i turn on my 4g radio every now and then to see if i can get a signal, i was using my gps earlier today and didnt bother to turn it off, just a few min ago i turned on the 4g to look for a network and suddenly my gps is active but no location aware apps are running right now, has anyone run into this, i turned it on/off about 8 times and everytime the gps would go off, everything on this evo is stock
Hasn't happened to me, but if you have "use my location" checked under privacy, Google could be accessing that for whatever reason. Probably unlikely, but possible. Could've just been a random glitch also.
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Hiya, Yesterday I loaded Damage Control v2.08.1 and it's been running pretty smooth. Just in the past few minutes I've noticed the phone getting hot around the battery. I've never felt this phone get hot before. A few minutes later it cut off. I had to press the power button to get it to turn back on. Everything seems fairly normal now and it doesn't really feel hot anymore. Has anyone else experienced anything like this? Should I try a different ROM?
I think this is a random thing..ive had it happen a few times on diff roms etc..
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The ROM is fine I use it.
maybe you should take it to sprint and say it is getting really hot. They will trade it in for a new one. In less your over clocking it then you should know why it is getting hot. But I believe it is a hardware error.
Thanks for the input. The main reason I posted is because I used stock 1.5 for 5 months before loading a custom ROM and never once felt the phone get hot.
As long as it's a common thing I'm alright using it that way.
I ran into a similar thing when signal was low. A workaround is to turn off wireless triangulation in the location menu. Also turning off "always on" helps a lot, I forget where this setting is. I was hitting 43c a day before these changes, now barely get over 30.
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I ran into a similar thing when signal was low. A workaround is to turn off wireless triangulation in the location menu. Also turning off "always on" helps a lot, I forget where this setting is. I was hitting 43c a day before these changes, now barely get over 30.
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the always on setting is in location (it turns GPS off)
Line got really hot a couple weeks ago. At first I could not figure out why, but after looking at everything I realized it said I was roaming. O was in a location I was always at and never had s problem before. It said I had been roaming for 4 hours. Restarted the phone and the problem was fixed.
After upgrading to JK4 via Kies I've noticed some strange Wi-Fi behaviour. It seems to manifest at different times and for no apparent reason, so I'm starting a thread to see if a) anyone else has this issue and b) if so, how does it manifest for them.
First manifestation: after turning on Wi-Fi through Notifications the text switched to "On" but the Wi-Fi symbol did not turn green. Going into the Wireless and Network settings on the phone caused a temporary lockup, when it did let me in Wi-Fi was showing "Error". A reboot of the phone fixed it, temporarily.
Second manifestation: after turning on Wi-Fi through Notifications the text switched to "On" and the Wi-Fi symbol turned green, but it did not connect to my wireless network automatically like it should. Going into the Wireless and Network settings on the phone caused a temporary lockup, when it did let me in Wi-Fi was rapidly switching from a "Turning on" state to "Turning off". It did this about 10-15 times in a few seconds then went to "Error". Turning on and off the Wi-Fi again solved this issue.
Every time I solve this it seems to come back within a 24 hour period. I didn't have this problem (from what I can see) on JK3. I factory reset before and after flashing to JK4, and I flashed JH2 back just to be on the safe side beforehand.
Let the discussion begin!
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After upgrading to JK4 via Kies I've noticed some strange Wi-Fi behaviour. It seems to manifest at different times and for no apparent reason, so I'm starting a thread to see if a) anyone else has this issue and b) if so, how does it manifest for them.
First manifestation: after turning on Wi-Fi through Notifications the text switched to "On" but the Wi-Fi symbol did not turn green. Going into the Wireless and Network settings on the phone caused a temporary lockup, when it did let me in Wi-Fi was showing "Error". A reboot of the phone fixed it, temporarily.
Second manifestation: after turning on Wi-Fi through Notifications the text switched to "On" and the Wi-Fi symbol turned green, but it did not connect to my wireless network automatically like it should. Going into the Wireless and Network settings on the phone caused a temporary lockup, when it did let me in Wi-Fi was rapidly switching from a "Turning on" state to "Turning off". It did this about 10-15 times in a few seconds then went to "Error". Turning on and off the Wi-Fi again solved this issue.
