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Maybe it's just me, but, ever since the update, my phone is very laggy. The built in app manager consistently shows 1.2 gigs or more in use, even if I use the clean memory button. The home button is slow to respond, and apps don't scroll smoothly anymore. This is the official release by Verizon, and I can honestly say that I am not impressed by it. I have done a cache clear, and a master reset. Nothing has solved the issue.
Thank you in advance,
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section8ff said:
Maybe it's just me, but, ever since the update, my phone is very laggy. The built in app manager consistently shows 1.2 gigs or more in use, even if I use the clean memory button. The home button is slow to respond, and apps don't scroll smoothly anymore. This is the official release by Verizon, and I can honestly say that I am not impressed by it. I have done a cache clear, and a master reset. Nothing has solved the issue.
Thank you in advance,
Section 8
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You're one of the few who is having issues with the update, most people are completely happy with it. Have you done a factory reset to see if that fixes your issues?
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You're one of the few who is having issues with the update, most people are completely happy with it. Have you done a factory reset to see if that fixes your issues?
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I've tried a complete factory reset, as well as a cache clear, still laggy. Thank you for your reply
section8ff said:
Maybe it's just me, but, ever since the update, my phone is very laggy. The built in app manager consistently shows 1.2 gigs or more in use, even if I use the clean memory button. The home button is slow to respond, and apps don't scroll smoothly anymore. This is the official release by Verizon, and I can honestly say that I am not impressed by it. I have done a cache clear, and a master reset. Nothing has solved the issue.
Thank you in advance,
Section 8
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You are not alone. Samsung was replacing the Note 3's with brand new replacements for people with major issues (per factory rep) until they decided this is a Verizon issue. The ATT and Sprint Note 3's are doing just fine as well as many Verizon units, however there are some major glitches for many of us with the Verizon build. I also performed cache clear and several factory wipes to no avail. (my main issue is with signal stability especially in fringe areas where I have ZERO coverage)
I just received a brand new - not refurb - replacement from Verizon after many conversations with Best Buy geek squad, Samsung and Verizon. Verizon will send you a brand new phone that will have Jellybean if you are persistent: :good:
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You are not alone. Samsung was replacing the Note 3's with brand new replacements for people with major issues (per factory rep) until they decided this is a Verizon issue. The ATT and Sprint Note 3's are doing just fine as well as many Verizon units, however there are some major glitches for many of us with the Verizon build. I also performed cache clear and several factory wipes to no avail. (my main issue is with signal stability especially in fringe areas where I have ZERO coverage)
I just received a brand new - not refurb - replacement from Verizon after many conversations with Best Buy geek squad, Samsung and Verizon. Verizon will send you a brand new phone that will have Jellybean if you are persistent: :good:
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Thank you for the info, I'm glad I'm not the only one having issues. I've never had any signal issues, if anything, my signal reception is better than it was before. I'll see about maybe getting a new handset, something has to change, I don't think I've ever had issues with an update, usually the phone was just bad out of the box...the photon being one of those...
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I too am having issues. They are random, but they have repeated during different app use and in different areas. My stock browser will lock up the phone (only a battery pull clears it). My stock email app only opens 1/2 my folders and gives me errors when it tries to open pdf files. My screen gets laggy. It randomly adds letters to words I am trying to correct when typing on forums like this. My touch screen gets real inaccurate randomly. And randomly it loses 1/2 the screen when rotating from landscape to portrait (with multi window turned off). I have done the cache clearing multiple times and have done a factory reset as well...with no help. Such a shame, none of this happened before the update. It has turned this usable tool into a frustrating paperweight. I guess I will have to bounce this off of a Verizon rep's head and get a new one. I tried rooting before the update, but every rooting technique failed...then one night, after I told the update to delay...it updated anyway while I was sleeping.
I need your help guys. Been on here for years, rooted every phone I have ever owned (multiple carriers). Self taught through trial and error and reading threads on here. But I have now ran into an issue that I have never seen or heard of and cant seem to find something on here to help. A friend of mine has Verizon Galaxy S5 and recently had to replace it through the insurance plan he had on it from Verizon. He had been complaining for a while and has finally agreed to let me take a look and see if I can fix it. I HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING!!! (that I can think of). This is extremely frustrating. Below ill list the issues and things Ive tried.
Issues:
Operating system crashes
Rebooting on its own
Wont load up when turned on
Apps crashing
Battery wont last long
and general "Jankyness" haha (seriously though)
These issues are constant issues meaning all happen constantly throughout the day and night.
