Hi folks
I got an s2 (my first android) and I upgraded the Fw from XWKE1 to XWKE1. I also used the guide on these forums to root the device using Odin and (I think) super root
Now the problem I have got is shockingly bad battery life and I would like to try some other firmwares before I return the phone.
The question I have, will I have ant issues going from XWKE2 to another firmware?
Sorry for the newness question but I really don't want to brick this pjone
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One after flashing it can take up to two weeks for battery to recalibrate .
Two as you no longer have the firmware that came with the phone and its been rooted the shop can refuse warranty or to even take the phone back /exchange .
jje
I had the same problem, but a factory reset fixed the battery life for me again. There's a thread about it in the Dev section...
Thanks guys. I will check it out
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JJEgan said:
One after flashing it can take up to two weeks for battery to recalibrate .
Two as you no longer have the firmware that came with the phone and its been rooted the shop can refuse warranty or to even take the phone back /exchange .
jje
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Why wouldn't you suggest a factory reset or link him to guide which restores you to O2 branded FW? Talk about over reacting.
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Why wouldn't you suggest a factory reset or link him to guide which restores you to O2 branded FW? Talk about over reacting.
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I see you pointed him in the right direction .
OP said he was thinking of returning the phone so its no overreaction to warn him that the shop may reject the phone .
Pointless flashing to O2 if its not an O2 phone .
Just plain bad advice .
Factory reset will not cure bad battery drain though it will do no harm .
jje
Guys,
I found a thread on the developers part of this forum that helped me to restore to the original Fw and now the phone is bring reported by titanium as not being rooted.
Its such a shame really. Apart from the battery, this phone is perfect
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Battery Faqs say
One discharge battery reset battery stats charge 100% then bump charge disconnect and reconnect charger a couple of times . Use the phone and battery should return to normal .Or just use it for a couple of weeks .
True yes based on a couple of hundred rom flashes .
jje
LondonGemini said:
Guys,
I found a thread on the developers part of this forum that helped me to restore to the original Fw and now the phone is bring reported by titanium as not being rooted.
Its such a shame really. Apart from the battery, this phone is perfect
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Every time you flash a new firmware on the phone you have to root it again. Just follow the guide in the Android Development forum and it'll be rooted in no time.
Guys,
I found a thread on the developers part of this forum that helped me to restore to the original Fw and now the phone is bring reported by titanium as not being rooted.
Its such a shame really. Apart from the battery, this phone is perfect
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Every time you flash a new firmware on the phone you have to root it again. Just follow the guide in the Android Development forum and it'll be rooted in no time.
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Thanks but I wanted to remove root for the time being as I will return the phone if I can't sort out this battery issue.
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JJEgan said:
Battery Faqs say
One discharge battery reset battery stats charge 100% then bump charge disconnect and reconnect charger a couple of times . Use the phone and battery should return to normal .Or just use it for a couple of weeks .
True yes based on a couple of hundred rom flashes .
jje
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Cool. I will give that a go but how do I reset the battery sats?
Ta
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Hello,
I was just asking myself if you really need to be at 100% before you flash anything in CMW? Is there any proven point why you should do it or is it just a recommendation? If you flash with less than 100% should I do a battery stats wipe the next time I am at 100%
Thanks Matt
MadMatt89 said:
Hello,
I was just asking myself if you really need to be at 100% before you flash anything in CMW? Is there any proven point why you should do it or is it just a recommendation? If you flash with less than 100% should I do a battery stats wipe the next time I am at 100%
Thanks Matt
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No, but i would recommend at least 50%. The battery will calibrate itself after a couple of charging cycles.
MadMatt89 said:
Hello,
I was just asking myself if you really need to be at 100% before you flash anything in CMW? Is there any proven point why you should do it or is it just a recommendation? If you flash with less than 100% should I do a battery stats wipe the next time I am at 100%
Thanks Matt
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I've never bothered with that, personally... I always thought the battery recommendation was in case you ended up running out of battery partway through a flash. I don't think the battery stats are really affected (well, they haven't been on my phone, and I very rarely flash with 100% battery).
