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Well, thats it, I actually can't pick up my phone when I get a call. I can push the green pick up button as many times as I want, but it wont respond, and I end up having to call people back. Anyone else with this issue? (phone info in sig)
I am only going to take a guess and say that you have a lot of programs that run in the background.
Maybe try not using auto rotate.
I agree with Neobbs although when I first read the subject, I thought maybe you needed to work out more....
Same problem here. I can have the phone in my hands looking at it straight up when the phone rings and the phone goes black for about 5 seconds (or about 2 rings) and then the caller id comes up and I start hitting the call/talk button to answer. It goes to VM eventually and me hitting the green button ends up bringing up the recent call list. Auto rotate is disabled, but I do have weatherbug, open home, caller lookup and IM running in the background. Oh... and I have the transistions/animations enabled. That's all i can think of. I'll try removing the caller lookup app to see if it eliminates the problem.
hi,im running rc33 stock rom on bronze tmo g1 in singapore..it happened many a times,even on a cold boot up..wonder what is the actual problem here,mine is not rooted at all..
screamsoflust said:
hi,im running rc33 stock rom ....wonder what is the actual problem here,mine is not rooted at all..
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why in the world would you do that? (j/k)
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why in the world would you do that? (j/k)
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huh?what do you mean?
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huh?what do you mean?
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he means.. why would you not root your G1???
I think it's a good, fair and valid question.
Do you have installed a customer ring tone ? if yes, choose original ring tone and try again.
I had the same problem when I started using my phone. I dunno what changed but the prob. has disappeared or I got used to hold the pickup button down for a bit longer automatically. I got the feeling that this helped the issue.
My phone is RC33 not rooted... and to answer you question: I've tried but I'm still fighting with my XP to accept the USB driver.
Guess again!
neoobs said:
I am only going to take a guess and say that you have a lot of programs that run in the background.
Maybe try not using auto rotate.
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mine does the same randomly. Straight after a factory reset.
nothing installed, and my G1 is not rooted (yet).
has anyone found a solution for this problem?
Using RC33 with weatherbug running in the background, but it occurs with it installed and without it installed
I swear, the G1 must be the worst phone ive ever used
can't wait for the touch pro 2 now...
google can't release polished software if their lives depended on it.. selling a beta phone is just bs
n3rdftw said:
has anyone found a solution for this problem?
Using RC33 with weatherbug running in the background, but it occurs with it installed and without it installed
I swear, the G1 must be the worst phone ive ever used
can't wait for the touch pro 2 now...
google can't release polished software if their lives depended on it.. selling a beta phone is just bs
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Yep, must be terrible if about 4 or 5 people have this problem out of the thousands who have bought it....
I've never had any of these problems, but im guessing they're (probably) firmware related.
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Yep, must be terrible if about 4 or 5 people have this problem out of the thousands who have bought it....
I've never had any of these problems, but im guessing they're (probably) firmware related.
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most probably just call back and arent bothered to find out how to fix it on xda
anyways, when you say firmware related, what did you mean?
I installed JF 1.42, and before that, his earlier versions, and way before that my phone started out with RC18, which I then rooted. Would it be linked to that? I've wiped my phone like a dozen times, but the problem is reoccurring perhaps once or twice a day, out of about 30 phone calls a day
additionally, although this may be linked to t-mobiles ****ty service, have you guys noticed a large increase in dropped calls?
I use my phone in both austin tx and houston, and in both locations, about every 10 calls is dropped, I dont know if its just the horrible service they have, or when I move from a location with 3g to edge.
With the new radio, the dropped calls have reduced in number, but still occur randomly
Also, one more thing, and a little off topic, but this has been bothering me,
Is there anyone to get a SMS application that allows me to type using a numpad or something similar on the screen? or at least, have spell correct, cause chompsms' keyboard is way too small to use one handed and still have legible messages, unlike the iphone where the errors would be auto corrected
n3rdftw said:
most probably just call back and arent bothered to find out how to fix it on xda
anyways, when you say firmware related, what did you mean?