Every time I solve this it seems to come back within a 24 hour period. I didn't have this problem (from what I can see) on JK3. I factory reset before and after flashing to JK4, and I flashed JH2 back just to be on the safe side beforehand.
Let the discussion begin!
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I quickly tried out after reading your post, and I did confirm your first issue happening, but only when I turn my Wi-Fi on and off really quickly. Also my phone didn't lock up as you described either. Basically, I could only make that issue to surface once I turn off the Wi-Fi, and then turn it back on as soon as my phone reports it is disconnected. When I go into Wi-Fi settings, it does say "Error" there, but if I check the "Wi-Fi" there again, it connects automatically.
I almost never use Wi-Fi because I get 6GB of data, but I can see this becoming a very annoying issue if you have to use Wi-Fi frequently.
Edit: Actually, I ran into a different issue just now. I kept on playing around with my Wi-Fi, and confirmed this happening: Wi-Fi text turns to "ON" but the icon doesn't turn green. When I go into settings, it says "Turning Wi-Fi On.." or something similar and is stuck there. I wasn't able to turn on nor off the Wi-Fi. Reboot fixed issue...for now I guess.
I have also had this issue but I believe it has to do with trying to turn on wireless when your preferred network has a very weak signal. When I'm next to my router, I can turn wi-fi on and off rapidly with no issues. I have only had the issue in my room which has a much weaker signal.
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i was having problems with my wifi today...i wasnt able to pickup any wifi signals and i couldnt manually turn the wifi on either...i got a few force closes on some apps and decided to reboot the phone, hopefully sovling the problem...instead i got stuck in the boot loop at the i9000m logo and now my internal sd card is done....hopefully i can return this pos at bell(im on rogers) and do a hup through rogers for the iphone4...at least thats a stable device.
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I have also had this issue but I believe it has to do with trying to turn on wireless when your preferred network has a very weak signal. When I'm next to my router, I can turn wi-fi on and off rapidly with no issues. I have only had the issue in my room which has a much weaker signal.
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I've never tested right beside the router, but my room is next to the room which has the router so I would think I'd have a fairly strong signal.
Interesting, though...
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I have also had this issue but I believe it has to do with trying to turn on wireless when your preferred network has a very weak signal. When I'm next to my router, I can turn wi-fi on and off rapidly with no issues. I have only had the issue in my room which has a much weaker signal.
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I tested my Wi-Fi pretty much right beside my router as well...like less than 3 feet away. My phone was reporting it was seeing an "excellent" signal.
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I find my wifi on my phone to be pretty solid.
I have an occasional issue where it does not see my wifi router at work, but all I do is turn it off / on and off she does. Just happens with the work router. Never had an issue with my linksys at home.
I've experience this issue with JH2 and it was caused by a change to fast in the settings. Just give your phone some time to connect and get identified on the network before you turn it off ans don't torn it on right after you disconnect it and you should be fine.
Been having the same issues since upgrading to JK4. Wifi gets stuck in "enabling" state occasionally when it try to turn it on. Sometimes I have to go as far as restarting the phone to get it to work again. Not a huge deal but still a nuisance.
I have seen both of these situations occur once after applying JK3 from Odin. It was shortly after booting it up for the first time including the "ERROR" text. I attributed it to a one-time glitch and it has not come back since. When I am home I force WiFi on and leave it in that state until I leave the house for work the following day so I am not constantly messing with the settings.
I get a similar issue butt only when activating my mobile AP.
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I've been having a similar issue with my wifi since upgrading to JK4. I've gotten the "error" message on enabling wifi, but as others have mentioned it may be because I'm re-enabling it too quickly after turning it off. However, in one instance yesterday I tried re-enabling it several times after turning it off via the control widget and was ultimately forced to reboot before it worked again. Also, this morning I found that after leaving home and coming to work, I was still only seeing the wifi hotspots near my apartment rather than the ones in my new location (one of which I have saved and automatically connect to). I had to reset the wifi to find the local hotspots. Other than these wifi issues, I'm really loving JK4 so I just hope they get sorted out.
