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First phone has never been rooted, it is stock latest sprint rom.
Starting 2 weeks ago the phone has been acting odd, keeps losing my custom ringers, turning itself up and down, no software installed to do that. I have also had to re-enter all my logins over the last 2 weeks. Now the weirdest one, I left it on my charger last night as a slept and this morning when I took it off the battery fully charged Icon stayed on and would not go away.
I turned the phone off and on and it still came up. I turned the phone off again but this time the phone would not even boot. I tried to remove battery and put it back still no boot. I finally got it to boot but only if it was plugged into the Samsung wall charger.
I don't think it is any type of malware, spyware or virus, I get all my apps off of the marketplace and I run the norton security beta.
As anyone heard of anything like this before?
Thats weird..... I would either get it replaced or ROOT THE DANG THING lol
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I remember having strange issues when I first rooted the stock EC05, but that vanished when I installed a custom rom. Nothing like this though.
I had 2 Epics do this exact same thing. Took them back got brand new ones from the store. The latest one I have started not sending texts a few days ago, which it would receive them fine and everything else worked it just stop sending texts. Hard reset wouldn't fix it so after a call to sprint and them "refreshing" my phone it worked. Then 2 days ago after taking it off the charger it went on roam and stayed that way all day. Wouldn't go off roam after battery pulls or restarts, so I odined fresh EC05 and it still was stuck in roam. I am running EC05 stock rooted, and wife's phone is completely stock and it does weird stuff too. Now I am waiting I guess for a refurb since I am past my 30 days. My Epic does weird stuff too and I tried to get them to let me get something else but they won't yet which is really disappointing since I just started service with Sprint 6 weeks ago. I am not really impressed with the service or phone so far and definately thinking I should have never came to Sprint.
Well the phone is back to normal today. It did it yesterday as well though. I can't wait until Sprint gets a good Windows Phone 7 device, 200 for the Arrive without 4g and a small screen still is ridiculous. I only got this phone as a stop gap and I really dislike Android the more I use it. Thank you for your help.
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c-had2001 said:
I had 2 Epics do this exact same thing. Took them back got brand new ones from the store. The latest one I have started not sending texts a few days ago, which it would receive them fine and everything else worked it just stop sending texts. Hard reset wouldn't fix it so after a call to sprint and them "refreshing" my phone it worked. Then 2 days ago after taking it off the charger it went on roam and stayed that way all day. Wouldn't go off roam after battery pulls or restarts, so I odined fresh EC05 and it still was stuck in roam. I am running EC05 stock rooted, and wife's phone is completely stock and it does weird stuff too. Now I am waiting I guess for a refurb since I am past my 30 days. My Epic does weird stuff too and I tried to get them to let me get something else but they won't yet which is really disappointing since I just started service with Sprint 6 weeks ago. I am not really impressed with the service or phone so far and definately thinking I should have never came to Sprint.
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The official Twitter app causes a lot of problems in the Epic. I couldn't send text, watch videos, or listen to music. After finding a post here mentioning it I uninstalled Twitter and now I have no problems. The official twitter app could be the problem. I wouldn't out right blame android or sprint for the problems of one phone that may potentially be caused by one app.
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R3537L1F3 said:
The official Twitter app causes a lot of problems in the Epic. I couldn't send text, watch videos, or listen to music. After finding a post here mentioning it I uninstalled Twitter and now I have no problems. The official twitter app could be the problem. I wouldn't out right blame android or sprint for the problems of one phone that may potentially be caused by one app.
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I thought of that too, but after using Oden to get back to EC05 and having done mutiple hard resets that rules out the twitter app or any other app. Plus that don't explain why it went on roam and even using oden and doing mutiple hard resets wouldn't fix that either. Today it quit sending texts again and would not keep a data connection until I did 2 factory resets and all I have is stock apps nothing more. I haven't had this phone rooted for over a week now because of all the problems. Thanks for suggesting but its not the twitter app its definately my phone and possibly sprints network.
