Alright, scattered throughout the forum there are at least three (so far) threads reporting problems with phones. Headphone screeching, pink LEDs, red LEDs, light leaking, 4G drops, speaker issues, and so on. I'm curious, since the forum isn't filled with posts extolling problem-free Rezounds, how many of us actually have gotten a good phone on the first try.
There's plenty of other threads about reporting and tracking problems, returns, and problems with returns. I'd like to see a more accurate count of people with good and bad (and multiple bad) phones. If you could post, problems or not, the first bunch of #'s of your S/N too (found in Settings -> About Phone -> Phone Identity) that might help to see if there are good and bad batches. I think 6 or 7 should be enough to identify production batch runs but I'll put 8 out there, its not enough info for you to do anything bad with. Also where you got it from.
I have no problems with my phone, S/N: HT1A2S20**** Ordered directly from Verizon Customer Support on the phone, 11/22/11.
S/N HT1A2S21 No serious problems, but have had 2 instances where the phone turned off and thought the battery was dead although it was not hot and was over 50%. No exchange though, maybe you should add that poll option.
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S/N HT1A2S21 No serious problems, but have had 2 instances where the phone turned off and thought the battery was dead although it was not hot and was over 50%. No exchange though, maybe you should add that poll option.
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Damn, I tried to think of any special cases to add an option for, but I didn't think of that one. Can't edit polls after they're posted. I'd count yours as Option #1 though, sounds like you don't have a lot of major problems, thus a "good" phone.
I got my Rezound about 4 days ago and working perfect so far. Love it!!!
Rocking My Unbelievable Crazy Rezound
had audio issues with my 1st, the 2nd has the light bleeding problem however its not a big deal at all to me and it kinda looks cool in the dark
so im happy
I voted none since I really have not had a problem with it enough to make me exchange it.
I do have the LED bleed everyone mentions. Noticeable in the dark when the screen first comes on and when you look down at it from above.
And when I first got it the buttons when lit were red and now they are turning a little on the pink side.
Neither of these really bother me.
No issues, and now that my Incredible has been declared dead, there's no turning back.
I am not sure. I love the phone for sure but I suspect I am getting the 4g drop issue. I keep wanting to attribute it to the network but it may be my phone. It only happens once a week or so but when it goes out, it feels like it takes 3g out with it. So for the tally, I would say the first option would be my answer. I still love the phone and I have tried the razor (yuck) and the Nexus is not my cup of tea. Staying here and patiently waiting for S-Off.
I have keys that are sorta pink, but everything else is fine.
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Hm... I just voted no return but I am having a 4g issue of it turning off by itself. Unless someone can tell me how I might be doing it somehow. I can turn it back on with an app but I shouldn't have to. I guess I would return if this becomes a constant event. It's happened twice in the last week, had the phone since 11/23.
I also hear the audio digital crunching but only when music is not playing so I don't think I would return for that.
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I do have the LED bleed everyone mentions. Noticeable in the dark when the screen first comes on and when you look down at it from above.
And when I first got it the buttons when lit were red and now they are turning a little on the pink side.
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I think everyone has the first issue, it's just the way the screen is attached. It's hardly noticeable. Pink buttons ... Wow, I can't believe how many people are upset about that.
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Hm... I just voted no return but I am having a 4g issue of it turning off by itself. Unless someone can tell me how I might be doing it somehow. I can turn it back on with an app but I shouldn't have to. I guess I would return if this becomes a constant event. It's happened twice in the last week, had the phone since 11/23.
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Are you actually seeing the selection in Settings -> Wireless -> Mobile Networks -> Network Mode switch from LTE/CDMA to CDMA?
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I think everyone has the first issue, it's just the way the screen is attached. It's hardly noticeable. Pink buttons ... Wow, I can't believe how many people are upset about that.
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I agree and didn't say I was upset about it.
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I agree and didn't say I was upset about it.
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I know, I was just glad that someone was posting about it while not freaking out about it.
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I know, I was just glad that someone was posting about it while not freaking out about it.
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I hear ya....
My issues were as follows:
1. Screeching through 3.5mm jack
2. Pink LEDs, if they lit at all. Mine were really strange, sometimes they would light up in direct sunlight, sometimes in a pitch black room I'd get nothing.
3. Poor Gmail syncing. I'd notice in my browser at times I'd have an email 30-40 minutes old and nothing on my phone, other times it would notify me right away.
4. Poor notification LED. I'd find times I'd turn on the screen to text message or email waiting for me and no blinking LED.
Those are the highlights. I'm Definitely waiting for a bit before getting another phone, let a few batches through and see if I can get some better luck.
Wait too long and you'll get a refurb.
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Are you actually seeing the selection in Settings -> Wireless -> Mobile Networks -> Network Mode switch from LTE/CDMA to CDMA?
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Hm.. yes, I have seen that. And just now when I went into it after seeing your post it showed only CDMA selected. So I selected LTE/CDMA and checked the app as well and that showed 4g. And when I went into the menu you mentioned I saw my phone was on 3g but it has said 4g all day until I went into that menu. Unless it switched while I was away from the phone, I didn't actually see what it was on immediately before going into the menu.
