Well, I was running rootbox for i717 and everything was working fine for a month, Then suddenly out of no where for no reason at all my phone got super laggy, apps started crashing, and my sound stopped working, I mean completely not through the headset not through the speaker nothing!!! So my first thought was something was wrong with the rom, so I tried a factory data reset, I tried re-installing it, I tried 3 other roms, cynagenmod10, Jellybeer and xylon, Finally I did the farthest restore to my stock gingerbread rom, and still the problem priests, in fact its getting worse, I don't know what to do at this point I am completely out of ideas. Could this be a hardware issue? its the only conclusion I can come up with, but its still strange, because if it was just my speaker I would understand hardware issue, but my speaker, my earpiece, my headset, and Apps crashing, super Lag, I can barley even get my keyboard to pop-up then it dispersers. What is going on!!! Please help me oh great devs.
Well, assuming you did complete wipes and factory resets as you flashed each Rom, I'd say you eliminated software.
Did you leave the phone somewhere that let it overheat? Or used a non-OEM charger? Or overclocked it?
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Well, I was running rootbox for i717 and everything was working fine for a month, Then suddenly out of no where for no reason at all my phone got super laggy, apps started crashing, and my sound stopped working, I mean completely not through the headset not through the speaker nothing!!! So my first thought was something was wrong with the rom, so I tried a factory data reset, I tried re-installing it, I tried 3 other roms, cynagenmod10, Jellybeer and xylon, Finally I did the farthest restore to my stock gingerbread rom, and still the problem priests, in fact its getting worse, I don't know what to do at this point I am completely out of ideas. Could this be a hardware issue? its the only conclusion I can come up with, but its still strange, because if it was just my speaker I would understand hardware issue, but my speaker, my earpiece, my headset, and Apps crashing, super Lag, I can barley even get my keyboard to pop-up then it dispersers. What is going on!!! Please help me oh great devs.
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Your best bet is to go to RootzWiki where the dev work is done for those ROMs .. And post this in the threads... I myself am running root box .... Go there .. XDA doesn't support these roms anymore so that's where you need to go
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did you do the 3 wipe procedures when installing the firmware?
there is more than just 3 wipes you can do .....depending on a dirty flash or a clean install or a complete wipe and clean install...you also have android secure ...internal ....external
Sorry for the delayed response
Well, yes I did always do the 3 wipe method, I did the complete wipe as well, and I saw no need to talk to the rootbox dev, (whos name im terrified of mentioning on xda in fear of getting banned lol) because I tried other roms from other devs and the problem still persisted, then I went to the stock rom and still had the problem, then I unrooted the phone and did one last complete wipe, re-installed the stock gingerbread rom, and still had the issue, so finally i gave up and got in contact with the guy on ebay who sold me the phone, and luckily he was more then willing to give me a replacement, then I got the note2 and was (still am) busy trying to sell this one, so I really just forgot I had this post up until I logged in right now so that is why the long delay, Thanks for your help guys but in the end im still pretty sure it was a hardware issue, but since Its back in the hands of the seller and I have new one we will never know for sure
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Hello folks of XDA,
I came here because I have not heard any response on the MIUI forums and UI guess is because the community over there is not as big.
Anywayas, I flashed 1.8.5 MIUI, and I suddenly could not see the screen after I dialed a phone number. Then I also noticed that I could not see the answer screen when someone called me.
Everything else worked like a charm, so I thought to myself, well, maybe I have not been back on JFD for a while, so I went ahead and restored the phone back to stock, follow even the MIUI procedure for the massive JFD restore, and it does not matter.... Any Rom from stock to MIUI or CM7.1 all give me the same problem or an app force close, of phone freeze. I can hear the person on the other side if I call, but there is no human way I can answer the phone.
I believe the phone.apk might be the problem, but after trying to do all kinds of factory reset and format, I am still in the same place.
