Okay so today, for some strange reason my phone has decided to give me a fairly thick, red outline/boarder around my screen every time I touch it. It also flashes up randomly without touching the screen. It's starting to get on my nerves now.
Any ideas on how to fix please?
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What rom are you running? Any of the ICS leaks or official samsung roms?
Could be one of the developer options, There was an option I found which flashes the screen and shows touch and screen update data. Check under there. Settings--> developer options.
Other than that it could be a faulty connection to the screen.
TehH4rRy said:
What rom are you running? Any of the ICS leaks or official samsung roms?
Could be one of the developer options, There was an option I found which flashes the screen and shows touch and screen update data. Check under there. Settings--> developer options.
Other than that it could be a faulty connection to the screen.
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XXLPH rooted.
& Okay thanks, I'll take a look at that. In development what would it come under?
& I doubt its a faulty connection, but I guess it's worth looking in to.
Thanks!
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New_World_Order said:
XXLPH rooted.
& Okay thanks, I'll take a look at that. In development what would it come under?
& I doubt its a faulty connection, but I guess it's worth looking in to.
Thanks!
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Yeah ics roms have that. It is in the developer options but I can't remember which option it was. Maybe Google will help. Just remember to reboot for it to take effect I think.
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sxi200 said:
Yeah ics roms have that. It is in the developer options but I can't remember which option it was. Maybe Google will help. Just remember to reboot for it to take effect I think.
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New_World_Order said:
Okay so today, for some strange reason my phone has decided to give me a fairly thick, red outline/boarder around my screen every time I touch it. It also flashes up randomly without touching the screen. It's starting to get on my nerves now.
Any ideas on how to fix please?
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What it sounds like it the dev option mentioned in the title got turned on, possibly while you were checking things out. Dont know what it means but I actually turned mine on just to check it. It is definitely in the developer options. Hope this helps
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Hello XDA Forum community. I am having a major malfunction with my phone. Its a samsung Galaxy S Fascinate phone, And Im currently rooted and rom'd with
KGB-I500-1212.tar
powerwashed_20_b3_Full_ec09modem.tar
But its been acting up alot and I don't like it at all. So im going to be going back to stock with
DL09.tar
Can anyone suggest a new set-up for my phone So I can get this working properly?
Links to downloads with instructions would be great thanks guys
vrahn said:
Hello XDA Forum community. I am having a major malfunction with my phone. Its a samsung Galaxy S Fascinate phone, And Im currently rooted and rom'd with
KGB-I500-1212.tar
powerwashed_20_b3_Full_ec09modem.tar
But its been acting up alot and I don't like it at all. So im going to be going back to stock with
DL09.tar
Can anyone suggest a new set-up for my phone So I can get this working properly?
Links to downloads with instructions would be great thanks guys
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aokp glitched m5 is what you want...look up section 4 of my guide...its a few threads down.
droidstyle said:
aokp glitched m5 is what you want...look up section 4 of my guide...its a few threads down.
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Section 4? I dont see sections. I see pages. Maybe Im viewing it wrong? Unsure. But going through the pages I dont see any info or links to your files.
vrahn said:
Section 4? I dont see sections. I see pages. Maybe Im viewing it wrong? Unsure. But going through the pages I dont see any info or links to your files.
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look up my GUIDE not the discussion thread.
Yup. Follow his guide.
Dl09 is OLD.
EH03 is what you want to go to stock
Superclean3 or Geewiz if you want to stay close to stock gingerbread.
But I'd recommend ics aokp glitched m5. Its pretty much the best that the fascinate can run and ever has run.
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bobloblaw1 said:
Yup. Follow his guide.
Dl09 is OLD.
EH03 is what you want to go to stock
Superclean3 or Geewiz if you want to stay close to stock gingerbread.
But I'd recommend ics aokp glitched m5. Its pretty much the best that the fascinate can run and ever has run.
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Already did And updated the gapps to 429 and used the latest build35. Build 35 has pink unicorn which so far has great performance. No big diff from milestone5 so far. Still no screen capture option, but im looking into it. Gonna test the GPS later on. That was still causing me some issues
Should be able to go into rom control, power menu, and add screenshot option to the power menu there.
