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Received replacement for G2 and what a difference!

Just received my replacement for my G2 yesterday. This is the fourth one I have tried. I am amazed at the difference in this one. The hinges are nice and snug and the signal does not fluctuate wildly. No random reboots (yet) No freezes or turning itself off. The keyboard does not start launching apps randomly. The battery has been super. All the things the first three had issues with. Has HTC fixed the issues in these later batches? So far this unit seems to be on a different level. Anyone else had this excperience? IMO this is now a SUPER phone not just a good phone.

thats what people need to understand. g2's arent a bad phone. htc just made a ****-ton of bad batches of these phones. its almost like diamond in the dirt for people to find a g2 that actually meets up to customer expectation. and sadly they really arent doing much to help out instead they are hoping this can be swept under a rug

I know exactly what you're saying. This is my third G2 and, actually, the only one that works right all the time. The first two reboot a lot (this one hasn't up to now), the second got stuck on bootloader. Also, I had the hinge problem on the second.
This one is perfect, nothing wrong with it up to now.
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I'm still on my first G2 but I think I'm gonna get a replacement cause my hindges are getting pretty loose now. Its like the hindges lost their snap when I open and close it. And when the phone is closed, well it doesn't actually feel like a solid close, it fells like it will just slide open. Hopefully I don't have this problem on the next one. I really like the G2.
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Still have my FIRST G2, I bought it in store on OCT 2nd. I have NO hinge issue. It did reboot on me twice, but that was because of a faulty app. The battery is finally settling in well, I unplug @ 7:45 AM every morning and usually have ~30 - 40% left at moderate use - web surfing, music and texting. This is one of the best phones ive ever owned,

I grabbed mine oct 9th, I wasn't experiencing anything most users were... as soon as i opend it up I checked to see if mine had 4gb, it did and I have had no other issues. Hinge reboots, anything. Seems like they rush, rush, rushed the first batches.

mgshute said:
I grabbed mine oct 9th, I wasn't experiencing anything most users were... as soon as i opend it up I checked to see if mine had 4gb, it did and I have had no other issues. Hinge reboots, anything. Seems like they rush, rush, rushed the first batches.
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u got a pic of your phone saying u got more the 2.5gb free?
I thought it was the 2.2 issue not a hardware issue.

Mog said:
u got a pic of your phone saying u got more the 2.5gb free?
I thought it was the 2.2 issue not a hardware issue.
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Its not a 2.2 issue.... the Droid 2 has 8 GB onboard it shows up fine.
Its a NAND issue, its locked and in only about ~1.3 user accessible. Once permanent root is avialable we shoul dbe able to us ALL of 4 GB.... though when I say 4 GB its actually ~3.7 GB

mgshute said:
I grabbed mine oct 9th, I wasn't experiencing anything most users were... as soon as i opend it up I checked to see if mine had 4gb, it did and I have had no other issues. Hinge reboots, anything. Seems like they rush, rush, rushed the first batches.
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Proof of this 4gb?

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Proof of this 4gb?
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3.7
keep in mind I have a ton of crap saved to it now.

Did you request a replacement through tmobile or htc? Did you have to send the memory card back with the phone?
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:facepalm:
That's RAM, and that's 400mb.

Just to give you a heads up, 379832 kB doesn't equal 3.7GB . It would have to state 3879731 kB to equate to 3.7GB .
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3.7
keep in mind I have a ton of crap saved to it now.
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hahahah opps.

mgshute said:
hahahah opps.
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Its all good
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how did you guys replace is cuhz i have the hinge problem and the 4gb memory. just recently bought it like 2 weeks ago.

Please stop these threads, they confuse newcomers or people who just got the phone and just initiate a placebo effect for things that are a non-issue.
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Could you post the serial # of these 'improved' phones? So we know what to avoid.

When you guys get replacements, do they send you refurbished ones? Or a brand new phone?
I don't trust them, if they say its a new phone but send it without the battery cover and battery, just the phone itself and ask you to send the old one in. Cause I still don't know if someone else used and sent it back to T-Mobile and changed the housing and sending them out as new. Feel me?

