Netflix, phone getting hot, display freezing - Galaxy S III General

Hi guys,
I use Netflix a lot to watch movies etc. I noticed over the last 2 days now once I've been watching something for around 45 minutes the display freezes and the audio continues, if I fast forward or rewind it plays again for about a second then freezes the screen again with audio still playing. It doesn't matter if I forward to the beginning, end or start something else it just keeps freezing. I'm thinking that the phone is getting too hot or am I mad? If I let the phone settle down for an hour or so I can then watch again, however once again only for about 45 minutes then the screen freezes again.
Has anyone been watching stuff on Netflix for an hour or longer without having any problems, or maybe using any other forms of streaming video for long periods of times without having any issues.

oooooo perfect timing........i actually had a dentist appointment yesterday where i had to wait for about an hour and 15 min.
i watched almost all of Thor(looked Great on this screen) using netflix and i skipped around at times because i had to talk to people so it picked up and skipped throgh just fine for the hour plus i was using it. now i was on the network and not wifi. have not tried over wifi yet.

the2rrell said:
oooooo perfect timing........i actually had a dentist appointment yesterday where i had to wait for about an hour and 15 min.
i watched almost all of Thor(looked Great on this screen) using netflix and i skipped around at times because i had to talk to people so it picked up and skipped throgh just fine for the hour plus i was using it. now i was on the network and not wifi. have not tried over wifi yet.
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Am I correct in saying that it worked just fine for you?
I also need to test over WiFi, I will test tonight.
(off topic) Did you say you were watching Thor, the latest movie or a cartoon version? If it's the latest movie are you in the US? It's not on Netflix in the UK!!!

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Slacker/data connection problem