But I most certainly did not go in there and change it myself today and have been on 4g all morning. The only network change I made was turning wifi on to download an app then turning it back off again. Maybe I'll do that again and see if it does anything.
EDIT: Turned wifi on, went into browser and poked around a bit, turned wifi off. LTE still on. Also, I'm pretty sure when this has happened before that LTE was selected within the phone, or when I selected it nothing happened. I've been going through so many setting in the last few days it's hard to remember exactly, but I know I saw that before and still had no 4g until Verizon employee downloaded LTE on/off app and turned it on. In fact, they told me the app was the only way to toggle 4g on/off when I asked them if there was anything I could have done to have turned it off. Of course the one guy who said he owned the RZD was just trying to sell me a home line.
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Wait too long and you'll get a refurb.
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If you are referring to me, I'm not sure why. I returned the phone, went back to my OG Droid and reinstated my upgrade. Any phone I get will be a new upgrade, don't think they could give me a refurb. If you weren't referring to me, carry on, I'll see myself out.
Ah, read my post, I never said I returned the phone. That'll do it.
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EDIT: Turned wifi on, went into browser and poked around a bit, turned wifi off. LTE still on. Also, I'm pretty sure when this has happened before that LTE was selected within the phone, or when I selected it nothing happened. I've been going through so many setting in the last few days it's hard to remember exactly, but I know I saw that before and still had no 4g until Verizon employee downloaded LTE on/off app and turned it on. In fact, they told me the app was the only way to toggle 4g on/off when I asked them if there was anything I could have done to have turned it off. Of course the one guy who said he owned the RZD was just trying to sell me a home line.
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So there's a special app you have installed that toggles 4G? I wonder if that's messing with things behind the scenes. Suggestion: Make sure 4G is on in the app, make sure LTE/CDMA is on in Settings, then uninstall the app. Reboot, make sure 4G is still on. Use it for a while on 4G (leave WiFi off) and see if it sticks.
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Hm.. yes, I have seen that. And just now when I went into it after seeing your post it showed only CDMA selected. So I selected LTE/CDMA and checked the app as well and that showed 4g. And when I went into the menu you mentioned I saw my phone was on 3g but it has said 4g all day until I went into that menu. Unless it switched while I was away from the phone, I didn't actually see what it was on immediately before going into the menu.
But I most certainly did not go in there and change it myself today and have been on 4g all morning. The only network change I made was turning wifi on to download an app then turning it back off again. Maybe I'll do that again and see if it does anything.
EDIT: Turned wifi on, went into browser and poked around a bit, turned wifi off. LTE still on. Also, I'm pretty sure when this has happened before that LTE was selected within the phone, or when I selected it nothing happened. I've been going through so many setting in the last few days it's hard to remember exactly, but I know I saw that before and still had no 4g untbil Verizon employee downloaded LTE on/off app and turned it on. In fact, they told me the app was the only way to toggle 4g on/off when I asked them if there was anything I could have done to have turned it off. Of course the one guy who said he owned the RZD was just trying to sell me a home line.
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Power settings maybe? Are you on economy mode? Shot in the dark.
EDIT: That's it, went and turned on economy mode just to look at the settings, there wasn't one for lte, I switched back to normal mode and noticed I went from 4g to 1x, went and looked in network settings and I was on cdma only. You are welcome
Just did it again to confirm as soon as I switch to economy 4g shuts off and does not come back on when going back to normal mode I had to go turn it back on manually in network settings, Economy mode must turn off lte which would be a good thing if you could set it to a certain battery level or something and it would come back on when you were above that, but I didnt see anything in the economy power settings for it.
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My Atrix 4g was working fine and then I set it off the the side while I worked on some homework and when I came back and tried to unlock it, nothing happened, the screen remained black although I could flick the volume up and down switch and get a vibration and a sound, it seemed to me like the device was still on and working just the screen was black. I pulled the battery and when I put it back the phone refused to boot and showed a red LED. I waited 5 min and pulled the battery again and this time the phone booted up perfectly and is still working right now, is this something I should be worried about? Should I bring it back to the store for an exchange?
Definitely bring it back for an exchange
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Definitely bring it back for an exchange
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Do you happen to know the exchange policy at AT&T? I have no warranty, but I've only had it for a week or so.
Also how do you know its just not a small software glitch or something that is insignificant and was a one time thing? Or do you think I should bring it back just in case.
m0n3y0n7r335 said:
Do you happen to know the exchange policy at AT&T? I have no warranty, but I've only had it for a week or so.
Also how do you know its just not a small software glitch or something that is insignificant and was a one time thing? Or do you think I should bring it back just in case.
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If you bought it from AT&T then you have 30 days to return/exchange it. Tell them there is a software issue where it forces your phone to turn off. To be safe, you could call their corporate customer service at "611" and tell them the situation and they will note your account about the situation that way the reps in the store cannot turn you away.
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If you bought it from AT&T then you have 30 days to return/exchange it. Tell them there is a software issue where it forces your phone to turn off. To be safe, you could call their corporate customer service at "611" and tell them the situation and they will note your account about the situation that way the reps in the store cannot turn you away.