I have tried multiple factory resets through the settings and through stock recovery
Just tried using Odin to fix this aaaannndddd NNOOO GO!!! 8-O
i have used Odin many times, never seen it not work like this. If anyone has an explanation for this and a recommended solution that would be great!! Thanks all for reading this and hopefully I can help my friend.
pockermj said:
I need your help guys. Been on here for years, rooted every phone I have ever owned (multiple carriers). Self taught through trial and error and reading threads on here. But I have now ran into an issue that I have never seen or heard of and cant seem to find something on here to help. A friend of mine has Verizon Galaxy S5 and recently had to replace it through the insurance plan he had on it from Verizon. He had been complaining for a while and has finally agreed to let me take a look and see if I can fix it. I HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING!!! (that I can think of). This is extremely frustrating. Below ill list the issues and things Ive tried.
Issues:
Operating system crashes
Rebooting on its own
Wont load up when turned on
Apps crashing
Battery wont last long
and general "Jankyness" haha (seriously though)
These issues are constant issues meaning all happen constantly throughout the day and night.
I have tried multiple factory resets through the settings and through stock recovery
Just tried using Odin to fix this aaaannndddd NNOOO GO!!! 8-O
i have used Odin many times, never seen it not work like this. If anyone has an explanation for this and a recommended solution that would be great!! Thanks all for reading this and hopefully I can help my friend.
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if your friend's S5 is running OE1, you're out of luck:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/help/downgrade-oe1-t3149085/post61730480
if this replacement phone has been malfunctioning since he got it, I'd raise a ruckus with Verizon.
Can this be reduced?
Using this phone is near impossible (browsing, ex) without so many false touches!
This has to be fixed.
No root = no build.prop edits.
Anyone know of a solution?
May have to keep my Note 5.
I've noticed that the screen is crazy sensitive. It's almost like i didn't even touch it yet and an app will open or the screen will swipe... Interested if there is any was to adjust it a bit as well.
At first I thought this was just a subjective thing that random people were experiencing but last night I was playing monkey King escape and it kept swiping me to the side when I would swipe up and vice versa. Also getting random clicks when scrolling through menus and webpages... And I'm using cases so it's not edge sensitivity. As much as I like everything else about this phone I can't deal with something as basic as that going wonky on me for this amount of money.
cpufrost said:
Can this be reduced?
Using this phone is near impossible (browsing, ex) without so many false touches!
This has to be fixed.
No root = no build.prop edits.
Anyone know of a solution?
May have to keep my Note 5.
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I'm having the exact same problem. It's very frustrating. It is difficult to do anything without unintentional opening apps and links. I'm hoping this is a software issue that can be resolved with a firmware update. If I cannot find something where Samsung acknowledge this issue before my 14 day return period is over. I may just have to go back to my S6. That's a shame because I really love everything else about this phone. There is a discussion about this issue here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/help/galaxy-s7-edge-touchscreen-overly-t3326936
I experienced the same problem when using without a case. But with my case on, no issues at all. I have a Spigen neo-hybrid case if it matters to anyone and love it.
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I experienced the same problem when using without a case. But with my case on, no issues at all. I have a Spigen neo-hybrid case if it matters to anyone and love it.
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Daze I see you also have/had a S6 Edge. Did you have any issues with the screen sensitivity on the S6 Edge? The S7 is my first Edge phone. Thanks.
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Daze I see you also have/had a S6 Edge. Did you have any issues with the screen sensitivity on the S6 Edge? The S7 is my first Edge phone. Thanks.
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The S6 definitely wasn't as sensitive as the S7 without a case, but I kept the same model of case on my S6 as well. I tried using the S7 around the house without a case and it definitely is touchy. No issues with the case on though.
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The S6 definitely wasn't as sensitive as the S7 without a case, but I kept the same model of case on my S6 as well. I tried using the S7 around the house without a case and it definitely is touchy. No issues with the case on though.
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Thanks for the reply. I do have a Spigen Air Cushion Ultra Hybrid case. It does help with the edge but I have an issue with the entire screen being over sensitive. I don't have that problem with my S6. Apparently I'm not the only one. It's even mentioned in a couple of reviews. I'm just hoping that it is resolved in a firmware update.