I need some help.
For some reason now Slacker stops a song midway or 3/4th's of the way through the song for no reason whatsoever.
This happens every song on be it on Edge or 3g.
I dont think it's a data connection problem becasue Pandora works like it should and when Slacker stops the song.....you can still click on the album and lyrics/review still show up not to mention when you click skip I do NOT get a lost skip so it stays on 6.
Any help on what I should do cause I use it for working out and its annoying to have to stop skip stop skip stop skip.
I got the same issue. Started just about 2 weeks ago. Stops for no reason at all. I have emailed slacker but havent heard back.
psymont said:
I got the same issue. Started just about 2 weeks ago. Stops for no reason at all. I have emailed slacker but havent heard back.
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IF you hear anything back please reply in the thread...I tried deleting and re-installing but still has same effect.
bump for answers because its getting annoying.
Not great news I am afraid. Here is the response I got from support:
"Response (Frank S.)
This is a known issue. We expect this to be fixed later on, though we don't have an estimated time of repair yet. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience."
If anybody figures anything out, Id appreciate it.
Thank you for the response...but known issue?
How would one go about having it work for more then 5 months to suddenly having this happen? I hope they fix it soon...and thank you for the response.
Yea I noticed it a little while back too, seems to be a problem with the new update that was implemented not too long ago. Hopefully they will fix this soon, time will tell.
How often is this happening to you guys? I haven't used Slacker too much for a couple months (just used it occasionally, and haven't noticed the issue). But I just tried it for an hour to test your issue. It only did this twice in an hour. Both times it was just with a few seconds left in the song, and skipping to the next song worked.
redpoint73 said:
How often is this happening to you guys? I haven't used Slacker too much for a couple months (just used it occasionally, and haven't noticed the issue). But I just tried it for an hour to test your issue. It only did this twice in an hour. Both times it was just with a few seconds left in the song, and skipping to the next song worked.
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For me, it happens in every song, no matter the station, at around 1:20-2:30.
Charsher47 said:
For me, it happens in every song, no matter the station, at around 1:20-2:30.
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For me , it happens with every song NO MATTER the time of day.
I went from pandora to slacker and have been using slacker for maybe 5 months without any problem...NOW every song I play stops 3/4's of the way. No matter what I do to try to play the song it doesnt go and then I have to skip. When I do skip it doesnt take away a skip...like I will always be on 6 the entire time.
Happens with me as well. Noticed it about a month ago or so. I thought maybe it was a weak WiFi connection at first, but the phone wasn't dropping it when the song would stop. It seems to to only deduct your skip count when you legimately skip if a song is still playing and hasn't stopped on it's own. I've also noticed in some cases (songs for me sill stop randomly, sometimes after only 30 seconds) that they will go back to the beginning and then I can play them all the way through without issue.
grifter024 said:
For me , it happens with every song NO MATTER the time of day.
I went from pandora to slacker and have been using slacker for maybe 5 months without any problem...NOW every song I play stops 3/4's of the way. No matter what I do to try to play the song it doesnt go and then I have to skip. When I do skip it doesnt take away a skip...like I will always be on 6 the entire time.
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I meant it stops between 1:20-2:30 in the song (as in after about 2 minutes of playing) lol it happens all day but it also takes away my skips...works flawlessly when i boot android and use the android version
How many of you with the Slacker issue are on ATT? At least one of you is, and one person on the Energy ROM with the same issue was also on ATT That guy commented it worked fine on WiFi, which is an indication it might be an issue with the ATT proxy. Have you disabled the ATT proxy?
Im on ATT using Cell Pro. How do you disable the proxy?
I am on stock T-mo.
I do agree with someone on here though...around the 2 minute or 2:30 the song stops havent had but the occasional song pass 3.
AT&T here as well, and it happens with me on WiFi. In fact, it seems to run smoother when on 3G data network, so it's definitely not a proxy issue I don't think...
I'm on AT&T and wifi works fine for me, the songs only stop when it's using 3G or edge networks
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Im on ATT using Cell Pro. How do you disable the proxy?
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On the stock ROM, its at Start>Tools>Proxy Manager, but I don't know where it is on Cell Pro.
You can also search for the .cabs on these forums. The following is for the old Tilt, but it SHOULD work:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1938129&postcount=13
But the posts above from a T-Mob user, and another that has the issue over WiFi seems to debunk my theory about the TT proxy. Although, IMO, its worth a try, as it doesn't hurt to disable the ATT proxy. The only "harm" it does is makes you unable to access some specific ATT internet services, like the Media Mall. But in my eyes, that's a "pro", not a "con"!
redpoint73 said:
On the stock ROM, its at Start>Tools>Proxy Manager, but I don't know where it is on Cell Pro.
You can also search for the .cabs on these forums. The following is for the old Tilt, but it SHOULD work:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1938129&postcount=13
But the posts above from a T-Mob user, and another that has the issue over WiFi seems to debunk my theory about the TT proxy. Although, IMO, its worth a try, as it doesn't hurt to disable the ATT proxy. The only "harm" it does is makes you unable to access some specific ATT internet services, like the Media Mall. But in my eyes, that's a "pro", not a "con"!
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Downloaded the cab in your post and I actually got through 2 full songs! It's still playing so I'll report back if anything else happens. I admittedly didn't test it beforehand so Slacker could have coincidentally fixed something between the last time I tried and this time.
I wasn't really expecting it to work since I know a bunch of t-mobile users have the same problem since I've been monitoring a thread on the t-mobile forums but I'm glad I got seamless streaming again! Someone else post up if theirs is working with or without the proxy disable.
If it is from the proxy disable, then thanks redpoint
EDIT: Played for a half hour straight without a hiccup, so I soft reset the phone and tried again and seems to be working fine still. So for me, as far as I'm concerned, the problem no longer exists
Charsher47 said:
Downloaded the cab in your post and I actually got through 2 full songs! It's still playing so I'll report back if anything else happens. I admittedly didn't test it beforehand so Slacker could have coincidentally fixed something between the last time I tried and this time.
I wasn't really expecting it to work since I know a bunch of t-mobile users have the same problem since I've been monitoring a thread on the t-mobile forums but I'm glad I got seamless streaming again! Someone else post up if theirs is working with or without the proxy disable.
If it is from the proxy disable, then thanks redpoint
EDIT: Played for a half hour straight without a hiccup, so I soft reset the phone and tried again and seems to be working fine still. So for me, as far as I'm concerned, the problem no longer exists
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Worked today for me as well so I think Slacker fixed something. I will hold judgment till Sunday night and then have someone close this thread.