I installed JF 1.42, and before that, his earlier versions, and way before that my phone started out with RC18, which I then rooted. Would it be linked to that? I've wiped my phone like a dozen times, but the problem is reoccurring perhaps once or twice a day, out of about 30 phone calls a day
additionally, although this may be linked to t-mobiles ****ty service, have you guys noticed a large increase in dropped calls?
I use my phone in both austin tx and houston, and in both locations, about every 10 calls is dropped, I dont know if its just the horrible service they have, or when I move from a location with 3g to edge.
With the new radio, the dropped calls have reduced in number, but still occur randomly
Also, one more thing, and a little off topic, but this has been bothering me,
Is there anyone to get a SMS application that allows me to type using a numpad or something similar on the screen? or at least, have spell correct, cause chompsms' keyboard is way too small to use one handed and still have legible messages, unlike the iphone where the errors would be auto corrected
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I'm in austin, tx too and I also get the black screen of death almost every time I get an incomming call so maybe it is a location based thing? My g1 is rooted and I have over 70 apps installed and I'm not about to uninstall them 1 by 1 to see which one could be causing it. In the past, rings extended was said to be the one causing the problem but I don't have that installed.
Also, there have been enough requests for t9 and auto correct with chomp, I'm sure it will be in the upcomming updates
Im running Haykuro now and haven't had a single incident so far. Also, I have 73 (yes, seventy-three) MB of free system memory as I moved pretty much EVERYTHING to the SD card. In return, my phone is unable to boot without my SD card... which is a bit strange.
I am on my fourth one (long story -- don't ask). I get this fourth one, everything works fine and dandy for a few hours. Then the same problems that happened to my last one are happening again. Random apps are trying to download and they show up as downloaded "unsuccessfully" and when I try to download apps they are stuck at "Starting download...". I thought this problem on my third Vibrant was caused by me messing around with flashing some custom ROMs, going back to stock, etc. (after the JI6 upgrade via Kies bricked by Vibrant). However, the replacement I just got - one that I have not done anything but rooted - is now having the same problems. Random apps are downloading by themselves only to be downloaded unsuccessfully and I can go longer download any apps from market - they are all stuck at "Starting download...".
So, then I thought maybe it wasn't the Vibrant that is the problem -- maybe it is my sim card. So yesterday I swap out sim cards, and the problems still occur. Maybe it is the JI6 update that is causing problems, or maybe I am just cursed when it comes to the Vibrant but this phone has been nothing but trouble for me since I got it in July...
That said, anyone have any helpful tips on how to get my issue resolved? Otherwise, I am going to call up T-Mobile and move to myTouch HD (when it comes out) or G2 (I really don't want G2 cause of physical keyboard and rootkit).
Sounds like reception problems. It happens every so often to me. Definitely not reason to return the phone unless it happens more often than not. Considering it's your fourth phone...
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It isn't reception issues. I have full bars, can surf the Internet, etc. and even tried it on WiFi. There is definitely something wrong. It isn't the sim card (I swapped it out). It isn't my Google account (I tried different ones). It isn't the specific Vibrant I have (I just got an exchange two days ago -- both phones had same problem).
So all I have left is either it is JI6 causing the issue or a rogue app. I just did a factory reset to see if maybe that solves the problem. If it doesn't, well, bye bye Samsung hello HTC.
The chances that both phones would have this obscure market problem is very unlikely. Given that all other data services work well, have you ever considered that maybe it's Google's market servers? Did you sign into your Google account then immediately start to download all of your paid applications while it was syncing all of your contacts and email? Are you over dramatizing the problem? Again, this is your fourth phone...
user error?
Not the phone, it's your location/service. I have issues downloading from market at certain places even with full service also. It's poor data connections I believe.
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I think it's user error.
I stopped reading after 5 words...
