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Hello everyone, im not one to post much, i bascily find what i need say what i must and im done... I purchased 2 samsung vibrants, made a contract and never been so happy with a phone... A few days after having the phone, i start having issues when trying to make a call... Phone stays in Dialing screen and doesnt go anywhere from there, or goes black, or just drops the call or doesnt make the call at all and goes rightback to the main screen... ALSO!!! text messeges wouldnt go through with a 3g signal full bars... soon after i started having issues with a few programs the sims would give me an error, other aps would get the shakes, freeze, market doesn load , just a black screen... so i called tmobile let them know what was going on.... made us do a reset lost everything on the phones.... waited a few more days same problems again this time we went and got the sim cards changed.... few hours later same thing again... so after we passed the 14 day period to return the phones or what not they gave us a bit of a hassle to have them replaced but they replaced them... Mind you this issues was random and everything happend while having a better then good enough signal... so we get the replacements and a few days later... same issues again... Now my concern is how lucky can i be to get 4.... FOUR!!! not 1... but 4 phones that do the same exact things...
Id like to know how many ppl are having any of these issues besides the gps one... cause tmobile reps keep saying "OH i know "Blank" has this phone and hasnt had any issues at all, we havent recieved many calls about this phone.. " Im sure its Bull but please if any of you have had these issues please post id like to get something done about this cause at this point i love the phone but i cant deal with not being able to use my phone when i want to... Ive taken a few pics of the errors and a video or two but i wanna have something to show inthere face that im not just the only one with this problem and i dont just want a new phone...
My Mytouch 3g 1.2 with cyanogen ran faster, better, and never gave me the issues this phone is giveing me.. its stupid and i dont believe this should be happening...
So please post lol thanks....
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I know i miss spelled im running late for work and typed in a rush sorry...
RE: Black Screens
It's your phone lagging.
Do you have Facebook or Twitter hooked into your phone.
It's probably updating statuses in the phone app, and that's why it's lagging. When it lags, it starts giving black screens. Happens a lot. If you want to stick with the phone, then some of the knowledgeable modders here can recommend some decent custom ROMs that get rid of much of the lag, and point you in the correct direction.
From what I've read FroYo doesn't fix this issue on Galaxy S phones, though some said the leaked 2.2.1 ROM for the i9k fixes much of it.
RE: Text Messages
T-Mobile's network is pretty bad, I've noticed. I get the failed text messages quite a bit as well.
RE: Shakes and stuff in other apps
See "RE: Black screens" The RFS file system is almost guaranteed to lag any application which accesses the forum, especially if they use a database.
90% of the people here have had the same issues. 80% of them run a custom ROM or Lag Fix, 5% of them are in denial, and 5% of them run such a slimmed down setup that the lag is rare and simply doesn't bother them.
Speaking of which. There are Lag Fixes and Custom ROMs (usually with Lag Fixes integrated in them) that can alleviate much of the Lag. YMMV, however.
HTH.
umm a user error? i wonder how you use your phone..
like when you download apps from the marketplace, do you at the same time to make calls? send texts? or other stuffs while downloading? orr are you multi tasking as lot? web, text, games ? do you even exit on apps ..hmm
and you've been a member since july when the vibrant launched, are you not making this story up? LOL im kidding.. just get a different phone i guess, not a vibrant..
He's past the return period. Read his post.
Phones are cheap I heard...
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My Vibrant doesnt regonize sd card
I rooted my phone the other day and flashed to Nero 3 Team whiskey Rom, ever since then my phone doesn't recognize my external sd card and when i plug it to the PC it only shows internal card can some one help me i posted this twice and no respond hope this one works and thanks to all of you...
tonydatechnyc said:
I rooted my phone the other day and flashed to Nero 3 Team whiskey Rom, ever since then my phone doesn't recognize my external sd card and when i plug it to the PC it only shows internal card can some one help me i posted this twice and no respond hope this one works and thanks to all of you...
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Check this out, this may be what you need: Internal/External Sdcard Mounting Fix - for all 2.2 roms - *11/20/10*
the SAME EXACT ISSUES WITH ALL PHONES?
Here's what i did before, not to a vibrant, but my g2 when it had a bunch of problems.
After 6 replacements, tmobile told me that they can't trust me anymore. so for this time i went to their store and let them see the problems, they told me they hadn't seen it before (obviously) then i asked if i could TRY OUT another phone in front of them, i took out everything, and put it in the new phone, and same issues.