So my first question is, is there a way to fully format the phone and put it with stock apps. Like out of the box? using CWM gives you the option to format the mount points, but I am afraid to format everything and then have a true bricked phone.
Any comments suggestions, questions, please let me know. I been working on this for 2 days now with no avail.
Bump. I have no phone, so it is very frustrating
So I called tech support and see if they had any idea of what could it be. in the end I am back on stock, so what more harm can I do to it right? Well the tech said something that really leave me thinking. He said that the proximity sensor could be damaged. Now that makes a lot of sense, in the end the phone is already somewhat old and I have had my mishaps dropping it from time to time, but luckly no scuffs on it. What do you guys think?
This though is gonna mean that I have to go get me a new phone today ....
After searching and trying to fix this for a few weeks, I'm finally reaching out for help, I really don't know what else to do.
My vibrate function seems to be completely dead.
I rooted the phone a while back when I first got it and everything was perfect on the first ROM I was using. I then flashed to a different ROM and lost haptic feedback but kept the other vibrate functionality (alarms, texts, etc.) Sorry I don't have specifics on the ROMs but I know the issues may be have been due to the i9100 porting stuff causing haptic issues
My vibrate functionality kind of slowly stopped working.. Sometimes when the headphones were in it would work fine, then I'd take them out it would stop.. and Vice versa.
It does SOUND like it's a hardware error.. But that seems a little silly since there have been multiple issues floating around w/ ROMs and haptic/vibrate problems.
Before I take any further action, anyone have any suggestions? I'm thinking to re-stock the phone entirely (unroot, stock kernel, stock rom) and see if that does it.. I'd rather not send it in to get replaced but I guess that would be an easy option if I can't fix it via software.
I googled vibration not working galaxy s2.
Found this but I didn't watch it as I am not on wifi.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JA3PXNYjJM
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After searching and trying to fix this for a few weeks, I'm finally reaching out for help, I really don't know what else to do.
My vibrate function seems to be completely dead.
I rooted the phone a while back when I first got it and everything was perfect on the first ROM I was using. I then flashed to a different ROM and lost haptic feedback but kept the other vibrate functionality (alarms, texts, etc.) Sorry I don't have specifics on the ROMs but I know the issues may be have been due to the i9100 porting stuff causing haptic issues
My vibrate functionality kind of slowly stopped working.. Sometimes when the headphones were in it would work fine, then I'd take them out it would stop.. and Vice versa.
It does SOUND like it's a hardware error.. But that seems a little silly since there have been multiple issues floating around w/ ROMs and haptic/vibrate problems.
Before I take any further action, anyone have any suggestions? I'm thinking to re-stock the phone entirely (unroot, stock kernel, stock rom) and see if that does it.. I'd rather not send it in to get replaced but I guess that would be an easy option if I can't fix it via software.
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Same happened to the last phone I had, the HTC Aria. I ended up just taking it to an AT&T store for replacement. I even tried going back to stock. Nothing worked on mine.
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Same happened to the last phone I had, the HTC Aria. I ended up just taking it to an AT&T store for replacement. I even tried going back to stock. Nothing worked on mine.
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Yeah, already called att for a replacement and its on the way. Finally decided to give up after getting it back to 100% stock (kernel rom bl etc).
I literally tried everything. But in the end it makes sense that it is a hw problem since so many others have run into it too. Poop.
i watched the video you showed. i started to mess around with my settings while i inserted my headphones on. Somehow, everything is fixed but the vibration is not as strong as before.
Furthermore, my aux does not work with this phone sometimes. It would need to be connected a certain in order for it to work.
I probably dropped my phone while I was working out while i have my headphones on. The connector probably got messed up in the process.
I might need to send my phone in for a replacement. Since i'm not under warrenty, i might send my phone to a lab. I'm pretty sure they can do something about it.
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I might need to send my phone in for a replacement.
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The vibrator turned out to be a hardware issue for me as expected, fyi.
I haven't found any definite information on this issue so that's why I'm starting a thread.
