First of all, I saw the other treads with similar names but its not the same problem.
I don't kow if it has something to do with it but in the las couple of weaks I've being installing different CM9 nightlies.
Thing is that since about a week the phone doesn't charge the battery, It does recognizes when I plug it (shows the plug icon), and even recognizes it as usb when plugged to the PC.
Also the same battery on a different phone charges normally and has a normal duration.
Also (don't know if related, but happened at the same time), the gyroscope stoped working properly, sometimes the screen turn, sometimes it doesn't.
So, to sum up:
-Battery works on other phones.
-The connector recognizes when plugged and USB works as expected.
-Also sometimes it doesn't realize that it was unplugged and keeps sayng (charging)
-Gyroscope is not working correctly.
-If I take the battery of, and connect the phone to the wall it does't react at all.
My impression is that the connector it's failing to pass juice up (either phone or battery)
Any chance this is only a softare problem?
i think it doesn't have anything to do with software...though there is a post in how to fix the non-stop-charging issue that aparently fix it...i guess it could fix urs...
any way basicaly the post said that u must format system, dalvik cache data etc and use de s2cleanner (the one that is for clean kernels) and re-install everithing again....but...i really think that both issues are hardware related...
Any change you know the link to this thread or where to download the cleaner (in google shows up a win app that I think it's not related at all)
Thanks!
I think you r using siyah kernel yes?
If u r using siyah then it is easy to fix
Cheers corey
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No idea, but I have only installed CM Roms so, I guess it should be a CM kernel. If so.... what would that easy fix be?
Well I had the same problem you have a few weeks back, and it was because the cm team changed some stuff in the rom, so that with the siyah v3.3 kernel it wouldn't work, but then the siyah Dev released a newer kernel which fixed the issue.
Try flashing the latest s2 siyah kernel and see if it fix the problem
Cheers corey
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Just flashed Siyah 3.3.2, but the battery is still losing juice while plugged.
Have you tried re flashing a stock rom with odin?. If r that doesn't work it means either your charger or phone r broken
Corey
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Problem with USB/charging circuitry. We see it all the time on here. Back to stock/reset flash counter & send it in for warranty service.
Ok, thanks to all of you guys. Sad news there
Have you tried cleaning the connector? I'd try that before sending it off to samsung
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Hi guys.
I am having some really annoying problems with my SGS II lately.
When the screen is turned off, it suddenly turns on.
When the screen is turned on, it suddenly goes into "car mode", and it often goes into "Speech control". - and sometimes it gives the "I am charging" sound and it also changes battery icon to the "I am charging" icon.
All these things happen without anybody touching the device.
When I plug it into my PC it will not be recognized - the PC states that the USB device was not recognized.
When I plug it into the charger it sometimes does not begin charging.
I am pretty sure that it is a hardware problem, as it started after i have been using the current rom for some days without these problems.
I am using Litening ROM 6.0 with Ninphetamine kernel 2.12
So, I am thinking that it might be a good time to flash a stock rom and return the device to the shop for a repair, bu I don't know how to do this when USB mode is not working ..
I am used to flash with CWM and Odin, but Odin will not work - it does not "see the device"..
So, any of you guys have a suggestion for me ??
TIA, KE.
Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
Moving to Q&A
Try to flash a stock ROM with Odin...
Put your SGS2 into "Download Mode", launch Odin then plug your device to your PC... You'll see if Odin see your device or not...
KE_DK said:
Hi guys.
I am having some really annoying problems with my SGS II lately.
When the screen is turned off, it suddenly turns on.
When the screen is turned on, it suddenly goes into "car mode", and it often goes into "Speech control". - and sometimes it gives the "I am charging" sound and it also changes battery icon to the "I am charging" icon.
All these things happen without anybody touching the device.
When I plug it into my PC it will not be recognized - the PC states that the USB device was not recognized.
When I plug it into the charger it sometimes does not begin charging.
I am pretty sure that it is a hardware problem, as it started after i have been using the current rom for some days without these problems.
I am using Litening ROM 6.0 with Ninphetamine kernel 2.12
So, I am thinking that it might be a good time to flash a stock rom and return the device to the shop for a repair, bu I don't know how to do this when USB mode is not working ..
I am used to flash with CWM and Odin, but Odin will not work - it does not "see the device"..
So, any of you guys have a suggestion for me ??
TIA, KE.