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Power button + volume down will take a screen shot as well.
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Figured out the screenshot function like you said. Holding down thepower button makes it take 1. Now my only issue is the GPS. Won't connect.
Noticed something else. Build35 doesn't have a music player or YouTube.
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Noticed something else. Build35 doesn't have a music player or YouTube.
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Music player isn't included as most people have a specific preference, so it's bring your own. YouTube you can get easily enough from the market. Besides that's gapps and not rom related.
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mezster said:
Music player isn't included as most people have a specific preference, so it's bring your own. YouTube you can get easily enough from the market. Besides that's gapps and not rom related.
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Gotcha Anywho still having connectivity issues with GPS? the icon is suppose to be flashing when searching for a signal inside the circle, but its not. I have everything enabled. So im unsure whats going on at this point :/
Go through the maps shortcut forbl navigation. Occasionally you may have to launch it a few times before it seeks a GPS signal. For the first lock try to do it outdoors and be patient. First lock may take a long time.
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bobloblaw1 said:
Go through the maps shortcut forbl navigation. Occasionally you may have to launch it a few times before it seeks a GPS signal. For the first lock try to do it outdoors and be patient. First lock may take a long time.
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Well I left it plugged in for a few hours yesterday and it did start blinking in the signal icon at the top, but it didnt start the GPS at all. I left it on the charge so it wouldnt die and still nothing. I'll keep trying though
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Well I left it plugged in for a few hours yesterday and it did start blinking in the signal icon at the top, but it didnt start the GPS at all. I left it on the charge so it wouldnt die and still nothing. I'll keep trying though
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im guessing its a hardware issue...my gps locks instantly with 5ft accuracy indoors.
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droidstyle said:
im guessing its a hardware issue...my gps locks instantly with 5ft accuracy indoors.
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Im guessing then that verizon needs to issue a new phone?
Download them from the play store
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Download them from the play store
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DL wat from the store?
I noticed that every time I select the power off option from CWM my phone turns back on in like 10 seconds. Anyone else got this?
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Which CWM ?
This was sent from a Galaxy Ace. Problem?
I get that everytime, never minded. Happens to me with both cwm4 and cwm5 on stock KP3, ddqk8 and stock based roms. Never tried doing it on cm based roms.
yeah, happen to me too.
I'm using this version of CWM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18178563&postcount=13
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yeah, happen to me too.
I'm using this version of CWM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18178563&postcount=13
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Yeah, that's the same version I'm using.
Yeah...its annoying. I remove the battery.
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008bond said:
Yeah...its annoying. I remove the battery.
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Me tooo
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Im sure that's a kernel issue
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scoffyburito said:
Im sure that's a kernel issue
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Umm... no. Its not. For it to happen to a lot of people on different roms and kernels? You really think its a kernel issue?
It's probably an issue with cwm and it's also probably related to the type of kernel. To say the truth, I don't think it's that big a deal. It has posed no real problems to me when flashing, and if anything, removing the battery will do the trick. A minor inconvenience in an otherwise perfect tool.
yes, i encountered this issue too. I wonder how to turn off phone from recovery without take out battery
But NOT big deal for me
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It's probably an issue with cwm and it's also probably related to the type of kernel. To say the truth, I don't think it's that big a deal. It has posed no real problems to me when flashing, and if anything, removing the battery will do the trick. A minor inconvenience in an otherwise perfect tool.
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Its not a big deal, but its annoying. You'll have to wait till your phone boots to be able to turn it off. Taking off the case, then taking off the battery cover and taking out the battery is a lot of work to just turn your phone off.
SuperAce609 said:
Its not a big deal, but its annoying. You'll have to wait till your phone boots to be able to turn it off. Taking off the case, then taking off the battery cover and taking out the battery is a lot of work to just turn your phone off.
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You are completely right. However, it's a free tool.
I mean, even the stock Samsung firmware gives Fc and issues every now and then and they do get paid by us users (both on acquisition and through Google adds, and free marketing data)
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Umm... no. Its not. For it to happen to a lot of people on different roms and kernels? You really think its a kernel issue?