My first epic also had an issue similar to this, it wouldn't charge and the few tims it would whenever id unplug it , it would still say it was charging and have radom reboots. Also when it died the only way to turn it on was to take out the battery and plug it in , then put he battery in.
Long story short try ad get it replaced.
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I got another 1 that they sent to the repair store and I am guessing its gonna be a refurb, so after work I gotta swing by and switch them out and see how long its gonna last.
Just for the hell of it I guess I will take it to the local Western Talk store, they don't ask any questions and just replace the phone. I am just pissed that I will have to pay 35 damn dollars because of Sprint's new rules.
Hey guys, i just got a replacement Atrix because my girlfriend dropped my original Atrix in the toilet, and the new Atrix keeps dieing/shutting down after the screen has been off for more than 10 minutes. Any clues or hints as to what i can do to stop this or perhaps this is just a faulty device?
More info needed on your setup, i.e. ROM, bootloader unlocked, etc.
Not sure if this was the case before i got the phone, but i did notice that the screen wouldn't turn on after it timed out the first time i turned it on.
As for my setup, i unlocked the bootloader as soon as i got it, and i rooted it also. After rooting it i put The DarkSide v3.1.0 on it.
Oh ya, one more thing, the only way to keep the phone from dieing by timing out is to set the screen to never time out... Don't know if that bit of info would be helpful.
if the issue is not resolved by a factory reset, it sounds like you were sent a faulty replacement device.
since it was unlocked and all, re flash a different ROM and see if the issue persists.
Kk, i'll put a new rom on it in a bit and re-update with the progress.
Ehhh... No luck, slapped on Alien by Kenn and still no luck... I'll wait and see if anyone else has any other helpful hints meanwhile i search other forums. Guess my best bet would be to get another replacement again?
TfzSCVang said:
Hey guys, i just got a replacement Atrix because my girlfriend dropped my original Atrix in the toilet, and the new Atrix keeps dieing/shutting down after the screen has been off for more than 10 minutes. Any clues or hints as to what i can do to stop this or perhaps this is just a faulty device?
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Try flashing different kernels and also try to fix permissions on recovery. If these don't help, I am afraid you have a faulty Atrix my friend.
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My note is dead, no joke...its not turning on at all now. I flashed my rom as its the first rom I ever created...it didn't work as it came up with an error, then I flashed Criskelo 5.0 rom and it flashed...no problems. So then, I thought i'd try flashing my rom again and it failed then...then I tried flashing Criskelo 5.0 rom again and it came up with an error and it said (bad) in brackets, then I tried flashing another rom called ParanoidAndroid and it was on the 3rd line for 5 minutes and then screen just went black after that and my phone never woke up again.
When I put the battery into my note, there is no life at all, I get a constant back screen, however...the phone gets warm with battery inserted. I've took out battery and put it back in with same problem. I've tried PC odin but the cable connection does not show a yellow or green light on the PC odin software.
Any help is appreciated, thanks.
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My note is dead, no joke...its not turning on at all now. I flashed my rom as its the first rom I ever created...it didn't work, then I flashed ParanoidAndroid rom and it flashed, I thought i'd try flashing my rom again and it failed then...I tried flashing ParanoidAndroid rom again and it came up with an error and it said (bad) in brackets, have I just bricked my note?
When I put the battery into my note, there is no life at all, I get a constant back screen, however...the phone gets warm with battery inserted. I've took out battery and put it back in with same problem.
Any help is appreciated, thanks.
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Tons of HardBrick Warnings and Help threads getting Posted on a Daily basis Mate, and You still managed to Brick your Note by Installing ICS. However heard it for the first time on a XXLQ2 Rom.
Anyhow, Confirm It's a Brick first, My Experience is not enough to help you with that, Wait for a dev or a mod and Then Follow the Guide here
Go t dawnload mod and flash whit Odin GB stock room
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I can't flash anything because PC Odin will not detect my phone
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I can't flash anything because PC Odin will not detect my phone
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Where you on ics before?