I'm still waiting on my 3rd G2 and so seeing how my order is "back-ordered" - i hope i get a G2 from a new batch!
3rd times the charm......... i hope

[Q][Survey] Is your Transformer still working?

After my Transformer "died" today and I keep reading of others doing the same, I would like to get a little overview how many devices are affected. Feel free to add your personal story or just vote, but this is not meant as a rant thread.
Mine was working nicely for the last two weeks without a single issue, apart from a little touchscreen issue which was more than bearable. Today it decided to not wake up after going to sleep while charging, HDMI still works, though.
greetz

My transformer somehow turned itself off when I was sleeping, and this morning it wouldn't turn on no matter how long I held the power button. 5 minutes later I try again and it turns on. It did drain 25% battery overnight somehow when it usually drains 3%. I never updated, it is still on the factory software. I haven't yet heard of this happening to anyone.

I put my vote in for light bleeding. But mine seems to be a bit different because one side of my LCD panel has a big gap in it. Waiting for inventory to become available so I can exchange it.
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@frysee:
sounds familiar First batch of Transformers seem to have quite some issues...
My display stopped working from one minute to another and is now dead for a few days. Not even boot animation visible --> RMA.

so if I get any of the above issues what should I do?
maybe OP or somebody could put together a guide for trouble shooting?

light bleed
Ravynmagi said:
I put my vote in for light bleeding. But mine seems to be a bit different because one side of my LCD panel has a big gap in it. Waiting for inventory to become available so I can exchange it.
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I have the same gap like that by the front camera and a lil gap on the side like yours plus light bleeding aroound it. Waiting for Amazon to have some more back instock to get a replacement.

droid_does said:
so if I get any of the above issues what should I do?
maybe OP or somebody could put together a guide for trouble shooting?
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Well, thats one part of the problem: For most of them, there is no workaround at the moment or they are hardware-related and not user-fixable. Make sure you check the numerous threads adressing the individual issues if you need help for a specific problem.
greetz

No issues and I've had it for a week+ now. I really can't count lightbleed since it's only visible at the brightest setting in a completely dark room and even then barely.
Also seems like the vast majority has a working device from the poll so far (aside from lightbleed since lightbleed still constitutes a fully functioning transformer).

My transformer really works great, even got it updated to 0423 via asus site today. Downside, my screen has random lines that glitch about two inches long. Thought the update would fix. Negative. Seems to be on darker colors. I thought it was softwar since the asus weather widget i can get it to follow with screen transition sometimes. I really dont want to RMA. Its only a millisecond long, but theres about 30 total, in no particuar order, at no particular time. Video this weekend.
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jinsoku3g said:
My transformer really works great, even got it updated to 0423 via asus site today. Downside, my screen has random lines that glitch about two inches long. Thought the update would fix. Negative. Seems to be on darker colors. I thought it was softwar since the asus weather widget i can get it to follow with screen transition sometimes. I really dont want to RMA. Its only a millisecond long, but theres about 30 total, in no particuar order, at no particular time. Video this weekend.
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Sometimes itll go for hours and only get one line from time to time. Doesnt effect function...its so minescule i just want to fix it myself somehow. Other than that..perfect in performance
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frysee said:
Well, thats one part of the problem: For most of them, there is no workaround at the moment or they are hardware-related and not user-fixable. Make sure you check the numerous threads adressing the individual issues if you need help for a specific problem.
greetz
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well I thought there were some fixes or steps to trouble shoot for soem of the above problems in your poll since there are 6 people who "fixed" their device after having one of those problems as you can see....
just a quick question here since I don't want to start a new thread...once I get my transformer tomorrow, should I update to the OTA? or should I just download it from Asus's site and update?
thanks

droid_does said:
well I thought there were some fixes or steps to trouble shoot for soem of the above problems in your poll since there are 6 people who "fixed" their device after having one of those problems as you can see....
just a quick question here since I don't want to start a new thread...once I get my transformer tomorrow, should I update to the OTA? or should I just download it from Asus's site and update?
thanks
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Root transformer and flash modaco custom rom or prime v1.1

