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Every time I turn wi-fi on, it simply says "Unable to scan for networks". Does anyone know how to fix this. I hard reset and that didnt help.
Try a full power outage. Pull the battery. Sometimes you need to clear voltage from hardware (especially radios) in order to clear the glitch.
If you find it necessary to do this a lot, there is a deeper problem.
If this fails, take it into the store.
I took it to the store and they said its a known bug.
They said they are fixing it in an update soon.
I don't know if its true...
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I had the same problem, it started when my phone dropped below the threshold for the power saving mode, I believe I went into those settings and disabled some things and got it working after a reboot (turn fast boot off)
spookytay said:
I had the same problem, it started when my phone dropped below the threshold for the power saving mode, I believe I went into those settings and disabled some things and got it working after a reboot (turn fast boot off)
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I tried all that and its still doing it...
I'm just going to wait until the bootloader is unlocked and then flash Cyanogen mod 7 when he makes it for the Evo 3D
I'm having a similar issue, my wifi goes into sleep mode and says "unable to connect to wi-fi" when i wake the phone up, but then immediately connects back to wifi. I tried changing the wi-fi sleep setting in spare parts, but nothing fixed it.
nhutpham said:
I'm having a similar issue, my wifi goes into sleep mode and says "unable to connect to wi-fi" when i wake the phone up, but then immediately connects back to wifi. I tried changing the wi-fi sleep setting in spare parts, but nothing fixed it.
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Yup, this is the exact same problem I have been having!
Did.you try a data wipe???
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nhutpham said:
I'm having a similar issue, my wifi goes into sleep mode and says "unable to connect to wi-fi" when i wake the phone up, but then immediately connects back to wifi. I tried changing the wi-fi sleep setting in spare parts, but nothing fixed it.
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Do you have wifi set to "never sleep" in wifi settings??? Also if your running spare parts+ it also has an option to set wifi to never sleep. Also are you running any apps that puts the phone to sleep??? Also in display settings try changing your screen off time to 10 min.
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I tried the "never sleep" setting in spare parts, but the setting doesn't hold when I exit the program and open it again, it goes back to "android default". I don't see anywhere in the phone wi-fi settings to change the sleep options.
I'm unaware of any apps I'm running that put the phone to sleep, and I'm not sure what the display settings accomplish but I can try it.
None of this happened before, only thing that really has changed for me is that I got the iGrip car dock and the phone has seen dock mode a little bit. That and I went to a house with spotty wi-fi and my phone would connect and disconnect at the range of the router. I've had other issues with app/camera freezing, I'm hoping it's sd card related or perhaps due to ota's not taking correctly. I'm gonna try a sd card format/phone data reset to see if that remedies all the issues, otherwise I might go in for an exchange.
speedy0339 said:
I tried all that and its still doing it...
I'm just going to wait until the bootloader is unlocked and then flash Cyanogen mod 7 when he makes it for the Evo 3D
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BS. You shouldn't have to wait for a custom rom for your phone to be running normal. Take that **** back again.
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This happens to me. I have noticed it only happens if I have had my phone get below 30% battery at some point and the power save mode kicks in. For some reason it is not switching it back once power save mode is disabled.
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The setting isn't located under Wi-fi, look under Power, you should see the options in there. Turn power saver off, or adjust it's settings, and see if that helps, I wouldn't use spare parts
I did a full phone/sd card reset, and the problem STILL exists for me. Spare parts did restore itself as one of the applications that got restored, I uninstalled it without running it though. My phone settings seem to have gotten reset as well. I don't get it, my phone was fine even with spare parts installed before.
I might try another reset and see if spare parts still restores itself.
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I did a full phone/sd card reset, and the problem STILL exists for me. Spare parts did restore itself as one of the applications that got restored, I uninstalled it without running it though. My phone settings seem to have gotten reset as well. I don't get it, my phone was fine even with spare parts installed before.
I might try another reset and see if spare parts still restores itself.
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Are you.running spare parts plus??? Also the settings for the wifi never sleep is located in settings/wireless networks/wifi settings. Then hit menu and select advanced then choose wifi sleep policy. Also make sure best performance is selected.
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Ah, I didn't see that menu, thanks!
Hi there!
I have the following problem with my S3 (bualf1 austrian vodafone branding )
The screen stays on after the charger is plugged and the screen turns on after charging is complete!
I've done a factory reset and the problem has seemed to solved, but yesterday the problem has occured again!
I've really tried everything (every option, enabling / disabling everything, uninstalling apps, ...)
When shutting the phone down, the screen reacts as supposed (turns off while charging )
Any suggestion for me?
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No idea anyone?
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Check the developer options
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Already done, tested everything!
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Already done, tested everything!
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same problem as mine, occured only once. my workaround is by manually lock the phone (press power button). what kernel you use?
