Arc ICS wifi obtaining ip/connecting loop - Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Has anyone got a solution for this problem of Google's Android 4.0?
Some specifc wifi routers/access points seems to be incompatible with ICS. Connecting turns out to be an infinite loop obtaining ip address/connecting. When android itself gets tired of trying it says: "Avoided poor internet connection".
It seems there is a solution for some devices, such as Galaxy S3. I already looked around half-internet and have not found a single working work-around.
I'm using stock ICS 4.1.B.0.587. When I was using GB wifi worked ok.
Shame on android.

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quera said:
Has anyone got a solution for this problem of Google's Android 4.0?
Some specifc wifi routers/access points seems to be incompatible with ICS. Connecting turns out to be an infinite loop obtaining ip address/connecting. When android itself gets tired of trying it says: "Avoided poor internet connection".
It seems there is a solution for some devices, such as Galaxy S3. I already looked around half-internet and have not found a single working work-around.
I'm using stock ICS 4.1.B.0.587. When I was using GB wifi worked ok.
Shame on android.
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Is the network password protected or open?
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Destroyedbeauty said:
Is the network password protected or open?
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It's my home wifi, WPA2 protected. When I turned to open, without password, my Arc S connected without problem.

Nobody has ever had this problem?

quera said:
Nobody has ever had this problem?
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i face it too but didnt got a solution

vipul955 said:
i face it too but didnt got a solution
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Common problem. I just restart router when this happened.

gsmkima said:
Common problem. I just restart router when this happened.
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Yes, but when I'm out of wifi coverage area I need to restart router again... that's terrible

quera said:
Yes, but when I'm out of wifi coverage area I need to restart router again... that's terrible
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Yes. That is problem.

I don't know the solution but I've heard of this one. A friend of mine switched to CM9 (this is ICS as you know) and he saw exactly what you described. The WiFi was working OK in GB but in CM9 it was entering an "IP obtained-Connecting to Network" loop. He searched in the CM forums and found out that you need to manually delete a file or something. Afterwards, it was OK. I'll ask him if he remembers what the solution was...
I don't recall whether I had a similar problem when I was using CM9 on my ARC. I used the CM9 briefly before switching to a JB ROM, maybe I haven't realized that I was experiencing a WiFi issue. Or maybe I was just lucky

Hi,
I have face this problem once, I'd miswrote my wifi key...
I hope you can go throught this
BR
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RecklessTurtle said:
I don't know the solution but I've heard of this one. A friend of mine switched to CM9 (this is ICS as you know) and he saw exactly what you described. The WiFi was working OK in GB but in CM9 it was entering an "IP obtained-Connecting to Network" loop. He searched in the CM forums and found out that you need to manually delete a file or something. Afterwards, it was OK. I'll ask him if he remembers what the solution was...
I don't recall whether I had a similar problem when I was using CM9 on my ARC. I used the CM9 briefly before switching to a JB ROM, maybe I haven't realized that I was experiencing a WiFi issue. Or maybe I was just lucky
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It would be great if you could ask him! Thanks!

That worked for me when this happened a few weeks ago... just delete the dhcp_list file in a root explorer.
Originally Posted by Gadgeteer81
To Fix Android going into “Obtaining IP Address” loop:
rm /data/misc/dhcp/dhcp_list
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iankost said:
That worked for me when this happened a few weeks ago... just delete the dhcp_list file in a root explorer.
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I don't have dhcp_list file :/

quera said:
I don't have dhcp_list file :/
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Try in router settings to set some country where channel 13 is not available.
For example put Canada. It has from 1-11 channels.
Maybe this will solve your problem.

Hi quera!
I'm on LT18i_4.1.B.0.587_(1254-2716) -locked- having this issue too.
Looking for a solution -with no avail at the moment-.
Good luck
@all:Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
EDIT:
I've CWM flashed ViperXperia_V5.0.zip after install I had bootloop, then via flashtool flashed LT18i_4.1.B.0.587_(1254-2716) again root, install recovery and at the momentgoes like a charm

same problem had happened to me but rare now.
I would suggest changing the encryption to WEP and see.
I'm using Baseband 77 with quite many kernel from this forum.