Are Wifi Issues Hardware or Software Related?

Hi everyone,
I got my Nexus 10 a week and a half ago, and, for the most part, have been loving it. However, I've been having some annoying wifi issues. Every once in a while, the connection will go from 3-4 bars to no bars (but still connected) or disconnected completely. Sometimes this happens over and over in a short period of time (10-20 minutes), and sometimes it happens once and doesn't come back for a while. This happens on both my home's wifi and my university's wifi. I've been looking around the forums, and it seems like some other people are having similar issues. My question is: has it been determined whether this is a hardware or software issue? Should I RMA the device (I have a couple days left to do this)? Thanks!
Edit: I've also been running into problems with streaming video from YouTube and Netflix. It'll load the video fine for the first 5-10 minutes, but then it will stop to buffer every 5-10 seconds (in the YouTube app) or become low-resolution and pixelated (in Netflix). This also occurs on both my home and university WiFi, and both have download speeds of 15-20 Mbps. I've tried clearing the cache for both apps, which does nothing.
Sibelius343 said:
Hi everyone,
I got my Nexus 10 a week and a half ago, and, for the most part, have been loving it. However, I've been having some annoying wifi issues. Every once in a while, the connection will go from 3-4 bars to no bars (but still connected) or disconnected completely. Sometimes this happens over and over in a short period of time (10-20 minutes), and sometimes it happens once and doesn't come back for a while. This happens on both my home's wifi and my university's wifi. I've been looking around the forums, and it seems like some other people are having similar issues. My question is: has it been determined whether this is a hardware or software issue? Should I RMA the device (I have a couple days left to do this)? Thanks!
Edit: I've also been running into problems with streaming video from YouTube and Netflix. It'll load the video fine for the first 5-10 minutes, but then it will stop to buffer every 5-10 seconds (in the YouTube app) or become low-resolution and pixelated (in Netflix). This also occurs on both my home and university WiFi, and both have download speeds of 15-20 Mbps. I've tried clearing the cache for both apps, which does nothing.
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I'd say they are software, since I have more coverage of the wifi and I didnd't see any lose of signal, however on 4.2.1 I was losing the signal every 2 min or less.
lKBZl said:
I'd say they are software, since I have more coverage of the wifi and I didnd't see any lose of signal, however on 4.2.1 I was losing the signal every 2 min or less.
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Are you on 4.2.2 now? Do the WiFi drops persist after the update from 4.2.1?
Sibelius343 said:
Are you on 4.2.2 now? Do the WiFi drops persist after the update from 4.2.1?
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Yes, im on 4.2.2 and I don't have any wifi drops now :laugh: Finally!
I'm on 4.2.2 and I have wifi drops still!
cajuncartfan said:
I'm on 4.2.2 and I have wifi drops still!
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Yeah, I'm on 4.2.2 as well, and I still have all sorts of WiFi problems. I'd like to get a little more info on this. Does anyone else still have WiFi dropouts on 4.2.2? And does anyone have any insight on the video streaming issues? It might just be due to my fluctuating WiFi connection, but I'm wondering if it is a separate issue.
Sibelius343 said:
Yeah, I'm on 4.2.2 as well, and I still have all sorts of WiFi problems. I'd like to get a little more info on this. Does anyone else still have WiFi dropouts on 4.2.2? And does anyone have any insight on the video streaming issues? It might just be due to my fluctuating WiFi connection, but I'm wondering if it is a separate issue.
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I'm on 4.2.2 and my WiFi issues just started. It's driving me so crazy that I wiped and went to an older Rom with no luck. Hoping it might be my router so gonna try and test on another unit next.
I used to have wifi drops, and there is a couple large threads here already on this issue. But I managed to fix my wifi stability by changing router settings. I had the same thing of complete drops where the wifi disconnects completely every so often. It would happen at random, sometimes every 20-30 seconds, sometimes every couple minutes, other times 10-15 minutes between drops, a few times 3-4 hours between a dropout. It happens on other Android devices I own too though, so it isnt exactly a problem with the Nexus 10 exclusively. it took a LOT of work to finally find the settings that work, but I finally did it and now all Android devices I own are perfectly fine on wifi.
EniGmA1987 said:
I used to have wifi drops, and there is a couple large threads here already on this issue. But I managed to fix my wifi stability by changing router settings. I had the same thing of complete drops where the wifi disconnects completely every so often. It would happen at random, sometimes every 20-30 seconds, sometimes every couple minutes, other times 10-15 minutes between drops, a few times 3-4 hours between a dropout. It happens on other Android devices I own too though, so it isnt exactly a problem with the Nexus 10 exclusively. it took a LOT of work to finally find the settings that work, but I finally did it and now all Android devices I own are perfectly fine on wifi.
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What router settings should I try changing?
Sibelius343 said:
What router settings should I try changing?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37834076&postcount=36
To be honest noone should have to change router settings, I have 3 Android phones,nexus 7, laptop and Xbox 360 connected all at the same time and still the only thing to lose a signal is this 10 inch slab. It's ridiculous.
Considering selling it already after 3 weeks.
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[Q] Bluetooth Turns itself off after 5-10 mins?....HALP :(

