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First off, let me say I have searched for an answer prior to posting and asking this question. I am running Trigger v2.8.2 and my Vibrant has randomly started opening apps, switching screens and opening menus. I performed a wipe and reinstalled the ROM. I even went so far as to use ODIN to return to stock and install Trigger again, but I have not seen a change in the phones behavior.
I do not believe this has anything to do with the ROM, just not sure what is going on.
Anyone have an idea as to what the issue might be?
Just on the surface of it, it sounds like your touchscreen digitizer is about to go tits up...
that makes sense, the screen is very unresponsive in addition to the other random issues. It might be time to look for another phone.
Out of curiosity, what causes such an issue?
I wish I knew, however I do change ROM's frequently.
Tell tmo your phone won't turn on, they send you a refurb
I took your advice and called TMO. I should receive my replacement Vibrant by the 31st of March.
Thanks
myinnerhollow said:
I took your advice and called TMO. I should receive my replacement Vibrant by the 31st of March.
Thanks
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No problem
I am sure several people have posted about the static issue on this tablet. In case nobody here has, at random intervals the tablet will make a loud hissing sound (regardless of volume or sound settings). A reboot will fix this, but not permanently. My two questions are:
Is there a fix for this that I can perform?
If not, can I send it in for a replacement from Woot or Viewsonic? (only had it a day)
I think you should send it back. I had the same issue and finding no solution here or on other forums I emailed woot for an rma. I got an email back the next day with return shipping instructions and shortly after that another one to tell me they shipped the replacement tablet.
At first I wasn't sure if it was a fault with the rom (Vegan) I put on. I never really tested it for sound while it was stock and did not notice the problem. Once I put it back to 3588 to send it back, it did the same thing: static noise after coming back from sleep or no sound at all if it was on mute before it went to sleep.
I'm glad I sent it back, the new one works perfectly.
Alright, thanks! I have run into a problem, I tried the solution for reverting to stock found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861950 but I am stuck in an infinite loop of the Tap n Tap load screens, and the tablet never loads. Any ideas?
I'm sorry but I can't help you there - I didn't use NVflash. But I saw lots of posts about the same boot loop problem, so you might find a solution searching the forum.
mrtoolman said:
Alright, thanks! I have run into a problem, I tried the solution for reverting to stock found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861950 but I am stuck in an infinite loop of the Tap n Tap load screens, and the tablet never loads. Any ideas?
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You need a data wipe. Try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1030915
kaffeesnob said:
I think you should send it back. I had the same issue and finding no solution here or on other forums I emailed woot for an rma. I got an email back the next day with return shipping instructions and shortly after that another one to tell me they shipped the replacement tablet.
At first I wasn't sure if it was a fault with the rom (Vegan) I put on. I never really tested it for sound while it was stock and did not notice the problem. Once I put it back to 3588 to send it back, it did the same thing: static noise after coming back from sleep or no sound at all if it was on mute before it went to sleep.
I'm glad I sent it back, the new one works perfectly.
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Hmmm, I bought mine from Office Depot. So, I should be able to flash it back to stock and just make the exchange.
Just received my 16gb Galaxy Tab 10.1 from Amazon, really disappointed on it due to constant crash, freeze, lag...etc
ok.. open the package, boot it up, straight feeling sluggish between screen and apps already, then play around with it, install few apps, but it randomly close the apps or just froze without any reason and i have to hard power switch off to reboot.
Thinking it might incompatible apps, but apparently not.. it randomly freeze when open "setting", "google maps", "Quick Office HD"...
I done wipe/factory reset but still the same...
So.. guys think it is hardware related or software related? will restore 3.1 fix this issue? If possible, where do i get the vanila stock 3.1 honeycomb firmware and will it void warranty if i install it via say.. Odin?
I'm in Australia, so sending it back to US for warranty will be quite a pain... any help will be appreciated~
Thanks
by freeze do you mean the touch screen is unresponsive? the same thing started happening to mine today. i called amazon and am getting a replacement for free just call them they will send one out before you ship the one you have. I called today and am getting mine tomorrow but im worried because this is the second tab i had to get replaced.
I am waiting for my SGT from amazon to arrive now
hope it would be good unit
I am from Iraq it is so much difficult to return it to US
It should of shipped with 3.1 mate
Like all things that are mass produced you get some lemons in the mix sounds like you may have one
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I would reflash the 3.1 update via odin and hope that fixes it
I couldn't risk the no warrany do I got mine from mobicity.com.au as it comes with 1yr Australian warranty
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tonyurquiza said:
by freeze do you mean the touch screen is unresponsive? the same thing started happening to mine today.
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ya, the screen is unresponsive but hard restart temporary fixed the problem.. still, problem still there
tonyurquiza said:
i called amazon and am getting a replacement for free just call them they will send one out before you ship the one you have. I called today and am getting mine tomorrow but im worried because this is the second tab i had to get replaced.
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Problem is i'm in Australia, and i need to ship it to forwarder and ship via them to me which cost $55 per shipment...
yeah i had to lock then unlock and it fixes it for a couple of minutes then same problem, mine eventually fixed itself and has been working fine maybe wait a bit keep trying mine seems to work now do a factory wipe and keep trying .