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Same thing happened to a few people when they turned off their phone while charging and it turned back on. Meh it was worth a shot
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A tip, when this happens to my gio I just hold the power button till it shuts off .
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A tip, when this happens to my gio I just hold the power button till it shuts off .
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Not on the Ace. If you hold the power button, it'll reboot and not power off.
me too
it happens to me on the official CWM 4.0.0.9
Since yesterday evening, being on the recent stock rom (not latest one; not upgrading automatically unfortunately), the screen gives a small dot/circle where-ever I touch the screen. So it is moving with me, e.g. when unlocking the screen, even when pressing a phone number. I have restarted a few times already. As said, I am on stock ROM, although I rooted my SG3. Any thoughts ?
MattRob said:
Since yesterday evening, being on the recent stock rom (not latest one; not upgrading automatically unfortunately), the screen gives a small dot/circle where-ever I touch the screen. So it is moving with me, e.g. when unlocking the screen, even when pressing a phone number. I have restarted a few times already. As said, I am on stock ROM, although I rooted my SG3. Any thoughts ?
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SETTING
DEVELOPER OPTIONS
disable SHOW POINTER LOCATION
Ya, you can switch it on or off at will, Samsung have included many settings with there galaxy S3
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shaneel1491 said:
Ya, you can switch it on or off at will, Samsung have included many settings with there galaxy S3
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Its in all phones with ICS or JB.
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Yep, apparently 'that simple' ... I am quite I have not switched it on, but so it be ! Thanks !
After use for a while....the screen gets real unresponsive. To the point where if I try to scroll down on FB...it will actually register a click instead of a swipe and open up the picture I happen to swipe over.....anyone else???
Galaxy S III I747
fmllc said:
After use for a while....the screen gets real unresponsive. To the point where if I try to scroll down on FB...it will actually register a click instead of a swipe and open up the picture I happen to swipe over.....anyone else???
Galaxy S III I747
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This only happens to me when I'm trying to use my phone while it is plugged in and charging. It acts all crazy, but once I unplug it the thing works fine. I pretty much keep my phone in ECO mode and haven't switched that off to see if it makes a difference.
Same here. I keep my phone on ECO mode and have no issues with responsiveness, except for once in a while when it's plugged in and charging.
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That's horse ****! Someone has to come up with a fix for this! Doesn't eco mode cap the processors at 1.1 or something?
LGOG E970
Seems cycling the screen off and back on will get rid of the lag....until it happens again....lol
LGOG E970
I don't have that problem at all with mine. I am unlocked, rooted and running Notach's Base ROM.
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I don't have that problem at all with mine. I am unlocked, rooted and running Notach's Base ROM.
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I DO have that problem with mine. I am unlocked, rooted and running nottach's Base ROM the problem has reoccurred with the stock ROM and versions 0.5, 0.6.5 and 0.7.3 .
It's probably a kernel-level memory or CPU issue because for most people it appears to be a specifically time-based problem. The longer your uptime is, the worse the problem gets. Reboot your phone and the problem goes away for awhile.
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Have you tried restarting your phone lol. I've never lagged once.
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amrando said:
I DO have that problem with mine. I am unlocked, rooted and running nottach's Base ROM the problem has reoccurred with the stock ROM and versions 0.5, 0.6.5 and 0.7.3 .
It's probably a kernel-level memory or CPU issue because for most people it appears to be a specifically time-based problem. The longer your uptime is, the worse the problem gets. Reboot your phone and the problem goes away for awhile.
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Amrando, inflammatory and unhelpful statements aren't going to win you any help with your problems. It's just alienating those that would otherwise help you out and gets you reported to the mods.
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amrando said:
I DO have that problem with mine. I am unlocked, rooted and running nottach's Base ROM the problem has reoccurred with the stock ROM and versions 0.5, 0.6.5 and 0.7.3 .
It's probably a kernel-level memory or CPU issue because for most people it appears to be a specifically time-based problem. The longer your uptime is, the worse the problem gets. Reboot your phone and the problem goes away for awhile.