They told me something was wrong and they'd do something... they went to the back, same back after 10 minutes, and everything was fixed, but they wiped EVERYTHING ON MY PHONE, the sd card etc.
N8ter said:
He's past the return period. Read his post.
Phones are cheap I heard...
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I read it.. do you realize that it's nnot hard to replace the phone on TMobile? Tmo might even offer him a different phone.. it's called customer service and it's not like he bricked the phone anyway.. even if you bricked it they'd still replace it.. are you that oblivious???
I only had my Vibrant running stock firmware for about 2mins so I do not know about your lag. I am using the latest PepperKake rom with the Voodoo lag fix. I do not have facebook or twitter running. Just my email and a PS3 trophy card. I have not seen any sort of lag or freeze.
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I read it.. do you realize that it's nnot hard to replace the phone on TMobile? Tmo might even offer him a different phone.. it's called customer service and it's not like he bricked the phone anyway.. even if you bricked it they'd still replace it.. are you that oblivious???
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I've been through 3 of these phones. I don't need tips from you.
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N8ter was the most helpful with his first post. JL5 fixed alot of the "lag" issues I had, but the only lag I was experiencing was using my exchange (corporate) connector.
Best bet is to flash to JL5 or a custom rom, or if you dont wish to deal with that return the phone and tell TMO what for.
JL5 "Stock" ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=881542
N8ter said:
I've been through 3 of these phones. I don't need tips from you.
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then what's the point of you saying "he's past the return period..?" if you yourself were able to exchange it 3 times? can't he do the same knowing he's got faulty devices?
it's funny how some poster above me could praise you and say you were helpful when you cant even help yourself to make your phone become better and learn to like it, but instead you come in here parading your hate about the vibrant...
ughhh.. rolleyes**
Ms_Vibrant said:
then what's the point of you saying "he's past the return period..?" if you yourself were able to exchange it 3 times? can't he do the same knowing he's got faulty devices?
it's funny how some poster above me could praise you and say you were helpful when you cant even help yourself to make your phone become better and learn to like it, but instead you come in here parading your hate about the vibrant...
ughhh.. rolleyes**
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You told him to get another phone - which I interpret to mean a different phone, because another Vibrant won't fix his issues, obviously. I've gotten two replacements (both were BNIB basically from the factory, since they were backordered when I put the tickets in).
He's past the return period, so his only choice would be to get a different phone, and those aren't cheap.
Furthermore, carriers (T-Mobile included) are always willing to swap the phone out for a different model to save a contract, but they aren't so dumb that they will let any random user get a free upgrade just because they called in *****ing about phone problems and threatened to cancel their contract (when you ETF, they get their subsidy back).
I know what I'm talking about. I've ETF'd from two other carriers in the past 6 months (Sprint and AT&T, due to poor signal issues) and have had all 4.
You can roll your eyes all you want, miss thing who is obviously a fangirl.
Sorry eveyone i lost my password for a while lol... To update you all on this, i ended up going thru 6!!! vibrants all had the same issues.. i didnt wanna root it i loved it as it was but after argueing with tmo, and samsung i didnt get anywhere with them, they only offered to exchange for the charm, HEll no! ...They WOuldnt exchange it for anything else.. so i ended up canceling the contract. It was cheaper to cancel the contract then to buy another phone at full price like they wanted me to.. it was $400 to cancel the contract plus the month, for the family plan... had i purchased two phones the "mytouch 4g" which is what we tried to get, at full price it was running about 900 to almost 1200 for both phones... havent had any issues with the mytouch ... But whats funny is , they now have the same vibrant phone with 4g service and a front facing camera... could it be they knew the vibrant had issues? so went ahead and remade it /fixed the issues instead of a recall. I saw several ppl everytime i went out who had one and actually ASKED them if they had any issues like i was and YES they did...
Basically in a nut shell Eclair is ****. The phone is awesome . Flash a good Rom and everything will be fine.