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Yeah...i'll modifiy my original post to go over everything so people are aware of what exactly went wrong and to determine if I do have a super brick.
Can I use the information in this post for my situation?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667886&page=11
However, my phone is fully bricked.
Yep. You flahed a rom on a bad kernel.
So its bricked. This is why you should always read as much info as you can. It says quite clearly in every rom posted to not do what you did.
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Yep, sorry but the phone is bricked. Had the same problem with my S2 a couple of weeks ago. Have had plenty of experience flashing firmwares but this time half way through the phones screen went black, & phone would not restart. Tried everything, usb jig etc., but no luck. Phone would get hot with battery inserted.
Sent the phone to the link below, simply telling them that the firmware installation had stopped half way through. They could not repair it themselves & had to return it to Samsung, this took about seven days. Now have the phone back working perfectly, all I had to pay was the return postage.
http://www.freesamsungrepairs.com/
bidboy said:
Yep, sorry but the phone is bricked. Had the same problem with my S2 a couple of weeks ago. Have had plenty of experience flashing firmwares but this time half way through the phones screen went black, & phone would not restart. Tried everything, usb jig etc., but no luck. Phone would get hot with battery inserted.
Sent the phone to the link below, simply telling them that the firmware installation had stopped half way through. They could not repair it themselves & had to return it to Samsung, this took about seven days. Now have the phone back working perfectly, all I had to pay was the return postage.
http://www.freesamsungrepairs.com/
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If I bought my phone from Carphone Warehouse does that mean I have Samsung warranty, sorry for stupid question. Your from the Uk right?...where are the services centres or did you send abroad?
SealsNavie said:
If I bought my phone from Carphone Warehouse does that mean I have Samsung warranty, sorry for stupid question. Your from the Uk right?...where are the services centres or did you send abroad?
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Yes, it will be covered by Samsung warranty, just send it to the company in the link, they will send it on to Samsung.
Carphone warehouse should honour your warranty... If their at all problematic, try with your operator. Either Carphone warehouse will take it at a store, or your provider will do a next day collection, and usually replace there and then.
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SpyderTracks said:
Carphone warehouse should honour your warranty... If their at all problematic, try with your operator. Either Carphone warehouse will take it at a store, or your provider will do a next day collection, and usually replace there and then.
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I'll take it to Carphone Warehouse, they probably will take longer...that's what I feel
No worries you'll get new Note soon and then version 0.2 will be released :]
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No worries you'll get new Note soon and then version 0.2 will be released :]
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Well...I just presumed that I could follow a rom development thread and everything would be okay, its not the same as app development...I know that now, however...I will still continue developing
The funny thing is that I never realised that it could brick my device as I was happy it wasn't the LPY stock rom.
If anyone knows a thread that I can refer to about script then please link me to it as it would help alot, thanks.
ok ive read a looooot and I havent found a fix for my problem...
Ive got my nexus 4 2 weeks ago and everything wast just fine.... one day like everyday i plugged my phone to the wall charger before I went to sleep, when I woke up the next day the phone had no signal at all no 3g, no EDGE, no nothing... I read that the problem was caused by a bug on the 4.3 android (the one that I was running)... I decided to flash the paranoid android 3.99 with the radio that appears at the official PA post and it didnt worked... then I flashed the Cyanogenmod 10.1 that its supposed to be based on android 4.2.2 (and has the working radio version) and it doesnt work either... I flashed one of the radio versions available in "the radio list post" and it didnt worked either... i dont know what to do now... HELP ME PLEASE :crying::crying:[/SIZE][/SIZE]
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ok ive read a looooot and I havent found a fix for my problem...
Ive got my nexus 4 2 weeks ago and everything wast just fine.... one day like everyday i plugged my phone to the wall charger before I went to sleep, when I woke up the next day the phone had no signal at all no 3g, no EDGE, no nothing... I read that the problem was caused by a bug on the 4.3 android (the one that I was running)... I decided to flash the paranoid android 3.99 with the radio that appears at the official PA post and it didnt worked... then I flashed the Cyanogenmod 10.1 that its supposed to be based on android 4.2.2 (and has the working radio version) and it doesnt work either... I flashed one of the radio versions available in "the radio list post" and it didnt worked either... i dont know what to do now... HELP ME PLEASE :crying::crying:[/SIZE][/SIZE]
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Do you have a different micro sim around? Try putting it in the phone. If ot works, then change your current sim.
