Got around to using my GPS yesterday and for some reason either the GPS would freeze up for about 30 seconds then find me again or it would constantly lose signal. I'm stock rooted, straight talk sim, any ideas on what I could do to remedy this?
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This shouldn't be a problem on stock devices, have you tried a factory reset? Else see if you are having an "Apple antenna-gate" esque situation due to a metal case
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so, today, i needed to look up driving directions and my phone would not lock in. i thought it was kinda strange, so when i got home i did some research. attached are the gps test results. I know that it's the phone, because when i checked it on my nexus 10, it locks in right away. i tested both of them next to each other. i tried using the gmps status app to clear A-gps data and doing resets with the gps status apps, but it did not help. it's no driving me crazy since most people are happy with their gps in the nexus 4 and seem to be able to lock in within seconds. i've left maps on for minutes with no success. i've already checked both google settings in the accounts and location to be on.
i recently started charging my phone with the lg wireless orb. do you think that's the issue? how can i fix this? it's driving me crazy.
It seems to see the satellites, but can't lock in.
You've tried rebooting, right?
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You've tried rebooting, right?
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What he said.
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Kinda hoping to avoid that unless there's no other option. Don't really want to go through the hassle of setting everything up again
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Kinda hoping to avoid that unless there's no other option. Don't really want to go through the hassle of setting everything up again
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No, I mean turn it off.
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oh, yeah. like 10 times by now. i actually did factory reset today. that didn't help. only created a bigger pain in the ass since now i have to set everything up again. yay
Hey everyone I have had a problem with my note 3. I have swapped to a new phone and I still have the same problems. The Wi-fi disconnects and the app I am in either force closes or resets. I do not know if it is ram or something but it just stops working. Does anyone else have this issue? It's so annoying and I do not know how to fix this..
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I figured out the problem. In my house I get Little to no signal. I guess it ends up cutting off. I have no idea why but it does. Kinda stupid if you ask me...
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Damn it! Had phone for over a month. Just used gps and its not good. Hope it can be fixed with update.
Works fine if WiFi on-but needed it to get home tonight and it is a big problem. Can't get closer than 1 mile) and in and out lock
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Jeffruby said:
Damn it! Had phone for over a month. Just used gps and its not good. Hope it can be fixed with update.
Works fine if WiFi on-but needed it to get home tonight and it is a big problem. Can't get closer than 1 mile) and in and out lock
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That's weird... mine works great and is a super quick lock... accurate too! If it doesn't get fixed w/ an update i would exchange it... I used to have the Galaxy S and it had an issue w/ the gps antenna not being soldered right into the board... maybe an issue w/ yours, you will have to see.
Do a search for fixes. I saw one posted somewhere that was flashable.
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Well, I apologize as there are a few threads on this. Seems to be a real issue. In demand, did you then off WiFi and try? With WiFi mine is spot on.
Lot of threads -no solutions I'm afraid. A few got new phone so no help. A few tried flashing apk's but no help. Hoping firmware?
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No problems with my Verizon model. I use my GPS often.
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No problems here. Works better than the garmin I use for work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17081413
If you take the time to read this and do it it works great. Fixed my issues
works perfectly fine on mine. used it to get to the airport and home the other day, and not a single problem.
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Don't want to celebrate yet, but just dl and ran gps test and fix. Today gps with WiFi off has been perfect.
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Jeffruby said:
Damn it! Had phone for over a month. Just used gps and its not good. Hope it can be fixed with update.
Works fine if WiFi on-but needed it to get home tonight and it is a big problem. Can't get closer than 1 mile) and in and out lock
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Wait a minute, you don't know how to get back to your own house? And you were within a mile? Sorry, this just made me giggle a little. Glad you got out figured out.
Thanks Devs. From my VZW G2.
Haha. Meant can't lock within a mile. In this case "home" meant a hotel to make matters worse.
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Haha. Meant can't lock within a mile. In this case "home" meant a hotel to make matters worse.
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That makes more sense.
