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Cingular 8125 Password Help

I have a Cingular 8125. forgot the screen password ...
is there any backdoor to this problem ...??
please explain it to me since i'm a noobie to this pda stuff!
thanks for your time !
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alki said:
I have a Cingular 8125. forgot the screen password ...
is there any backdoor to this problem ...??
please explain it to me since i'm a noobie to this pda stuff!
thanks for your time !
SPL 2.25
IPL 2.25
GSM 02.25.11
OS 25.11.1
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FIRST OF ALL you did not forget your password u found the phone and there is a password on the phone and there is a way to break that password but i hope no one tells you how to do it
anyway you should call up the provided carrier and return the phone to the user that lost it. finding a lost phone and using it is just as bad as stealing it yourself
and if you forgot the 4 digit password that you claim that you made you shouldn't even have a pda cause if you are that forgetfull even if we tell you how to do it you would probably forget how to do it
no one help this guy

insanenyc said:
FIRST OF ALL you did not forget your password u found the phone and there is a password on the phone and there is a way to break that password but i hope no one tells you how to do itno one help this guy
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Most Likely QFT! If you are legitimate, then you should call your carrier (Cingular) and they will probably walk you through hard-resetting your phone. Assuming you are legit, AND you are asking this question, there is a problem with these phone being stolen and resold. Again, Call the carrier and have the phone returned to it's rightful owner.

just how in the hell you know i found the phone ... dont ****ing assume ... by the way ... i don't have to called the carrier. and I got instructions on how to ****ing hard reset from my pda manual... stop ****ing accusing of stealing people phone you ****ing retard *****!. how the **** do i have the ****ing manual if i stole people's phone.
yea... i talking to both of you mother ****er!
admin: please delete the thread! i found the answer

alki said:
just how in the hell you know i found the phone ... dont ****ing assume ... by the way ... i don't have to called the carrier. and I got instructions on how to ****ing hard reset from my pda manual... stop ****ing accusing of stealing people phone you ****ing retard *****!. how the **** do i have the ****ing manual if i stole people's phone.
yea... i talking to both of you mother ****er!
admin: please delete the thread! i found the answer
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CURSING will get you nowhere and being you are getting all defensive it shows u did find/steal it so yeah
hard reset will do nothing
and cingular knows what imei you have also

This could be a valid question. I don't generaly use the lock funtion on my Wizard (MDA) but I do remember my freind was checking out my phone and decided to lock it with his own password as a joke thinking I would immediatly see it and we would have a laugh.
I instead put in in my pocket and didn't use it till we separated.
Then upon trying to make a phone call, could not.
I had to wait a day till I got a hold of him because I didn't want to reset and lose all my info.

dragonedge said:
This could be a valid question. I don't generaly use the lock funtion on my Wizard (MDA) but I do remember my freind was checking out my phone and decided to lock it with his own password as a joke thinking I would immediatly see it and we would have a laugh.
I instead put in in my pocket and didn't use it till we separated.
Then upon trying to make a phone call, could not.
I had to wait a day till I got a hold of him because I didn't want to reset and lost all my info.
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I HEAR THAT i work for a cellphone store and people bring it in like that all the time usually one of their kids do it by mistake, but this guy says that he forgot the password
how do u forget a password you use every day?

I HEAR THAT i work for a cellphone store and people bring it in like that all the time usually one of their kids do it by mistake, but this guy says that he forgot the password
how do u forget a password you use every day?
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Ehhh... I'm not saying either way just playing Devils Advocate.
I personaly use a total of 4 different passwords for almost everything in my life but there are those people that need a different PW for everything/Day/Week/etc.
If I found a wizard and wanted to steal it and not do the right thing i would have been a bit more creative about my back story. Then again criminals are usually stupid.....

I had my wizz stollen
But Cell phone tower's give lost of information & trust me that person was not to trilled when I found them 2day's later @ starbuck's on Astor Place LOL
He got NYC style Hot CUP OF ASS KICKING. Yes I ****ED him up not playing Son.
back to the topic
PS I myself l have 15 different PWD I use.
& being a security professional for 13yr's that Story form that Fool is
WEAK he's lucky he didn't leave his IME number on there turn that Fool
& I would personlay Rat his ass out for a beat down.
yeah I said it A Beat Down
PS IMIE data is alway saved on the sim card most Carries' don't use there Cell Site data to track that: PS 911 FCC DX code's data are publicly available.

