I have no idea what the deal is with this phone right now and its destroying my battery life. I have done everything I know to do with no avail. My phone is CONSTANTLY searching for GPS satellites. If I disable my location settings, they automatically turn back on and resume searching for satellites. Has anyone had this happen? I've done everything but a factory reset.
let me guess, you cant disable data connection too?
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I have no idea what the deal is with this phone right now and its destroying my battery life. I have done everything I know to do with no avail. My phone is CONSTANTLY searching for GPS satellites. If I disable my location settings, they automatically turn back on and resume searching for satellites. Has anyone had this happen? I've done everything but a factory reset.
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Do you have any weather widgets? I had a widget I got from google play that was doing it to me.
How did u resolve the issue?
I just noticed this problem of GPS keep Turing on. I turn GPS off n it will automatically override it and switches on.
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waine06 said:
I am having the same issue. Did a factory reset. Same result. Seems to turn on when I use my phone app. Turn it off. Automatically turns back on when I use the phone again???
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Damn.... noticed earlier today it was doing that and looked for anything that could have turned it on. Never thought about the phone app. I ended up restarting my phone. Just dialed a number as a test and sure enough... the gps icon popped up. At least this time it quit on its own...
But why would the gps turn on when I make a phone call?
I seem to remember an updated privacy notification coming in the mail from AT&T a week or so ago. In it i believe there was mention of sharing "anonymous call location data." I think maybe I'll dig up that piece of mail and follow the instructions to "opt out."
Think I'm gonna test this by making a call from one of my kid's lines.
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Good to know i'm not the only one. Its a shame because it wasn't doing it last week and now since I work in a metal building with already poor reception, its just shredding my battery life.
I feel sure that I have all apps that request location turned off. This is unrelated to my dialer app, as I only make one or two phone calls in a day.
Root and factory data reset seems to have resolved this for now. Still trying to figure out a cause.
SFrymyah said:
Good to know i'm not the only one. Its a shame because it wasn't doing it last week and now since I work in a metal building with already poor reception, its just shredding my battery life.
I feel sure that I have all apps that request location turned off. This is unrelated to my dialer app, as I only make one or two phone calls in a day.
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Mine does it when I make or receive a call. If it can't get a gps lock then it keeps re-trying.
I think at&t pushed something to the phone that started it doing this and I need it to stop.
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Just posted another thread about this and didn't even see this one.. I have the same problem that started arising around 4:30pm yesterday (EDT) and it's been really p*ssing me off!! As of today, it's not consistently turning on as it was yesterday but it for sure it turning on every time there is a phone call or a text message.
Was there any sort of update anyone is aware of? Maybe a system app was updated and caused this problem like this shows
xartic12 said:
Just posted another thread about this and didn't even see this one.. I have the same problem that started arising around 4:30pm yesterday (EDT) and it's been really p*ssing me off!! As of today, it's not consistently turning on as it was yesterday but it for sure it turning on every time there is a phone call or a text message.
Was there any sort of update anyone is aware of? Maybe a system app was updated and caused this problem like this shows
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So I realized that I recently turned OFF the wifi & mobile networks option inside of the Location settings a few days ago. I turned that back on and it does NOT do it any longer.
I also got on a chat with at&t tech support. He states they didnt have any other reports of this issue and nothing released recently should do this. He also mentioned that E911 uses the gps for location when you call 911. (I knew this.)
In any event, I asked him to open a case with engineering because I don't want it to kill my battery if I make or take a call while in a bldg.
Anyone seeing this should contact customer support to file a "complaint" so it is logged and gets attention.
Anyone seen this on another phone that may be in use in their house?
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ReggieSmith said:
So I realized that I recently turned OFF the wifi & mobile networks option inside of the Location settings a few days ago. I turned that back on and it does NOT do it any longer.
I also got on a chat with at&t tech support. He states they didnt have any other reports of this issue and nothing released recently should do this. He also mentioned that E911 uses the gps for location when you call 911. (I knew this.)
In any event, I asked him to open a case with engineering because I don't want it to kill my battery if I make or take a call while in a bldg.
Anyone seeing this should contact customer support to file a "complaint" so it is logged and gets attention.
Anyone seen this on another phone that may be in use in their house?
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Thanks for the tip.
This just hit me mid week too, I'm trying the above solution.
One piece exists!
Carrieriq people! I don't know much about these phones, but have been learning slowly. I have the same issue, however I discovered carrieriq wake lock last week, and it makes me want to change to Verizon. Now I'm not sure, but I have that wake lock while the GPS is tweaking out. So I'm guessing that's what it is. I had to register just to post this, and I wish there was a way to get rid of it. I live in a Grey area, and prefer not to have all my calls and texts stored in a server for 60 days or whatever they claim to store the Information.
Same issue started 2 days back. Hope to find any resolution
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Carrieriq people! I don't know much about these phones, but have been learning slowly. I have the same issue, however I discovered carrieriq wake lock last week, and it makes me want to change to Verizon. Now I'm not sure, but I have that wake lock while the GPS is tweaking out. So I'm guessing that's what it is. I had to register just to post this, and I wish there was a way to get rid of it. I live in a Grey area, and prefer not to have all my calls and texts stored in a server for 60 days or whatever they claim to store the Information.
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Damn carrierIQ... you are absolutely right. Installed one of those checker apps and its on there. (One of the downsides to not having a custom ROM.) But to have it really fire up like this, they must have flipped the switch on gathering "anonymous call location data" as was mentioned in a recent update to the privacy policy.
Installed Logging TestApp from an xda member ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17612559&postcount=110) and then the $1 key from the app store. Went thru the removal process and it no longer kicks on when I make a call.
