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I am listing problems or issues that I found so far.
- no more Android keyboard as choice for input settings!
- Avatar link no longer works, it is not opening the movie (movie is on the SD card) and when going through a file manager to open it says content is locked and when I choose option to unlock nothing happens
- gps seems to be worse than before the update, I think I was on JI6 before, and it was acceptable, not the best, but still acceptable, indoors I would lock to 5-6 now it is viewing 9 indoors but not locking on (since I cannot go outside and test now I will post update later on...)
- no more weather clock widget...
I went and got the update thru kies mini and tge recovery is now 3e. And now i cant root it! Anybody have any ideas on how i can root?! i tried the one click root and another way and no go. Any help would greatly appreciated.
I rooted KA6 using superoneclick
davemw2 said:
I went and got the update thru kies mini and tge recovery is now 3e. And now i cant root it!
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You may find that you'll get better assistance by disclosing your rooting method / app. What is your rooting method? Have you tried Z4Root?
BorisZX6R said:
I am listing problems or issues that I found so far.
- no more Android keyboard as choice for input settings!
- Avatar link no longer works, it is not opening the movie (movie is on the SD card) and when going through a file manager to open it says content is locked and when I choose option to unlock nothing happens
- gps seems to be worse than before the update, I think I was on JI6 before, and it was acceptable, not the best, but still acceptable, indoors I would lock to 5-6 now it is viewing 9 indoors but not locking on (since I cannot go outside and test now I will post update later on...)
- no more weather clock widget...
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Maybe Kies Mini is refusing to update my phone because I have it set to use the Android keyboard? Sighs. I hate Swype and the Samsung keyboard is a big pile of poop... Gues I'll be buying Swiftkey or something...
I gave up on the GPS a long time ago. Avatar is pretty meh... I guess I won't feel bad about taking that SD Card out and putting in a bigger/higher class card now, since I don't like mounting phones and using them like thumbdrives laziness is no longer an excuse if it doesn't play at all!
I'm really starting to get the impression this will be one of those releases that gets pulled after a few hours...
"We tried to release it, but couldn't. Please buy a Vibrant 4G+"
N8ter said:
I guess I won't feel bad about taking that SD Card out and putting in a bigger/higher class card now
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was this in relation to avatar somehow?
the day i got my vibrant back in july, i immediately copied the movie to my other sd card and swapped them.
I was just outside for a while and had the chance to test the gps in my car, it seems it is just as unreliable as stock before JI6, which in my case fixed the accuracy and lock on issues, now it jumps a lot more from place to place and the signal is lost much easier than before...
I purchased my Vibrant used but either way I can state with certainty that this is my last Samsung mobile purchase.
Even my friends HTC Aria works better and is more reliable than the over-hyped Samsung Galaxy S line, especially the Vibrant....
ok... Igot my phone to root useing super one click and now i cant get into cmd recovery! damn!!! any hints tips anything?!
And after a few tries, and phone wipe avatar works just fine for me.
Anyone else having issue rebooting into clockwork recovery after the kies update? I am rooted and checked that but seem to not be able to reboot into recovery mode.
megatherian said:
I'm really starting to get the impression this will be one of those releases that gets pulled after a few hours...
"We tried to release it, but couldn't. Please buy a Vibrant 4G+"
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This would be the way to go about it for TMo. Make it available via Kies only, see what happens, if bad, delay OTA.
BorisZX6R said:
I am listing problems or issues that I found so far.
- no more Android keyboard as choice for input settings!
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If you would have been around the last month or so since the first leak you would have known this... it's not a big issue. There's ways of getting Android Keyboard and/or the Gingy KB on it...
My phone is finally booted right before I press the reply button to post "my phone is stucked at the "S" logo" lol
tomykat said:
Anyone else having issue rebooting into clockwork recovery after the kies update? I am rooted and checked that but seem to not be able to reboot into recovery mode.
