Hi Guys! I am using Samsung Galaxy S2 I9100G INDIA model. After more than one year of use suddenly it started working weird.
1. Full 100% charging getting discharged to 0% in 2-3 hrs(99% phone is put on standby mode - not using for anything)
2. When I enable WiFi it is not able to scan. I repeatedly clicked on scan but it is not showing any progress of scanning and not listing my home WiFi network
I have tried:
1. Battery recalibration - no use
2. Factory reset - no use
3. Hard reset - no use
Can somebody help me with this? Is there a way to check that WiFi chip failed or not Or it's an issue with firmware(4.1.2)?
pokuri999 said:
Hi Guys! I am using Samsung Galaxy S2 I9100G INDIA model. After more than one year of use suddenly it started working weird.
1. Full 100% charging getting discharged to 0% in 2-3 hrs(99% phone is put on standby mode - not using for anything)
2. When I enable WiFi it is not able to scan. I repeatedly clicked on scan but it is not showing any progress of scanning and not listing my home WiFi network
I have tried:
1. Battery recalibration - no use
2. Factory reset - no use
3. Hard reset - no use
Can somebody help me with this? Is there a way to check that WiFi chip failed or not Or it's an issue with firmware(4.1.2)?
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What ROM/kernel are you running?Are you rooted?
vish91 said:
What ROM/kernel are you running?Are you rooted?
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I haven't rooted my phone and Please find my phone configuration attached
WiFi button is permanently greyed out?
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vish91 said:
WiFi button is permanently greyed out?
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No, I am able to turn on WiFi.... but it's not scanning though my friend mobile S3 is able to list my home network.
1.battery might require replacement
2.try WiFi fix app from playstore.If it doesn't work,try flashing stock ROM.
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vish91 said:
1.battery might require replacement
2.try WiFi fix app from playstore.If it doesn't work,try flashing stock ROM.
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Done flashing stock ROM. Still same issue!
pokuri999 said:
Done flashing stock ROM. Still same issue!
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Change your baseband and report here
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vishal11in said:
Change your baseband and report here
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How can we change baseband? You mean by flashing a custom ROM? Please guide me....
I went to service center to know about the issue. He was just re-installed stock ROM by rooting the device even not hearing to my problem. When I say WIFI scanning is not working he turned on WiFi and was saying it's working. But I told him to let the phone scan for any WiFi hotspots close by(My friend phone SIII able to list all available hotspots). He then pressed scan and was saying motherboard was gone. Is that true? How can he say blindly even not checking until I tell him to check the WiFi.
If I need to change the motherboard how much does it costs in INDIA? and does it carries any warranty?
pokuri999 said:
How can we change baseband? You mean by flashing a custom ROM? Please guide me....
I went to service center to know about the issue. He was just re-installed stock ROM by rooting the device even not hearing to my problem. When I say WIFI scanning is not working he turned on WiFi and was saying it's working. But I told him to let the phone scan for any WiFi hotspots close by(My friend phone SIII able to list all available hotspots). He then pressed scan and was saying motherboard was gone. Is that true? How can he say blindly even not checking until I tell him to check the WiFi.
If I need to change the motherboard how much does it costs in INDIA? and does it carries any warranty?
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firstly, you should be rooted to change the baseband.
If you are rooted that find any compatible baseband of your rom version and flash the zip file through recovery.
As far as the motherboard is concerned, it is costly affair. Before coming to the conclusion of motherboard being damaged, lets first try all possible options. I don't see the motherboard issue here.
PM me your rom details and i will find a baseband for you.
vishal11in said:
firstly, you should be rooted to change the baseband.
If you are rooted that find any compatible baseband of your rom version and flash the zip file through recovery.
As far as the motherboard is concerned, it is costly affair. Before coming to the conclusion of motherboard being damaged, lets first try all possible options. I don't see the motherboard issue here.
PM me your rom details and i will find a baseband for you.
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Thank you for your continuous support in resolving the issue. I am very grateful for your support.
I have no idea how can I give my ROM details. These are the details I can provide so far. Please ask me if you need any
Model: GT-I9100G
ROM: Jelly Bean 4.1.2
PDA: I9100GDDLS3
CSC: I9100GODDLS3
pokuri999 said:
Thank you for your continuous support in resolving the issue. I am very grateful for your support.