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Well I'm glad I'm not the only person experiencing this. Makes me feel better about the situation. Carrieriq has apparently been around for quote some time, however I hadn't heard of it because I was on am extended vacation. When I found out about it last week or whenever it was I did a lot of research on it. But a couple days ago when my GPS kept turning on out of nowhere while I had it off I got paranoid, and was scared they had me under investigation or something. If anyone else tries reggae Smith suggestion and is able to get rid of carrieriq. On this phone please post and let us know. I'm sure most of us out there don't want AT&T saving our texts and call history. Your browser history, and all that. Its a key logger that saves EVERYTHING that you do on your phone. At least that's my grasp on it. I'm wondering if getting rid of it the way reggie did even really delete it though. Is it possible to even get rid of it without flashing a custom room? Just because we may be able to get some peace of mind by not seeing the wake lock, is it really gone? I have only had Android for about 3 months, and managed to work from a atrix 2, to having 2 s3, one with severe wake lock issues. Drain my whole zero lemon battery overnight, to this ogp, which I dig. So this phone works great and one day carrier iq for 13 hours one day, so my friend Google gave me some insight, and bam, here we are. I have so many questions, but the capcha or whatever from my phone is irritating, so I will refrain from asking so many questions in different threads, that people will think I'm spamming. In the words of the great William currington "God is great, beer is good, and *****es are crazy!"
Anybody found any solution for this? There were some Google app updates hangout search may be forcing
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Well i feel better now. I'm not the only one ... i just started noticing this 2 or 3 days ago and its killing my battery. system services are using 30 to 40% of my battery in a day and it barely lasts whereas before it was excellent.
No way to turn this off yet?
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Damn carrierIQ... you are absolutely right. Installed one of those checker apps and its on there. (One of the downsides to not having a custom ROM.) But to have it really fire up like this, they must have flipped the switch on gathering "anonymous call location data" as was mentioned in a recent update to the privacy policy.
Installed Logging TestApp from an xda member ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17612559&postcount=110) and then the $1 key from the app store. Went thru the removal process and it no longer kicks on when I make a call.
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:good::good::good:
I can confirm that this 1 dollar app has fixed the problem on my phone as well. E980.
Before trying that i tried to manually remove it, i was able to find two library files @ "/system/lib/" 1 - libiq_client.so && 2 - libiq_service.so
However I was unable to find the associated binary. I found a service lost the name. I installed cwm recovery, and then attempted to remove the library's at the risk of bricking, to invoke a app crash log and figure out where this :crying: binary was located. I added .bak to the end of the library names, and rebooted. I was greeted with a nice message "The android system has stopped working.", when I got to the homescreen, and then again when I attempted to make a call. But the phone worked fine and gps did not kick attempt to search. So I went and integrated the kernel logs and it showed android.iqd as the module that crashed, and an associated service. I couldn't find a full path to the binary and I don't know much about the android kernel yet, I'm only on my 2nd day being rooted on my 1st android device. If anyone could help me investigate this and figure out where the binary is located, and upload it I would be a very happy camper.
TLDR - After using Logging Test app and running remove IQ, i can rename or remove the library files with no issues! But I would still like to know more about the files/services associated.
Double post. Today my phone CIQ re-enabled itself, and started throwing the app crash message again "Android System Has Stopped Working.", because I have my CIQ library files re-named. Also note that it seems that I cannot RECEIVE text messages with these CIQ library files re-named. So DO NOT rename them.
Here is a link to the system_app_crash generated by renaming the library files.
Code:
Process: com.android.phone
Flags: 0x8be4d
Package: com.android.stk v16 (4.1.2-E98010k.1370578359)
Package: com.lge.smartcard.apdu v1 (1.0)
Package: com.android.providers.telephony v30500016 (3.5.16)
Package: com.android.phone v30241122 (3.2.41122)
Build: lge/geefhd_att_us/ REMOVED
java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: Library iq_client not found; tried [/vendor/lib/libiq_client.so, /system/lib/libiq_client.so]
at java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary(Runtime.java:393)
at java.lang.System.loadLibrary(System.java:535)
at com.carrieriq.iqagent.client.IQClient.LoadClientLibrary(IQClient.java:136)
at com.carrieriq.iqagent.client.IQClient.<init>(IQClient.java:95)
at com.android.internal.telephony.SMSDispatcher.handleMessage(SMSDispatcher.java:434)
at com.android.internal.telephony.gsm.GsmSMSDispatcher.handleMessage(GsmSMSDispatcher.java:206)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4886)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:790)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:557)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
I a very in-experienced android user, I need help finding where "com.carrieriq.iqagent.client.IQClient" is located, and where it is located in the phones startup. In linux there is RCXX.d files that contain startup and shut down procedures.
I live in the grey area so this GPS **** is driving me nuts. - THANKSh
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Anyone know of anything? I've spent a good part of my day trying to find an alternative to Mobile Defense with no luck. I would rather not put all my information out there and txt messaging would be a good alternative to using an internet connection. SU access is no problem.
So you want to turn on your GPS by sending a text message to your phone?
check out the app on the market called wheres my droid, its free and does what your asking i found it last night so i am not sure if it does what it says or not but its worth checking out.
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So you want to turn on your GPS by sending a text message to your phone?
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Yup, that way if I ever lose it somewhere I don't have to worry about the GPS being off. If that happens you're stuck going by what towers it's pinging and that will give you a 3-5 mile area.
kindakrazy said:
check out the app on the market called wheres my droid, its free and does what your asking i found it last night so i am not sure if it does what it says or not but its worth checking out.
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Where's my Droid is what I was going to use to get it's location. Only thing is the GPS has to already be on for it to work.
ah i didnt know that, like i said have only had it since last night, but id say that with SU access you should be able to do anything so im sure someone with more knowledge then me can come up with an answer but i doubt that it cant be done.
I've read (and I could be wrong) that leaving GPS on all the time won't kill your battery like you'd think. It only uses resources when it's actually getting GPS data, which is signaled by the GPS icon in your notification bar. I've been leaving mine on all the time for weeks, and I still get 36+ hours of normal usage just like I did when I was clicking it off all the time except when I wanted to navigate something.
And then you could use Where's My Droid's GPS feature.
Try Lookout and see if it suits your needs.
Since rooting my SGS2 last night and freezing some bloat with Titanium Backup I've noticed a few dropped calls. I have a really great 4G signal where this is happening and have never had a problem with this phone or any other T-Mobile phone dropping calls here before.
I have no idea if this is really due to rooting and removing bloat or if it's just a coincidence.
Has anyone else noticed a similar problem?
What did you remove?
