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Bluetooth turns itself off

I have had a problem where my bluetooth just turns itself off for no reason. Anyone else had this.

There were a few posts on this a couple of days ago:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=440110&highlight=bluetooth

i have the same problem...it is anoying because i use a carkit and every 2nd or 3rd time i start the car, the carkit doesn't connect to my X1 because the bluetooth is off again!

Which panel are you using?
I seem to remember having this issue when I first got the X1 but have not had it for the last few days.
I notice it quickly as my car uses bluetooth and so every time I get in it I see it.
I used to used the middle left panel, now using the SPB panel. Maybe a coincidence of course.

I just rebooted my phone and bluetooth stayed on. I also switched wifi on then off and it is still on. I will monitor it to see if this is the case for the longer term.

Try leaving your wifi off and the BT should then become stable and stay on!

i'm using the today panel (on top left). i also turned on BT and Wifi then i did a soft-reset...but BT didn't worked...Wifi is ok.
anyway...BT should work on every panel as good as on the other...if it doesn't there's a bug.
hope that bug will be fixed after the next fw update, as they wrote on the other thread.
greetz
zmaster81

I have still got the problem. Will try not turning on wifi and I have reported it to Sony Ericsson. Hopefully plenty of other people will too to keep the pressure on.

stuartforrest said:
I have still got the problem. Will try not turning on wifi and I have reported it to Sony Ericsson. Hopefully plenty of other people will too to keep the pressure on.
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I can attest to this as well. My Bluetooth has been turning off automatically after an unknown period of time. I was running WiFi at the same time, but then turned it off and noticed Bluetooth had stopped working 5 minutes later.
The next time I noticed this, I went into Comm Manager and Bluetooth was "ON", but after clicking the right softkey then "Bluetooth (settings)", WM told me that Bluetooth was off. I turned it back on manually and it was working fine. I really have no idea why, as it has been doing this since I got it (1 day ago, using the X1i in Canada).
A bit off-topic, but I've installed S2U2 and had some problems. I checked the official thread, but no resolutions. Just wondering if anyone else has tried it out on their Xperia. It seems to run fine for a little bit, but then doesn't show up at all after it's invoked (it still responds to the 'unlock slide', and the device isn't frozen. It's just missing the GFX).
Not to turn this into a complaint thread, but a 3rd issue I have with the phone (which I DO LOVE so much still), is that upon every boot up, I get a notification that states "[Connection Setup] The operator does not exist in the database. Please contact your operator for the connection settings. Connections Setup will redirect you to the Connections screen."
After I click HIDE (only option), I'm forced over to the Connections cpanel, where I already have an active "ISP Modem" connection that I setup when I first got the phone. Just wondering if anyone has seen this before and whether or not they have a fix.
Other than that, I'm truly in love with the phone, a perfect device for my needs!

zmaster81 said:
i have the same problem...it is anoying because i use a carkit and every 2nd or 3rd time i start the car, the carkit doesn't connect to my X1 because the bluetooth is off again!
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Me too

I still have this problem. I called SE on 4th and they said they would get back to me in 3-5 days which I questioned at the time. I called them again yesterday as I had heard nothing and they had a record of my name and address but no record of a report being made. I have reported the problem yet again. They said I would get a call back today so I will wait and see.

Wasn´t there a song from the Eurythmics "Sweet Dreams" ? or from Roy Orbison "Dream you".
I will take it back IF you get an answer ...
Claus
stuartforrest said:
I still have this problem. I called SE on 4th and they said they would get back to me in 3-5 days which I questioned at the time. I called them again yesterday as I had heard nothing and they had a record of my name and address but no record of a report being made. I have reported the problem yet again. They said I would get a call back today so I will wait and see.
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Surprisingly SE just called me back saying they have had quite a few reports of this and they were gathering info so they could pass it through to the developers who are going to release a firmware update. They asked me a few questions about what software version my device had etc.
I urge you if you have this problem to contact them because then it will hurry them along to fix it.

Sony Support - Confirmed Update
Hi all,
Per the above postings I have just contacted Sony Ericsson (UK) support on the following number: 08705 237 237. Support was very helpful and informed me that they were gathering information for new update which should be no promises, released within 2 weeks. They are well aware of two problems. Bluetooth turning off and email/sms alerts not always working. They are looking for any more touble shooting problmes from the X1 community before they close the door developing the new update.
Call now and let's get some of these sorted.
Tom (UK)

ok, so that´s very good and I am taking back my little sarcastic comment
Claus
stuartforrest said:
Surprisingly SE just called me back saying they have had quite a few reports of this and they were gathering info so they could pass it through to the developers who are going to release a firmware update. They asked me a few questions about what software version my device had etc.
I urge you if you have this problem to contact them because then it will hurry them along to fix it.
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I was as surprised as you were!

