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Just a general question, but as time goes on and more updates / firmwares are released is anyone else finding their phone becoming more and more un-usable?
When I first had mine back in November last year it was perfect... no problems at all.
It's slowly got worse and worse to the point where I now have the following problems...
1) Data connection randomly drops needing a soft-reset. (yesterday I had to reset my phone around 5 times - stupidly annoying)
2) In dark condtions photos randomly turn out with coloured horizontal lines across them
3) Battery meter messes itself up after a soft-reset (combined with the need to keep resetting my phone due to the data connection this is massively annoying)
4) My bluetooth used to work fine - Now it will only work reliably if WiFi is turned off.
5) Volume is stupidly quiet now when playing music through an Aux Input.
6) After a soft-reset sometimes the phone just hangs with a black screen showing the battery meter - battery pull then required.
This is just off the top of my head at the moment. I never used to have problems like this. It seems every time I get an updated firmware I get new problems.
I've tried a hard-reset and this hasn't helped.
I love the WP7 software but this phone is beginning to drive me mad, such a shame since hardware wise it is great. I know i'm not alone with feeling Samsung have an ability to mess up the software side of things. Sadly I guess this means I'll look to Nokia next year when I can upgrade.
It's not just you. I wish more people complained to Samsung though, so that maybe we could see some improvement.
Not very helpful but no problems with mine on Orange UK.
Tone_ said:
Not very helpful but no problems with mine on Orange UK.
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Nah, It's good to know there are some of us out there with functioning models
Also nice to know you're on Orange UK as i've been offered a warranty replacement for this data connection issue I hadn't yet taken up as i believe it to be software related.
If you're running the latest release of the OS then it may be worth giving it a go.
Freypal said:
4) My bluetooth used to work fine - Now it will only work reliably if WiFi is turned off.
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This NEVER worked. It's bloody pathetic.
Oooh it's like a game. I had a new problem yesterday. Related to my battery meter woes.
Phone had at least 60% charge, it started to think it had none so wouldn't boot up. Just got stuck in a loop of boot up - instantly power off.
I also had problems with WiFi after mango update but after soft reset everything is working fine except sometimes I can`t connect to an open WiFi network.
Anyone noticed the same problem?
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This NEVER worked. It's bloody pathetic.
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Same for me on this one. I'm on my second Omnia 7, which is about to get sent away to be told it's not fixable and be replaced so I'll be on my third phone
Going to get rid of it as soon as possible and get a Lumia 800.
same here...
Im with T-Mobile UK and i have found the same issue...never thought about it until I read your post though.
I too am finding myself resetting my phone more and more often...also another thing I have found is that it doesn't recognise when to switch to WiFi sometimes instead of 3G...i.e. when 3G is non-existent...very annoying I have to go and turn off the data connection to get it work properly...
i've just made some volume changes and I think it has helped with the headphones although it still isn't great...
I however am scared to return the phone as I dropped it in water and got it out very quickly...so it may have triggered the water seal thingy
Im not due an upgrade until Oct 2012....so I might have to just wait it out :s
I'm having trouble too with a 3 Mobile UK, unbranded latest firmware Omnia7.
Little bit temperamental on rare occasions. Like Freypal data doesn't always want to connect and sometimes it is randomly freezing or only showing the topbar with the battery. Need to pull out the battery to sort it.
On a side note, not connecting to WiFi when in a locked state is really annoying. Have to manually check for emails, WhatsApp etc.
No problems at all for me, only problem i have is Podcaast Pro app is likly to craash now and then, but its the devs fault.
Im having a unlocked, German Omnia 7, 16GB version, flashed to the only local ROM in Sweden from 3 and used with the same operator, and its been great ever since. My problem nowadays is i drop my phone often so when the battery falls out i have to restart, coming from 2-3 Omnia 7 its a lovly life to have it functioning normal, great phone.
Well, im a happy camper, but i noticed Omnia 7 generally working worse over time, mostly the first month is the time frame to discover problems, and if you flash a new rom, this can be the case again, one new month before you feel like tearing our hair, and it´s only connectivity issuess. Changing carrier and ROM fixed everything for me, so no matter how great, the carrier do matter in the choise of a Omnia 7, even if you think you fixed it. Dont know if it appy to you guys, but another Omnia 7 working incridble great here. Glossnas update and all, and it cant be found anymore so...im happy, hope you guys get to be that also.
I'm now on my second Omnia after a warranty replacement for the data connection problem.
New phone -
1) It still loses the data connection, although much less frequently than before.
2) Dark photos i think are now working properly
3) Battery meter still messes up. Must be a fault with the battery itself.
