NFC wont stay "checked" or "ticked" - Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)

so i am rooted, and when i go into my settings to turn my NFC on, i check it, and it unchecks automatically. i have a sprint S3 and i tried to unroot to test it and it still wont work. i know that it worked before i rooted along with wallet, and then i rooted and wallet stopped working as well as my NFC. im not sure what to do as ive tried a different battery and it did not work either. im not sure what to do. although i know it does not ruin the phone, i want a feature that is suppose to work, to work!! thanks for any reply.

Bump? I tried to go back to full stock and that didn't work either. I rooted back and flashed a custom rom and its still a no go. And now weird things like not being able to put the ripple affect back for the lock screen. Things like that.
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PatrickHuey said:
Bump? I tried to go back to full stock and that didn't work either. I rooted back and flashed a custom rom and its still a no go. And now weird things like not being able to put the ripple affect back for the lock screen. Things like that.
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I cannot comment about the NFC so hopefully someone else will help. But with the ripple effect, mine was "disabled" once I change the lockscreen wallpaper to something other than a stock Sammy one. But I agree, seems like a bug.

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fingerprint stopped working

I have been using the fingerprint to unlock, but not it is not functioning, it doesn't respone at all...
do you guys have this problem???
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Have you updated? The update addresses issues with the fingerprint scanner.
yes, i have updated to 1.57 rooted GladAtrix 2 v4.2.3...
what should i do then?
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Mine did that to me a few times before I updated, but since the update it has worked perfectly. Did you try deactivating it and set it up again? I know WidgetLocker can use the fingerprint scanner, I dont know if you want to try that but it might be an option..
but I can't even stup the fingerprint scanner t scan...in the Location & security settngs...
is my fingerprint scanner broken??? or should I reload the stock rom to see if itis becuse of the GladiAtrix2 v4.2.3???
You cant set up the fingerprint scanner? Huh that sucks. What kind of error does it give you if any? You might want to sbf and see if it works again on stock.
I seem to have that problem at times. Restarting the phone seems to do the trick
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You cant set up the fingerprint scanner? Huh that sucks. What kind of error does it give you if any? You might want to sbf and see if it works again on stock.
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It doesn't even response at all at the setup and no error, it just likes the scanner isn't there...
I will try to flash back to the stock rom and see if it will still work
Faizan1 said:
I seem to have that problem at times. Restarting the phone seems to do the trick
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I have tried that, but it doesn't work for me...
It happened to me twice in the last 7 days that I have had my Atrix, both times when I turned it back on in the morning (I have it off at night).
I had to take the battery out and then start all over again just power cycling didn't work.
I am hoping it doesn't happen too often, the device is perfect and all customized and I don't want to start all over again including un rooting this one.
just flash back to 1.26, but still not working not responding...
going to update to 1.57 and see if it will work...not I think it is broken...
Happened to me this morning after a power up. Restarted it again, some 'suite' process force closed on the lock screen, and it's been okay since.
edit: this was on 1.5.7 stock
I guess I can confirm that my fingerprint scanner is dead...
so I guess I have a reason to get a LG one now... this one will go to my girlfriend...
or... is there a screen lock for Atrix 4G which slide down to unlock (like HTC one) instead of sliding right to left

[Q] Lost Lockscreen(Cannot Unlock or use phone)