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I've edited your post. This is a great example of the same phone, running a similar set up behaving completely different. The user you quoted wasn't doing anything other than stating that they don't have this problem so chill out a little and accept that each person can have a different experience and opinion. If you've got nothing useful to say, say nothing.
Thanks
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I am not sure this was posted or not, however if it has, please point me to the right direction as I am not able to find it.
Situation:-
Using the phone as per normal. It auto lock or manual lock it. Wanna unlock/wake up the phone it doesnt. This happened once in awhile not sure when as unable to determine the cause as sometimes running a game and I lock it and sometimes lock it without running anything i.e. back to home. To wake up, I reboot the phone by long pressing on/off button. Was using CheckRom ICS... And at one occurance the phone really died on me and unable to reboot no matter what I did. Sent in to SC and got back a new Motherboard.
Now it is happening again. Now in JB 4.1.2 (OmegaRom). The phone just fell in to a deep sleep and cant wake up unless I reboot the phone. I hope I dont get the forever slumber/sudden death situation again.
Anyone can give guidance or advise on how to check what is the matter or anyone having the same experience?
Flash back to stock and check if it occurs. If it does use triangle away and send it back in mate
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I am not sure this was posted or not, however if it has, please point me to the right direction as I am not able to find it.
Situation:-
Using the phone as per normal. It auto lock or manual lock it. Wanna unlock/wake up the phone it doesnt. This happened once in awhile not sure when as unable to determine the cause as sometimes running a game and I lock it and sometimes lock it without running anything i.e. back to home. To wake up, I reboot the phone by long pressing on/off button. Was using CheckRom ICS... And at one occurance the phone really died on me and unable to reboot no matter what I did. Sent in to SC and got back a new Motherboard.
Now it is happening again. Now in JB 4.1.2 (OmegaRom). The phone just fell in to a deep sleep and cant wake up unless I reboot the phone. I hope I dont get the forever slumber/sudden death situation again.
Anyone can give guidance or advise on how to check what is the matter or anyone having the same experience?
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I am experiencing exactly the same thing , so unrooted and back on stock ics now and even that doesn't seem stable...planning to sell it off next week... desperately hoping it doesn't slìp into deep slumber when I am selling it...
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tommy2601 said:
I am experiencing exactly the same thing , so unrooted and back on stock ics now and even that doesn't seem stable...planning to sell it off next week... desperately hoping it doesn't slìp into deep slumber when I am selling it...
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Oh no... I like the phone and I hope I dont have to sell it off.... So I am hoping someone here woudl be able to help me out.... I am backing up nearly everyday with TiB....
Even I love my s3 but I love note 2 even more and I am buying a note 2....the main reason I am selling it is if it conk out one day here in India it's very difficult to claim warranty we really need to slug it out with Samsung India and I don't have the time or patience to do that...
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happened to me too
I don't recall it happened to me while using stock touchwiz roms.
However, since I've moved to AOSP roms (first AOKP M1 and then JellyBam), it happened to me 3 or 4 times now.
Do you get it also on touchwiz roms? Which OmegaRom are you using?
Wich kernel are using my mates? Maybe that is problem, combination firmware and kernel...
Regards
using latest OmegaRom... as mentioned... first happened in CheckROm and even in Wanam...
Was using siyah kernel... so now testing Perseus and see wtr this happened or not...
Just happened when I have monster warlord running and locked it.. when I unlock... it happened again... must be something like not enuf ram or went into deep sleep... very strange indeed. Nevertheless change to Perseus to test out different kernel for now...
tommy2601 said:
I am experiencing exactly the same thing , so unrooted and back on stock ics now and even that doesn't seem stable...planning to sell it off next week... desperately hoping it doesn't slìp into deep slumber when I am selling it...
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If u sell a broken phone,that is such a douchebag move no offence to u but really i wud feel sorry for the man u sold it..
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Download this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.vinagre.android.emmc_check&hl=en and post the screenshot. It might be SDS
Same happened with my phone. Go to see what it's up to and suddenly its not responding. The only option is to hold power down until it reboots.
It would also do it on in coming calls and managed to delete a text which arrived shortly before it froze.