Hard Resetting the phone will get rid of the password. I did it on my friends MDA.

alki said:
just how in the hell you know i found the phone ... dont ****ing assume ... by the way ... i don't have to called the carrier. and I got instructions on how to ****ing hard reset from my pda manual... stop ****ing accusing of stealing people phone you ****ing retard *****!. how the **** do i have the ****ing manual if i stole people's phone.
yea... i talking to both of you mother ****er!
admin: please delete the thread! i found the answer
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Yeah! There's a productive post! Just goes to show you that the average maturity of people on the internet is 5.

I just had to
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Originally Posted by alki
just how in the hell you know i found the phone ... dont ****ing assume ... by the way ... i don't have to called the carrier. and I got instructions on how to ****ing hard reset from my pda manual... stop ****ing accusing of stealing people phone you ****ing retard *****!. how the **** do i have the ****ing manual if i stole people's phone.
yea... i talking to both of you mother ****er!
admin: please delete the thread! i found the answer
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Yeah! There's a productive post! Just goes to show you that the average maturity of people on the internet is 5.
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I love that pic! It never fails to crack me up...

user's password
Guys/Girls,
well,
I have the same problem, password, but I didn't forget it
I bought it from ebay, as a damaged/broken pda.
I can give the details of my purchase in private to any one who wants to investigate.
I agree with you all in being protective.
Well,
The seller doesn't know the password, since it's not his own, but he's just a big re-seller on ebay, so I don't think he stole it.
It has a cracked LCD, so I got one, and installed it, but then got this password !!!
The seller didn't mention this cause he didn't know, since it was only lightning up.
So,
how to release this lock?
I tried the hard-reset from other posts (power+...+...) but it didn't work.
Any help ?
Thanks to all.

Try another Hard reset again, or a reflash with the OEM Rom for that phone.

would it hard reset itself if you take the main battery and the backup battery out. I am looking into getting a phone from ebay that is password protected too...
thanks

So. I take it there is no way to unbrick this...

I was on the phone with T-Mobile and the woman on the other end either had no idea what I was talking about or, she really did. Her probing questions were perfect and she understood everything I was saying...but the only thing she could think of doing was stripping down the phone, have just the battery, and then press and hold VOL UP+DOWN and Power till the Samsung Vibrant screen came on.
I would have a picture for you, but looks like the forum doesn't allow 'new' members to post. Too bad lurker time can;t be counted toward any of it.
Anyway, the best description of what on my screen:
It has a cellphone on the left, a computer on the right, connecting dots and an orange triangle with an exclamation point. It's all int he middle of the screen.
Best part of this is: I did nothing to the phone. i only downloaded some games and a backup program I can't remember the name. Phone was still locked. I'm not venturing into doing anything like that till i have the money to buy another in a worst case scenario.
So...any ideas?

Add insurance in case you mess anything up. You have 14 days...
That doesn't sound like it's bricked but you didn't tell us anything...
That's the recovery screen, but I'm not sure what you are trying to accomplish...

try to reboot the phone into recovery mode and wipe the phone.

I've tried rebooting to recovery mode.
As for not telling the forum anythng; I'm sorry. I left one detail out:
I downloaded a free application, it's a backup program. I don't remember the name of it (this is my first droid phone, big step up from your standard flip phone with a 6 color screen). I left it running a backup of all the photos and 3gp videos I put on the SD card. Fell asleep, woke up 6 hours later....
BOOM.
I did tell you everything, as in I have no desire to hack/crack/jailbreak/spook/circumvent/customer-os/firmware-flash this phone. I only wanted to charge it after playing with it for a while.
I've tried several of the volume button and power button resets, with/without SD card and SIM. I even tried doing it without the battery in the phone plugged into the USB port.
6 hours of internet browseing and reading and trying these different things, and still nowhere close to an answer form T-Mobile than I need the phone replaced.
I can't easily do it, because I have to send the phone in, wait for a 'credit' to hit my account and order another phone, all the while my service is going to stay active because I am on a Flexpay account.
I love the phone. But it's this kind of thing that has made e stay with your standard, low-tech flip phone from Tracfone. This wouldn't be such a big headache of the cellular antenna in that Tracfone was working. It's lasted me almost 4 years.
Anyway. Is there a program that forces a connection to the phone, kinda says "HEY! you are connected to a computer, now do your stuff!"??
Is there a button combination to make it look for a recovery image ont he SD card like when I would flash my OLD Dell Axim X50??? Noone seems to know alot about this phone yet.

