Hi
i bought the phone From EGYPT
Withn the last Week i cant remember exactly when i got a software update around 110MB
after installing it iam facing issue with my mobile screen it keep distorted
everytime i press on the power or while iam using it
the screen split in half sometimes in random shapes and i have to turn the
screen on off many times to overcome this
in the background the phone working normally and the touch shfited
since few days i got another small software update but no help
i forrmetted the phone . removed any app but still get that error
idont know if this a hardware failure or software failure
i confrim that problem happened after getting the 1st update i not seeing it
before but may it just a luck
i attach some screenshoots for the problem
Note : i downloaded from sammobile the Egypt Rom again and reinstalled same problem
I'm not sure why you didn't take it back and claimed the warranty after that OTA update, but it's too late for it now if you flashed your N3 ??
If flashing a new stock ROM didn't help, it's probably a HW issue, take it back and hope they will fix it on a warranty.
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Hi all,
Ever since updating to the latest MGA via OTA firmware nearly 2 weeks ago the Wifi has been causing me a lot of issues. The following evening after updating the firmware, the wifi just randomly turned itself off and would refuse to turn on again. When I attempted to turn it back on via the widget, it would go grey as it's attempting to turn on but then it would just stay at that and it will not turn on at all. After a few minutes it will either go back to being completely turned off or the phone would just reboot itself.
Now, I have tried several things to rectify the problem i.e. applying the MGA wifi fix, factory restoring the phone via the settings and also in Kies, downgrading back down to the MEA firmware, re-flashing the stock MGA firmware via Odin and re-flashing both the MEA & MGA modems seperately - all to no sucess!
At the same time while all this is going on, the phone itself will sometimes randomly reboot itself when attempting to turn on the wifi or even in the rare case when the wifi does turn on and it will work for 5 or so minutes - the phone will reboot itself again while trying to simultaneously update various apps through the play store.
Lastly, the phone has already been sent back to Samsung a few days ago regarding this issue and the phone was returned back to me yesterday with Samsung apparently stating that they had diagnosed and found an issue with the phone (even though they could not tell me what??) and that they had sucessfully repaired it. Upon turning the phone back on going through setting up the phone again, I come to the wifi connection and guess what... it doesn't turn on. Yep that's right, I'm still stuck with the same problem!
I got straight onto Samsung on the phone and complained about this as I'm not happy at all, and they have agreed to have the phone back in for another repair and apparently something will be done properly this time.
It's not good enough though, to me all it looks like that Samsung have done their end on the original repair is re-flash it with the MGA firmware once again, shove it back in the box back to me and hope for the best. Even the Samsung agent on the phone yesterday could not tell me exactly how they apparently repaired the phone as there was not anything on the repair report what so ever, unbelievable!
Anyway, do any of you guys have any ideas with what else I can do my end to try and rectify the problem? To me though, this sounds like a physical hardware fault that only Samsung themselves can sort out...
Thanks - Liam
AndroidLEK said:
Hi all,
Ever since updating to the latest MGA via OTA firmware nearly 2 weeks ago the Wifi has been causing me a lot of issues. The following evening after updating the firmware, the wifi just randomly turned itself off and would refuse to turn on again. When I attempted to turn it back on via the widget, it would go grey as it's attempting to turn on but then it would just stay at that and it will not turn on at all. After a few minutes it will either go back to being completely turned off or the phone would just reboot itself.
Now, I have tried several things to rectify the problem i.e. applying the MGA wifi fix, factory restoring the phone via the settings and also in Kies, downgrading back down to the MEA firmware, re-flashing the stock MGA firmware via Odin and re-flashing both the MEA & MGA modems seperately - all to no sucess!
At the same time while all this is going on, the phone itself will sometimes randomly reboot itself when attempting to turn on the wifi or even in the rare case when the wifi does turn on and it will work for 5 or so minutes - the phone will reboot itself again while trying to simultaneously update various apps through the play store.
