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SM-N900W8 & CM11 M12 bugs and issues :(

I have a Canadian Note 3 (SM-N900W8), it's KNOX 0x0 rooted and I have CM11 M12 installed. I have been using only the M builds since I got this phone, I didn't even set up Touchwiz when I got it, I rooted and installed Cyanogenmod out of the box.
Now, with the new CM12 builds coming out, what happened to CM11, are they going to fix the remaining issues? Or did they just bail on legacy KitKat users because I'm having TONS of problems and I don't want lollipop, it runs like absolute crap for the nightlies right now and CM11 M12 isn't much better. Bluetooth takes a couple of attempts to connect, when it does my phone runs super slow to the point it force restarts. For instance, if I'm driving around, listening to music on the car stereo, pull over some where, find a new album on Google Music, start playing that, it's all good, do this a few times, every time I use my phone it gets slower and slower until it force restarts and then bluetooth has trouble connecting again. I've tried this on a few other vehicles of different brands and aftermarket stereos and it's the same result.
Audio is all funky when bluetooth is on too, it sounds like robots for the system sounds and if bluetooth drops while it's connected the music starts playing from the phone and sounds all roboty. I always do clean flashes too and the latest Paranoid Android GAPPS every time I reflash, the ROM is fine out of the box, works flawless for the first few days but after awhile, it becomes so bad I have to backup, wipe, reflash, and start over for another few weeks.
Another issue is somewhere between M8 and M12 one of the builds corrupted my SD card, I tossed in a second new card, it was corrupted again, FutureShop won't give me another one and said my phone is breaking them so I'm SD-less right now.
There are also quite a few apps that force close, but always at random, it's never when doing the same thing over and over, for instance, I can be scrolling through G+ and it tells me settings has stopped working, wasn't even using settings, didn't even have it open, haven't clicked it since booting my phone, just randomly stops working for no reason, this also happens all the time with the Camera, it says it just stops working when I haven't even used it and then if I try to use it, it says the camera is disconnected and won't work until I reboot.
I turn my phone off every night while it's charging and turn it back on every morning so every morning it gets a fresh restart, and I have to restart my phone probably 5ish times a day, if I'm using bluetooth more then normal then there's quite a few more unintentional reboots in there as well.
The last issue, which is a known issue is NFC not working, is there a fix for this yet? I kinda miss this feature and with how flawed CM11 is getting I don't know where to turn since they always seemed to be the most stable out of everything I've tried.
Any before anyone says Temasek's CM builds, I tried it, the final for CM11, it was worse then M12, it's exactly the same as M12, but every issue happens more frequently. Also, the pull down menu (when pulling down from the top right to show toggles), the bottoms of the last row was cut off so it didn't look very appealing either, it also used WAY more battery life, I usually get a full day out of one charge, so around 18 to 20ish hours on one charge, with temaseks cm11 I had to charge my phone half way through the day, sometimes my phone would just die on me without me knowing, the battery usage was always Android System.
A new problem that just happened lastnight was Google Keyboard was deleted and only the voice search would work, but "voice search can't be reached" so I couldn't search for another keyboard app from the playstore. I also used the stock GAPPS so AOSP keyboard is replaced with Google Keyboard, I had to reflash again this morning because I couldn't figure out the keyboard thing, there wasn't even a keyboard under languages in settings so I had no options to pick which keyboard to use. When I reflashes this morning I used the Modular GAPPS to it keeps the AOSP Keyboard just in case this happens again but I'm getting really tired of only having a reliable phone for a few weeks.
So, are there any fixes for these issues?
Bluetooth taking multiple attempts to connect
Bluetooth forcing random reboots
Bluetooth making audio from device all funky and sounds like a robot
Corrupting SD cards
Random system apps stopping without me even using or opening them
Google Keyboard vanishing
Are there any stable ROMs I could try for the HLTE? Maybe one that has working NFC? I'm almost thinking of going back to stock *throws up in mouth* but I don't know what else to do with how many bugs there are and Lollipop is only getting worse with the issues.
I'm also trying to avoid Lollipop because everything is white, Note 3 is an AMOLED display, each pixel illuminates on it's own so white screens use WAY more battery life then black ones which was a feature of Temasek's CM11 that I liked, had the option in settings to make everything black like the good old days.
So guys? Really out on my luck here, not sure what the next step is, any fixes for these problems? Any other ROM's I could try? Would flashing a new recovery and reflashing CM11 M12 fix some of these issues? I'm using Xiaoli CWM v6.0.4.7(20140125). Would the fact that KNOX isn't tripped have something to do with this? I really don't understand why there aren't more posts for these issues which leads me to believe I'm one of the only ones experiencing them.
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated
EDIT:
I forgot to mention that when recording audio or video, it's as if the mic gain is set on full so even the slightest sound is pure distortion, normal talking volume and it clips, I found an app that lets me choose between the mics and when I pic the external mic, it's all muffles as if something is covering it but my phone wasn't in a case while I was testing so I'm not sure what the deal is there but I can't record any decent audio with this and when I record in 4K using Cinema FV-5, all the videos turn out looking like Anaglyph 3D but all pink and green, it's really weird and I don't understand why, but 1080p at 60fps works fine.

