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i900m - Bell Mobility running j4k 2.2. The phone has been ok till day 6 after upgrade to 2.2. I was using the phone, and it just randomly vibrated...though I hit something by accident, then 10 mins later...again.
Then i was using google maps, and it vibrates once, then 5 seconds later it vibrates 3 times quickly, and force closes google maps. I have been reading about force closes as being a sign of the 'end'...is there ANYTHING i can do to extend the life a little in case samsung comes out with a quick fix sometime soon? Please help...i'm paranoid now all the time
You can also try a factory reset/clear all caches and more (through recovery menu) and perhaps even flashing a new rom.
I've had problems with force closes after flashing roms as well at times, but these steps helped often (just be sure to backup apps and data because these steps will delete/remove them)
a forc close means problems?? i just bought like 1 week ago and have force closes everyday from launchers games and such.. does it mean my phone is defective?
Probably just a phone software corruption, perform a factor data reset then reflash with partition.. should clean/fix everything.
Clear the phone completly (full factory reset)
In dialer type *2767*3855#
If problems still persist, you will need to flash a new rom.
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thats exactly what i'm afraid of: a factory reset.
From what i've been reading about the Bell internal sd issues is that a lot of people experienced the dead internal sd when they rebooted their phones (caught in endless loop)...i'm afraid of ever turning the thing off now!
If you don't turn it off it will eventually freeze.
Your screwed either way,
at least if you turn it off now you may have a chance of saving it.
Just backup all your apps, data and settings. I use Titanium Backup.
Singhman said:
thats exactly what i'm afraid of: a factory reset.
From what i've been reading about the Bell internal sd issues is that a lot of people experienced the dead internal sd when they rebooted their phones (caught in endless loop)...i'm afraid of ever turning the thing off now!
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i've been experiencing a couple of vibrate and FC's lately, really mean its dying? or just a couple of FC's means the app crashed
Not entirely on topic but:
From my own experience, force closes really don't mean anything. In my mind, a FC is like a good old win 98 program crash, it just happens from time to time. I wouldn't read anything into it unless it starts happening on a regular basis to decent apps.
(And even then, spotify for ex. is notorious for FC-ing. It's annoying, but not something thats fixable)
programs that may help
I have a galaxy s2 too so far noprobs as i havent done much with it just rooted stock rom and making my mind with what rom to try but if you go in market and search for as previous reply titanium backup, superuser, rom manager and the best app for deleting apps root explorer. One of these programms come wit a fix permissions option may help.
2g/3g bar widget freeze the radio generating fc's, and battery status never goes to 100%.
Anyone has the same problems in nexus s?
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I couldn't go to 100% since RC2..2g/3g bar widget seems to work ok for me...
battery % is a safety issue so your battery doesn't over charge and explode. If you insist on having a 100% charge, when it says charged but is only at 95% (or more commonly 97%) unplug the phone and plug it back in and google trickle charging to get a good idea of why this happens. 2g/3g toggle has been an issue for lots of people since early on but most are reporting that it is working fine for them now. May be time for a good total wipe and fresh install. I found that not using titanium backup for my apps has improved the performance of my phone pretty signifigantly. Just be sure to backup all your saved game data and reinstall all your apps the old fashioned way.
generalagony said:
battery % is a safety issue so your battery doesn't over charge and explode. If you insist on having a 100% charge, when it says charged but is only at 95% (or more commonly 97%) unplug the phone and plug it back in and google trickle charging to get a good idea of why this happens. 2g/3g toggle has been an issue for lots of people since early on but most are reporting that it is working fine for them now. May be time for a good total wipe and fresh install. I found that not using titanium backup for my apps has improved the performance of my phone pretty signifigantly. Just be sure to backup all your saved game data and reinstall all your apps the old fashioned way.