"I'm on my 4th phone"
You...you are the problem.
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The chances that both phones would have this obscure market problem is very unlikely. Given that all other data services work well, have you ever considered that maybe it's Google's market servers? Did you sign into your Google account then immediately start to download all of your paid applications while it was syncing all of your contacts and email? Are you over dramatizing the problem? Again, this is your fourth phone...
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I can't be Market. The downloads are working perfect after a reset that took a mere two minutes. Market up and down in two minutes? I doubt it. The real test is to see if it will continue to work, because it is after a few hours that the problems occur.
Syncing works fine all the time, and market works perfect after the initial setup. It is after a while that it messes up... I don't know whats up.
That said, why would I be over dramatizing the problem? To get pitty on XDA?
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Not the phone, it's your location/service. I have issues downloading from market at certain places even with full service also. It's poor data connections I believe.
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Could be JI6 caused some location-only issue? Because I was able to use my Vibrant just fine for 1-1.5 months without this issue. This issue really only showed up for I upgrade to JI6.
@Everyone else: Thanks for the input -- I will be sure to take it into consideration.
rogue app. man I was going nuts when I first got this phone, because randomly it would reboot and go into a boot-loop. after trial and error, I found out is was THE Hero of Sparta HD game from gameloft.
I would reformat and install the basic apps first, then the extras, one by one... to see if you have a bad app. Its the only way I got the the end of my problem.
Stock J16 or a J16 build?
Stock JI6 -- updated via Kies.
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I stopped reading after 5 words...
"I'm on my 4th phone"
You...you are the problem.
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I'm On My Fourth Phone And Its Not My Fault.. (This One Works Fine Now)
First One Was Data Issues
Second One Was A Password Lock Error (Hardware Locked As Well)
Third One Was A Phone To PC Error (Unrooted Stock And Not My Fault Phone Turned Off And Turned Back On And It Was Like That)
Fourth One.. All Fine And Dandy
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It's your Google account at this point. Swap it out for another!
Hmmmmmmmm
The Google account may be the problem..... but not convinced I think the statement (user error) look in the mirror is more correct. BTW, I always use wifi in updating it is just easier and faster, I would assume that you re doing the same.
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Could be JI6 caused some location-only issue? Because I was able to use my Vibrant just fine for 1-1.5 months without this issue. This issue really only showed up for I upgrade to JI6.
@Everyone else: Thanks for the input -- I will be sure to take it into consideration.
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yeah. I have the same problem. it seems to be location specific. it sounds dumb but when I'm in the mall area near my house i have all but one bar full 3G connection (and that stays pretty consistent give or take a bar or so) and both market and browser have major issues. if you try a bunch of times it might go through occasionally but for the most part it says I have a great connection but I don't. but when i leave the mall area all is fine again. its a pretty large area about a mile square or so. I also drop calls alot there. its really weird. wifi works fine usually although some public wifi connections have the port you need to download from the market blocked so don't get frustrated if that doesn't work either. internet browsing works fine over wifi though
my wife has the exact same phone and has the exact same problems in that area so I'm pretty sure its not the phone
also oddly I never tried using my phone at the mall before the JI6 update (Which I got OTA not a manual install) so I suppose it could have to do with the update but I cant confirm that.
I can say that my Mytouch 3G worked in the same area just fine (although its been a month or so since I tryed it), so its kinda weird.
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I stopped reading after 5 words...
"I'm on my 4th phone"
You...you are the problem.
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I second.
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A little confusing here since you were able to flash custom roms successfully which is much more harder and dangerous for you and most of us here, AND you can't still figure out how to get the market app working properly? hmm..Not to blame directly on you but your case MUST be very rare.
Has anyone else been experiencing GPS not holding lock or not locking at all? There are tons of people having the problem in the Google groups.... Surprising to not see more about it here..... Let's get the word out if you do.... Mine will not keep a lock no matter what.... Many resets and other nonsense.... It will sometimes lock but loose it on the move or just drop the lock without moving....