Well, mine just died. Was working fine for a few days (received it Friday). Click the power button to turn off the display, walked away for about for ten minutes, came back, and it's dead as a doornail.
I checked HDMI, but didn't see a signal.

scooternj said:
Well, mine just died. Was working fine for a few days (received it Friday). Click the power button to turn off the display, walked away for about for ten minutes, came back, and it's dead as a doornail.
I checked HDMI, but didn't see a signal.
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Did you try the hard shutdown? (hold power 15~20 seconds) and a cold boot?

I've held down the power button for almost a minute. Not a thing happens.
I've tried it plugged in as well (although the battery was around 50% when this happened.
Thanks.

Push and hold (5-10 seconds at a time) the power button a few different ways. Sometimes my screen doesn't turn on but holding it more towards the back works. I'll put up a video showing what I mean tomorrow but other then that it's flawless.
I love it and honestly it's far exceeded my expectations. If they tighten down on QC this will be the tablet to get. Home run for Asus.

well i have one ordered on backorder im about 200 down the list, gonna take a couple weeks for me probably.
in the mean time with asus saying they will only produce 10k a month instead of a target 300k they have no excuse not to have great QC, with so much less to do and less to produce it should be easier for them

anyone feel as though the device is a little 'squeaky'? as though the lcd may pop out one day?

It is not charging. At all.
And it has problems waking up from a deep sleep.

biglolz said:
anyone feel as though the device is a little 'squeaky'? as though the lcd may pop out one day?
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The back has a little bit of flex, but I think you're exaggerating.

Screen Goes Crazy

I've had my Note for under a month now. I've been ever so careful with it. My heart skipped a beat when one day, all of a sudden, the screen just went mad!
I scoured the Web but couldn't find any other instance of this but the other day, in another thread, a few people have said that they've experienced the same problems. It's happened to my friends phone as well. I thought both of us were sold defective pieces to be honest but it looks like a global issue.
This is not just a case of screen flicker and screen changing colours on a white background. It goes haywire! Almost like the old television sets with their rainbow effect.
This has happened pre and post ICS; so it's definitely not a software issue. It has to be a hardware defect.
When I tried taking a screen shot of it, it just took a screen shot of the app I was using before the madness began.
It happened again last night. This time, fortunately or unfortunately, the screen stayed that way till I hit the power button. I had enough time to take a photo of it using a friends phone. Check it out :
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I dont know the reason behind it but my phone has done the same thing twice since i got it.
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It happens to me in some custom roms...
Its not a problem...
But it does give a heart attack

got this once when i upgraded from gb to ics, goes away when i turn off the screen and turn it back on again.

Same thing happened with me thrice. I think it start after ics upgrade
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Its about some live wallpapers. Same thing happened with me with blue sea lwp after upgraded to ics.

I have this sometimes too, but I don't use live wallpapers so doubt if this has anything to do with it.

joost81 said:
I have this sometimes too, but I don't use live wallpapers so doubt if this has anything to do with it.
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+1 I don't use live wallpapers either. Phone's not rooted either. It's probably an issue with the graphics chip. And it seems to be a global issue and not limited to any region as such.
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AnuragB56 said:
+1 I don't use live wallpapers either. Phone's not rooted either. It's probably an issue with the graphics chip. And it seems to be a global issue and not limited to any region as such.
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I changed blue sea lwp and the problem dissapeared

shantanubarik said:
Same thing happened with me thrice. I think it start after ics upgrade
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It's happened on my phone before and after upgrading to ICS. So I doubt that's the issue.
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It's also happened to me once,
not more than 24 hours after I bought it.

Happened with me also
Thanks you reported.. I was not able to report since the screen got fine in few seconds. Didn't experienced it since..look likes hardware issue to me as well.. I hope samsung pay some attention here..