Are you absolutely sure this is not linked to a software you have installed?
There are certain titles that allow you to leave the screen on whilst being charged. Look carefully, it could be quite obscure.
As you said, it cleared when you did a Factory Reset but has now returned ~ thus indicating a recently installed App has resumed the screen on operation.
In reference to the phone coming on when fully charged, that is normal but the most likely reason it is not going back off again is due to whatever App setting you have that is then telling the phone once the screen is on keep it on.
bejoanakmami said:
same problem as mine, occured only once. my workaround is by manually lock the phone (press power button). what kernel you use?
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Stock kernel, stock (austrian branded) firmware!
Manually locking works for me, but when den charging is finished the phone's display turns (and stays) on - that is my problem!
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Are you absolutely sure this is not linked to a software you have installed?
There are certain titles that allow you to leave the screen on whilst being charged. Look carefully, it could be quite obscure.
As you said, it cleared when you did a Factory Reset but has now returned ~ thus indicating a recently installed App has resumed the screen on operation.
In reference to the phone coming on when fully charged, that is normal but the most likely reason it is not going back off again is due to whatever App setting you have that is then telling the phone once the screen is on keep it on.
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Thats the same thinkings i have, but i didn't managed to find out, what app this could be...
the strange thing is, it works as intended when no power source is plugged (screen turns off after 30 seconds), it just doesn't turn off while charging
no idea anyone?
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no idea anyone?
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I'm afraid without knowing which Apps you have installed it would be difficult to find the culprit.
If it were me I would do the following:-
1. Factory Reset again only this time do it from Recovery ~ [The recovery mode in Samsung Galaxy S III can be entered by pressing the Volume Up Key, Center button, and holding both simultaneously press the Power Button]
2. From the options provided select Wipe data/factory reset and also you need to select Wipe Cache partition and then reboot your device by selecting reboot system. You now have a completely cleared system so the next stage is important.....
3. Just install the settings, nothing more and certainly don't let Google Play reinstall your Apps.
4. Connect your power cable and see if once the S3 is charged the screen comes ON to notify you it is charged BUT THE SCREEN THEN TURNS OFF after a brief period. If it does then you at least will know under the basic setup your phone is fine. Now another slow but probably most important bit........
5. Start installing your Apps (say ten at a time) and then reboot your phone when all ten are installed and again start charging the phone.
At this stage we want to see what happens after charging is complete. If all is fine you then know what Apps are installed don't effect the screen ON problem, so continue installing another ten Apps and again reboot the phone and apply the charger to see if once charged the screen turns ON then OFF.
Continue repeating this procedure until you notice after a charge the screen this time does not turn OFF.
6. Right..... you now know the problem is being caused by one of the last ten Apps you installed. So, uninstall each App in turn (making sure you reboot each and every time you uninstall) and again recharge. This should eventually lead to one individual App that has caused the problem (the remaining Apps you uninstalled from the last ten can now be re-installed).
7. Investigate that App thoroughly to see if it alters anything on your phone that is causing the problem. Also name the App so we can look at it too.
It's a slow process granted but it's the only way you are going to find out what is causing the issue.
Basically, if it's happening from a fresh Factory Reset (via Recovery using the methods I mentioned above) then it's an issue directly with the phone.
If all is well then it's an issue with an individual App.
Good Hunting......
Same thing happened to me today and i never noticed it happen before..
Went to plug the phone in and the screen was on so i figured "Oh it will turn off after 15 seconds like usual" came back 5 minutes later still on.... uhh okay, so i hit the power button the screen went off.. I went to the restroom came back.. SCREEN BACK ON AGAIN? hmmm dubya tee eff? Turned it off again with the power button.. This time it stayed off..
Stock firmware latest upgraded 2 days after the 4th of the july.
Which firmware do you have?
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Well, that's what i've done:
1.) factory reset
2.) reinstall all settings and mailaccounts
3.) reboot and see if it still works
4.) install and configure 5 apps
5.) reboot and see if it still works
6.) repeat steps 4. und 5. as long as all apps are reinstalled and reconfigured
and so, finally the guilty app was found!
EXTENDED CONTROLS causes the problem, that the screen stays on when a charger is plugged!
Tested it on all 4 own mobiles, all of them are working as normal again!!!
THANKS BEARD!!!
Hello everyone! I scanned a few pages and search a bit but couldn't find my exact problem already listed;
When I plug in my USB cable to my laptop (Windows 7) the phone goes into 'installer mode' and sits there for about 10-15 seconds then switches to 'media device' mode. That's cool because I want it to be in media device mode normally, installer mode is useless. The problem is, if I open dev options and select USB Debugging mode, it only stays for 10-15 seconds then pops back into media device mode -- for the 10-15 seconds I can connect from my PC and start pushing my app over but then it fouls up when it comes out of dev mode.
