this is a bit lame for a 700 dollar phone to be dealing with these kind of issues.
why is the usb so damn complicated to get it to work properly
I should be able to install driver and plug it in to have it working. but no not with galaxy phones... I have to spend weeks trying to figure out wtf is wrong with the setup and it constantly breaks.
I had to uninstall and reinstall drivers and all kinds of sht for 2 weeks to get it to finally work by some unknown force it started working after that.
and now its ritarded slow when browsing files on the phone when connected to usb.
I upgraded sd card to the fastest class available in 32gb and did not see any increase in speed it takes almost 5 minutes to load my image folder
everywhere I go I keep seeing same complaints about this usb crap with Samsung . ive seen it with first galaxy and still see it with the newest galaxy
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Hey all. I installed Mango 2 days ago and had 0 issues with it up until today. Today when I plugged it in to charge, my focus immediately turned off and restarted. I left it off charge for a few hours, and now when I try to charge again, it keeps restarting. The phone works perfectly fine while not plugged in, but whenever I plug it in, it goes into a constant restarting cycle.
It doesn't matter whether its plugged in via USB or to the wall. I have no idea whats going on. Can't charge my phone :s
Did you ever get a fix for this? I'm having the same issue.
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Hey all. I installed Mango 2 days ago and had 0 issues with it up until today. Today when I plugged it in to charge, my focus immediately turned off and restarted. I left it off charge for a few hours, and now when I try to charge again, it keeps restarting. The phone works perfectly fine while not plugged in, but whenever I plug it in, it goes into a constant restarting cycle.
It doesn't matter whether its plugged in via USB or to the wall. I have no idea whats going on. Can't charge my phone :s
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I don't know the problems are same but i am sure the symptoms are. I have Omnia 7 and I was facing the same problems for a while. In the end I fixed it.
I think battery had some conduction problems. You can try to clean this and make sure battery is not loose. Mine was shutting down with a tiny shake when it's not connected to charge. While in charge it was looping at the boot. I've tried everything to make it work. In the end, i figured it out, the battery had no charge to open itself and the electricity coming from USB is not enough to operate the phone sufficiently. I charged the phone via wall charger, it restarted few times and became stable.
My english is not very well for explaining this situtation and I hope it helps.
And yes, Mango might have a role in this because it's a really good battery drainer.
My Samsung focus i917R keeps restarting
Hello everyone,
Please be patient and bear with me while I try to tell you my story.
Background:
I bought the Samsung Focus i917R in September 2011, it had NoDo OS version that time. I read a lot about the microSD card issue and I really needed more than 8GB space on my phone. I had options to go with other HTC phone and not ever deal with Samsung ever but at that time Samsung Focus seem to be the best Windows Phone in the market to me (Amoled screen). I did a lot of research for a compatible microSD card and found that someone broke open an HTC (I believe it was HTC, don’t remember 100%) phone and found that it is using Sandisk class 4 memory card. So, I went with a 16GB Sandisk Class 4 memory card. My phone didn’t really give me any problem. I used up almost 17GB out of 22GB total memory.
Actual Story:
Then I updated my phone to Mango in end of Oct. I don’t remember if I started to have restart issue right after Mango update, but I noticed if I use my phone for a long time, like playing games or use the internet or use IM+ Pro or use Slacker Radio, it gets warm and then restarts. At that time I thought may be because I am using microSD card.
So, in Dec I formatted my phone and installed the newer Sandisk Mobile 8GB Class 4. I noticed I still have the same issue. This is very disappointing. I am only using 3GB space out of 15GB. So, I removed the microSD card and formatted the phone again. Now I have only 8GB and no microSD card. I still have the same issue. I will give you guys some examples of the issue.
Issue example:
If I run the Slacker Radio for over 10 min or so, the phone will get warm and it will restart.
Use the native Microsoft bing map app for a while and the phone feels warm and it will restart. I don’t think the phone gets hot or anything. This much heat for a mobile device should be acceptable. I was using iPhone 3G before I bought the Samsung and I don’t think the Samsung gets any hotter.
Let me know if any of you ran into similar issue. I don't know what to do. I bought the phone from a guy (he bought it from Rogers) and don't have the papers, not sure if it is still under warranty. Somewhat disappointed in Samsung.
I have same issues mentioned by albertleao, but could not find any solution. Can anyone post a solution too, please......
Same Issue
NMBNMB said:
I have same issues mentioned by albertleao, but could not find any solution. Can anyone post a solution too, please......
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I have the same issues!
I thought the problem is related to the battery - so I purchased a new one - didn't make a difference!
I am using my Focus as a phone only, not a smartphone.
When I start running any program it starts a re-booting cycle. I have to turn it off for about 5 minutes before it will start up again. As a phone it will work 90% of the time without re-booting.
I noticed that this has accrued after the AT&T upgrade. I a thinking about installing the original rom!
Any suggestion will be welcomed.