Rulinglionadi said:
It happens to me in some custom roms...
Its not a problem...
But it does give a heart attack
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I sure hope you're right because the same thing happened to my laptop once. The screen started flickering this way occasionally and it the frequency increased. In the end, I was told that the chip and the screen needed to be changed. Luckily it was still under warranty at that point.
Just hoping the same thing doesn't happen to this AFTER the warranty lapses!

never experienced this.. i used ICS for 2 days, no sign of this issue back then.. and now im back to GB...
is this what they call pixel salad?

flicker or pixel salad, whataever you name, mostly happens when you end the call or call disconnection...the same happened to me and gone through the logcat and reproduced the same once again..

grgsiocl said:
flicker or pixel salad, whataever you name, mostly happens when you end the call or call disconnection...the same happened to me and gone through the logcat and reproduced the same once again..
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So is this then a hardware issue? Something to do with the graphics chip? Can't be a software bug right?
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Dude. I was searching for this.. this happens for me.. OFTEN !! more than 15 times already i think. I think it started like this since having ICS. I had my first week on GB and have no such issue.. probably screen reset or what ?
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Here too!
With my note it happened a few times.
I am currently running Rocket V7:crying:

funny i have never experienced this before... i've had my note for almost 3 months now
have upgraded to official ICS then root then went back to GB root..
just wondering for those of you who experienced this sort of pixelation, where did you get your note from?? mine was from the the telco when i renewed my contract and seems to me that it is more likely a defective unit..

scarlet_sg said:
funny i have never experienced this before... i've had my note for almost 3 months now
have upgraded to official ICS then root then went back to GB root..
just wondering for those of you who experienced this sort of pixelation, where did you get your note from?? mine was from the the telco when i renewed my contract and seems to me that it is more likely a defective unit..
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Honestly, I thought my friend and I were sold defective pieces here but as I mentioned earlier, from the kind of response this thread is getting, it's definitely a global issue.
My unit was manufactured in Vietnam. Bought it at a store here in India. It's probably a case of a batch of defective units. Samsung needs to take stock of this. With their over zealous selling spree, it wouldn't surprise me if someone at the quality testing team was made to look the other way. Conspiracy theory maybe but who knows eh?
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Att note 7 update on 1st day 8/18/16

I hit the update on it for shts and giggle and it was one for 138megabits, lol wonder what it was for, but i love the battery life wow.

Yeah found it weird, mine is updating as we speak.. I just got the phone a few hours ago..

hou32guy said:
I hit the update on it for shts and giggle and it was one for 138megabits, lol wonder what it was for, but i love the battery life wow.
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I'm not sure what's going on with my battery life but it's less than five hours... I've had since noon today and it's already been charged once and taken off around 9pm tonight and I'm already down to 55%. Any ideas? I've hardly done anything other than texting and web browsing, all on wifi. I'm also not getting detailed battery stats. See below... Also, how the hell do you take a screenshot other than using screen write? Oh and i never got an update...
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I normally hit the left button and close all apps, get ram back up,

Screen shot is power button and home button at the same time momentarily

I keep my bright down to about a 1/4

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Screen shot is power button and home button at the same time momentarily
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Yeah that's what it's always been on other phones, but my phone will not do it.
Edit: Guess i want holding it long enough. I just switched back to Android from iOS after 3 years. On the iPhone is instant lol.
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did the device reboot into a recovery to install the update? curious is someone dropped the ball and left a open bootloader on the released device OR its just the monthly security patch, prob the latter...
further investigations...it did include a new bootloader. i would hold of on installing this if you want root. you never know

Lol yeah not rooting, leaving it alone

I did not install the update. I just love that they say that ATT wants to install an update and give no more information as to what or why. After my upgrade experience I'm not real trusting and was hoping someone could report what it is. Want to compare?

Sadly, it's probably a bunch of good fixes bundled in with some unwanted bloatware and security "enhancements". Lol
BUT... that's just pure conjecture on my part, as I watch the N7 forums and live vicariously through you all. I'm still happy with my rooted Note 3, can't justify the upgrade cost, can't live without my IR blaster, and so will wait.