So long as you've got enough that it won't die during the flash, although 50% is a good guideline I guess.
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So long as you've got enough that it won't die during the flash, although 50% is a good guideline I guess.
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Okay, thanks guys I was thinking the same, mobile odin also lets you flash until 50% so I thought probably it's just for protection to prevent the battery from dying during the flash.
Its really for the noobs whop will spend ten hours flashing and only then read the instructions .
jje
i flashed mine at 20% and was ok
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Its really for the noobs whop will spend ten hours flashing and only then read the instructions .
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Lol. True. Lost count over the years of how many times I've flashed when at under 10%.
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Its really for the noobs whop will spend ten hours flashing and only then read the instructions .
jje
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sxi200 said:
Lol. True. Lost count over the years of how many times I've flashed when at under 10%.
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Qft!
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Okay, Im an ass so I say that up front. I flashed a bad kernel and I hardbricked my 5 day old galaxy s3 fro Tmobile. I took it to the local repair place that does JTAG repairs, which btw, does not work on the weekends. according to them the JTAG'ing takes 40 hours which I think is more because I kept calling and seeing if the phone was showing any signs of life. Anyone know how long the actual JTAG procedure actually takes cause 40 hours seems like a long time to me. Even after they said there was no guarantee that it would work and bring my phone back from the dead.
I am not new to rooting or flashing roms and kernels and things of that nature. So for the record I did not read first about bad kernels floating about so again Im an ass.
First mistake was flashing anything from this forum, this is for the international version ONLY.
Secondly a jtag should bring it back to life.
I'm not sure of the timeframe but 40 hours seems like a lot of time to do anything.
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Okay, Im an ass so I say that up front. I flashed a bad kernel and I hardbricked my 5 day old galaxy s3 fro Tmobile. I took it to the local repair place that does JTAG repairs, which btw, does not work on the weekends. according to them the JTAG'ing takes 40 hours which I think is more because I kept calling and seeing if the phone was showing any signs of life. Anyone know how long the actual JTAG procedure actually takes cause 40 hours seems like a long time to me. Even after they said there was no guarantee that it would work and bring my phone back from the dead.
I am not new to rooting or flashing roms and kernels and things of that nature. So for the record I did not read first about bad kernels floating about so again Im an ass.
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Could you describe how exactly you hardbricked your phone? As far as I know hardbricking is pretty much impossible on the s3 and probably extremely rare (this is the first case I've heard about it).
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Could you describe how exactly you hardbricked your phone? As far as I know hardbricking is pretty much impossible on the s3 and probably extremely rare (this is the first case I've heard about it).
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Flashing a kernel for the international version on a US version will send you on the road to brick town.
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Flashing a kernel for the international version on a US version will send you on the road to brick town.
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Ah sorry my bad, I read it again and saw its the T-Mobile version
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Well..on youtube you can see how the jig works and it doen't take that long.
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A kernel won't hardbrick a phone. If you flash a correct kernel it should boot. A way to brick it is to flash a wrong firmware from here. Cause the first thing being flashed on a firmware with odin is bootloader. Then you will have an expensive paperweight.
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afaik s3 has separate kernel and recovery where flashing a kernel dosent touch the recovery , so practically it should not be hard bricked
If I were you I would approach to XDA forum first! where all the " DO DOES " happen!
are you 100% sure its bricked?
I dont really know about it, but from my experience bootloader flash and emmc bug are the only ways to hardbrick S3, flashing wrong kernel should make your phone unbootable, but shouldnt do a **** to your download mode (if flashed right, put under pda in odin), however if you put it under bootloader box, than it might flashed kernel on bootloader partition which deffinatly makes hard brick.
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Can you enter download mode with 3 button combination?
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Phone is already at the servicecenter as you can read... So those questions do not add anything.
JTAG doesn't take 40 hours btw, takes a lot less.