It has a cellphone on the left, a computer on the right, connecting dots and an orange triangle with an exclamation point. It's all int he middle of the screen.
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Sounds like you were in some sort of recovery mode. That more closely resembles the default Android recovery.

Nope.
It has a white icon of a cellphone pn the left, 2 dots, a orange triangle with an exclamation point, 2 dots and another icon that kinda looks like a computer.
Breaking forum rules, but whatever:
http // img231.imageshack.us/ img231 / 1830/ 0720000800.jpg
YAY! It worked. Just add a colon after http and get rid of the spaces.

Of course you know that if this we're happening to you on postpaid, they'd swap your phones out with no inbetween phone time. Your local T-Mobile store might also have loaner phone for you.

probably a cheap flip phone. I was forced to get Flexpay. I guess the last 7 years f ontime, in-full payments to anything hasn't fixed my credit at all. That would explain Verizon's want of a $400 security deposit.

So... I've been doing some research. If Odin can be used to reflash the stock firmwares onto the phone...and if this phone uses an SD card (only say this because windows recognized the internal storage as an SD card) and if one of the other Samsung Android phones when taken apart , had a SD slot for the internal storage (looks like you can actually easily replace the SD card) then what if I took apart the phone, removed the SD card and formated and partitioned it on my computer through my card reader...
These are all just educated guesses. I mean... it looks like my phone has no idea what to do because maybe the SD card is bad or something, unbeknownst to me, reformatted the card improperly.
I posed this same question to Samsung and have yet to hear from them.
What do you guys think? Anyone actually crack open their phones yet?

It seems to me that your options are limited.
I'd say you should root it and see if that gives you more options, but I don't know how feasible that will be for you to do at present.

Can't root a phone that's not booting up to recovery or being seen by a computer
Just received info from Samsung:
Yeah, it looks like the phone needs to be re-flashed or replaced. Head to your local T-Mobile Store or call them up."
So Samsung isn't willing to let go of any other information on this or even extrapolate on the idea of reflashing.
Again, it looks like there is no internal storage with a bootloader to tell the phone what to do.

i see 1 solution
when i bought my vibrant they told me i have 14 days to return or exchange the phone if there is any issues with it the phone came out on the 15th i think so you still have 6 days to take it in show them the problem and they can swap you out with a new vibrant

bricked my g1
When i got my first g1, I rooted it and tried to flash a rom. I bricked it! I called Tmo,I said it froze and wouldn't boot up. They walked me through troubleshooting(of course nothing worked) and said it was software and sent me a brand new one it was only 2 wks old. Maybe an idea for ya.

If you are with in your return period(30 days California, 14 everywhere else) I would take it back and get a new one instead of trying to fix it.

Why trying to fix it yourself? Bring it back to a t-mobile store and exchange for a new one.
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When i got my first g1, I rooted it and tried to flash a rom. I bricked it! I called Tmo,I said it froze and wouldn't boot up. They walked me through troubleshooting(of course nothing worked) and said it was software and sent me a brand new one it was only 2 wks old. Maybe an idea for ya.
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I've bricked my G1 few times. t-mobile has always exchange it for me during the first year.

i know what your phone has theres a cure but you will most likely have to root it then return it back to stock look under the ms guru section for returning your phone to stock it should help you but then you need to do a restore with the nandroid backup to be completely stock. you'll have to put your phone into download mode hold both volume buttons and power let it do the vibrant screen twice then let go of power and still hold the volume buttons you should be in download mode proceed with the other things from there meaning ms guru and using odin