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You're sort of right about the charging issue, technically the phone STOPS charging at a certain percentage. The issue with trickle charging is that it doesn't stop charging. The issue is that the phone should charge to 100% then stop and start up again (for example on the Evo it drops down to 90% before kicking back in) however the Nexus S after 2.3.3 charges only to 97-ish%. This is not how it is supposed to happen though I've not seen anyone who was adequately able to explain why it was screwed up in the newest update.
generalagony said:
battery % is a safety issue so your battery doesn't over charge and explode. If you insist on having a 100% charge, when it says charged but is only at 95% (or more commonly 97%) unplug the phone and plug it back in and google trickle charging to get a good idea of why this happens. 2g/3g toggle has been an issue for lots of people since early on but most are reporting that it is working fine for them now. May be time for a good total wipe and fresh install. I found that not using titanium backup for my apps has improved the performance of my phone pretty signifigantly. Just be sure to backup all your saved game data and reinstall all your apps the old fashioned way.
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Is possible than i have % or charger discalibrated? If yes, have any solution to recalibrate it?
I will try make a new fresh install to solve the 2g/3g widget bar error.
I have noticed unlimited reboots with RC4. Back to RC2
glmrckr said:
You're sort of right about the charging issue, technically the phone STOPS charging at a certain percentage. The issue with trickle charging is that it doesn't stop charging. The issue is that the phone should charge to 100% then stop and start up again (for example on the Evo it drops down to 90% before kicking back in) however the Nexus S after 2.3.3 charges only to 97-ish%. This is not how it is supposed to happen though I've not seen anyone who was adequately able to explain why it was screwed up in the newest update.
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I have always experienced 97% charge even fresh out of the box and have read many reports of others with the same experience.
flaviowbr said:
Is possible than i have % or charger discalibrated? If yes, have any solution to recalibrate it?
I will try make a new fresh install to solve the 2g/3g widget bar error.
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Only thing I can think is to let your phone charge all the way down till it shuts off and then charge it back to full while turned off. This has helped me in the past.
ztm.000 said:
I have noticed unlimited reboots with RC4. Back to RC2
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Have you tried a fresh install after a total wipe? I am getting GREAT performance and stability out of RC4.
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Have you tried a fresh install after a total wipe? I am getting GREAT performance and stability out of RC4.
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I think I'm gonna try that tonight, worth a shot. I'm just gonna 'wipe data and cache' like CWM asks. Just reinstalling all the apps is a *****.
ztm.000 said:
I think I'm gonna try that tonight, worth a shot. I'm just gonna 'wipe data and cache' like CWM asks. Just reinstalling all the apps is a *****.
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That's what I use Titanium Backup for! It makes all that stuff so easy
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That's what I use Titanium Backup for! It makes all that stuff so easy
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I have TB, never really figured out how to use it... How do you make a backup? haha noob q I know..
ztm.000 said:
I have TB, never really figured out how to use it... How do you make a backup? haha noob q I know..
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I recommend only backing up user apps + data, as backing up system data sometimes will give you problems. Once in TB click you setting menu and sellect batch. Now click the option that says backup user apps +data and confirm. Now when you wipe your data in CWM and do a fresh install just install TB from the market and use the same batch menu but instead of backing up user apps + data use the restore user apps + data option.
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I recommend only backing up user apps + data, as backing up system data sometimes will give you problems. Once in TB click you setting menu and sellect batch. Now click the option that says backup user apps +data and confirm. Now when you wipe your data in CWM and do a fresh install just install TB from the market and use the same batch menu but instead of backing up user apps + data use the restore user apps + data option.
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So check this out: Titanium Backup was giving me trouble. Maybe six or seven apps into the backup, it would freeze, and then reboot (RC2, RC3, AND RC4). After a few reboots, the phone turned back on and said that the SD Card was unreadable and that it had errors, I rebooted it with a few swift battery pulls and all is good. In closing: I successfully backed everything up.
Now, I still kept getting reboots on RC2, 3, and 4. I could not think of why, and then it dawned on me, that it's probably the kernel I installed for BLN and 1.4GHz overclock. I installed h14-blnV4-vs6-cm7.zip.... Could this be the reason I am getting reboots? Because in SetCPU I changed it from 1400MHz to 1000MHz ondemand and I haven't yet come across a reboot. So, it could be the kernel and not CM7, RIGHT??