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Ok, what I don't really undertand how all people got the idea that he's speaking about the US version. Yes, he said he got it from t-mobile, but if you buy in germany from t-mobile you'll get the international version also.
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Why he or she doesn't give us the answer?
Really weird guy.
NEXUS 7
I bet its not hard bricked, it would just be soft bricked, if the correct firmware is flashed it shud be back to life...
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Ok, what I don't really undertand how all people got the idea that he's speaking about the US version. Yes, he said he got it from t-mobile, but if you buy in germany from t-mobile you'll get the international version also.
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Because if you do some research and look at the persons other post on xda it is in the T-Mobile galaxy SII section.
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I tried
sebarkh said:
Can you enter download mode with 3 button combination?
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I tried the three combo until my fingers went numb I tried so many cables and computers and then I was like this thing isnt doing ANYTHING no vibration NOTHING. The JTAG didnt take the first time around so now they are still "trying" according to them ofcourse. I tried ODIN but it did not recognize my phone so that was no good. I tried everything I knew to try and that why I finally caved and gave it to the JTAG guys.
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I tried the three combo until my fingers went numb I tried so many cables and computers and then I was like this thing isnt doing ANYTHING no vibration NOTHING. The JTAG didnt take the first time around so now they are still "trying" according to them ofcourse. I tried ODIN but it did not recognize my phone so that was no good. I tried everything I knew to try and that why I finally caved and gave it to the JTAG guys.
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Since its 5 days old have u tried warranty replacement?
help!
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this happened to my phone. and yes i can enter odin but idk what to flash!
Hello,
I have the following problem and I'm wondering if it is solvable:
My Galaxy S2 (actually from a friend) was rooted and working fine on ICS.
Then I wanted to install a custom rom (Resurrection Remix 3.0.9 Jelly Bean).
It is not my first time doing this as I've did it a multiple times on my own S2.
The same ROM is working fine on my own S2.
Somewhere around 50% of installation, the phone turned itself off.
We did make sure that the battery was fully charged before proceeding with the installation.
Now I cannot Start it.
Can't enter Recovery Mode.
Can't enter Download Mode.
The screen just remains black as if there is no battery in it.
Swapped battery, but still same issue.
It doesn't even show the charging animation when power cable is plugged in.
I have ordered a USB JIG to put it in Download Mode from MobileTechVideos.com but I don't think this will work because there is no sign of life.
It is obviously hard bricked.
What could I do to fix this problem?
Thank you
Sad to say but you have to avail JTAG services to sort this out
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Which method did you use? Also, do you have your firmware/baseband/version of ICS the phone was running when this happened? If its the emmc brickbug, dont waste your money on a jig or JTAG. Neither will be of any use.
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HAXTREME said:
Which method did you use? Also, do you have your firmware/baseband/version of ICS the phone was running when this happened? If its the emmc brickbug, dont waste your money on a jig or JTAG. Neither will be of any use.
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I don't know the exact baseband version.
The last three charachters were LQ6.
If I remember correctly it was I9100XXLQ6
What exactly is the emmc brickbug?
Is there a solution for this one?
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I9100XXLQ6
What exactly is the emmc brickbug?
Is there a solution for this one?
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Ah.. ICS 4.0.4?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28388184
There's no solution. Insert he battery and wait for a bit. If it starts to heat up a lot around the camera, I'm sorry to say the phone is utterly useless from now on. Only a motherboard replacement will help.
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Ah.. ICS 4.0.4?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28388184
There's no solution. Insert he battery and wait for a bit. If it starts to heat up a lot around the camera, I'm sorry to say the phone is utterly useless from now on. Only a motherboard replacement will help.
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Thank you HAXTREME.
That's not very good news but at least I know now.
btw yes, it was ICS 4.0.4
I've rooted a couple of android phones without any trouble.
I honestly didn't know that this bug existed even though I searched on the net for the risks before I started it.
I guess Samsung will not fix this under warranty?
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Thank you HAXTREME.
That's not very good news but at least I know now.
btw yes, it was ICS 4.0.4
I've rooted a couple of android phones without any trouble.