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Thanks for the reply. I do have a Spigen Air Cushion Ultra Hybrid case. It does help with the edge but I have an issue with the entire screen being over sensitive. I don't have that problem with my S6. Apparently I'm not the only one. It's even mentioned in a couple of reviews. I'm just hoping that it is resolved in a firmware update.
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I'm getting that same case!
yeah, I think a firmware update should fix that sensitivity and bring it down a tad. Not sure if all variants (Sprint, T-Mobile AT&T?) have it set this high or if it's just Verizon. To me, it's not like a dealbreaker or anything, but ideally I would like it lowered some.
I have the same issues with extra screen sensitivity, so does my wife's regular S7. Actually when typing responses on this forum, I often hit the wrong thng on my SwiftKey keyboard on accident and it closes out everything lol. Then I have to start over. I'm not even sure how the heck it's happening.
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The S6 Edge+ was nearly flawless.
Tapatalk browsing on this (S7 Edge) makes me want to throw the damn thing! LOL
Maybe this is Samsung's answer to TW lag. Just like in the old days (I'm talking i486 w/ Win 3.1 LOL) of making the mouse tracking fast to make the computer feel faster.
Just posting to say my screen is too sensitive as well. I fixed some false presses with a case, but still regular scrolling and clicking can be hit or miss if I'm hovering too close to the screen.
I've noticed this also, trying keeping your finger not so close to the screen when using it lol.
I found a solution for my over sensitive screen
I really feel stupid for my last post. I should have not jumped the gun so soon. I should have given it some time. Anyway after working great for the hours as I played around with the phone yesterday the over sensitive issue has returned today though not quite as bad as before. I just left a local Verizon corporate store to make an exchange. The problem is they do not have any S7 Edge's in stock nor have they ever received any S7 Edge's in their shop. Almost 2 weeks since the official release and not one Edge phone. They did have the regular S7 in stock and I considered switching to one. I also had my S6 with me and considered re-activating it. I ended up leaving with my Edge. I pre-ordered my Edge online and have one more day to decide to send it back or not. Sorry if anyone used that Verizon repair assistance and it didn't work. I meant well.
I called Verizon tech support today in regards to the screen sensitivity issue. He first had me boot in safe mode to see if the problem was present without any user installed apps. Problem still existed in safe mode. He suggested that I run the Verizon repair assistance to see if reflashing the firmware would help. He emailed me the link to the website. I didn't think that it would work but I figured I would give it a try. If it didn't work I was going to take the phone to the local Verizon corporate store for an exchange and maybe even switch to the regular S7. To my surprise it actually worked. My phone's screen is normal now. I'm still in kind of disbelief because it is such an enormous difference. Before flashing, just barely touching the phone would open apps. Scrolling on websites would open links. Now it only happens when I intentionally tap apps and links. The repair assistance is easy to use. It backs up your apps and settings and restores everything for the most part when it's done. When the phone first boots up it starts the setup wizard. When it gets to the part where it ask to restore backups from the cloud I wouldn't let it because it wasn't yet connected to wifi. I learned the hard way what happens when your phone installs a complete backup on data and repair assistant re-installs a backup and settings. Anyway the program will tell you when you have to make manual selections during the process like what USB connection to choose. I don't know if this will work for everyone but it definitely worked for me. I'm going keep testing it though in case the issue returns. I have only 2 days to return the phone for a new replacement if necessary. Here is the link to the repair assistance website.
http://www.verizonwireless.com/support/knowledge-base-80201/
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Eddie Hicks said:
I called Verizon tech support today in regards to the screen sensitivity issue. He first had me boot in safe mode to see if the problem was present without any user installed apps. Problem still existed in safe mode. He suggested that I run the Verizon repair assistance to see if reflashing the firmware would help. He emailed me the link to the website. I didn't think that it would work but I figured I would give it a try. If it didn't work I was going to take the phone to the local Verizon corporate store for an exchange and maybe even switch to the regular S7. To my surprise it actually worked. My phone's screen is normal now. I'm still in kind of disbelief because it is such an enormous difference. Before flashing, just barely touching the phone would open apps. Scrolling on websites would open links. Now it only happens when I intentionally tap apps and links. The repair assistance is easy to use. It backs up your apps and settings and restores everything for the most part when it's done. When the phone first boots up it starts the setup wizard. When it gets to the part where it ask to restore backups from the cloud I wouldn't let it because it wasn't yet connected to wifi. I learned the hard way what happens when your phone installs a complete backup on data and repair assistant re-installs a backup and settings. Anyway the program will tell you when you have to make manual selections during the process like what USB connection to choose. I don't know if this will work for everyone but it definitely worked for me. I'm going keep testing it though in case the issue returns. I have only 2 days to return the phone for a new replacement if necessary. Here is the link to the repair assistance website.