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Froyo ROMs use the 3e recovery, which will not let you load clockwork recovery, this has been known for months. you should search, there is a solution to flash 3e so it works like 2e if you absolutely need to get into clockwork recovery
Zylograth said:
Froyo ROMs use the 3e recovery, which will not let you load clockwork recovery, this has been known for months. you should search, there is a solution to flash 3e so it works like 2e if you absolutely need to get into clockwork recovery
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Is their now an alternative method in 2.2 for making rom backups/installs?
esmoger said:
was this in relation to avatar somehow?
the day i got my vibrant back in july, i immediately copied the movie to my other sd card and swapped them.
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I dont pluf my phone in for usb mass storage and the phone has a lot of internal storage.
Avatar doesnt launch because this update chanhed yhe mountpoint of the external sd card.
When u press the icon, its not going to do anything because the patg hardcoded into it does not exist.
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^any idea how to fix that? move it elsewhere? the funny thing is I just updated my coworkers phone and her avatar works.
It seems I spoke too soon regarding avatar and the gps performance.
I just took out the external sd card and formatted the internal sd card and then I did a factory data reset from the phone settings under privacy and after reboot I inserted my sd card and now avatar works fine and the gps seems to work better than with ji6.
The Desire HD has got to be the best phone I have ever had, however I have now lost six memory cards to it.
I am running on the 1.32 version, as I've not upgraded the firmware since hearing some of the horror stories. I'm running the stock rom, and I'm always very careful when connecting my phone to the PC or removing the memory card (I.e I always make sure I unmount it first, etc).
I'd lost five memory cards when they came up saying it had been unexpectedly removed. There didn't seem to be a pattern. I returned the phone and got a new one after the third card, since last night I've now lost another three the same way.
The strange thing is that my friend also bought the same phone, two months after me, and has had the same problem (although has only lost two so far).
Does anyone know what else might be causing this? Any software that might be causing it? I've noticed that one or two of them have died shortly after I've taken a picture or video (like last night, for example).
I have tried to restore the memory cards by trying them in a PC, but it won't even let me format them to start over again.
I love this phone to bits, but I can't keep losing memory cards like this. There must be some reason for it. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Wow that is crazy! I've had the phone for around 3 and a half months and I'm still rocking the 8GB that came with the phone. If it's software related flashing a newer rom could fix it.
I would suggest a custom rom since I've been pretty much running LeeDroid a few weeks after I got the phone and recently switched to CM7 and I never had this issue.
Flashing is pretty much straight forward, the chances of bricking are ... well I haven't heard of someone bricking a DHD. If you just follow the steps it won't take long and if you don't
read up enough the worst that could happen is a headache
Also, what kind of sd cards were you using? Brand/Size/Class?
I lost my 8gb card which came with my DHD the other day too. That was my first loss since I got the phone in October last year. The card can't be read on any other device either.
If it is software related then I would like to know so I can try to do something about it.
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noisy_lightning said:
I lost my 8gb card which came with my DHD the other day too. That was my first loss since I got the phone in October last year. The card can't be read on any other device either.
If it is software related then I would like to know so I can try to do something about it.
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What are you guys doing with the cards? Is this happen during normal usage with the card inside the phone? Or after removing the card from the phone and use it somewhere else?
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sven
ErOR22 said:
Wow that is crazy! I've had the phone for around 3 and a half months and I'm still rocking the 8GB that came with the phone. If it's software related flashing a newer rom could fix it.
I would suggest a custom rom since I've been pretty much running LeeDroid a few weeks after I got the phone and recently switched to CM7 and I never had this issue.
Flashing is pretty much straight forward, the chances of bricking are ... well I haven't heard of someone bricking a DHD. If you just follow the steps it won't take long and if you don't
read up enough the worst that could happen is a headache
Also, what kind of sd cards were you using? Brand/Size/Class?
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Sounds like flashing a custom ROM might be an idea. I have used a mixture of Samsung and Sandisk cards, all have been 8GB.
noisy_lightning said:
I lost my 8gb card which came with my DHD the other day too. That was my first loss since I got the phone in October last year. The card can't be read on any other device either.
If it is software related then I would like to know so I can try to do something about it.
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I'd also be interested to know what, if any, software could be causing this.
Sven424 said:
What are you guys doing with the cards? Is this happen during normal usage with the card inside the phone? Or after removing the card from the phone and use it somewhere else?