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There is s way of flashing without Odin. You must have cwm , clockworkmod installed though. In the Market get the revolution rom kitchen app and take it from there.
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-iNSiGhT- said:
..Put your SGS2 into "Download Mode", launch Odin then plug your device to your PC... You'll see if Odin see your device or not...
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Unfortunately Odin doesn't recognize my device
KE_DK said:
Unfortunately Odin doesn't recognize my device
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I have exactly the same problem. There are quite a few reports of weird USB problems with this device. This seems to be related to false "battery overheating" messages while the battery is fine.
It does look like a USB hardware issue, problem is how do we get a stock ROM back on the device to get it repaired under warranty? Is there a way to flash the device back to stock without using USB/Odin?
londondutch said:
I have exactly the same problem. There are quite a few reports of weird USB problems with this device. This seems to be related to false "battery overheating" messages while the battery is fine.
It does look like a USB hardware issue, problem is how do we get a stock ROM back on the device to get it repaired under warranty? Is there a way to flash the device back to stock without using USB/Odin?
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Wow, it is sad that this fine device should have so serious problems HW wise..
Today it just went from bad to worse for me - the phone stopped reacting to presses on the power button (it was screen-off) - and it was really really hot.
The backside of the phone was really so hot, that I decided to pull out the battery.
So now I am really in the ****. I just might try to hand it in and just hope that they will handle it as a HW error (but I really don't know)
/KE
See here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16664784&posted=1#post16664784 and the links from that thread.
From my experience, this isn't software / ROM related at all. Purely a hardware thing. Still having this problem on and off.
I have a family member who got this problem on a device with the stock version. I just started getting this problem (I have a custom rom) BUT I just got some third party cables.
I am wondering if those are the ones causing this. Does the SGS2 have a special USB input? Maybe with an extra connector (to eg. enable car mode on official Samsung cradles) which a third party USB cable manages to touch? I'll do some testing tomorrow as I get back to original cables.
Schmich said:
I have a family member who got this problem on a device with the stock version. I just started getting this problem (I have a custom rom) BUT I just got some third party cables.
I am wondering if those are the ones causing this. Does the SGS2 have a special USB input? Maybe with an extra connector (to eg. enable car mode on official Samsung cradles) which a third party USB cable manages to touch? I'll do some testing tomorrow as I get back to original cables.
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Thank you, I would like to hear if it makes any difference.
But unfortunately I am using the original cable.
Update: I manged to get my phone to connect to the computer twice, so I now have it on a original Samsung build.
I hae ordred a Jig, and When I receive that I will return the phone for repair/change.
Have you heard about how returning phones with similar problems worked out ?
/KE
KE_DK said:
Update: I manged to get my phone to connect to the computer twice, so I now have it on a original Samsung build.
I hae ordred a Jig, and When I receive that I will return the phone for repair/change.
Have you heard about how returning phones with similar problems worked out ?
/KE
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See my thread!
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First try flashing an 'normal' kernel instead of the ninphetamine kernel. Everytime I install that kernel my pc doesn't recognize my galaxy s2, but when I use the KH3 or another normal rooted kernel I have no problems....
KE_DK said:
Hi guys.
I am having some really annoying problems with my SGS II lately.
When the screen is turned off, it suddenly turns on.
When the screen is turned on, it suddenly goes into "car mode", and it often goes into "Speech control". - and sometimes it gives the "I am charging" sound and it also changes battery icon to the "I am charging" icon.
All these things happen without anybody touching the device.
When I plug it into my PC it will not be recognized - the PC states that the USB device was not recognized.
When I plug it into the charger it sometimes does not begin charging.
I am pretty sure that it is a hardware problem, as it started after i have been using the current rom for some days without these problems.
I am using Litening ROM 6.0 with Ninphetamine kernel 2.12
So, I am thinking that it might be a good time to flash a stock rom and return the device to the shop for a repair, bu I don't know how to do this when USB mode is not working ..
I am used to flash with CWM and Odin, but Odin will not work - it does not "see the device"..
So, any of you guys have a suggestion for me ??
TIA, KE.
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Hmm!
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Update:
I have now received my phone back from repair.
They have changed a sub-board (the USB controller), and now the phone is working as new..
I am really happy
Oh so it was hardware problem ....
avetny said:
Oh so it was hardware problem ....
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Yes, quite as I expected it to be..
KE_DK said:
Update:
I have now received my phone back from repair.