BajoPrimate said:
EDIT:
I've CWM flashed ViperXperia_V5.0.zip after install I had bootloop, then via flashtool flashed LT18i_4.1.B.0.587_(1254-2716) again root, install recovery and at the momentgoes like a charm
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If you've flashed LT18i_4.1.B.0.587_(1254-2716), haven't you lost ViperXperia_V5.0 ?

quera said:
If you've flashed LT18i_4.1.B.0.587_(1254-2716), haven't you lost ViperXperia_V5.0 ?
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Yes, I've lost it, but wifi works fine now.
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BajoPrimate said:
Yes, I've lost it, but wifi works fine now.
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Does it work fine in the same wireless network?
I'm planning flashing Viper Xperia for what you've said, but do you imagine what would be the relation? I mean, what would make Wifi work if Viper Xperia was erased.

quera said:
Does it work fine in the same wireless network?
I'm planning flashing Viper Xperia for what you've said, but do you imagine what would be the relation? I mean, what would make Wifi work if Viper Xperia was erased.
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Now it works fine in the same networks, but I don't know why. When I installed it it bootlooped , it's so weird, though.
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[Q] Help me, WiFi problem!

I have got my Arc today. I was very happy with it till I use the Wifi function.
Well, I have tried several methods, installing different ROMS, from CM 2.0, stock ROMS but no luck. it keeps disconnecting from my Wifi. furthermore, it also causes other devices to disconnect! For instance, when it connects, it makes my Laptop drop the connection, the same for my Ipod Touch and my iPhone 3GS.
I'm seeking for a solution, if anyone has the same problem, please help me!
Thanks in advance.
p/s: I'm vietnamese, so that there might be some mistakes in my English, please do not mind it.
Did u try to flash stock rom with stock wifi driver? I heard that in some of the 3rd party roms wifi for are not working.
I have finally fixed this problem, by using Static IP and updating the firmware of the WIFI router. sounds odd.
ToanDC said:
I have finally fixed this problem, by using Static IP and updating the firmware of the WIFI router. sounds odd.
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Are you using right kernel??
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taaviu said:
Are you using right kernel??
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I use stock kernel. now it's working fine.

