resets to try and fix the issue. I really don't want to do a warranty exchange.
Also I noticed that when I plug my phone to Samsung kies it states that my firmware isn't upgradable??
Thanks I'm advance for any guidance.
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CarlosCruz15 said:
Hi everyone,
I got my Samsung Galaxy S2 on Thursday and yesterday(Monday) I noticed the camera light stopped working and I don't know why? Does anyone have any troubleshooting methods for a similar issue? I know it worked before, I had extended controls with the flashlight toggle and worked fine now I'm not sure if that's what messed it up. Even if I try to take a picture the light won't flash. I'm not rooted and have done multiple master resets to try and fix the issue. I really don't want to do a warranty exchange.
Also I noticed that when I plug my phone to Samsung kies it states that my firmware isn't upgradable??
Thanks I'm advance for any guidance.
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If you've done a master reset a few times and its still not working if you take a picture or use a flashlight app then I would mark this one off as a hardware issue and exchange it.
From what I heard Kies isn't setup for our phone yet so that's why your getting the issue your getting with kies.
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this used to happen when my battery was low on g2x, i let it charge and flash is good i think power saving settings override it. flash uses some power believe it or not... u werent at low battery right? only other thing i can say is if after a master reset it does not work take it back.. do me a favor try tiny flashlight + led its a flashlight app in market and works with most phones i also think it works at low power like below 30 percent see if it works, but first try charging your battery then report back
I've been having some pretty big issues with this phone ...it's unrooted running stock ITL41F still on 4.0.1 in the UK
Its been 7 days that I've owned this phone now. And few times it has just crashed. I could be in the middle of typing something, or anything else just coming out of an app, and the screen will freeze go black. And done! Crashed.
And crashed such that it doesn't start I have to take the battery out and reboot. It just dies. It happened a few times but I was setting my phone up so I let it go but now this is just downright annoying. It happens once in two days or so.
Second, and this is even worse. The phone is not dying but goes in a sort of coma. The screen becomes unresponsive.. and the keyboard doesn't work!! And in most apps only selective touch input works...let's say in whatsapp I was talking to a friend and it was working okay but suddenly it stopped accepting my input for a new mesg. And then I couldn't open another chat. Lots of things started being unresponsive...
I went to the home screen and even the Google search bar ..when I clicked on it the keyboard came up ( which it wasn't coming while middle of whatsapp chat) but it didn't accept any input.
I tool the battery out. Rebooted. And it worked initially but then after a few minutes. Exact same problem.
Rebooted again. But again same problem !! That was a bit of a horror really
Right now it seems to be accepting my text input but ... really don't know what the heck is going on for both these issues above. Any advise will be appreciated
Also yeah I do have quite a few apps installed on this device ... considering its stock ROM this should be safest against a vulnerability but any advise on if I should install one of those anti virus apps on it? Or any sorts of apps that I should avoid which cause such major stability issues with ur phone ??
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I've only experienced few of your issues.
Coma and reboot happened a couple of time while I was on 4.0.1.
But since getting 4.0.2 a few weeks ago those issues went away.
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4.0.2 ftw.
My grandma beat me down and took my nexus. Sent from a jitterbug with beats by dre.
There are a few threads here with people experiencing similar problems. My screen goes black and also requires a battery pull.
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4.0.2 ftw.
My grandma beat me down and took my nexus. Sent from a jitterbug with beats by dre.
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4.0.3 ftw. Either flash a custom rom or get the 4 0.2 update to help with your problem.
Definitely a software issue that you're having.
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I refuse to believe it is 4.0.1 it has been long delayed in the UK
That wouldn't be the case by Google if it was fixing such serious stability issues with the phone
Why do you come here doling out suggestions when you have no clue?
I am having the same problem again now everything is very slow and even the keyboard doesn't open in even Google search most functions unresponsive
And now most apps are force closing on me
IMDB and now xda app too. The phone is half dead the back buttons don't work either
This is the same thing that happened earlier in the day when I posted, and then the phone worked okay but now its back killing my phone
Anyone has any clue what could be going on ? Also this is the GSM version in the UK on 4.0.1 so only if you have a clue please respond else thank you very much
Now even settings page says its not responding
I can post on xda and it works but when I press back that doesnt.