If you are having the problem I think you are, you should be able, if the software is compatible with Vibrant because I don't know if it is, to restore it with the Odin software or at least thorough a far more complicated process using adb. Check this thread, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989, and see if you are having a similar problem.

jwrichards1982 said:
I was on the phone with T-Mobile and the woman on the other end either had no idea what I was talking about or, she really did. Her probing questions were perfect and she understood everything I was saying...but the only thing she could think of doing was stripping down the phone, have just the battery, and then press and hold VOL UP+DOWN and Power till the Samsung Vibrant screen came on.
I would have a picture for you, but looks like the forum doesn't allow 'new' members to post. Too bad lurker time can;t be counted toward any of it.
Anyway, the best description of what on my screen:
It has a cellphone on the left, a computer on the right, connecting dots and an orange triangle with an exclamation point. It's all int he middle of the screen.
Best part of this is: I did nothing to the phone. i only downloaded some games and a backup program I can't remember the name. Phone was still locked. I'm not venturing into doing anything like that till i have the money to buy another in a worst case scenario.
So...any ideas?
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I wanted to let you know I had this same issue and I was still able to get into download mode with the same method described in the earlier post:
1:with phone off hold down volume up and volume down buttons- keeps buttons held
2ress and hold power on button
3:when the screen with the computer and cellphone on it appear for the second time wait for it to disappear
4:when it disappears wait for 1 second a let only power button go and you will be in download mode(android with shovel\big yellow triangle) and you can flash with Odin.
I tried this 5 or 6 times before I got it right but in the end I was able to get back to stock ROM and phone was brand new. Hope this helps.
Mike

AndroidZ28 has the best advice
AndroidZ28 has the best advice add the insurance in case you can't figure out what is going on . Then, fain the " i don't understand what is going to the phone. Then ***** and complain that you paid for the phone and want it to work. .... The Squeaky wheel get the oil..........

jwrichards1982 said:
Can't root a phone that's not booting up to recovery or being seen by a computer
Just received info from Samsung:
Yeah, it looks like the phone needs to be re-flashed or replaced. Head to your local T-Mobile Store or call them up."
So Samsung isn't willing to let go of any other information on this or even extrapolate on the idea of reflashing.
Again, it looks like there is no internal storage with a bootloader to tell the phone what to do.
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But you can always ODIN rite?

Updated info about Bell SGS i9000M

see wiki for details
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S/GT-I9000M
it's about how to find out if the phone is from the defective pile or not via the IMEI #
but of course, the best way to find out is to press the 3 buttons
it's always funny to see the sales people faces when i do it in front of them and they are like OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! HOW DID YOU DO THAT?

100% on the IMEI ?

If this is true this should get stickied

we'll need more people to confirm
specially those that have done the swap, if they can remember their old IMEI, and the new one

DarthV said:
100% on the IMEI ?
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Mine has the 3 buttons disabled and the IMEI isn't right. Mine doesn't have a 60 in that order in it anywhere. I have 01xxxxx as the last 7 digits where the wiki says 60xxxxx is the problem.
Unless I REALLY suck at entering download mode.

is really really easy to get into Download mode
it takes a bit of practice to get into Recovery mode, but the Download mode is a no brainer
just hold those 3 buttons, after you put back the battery and bam! you are there already
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I also do not know how you are getting that IMEI
How are you viewing yours?
when i enter"
#*06#
i have something completely different come up.
My IMEI is the same as Frostshock's
FYI i got my phone on the Friday the 6th the phone came out in Coquitlam (Vancouver)

Bunk.
Poppycock.
Horsefeathers.
It's a timing issue people, not a "bad batch". I've yet to run into a non-bricked one that wouldn't go into unlock mode eventually. Not always the first time, but eventually it will go. I personally tested 4 units at a Bell store this week that were returned for this particular problem...all went into Recovery or Download mode when I tried it. Ponder on that.
Same issue with the Captivate, sometimes it just got stubborn about going into download mode, but it would eventually via keypress.
Oh, and FYI, both of my units didn't have a "6" anywhere in the IMEI string...the 9th digit was 0.