My phone is rooted but I have very few apps on it yet, the only rooted app I have is a wifi tether app which I haven't used yet, and NoBloat which I used to disable some verizon crud. It will still flip out of usb debug mode even if I don't try to push any data to it... GRRR! I also have a problem where I can't sign into Samsung Account ("Samsung Account has stopped working")... but that's another story >=(
SonyUSA said:
Hello everyone! I scanned a few pages and search a bit but couldn't find my exact problem already listed;
When I plug in my USB cable to my laptop (Windows 7) the phone goes into 'installer mode' and sits there for about 10-15 seconds then switches to 'media device' mode. That's cool because I want it to be in media device mode normally, installer mode is useless. The problem is, if I open dev options and select USB Debugging mode, it only stays for 10-15 seconds then pops back into media device mode -- for the 10-15 seconds I can connect from my PC and start pushing my app over but then it fouls up when it comes out of dev mode.
My phone is rooted but I have very few apps on it yet, the only rooted app I have is a wifi tether app which I haven't used yet, and NoBloat which I used to disable some verizon crud. It will still flip out of usb debug mode even if I don't try to push any data to it... GRRR! I also have a problem where I can't sign into Samsung Account ("Samsung Account has stopped working")... but that's another story >=(
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Sounds like your wonderful "Debloat" app uninstalled something you needed. That's why these apps are useless. One persons soultion isn't for everyone.
DarkMenace said:
Sounds like your wonderful "Debloat" app uninstalled something you needed. That's why these apps are useless. One persons soultion isn't for everyone.
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As a matter of fact, I completely re enabled everything I had frozen before posting and it still doesn't work.could it be a flaw in the root process?
To be clear, I never "un-installed" anything with NoBloat, I only "Disabled" or froze some apps (mostly amazon and the verizon nfl center, nothing system-wise).
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As a matter of fact, I completely re enabled everything I had frozen before posting and it still doesn't work.could it be a flaw in the root process?
To be clear, I never "un-installed" anything with NoBloat, I only "Disabled" or froze some apps (mostly amazon and the verizon nfl center, nothing system-wise).
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Well if you want to do a system restore send me a PM and I'll give you instructions to do so. I'll only be up for about another hour or so.
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Well if you want to do a system restore send me a PM and I'll give you instructions to do so. I'll only be up for about another hour or so.
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For those waiting with bated breath, a full restore did not help the issue of it not staying in USB Debug mode. In fact, a total reflash of the stock ROM and kernel still had the exact same problem, which I re-created right after I performed the initial setup... so this bug exists in the normal stock ROM it seems...
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For those waiting with bated breath, a full restore did not help the issue of it not staying in USB Debug mode. In fact, a total reflash of the stock ROM and kernel still had the exact same problem, which I re-created right after I performed the initial setup... so this bug exists in the normal stock ROM it seems...
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Your phone might be defective if it never worked from the day you got it. If that's the case you should go to Verizon.
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Nah, I'm almost 100% it's just a software problem because if I uncheck Debug mode then check it again, I can use the phone in dev mode for like 15-20 seconds and everything works perfectly... I can push my APK to test and it works great, but after it flips back to media mode it just kind of dies...
Edit: Can you plug your phone into your PC and tell me what mode it starts in, then wait 20 seconds and see if it changes modes? My phone immediately goes into "Installer Mode" then 20 seconds later changes to Media Mode (MTP). Maybe it's a problem with the drivers I have installed causing the phone to flip out of dev mode...
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Nah, I'm almost 100% it's just a software problem because if I uncheck Debug mode then check it again, I can use the phone in dev mode for like 15-20 seconds and everything works perfectly... I can push my APK to test and it works great, but after it flips back to media mode it just kind of dies...
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Might try contacting Verizonnthen n havimg them connect you to Samsung if they can't fix the issue.
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The chumps at Verizon don't know how to do anything besides make phone calls and Samsung support is always closed by the time I get home...
Figured it out! Went into device manager and updated the "CDC Serial" with the driver from the Kies application from Samsung website, that cleared it up!
SonyUSA said:
The chumps at Verizon don't know how to do anything besides make phone calls and Samsung support is always closed by the time I get home...
Figured it out! Went into device manager and updated the "CDC Serial" with the driver from the Kies application from Samsung website, that cleared it up!
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Good now if you ever need to restore you'll be fine with the USB debugging.
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Hi guys, hoping for some SuperUser help...
Using the GPS Time application to try and get my Omate TrueSmart to update the time after the battery dies (I can't believe the device can't hold enough power to maintain its internal clock, that's a terrible design flaw in a watch, but anyway)
The problem is that the GPS Time app pops up the SuperUser dialogue asking me to give it permissions--but the dialogue is too big for the screen and there's no OK button visible! How do you handle this on the TrueSmart?
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Hi guys, hoping for some SuperUser help...