http://www.verizonwireless.com/support/knowledge-base-80201/
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Please keep us up to date on this over the next couple days. If this is the fix it seems too good to be true! Also, do you mean when you said - you learned the hard way about letting it restore the backup via data instead of wifi - that the restore simply eats thru a ton of data? Or was that some other meaning? My home wifi is slow as crap compared to LTE so I don't know if I have the patience to wait for a full restore on my wifi lol.
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I called Verizon tech support today...
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Ok I did this and since I don't have much on my phone I chose NOT to back it up.
It downloaded a big file (the latest fully updated ROM, presumably) so if you don't have a fast connection this may take some time. We were getting good speed so it only took a minute or two.
It does seem to be better.
It needs to settle in before the jury's out.
Definitely worth the set up as new if it turns out to be the solution.
It was driving me nuts.
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Please keep us up to date on this over the next couple days. If this is the fix it seems too good to be true! Also, do you mean when you said - you learned the hard way about letting it restore the backup via data instead of wifi - that the restore simply eats thru a ton of data? Or was that some other meaning? My home wifi is slow as crap compared to LTE so I don't know if I have the patience to wait for a full restore on my wifi lol.
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See my update on my original post please. As far as the data issue, I purchased my S6 last November from Best Buy. They set everything up in the store as far as my Verizon and Samsung registration. On the way home unbeknownst to me the phone was restoring all of my dozens of apps from a backup on Verizon. I was in my car with no wifi and I didn't realize what was happen until I received a text message from Verizon informing me that I was almost out of data. I shut off mobile data right away but I had very little left at that point. Apparently downloading loads of apps eats a lot of data.
I have sensitive S6 (it may be similar to other S)
This suggestion is from somebody else but it worked for me.
try this:
setting | personal | accessibility | dexterity | press and hold change it from 0.5 to 1.0
Changing that setting didn't work.
This phone is useless IMO for browsing in most apps. Every time I touch to scroll where there's an item that's clickable it selects it. VERY annoying. NEVER had this before in any device. Methinks this is going back.
I hit the twitter or Facebook link in posts when scrolling occasionally but it's few and far between.
Hoping someone may have some advice, myself and two friends managed to bag an amazingly good deal for a Tab A 10.1 with o2 UK (£52 in total), problem being we're all having wifi issues.
One friend requested a replacement and the replacement has the same issue too, so thats 4 tablets in total.
The issue is wifi just seems to randomly stop working, it shows a full signal but you can't access any sites or play store or stream anything etc. You then have to either wait until it decides to work again or manually turn wifi off and back on at which point it carries on as normal for however long it decides to work for. Rinse and repeat.
I bought it basiclly as a streaming device and I can't use it because eveeything buffers constantly due to the wifi issue so I'm back using my old iPad.
I spoke to samsung support yesterday and they said it's a known softeare issue but no idea when the update to fix it will be released, I'm two days out of my 14 day return window so I can't return it.
There's a samsung store not far so will take it in tomorrow to be checked over but I thought I'd ask here as I'm new to android, so imagine there's people here far more knowledgable than me and may have some ideas I could try. I've already tried a factory reset and rebooting my router, I have virgin media so have tried both 2ghz and 5ghz network types. Non of which has helped. My friends have different ISP's to me so can't be a VM issue either.
Any advice is appreciated
Thanks
Have you updated your the latest firmware?
Incidentally this happens on the Tab A 7 too. No idea when Samsung will/if fix it either.
Might be worth trying a static ip address.
ashyx said:
Have you updated your the latest firmware?
Incidentally this happens on the Tab A 7 too. No idea when Samsung will/if fix it either.
Might be worth trying a static ip address.
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Thanks for the reply,
I took it to the samsung service centre today they did a software rebuild and have set a static IP address, so will see how it goes over the next few days.
Jerri1240 said:
Thanks for the reply,
I took it to the samsung service centre today they did a software rebuild and have set a static IP address, so will see how it goes over the next few days.
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Let us know how it goes.
Well it's improved some, b ut still not what I'd call stable. And I'm not sure if the improvement has come from the software reflash or the static ip address.