I am on CM12 and luckily have had no issues at all. I came from KK 4.4.4 and still have the NB7 BL and modem. I tried one of the guys slim ROMs alpha builds but had issues (probably operator error) but I've tried Bluetooth, GPS, WiFi , LTE etc and everything is good. Not sure what to tell you. I do however always wipe internally and d/l all my apps again through WiFi. A bit cumbersome I know but it won't give me any residual data.
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Note 4 freezing so bad..

Hello guys.
So my Note 4 started freezing before 1 week, the phone was so great without any issues, suddenly the phone started freezing SO BAD and sometimes restarting, so I decided to do a factory reset, I did it twice and I also wiped cache but the phone is still freezing! The phone has stock android and never rooted it.
Any one else is facing this issues also? Help

I have this problem too, random freezes at random time since 1 week. Tried almost every ROM and even tried the stock firmware again, same problems. Please someone help us ;~;!

I have the same issue when typing, I'm using the google keyboard and when ever I'm typing a message it always catches up. It freezes mid typing and you see the line blinking like its wait for you to type and a couple seconds later is catches up.

I had similar issues, turned out to be a problem with SD card, plug it into your pc and do the SD card check for error.

Exynos or Snapdragon model?

I have Exynos, same issue, N910C

Vichenec said:
I had similar issues, turned out to be a problem with SD card, plug it into your pc and do the SD card check for error.
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I already removed it.
Dejan92 said:
Exynos or Snapdragon model?
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Snapdragon

I had this same problem with both note 3 and note 4. Turned out it was the micro sd card i used the same card on both devices. It was a fake samsung card nought from amazon.

I've also got something similar. 910F. Lagging regularly, sometimes so bad the phone restarts itself. Today has been the worst of all, about 5 reboots during the day and frequent lag when it is working.
So far tried changing batteries, removing SD card, uninstalling most recent apps and those which tend to generate notifications, a wipe (without restoring apps/data for everything).
Running out of options now, just tried turning off finger print scanner and svoice to see if that helps at all.
Feels like it must be an app (google?) that updated recently and is causing issues, I definitely get more lag when using google applications (play, chrome etc).

Audio randomly cutting out S7 edge

I am experiencing random cut outs of audio during media playback through the speaker. Bluetooth and headset working fine. Notifications and other sounds working fine. Mainly during video playback, streaming and video stored on device, the sound plays for a few seconds then cuts out. I didn't have this issue before the most recent OTA update. I have tried factory resets, rebooting, wiping cache, even custom roms. Does anyone else have this issue? What is the solution?

I have the same issue as you. GS7 Edge Verizon. I can't find any solutions out there yet :crying:

Same issue. The only thing that I can add is that when the speaker cuts out, if I switch to phone, make a call, and then put the call on speakerphone, then hang up, the problem is fixed for a few minutes.

