I was thinking today. Sadly the day will eventually come when I will get a new phone. I love my EVO and would probably want to keep it around after I move on. Would there be any point to creating a ROM that basically turns the phone into a mini WiFi tablet. Maybe removing the phone and 3g and 4g capabilities would make the phone quicker and last longer battery wise. I honestly don't know as I'm a noob. But it was just a thought. Maybe this could be accomplished by simply removing some system apks. Idk.
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Airplane mode.
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Hey man,
The fastest way to turn off the 3g connections is airplane mode, but for best rom to run if you are going to use it as a reader tablet thing lol I would either suggest cm7 or you might like this!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1181309
Wouldn't airplane mode kill WiFi too?
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Pretty sure if you turn on airplane mode first, then wifi on, it works. If I remember correctly.
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Hmm. Never tried that. Thanks. So my idea IS pointless... LOL. Thought I had a good one there.
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It happens......lol
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Hey guys, can't find the answer anywhere but, whenever I connect to a cell network 3g/4g or lose the connection whatever I am doing on the phone sound wise is interrupted by an alert. Any idea how to turn this off?
You're right, there doesn't seem to be a setting for that - unfortunately
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It's driving me nuts while on the subway..
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Driving me nuts too. Hope someone figures this out
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I agree on this one. I tried browsing system files in hopes of locating and replacing the file but didn't have any luck. Pretty embarrassing when I'm at work and my pocket starts twinkling repeatedly as my phone tries reconnecting to network.
Well back to Verizon and the fascinate on Thursday. Don't have 4g in MN yet anyhow
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Its definitely Touchwiz related, never happened on my Nexus.
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I need a way to kill the cell but keep WiFi. How is this done? Airplane kills it all. About to travel and can't find a way.
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Have you tried turning on airplane mode then turning wifi
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Airplane Mode means all off. Won't do it..
Well that works for me just turn on airplane mode and turn wifi back on just tried it and it works fine I'm doingit right now
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Agreed, just go airplane then reenable WiFi. You should also have the option to turn off mobile networks in settings.
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Switch pro allows that option for their airplane mode widget.
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Damn, I'm sorry guys. It did work. I swear when I flew in Sep. It wouldn't work like that. Thanks for the help! : )
Damn this phone is awesome!
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The ability to have airplane mode on and still use wifi is actually becoming very common apparently. The iPhone has had that latent functionality since the 3G, however I think the reason it was so common there is due to AT&Ts exorbant roaming rates.
/offtopic
Back on subject, I like that ability as using wifi for the majority of functions of my device helps conserve battery for me.
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Looks like I bricked my epic... ain't that a *****.
Hard bricked too, done all the normal ****, let it sit, push buttons... non-responsive.
And before anyone says it. THERE IS NO MAGIC BUTTON..
You take out sd card?
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Did you Odin with another cable?
Lol.
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You take out sd card?
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yea it sat overnight, no battery no sdcard... this morning, still no response..
Did u swear at it?
Helps with mine sometimes...
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lemme guess odin? I was pretty bricked once. I took the sd card out. Plugged it to my computer (not wall) and held one for like 30-40 seconds and then pressed power and it magically booted into download mode. Just try that or the other way around. Worked for me. Good luck!
What were you doing with it when it got bricked?
Did u plug into computer while battery is out? Then try going into download mode?
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Did u plug into computer while battery is out? Then try going into download mode?
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yes.. and ill try it powda..
i was odin working on eg22plus, went to odin back to eg22 stock and it just immediately failed after md5 check, and wouldnt come back on... didnt even show to try to write anything.
Do you have a car dock or media dock. I was in a similar predicament once and all of the above failed to bring it back. Then I was on the way to the Sprint store to swap out when I put my Epic in the car dock (force of habit) and it magically booted to the screen with the pictures of the pc and phone. I was able to pull the battery and boot to download mode from there.
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That sucks dude.
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That sucks man, I hope this doesn't spur some sort of idea that "if I have to buy a new phone anyway I may as well get an evo 3d..." or anything like that ;-)
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Did u swear at it?
Helps with mine sometimes...
Grapes
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Lol that's how I fixed my ps3's on button
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Did you push the power button repeatedly when battery was out to drain any leftover juice in the phone or is that just a myth?