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With Titanium I froze:
411 & More
AllShare
Backup
Blio
Bonus Apps
Customize Homescreen
Home Screen Tips
Kobo
Lookout
Media Hub
More for Me
Netflix
Pro Apps
Slacker
Social Hub
T-Mobile Mall
T-Mobile TV
TalkBack
TeleNav GPS Navigator
Tethering Manager
Visual Voicemail
Yahoo! Finance
Zinio
Zinio Reader
Man, that list looks pretty safe to me. But I've only had the Nexus One and Nexus S before. This is my first rooted branded phone bloated phone.
I've removed or frozen about half what you have and had no problems. I'm hoping some will (or already has) post a comprehensive list of what can be safely removed.
dumb Q, but what's the difference between freezing and totally removing an app?
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darkness122 said:
dumb Q, but what's the difference between freezing and totally removing an app?
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Freezing an app disables it and makes it disappear from your app drawer; it remains on your phone's storage. Removing an app removes it completely and frees up storage.
I chose to freeze these apps since I wasn't sure the consequences of deleting them quite yet and recovery could be troublesome until someone releases a good CWM or ODIN system image.
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Freezing an app disables it and makes it disappear from your app drawer; it remains on your phone's storage. Removing an app removes it completely and frees up storage.
I chose to freeze these apps since I wasn't sure the consequences of deleting them quite yet and recovery could be troublesome until someone releases a good CWM or ODIN system image.
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I too felt the same way and froze all bloatware. Phone has more than enough storage to keep them there.
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asatnik11 said:
Since rooting my SGS2 last night and freezing some bloat with Titanium Backup I've noticed a few dropped calls. I have a really great 4G signal where this is happening and have never had a problem with this phone or any other T-Mobile phone dropping calls here before.
I have no idea if this is really due to rooting and removing bloat or if it's just a coincidence.
Has anyone else noticed a similar problem?
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Just rooted last night with Odin..now I'm dropping calls with full bars as well. Anyway around this? Took out battery, sim card, rebooted...nothing seems to be working
It hasn't really happened since I first rooted. I think it may have been a fluke, at least for me.
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Call dropping after rootin?
i have had this isssue too, seems like one of the system programs its assosiated with the call settings,...
i rooted my phone 10 times already.
i noticed that issued since first time of rooting it. so i went and flahsed the p. and bloatware free zip and still the same, also you guys are gunna noticed this issue.... when youre on a call and you recieved a second call and try to answer the other line , both of the lines hang up and you get a force close....
my soution was : just flash the back to stock zip!!! below im posting the link for it below! then just delete apps not associated with the calls.. for example., call id, ..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1323878
joselarajan87 said:
i have had this isssue too, seems like one of the system programs its assosiated with the call settings,...
i rooted my phone 10 times already.
i noticed that issued since first time of rooting it. so i went and flahsed the p. and bloatware free zip and still the same, also you guys are gunna noticed this issue.... when youre on a call and you recieved a second call and try to answer the other line , both of the lines hang up and you get a force close....
my soution was : just flash the back to stock zip!!! below im posting the link for it below! then just delete apps not associated with the calls.. for example., call id, ..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1323878
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I had to unfortuantely go back to stock to see if this fixes the issue. Fingers crossed!
My phone dropped a call today while I was outside in my car with 4 bars. Actually the call went in/out, got silent for 10 seconds then dropped.
This is my first Samsung Galaxy S2 phone & I love it. Not sure if they all drop calls in this fashion or if I happen to have a bad phone but its annoying.
History:
-Rooted with Odin on Sunday night...prior to I had no issue of dropped calls
-Unrooted with stock recovery last night
Still dropping calls. Do you guys think I should take my phone back to the store or try to fix it another way? I'm still within my 14 days. I have one from 9/28 with a perfect screen and no other problems.
tiguy99 said:
My phone dropped a call today while I was outside in my car with 4 bars. Actually the call went in/out, got silent for 10 seconds then dropped.
This is my first Samsung Galaxy S2 phone & I love it. Not sure if they all drop calls in this fashion or if I happen to have a bad phone but its annoying.
History:
-Rooted with Odin on Sunday night...prior to I had no issue of dropped calls
-Unrooted with stock recovery last night
Still dropping calls. Do you guys think I should take my phone back to the store or try to fix it another way? I'm still within my 14 days. I have one from 9/28 with a perfect screen and no other problems.
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Rooting your phone in itself should have zero effect on your call settings or dropping calls. Sounds like you need to unroot and swap it out the unit for a new one.
+1
SoFaKiNgStOkeD said:
Rooting your phone in itself should have zero effect on your call settings or dropping calls. Sounds like you need to unroot and swap it out the unit for a new one.
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correct technically rooting removing apps would not affect the call quality
it is either a defective unit, or a bad reception issue
T-Mobile Name ID
All the calling related issues everyone his having here are more than likely related to not having T-Mobile Name ID on your device. I'm not sure why but this applications causes dropped calls, freezing and force closing when trying to answer multiple calls if it is not installed on the device. It cannot be frozen nor can it be uninstalled or you will have calling issues. I have tested all the bloatware apps and T-Mobile Name ID is the only one that causes these strange issues with the Galaxy S II.
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All the calling related issues everyone his having here are more than likely related to not having T-Mobile Name ID on your device. I'm not sure why but this applications causes dropped calls, freezing and force closing when trying to answer multiple calls if it is not installed on the device. It cannot be frozen nor can it be uninstalled or you will have calling issues. I have tested all the bloatware apps and T-Mobile Name ID is the only one that causes these strange issues with the Galaxy S II.
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I can confirm this too
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1323332
For anyone that needs name id, I have a link to the apk
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I have the name id frozen and no dropped calls
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i have mine rooted, and all the Tmobile + extra craps removed/frozen, and i've no calls problem
just be careful what to remove
if you are unsure, just freeze it until you know it's safe
@AllGamer, what does the previously referenced link have to do with the issues he's having? its a link to CWM recovery....
Born_Immaculate88 said:
All the calling related issues everyone his having here are more than likely related to not having T-Mobile Name ID on your device. I'm not sure why but this applications causes dropped calls, freezing and force closing when trying to answer multiple calls if it is not installed on the device. It cannot be frozen nor can it be uninstalled or you will have calling issues. I have tested all the bloatware apps and T-Mobile Name ID is the only one that causes these strange issues with the Galaxy S II.