Lastly, the phone has already been sent back to Samsung a few days ago regarding this issue and the phone was returned back to me yesterday with Samsung apparently stating that they had diagnosed and found an issue with the phone (even though they could not tell me what??) and that they had sucessfully repaired it. Upon turning the phone back on going through setting up the phone again, I come to the wifi connection and guess what... it doesn't turn on. Yep that's right, I'm still stuck with the same problem!
I got straight onto Samsung on the phone and complained about this as I'm not happy at all, and they have agreed to have the phone back in for another repair and apparently something will be done properly this time.
It's not good enough though, to me all it looks like that Samsung have done their end on the original repair is re-flash it with the MGA firmware once again, shove it back in the box back to me and hope for the best. Even the Samsung agent on the phone yesterday could not tell me exactly how they apparently repaired the phone as there was not anything on the repair report what so ever, unbelievable!
Anyway, do any of you guys have any ideas with what else I can do my end to try and rectify the problem? To me though, this sounds like a physical hardware fault that only Samsung themselves can sort out...
Thanks - Liam
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Well I have only had this problem with rooting phones etc... to me this happened with so many ROMs I tried. Even certain stock roms. I am not sure fully how I fixed it, but I know now I am running the OMEGA rom and this seemed to have worked for me so possible to try that? Just an option
PSPNikos said:
Well I have only had this problem with rooting phones etc... to me this happened with so many ROMs I tried. Even certain stock roms. I am not sure fully how I fixed it, but I know now I am running the OMEGA rom and this seemed to have worked for me so possible to try that? Just an option
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When I first downgraded back down to the MEA firmware that I was linked to from another forum, I discovered straight after flashing that it was a pre-rooted ROM and the wifi still would not turn on then.
The phone has been sent back to Samsung again today for another repair but last night as a last ditched attempt, I downloaded & flashed the stock XXUAMDM firmware from April and the wifi still refused to turn on.
I'm still convinced that the problem itself is hardware related rather than software based going by that the problem is still present regardless of what ROM I'm on, it's just a case of trying to get Samsung to see that. I can understand now why that Samsung the first time round probably only did a fresh re-flash of the MGA firmware instead of going ahead and taking the phone apart/replacing parts as I imagine it's very labour intensive/standard procedure and not only that - the S4's mainboard (from what I've seen the wifi module is part of the mainboard) retails at over £200 which is a hefty repair cost on their part.
Liam
It is some sort of permissions issue.
If you do chmod 777 on /dev/*, /system/etc/wifi/* it should be working.
The only thing I haven't figured out is why
And it has to be done again after rebooting the phone, wich makes me sad.....
How I fixed my WiFi and sound problems after updating to latest firmware over
Hi there. (Sorry for any mistake about my English). By the way, I'm newbie on Android.
After freaking out about my WiFi problem, i didn't even care about the others problems like the sound, and I don't know if there were or if there is still some, but WiFi and sound got fixed.
After a lot of research on Google and XDA I came to the conclusion that if I could just re-install the firmware, I had
1- I Download the same firmware you are on (i guess it safer this way) I got the same (I9505VJUEMKE) that had caused the problem when was update trough Kies.
GT-I9505_PDA_I9505VJUEMKE_4.3
Changelist: 2210919
Build date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013
CSC: I9505ZTOEMKE_ZTO_Brazil
MODEM: I9505VJUEMKE
Gdrive: (créditos ao +Alexandre Affonso - Vlw)
Two links for download this firmware. (really fast download since its on gdrive)
goo.gl / UrZWAE .
goo.gl / omJC9e "
2- Unpack the Zip File
3- Putt the phone in "Download Mode"
4- Open Odin 3.07 and Connected the cable. (check if Odin linked a port to your phone, i didnt get any color change, just the COM Port number and the "added" mentioned on Odin)
5- Load the firmware on "PDA", wait a few seconds till Odin load it.
6- Click Start and wait the whole process. Don't disconnect the cable until Odin says that it was Successfully.