I have no idea how can I give my ROM details. These are the details I can provide so far. Please ask me if you need any
Model: GT-I9100G
ROM: Jelly Bean 4.1.2
PDA: I9100GDDLS3
CSC: I9100GODDLS3
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we need to be rooted first so go through this post thoroughly
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2065581.
vishal11in said:
we need to be rooted first so go through this post thoroughly
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2065581.
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As suggested I have rooted this and flashed custom ROM - cyanogenmod 10.1
No luck WIFI not working... seems motherboard issue
Can we buy motherboard separately in India? Does it carries any warranty?
pokuri999 said:
As suggested I have rooted this and flashed custom ROM - cyanogenmod 10.1
No luck WIFI not working... seems motherboard issue
Can we buy motherboard separately in India? Does it carries any warranty?
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Check your local area market for a used motherboard as going for a new one will cost you heavy.
I dont thing it will carry warrenty unless you send it to samsung for repair
What exactly happens when you on the wifi.
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fixed problem?
saapaar said:
fixed problem?
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No, I am planning to go for samsung service center and get the motherboard replaced. When I called them they confirmed that motherboard will carry 3 months warranty. So, I thought it's better to go for warranty piece.
pokuri999 said:
No, I am planning to go for samsung service center and get the motherboard replaced. When I called them they confirmed that motherboard will carry 3 months warranty. So, I thought it's better to go for warranty piece.
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My advise wud be to see some local repair shop as it might be a loose connection and would not need the replacement. No harm in getting it checked as he will not ask more than 200-300 rs. If still u find it did not work go for motherboard replacement from samsung.
Btw how much did they asked you for motherboard
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Hi everybody,
The camera flash of my new Samsung S3 haven't worked since the first day I've got my new phone. Factory reset didn't help The phone is in repair now, but I 'm wondering - did anyone have the same problem, or it's only my bad luck.
Thanks!
I don't think that many people have that problem,when I got my crapy arc last year,I didn't have any vibration,had to send it in
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are you sure the flash is on, because the standard setting of the s3 for flash is "always of'
Poker gypsy said:
I don't think that many people have that problem,when I got my crapy arc last year,I didn't have any vibration,had to send it in
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Yep, I guess, you're right. I hoped to get some information regarding the repair - how complicated it is, how long it can take...
Robert333 said:
are you sure the flash is on, because the standard setting of the s3 for flash is "always of'
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Yes, I'm sure
Try a flashlight App from the market then you'll know if it's just cam software related.
You're the first one I've heard of who has a broken LED light, so it's not a common issue.
However even with the most rigorous quality control, when building several millions of a device there are a few bound to be broken upon shipping or have loose connections.
My International Siii got the Sudden Death thing but after playing around with it i got to get it to the download mode tried to flash a rom using odin but it did not take it i tried doing it again and again and i have used lots of roms including one with pit but it did not work
any thing i can do to fix this sudden death with a twist ?? oh and i cant get to the recovery and i have really tried
Thanks
screener72 said:
My International Siii got the Sudden Death thing but after playing around with it i got to get it to the download mode tried to flash a rom using odin but it did not take it i tried doing it again and again and i have used lots of roms including one with pit but it did not work
any thing i can do to fix this sudden death with a twist ?? oh and i cant get to the recovery and i have really tried
Thanks
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If you can get into recovery mode try the http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1703488 you might be able to install a stock rom.
colint3 said:
If you can get into recovery mode try the http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1703488 you might be able to install a stock rom.
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He wrote he can't get into recovery? ...
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screener72 said:
My International Siii got the Sudden Death thing but after playing around with it i got to get it to the download mode tried to flash a rom using odin but it did not take it i tried doing it again and again and i have used lots of roms including one with pit but it did not work
any thing i can do to fix this sudden death with a twist ?? oh and i cant get to the recovery and i have really tried
Thanks
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I had the same as you mate.
There is nothing you can do at the moment.
There are several guys with this problem.
When you try to flash a rom,odin gives you a pit file error,right.
The battery is not charging,right.
You can't pass the first screen,right.
I brought mine to a repair center and they say the whole screen must be replaced,WTF.