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I haven't touched this app and I am still getting dropped calls. It seemed to start as soon as I had the sim card that came with the phone put in. I was using my old one from my G2X and had no call problems at all. I am rooted by Odin. Stock rom.
This is going to be a long one so bare with me...
So I was using my phone tonight surfing web sites that I frequent, checking facebook, watching YouTube videos, streaming audio and the like. While watching a flash video stream from a link that was posted to a friends FB page I get a text. Didn't check the text immediately as I would normally do deciding to finish the video stream instead. When the stream was done hitting the back button did nothing as if my phone froze up so I pushed the home button to get back and then check to see who was texting me. Low and behold it's a text from T-Mobile stating "to prevent future Smartphone Mobile HotSpot (Tethering) access bla bla bla" crap. The thing is I was NOT tethering when I received this text. I very rarely tether if at all.
For what ever reason I decided to look at my data usage to see how much data I've used so far this month ~5.6GB. I thought to myself seems slightly above average for me at this point in my billing cycle, so I started to scroll down to see what was using my data. To my surprise I see apps in the list that I know for a fact are NOT on my device. So I started to take screen shots as proof (screen shots below).
While in the process of all this activity, from the time of ending my video stream to taking screen shots, my phone is being very sluggish, something its hasn't done since I got the phone??? Anyways as I'm trying to take the last screen shots my phone flickered and put me back to the top of the data usage page, again something my phone has never done.
So I start back down the list again to finish taking screen shots and notice the apps that I know are NOT on my phone are now NOT in the list of app that used data, everything thing else that's normally there was still there??? (screen shots below).
I have since turned off my mobile data until there's a way to keep "them" out of my phone (I don't know if this is the avenue "they" took to enter into my phone but it makes me feel better).
Maybe I'm being paranoid, I know I'm a little freaked out by this, look at the screen shots and determine that for yourself.
The first 9 pics are from before the flickering, the last 6 pics are after the flickering.
My question goes out to our developers here, is there anyway that this invasion/intrusion into our privacy and our device be stopped? If at all?
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Which aops sre you saying aren't in your phone
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Honestly, I'm suspecting malware or something otherwise gone wrong way more than T-Mobile personally being in your phone or something.
Looks like Carrier IQ. Nothing new. The numbers you see listed are likely the ports it is communicating over.
If you ever see it happen again, tap on one of the 'unknown' apps and see what it tells you.
Remove the following apks from /system/app and I bet you will never see that again.
IQ-tmobile-release-unsigned.signed_TMO.apk
IQ_OOB_TMO.apk
IQToggle.signed_TMO.apk
/system/lib/libiq_service_tmobile_2.2.so
I suggest you take a look at TrevE's CarrierIQ Thread and his Logging Test App
Anyway, I wouldn't worry so much about it to no longer use my data service. They have been doing this all along and at this point most likely have long since got most of the info they wanted from your device. Chances are, their systems detected heavier than usual usage and automatically triggered the system to send its current reports and logs back to Tmobile. Doubt there was an actual person on the other side 'hacking' into your phone!
This type of stuff has been going on for quite a while now. The first step you need to take is removing CarrierIQ from your phone! This should ALWAYS be one of the very FIRST things you do when you flash or update your system! Next is to check out TrevE's offerings and knowledge I linked to above.
And remember, even without CarrierIQ, everything you do over your data connection gets sent straight through Tmobile's systems first. Whether or not they are actually capturing anything, I dont know. But they do have the ability if they so choose, or are requested to by law enforcement.....
Not trying to make you overly paranoid, but just the right amount can be a healthy thing!
Hope that helps clear things up a little for you.
The second data report is 11/20-11/27.... the first is 11/14-11/27.........
Did you download the Avengers movie?
DocHoliday77 said:
Looks like Carrier IQ. Nothing new. The numbers you see listed are likely the ports it is communicating over.
If you ever see it happen again, tap on one of the 'unknown' apps and see what it tells you.
Remove the following apks from /system/app and I bet you will never see that again.
IQ-tmobile-release-unsigned.signed_TMO.apk
IQ_OOB_TMO.apk
IQToggle.signed_TMO.apk
/system/lib/libiq_service_tmobile_2.2.so
I suggest you take a look at TrevE's CarrierIQ Thread and his Logging Test App
Anyway, I wouldn't worry so much about it to no longer use my data service. They have been doing this all along and at this point most likely have long since got most of the info they wanted from your device. Chances are, their systems detected heavier than usual usage and automatically triggered the system to send its current reports and logs back to Tmobile. Doubt there was an actual person on the other side 'hacking' into your phone!
This type of stuff has been going on for quite a while now. The first step you need to take is removing CarrierIQ from your phone! This should ALWAYS be one of the very FIRST things you do when you flash or update your system! Next is to check out TrevE's offerings and knowledge I linked to above.
And remember, even without CarrierIQ, everything you do over your data connection gets sent straight through Tmobile's systems first. Whether or not they are actually capturing anything, I dont know. But they do have the ability if they so choose, or are requested to by law enforcement.....
Not trying to make you overly paranoid, but just the right amount can be a healthy thing!
Hope that helps clear things up a little for you.
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Thanks doc for your response. Those files you've mentioned were removed immediately after flashing this rom on its release day JLA.
This is why I got freaked out I know for a fact they are not there.
I will check out trev's threads when I got home.
Thanks again...
Interesting...just for sh!ts and giggles, I wonder what a rep on the higher tiers would say if you called them up
Pennycake said:
Honestly, I'm suspecting malware or something otherwise gone wrong way more than T-Mobile personally being in your phone or something.
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That would be my guess. Get a virus scanner like lookout and check the apps
Edit- I forgot about CIQ, ignore my previous post
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Just flash a rom that is carrier iq free. problem solved
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Stryke_the_Orc said:
That would be my guess. Get a virus scanner like lookout and check the apps
Edit- I forgot about CIQ, ignore my previous post
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Crisisx1 said:
Just flash a rom that is carrier iq free. problem solved
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Maybe I wasn't clear, so let me try again.
ALL CIQ CRAP WAS REMOVED IMMEDIATELY AFTER FLASHING ROM ON 11/18/2012!!!!
Clear enough???
Yeah I think it was clear enough, at least I understood that the first time you said it.
I wish I knew how to get PDroid to work on a decent T999 JB ROM...