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that sucks
Guyver96 said:
Hello everyone, im not one to post much, i bascily find what i need say what i must and im done... I purchased 2 samsung vibrants, made a contract and never been so happy with a phone... A few days after having the phone, i start having issues when trying to make a call... Phone stays in Dialing screen and doesnt go anywhere from there, or goes black, or just drops the call or doesnt make the call at all and goes rightback to the main screen... ALSO!!! text messeges wouldnt go through with a 3g signal full bars... soon after i started having issues with a few programs the sims would give me an error, other aps would get the shakes, freeze, market doesn load , just a black screen... so i called tmobile let them know what was going on.... made us do a reset lost everything on the phones.... waited a few more days same problems again this time we went and got the sim cards changed.... few hours later same thing again... so after we passed the 14 day period to return the phones or what not they gave us a bit of a hassle to have them replaced but they replaced them... Mind you this issues was random and everything happend while having a better then good enough signal... so we get the replacements and a few days later... same issues again... Now my concern is how lucky can i be to get 4.... FOUR!!! not 1... but 4 phones that do the same exact things...
Id like to know how many ppl are having any of these issues besides the gps one... cause tmobile reps keep saying "OH i know "Blank" has this phone and hasnt had any issues at all, we havent recieved many calls about this phone.. " Im sure its Bull but please if any of you have had these issues please post id like to get something done about this cause at this point i love the phone but i cant deal with not being able to use my phone when i want to... Ive taken a few pics of the errors and a video or two but i wanna have something to show inthere face that im not just the only one with this problem and i dont just want a new phone...
My Mytouch 3g 1.2 with cyanogen ran faster, better, and never gave me the issues this phone is giveing me.. its stupid and i dont believe this should be happening...
So please post lol thanks....
p.s.
I know i miss spelled im running late for work and typed in a rush sorry...
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that suck, r u able to reproduce the problems in front of the salesperson. i have four and all mine seem fine even when they were stock. they're all running cm7 #105 and seem to run without error -gps.
I rooted it the second I bought it and then tried to make a call...no sound from either end. Spent a few hours messing around, figuring it was a bad root or kernel. Ended up going back to bone stock....still no sound.
I'm going to unroot and reflash stock for the 4th time but I think I just happened to get a defective phone.
Anyone else experience this or think it's something else?
Thats why I always test the basics of a phone before I do anything to it (make calls, check the screen and casing, check loud speaker...) It takes just a few minutes and can save you the hassle of having to flash back to stock to take it in.
Id say that you have a defective phone it you flashed back to stock and it still has no sound.
Red5 said:
Thats why I always test the basics of a phone before I do anything to it (make calls, check the screen and casing, check loud speaker...) It takes just a few minutes and can save you the hassle of having to flash back to stock to take it in.
Id say that you have a defective phone it you flashed back to stock and it still has no sound.
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Yep I do this and a few other things like GPS before I even leave the store.
Drew489 said:
I rooted it the second I bought it and then tried to make a call...no sound from either end. Spent a few hours messing around, figuring it was a bad root or kernel. Ended up going back to bone stock....still no sound.
I'm going to unroot and reflash stock for the 4th time but I think I just happened to get a defective phone.
Anyone else experience this or think it's something else?
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You have a defective phone my friend. I had the exact same problem with the first phone that I bought. I took it right back to at&t and they exchanged it without give me any hassle.
Had the same problem but mine seemed intermittent. Took it back to best buy, exchanged it and this one seems to be solid. I can't complain...dual core awesomeness for 120 off contract lol
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I sent my Galaxy Note into Samsung to get the screen repaired.
When I sent it off, I realized that I forgot to reset the flash counter.
I was scared ****less.
Anyway, they repaired it and it is about to be sent back to me.
I just thought I would let everyone know that there is nothing to worry about.
sealcouch said:
I sent my Galaxy Note into Samsung to get the screen repaired.
When I sent it off, I realized that I forgot to reset the flash counter.
I was scared ****less.
Anyway, they repaired it and it is about to be sent back to me.
I just thought I would let everyone know that there is nothing to worry about.
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I think you just got lucky bud and I would not encourage anyone else to do the same thing. Just because they agreed to fix your phone doesn't mean that everyone else will be as fortunate. Samsung and your phone carrier clearly stated that if you do flash a non OEM ROM you will be voiding your warranty.
Also, lets wait till you get your phone back before you consider this a success.
deeken said:
I think you just got lucky bud and I would not encourage anyone else to do the same thing. Just because they agreed to fix your phone doesn't mean that everyone else will be as fortunate. Samsung and your phone carrier clearly stated that if you do flash a non OEM ROM you will be voiding your warranty.
Also, lets wait till you get your phone back before you consider this a success.