Cost:216 euros.
I wait for a solution here on xda.
Perhaps JTAG helps
painterceessie said:
I had the same as you mate.
There is nothing you can do at the moment.
There are several guys with this problem.
When you try to flash a rom,odin gives you a pit file error,right.
The battery is not charging,right.
You can't pass the first screen,right.
I brought mine to a repair center and they say the whole screen must be replaced,WTF.
Cost:216 euros.
I wait for a solution here on xda.
Perhaps JTAG helps
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This is exactly what I have . . . And it happen to lots of people I know they had to change the motherboard
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Went today to to lots of shops and one of them was Samsung official repair center and wow wow wow the price to fix it is 335$ if I add 15$ more I can get the nexus 4
Is that normal ?
Really there no cheaper way to fix it I'm ok with 150$ but not at a price of a new phone
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screener72 said:
Went today to to lots of shops and one of them was Samsung official repair center and wow wow wow the price to fix it is 335$ if I add 15$ more I can get the nexus 4
Is that normal ?
Really there no cheaper way to fix it I'm ok with 150$ but not at a price of a new phone
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What did they tell you,screen or motherboard.
In my case they say the screen.
Warranty sucks by samsung.
I was not rooted,just stock.
Sorry mate to hear that bad news,we can shake hands.
F..k samsung.
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Warranty sucks by samsung.
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Isn't it a 2 year warranty in NL? How does that "suck"?
painterceessie they told me that it was most probably the motherboard but after talking with the very big tech person there he told me even if it was a boot-loader problem they have to change the board for me as my device is not from the the same country coz they cant write a new boot-loader "samsung rules"
and after checking my IMEI number he told me they will have to get an approval from samsung something office anyway and after asking and asking and asking if it was stolen or something like that he told me no . . . thank god he really scared me
to clear things up i got this unit as a gift from someone in samsung "friend of a friend' before the official market date
im looking for someone that has JTAG to try and fix this
but for your unit i dont think it would be the screen if you can go into download mode and see it then the screen would be ok . . . i think
screener72 said:
painterceessie they told me that it was most probably the motherboard but after talking with the very big tech person there he told me even if it was a boot-loader problem they have to change the board for me as my device is not from the the same country coz they cant write a new boot-loader "samsung rules"
and after checking my IMEI number he told me they will have to get an approval from samsung something office anyway and after asking and asking and asking if it was stolen or something like that he told me no . . . thank god he really scared me
to clear things up i got this unit as a gift from someone in samsung "friend of a friend' before the official market date
im looking for someone that has JTAG to try and fix this
but for your unit i dont think it would be the screen if you can go into download mode and see it then the screen would be ok . . . i think
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Thanks mate.
I known now I have the brick bug.
Faulty emmc chip,JTAG doesn't help,you must change the motherboard
And yes I can get into download mode,not recovery.
I will call samsung today here in the netherlands.
painterceessie said:
Thanks mate.
I known now I have the brick bug.
Faulty emmc chip,JTAG doesn't help,you must change the motherboard
And yes I can get into download mode,not recovery.
I will call samsung today here in the netherlands.
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I have JTAG, but like you said, it will not help. There are very little chances to repair the boot and write the emmc. And you don't realy nead an JTAG box to try to repair it. But it can't be done at home also .
painterceessie said:
Thanks mate.
I known now I have the brick bug.
Faulty emmc chip,JTAG doesn't help,you must change the motherboard
And yes I can get into download mode,not recovery.
I will call samsung today here in the netherlands.
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You have warranty so that would not be a problem unless your binary counter shows that you have installed something on it
Good luck and all the best
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ZiDanRO said:
I have JTAG, but like you said, it will not help. There are very little chances to repair the boot and write the emmc. And you don't realy nead an JTAG box to try to repair it. But it can't be done at home also .
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Thanks man
I did not know that but after going around today I know that it would not work
I'm going to change the motherboard
I found one for 150$ . . . I think I'm going to go for it
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i have the same problem peeps, however i can get inside cwm recovery , i can charge, if i pass the first screen, it reaches samsung blue logo animation but freezes at it, i tried flashing stock rom still cant boot , when i am inside cwm, i cant mount /sdcard nor /data.. any idea ??
nullkuhl said:
i have the same problem peeps, however i can get inside cwm recovery , i can charge, if i pass the first screen, it reaches samsung blue logo animation but freezes at it, i tried flashing stock rom still cant boot , when i am inside cwm, i cant mount /sdcard nor /data.. any idea ??