Thanks Devs. From my VZW G2.
I'm experiencing the same problems with mine. It can't get a good lock on my location. I thought it was a google maps issue so I downloaded waze but the problem persists. GPS Status app says I'm connected to 4/12 satellite when I'm outside. I want to return it, but my rootchecker has been tripped. It won't reset even after restoring to stock 4 times. In download mode it says "unrooted" for about an hour before going back to "ROOTED" in all red letters. Any help is appreciated.
Having issues keeping a lock after getting my initial lock. Been posting below in another thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2485088
benjaminj007 said:
I'm experiencing the same problems with mine. It can't get a good lock on my location. I thought it was a google maps issue so I downloaded waze but the problem persists. GPS Status app says I'm connected to 4/12 satellite when I'm outside. I want to return it, but my rootchecker has been tripped. It won't reset even after restoring to stock 4 times. In download mode it says "unrooted" for about an hour before going back to "ROOTED" in all red letters. Any help is appreciated.
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Followed the instructions below and mine showed unrooted in settings and in download mode.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448960
Hi everyone
So I update my N9005 to the official polish kitkat firmware and I've been experiencing episodes of screen unresponsiveness very often. Anybody else has this problem? Anybody managed to fix it?
P.S I'm aware of the counterfeit/unoriginal s-view flip covers issue which I'm having as well but the thread isn't about it.
Hope someone has a solution.
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So I update my N9005 to the official polish kitkat firmware and I've been experiencing episodes of screen unresponsiveness very often. Anybody else has this problem? Anybody managed to fix it?
P.S I'm aware of the counterfeit/unoriginal s-view flip covers issue which I'm having as well but the thread isn't about it.
Hope someone has a solution.
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Hello, I have been experiencing moments of "freezing" or unresponsiveness as well.
For me, it seemed to be due to chrome or using power saving mode. (People in another forum were blaming their droid maxxs freezing problem on chrome) I disabled chrome and disabled power saving mode.
Then I started using opera. I experienced another moment of unresponsiveness using opera without the power saving mode.
I was thinking back to the first times that it happened and it seemed to be paired to the wifi download and upload symbol being active in upload and download activity.
I know that correlation does not mean causation, but I think it is worth exploring if the network activity is causing it to somehow hang.
This bizzar occurance made me perform a factory wipe leading to another round of issues involving processing err_0000, but that is another story; sadly, it didn't even fix the issue.
OP, are you still experiencing the moments of unresponsiveness? If you are, have you noticed the events that are correlated with the event?
Has anybody else experienced this or found a remedy?
It could be one of the apps from the play store that is not playing nice with kitkat, but due to the multitude of other issues, I'd say it is a kitkat or touchwiz flaw.
Thanks for any help.
Lago
nader9999 said:
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So I update my N9005 to the official polish kitkat firmware and I've been experiencing episodes of screen unresponsiveness very often. Anybody else has this problem? Anybody managed to fix it?
P.S I'm aware of the counterfeit/unoriginal s-view flip covers issue which I'm having as well but the thread isn't about it.
Hope someone has a solution.
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I had an issue with screen not responding sometimes .....I figured out it was due to the flip case (original by Samsung). Although lately I haven't experienced that either.
Try using the original non flip case and see if you still have the issue.
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Try using the original non flip case and see if you still have the issue.
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I have never had a s-view flip case on mine. I use holster iblason case that has no interaction with the screen.
This only started for me once I upgraded to kitkat.
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lagoboss said:
I have never had a s-view flip case on mine. I use holster iblason case that has no interaction with the screen.
This only started for me once I upgraded to kitkat.
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Hmmm...no idea then...try flashing it again?
Maybe that will help
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Hmmm...no idea then...try flashing it again?
Maybe that will help
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If your phone isnt hanging up and freezing, that gives me hope. I'll gsm reset, clear the cache and then flash.
Thanks
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Hmmm...no idea then...try flashing it again?