G.E.
focus keeps restarting
dump retail stock rom 1.3 or 1.4 depending upon ur device thn try to update ur phone will b reach at factory condition enjoy
I've been having problems with my fascinate over the past few weeks. I flashed ICS when it first was ported and I think that's when it started, though I can't be certain. It seems to be freezing up alot, alot of random reboots, and FCs. It does seem to be worse with ICS though it does do it with MIUI and SC. I'm on ICS now and it'll freeze up and start vibrating in short pulses. I was in the car tonight (in the dark) and noticed that when it did that the screen was real dim and it finally rebooted on it's own. I'm wondering now that since it does it on different roms if I've got an SD card problem. When I do connect it to the laptop it does pop-up a window saying there may be a problem with the card, scan or continue. It has done that for a while though. Could it be the card?
that sounds like more than an SD card... windows kinda sucks at checking the corruption. I have flash drives that I've used for years and every time I plug them into a windows 7 computer they say that, and I hit continue and they work fine.
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i got a Venue Pro from a us ebay seller, originally ATT locked and running nodo 7392. guess i got very unlucky cause my device was freezing after a couple of moves, not just under intense stressing, almost immediate freezing with any usb cable connection, random freezes even in standby.
just once i was able to upgrade the sys to Mango before usb crash, and i still got the same problems.
So i tried replacing the original microsd Sandisk 16Gb class 4 with a LEXAR 32 Gb class 10, and no improvement at all!
then i noticed that the device it s kinda lasting longer before freezing when there s no simcard inserted.But STILL with or without wifi activated hte sys crashes, it s just a matter of time.
ANYone can help at this point?
tks
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i got a Venue Pro from a us ebay seller, originally ATT locked and running nodo 7392. guess i got very unlucky cause my device was freezing after a couple of moves, not just under intense stressing, almost immediate freezing with any usb cable connection, random freezes even in standby.
just once i was able to upgrade the sys to Mango before usb crash, and i still got the same problems.
So i tried replacing the original microsd Sandisk 16Gb class 4 with a LEXAR 32 Gb class 10, and no improvement at all!
then i noticed that the device it s kinda lasting longer before freezing when there s no simcard inserted.But STILL with or without wifi activated hte sys crashes, it s just a matter of time.
ANYone can help at this point?
tks
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At this point, you've done a lot. Have you considered a few resets in a row. You have already tried without the SD card, so leave it out. Also, on setup, don't log in. Let in run without windows live for awhile...no apps, no wifi. Just to if it would work out of box. Consider that you're not trying to get it to work the way you like, but rather just getting it to work period. No login, no apps, no wifi. See if that helps
You've already tried most of what is suggested
tks 4 reply! tried everything u suggested but it didnt get any better,
i even followed all steps shown in the "how to unbrick dvp" , succeded to get running that old 7004 Tmobile rom on it, and....same as before!!random crashes, even with every connecivity disabled, even with no sim, no way to get this dvp working i guess...
Looks like a broken hardware, sorry...
New to the N7 - only had it for a few days and in the early days it was fine copying stuff to/from PC.
Now, after rooting, the xfer speed is much reduced (on multiple PCs) and quite often the copy process with timeout part way through.
Before rooting I quite happily copied 8GB onto the N7 but now I'm having trouble copying 20MB - sometimes it will copy, sometimes it won't. Just hangs. Need to remove USB cable and re-insert and copy in small chunks waiting for it to happen again.
Never seen this on my (rooted) One-X or Desire in the past.
I would ask if this was an artefact of MTP storage but it was fine before rooting. Rooting method was Wug's without installing a custom recovery.
Anything I can change or do to get this working reliably again?
MTIA
Aaron
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New to the N7 - only had it for a few days and in the early days it was fine copying stuff to/from PC.
Now, after rooting, the xfer speed is much reduced (on multiple PCs) and quite often the copy process with timeout part way through.
Before rooting I quite happily copied 8GB onto the N7 but now I'm having trouble copying 20MB - sometimes it will copy, sometimes it won't. Just hangs. Need to remove USB cable and re-insert and copy in small chunks waiting for it to happen again.
Never seen this on my (rooted) One-X or Desire in the past.
I would ask if this was an artefact of MTP storage but it was fine before rooting. Rooting method was Wug's without installing a custom recovery.
Anything I can change or do to get this working reliably again?
MTIA
Aaron
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i dont think its related to rooting try to wait for a bit when transferring like 10-15 mins mine also gets stuck at the last part and i hust wait for about 5 mins then its done
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i dont think its related to rooting try to wait for a bit when transferring like 10-15 mins mine also gets stuck at the last part and i hust wait for about 5 mins then its done
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Pre-rooting I could xfer 8GB with no problem. Filename currently being copied shows in the Windows Explorer diaglog box as it rattles through them.
Copying the same set of files and you can see it hang on a single filename for what seems like ages and then get a Windows 'device has timed-out error, skip or retry'. Both options fail.
It's not a case of leaving it 10-15 mins because it *fails*
I'm rooted with the stock rom at 4.2.1 and my Usb transfers are every bit as speedy as before rooting. Big files, little files, lots of files, doesn't matter. I get very fast transfers. I did do an fdr after the latest update.