Take that back, still just as crap.
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Take that back, still just as crap.
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I don't know if it's the driver module or the actual wifi hardware that's causing the issue, but it is annoying.
I haven't bothered tracing the issue because I don't use my Tab A enough to let it bother me.
If you could pull the logcat when it happens, it might give an idea what's going on.
I recommend the syslog app.
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I don't know if it's the driver module or the actual wifi hardware that's causing the issue, but it is annoying.
I haven't bothered tracing the issue because I don't use my Tab A enough to let it bother me.
If you could pull the logcat when it happens, it might give an idea what's going on.
I recommend the syslog app.
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Apologies I'm not familiar with that app, so have no idea if I've done this correctly.
I installed syslog and tried to stream something on BBC iPlayer, the issue occured immediately so I went into syslog and saved the log. Have attached the logcat.
Again, apologies if I've not done it correctly I've never used the app before, if it's not right please just let me know how to correctly capture the log and i'll do it again.
Thanks.
Well I give up. I can't think of anything else to do.
I requested a replacment in the end because the wifi issue is so bad, the replacement has the exact same issue. So that's 5 out of 5 with the same issue.
Samsung support are utterly useless, they say it's a software issue and will be fixed with an update but have no idea when or if that update will be released. I had hoped the update the tablet received yesterday would have helped but nope.
So far I've restored to factory, cleared the cache, reset my router, taken to the service centre for a software rebuild - non of that helped, so I requested a replacement, which has the exact same issues.
Can't say I'm impressed with samsung. Will be avoiding in future!
i'm having the same issue. have to return it - can't use it for work if the vpn is dropping every two minutes. there are a number of posts here and elsewhere on this - like this one.
i'm sure that there are lots of frustrated customers and lots of soon-to-be refurbished devices. i'm returning mine (sadly).
btw, i also had this issue on my old 2014 tablet (SM-P600) and it cleared up once i moved to a custom ROM. i'm assuming samsung fixed it eventually but new devices have same issue. samsung is doing something weird and wrong to be shipping so many devices with flawed wifi.
my note 8 does not have this issue at all. happily connects and stays connected anywhere, anytime.
Jerri1240 said:
Hoping someone may have some advice, myself and two friends managed to bag an amazingly good deal for a Tab A 10.1 with o2 UK (£52 in total), problem being we're all having wifi issues.
One friend requested a replacement and the replacement has the same issue too, so thats 4 tablets in total.
The issue is wifi just seems to randomly stop working, it shows a full signal but you can't access any sites or play store or stream anything etc. You then have to either wait until it decides to work again or manually turn wifi off and back on at which point it carries on as normal for however long it decides to work for. Rinse and repeat.
I bought it basiclly as a streaming device and I can't use it because eveeything buffers constantly due to the wifi issue so I'm back using my old iPad.
I spoke to samsung support yesterday and they said it's a known softeare issue but no idea when the update to fix it will be released, I'm two days out of my 14 day return window so I can't return it.
There's a samsung store not far so will take it in tomorrow to be checked over but I thought I'd ask here as I'm new to android, so imagine there's people here far more knowledgable than me and may have some ideas I could try. I've already tried a factory reset and rebooting my router, I have virgin media so have tried both 2ghz and 5ghz network types. Non of which has helped. My friends have different ISP's to me so can't be a VM issue either.
Any advice is appreciated
Thanks
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Having 5 tablets with the exact same symptoms says to me that it isn't a hardware problem. If each tablet has the same OS version, it only makes sense to try another version. I'd go to the Sammobile site and download the latest firmware from a couple of different regions and install them with Odin.
There is an app on Play called WIFI Fixer by Zanshin-g1.
It completely fixed the wifi connection issues on my Tab A.
(i tried posting this thread this morning but the post did not post successfully because of the image verification thing. if this post was reposted, please let me know)
hello and thank you for taking the time to read my first post. been having an issue with my new phone and i havent the faintest idea on how to diagnose or fix my problem. i am in no ways a developer or knowledgeable in programming what so ever, but i have delved in "script kiddie" roots and customs roms with my older phones trying to breathe new life into those devices as an excuse to not have to buy an older phone, but eventually my samsung note 5 kicked the bucket and wasnt able to keep up with the amount of apps and multitasking i do for work. a friend of mine recommended that i buy a one plus 6t as its not only one of the latest phones (okay not the latest, but still fairly new) , but it was also cheap as hell on ebay for about 250$ for a used one with some slight burn-in in the display (the ghost image suggests this unit was a display model, but its a handy phone and i dont care at all).