Finished!
After all I did the root with Odin + CF Auto Root + Supersu and So far everything is fine and better than before.
Hope I can help few of you guys.
Thanks.
Dear all, my note 3 n9005 16G lte is currently sitting in the Samsung's service centre in Taipei city, Taiwan . Recently ive found out that my note 3 is having problems with its GPS, it wouldnt get a lock on for a long period of time (10-15 minutes), sometimes it doesnt get a lock at all, and i have tried everything restoring using odin, unrooted, gps status but no luck. So today i decided to take a visit to the local Samsung Repair centre in Taipei. The staff lady told me it will take about an hour to check for its problems and get back to me after. So i waited an hour and found out that my phone is completed dead they have lost my IMEI number due to reformatting the phone (ive tested the phone and everything seems fine except it will not detect my sim card). They give me an option to repair for a price of about 250 us dollars for placing the mother board, unfortunately due to rooting the phone ive lost all my warranties. Any help or suggestion will be extremely appreciated. Thanks in advance :crying:
My question is that are there any other ways to restore its IMEI by fixing it my self, kinda under budget right now. The phone was partial new just got it last November.
****Follow up UPDATES: Well guys the problem has been fixed(half fixed actually), lmao it turns out the guys at the samsung repair centre flashed the wrong firmware into my system have no idea how he did it, KOT49h n9005ztuenb5 this is the version he flashed into my system. After i got home from the repair centre along with my phone today i flashed the N9005ZTUENE2 via odin and voilà it all came back to normal 250 dollars saved!!!! however lost my 32 sgcard, GPS problem still exists and took them a week plus 4 pohone calls to them to get back to me. any ways i am very happy right now /cheers GO Brazil !!!!!GO Brazil GO Brazil!!!!
Tonyipad2 said:
Dear all, my note 3 n9005 16G lte is currently sitting in the Samsung's service centre in Taipei city, Taiwan . Recently ive found out that my note 3 is having problems with its GPS, it wouldnt get a lock on for a long period of time (10-15 minutes), sometimes it doesnt get a lock at all, and i have tried everything restoring using odin, unrooted, gps status but no luck. So today i decided to take a visit to the local Samsung Repair centre in Taipei. The staff lady told me it will take about an hour to check for its problems and get back to me after. So i waited an hour and found out that my phone is completed dead they have lost my IMEI number due to reformatting the phone (ive tested the phone and everything seems fine except it will not detect my sim card). They give me an option to repair for a price of about 250 us dollars for placing the mother board, unfortunately due to rooting the phone ive lost all my warranties. Any help or suggestion will be extremely appreciated. Thanks in advance :crying:
My question is that are there any other ways to restore its IMEI by fixing it my self, kinda under budget right now. The phone was partial new just got it last November.
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I had the same problem, baseband was unknown and INEI appears as null\null.
I have flashed a new factory rom and it solve my problem.
Try to download several factory roms and flash them, it migth help.
Another option is flashing this fix:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/k32kvbgb2dc9qde/Brick_Loop_FIX_afterRestoringBackup.zip
Good luck.
sagytb said:
I had the same problem, baseband was unknown and INEI appears as null\null.
I have flashed a new factory rom and it solve my problem.
Try to download several factory roms and flash them, it migth help.
Another option is flashing this fix:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/k32kvbgb2dc9qde/Brick_Loop_FIX_afterRestoringBackup.zip
Good luck.
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Oh god thanks bro will give that a try
****Follow up UPDATES: Well guys the problem has been fixed(half fixed actually), lmao it turns out the guys at the samsung repair centre flashed the wrong firmware into my system have no idea how he did it, KOT49h n9005ztuenb5 this is the version he flashed into my system. After i got home from the repair centre along with my phone today i flashed the N9005ZTUENE2 via odin and voilà it all came back to normal 250 dollars saved!!!! however lost my 32 sgcard, GPS problem still exists and took them a week plus 4 pohone calls to them to get back to me. any ways i am very happy right now /cheers GO Brazil !!!!!GO Brazil GO Brazil!!!!