And if that's the case, is there a better kernel out there? or should I just be careful when overclocking?
Thanks
flaviowbr said:
2g/3g bar widget freeze the radio generating fc's, and battery status never goes to 100%.
Anyone has the same problems in nexus s?
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Same problem here, it totaly kills the radio. Reboot doesnt help only reflash helps.
Tested on fresh install (wiped everything before) without custom kernel, even without any app installed.
Radio xxkb3
Because I flashed quite a number of custom roms I have at some point broken the battery indicator. My phone works completely fine except that the battery status is displayed entirely wrong. It charges up to 100% and 4200 mV just fine but quickly goes down to 1%. The phone runs just as long at 1% as it took to go down to 1%, though.
I have tried many different roms and also went back to stock. I also know that deleting batterystats.bin is just a myth and Android itself should be able to figure it out over time. As nothing I have tried so far improved the situation I would like to completely wipe the internal storage, leaving only the recovery behind to flash a clean version of Android.
Is there any way to do this or is this highly unrecommended altogether?
Thanks in advance.
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Because I flashed quite a number of custom roms I have at some point broken the battery indicator. My phone works completely fine except that the battery status is displayed entirely wrong. It charges up to 100% and 4200 mV just fine but quickly goes down to 1%. The phone runs just as long at 1% as it took to go down to 1%, though.
I have tried many different roms and also went back to stock. I also know that deleting batterystats.bin is just a myth and Android itself should be able to figure it out over time. As nothing I have tried so far improved the situation I would like to completely wipe the internal storage, leaving only the recovery behind to flash a clean version of Android.
Is there any way to do this or is this highly unrecommended altogether?
Thanks in advance.
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Besides wiping data and doing a factory reset, there's nothing.
Maybe it's the battery itself... the circuitry inside it that measures capacity may have broken.
Do you have any friends or relatives that can borrow you a battery, just to check this?
Hope it helps.
Lean946 said:
Besides wiping data and doing a factory reset, there's nothing.
Maybe it's the battery itself... the circuitry inside it that measures capacity may have broken.
Do you have any friends or relatives that can borrow you a battery, just to check this?
Hope it helps.
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I already bought another battery and the problem persists with both.
I found a thread that does the exact thing for a different device.
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I already bought another battery and the problem persists with both.
I found a thread that does the exact thing for a different device.
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Hmm, i'm not quite sure about formatting system, it seems to trigger the bootloader's security for some reason: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15862526&postcount=68 (very old post, from when development on the MS2 was just starting).
Besides that, looking at that zip's script:
Code:
format("ext4", "MMC", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p1");
format("ext4", "MMC", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p2");
format("ext4", "MMC", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p8");
I don't know whether mmcblk0p1 is /system, also I don't have a milestone anymore to check.
If you try it and you get stuck, you're gonna have to flash an sbf i think.
I'm still believing is something hardware related, the battery controller on the phone?
Good luck on this one.
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If you try it and you get stuck, you're gonna have to flash an sbf i think.
I'm still believing is something hardware related, the battery controller on the phone?
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As long as I am sure that I can still flash a clean sbf after deleting part of /system/ and not brick the phone instead I would give it a go.
I still have a week of warranty left and I am waiting for an answer from the repair service right now but I doubt that they fix this problem without charging me.
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Because I flashed quite a number of custom roms I have at some point broken the battery indicator. My phone works completely fine except that the battery status is displayed entirely wrong. It charges up to 100% and 4200 mV just fine but quickly goes down to 1%. The phone runs just as long at 1% as it took to go down to 1%, though.
I have tried many different roms and also went back to stock. I also know that deleting batterystats.bin is just a myth and Android itself should be able to figure it out over time. As nothing I have tried so far improved the situation I would like to completely wipe the internal storage, leaving only the recovery behind to flash a clean version of Android.
Is there any way to do this or is this highly unrecommended altogether?