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What if I bought it from RadioShack though? They had a sale where it was only $150.. xD
Btw mine is rooted and everything, how do they check for root anyways? And in order for me to exchange it I'm guessing I have to factory reset, would that undo the root?
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What if I bought it from RadioShack though? They had a sale where it was only $150.. xD
Btw mine is rooted and everything, how do they check for root anyways? And in order for me to exchange it I'm guessing I have to factory reset, would that undo the root?
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Radioshack should have a similar policy. You should be able to check it online.
No, a restore will NOT remove root. Which root method did you use? I believe SOC and aRoot both have unroot options. I had to return my first Atrix as well and I used Root Explorer to uninstall SU before I ran the unroot script to make sure it would be removed.
I returned my bricked atrix to radio crap and they swapped no problem
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Radioshack should have a similar policy. You should be able to check it online.
No, a restore will NOT remove root. Which root method did you use? I believe SOC and aRoot both have unroot options. I had to return my first Atrix as well and I used Root Explorer to uninstall SU before I ran the unroot script to make sure it would be removed.
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I used aRoot, out of curiosity what was wrong with your first Atrix?
I did a quick google and no one seemed to have experienced the problem that I had with the blank screen, although there seem to be no other issues and its snappy as usual. If I decided just to keep this Atrix and not go through the hassle of returning and then downloading everything and setting my theme back up and a million other personalization things I did, do you think I would regret it later?
Oh and do you think it would have anything to do with the fact I dropped my phone? I was just chilling in class and it fell out of my pocket. Lol it was like a 2 foot drop onto tile face first, although there are no visible damages aside from a scratch in the corner thats minuscule and took me like 5 min to find.
Also, the issue didn't occur until like a couple hours after I dropped it.
m0n3y0n7r335 said:
I used aRoot, out of curiosity what was wrong with your first Atrix?
I did a quick google and no one seemed to have experienced the problem that I had with the blank screen, although there seem to be no other issues and its snappy as usual. If I decided just to keep this Atrix and not go through the hassle of returning and then downloading everything and setting my theme back up and a million other personalization things I did, do you think I would regret it later?
Oh and do you think it would have anything to do with the fact I dropped my phone? I was just chilling in class and it fell out of my pocket. Lol it was like a 2 foot drop onto tile face first, although there are no visible damages aside from a scratch in the corner thats minuscule and took me like 5 min to find.
Also, the issue didn't occur until like a couple hours after I dropped it.
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I brought mine back because of software issues like the battery monitor displaying the phone as charging even though it was unplugged, screen brightness was changing even though I had the auto turned off, little things that I haven't experienced on my second phone.
With yours, if you feel comfortable enough to hold onto it for awhile longer I don't see any harm in that. Radioshack gives you 30 days. There have been random reboot issues on some of the Atrix's so it might not be anything serious. I've had a couple issues with the screen freezing on me, which what could have happened on yours.
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I brought mine back because of software issues like the battery monitor displaying the phone as charging even though it was unplugged, screen brightness was changing even though I had the auto turned off, little things that I haven't experienced on my second phone.
With yours, if you feel comfortable enough to hold onto it for awhile longer I don't see any harm in that. Radioshack gives you 30 days. There have been random reboot issues on some of the Atrix's so it might not be anything serious. I've had a couple issues with the screen freezing on me, which what could have happened on yours.
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Well mine didn't randomly reboot, and the screen didn't freeze, it just blanked for awhile, I don't think its serious enough to constitute my phone as a "lemon". I'll probably end up holding on to it and seeing if anything else happens and if not then just keep it. Thanks for all the help though! :]
And if anyone else has experienced this issue or something similar, it would be awesome if you could share your experience.
This is really killing me, someone please help lol heres how it goes
On boot, takes a good bit for the 3G icon to appear, eventually Phone has 3G icon gray with arrows then switches to D [still gray], i click something like a browser or Slack Radio it goes to connect and if its fast enough it does [icon changes to RED/GREEN arrows] but usually its a gray D, then the icon disappears completely. After about 60 seconds or so the icon reappears and I can continuing surfing the net/listen to music..etc. Then after about a song or 2 this happens all over again. Im in place with good reception and i just dont know what could be going on here. I tried pulling battery, doing the *228 option 2...anyone know how i can fix this
just tried hard reset, no dice
A nice excuse to call verizon and get a replacement device (most likely for free).
I've called them, they try and shoot me over to Samsung, samsung trying to tell me to get a hold of my 3G service provider...verizon did tell me i was due to upgrade, but i love this phone (when 3G worked) i just dont understand what froyo did, when im downloading stuff it works fine, but as soon as I stop and try to access something use 3G i have to wait for the 3G to "reboot" so to speak cuz thats when it disappears for minute, then comes back for me to use...but with streaming music you can see how this is an issue
I was having this same problem when they were pushing the EA28 update a couple of weeks ago which never successfully updated to my device I might add. I went into the Verizon store and after the rep spent about 10min on the phone with whoever.... Told me they were sending me a new phone. Received new phone with the EA28 update already installed 3G and all data worked GREAT! Attempted the Froyo update 6 times yesterday all unsuccessful and now the new phone I have is having the exact same problems with data connection. Comments and ideas would be appreciated. But ya better believe I'm goin into Verizon if the update attempt I'm doing now doesnt work.