Here are some of the fixes that have been tried / tested:
resetting back to stock
removing google services
downgrading maps
changing settings for WIFI
user data wipe
clear cache
Some of those may temporarily fix it, but any sort of long term use the issue always comes back.
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/mobile/prfUDZA7M2s[1-25-false]
http://www.phonearena.com/news/New-G...oblems_id46225
http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/new-nex...ms-09-08-2013/
http://www.slashgear.com/nexus-7-tab...lems-09293337/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-575...by-gps-glitch/
^ the google group where it's been reported by hundreds of people.
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Read about this somewhere on here. Can't figure out how to search a specific forum on this app though so I can't find it.
I think the guy fixed his problem but I don't remember how. Sorry
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yeah, there are been several people that "claim" to have fixed it but... it's not really fixed. there have been many different "solutions" thrown around over in the groups but, again none of them worked long term. it might work for a little while, but not for very long. anyone that has a N7 i suggest you test it out.... Try bringing up maps, cache the offline map and try to use the GPS to navigate somewhere.... It will drop off everytime.
Google is going to have to release a patch, that is going to be the only fix!!
Some of the fixes that have been tried are:
resetting back to stock
removing google services
downgrading maps
changing settings for WIFI
user data wipe
clear cache
Some of those may temporarily fix it, but any sort of long term use the issue always comes back.
so... what's the deal here. I don't see how more people aren't having this problem with the responses on the google site. have people been successful using it? or do u not use it at all anyway? or is it because you have a ROM that it works on? please let me know.
My temporary solution (as suggested by others) is to ONLY allow 1 app which may access GPS.
So I disabled Earth, Maps, GPS Tester (some widgets may use GPS too) ... only leave Sygic navigator. I've navigated a few long drives without issue. Re-enable those apps will bring back troubles.
This works with different ROMs, so it's not a ROM problem.
Hopefully Google will have a fix soon.
yeah, that only seems to work for a short period of time too! thanks though!
well, at least it's out in the open now and it will force googles hand!
http://www.phonearena.com/news/New-Google-Nexus-7-having-GPS-problems_id46225
http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/new-nexus-7-suffering-from-gps-problems-09-08-2013/
http://www.slashgear.com/nexus-7-tablet-owners-reporting-gps-problems-09293337/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57597753-94/new-nexus-7-plagued-by-gps-glitch/
I haven't touched Google services, just simply disabled (GPS-accessing) apps such as Maps, Earth, GPS Tester.
I only left one app (Sygic) on my Tab. The last few days, I've had no issue with GPS navigation. Everytime I've tried,
I got GPS locks within a few seconds. I've done a few drives (mostly under 1-hr) and everything is normal and accurate.
I've not seen it fail yet.
It isn't 'failing' at start, necessarily. It won't keep lock after stopping and starting.
Can you enter address. navigate to the address. Stop and them do it again?
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It isn't 'failing' at start, necessarily. It won't keep lock after stopping and starting.
Can you enter address. navigate to the address. Stop and them do it again?
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Like going to work ... going to lunch .. going home .. I fired up the app fresh (I clear recent apps often)
haha.. I had quite a few struggles since day one, so I know how to make it fail.
I can start-close/stop-restart Sygic multiple times without failing. But if I re-enable those (GPS) apps and
switch between them ---> GPS no-longer works.
I have never had a issue using Osmand GPS yesterday. Locked on quickly each time after device was put to sleep about 5 times in a moving car ( i was the passenger at the time).
joined the forum to say i'm having the same issue with GPS (and possibly compass). looks like google is aware so that is at least good.
bought the tablet to use in an in-dash car install. loved it until yesterday and today when i started doing more in car function testing. wanted to test the google maps app out out while driving but the compass oriented me cocked in the wrong direction and spun around like a dradle before gps lost me completely. for a bit i thought omg, maybe it's so cheap because they got rid of the GPS chip.
i have to say i hate the google maps application right now too. the old google navigation app was incredible for "chase view" which gave you. the new google maps app is supposed to integrate the nav feature but you must be on a specified route. it's terrible, going to search for the old APK.
