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Recently loaded custom rom now phone gets hot

Hiya, Yesterday I loaded Damage Control v2.08.1 and it's been running pretty smooth. Just in the past few minutes I've noticed the phone getting hot around the battery. I've never felt this phone get hot before. A few minutes later it cut off. I had to press the power button to get it to turn back on. Everything seems fairly normal now and it doesn't really feel hot anymore. Has anyone else experienced anything like this? Should I try a different ROM?

I think this is a random thing..ive had it happen a few times on diff roms etc..
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The ROM is fine I use it.
maybe you should take it to sprint and say it is getting really hot. They will trade it in for a new one. In less your over clocking it then you should know why it is getting hot. But I believe it is a hardware error.

Thanks for the input. The main reason I posted is because I used stock 1.5 for 5 months before loading a custom ROM and never once felt the phone get hot.
As long as it's a common thing I'm alright using it that way.

I ran into a similar thing when signal was low. A workaround is to turn off wireless triangulation in the location menu. Also turning off "always on" helps a lot, I forget where this setting is. I was hitting 43c a day before these changes, now barely get over 30.
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lineman78 said:
I ran into a similar thing when signal was low. A workaround is to turn off wireless triangulation in the location menu. Also turning off "always on" helps a lot, I forget where this setting is. I was hitting 43c a day before these changes, now barely get over 30.
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the always on setting is in location (it turns GPS off)

Line got really hot a couple weeks ago. At first I could not figure out why, but after looking at everything I realized it said I was roaming. O was in a location I was always at and never had s problem before. It said I had been roaming for 4 hours. Restarted the phone and the problem was fixed.

Bluetooth Issues

So, for some reason, my Bluetooth doesn't function properly as it should, which is weird, since my phone is still on stock, and the only modifications I've made are unlocking the bootloader and rooting the device. I also installed Power Toggles, but I don't think that's the issue at hand.
Pretty much, whenever I turn the bluetooth on, it tries for a while to turn it on, then gives up and won't let me turn it on. At that point, I have to restart the phone, and when it reboots back up, the bluetooth is on without me having to start it up. Then it works properly, but if I wish to use the bluetooth again the next day, I have to repeat the process of rebooting the device. Any ideas?

I had this issue when I Downloaded a FM radio app from the Play store to see if it would work. I just deleted the app. Went into safe mode then into normal mode and it fixed it.
Don't know what you case can be. But you can try going into safe mode and back to normal and see if there are any different results.
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I had this same problem after installing Torque, and using it with default settings that auto-enabled/disabled bluetooth. After turning all that crap off it is back to normal.
I use bluetooth for audio playback and an hf/A2DP headset dialing via Motospeak, as well as Torque with a bluetooth odb2 interface, and it all works perfectly since disabling Torque's auto-bluetooth settings. My only issue is that it takes Motospeak a bit long to restore audio playback after a hf call command.
I would look for an app that you have that is the controlling bluetooth on/off.

I wonder if it isn't a software bug. I have the same issue but I don't have any apps that are causing the issue of atleast from what I can tell. I'm also unlocked and rooted.

I removed Bluetooth from Power Toggles. It's been two days and all seems well. Now we wait.

yahoowizard said:
So, for some reason, my Bluetooth doesn't function properly as it should, which is weird, since my phone is still on stock, and the only modifications I've made are unlocking the bootloader and rooting the device. I also installed Power Toggles, but I don't think that's the issue at hand.
Pretty much, whenever I turn the bluetooth on, it tries for a while to turn it on, then gives up and won't let me turn it on. At that point, I have to restart the phone, and when it reboots back up, the bluetooth is on without me having to start it up. Then it works properly, but if I wish to use the bluetooth again the next day, I have to repeat the process of rebooting the device. Any ideas?
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This happened to me as well
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This happened to me as well
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Similar problems here, the weirdest thing is idk which app causes that. Because I didnt install that much. Only thing I notice is it happened when the wifi is on.. Does anyone have similar problem??