I honestly didn't know that this bug existed even though I searched on the net for the risks before I started it.
I guess Samsung will not fix this under warranty?
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Thats why everyone keeps screaming to read up before rooting, mate. Its kinda hard to miss, every third thread seems to have a mention of it. And a sticky in the general section.
Anywho, whats done is done. Bad luck I guess. If you're under warranty, theres hope yet. You can take it to them saying it randomly died out and you have no idea how or why. Since the motherboard is toast, they have no way of figuring out you rooted it (or tried to). Say it happened when you kept it to charge or something. You could get lucky. :fingers-crossed:
Use the thanks button instead of typing out a post.
Hope it works out. Good luck. :good:
If your still under warrenty they usually repair it for you, had mine repaired recently. they will replace the motherboard. Good Luck
Hi
Samsung galaxy s3 GT-i9300 did an auto update and a few hours later the phone shut down and would not restart. When you attempt to restart the Samsung logo appears on the screen and the phone locks up until you either hold down the power button which causes it to reboot and again lock up when the samsung logo appears or remove battery.
Have tried a hard reset by holding the vol home and power buttons but it won’t reset. The only thing it will do is go in to flash custom rom mode.
Has this happened to any of you guys?
Has anyone got any idea what I could do??
P.s the phone is a standard uk sim free phone and it has not been poked with.... no custom roms no root…
Thanks
Recovery then factory reset .
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Recovery then factory reset .
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hi thanks for replying
now when you say recovery is that with software or is there a sequence buttons to push for recovery...
Via Recovery Mode .
STICKYS basic faqs and guides .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2344125
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hi thanks for replying
now when you say recovery is that with software or is there a sequence buttons to push for recovery...
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Turn ur fone off by pulling the batt. Then hold power+home+volume up button.
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Via Recovery Mode .
STICKYS basic faqs and guides .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2344125
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Hi
i've been through the stickies a few times and if something was relevant to me i either missed it or I didn't understand it.
As i can't get into hard reset by pressing vol up plus home plus power am i right to say i also can't get into the recovery.
i was hoping when that chap mentioned recovery there was a different method of getting there.
the phone is able to only go in to one mode... pressing volume down plus home plus power gets into a os downloading mode.
I tried to use kies with this mode but it doesn't seem to see the phone when connected to usb (pc beeps when phone is plugged in it installs something drivers I think) I was hopping to use recovery firmware in kies..
Any ideas
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Turn ur fone off by pulling the batt. Then hold power+home+volume up button.
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Hi
the phone is only able to go in to one mode... pressing volume down plus home plus power gets into a os downloading mode.
Vol up plus home plus power isn't working..
Any other ideas are more than welcome
Thanks
Follow the guide in stickies to flash the full stock rom using odin, in download mode. Uninstall kies first.
Or return to Samsung for warranty repair.
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boomboomer said:
Follow the guide in stickies to flash the full stock rom using odin, in download mode. Uninstall kies first.
Or return to Samsung for warranty repair.
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Dun have to uninstall kies. U just make sure kies isnt running in the background.
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Follow the guide in stickies to flash the full stock rom using odin, in download mode. Uninstall kies first.
Or return to Samsung for warranty repair.
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hi
Phone is 18 months old so I thought the warranty had expired but apparently it’s 2 years so Samsung said to send it back ….
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pspec1 said:
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Phone is 18 months old so I thought the warranty had expired but apparently it’s 2 years so Samsung said to send it back ….
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Did u pay for more years of warranty? They did say to send it back. But did they say it is free?
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I think the phone comes with 24 month manufacturers warranty in Europe. I need to send mine in too (SDS) and waiting for the "jiffy bag". I have a small bump on the back cover, would that make em think its a drop defect? Can they take it in without the back cover, in the email they say phone and battery nothing else.
Klejdi90 said:
I think the phone comes with 24 month manufacturers warranty in Europe. I need to send mine in too (SDS) and waiting for the "jiffy bag". I have a small bump on the back cover, would that make em think its a drop defect? Can they take it in without the back cover, in the email they say phone and battery nothing else.
