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I owned the vibrant maybe for a month or less, ever since then I made a lot of errors, I had freezes that made me delete all personal data, once or twice I had to reisntall google apps. The one thing I hate is when uninstalling stuff data stays there. As of now I cant open google maps because it will force close, I haven't tryed deleting it and reinstalling it, anther problem is my connection, I have full bars but.i dont get edge or 3g, I have walked the streets and the problem stays there so I want to restore it completely, where should I start?
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I would say after that many problems and errors I would have to admit defeat and reuben the phone under warranty and see what t mobile or samsung would do to resolve the issues...
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Not sure what you've been doing to your phone to have all those issues, but why not do a factory reset to the phone, and start from scratch?
Lol yeah actually probably a better option than returning the phone, at least to start.
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JakeRadden said:
... admit defeat and reuben the phone ....
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At least he gets a sandwich out of the deal.
Some very interesting typos since getting the illustious swype keyboard.
When my 3G says it's working and no map data arrives, my GPS just sits there and my screen lags after all fixes, I fumble when someone calls as I don't know which widget to use...I just smile to myself and thank God I don't have leprosy. Just be grateful you have a phone that makes calls LOL...sorry for sarcasm.
Lol thats what I mean by a complete restore,.i know I need to use odin but "where to start" btw thanks
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I've had this problem for months on all sorts of ROMs but never put much thought into it.
Is there a fix? I NEVER know if updates are available until I hit up the market.
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Go to market, menu button>settings>notify me
I should have mentioned that I had that option selected. I've also tried clearing the cache, etc, with no luck.
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I think the Market just sucks at notifying you. Its never been very good at notifying on my G1, mytouch slide, or the Vibrant, so its gotta be the Market.
I thought so too, but notifications work perfectly on my rooted Nook.
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Go to menu> settings > applications > manage applications> market. Here click on clear data. Nyu may have a problem with broken links of ur apps. If that's the problem, above steps should solve it.
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Go to menu> settings > applications > manage applications> market. Here click on clear data. Nyu may have a problem with broken links of ur apps. If that's the problem, above steps should solve it.
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I've tried that before with no luck. What's really weird is that my market cache is always 0.0kb in size as well.
I wonder if I have an app or something that is blocking it. Right before I installed Bionix 1.3 I formatted my internal sd (just because I had never done so) and I received market notifications then and thought that maybe it was just clutter. But the issue is back. Super weird.
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I also don't receive update notifications until I open my market. I just let programs update automatically, and check it every once in a while for manual updates due to apps requesting new permissions.
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I think its a market issue. Its hit or miss for me. Sometimes I get them and sometimes I dont.
I don't know if this is a 2.2 issue or not but ever since i updated, my market has been acting iffy...along with a few other samsung widgets. I don't know if it's a server issue or something with 2.2 on our phones but i know a few people that started having that problem as soon as they updated to 2.2.
Same market issue here, hardly ever get notifications on updates. However whenever I open market all the notifications come up
I'm with everyone else, I don't think I've ever gotten notifications before. My gf's phone doesn't get hers either and shes using a MyTouch Slide. I do get notifications right after I close the Market, but never before.
I think its purely a market issue.
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I'm with everyone else, I don't think I've ever gotten notifications before. My gf's phone doesn't get hers either and shes using a MyTouch Slide. I do get notifications right after I close the Market, but never before.
I think its purely a market issue.
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It worked perfectly on android 1.1 with the G1 back then, but since 1.5 its been hit or miss .... guess its been over looked by the OEM, when putting together roms for their devices ... Or it can just be an issue with google's servers .. I just made it a habit to check every day for updates ..
Mine works it seems to work every 3-4 days on notifying me. But, it hangs in the download so I end up doing manual update.
This method go to Market> type find updates or update apps then it seems to find them
The auto update is kinda flaky and unreliable
What's weird about it, at least to me, is that it works perfect on my rooted nook and with the honeycomb demo for my nook. At least I'm not the only SGS owner with issues.