Ever since I got my N4, I've had a problem with the GPS not always turning on at the right time, and turning on when I'm not using it. I notice this mainly when I play Ingress or when using Google Maps, though about 1-1.5 months ago, the GPS started working just fine, and I was having no issues whatsoever. Then just a couple of weeks ago, it started happening again. The first time I had the issue, when playing Ingress, if I had switched to a different app, the GPS would remain on, and when I reentered Ingress, it would not update my location, and the location would start to drift, or if I had been in a different app long enough, the GPS would stop and wouldn't turn on when I reentered Ingress, forcing me to go into the GPS settings and toggle the "GPS Satellites" check box. Also, if I had been trying to use Google Maps/Navigation, the GPS wouldn't turn on and I would again have to toggle the check box in the GPS settings. About a month to a month and a half ago, it started working properly. If I switched apps while playing Ingress, GPS would shut off normally, and then when I reentered the app, GPS would start up again, and would update my location properly (same with Maps/Navigation). Then a couple of weeks ago, it stopped working again, and it randomly starts searching for GPS signal, even if I'm not even using my phone at the time. I thought it had something to do with the location sharing settings in G+, because I had changed a few settings in G+ a couple of weeks ago, but when I reverted to the previous settings, nothing changed. If I could get some help, I would greatly appreciate it.
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Just curious, do you have the Yahoo Weather App installed? This app was known to break the GPS (until a reboot).
Anyway, I would suspect some app with GPS function is causing the issue.
You may have to remove them one at a time (and reboot) to find the culprit.
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Just curious, do you have the Yahoo Weather App installed? This app was known to break the GPS (until a reboot).
Anyway, I would suspect some app with GPS function is causing the issue.
You may have to remove them one at a time (and reboot) to find the culprit.
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Yahoo weather? No.
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Yahoo weather? No.
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weather uninstall has worked on my side! thx
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This problem may have started about 11 days ago when for the first time my phone ran out of battery on me. (Had used the NAV a lot that day). I'm not sure if it is connected or not. I'm not sure when I first noticed WiFi was turned off. I think it was over the weekend, but who knows.
Problem: When I leave an area where I am connected to WiFi it disables WiFi and will not reconnect anywhere until I turn WiFi back on. When it detects the loss of the WiFi signal it will show the list of Access points it sees. I don't see it that often because usually it is in my pocket. I just watched it once or twice to see what happens as I drove away from work or home. It will go on to AT&T mobile data and stay on it even if I am in an area with a saved WiFi connection (such as home or work). I essentially have to remember to turn on WiFi anytime I get home or to work.
While looking for a problem I found a setting in the WiFi settings section under advanced. The setting is Check for Internet service "Auto switch between Wi-Finetworks and mobile networks" This was unchecked. Last night I checked it. I figured it may have unchecked itself or something when I ran out of battery last week. Well this didn't help. When I got to work this morning I still had to toggle on the WiFi.
Any ideas?
FYI, I am still on stock ROM. Anytime an update comes down it downloads it, if I reboot, it won't install so that is a good thing. I still have root and SU.
The autoswitch would do it. When you turned the auto switch setting back on did you do a full reboot? Sometimes that's the only way some settings will take action properly, even if it doesn't tell you too.
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I didn't do a full reboot after changing it last night. i did this morning however after checking which recovery I had for sure... so I guess I'll find out if that took care of it when I leave work in a few hours.
has anyone gotten this? I have GPS off, but the finding location notification and reticle comes up and just never goes away since GPS is obviously off. how can I figure out which app is doing this? it just started, but i haven't installed any new apps lately...
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has anyone gotten this? I have GPS off, but the finding location notification and reticle comes up and just never goes away since GPS is obviously off. how can I figure out which app is doing this? it just started, but i haven't installed any new apps lately...
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u could install a firewall app where u can enable every app by its own. first shut all apps off, than on one by one to find out which makes this. this is what i would do. yes the app is not for GPS, but mostly when an app starts trying to find out ur location than it wants to deliver the data somewhere. so it could work like this. i have "android firewall" from the play store. its the icon with the blue shield an an android logo on it.
@jayochs GPS toggle switch actually leaves wifi and mobile network location on(Google). Just drops hardware/verizon* GPS. You can long press toggle to check. Not sure if this is your problem, but I found this odd testing and just making sure you are aware. I don't get GPS pops when completely off, I do when I toggle the switch.