Soo heres my setup:
Rom: Das BAMF 2.0-5
Radio: MR2
So I was using my phone just fine and then decided to restart it after doing abunch of updates to apps etc.
Then all of a sudden once it boots back up there is no lockscreen what so ever, so I cannot unlock my phone in order to use it, I didn't have the pattern/pin/password lockscreen just the basic slide to unlock one.
I can see the notification bar at the top of the screen but I am unable to pull it down due to the phone basically being locked... I also cannot turn off/restart the phone because I cannot get it unlocked..
I tried a battery pull or two and everytime I boot it up the same thing happens..
can you get into recovery? if so it may be a good idea to go to a backup. I have never heard of that issue before:S
you need a car dock to unlock it and change the lockscreen,what happened is the default wallpaper lockscreen vanished, or reinstall the rom over the top again,i have asked many times can never get an answer as to why or how to fix it any other way.
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I have the bamf rom on my SD card, but I also have the stupid radio update on there so I cannot get to the recovery until I get home otherwise I could fix it..
But thank you for your help, hopefully that will fix it. How does the car dock work? I had a moto droid previously and that car dock had a magnet in it that would some how put the phone into car dock mode. What does the thunderbolt's do?
basically the same thing,you out it in the dock and it starts the car dock app,when you remove it the phone is unlocked,then go to tje settings customize and change the lock screen,you will see only five and should be six
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thanx for reminding me just deleted the radio file from the sd
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Well I don't have a car dock, so I ended up flashing the bamf rom back over it and that did not help.. Just ended up doing a factory reset and re-flashing the rom again..
thank you for your help guys
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thanx for reminding me just deleted the radio file from the sd
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exactly why u need to delete the PG50IMG.zip file as soon as possbile....
would still like one if the devs to take a look and see whats causing it,has happened to me on all the gb bamfs i have installed. really like the wallpaper lockscreen but its gone,hoped it would come back with the bamf prev 3 but no go
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Hence the reason I love the feature of menu to unlock also
-Dubsky
I just had the lock screen issue. That sucked. I freaked for a bit, but I was able to save it in recovery. Now to get my phone back to the way I like it... x_x
Best thing is to change the lockscreen,it has happened to me on every th band so far most of the time right after a back up
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how do you get menu to unlock
You can try reflashing in recovery,I used my car dock to unlock the phone then change to the weather lock screen
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Having this issue too...hopefully someone can figure out what is causing it.
To get around it, I installed a new lockscreen from the android market website, did cache & dalvic wipe, then reboot. Not sure which of those actually fixed the issue, but I'll probably be re-flashing today anyway.
I have experienced the same bug on Liquid roms. I had to wipe/factory reset and reinstall everything.
Someone in the Liquid thread told me it was due to the underclock while idle being too low. Thoughts?
I tried the car dock to unlock and the phone did not unlock. The notification bar showed it was in car mode, but it did not unlock the phone. Any ideas besides reflashing?

Problem

Problem is when I apply a new Rom everything works fine for about one week. Then I start getting this issue if i go to settings or messaging I can't back out. I have to do a battery pull. Search back menu home. When i touch those options nothing happens. Kinda like its froze up. Power option works too to reboot the phone and everything works fine for another week then starts up again. Not sure if its a hardware issue or not. Haven't tried going back to stock. Has anybody had this issue. Would appreciate any help.
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thunderkiss65 said:
Problem is when I apply a new Rom everything works fine for about one week. Then I start getting this issue if i go to settings or messaging I can't back out. I have to do a battery pull. Search back menu home. When i touch those options nothing happens. Kinda like its froze up. Power option works too to reboot the phone and everything works fine for another week then starts up again. Not sure if its a hardware issue or not. Haven't tried going back to stock. Has anybody had this issue. Would appreciate any help.
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Are you using a 3rd party app for messages or a theme or launcher? What rom you on?
no real weird i have tried multiple roms does the same thing on all of them. did not start having this issue until that last ota update, i relocked my phone unrooted etc. then updated to that last ota, waited for some devs to come out with roms based on that ota, then unlocked again and rooted and applied viper rom it happened on that rom, tried scotts clean rom same thing and a few others i get the same thing after about a weeks of use i start getting the freezing thing where i cant back out of certain things, like if i go to setting mms etc. pretty much anythaing i go into i cant back out or the search or home menu and menu does not work when i touch it, only way i can get out is power button reboot or just battery pull, then everything is back to normal for a week, im thinking its a hardware issue but not sure. i guess im going to try to relock unroot again and see if i get the same issue, if i do wouldnt you think its a hardware issue ? And i am not using any special launchers just what comes with the rom.

