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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.

Gingerbread still has random reboot...

I thought gingerbread was going to fix the Atrix random reboot issue. Well it has not. Late last night while using the Atrix, poof. It restarted itself. This is probably my fourth Atrix, but it has lasted the longest without a reboot.
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It has happened to me atleast twice now ever since updating OTA to Gingerbread.
Phone is just rooted nothing else.

I have never experience this problem on stock or custom roms. You don't have any custom kernels installed, such as overclocking, do you?

In my experience (maybe twice in a month) this happens when there is signal/reception, but no data, and you start pushing the phone my trying multiple data enabled apps.
On both occasions I had full bars/signal yet no data (stupid telco) or very slow data, in frustration I was hitting refresh, opening other apps to kill time / see if it was app or network problem etc. then BAM. Kinda like how a corporate windows build loses its mind if it loses its connection to its domain resources.
Annoying

I had this issue before, and it was an issue with the phone itself not the software. If it is still within your 90 days return it for a new one and that should fix your problem.

ewawr1 said:
I had this issue before, and it was an issue with the phone itself not the software. If it is still within your 90 days return it for a new one and that should fix your problem.
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ewawr1 said:
I had this issue before, and it was an issue with the phone itself not the software. If it is still within your 90 days return it for a new one and that should fix your problem.
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no chance for me, in Australia, grey market import
In all honesty not a big deal if it doesn't happen too often

I'm on stock everything on my Atrix. I font think swapping the phone works, like I said this is my fourth Atrix lol.
My reboots happen at random. No specifics are the same at anytime. If I do swap it again though it will be for another phone entirely, but for what I don't know. I know a few people with the Inspire and they've had their problems. I know one person with the Infuse who has yet to have an issue, but either way I'm taking a huge downgrade.
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Reboots
Anyone got a solution? I just updated Tuesday and I have had many random reboots. I am having the reboot 3-4 times a day. I never had the issue prior to Gingerbread.

I haven't had any reboot issues on mine nor my GF's, but I agree that it seems to be either the phone or a faulty app.
I know someone that had 2 from early batches and finally had a stable one after returning the others and hasn't complained of any issues since then.
Another co-worker had issues but uninstalled an app that kept force closing and never had the reboot issues come back.
One other thing to try is a factory reset...if it hasn't been attempted yet.

just had my first reboot over the weekend. other than that its not rebooted yet. but its only a week old.

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?

charge1 said:
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!

UPDATE!?

My phone just went crazy and said there was an update, any info on this one?

thelonewolf1985 said:
My phone just went crazy and said there was an update, any info on this one?
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My phone said the same "enhancements and improvements". Best I can do at the moment.:
Software Version: MMB29M.G930VVRU2APE1
The current software update gives you the most up to date Android™ security patch on your device.

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My phone said the same "enhancements and improvements". Best I can do at the moment.:
Software Version: MMB29M.G930VVRU2APE1
The current software update gives you the most up to date Android™ security patch on your device.
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Yep, installing now. Pretty impressive of VZW, if these are indeed the latest (June) security updates that just landed on my Pixel C.

Yep, version APE1 also for me.
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Still no way to root ?

thelonewolf1985 said:
Still no way to root ?
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Is this available through smart switch?

The s7 is garbage!!! Man oh man do i miss my s6 edge + !!! I gave that phone up for a terrible upgrade! This phone after 3 months owning it constantly reboots, constantly freezes, especially bluetooth,lags like hell, and everything else you can think of! Im pissed with Samsung right now. I have a blown speaker when i dont know how or when it happened either! Not a happy Samsung supporter!!!!!

man, sounds like you've got a bad phone. my phone does none of that. it's been good to me since day 1 with all updates and everything.
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podagee said:
The s7 is garbage!!! Man oh man do i miss my s6 edge + !!! I gave that phone up for a terrible upgrade! This phone after 3 months owning it constantly reboots, constantly freezes, especially bluetooth,lags like hell, and everything else you can think of! Im pissed with Samsung right now. I have a blown speaker when i dont know how or when it happened either! Not a happy Samsung supporter!!!!!
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Sounds like you got a defect. None of those problem ms on my end. First phone that didn't make me miss root too much.
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j0hnh0lmes said:
Sounds like you got a defect. None of those problem ms on my end. First phone that didn't make me miss root too much.
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Im glad for you. My wife has the same phone and she was the same, " what are you talking about? I have no problems." Until, "my sdcard is messed up fix it please? And can you make the freezes stop?"
This is 300% guaranteed the last phone from Samsung i will ever buy!!