I'd get another replacement from verizon tbh. If then it still doesn't resolve your issues ask to speak with a manager and tell him your situation. They might hook you up with a free upgrade.
Im going to go down to the store so I can get a face to face and show them whats happening. I mean i just wanted to make sure this wasnt some new thing on Froyo that im not understanding. I see it goes "D" [dormant] but it shouldnt disappear and take a minute to start up and let me use it right...thats poppycock!
Are you using "juice defender" by any chance?
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You're lucky that yours just takes a minute to re-establish the connection, mine will just keep giving me network errors and telling me to check network access ect., depending on what app/service I am trying to connect. Exactly the same things that happened when the EA28 updates kept failing on my last phone only 2weeks ago. Also the Froyo update that says will take 15min to download takes over an hour even though my 3g stays on constantly when downloading from Verizon.
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Are you using "juice defender" by any chance?
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Had it installed [but not in use] when I updated to Froyo, but I just did a hard reset and am still getting issues...
...my Froyo update came in in about a 1/2 hour or so, no drop issues ever when I was on 2.1, my 3G icon stayed in the status bar even when I was out of service range [it would go in to 1X] but on froyo its just disappearing no matter where i am]
This crap has happened ever since the first "froyo" modem leak for me (but not like I could call vzw and complain though until now) and had to resort to using the DL09 modem to increase my usage reliability by a small percentage. This crappy service only seems to affect people in certain regions, you all see where I live (look to the left) and you guys should update your profiles to reflect at least a region. I odin'd all the way to stock and did the ota's to froyo and ran stock froyo for 2 days with the same old ****ty results. I did get a replacement (in february) and still got the same exact dBm signal levels and data speeds at home that I had with the other device. But the voice mails with no missed calls and bulk texts and data lockups are really getting on my ****in' nerves. I'm so glad they finally did the ota cause I can guarantee that the issue will be wide spread in various regions. I spend all day driving around in a work truck with a coworker that has an epic (sprint) and he has absolute perfection in his service everywhere throughout the city. At the end of a 10 hour day I will have rebooted twice and have tws at 47% coworkers tws will be at 1% and he pays $35 less for unlimited everything, which is a kick in head too. Pondering etf to maintain my sanity and not be worried that my 70 year old mother is trying to call me with an emergency and having my **** go to voicemail. Now on to customer service to build a case. Ugh, pissed off rant over.
*edit* I use no juice defenders no task killers no set cpu or anything even remotely close to apps of that nature.
good day.
Not running juice defender or anything else for that matter, my phone is basically stock out of the box right now other than CWM 2.5.1, un-rooted. I did flash super user to phone after I received it, and that still appears in my apps list after factory reset but I am not rooted.
I've spent at least 8-10 hours [combined] searching the internet for issues like mine with the disappearing act the 3G icon is putting on, and i've noticed it to be a Froyo issue [even saw some complains on the Incredible on froyo and even on different networks other than verizon]. I'm not 100% sure its a Froyo bug, but either way it doesnt seem to affect everyone. I stream music a lot and i can't be having this damn 3G disappear on me and always reconnecting after like every 2 songs.....im off to verizon, i'll let you know what happens [tho they are prob going to offer me some kinda upgrade like they did on the phone, but i was happy with this phone at 2.1 and overall still am, i just want my 3G to stop glitching!]
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I've spent at least 8-10 hours [combined] searching the internet for issues like mine with the disappearing act the 3G icon is putting on, and i've noticed it to be a Froyo issue [even saw some complains on the Incredible on froyo and even on different networks other than verizon]. I'm not 100% sure its a Froyo bug, but either way it doesnt seem to affect everyone. I stream music a lot and i can't be having this damn 3G disappear on me and always reconnecting after like every 2 songs.....im off to verizon, i'll let you know what happens [tho they are prob going to offer me some kinda upgrade like they did on the phone, but i was happy with this phone at 2.1 and overall still am, i just want my 3G to stop glitching!]
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I agree, just want my 3G to work the way it is suppose to. Dont really want an upgrade because I've never really gotten an upgrade that I actually thought was an UP-Grade. *From Verizon anyway* Still downloading software update, been well over an hour and at 73%. At this rate Verizon store will be closed by the time I'm done with this update attempt.
"UPDATE FAILED or INCOMPLETE. reason: IP_START_UPDATE" Anybody know the possible causes of this failure?
Sounds like you are indeed losing your IP address. I have also had sporadic problems but they seem to be in low service areas. Typically I remain stationary and use local wifi so it is unconfirmed.
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Just got back from Verizon, non of the techs could figure it out, i got this phone awhile back from a friend [so naturally theres no warrenty..etc] so im stuck gonna have to hit craigslist and such to find a new one, then sell this one i guess
FINALLY FOUND A FIX [or should i say it found its way to me thanks to myself posting this issue on multiple forums lol] I can confirm that method 2 has worked for me. Dont just dial *228 with fascinate already activated, you have to remove the service completely [by activating another phone is how i did it] then reactivate it and you should be good to go. Heres a write up.
http://mobiletech.knguyentu.com/2011/04/samsung-fascinate-random-3g-disconnect.html
I just started haveing this problem when I went on the Comm. ROM
I was fine before that so I am really confused.