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i have to say i hate the google maps application right now too. the old google navigation app was incredible for "chase view" which gave you. the new google maps app is supposed to integrate the nav feature but you must be on a specified route. it's terrible, going to search for the old APK.
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If you like the 3d view, tried Waze?
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If you like the 3d view, tried Waze?
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thanks! just downloaded and will try it out (once this gps issue gets fixed).
Suggestion to try by others.
"Go into settings, all apps, locate ‘network location’, clear cache, clear data, reboot and try using GPS again. Seen this behavior on another device where it didn’t like the backed up app data restored from the previous device."
NONE of the "fixes" are permanent. As soon as you start moving it loses your location, even if it hold it for an hour.... IT WILL eventually drop out again. All these "fixes" are a waste of time, i have done every single one posted in all teh forums they have talked about N7s. and it ALWAYS goes back to not working again.
it's just frustrating to have a brand new device that doesn't work properly, and then on top of it to do all these silly fixes and research for none of them to work either. bout to take it back and say forget it.
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NONE of the "fixes" are permanent. As soon as you start moving it loses your location, even if it hold it for an hour.... IT WILL eventually drop out again. All these "fixes" are a waste of time, i have done every single one posted in all teh forums they have talked about N7s. and it ALWAYS goes back to not working again.
it's just frustrating to have a brand new device that doesn't work properly, and then on top of it to do all these silly fixes and research for none of them to work either. bout to take it back and say forget it.
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In the official forum of Google, they are one person that use cyanogen whiteout problems.
Appears that there is a software problem.
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Useless!!!! I was out on the bike all day and this thing acted up all day. At one point it got stuck on the x after rebooting for no reason. I ended up using my SGSIII as a GPS. I guess I need an BT GPS. I know people say hey mine is working but I just can't believe it really is. Or mine sucks.
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Has Google commented at all?
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Last I looked into it, they said they were looking into it.
Has this happened to anyone elses G2? I am on verizon with 4.4.2 update and not rooted. He had complete control of her phone. Was writing me messages and kept opening pics of my 4 yr daughter. I diconnected the wifi and mobile data. He still had control of the phone. Then I factory reset it and he still was on it. Verizon is sending me a new phone and getting a new sims card. Is there a way from stoping this from happening?
I truly dont believe though that when you switched off network that someone can still connect. Anyways:
firstly, recap if the phone was ever left unattended, letting someone install something on it.
Dont do that, even if if it has a password on it, anyone not looking away when entering it on the street can see what the pincode/password is.
Apps not from play store, dont install. Ever.
Change all passwords on a safe medium (multiple antiviris vendors scanned) of wifi router, to anything, including recovery questions, make them different and non logical or affiliated to you.
Run virus scans on computer and or any medium that ever connected phone.
Then check apps/websites of mail and such for activity, likely activity at times you didnt use any of the services. Anyway facebook and such lets you close open sessions anywhere.
That should do the trick. And big tip dont get paranoid Just ponder how somehow got acces.
I find it hard to believe that someone could still control the device after a factory reset. Highly unlikely I would say.
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Has this happened to anyone elses G2? I am on verizon with 4.4.2 update and not rooted. He had complete control of her phone. Was writing me messages and kept opening pics of my 4 yr daughter. I diconnected the wifi and mobile data. He still had control of the phone. Then I factory reset it and he still was on it. Verizon is sending me a new phone and getting a new sims card. Is there a way from stoping this from happening?
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1. I really doubt this happened.
2. After disconnecting wifi and mobile data, it would be impossible
3. Factory reset would definitely make it impossible
4. It's more likely that the touch screen is having phantom touches
I had issues with phantom touches on my Optimus G. Drove me batty. Some days it was impossible to use the phone, as the touches were all registering in the bottom half of the screen where the keyboard appears. So random letters would be inserted into words.