They have changed a sub-board (the USB controller), and now the phone is working as new..
I am really happy
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Did you send it in with custom ROM/kernel installed?
If so, did they declare your warranty was voided?
Thanks.
logicalrandom said:
Did you send it in with custom ROM/kernel installed?
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No. I manged to install stock rom and kernel. However I didn't succeed in resetting the "Custom ROM counter" (So the yellow triangle was showing at boot-time)
logicalrandom said:
If so, did they declare your warranty was voided?
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No, they did not. They just repaired it and returned it. Yay
Best regards, KE.
Hi!
I've got this problem long time ago, but have just ignored it. Currently I'm using Cyanogenmod 9 on my I9100 (newest nightly versions, Modem: XXLPR). The problem is when I'm starting the device with charger connected, my SIM-card not always get recognized (no PIN code notification) resulting in network problem. Sometimes it just helps to re-lock the screen and the PIN notification pops up, sometimes it's not. This issue only exist when I try to start my phone with charger connected. Without the charger, it starts without any issues.
So, I don't think that it's related to Cyanogen's nighty. I had it on MIUI GB based ROM's (2.3.7) too. I don't remember if it works on stock though, haven't been on stock ROM for a while now. Anyone having the same issue? Is my device faulty?
My IMEI number is correct so I suppose that efs folder is not corrupted (have a backup in case of failure). Thanks for you help!
Can you disable sim card pin?
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It works to turn off the PIN protection, but I really want to have it on. It suppose to be working without issues?
Sorry for bumping this, but I really want to know if there is someone with the same issue or if there is a fix for this, thanks!
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If you are facing an issue with Samsung galaxy SII with fake charging and you think that it’s a port issue and you are willing to change the USB port for your device please stop and action the below steps 1st to make sure that its not a software issue
• Take a backup from all your data in the internal memory
• Wipe your device by dialing the code *2767*3855# in your phone app
• Open the device in the download mood and flash on it a stock 2.3.5 OS
• After that you’ll find your device working like charm
• Don’t root your device in this phase, just flash it with a stock 4.0.3 and then flash it with the root from CF-root
• After that you can flash a custom ROM and I recommend Resurrection Remix
• The idea that you change from ICS to ginger bread that you will completely wipe everything in your device so it will be as if you are buying it new.
Appreciate that the above is helping people having this issue as I had it and now its solved.
The Original Post down there
Dear XDA team,
Appreciate your support on the below:
I’m an android user since 2009 I had many devices since that date ended with galaxy SII i9100 “international edition” 16GB
It was working fine from Dec 2011 till 4 days back.
4 days back the battery was 10 % and I plugged the original charger to the device and I slept for about 8 H, then I unplugged the charger how ever since that time my device is having the animation of the charging in the battery and its giving that its already plugged to the charger.. The main issue that I thought it’s a USB port issue so I tried to clean it with alcohol and with a tooth brush gently and nothing was helping... then I found that in the CWM the USB cable is working fine in mount mood so this means that nothing bad with the port so I tried to think about the ROM, I formatted the system drive and cleaned the kernel and installed the official software ICS 4.0.3 and I removed the root.. I still have the issue and its always giving me that the battery health is overvoltage I asked someone in the local warranty and he stated that there is some issue with water with the device which I know by heart that it was not effected by water.. I thought maybe because all the galaxy SII users are experiencing overheated issues and we spent most of the time in air conditioner here in Egypt so it can affect by heat and the condensation process but supposed that the device must have a failsafe protocol .. I have a good faith in Samsung but I found that the issue is still there and nothing was treated, someone told me that it can be a battery issue and you have to install a new battery and I did changed the same and I tried to put also the battery in deep freezer to lose its volts and nothing helped ..
Last trouble shooting made was to try to remove the battery and put the device in the sun to have any amount of moisture away and I let it about 3 H and also I put the charger in the device without the battery and I found it opening without battery as this was for me something strange.
Please share your ideas with me as I can’t find help from the warranty or from anyone and I don’t want to void my warranty by changing the USB port as most of people advised to..
Waiting for your kind ideas to help me with my poor situation
Sorry for making it long for you to read all the above but I really want to explain everything I did to help in solving the problem as I searched the internet and I found that many people are experiencing the same.