Anyways, long story short; friend is a big tech guy and recommend that id root the phone and install a custom ROM (A.K.A paranoid OS) for greater usability and security. since he was way more knowledgeable with this phone than i was in the 2-3 days of owning it; i decided to let him go ahead and do it for me.
the phone runs amazing, and ive used it for work for a few weeks now and it has lived up to my expectations and more... except for 2 issues.
the main issue that this thread is focused on is android auto. on my friends phone, it works great! hooks up and connects every time he plugs in the cable, audio smooth, gps and other features i never knew existed with my old phone. my 6t on the other hand, works when it wants to.
it never connects to the radio and tells me that it cant connect through notifications. after some experimenting, i found out that it does connect; you just have to go to "USB Preferences" in the phone, plug the phone in, see the options light up under ""usb controlled by"", then tap on a different option (even though it wont switch) and tap it again multiple times until the phone connects.
once it does connect, it works great. until you start listening to music. the music cuts out every now and then. sometimes for 1 second, 3 seconds, or 30 seconds. its very random. other stuff that happens is that the UI on the radio flickers constantly or disappears and the resolution looks cut off or looks wonky on different sides of the radio. sometimes its one or the other. i told my friend about it, and he tried clearing caches, force stopping the app, even completely removing the google play service plugin and reinstalling it, but still nothing. after he tried it, i had phone hooked up to the radio for work, it worked fine for a few hours until everything froze and my phone went completely black and a bunch of colorful letters on my screen pop up that say "CRASH DUMP". phone reboots just fine and works fine but the issues before the crash still happen.
the second issue is that my fingerprint sensor detects fingers but cant read anything, but thats the least of my concerns and i dont care if it doesnt work.
my friend has no idea what else to do and i am kind of disappointment but i still want this to work. although i have no idea where to start or what to do.
if your willing to help an inexperienced dude get his phone working, that would be greatly appreciated. other than that, i hope you have a good day
EDIT:: just a quick add on to say that ive tried different USB-c cables and this radio is notn aftermarket. im using stock radio on my 2019 nissan altima
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(i tried posting this thread this morning but the post did not post successfully because of the image verification thing. if this post was reposted, please let me know)
hello and thank you for taking the time to read my first post. been having an issue with my new phone and i havent the faintest idea on how to diagnose or fix my problem. i am in no ways a developer or knowledgeable in programming what so ever, but i have delved in "script kiddie" roots and customs roms with my older phones trying to breathe new life into those devices as an excuse to not have to buy an older phone, but eventually my samsung note 5 kicked the bucket and wasnt able to keep up with the amount of apps and multitasking i do for work. a friend of mine recommended that i buy a one plus 6t as its not only one of the latest phones (okay not the latest, but still fairly new) , but it was also cheap as hell on ebay for about 250$ for a used one with some slight burn-in in the display (the ghost image suggests this unit was a display model, but its a handy phone and i dont care at all).
Anyways, long story short; friend is a big tech guy and recommend that id root the phone and install a custom ROM (A.K.A paranoid OS) for greater usability and security. since he was way more knowledgeable with this phone than i was in the 2-3 days of owning it; i decided to let him go ahead and do it for me.
the phone runs amazing, and ive used it for work for a few weeks now and it has lived up to my expectations and more... except for 2 issues.
the main issue that this thread is focused on is android auto. on my friends phone, it works great! hooks up and connects every time he plugs in the cable, audio smooth, gps and other features i never knew existed with my old phone. my 6t on the other hand, works when it wants to.
it never connects to the radio and tells me that it cant connect through notifications. after some experimenting, i found out that it does connect; you just have to go to "USB Preferences" in the phone, plug the phone in, see the options light up under ""usb controlled by"", then tap on a different option (even though it wont switch) and tap it again multiple times until the phone connects.
once it does connect, it works great. until you start listening to music. the music cuts out every now and then. sometimes for 1 second, 3 seconds, or 30 seconds. its very random. other stuff that happens is that the UI on the radio flickers constantly or disappears and the resolution looks cut off or looks wonky on different sides of the radio. sometimes its one or the other. i told my friend about it, and he tried clearing caches, force stopping the app, even completely removing the google play service plugin and reinstalling it, but still nothing. after he tried it, i had phone hooked up to the radio for work, it worked fine for a few hours until everything froze and my phone went completely black and a bunch of colorful letters on my screen pop up that say "CRASH DUMP". phone reboots just fine and works fine but the issues before the crash still happen.