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sven
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With both me and my friend, the cards have been in the phone all the time. The only time I've tried to remove it was to see if I could recover the files on a PC.
Also, like I said, a few times it seems to have occurred after taking a video or picture. In fact the second time I had one die, it seemed to be one particular HD video causing it, and once I had deleted the file by going through the PC, the memory card worked fine again.
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Also, like I said, a few times it seems to have occurred after taking a video or picture. In fact the second time I had one die, it seemed to be one particular HD video causing it, and once I had deleted the file by going through the PC, the memory card worked fine again.
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The same thing happened to me. (mp3 instead of video) Android seems to be pretty picky about corrupt or somehow malformed files I guess.
Sort of leaves me wondering where I go from here.
Even if I replace the memory card, I'm on edge the whole time as to whether it's just going to die on me again!
Where did you get the memory cards?
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Most premium memory cards these days, come with 5yr minimum guarantee try returning one of your dead cards to the manufacturer and see what they say? Personally I have never had an issue with my card and had a DHD from november but I have run custom ROM's (mainly CM) since root was achieved.
Ive had the DHD since the first week of uk release, im 3 cards down myself
No dead SD Cards here.
2 months on stock, 4 on custom roms
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s32bauer said:
With both me and my friend, the cards have been in the phone all the time. The only time I've tried to remove it was to see if I could recover the files on a PC.
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Same until the card died in my phone it has never been taken out by me, it arrived with the card in the phone on arrival and till last week its stayed there.
I have no idea what went wrong, I went to sleep after using it the night before. I woke up and the phone was sat at the sim pin prompt (so obviously failed in some form over night) when I checked my SMS later in the day they were all gone so I tried to restore from SMS Restore and it failed to find the file on the SD card. When I looked into it more I realised the card was dead.
Tried it on my laptop and work PC, AND my HD Camcorder and it does not register in any of them, its as if the controller on board the card has died rather than it corrupting the data on it.
Cant say I am impressed at the moment, I have the notification bug for SMS, it keeps removing the SMS database, failed to lock onto WiFi in some occasions unless I disable then enable wifi, and now its destroyed a microSD card. Think I shall be off back to an iphone next.
Hi
Have any of you having SD Problems, tried booting to Recovery> Fix Permissions, or used Rom Manager> Fix Permissions.
Take Care
TheQuest
Had mine for 5 month now, and still using the original SD. No problems.
Mine has now chewed through two memory cards however I have come to expect random things from my desire
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I've had my memory cards from various places. I had the one that came with the original handset, and then when I had my phone replaced HTC gave me another one with it.
Since then I've also purchased the rest from stores, and even two of them were the more expensive higher quality ones. All gone.
I have noticed this morning that I am able to access the card through my PC. The first three times I put it in, I got a message saying that it couldn't access it, and would need to format it. The fourth time I put it in, it's opened everything as normal. When I put it back in my phone, it comes up preparing SD card, and then a few seconds later says it's unexpectedly removed again.
Those that haven't had card issues, are you running a custom rom? If so, what do you think the best choice would be, and would it affect the normal day to day operation with things like use of the Android Market, etc?
My phone is stock and no customization.
Not sure what the correct route would be as the cards have been destroyed by our devices so would this be covered under card warranty?
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I will be as short winded as possible - but I want to put detail together so that the awesome devs here can gain as much info to try and see if any of this can help to solve the elusive SD card fry..
I'm not kidding when I say my borked SD card fixed itself while in the phone this afternoon. Here is a detailed list of what took place today.
ROM: MIUI 1.8.5
Kernel : Glitch 11.1 HL
*** I noticed phone being very unresponsive/laggy first thing this morning. ran fine before i left for work but when i leave i switch to 3G, with switching from WIFI to 3G i saw a strange message in the status bar that flashed 2x for about 2 seconds each time that said "URL NOT FOUND" and then 3G kicked on.. i had to airplane mode it because data was showing as working but it wasnt. switched out of airplane 3G running fine.