Back doesn't work in any screens. The settings page not working was a classic screenshot will attach here from a PC.
Sorry for the continues rant folks. Just giving as much info as I can to those knowledgeable folks who might be able to help
The crashes arent stopping ..and the 4.0.3 isn't coming to the UK for some reason either ( which leads me to believe that it has some fixes for LTE which isn't available here anyway)
Aren't other users in the UK facing this crash problem - like once in 2 days or so??
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Uninstall some of the apps you've downloaded that run in background. Battery Monitory was causing my phone to randomly reboot every other day or so. I uninstalled it and it was fine.
If that doesn't work, there's always Factory Reset.
I installed cm9 after using cm7 and cant get the four buttons on the phone to light up. They are accessible but not illuminated. has anyone else encountered this problem.
Also I was wondering if the Cm7 uses more battery than cm9
You have to use auto brightness.
cm9 illumination
If you mean display auto brightness ok but when I'm outside I can't see the screen...guess ibhave to toggle back and forth. I had switched back to cm7. In your opinion is 9 worth changing to. It seems like in 7 everything is working pretty well.
Thank you for the reply
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I installed cm9 after using cm7 and cant get the four buttons on the phone to light up. They are accessible but not illuminated. has anyone else encountered this problem.
Also I was wondering if the Cm7 uses more battery than cm9
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Toggling auto brightness on and off solves it. Just tinker with it..
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cm9 illumination
Thank you....I appreciate it
Menu keys...
Ive been using the dinc2 since last July and I got used to the buttons to the point that I noticed they didn't light up, but until I saw this post, I never considered it a "problem". Since I knew where they were and didn't need to see them to use them. If they ever do "fix" this issue I hope they allow for a settings option to keep them turned off. I actually enjoy them off, in my mind its just one more security feature. I know when my wife tries to use my phone she needs to see them, and since recently rooting to CM9 I don't want her bricking my phone. Because of the unlit buttons she has stopped using my phone (she uses some cheap AT&T phone, refuses to switch to Verizon). Just throwing my opinion in the mix. Thanks for the post as well I wasn't sure it was intentional or not.
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Ive been using the dinc2 since last July and I got used to the buttons to the point that I noticed they didn't light up, but until I saw this post, I never considered it a "problem". Since I knew where they were and didn't need to see them to use them. If they ever do "fix" this issue I hope they allow for a settings option to keep them turned off. I actually enjoy them off, in my mind its just one more security feature. I know when my wife tries to use my phone she needs to see them, and since recently rooting to CM9 I don't want her bricking my phone. Because of the unlit buttons she has stopped using my phone (she uses some cheap AT&T phone, refuses to switch to Verizon). Just throwing my opinion in the mix. Thanks for the post as well I wasn't sure it was intentional or not.
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I believe in the advanced brightness settings under CMSettings you can do just that. Whenever I run a CM rom, I always go to the brightness settings under edit Other Levels and set all the softkey values on the far right column to 255 so they're always the same brightness and look nice. I like the sheen they have, but I can only see it when they're close to full brightness.
If you did the opposite, set all the values to 0 and then click Save and Apply Values at the top of that screen, they should, theoretically, never turn on.
Thank you ....as I am new to a rooted phone and this forum I didn't know those adjustments were available...learn something new everyday ......
Does cm9 drain the battery alot quicker or is it unnoticeable
pmpic said:
Thank you ....as I am new to a rooted phone and this forum I didn't know those adjustments were available...learn something new everyday ......
Does cm9 drain the battery alot quicker or is it unnoticeable
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Unfortunately, I can't answer that question for you, as my phone doesn't like our ICS builds. Until we get a leaked official kernel and some source, I'm SOL.
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I believe in the advanced brightness settings under CMSettings you can do just that. Whenever I run a CM rom, I always go to the brightness settings under edit Other Levels and set all the softkey values on the far right column to 255 so they're always the same brightness and look nice. I like the sheen they have, but I can only see it when they're close to full brightness.
If you did the opposite, set all the values to 0 and then click Save and Apply Values at the top of that screen, they should, theoretically, never turn on.