I'll spare everyone the long background details. Suffice it to say, I'm somewhat technical and decided to switch from iOS to Android to be able to tinker with my device.
Got the Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Edition from the Google Play store two weeks ago (4.3, everything updated). All worked well. My only qualms were: USB Audio connection in car did not work anymore with the new phone (no worries; most cars try to aim for the Apple folks anyway), and the SD Card was a huge disappointment because I couldn't freaking do anything with it. Other than that, no issues whatsoever. But it still felt somewhat limited (since my aim to go Android was to do fun stuff with the device).
Yesterday, I decided to root my phone. Used SuperSU v1.65. The process went smoothly via Odin. Rebooted, all was well. So I went ahead and installed apps that would now allow me to really take advantage of being rooted (FolderMount, Titanium Backup Root, Root Explorer).
Used the root explorer to edit the registry appropriately to get around the SD write-protect issue introduced by Android 4.3. Found steps on how to do this online; apparently it's a well-known work-around. Anyhow, that seemed to do it; SD card was now writable.
Used FolderMount to create links/shortcuts in phone memory to media folders on the SD (to free up space on device). Did this only for media; WhatsApp pics, Spotify songs, Titanium backups. Not for any actual apps/utilities.
Anyhow, while I was doing all of this, in my "rooted excitement", I started realizing that my phone wasn't behaving as expected:
1) When connected via USB to a computer the Phone was no longer recognized and opened as a USB device. I tried on a PC w/ Win 7 x64 with and without Samsung Keis software. I also tried on an iMac OSX w/ Samsung Keis for Mac. In either case, the S4 itself did say "Connected as a Media Device" and the Debug mode bean notification appeared as well. I uninstalled and reinstalled drivers and tried a dozen different "solutions" I found online. Nothing worked.
2) Bluetooth stopped working. Essentially, my Bluetooth toggle button is now permanently in the OFF position. When I try to turn it on, it slides over to ON for a few moments (without becoming lit-up), and the phone sits there trying to turn it on, and then promptly returns the slider back to the off position and I am still without Bluetooth.
I googled these two issues extensively and have realized that a lot of people are having them and they keep screaming that the 4.3 update is "broken".
Well, I can attest to the fact that these only started happening once I rooted the phone. I am determined to get to the bottom of it.
I have been going through the phone logs to see any/all error messages in there. Basically these lines are pretty repetitive in there and seem suspect for the Bluetooth issue, at least from what I can tell:
Code:
09-26 20:46:33.280 32033 32033 W Settings: Setting bluetooth_on has moved from
android.provider.Settings.Secure to android.provider.Settings.Global.
09-26 20:46:33.361 1163 1178 D skia : --- SkImageDecoder::Factory returned null
09-26 20:46:33.361 746 1268 W ContextImpl: Calling a method in the system process without a qualified user:
android.app.ContextImpl.sendBroadcast:1297
com.android.server.StatusBarManagerService.sendNotification:175
com.android.server.StatusBarManagerService.updateNotification:782
com.android.server.NotificationManagerService.enqueueNotificationInternal:1738
com.android.server.NotificationManagerService.enqueueNotificationWithTag:1599
My question now is this: since the weekend is approaching, I will have some time to sit in front of my home PC and take care of a few things (work is brutal these days so I don't get much free time during the week). Anyhow, since I will have the time now, should I just go ahead and revert back to factory state and start from scratch again?
For that matter, is there a way for me to even do this? Would just unrooting via SuperSU and then resetting to Factory settings do it?
Any and all help would be much much appreciated. I would rather fix the issues than have to start from scratch, of course.
Wrong section this belongs in Q&A this is for development only. Please review the rules here on XDA. I am going to have your thread moved so you can get help.
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Sorry! Should've paid more attention to the different categories.
Appreciate the move to the right forum section.
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Issues update:
1) USB Connection issue: I have narrowed it down to the "MTP USB Driver" that isn't cooperating.
I have downloaded several different drivers ranging from USB drivers from Samsung (including Keis) to Micrsoft's MTP kit, nothing has worked. What's more is that this issue seems pretty prevalent amongst Galaxy owners but as of yet, I don't see a definite solution posted for it anywhere. I am running Windows 7 x64.
2) Bluetooth issue: I haven't been able to find much material on this. Does anyone here know how I can go about troubleshooting this or even gathering info from my phone to troubleshoot it?
After searching high and low for an answer to this, I ended up doing a factory reset (Menu-->Settings-->Backup & Reset-->Factory Data Reset) and that resolved the issue (while wiping my phone).
Thanks to the Android OS, I let my phone charge overnight while on WiFi and by the morning all the apps were reinstalled and updated, including the OS itself. My Kernal/Baseband/Build versions are all back to the ones I had when I got the phone from the Google Store, so that's comforting.
I had backed-up all my pertinent data to my SD card, so nothing as such was lost in that arena, which is good.
Thanks to all those who attempted to help!