[Q] No homescreen or lockscreen after software update

Ok, I'm gonna keep it as short as possible.
I got a used S2, it was fine, it told me that it had to do a software update, so I did (the phone was being charged). When I turned it on, there was no homescreen, just black.. after a while it said something like "application is not responding".. the top bar still works and by using that I could get into the playstore and installed Nova Launcher. Then I got a new homescreen and menu, but lock screen still doesn't work. If the phone gets rebooted or if I press back sometimes, it gets back into the black screen and freezes, showing the not responding message again.. The camera and Whatsapp also don't work. I did factory reset, cashe wipe, tried rooting it with Odin, it still has this problem..
My head is exploding. Does anyone know what else I can try? Or like a way to make a launcher (for example Nova Launcher) the start-up homescreen?
Have you tried Odin'ing a stock firmware back to it? Its worked every time I've bricked mine
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Ylltimate said:
Ok, I'm gonna keep it as short as possible.
I got a used S2, it was fine, it told me that it had to do a software update, so I did (the phone was being charged). When I turned it on, there was no homescreen, just black.. after a while it said something like "application is not responding".. the top bar still works and by using that I could get into the playstore and installed Nova Launcher. Then I got a new homescreen and menu, but lock screen still doesn't work. If the phone gets rebooted or if I press back sometimes, it gets back into the black screen and freezes, showing the not responding message again.. The camera and Whatsapp also don't work. I did factory reset, cashe wipe, tried rooting it with Odin, it still has this problem..
My head is exploding. Does anyone know what else I can try? Or like a way to make a launcher (for example Nova Launcher) the start-up homescreen?
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This will fix your lock screen issue
Flashing Another ROM via odin can fix other issues
redrumsilence said:
Have you tried Odin'ing a stock firmware back to it? Its worked every time I've bricked mine
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I tried CF-roots.. I'm searching for a firmware, but I don't know which one I need. The phone is from Switzerland, but I don't see Switzerland listed anywhere.
Edit: I also tried I9100XXLPQ_I9100OXALPQ_I9100XXLPQ_HOME.tar
Ylltimate said:
I tried CF-roots.. I'm searching for a firmware, but I don't know which one I need. The phone is from Switzerland, but I don't see Switzerland listed anywhere.
Edit: I also tried I9100XXLPQ_I9100OXALPQ_I9100XXLPQ_HOME.tar
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For Odin firmwares, check this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1544487
its where I grabbed my first few ICS updates before I gave up on TW and moved on to AOKP
Also, it doesn't really matter where you're handset's from, as long as you only flash the firmware/software for the i9100 (as opposed to i9100g or i777 or something) its fine, the code's universal, and it doesn't change the system language when you flash it, and as long as you're not going from 4.1 back to 4.0, it keeps all your apps, setting, data, son and so forth without an issue (so if you're on 4.0.4 at the moment, you shouldn't have an issue going back to 4.0.3 is that's all you can find)
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redrumsilence said:
For Odin firmwares, check this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1544487
its where I grabbed my first few ICS updates before I gave up on TW and moved on to AOKP
Also, it doesn't really matter where you're handset's from, as long as you only flash the firmware/software for the i9100 (as opposed to i9100g or i777 or something) its fine, the code's universal, and it doesn't change the system language when you flash it, and as long as you're not going from 4.1 back to 4.0, it keeps all your apps, setting, data, son and so forth without an issue (so if you're on 4.0.4 at the moment, you shouldn't have an issue going back to 4.0.3 is that's all you can find)
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I just tried the first one, I9100XWLPX.. and I still have the black screen.
Ylltimate said:
I just tried the first one, I9100XWLPX.. and I still have the black screen.
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now boot to recovery and perform a factory reset.
If you root your device, click root explorer.
and go to /efs/imei folder
and create keystr
and fill with 'on'
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Jokesy said:
now boot to recovery and perform a factory reset.
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I did, still nothing.