If I may chime in. Do you have an empty triangle, where the reception bars would be? If so you may have a hardware problem. Long story short my first Galaxy Nexus broke on me in the way I just described.
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JediDru said:
If I may chime in. Do you have an empty triangle, where the reception bars would be? If so you may have a hardware problem. Long story short my first Galaxy Nexus broke on me in the way I just described.
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yep empty triangle.. but like i said the phone its new i dont think that is a hardware issue (hope not)...
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Do you have a different micro sim around? Try putting it in the phone. If ot works, then change your current sim.
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ive already done that... my sim is works on other phones, so its not the sim...
andreshbozo said:
ok ive read a looooot and I havent found a fix for my problem...
Ive got my nexus 4 2 weeks ago and everything wast just fine.... one day like everyday i plugged my phone to the wall charger before I went to sleep, when I woke up the next day the phone had no signal at all no 3g, no EDGE, no nothing... I read that the problem was caused by a bug on the 4.3 android (the one that I was running)... I decided to flash the paranoid android 3.99 with the radio that appears at the official PA post and it didnt worked... then I flashed the Cyanogenmod 10.1 that its supposed to be based on android 4.2.2 (and has the working radio version) and it doesnt work either... I flashed one of the radio versions available in "the radio list post" and it didnt worked either... i dont know what to do now... HELP ME PLEASE :crying::crying:[/SIZE][/SIZE]
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UPDATE:
I went back to stock 4.2.2 and nothing then I updated to 4.3 and still nothing... it seems to recognize the sim because it says the name of my carrier but it says "no internet connection" and the triangle of the recption bar are still empty... can anyone help me out here?
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I went back to stock 4.2.2 and nothing then I updated to 4.3 and still nothing... it seems to recognize the sim because it says the name of my carrier but it says "no internet connection" and the triangle of the recption bar are still empty... can anyone help me out here?
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The only thing you could do is flash the factory images. If those don't work, then it may be hardware related (sim or phone).
abaaaabbbb63 said:
The only thing you could do is flash the factory images. If those don't work, then it may be hardware related (sim or phone).
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Thats what i meant when i said i went back to stock... I flashed ThE stock image and thats what im affraid off... ThE strange thing is that it was working just fine and it Stop all of ThE sudden...
I'd contact Google Play (if that's where you purchased it) to get a new replacement. They're customer service is great! :good:
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I'd contact Google Play (if that's where you purchased it) to get a new replacement. They're customer service is great! :good:
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ThE thing is that im from Venezuela and I bought it on amazon I guess im gonna have to contact the seller to see what can they do for me
Hello All,
I've lurked for a fairly long time, however I have come forward from the darkness to share some problems brought to light from the KK OTA update.
It Sucks.
There is no way around this. It's laggy in every menu. When im typing anything out, whether its a text, or an email or even into a search bar Its always chopping and lagging behind a couple seconds. Its a pain to hit the home button to back out of apps or just go get out of something that stopped responding for no apparent reason.
Also, as a small business owner, It is imperative that i stay in communication with my employees and family at all time should anything arise.
The KK OTA has failed miserably in this function. I have had it happen almost everyday for the last month since i downloaded it and installed it on my device that there are periods of time in between me receiving messages and sync data(email, push notifications, etc) that can be quite long. I have noticed that sometimes i just plain don't get my text messages for hours at a time. I'm a hard-working, geeky, IT guy 100% of the time, but Im a father first. Its not okay for me to not hear back from people regardless of what the situation is, and then I step out for air at night and go for a cruise, and then all of my texts and push data suddenly hit my phone all at once, sometimes anywhere from 3-6 Hours later!!!!