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U have to send in the back cover too. They will not accept drop defect as it is user problem not theirs.
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JellyYogurt said:
U have to send in the back cover too. They will not accept drop defect as it is user problem not theirs.
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I mean the bump is on the cover only it is definitely a SDS issue it was working fine long after the bump which was light. I was wondering whether they will see the bump as a drop defect and say thats why the phone doesn't work?
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I mean the bump is on the cover only it is definitely a SDS issue it was working fine long after the bump which was light. I was wondering whether they will see the bump as a drop defect and say thats why the phone doesn't work?
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Can u take a pic of it? I think they wun see it as drop defect.
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Can u take a pic of it? I think they wun see it as drop defect.
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Odd for all they would know I changed my cover with a broken one, but yeah i can see em getting a hook on every little thing.
Edit: I forgot to mention I have a half SDS where I can get into download mode but the product name is blank and the status Custom. Strangely though I cannot always get into download mode It is quite random, sometimes it lets me most of the time it doesn't.
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Odd for all they would know I changed my cover with a broken one, but yeah i can see em getting a hook on every little thing.
Edit: I forgot to mention I have a half SDS where I can get into download mode but the product name is blank and the status Custom. Strangely though I cannot always get into download mode It is quite random, sometimes it lets me most of the time it doesn't.
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I think u are kinda safe. Good luck
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I think u are kinda safe. Good luck
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Thanks xD I'm gonna need it dealing with Samsung:fingers-crossed:
Klejdi90 said:
I think the phone comes with 24 month manufacturers warranty in Europe. I need to send mine in too (SDS) and waiting for the "jiffy bag". I have a small bump on the back cover, would that make em think its a drop defect? Can they take it in without the back cover, in the email they say phone and battery nothing else.
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Hi
. When I phoned Samsung the bloke told me not to send in the back cover or the battery.
All they wanted was the phone.
And he made the point of telling me that 2 or 3 time
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. When I phoned Samsung the bloke told me not to send in the back cover or the battery.
All they wanted was the phone.
And he made the point of telling me that 2 or 3 time
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This is what they sent me "Please ensure that you only send the device itself with the battery, remove all SIM cards/microSD cards and back up any important files." Nothing about the cover but battery seems to be important. The phone cant turn on and I even told them that so I dunno how I'm supposed to back up important files.
hey guys, last night when i went to sleep i had like 50% battery left on my phone
this morning when i've woke up i wanted to check the phone but it was not responding like it was dead
i ve pulled out the battery and it still didnt want to power up when i pluged it back in. so i went to the charger and it started charging up. battery was dead like 0%.
checked better battery stats to see what was draining it.. nothing odd was there.
im pretty new to this forum so i wanna ask you guys for a lil bit of help here
were there cases like mine and if yes what was the culprit ?
also i'm runin on omega v52. boeffla v5.1 b 8.
thanks in advance
You can install bbs and see what's eating battery. Gud luck.
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The culprit could be anything you've changed on your phone, we have no idea. You'll have to track it down, as suggested above.
Search and read before posting new threads, this question has been asked many hundreds of times.
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boomboomer said:
The culprit could be anything you've changed on your phone, we have no idea. You'll have to track it down, as suggested above.
Search and read before posting new threads, this question has been asked many hundreds of times.
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i've read some of the threads but their fault was from the emmc, i've checked mine and it has nothing to do with the SDS.
manishvy said:
You can install bbs and see what's eating battery. Gud luck.
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i got bbs installed on my device but as i mentioned firstly it's nothing there draining my battery. just the usual apps
So then you'll have to wipe and flash a full stock rom using odin, test before adding/restoring anything. If still the same then change the battery.
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So then you'll have to wipe and flash a full stock rom using odin, test before adding/restoring anything. If still the same then change the battery.
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thanks for the help . i've installed xposed framework last night with some mods( center clock and crt off ). will uninstall it.
thanks again