Tonyipad2 said:
****Follow up UPDATES: Well guys the problem has been fixed(half fixed actually), lmao it turns out the guys at the samsung repair centre flashed the wrong firmware into my system have no idea how he did it, KOT49h n9005ztuenb5 this is the version he flashed into my system. After i got home from the repair centre along with my phone today i flashed the N9005ZTUENE2 via odin and voilà it all came back to normal 250 dollars saved!!!! however lost my 32 sgcard, GPS problem still exists and took them a week plus 4 pohone calls to them to get back to me. any ways i am very happy right now /cheers GO Brazil !!!!!GO Brazil GO Brazil!!!!
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Hi there.
I follow this thread, but it is quite disappointing on the Samsung side.
I fully understand that you have rooted the device, and actually your warranty has been voided (legally).
BUT, from your story, unfortunately, it is not your mistake mate. Yes, you brought the device to be repaired regarding the GPS issue.
BUT again, not your mistakes to make it NULL IMEI. By right, the service center does the mistakes, they have to fix it without charges.
Anyway, glad to know you have fix back your IMEI by flashing the same firmware. congratulations
I recently install Hitman Sniper on my Note 4N910C and it has caused the screen to start flickering none stop. The icons also jump about on the screen and mesh with others. I've tried to do a hard factory reset thinking that it is a software error. But the screen still has the same problems.. Do you guys think I should get my Note 4 replaced?
OK, so I've tried doing a Hard Reset on my device and I still get the same problem. I've recently visited my local Samsung Smart Centre to see if they could fix my device but seeing that it is UAE model they refused to have anything to do with it and ask me to contact my retailer to have it fixed. I was told that it maybe a firmware error.
So I did allot of research online and found out how to restore the firmware back to the way I had it. I downloaded Odin version 3.10 and the official UAE firmware for my device from Sammobile. I follow the instructions to the letter and I still have the same problem!
Does anybody have any advice they can give me with regards to the problem that I am having?
Same issue here!!
Hi, were you able to find a solution for your issue?? I have the exact same problem with my Note 4.
software compatibility
hello every one its unfortunately i ve had to ask for help as i ve gone all over the internet for my problem but there seems to be no fix for this
as i ve seen in sum other forums there has been number of people with the same issue
this all happened after i went to sweet rom, was on stock before that, s pen was fine ( i did post in the sweet rom asking anyone else had the same issue) .
soon as i would take the s pen out the phone would crash and restart again . i don't use the s pen much so didn't get around fixing the issue this is about 2 months ago since the problem started .
now i want to sell my phone for the note 5 i thought i better fix this issue .
i thought try another Dr kretan rom to see if the issue got fixed but unfortunately no it didn't, now the s pen menu comes out when pop out the spen , but no writing or hovering .... i cant get back to stock rom ( unroot) cause the firmware update via odi fails (<ID:0/004> hidden.img
<ID:0/004> FAIL!) which is another issue altogether
maybe downgrading to kitkat might fix the issue ?
can anyone help me with this issue ( i am pretty certain its a software fault don't think it be hardware as was working fine on the stock rom )
thanks
cokeman2 said:
hello every one its unfortunately i ve had to ask for help as i ve gone all over the internet for my problem but there seems to be no fix for this
as i ve seen in sum other forums there has been number of people with the same issue
this all happened after i went to sweet rom, was on stock before that, s pen was fine ( i did post in the sweet rom asking anyone else had the same issue) .
soon as i would take the s pen out the phone would crash and restart again . i don't use the s pen much so didn't get around fixing the issue this is about 2 months ago since the problem started .
now i want to sell my phone for the note 5 i thought i better fix this issue .