Using the GPS Time application to try and get my Omate TrueSmart to update the time after the battery dies (I can't believe the device can't hold enough power to maintain its internal clock, that's a terrible design flaw in a watch, but anyway)
The problem is that the GPS Time app pops up the SuperUser dialogue asking me to give it permissions--but the dialogue is too big for the screen and there's no OK button visible! How do you handle this on the TrueSmart?
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I use xposed for apps that spill over the edges. Start here...then move to xda
repo.xposed.info/module/de.robv.android.xposed.mods.appsettings
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Set Device Settings -> Display -> Font Size to Small and the SuperSU screen will fit on screen
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Set Device Settings -> Display -> Font Size to Small and the SuperSU screen will fit on screen
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Thanks to both of you!
Open SuperSU and look on the first tab 'Application', Touch the #
Change 'Acces' to Allow
then save
False move on SU, now TS won't complete booting
I have a TrueSmart 1/8, US version, developers edition, with most up to date rom and with Loki's patch.
I wish I had read this thread a few minutes sooner. I was trying to install the gestures app GMD gestures I think it was and kept running into the same superuser problem. So went into settings for superuser and hit yes to have it installed I think in the system. I can't really tell you now because I can't get back into the watch at all.. I know it said to reboot immediately after and that if SU did not show up to go to the Google play store to reinstall or to open it from there or something...I'm not sure what. In any event, after SU did its thing, I powered off and on powering back on, it will not get past the Omate TrueSmart screen. Nor can I turn it off. Can anybody help me? For now I have it in the cradle so it doesn't lose power, since I cannot turn it off.
I know I can take the battery out, but I wanted to consult before I do anything more.
Tom19146 said:
... I powered off and on powering back on, it will not get past the Omate TrueSmart screen. Nor can I turn it off. Can anybody help me? For now I have it in the cradle so it doesn't lose power, since I cannot turn it off.
I know I can take the battery out, but I wanted to consult before I do anything more.
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If you had ADB enabled, try plugging into your computer and see if you can launch an adb shell which will give you more restoration options. You may be able to undo your changes from the command line, or at the least reboot into recovery mode.
Without ADB, your options are to pull the battery or wait till it drains naturally.
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If you had ADB enabled, try plugging into your computer and see if you can launch an adb shell which will give you more restoration options. You may be able to undo your changes from the command line, or at the least reboot into recovery mode.
Without ADB, your options are to pull the battery or wait till it drains naturally.
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What program should I have open on my PC before connecting watch (or is that a sensible question)?
New patch coming out this weekend to address that.
Tom19146 said:
What program should I have open on my PC before connecting watch (or is that a sensible question)?
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Just a follow-up to the above, in case anyone lands in the same place, I did take the back off, remove the battery for just a moment, and then put the back back on. (I doubted, since it was frozen, that connecting to my PC would help, so i didn't try that. ) To my delight, everything was as I had left it, save that the gestures GMD app now loaded. (I made my font small, as recommended above, and was able to ok super user this time.) I had expected after removing the battery, to have to rebuild/reload everything from scratch,but that didn't happen.
Thanks to all for your help.
Hello to all,
Phone is Galaxy S3 running JB 4.3 stock. I ''played'' with options, more precisely I was clicking Developer options, until the end (7 times - activate it)... because of my stupid curiosity. Now, with developer options being enabled, I'm having problems with phone doesn't recognize USB, whether I want to connect it to PC, or charge via charger.
w.w.w.youtube.com/watch?v=-qnsU1yiH_w#t=22
On this link it's showed how to disable developer options, but you can't do it on Samsung phone (!!!). I know I have to do factory reset, but before that I want to backup everything I need. The thing is that currently I'm having 13% of a battery available, and I need to fix this USB/charger issue to be able to further work. Now it's turned off (doesn't charge in this state too), because if I run out of battery I'm scared I won't be able to start it up again.
P.S. I tried to check/uncheck USB debugging... nothing happens.
I know this is a 100% software problem, and I hope you guys know the solution. Googled it earlier, no similar topic.
Thanks in advance!
Sorted it out.
But what a crazy 1-1.5 hour is behind me. First activated ''Revoke USB debugging authorization'' at Developer options. Haven't recognise USB/charger. Then went to App manager -> All -> Settings -> Force stop. Then the party began. It randomly activated handsfree, car mode and S-voice. Then it locked itself while partying in backstage. Then it couldn't recognize my drawing pattern. Don't know my pin, can't type google account because of processes pooping from behind. Shut down, took me to ''downloading do not turn off target''. I was seconds from literally reset it through the window. Then it suddenly recognized pattern, I restarted it, and now it works like a charm. In short: never do force stop, especially on Settings.
Now I'm gonna backup all, and do the factory reset. And I'll have trauma clicking on android version for some time...