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Where exactly are these settings? Running CM7 with the same problem as the OP and can't find it anywhere. Edit: found the settings and putting them all at 255 didn't do anything. Any other ideas?
its real nice to finally have some ICS goodness on my phone, but i have found some issues.
my Motorola Roadster 2 bluetooth speakerphone does not work well with this version of ICS. will not let me use the call/text button.
i am finding some apps not working correctly, i.e. Pushover - the notifications do not make a sound. Not sure if that is an app issue, or an ICS issue.
*edit* ok so it seems that i am not getting any notification sounds. sms, voicemail, etc...
also the volume in general does not seem as loud as the 2.3.6 firmware was.
anyone else find any issues?
*UPDATE* after wiping within cwmr most of my issues were no longer present. the only problem i had still was that notification sounds didnt work after a couple hours. i dont know the cause, but i used audio manager widget and set the profile to loud, and restarted phone. havent had them go out since.
I have all these issues except tue bluetooth thing
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jayjayjoker2 said:
I have all these issues except tue bluetooth thing
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atleast it is not me.
i am going to reflash my phone to see if it may be an issue with not clearing out the phones memory and storage first...
My wifi didn't work for a while. It would see my access point but wouldn't connect. Reset the router and everything went back to normal. GPS works, Stereo BT/OBEX works, 4G works, camera works. Those were my big items, as I'm sure they are most people's.
My only issues are that I can't switch to 2g (At&t rom....) and how friggin Touch-wizzy everything is. I was expecting them to embrace the whole holo thing a lot more, but all the buttons feel like they belong in GB, same with the notification menu and the settings icons.
EDIT: I am on rogers, in case any rogers people see this so they know that everything works on our network
i wiped via cwmr and reflashed the ics rom. notifications work again. have not rooted yet, wondering if that may have been an issue with it...
Changing the lcd DPI causes the rom to corrupt i guess, since when i do it, after the reboot, i get to the samsung "logo" and then black screen, and it feels like the device has shut down. The only app that would say "success" when i change the value is Lcd Density Modder.
- i had the notification sound bug, but then i changed the notification sounds to my likings, and then i used Audio Manager widget to set the volume loud, no problems ever since.
ok rooted and all is fine. maybe i just had a bad flash. my bluetooth speakerphone still doesnt work, but that is an issue that i will have to research
For me, i had the only issue with ICS (excluding the known thing with the keyboard not flashing) - timezones from 2011 year with wrong summer times.
Luckyly fixed it with timezone fixer from google play.
Tethering doesn't work, seems to be broken and results in a blackscreen.. Both Usb and Wifi Hotspot give this issue.. Anyone else getting this
One weird thing my phone does is when it's been asleep for a while, the lockscreen clock will fall behind and when I wake it up, it'll catch up a couple dozen minutes at a time.
~Azrael's Kiss~
Wifi is slooow, getting 800k when I should be getting 20mbs
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My wifi still not working
Tyfighter said:
My wifi didn't work for a while. It would see my access point but wouldn't connect. Reset the router and everything went back to normal. GPS works, Stereo BT/OBEX works, 4G works, camera works. Those were my big items, as I'm sure they are most people's.
My only issues are that I can't switch to 2g (At&t rom....) and how friggin Touch-wizzy everything is. I was expecting them to embrace the whole holo thing a lot more, but all the buttons feel like they belong in GB, same with the notification menu and the settings icons.
EDIT: I am on rogers, in case any rogers people see this so they know that everything works on our network
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I'm on rogers too and my wifi is till giving me trouble. I haven't tried the resetting the router yet, but at work it doesn't connect too. Anyone else having this problem.
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I'm on rogers too and my wifi is till giving me trouble. I haven't tried the resetting the router yet, but at work it doesn't connect too. Anyone else having this problem.
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I've rogers version but unlocked and working with a local carrier. Wifi is not a problem at all, i'm getting the same speed and used wifi continuously for over 2 hrs to download all my apps back after the update.
When typing with the keyboard, pressing the alt. Key once makes it select all the special characters. I liked the older one where if you press it once, it operates just once when selecting the special character, and pressing it twice makes it select more than one. Not that big of an issue but to some people it may be.
Also, the brightness thing. When I turn off the screen, and turn it on again, it flashes from the highest brightness to the current.