*** drove to work, sitting in parking lot playing with phone before work.. while using the feedly app to read news, it suddenly froze and gave a COM.PROCESS error with force close.. i left that and it wouldnt let me back in to feedly. i then tried facebook. got a white screen and same - COM.PROCESS force close. the phone rebooted itself and came back up with the notifier in status bar about "SD CARD INCOMPATIBLE FORMAT OR NOT PRESENT" .. nothing i could do at that point, since i wouldnt be near a computer all day. all the apps worked fine all day, just no SD card.. this is the 2nd "fry" i have had..first was on JT kernel last week.
*** about 2pm, my phone chirped at me that i had a text message. i opened gmail first, since i had an email sitting there...read that, and as soon as i opened the text message (which was an MMS actually - a video to be precise) a pop up opened and said something to the effect of "USING SD STORAGE CAN ENHANCE YOUR EXPERIENCE, TURN ON NOW?" with an ok button.. i pushed OK and bing - sd card was working again.
the video MMS somehow triggered something that got the sd card to be readable again. its been running fine the last 2 hours, no error messages.
I hope this can help someone dig deeper and/or go in another direction to find the source of the sd card bug..
thanks for the info!
My SD Card fried while running CM7. Will try to send myself an mms to see if I get the same prompt.
GunM3tal - It was an mms video .. im not sure if that makes a difference.
I am also VERY curious what that "URL NOT FOUND" when switching from WIFI to 3G means.. ive never seen that message before.. and i have been running MIUI for 3 of the last 4 weeks.
something is trying to connect to the internet, or something is constantly connected to a URL and in the 3 second lag between WIFI and 3G its not connected.. that worries me..
Does that have something to do with frying the card? what url is the phone trying to connect to? what program? i havent downloaded anything new lately, and nothing out of the ordinary is in task manager...
Sweet! Seems to be a working exploit.
mrjake1970 said:
I am also VERY curious what that "URL NOT FOUND" when switching from WIFI to 3G means.. ive never seen that message before.. and i have been running MIUI for 3 of the last 4 weeks.
something is trying to connect to the internet, or something is constantly connected to a URL and in the 3 second lag between WIFI and 3G its not connected.. that worries me..
Does that have something to do with frying the card? what url is the phone trying to connect to? what program? i havent downloaded anything new lately, and nothing out of the ordinary is in task manager...
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It is getting the Verizon wireless name. It polls Verizon's server I am guessing to see what the network is called incase they change the name I guess.
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My sd card couldn't be read for a couple of days while I was on miui 7/22 and glitch a few weeks ago. Then I noticed one day it was working again. Maybe it was an mms that got it running
I just tried this method. Had my wife send me a video mms with my fried stock 16gb card in. I had the option to reformat after that, lo and behold it formatted, no problem.
What the F***!
Maybe now we can figure out how to address the problem so it doesn't happen again.
Edit: btw, I'm on 7/22 miui. I put my other card back in that I've been using and it said damaged, I rebooted and it came back. So for those who try this, don't freak out, just try a reboot if the same thing happens.
Neuman.Tim said:
I just tried this method. Had my wife send me a video mms with my fried stock 16gb card in. I had the option to reformat after that, lo and behold it formatted, no problem.
What the F***!
Maybe now we can figure out how to address the problem so it doesn't happen again.
Edit: btw, I'm on 7/22 miui. I put my other card back in that I've been using and it said damaged, I rebooted and it came back. So for those who try this, don't freak out, just try a reboot if the same thing happens.
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Hahah that's the weirdest **** I've read on this forum so far. So glad that people that "fried" their cards can now get them working again.
I can not wait to try this when i get home!
Glad i stumbled on this and its working for others as well..
That will also maybe help the awesome devs find a solution
Samsung Fascinate
GeeWiz. 0.2 :: Stock ROM kernel
This doesn't really restore the SD card...you can just put it in and click format when the notification bar tells you your card is blank. Unless I'm mistaken.
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I tried this but to no avail my 16 is still gone and stuck with a 2
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papstar said:
This doesn't really restore the SD card...you can just put it in and click format when the notification bar tells you your card is blank. Unless I'm mistaken.