Your kind feedback is highly appreciated.
i'm sorry to tell you but it seems that you do have some problems with the usb flex cable (usb socket) and from what i have read here it seems that it doesn't need for the phone to be soaked in water... just condensation can cause you these problems... so you can guess what i can advise you... replacement
when i had the same problem i took it to servicing and they dismounted it and cleaned it properly, it worked for a couple of days but i ended up replacing the faulty part
gigeaky said:
i'm sorry to tell you but it seems that you do have some problems with the usb flex cable (usb socket) and from what i have read here it seems that it doesn't need for the phone to be soaked in water... just condensation can cause you these problems... so you can guess what i can advise you... replacement
when i had the same problem i took it to servicing and they dismounted it and cleaned it properly, it worked for a couple of days but i ended up replacing the faulty part
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Thanks gigeaky for your support i wish i can have any other solution.
My experience is different. I just got the phone and it was charging normally albeitba little slow compared to my sensation but now with a custom rom it has the fake charging issue.
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If you were on a gingerbread rom before you should know that it doesn't show you that error, but you can try. And also I'm not trying to be rude but search for this problem and read the specific thread... Last time I checked there were almost 20 pages about this problem.
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gigeaky said:
If you were on a gingerbread rom before you should know that it doesn't show you that error, but you can try. And also I'm not trying to be rude but search for this problem and read the specific thread... Last time I checked there were almost 20 pages about this problem.
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i already searched the internet regarding the same and i got the point and i mentioned clearly that i did all that they made but its not working and i don't want to change the USB port that's why i created this thread to gain more experience from XDA family as i know by heart that everyone here is having great ideas.
thanks for your kind participation
moe.nassef said:
i already searched the internet regarding the same and i got the point and i mentioned clearly that i did all that they made but its not working and i don't want to change the USB port that's why i created this thread to gain more experience from XDA family as i know by heart that everyone here is having great ideas.
thanks for your kind participation
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If you don't want to change the part for the USB port, then you're eliminating the one thing that will definitely fix your issue.
Hey guys, i know ot os inrelated bit i just left my phond to charge overnight and whrn i picked it up to check the time it was boilong. I have no apps running, just wifi ad the screen wasnt even on
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Remove battery, goto recovery wipe data cache.
Still issues, format system partition and flash the rom again.
Still issue change the modem
atifsh said:
Remove battery, goto recovery wipe data cache.
Still issues, format system partition and flash the rom again.
Still issue change the modem
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I did all what you've mentioned and its not helping i guess its a battery issue as i tried something here .. i put the device in the download mood and its was connected to odin fine .. also now am having the device connecting as internet tethering activated on my laptop.. definitly i need a larger battery to use but the issue that no one is selling the same in Egypt
if any one know a place in Egypt selling <2000 MAP battery for Galaxy S2 i'll be glad to have this thing done ASAP.
today i went and through the device to the warranty office in order to be fixed there and they had a look in the device they mentioned that its a recurrent issue and it must be water and they will check the same and feed me back .. warranty here in Egypt is sucks like everything about this damn country.
wish me luck
Before doing anything dramatic, try the following method, which worked successfully for me:
Get a compressed air can and blow the USB input a few times in short bursts. Do not use anything else than compressed air, unless you want to run into more serious problems.
I face the problem calibration also not working and i got no ans that can solved the problem for me too now m also searching the result.
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ive searched xda for a couple of days, ive googled, ive youtubed. and nothing has helped. seems like not many people are having this problem. but i recently got a galaxy s2 i777. stock GB firmware. stock everything. everything on it worked fine all connections and all the other good stuff. the only problem is when i try to charge it via wall charger it automatically shuts off and flashes the battery charging over and over again. (btw when i plugged in i CAN boot into download mode) same thing happens when plugged via usb. So i got tired and i odined flashed ICS because i read that would fix many bugs.. to my surprise it fixed the battery flashing issue and now when its off and plugged in it charges like it normally would but i CANNOT boot up when its connected to any power source. and even on ICS it still shuts itself off when plugged in. i need to know how i can get it to stay turned on when charging.
sorry if its a little long guys. i hope you can help me solve this problem, and to the ones that are gonna ask why i started a new thread just for this.. well because no one else seems to be having my specific problem. tThank you guys so much in advance for your help
Are you using an after market battery? If yes, try swapping it out with a factory one
BROKKANIC said:
Are you using an after market battery? If yes, try swapping it out with a factory one
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i bought the phone without the battery. i have tried 2 different batteries bought from radioshack and still having the same problem. any ideas?