Run a system dump and send me your system. I can find your issue
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This is going to be a long one so bare with me...
So I was using my phone tonight surfing web sites that I frequent, checking facebook, watching YouTube videos, streaming audio and the like. While watching a flash video stream from a link that was posted to a friends FB page I get a text. Didn't check the text immediately as I would normally do deciding to finish the video stream instead. When the stream was done hitting the back button did nothing as if my phone froze up so I pushed the home button to get back and then check to see who was texting me. Low and behold it's a text from T-Mobile stating "to prevent future Smartphone Mobile HotSpot (Tethering) access bla bla bla" crap. The thing is I was NOT tethering when I received this text. I very rarely tether if at all.
For what ever reason I decided to look at my data usage to see how much data I've used so far this month ~5.6GB. I thought to myself seems slightly above average for me at this point in my billing cycle, so I started to scroll down to see what was using my data. To my surprise I see apps in the list that I know for a fact are NOT on my device. So I started to take screen shots as proof (screen shots below).
While in the process of all this activity, from the time of ending my video stream to taking screen shots, my phone is being very sluggish, something its hasn't done since I got the phone??? Anyways as I'm trying to take the last screen shots my phone flickered and put me back to the top of the data usage page, again something my phone has never done.
So I start back down the list again to finish taking screen shots and notice the apps that I know are NOT on my phone are now NOT in the list of app that used data, everything thing else that's normally there was still there??? (screen shots below).
I have since turned off my mobile data until there's a way to keep "them" out of my phone (I don't know if this is the avenue "they" took to enter into my phone but it makes me feel better).
Maybe I'm being paranoid, I know I'm a little freaked out by this, look at the screen shots and determine that for yourself.
The first 9 pics are from before the flickering, the last 6 pics are after the flickering.
My question goes out to our developers here, is there anyway that this invasion/intrusion into our privacy and our device be stopped? If at all?
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i noticed you are using lucky patcher which is used to patch apps so they are free.... in a sense stealing... im not judging you but if you download 3rd part apk's like lucky patcher and the "unpatched" apks you might have got a rogue app that steals your info and uses your data in background...just a thought
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ptmr3 said:
Run a system dump and send me your system. I can find your issue
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Never did a system dump, steps please...
kornklown69 said:
i noticed you are using lucky patcher which is used to patch apps so they are free.... in a sense stealing... im not judging you but if you download 3rd part apk's like lucky patcher and the "unpatched" apks you might have got a rogue app that steals your info and uses your data in background...just a thought
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I had a feeling this would come up. I use LP as a means to block the ads in some games like WWF and WF that adfree or adaway don't. If I knew more about linux I wouldn't need an app to do that for me.
widto08 said:
This is going to be a long one so bare with me...
So I was using my phone tonight surfing web sites that I frequent, checking facebook, watching YouTube videos, streaming audio and the like. While watching a flash video stream from a link that was posted to a friends FB page I get a text. Didn't check the text immediately as I would normally do deciding to finish the video stream instead. When the stream was done hitting the back button did nothing as if my phone froze up so I pushed the home button to get back and then check to see who was texting me. Low and behold it's a text from T-Mobile stating "to prevent future Smartphone Mobile HotSpot (Tethering) access bla bla bla" crap. The thing is I was NOT tethering when I received this text. I very rarely tether if at all.
For what ever reason I decided to look at my data usage to see how much data I've used so far this month ~5.6GB. I thought to myself seems slightly above average for me at this point in my billing cycle, so I started to scroll down to see what was using my data. To my surprise I see apps in the list that I know for a fact are NOT on my device. So I started to take screen shots as proof (screen shots below).
While in the process of all this activity, from the time of ending my video stream to taking screen shots, my phone is being very sluggish, something its hasn't done since I got the phone??? Anyways as I'm trying to take the last screen shots my phone flickered and put me back to the top of the data usage page, again something my phone has never done.
So I start back down the list again to finish taking screen shots and notice the apps that I know are NOT on my phone are now NOT in the list of app that used data, everything thing else that's normally there was still there??? (screen shots below).
I have since turned off my mobile data until there's a way to keep "them" out of my phone (I don't know if this is the avenue "they" took to enter into my phone but it makes me feel better).
Maybe I'm being paranoid, I know I'm a little freaked out by this, look at the screen shots and determine that for yourself.
The first 9 pics are from before the flickering, the last 6 pics are after the flickering.
My question goes out to our developers here, is there anyway that this invasion/intrusion into our privacy and our device be stopped? If at all?
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I hope the camera did not catch you with your shorts around your ankles. The reverse camera Tmo hid in the code will haunt you.
I'm sorry, wasn't going to reply, but had to show my appreciation for the above reply. Epic my friend.
On another note, have you seen the extreme throttling that goes on after you exhaust your data allotment? (I'm on Monthly 4G, Unl/5GB) Screeny below... the last 2 test or before I hit 5GB, the lowest test in the middle is when throttling began and the top results are after I called and b!tched them out.
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carrier IQ.....
also, getting caught for tethering can happen as long as there is a record of your data usage on their end, and all somebody needs to do is take a peek at it.
also, don't use wireless tether apps.
Got a Note 3 right after they came out.
Had an issue with the first one, not the least of which was the pervasive WiFi disconnect issue many of us have been seeing; in my case also had extreme battery drop all of a sudden - like 45% in an hour - not abnormal use.. So, swapped it about 20 days ago for another one.
Seeing the same WiFi connectivity issue I saw with the first one and then all of a sudden got a pop up :
"Prevention Information"
An application has been forced to stop for an unauthorized attempt to access system in your device. It may be safe to delete an application obtained from an unauthorized route. Check Now? (with a Do not show for 30 days check box; Cancel or Ok buttons)
If you click cancel pop up comes back after about 10 mins more or less; if you click Ok you get brought to a list of what you have downloaded to weed through whatever you've installed.
Full disclosure: This device is out of the box, not rooted; stock Rom. Only none play store apps installed were Adobe Flash and Amazon App store. I use WiFi extensively for WiFi calling at my office, since there isn't a carrier on the planet can get me a decent signal. I live and die behind WiFi calling it's why I went T-Mobile to start with.
* So I proceed to scan hell out of this, using Lookout, Sophos and MalwareBytes can't find anything..