Thanks in advance.
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I think you use the SBF package to resolve your problem. You can use google to find milestone2 sbf.
Hey guys.
there are several major problems with my device.
first of all, lets see what we have here.
Exynos powered SM-N900 note 3 device
About 2 months old
rooted with CF- Auto Root
4.4.2 N900XXUDNA6_N900SERDNA6_SER firmware
that was the situation of device when the first problem showed itself.
Whiel i was watching video from an sd card, suddenly ı realised even if the device is on charge, (wall type) the battery percentage was dropping. when ı saw that, ı stopped watching the video, put down the phone and went to sleep. (it was 15 % at that time)
after 8 hours of proper sleep, I took my phone and saw that it was just 60%.
then ı began searching for slow charging issues. tried exactly everything about it, no luck. ( 5 different brands of different cables, 3 different brands of wall chargers, 2 different original note 3 batteries. tried both for AC and USB charging.)
All of them gave me the same result of charging current of 300 mah.
then ı tried all the wipe options, (wipe from recovery, factory reset from the settings menu, flashing another firmware which is CAC-N900XXUDNA8-20140210150816. ) still no luck. and things started to get worse.
a pain in the ass lag showed up, I'cant even use the camera. its like it comes and goes, but most of the time its there.
slow charging still continues, sometimes it does not charge at all,(had to reset couple of times) and when it charges, it's always 300 Mah and shows in the battery section as USB all the time ( even if I'm charging with the wall charger) ( already tried cache wipe for this, didn't make any difference.)
When I plug it to the PC, it does not recognize the device as a usb device, nor Kies, but ODİN does. (thankfully).
got this really weird screen, and some other screens close to it. (the screen actually faded away like in the picture ı uploaded. waited for it to go out for 10-15 seconds when ı pushed the wake button, the screen came itself just like nothing else happened 10 seconds ago!)
those are my problems, and the device is rooted, there is no warranty issue, so that means I'm stuck. it's not my first android device, and i consider myself just above average android user, but my hands are tied for this. any kind of help would be greatly appreciated!!
Really? No one can answer that?
rompinpumpkin said:
Really? No one can answer that?
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Did u try charging when mobile is off?if not give a try
Thanks for the reply.
Yeah I tried that. It kind of shortens the time of charging, but still, there are also other problems and some way ı think all of them are connected. That can be a solution only for slow charging, but the other issues still there.
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Thanks for the reply.
Yeah I tried that. It kind of shortens the time of charging, but still, there are also other problems and some way ı think all of them are connected. That can be a solution only for slow charging, but the other issues still there.
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may all your problems linked each other possible, try to uninstall third party apps you have installed, may some app is causing all the problems.
jdomadia said:
may all your problems linked each other possible, try to uninstall third party apps you have installed, may some app is causing all the problems.
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I'm afraid that is also not a solution, because i already performed a full wipe and flashed a clean firmware, which cleared all 3rd party apps, still problems go on.
appreciate the effort though!
rompinpumpkin said:
I'm afraid that is also not a solution, because i already performed a full wipe and flashed a clean firmware, which cleared all 3rd party apps, still problems go on.
appreciate the effort though!
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Read carefully & flash from below link, hop u will get your all problems sort out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2519897
jdomadia said:
Read carefully & flash from below link, hop u will get your all problems sort out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2519897
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are you suggesting EFS back-up /restore?
By the way, i have fresh brand new issues!!
now device doesn't close, if i close it and connect it to a charger, it reboots itself to recovery mode!!!
ı discovered something about the lag issue. if i run the cpu enough, (like playing games) lag goes out. when ı quit the game, it turns back!!
I opened up cpu monitor from the developer options, everytime lag shows up, i see from the cpu list this thing:
irq/563-sii8240
I think this causes all of my problems.
any ideas???
rompinpumpkin said:
are you suggesting EFS back-up /restore?
By the way, i have fresh brand new issues!!
now device doesn't close, if i close it and connect it to a charger, it reboots itself to recovery mode!!!