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KWKSLVR said:
I've had this problem for months on all sorts of ROMs but never put much thought into it.
Is there a fix? I NEVER know if updates are available until I hit up the market.
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Wait... you think this is a bug/bad thing?
OMG I'd be thrilled to never receive market update notifications, instead, I have to manually kill the service every reboot (even with "do not notify me" set) and often uninstall unwanted updates from my themed apps in /system/app until I have time to theme them.
Royal pain, I'd love to never have updates, lol.
Cheers, =)
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Same market issue here, hardly ever get notifications on updates. However whenever I open market all the notifications come up
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Now that I think about it, I realize I have the exact same problem. I don't think I get update notifications until I open markeg myself.
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OK, so after the Gingerbread update a TON of stuff I purchased in the market is no longer available.
Tweetcaster pro, FIFA, Abduction world attack, Paypal (official), The Sims..... What gives? I've never stolen software for Android, and I don't want to. I want my apps back! Ideas?
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Use this apk to fix your market. Reboot. Should solve your problems.
Didn't work. :L Man, this is SUPER annoying.
You sure you did it right? I had the same exact problem with my apps...a lot of people have. That's the fix. Before I applied it, my Slingplayer wasn't showing up in the market...30 freaking dollar app..now it is.
I downloaded the .apk, installed, then rebooted. Nothing. Are you on Gingerbread?
Could someone running GB tell me if they can find tweetcaster pro or FIFA in the market?
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You need to run the app though lol. After you install, open your app drawer and run Market Fixer. Click Fix, THEN reboot. Yes, I'm on Gingerbread.
[thread jack alert!] wondering why sims doesnt show up in my market? any suggestions?
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So if were not rooted this won't fix the issue?
I've had this problem for weeks. On stock 2.2, rooted and the apk didn't help. Seriously annoying bug.
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I don't believe it. I fell for the same thing. I just thought you installed it and it was suppose to fix. which it didn't. Been tryin to figure this out for two days. LOL. What an idiot me. Well at least I wasn't alone. hehehe
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You need to run the app though lol. After you install, open your app drawer and run Market Fixer. Click Fix, THEN reboot. Yes, I'm on Gingerbread.
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I was able to fix this, as I seemed to get a version update on my Market stealth (as it had the AdMob setting added to my Settings screen, where 2 days ago, it wasn't there). When that happened, all my apps returned.
Right before I found this, I did run the APK from above, but I used QuickReboot to reboot. Coincidence?
Now to get the 55 updates I missed over the past month...
I'm not rooted. That was the issue. I don't want to root either. EA Games took care of me. Now to email handmark.... :L
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May I ask you why you don't want to root?
I know it's a dumb question, but have you checked the market website? I had a similar issue and was able to find and download the missing apps through the site.
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I know it's a dumb question, but have you checked the market website? I had a similar issue and was able to find and download the missing apps through the site.
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Not only was it not a dumb question, but I had not even THOUGHT of it! So far I am getting everything back, but Tweetcaster pro. Keeps saying it will be sent to my device and isn't...we shall see! THANKS!
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Not only was it not a dumb question, but I had not even THOUGHT of it! So far I am getting everything back, but Tweetcaster pro. Keeps saying it will be sent to my device and isn't...we shall see! THANKS!
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You're welcome. It's good to know that there's at least one part of the market we can rely on.
So yesterday I accidentally dropped my phone in milk. I picked got my phone out of it almost immediately, and dried it off. I didn't really think much of it, because everything was still working properly. Today, I tried to use my camera, but when I hit the camera button, the camera app FC'd. I reopened it and I got an error saying "Can't connect to camera". I thought maybe something happened in the ROM, so I restored a backup from about 2 weeks ago, and I got the same message.