So, anyone know whats in the update(is it just the Android Aug security update)? Any chance it really would affect root? For me, the only reason to not root is Samsung Pay and since it doesn't support either one of my cards, not worried about that "feature".

Phredeee said:
I did not install the update. I just love that they say that ATT wants to install an update and give no more information as to what or why. After my upgrade experience I'm not real trusting and was hoping someone could report what it is. Want to compare?
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It does contain a new Bootloader, and the update was prob forced upon you. Yesterday my device buzzed in my pocket, heard the ATT ding ding dong sound. Pulled my Note out and it was optimizing apps (about 50 of them). Seems they forced the update to my Note, even though I had clicked "install later" many times through-out the day. bastards!

I believe it's just a security update.

I did not get update. Do you have to have a att simcard in phone to see update.

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It does contain a new Bootloader, and the update was prob forced upon you. Yesterday my device buzzed in my pocket, heard the ATT ding ding dong sound. Pulled my Note out and it was optimizing apps (about 50 of them). Seems they forced the update to my Note, even though I had clicked "install later" many times through-out the day. bastards!
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The only way to keep from downloading an update is to have Wi-Fi turned off or disable the update totally with package disabler pro. The phone automatically downloads any update if you are connected to Wi-Fi and will install it even if you hit install later. The phone does the install after the third time you decline it. All of my Samsung phones have done this.

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It does contain a new Bootloader, and the update was prob forced upon you. Yesterday my device buzzed in my pocket, heard the ATT ding ding dong sound. Pulled my Note out and it was optimizing apps (about 50 of them). Seems they forced the update to my Note, even though I had clicked "install later" many times through-out the day. bastards!
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Okay i sh*t you not, I read this on lunch and said in my head there's no way it forced itself, or maybe it's an option to disable under developer settings. Got off lunch and felt my phone vibrate because it was turning back on. Pulled my phone out and saw that it was optimizing apps and I'm like like wtfffffff out really forced itself. I wasnt on Wi-Fi or anything and my phones battery was at like 30% so i honestly couldn't believe it did the update as such a low battery without asking, crazy. ?
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Just got the update an hour ago. Would like to know what it is . Just hope it improves the phone.

i did the update. battery improvement definitely. stability of apps also

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i did the update. battery improvement definitely. stability of apps also
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i did the update. battery improvement definitely. stability of apps also
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The device is brand new. You can expect battery improvements over the next few days, no matter what you do. It takes 3-7 days of charging and use for the battery to reach maximum efficiency.

New Firmware QC1 released 3/29/2017...Security update only

Just a security update, nothing else to see here.
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Here I was thinking my phone would stop doing soft reboots at least 4x a day while also being able to get LTE/4G in the same locations my Note 2 & 3 did.

poit said:
Just a security update, nothing else to see here.
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http://sihmar.com/software-update-n910pvps4dqc1-galaxy-note-4-download/

Trying to get this installed but it seems that it doesn't play well with TWRP.
Also tried installing it manually in TWRP /cache/fota/update.zip but TWRP said the zip is corrupted...

m5james said:
Here I was thinking my phone would stop doing soft reboots at least 4x a day while also being able to get LTE/4G in the same locations my Note 2 & 3 did.
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I keep seeing people talking about this reboot problem when 99.9% of the time the solution is so simple. Get a new battery.

I wish it was that simple...
DaggettBeaver said:
I keep seeing people talking about this reboot problem when 99.9% of the time the solution is so simple. Get a new battery.
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My Note worked perfectly until this recent update. About 2 days after taking the update, my Note started rebooting, lagging, freezing...basically becoming unusable.
I have 4 batteries, and no matter which battery or whether plugged in or not, this happened.
Wake lock app helped but then, yesterday, the phone wouldnt boot. Nothing but black screen. Would not charge with any battery or any combo of cables and chargers.
By playing around with it, I finally got it to boot into recovery, however, there was no recovery. No matter whether I did power up or down, I got download mode.
The firmware repair using the PIT file got me back in action through Odin. It still took half a day to get the phone stable.
Long story short, it's not always the battery. I think these updates cause issues. The web is full of similar cases. My phone has been completely stock and still this happens. Even going back to Android 5.0 didn't cure the software corruption that this latest update caused me. My phone still won't work without the wake lock app.
I was thinking S8Plus but now I'm thinking no more Samsung.

masbirdies said:
Long story short, it's not always the battery.
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Hey, I DID say 99.9%, not 100%.