Yesterday, I noticed during a call that I could hear nothing but saw for certain that I was connected to a call and that call volume was all the way up. When I tried speakerphone, everything was normal but as for the built-in earpeice, nothing. The same goes for Bluetooth, everything works normally, but once again, with the ear piece that you out to your head in a normal call, no luck.
WHEN I NOTICED THE ISSUE:
I have been using CM9 nightlies for quite some time (with h0tw1r3's kernel) and had no problems until yesterday when I flashed the Black Star stock ROM out of curiosity of stock functionality. I never made a call in the Black Star ROM to know for certain if the issue took place immediately after flashing it before I had already reverted back to CM9 where I found the issue for the first time.
WHAT I'VE TRIED:
I have already tried flashing three different ICS ROM's (including the Black Star ROM again) wiping EVERYTHING including not only /system, /data, /cache, and Dalvik, but even the internal SD and my external just to rule out any corrupt data that could be interfering. No luck...
Although I've personally never experienced any issues with audio since SGH-i717 development really began, I remember reading that a few people had some audio issues with ICS along the way and am wondering if this could be related. At this point though, I'm thinking it's a hardware issue and not software so I'm expecting to have to replace the phone, although this didn't happen until I flashed the Black Star ROM yesterday which is odd or coincidental if it is solely a hardware failure and not software.
I may try and see if I can get a warranty replacement by resetting the flash counter and leaving only the stock download mode with no third party recovery before I send it in.
But, before I go through the trouble, is there anyone who has encountered or is familiar with this issue that can propose a possible solution?? I'd be extremely grateful for any assistance and would gladly make a significant monetary contribution to anyone providing a solution.
***UPDATE***
Replacement SGH-i717 has been dispatched to me through Samsung warranty. They didn't have any issues or hesitations about replacing my phone for this issue which leads me to believe they've seen it a few times already so for those of you having the same issue, don't hesitate to call in a warranty replacement! I'll let everyone know if Jelly Bean runs better on my new device to answer the question or whether some Notes have defective GPU's that don't work with project Butter or not.
Thanks,
If it persists from rom to rom then logic would say it must be a hardware issue. Get your phone back to stock and get your replacement
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If it persists from rom to rom then logic would say it must be a hardware issue. Get your phone back to stock and get your replacement
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using xda premium
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I thought so too... On the phone with warranty now! Maybe my replacement will work better with the current Jelly Bean previews. As of right now, Jelly Bean runs less smooth than ICS for me.
Hey guys!
The other day, I picked up an Atrix, mainly to use as an mp3 player so my S3's battery wouldn't drain as much during the day.
So, I took the steps any good android-user would go through. I unlocked the bootloader, rooted, and had Clockworkmod all set up.
This is within 30 minutes of having the phone. During the first while of tinkering with it, I noticed some strange things. There's really too many to list, but I'll try.
The phone at times is completely unresponsive. At seemingly random intervals, the Atrix would freeze, and randomly start selecting things.
For example, whilst using the keyboard, it would stream out random lines of text, like yyyyzzyyzyyzyyzyyyxyyxyyzy. Thinking that it was just a fluke with the rom , I carried on.
Often, the only time I can accurately and reliably select something is immediately after turning the screen off and back on again. And sometimes, that doesn't work either.
Also, there seems to be a 4-5 second latency from pressing the screen, to the device registering it.
Again, at random intervals, the image displayed on the screen begins to shake, and becomes unresponsive. I really wish I could record it happening.
There's also a host of other problems. The wifi hasn't ever worked, and the phone flat out refuses to flash some gapps packages.
So, my Atrix is basically a non-functioning, shivering, nightmare of a phone to work with. None of these issues have been caused by flashing different roms, and I have never touched any of the sbf files.
No matter what I try, it is just unusable. Every thing I have tried has failed, and this phone is out of warranty, so replacement is out of the question. So, is there anything I can do to fix this issue? I really, really need help.