Memory Card Issues Since Root

Since root I constantly lose my ringtone settings and see the memory card disconnect & connect. I have done a restore to the day I rooted & haven't done anything to it aside from changing font & freezing apps but it is still happening. Anyone have any advise or should I just try to unroot? If I have to unroot is there a best way to do it?
scooby7557 said:
Since root I constantly lose my ringtone settings and see the memory card disconnect & connect. I have done a restore to the day I rooted & haven't done anything to it aside from changing font & freezing apps but it is still happening. Anyone have any advise or should I just try to unroot? If I have to unroot is there a best way to do it?
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afaik the only way to unroot would be to use the flashtool to flash a stock ftf
edit: or maybe use the Full Unroot option is supersu, but Im not sure that returns you to stock completely like flashing a stock ftf.
BladeRunner said:
afaik the only way to unroot would be to use the flashtool to flash a stock ftf
edit: or maybe use the Full Unroot option is supersu, but Im not sure that returns you to stock completely like flashing a stock ftf.
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I guess my first question should have been is anyone else experiencing this issue?
Not experience this. If you haven't tried a data wipe I would give that a try. You'll spend less time setting your phone up again than you would trying to figure out why this is happening. Just one suggestion. Hopefully someone has a better answer
sherdog16 said:
Not experience this. If you haven't tried a data wipe I would give that a try. You'll spend less time setting your phone up again than you would trying to figure out why this is happening. Just one suggestion. Hopefully someone has a better answer
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Thanks. I think that is gonna have to be the next step. Don't really want to give up root.
scooby7557 said:
Thanks. I think that is gonna have to be the next step. Don't really want to give up root.
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I would do the data wipe from the stock sony/android recovery rather than the dual recovery. I read something somewhere by someone who knows "things" that a wipe from stock recover is more complete.
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I would do the data wipe from the stock sony/android recovery rather than the dual recovery. I read something somewhere by someone who knows "things" that a wipe from stock recover is more complete.
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Just beware that wipe from stock recovery should nuke your internal storage so have things backed up
Thanks for the warning. Did the wipe & set everything back up. Disabled apps as opposed to freezing them for now. No other changes until I see how it goes. Then will take it one change at a time. Block ads. Xposed & camera mod. Etc.
Thanks everyone. I'll let ya know if the problem is still present or what sets it off.
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Thanks for the warning. Did the wipe & set everything back up. Disabled apps as opposed to freezing them for now. No other changes until I see how it goes. Then will take it one change at a time. Block ads. Xposed & camera mod. Etc.
Thanks everyone. I'll let ya know if the problem is still present or what sets it off.
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Here's hoping all goes well
OK. Factory reset from stock recovery, wiped cache from dual recovery, reloaded basic apps, disabled several & all has been working great.
Installed Xposed & 20MP Superior Auto then the phone will no longer go to Airplane mode or shut down the wireless connection.
Again hard reset, wiped cache, reloaded the backup from before installing Xposed...still won't shut down the wireless & go to airplane mode.
Can't imagine either of those would change the Airplane functionality. Not sure where to go from here.
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It was the Setup Wizard! Disable or freeze that & Airplane won't work. What the hell? Time to try the 20MP Superior Auto again.
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Good find
try wiping data and factory reset once again. i was also having the same problem but resolved by factory reset two times.
Memory card issues seem to be gone. Reactivated amplify & greenify the other day with no issue. Still need to turn on ad blocking.
Only issue I have now is the audio through my headphones keeps going out. Think my beats headset finally **** the bed. Now I have to figure out a decent pair.
Any suggestions?
I liked beats but some people say it is a gimmick when compared to "good" headphones. What's the best in your opinion?
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