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Before giving this a shot not a single thing would format it, not even the option from the notification bar
My card was damaged this morning. I am running cm7 7/14 with gb bootloader from jt and his v3 kernal. My friend messed his phone up at work and needed to borrow mine to edit a sdcard file. So I unmounted my card and removed it. Put his card in and mounted sd boom damaged sd card. Then put mine back in and it said damaged sd card. I left the card in and rebooted phone. The card mounted with no problem during the boot while u can see the lock screen.
Sd card works fine but I will not removing it again!!!!! That was a close call this morning. Hope this info helps someone if not I just got very lucky
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My card was damaged this morning. I am running cm7 7/14 with gb bootloader from jt and his v3 kernal. My friend messed his phone up at work and needed to borrow mine to edit a sdcard file. So I unmounted my card and removed it. Put his card in and mounted sd boom damaged sd card. Then put mine back in and it said damaged sd card. I left the card in and rebooted phone. The card mounted with no problem during the boot while u can see the lock screen.
Sd card works fine but I will not removing it again!!!!! That was a close call this morning. Hope this info helps someone if not I just got very lucky
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I predict that you will have continuing problems with those SD cards now. While I was able to do the same with my backup SD card, it has continued to degrade. Certain apps can't access the card as of yesterday and CWM recovery is iffy on mounting it. Curiously, 4.0.1.4 (orange) is hit or miss, but 4.0.1.0 (blue) can access it but has trouble performing flashes or nandroid restores. Probably because we're not supposed to use three button recovery with jt's vanilla GB.
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from what it appears it depends on what happens exactly to the card...some people like me get the unrecognized/incompatible format - no sd card inserted error, and some get the sd card is damaged error.
so far from this thread, my card was completely fine (i had the incompatible format issue) with this "fix" and the damaged sd card that nobody could format is now formattable (is that a word?)
so i would assume a few things...
1. use mms video from another phone to send it to the fascinate with the borked card in the phone.
2. (TOTAL GUESS) you should probably be on the same build (e.g. miui/cm7) that you were on when it borked the first time.
3. it *should* give you the option to do something with it - either fix it, or be able to format it.
thats all any of us know right now. but whatever signal MMS videos send to the SD card to wake it up is what can be traced back to the system...maybe the SD card now gets the "SLEEP OF DEATH" like the system did with some kernels..deep sleep for the sd card? who knows...thats why i posted this in the DEV section..these devs are light years smarter at figuring this out than me. i know just enough to be dangerous
rock on..
papstar said:
This doesn't really restore the SD card...you can just put it in and click format when the notification bar tells you your card is blank. Unless I'm mistaken.
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Mr. Jake, I believe what you had, what I believe, is a soft-burned sd card. What this means is, reboots would have been a simple remedy for your "damaged" or "blank" sd card.
There comes a point when it's a HARD burned card and there's no turning back from it. If 5 reboots doesn't fix your sd card, might as well buy a new one, which is what I did.
this BURNING issue seems to be more apparent in the 8.5 MIUI. I'm hoping the 8.19 MIUI will fix the 3G glitches as well as a permanent proactive fix for the sd card burning problem.
shilohdrummer said:
Mr. Jake, I believe what you had, what I believe, is a soft-burned sd card. What this means is, reboots would have been a simple remedy for your "damaged" or "blank" sd card.
There comes a point when it's a HARD burned card and there's no turning back from it. If 5 reboots doesn't fix your sd card, might as well buy a new one, which is what I did.
this BURNING issue seems to be more apparent in the 8.5 MIUI. I'm hoping the 8.19 MIUI will fix the 3G glitches as well as a permanent proactive fix for the sd card burning problem.
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cool cool.. i just got excited because it seemed to fix the issue first - and second, may give the devs the ability to find out what is causing the issue in the first place since they can trace a sd card commit that does *something* to modify the glitch..
something to work with is better than guessing..
im still learning this developing thing..so many failures and very few successes with modding for me.. so any bit of help i can give is something i treasure after getting so much from this group...
Hmm I wonder if this would work on the Inc2 to fix a borked sdcard.
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Has anyone else noticed that when you power the screen off but then want to power it up right away afterwards there is about 2-3 seconds where the screen just stays black? Im wondering if its the animation that is causing this. Anyone else experiencing this?