podagee said:
Im glad for you. My wife has the same phone and she was the same, " what are you talking about? I have no problems." Until, "my sdcard is messed up fix it please? And can you make the freezes stop?"
This is 300% guaranteed the last phone from Samsung i will ever buy!!
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lol... from your signature: "Its not the device....its operator error."
But seriously... A lot of people have this phone and aren't having the issues you are describing. I have the S7. It works perfectly (except the whole no root deal). But my girlfriend on the other hand also comes to me with these random issues.
Says the screen won't turn on, and the camera keeps crashing. Ok, so I look at it. The (cheap) case that she bought from Amazon is holding down the power button so when she presses it, of course nothing happens. And when the screen doesn't turn on via the power button she spams the home key, which is configured to launch the camera after a double tap. Hence, the camera keeps doing funny things. So yeah... operator error. But she's a smart girl. I told her about those things and now everything is fine. She got a new case and we turned off the double-tap home key camera shortcut. Problems solved.
Just gotta find the source of the issues man. These phones are legit. Good luck

Good for you, bye.
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disable update nag
Is there a way to disable the update nag prompt? I am not going to update my phone, in the hopes that someday we will see a root option. I can swipe to remove the prompt, but it remains perpetually in my notifications. Is there a way to remove this?

Wookiestick said:
Is there a way to disable the update nag prompt? I am not going to update my phone, in the hopes that someday we will see a root option. I can swipe to remove the prompt, but it remains perpetually in my notifications. Is there a way to remove this?
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Nothing for a specific notification. You could try long pressing on the notification and seeing if it lets you disable notifications for the whole app but chances are it would be something like SystemUI or other system app so even if it did let you disable all notifications for the app, you may miss others like the USB connection choice for example.

Disable ota
Package disabler pro.. It's a paid app but it's cheap enough and it certainly does the job.. you can disable system update plus partially debloat your phone if careful not to disable the wrong process.. it tells you what you can or cannot disable.. it won't free up space but it will stop the update notifications.. it's envitable that you'll accidently update sooner or later if you don't disable the nag notification..

A lot of times it centers around installed apps as well. Sometimes, all it takes is one to cause issue with the rest of the phone. Did you check on any "same" apps you installed? I've had this thing for a year now, some issues now and then, but was primarily due to apps..uninstalling, updating or finding a supported app was often the solution.
My wife has has an S7 also (a year into Verizon's Samsung devices as well), the only time there's issue is when she doesn't update the apps she has installed. A few of the same apps on different phones, but no problems.
As far as SDCARD issues, what type of card/brand? I had issue with SanDisk cards in my previous samsung phones, so I switched to only using samsung cards...no problems whatsoever since I've changed card brands.

sainthooligan said:
... snip... I've had this thing for a year now, some issues now and then...
My wife has has an S7 also (a year into the phone as well)....
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What? This phone was only released a little over 3 months ago.

sorry, meant with Verizon's Samsung over the last year. GS7 since it's been out. Still no notable issues either way...at least nothing worth crying about.
We were with Sprint before for over a decade. Had Samsung devices since the GS"II" (yeah, that's #2), not many issues over the years at all.

Would you still choose the note edge?

Would you still choose the note edge today over the note 4? If yes why and if no why. Include your variant and which OS you're running thanks. Or if you would choose a different phone that came out at the same time as them two

I like the original phone as it was delivered,but there's no way in hell I'd ever let those idiots at Samsung push an update to it again,knowing what I know now.
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The Radius Kid said:
I like the original phone as it was delivered,but there's no way in hell I'd ever let those idiots at Samsung push an update to it again,knowing what I know now.
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What happened in your updat?

It's made the phone a reboot junkie,as many have found out.
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The Radius Kid said:
It's made the phone a reboot junkie,as many have found out.
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Not true, I have the exact same Canadian model as you and my phone never reboots. I've had this phone since kitkat and I've installed custom ROMs, Kernels and I've also ran stock on kitkat, lollipop and marshmallow. No reboots. Maybe you just flashed the wrong thing or didn't do regular cleaning/backups (wiping cache, dalvik cache, factory resest)

Darth-Kadd said:
Not true, I have the exact same Canadian model as you and my phone never reboots. I've had this phone since kitkat and I've installed custom ROMs, Kernels and I've also ran stock on kitkat, lollipop and marshmallow. No reboots. Maybe you just flashed the wrong thing or didn't do regular cleaning/backups (wiping cache, dalvik cache, factory resest)
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Apples and oranges.
You're rooted,I'm not and I' m running 5.1.1.