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So I did option 2 in the above post and it fixed it.
MSHancock said:
I just started haveing this problem when I went on the Comm. ROM
I was fine before that so I am really confused.
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So I did option 2 in the above post and it fixed it.
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Glad to hear it, i know how frustrating it is not knowing what is going on or how to fix it. I searched since Froyo OTA looking for an answer, luckily someone saw my plight and gave me that link as well so i thought i'd share it on all the android forums i have a name on. Cuz doin this never occurred to me and i tried everything else lol
So at least once a day my phones voice/3G radio will lockup. It'll show the last amount of signal I had. WIFI and 4Gthe work great but when trying to txt it will fail and when I try to make a call it'll sit at connecting and if I try to "end" the call it wont. Other then that the phone runs great.
So how many people are seeing this issue? I am wondering if my phone is simply poched or if everyone is seeing this.
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So at least once a day my phones voice/3G radio will lockup. It'll show the last amount of signal I had. WIFI and 4Gthe work great but when trying to txt it will fail and when I try to make a call it'll sit at connecting and if I try to "end" the call it wont. Other then that the phone runs great.
So how many people are seeing this issue? I am wondering if my phone is simply poched or if everyone is seeing this.
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It is all a bit weird. Would like to know if all these handsets come from the same place or different assembly plants.
I have not had any issues with voice/radio lockups, reboots, mute call, etc. Don't believe in luck. There has to be a reason why some are having super issues with the Photon and some have none.
I used to have silent call issues as well but after the OTA those are gone. But this whole radio lockup thing is kinda getting old and is happening more often.
Like I said the phone works great other then txt, voice and 3G data. And sometimes if I push it the phone will actually reboot itself(like make a call and try and send a bunch of txt messages while it is locked up.)
So now I am wondering if I need to get a replacement? It wont bother me to have to redo everything as long as it fixes this one issue, and like I said everything else works great not one issue.
My 3G radio acted up once so far. (showed a connection but wasn't sending / receiving texts and couldn't make calls)
what i did was turn airplane mode on then off and it seemed to reconnect to the cell network without issue. only done it once so far.
do you use juice defender? Have seen this issue and experienced this issue. I have been unable to determine the cause but i know a friends phone had just installed juice defender and it was locking up the connection! if you don't then im not sure i haven't really seen the issue since the update
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My 3G radio acted up once so far. (showed a connection but wasn't sending / receiving texts and couldn't make calls)
what i did was turn airplane mode on then off and it seemed to reconnect to the cell network without issue. only done it once so far.
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If I try airplane it sets with it grayed out and the check box grayed out and never comes back from that. Also the signal bars still remain on the notafication bar as if I never checked airplane mode.
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do you use juice defender? Have seen this issue and experienced this issue. I have been unable to determine the cause but i know a friends phone had just installed juice defender and it was locking up the connection! if you don't then im not sure i haven't really seen the issue since the update
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Nope I don't use those things at all. I leave WIFI on all the time as I connect at work and home for better battery and speed. And before you say it it happens with WIFI on or off and the same for 4G. It almost seems like a hardware issue more then a software, but it is kinda to hard to actually tell.
And I have done two factory resets so far and still the issue occur's. Might try to do a full reinstall or just take it in to the shop and tell them to give me another one.
id def go ask for a new one. I dont have any issues other then the proximity sensor sometimes acts like a goof. I havent had the phone lock up or reboot once its entire life. knock on wood.
So I made an odd discovery. When WIFI is off this issue does not occur. WIFI on however the voice/3g will lockup and never recover after one phone call.
I have the latest update and everything, so wonder why WIFI on would cause the voice radio to lockup after one call....
I wonder if I have never seen this because I use tasker to periodically turn my 3g data off and wifi on - on a time schedule 8-10 times a day. Depending on where I am at that time of day and if there is wifi at that part of the building or location.
Had the same issue once. Was like wtf. Toggled Mobile data off and saw a FC pop up and go away. Turn mobile data back on and was good to go. So I think it may be a software glitch.
Also.....make sure you keep your PRL up to date. Old PRLs can wreak havoc on voice/3g connectivity.
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Had the same issue once. Was like wtf. Toggled Mobile data off and saw a FC pop up and go away. Turn mobile data back on and was good to go. So I think it may be a software glitch.
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Yea I'm still not sure on software or hardware, but right now my phone's 3g is locked up because I had wifi on when I received a call. I am waiting for the auto reboot lol.
I think I may just take it back to the store and swap it out for another one now that I can make this happen pretty much every time. Good thing I don't make many calls. lol
and yea I keep up with the PRL like a crazed child chasing after an ice cream truck.
reddragon72 said:
Yea I'm still not sure on software or hardware, but right now my phone's 3g is locked up because I had wifi on when I received a call. I am waiting for the auto reboot lol.
I think I may just take it back to the store and swap it out for another one now that I can make this happen pretty much every time. Good thing I don't make many calls. lol
and yea I keep up with the PRL like a crazed child chasing after an ice cream truck.