Evening all!,
Wondering if anyone else is having this issue with their note 3?
(i have the EU Snapdragon 800 version - sim free)
Everytime i turn my bluetooth on, it picks up on all devices in the area and connects fine.
HOWEVER... after around 5-10 mins, even if using the relevant bluetooth device, The Note 3 just turns bluetooth off and severs the connection, forcing me to manually turn it on again....
its currently driving me batty!! as i cant use my MOGA pro pad to play any games without it just dropping half way through and when playing music through my headset or speaker, it just stops the music dead...
this is nigh on a device breaking issue for me but coudl just be me doing something stupid (spent a good long while searching forums and cant find anything).
anyone else have this? or able to fix it?
cheers all!!
OK - I have just sat down and timed it... almost at EXACTLY 15 MINS, Bluetooth turns itself off if connected to ANY device. just had music playing through a bluetooth speaker - 15 mins - speaker gives disconnect noise and BT now off on device.
with the amount of bluetooth devices i use, this is making the phone almost un-useable. gotta wait till monday before i can talk to anyone at samsung and pretty sure they wont have a clue or will just ask for the phone to be sent away...
ANYWAYS. ill keep an eye on here if ANYONE can give any pointers as to what this might be?.
cheers again and hope to hear from you all
UPDATE - tried same speaker setup again right after and bluetooth quit out after 27 mins this time so it isnt consistent every time it gives up... this is sooo frustrating....
Is it possible you have a bum BT radio in your GN3?
RaptorMD said:
Is it possible you have a bum BT radio in your GN3?
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Ive been messing around with it today and came to actually fix the problem by mistake!.
its the old "I.T Crowd" solution ...
i turned it off, turned it on again and problem fixed!..
proper weird, though that was the first time i have turned the device off since buying so must've just been a bit twitchy.
either way, happy as Larry now!
aikon359 said:
Ive been messing around with it today and came to actually fix the problem by mistake!.
its the old "I.T Crowd" solution ...
i turned it off, turned it on again and problem fixed!..
proper weird, though that was the first time i have turned the device off since buying so must've just been a bit twitchy.
either way, happy as Larry now!
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I am having the same issues now that you described earlier. I have had this phone since the beginning of October and no issues at all until about 3 days ago when BT started shutting down constantly. I have not timed it specifically but it is in the 10 to 15 minute rnage when it forces me to turn it back on. This is driving me nuts.
I have shut it off and turned back on with no luck. powered it off, removed the battery, let sit for a while and repeat. Same issue although at times it seems to be inconsistent. I did get the new Sony SmartWatch 2 so I am constantly loosing connection and reconnecting manually with it. I have had that for 2 weeks but only started having issues a few days ago.
Any other ideas? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers!
Did you try wiping cache partition?
BT switches off exactly every 3 minutes
I've tried rebooting and switching off and on again to no avail!

Wifi killer

Hi, my phone and everything else worked fine on my home wifi a couple of weeks ago, I got back home from a 10 day trip to Sydney yesterday, tried to watch a movie on Netflix on my chromecast to find that my phone was incredibly slow and the movie would never finish loading, tried my friends phone, same problem, eventually I worked out that her phone and my chromecast and everything else work fine as long as my phone is not connected, as soon as I connect my note 4 to the wifi, the whole lot slows to a crawl, I applied this fix http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...fi-channel-experimental-t3133527/post61307287 and the problem seems to have gone away, can you explain what's going on here? And is there a permanent fix? It's strange because I got 5.1 on my phone weeks ago and never had a problem. Any ideas?

"chirp" and beeping sound coming from phone

Just the other day I was sitting at my desk with my phone and it let out a strange chirp noise, hard to describe but I was very confused as so what it was. It did it again later that night. Today while driving home streaming music over Bluetooth and it did it 4 or 5 times randomly and it played over my car speaker.
The weird thing happened tonight, sitting on my couch, I start to hear a high pitched beeping sound, and I can't tell where it's coming from, I grab my phone and hold it to my ear and sure enough it's the phone. It only went on for less than a minute then stopped. I have no idea what would cause this, no new apps have been installed. Anyone else experiencing something like this?
maybe aliens are trying to contact you. just kidding jay. I haven't encountered that issue yet. Sounds like the issue is coming from the QDAC. you should make a video recording when it happened next time, then return it to LG and show them the video.
Have you auto updated your audio app recently?
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sh_t I thought i was tripping
same thingh happed to me
thought my phone was bugged
Just had the beeping again, not doing anything out of the ordinary and it beeped for like 30 seconds. I have not updates anything recently.
jay-red said:
Just had the beeping again, not doing anything out of the ordinary and it beeped for like 30 seconds. I have not updates anything recently.
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That's weird
It's happening to me too. Just did it about 5 min ago for the 2nd time since I've had the phone. Very annoying.
My LG V20 is doing the same thing. Randomly beeps for 30 seconds or so. It even does it when I'm talking on the phone but the person I'm talking to doesn't hear it. My phone is only like 2 months old. What do I do to fix it?
Any further developments on this issue?
My LG V10 started beeping last night after a battery change. 8 beeps, short pause, repeat. Responds to decreasing the "music, audio, video" volume. Stops if I make a call. Begins again at call end. Continues for an indefinite amount of time then stops. Switched the battery back and tried others. Beeping began again after powering up. Once immediately, once later on. Did this 4 or 5 times last night, 3 times thus far today. Always 8 rhythmic beeps, a pause, and repeat. My phone also started (about a month ago) failing to charge using aftermarket chargers. Will charge fine using stock LG chargers. I've got screen artifacts too, maybe its just time for a Note 8
I meant to add... AT&T. Upgraded to the "new" software that came out today (beeping occurred before and after).
EDIT: Just started beeping again, I pulled up YouTube, started a video, and the beeping stopped when the video audio started...
EDIT 2: Now, twice, for no reason, random audio has played from my phone... once for 4 or 5 seconds, sounded like a commercial. Second time for just a second, not music. No active apps that had any video or audio playing... Beginning to think my LG V10 is possessed
This has happened to me on my H918 before but each time it was when I was using a modded mixer_paths_tasha.xml file to have louder notifications.
KUSOsan said:
This has happened to me on my H918 before but each time it was when I was using a modded mixer_paths_tasha.xml file to have louder notifications.
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unmodded/stock :crying:
rollinbonz said:
unmodded/stock :crying:
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Have you tried a factory reset? If it does it after that I would imagine it would have to be a hardware problem then
KUSOsan said:
Have you tried a factory reset? If it does it after that I would imagine it would have to be a hardware problem then
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Not yet. Dread having to do that even more than upgrading.
Never had to factory reset an android. Did with iphones back in the day. I'm thinking that may be the only option to save the phone at this point.
Timing could not be more spot on... Make my last payment on the V10 this month.
On the bright side, if I did upgrade, I would not notice an increased payment... it would just replace the monthly payment on the LG.
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mine started tonight i went to charge it and it started pingpong sound it never has done this before so i unplugged my charger and it stopped
If anyone still looking, just go to sounds and uncheck touch and screen lock sounds
Edit : its still beeping while playing youtube videos!

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