I have the same bluetooth problem like you all.
My bluetooth is switched "ON" by default and when I boot up the phone, it is still "ON".
But when I switch the panel, the bluetooth automatically switched "OFF", not sure what is the reason for that.

I tried that but mine stays switched on even if I swap panels. It just seems to turn off randomly.

update
They can add internet explorer mobile 6 to that update as well

I lost my Hero, running WaveSecure!

For all of you who are running wavesecure, don't make the same mistake I did!
Here's wat happened:
I lost my phone after a short walk around the block. I tried to call it to hear if I maybe left it in the pub where I was at the moment.
I called it three times, but the fourth time some ***hole turned my phone off so I succesfully tracked the location a few times and eventually locked it with a message to bring it back to the pub I was in.
This was a big mistake! he never turned it on again. He ended up with a fourhundred euro brick well **** 'm then
I couldn't live without a Hero, so the next day I bought a new one
But my advise to all of you is:
1: Run WaveSecure Preferably cooked into MoDaCo's Custom Rom
2: If your phone gets stolen or if you lose it DON'T LOCK IT, just track the location and the SIM. Until you have enough information to go to the police or something, or go pick it up yourself ofcourse

sorry to hear that buddy...
if someone stole it.. and you lock the phone..
I guess 99% of the time... the phone will go into a trash can
or
they will throw it at the wall to take out their frustration on it, and see how many pieces will hit the ground!!

well its better for it to be trashed than for the thief to sell it and make money.

DaanJordaan said:
For all of you who are running wavesecure...
1: Run WaveSecure Preferably cooked into MoDaCo's Custom Rom
2: If your phone gets stolen or if you lose it DON'T LOCK IT, just track the location and the SIM. Until you have enough information to go to the police or something, or go pick it up yourself ofcourse
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@1. Absolutely, there is virtually no point in using WS if it isn't in a ROM. You can actually do it to any ROM, since all the update.zip file does is copies the apk file into /system/app instead of /data/app. That way it cannot be uninstalled through the normal 'market' method.
@2. That's a valid point! I suggest people who need to should set a 15minute tracker on it (can be done from the website). I wouldn't suggest manually locking it out, but I might contact the dev and suggest a 'stealth' mode that would allow you to track the phone, and basically turn it into one huge piece of 'spyware' when enabled. Legal issues could be a problem there though, as in nanny state UK, the thief of your phone would have the same rights to privacy of his/her illegal use of you contract as you would have normally.
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A friend of mine had their PAYG phone stolen. So I called up for them (because 'I'm good with these sorts of things', apparently, and got the SIM cancelled. I checked the balance on the phone, and they told me there was about £1 off it since the theft. I had answered all the usual security questions like 'How much did you last top up by?' and 'How do you normally top up?' and 'What postcode do you tend to keep your phone in most of the time (ie. overnight)?' etc.
So, I asked them if they could give any details of the usage, and after a bit of polite chat and banter, they said there were quite a lot of SMS messages sent to various numbers, but they couldn't give any more details. I considered escalating this issue, as the account holder was my friend (who was sat beside me at the time listening on speaker phone, and who was happy for me to 'act on his behalf', yet they wouldn't tell us any of the details. They also claimed to not be able to track the Cell-ID of the phone, which I know is nonsense, as their own security question was to do with where the phone is normally kept overnight. If they had given a postcode, that could have been given to the police officer who had been 'assigned' the case.
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But the network wouldn't give the info to the 'account holder', so I would strongly recommend that everyone installs WS, at least before 31 Jan, so they get it free on their IMEI for life. That way, you can locate the phone every 15 mins, and also use 'backup' to see their call history/SMS history. Could help get it back, or at least 'intimidate' them if you live in a country where you actually have a right to your own property...
But let's not let this go off-topic, so sorry for the rant, but yes, I think WS is important to be installed to ROM (ie. Modaco)

I looke at this app, but there is a strange behaviour with sms sent with charges because of an international location, am i wrong ?
Ciao
Fred

I've not found any international SMS charges.
AFAIK, they use data for all communications back to the servers. The only times I've seen SMS are that if you forget your PIN, the app will send it via SMS to a buddy (who is usually in your country).
Also during activation, it sends an SMS to you, (but in the UK SMS is free to receive, and calls are free to receive). Also, locking the phone via internet or by SMS will result in an SMS sent from them or another phone, but again it is only receiving the SMS...
Do you pay to receive SMS where you are? Otherwise it seems to use data as its main communication medium.