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hehe.....I used to be THAT kid.
I had not seen much of this when I had my photon.
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Hello,
I'm looking to figure out if anybody has found a software fix for the issue of screen backlight flickering on our phones. I've hunted down some threads through Google, but found nothing except 'go replace your phone and hope for the best.'
As a reminder, when grays are displayed onscreen (as in Play store loading screen), it seems as though the screen refresh rate can't 'keep up' with those colors. To me, the problem is even more noticeable when viewing pictures in the Gallery - seriously, I feel like I'm watching one of those 3D movies, and my eyes and head start to hurt! It's just enough that it drives me crazy, but other people do also seem to notice it, so I'm not just ACTUALLY going nuts. This problem showed up on stock before I rooted and went MeanROM, so I know it's not my fault. The problem is worse at higher brightness levels, and persists even with manual brightness settings on.
So yeah, anyone else have this problem? Any stories of successfully resolving it? I'm still within my Sprint 30-day replacement period, but already got 3rd-party insurance on my phone, so it'll be interesting to try to get a replacement phone insured under the same policy...
Yep have had this problem for a while now and actually got tired of it this morning and will take my phone back for a replacement whenever I have time! Gets so annoying especially noticing it in the littlest of places.
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Hmm.. I never really noticed it until you pointed it out..
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drmclove69 said:
Yep have had this problem for a while now and actually got tired of it this morning and will take my phone back for a replacement whenever I have time! Gets so annoying especially noticing it in the littlest of places.
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Whoa, please let me know if your replacement is any better after a day or two of playing with it. I will probably do the same if there's an improvement.
Was on meanROM 4.2 until today, when I relocked and unrooted in preparation for getting a replacement at Sprint (I'm still within my 30 days). I was going to replace the phone because of this exact problem - a weird, barely-perceptible strobe effect when viewing grays and looking at certain photos in the gallery. And now - after all the hard work of finding an RUU for 2.13, figuring out the android SDK, learning how to use ADB (not to mention the whole initial unlock/twrp bootloader shebang) - I find that the screen flicker has dropped off. OK, sometimes there's an extremely brief (~150ms) hint of it all on a gray screen, but absolutely nothing compared to the headache that it was before. I'd recommend completely unrooting/relocking your phone and pushing the correct RUU. QBking77's the best for it - look up his youtube vids on android sdk intstallation/usage, then relocking your bootloader, then unrooting/installing an RUU. Remember to clear your Google Wallet first, and set your fastboot to off (under power settings). After relocking your bootloader, you might notice that you cannot boot past it. That's fine; just push your RUU with fastboot USB. You'll know what I mean after watching the vids.
After all that, if your results were like mine, you'll know it actually had something to do with your custom ROM. I have no idea how that is possible, as I seem to recall a flickering in my stock ROM, too, but I guess I was wrong. Perhaps it has something to do with my charge status, and I'll see the issue come back... who knows?
For relocking/unrooting
Step 1: Android SDK setup
Step 2: Relock the bootloader
Step 3: Unroot/Push RUU (for some reason, I had to go straight to pushing RUU from step 2 without booting into any ROM).
From all my scouring online, though, I've noticed that the people most consistently hammered with this problem (especially on screens other than photos in the Gallery or gray colors in the battery histogram of power settings) have build issues with their screens. These include light leak seeming to emanate in bands fanning up out of the home 'button' or graphical issues. These people usually report a fix to the problem once they receive a replacement; the ones with my problems typically complained of having received up to 3 (!) phones in a row with the maddening flicker, suggesting a software issue. It seems that the HTC One X itself was plagued with these problems, with graphical glitches also entering the mix, but an OTA fix a month ago or so minimized issues.
Lemme know how things go... I still have 4 days or so to return my phone if the flicker comes back, haha.
I had to get my phone replaced. sadly for me it was a hardware failture. check google maps and see if it the graphics flicker there, of if the background on minecraft main screne flickers in and out
Spyderekz said:
I had to get my phone replaced. sadly for me it was a hardware failture. check google maps and see if it the graphics flicker there, of if the background on minecraft main screne flickers in and out
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Yeah, woke up this morning and problem was back in full force. I think it might be charge-dependent or temperature dependent (which makes sense if its an analog hardware component like a voltage regulator that's being futzy). I ended up replacing it, too, but Sprint charged me a bull**** $35 because I bought the phone at third-party reseller instead of a corporate store (god... damn... it). Anyway, my new (and refurb, btw) unit has absolutely no problems. Zero. Rooting and reinstalling meanROM now, haha. At least the store people acknowledged that they could also see the problem. Software scans turned up absolutely nothing, although Sprint says HTC does not allow them to open things up because it's a unibody phone, so it's still possible that my regulator was faulty.
Anyway, seems to me that it's a hardware problem having to do with a particular batch of phones. Strange, since my new phone is a 0003 hardware revision, just like my last...