Thanks,
Mike
Are you using an SD card?
Michaelmansour1997 said:
Has anyone else noticed that when you power the screen off but then want to power it up right away afterwards there is about 2-3 seconds where the screen just stays black? Im wondering if its the animation that is causing this. Anyone else experiencing this?
Thanks,
Mike
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Hi,
I know this is a little bit old thread but I have the same problem on my S7 Edge Duos SM-G935FD, it's on stock rom. Did you find a way to fix it?
eric150 said:
Are you using an SD card?
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Since the August update I have observed that the Gallery hangs very often and the pics dont show up immediately. Also the phone in general lags while unlocking. Earlier i used to think its because of the update. But whenever i remove the sd card it works fine. I am using a 64 GB Sandisk 80 mbps class 10 card. Could it be because of the card? Dont wanna spend another 1600 Rs for a card only to find that the problem isnt solved .
Should i try using Samsung card?
Chirag22ster said:
Since the August update I have observed that the Gallery hangs very often and the pics dont show up immediately. Also the phone in general lags while unlocking. Earlier i used to think its because of the update. But whenever i remove the sd card it works fine. I am using a 64 GB Sandisk 80 mbps class 10 card. Could it be because of the card? Dont wanna spend another 1600 Rs for a card only to find that the problem isnt solved .
Should i try using Samsung card?
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Got a lot of pictures on it? It probably lags because it needs to load a lot of images
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Hi again,
Here is a video showing the lag
And it is present regardless of SD Card/LTE and even after cleaning cache or wiping data
MrMestiri said:
Hi again,
Here is a video showing the lag
And it is present regardless of SD Card/LTE and even after cleaning cache or wiping data
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That is definitely too much lag.
Are you running stock rom? Running xposed with a lot of modules? I read about the latest aod update gave some users lag. But I don't know the extend of it.
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Michel habets said:
That is definitely too much lag.
Are you running stock rom? Running xposed with a lot of modules? I read about the latest aod update gave some users lag. But I don't know the extend of it.
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I forgot to precise it is SM-G935FD. I suspected OTA updates at first and I tried factory resetting the Stock ROM through stock recovey multiple times but the lag reappears either immediately or after a few days (without installing new apps). I then decided to root it and flash superman ROM latest version (with SupeSU, Xposed and magisk and with SuperKernel), it got fixed and then for whatever reason it reappeared again. Now I've tried clean installing the same ROM and following the same steps without any luck.
Hello there,
So I've got some updates on this lag that may help others :
-First, it doesn't matter if you're on stock or on custom ROM.
-It has nothing to do with SD cards or LTE network.
-A simple reboot or powering off/on makes the lag disappear momentarily.
-A clean falsh (with smart switch) can help but doesn't make the problem go away indefinitely, I'm not sure why. It still happens after that but a lot less frequently.
-I've narrowed down the bug to Google play Services, anything that it has permissions to access can cause the bug to reappear, installing apps, downloading contents through apps, making a phone call and sometimes taking a picture/deleting it... Etc.
-disabling Auto-updates in Play Store, proved rather helpful.
-Finally, I think that Samsung will fix this lag, intentionally or not, with the Nougat update since it is apparently a compatiblity issue with the latest Google play services updates.
In my experience, doing a clean flash, disabling Auto-updates both in Settings and Play Store makes the lag less frequent. Powering off/on solves it when it does occur occasionally.
Same error
I am also facing the same problem after upgrading to Android N, but I have not find any solution yet.
Hi all,
Got a major problem here, so I upgraded the firmware via OTA (no Odin, Kias, etc) and as soon as I unlocked the phone and started the decrypting process as normal the SD card went through the same process.
However, not the card can't be read! It just keeps saying it is being encrypted in the notification bar as normal but doesn't actually complete.
The card is a Samsung 64GB Evo card that I've had for maybe a year or 2 now. Worked perfectly until the firmware update.
Please help!
Really, 50 views and nothing? ...
O and O said:
Really, 50 views and nothing? ...
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sorry, I do not use my sd slot...