4) Touch wood - Bluetooth now seems ok ...
5) Haven't tried auxiliary volume yet
6) Haven't had a problem with it just displaying the status bar after a soft reset, however if the battery is out for any period of time and i boot the phone up. On the first boot data won't work. I need to soft reset it once for it to initiate.
So in summary - New phone, some old problems fixed. Some new ones. Some the same.
About 3-4 days ago, my connections to wifi went in the toilet. Meaning; every wifi spot I connect to (home, parents, store, restaurant) gives me around or less than dial up speeds. Even though I was having this on every wifi connection I use, I still troubleshooted my on router setup, to no avail.
After searching pretty intensively, I came across one other person with this exact same issue. He found that his issue fixed with the latest Android Webview update; however, mine did not. So, just to test it, I disabled Webview entirely, and magically, my wifi was fast again. But, about 45 mins later, it got slow again.
I am sure a factory reset would fix it, I just got done getting everything back on it from a reset 2 weeks ago after my Lollipop update. Does anyone have any ideas how I can fix this issue, without a factory reset?
Bump.
I tried a factory reset, and it didn't fix this issue. I'm assuming I just need to get a replacement.
I had to fight with Verizon (as I have the VS980) for over an hour, but I finally have a replacement coming. Seeing as no one seems to either have any clue on this issue, or are willing to help, I figured it was all I could do.
Let me start off by saying that this issue started back at the beginning of Dec 2015. I've had the phone since winter 2014, and for a year, it was the most amazing phone ever. However, one day as mentioned beginning in dec 2015, the phone began running extremely slow and was restarting frequently. I assumed it was a just a OS issue, and so I did a system factory reset. However, the problem persisted even after a reset and cache clearing. So I called up Samsung, and then told me to send in the phone to get looked at. Since then...I have sent in the phone 4 times to get looked and each time, Samsung has said there is no issue pretty much. I've tried phone with different new batteries, and the same problem still occurs.
The oddest thing that I've noticed with this issue is the phone runs smoothly and flawlessly, when there is no SIM card inserted. But, as soon as I insert my At&T sim card into the phone, all the lagging/restarting issues occur. It's been a frustrating 3 months trying to deal with issue, and i'm at the point where i'm throwing in the towel and calling it quits on trying to fix this phone that costed me so much money.
At&t reps were clueless when I brought this issue to them today, and told me to call samsung....even though samsung says at this point it's a network provider issue and that I bring it to At&t. I've googled this issue and couldn't find anything on this. Posting on here is my last ditch effort, and if anyone knows anything that can, I would very much appreciate it. If not, i'll prob buy a new phone out of pocket.
having the same issue since 2 days after sim change
Hi, I recently switched my carrier and inserted a new sim. Phone worked fine initially but after 1 day it has started working extremely slow. It sometimes does not wake up from sleep even when i press the home button repeatedly. Sometimes it hangs and then gets into bootloop. I factory reset my phone yesterday and the issue resolved initially but when i installed and restored my watsapp messages, the issues started all over again. Now i am thinking of flashing my phone with a different ROM and see if it helps.
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Hi, I recently switched my carrier and inserted a new sim. Phone worked fine initially but after 1 day it has started working extremely slow. It sometimes does not wake up from sleep even when i press the home button repeatedly. Sometimes it hangs and then gets into bootloop. I factory reset my phone yesterday and the issue resolved initially but when i installed and restored my watsapp messages, the issues started all over again. Now i am thinking of flashing my phone with a different ROM and see if it helps.
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thanks dr. geek, keep me posted on how that goes.
Problem persisting even after flashing a new rom
I flashed a 5.1.1 australian ROM downloaded via sammobile. but the phone started hanging again this morning. I am beginning to wonder if its an hardware problem.
I have the same problem ...
Have had my Note 4 since November 2014. And it havebeen working flawless, running rooted and everything Until yesterday when i was just casually using my phone and it started to lag and restart, no difference whatever rom. So i tried for a whole day to get it into official firmware with alot of error messages in the progress about the internal memory etc, i ended up repartitioning, and modifying my PIT-file until i finally got it working. And the same issues did still exist. Now the thing that seemed to work for me was to change battery, now it seems to run again without lagging, or anything. Tho it wont restart properly without restarting twice by itself..
filosofenkalle said:
I have the same problem ...
Have had my Note 4 since November 2014. And it havebeen working flawless, running rooted and everything Until yesterday when i was just casually using my phone and it started to lag and restart, no difference whatever rom. So i tried for a whole day to get it into official firmware with alot of error messages in the progress about the internal memory etc, i ended up repartitioning, and modifying my PIT-file until i finally got it working. And the same issues did still exist. Now the thing that seemed to work for me was to change battery, now it seems to run again without lagging, or anything. Tho it wont restart properly without restarting twice by itself..