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Yeah. I wouldn't recommend it. I feel like if I sent my phone in for some sort of software issue I would be out of luck.
I will update this thread when I actually get the phone back.
it might depend on the repair in question. A screen replacement is just hardware so they may not mind the software being a custom ROM. I sent in a GT 10.1 with AOKP installed to fix a screen issue. I'm sure they noticed the angry rainbow unicorn when they booted it up. They fixed it no problem though annoyingly, they actually WIPED my entire device, sdcard and everything back to stock. On the GT 10.1 boards, no one has had that happen except me.
I have to send my note in for a repair on my SD card slot, which keeps popping out the microsd. My phone has a custom rom and probably 3 on the flash counter. I was hoping they didn't care since it was a hardware issue. On a side note, it sucks that AT&T doesn't give out loaner phones while it's being fixed.
flintdragon said:
it might depend on the repair in question. A screen replacement is just hardware so they may not mind the software being a custom ROM. I sent in a GT 10.1 with AOKP installed to fix a screen issue. I'm sure they noticed the angry rainbow unicorn when they booted it up. They fixed it no problem though annoyingly, they actually WIPED my entire device, sdcard and everything back to stock. On the GT 10.1 boards, no one has had that happen except me.
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Makes me wonder if they just gave you a different phone? Or you memorized the hardware numbers? I agree with you being a hardware issue, they are probably not going to care about the flash counter. If you sent them a boot looping device that had the flash counter up high, then i would suspect they might say something.
No real worries guys. I had to send my phone in to Sammy for a screen issue a couple days before braway released the counter reset. They repaired it with no issues, wiped the ROM and reset the counter for me lol. This was back in late March.
Edit- in my case, they gave me the same phone because the Bluetooth physical address was the same. They replaced the screen including the front glass, so I didn't get my screen protector back.
Im pretty sure the techs there get paid by the hour and Im also sure that they themselves(techs) flash custom software on their devices. If I worked in that dept, I would spend the extra time resetting your flash counters and reverting you to stock, only to make my day go by quicker... I wouldn't recommend betting the farm on that. IMHO
dcfella said:
I have to send my note in for a repair on my SD card slot, which keeps popping out the microsd. My phone has a custom rom and probably 3 on the flash counter. I was hoping they didn't care since it was a hardware issue. On a side note, it sucks that AT&T doesn't give out loaner phones while it's being fixed.
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It depends on the store. I threw a fit, called customer service and they have me a credit for ****tiest prepaid phone they have. Least its mine now as a total emergency backup. I was not gonna be out of a phone for days.
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erick161 said:
It depends on the store. I threw a fit, called customer service and they have me a credit for ****tiest prepaid phone they have. Least its mine now as a total emergency backup. I was not gonna be out of a phone for days.
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I sent it off Monday and I already have the tracking number for the return shipping. In any case, I am using my old iPhone 3g until I get my phone back. It's always good to have a spare.
So people wouldn't recommend it, but who here has actually been denied service with an upped counter?
Traditionally, going all the way back to my Nexus One, the phone manufacturers don't care about root/s-off/flash counter if it's a clear hardware issue. If your button stops working or your screen doesn't respond anymore or your phone doesn't charge, they generally fix it.
sealcouch said:
I sent it off Monday and I already have the tracking number for the return shipping. In any case, I am using my old iPhone 3g until I get my phone back. It's always good to have a spare.
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Of course its best to have a backup, but at the time I didn't. I didn't expect a loaner, but when the CSR on the phone said I'd get one...then the store says no...well, we have problems.
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loving the phone!
I have 2 physical issues and i just wanted to know if anyone is experiencing it..
1) my home button makes a noticeable CLICK like it's sticking to something.
2) i was trying out the motions for TW and when i was trying the Shake to scan motion i heard a knocking.. so i did it again and again.. something inside my phone is moving back and forth ....
EDIT: never mind... dumb moment.. it;s the battery shifting around..
but issue 1 is still there
phone operates fine..
If i return it.. maybe someone on Rogers can help..
1) i am over the 30mins/50mb limit but only had the phone for a week.. do i just call in then?
2) my flash counter is at 1 since i rooted it before the no trip counter method was released.
3) if i flash my phone back to stock using the stock recovery from the forums will it trip my counter again?
johentie said:
loving the phone!
I have 2 physical issues and i just wanted to know if anyone is experiencing it..