Currently, I've got the phone in rice, just in case. Is it possible that the milk is what is causing this? If so, is there any chance that I can fix the camera without sending it in? (I don't have insurance)
The only thing that's keeping me from thinking that the milk is what's causing this, is the fact that everything else is working normally on the phone. I've called people, texted, games, everything is working fine, but the camera.
I'm running Zips most recent build, and my backup was IceColdSandwich. In a few hours when I take my phone out, I'll try a GB rom, but for now, does anyone have any ideas?
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Yea, MOST of the time, but NOT always, you can go into the phones settings, then into Applications, select the 'All' tab, and find the Camera on the list. Clear the cache, also clear data...that usually works. If not, maybe fix permissions? I always try those methods. But I don't care for ICS so I don't know if its the same as 3.5.....but try that.
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Yea, MOST of the time, but NOT always, you can go into the phones settings, then into Applications, select the 'All' tab, and find the Camera on the list. Clear the cache, also clear data...that usually works. If not, maybe fix permissions? I always try those methods. But I don't care for ICS so I don't know if its the same as 3.5.....but try that.
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None of that worked. Neither did going back to GB. Thanks for trying though!
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Have you tried flashing just a camera? You can go into the Apps and theme section and there is a thread with a few camera packs that you flash in recovery?
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jjbadd385 said:
Have you tried flashing just a camera? You can go into the Apps and theme section and there is a thread with a few camera packs that you flash in recovery?
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That didn't work either :/
Well I'm out of ideas...
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Well I'm out of ideas...
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Haha so am I. Thanks for the help though, I appreciate it.
Ya it definitely sounds like you nuked a critical component of the camera. Definitely lucky it didn't fry any of the other parts. If you've tried doing a factory reset and completely wiping your disks, don't think there's anything else you can do other than sending it in or attempting to fix it yourself which would require quite a bit of skill and probably some soldering expertise.
I'm using the same rom as you and the same thing happened to me at one point. I managed to fix it though by clearing camera cache, disabling and re-enabling it, and then clearing the dalvik cache and fixing permissions just for kicks. One or all of those things fixed it for me. Try that maybe?
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I'm using the same rom as you and the same thing happened to me at one point. I managed to fix it though by clearing camera cache, disabling and re-enabling it, and then clearing the dalvik cache and fixing permissions just for kicks. One or all of those things fixed it for me. Try that maybe?
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Alright. I'll try it haha. I've been given new hope because the flashlight is working now, so I'm hoping the camera might start working again.
One question though, what do you mean by disabling it and re-enabling it?
When you go to clear the app cache you'll see a button next to the force stop option that says disable. From my understanding its basically like turning off the drivers for the camera. When you re-enable it (same button btw) you reactivate the drivers and it will communicate with the camera again hopefully.
If I'm wrong about any of that someone can correct me. But it still worked to fix my problem anyways
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AlanB412 said:
When you go to clear the app cache you'll see a button next to the force stop option that says disable. From my understanding its basically like turning off the drivers for the camera. When you re-enable it (same button btw) you reactivate the drivers and it will communicate with the camera again hopefully.
If I'm wrong about any of that someone can correct me. But it still worked to fix my problem anyways
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Nope, didn't fix it :/ I appreciate the help though!
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Nope, didn't fix it :/ I appreciate the help though!
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Np man. Hope you find some way to get it working again.
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Np man. Hope you find some way to get it working again.
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Thanks haha. I'm debating ordering a replacement camera and attempt fixing it myself.
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If you do plan on doing that make sure to search the general threads. I saw a really good video there once with someone walking through how to properly disassemble this phone.
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AlanB412 said:
If you do plan on doing that make sure to search the general threads. I saw a really good video there once with someone walking through how to properly disassemble this phone.
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Alright, I'll try to find that. The website that I'm ordering the camera from apparently sends step by step instructions.
I guess that's one thing I enjoy about iPhones. They come apart and can be repaired very easily haha
Hope?