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Hi, i doubt it to be a battery issue. Anyways, i would really appreciate if u post an update again after 1-2 days. i just want to confirm it before spending money on a new battery.
doctor geek said:
Hi, i doubt it to be a battery issue. Anyways, i would really appreciate if u post an update again after 1-2 days. i just want to confirm it before spending money on a new battery.
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Hey yeah, well. you're right. I only got up to 3 hour use before same problems started to occur again. I have officially given up now tho, it must be a hardware failure. Im going to send it in.
its the EMMC chip bug
filosofenkalle said:
Hey yeah, well. you're right. I only got up to 3 hour use before same problems started to occur again. I have officially given up now tho, it must be a hardware failure. Im going to send it in.
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I am also getting a black screen sometimes before booting which says "ddi EMMC error". I think my nand chip is corrupted. Is any one of u getting the similar error?? Also flashing my phone with a PIT file can solve the issue ??
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I am also getting a black screen sometimes before booting which says "ddi EMMC error". I think my nand chip is corrupted. Is any one of u getting the similar error?? Also flashing my phone with a PIT file can solve the issue ??
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Im getting the same, i guess you could try it. But from what ive read it seems like the only fix is for samsung to exchange your phone, or change motherboard.
Good luck with samsung fixing it. I sent it in 4 times and each they responded "no problem found". I gave up and bought a moto e.
Flashed again with PIT+Re-partition
nguyen3706 said:
Good luck with samsung fixing it. I sent it in 4 times and each they responded "no problem found". I gave up and bought a moto e.
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Yesterday i flashed my phone again, this time with a PIT file and repartitioning checked. Eveything went fine but the phone went into recovery booting bootoop initially but started on its own after a few bootloops. It worked fine for sometime, but when i entered my samsung account and it started to restore my msgs, call logs and apps, after 1 hour or so it started to freeze all over again. I am starting to think that some app could be a reason too. Now i will flash again and keep using it without restoring my old phone and installing only a few essential apps and see what happens
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I also installed an app from the play store EMMC brickbug check but it says that my NAND chip is sane (fine i guess)
Same happens to to my note 4 snapdragon phe.
Any updates ? Did anyone got it back fixed from Samsung?
Good luck
My T-mobile Note 4 started experiencing this same issue last week. Is this a coincidence or something more? For everyone with the same issue, has your phone been slightly warmer at the top?
I purchased a new Anker battery to see if that will resolve the issue and will test it when it comes. But I think the emmc is starting to go bad? It seems to work fine without a SIM card inserted also.
I just received from samsung that they need to replace the motherboard, and of course the warranty isnt covering up since i rooted it. And they're going to want 540 USD from me to do that. Sigh, last phone i bought from samsung for sure.
I've had problems with random reboots since I got my Moto X Pure last November. I kept hoping that a software update would solve the problem, but so far nothing has helped. In fact is seems to be getting worse with updates, not any better. Since I have an unlocked bootloader I can't send it back for repair, so I'm kind of stuck, but it is really frustrating.
It only happens when I'm at work, and it doesn't matter if I'm using my phone, its just sitting on my desk or if it's in my pocket. It will just randomly reboot. And sometimes when it gets in this state it will just keep rebooting over and over and I have to force it to shut down. If I leave it for a while and then restart it will be fine for a little while.
I was very excited about the Moto X as I've always had good luck with Motorola phones in the past. It has a lot of upsides, but this constand rebooting has made me question going with Motorola.
If I could sovle this, I'd be happy to keep the phone, but at this point its not really usable.
Sorr that this is a bit of a rant, but I'm just really frustrated.
Could it be related to very weak wifi signal? In my case, at work, wifi was so weak that it killed the battery because it was always searching for a network and will always gets disconnected. I solved it by disabling the wifi when at work and only using LTE.
In your case, it's worse than killing the battery as it reboots, but maybe you could try to disable wifi to see if it helps?
Thanks for the idea.
I don't use WiFi at the office. We have pico cells in the office that give really good coverage and I don't use much data while working. But I'll try disabling WiFi and see if I see any difference.
Its so random that I've had a really hard time pinpointing the issue. So any ideas on how to find out the root cause would be much appreciated.
I am sorry to hear you are having trouble. My device also has an unlocked bootloader and has began to suffer random reboots. I get them at least once a day. It usually happens when I am pulling the device out of my pocket and the ambient [Moto] display is triggered. I am running the stock Motorola firmware (May), my device is encrypted, rooted with SuperSU, and running Xposed. Any similarities? I haven't had a chance to look at the logs.
