Glitching and freezing? - Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello,
I just acquired another Note 3, except this time on Verizon. Everything seemed to be working fine. I got home, did a factory reset (because the CSR skipped a bunch of stuff) and got everything set up the way I like it. Installed a few of my favorite apps (Snapchat, Spotify, Clash of Clans) and turned off all the Amazon and Verizon bloat.
Until...
About an hour after I got home I had my screen freeze. There was a few static lines going across the screen and then the device rebooted and returned to normal. No biggie. Then I played Clash of Clans for a little bit and the same thing happened. Sigh. This time it didn't restart itself, so I pulled the battery and noticed the battery cover wasn't fastened completely at the store. This made me question if that was the cause, but usually stuff like that happens from software issues. I left the battery out for a few minutes and threw it back in.
There was a couple more times it happened, but really no need to go into detail. Now I'm just sitting here typing this out hoping it doesn't happen again.
Any ideas to what might be causing this? I don't use any apps not tested on Kitkat, and am not rooted etc. I'd hate to make another trip to the store to swap it out. Oh, and I also disabled WiFi scanning, and that didn't seem to fix the issue.
Help!

I had some reboots as well. I don't remember where i saw it but I read an article about done issues in kit Kat causing freezes. The article also covered the pain in the arse changes to sdcard r/w.
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I rooted using beanstown106's method for kit Kat 4.4.2. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2787627
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So I went back and exchanged the phone today for a different one and so far so good. This one came pre-installed with kitkat as well. I'm crossing my fingers.

My phone is doing this as well, brand new note 3 with no
Except mine is rooted. I figured it was the root. Now I want to unroot and return it. ..
How do I unroot from towel root

waterbottels said:
My phone is doing this as well, brand new note 3 with no
Except mine is rooted. I figured it was the root. Now I want to unroot and return it. ..
How do I unroot from towel root
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No idea, haven't rooted mine and don't plan to. There should be a guide posted somewhere in General.
For what it's worth, haven't had a single issue with the replacement so far. Phew.

TheMavic said:
No idea, haven't rooted mine and don't plan to. There should be a guide posted somewhere in General.
For what it's worth, haven't had a single issue with the replacement so far. Phew.
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Could you keep me updated on how you went about getting it replaced? Also how long have you had it without incident? I'm looking into unrooting replacing it

waterbottels said:
Could you keep me updated on how you went about getting it replaced? Also how long have you had it without incident? I'm looking into unrooting replacing it
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It's been 24 hours so far without incident. I just took it up to the Verizon store where I purchased it and told them it was freezing and rebooting and they gave me a brand new replacement. How long have you had yours?

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Your opinion on an odd problem

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
EDIT: First ^_^ .....
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.