Its not my reception. I have a full 5 bars at my residence and at least 4 everywhere else in town, and average speeds of 45 Down and 30Up. My brother and girlfriend also have Note 3s and experience the same and even some different issues. My girlfriend's note 3 cant stay charged longer than 6 hours. even with the phone having all the apps closed and RAM cleared and the phone in complete Airplane mode. Its gotten to the point where she always has her charger with her! We feel like iPhone users! We've gone as far as to buy 3 extended batteries and everybody gets to keep one as a spare. Often times i have 2 spares in my backpack and I swap batteries once a day. My brother has had issues with his keyboard failing to work at all and requiring an actual reboot of the device and yesterday he called me to tell me that his speaker stopped working and after 3 reboots the speaker was functioning normally again. What causes this?
To sum it up, I knew there was only one way to remedy this situation and I was dreading it. I had to call Verizon. I had to tell them that the OTA update had made my phone worthless and unusable. It was an even further long shot, but i had to request and demand a replacement Note 3 with Jellybean on it and NOT KIT KAT.
The phone was overnighted yesterday and it arrived this morning. It came with Jellybean. Flicking through the menus and settings I had forgotten what the speed had felt like. Crisp, concise and without the slightest hesitation. The main purpose of this replacement on JB was so that it could be rooted and the stock apps could be frozen through TiBu and a nice aftermarket ROM could be installed. And that's just what I'll do. I've kept my Sim in my old phone and made sure WiFi stays off on the new one until the old one is backed up and Im ready to root the new one. I cant take anymore chances with these stupid OTAs
Briefly after i had taken the OTA, I had attempted to use Kingo and vRoot(I had been out of the phone mod/root scene for a while) To my surprise it didnt work. Then i realized the boot loaders had changed and were blacklisted and there was no going back.
I've been stalking all of the similar "4.4.2 root method? threads for the last few weeks and all of the responses led me to this obvious conclusion.
Lesson Learned. READ XDA BEFORE TAKING OTAs.
Note 3 junk now.
My Note 3 after OTA:
1 in 30 chance of not seeing "mobile network not available"- and actually making a phone call.
Random reboots
Short battery life
Hot
Crappy visual voicemail trial hard to disable
Overall, my Note 3 which ran perfectly before the update, is junk now.
VZW only has one answer- refurb.
How's about a fix!
I with you. Was so excited about the update until i got it. Phone havent been the same since. I have to hit airplane mode about 10 times a day to get 4g back. The phone button just hangs and take forever to respone. The whole phone now is very slow. I calling verizon when i get a day off. Really thinking about ditching samsung altogether. Their not what they use to be
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droidfreak02 said:
I with you. Was so excited about the update until i got it. Phone havent been the same since. I have to hit airplane mode about 10 times a day to get 4g back. The phone button just hangs and take forever to respone. The whole phone now is very slow. I calling verizon when i get a day off. Really thinking about ditching samsung altogether. Their not what they use to be
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I know Samsung can do better than what they're doing right now. But the simple fact that Verizon was 2 months late to the KitKat party with a ****ty OTA to boot makes my blood boil. Currently running Hyperdrive Rom and I have not regrets.
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So any suggestions? Really don't want a refurb if possible for their screw up but i need a phone that works. The guy at the vzw store did tell me a fix was in the works Just wait?
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So any suggestions? Really don't want a refurb if possible for their screw up but i need a phone that works. The guy at the vzw store did tell me a fix was in the works Just wait?
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Hey guys, I experienced many of these issues as well but have since resolved them.
First, any auto killers that you are running will lag the system big time! I dont know the technicals of why this happens but I experimented on my phone and it happens. SO AVOID AUTO KILLER APPS.
Second, this is in addition to the above suggestion. If you still have problems, a clean re-install might solve it. You can simply use kies or the verizon upgrade app which you can download with a little google search. Repair the installation or install clean (even better) to clear these issues up.
Again, I don't know the technicals but this worked for me after a good amount of experimentation and it's working fine until a root is available.
Best of luck!