SayDfuse said:
i bought the phone without the battery. i have tried 2 different batteries bought from radioshack and still having the same problem. any ideas?
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Stock sgs2 att batteries?
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Sounds like the battery is the problem. Make sure the battery you have is NFC. Immediately under the Samsung logo at the top on both sides, it should say Near Field Communication.
The other option of course is to try flashing a different Rom and kernel and see if the problem persists. But they're most likely correct, you'll probably need a new stock battery. Some phones you can use a battery bought from anywhere, our phones are just kinda temperamental. Most likely because of the NFC capability but that's just a guess.
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When using a stock Sammy Rom you need a stock battery w/NFC. A Aokp/Cm9 can sometimes use an after market battery. I found that out after buying one without NFC and it did what you describe. Right now I am running Task AOKP with non NFC batt and everything is fine.
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http://cellphone-repair-shop.com/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-battery-lithium-ion-1650mah/
OEM stock battery. You're welcome.
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Hi there,
I searched the forums, I tried suggested solutions, I've been at a repair shop, nothing helped so far.
I have a SGS2 GT-I9100 Android 4.0.4, Baseband I9100XXLPX, Kernel 3.0.32-CM-ge9cef6c (Aug 28, 2012), CyanogenMod 9.1.0-galaxys2. This has been working flawlessly for months now -- until I plugged it into an DC-USB adapter in my car. When I plugged it into the car adapter the phone rebooted.
Since then the phonce shows the following symtoms:
a) If I shutdown the phone, it restarts automatically.
b) If I remove the battery and re-insert it, the phone starts automatically.
c) USB connection to PC does not work anymore.
d) Charging the battary is possibly. However, charging is not indicated in the status bar as it used to be.
e) The battery drains much faster than it used to. (Settings menu reports the CPU being at 200 MHz, when idle)
What I did so far:
1) Cleaning the Micro-USB socket. --> Didn't help
2) Going to a repair shop to replace the socket. The guy disassembled the phone, and connected the ribbon cable to another USB socket. Didn't help. He also tired another battery. Didn't help. He suggested to go back to the original software as this may cause the problem. If that didn't help, he said, it is the mainboard.
3) I reset the phone (i.e. wiped the Dalvik cache, etc. and reset battery stats in recovery) and ended up with a "naked" SGS2 with the above specs. Yet, this didn't solve my problems.
What I hope to find here:
i) Someone sharing their solid experience/knowledge as to what causes such behaviour.
ii) Instructions how to reset the phone to its stock software (remember c) above).
iii) Other suggestions how to fix these problems.
What I have at hand:
Windows 7; Ubuntu (preferrred, also used it to flash the phone back then); a PhD in computer science.
What I don't have:
An SD-Card, but willing to buy if needed; knowlegde of all acronyms and "community speak", but willing to learn.
tl;dr: Thanks for reading so far.
Best,
Daniel
Hi, I was wondering if you got this fixed yet?
Hi there,
no I didn't find the time to play/mess around with the phone. If you do -- I expect you have a similar problem -- please let me know.
Best
Ponnyhof said:
Hi there,
no I didn't find the time to play/mess around with the phone. If you do -- I expect you have a similar problem -- please let me know.
Best
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Can you connect it to PC in download mode?Or it doesn't work at all?
Also,you can try Mobile Odin to reset your phone.It can take a time,I've never tried it before,but I have seen that it works.Here's a video that can help you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLxGzWYGDNw (it's the same for S2,don't worry that it'a an S3).And for the firmware,go to http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/ and create yourself an account.I recommend you to download the UK/IIreland -XEU firmware,because I know it's an unlocked firmware.Download it right on your mobile,then flash it via Mobile Odin.Let me know that it helped.
GamingDj
I had the exact same problem after using a car charger. I took my phone in for warranty repairs and they changed the USB flex cable and the battery. No more issues since then.
Ponnyhof said:
Hi there,
no I didn't find the time to play/mess around with the phone. If you do -- I expect you have a similar problem -- please let me know.
Best
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Yup, my phone says charging for some time even after I pull the cable out and I can not shut it down because it restarts itself.
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Mine seems to have fixed itself
I will report back in the next 3 days to say how it is
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UPDATE: The phone messed up again then restored back to awesomeness within 3 days. Weird
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UPDATE: The phone has been running perfectly since my last post, seems like this is a temporary problem(at least for me it is)
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