[Q] One last attempt before I abandon this thing

I bought an i337 right before the MF3 release. Luckily, I was able to prevent the OTA, unlocked it, rooted it and found a custom ROM that was smooth, bug free and gave me no trouble with the modem, BT, WiFi, etc. Heaven.
3 weeks later I reached in my pocket and it was cracked. Wouldn't even boot, no download mode, no ADB, nothing. DOA.
I had insurance, so after the hefty deductible I had a replacement... with MF3. Ugh. Fine. Rooted, Wanman, I did a lot of reading here. I considered SafeStrap, but honestly, I had spent so much time on it... I was making do.
Well, something is up with this device. I have never been able to get the MK2 OTA. After a while, pressing the update button to check didn't do anything at all. No response. Fine. I'll live with this. How bad could it be? I mean, the popups are anoying, The Amber Alert went off 6 times in 30 minutes, I hate the TouchWize BS, but it works, right?
Lately, reboots. And problems with Apps that no one else has. Is it because I am rooted? I didn't do anything with this- just some Tasker stuff and the Xposed. Then my BT starts to cut out all the time. Car stereo randomly drops BT. Samsung media player plays random files from wherever it finds them, especially the Samsung theme song and some strange subset of spotify files. But now it's playing and there's no PLAYER. I can't turn it off. And it's playing during phone calls, and DOUBLE PLAYING dhen I am listening to podcasts. Some apps lock up. Power button presses don't work. Enough.
I tried unrooting. I tried a factory reset. Enough Let's do Safestrap...
****. I have a 16GB version. Not a lot room for that. I don't want to waste any more time...
Fine Factory Wipe. STILL CAN'T UPDATE OTA to MK2?! Something's up. Flash the MF3 Files. Still broken. This thing is a mess.
So the question is... what do I do?
1) Cut my losses. I have a Nexus 5 in my hand. I like it. I could load ROMs. can't swap the battery, and there's no SD card. Dammit. The battery could be a killer for me. I don't want to spend money, but I am done having to reboot in the middle of a business call because it's playing a podcast over the connection.
2) Take it back and demand a new one. With all this AT&T bull**** and locked bootloader. Is this one just a bum phone, or do any of you have these issues?
3) Safestrap + a safestrap ROM. Any good suggestions? Looking for Stable , good BT support and the ability to turn off annoying **** that will wake my wife and kids up at night.
Sorry to post here with what's probably stuff that's been answered- but I just don't have the will to spend any more time or money on this. $400 for the phone + insurance replacement, extra batteries, case, etc. I hate this ****ing thing so much- and even more because I had the previous one so perfect.
Thanks in advance.
And after all that, still stuck on 4.2.2, the root exploit is failing on my phone (it worked before, but not this time). There's only one or two searches coming up with anyone else having this problem, so I don't expect it to work. So no SafeStrap.
Check Please.
Hopefully that N5 battery can last.
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And after all that, still stuck on 4.2.2, the root exploit is failing on my phone (it worked before, but not this time). There's only one or two searches coming up with anyone else having this problem, so I don't expect it to work. So no SafeStrap.
Check Please.
Hopefully that N5 battery can last.
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Flash MK2 with Odin: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2621279
Root here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565758
Don't update to KitKat, NB1 build hasn't been rooted yet
hotsauce32 said:
Flash MK2 with Odin: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2621279
Root here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565758
Don't update to KitKat, NB1 build hasn't been rooted yet
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I appreciate this. I'll give it one more shot.
ultralame said:
I appreciate this. I'll give it one more shot.
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No problem, just remember to back up any apps and whatnot; you're flashing a stock image that will wipe all internal data
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No problem, just remember to back up any apps and whatnot; you're flashing a stock image that will wipe all internal data
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Thanks for the warning. At the moment, it's about as stock as it can be though. Nothing to lose!
Hopefully getting a fresh install gets rid of those issues you were having, but if they persist, you probably got a bad replacement (likely a refurb).
Sounds like your phone needs a complete reset via Odin including the PIT file so you can repartition the entire device...
Get to MK2 Odin files
Get a 16 GB Galaxy S4 PIT file
Open Odin, assign the files to their correct spots...
Turn phone on in Download Mode, connect USB
Proceed to flash, and hope for the best...
If your successful with that I would use Saferoot to obtain root as soon as possible to avoid receiving the new NB1 (Android 4.4) update. From their follow the guides post in this thread to get Safestrap 3.71 installed. I recommend Hyperdrive or SHOStock for your daily driver... though your mileage may very.
Quick note to all those who were trying to help...
I really do believe there was a problem with this phone.
In order to have it replaced, AT&T asked me to do the OTA. It's now 4.4, so no hope of Rooting.
However, they are replacing it. I *may* play with that one if it's not 4.4, and see if I can SafeStrap it, make myself happy.
But most likely I am moving on to the Nexus 5 + Pac ROM or CM or something new, and I am selling the replacement on eBay.
Please don't waste any more of your time trying to help out. I appreciate all the suggestions, but I think I am done. Hopefully someone at Samsung will come to their senses and this BS will stop. When they do, I will come back to these phones. Until then, I am blessed to be able to afford unlocked devices, and I will not go back.
I have to admit, this community has done a great job of being good to newbies and to guys like me, who aren't quite newbies but don't have the time to get in too deep. Thanks again.
I'd like to purchase the phone if you haven't sold it on eBay
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I have had similar gremlins recently. It's just not a very good phone or at least at&t have made it mediocre. That said, you may have had problems with the update if you deleted or froze any stock apps.
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Thanks for the info.
I had my original s4 (MDL) running CM and PacRom and it was awesome. TouchWiz + AT&T mods is the problem. The phone wouldn't even recognize my voice well through my car stereo hands free. (the PacRom version was perfect).
Anyway, I used Odin to flash mk2 stock, then had at&t replace it under warranty. I just sold that one. I'm typing this on a Nexus 5 with a modified Paranoid Android 4.0.
(wtf? PA removed the quick setting button for sound/silent in 4.0/4.1 so I had to find a mod.)
So far so good. I'm worried about not being able to swap the battery, but I love the wireless charging.

Kit Kat OTA users...

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!

[Q] I've got 99 problems. Close anyway...