Same problem here. I have a lot of apps but none I can think of that do anything with Bluetooth.
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yahoowizard said:
I removed Bluetooth from Power Toggles. It's been two days and all seems well. Now we wait.
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Nope, still doesn't work.

Try going into safe mode.. See if it works, and then go back to normal mode.
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Nothing yet? I'm just curious as to whether it's just a few people experiencing this, or a lot, since there doesn't seem to be that much talk about it.

I use Bluetooth everyday on my way home from work just to connect to my Bluetooth headset. Out of 14 days I may get one day where I turn Bluetooth on that I don't have to reboot for it to work.
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So we're on 4.2.2, I've went through safe mode and back a few times, and I've uninstalled and installed applications having to do with the Wi-Fi. Problem still seems to be there. It's just somewhat of a hassle to have to power down my phone completely, then start it back up, everytime I get into my car. I feel a hard reset mighttt fix the issue, but just looking for another way as of now.

My phone also have the same problem.. the bluetooth won't turn on.. stock 4.2.2 locked bootloader and not root yet.. anyone has a solution..

[Q] Wonky GPS on AT&T S4?

Hi all. I'm having a bit of GPS weirdness. GPS can get a lock quickly and accurately, however, I have to turn it off/on every time I open an app that uses it. Otherwise, it won't ever find the location. Once I turn it off/on it picks up and stays locked while the app is running. Also, if I switch to another app that uses GPS I have to do the same thing to get a location fix.
So obviously, the GPS function works, but something in the OS is not recognizing it until it's reset. Not the end of the world, but definitely annoying. Is anyone else seeing this?
This is on the AT&T version, by the way.
Thanks!

Check if you have GPS and Mobile Networks turned on for Location.
Else return it.... and get a new one... GPS has been quick and spot on...

slider2828 said:
Check if you have GPS and Mobile Networks turned on for Location.
Else return it.... and get a new one... GPS has been quick and spot on...
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GPS is quick and spot on. Per what I wrote, I have to turn it off and on for an app to be able to use it.

burhanistan said:
GPS is quick and spot on. Per what I wrote, I have to turn it off and on for an app to be able to use it.
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I've noticed this once, where something in the background was starting a GPS lock, but seemed to cancel, and retry before it ever succeeded. Turning the GPS and location services off, then back on worked for me. Haven't had an issue since.
If you haven't tried resetting to factory default, I suggest doing so.

TwistedMexi said:
I've noticed this once, where something in the background was starting a GPS lock, but seemed to cancel, and retry before it ever succeeded. Turning the GPS and location services off, then back on worked for me. Haven't had an issue since.
If you haven't tried resetting to factory default, I suggest doing so.
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Well, I was hoping for a bit more granular approach than a full reset. I'll wait until the new OTA is applied before doing anything drastic.

burhanistan said:
Well, I was hoping for a bit more granular approach than a full reset. I'll wait until the new OTA is applied before doing anything drastic.
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Less drastic than returning it. I suppose it depends on how attached you are to your current setup - but I would say if you're experiencing that issue repeatedly, the factory reset is exactly what you'd need. I doubt the OTA will address it since it appears to be an isolated problem.

burhanistan said:
Well, I was hoping for a bit more granular approach than a full reset. I'll wait until the new OTA is applied before doing anything drastic.
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Be my guest but to get the quickest results please just turn off all gps settings then do a battery pull. Restart it and turn the gps services back on... Viola
If that's to drastic for you then your SOL
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You can also try to download GPS Status from the play store and download aGPS data and see if that helps

mcmb03 said:
You can also try to download GPS Status from the play store and download aGPS data and see if that helps
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Nope, the issue is with ANY app that requests GPS data.