ı discovered something about the lag issue. if i run the cpu enough, (like playing games) lag goes out. when ı quit the game, it turns back!!
I opened up cpu monitor from the developer options, everytime lag shows up, i see from the cpu list this thing:
irq/563-sii8240
I think this causes all of my problems.
any ideas???
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EFS backup is very IMPORTANT, no Idea about what u say about CPU
jdomadia said:
Read carefully & flash from below link, hop u will get your all problems sort out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2519897
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jdomadia said:
EFS backup is very IMPORTANT, no Idea about what u say about CPU
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I know the importance of the EFS, just couldn't figure out the relevance.
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I know the importance of the EFS, just couldn't figure out the relevance.
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It looks like a problem with a interrupt of the video driver. I read you already flashed a other firmware, correct?
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Have you installed any apps to monitor battery drain? I use GSAM Battery Monitor and every time I start to see weird things with my battery, I have a look to see which app is running wild. Removing the app usually sets my phone back to very good battery life. The other day HD Widgets updated their app and all of a sudden I was dropping battery life about 15% per hour when hardly using the phone. HD was the culprit, removing it put me back to normal again. This happens often when companies update their apps.
One other thing, does you phone run hot? In the notification screen, you can see the current temp of your phone. If your battery is draining fast, it will run hot.
Thank you for the feedback. I downloaded the app, here are my first results. Do you think its normal that my kernel alone 74% ? I recently turned into cvm recovery, any ideas for alternative kernels?
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Its been a long time since iv been this stumped, about a week ago my phone started acting very strangely, laggy performance, freezing randomly and occasionally rebooting itself, now its getting worse, getting to a point where the phone is probably rebooting itself 5-6 times a day, iv uninstalled every app, iv factory reset it, wiped cache, replaced battery, removed the SD card (in case of file system corruption) using Samsung Smart Switch did an emergency flash back to original Rom, installed every troubleshooting app out there, monitored RAM and CPU usage, all i can see is that the CPU suddenly spikes to 100% with no real reason, i cant link any particular app or process thats causing this, all of the cores on the processor appear to be coping with no faults.
The only thing i can think of thats causing this issue is either iv got a pending hardware failure on the board, or possibly bad blocks on the nand memory, however i cant see any simple way of determining this without rooting and using the likes of ODIN or other 3rd parties etc - linux commands etc.
I dont want to root it particularly if i can help it as i was thinking about selling it on to mazuma or the like and let them sort it out instead, but i think i might have to bite the bullet and try it.
Can anyone suggest anything that i might have missed?
Actually iv seen an existing thread which appears to match my issues, so iv installed wakelock on the phone for now which seems to be helping a bit, time will tell, however this isnt a solution but more of a work around, but im still thinking this could be a motherboard issue myself, however, as i think this phone is over 2 years old, i doubt samsung will replace the component, nor would they necessarily believe me if i turn around to them and say its the board that needs replacing!
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Its been a long time since iv been this stumped, about a week ago my phone started acting very strangely, laggy performance, freezing randomly and occasionally rebooting itself, now its getting worse, getting to a point where the phone is probably rebooting itself 5-6 times a day, iv uninstalled every app, iv factory reset it, wiped cache, replaced battery, removed the SD card (in case of file system corruption) using Samsung Smart Switch did an emergency flash back to original Rom, installed every troubleshooting app out there, monitored RAM and CPU usage, all i can see is that the CPU suddenly spikes to 100% with no real reason, i cant link any particular app or process thats causing this, all of the cores on the processor appear to be coping with no faults.
The only thing i can think of thats causing this issue is either iv got a pending hardware failure on the board, or possibly bad blocks on the nand memory, however i cant see any simple way of determining this without rooting and using the likes of ODIN or other 3rd parties etc - linux commands etc.
I dont want to root it particularly if i can help it as i was thinking about selling it on to mazuma or the like and let them sort it out instead, but i think i might have to bite the bullet and try it.
Can anyone suggest anything that i might have missed?
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