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I would reflash the 3.1 update via odin and hope that fixes it
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Where do i get this file from? And will it void the warranty even though i flashed the stock 3.1 honeycomb?
tonyurquiza said:
yeah i had to lock then unlock and it fixes it for a couple of minutes then same problem, mine eventually fixed itself and has been working fine maybe wait a bit keep trying mine seems to work now do a factory wipe and keep trying .
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This happens to me as well with my SGT. I notice the keyboard will "stop responding" while typing over GTalk or something. Also the navigation keys will become unresponsive while browsing. A lock/unlock of the device seems to fix it.
A friend of mine was researching this, and on other forums people are complaining of the same thing, and apparently it's a part software, part hardware issue. I guess the sensors in the device loose track of where your tapping on the screen. I'm to try a factory reset and see what happens.
kklung said:
Where do i get this file from? And will it void the warranty even though i flashed the stock 3.1 honeycomb?
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I'm sure you could find it in the development section, not sure if it will void the warranty though. I'm tempted to try this as well if the factory reset will not work.
Strange. I received my 32GB from Amazon on Monday and haven't had any issues at all. Sounds like you got a lemon.
Well, fwiw, I had a GT 10.1 and returned it for 2 reasons:
1) Screen has a dancing/moving part of the panel (towards the middle), where even when OFF, the LCD panel would reflect light in various sheens -- kind of like a think layer of oil on top of water. Slightly depressing the panel would get it to shift and move, and sometimes disappear; only to reappear.
2) Copied 350+MB of .jpegs onto the device, and it took 5.5 hours (yes, hours), to copy the data.
So, I returned the unit. In all fairness, I've got a friend who has a xoom, and had him try copying the data, and got the same results... so #2 is probably a Honeycomb bug, but #1 is definitely a GT defect. I'm now awaiting a Toshiba Thrive
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Well, fwiw, I had a GT 10.1 and returned it for 2 reasons:
1) Screen has a dancing/moving part of the panel (towards the middle), where even when OFF, the LCD panel would reflect light in various sheens -- kind of like a think layer of oil on top of water. Slightly depressing the panel would get it to shift and move, and sometimes disappear; only to reappear.
2) Copied 350+MB of .jpegs onto the device, and it took 5.5 hours (yes, hours), to copy the data.
So, I returned the unit. In all fairness, I've got a friend who has a xoom, and had him try copying the data, and got the same results... so #2 is probably a Honeycomb bug, but #1 is definitely a GT defect. I'm now awaiting a Toshiba Thrive
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5 hours? I'm going to test that right now.
So you guys think i should return it? It cost $55 send from Australia to US and another $55 send from US forwarder to me... or should i try to flash stock 3.1 first? But.. where do i get 3.1 stock firmware? Any links will be much appreciated.
kklung said:
So you guys think i should return it? It cost $55 send from Australia to US and another $55 send from US forwarder to me... or should i try to flash stock 3.1 first? But.. where do i get 3.1 stock firmware? Any links will be much appreciated.
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You can try this post in the development section. I've only had my Tab for a few days so I haven't had time to tinker with it much. I'm going to try returning mine first for a replacement. If that doesn't do the trick I may try a reload from the link here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1128722
gregoz1 said:
Well, fwiw, I had a GT 10.1 and returned it for 2 reasons:
1) Screen has a dancing/moving part of the panel (towards the middle), where even when OFF, the LCD panel would reflect light in various sheens -- kind of like a think layer of oil on top of water. Slightly depressing the panel would get it to shift and move, and sometimes disappear; only to reappear.
2) Copied 350+MB of .jpegs onto the device, and it took 5.5 hours (yes, hours), to copy the data.
So, I returned the unit. In all fairness, I've got a friend who has a xoom, and had him try copying the data, and got the same results... so #2 is probably a Honeycomb bug, but #1 is definitely a GT defect. I'm now awaiting a Toshiba Thrive
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I bought the 16gb white version at Best Buy union square on June 12th, and returned it for the same 1) problem on the screen. The second one seemed to be ok, until the second day of use I saw the "oil" mark appearing and moving depending on where I holded/pressed the tab on the back.
But know I have to say the problem doesn't exist anymore. I think it is because of the packaging and the fact the tab stayed a lot of time in the same position before it arrives to your hands. I recommend use it for a week and see if the problem persists.
or they manufactured them in china...
people also report dust in their tabs, which is pretty much proof of cheap manufacturing.
I haven't had any issues.
Anybody figured out a real solution? It looks like a reccuring problem through forums. I got mine from Amazon forwaded to Qatar and basically it is unusable. Starts once every10 attempts...freezes after 10-30 seconds.
i have two and i have no issues with either one.
the first one i got was locked - the second is unlocked
i see no performance difference between the two
and both were purchased from amazon.