So, yeah. Today's OTA update did indeed fix this. i would press my own Thanks button, but that would be sinning!

burhanistan said:
Hi all. I'm having a bit of GPS weirdness. GPS can get a lock quickly and accurately, however, I have to turn it off/on every time I open an app that uses it. Otherwise, it won't ever find the location. Once I turn it off/on it picks up and stays locked while the app is running. Also, if I switch to another app that uses GPS I have to do the same thing to get a location fix.
So obviously, the GPS function works, but something in the OS is not recognizing it until it's reset. Not the end of the world, but definitely annoying. Is anyone else seeing this?
This is on the AT&T version, by the way.
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Same issue here and it's driving me INSANE. lol I am on stock rom just rooted and unlocked. If i ever want to use Gps I need to turn on/off the toggle. Very annoying. Wasn't like this from day one so something must have changed. I have tried clearing the cache for Google Maps as well as re enabling all of my location settings downloading aGPS data data did not work

Do you have yahoo weather installed ?
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I do not have yahoo weather installed. Another bit of info I forgot in last post:
I do sometimes, in a quick glance, see the gps icon running out of the blue. The notification of "acquiring gps signal bla bla" is present as well.. only to disappear within seconds. So it seems as if a specific service or application is using the gps in a faulty manner, blocking other services/applications from using it. May be why resetting the gps allows the application your trying to use access it. (my only fix)
If someone could read a logcat of what's going on I could post one up
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I've actually been combing through the logcat output and see a line reappearing often referring to "no secgps file" I do remember on my previous devices messing around with that file and others for GPS configurations. Does anyone know if this file is supposed to be included in the stock rom?
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BUMP
Seeing a few other posts in this sub forum for GPS locking issues, and most the others see the fix to turn on and off via the toggle.

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Do you have yahoo weather installed ?
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It was Yahoo Weather for me! As soon as I deleted it the GPS started to work well with apps that need it such as Waze and Google Navigation. Wow. Thank you. I was going crazy. Tmobile GS4 btw!

Lol people probly thought I was crazy but it causes lots of issues
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Lol people probly thought I was crazy but it causes lots of issues
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Definitely no yahoo weather installed. I've disabled yahoo news and yahoo finance so far
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Sucks man faulty phone then I've had zero issues after the yahoo incident
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It does suck.. I'm starting to get the feeling its Google now. I love it and use it extensively
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wifi always on

hi guys been using my data 98% of the day but it keeps saying my wifi is always on .anybody else get this , is there a solution?
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stesteste said:
hi guys been using my data 98% of the day but it keeps saying my wifi is always on .anybody else get this , is there a solution?
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My Nexus 4 shows the same thing unless I actually turn off the wifi. I just leave my wifi on so when I come home it auto connects.

Weird minesays the same. I had my wifi off for at least 5hours
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You have to go into WiFi settings and select one of the other features in advanced settings
TWEAKED 2.5

Because your WiFi radio keeps actively searching for an active signal unless you turn it off.

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You have to go into WiFi settings and select one of the other features in advanced settings
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I believe the option in the advanced settings is "Scanning always available". If you turn that option off it should stop.

stesteste said:
hi guys been using my data 98% of the day but it keeps saying my wifi is always on .anybody else get this , is there a solution?
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Simple, because the WiFi radio is on.

I have found WiFi battery usage to be very odd on the Note, at least Note 1. I used to have it turn off on screen off (settings default), but that caused battery drain. I then used Llama (Location Aware Mobile App?) to turn it off when the screen was off after a minute. Still drained.
I eventually left it on all the time I was at home or work, and it was much, much better. I guess going on and off all the time was the drag, or caused another issue.
I then used Llama to turn it off whenever I leave home or work, and turn it back on when I arrive. Happiness achieved.

I just drag down the notification bar and hit the toggle. One less active app to hog memory and battery...
Then again I also turn off mobile data when it is not needed. That spares me a full 4 days, and that's just on the s3. Imagine how long a note3 would last... (I'll know when my order finally arrives...)
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Thanks for this! I thought I was going crazy earlier as I knew I switched off wifi!!!
Got to work and saw it on lol!
Always scanning mode now disabled!
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Bluetooth keeps disconnecting

Anyone have an issue with Bluetooth disconnecting? The icon disappears from the notification Bar, then reappears when connected again. Happens with my car and Gear S2 watch. Very irritating!
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Haven't had that issue m8. My BT works great and I have it on all day because I need too
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mine too no problems either got my bluetooth headphones,gear s and my car plugged in
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Mine jut started disconnecting a couple days ago, right after the T Mobile update. I thought it was my bluetooth earbuds, but I happened to look at my S2 Gear watch at the same time and saw that it disconnected too, and then reconnected about 5 seconds later...