Maybe that will help
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I just cleared the cache, factory wiped, and installed the Russian update N900XXUDNC4 and so far, the phone is a lot smoother. No hangups in the browser yet, but time will tell lol.
It is annoying setting up the phone like new lol. I'll update the post as to if I have moments of freezing or the screen becoming unresponsive.
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Cheers mate..do tell me how the battery is..if its good I might flash Russian as well ,currently have but flashed
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Had this problem too, as well as lots of lag. Reflashed and did a factory reset. Took care of both.
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Battery life is looking good. Power Saving off, bluetooth on and connected to my smart watch.
I made one short call. I don't talk on the phone that much. I mostly use it for Internet browsing, music, and instant messaging/texting. I'll update on Tuesday when I have a full day at school.
Keep in mind though that the n9005 is the lte version. I have a n900, the non lte international variant; our battery life may be different.
Edit: 4/20/2014 same charge 70% 1 day 6 hours bluetooth, wifi, gps, and 1 Gmail account in sync.
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Even I experienced the same. My phone came with Kitkat installed. Freezing happens when a webpage is loading or the time i turn on Sync etc. strange thing is phone seems smooter when power save mode turned on.
I think it may be a problem that was not fixed until the March 31st 2014 KitKat build. I have been using Chrome heavily since I installed the most recent official rom; I have not experienced any lag or hanging system wide or in the browser. It reminds me of 4.3.
When I wiped and reinstalled the previous rom, I noticed the lag and unresponsiveness right away.
I'm going to use the browser heavily next week. If I have no issues, I think it may be safe to say that the bug was fixed in the latest kitkat with March 31st 2014 build date.
People with lag, do you have the lte variant or the regular SM-N900? I'm starting to think only the SM-N900 are being impacted by sour Sammy updates.
And if you guys wipe your phones, make sure to turn reactivation lock off because it could cause an error that will not recognize your real Sammy account and password. This phone has become stressful; I'm not updating it again lol
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I just experienced another moment of unresponsiveness using the google search box within the chrome app running DNC4 :/ Going to try the latest Russian KitKat
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For about a Week my note 3 started to just power down. Sometimes it happens when I deactivate the lock screen or it might happen when Im just using my phone.
I have updated it to kitkat N9005XXUENB3_N9005OXXENB1_XEO and have tried other custom roms and it still is doing the same. PLEASE any advice would be awesome!
thanks in advance.
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For about a Week my note 3 started to just power down. Sometimes it happens when I deactivate the lock screen or it might happen when Im just using my phone.
I have updated it to kitkat N9005XXUENB3_N9005OXXENB1_XEO and have tried other custom roms and it still is doing the same. PLEASE any advice would be awesome!
thanks in advance.
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Try FULL wipe (Including wiping internal sd) and then reflash the ROM and see if it still continues, if it does... You might have to take the device in for servicing.
Thanks for the reply. I have triped knox so how can i take it in for a service? Could it be anything else apart from a hardware fault?? Thanks
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Still trying to find out if this is a hardware issue or softwear. Any tips guys?
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Well, if it will be a real problem than you should still take it into service, maybe that guy will forget to check the knox.
I'm starting to notice that I'm not getting no power downs when the charging lead is pluged in the phone.
Might it be a battery issue? If so how much does one cost for a note 3?
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I had the same problem with my n7100 a few months ago.
the problem was, that one of the 4 battery contacts was a bit dirty (dont ask how this happened :silly, so a hard (or less hard) shake of the phone could interrupt the contact for a moment and the phone restarted.
I know its unlikely, but better check it before sendind it to the service
Yes it's working fine now for a few days....got a tooth pick and cleaned the contacts and everything is all fine.
Going to order another battery for backup also.
Thanks guys.
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Taffwales said:
Yes it's working fine now for a few days....got a tooth pick and cleaned the contacts and everything is all fine.
Going to order another battery for backup also.
Thanks guys.
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Sometimes it's the easiest things
It's sure is......Now it's finding out what would be a good Rom to flash on it.
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