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Apples and oranges.
You're rooted,I'm not and I' m running 5.1.1.
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I just explained to you that I did not have reboots on stock as well as rooted on all android versions. It's not good to spread misinformation. "You" are having reboots, not everyone else that updated

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I just explained to you that I did not have reboots on stock as well as rooted on all android versions. It's not good to spread misinformation. "You" are having reboots, not everyone else that updated
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It's only misinformation if it's not true.
I also am not the only one who had the problem as evidenced by a large number of people who were factory updated from 4.4.4 to 5.1.1 and posted about it on the web.

At least in my case the phone asks for password saying that it's needed after reboot, but it doesn't actually reboot. You can check if it's the same for you using an uptime widget such as this.
As for the question from the OP, yes, I would still prefer the Note Edge. The main reason is that I like to be able to control my phone and media player using the edge screen, while keeping the navigation software map (Waze) uninterrupted.

The Radius Kid said:
I like the original phone as it was delivered,but there's no way in hell I'd ever let those idiots at Samsung push an update to it again,knowing what I know now.
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I'm having a hoot with my phone and what it can do. I didn't quite realize just how "niche" the phone was, and as a consequence, there isn't much development interest in it. Still, finding it a great phone.
I'm now 6.01 without any noticeable issues that I can tell, but perhaps I'm not sophisticated enuf to really know. Biggest beef is that the battery life sucks especially if your using it continuous, as in playing some game or other. Can actually watch the percent meter go down. Lol.
btw, throwing out a big hi to all you Albertan's. I'm was Edmonton native, born and raised.
RT

Devildoc99 said:
I'm having a hoot with my phone and what it can do. I didn't quite realize just how "niche" the phone was, and as a consequence, there isn't much development interest in it. Still, finding it a great phone.
I'm now 6.01 without any noticeable issues that I can tell, but perhaps I'm not sophisticated enuf to really know. Biggest beef is that the battery life sucks especially if your using it continuous, as in playing some game or other. Can actually watch the percent meter go down. Lol.
btw, throwing out a big hi to all you Albertan's. I'm was Edmonton native, born and raised.
RT
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I see you love the phone but not the operating system .... battery hog.
I've heard that about Marshmallow.
I wonder what sort of garbage Samsung is running in the background to cause this?
It's probably why a fair number of people who love the phone root and install their own operating system.
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"Would you still choose the note edge today over the note 4?"
Yes, after 1+ year of use I would, over any phone.
Performance, screen, camera, edge panel, S-pen, all awesome!

Love the phone but should have opted for the unlocked version instead of the carrier (AT&T) version.

I'd buy another if i had the extra cash. I love this phone. Very few share my thoughts. But in all honesty, f*** them. I use the phone , it suits me. Thats all that's matters!! I wish the dev was better, or for an upgrade to 6.1.1 with the theme store. But lets get real, this phone was a limited edition type thing. I knew that coming in. It still turns heads and i still get good battery life.
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i am getting one , whats a good basic rom to root or remain stock ?

I have the Edge great phone...just Crap support and firmware from Samsung...I had random reboots but installed the latest update (Rooted it, Xposed) and its much better, not one reboot on new firmware --DPH4

Maybe I would give my thoughts on this, but I've been stuck for 3 says now, trying to unlock the bootloader. I'm on the Verizon variant. I've actually successfully unlocked the bootloader, I'm stuck on flashing the MM firmware without bootloader. The file is corrupt, and the md5 is no good. The user that uploaded the file won't reply, it's been 3 days. So I'm stuck!
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ok i just gotten my edge , was on lollipop , played for a while , installed some apps , suddenly when the battery reach 25 % it started to reboot loop non-stop , ah what a bummer , i updated to MM OTA , finger cross ....hopefully no more reboots

i just recently picked up 2, ones blacklisted and has mmc_read failures but was $100 and bought for donor parts, the second i traded a dell laptop for and it is fine but had random reboots and lockups, flashed both back to stock 5.1 and then put riverrom on them both and they seem to be ok now, the donor does still reboot and fail more then id like, but the second one seems fine now after 2 days

I still like this phone. My biggest complaint lately is battery life (got a new battery), and an inordinate amount of screen burn-in. I can see on light screen where the lock-screen notifications usually are, as well as other sections of the screen that are burned in from static images.