hi all hope anyone can help me with this big issue let me just start by saying all software is at the latest update since today and there is no hardware problem since i did test it
ok so here is the problem since 6.0.1 came out with this new type password lock i had this issue right i use my gear 2 with my Samsung note 4 even as a trusted devise to easy unlock the devise but say i go to sleep and the next morning i wake up and the gear is still connected via Bluetooth and there was no like out of range or is in the night it was disconnected and reconnected nothing like that but when i wake up and try to unlock the devise i have to put in my password again and then its fine the whole day since when i unlock it till i go to sleep no putting the code in again now what i think is that every new morning like 12am it might do this but not so cause the one day i had to call my mom just after 12 and there was still no unlock code asked so i have no idea why this is not always unlocked and why i have to put in the password at least once a day and this is excluding when i remove my battery and put in a full one im talking just as my battery is on standby say 50% and the next morning i have to put in the code and then resume using the devise
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Just bought it last week. The phone did this on the 1st and second day i had it, but hasn't don't it for the last 3 days. Bestbuy said I can exchange it, but do you guys think its worth the hastle? (contacts, apps settings will be gone). Could it have just been an app acting funny, but now its ok (perhaps its got something to do with leaving on GPS or wi-fi?)...what do you guys recommend?
Also, some people have complained about gps issues, but i have not had any issues, locks in seconds. Is this a hit or miss thing? If i exchange it, could i be stuck with that problem? I live in vancouver...maybe it has something to do with location? Thanks
I have same problem..I have two Samsung Vibrant..just got them few days ago and both shuts off automaticallly...
I purchased a S5 G 900V (Verizon) on the 15th (of May) after my last phone died (Razr)... 2 months after the insurance expired of course. The S5 seemed to work fine for the first 3 days and like most I was setting it all up (w/exception of a few root only apps since the verzion phone is locked up).
This last Tuesday late afternoon the phone wouldn't turn on so I did a battery pull and when it booted up it had an unlocked icon (lock that was unlocked) display on the device and the word "custom" displayed under the open lock. The phone would go to sleep and not wake up without a battery pull each time. Device status under the settings area was also the word "custom". I had purchased the device from Best Buy along with insurance at our local mall... and at 7 pm after trying to get the phone to work correctly took it back to the store. The person that had sold me the phone was there along with one of the managers/assistant managers and they both keep telling me it was my own fault for attempting to root the phone (which I didn't do). They fought with the phone for and hour or so and couldn't get anything to work correctly... still getting the unlocked icon and custom word. I was told that if I could get it unrooted they would exchange the device for me, but they couldn't do anything with the phone until I could get it back into ua unrooted status. The assist manager did point me out to another website that explained the use of ODIN and where to get the stock Verizon rom.. which took a good few hours to d/l due to their slow server (not complaining, I'm glad they had it for me to begin with).
I set up and attempted to unroot the device with no avail. Did a factory wipe clean out cache etc etc the ODIN program kept saying it worked and I would be presented with all the normal new phone settings and hoops to jump thru as if it was just being activated... but on a restart the open lock and custom was still there.
Yesterday while looking over forums I noticed the phone was downloading an app I had already downloaded. I looked at the phone and it seemed as if it was re-installing some of the basic play store apps I had! I rebooted the phone and no lock appeared and under the Device status custom was gone and "original" was in it's place. I packed all my boxes and cables up and after work today took the phone in and had them exchange it for a new one. The same assistant manager was there when I had first taken the phone in when I had experienced the strange behavior.
She (the assistant manager), had no problem exchanging it since it didn't have that error showing up.
My major concern is if somehow if/when I connected the phone to my desktop did it (either the phone or computer) try and transfer files that made the phone act up in the first place? I have a rooted Nexus 7 and the Razr I had had ... had also been rooted. I don't think I have anything besides Samsungs device manager and Wugs Nexus Root toolkit, but those shouldn't mess the S5 up I have Eclipse installed but it doesn't launch without manual opening. I would both hate it if I had the same thing happen to this new phone but also dislike the idea of not plugging the phone in to transfer media if I wanted to.
