I've had a search, but cannot see anything recent or apparent to my issue. When I try to connect my bluetooth headphones, they stay connected for about 2 seconds and are then disconnected, and will not reconnect. It turns my headphones off. I don't seem to have the same problem with my activity tracker, and I do not have the same issue when I connect my headphones to another device.
I have to say that for a flagship model I've had nothing but problems with this phone and I'll be glad to get rid of it. The sound quality was awful on MM but at least the OS was stable and the battery life decent. However since the update to Nougat I have had numerous instability issues and I have done numerous factory resets and cache cleans.
I have not rooted the device or done anything else that may have caused these issues, I think it's just poor quality Samsung software, and we're still on 7.0! Anyway back to the reason for the post, has anyone else had bluetooth problems?
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I've been having this problem for about a month now. The phone would soft reboot. I think it soft reboots because I see the following:
1. Phone locks up for a few seconds.
2. All apps restart including my LauncherPro.
3. All widgets try to update.
4. Cell Signal is lost for a few seconds.
5. Media Scanner starts to scan for media files.
6. I hear the boot sound, eventhough the phone doesn't completely reboot.
My phone is rooted and has Voodoo V0.2 Kenrel installed (not the OC one).
I also noticed that it soft reboots more often after I turn Bluetooth off in my car when the phone is connected to the car stereo and streaming audio.
I wonder if anyone know what is wrong with my phone or if they have experienced this issue before on the Samsung Fascinate or any other android phone.
I see the same thing sometimes when turning off bluetooth when connected to my car stereo. In addition to the symptoms you mentioned, I hear the boot sounds, even though the phone doesn't appear to completely restart. My phone is completely stock, never rooted.
Yes, I do hear the boot sound too. I forgot to mention that.
Maybe try one of Dirk's D02 kernels? My phone soft rebooted yesterday, but that was because I flashed the ota radio. It's been fine since.
However, it COULD be a problem with the DI01 update, since it is happening to a non-rooter as well.
Just some thoughts.
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This issue has been fixed in the DJ05 update.
Hello,
I have a Galaxy S4 which used to run a cyanogenmod install. I have recently moved to what I believe to be stock Lollipop but I am encountering some problems. I am not sure if these problems are unrelated or not so I prefer to present them all together in one place:
1. Random reboots. I am aware Lollipop has had random reboots as an issue for a while now, but my symptoms do not match exactly what I could find on the internet. The reboots happen randomly throughout the day (does not matter if phone is charging or not) and I have noticed they happen a lot more frequently if I am in a space with not mobile signal (but I do have wifi). The reboots happen when in safe mode as well. I have also tried removing the sd card, but that did not improve the situation.
2. Audio sluggishness. I occasionally get slow downs in audio when listening to music or podcasts. I have noticed this both when using headphones and Bluetooth speakers. I am not sure, but I don't think I've ever noticed this when playing audio over the phone's speakers. The audio effect sounds like someone is slowing down a vinyl disc for a couple of seconds. It happens almost exclusively when the screen is off. It also happens more often when listening to music over spotify or podcasts over podcast addict than when listening to music over the Google Music app.
3. Random connect disconnect to laptop. When connecting the phone via USB to the laptop, it randomly seems to disconnect and reconnect to the computer. It happens more often when I try and move the phone (although not consistently) but also when the phone is untouched.
4. Occasional phone slowness. Haven't noticed it happening consistently, but the phone does occasionally seem to take a couple of seconds to reply to simple commands, like, say, displaying a list of all open apps.
One of my concerns is that I might have the wrong firmware/baseband installed and that might be causing issues. Is there a way for me to check I haven't done something stupid? What is the easiest way of posting my system config here?
Thanks!
Hi all,
Having a problem here.
Had my N9005 for about 18 months, never really had any problems with it - or rather, never really required anything of it which might manifest any problems.
I've always used Stock ROM's, soft-rooted.
Never triggered KNOX.
I'm currently running Stock Lollipop (latest Switzerland Open). Everything I'm about to elaborate is also the same using Stock Lollipop (latest UK Open).