Hoped upgrading to the latest firmware would help, didn't. Going without root, nope. Freezing apps in Titanium, still no joy.
Finally this morning I had enough and went for a full wipe. Very little installed but no problems since.
Would suggest doing the same, especially if you plan to sell the phone anyway.
CHEVYbarracuda1 said:
If u sell a broken phone,that is such a douchebag move no offence to u but really i wud feel sorry for the man u sold it..
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Hi buddy, selling a dying phone at a good price and buying something u love even more is douche bag move....then I really petty ur retarded and douche bag thinking
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Have the same problem with mine, using the latest wanam stock rom and every now and again the phone will either just restart or lock with the screen off (led notification will keep blinking however).
Just trying the official Vodafone rom now through Odin. If this doesn't solve it I think the phone will have to go back.
To note: issue appeared after installing some root apps. Notably adfree and beats drivers. Anybody else have either installed?
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Hi buddy, selling a dying phone at a good price and buying something u love even more is douche bag move....then I really petty ur retarded and douche bag thinking
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I said no hard feelings.. U said that u hope that it doesnt slips into deep slp when u r selling it.. so bassically u r trying to sell broken phone for a price of good one usable...also i havent insulted u before so why r u insulting me??That my friend is called lack of culture..
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CHEVYbarracuda1 said:
I said no hard feelings.. U said that u hope that it doesnt slips into deep slp when u r selling it.. so bassically u r trying to sell broken phone for a price of good one usable...also i havent insulted u before so why r u insulting me??That my friend is called lack of culture..
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Please keep this on topic:
Seems like a common issue, I've now unrooted my phone and loaded stock 4.1.2 from Sammobile using odin, reset the binary counter, removed SD card and i'm still having crashes and hangs. Seems my phone is on the way out?
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Please keep this on topic:
Seems like a common issue, I've now unrooted my phone and loaded stock 4.1.2 from Sammobile using odin, reset the binary counter, removed SD card and i'm still having crashes and hangs. Seems my phone is on the way out?
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Just return it to the nearest samsung store for repair.. I believe it is hardware failure
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Mine has just started doing this, literally a matter of days ago - coincidence??
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Mine has just started doing this, literally a matter of days ago - coincidence??
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When did it happen? Was it around Wednesday last week? Just thinking that maybe an updated app or something?
I have now updated again using kies with the official 4.1.2. I have no problems with restarts when using the stock apps. I have however had issues with the google servers and now believe this to have been the main reason for the crashes earlier (Christmas new phone activation traffic?).
Out of interest, have you been running adfree or the beats audio driver? I had mine working all day yesterday, installed both and then the hangs started coming back again.
Also worth noting that adfree now states that a newer version is available when loading up, but non exists (that i know of?)
CHEVYbarracuda1 said:
I said no hard feelings.. U said that u hope that it doesnt slips into deep slp when u r selling it.. so bassically u r trying to sell broken phone for a price of good one usable...also i havent insulted u before so why r u insulting me??That my friend is called lack of culture..
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I am not selling it to some innocent 3 person I am exchanging it with note 2 by paying the difference amount at a local Samsung retail store (just sending back there own Frankenstein to them)
And about culture my friend I don't need a lesson from a person who doesn't even have the sensibility to understand that his comments can hurt others(u started It fIrst)..
As today Is my last day in the s3 forum I don't want to sign off on a bitter note so sorry if I have hurt u in anyway.
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When did it happen? Was it around Wednesday last week? Just thinking that maybe an updated app or something?
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I can't say for sure, but around Wednesday isn't unreasonable.
Out of interest, have you been running adfree or the beats audio driver? I had mine working all day yesterday, installed both and then the hangs started coming back again.
Also worth noting that adfree now states that a newer version is available when loading up, but non exists (that i know of?)
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I do run AdFree, and yeah, I saw the notice about the new version - it's a different app entirely... still called AdFree, uninstall the old one, and install the new one. Not sure why they did that.
I'm at a loss - I just reinstalled XELL4, and it's still doing it. Short of doing a full wipe and starting afresh (which I really can't be bothered with), I don't know what else to try. Was working fine up until now.