Any ideas... or think it was a bad first phone?
HI guys,
I've been really stupid and lost my Samsung galaxy S5 , I have no find my phone app installed and my battery seems to have died as it doesn't ring out. Cut the very long story short.
I have 3 options to where my phone can be -
Club
Car
Field.
I left the Club as I was dj-ing Sunday morning at about 6:30 . I've driven home crashed / flipped my car onto a field. . Nobody was around I looked in my car for my phone before leaving it and I couldn't seem to find it. The club was its last night open and the owner returns tomorrow so I may be able to look in the club and find it touch wood.
the car has been recovered I have gone to where the car has been recovered to look inside their and turned it upside I cannot find it in the car. Ive gone back to the field where I crashed as the window may have been open during the crash and I cannot find it on the field. Only place ive not looked yet is the club.
My phone was ringing sunday & Monday morning. Now its going straight through to voice mail . And am stupid because when it was ringing if I had known I could have remotely installed apps to help me using google .
Is their anything I can do at this moment in time to possibly help me find my phone whilst its switched off?
thanks
If it's turned off, that's like asking people online where your TV remote is
I had the same problem.
Hi, I had a similar problem (beer and beer) with my previous phone, and I got the GPS ON always, (because I play Ingress), so I used the Android Device Manager to trace it out.
Couldn't find it out, because it was turned off by the new owner close to the Bar where I lost it.
Nightmare , I will just buy a new phone use android device manager to wipe it and barr the phone .
If I'm not mistaken I think android device manager logs the phone location before it goes off. Did you at least try to check ADM already? Maybe it could give you clues. If so then go check the bar and if it's not there then sorry buddy but you lost it.
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Am I correct say,
if I wait lets say 10 days without blocking my phone or simccard within those 10 days if somebody turns on my phone with my simcard in straight away it should connect to the internet and at least that way I know if it is being used elsewhere. so I could technically monitor some kind of activity on my phone.? on Android device manager ? I mean I have already sent a message to the phone with a passcode but of course this needs internet access which is why I m thinking not to block the phone just yet.
am trying to get the best chance of receiving some kind of activity update from either ADM or Timeline ..
if am correct this must mean the only chance not to receive an update would be to take out simcard straight away and then wifi ? abut of course this means they can still go through my phone ect just without internet. and of course to wipe the phone clean and then use it as normal for my ADM or Timeline not to be updated. so its pretty much a strct process to prevent a change on ADM I would say?
I went ahead and gave this device a try despite the numerous issues popping up. It's a beautiful phone with a great build but once I set it up and started messing with it, I noticed it restarts every couple of minutes, even when sitting on a table.
I do not have the bootloader unlocked, have yet to pick up a nano sim, and it seems to happen only when on WiFi, at least so far.
Anybody else having this particular issue?
Do a hard reset and if not resolved just return and get replacement unit.
Your device is defective(faulty)
Unexpected restart is most of all hardware issue especially since it's brand new device with few hours used.
I remember having that kind of issue few years ego with HTC One X and just returned the device back to the store.
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I received my new lavender and started the unlock counter (170h) last week. Then i was so smart that i did not use the phone at all, but just kept using my old phone until the countdown. I know, i was stupid, but now it's done.
Today i went to unlock and got the "unable to unlock phone has been used too little" message....
Did this happen to anybody? What should i do now, beside start using the phone right away? Should i just wait a few days and try again or should i create a new mi account and associate it to the phone and start over again?
It happen to a lot of people out there.. Just turn on your device and don't worry, you just need to wait 3 more days but be sure to have the device connected on internet once a day. Good luck.
Zorikage said:
It happen to a lot of people out there.. Just turn on your device and don't worry, you just need to wait 3 more days but be sure to have the device connected on internet once a day. Good luck.
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Thank you for your reply...
i have started using the phone now, even if i hate MIUI, and will wait three days then try again monday....
Hope it will work then.