* Ok so I uninstall everything I've been experimenting with thinking maybe the mix is a problem. Doesn't solve it
* So then I do a software Backup and restore - and go to put back the one app I need the most for my Hosted Exchange connectivity to work the best for my needs adding them back one at a time to see what's causing this . Of course I turn WiFi back on to connect to my network and signing into my Google Account Google Play takes off to restore all my stuff and do all updates for anything stock on the phone. (Phone Vendors WAKE UP; Stop making the default Google Play behavior Up Date Automatically when on WiFi, let the user decide before taking off to do what you think is best) And - The pop up is back just as I get the 1 app I need on the phone. (email support for the app saying it's them - MANY APOLOGIES to Nitro Desk, it's not them.
* Very long story and many soft and hard resets, to try control the behavior, later; including running 2 miles up the road to control Google Play auto update on WiFi, but, only be on the T-Mobile network for the initial startup....
With nothing but a minimal start-up and No Apps installed other than what Google Play demanded to be able to work at all out of the box when signing in; once I got the phone back to the office and started WiFi for my network - Blammo ! the pop up is back.
This "error" or warning message is from the base Android/Samsung/T-Mobile deployment configuration for a Note 3 when starting WiFi at all.
So, I happen to be near the T-Mobile store I bought this at and go in to tell them about this and the guys there running a Note 3 say they all get the same issue.
My conclusion is that this is a miss-configuration of software and/or permissions at the core OS level when starting WiFi; likely contributing or the primary cause of WiFi connectivity issues on this device; as reported in this and other forums.
I have screenies of this condition and would love to pass this to T-Mobile and Samsung engineering, but, unlikely I can get at them to do so; hopefully they are already aware of this and working on a fix.
The other interesting thing I noticed is that when doing a hard reset: during the start of recovery mode I get an "error" then no command message under the little droid as it settles down to the menu.
Also at the end of the recovery mode process for wipe data/factory reset I get an "error" message in red as well.
Again, seems to me there's a serious flaw in their Core programming setting up proper permissions for the base WiFi stack to start without triggering a security violation.
It doesn't matter if you connect to an AP or not. Just starting WiFi the pop up will come up in 60 - 90 seconds.
This is consistently reproducible.
T-Mobile is sending me another phone; but, I believe it will behave the same way - hope not, we'll see.
cef1000
You really need to SEARCH before posting. There are many threads about Prevention Information and it has nothing to do with WiFi.
krelvinaz said:
You really need to SEARCH before posting. There are many threads about Prevention Information and it has nothing to do with WiFi.
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That may be, but, in this case it is 100% reproducible under these conditions and happens if WiFi is turned on at all before any updates and before any additional apps are installed, other than the ones the Play store insists on bringing in to work properly once initially signing in, happens to me in this very limited and controlled startup of the device and only when starting WiFi and no other time in that controlled condition; before any updates or Play Store apps are installed.
It also happens after they are; so it seemed,to me at least, to have value because of the controlled diagnostic startup; since the condition is 100% reproducible using these steps and under these limited initial startup conditions, at least on the device I have in my hands at the moment.
A replacement should be here sometime today and will attempt to reproduce it on the replacement; T-Mobile tech support seems to think it will behave the same way as well; FWIW to anyone.
Thanks so much for the input and advice; duly noted.
Best regards,
cef1000
Knock yourself out....
You might try doing a simple Google Search for samsung "Prevention Information" and see just how many threads there are about this issue. It is not just the Note 3 but a number of other Samsung devices as well.
Actually it has everything to do with wifi. Knox is thinking wifi is trying to collect information from your device as if it is a type of virus. Samsung is fully aware of the issue & there is an update coming based around that specific issue.
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sIpInWiT mYdRoId said:
Actually it has everything to do with wifi. Knox is thinking wifi is trying to collect information from your device as if it is a type of virus. Samsung is fully aware of the issue & there is an update coming based around that specific issue.
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+1 Thank you slpn...
I'm glad to hear there's some fix in the works. Do you have a link handy for that? It's clear that the shipped Knox/SEAndroid configuration shipped on this device (and perhaps other Samsung models) really wasn't tuned very well before release.
OP, if you want to know more about this read some of the other threads here about Knox - the Everything Knox thread in this forum is pretty good IIRC, and the Samsung Knox whitepaper is an interesting read too (here). Basically, Samsung rolled their own solution for bring-your-own-device enterprise users, which is based in part on the SELinux extensions to Android (SEAndroid) along with some lower-level supervisory logic that's probably somewhere in the boot loader / modem / etc. [speculation] and some degree of hardware support such as the "knox warranty void" flag.
Unfortunately they developed this alongside/outside the reference implementation of SEAndroid, wrote their own APIs for interaction, etc. and don't seem to have done it terribly well. I'm tempted to ask that Samsung provide some way to actually control it, or provide a signed development FW that won't trip the hardware flag, as it really is an intrusion for non-enterprise customers. >.<
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Actually it has everything to do with wifi. Knox is thinking wifi is trying to collect information from your device as if it is a type of virus. Samsung is fully aware of the issue & there is an update coming based around that specific issue.
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Actually I've gotten the notification without wifi although it usually happens when I do turn it on.
Totally agree though that a simple search would have saved a HELLS of a lot of trouble. Smh
Yes it's a bug but it's not really that big of an issue. I can almost guarantee it will be fixed soon with some kind of minor update.
Well I have two other issues besides the "prevention information" for some reason my note 3 keeps giving me a unstable wifi connection when the connection to the wifi is good for example on my note 2 is perfect mo issues no lags on the note 3 however I get that unstable wifi connection, and for my second issue I get a damn google+ app crash every time im on the phone or any app . This note 3 has become a nightmare with bugs . I was wondering if anyone else has the same issues besides the prevention information ???
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westkhalifa13 said:
Well I have two other issues besides the "prevention information" for some reason my note 3 keeps giving me a unstable wifi connection when the connection to the wifi is good for example on my note 2 is perfect mo issues no lags on the note 3 however I get that unstable wifi connection, and for my second issue I get a damn google+ app crash every time im on the phone or any app . This note 3 has become a nightmare with bugs . I was wondering if anyone else has the same issues besides the prevention information ???
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I think I had the unstable connection problem a long time ago. I may have made my phone "forget" my wifi network and obviously have connected to it since and have not have that problem. So it's possible simply "forgetting" the network, scanning, and then connecting to it again could fix it?
How often do you use Google+? Is it possible that if you hardly use it you could just sign out of the app and then it won't search for your location so much? I see the new G+ update says something about refreshing friends location more often or something, could be tied in to that?
I dont use google+ at all. It updated on its own and it started crashing since. I just turnt off all my auto updates and I uninstalled the last google+ update lets see if that does the trick .
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westkhalifa13 said:
I dont use google+ at all. It updated on its own and it started crashing since. I just turnt off all my auto updates and I uninstalled the last google+ update lets see if that does the trick .
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You can take it how you'd like cause i know how some are when they hear about an update, not saying your one of these people who flame on the other person who try to provide helpful info about an update, but that is also being included in the update i spoke of a few posts above.
What is going on is your phone is scanning your signal & even if you have a full WiFi signal, instead of just leaving you on WiFi like you'd like, it boots you off of WiFi saying internet is unstable if it considers the data connection as being a stronger signal. its a real ignorant move and overlook they made when adding this function. if on WiFi they should let you choose if you want to change connections,or better yet not even bother you to choose between the 2 cause it will interfere with what your doing at that time while you have to choose which connection you want to use. But this is involved with the update we are getting. Verizon already got an update that had to do with WiFi issues with this being one of the issues it fixed.
If you haven't been told yet though, go in to WiFi advanced settings in your WiFi connections menu, and turn off auto connect & always scanning, then dial *#0011#, click your bottom left button on the white part of the phone you'd usually use to bring up the settings menu option, choose WiFi, turn off WiFi power save mode, WiFi power save mode being tuned off cause your battery to drain about 25% faster but this is proven to work. But after a day or 2 always leave WiFi auto connect off & always scanning off, but you can then dial *#0011# & turn WiFi power save mode back on & it's almost as if those functions done together trains your phone to not boot you off WiFi anymore. This seriously works and definitely helps many i have offered the information to. Me and about 3 others figured out how to do this in a thread about 2wks after the phone was released because the wifi booting us off was killing us. People had told us to just turn off auto connect but that would just stop the pop up, but you'd still be getting booted off from WiFi but just wouldn't be told by the pop up yet you'd know because the page you'd be loading on the browser would just stop loading, or say something your using like Facebook would lose signal & tell you an error occurred. Hope this large posts helps you if you read it or anyone else who stumbles upon it.
westkhalifa13 said:
I dont use google+ at all. It updated on its own and it started crashing since. I just turnt off all my auto updates and I uninstalled the last google+ update lets see if that does the trick .
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You have to actually go into the Google+ app to see if you are signed in, unfortunately it will automatically sign you in if you are not already. So even if you accidentally open G+ or some other program or app causes it to open, you still need to actually sign out of it. Hopefully uninstalling the updates does the trick.
Auto connect in wifi advance settings is the network switch box right ???
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Auto connect in wifi advance settings is the network switch box right ???
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Yes thats it.
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i had a wifi problem with my Note 2 before and now it is better with my Note 3.
I'm a long-time note 2 user and usually have no problem with settings. Out of
nowhere, my Note 2 started sounding a notification tone (first tone in the list)
and I haven't found a way to disable that notification. I think it's related to a secondary email
account... yahoo or Outlook perhaps. Tried the obvious options to turn notifications
off/on but nothing has worked. This thing is waking me up at all hours and disturbing
my lifestyle in general. The only way I've found to turn off the continuous sounding of the tone is to touch the top notification bar. Such a hassle. Any real suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks.
This is bull$4!* I agree
This is bad enough to make me want to switch to an iPhone.
This has got to get fixed.
DrDubner said:
I'm a long-time note 2 user and usually have no problem with settings. Out of
nowhere, my Note 2 started sounding a notification tone (first tone in the list)
and I haven't found a way to disable that notification. I think it's related to a secondary email
account... yahoo or Outlook perhaps. Tried the obvious options to turn notifications
off/on but nothing has worked. This thing is waking me up at all hours and disturbing
my lifestyle in general. The only way I've found to turn off the continuous sounding of the tone is to touch the top notification bar. Such a hassle. Any real suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks.
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Go into the settings for the app that is giving you the notification and change it there.
SeanDevoy said:
This is bad enough to make me want to switch to an iPhone.
This has got to get fixed.
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Well go to iphone and enjoy it. No one will ask you not to.
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Very not nice response, perhaps if you understood it would be different
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Go into the settings for the app that is giving you the notification and change it there.
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If only that were possible. With Android 4.3 the notification is for leaving and rejoining the 4Glte coverage area. For those of us that live on the edge of 4G lte coverage it makes for a long annoying night. I have emergency notifications that I DO need at night, but not the damn network change every 5 minutes.
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Well go to iphone and enjoy it. No one will ask you not to.
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Perhaps you could look up "hyperbole." Or not, you could just continue to send rude responses.
DrDubner said:
I'm a long-time note 2 user and usually have no problem with settings. Out of
nowhere, my Note 2 started sounding a notification tone (first tone in the list)
and I haven't found a way to disable that notification. I think it's related to a secondary email
account... yahoo or Outlook perhaps. Tried the obvious options to turn notifications
off/on but nothing has worked. This thing is waking me up at all hours and disturbing
my lifestyle in general. The only way I've found to turn off the continuous sounding of the tone is to touch the top notification bar. Such a hassle. Any real suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks.
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um have u tried going removing the account then connect it again?
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If only that were possible. With Android 4.3 the notification is for leaving and rejoining the 4Glte coverage area. For those of us that live on the edge of 4G lte coverage it makes for a long annoying night. I have emergency notifications that I DO need at night, but not the damn network change every 5 minutes.
Perhaps you could look up "hyperbole." Or not, you could just continue to send rude responses.
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I don't think he was being rude. I think he is saying that if it makes you happy to move to an iPhone then go for it. It's your choice. No need to take it offensively ..good day to you.
UPDATE from SPRINT
I talked to Sprint. They have confirmed that many ppl are complaining about the constant "upbeep" and "downbeep" tones. I understand it is not just 4Glte/CDMS coverage change, but also Wifi and Bluetooth availability. They say Samsung is aware of the unpopularity of the issue and will have a patched version out very soon.