1) my home button makes a noticeable CLICK like it's sticking to something.
2) i was trying out the motions for TW and when i was trying the Shake to scan motion i heard a knocking.. so i did it again and again.. something inside my phone is moving back and forth ....
EDIT: never mind... dumb moment.. it;s the battery shifting around..
but issue 1 is still there
phone operates fine..
If i return it.. maybe someone on Rogers can help..
1) i am over the 30mins/50mb limit but only had the phone for a week.. do i just call in then?
2) my flash counter is at 1 since i rooted it before the no trip counter method was released.
3) if i flash my phone back to stock using the stock recovery from the forums will it trip my counter again?
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from videos I have seen(I dont have the device yet) the home button does make a little clicking sound
thanks for the reply..
crap i keep posing in the wrong S3 forum!
Mods can you delete this thread? i am going to create another one in the North American s3 threads sorry!
The click on the home button is on mine too. Sounds like cheap quality to me.
I have the American version of the S3. It was successfully rooted, but stock rom. I was looking into CM9, and noticed that Rom Manager said they supported the SGS3 and CM9. I installed Rom Manager and chose the option for it to reboot for me. However at that point it turned off and won't come back on. NOTHING. No light when I plug it in, can't get it into download mode. I've pulled the battery, replaced it, tried CWM button combination as well as Download mode button combination. PLEASE help.
The phone had about 25-30% battery at the time. I've got it plugged in, and I'm holding out hope it may at least get into download mode once it has more juice.
Man sorry to hear that. While I've had my share of issues with Rom Manager (that's why I quit using it), I've never heard of it bricking a device. What were you having it do when this happened? Did you flash a recovery or Rom. Or were you just rebooting or rebooting to recovery. What custom recovery did you have installed?
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you might be right, cause when you got battery life lower than 50% rom manager tend to recognize it and stop flashing i think.
i bricked my t999 2 days ago because of over flashing hahaha. i flash at least 3 times a day from cm9 to cm10 to stock anything i can find. The phone still work but its got a corrupted IMEI and the IMEI show a 0 instead of the original number.i can't return it because it past 14 days. i just gotta wait for someone to find a fix i guess. Why can't i brick it before the 14 days.... sigh...
when you got your fix make sure you back up your un-corrupted EFS folder. i learned my lesson by not to. with the AT&T and T-mobile versions it tend to happen more. It is random also. so back up you efs folder and nandroid it.
well at least i can now continuing flashing and try out new roms and doesn't worry about bricking it "again".
i don't know maybe i will sell it for cheap...
anyway good luck bringing your phone back to life.
sounds like a brick to me
What does device manager show? If its QHSUSB DLOAD ur done. Otherwise post what it says.Also plug it in without a battery, bet it gets a red light.which i think also points to u bein screwed. and rom manager can brick you dont be fooled(quit using as well).
ouch, i think you might have possibly ended up flashing something for the international one? dont know much that could help you at this point, god knows if those download jigs still work for the iii if they could help you at all. You might be looking at either a jtag fix or a warrenty.
I never really saw a point to using rom manager easier to just flash cwm and look on xda for zips, not to mention it you have to pay to get like 3/4ths of the apps functionality even it seems.
I'm within 14 days of buying the phone. Can I take it back to AT&T and have them do anything?
It does have a red light if I plug it in with no battery.
I'm so scared. I bought a USB jig. Will that do anything? I can't have this be bricked.
if ur within the 14 days just go to at&t and tell them "the truth". u know how it got hot and froze and just wouldn't come back on. or how you woke up to the phone in this state. w/e works for you just play stupid and you've never heard of root before. as far as you know that's just some crazy new app that's out lmao. and no the jig is worthless here won't do anything for ya
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billard412 said:
if ur within the 14 days just go to at&t and tell them "the truth". u know how it got hot and froze and just wouldn't come back on. or how you woke up to the phone in this state. w/e works for you just play stupid and you've never heard of root before. as far as you know that's just some crazy new app that's out lmao. and no the jig is worthless here won't do anything for ya
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To the guy within his 14 days, listen to this guy, “the phone got really hot, the screen turned off, and now the phone won't boot up.."
To the OP, sounds like your best bet is trying for a warranty claim or sending it to Samsung. Unfortunately you're the third person in two days that I've read has done this. The other two sent it to Samsung and they actually didn't charge them I believe.
Tapatalk.