The IMEI on my Bell also doesn't have a 60xxxx or a 65xxxx on it.
3532850401207XX
I can get into download mode easily, but how do I try recovery?
Also, why is it that with my Rogers SIM, I can receive calls and text (though calls drop eventually) but not make a call or send a text? Is it normal for locked phones to be able to receive but not give?

sorry guys that's supposed to be the Serial # number not IMEI #
you can see it after you remove the battery inside the phone, or in the box where it came in

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sorry guys that's supposed to be the Serial # number not IMEI #
you can see it after you remove the battery inside the phone, or in the box where it came in
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Ah...my first was a "60" series, my current is a "61"

yup that was my suspicions too, the first batch is the problematic one.

My serial number ends in 61xxxxx, was from the first shipment Bell got on Friday, and can't go into download or recovery mode. So there's more to it than that.
Edit: I was looking at my box because I didn't want to open my phone...my SIM number was stuck on top of the serial number, so that was my SIM number I gave you >_>. My serial number ends in 77####P, so the mystery continues.

if you look at the label of the box, it is the looooooong number at the top of IMEI, there is no letter in that bar code scanner (serial #)

Then it is 61xxxxx but...that's also the number on my SIM card...and that number is nowhere to be found underneath the battery. Under my battery where it says S/N it ends in a P.

Mine actually ends in 59965XX.
You still haven't answered how I get into recovery mode (it's stuck at download mode).
Also, why is it that my Rogers SIM can receive calls and text?

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Bunk.
Poppycock.
Horsefeathers.
It's a timing issue people, not a "bad batch". I've yet to run into a non-bricked one that wouldn't go into unlock mode eventually. Not always the first time, but eventually it will go. I personally tested 4 units at a Bell store this week that were returned for this particular problem...all went into Recovery or Download mode when I tried it. Ponder on that.
Same issue with the Captivate, sometimes it just got stubborn about going into download mode, but it would eventually via keypress.
Oh, and FYI, both of my units didn't have a "6" anywhere in the IMEI string...the 9th digit was 0.
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Guess you should of tried the 5 phones that I handled on Tuesday. The only one that would go into recovery/download was the store demo. Could get it to work every single time, nada on the other 4.
But yes, a lot of people might not know how to do it properly and returned perfectly working units. But I'd bet one of my bank accounts that you could not have got my phone to 3 finger into recovery.

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Guess you should of tried the 5 phones that I handled on Tuesday. The only one that would go into recovery/download was the store demo. Could get it to work every single time, nada on the other 4.
But yes, a lot of people might not know how to do it properly and returned perfectly working units. But I'd bet one of my bank accounts that you could not have got my phone to 3 finger into recovery.
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Bet ya I could.
I spent 4 hours off and on one night trying to get my Captivate into download mode last month, and if I wasn't in a hotel room 1000 miles from where I bought it, I would have given up and returned it the next morning, swearing it was bricked or un-doable. I stuck it out and it worked. It's been flaky on and off since then, but now I KNOW I can coax it into Download eventually. We have a relationship, me and that phone.
I also spent 25 minutes last night fussing with my "61" series Bell Vibrant after a stupid Odin incident..but it went, eventually.
They're temperamental, kinda like women and mules (no offense to the mules!).

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Croak said:
Bunk.
Poppycock.
Horsefeathers.
It's a timing issue people, not a "bad batch". I've yet to run into a non-bricked one that wouldn't go into unlock mode eventually. Not always the first time, but eventually it will go. I personally tested 4 units at a Bell store this week that were returned for this particular problem...all went into Recovery or Download mode when I tried it. Ponder on that.
Same issue with the Captivate, sometimes it just got stubborn about going into download mode, but it would eventually via keypress.
Oh, and FYI, both of my units didn't have a "6" anywhere in the IMEI string...the 9th digit was 0.
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I can tell you 100% for sure its not a timing issue.. I had one that would not go into download mode or recovery but I exchanged it and go one that would... its very easy to get one to go into download mode when it works on one that does not have the issue.. This was confirmed on the samdroid.net forums the Sbl.bin from bml4 seems identical but it was compiled on a different day and one string and data is slightly different. could have been an error when the file was compiled and downloaded to some phones. but since 95% of people don't root there phones no one really noticed till after.