My latest phonebill was exactly the same as the one before and on WS's site it says that it's completely free of charge for android I recall.
This guy still hasen't turned it on, lost hope a little bit, but I still check every day to be sure.

anon2122 said:
I've not found any international SMS charges.
AFAIK, they use data for all communications back to the servers. The only times I've seen SMS are that if you forget your PIN, the app will send it via SMS to a buddy (who is usually in your country).
Also during activation, it sends an SMS to you, (but in the UK SMS is free to receive, and calls are free to receive). Also, locking the phone via internet or by SMS will result in an SMS sent from them or another phone, but again it is only receiving the SMS...
Do you pay to receive SMS where you are? Otherwise it seems to use data as its main communication medium.
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No i don't pay, but i'm interested in this app - of course !!! - and i read comments on the androlib site about those international sms and charges ...
Ciao
Fred

This app is awesome. For me it nearly beats locale. I lost my phone on a drunken night and did a locator search for it. It pinpointed to the exact location where my phone was. I left my phone with a mate and forgot to get it back. But the sheer usefulness of the locator is a win for me. Yes i would even pay for this app as well!

If you don't have GPS turned on at the time, can you get it to turn on so it can be tracked?

choccy31 said:
If you don't have GPS turned on at the time, can you get it to turn on so it can be tracked?
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Sadly no, but it uses google's location service which works with wifi, network, or GPS, so if gps is turned on and you track the phone you get an exact location.

DaanJordaan said:
Sadly no, but it uses google's location service which works with wifi, network, or GPS, so if gps is turned on and you track the phone you get an exact location.
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Good stuff.
Thanks

Hmmm. You should maybe send a wipe command to the phone too. If it is ever turned on, all your personal data will be gone from it.
Have you checked the last SIM number in it was yours (I think it's under Track on the WS site)?

anon2122 said:
Hmmm. You should maybe send a wipe command to the phone too. If it is ever turned on, all your personal data will be gone from it.
Have you checked the last SIM number in it was yours (I think it's under Track on the WS site)?
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Already did, he never turned it on again. Eventually, just to be safe I blocked my SIM via my provider. So now it can't receive SMS's anymore, so I can't give any commands anymore. But if he puts in another SIM I can track it again plus I know his phonenumber so I can terrorise him, or the second better option is to go to the police with his number

Yeah. If they try to use it, WS servers will find out the number. Have you looked at IMEI barring it (presume you're on GSM) via. your network. But it might be more 'fun' not to. Maybe in a while they'll think the heat is off and turn the phone back on with a SIM...
That's when the 'fun' begins Do the police in Netherlands do anything about this sort of thing? Here in the UK they'll do naff all unless you can tell them who's got it or where it is. That's where WS comes in...
Either that, or you could sign them up to loads of premium-rate reverse-billed SMS subscriptions on their no. (presuming that is legal over there cough cough!) That could be quite amusing to sign them up to all these €3 per SMS ringtone and game services. xD
Disclaimer: This idea was your own. Nobody suggested it to you

double post. Sorry

So what if the thief uninstall WS?

maroth said:
So what if the thief uninstall WS?
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Hi
As I understand it
Modaco 2.0 has ws in cooked into the sys
So it can not be deleted
Even if you do a hardrest, it will still survive

Oh okey thats smart ^^

SMS receiving issues

Hello everyone!
I've got some weird issues with my Samsung Focus. Throughout the day, my phone doesn't receive any messages. It can be for periods of 10 hours. If I shut off my phone for a minute, then turn it on, I'll either get a message then another a minute later..etc.. Or I'll get a flood of messages at one time. The messages were all sent from the past, and come in the proper order, but not at the right times (they have a delay). I didn't have this issue until I started looking around at my diagnostic application so I believe I accidently changed a setting in it. I've already talked to at&t but the store here won't do much with it because the water indicator is red. I have my phone in developer unlocked state (I sideload apps and apps that I make). The reset data functions don't seem to change the diagnostic settings back, so I'm thinking I'll have to flash it with an original rom, but I'm not an expert by any means, but I'll understand whatever instructions or tests that are given.
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated. I haven't had a phone that never had text messaging issues so this is a bit annoying for me when people think you're ignoring them.