Hey guys! So I have a regular (non dev) edition note 3. It's running NC2, Bean's custom rooted KK, and Eclipse 2.0.1. I'm of course rooted and using safestrap. For the past few months I've been having a plethora of problems. I would have made a post sooner but I'm usually kind of busy and just didn't have the time to sit down and make a post. Anyway, here it goes.
1. Ever since I've had the phone (since black friday 2013), I've had accelerometer issues. Using apps that switch from portrait to landscape never work. I.E the camera, youtube, etc. A full system reboot usually fixes it but it'll alway seem to freeze again. I know this is a common problem but I have not found a solution that works.
2. Around early april, after I switched from jelly beans rom, installed bean's KK, updated safestrap, and flashed eclipse rom, I've been having problems with Google Play Services force closing,"Google play services has stopped working". Sometimes its once or twice an hour, sometimes it's four or five times in a minute. This also happens if I was to boot into my "stock slot", which as I mentioned, contains Bean's custom KK version. It's simply ridiculous. After the latest hangouts update, i now have Hangouts doing the same thing, but not as often.
3. In the last month and half, my connection has went from fair/pretty good to essentially middle fingers for bars. I struggle to maintain a 3g connection and cell standby kills my battery.
4. Battery life is now abysmal. I've tested it one weekend in airplane mode, completely idle, the phone will completely drain itself in 5 hours. Not being touched once.
5. Starting about a week ago, my "recent" emoji tab no longer tracks my most recent entries. I could enter four or five various ones, send it, minimize the keyboard, bring it back up, and the recents list is clear again. I am using Google Keyboard for those wondering.
Those are the major problems, but I'm sure there's more. I'm a college student and I have to drive to class everyday. I rely on my phone for everything and having one thats so broken and unusable is killing me. I pretty much can't use it except for emergencies if I want it to last me a full day at school. I realy need your help guys. Should I factory wipe with kies and reinstall everything? try a different rom? swap out for a newer n3 model? I'm at the end of my witts here guys. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated. I'll try to upload screenshots as needed, but they might be a bit late because of my schedule. Thanks again!
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Hey guys! So I have a regular (non dev) edition note 3. It's running NC2, Bean's custom rooted KK, and Eclipse 2.0.1. I'm of course rooted and using safestrap. For the past few months I've been having a plethora of problems. I would have made a post sooner but I'm usually kind of busy and just didn't have the time to sit down and make a post. Anyway, here it goes.
1. Ever since I've had the phone (since black friday 2013), I've had accelerometer issues. Using apps that switch from portrait to landscape never work. I.E the camera, youtube, etc. A full system reboot usually fixes it but it'll alway seem to freeze again. I know this is a common problem but I have not found a solution that works.
2. Around early april, after I switched from jelly beans rom, installed bean's KK, updated safestrap, and flashed eclipse rom, I've been having problems with Google Play Services force closing,"Google play services has stopped working". Sometimes its once or twice an hour, sometimes it's four or five times in a minute. This also happens if I was to boot into my "stock slot", which as I mentioned, contains Bean's custom KK version. It's simply ridiculous. After the latest hangouts update, i now have Hangouts doing the same thing, but not as often.
3. In the last month and half, my connection has went from fair/pretty good to essentially middle fingers for bars. I struggle to maintain a 3g connection and cell standby kills my battery.
4. Battery life is now abysmal. I've tested it one weekend in airplane mode, completely idle, the phone will completely drain itself in 5 hours. Not being touched once.
5. Starting about a week ago, my "recent" emoji tab no longer tracks my most recent entries. I could enter four or five various ones, send it, minimize the keyboard, bring it back up, and the recents list is clear again. I am using Google Keyboard for those wondering.
Those are the major problems, but I'm sure there's more. I'm a college student and I have to drive to class everyday. I rely on my phone for everything and having one thats so broken and unusable is killing me. I pretty much can't use it except for emergencies if I want it to last me a full day at school. I realy need your help guys. Should I factory wipe with kies and reinstall everything? try a different rom? swap out for a newer n3 model? I'm at the end of my witts here guys. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated. I'll try to upload screenshots as needed, but they might be a bit late because of my schedule. Thanks again!
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Awesome. Thanks for all the help guys!
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Awesome. Thanks for all the help guys!
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Haha alright now you're making us feel bad. I would flash back to stock and get a replacement before your year is up. Sounds like hardware issues mostly.
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Odin back to nc2 stock. Everything you need in thread below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2524572
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Haha alright now you're making us feel bad. I would flash back to stock and get a replacement before your year is up. Sounds like hardware issues mostly.
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Odin back to nc2 stock. Everything you need in thread below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2524572
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Haha I apologize. Just a bit worn down as you could imagine :silly: ... I'll try to get this back to stock and swap it this weekend. I do have another question though. If I were to receive a new note 3, would it most likely be an NC4, and if so, is that still easily rootable and able to take safestrap?
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Haha I apologize. Just a bit worn down as you could imagine :silly: ... I'll try to get this back to stock and swap it this weekend. I do have another question though. If I were to receive a new note 3, would it most likely be an NC4, and if so, is that still easily rootable and able to take safestrap?
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Yep, towel root is the new method for rooting nc4. Couldn't find a whole thread dedicated to it but here's some decent instructions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=54828796
ginger man said:
Yep, towel root is the new method for rooting nc4. Couldn't find a whole thread dedicated to it but here's some decent instructions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=54828796
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Thanks! Do you think there's any chance they'd swap it with a dev edition? Haha
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Thanks! Do you think there's any chance they'd swap it with a dev edition? Haha
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Not a chance lol and yea seems mostly hardware issues I sugest using alliance when you get the new phone its a combination of beans/baja/and sure great devs and soon it will have the amazing domination theme avaiable wich is aosp the the T
Just wanted to say thanks to everyone for the help! Got my replacement unit yesterday and everything works great. I'm struggling to install Alliance ROM as we speak but I suppose thats not a problem with the phone haha. Having a device that lasts all day, can make calls and texts without apps crashing or losing service is amazing. It's been so long without such luxuries!