Wifi connectivity issues

Hey all, I was hoping someone else has had this issue and has fixed it. I'm running a stock unrooted phone and when I connect to wifi, it connects to the AP and obtains an IP, but I cannot go out to any website or use any app that needs a connection (facebook app, etc). Things I've done:
Restarted phone
Factory reset phone
rebooted router
Tried other roms
Sent to samsung (they did a SW update) x2
Forgot the network, then reconnected
This is getting extremely frustrating as it's been this way since I've had it, but it got worse with the ICS update. Anything that anyone has tried and actually worked? The funny thing is, when you reflash the phone or do a factory reset, it works for about an hour then stops. Thanks in advance!
Have you ever connected that phone to a different wifi?
I encountered an issue a few months back where something went wonky and i had to completely reset my router and set it back up. Have you tried that too?
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Yes, I've tried different wifi AP's and none of them have worked, while others are on them including mine at home. I have not reset the router and reconfigured it because it's a cisco and as such is a pita. I have looked through my config and cannot find anything obvious. But still, others are able to connect just fine.
Same issue here. Never noticed it until recently. Reflashed LE1 and it worked for a couple of days. Going to flash the galaxy note modem tomorrow.
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I know it's a shot in the dark, but some said it worked....
Try to disable the "UPnP" in your router.
Let us know....
premiatul: I can't find anything in my router for upnp. If anyone knows how to disable it in cisco ios 12.4(11)T1, I'll gladly try it.
Autx: please let me know how that goes and if it works. Thanks!
premiatul said:
I know it's a shot in the dark, but some said it worked....
Try to disable the "UPnP" in your router.
Let us know....
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i have same problem and this didnt work its a issue with the phone not the router. seems like darkside wipe does the trick from searching around but i cant seem to get a cwm flashed on my telus s2x
curry67 said:
i have same problem and this didnt work its a issue with the phone not the router. seems like darkside wipe does the trick from searching around but i cant seem to get a cwm flashed on my telus s2x
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Is darkside wipe a temp or permanent fix, from what you've read?
Noone else has any info that may help? I would really like to get to the bottom of this. Devs: could this be a driver/kernel issue over a hw issue?
digikid said:
Noone else has any info that may help? I would really like to get to the bottom of this. Devs: could this be a driver/kernel issue over a hw issue?
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Honestly, whenever I'm running a TW based ROM I find that wifi takes awhile to connect. Any AOSP (CM/AOKP) for me is nearly instant.
Digital1325 said:
Honestly, whenever I'm running a TW based ROM I find that wifi takes awhile to connect. Any AOSP (CM/AOKP) for me is nearly instant.
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I'm running a stock, unrooted device. It connects to the ap and gets an IP address just fine, but data doesn't go across the connection when I go to the internet.
digikid said:
I'm running a stock, unrooted device. It connects to the ap and gets an IP address just fine, but data doesn't go across the connection when I go to the internet.
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You got the same problem I do... flashed a couple different radios and no luck... Going for the full odin back to stock when i get time, hopefully next weekend.
AUTX_buckeye said:
You got the same problem I do... flashed a couple different radios and no luck... Going for the full odin back to stock when i get time, hopefully next weekend.
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Thanks for the heads up that the note radio didn't work. Also, the new official update didn't fix this issue either. Maybe I'll just have t-mo replace the device since it's not happening to everyone. Thanks all for your input!
Quick question.
Did you De-bloat your phone? Ie did you remove any apps from the system directory?
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AUTX_buckeye said:
Quick question.
Did you De-bloat your phone? Ie did you remove any apps from the system directory?
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Not since the last time it returned from Samsung. And it's completely stock and unrooted right now.
I did a factory reset and the wifi came back steady for the past day I was slot more selective with my apps as I think this may have been the issue.
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curry67 said:
I did a factory reset and the wifi came back steady for the past day I was slot more selective with my apps as I think this may have been the issue.
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I'm glad this worked for you. I can't tell you how many factory resets I've done and it fails every time within a day. I bit the bullet and did a t-mo warranty exchange. Seeing as so few people actually have this problem, I'm chalking it up to my having bad luck and got a lemon. I hope the new one works fine.
I'd rather have a new one then the same one fixed lol
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After OTA 4.1.2 Update, having wifi issues/problem