i thought try another Dr kretan rom to see if the issue got fixed but unfortunately no it didn't, now the s pen menu comes out when pop out the spen , but no writing or hovering .... i cant get back to stock rom ( unroot) cause the firmware update via odi fails (<ID:0/004> hidden.img
<ID:0/004> FAIL!) which is another issue altogether
maybe downgrading to kitkat might fix the issue ?
can anyone help me with this issue ( i am pretty certain its a software fault don't think it be hardware as was working fine on the stock rom )
thanks
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the hidden.img fail is normal so don't worry about that. There are a couple or repacked rims in the general section that have the hidden.img removed, it's mainly carrier specific bloat ware
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i need a .pit file for the N910u to solve the hidden img fail ..... as i cant load stockrom on it, keeps failing .... in turn i think thats why the s pen has stopped working
update managed to get to stock rom (i was flashing the country's wrong carrier rom )........ sadly s pen still not working even changed the tip on it( factory reset it ) air command pops up when i take the s pen out but cant write or any hovering , i ve checked the s pen settings they all o
Hey guys!
I'm posting here in hopes someone could help me with my issues.
First and foremost, the phone is behaving erratically since the latest official update.
Phone was unrooted and untouched, only by official OTA updates.
-After the latest official OTA update, the phone hangs, reboots, sometimes when I try to unlock my phone it just doesn't respond to commands, sometimes it doesn't get past the first screen that shows when you power up the phone.
-I tried flashing a custom ROM for the first time and I got "mmc write error". I couldn't flash any other ROM, neither using Odin or by trying to restore the phone through Kies. The phone encountered the MMC write error with anything I tried to flash (this was happening at system img).
-I then tried the "fix mmc write error" guide here on XDA which promised to fix the error, but it didn't work. I followed all the steps and even used the repartition option with the provided .PIT file.
-Then I flashed the Philz touch recovery, rooted, and I formatted every partition besides the most important ones like EFS.
-Now I was able to restore the phone with Kies and afterwards I was able to flash any custom ROM (tried a bunch and the phone behaves bad (the same) on any ROM. Some ROMs don't even boot).
-I don't remember where, but I've read that the latest official update for the N910F screws something in the bootloader, and makes the phone behave eratically. Is there any known fix for this? Is there any bootloader I can flash so that the phone will work fine as before? And if so, what version should I use?
-I've read around and it was suggested that the battery might be causing these issues. So I went out and bought a new genuine note 4 battery and replaced it.. Sadly it didn't fix the issue.
I'm now on the custom RamRom with their custom RamKernel (for the 910F variant) and sometimes it works perfectly, other times it just hangs and is unresponsive until I pull the battery out and do a fresh boot.
I would of returned the phone in a heartbeat, but it's out of warranty, and it's such a shame it worked perfectly fine before the latest update. I feel it's Samsung's fault for the bad behavior of the phone but there's no way I can hold them responsible now, with the phone out of warranty and with the knox counter tripped.
Sorry for posting this big block of text and thanks to anyone reading it / shedding some light on my problems
Thanks!
Bro something similar happened to me as well .. even I did purchase new battery as everyone and also repair service guy said it's due to battery but that didn't solved the issue ..
Kindly check this xda post by me , it may help you.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/help/weird-white-bar-booting-sm-n910g-t3529413
adrscu said:
Hey guys!
I'm posting here in hopes someone could help me with my issues.
First and foremost, the phone is behaving erratically since the latest official update.
Phone was unrooted and untouched, only by official OTA updates.
-After the latest official OTA update, the phone hangs, reboots, sometimes when I try to unlock my phone it just doesn't respond to commands, sometimes it doesn't get past the first screen that shows when you power up the phone.
-I tried flashing a custom ROM for the first time and I got "mmc write error". I couldn't flash any other ROM, neither using Odin or by trying to restore the phone through Kies. The phone encountered the MMC write error with anything I tried to flash (this was happening at system img).
-I then tried the "fix mmc write error" guide here on XDA which promised to fix the error, but it didn't work. I followed all the steps and even used the repartition option with the provided .PIT file.