Note 4 keeps freezing and restarting

Hi guys, hope someone can help.
I've had my note 4 just over a year now and not had any problems at all. I've always had notes 1 2 and 3 and now 4.
Never bothered rooting the note 4.
So..... out the blue my phone starts restarting and freezing regular. I'm talking 15-20 times per day.
Got no idea why but got so frustrated that I restored phone back to factory settings and it's still doing it.
Anyone know why this might be.
I'm 90% sure it's not memory as I have a 64gig memory card in it. And don't actually have many apps downloaded.
I've cleared all cache as well via apps and also via the volume up power and home key method.
Please tell me someone knows what the problem is here as I did searches on Internet and many are having the samended problem.

After doing some research on older threads. I noticed few mentioning a fix when their removing their sim card so I gave this a try with little hope and amazingly it's worked. I've opened up around 10 different apps and really straining the phone. Not 1 force close, freeze or reboot.
So what on earth is going on here.
What is my EE chip doing to cause these freezes and restarts.

excuse me
What is your Note 4 model ???
Exynos or Snapdragon ??!!

Not sure where I get this info. My phone is not rooted.
But under model it says....... SM-N910F

Do you know what the problem might be?

Now for the really weird part.
As stated, when I remove the sim card the phone works perfectly. No lag or freezing or restarts.
So I don't some more investigating and added the sim back and removed the SD and still no lag freeze or restarts.
What on earth could be causing this issue. Whenever I have I have my sim and SD in together the phone goes wild and won't stay on without freezing or restarting.

MrLarner said:
Now for the really weird part.
As stated, when I remove the sim card the phone works perfectly. No lag or freezing or restarts.
So I don't some more investigating and added the sim back and removed the SD and still no lag freeze or restarts.
What on earth could be causing this issue. Whenever I have I have my sim and SD in together the phone goes wild and won't stay on without freezing or restarting.
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Try deleting everything from microsd, and reformat it in other format, eg fat32

It's getting more and more strange. If I have both SD and sim card in the phone then it constantly freezes and then restarts but If I remove 1 of the 2 then the phone is fine. No problems with just sim or just SD. So I'm under the impression now that the sim and SD between each other are causing problems.

N910G (stock, unrooted) here, exactly the same thing.
So I factory reset it, now and its still doing it. with or without the sim or microSD
I also notice that provided i keep the screen active it operated fine, the moment i let it sleep i started getting issues.
the device is pretty much a semi brick now

I think I found a solution to this issue since my phone has been experiencing the same thing. I would credit the OP that posted this solution as soon as I find where I got the information from. But anyhow, much like your phone my Note 4 N910T started to lockup/freeze/reboot. This lockup and freezing would occur mostly when I power my screen on and proceed to unlock it.
Step 1. Download Wake Lock from the Play Store
Step 2. Enable Partial_Wake_Lock and set it to number 4
Step 3. Enable Auto-Start
This has fixed my issue with the random freezes, but my battery drains slightly faster.

I have been having issues lately, too! Also a N910F model.
A couple months ago the device was acting weird and being real slow with loading photo's and stuff that was stored on the MicroSD. So I removed the MicroSD and the problem seemed to be gone.
After a couple weeks the device began acting like the Topic Starter is describing. Note, I was running custom roms and thus was rooted. So I thought I messed something up. So I backed everything up, wiped the Note 4 completely with TWRP, then I went to install the latest odin *.tar.md5 file and the device seemed to be acting normal again.
Then after a couple days it would act up again!!! So I decided to keep the Note 4 off for a while and use my Galaxy S5 instead I still have laying around. This means I switched the SIM card from Note 4 to S5.
But then I missed the bigger display and the S-pen. So I tried again.... doing a full wipe via the stock recovery and install, again, the latest odin tar file. That is running fine for like 3 days now so I hope it will stay finally okay now.
If it starts acting up again I might temporarily use the Galaxy S5 again or start thinking about buying a S7 Edge or wait for the Note 6 to pop up..