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Mine jut started disconnecting a couple days ago, right after the T Mobile update. I thought it was my bluetooth earbuds, but I happened to look at my S2 Gear watch at the same time and saw that it disconnected too, and then reconnected about 5 seconds later...
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I got mine to get abck to working normal today. Came across another forum where someone suggested the following:
Head on over to Settings > Applications > Application Manager. Select More and then Show System Apps. Look for Bluetooth Share, then tap on Force Stop, and clear the cache and data.
As soon as I did this all of my issues went away and everything connected fine!

I have the same problem and it is very annoying, bluetooth keeps disconnecting from my car, specially during calls and then tries to reconnect again. This never happened to me before in any smartphone so this is a specific problem from the S7. I tried clean cache etc. but the problem continues. Anybody can recommend something else?

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I have the same problem and it is very annoying, bluetooth keeps disconnecting from my car, specially during calls and then tries to reconnect again. This never happened to me before in any smartphone so this is a specific problem from the S7. I tried clean cache etc. but the problem continues. Anybody can recommend something else?
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Have you tried un-pairing each device you use and restarting the phone, then pairing? I was having issues as well with Jaybird earbuds and my mini jambox. I did that and they seem to be working. I also followed the directions of resetting Bluetooth sharing. Been 2 days. No issues.

I've been having this issue as well - it happens when I'm not on a call and unfortunately when I am, which really sucks. Have had my car for a long time with many different phones so definitely not the car. Gonna try the bluetooth share tip from above - hopefully, that fixes it.

hollywoodfrodo said:
I've been having this issue as well - it happens when I'm not on a call and unfortunately when I am, which really sucks. Have had my car for a long time with many different phones so definitely not the car. Gonna try the bluetooth share tip from above - hopefully, that fixes it.
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Yes same problem for me, never had any problem with all the other phones before. If you find a solution please share.
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Just today in 5 minutes I lost connection with my car twice during a call, very annoying.

Mine went away after a factory reset and now its returned. ARGH.

I was having massive bluetooth problems that i thought was linked to the system update. I was getting random reboots, disconnects, and just all around flaky performance. I traced mine problem to the Nova launcher beta and night mode. For some reason it hated my bluetooth. Restored the stable version and removed night mode and my bluetooth is a champ now with no issues.
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I think I found a solution, go to app manager -> click more (upper right) -> click reset app preferences. Didn't have any problem in last 2 days for the first time.

mariodiniz21 said:
I think I found a solution, go to app manager -> click more (upper right) -> click reset app preferences. Didn't have any problem in last 2 days for the first time.
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Didn't work for me. The whole Bluetooth stack just quits and restarts several seconds later. I have a Gear S2 watch constantly connected.
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I am still facing the same issue even after i reset every thing. i think it is a software issue as this problem appeared only after the last software updates.

It happens to me when I use Google voice mic icon... it always disconnect my Bluetooth connection.
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kronium said:
Didn't work for me. The whole Bluetooth stack just quits and restarts several seconds later. I have a Gear S2 watch constantly connected.
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I have the Gear S no problems here
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I was listening to my BT speaker and it kept disconnecting, thought it was so strange!

No problems here yet.
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I feel your pain
I have a Jaybird Bluebuds X that I've been using for over a year now with the Nexus 6 and 7. Never a connectivity issue, and range was never an issue as well. With the S7 Edge, It keeps dropping the media connectivity whenever i'm streaming from either music or video, even when i'm standing a foot in front of it. Stays connected for phone audio only. Then drops completely after a few minutes. I've tried all the solutions posted without any success. Also does this with my bluetooth speaker. Very frustrating. Between this and no ambient display, i'm ready to go back to my Nexus 6. Big and slow, but at least it works. lol.

I have an issue in my car with bluetooth constantly connecting and reconnecting. I found that if I turn wifi off while I am in the car, my bluetooth is fine.