Does anyone have a solution for this? Surely its a common issue. Unless my phone is on charge I can't use apps like spotify, listen to podcasts or radio unless I keep the screen on.

Any luck?

I have the issue on a sm-g930F. Samsung support just says i should send them my device but thats not my plan. I called them and sayed i want a update of the firmware but they refused me and just sayed i have to send it to them because they can not make a update without my device is seen. I really hope someone sends his device to them that we can get a new firmware . Iam on android 7.0 official samsung update but this bug is in 6.0 the same .
Anyways i need a soöution for this. Its a softwarebug i know, because nexus 6p users and nexus 5 users expirienced the same ****in error. Please help out.!!!

I was experiencing audio pause or stopping after an OTA upgrade to Nougat on my stock S7 Edge Duo (G935FD), when using Pocket Casts podcast app to play files stored locally on internal memory. This seemed to happen primarily when using wired headphones or bluetooth speaker, and some minutes after the phone screen turned off.
I tried wiping the app cache, reinstalling the app, wiping phone cache, full phone wipe, reinstall stock Nougat via ODIN, TWRP & rooting phone, disabling Samsung App Power Saving via Titanium Backup (com.samsung.android.sm / com.samsung.android.devicesecurity). Only when I booted into SAFE MODE did the problem go away. So I used TB to disable pretty much everything I could recognise as an app I had installed.
Eventually, after much tinkering I seem to have narrowed it down to some combination of Quick Connect, Google Chrome and Android System Webview. I have disabled QC and Chrome and I no longer have any audio issues. When I unfreeze/freeze Chrome or Android System Webview I get an audio issue as the app freezes/unfreezes.

I had same problem and ı thought this problem can be related to an app ı installed. And it was. When i uninstalled Sputnik news. My problem had gone. If u have it, uninstal. If u dont have, may be one of other app causes. Try uninstalling each app, and find the app causes this problem

Weird problems with nexus 6p

Hello.
My friend got a nexus 6p one year ago. One month ago he started to have problem. He was on stock rom
-First when he pressed the touch screen he heard small weird noises (hard to describe)
Then progressively :
-Speaker stopped working
-he could not play youtube video in you tube app : a weird error message (every time different) appeared. Gallery videos don't work as well
-But weirdly enough video played in the web browser including youtube videos, works, still without sound.
-He cannot make calls
-Jack plug doesn't works either, but he can use his Bluetooth headphones
We tried to install a custom rom (lineage os). We succeeded, but the above problem appeared again.
Then we flashed the factory image [url]https://developers.google.com/android/images[/URL] for nexus 6p. We also succeed but the above problem appeared again.
Thanks in advance for your help

ilininja said:
Hello.
My friend got a nexus 6p one year ago. One month ago he started to have problem. He was on stock rom
-First when he pressed the touch screen he heard small weird noises (hard to describe)
Then progressively :
-Speaker stopped working
-he could not play youtube video in you tube app : a weird error message (every time different) appeared. Gallery videos don't work as well
-But weirdly enough video played in the web browser including youtube videos, works, still without sound.
-He cannot make calls
-Jack plug doesn't works either, but he can use his Bluetooth headphones
We tried to install a custom rom (lineage os). We succeeded, but the above problem appeared again.
Then we flashed the factory image [url]https://developers.google.com/android/images[/URL] for nexus 6p. We also succeed but the above problem appeared again. Thanks in advance for your help
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The 6P has two speakers, and they wouldn't both fail at the same time. Sounds like he's damaged the phone somehow. The audio jack and speaker output both not working seem to back this up. I've seen the headphone jack part available separately, and there are guides available to replace it. Before flagging it as a hardware issue and opening the phone up, you want to make sure you wiped the phone completely by formatting the partitions (system, userdata, cache) and use the flash-all.bat included with the full Google image. There is a remote chance it is software related, but I doubt it.

You could always flash a custom kernel, use a kernel manager app to turn off the large core cpu and see if the problems go away. If they do its related to the build problem that causes the 6P to boot loop but those particular symptoms aren't familiar. It's still worth a try if flashing the stock image doesn't fix the problem.

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You could always flash a custom kernel, use a kernel manager app to turn off the large core cpu and see if the problems go away. If they do its related to the build problem that causes the 6P to boot loop but those particular symptoms aren't familiar. It's still worth a try if flashing the stock image doesn't fix the problem.
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You mean disabling the big CPU ?

ilininja said:
You mean disabling the big CPU ?
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Yes. You can always turn it back on but turning it off apparently fixes the permanent boot loop problem on the Nexus 6P. If the problems you are describing are related to the same build problem then turning it off might make them go away. Sometimes people's phones would start acting odd before going into the permanent bootloop. That phone could be on its way there.

this is purely a guess but the problem may be hardware related with the headphone jack. it could have a physical short somewhere. if thats the case the device may think a headphone jack is being used and wont play through speakers because its being told its plugged in. But wont play because of some physical short or an open.

Headphone trouble

I got a strange problem and honestly I ran out of idea.
I use a custom Rom, resurrection remix for Oreo. I like the Rom. But I tried to change it to another and problem is still the same. I even try Pie, and Nougat.
My problem is with the headphone jack. It's working for the phone and notification sound but not for music.
I got Bose in-ear headphone. When connected, the device start spotify, witch is fine. No music coming out of it. I unplug, music start from speaker. I connect again, no music. I try to raise the volume, doesn't change a thing. I thought my headphone was broken but I also tried with different set. Same result. After that, I was amazed to hear notification sound coming from headphones. Making I can, headphone and mic work properly.
I reinstall the Rom, try to change to another, try to flash viper, always the same result. I try 5 different Rom, for Nougat, Oreo and Pie.
I'm out of idea. Anyone got an idea?
Thanks

Syrius78 said:
I got a strange problem and honestly I ran out of idea.
I use a custom Rom, resurrection remix for Oreo. I like the Rom. But I tried to change it to another and problem is still the same. I even try Pie, and Nougat.
My problem is with the headphone jack. It's working for the phone and notification sound but not for music.
I got Bose in-ear headphone. When connected, the device start spotify, witch is fine. No music coming out of it. I unplug, music start from speaker. I connect again, no music. I try to raise the volume, doesn't change a thing. I thought my headphone was broken but I also tried with different set. Same result. After that, I was amazed to hear notification sound coming from headphones. Making I can, headphone and mic work properly.
I reinstall the Rom, try to change to another, try to flash viper, always the same result. I try 5 different Rom, for Nougat, Oreo and Pie.
I'm out of idea. Anyone got an idea?
Thanks
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That's a common issue that I faced when I flashed Pixel experience rom.

Ok, but if you revert back to Oreo or nougat, does it fix it? I can't seem to be able to do that

Syrius78 said:
I got a strange problem and honestly I ran out of idea.
I use a custom Rom, resurrection remix for Oreo. I like the Rom. But I tried to change it to another and problem is still the same. I even try Pie, and Nougat.
My problem is with the headphone jack. It's working for the phone and notification sound but not for music.
I got Bose in-ear headphone. When connected, the device start spotify, witch is fine. No music coming out of it. I unplug, music start from speaker. I connect again, no music. I try to raise the volume, doesn't change a thing. I thought my headphone was broken but I also tried with different set. Same result. After that, I was amazed to hear notification sound coming from headphones. Making I can, headphone and mic work properly.
I reinstall the Rom, try to change to another, try to flash viper, always the same result. I try 5 different Rom, for Nougat, Oreo and Pie.
I'm out of idea. Anyone got an idea?
Thanks
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I recently started having the same issue. Music doesn't work with the headphones jack. Checking logcat shows tons of errors related to the sound device, and these errors begin when I insert any headphones. I don't know how to diagnose these errors. But it started happening suddenly. One day the jack just stopped allowing music to pass through, and no ROM, kernel, or known-good backup has fixed the issue.
I'm gonna try restoring to 100% stock as a last resort.