Thanks for the idea to check my WiFi.
I've been experimenting for a while and it seems that it was related to WiFi. We have a certificate based authentication on a hidden SSID wireless network. I had set this up on an older phone and it was imported as part of my Google backup. But because I didn't have a valid certificate it kept failing and retrying and eventually it would cause a reboot. I "forgot" the network so that my phone would stop trying to connect and it's been a couple of weeks since I had a reboot. So at this point I think it has been resolved.
I've had problems with random reboots
I've also had problems with random reboots. I've thought it could be SD card related or to some interplay between the SD card and Sim card.
I have had this as well... although I replaced my SIM card (for an entirely different reason) and it has not recurred... Maybe coincidence, maybe not, but for most people it is a simple thing to do.
Yeah, random reboots here too. It is not ROM or Kernel related.
I thinking it is a hardware failure. I have 6 months to go until my contract is up, so I just have to put up with it for now.
Just started rebooting as soon as I connect to my WiFi hotspot.. Within a second of connecting, reboot. It was fine yesterday!
Never had so many issues with my phone!
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I got my 6p about 4 days ago brand new, and upgraded to 7.1.1 wifi was fine and then went to 7.1.2 and wifi seemed fine for couple days while I installed apps and such I wanted
while I waited on a case to arrive, turned it on yday and my wifi connects then disconnects, sometimes it doesn't see wifi networks.. I tried to wipe cache no difference also
tried safe mode and nope.
Also tried to factory reset couple times and well it didn't change anything. Not sure what else to try, I tried shutting off my router for while.. Only thing I can think of is to send it back
unless someone has a idea.
thx.
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I got my 6p about 4 days ago brand new, and upgraded to 7.1.1 wifi was fine and then went to 7.1.2 and wifi seemed fine for couple days while I installed apps and such I wanted
while I waited on a case to arrive, turned it on yday and my wifi connects then disconnects, sometimes it doesn't see wifi networks.. I tried to wipe cache no difference also
tried safe mode and nope.
Also tried to factory reset couple times and well it didn't change anything. Not sure what else to try, I tried shutting off my router for while.. Only thing I can think of is to send it back
unless someone has a idea.
thx.
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Hello,
You can try flashing a 7.1.1 factory image to see if problem persists. If yes, it's likely a hardware issue...
Good luck...
You mentioned waiting for a case to arrive. Just to be clear you are having this problem with no case on the phone, correct? You can go into settings / Google / Networking and see if WiFi Assistant is ticked. Change the setting to whatever is the opposite of what it's set at and see if that makes any difference.
Same issue. Huawei had me send in my phone to repair it and I got it back yesterday. Wifi still broken and when I called them up today they want me to send it back AGAIN!
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You mentioned waiting for a case to arrive. Just to be clear you are having this problem with no case on the phone, correct? You can go into settings / Google / Networking and see if WiFi Assistant is ticked. Change the setting to whatever is the opposite of what it's set at and see if that makes any difference.
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That is correct, I hate using my phone without a case. rather not break it to soon bad luck and all.. I'd hate to have to send it back before even using it lol..
It seems better since I unlocked the bootloader and the phone reset itself again. Don't think I had a drop in wifi yet. Still testing tho..
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That is correct, I hate using my phone without a case. rather not break it to soon bad luck and all.. I'd hate to have to send it back before even using it lol..
It seems better since I unlocked the bootloader and the phone reset itself again. Don't think I had a drop in wifi yet. Still testing tho..
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Good luck.
My Nexus 6P is doing the exact same thing and I think its something to do with several 7.1.1 updates and 7.1.2 update. Because wifi was fine until it updated like 5 times.
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My Nexus 6P is doing the exact same thing and I think its something to do with several 7.1.1 updates and 7.1.2 update. Because wifi was fine until it updated like 5 times.
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You can always try clearing the system cache and seeing if that helps. It probably won't but it's always worth a try. You can also go into WiFi Assistant under settings / Google / Networking and tick the opposite of whatever its currently set at and see if that makes any difference.
I went ahead and RMA'd my phone hopefully I can get a decent replacement. wifi start going weird again in couple days and phone would randomly reboot doing nothing and sometimes staying on the android logo
while booting. What a pain so far..
Welp my phone finally arrived back futuretel replaced the Motherboard and a component doesn't say what and factory reset the device.
Been 2 days now with no drops in wifi or anything.. Hopefully no more problems. All in all took about 2 weeks and that is with 2 holidays
so not bad..