DaggettBeaver said:
I keep seeing people talking about this reboot problem when 99.9% of the time the solution is so simple. Get a new battery.
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This has nothing to do with the battery. This issue with the Note 4 rebooting is common and no matter which battery you use, the issue continues. I have numerous reason why that is but they seem to do with the MM updates not playing well with the hardware on the Note 4, especially the most recent updates (last 2 or 3). No matter what people try, the issue continues. The Wake Lock app seems to help a bit but this is no long term solution and honestly I don't think Samsung or Google will invest any time in fixing this issue for a device that is over 2 years old. They want people to upgrade.

DaggettBeaver said:
I keep seeing people talking about this reboot problem when 99.9% of the time the solution is so simple. Get a new battery.
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Does this include stock unmodified and fully OEM phones? My wife's Note 4 started rebooting a lot in the last few days. She has done NOTHING other than standard user stuff. Me? I always mod mine or add an extended battery, but hers straight up the consumer setup, including the original battery.
If the battery, why would a battery cause this? just getting old or is this related to mods or buying after market batteries.
Bob

ParrSt said:
Does this include stock unmodified and fully OEM phones? My wife's Note 4 started rebooting a lot in the last few days. She has done NOTHING other than standard user stuff. Me? I always mod mine or add an extended battery, but hers straight up the consumer setup, including the original battery.
If the battery, why would a battery cause this? just getting old or is this related to mods or buying after market batteries.
Bob
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A phone battery (at least these days) isn't like a D battery you put in a flashlight. It communicates with the phone. When it starts to go bad, it can cause things like premature shutdowns and boot loops.
Yes, I've been running 6.0.1 ever since I got it OTA, and have never rooted or loaded a custom ROM since then. Suddenly my phone started shutting down at 40-60%, and often went into a boot loop. The only way I could stop it was to put it on the charger. But as soon as I had it fully charged, it would start giving me problems at 40-60% again.
I bought 2 supposedly Samsung OEM batteries, one from Amazon, and one with the external charger from Sprint. They both fixed the problem, but the Amazon battery sucks. It looks identical to the Sprint, but I suspect it's a clone. It doesn't last nearly as long as the Sprint OEM battery. I bet you can get a battery that is genuine Samsung other than using Sprint, but just beware.
EDIT: Just as an aside, I didn't suspect the battery was the problem at first. The battery started to swell up, which is why I replaced it. It was a lucky thing that replacing it fixed the problems.

Thanks, got one ordered. for $15, it is worth a try!

Or is it a conspiracy! Is Samsung killing our phones, to make us buy new ones? ???

Just my 2 cents. I don't know, but here is a theory.
Everyone i see make a post about rebooting issues always mentions it after taking ota's.
Now my theory, i can only speak for myself. I've never taken an ota, always upgraded through Odin. When i got my phone it was on ob7, i think. And i upgraded it through Odin since. Thank God i haven't had any problems.
So i wonder if it has something to do with Samsung's ota process? Just a thought!

aaron74 said:
Just my 2 cents. I don't know, but here is a theory.
Everyone i see make a post about rebooting issues always mentions it after taking ota's.
Now my theory, i can only speak for myself. I've never taken an ota, always upgraded through Odin. When i got my phone it was on ob7, i think. And i upgraded it through Odin since. Thank God i haven't had any problems.
So i wonder if it has something to do with Samsung's ota process? Just a thought!
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Samsung doesn't run the OTAs, they come from Google servers.

poit said:
Samsung doesn't run the OTAs, they come from Google servers.
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Understood! :good: