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Korean Galaxy Note 2/Note 2 LTE keeps restarting

Hello everybody,
got this mobile a few months ago, latest Android officially available release, only thing I did was rooting and adding some software, I use it as a second device mostly to check email and online services, I use my other smartphone as a phone and for calendars, phonebook and notes.
I noticed that the device all of a sudden restarts without me doing anything, my son (who uses Android since longer than me but who doesn't really know much about it...) said it could be the heat (it's always in the shade) or too many options on (wi-fi in primis) but I checked and there are just a few apps running (mail, phone, phonebook, sometimes Instagram), what can I check to find how does it restart without any notice or action from me?
Thank you

soory

I had an issue where my Note 2 would randomly reboot, I also had an issue where my power button was dodgy.
What it ended up being was the ribbon for the power button, got this replaced, and this fixed my dodgy power button issue, as well as the random reboots.
I paid to get this done in a shop, but it seems you can do this yourself.
Sorry i can't post links - hope this makes sense
youtube com/watch?v=T5zPvP4btDA
Of course, your problem might be different

Giuann said:
Hello everybody,
got this mobile a few months ago, latest Android officially available release, only thing I did was rooting and adding some software, I use it as a second device mostly to check email and online services, I use my other smartphone as a phone and for calendars, phonebook and notes.
I noticed that the device all of a sudden restarts without me doing anything, my son (who uses Android since longer than me but who doesn't really know much about it...) said it could be the heat (it's always in the shade) or too many options on (wi-fi in primis) but I checked and there are just a few apps running (mail, phone, phonebook, sometimes Instagram), what can I check to find how does it restart without any notice or action from me?
Thank you
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Dear Giuann
What you are experiencing is know as SOD (silence of death) on our Android World
If your phone is rooted and you have custom Kernel then it would be due to the kernel... change your kernel to stock or a more stable one as per your device.
If you have a stock kernel... then clean your cache.. etc.. or better reflash stock ROM...
alternately use Betterbattary stats to identify if you have any rogue application which is causing issues...
I have experience this issue when I did rooting.. re root it with the correct method....

I did only root it as to install software I download from the internet, everything is as it originally was, ROM is the stock one.
Which are the steps to perform to clean the cache and to check if some app is making the OS crash?
Thank you

Worth update the phone to Android 9.0 ?

I have buyed my Mi A2 Lite, he have oreo version of android, worth update to 9.0 ?

Luis2k17 said:
I have buyed my Mi A2 Lite, he have oreo version of android, worth update to 9.0 ?
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Hello Luis2k17,
Hope You Are Doing Good.
Yes, People Are Facing Lots Of Problem After Updating To Android PIE 9.0.
Known Issues Are Given Below:-
Bluetooth Issue
Wifi Speed Issue
Voice Call Quality Issue
Call Recording Issue
Signal Drop Issue ETC ETC...
If You Are Satisfy With Mentioned Above Problem Then Go Ahead And Update To Android PIE 9.0
Greetings.
Thanks,
MUHAMMAD Asif Qasim

If you like using Gcam then no it is not worth it.

If you choose to stay on oreo, dont forget to disable in developer option, "automaticly install updates when reboot".

My phone upgraded to the March update, I have had none of the issues listed above, poor speech quality was fixed with this update. I don't use Gcam but believe that is an issue. If you upgrade, you can always revert to Oreo using Miflash tool.

I haven't had any problem when I updated to 9. I here there is a gcam for 9 now.but I'm custom ROM.but it seemednlike on 9 my data was faster

Luis2k17 said:
I have buyed my Mi A2 Lite, he have oreo version of android, worth update to 9.0 ?
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The experience per users are different. Here's mine though.
Have this phone shipped with Oreo too, when I launch phone app everytime I'll make a call, I felt like it's slow AF, even I have the phone app updated. Then I haven't that much of the experience of Oreo version because of that.
And when I updated it to Pie version immediately after we (my family) bought this phone, for above reason, with February patch, the launch of the phone app (and almost all apps installed in this phone) seems faster than what was in Oreo. However, as other users said, there are issues: one of which is the WiFi/Bluetooth bug which the WiFi speed tend to go slow when connected to Bluetooth, and if it is connected to BT Audio, the audio/music/sound tend to stutters within 4 meters away from BT Audio equipment; GCam ports tend to have problems on focus (though it's partially fixed when you set GCam to 16:9 resolution). But so far, I'm still fine with it (and all good despite having these issues, at least it's not bricked, unlike its big brother, the Mi A2).
Here's the pick: If you're contented to what's on Oreo (plus better GCam handling and better WiFi) then stay with it. Otherwise, you can update it to Pie but with said issues.

Background: looking to "upgrade" my aging dual-sim global travel Huawei Honor 5X (BL unlocked running custom "Pie" ... ha ha) and ended up with A2 Lite (3G/32GB model - decided against the 4G/64GB) - tossed in a 64GB mSD for plenty of video storage & photos, using this as a backup & should be mostly on WiFi (5Ghz whenever possible, less congested ...) << would've gone for the A2 with bigger 6" + screen but a 4,000 mAh battery of the A2 Lite flipped the coin toss >>
Out of the box is Oreo - updated to mid 2018 and gone thru the updates, stopping just short of Pie, after installing my Apps & ran it, everything stable & smooth. Camera isn't a big deal, everything as expected & much faster & responsive compared to the Honor 5X, as good as my primary ... Motorola Moto X4 with 4G/64GB on Google "Fi" software channel, ran Oreo on it & updated since to Pie. Passed along my Moto G6 (3G/32GB) Fi variant (no NFC) to spouse with an integrated battery case (3,600 mAh + 4,000 mAh external ... "yes")
In short, I had plenty of competitive comparison - over AT&T, T-Mobile, Fi and also Ting & FreedomPop (both MNVO) networks, also while roaming abroad in Mexico & the Caribbeans recently ... just not with the new A2 Lite. I make good use of VoIP and WiFi calling, Duo/G.Voice/Hangouts but not much over WhatsApp or WeChat or FB Messenger. Whether it's on Oreo or Pie, pretty much not expecting to ever get WiFi calling enabled on AT&T or T-Mobile, but, not having Android Auto to work in our new Hyundai Sonata (2019) is not "happy" - and, AA is a problem with G6 and X4, tried all the "solutions" without rooting, as I wanted Google Pay to work on the X4 for mobile payment, sometimes.
Earlier this week, I decided - after taking precautions & making backups - upgraded A2 Lite to Pie, let it rebooted & settled down, check for more Apps updating, etc. Well, I am satisfied and happy, no problems with WiFi or LTE signals, as fast as it should be & benchmarked it with the other devices above - it's all good. My "happy dance" is with Android Auto, it worked the first time I tried and was in a hurry, it connected & Google Map is now projected onto the car's 7" touch-screen ... just couldn't get it to work on the G6 or X4 stock roms. Of course, Apple's CarPlay worked easily in the Hyundai with an iPhone SE running iOS 12.1.x
Being Android One, minimal to few bloatware (Xiaomi's bundle) is great - just switched to LawnChair v2.x launcher, so I can tweak the homescreen & lockscreen a little more. Battery life, especially on standby on WiFi is great - those are my thoughts ... I will update/amend this as necessary with any findings.
Hope this help to those using this in the Americas ...

RE the Wi-Fi dropping...