Went today for my 3rd time trying to get a replacement because of this issue and not to mention I got denied a replacement when I was in my 14 grace day period I went in 2 times after that today being the 2nd and I asked for a replacement, I then have to wait for the "tech" to look at it...waited 1 hour to get told it phone has no problems we ran all the tests and passed, me really confused asked her do you even know what the problem is? She replies no....I then am like WTF. I tell her about my issue and try shwowing her and somehow doesn't notice it. Then asks 5 other people and they notice it and then they replace my screen? After I wait another hour (caused me to be late to work) then once done it actually fixed the problem completely, go home to find out she broke my speaker and my sd card won't mount! Drop it off and picked it up and all is fixed. I know want to terminate my contract cuz sprint has been giving me Shi**y customer service since day one! Someone who works at sprint plz help me!
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So, I've only had my LGOG for a day and a half and I am having issues connecting with WiFi. At first it worked fine but when I left the coverage area and return a few hours later it would not connect. Tried turning off the WiFi but it kept turning itself back on. I reboot the phone and it works fine as soon as it boots up it connects the WiFi no problem. It is my work WiFi and I had no issues connecting to it from either my iPad nor my HTC One X that will soon find it's way to eBay thanks to this beautiful LGOG. If no one else is having issues, I will call AT&T and have them switch it out. I just wish there was an easy way to back up everything, I mean my home screens and app locations exc. It takes so long to set everything back up the way I find most useful.
WiFi on my device has been excellent.
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The Wifi performance of this device is unbelievable. I get the best speeds I have ever seen with any device including PCs. It's either a faulty device or maybe your work has strange security settings?
I had this same problem with my LGOG and my home wireless network. It just would sit and try to connect until I rebooted the phone.
That was on stock though. I have not had any more problems with it after flashing the base rom.
My work has standard WPA settings and it was connected fine yesterday. I left again during lunch and when I came back, same problem and had to reboot the phone. AT&T is sending me another one already and a free case. Can't be too mad about it I guess and at least the phone reboots fast.
Have you tried using the ATT smart wifi app? Fixed the exact same issue for me.
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I haven't had any issues connecting to wifi, but I've noticed the status bar icon showing low signal even though it's actually maximum signal.
This Has Happened To Me A Few Times
Yamahar6riding said:
So, I've only had my LGOG for a day and a half and I am having issues connecting with WiFi. At first it worked fine but when I left the coverage area and return a few hours later it would not connect. Tried turning off the WiFi but it kept turning itself back on. I reboot the phone and it works fine as soon as it boots up it connects the WiFi no problem. It is my work WiFi and I had no issues connecting to it from either my iPad nor my HTC One X that will soon find it's way to eBay thanks to this beautiful LGOG. If no one else is having issues, I will call AT&T and have them switch it out. I just wish there was an easy way to back up everything, I mean my home screens and app locations exc. It takes so long to set everything back up the way I find most useful.
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Twice My O.G. wouldn't connect to wifi networks even though it had connected to them in the past. I tried to turn it off and on and scan for the network that I am in range of and it wont show any networks it just says "not in range" when I am in range. So to remedy the situation I turned the phone off and then on. It has only done this to me twice but it's a real nuisance because both times I needed wifi. My phone is stock.
You're in a minority. This thing's wifi blows most other wifi implementations out of the water.
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Twice My O.G. wouldn't connect to wifi networks even though it had connected to them in the past. I tried to turn it off and on and scan for the network that I am in range of and it wont show any networks it just says "not in range" when I am in range. So to remedy the situation I turned the phone off and then on. It has only done this to me twice but it's a real nuisance because both times I needed wifi. My phone is stock.
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Perhaps you need to swap out your phone
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I wish my wifi would stop re-enabling itself. It's chewing up my home bandwidth.
I have been having this issue as of late. It seems to have developed this habit in the last week or so. At first I thought it was Time Warner trolling me but it started happening at work. Something tells me it has something to do with the stock At&T Rom putting the wi-fi radio to sleep and not being able to bring it back online. Reboot fixes it most of the time but sometimes it takes a couple attempts. I have been hesitant to mod this phone still because I would really like to see CM working well before I flash. Also my instinct tells me another possible culprit could be IPv6 on certain routers. That, however, is far less likely unless someone with a decrapified Rom has experienced this issue as it would be a cross platform issue in this case. Anyone else have any insight? Otherwise it's time to get rid of the Att rom.
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I had this issue and disabled the at&t smart WiFi and it seems much better
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I have been having this issue as of late. It seems to have developed this habit in the last week or so. At first I thought it was Time Warner trolling me but it started happening at work. Something tells me it has something to do with the stock At&T Rom putting the wi-fi radio to sleep and not being able to bring it back online. Reboot fixes it most of the time but sometimes it takes a couple attempts. I have been hesitant to mod this phone still because I would really like to see CM working well before I flash. Also my instinct tells me another possible culprit could be IPv6 on certain routers. That, however, is far less likely unless someone with a decrapified Rom has experienced this issue as it would be a cross platform issue in this case. Anyone else have any insight? Otherwise it's time to get rid of the Att rom.
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Same issue here. This is my second LGOG and have been happy with both except for some minor glitches on both with the keyboard freezing up as well as with the WiFi not re-connecting after leaving the area. A restart normally fixed both problems. My first one bricked after rooting and removing all of the bloatware (the phone checks for certain apps upon booting to keep you from removing stock apps). Tried a fix but I couldn't get a Rom at that point as the phone had been out on the market for under a week. I haven't messed with it since but I may try a new Rom and be able to fix the WiFi and get rid of all the bloatware that way.