I was using MrRobinson's stock rooted rom. When OTA 4.1.2 came out, I unrooted, installed patch, ran CF-Autoroot then I'm back to rooted again. However I did notice, every now and then, my wifi stays connected but connection dies. Internet connection is simply dead. So I don't get any email notifications if ever I get new emails. To fix this I have to turn wifi off/on and internet is ok again. I thought maybe I did something wrong so I wipe cache/factory reset, odin back to full stock non-rooted, installed OTA then use Exynos Abuse/Exploit to root. I am still experiencing the same issue. Att Smart Wifi is disabled. Wifi is always on under sleep policy. I have scorched the net and I can't find any solutions Any help would be much appreciated.
Mine is on the oem update no root even, and my wifi sucks now. The signal and connection will be good but it can't up or download anything. Wifi speed and cellular data speeds are all sub 1mbps also. ATT wifi is disabled also.
The only thing that helps me is to just pair to another wifi source, and go back if needed. Annoying! I'd love to find some solution also, I don't mind rooting if need be for it also.
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Had the same issue. I swapped it out for a new one and it is working fine now with the update
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thephoneguyusa said:
Had the same issue. I swapped it out for a new one and it is working fine now with the update
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Already have the phone more than a month, don't think I can swap it out
EDIT: Btw, no issues on custom roms, only having issues when using stock rom
ukic said:
Already have the phone more than a month, don't think I can swap it out
EDIT: Btw, no issues on custom roms, only having issues when using stock rom
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You can still do warranty to get a new one just call att and tell them your situation with it. This would be my best recommendation to you. Or just root and keep running roms. This is one phone that I havent had the urge to customize with a rom or anything yet
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thephoneguyusa said:
You can still do warranty to get a new one just call att and tell them your situation with it. This would be my best recommendation to you. Or just root and keep running roms. This is one phone that I havent had the urge to customize with a rom or anything yet
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Thanks for the recommendation but I also felt the same before. I thought the phone was fast enough that I didn't need to try custom roms. After trying Scott's ATT CleanRom SE, that idea was simply change. If you haven't, you should try running custom roms. Although, I would still want to know if there is a solution to this problem when running stock rom.
ukic said:
Thanks for the recommendation but I also felt the same before. I thought the phone was fast enough that I didn't need to try custom roms. After trying Scott's ATT CleanRom SE, that idea was simply change. If you haven't, you should try running custom roms. Although, I would still want to know if there is a solution to this problem when running stock rom.
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I've had similar issues since OTA upgrade to 4.1.2... Wireless auto connects to my wireless when i walk in the house, shows connected, but cannot actually download/upload/browse/etc unless i manually turn off wireless and then turn it back on, it reconnects, and works fine. Seems an issue the phone is having transitioning from celluar network to wireless...
willzilla said:
I've had similar issues since OTA upgrade to 4.1.2... Wireless auto connects to my wireless when i walk in the house, shows connected, but cannot actually download/upload/browse/etc unless i manually turn off wireless and then turn it back on, it reconnects, and works fine. Seems an issue the phone is having transitioning from celluar network to wireless...
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Thought the question remains, why when using custom rom, you don't get this kind of problem...
ukic said:
Thought the question remains, why when using custom rom, you don't get this kind of problem...
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Perhaps it's a minor bug somewhere and the custom ROMs happen to pull that wireless code piece from something other than official 4.1.2 where the bug (if it is one) is located.
willzilla said:
Perhaps it's a minor bug somewhere and the custom ROMs happen to pull that wireless code piece from something other than official 4.1.2 where the bug (if it is one) is located.
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Yeah but hopefully it will get fixed soon. As I was looking for solutions, some people think it's their wifi routers that are having issues.
ukic said:
Yeah but hopefully it will get fixed soon. As I was looking for solutions, some people think it's their wifi routers that are having issues.
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Perhaps it's an issue depending on what broadcast freq is being used by the router.
willzilla said:
Perhaps it's an issue depending on what broadcast freq is being used by the router.
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True, but 4.1.1 didn't have this issue. They must have changed something.
I don't know if it is related to the issue in this thread, but I had a problem with the phone since I got it of the WIFI constantly connecting, then disconnecting, then connecting again. I solved it by changing the security model of the router from WPA/WPA2 to WEP128.
serpent2005 said:
I don't know if it is related to the issue in this thread, but I had a problem with the phone since I got it of the WIFI constantly connecting, then disconnecting, then connecting again. I solved it by changing the security model of the router from WPA/WPA2 to WEP128.
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Yeah saw that thread somewhere but this is a whole different issue. Wifi stays connected but no connection to the internet. You get connection timeout.
Yeah mine just quits. A note 1, a note 10.1, 2 ipads, 2 iphone 4's, and xperia ion and three separate computers have had zero issues on any of the wifi networks here. In fact, if I leave it be, it will not work on the phone, and it now seems to block all the rest from access! If I turn the wifi off on this, perfect immediately afterward. Strange.
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did you try just simply reset your router?
I had all the problems in this thread after 4.1.2 A factory reset fixed it.
I'm using the international ROM (custom but fairly stock) and started experiencing the same issue when I switched ROMs.
Toggling the wifi always fixes the problem, but it's not a permanent solution. The problem seems to happen when the device goes into sleep mode for me.
Corvida said:
I'm using the international ROM (custom but fairly stock) and started experiencing the same issue when I switched ROMs.
Toggling the wifi always fixes the problem, but it's not a permanent solution. The problem seems to happen when the device goes into sleep mode for me.
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Yep, when the phone goes deep sleep...
bobmay said:
I had all the problems in this thread after 4.1.2 A factory reset fixed it.
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Unable to tether with .757