Thanks in advance guys!!
I think we need to know what ROM (ROMS?) you are using. Is the bug recurrent? Have you thoroughly wiped cache, dalvik and did a factory reset before flashing? Are you sure you are flashing the proper Google apps for the ROM you are trying to use? And finally, are you sure your bootloader is unlocked? Does it say unlocked when booting and can you get to clockwork mod?
Those problems might be hardware, but I've experienced some of them myself from bad flashes, or corrupt pds partition, so software is far more likely. Give a little more info and I'll try to help.
Also, does Bluetooth work?
And what do you mean " refuses to flash"? What happens?
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I think we need to know what ROM (ROMS?) you are using. Is the bug recurrent? Have you thoroughly wiped cache, dalvik and did a factory reset before flashing? Are you sure you are flashing the proper Google apps for the ROM you are trying to use? And finally, are you sure your bootloader is unlocked? Does it say unlocked when booting and can you get to clockwork mod?
Those problems might be hardware, but I've experienced some of them myself from bad flashes, or corrupt pds partition, so software is far more likely. Give a little more info and I'll try to help.
Also, does Bluetooth work?
And what do you mean " refuses to flash"? What happens?
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Hey! Well, I started on the stock ota 2.3.6
Yes, the bootloader is unlocked, cwm is the recovery, and I can get into it. Before flashing, I did wipe dalvik, cache, and factory reset.
The roms I've installed are in this order:
Stock ota 2.3.6, Cyanogenmod 7 2013/1/1 nightly, TopSmart's final release 1.3 rom, and AOKP 4.1.2 from October 17.
The roms flash just fine,and I always use the correct gapps. The problems have persisted through everything I have tried.
Bluetooth does not work, and neither does anything that requires a radio. (Data, calls, wifi, etc)
Is this a new or used atrix. if it was bought used perhaps has a hardware problem that the seller neglected to tell you about
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Is this a new or used atrix. if it was bought used perhaps has a hardware problem that the seller neglected to tell you about
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I got it used, but it was still in the box, and even had the plastic screen that says "Don't text and drive" on it. The phone had literally never been booted up.
I think I figured out the problem, and will try to post a video of it.
The touchscreen just freaks out when being used. I found this out through the pointer location in the dev tools in Cyanogenmod 7
I'm on cm10 and random touches happen to me. I just lock and unlock the screen to fix. Only happens to me on cyanogen roms.
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Could it be a foreign phone? that would explain the radio not working. The screen breaking and ghost touches sound like the leaked rom/kernel, was it happening with all the roms you installed?
Hello,
My problem is very weird and i couldnt find any solution for it yet. Some time ago when someone was calling me i couldn't hear the voice and the caller couldnt hear mine, when i turned speaker on it was all fine. I tried to work it out by installing and uninstalling certain things in the phone and'ive come to the stage where if i try to call someone or someone calls me my phone freeze (nothing can be done) and then restart itself.
My current ROM is latest nigthly CM 12.1.
What could possibly cause this? I wiped everything possible like 3 times already, made factory resets, installed rom again and again, nothing helped..
EDIT: Ive tried installing different ROMS, CM11, CM12.1, Stock Rom, still same issue.
Loading the backup (5gb) of the phone before flashing it and doing all the stuff didn't help...
I had a similar issue on my old S4. Turned out to be one too many "drops" by my baby, cracked the circuit board behind the glass. This caused issues with calls not going through, cant't hear people, it disconnects by itself, sporadic reboots, some force closes, and eventually me trading it in for the S5..lol That was my 2nd replaced board in that S4 in as many months. Needless to say, my daughter does not play with daddy's new phone any longer..lol That was my experience, hope it helps. Good Luck!
Thanks for the answer, but unfortunatly i treat my phone pretty good and it would be a big coincidence if something mechanicly broke inside it, as i said it happened the same day as i uninstalled Hangouts and something else with Root App Deleter...