Turned out to be a driver issue with the custom kernels in some of the ROMs is using.
Factory reset and being more selective in the kernels I ran fixed the issue.
If it's still happening after a factory reset, then you have a defective touchscreen. Replace the phone under warranty.
Typos courtesy of my LG G2 (D803) running Mahdi-ROM.
I really have no reason to lie to you guys. The messages stopped after I disconnted the internet but the screen was still jumping around. That is why i figured he still had access.
I just received the new phone today. Should I go ahead and get a new sims card or I be ok with the old one?
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I find it hard to believe that someone could still control the device after a factory reset. Highly unlikely I would say.
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its possible, if he were root and had something installed as system app.
also you can set stuff like tasker to autimaticaly turn network back on.
what did the messages say, cause if they were gybrisch then it seems like phantom touches.
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I just received the new phone today. Should I go ahead and get a new sims card or I be ok with the old one?
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get a new one, completely clean
larryvw2011 said:
I just received the new phone today. Should I go ahead and get a new sims card or I be ok with the old one?
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I would, you could have the old encryption method on the sim card which would make it easier to root the card. But I am guessing what happened to your wife was something more like an AndroRAT exploit.
It could be possible seeing as all you need is a phone number to find your location by txt msg, and that can be done silently without you ever knowing.
Seems it's a built in part of the RADIO AT that providers can use, if you're on the inside and know how it works it'd be a doddle, but if the txt msgs were gibberish I'd go with the majority with faulty touchscreen/drivers and nothing to worry about
Bashing away at my HTC Desire C
Tell to the hacker to try to hack my phone instead, I don't care. I will shoot exclusively for him a pic of my arse as award if he manages to hack it and he can print it, or try to sell to the newspapers.
BTW, I'm not so anxious about apps not installed directly from Play Store. You can easily check or restrict the permissions of any app as root user. I never yet faced the problems.
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larryvw2011 said:
Has this happened to anyone elses G2? I am on verizon with 4.4.2 update and not rooted. He had complete control of her phone. Was writing me messages and kept opening pics of my 4 yr daughter. I diconnected the wifi and mobile data. He still had control of the phone. Then I factory reset it and he still was on it. Verizon is sending me a new phone and getting a new sims card. Is there a way from stoping this from happening?
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are you sure its not an email or Google account hack?
Damasterjj said:
are you sure its not an email or Google account hack?
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This is very likely version. Anything could be installed via remote then easily.
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tetakpatak said:
This is very likely version. Anything could be installed via remote then easily.
tetakpatalked from Nexus 7 flo
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yeah, all you have to do is google reset password
This could be an issue with faulty digitizer.
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Thank you everyone for your responses. He was asking me what I would like him to do for me. I had her open a new gmail account.
larryvw2011 said:
Has this happened to anyone elses G2? I am on verizon with 4.4.2 update and not rooted. He had complete control of her phone. Was writing me messages and kept opening pics of my 4 yr daughter. I diconnected the wifi and mobile data. He still had control of the phone. Then I factory reset it and he still was on it. Verizon is sending me a new phone and getting a new sims card. Is there a way from stoping this from happening?
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Verizon may have some security offerings for this.
bachera said:
its possible, if he were root and had something installed as system app.
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The phone was not rooted as per OP hence I find it unlikely.
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The phone was not rooted as per OP hence I find it unlikely.
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ahhh the mistery what can it be, what can it be. Not sure if the typing was incoherent or not. That rules out possible digitizer issues or not.
larryvw2011 said:
I really have no reason to lie to you guys. The messages stopped after I disconnted the internet but the screen was still jumping around. That is why i figured he still had access.
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The TOP bid would be == prank application.
Everything else would mean you're the targeted one (but how would the attacker have your new data?)