I'm rooted on Lollipop using the method compiled by The TAMAS on XDADEV.
I root because my phone is work-critical, and so I use Titanium Backup to keep my data/calls/APN/SMS backed up and to make restoring easy, as well as to disable stock bloatware etc.
The problem may have pre-existed in pre-Lollipop ROM's, but the sequence of changes which caused it to be manifested included my need to update to Lollipop, about 5/6 months back.
THE PROBLEM - First and foremost, the damn phone reboots randomly. I become aware of it because it will vibrate for startup and play the Samsung startup tone and splash screen before booting to normal functionality. It can do this day or night, maybe 3-4 times a day. I have no error messages or warnings, it's done it while in my hand, while plugged in charging, while out and about, in the car, on wifi, on data. MOST times it reboots. SOME times it just shuts off and I don't realise it's off until I go to use it, or get a call on a second phone to ask why I'm not responding to calls or messages.
When it reboots itself, if I go to the Samsung Battery control panel pane and take a look at the battery chart it will show a gap which is longer than the time it took to reboot, and a shift in the battery meter level.
But, that's not the only possible symptom or problem with the phone.
I've noticed also that my WIFI does a lot of crapping out, or slowing to a crawl, even on my home AP. I've reset AP's, reset networks, reset the phone, forgotten and then reattached the AP in WiFi Settings. So I downloaded the Ookla Speedtest App, to see this issue in black and white, and sure enough, even though any other Android or iOS or Windows or OSX device in my place can connect via Wireless AP to my fibre connection and get great consistent throughput, the Note 3 can often appear crippled...
At it's best, it responds to ping quickly on the Speedtest app, and leaps up to the 30-40Mbps range with consistency for download, and up to 17-20Mbps for upload. This is the least I would expect it to do, my target standard.
At it's worst (which can be 'most of the time') it responds slowly to ping, and either struggles to get over 250Kbps download and maybe a crazy Meg or two for upload, consistently, a slow grind; or it may oscillate extremely wildly between slow and high speeds before eventually settling to unacceptably low transfer rates.
Up to press, I've been trying to chase these problems in isolation, believing them to be unconnected.
No success.
I've reflashed several times. I've Factory Reset. I've wiped data and cache. I've reinstalled and restored from Titanium. I've reinstalled and restored nothing but my SMS's and Call Logs. I've reduced my installed apps to bare minimums. I've tried it with a MicroSD installed, and without. I've bought another battery and replaced it. I've tried it in its case and without its case.
Then I started thinking that the problems were all the same thing, and stemming from the same root.
It suddenly occurred to me that my use of the phone changed significantly at the same time as I moved to Lollipop.
I need to be on Lollipop because apps and hardware that are critical to me are Lollipop dependent.
All at the same time, I began using a Moto360, a Bluetooth Receipt Printer and a Bluetooth Credit Card Reader, all of which are deficient in functionality or in some way hamstrung by not using Lollipop.
So I had gone from occasional BT user (maybe PlayerPro plus a BT link to headphones or my stereo occasionally; when needed, BT speakerphone in car) who usually turned BT off manually to preserve battery life, to a constantly connected BT user...
So I went back to Speedtest app, and tried to test the WIFI connection again. Sure enough, it was pitiful. Then I simply disabled BT on the N9005 and ran the test again, and had full 'through the roof' speed ratings.
I've tried this back and forth hundreds of times now, and it is predictable and established. BT is somehow crippling WIFI on my N9005.
I've tried running the phone on either wifi or data only, with BT off, and had a couple of days use at a time without any restarts. Put BT back on permanently, and the restarts resume within hours.
I'll be honest, I've even been cursing and swearing at my BT devices, because BT sometimes struggles to even maintain a continuous connection. I get vibrations all the time on my Moto360 indicating that the phone, which is on my person, has disconnected from the watch again, perhaps just for moments, sometimes for minutes, resulting in the watch eating battery life, trying to get reconnected.
I'm convinced now that all these things are related, and the problem lies somewhere in the interaction between BT and WIFI in my N9005.
It seems likely that I never noticed the problem before because I never required continuous BT connection before the point where I installed Lollipop.