the second issue is that my fingerprint sensor detects fingers but cant read anything, but thats the least of my concerns and i dont care if it doesnt work.
my friend has no idea what else to do and i am kind of disappointment but i still want this to work. although i have no idea where to start or what to do.
if your willing to help an inexperienced dude get his phone working, that would be greatly appreciated. other than that, i hope you have a good day
EDIT:: just a quick add on to say that ive tried different USB-c cables and this radio is notn aftermarket. im using stock radio on my 2019 nissan altima
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Just msm it and run the latest Oxygen OS. There is a MSM tool thread that will assist you and, also a Oxygen OS thread too. This will solve what you mentioned are your issues
Wingman626 said:
(i tried posting this thread this morning but the post did not post successfully because of the image verification thing. if this post was reposted, please let me know)
hello and thank you for taking the time to read my first post. been having an issue with my new phone and i havent the faintest idea on how to diagnose or fix my problem. i am in no ways a developer or knowledgeable in programming what so ever, but i have delved in "script kiddie" roots and customs roms with my older phones trying to breathe new life into those devices as an excuse to not have to buy an older phone, but eventually my samsung note 5 kicked the bucket and wasnt able to keep up with the amount of apps and multitasking i do for work. a friend of mine recommended that i buy a one plus 6t as its not only one of the latest phones (okay not the latest, but still fairly new) , but it was also cheap as hell on ebay for about 250$ for a used one with some slight burn-in in the display (the ghost image suggests this unit was a display model, but its a handy phone and i dont care at all).
Anyways, long story short; friend is a big tech guy and recommend that id root the phone and install a custom ROM (A.K.A paranoid OS) for greater usability and security. since he was way more knowledgeable with this phone than i was in the 2-3 days of owning it; i decided to let him go ahead and do it for me.
the phone runs amazing, and ive used it for work for a few weeks now and it has lived up to my expectations and more... except for 2 issues.
the main issue that this thread is focused on is android auto. on my friends phone, it works great! hooks up and connects every time he plugs in the cable, audio smooth, gps and other features i never knew existed with my old phone. my 6t on the other hand, works when it wants to.
it never connects to the radio and tells me that it cant connect through notifications. after some experimenting, i found out that it does connect; you just have to go to "USB Preferences" in the phone, plug the phone in, see the options light up under ""usb controlled by"", then tap on a different option (even though it wont switch) and tap it again multiple times until the phone connects.
once it does connect, it works great. until you start listening to music. the music cuts out every now and then. sometimes for 1 second, 3 seconds, or 30 seconds. its very random. other stuff that happens is that the UI on the radio flickers constantly or disappears and the resolution looks cut off or looks wonky on different sides of the radio. sometimes its one or the other. i told my friend about it, and he tried clearing caches, force stopping the app, even completely removing the google play service plugin and reinstalling it, but still nothing. after he tried it, i had phone hooked up to the radio for work, it worked fine for a few hours until everything froze and my phone went completely black and a bunch of colorful letters on my screen pop up that say "CRASH DUMP". phone reboots just fine and works fine but the issues before the crash still happen.
the second issue is that my fingerprint sensor detects fingers but cant read anything, but thats the least of my concerns and i dont care if it doesnt work.
my friend has no idea what else to do and i am kind of disappointment but i still want this to work. although i have no idea where to start or what to do.
if your willing to help an inexperienced dude get his phone working, that would be greatly appreciated. other than that, i hope you have a good day
EDIT:: just a quick add on to say that ive tried different USB-c cables and this radio is notn aftermarket. im using stock radio on my 2019 nissan altima
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scorpio76r said:
Just msm it and run the latest Oxygen OS. There is a MSM tool thread that will assist you and, also a Oxygen OS thread too. This will solve what you mentioned are your issues
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I totally agree flash the stock Rom
OOS is amazing. Rooting is easy if you decide you need it.
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Does your friend have the the same phone? It is very common that custom ROM works flawlessly on one model but full of issues on the other, even they are from same manufacturer. The stability of a custom ROM depends on how many active user use the rom. Most of one plus users used oxygen. So not so many people could give you answer.
BTW, I would never advise someone to use custom ROM if they don't know how to flash by themselves.