I guess so do many...
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Have you tried formatting the card?
The card is detected just that the content is gone. I rather not lose the content to me honest.
Plus, I'm quite concerned that if this could be done via an update rather than factory reset then it should be stated before clicking to update
In my S7E I have a 64GB Samsung Pro microSD formatted and filled of files when it was used in my previous non-Samsung smartphone (also running Marshmallow) and after the update I have no problems at all accessing the microSD content.
Sorry, I think there is some confusion.
I have a SD Card, it was reformatted and only ever since then used in my S7 Edge, since then it has always been encrypted.
Yesterday I updated the version via the normal Google update and somehow the card can't be decrypted anymore. I can be detected but doesn't appear to have content in gallery etc.
Have you tried to connect the microSD to a PC and check the content?
And what about this:
O and O said:
as soon as I unlocked the phone and started the decrypting process as normal the SD card went through the same process.
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Did you previously encrypt your SD card?
On a computer the content is not viewable.
The card has never been previously encrypted on another phone. Surprisingly for since release day the card was in this phone encrypted no issues working perfectly. Only after yesterday's update did it stop working.
The usual notification of "Encrypting SD Card ..." was what I was referring to. The notification comes up as it always did but this time it doesn't actually allow me to access the content.
O and O said:
The usual notification of "Encrypting SD Card ..." was what I was referring to.
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I OTA updated yesterday with the microSD still into the S7E and never saw that message after the reboot and also subsequently... maybe others could confirm if they normally see that notifcation...
themissionimpossible said:
I OTA updated yesterday with the microSD still into the S7E and never saw that message after the reboot and also subsequently... maybe others could confirm if they normally see that notifcation...
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My experience is exactly the same: no msg ab encrypting anything after the OTA update. I suggest to re-format the SD Card
Meh, I guess it's screwed and I've got no choice but to reformat.
O and O said:
Hi all,
Got a major problem here, so I upgraded the firmware via OTA (no Odin, Kias, etc) and as soon as I unlocked the phone and started the decrypting process as normal the SD card went through the same process.
However, not the card can't be read! It just keeps saying it is being encrypted in the notification bar as normal but doesn't actually complete.
The card is a Samsung 64GB Evo card that I've had for maybe a year or 2 now. Worked perfectly until the firmware update.
Please help!
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I work for Samsung as Costumer Service Support, we had received a lot of reports about this issue, for the moment we recommend a hard reset or wait until a new firmware release.
rayvallejo3k said:
I work for Samsung as Costumer Service Support, we had received a lot of reports about this issue, for the moment we recommend a hard reset or wait until a new firmware release.
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Thanks, at least I know it wasn't just me.
I've reformatted the card anyway. Which is a major shame, I expect better for what in essence should protect my phone.
Galaxy S7 Edge Encryption/Decryption FAILURE
Experienced the exact same issue on my Galaxy S7 Edge with 64GB Samsung class 10 SDHC card back in March right after buying the phone. Reset, restored, wiped to factory setting. Would work for awhile, then when phone is restarted problem returns. Would have to reformat card and restore to factory before it would work temporarily. Contents of card could be seen when in SD slot on computer or in other phone, but encrypted files (of course) couldn't be opened.
Phone connected to computer and card contents couldn't be seen at all. Notification center shows "Encrypting/Decrypting SD card" all the time until pressed then it disappears, but when in Settings > Storage, portable storage just shows SD card "Ready," but when tapped nothing happens like it's not even mounted.
Called Google, transferred to Samsung. Samsung escalated issue. Update patch was pushed out within a few days. Applied and everything working no problems.
2 months later and everything has been working fine without hiccups, then new update 6.0.1 is released. Waited a day, then applied. Restart phone, same Encryption/Decryption problem returns!
Called Google, transferred to Samsung. Given support run around. Have to demand to escalate to upper level support. Guy says he'll escalatate; call back in a week, hasn't been forwarded. Have to demand to speak to tier 2 support AGAIN explained things at least 3 times and finally get guy to agree to escalate and says he'll send "email." Suggested he recommend engineering consider pushing another update like they had before to correct problem the first time, even gave previous case number. Calls me back in couple days after supposed escalation and says I have to format card and restore to factory. Let him know I wouldn't be doing that, because I've already had to lose too many pictures and documents!