UPDATE:
due to my 13month old note 4 constantly freezing and restarting. I decided to root the phone and also add a 32gig memory card to try and free up some space. Also bought a new genuine Samsung battery after believing my battery was causing issues.
Well I was wrong.
Battery has been changed, moved lots of apps across to SD and also cleaned up loads of junk yet the freezing and restarts continue to happen.
I have no idea what it causing these freezes and restarts but I'm starting to lose patience with this phone.
Here are some pics....
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Anyone have any ideas???

took my phone to a shop and the guy told me it's defo the mother board, he said many note 4 owners have this problem after a year or so, but also told me that samsung give out a 2 year warranty, but the problem is, i'm now rooted, so not sure what to do now.
phone is restarting and freezing every 10mins and i'm on the verge of smashing the thing off a brick wall.
if anyone thinks they can help, please get back to me asap.

Well I got sick of it and traded it in for a Nexus 6p (with full disclosure of the problems).
While I miss one hand mode and the stylus and the removable battery, God damn but the Nexus 6p craps all over the note 4 for performance! This thing is super snappy!
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MrLarner said:
took my phone to a shop and the guy told me it's defo the mother board, he said many note 4 owners have this problem after a year or so, but also told me that samsung give out a 2 year warranty, but the problem is, i'm now rooted, so not sure what to do now.
phone is restarting and freezing every 10mins and i'm on the verge of smashing the thing off a brick wall.
if anyone thinks they can help, please get back to me asap.
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There's not much else you can do I reckon. Either let the guy repair it or repair it yourself.
That sucks though, I hope it doesn't happen to me.

problem is, he told me he cant fix it, as a new motherboard will cost me almost the same amount as a new note 4. not worth doing.
he basically told me to unroot my phone and put original rom back on and just take it to Samsung and prey they don't check it.
not sure what Samsung procedure is but i got a feeling its not going to end well.

MrLarner said:
took my phone to a shop and the guy told me it's defo the mother board, he said many note 4 owners have this problem after a year or so, but also told me that samsung give out a 2 year warranty, but the problem is, i'm now rooted, so not sure what to do now.
phone is restarting and freezing every 10mins and i'm on the verge of smashing the thing off a brick wall.
if anyone thinks they can help, please get back to me asap.
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Hi I have the same problems with my SM-N910F, is that info about 2 year warranty from Samsung is true? Because if is true I can try to replace my phone.Is nightmare I was trying everything factory reset, but nothing help.Still doing thant swich off, freezing.
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Mine is a N910C model (Exynos) and is totaly innoperate. After turn it on it shows the first logo screen and freezes. Sometimes it keeps looping on this screen and not go ahead. I've tryed new firmware, resets, wipes and nothing. Is there someone that knows what I shoud do besides throw it away?

Having them same problem with my note 4 I've had it for a year and 3 months now. About ready to dump it in the toilet! What does it mean to have your phone rooted? Really want to fix it as a new phone is not in my budget

My phone is freezing and restarting ever since the 6.0.1 update failed once, I got it to go through finally but it hasn't been good. I've tried erasing and loading new OS through smart switch and it's still having problems. Should I try a custom firmware?

Strange change in the settings item

Device: OnePlus 7t Pro McLaren Edition 5G (T-Mobile)
OS: Android 11
Hi all.
Guys, tell me, has anyone had this in the settings?
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Used iCareFone for WhatsApp Transfer to transfer chats from my old phone (iPhone) to my new phone (OnePlus) and now the "Google" settings item appears weird.
I think that's how to fix it ... Is it really necessary to restore?
Or after the arrival of the update on Android 12 all should be normal?

Mine is the same. Google must want to differentiate themselves I guess

sabresfan said:
Mine is the same. Google must want to differentiate themselves I guess
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**** I thought it was just me I'm glad I'm not alone!

the new update today fixed that, but did the same to the setting above it and now i cannot connect to wifi and my sim is not detected.

zionxgodkiller said:
the new update today fixed that, but did the same to the setting above it and now i cannot connect to wifi and my sim is not detected.
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I've been having that issue as well, since before the update. Freaked me out at first because I rebooted like 20+ times and it still had no IMEI, SIM or WiFi. Finally I decided to reboot it via holding the power button down long enough to force a shutdown that way, upon restarting I had WiFi and mobile service immedately.
Randomly ever since my SIM remains undetected for about 30 seconds and eventually kicks in but WiFi doesn't.
Holding the power button down long enough to force shutdown seems to always fix it for me.
Next time it happens, if it happens, give that a try.

Brandon.Bissonnette said:
I've been having that issue as well, since before the update. Freaked me out at first because I rebooted like 20+ times and it still had no IMEI, SIM or WiFi. Finally I decided to reboot it via holding the power button down long enough to force a shutdown that way, upon restarting I had WiFi and mobile service immedately.
Randomly ever since my SIM remains undetected for about 30 seconds and eventually kicks in but WiFi doesn't.
Holding the power button down long enough to force shutdown seems to always fix it for me.
Next time it happens, if it happens, give that a try.
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Very interesting. I have attempted this method but unfortunately have not had the same result as you. I've now at this point lost all ability to detect ANY sim card, and am actually in the process of taking the phone apart to inspect the pins themselves, even though the scratch marks are consistent and it appears as though they are getting a good solid contact. Wish me luck!

zionxgodkiller said:
Very interesting. I have attempted this method but unfortunately have not had the same result as you. I've now at this point lost all ability to detect ANY sim card, and am actually in the process of taking the phone apart to inspect the pins themselves, even though the scratch marks are consistent and it appears as though they are getting a good solid contact. Wish me luck!
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Do you have an IMEI still? First time it happened to me and I rebooted 10+ times it didn't have IMEI at all. And I doubt it's a pin issue, I never eject my sim card tray and if you haven't been messing with it then it can't have gotten damaged

Brandon.Bissonnette said:
Do you have an IMEI still? First time it happened to me and I rebooted 10+ times it didn't have IMEI at all. And I doubt it's a pin issue, I never eject my sim card tray and if you haven't been messing with it then it can't have gotten damaged
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I do again but it still refuses to connect to a network. It feels software related at this point but I still have not figured it out. Still trying to bypass the tmobile locked oem unlock (I am not qualified for them to unlock it)

zionxgodkiller said:
I do again but it still refuses to connect to a network. It feels software related at this point but I still have not figured it out. Still trying to bypass the tmobile locked oem unlock (I am not qualified for them to unlock it)
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You don't need to unlock sim to unlock bootloader, there is a modified msm tool you can use. What's different is that the boot.img doesn't work which allows you to do the critical unlock then flash the working stock boot.img
My advice though, use the older one with the crossed out links. The newest one causes device to identify as a 7T. The older one works just as good and identifies as hotdogg/hd1925 properly.

Brandon.Bissonnette said:
You don't need to unlock sim to unlock bootloader, there is a modified msm tool you can use. What's different is that the boot.img doesn't work which allows you to do the critical unlock then flash the working stock boot.img
My advice though, use the older one with the crossed out links. The newest one causes device to identify as a 7T. The older one works just as good and identifies as hotdogg/hd1925 properly.
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If you meant SIM unlock then no. There is literally no way around that. There was a guy who was doing unlocks if you were in the service for as little as 3 days but the forum has been "temporarily" shutdown for 3 months now.

Brandon.Bissonnette said:
If you meant SIM unlock then no. There is literally no way around that. There was a guy who was doing unlocks if you were in the service for as little as 3 days but the forum has been "temporarily" shutdown for 3 months now.
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Yea i've been following for about a year but i'm not one to give up lol. Theres another guy who made a tool that uses your IMEI and it generates the oneplus token, I've actually gotten it to work for ten minutes but forgot what I was doing in the process. I'm searching now again out of bordom but I believe it was something it unlocked in the factory test mode that manually bypassed the t-mobile oem lock as though we were a technician, but It has been a while and i could have missunderstood. I am new to rooting but feel like I have learned this device down to its bones at this point. Thank's Ubuntu-In-Termux for a great fake root.

Brandon.Bissonnette said:
You don't need to unlock sim to unlock bootloader, there is a modified msm tool you can use. What's different is that the boot.img doesn't work which allows you to do the critical unlock then flash the working stock boot.img
My advice though, use the older one with the crossed out links. The newest one causes device to identify as a 7T. The older one works just as good and identifies as hotdogg/hd1925 properly.
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I missed this comment, thank you for the tip, this may be what I was thinking about.