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dude as soon as we get GB source that **** will be fixed
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dude as soon as we get GB source that **** will be fixed
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Was that to me? I was just suggesting last ditch effort stuff for Chris to try since his phone was bricked. I would even try the pinhole by the camera under the battery cover. Nothing can hurt to try once you have tried all of the other tricks to get your phone back up.
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One time my cousin's HTC aria wasn't working, he slammed it onto the table and it powered on. All it takes is a little...education. Show who the boss is!
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One time my cousin's HTC aria wasn't working, he slammed it onto the table and it powered on. All it takes is a little...education. Show who the boss is!
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Lol...that was going to be my last resort suggestion. Try giving it a good smash against something when all else has failed..you may get lucky
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Did you push the power button repeatedly when battery was out to drain any leftover juice in the phone or is that just a myth?
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that worked for me. it got unplugged while i was using odin, and it wouldn't power on. so i popped the battery and purged the power then booted in download mode and tried the odin again
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that worked for me. it got unplugged while i was using odin, and it wouldn't power on. so i popped the battery and purged the power then booted in download mode and tried the odin again
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Ok, thanks for confirming that. Its good to add to the list of things to try before all hope is lost. Thanks.
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does anyone know how to shut off 3g without shutting off 4g? I know the 4g toggle doesn't work, which I'm fine with. 3g is what I wish to shut off. anyone?
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Bump. Wow there's really no way to do this?
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I'm gonna keep bumping this until SOMEONE answers! There's gotta be a way to shut off 3g while staying connected to 4g. I was able to do this on every rom on my epic. Its a HUGE battery saver if your constantly covered in 4g.
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the radio on this phone doesnt seem to separate evdo/cdma/4g.. when u turn off one you turn off the other.
ive found you can be in airplane mode while on wifi.. but thats about it.
bummer
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My phone has frozen like 4-5 times since the first day I got it...
Nope.
nope...
Mine hasn't frozen, but sometimes have to turn wifi on and off a few times to connect to my router
Possibly found some info on the wifi androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-s3/574442-samsung-galaxy-s3-wifi-problem.html
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Mine hasn't frozen, but sometimes have to turn wifi on and off a few times to connect to my router
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Same here
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After 3 full days of use and having loaded and tested about 1.5GB of apps, I've not had a single hiccup.
So far I don't have a single complaint about the S3.
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My phone is seamless. Every once in awhile though, XDA seems to be a bit choppy. But nothing else.
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My phone is seamless. Every once in awhile though, XDA seems to be a bit choppy. But nothing else.
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Yeah I noticed that too lol
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BlueCross said:
My phone is seamless. Every once in awhile though, XDA seems to be a bit choppy. But nothing else.
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Yeah I forgot seems like my xda app when I go to messages it locks up. Not the phone just the app.
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no issues here. had it sence monday been running like a champ. batery lasted 14hrs so far with emails updating every 15 min and surfing the net from time to time at work all on 4g . love this phone and wish it was unlocked
Has frozen once or twice, but I think it may have been on Power Save at the time. Have you used that feature at all?
Also, Apex launcher crashes quite a bit. Not sure if it's a compatibility issue or what.
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I've had multiple apps crash on me over and over. Stock phone.
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Nope. And I use it quite heavily too.
Hmm..the only app that has lagged so far is XDA app, and seems few of you guys had that experience too. Wonder if this is a compatibility issue or coz all of us are in the XDA app all the time:laugh:
16days and not 1 problem.
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Straight butter here, I don't even think I've had a FC yet, and I've had mine since launch. Battery lasts me ALL DAY no problem and performance all around has been flawless.
I am rooted on stock rom if anyone is wondering.
MANY apps freeze for me all the time, and it's stock, and use atk but still same issues.
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ElKompaAndres said:
MANY apps freeze for me all the time, and it's stock, and use atk but still same issues.
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Why in the hell would you use ATK? That app was barely useful in 2.1, let alone 4.0.4
Herp derp SGS3 Tapatalk 2
lol my buddy told me it was the best one to use, it's my first Android phone from having an iphone since day one. What should I use bud?
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lol my buddy told me it was the best one to use, it's my first Android phone from having an iphone since day one. What should I use bud?
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Nothing. Android has an amazing memory management system. If you must close all apps, hold Home, click remove all. Then hold Home, click Task manage, go to ram, and hit clear memory. This is only necessary if an app is rogue and causing battery drain though.
~E.R.A.