I bought mine in bestbuy and I still w/o problems... It was locked but nothing to worry using odin to 3.01>root>custom rom... it seem that ther is some galaxy tab 10.1 lemon editions
My galaxy tab has been working great until about a week ago when I was using it and the screen just went blank. It is still on because it is backlit and the touch screen still works and I can hear the sounds and it vibrates but there is no display. I have searched every and found no fix! I spent 20 minutes on the phone with a Samsung rep and they were no help whatsoever. Id like to avoid sending my tablet in for repair.
My tablet is rooted but is still running the stock rom.
PLEASE HELP! Thanks.
I think there's a loose contact in there somewhere. Possibly the LCD as the digitizer seems to respond
Thanks for the reply. I gave in and battled two customers support reps the first of which hung up on me while trying to transfer me within the first 5 minutes. If it's not a hardware issue and anyone else has a fix ill be checking this. If not then I'm probably gonna send it in for repair.
Probably some moron applied pressure on the screen on the units when it comes in bundle order, like when you press an LCD for too long it creates a rainbow? most cases it just dies.
Provenancewow said:
Thanks for the reply. I gave in and battled two customers support reps the first of which hung up on me while trying to transfer me within the first 5 minutes. If it's not a hardware issue and anyone else has a fix ill be checking this. If not then I'm probably gonna send it in for repair.
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Hi guys, I wonder how did the problem was fixed. I´m having a similar problem with a 8 months tab. After 02 weeks turned off, when I turned it on the screen came up with reddish noise (like a TV without signal) e turned to blank right after. I´ve charged the battery during the night and tried again. The image came garbled and turned again as before going blank just after. Trying to reset and hard reset produced no result.
As I bought this tab in USA and am in Brazil now no service rep was keen to take it back.
It seems to me being a hardware problem (a bad conection may be??). I´ve seen some videos on you tube how to desassembly it (does not seem much difficult). Would you, guys, think is worthfull? Send it back to USA going to cost some money and problably months of time...
rgds
Mario
Hey guys,
I've tried searching everything I can think of, but have had no results and I'm hoping someone can help me out.
I recently broke the digitizer in my S4, and got it exchanged at Geek Squad since I have insurance through them. (Which is a joke by the way)
Now, since I've got the new S4, I've been having problems out of it. It's really just down to two major issues.
1. When I lock the screen and unlock it again, 80% of the time it freezes up and I can't unlock it or anything. The touchscreen becomes completely unresponsive.
2. My Wifi keeps kicking itself off, regardless of what network I'm on. I also have gone into the settings and have made it always on, so it shouldn't be doing that at all.
I thought that it might just be a bad OS or something, so I re flashed the stock ROM for it, and had the same problem. So then, I rooted and flashed it using a custom ROM, and STILL have the same problems.
Could it just be in the hardware? Apparently this isn't as common of an issue as I was hoping.
CooCooCthulhu said:
Hey guys,
I've tried searching everything I can think of, but have had no results and I'm hoping someone can help me out.
I recently broke the digitizer in my S4, and got it exchanged at Geek Squad since I have insurance through them. (Which is a joke by the way)
Now, since I've got the new S4, I've been having problems out of it. It's really just down to two major issues.
1. When I lock the screen and unlock it again, 80% of the time it freezes up and I can't unlock it or anything. The touchscreen becomes completely unresponsive.
2. My Wifi keeps kicking itself off, regardless of what network I'm on. I also have gone into the settings and have made it always on, so it shouldn't be doing that at all.
I thought that it might just be a bad OS or something, so I re flashed the stock ROM for it, and had the same problem. So then, I rooted and flashed it using a custom ROM, and STILL have the same problems.
Could it just be in the hardware? Apparently this isn't as common of an issue as I was hoping.
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Hi, I've never heard of those problems before, but if the 100% stock wipe factory image isn't working out for you I am pretty sure it is a hardware issue. If this is a software issue, your phone would have been totally fine with a odin restore. (but then again..im a newbie soo yeah )
Raymondlikesroot said:
Hi, I've never heard of those problems before, but if the 100% stock wipe factory image isn't working out for you I am pretty sure it is a hardware issue. If this is a software issue, your phone would have been totally fine with a odin restore. (but then again..im a newbie soo yeah )
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+1 on the hardware issue. Was your replacement phone from Geek Squad actually a new phone or was it reconditioned? Either way I would reflash the Stock OS, return it to Best Buy and try another replacement. It should not be locking up at the get-go upon receiving a replacement.
Edit: I went thru 6 replacement S4's with VZW before I got a genuine working phone. If you paid for the replacement insurance you are entitled to get a phone that "works" to your satisfaction.
Yeah, I figured that was most likely my only option. I was just hoping I didn't have to deal with Geek Squad anymore haha.
Thanks guys. I appreciate it.
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CooCooCthulhu said:
Yeah, I figured that was most likely my only option. I was just hoping I didn't have to deal with Geek Squad anymore haha.
Thanks guys. I appreciate it.
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NP, good luck :good:
They're called Geeks for a reason.........
Edit: I would hold off rooting or flashing any custom Rom's until you get a stable replacement running on Stock. Takes less time to switch out another replacement.
Does your screen become unresponsive only when your WiFi is on?
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