Thracks said:
I recently started having the same issue. Music doesn't work with the headphones jack. Checking logcat shows tons of errors related to the sound device, and these errors begin when I insert any headphones. I don't know how to diagnose these errors. But it started happening suddenly. One day the jack just stopped allowing music to pass through, and no ROM, kernel, or known-good backup has fixed the issue.
I'm gonna try restoring to 100% stock as a last resort.
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Finally, i'm not alone. Have you tried music through Bluetooth? casting? speaker? For me, all this is fine. Only music through headphone is the problem.
I try with YouTube, and it become insanely slow, less than 1 frame per second.
I tried 2 different custom rom, i did try a few firmware, a complete restart. I even tried android Pie.
I'm desperate, I cannot listen to music when I work.

Syrius78 said:
Finally, i'm not alone. Have you tried music through Bluetooth? casting? speaker? For me, all this is fine. Only music through headphone is the problem.
I try with YouTube, and it become insanely slow, less than 1 frame per second.
I tried 2 different custom rom, i did try a few firmware, a complete restart. I even tried android Pie.
I'm desperate, I cannot listen to music when I work.
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You are not alone! I have exactly the same symptoms: any sort of media player (PowerAmp/YT/Netflix) all progress at super slow speed. The "time remaining" counter on the player takes 3-4 real seconds to move one second on the user interface. No audio is produced at all, but any video playback becomes incredibly choppy. Bluetooth is okay. Casting is okay. External speaker and earpiece are just fine.

Thracks said:
You are not alone! I have exactly the same symptoms: any sort of media player (PowerAmp/YT/Netflix) all progress at super slow speed. The "time remaining" counter on the player takes 3-4 real seconds to move one second on the user interface. No audio is produced at all, but any video playback becomes incredibly choppy. Bluetooth is okay. Casting is okay. External speaker and earpiece are just fine.
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I wonder if the problem is hardware or software

Syrius78 said:
I wonder if the problem is hardware or software
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I just returned to 100% stock. Huge hassle.
1) Had to make a TitaniumBackup and TWRP backup.
2) Had to move everything from my sdcard to my PC.
3) Had to FASTBOOT ERASE the userdata/system/vendor/cache partitions.
4) Then had to FASTBOOT FORMAT:EXT4 the same partitions.
5) Then had to flash OOS Open Beta 18, then re-flash TWRP.
6) Headphones worked!!!!!
Now I'm putting all of my data back and restoring my backup of AospExtended (decrypted). If my headphones don't work, then I know it's the ROM and probably need to start clean. Who knows why the ROM would suddenly freak out about the headphone jack, but at least I know my issue is software.

Thracks said:
I just returned to 100% stock. Huge hassle.
1) Had to make a TitaniumBackup and TWRP backup.
2) Had to move everything from my sdcard to my PC.
3) Had to FASTBOOT ERASE the userdata/system/vendor/cache partitions.
4) Then had to FASTBOOT FORMAT:EXT4 the same partitions.
5) Then had to flash OOS Open Beta 18, then re-flash TWRP.
6) Headphones worked!!!!!
Now I'm putting all of my data back and restoring my backup of AospExtended (decrypted). If my headphones don't work, then I know it's the ROM and probably need to start clean. Who knows why the ROM would suddenly freak out about the headphone jack, but at least I know my issue is software.
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I tried it, it work!!!
I repair and format each partition with twrp
I flash firmware Oxygen 5.1.5
Flash android Pie rom and magisk
And it work!!
Thanks

Syrius78 said:
I tried it, it work!!!
I repair and format each partition with twrp
I flash firmware Oxygen 5.1.5
Flash android Pie rom and magisk
And it work!!
Thanks
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I'm facing the same issue and it would be great if you could elaborate the steps you followed.
Thanks in advance.

gaaraofthesand said:
I'm facing the same issue and it would be great if you could elaborate the steps you followed.
Thanks in advance.
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No problem
In twrp, repair and format each partition to exf4
after that, flash from the oneplus website the latest firmware (about 1.3 gb) I used 5.1.5 (the lastest non-beta at the time)
After that, flash whatever you want and voilà