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What the **** is wrong with this **** phone

I am on my fourth one (long story -- don't ask). I get this fourth one, everything works fine and dandy for a few hours. Then the same problems that happened to my last one are happening again. Random apps are trying to download and they show up as downloaded "unsuccessfully" and when I try to download apps they are stuck at "Starting download...". I thought this problem on my third Vibrant was caused by me messing around with flashing some custom ROMs, going back to stock, etc. (after the JI6 upgrade via Kies bricked by Vibrant). However, the replacement I just got - one that I have not done anything but rooted - is now having the same problems. Random apps are downloading by themselves only to be downloaded unsuccessfully and I can go longer download any apps from market - they are all stuck at "Starting download...".
So, then I thought maybe it wasn't the Vibrant that is the problem -- maybe it is my sim card. So yesterday I swap out sim cards, and the problems still occur. Maybe it is the JI6 update that is causing problems, or maybe I am just cursed when it comes to the Vibrant but this phone has been nothing but trouble for me since I got it in July...
That said, anyone have any helpful tips on how to get my issue resolved? Otherwise, I am going to call up T-Mobile and move to myTouch HD (when it comes out) or G2 (I really don't want G2 cause of physical keyboard and rootkit).

Sounds like reception problems. It happens every so often to me. Definitely not reason to return the phone unless it happens more often than not. Considering it's your fourth phone...
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It isn't reception issues. I have full bars, can surf the Internet, etc. and even tried it on WiFi. There is definitely something wrong. It isn't the sim card (I swapped it out). It isn't my Google account (I tried different ones). It isn't the specific Vibrant I have (I just got an exchange two days ago -- both phones had same problem).
So all I have left is either it is JI6 causing the issue or a rogue app. I just did a factory reset to see if maybe that solves the problem. If it doesn't, well, bye bye Samsung hello HTC.

The chances that both phones would have this obscure market problem is very unlikely. Given that all other data services work well, have you ever considered that maybe it's Google's market servers? Did you sign into your Google account then immediately start to download all of your paid applications while it was syncing all of your contacts and email? Are you over dramatizing the problem? Again, this is your fourth phone...

user error?

Not the phone, it's your location/service. I have issues downloading from market at certain places even with full service also. It's poor data connections I believe.
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I think it's user error.

I stopped reading after 5 words...
"I'm on my 4th phone"
You...you are the problem.

Chalup said:
The chances that both phones would have this obscure market problem is very unlikely. Given that all other data services work well, have you ever considered that maybe it's Google's market servers? Did you sign into your Google account then immediately start to download all of your paid applications while it was syncing all of your contacts and email? Are you over dramatizing the problem? Again, this is your fourth phone...
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I can't be Market. The downloads are working perfect after a reset that took a mere two minutes. Market up and down in two minutes? I doubt it. The real test is to see if it will continue to work, because it is after a few hours that the problems occur.
Syncing works fine all the time, and market works perfect after the initial setup. It is after a while that it messes up... I don't know whats up.
That said, why would I be over dramatizing the problem? To get pitty on XDA?

Sdobron said:
Not the phone, it's your location/service. I have issues downloading from market at certain places even with full service also. It's poor data connections I believe.
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Could be JI6 caused some location-only issue? Because I was able to use my Vibrant just fine for 1-1.5 months without this issue. This issue really only showed up for I upgrade to JI6.
@Everyone else: Thanks for the input -- I will be sure to take it into consideration.

rogue app. man I was going nuts when I first got this phone, because randomly it would reboot and go into a boot-loop. after trial and error, I found out is was THE Hero of Sparta HD game from gameloft.
I would reformat and install the basic apps first, then the extras, one by one... to see if you have a bad app. Its the only way I got the the end of my problem.

Stock J16 or a J16 build?

Stock JI6 -- updated via Kies.

s15274n said:
I stopped reading after 5 words...
"I'm on my 4th phone"
You...you are the problem.
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I'm On My Fourth Phone And Its Not My Fault.. (This One Works Fine Now)
First One Was Data Issues
Second One Was A Password Lock Error (Hardware Locked As Well)
Third One Was A Phone To PC Error (Unrooted Stock And Not My Fault Phone Turned Off And Turned Back On And It Was Like That)
Fourth One.. All Fine And Dandy

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It's your Google account at this point. Swap it out for another!

Hmmmmmmmm
The Google account may be the problem..... but not convinced I think the statement (user error) look in the mirror is more correct. BTW, I always use wifi in updating it is just easier and faster, I would assume that you re doing the same.

DarkAgent said:
Could be JI6 caused some location-only issue? Because I was able to use my Vibrant just fine for 1-1.5 months without this issue. This issue really only showed up for I upgrade to JI6.
@Everyone else: Thanks for the input -- I will be sure to take it into consideration.
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yeah. I have the same problem. it seems to be location specific. it sounds dumb but when I'm in the mall area near my house i have all but one bar full 3G connection (and that stays pretty consistent give or take a bar or so) and both market and browser have major issues. if you try a bunch of times it might go through occasionally but for the most part it says I have a great connection but I don't. but when i leave the mall area all is fine again. its a pretty large area about a mile square or so. I also drop calls alot there. its really weird. wifi works fine usually although some public wifi connections have the port you need to download from the market blocked so don't get frustrated if that doesn't work either. internet browsing works fine over wifi though
my wife has the exact same phone and has the exact same problems in that area so I'm pretty sure its not the phone
also oddly I never tried using my phone at the mall before the JI6 update (Which I got OTA not a manual install) so I suppose it could have to do with the update but I cant confirm that.
I can say that my Mytouch 3G worked in the same area just fine (although its been a month or so since I tryed it), so its kinda weird.

s15274n said:
I stopped reading after 5 words...
"I'm on my 4th phone"
You...you are the problem.
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I second.
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A little confusing here since you were able to flash custom roms successfully which is much more harder and dangerous for you and most of us here, AND you can't still figure out how to get the market app working properly? hmm..Not to blame directly on you but your case MUST be very rare.

[Q] Emails not pushing with exchange on CM7

I've been experiencing issues with my work email not pushing to my phone running CM7. When I was on stock it was pretty quirky and I noticed the same quirky behavior on Iced Glacier, but, it's actually the closest to working now that I have CM7, other than the fact that it won't push.
So, here's what's happening, periodically (or should I say inevitably, since it happens regularly), exchange will stop pushing emails to my phone. At first, when I boot my phone, everything is working fine and I receive any emails which had not been previously pushed to my phone. After awhile, usually about 3 hours or so, push just stops working. It feels like something is getting hung up, because when I try and open mail and refresh the emails nothing happens. During this time, I also can't pull any contacts off the global contacts when I try and compose an email. On that note, I'm not sure if anything I try and send is actually going out during this time. I have tried disabling and re enabling sync, but that didn't do anything. Actually, it looks like it get stuck during exchange sync, which confuses me just as much.
However, the kicker is that if I reboot the phone, it starts working just fine... until the problem appears again. I'm currently running CM 7.0 but I had this problem in CM7 RC2 as well (my last ROM).
Any ideas guys?

Your best bet is to ask this in the correct thread. I would suggest posting this in the CM7 thread where you got the ROM. There is where other users and the developer can assist with questions such as yours.

I was originally going to ask over there, but I realized I didn't have enough posts to do so. I guess I'll live with my issue until I get enough posts to post in the developer forums (which may be awhile, because I'm a hardcore lurker).

greatwithtoast said:
I've been experiencing issues with my work email not pushing to my phone running CM7. When I was on stock it was pretty quirky and I noticed the same quirky behavior on Iced Glacier, but, it's actually the closest to working now that I have CM7, other than the fact that it won't push.
So, here's what's happening, periodically (or should I say inevitably, since it happens regularly), exchange will stop pushing emails to my phone. At first, when I boot my phone, everything is working fine and I receive any emails which had not been previously pushed to my phone. After awhile, usually about 3 hours or so, push just stops working. It feels like something is getting hung up, because when I try and open mail and refresh the emails nothing happens. During this time, I also can't pull any contacts off the global contacts when I try and compose an email. On that note, I'm not sure if anything I try and send is actually going out during this time. I have tried disabling and re enabling sync, but that didn't do anything. Actually, it looks like it get stuck during exchange sync, which confuses me just as much.
However, the kicker is that if I reboot the phone, it starts working just fine... until the problem appears again. I'm currently running CM 7.0 but I had this problem in CM7 RC2 as well (my last ROM).
Any ideas guys?
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Hey toast, I use work exchange as well and I have actually had better results with CM7 versus stock. ONly thought I have is did you do a full wipe before you upgraded/installed? That seems to fix most of my issues.
**Side Note** I know you didn't post this in the dev forum cause as a noob like me, we're not allowed.

Tylormde said:
Hey toast, I use work exchange as well and I have actually had better results with CM7 versus stock. ONly thought I have is did you do a full wipe before you upgraded/installed? That seems to fix most of my issues.
**Side Note** I know you didn't post this in the dev forum cause as a noob like me, we're not allowed.
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I did do a full wipe. I make sure to always do a full wipe when installing a new ROM. I will say that CM7 works better than stock, but that's only when it works. I mean, one thing that may be causing problems is that in my area, we only have GPRS, we don't have EDGE, 3G, or Pseudo-4g. I have to roam to get EDGE, which, only provides a decent connection about half of the time. Do you think it might be possible that it's getting hung up when I leave wifi?

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I did do a full wipe. I make sure to always do a full wipe when installing a new ROM. I will say that CM7 works better than stock, but that's only when it works. I mean, one thing that may be causing problems is that in my area, we only have GPRS, we don't have EDGE, 3G, or Pseudo-4g. I have to roam to get EDGE, which, only provides a decent connection about half of the time. Do you think it might be possible that it's getting hung up when I leave wifi?
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I think there's a good chance that is your problem. If its working good on Wifi and not on cell connection, especially GPRS, then the exchange server probably can't push data fast enough to refresh and times out.

Tylormde said:
I think there's a good chance that is your problem. If its working good on Wifi and not on cell connection, especially GPRS, then the exchange server probably can't push data fast enough to refresh and times out.
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I agree, that seems like a fairly logical reason. Especially when you consider it's also too slow to actually download MMS messages without a time-out. I guess I'm just going to have to live with this until T-mobile finally gets their network here upgraded (they were supposed to have it up and running 2 months ago, but failed to do so due to government agencies failing to get off the damn spectrum).
Either way, do you think there might be any chance of any sort of work around?

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I agree, that seems like a fairly logical reason. Especially when you consider it's also too slow to actually download MMS messages without a time-out. I guess I'm just going to have to live with this until T-mobile finally gets their network here upgraded (they were supposed to have it up and running 2 months ago, but failed to do so due to government agencies failing to get off the damn spectrum).
Either way, do you think there might be any chance of any sort of work around?
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I'm curious what general area your in? I'm not gonna say who I work for but lets call it a US carrier that isn't looking forward to a possible merger with AT&T
I know the build out is supposed to aggressive this year, so there is hope your coverage gets better. Sadly, if turning off push mail and using a manual sync mode doesn't work either, I think your out of luck when not on Wifi.

I live in San Angelo, Texas. Apparently, our fiber lines have been laid and they're just waiting to flip the switch.

Android Market problems on A500 as repoeted by some of the custom ROMs users.

Firstly congrats. If you're seeing this post, you might have already done so or are trying to flash some custom ROM, which is absolutely ok.
Rather its fun and satisfaction that you keep your device up to date if not possible through official means. Also for some good changes.
Unfortunately, its not completely flawless. There might be some issues which are covered in the further updates of the ROMs.
Among oother small problems, one major problem I faceed when I flashed a custom ROM (actually three) is that the Android Market failed miserably when I initiated it. There were horrible search results. Also the categories were not showing the apps which would otherwise be placed under them.
Fortunately, the Android Market site was open for me which was the last option for me to go on with.
The only solution I could find to this problem was a bit of patience and some really basic info about market.
I tried to re install all the applications that were previously being shown as installed already. Though they showwed "Installed" status but you can install them again.
After a lapse of almost three days, I tried to access the Market app and it was actually accessible with all the search functionalities and EVERYTHING running smooth.
A thing I would like to advise on is try not to wipe out all the data (the 4 wipe out options while flashing) from your device. It might, might help you not to lose data and possibly, the Android Market too.
Have fun.

I've been on a custom rom for greater than a month now and have not experienced any market issues. The only problem that I've ever had was wifi stopped connecting for me. But it was an easy fix. Sorry you've had problems... Perhaps something else is to blame?
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antjmon said:
I've been on a custom rom for greater than a month now and have not experienced any market issues. The only problem that I've ever had was wifi stopped connecting for me. But it was an easy fix. Sorry you've had problems... Perhaps something else is to blame?
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Yes, as I have solved the problem anyways.

DawoodMunir said:
Yes, as I have solved the problem anyways.
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عزيزي منير
Please let me know how did you fixed this issue?
I really need to know because i have the same issue.

Wifi issues - any advice

Hoping someone may have some advice, myself and two friends managed to bag an amazingly good deal for a Tab A 10.1 with o2 UK (£52 in total), problem being we're all having wifi issues.
One friend requested a replacement and the replacement has the same issue too, so thats 4 tablets in total.
The issue is wifi just seems to randomly stop working, it shows a full signal but you can't access any sites or play store or stream anything etc. You then have to either wait until it decides to work again or manually turn wifi off and back on at which point it carries on as normal for however long it decides to work for. Rinse and repeat.
I bought it basiclly as a streaming device and I can't use it because eveeything buffers constantly due to the wifi issue so I'm back using my old iPad.
I spoke to samsung support yesterday and they said it's a known softeare issue but no idea when the update to fix it will be released, I'm two days out of my 14 day return window so I can't return it.
There's a samsung store not far so will take it in tomorrow to be checked over but I thought I'd ask here as I'm new to android, so imagine there's people here far more knowledgable than me and may have some ideas I could try. I've already tried a factory reset and rebooting my router, I have virgin media so have tried both 2ghz and 5ghz network types. Non of which has helped. My friends have different ISP's to me so can't be a VM issue either.
Any advice is appreciated
Thanks

Have you updated your the latest firmware?
Incidentally this happens on the Tab A 7 too. No idea when Samsung will/if fix it either.
Might be worth trying a static ip address.

ashyx said:
Have you updated your the latest firmware?
Incidentally this happens on the Tab A 7 too. No idea when Samsung will/if fix it either.
Might be worth trying a static ip address.
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Thanks for the reply,
I took it to the samsung service centre today they did a software rebuild and have set a static IP address, so will see how it goes over the next few days.

Jerri1240 said:
Thanks for the reply,
I took it to the samsung service centre today they did a software rebuild and have set a static IP address, so will see how it goes over the next few days.
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Let us know how it goes.

Well it's improved some, b ut still not what I'd call stable. And I'm not sure if the improvement has come from the software reflash or the static ip address.

Take that back, still just as crap.

Jerri1240 said:
Take that back, still just as crap.
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I don't know if it's the driver module or the actual wifi hardware that's causing the issue, but it is annoying.
I haven't bothered tracing the issue because I don't use my Tab A enough to let it bother me.
If you could pull the logcat when it happens, it might give an idea what's going on.
I recommend the syslog app.

ashyx said:
I don't know if it's the driver module or the actual wifi hardware that's causing the issue, but it is annoying.
I haven't bothered tracing the issue because I don't use my Tab A enough to let it bother me.
If you could pull the logcat when it happens, it might give an idea what's going on.
I recommend the syslog app.
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Apologies I'm not familiar with that app, so have no idea if I've done this correctly.
I installed syslog and tried to stream something on BBC iPlayer, the issue occured immediately so I went into syslog and saved the log. Have attached the logcat.
Again, apologies if I've not done it correctly I've never used the app before, if it's not right please just let me know how to correctly capture the log and i'll do it again.
Thanks.

Well I give up. I can't think of anything else to do.
I requested a replacment in the end because the wifi issue is so bad, the replacement has the exact same issue. So that's 5 out of 5 with the same issue.
Samsung support are utterly useless, they say it's a software issue and will be fixed with an update but have no idea when or if that update will be released. I had hoped the update the tablet received yesterday would have helped but nope.
So far I've restored to factory, cleared the cache, reset my router, taken to the service centre for a software rebuild - non of that helped, so I requested a replacement, which has the exact same issues.
Can't say I'm impressed with samsung. Will be avoiding in future!

i'm having the same issue. have to return it - can't use it for work if the vpn is dropping every two minutes. there are a number of posts here and elsewhere on this - like this one.
i'm sure that there are lots of frustrated customers and lots of soon-to-be refurbished devices. i'm returning mine (sadly).
btw, i also had this issue on my old 2014 tablet (SM-P600) and it cleared up once i moved to a custom ROM. i'm assuming samsung fixed it eventually but new devices have same issue. samsung is doing something weird and wrong to be shipping so many devices with flawed wifi.
my note 8 does not have this issue at all. happily connects and stays connected anywhere, anytime.

Jerri1240 said:
Hoping someone may have some advice, myself and two friends managed to bag an amazingly good deal for a Tab A 10.1 with o2 UK (£52 in total), problem being we're all having wifi issues.
One friend requested a replacement and the replacement has the same issue too, so thats 4 tablets in total.
The issue is wifi just seems to randomly stop working, it shows a full signal but you can't access any sites or play store or stream anything etc. You then have to either wait until it decides to work again or manually turn wifi off and back on at which point it carries on as normal for however long it decides to work for. Rinse and repeat.
I bought it basiclly as a streaming device and I can't use it because eveeything buffers constantly due to the wifi issue so I'm back using my old iPad.
I spoke to samsung support yesterday and they said it's a known softeare issue but no idea when the update to fix it will be released, I'm two days out of my 14 day return window so I can't return it.
There's a samsung store not far so will take it in tomorrow to be checked over but I thought I'd ask here as I'm new to android, so imagine there's people here far more knowledgable than me and may have some ideas I could try. I've already tried a factory reset and rebooting my router, I have virgin media so have tried both 2ghz and 5ghz network types. Non of which has helped. My friends have different ISP's to me so can't be a VM issue either.
Any advice is appreciated
Thanks
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Having 5 tablets with the exact same symptoms says to me that it isn't a hardware problem. If each tablet has the same OS version, it only makes sense to try another version. I'd go to the Sammobile site and download the latest firmware from a couple of different regions and install them with Odin.

There is an app on Play called WIFI Fixer by Zanshin-g1.
It completely fixed the wifi connection issues on my Tab A.

Joy UI v12

Hi! I recently updated my Blackshark 2 and after the update, an old problem I had came back.
My connections keep fluctuating. I'll be using the internet on my phone for apps and then my mobile networks and wifi suddenly disconnects and reconnects after a few seconds. It's really frustrating since it keeps disconnecting me from internet-intensive apps.
Any ideas on how to fix this? It's honestly driving me nuts.

Factory reset should fix that.

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Factory reset should fix that.
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Unfortunately it didn't work. I've noticed I'm getting notifications before I get disconnected. My phone keeps trying to activate my sim cards even though they're already activated.

Shenanigans11779 said:
Unfortunately it didn't work. I've noticed I'm getting notifications before I get disconnected. My phone keeps trying to activate my sim cards even though they're already activated.
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Ok, so you probably then used some beta build of JoyUi12 or something that is not yet officially published or it is not for your device eg. you had global and flashed chinese build or other way around. Go back to build that worked and wait for official release.

tw1st3d83 said:
Ok, so you probably then used some beta build of JoyUi12 or something that is not yet officially published or it is not for your device eg. you had global and flashed chinese build or other way around. Go back to build that worked and wait for official release.
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I had not flashed anything on my Stock China ROM BS 2 and just used the OTA upgrade to Joy UI v12.

Shenanigans11779 said:
I had not flashed anything on my Stock China ROM BS 2 and just used the OTA upgrade to Joy UI v12.
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Ok, sorry for wrong assumption. I just try to help as best as i can.
Usually problems that you have are coming from software because after update some old stuff from previous version stick around and have conflict with new stuff so factory reset should fix that. In your case that did not worked so maybe it is a hardware problem.

tw1st3d83 said:
Ok, sorry for wrong assumption. I just try to help as best as i can.
Usually problems that you have are coming from software because after update some old stuff from previous version stick around and have conflict with new stuff so factory reset should fix that. In your case that did not worked so maybe it is a hardware problem.
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I apologize for the hostile tone, it was not my intention at all. You have been very helpful and I've greatly appreciated the effort. I'll try doing some more random stuff. This has happened before about half a month ago but it went away. Now that it's back its even worse than before so i can't just ignore it as I had in the past.
Again, thanks for the input. You've really been a great help.