Just got this ROM running today. No more WiFi issues at all. Some minor ui bugs I am OK with.
The_Base_v0.7
The thread is from the sticky on this forum.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34424592
Seems like, as usual, At&T bloat ware is the culprit. I experienced the same on my Aria and Inspire. Hope this helps and good luck.
Also I had the keyboard problem but that went away when I switched to the Android default keyboard. One of the other reasons I decided to root was because rather than freezing, the Android default keyboard started typing then the auto correct broke and stopped displaying the words unless you touched the area you were typing in. It really bugged me when it started doing it right after I factory reset. Weird huh?
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LG Optimus G Wi-Fi Receiver Disconnect Issue
Funny...I've had some weird home wi-fi issues on two of these.
To explain, I bought mine in December, stock OS of course, and immediately noticed it turning off my wi-fi every time I tried switching between the two home wi-fi SSIDs I created when I upgraded to DD-WRT. This also occurred outside my house, but stopped shortly after the nearly-immediate Android OS upgrade came over (and forced me to install it, I might also note; I'd read the thing was just more AT&T bloatware, but two or three boots later, apparently I got no choice, and it auto-installed).
The good news was, somehow, this 'update' somehow stopped the thing from turning the wi-fi off when I switched between IDs (my base router has a 5G 2nd network which I wanna use when I'm around it, but DD-WRT won't support, as far as expanding it--thusly, I have another 2.4GHz signal I use and relay out around my yard).
That bad news is, though, that I screwed up the phone with the Root Toolbox (Lite) by merely fiddling with their bootanim settings on that original phone. And I mean bricked it, solid.
I'd never bricked any phone, so this ticked me off. Luckily, I was still within 2 days of my 30-Day Best Buy in-store replacement warranty, so I took it back, they fiddled too, and gave up on it.
Hence, my 2nd phone...which now, even after the system update direct from AT&T, still turns off my wi-fi every time I try switching to that 2nd SSID, so I'm left wondering if it was even the same update; I don't think I did anything else, and can't see it as a settings issue, because it did it right out of the box, and the first one stopped after the only system update before I got a chance to even figure ANY user settings out, much less any network ones.
So, now I'm 'going shopping' for 'some PlayStore app' that will skip this B.S. and automatically connect to the strongest home wi-fi signal (within reason--sometimes they're equally strong), without obnoxiously turning off my wi-fi receiver as I look at it.
This kind of malarky could spoil some phones for some people, but I'll struggle along due to the speedy quad-core in it [sigh...wah!].
I guess I'm a big baby, seeing as how I don't write one iota of code, but my personal haughty view is that any dedicated wi-fi devices should have better wi-fi connection than any Windows OS made...and, so far, this'n doesN'T!
What a dumb thing to let happen in such a potentially awesome phone...[AT&T!!!]
This might work or not but can't hurt to try. Apparently some people in the new snowleopard JB thread was having similar issues and for a few, changing the security from WPA2 to WEP worked. Although mines been good and fine on WPA2 but worth a try.
Using wep in 2013 is beyond retarded.
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DUDE! Senior Members here can be a little uppity and rude...even if they're completely correct.
Glad you called out the 'behavior', and not the 'member', though...
but enough of the technicalities...I'm still looking for solutions...beyond blaming AT&T (too easy), or even the strangeness of getting into blaming some weird kind of manufacturing errors (QC at best), I'm left waiting for a substantial OS update (like, oh a better place of decimal, perhaps?), or worse, an app...anyone look at the state (and sheer number) of 'wi-fi' apps? Anybody here can guess, they number in the thousands, and a Play search for 'wi-fi' gets you astronomically different results from 'wifi', even, so I'm not sure I need to be looking at that.
Maybe it's even somehow that, with the first phone, I noticed this, and somehow added my own home network to the AT&T Smart Wi-Fi 'bloatware' that came with the phone (not the worst evil they've ever done, so far, BTW--it does exactly what I imagined should be going on in the background while you're driving around, indexing locales with free Wi-Fi for you to choose to save later...an idea I would call 'Tarzaning', if you get my drift).
I'm gonna try changing two settings in the AT&T 'Smart Wi-Fi' bloatware to 'My Spots' temporarily, at least, to see if it'll latch onto my home stuff more aggressively. I just can't wait to report back my fantastically successful findings here (right after I buy the domain name 'snarkasm.net').
Oh crap...it's already taken.
Is the AT&T smart wifi thing enabled by default? I can't remember. I thought it sounded useful so I played with it a bit but ultimately I didn't like the way it worked so I disabled it.
Still wanted some way to auto-enable/disable wifi. I didn't have anything to go on, but I picked up "Smart WiFi Toggler" which seems to work well. It uses location-based rules (based on cell signals) by default. I also use AutomateIt to turn off mobile data once wifi has been on for 1 minute, and turn on mobile data immediately when wifi disconnects. I have no idea if this saves me any battery life, but I do it anyway.