Maybe your gmail acc has some connections to another app -> look for permissions in your dashboard.
Please wake up from a dream <3
At this point, I'm feeling a lot of love and hate for my PH-1, but I'm locked in. I'm on the Sprint lease plan and I'm passed the point of returning the thing. So here's the latest issues:
Voice-to-Text: Whether it's in Chrome, Brave, Messenger, Google Assistant or Keep, voice-to-text has the same problem. First of all, when the phone says it's listening, I have to wait a few seconds before saying anything. Otherwise, it'll miss the first few words of whatever I'm about to say. The other problem: If I'm trying to do voice-to-text, it'll take about 5 words and stop taking anymore even though the phone appears to still be actively listening. At that point, I can cancel and then tap the microphone button again. This will allow me to voice-to-text 5 more words. So voice to text is barely usable at this point.
I installed Google Voice, but it won't take over as the default voicemail app. I've dug around in Settings and such, but I can't seem to find where I can change this. Presumably, the install of Google Voice should have taken care of it, but that doesn't appear to have happened. It has all my old voicemail from my prior phone, but nothing since getting the PH-1.
Stays connected to my car and my LG headphones no problem, but has issues losing connection anytime my ASUS Zenwatch 2 runs out of battery. Three times so far, I've had to wipe the watch and reconnect to get the two devices talking to each other again.
Google Keyboard is interesting and all, but it seems to do a great job of registering the wrong keystrokes. Honestly, I'd gotten used to my Samsung keyboard anyways, so if there's an option to map the same second character layout, that'd be ideal. But I definitely need SOME keyboard app that presents large enough keys that my huge hands won't confuse the phone. G Board is as big as I can make it and it's just not enough.
BonkersTheClown said:
At this point, I'm feeling a lot of love and hate for my PH-1, but I'm locked in. I'm on the Sprint lease plan and I'm passed the point of returning the thing. So here's the latest issues:
Voice-to-Text: Whether it's in Chrome, Brave, Messenger, Google Assistant or Keep, voice-to-text has the same problem. First of all, when the phone says it's listening, I have to wait a few seconds before saying anything. Otherwise, it'll miss the first few words of whatever I'm about to say. The other problem: If I'm trying to do voice-to-text, it'll take about 5 words and stop taking anymore even though the phone appears to still be actively listening. At that point, I can cancel and then tap the microphone button again. This will allow me to voice-to-text 5 more words. So voice to text is barely usable at this point.
I installed Google Voice, but it won't take over as the default voicemail app. I've dug around in Settings and such, but I can't seem to find where I can change this. Presumably, the install of Google Voice should have taken care of it, but that doesn't appear to have happened. It has all my old voicemail from my prior phone, but nothing since getting the PH-1.
Stays connected to my car and my LG headphones no problem, but has issues losing connection anytime my ASUS Zenwatch 2 runs out of battery. Three times so far, I've had to wipe the watch and reconnect to get the two devices talking to each other again.
Google Keyboard is interesting and all, but it seems to do a great job of registering the wrong keystrokes. Honestly, I'd gotten used to my Samsung keyboard anyways, so if there's an option to map the same second character layout, that'd be ideal. But I definitely need SOME keyboard app that presents large enough keys that my huge hands won't confuse the phone. G Board is as big as I can make it and it's just not enough.
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I have ZERO of these issues...
And Google voice hasn't put itself in the Google dialer since it was updated to material design like over a year ago...
Gboard is smart... And will get accustomed to your "large hands"
You do realize that this isn't the "***** at Essential" forum... Right?
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rignfool said:
I have ZERO of these issues...
And Google voice hasn't put itself in the Google dialer since it was updated to material design like over a year ago...
Gboard is smart... And will get accustomed to your "large hands"
You do realize that this isn't the "***** at Essential" forum... Right?