I have fiber at home, the signal is stable, my router is a Google Wifi and I have no problem with any other device (Windows laptop, Galaxy S8+, Chromecast and 16 other Smart Home devices) but the Galaxy A70. The Wi-Fi signal indication and the throughput are usually good BUT, especially under certain conditions, the Galaxy A70 drops the Wi-fi altogether, goes to data and comes back on Wi-fi, usually all within a few seconds. I have tried anything I could think of and after some searching I realized it's just a problem with this phone (which I love, BTW).
It's usually not a big problem except in a couple of situations when it's VERY annoying: when uploading something large to a service/with an app which don't resume uploadings and when mirroring the device on the Chromecast (particularly in the latter case, it happens so often that mirroring is basically unusable).
I worked around it enabling "Wi-Fi temporary mode" (literal translation from the Italian, I don't know how it's called in English) in Developer Options. The Wi-Fi connection, although not perfect, got stable enough to allow me at least to be able to mirror my device without constant disconnections.
Well, yesterday I got the Android 10 update and while no, this issue was not fixed, re-enabling that Developer Options setting (which got reset and which changed name, it's now called "Accelerazione ricerca Wi-Fi" ("Wi-Fi- search acceleration", LOL, it doesn't make much sense in Italian either), I got much better results than on Android Pie. In over 2 hours of mirroring I got zero disconnections!
So, all in all, good news!
Please note that now that setting in Developer Options must be disabled, meaning that it comes enabled by default and you must disable it while in the past to change that Wi-Fi behaviour you had to enable that old setting, which was called differently.

Question SM-F926B sporadic "freezing" data connection [with O2 Germany]

Hello together,
since I couldn't find anything about that issue in detail beyond the usual vague articles (where one copies the mediocre content from someone else, it seems) such as this one, I'd like to share the following:
Using a SM-F926B which natively came with Android 12 (F926BXXU1BVA9 preinstalled and also after having it updated further to F926BXXS1BVB3), I have the issue that the data connection using 4G(+) (APN-wise and nowadays the lovely internet access of course) although staying connected, doesn't pass any traffic anymore at some point. The small "arrow" in the upload direction is periodically showing up then but nothing in the downstream direction, rendering the whole thing effectively offline, both directly and any tethered device connected to it, which is very annoying. Only quick resolution is to toggle the famous airplane mode.
While it is on one hand appreciated to occur not all the time, it also makes it more difficult to narrow down the error. In conjunction with the German provider O2 it occurred maybe every 1-2 days. During the last time it happened, I had a SMS being sent to the Fold which got successfully delivered so the mobile connection itself stays active (neither does the service monitor available though *#0011# shows anything suspicious) so it seems to be an issue with rather the APN-related connection. A problem with the provider network can be ruled out though as a Netgear LBR20 with another SIM from the same contract runs perfectly fine since ~ 180 days.
Meanwhile I downgraded to Android 11 (F926BXXU1AUJ7) to see if the same error occurs as well, hinting on a hardware issue (a very interesting one then, though as the overall data throughput performance of the Fold 3 is amazing) or some incompatibility with Android 12 (which would then however also raise the question why not all exemplars are affected the same way, which suggests hardware differences even within one model line such as that very F926B).
Has anyone of you experienced that or a similar phenomenon?

Question Always on Display?

Apparently, weirdly this phone comes with no always on display OOTB.
Some Xiaomi phones are like that.
This is a serious con for me. I ordered it before knowing this, but it's not big enough an issue to cancel or pay 100€ more for Pro.
Is there a way to somehow enable this?
Does Xiaomi EU have this usually on phones that don't have it in stock MIUI?

I don't have this device but according to this link, there is.
Xiaomi Eu rom adds 'always' option.
https://www.reddit.com/r/PocoPhones/comments/13fo0ix

At Redmi Note 10 pro there was the same problem. But it was fixable by downgrading the com.miui.aod App. I have already tried over 10 different versions, but without success.

You mean you have tried 10 different versions of that app on this phone?
Have you tried disabling miui optimizations in the developer settings?
Apparently this also worked on some xiaomi devices.
People say doing that causes bugs but I had it disabled for the last 4 years and have not noticed anything except slow (but still working) Gmail attachments (yes, it's weird but those are connected, somehow).