Trikun3 said:
Hello everyone!
I've got some weird issues with my Samsung Focus. Throughout the day, my phone doesn't receive any messages. It can be for periods of 10 hours. If I shut off my phone for a minute, then turn it on, I'll either get a message then another a minute later..etc.. Or I'll get a flood of messages at one time. The messages were all sent from the past, and come in the proper order, but not at the right times (they have a delay). I didn't have this issue until I started looking around at my diagnostic application so I believe I accidently changed a setting in it. I've already talked to at&t but the store here won't do much with it because the water indicator is red. I have my phone in developer unlocked state (I sideload apps and apps that I make). The reset data functions don't seem to change the diagnostic settings back, so I'm thinking I'll have to flash it with an original rom, but I'm not an expert by any means, but I'll understand whatever instructions or tests that are given.
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated. I haven't had a phone that never had text messaging issues so this is a bit annoying for me when people think you're ignoring them.
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try this fix. it has fixed my issue with txt not coming in.
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1 Debug
8 Phone Control
7 Network Control
1 GCF
3 Setting Cancellation
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Soft Reset phone (Reboot)
You can test by texting yourself (your mobile number)

Undo forced update

Today my phone went nuts trying to get me to update my phone about every 10 seconds, I couldn't do anything at all today because the popup screen wanting me to update my phone kept on incessantly popping up. At about 5 o'clock this evening it automatically turned off my my Mobile data settings and I couldn't do anything until I figured out what happened and turned it back on. Then at about 11 p.m. my phone automatically shut down while i was texting a message and started downloading the update that for over a month I have been denying! What kind of Jack booted Nazi thuggery invades my personal property and jams down my throat something I don't want?!
How do I reverse this violation of privacy and personal property?
- Thank you, Cris

ok, I was a little hot last night, but seriously, how can I erase what I didn't want and block future intrusions?
Thanks - Cris

ive been having problems with it too...
my music player (google music) freaking skips and pauses on both music on and off the device and on bluetooth and headphone jack...pandora is fine though...weird...
as far as i know i think the only way is to root the phone then freeze something on TiBU

I am thinking a root is an order as well, but I'm afraid that this latest update may have done something internally that would brick my phone if I do that. As far as I can tell from what I've read so far it is still safe but I still want to do some more research to make sure that that is still the fact. Even so, it doesn't change the fact that I feel like I was violated as I paid a lot of money for this phone and its mine not theirs. Its like if you bought a programmable TV and had it in your house and then the manufacture came in your home and changed your programming without your permission. It seems like that should be illegal and I should be able to sue them just on the premis alone.

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Samsung S8 Glitch? .. I've got one for ya....

So.. Story begins..
I bought my S8 a few months back.. Worked flawlessly (Stateside).. Then I came overseas and the problems began.. I requested my service to be suspended by Verizon and after doing so my phone began to freak out.. I don't know for sure if this is the cause but having just received my replacement device and experiencing the exact same issue. Could it be possible?
Issue: No matter what I am doing on the phone it will freeze for a split second then appears to refresh.. For example.. If I am typing an email, as I am writing my keyboard locks up and the phone becomes unusable then it jumps to the top of the app and then I can continue .. It is SOOOO frustrating because for example.. SnapChat: While I am writing and the screen freezes and refreshes, I lose everything I wrote.. If I'm scrolling through Facebook .. It jumps back to the top..This became more frequent and even more annoying! Even if I am in the settings menu scrolled all the way to the bottom.. it freezes for a second and then jumps to the top of the app.. So.. I began removing apps I thought could be the cause of the problem.. I cleared the cache on the phone as well as the apps, reset settings, removed/re-added Google accounts, even tried some developer options to scale down the graphics, background processes etc.. No avail.. I finally caved in and contacted Verizon who put me in touch with TechCoach app to remote in a see the issue for themselves.. All the troubleshooting steps they walked me through, I had already done.. So they sent me a replacement.. I set the new phone up, installed the software updates, just a few apps to test and sure enough same issue! Then I wiped the phone again.. didn't install any software updates, I left it bare bones and even set the phone up as new (no restore from Google)... So as I am writing this TechCoach wants to send me yet another replacement device.. But I'm certain the "Certified Like-New" S8 they send me will end up doing the same thing.. What it appears to be to me (No expert here) is that once I came overseas and suspended my line.. There's some service/app that is trying to push/pull over network data and since it's unable to do so it's causing the phone to glitch? I mean I really can't think of any other reason this could be happening .. Furthermore, I tried different Wi-Fi connections, changed performance modes, disabled many "enhanced features" ... Any ideas/suggestions greatly appreciated while I wait for the replacement device.... Thanks XDA!
Update:
Verizon had to reactivate my line before they could send a replacement... So I asked the rep to keep my line active to see if the issue persists.. Would you believe it worked flawless as it did when I first bought it without issues.. So my theory was right!!! Some service running in the background is attempting to refresh without connectivity.. I'm now going through every system app to disable and test ... more to follow!