I have resorted to disabling 4Glte all the time and disabling WiFi and Bluetooth at night. this seems to be a reasonable short term work around.
Thanks for reading.
Sean
I've never had any notification tone for network/wifi mode changes. I'm not sure why the stock rooted MK4 ROM wouldn't have the same issue but it doesn't or this forum would be full of angry people. I assume you guys are on the stock unrooted MK4 Jellybean ROM? If so, I'm glad I told my wife not to allow the update on her Note 2. I'm currently on stock rooted MK4 ROM and have never had this type of notification. But I would hate it also.
With this all being said, time for you guys to visit the Note 2 Toolkit thread and get rooted! Just one more reason why people prefer to root their devices.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957155
Once rooted you will need to ask ROM devs for help in removing the network notifications. I'm sure there's an easy way to do this with Root Explorer file manager app but you must be rooted to gain access to the file system. This is my only advice because I'm pretty sure an update will not come soon enough for you guys. Updates come from Samsung then Sprint sits on it for testing etc, then Sprint pushes it OTA. You can root and fix the issue in a few minutes or wait and pray for an update.
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I talked to Sprint. They have confirmed that many ppl are complaining about the constant "upbeep" and "downbeep" tones. I understand it is not just 4Glte/CDMS coverage change, but also Wifi and Bluetooth availability. They say Samsung is aware of the unpopularity of the issue and will have a patched version out very soon.
I have resorted to disabling 4Glte all the time and disabling WiFi and Bluetooth at night. this seems to be a reasonable short term work around.
Thanks for reading.
Sean
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Thanks for all the input, everyone. And Sean, thanks for talking to Sprint about this matter...I'm sure that all the suggestions here will help others with the same kind of issue I've been experiencing. For me, it's a wait and see kind of thing in that whatever the change in settings I make, it could take an entire day or even more to verify success in shutting down this maddening interruption.
There have been days when, because of a setting I changed, my phone would not ring at all when a call was coming in even though the ringer volume setting was at 100 percent loudness.
The good news for me is that as of this morning, I had an uninterrupted night's sleep last night which, obviously, could mean that I've finally stumbled into a solution. But I am reserving the 'Mission Accomplished' party for when I am absolutely sure my settings are the way they should be. I hate big let-downs, especially when they follow great expectations and celebrations of euphoria.
BTW, the latest changes I made were done inside Facebook's notifications preferences. It seems the Facebook crew are on a mission to keep its members fully involved in troubleshooting the 'traps' they set for us. Kinda reminds me of Hunger Games.
Fingers crossed now...maybe I'll have another full-night's sleep, but I'm not getting my hopes up just yet.
Thanks again to all who pitched in their $000.02000. I'll update here any more results that might be helpful.
Dub
tx_dbs_tx said:
I've never had any notification tone for network/wifi mode changes. I'm not sure why the stock rooted MK4 ROM wouldn't have the same issue but it doesn't or this forum would be full of angry people. I assume you guys are on the stock unrooted MK4 Jellybean ROM? If so, I'm glad I told my wife not to allow the update on her Note 2. I'm currently on stock rooted MK4 ROM and have never had this type of notification. But I would hate it also.
With this all being said, time for you guys to visit the Note 2 Toolkit thread and get rooted! Just one more reason why people prefer to root their devices.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957155
Once rooted you will need to ask ROM devs for help in removing the network notifications. I'm sure there's an easy way to do this with Root Explorer file manager app but you must be rooted to gain access to the file system. This is my only advice because I'm pretty sure an update will not come soon enough for you guys. Updates come from Samsung then Sprint sits on it for testing etc, then Sprint pushes it OTA. You can root and fix the issue in a few minutes or wait and pray for an update.
Have to admit that rooting is very tempting...thing is, I live in a new area and have no 'guru' type friends here and I'd be concerned that I'd get myself in a corner and not be able to get out. I just don't know enough about rooting to trust myself with doing it to my only smartphone. For instance, does rooting wipe all data completely? I'd have to back up everything I want to keep? And how would I do that backup. Will the memory be re-formatted? How do I know which apps work and which ones don't work on a rooted phone?
Yeah, you guessed it...I'm an old guy...66...and fairly savvy with being a PC/smartphone user...but I haven't studied coding since the mid-eighties and don't remember what I learned about it then. Still, I'm intrigued with rooting my Note 2. Maybe someday.
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DrDubner, the Rooting Toolkit I linked to above is very simple and straight forward to use and it has very clear and easy to understand instructions within the user interface. Basically if you can read you can root your phone with ease. Also there is no need to backup anything on you phone or sd card (although it's always advisable just in case) because the root process does not change, delete, wipe, or alter anything other than enabling root permissions on your phone and flashing an insecure boot image & custom recovery in which you do not have to ever use and will not be visible upon normal day to day usage.
BUT with this being said, I would highly recommend that you do some more homework FIRST and find out exactly which app or system process/app that is triggering the notifications BEFORE rooting your phone. It may turn out to be something that can be fixed without rooting your phone and either way you go about this, you need to know the exact cause of the notifications before doing anything.
Hopefully you can get more specific info about your notifications and post them here for others to help you better. Like I said, I've never had the network notifications that you described... on any ROM stock or custom. Perhaps it's not network notifications and mabye it's a system app or user installed app that is triggering these notifications? Keep us posted so we can get to the bottom of this issue much faster than Samsung/Sprint patch update that may never come.
Yeah I've never heard of this problem. Stock 4.3 and my phone never beeps for coverage issues. Idk to me it sounds like there's an app set up to continue reminding you of an unread notification. Like the Messages app reminder feature. Plus he did say taping on the notification bar stops it so that means one of those notifications on the dropdown is the culprit and when you tap on the bar it resets your notification (no blinking or sounds). Maybe it's time for a factory reset.
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I agree. It does sond like a repeat notification. The notification pull down should give you a clear indication of which app is giving you the notification. Double check notification settings within each suspect app itself. If you can't find it that way then uninstall suspect apps one at a time until you find the culprit. Facebook and other social apps would be a good place to start. Also check Sprint visual voice mail and your messaging notification settings. You might be surprised at the simple cause of this.