Hello,
I recently upgraded to .757 firware (rooted) and today I tried to tether my 3G connection via WiFi as I used to do on JB. The thing is that it doesn't work and after trying, I get a "error" in the settings (see pic attached). Furthermore, I can't turn WiFi on, unless I reboot.
I've already seen some workarounds (like deleting /data/misc/wifi) but it doesn't work for me... it's annoying because otherwise, rom is great.
Anybody ever encountered this issue or knows a quick fix ?
PS: I know there are some troubles with T-Mobile, and I'm not on T-Mobile network, to make it clear
Thanks !
viande said:
Hello,
I recently upgraded to .757 firware (rooted) and today I tried to tether my 3G connection via WiFi as I used to do on JB. The thing is that it doesn't work and after trying, I get a "error" in the settings (see pic attached). Furthermore, I can't turn WiFi on, unless I reboot.
I've already seen some workarounds (like deleting /data/misc/wifi) but it doesn't work for me... it's annoying because otherwise, rom is great.
Anybody ever encountered this issue or knows a quick fix ?
PS: I know there are some troubles with T-Mobile, and I'm not on T-Mobile network, to make it clear
Thanks !
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I got it too, flash rom again and everything will be ok
I have been unable to tether using bluetooth. Everything seems to go through but the notification icon does not stay in the status bar, and there is no actual connection.
Tethering via bluetooth with an Xperia Z on 4.3 works just fine.
So I can confirm that something is broken in the tethering function.
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Tonio78r said:
I got it too, flash rom again and everything will be ok
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Didn't work... I can't figure what's going on, third party apps don't work either, there must be something broken really. I don't understand.
Can somebody please confirm that their tethering works on KK .757 ?
viande said:
Didn't work... I can't figure what's going on, third party apps don't work either, there must be something broken really. I don't understand.
Can somebody please confirm that their tethering works on KK .757 ?
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Yes its working fine...
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I'd like to try using another /data/misc/wifi files.
Can anyone extract theirs for me ?
viande said:
I'd like to try using another /data/misc/wifi files.
Can anyone extract theirs for me ?
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have you check about your wifi hotspot SSID name?
please fill it and try to enable your wifi hotspot

WiFi doesn't connect

Hello Everyone,
My WiFi is not working at all even when I'm sitting next to the router.
But when I keep my phone on the router it connects and gets speed of not more than 5-10 Mbps
Already tried full stock locked the bootloader. many custom ROMs and kernels combo but nothing helped.
To me, it looks like a hardware issue but I might be wrong?
Prince Chandela said:
Hello Everyone,
My WiFi is not working at all even when I'm sitting next to the router.
But when I keep my phone on the router it connects and gets speed of not more than 5-10 Mbps
Already tried full stock locked the bootloader. many custom ROMs and kernels combo but nothing helped.
To me, it looks like a hardware issue but I might be wrong?
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Wifi working fine on other devices? Could be router problem. If it's not then it's definitely hardware problem.
Have you tried the "disable IpV6" option in the wifi menu in OOS 4.0.3?
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Wifi working fine on other devices? Could be router problem. If it's not then it's definitely hardware problem.
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Yes, It's working fine on all other devices.
Anova's Origin said:
Have you tried the "disable IpV6" option in the wifi menu in OOS 4.0.3?
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Yes, I did disable it.
Prince Chandela said:
Yes, It's working fine on all other devices.
Yes, I did disable it.
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It's probably hardware problem. Get the phone replaced by OnePlus if you can.
Vidicgapi said:
It's probably hardware problem. Get the phone replaced by OnePlus if you can.
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Yeah, tomorrow I'm going to service centre.

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