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jvuong said:
I'm on rogers too and my wifi is till giving me trouble. I haven't tried the resetting the router yet, but at work it doesn't connect too. Anyone else having this problem.
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On AT&T here, and having wifi issues as well... Once the phone drops wifi at idle, it doesn't want to pick it back up unless I turn wifi off and back on again. Setting the wifi to never sleep has been my only workaround.
Also having some issues with the button backlights. If I don't touch the phone long enough for the button backlight to turn off, touching the buttons won't turn the light back on. Touching the screen turns the backlight on again, but it's slightly annoying.
I haven't noticed any wifi issues and I use my Glide exclusively as a wifi device. I'm copying my backup of Inception v2 back right now though because the battery drain on the ICS ROM is definitely an issue. Losing like 10% an hour with my phone just sitting there with the screen off.
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I haven't noticed any wifi issues and I use my Glide exclusively as a wifi device. I'm copying my backup of Inception v2 back right now though because the battery drain on the ICS ROM is definitely an issue. Losing like 10% an hour with my phone just sitting there with the screen off.
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so weird everyone having battery problems. mine runs better than it did on stock 2.3.6 and the battery lasts longer....
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so weird everyone having battery problems. mine runs better than it did on stock 2.3.6 and the battery lasts longer....
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Have you ever took note of your battery life with a custom ROM or kernel? When I picked up my Glide it had a stock ROM but I only had it for an hour before I put a custom on it. I didn't mess with the stock one at all so I can't compare to stock 2.3.5/6. But with Inception v2/ardatdat, it was definitely better.
I was going to restore my backup but copying it back to my phone made me realize how painful it is to copy backups with CWMR 6 compared to 5. That new blobs folder makes so many files that it took 3 hours to copy 3 of my backups over USB. Ouch.
But since last night, the battery life seems to be behaving better. Its been sitting here and not just dying. I'm wondering if it could be the battery stats file. Maybe I'll try wiping it. I'm sure once we get a lower voltage kernel and I can underclock with profiles for the screen-off and stuff, it'll be fine again.
Unrelated but has anyone taken a screenshot with the ROM yet? ICS is supposed to have it built in, power button + volume down at the same time for a few seconds from what I read, but didn't seem to work.
Edit: Its home + power button at the same time.
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I've rogers version but unlocked and working with a local carrier. Wifi is not a problem at all, i'm getting the same speed and used wifi continuously for over 2 hrs to download all my apps back after the update.
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Damn i hope its not my phones wifi:crying:
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Have you ever took note of your battery life with a custom ROM or kernel? When I picked up my Glide it had a stock ROM but I only had it for an hour before I put a custom on it. I didn't mess with the stock one at all so I can't compare to stock 2.3.5/6. But with Inception v2/ardatdat, it was definitely better.
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when you flashed ICS did you wipe everything then run the ics installer? my first install sound and such didnt work, so i wiped the phone in cwmr and reflashed ics and it is better that it was on 2.3.6
Just wanted to say, back when I had a Galaxy Nexus the screen always seemed to be too dim. I recall having to disable "auto" and manually adjusting the brightness. I kept blaming the phone but apparently it's not the phone.
I had switched from a Nexus to a Rezound some time ago(yeah yeah) and they finally released an official ICS update for it recently. Anyway, before ICS, the auto brightness worked just fine. Now that the Rezound is on ICS, it's having the exact same brightness issue that the Nexus had been having.
Hopefully Google is aware of this issue and will fix it for all ICS phones.
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Just wanted to say, back when I had a Galaxy Nexus the screen always seemed to be too dim. I recall having to disable "auto" and manually adjusting the brightness. I kept blaming the phone but apparently it's not the phone.
I had switched from a Nexus to a Rezound some time ago(yeah yeah) and they finally released an official ICS update for it recently. Anyway, before ICS, the auto brightness worked just fine. Now that the Rezound is on ICS, it's having the exact same brightness issue that the Nexus had been having.
Hopefully Google is aware of this issue and will fix it for all ICS phones.
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This isn't an issue per say, Auto Brightness is meant to conserve battery and an easy way to do that is to keep brightness as low as possible. If you don't like it, root and ROM to CM and change the values yourself.