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I'm so happy for you! You have no problems in your life and nothing bad ever happens to you! Meanwhile, I see post after post after post on this forum where people are on their second or third PH-1 .... because their PH-1 had issues. Sprint's support for the Essential Phone is worse than nonexistent. Essential Phone's own support kinda sucks too. Honestly, this forum is the only resource for useful help I've been able to find period. Apparently, people posting who are frustrated with their new phone offends you. Meanwhile, I will continue to try to make my purchase of a PH-1 as livable as possible.
BonkersTheClown said:
I installed Google Voice, but it won't take over as the default voicemail app. I've dug around in Settings and such, but I can't seem to find where I can change this. Presumably, the install of Google Voice should have taken care of it, but that doesn't appear to have happened. It has all my old voicemail from my prior phone, but nothing since getting the PH-1.
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Google broke the integration more than a year ago.
You will need to install an old version of the app manually.
The version you want is "com.google.android.apps.googlevoice_0.4.7.10.apk".
This is the last version that integrates with any dialer.
make sure you setup not to auto-update or the update will kill the integration.
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Stays connected to my car and my LG headphones no problem, but has issues losing connection anytime my ASUS Zenwatch 2 runs out of battery. Three times so far, I've had to wipe the watch and reconnect to get the two devices talking to each other again.
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I didn't have that issue with my LG Urbane 2. Try uninstalling wear and reconnecting after resetting the watch.
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Google Keyboard is interesting and all, but it seems to do a great job of registering the wrong keystrokes. Honestly, I'd gotten used to my Samsung keyboard anyways, so if there's an option to map the same second character layout, that'd be ideal. But I definitely need SOME keyboard app that presents large enough keys that my huge hands won't confuse the phone. G Board is as big as I can make it and it's just not enough.
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Maybe Swiftkey, but I used Gboard.
tech_head said:
Google broke the integration more than a year ago.
You will need to install an old version of the app manually.
The version you want is "com.google.android.apps.googlevoice_0.4.7.10.apk".
This is the last version that integrates with any dialer.
make sure you setup not to auto-update or the update will kill the integration.
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Thanks, that explains a lot. Weird that they broke the integration. Can't think of a good reason for them to want to do that. Alternately, is there a different voicemail app that would work? Google Voice has it's good points, but if letting an update sneak through breaks it, I don't see the point in using Google Voice. Sometimes updates patch vulnerabilities after all.
Did Google replace Google Voice with something else perhaps?
I didn't have that issue with my LG Urbane 2. Try uninstalling wear and reconnecting after resetting the watch.
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Did that so we'll wait and see. Hopefully it doesn't break again.
Maybe Swiftkey, but I used Gboard.
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By rights, GBoard should be working great and isn't. Not really sure why. I've given myself time to get used to it but I fat finger crap way too much. I'll try Swiftkey and see if that works.
Thanks for the help!
Just an FYI, I have no issues with latest google voice, integrated with hangouts and used for my voicemail with Verizon after doing the standard *71(googlevoice#) *90(googlevoice#) an *92(googlevoice#). Maybe Sprint has a similar method of call forwarding you can use?
Also, maybe your phone has a hardware issue with a microphone. It wouldn't be the first case. Many of us really don't have an issue with voice to text, so that might be something to RMA about if you can test further.
manaox2 said:
Just an FYI, I have no issues with latest google voice, integrated with hangouts and used for my voicemail with Verizon after doing the standard *71(googlevoice#) *90(googlevoice#) an *92(googlevoice#). Maybe Sprint has a similar method of call forwarding you can use?
Also, maybe your phone has a hardware issue with a microphone. It wouldn't be the first case. Many of us really don't have an issue with voice to text, so that might be something to RMA about if you can test further.
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The issue is not about being able to use it, dialer integration is broken.
Without integration you can't go to the dialer and listen to your VM.
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The issue is not about being able to use it, dialer integration is broken.
Without integration you can't go to the dialer and listen to your VM.
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Try oreo beta... Or wait to oreo ota.. looks to be working or close to working in beta
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