Tried emailing Samsung Executive Customer Support, but haven't heard anything yet and couldn't confirm email. It didn't bounce back as undeliverable, so I'm hoping someone looks into it right away! This is insane! Why offer expandable storage if there's the potential for such a fatal failure. It's eerily critical this gets corrected!
Model: SAMSUNG-SM-G935V
Baseband: G935VVRU2APE1
SD Card: Samsung 64GB Class 10 SDHC
UPDATE: Galaxy S7 Edge Encryption/Decryption FAILURE
Androidlee said:
Experienced the exact same issue on my Galaxy S7 Edge with 64GB Samsung class 10 SDHC card back in March right after buying the phone. Reset, restored, wiped to factory setting. Would work for awhile, then when phone is restarted problem returns. Would have to reformat card and restore to factory before it would work temporarily. Contents of card could be seen when in SD slot on computer or in other phone, but encrypted files (of course) couldn't be opened.
Phone connected to computer and card contents couldn't be seen at all. Notification center shows "Encrypting/Decrypting SD card" all the time until pressed then it disappears, but when in Settings > Storage, portable storage just shows SD card "Ready," but when tapped nothing happens like it's not even mounted.
Called Google, transferred to Samsung. Samsung escalated issue. Update patch was pushed out within a few days. Applied and everything working no problems.
2 months later and everything has been working fine without hiccups, then new update 6.0.1 is released. Waited a day, then applied. Restart phone, same Encryption/Decryption problem returns!
Called Google, transferred to Samsung. Given support run around. Have to demand to escalate to upper level support. Guy says he'll escalatate; call back in a week, hasn't been forwarded. Have to demand to speak to tier 2 support AGAIN explained things at least 3 times and finally get guy to agree to escalate and says he'll send "email." Suggested he recommend engineering consider pushing another update like they had before to correct problem the first time, even gave previous case number. Calls me back in couple days after supposed escalation and says I have to format card and restore to factory. Let him know I wouldn't be doing that, because I've already had to lose too many pictures and documents!
Tried emailing Samsung Executive Customer Support, but haven't heard anything yet and couldn't confirm email. It didn't bounce back as undeliverable, so I'm hoping someone looks into it right away! This is insane! Why offer expandable storage if there's the potential for such a fatal failure. It's eerily critical this gets corrected!
Model: SAMSUNG-SM-G935V
Baseband: G935VVRU2APE1
SD Card: Samsung 64GB Class 10 SDHC
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Forwarded this discussion to The Office of the President of North America and this was their response:
Thank you for your inquiry. We certainly understand your concern regarding the functionality of your phone and SD card.
Please note, software updates for phones using the Android operating system are produced by Google and distributed by the service provider, such as Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint or AT&T. However, we will forward your feedback along to the appropriate parties for further review. Unfortunately, we are unable to speculate when/if a new software update may become available, but will provide you with feedback when/if it becomes available.
Thank you,
Samsung Electronics America, Inc.
Phone number: 1-888-987-4357
Fax number: 469-241-4774
resolving sd card not able to decrypt/encrypt
Hi guys,
I've been following up with this thread waiting for an answer but I found something that works for me.
1) Set lock screen security to none, keeping fingerprint data.
2) Start encrypting the sd card AGAIN. It may fail, doesn't matter.
3) Restart phone and it will state SD Card was successfully encrypted.
4) Check your apps/gallery/images which was stored on the SD card. It should be there.
5) Decrypt your SD card.
For now I'll not encrypt the SD card till I'm confident it'll not cause any further problems. You may also wish to keep it encrypted and backing it up offsite.
Hope it works out for you guys.
I'm not able to post external links as I registered solely to inform of the solution. This is the best I can.
Credits to weslexcore:
http: // forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s7/688255-android-sd-card-showing-ready-but-not-usable-applications-not-showing.html
Thanks to you! Worked like a charm!
I won't re-encrypt my SD Card until Samsung addresses the issue.