-Then I flashed the Philz touch recovery, rooted, and I formatted every partition besides the most important ones like EFS.
-Now I was able to restore the phone with Kies and afterwards I was able to flash any custom ROM (tried a bunch and the phone behaves bad (the same) on any ROM. Some ROMs don't even boot).
-I don't remember where, but I've read that the latest official update for the N910F screws something in the bootloader, and makes the phone behave eratically. Is there any known fix for this? Is there any bootloader I can flash so that the phone will work fine as before? And if so, what version should I use?
-I've read around and it was suggested that the battery might be causing these issues. So I went out and bought a new genuine note 4 battery and replaced it.. Sadly it didn't fix the issue.
I'm now on the custom RamRom with their custom RamKernel (for the 910F variant) and sometimes it works perfectly, other times it just hangs and is unresponsive until I pull the battery out and do a fresh boot.
I would of returned the phone in a heartbeat, but it's out of warranty, and it's such a shame it worked perfectly fine before the latest update. I feel it's Samsung's fault for the bad behavior of the phone but there's no way I can hold them responsible now, with the phone out of warranty and with the knox counter tripped.
Sorry for posting this big block of text and thanks to anyone reading it / shedding some light on my problems
Thanks!
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Your facing emmc failure *your internal storage is corrupted* After a certain amount of read/writes, it ends up crapping out.
short note you may find a workground for this problem but at the end changing the motherboard is the only solution for you..
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Hey guys and thanks for the replies.
Amar.B said:
Your facing emmc failure *your internal storage is corrupted* After a certain amount of read/writes, it ends up crapping out.
short note you may find a workground for this problem but at the end changing the motherboard is the only solution for you..
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While this might seem plausible, it is very hard for me to accept, because prior to having these problems, I never flashed anything to the phone, apart from official OTA updates. I find it really hard to accept that the part of the MMC - internal memory which is assigned to the operating system has been written so many times as to cause failure..
adrscu said:
Hey guys and thanks for the replies.
While this might seem plausible, it is very hard for me to accept, because prior to having these problems, I never flashed anything to the phone, apart from official OTA updates. I find it really hard to accept that the part of the MMC - internal memory which is assigned to the operating system has been written so many times as to cause failure..
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Believe me i use to feel the same but now i am all careful not to loose my warranty i am on stock rom too knox is not triggered.. Emmc failure is a time bomb lots of people are having the same problem it's a hardware defect doesn't matter if you're custom rom or stock rom.. my phone is almost new 8 month old and am having a problems with phone already. phone shutting down at 20% and going into bootloop i have to charge the phone so it could boot up normally now i found many users are facing the issues..
The weird part is only the snapdragon variants are facing emmc failure while exynos don't
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Amar.B said:
Your facing emmc failure *your internal storage is corrupted* After a certain amount of read/writes, it ends up crapping out.
short note you may find a workground for this problem but at the end changing the motherboard is the only solution for you..
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Amar.B said:
Believe me i use to feel the same but now i am all careful not to loose my warranty i am on stock rom too knox is not triggered.. Emmc failure is a time bomb lots of people are having the same problem it's a hardware defect doesn't matter if you're custom rom or stock rom.. my phone is almost new 8 month old and am having a problems with phone already. phone shutting down at 20% and going into bootloop i have to charge the phone so it could boot up normally now i found many users are facing the issues..
The weird part is only the snapdragon variants are facing emmc failure while exynos don't
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Thanks for your help, Amar! I've put some thought into it and I'm considering looking for a new motherboard. Maybe even an exynos one if it fits.
I'm very puzzled as I own other phones too and it's the first time something like this is happening.
Thanks again!
adrscu said:
Thanks for your help, Amar! I've put some thought into it and I'm considering looking for a new motherboard. Maybe even an exynos one if it fits.
I'm very puzzled as I own other phones too and it's the first time something like this is happening.
Thanks again!
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All the best mate and it's my pleasure.. cheers
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