Okay, so I randomly tried opening the camera again today, and to my surprise, the app didn't force close or give me the message saying it couldn't connect. Nothing was appearing though, so I didn't think much of it. Then I remembered in Zips build you had to turn force preview on, so I did. Nothing happened, but I tried to take a picture, and the screen turned green with a weird little brownish area in the middle.
I'll upload a picture of it later if anyone wants and thinks maybe they can help me figure it out a little more.
The fact that it's working all of the sudden makes me think it might just randomly go back to normal. However, it might not.
But the fact that the camera is actually turning on now, that means that if anythings broken, its the camera itself, right? Not the hardware around it?
Hmm, upload a picture. My camera started taking those glitchy looking photos before it died on me. If you hadn't mentioned the green and brown detail I would have forgotten.
I'm not saying I can give any more suggestions than I already did but if you're getting the same problem I had then maybe you can categorize this back in the realm of software issues. Better than a hardware failure at least...
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Here it is.
But I tried to change the megapixels of the camera, and it "died" again. So I have no idea what to think anymore lol
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Must be a picture of your phone's soul
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Here it is.
But I tried to change the megapixels of the camera, and it "died" again. So I have no idea what to think anymore lol
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So, the MyTouch 4G has shown several camera issues; from a black screen to FCing when opening the app. It seemed to be like an update issue to the newest GB but even stock phones that hadn't been updated were also having issues. If anyone has anymore info on this subject please reply here or PM me. I am very interested in this issue as I have a coworker witht the same problem. It has also been shown to reoccur after people think they have "fixed" it with a factory reset or such.
I installed Windows 8 yesterday and it was running fine. All of a sudden about an hour ago it froze but I could still move the mouse. I couldn't click on anything though and had to manually restart. Now I can't open any metro apps without it freezing every time, it takes longer than usual to reboot after manually shutting it down, and my documents, music, etc. Folders are gone. If I can even get to the desktop it'll freeze two minutes later. It is literally unusable. I'm pissed off because this is supposed to be final software from Microsoft and it's worse than Alpha software. How can it be released like this. I've read of other people having the same problems but none of the fixes work for us.
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I installed Windows 8 yesterday and it was running fine. All of a sudden about an hour ago it froze but I could still move the mouse. I couldn't click on anything though and had to manually restart. Now I can't open any metro apps without it freezing every time, it takes longer than usual to reboot after manually shutting it down, and my documents, music, etc. Folders are gone. If I can even get to the desktop it'll freeze two minutes later. It is literally unusable. I'm pissed off because this is supposed to be final software from Microsoft and it's worse than Alpha software. How can it be released like this. I've read of other people having the same problems but none of the fixes work for us.
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I've not had that problem, did you do a clean upgrade e.g keep nothing, keep personal files or keep everything?
Roland
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Rolandh said:
I've not had that problem, did you do a clean upgrade e.g keep nothing, keep personal files or keep everything?
Roland
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Yea, I installed it on a fresh partition dual booting with Windows 7. I did a Google search of the problem and it seems those who have it can't fix it. I had to wipe the partition and install it again. So far so good.
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Yea, I installed it on a fresh partition dual booting with Windows 7. I did a Google search of the problem and it seems those who have it can't fix it. I had to wipe the partition and install it again. So far so good.
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You know come to think about it.... I had the same thing happen to me about 2 hours after I did a clean install from the rtm
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grassyloki said:
You know come to think about it.... I had the same thing happen to me about 2 hours after I did a clean install from the rtm
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I tried everything to fix it but nothing worked. It's not like I did anything to make it happen either. It just did all of a sudden out of no where. I think it's maybe a driver problem but Toshiba, for me, hasn't made all their drivers Windows 8 compatible. When I go into control panel and hardware and devices it shows a yellow triangle with an exclamation point. When I got to troubleshoot it it can't find the driver. I manually installed the drivers from Toshiba's site the first time because the sound was crackling but when I had to reinstall I just installed what Windows Update suggested.
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