Canada currently getting a new 1AQEJ update

Apparently only a security fix though it appears newer than the 1AQEB rolling out in Europe and other places. No apparent Bluetooth fix, though my very, very brief range test with the S3 Classic worked. I did not get disconnected until I was about 25-30 feet away. More testing is required of course. The patch seems light in size compared to the 1AQEB, with 1AQEJ coming in at approximately 270MB VS. 670MB for the 1AQEB. Only visible difference is that I am now on May 1st, 2017 security patch.
Interesting.
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Unlocked or a carrier?
Edit: Apparently this is for Bell, for now.
thurask said:
Unlocked or a carrier?
Edit: Apparently this is for Bell, for now.
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You can download and flash this to any Canadian variant of S8/S8+. They are all exactly the same phones.
Received it OTA on Telus this morning.
Strange. I'm on Bell and OTA says I'm on the latest with 1AQDE.
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dhorgas said:
You can download and flash this to any Canadian variant of S8/S8+. They are all exactly the same phones.
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How/where to download?
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zirt57 said:
Strange. I'm on Bell and OTA says I'm on the latest with 1AQDE.
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Did you buy your device direct from Samsung, full retail, or subsidized? As for where to grab it, I suppose I could download the latest firmware for my device and upload it somewhere or alternatively you can look for somebody posting it here on XDA or Sammobile.
zirt57 said:
Strange. I'm on Bell and OTA says I'm on the latest with 1AQDE.
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I received it as well this morning, I'm on Virgin Mobile
Not available on Rogers yet.
I have massive battery drain all of a sudden. Google Play Services are keeping the device awake all the time. Nothing changed since yesterday except the new update. Cleared the cache a few minutes ago. Have to see if there is any impact.
Got this OTA update on my Bell S8+ this morning. Since i got the update Im having issues on screen sensitivity, like Im texting then menu option pops up or just scrolling my chat messages and then out of the blue it's menu pop up. Using a tempered glass screen protector which has adhesive on edges, working perfect before the update. Will still monitor it and report back tomorrow.
My device got hosed after this update. I had to factory reset it. I am going to attempt a restore now from a backup but I have a feeling that I'm in for a nice new setup from scratch. The phone just went nuts this morning and progressively got worse. Play Services started draining battery like mad, Play Store stopped working, random glitches and crashes, etc. I finally decided that enough is enough. I wasted at least 2 hours troubleshooting the issues in the hope that factory reset won't be necessary. I ought to know better.
After 3 days using this update i guess it's time to do a hard reset. The glitches I'm experiencing are just annoying and there's a slight battery drain issue too.
After factory reset the device seems to be back to normal, more or less. Have to wait out the first 3-5 days for the device to settle in but all the glitches I was seeing are gone now.
Okay, got a chance to test the Bluetooth connection again. There seems to be a bit of improvement in range. This might be placebo effect. Beyond that, nothing has improved at all. I am still having trouble with Bluetooth dropping at random, connectivity and discovery issues, etc. Same as before. I don't believe that this update incorporated any of the Bluetooth fixes that were discussed for 1AQEB.
Got it today on Vidéotron, no issues so far.

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