Downgrading the ROM isn't an option. Leaving BT off isn't an option (nor should they have to be, on an 18 month old £600 smartphone).
Does anyone else have experience of this? Has anyone else had problems that they now suspect might be this same problem? Does anyone understand what's going on hardware/software wise, or have experience of a solution to these issues?
I'd appreciate your input urgently, even if only to affirm that I need to go to the inconvenience of temporarily buying another phone to replace this, while I send this away for a warranty repair.
Is this even a recognised hardware fault, or would I just get back an identical unit which is crippled from being able to perform as I expect it?
Please help.
I keep having to reconnect my previously paired bluetooth devices, and I believe this started after upgrading to Marshmallow. Initially, my devices seemed to unpair infrequently, like maybe every 10-14 days. But now, for whatever reason, it is happening more frequently and sometimes daily.
After reading through the forums here and at AC, I thought it might be happening because I rename the devices after I pair them, but that didn't solve the problem when I stopped that.
After Marshmallow, Android Pay required a screen lock to use, which I never had done in the past, so I also enabled Smart Lock and set my paired bluetooth devices as trusted devices. I just disabled all of that (screen lock, android pay and smart lock) so I maybe that will solve the problem, but I suspect it won't.
Anybody have any ideas?
Hi,
I have the exact same issue!
VEry annoying!
Clearing, hard reseting, repairing etc... tried EVERYTHING!
Now i also set smart lock and trusted devices.. Will go to a meeting and back, will test it on the way.
magdan83 said:
Hi,
I have the exact same issue!
VEry annoying!
Clearing, hard reseting, repairing etc... tried EVERYTHING!
Now i also set smart lock and trusted devices.. Will go to a meeting and back, will test it on the way.
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Well, that didn't work for me. I also tried clearing the cache from the boot menu, but it's still dropping my paired BT devices.
My new Square Up Contactless + Chip credit card reader arrived yesterday. Unlike their previous credit card readers that connect through the earphone jack, this one connects through BT. I cannot get it to connect to my XPE, but am able to connect it to my Moto X 2nd Gen.
I really hope this is a Marshmallow issue that will be fixed soon, but the lack of responses has me concerned that it won't.
I tried resetting the network settings and wiping the cache, neither of which fixed it. I decided it was time to do a full factory reset, but that didn't fix it either. Any other ideas?
I going to assume you are unrooted... But either way if you can change your SELinux to permissive that might help your Bluetooth issue there is this app here that might help out
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xdllg9xxodnib77/com.mrbimc.selinux_42.apk?dl=0
Sent from my XT1575 using Tapatalk
Got the new phone from Motorola a couple of days ago. After reinstalling all my apps and customizations, including renaming my device and the 4 Bluetooth device I connect to, I started to experience the same problem. Not initially, but soon after I turned on the new System UI Tweak option.
So, I turned off the feature and it hasn't happened since. It has been a few days and I have restart (soft reset) several times, which I found would usually trigger the loss of pairing, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it was related to the UI tweaker.
I'm so tired of all the crashes and performance issues I've had on this phone. I'm on stock oreo v20h, and this bug has persisted for a long time, but not to this point. Basically, about every other time I connect my pair of bluetooth headphones (sony wh-h900n), the system ui crashes, and I have to struggle to reboot the phone. After a reboot, it works, but I'm really tired of this. I'm thinking about upgrading my phone, but I've only had it for one and a half years. Any suggestions of how to fix this?
GrovPastaSwag03 said:
I'm so tired of all the crashes and performance issues I've had on this phone. I'm on stock oreo v20h, and this bug has persisted for a long time, but not to this point. Basically, about every other time I connect my pair of bluetooth headphones (sony wh-h900n), the system ui crashes, and I have to struggle to reboot the phone. After a reboot, it works, but I'm really tired of this. I'm thinking about upgrading my phone, but I've only had it for one and a half years. Any suggestions of how to fix this?
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On lg g6 the same problem, sometimes it happens to me that I can’t press anything, but if I try to lock and unlock a couple of times, it turns out, though not quickly