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I'm no expert but if we take the worst case scenario it would be that your memory is dead
I would try to flash a Rom with 4 files and see what happens
What kind of S3 do you have international or US ?
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screener72 said:
I'm no expert but if we take the worst case scenario it would be that your memory is dead
I would try to flash a Rom with 4 files and see what happens
What kind of S3 do you have international or US ?
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I have international S3, but i cant find a rom with 4 files.
screener72 said:
You have warranty so that would not be a problem unless your binary counter shows that you have installed something on it
Good luck and all the best
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I found a main board for 100 euros.
I try this,if it doesn't work I go to a high building and let it smash upon the ground.
You to good luck.
nullkuhl said:
I have international S3, but i cant find a rom with 4 files.
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I will try to find one
I had one . . . But I really don't know where I placed it
Try to format the phone from recovery clear cash and then try to boot
painterceessie said:
I found a main board for 100 euros.
I try this,if it doesn't work I go to a high building and let it smash upon the ground.
You to good luck.
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If you change the motherboard the phone has to work . . . There are only 2 things in the phone the motherboard and the screen that's it
Best of luck to you
I'm just thinking if I do change the motherboard and this thing happens again . . . I would really hate Samsung
screener72 said:
I will try to find one
I had one . . . But I really don't know where I placed it
Try to format the phone from recovery clear cash and then try to boot
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tried that already, but the problem is i cant mount /data or /sdcard in recovery, so i cant format them either..
i tried clearing both caches but still same results..
I have a i9300 16GB.
1.It was bought from another country. Can I still get warranty from my country? do I need to ship it back to the same country if something happens.
2. If my firmware is updated (as Kies says), is my device safe from sudden death?(it says that "this is the lates firmware")
3. Should I keep the 4.1.2 official ROM or should I replace it with a better ROM ?
4.Is it ok to use a magnetic pouch ?
silvercats said:
I have a i9300 16GB.
1.It was bought from another country. Can I still get warranty from my country? do I need to ship it back to the same country if something happens.
2. If my firmware is updated (as Kies says), is my device safe from sudden death?(it says that "this is the lates firmware")
3. Should I keep the 4.1.2 official ROM or should I replace it with a better phone? is it bad?
4.Is it ok to use a magnetic pouch ?
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1. Does your phone have International warranty? If not, you'll have to send it back to the country of purchase.
2 & 3. Firmwares after XXELLA are 'supposedly' safe from SDS (or was it about the Exynos abuse?? Somebody please confirm) but Samsung has not confirmed it yet. Stay on the 4.1.2 version.
4. No idea, mate.
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1. Does your phone have International warranty? If not, you'll have to send it back to the country of purchase.
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I don't know. How to find it ?
supposedly' safe from SDS
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what do you mean "supposedly"?
It is the motherboard crashing this. Phone bricking issue.
silvercats said:
I don't know. How to find it ?
what do you mean "supposedly"?
It is the motherboard crashing this. Phone bricking issue.
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1. That probably means you don't have International warranty.
2. 'Supposedly' because Samsung has never confirmed it.
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I found my small book like warranty in the box and it doesn't have any deal info on it. No international warranty ?
Also if Samsung didn't confirm it, does this mean that still my device could die and no hope for me if this happens as I don't have warranty either? :\
silvercats said:
I found my small book like warranty in the box and it doesn't have any deal info on it. No international warranty ?
Also if Samsung didn't confirm it, does this mean that still my device could die and no hope for me if this happens as I don't have warranty either? :\
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Depends how new you're device is and what motherboard it had it in anyway. Firmwares after ELA supposedly have the software fix for the hardware. Samsung has not out right said it is a fix but a dev, name escapes be at the minute, is reported to have identified the attempted fix in update 7 kernels.
The exynos vulnerability is also fixed.
Drew071
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since the past 4-5 days my i9300 ha sstarted to hang very badly and i cnt do anything about it. only way 2 restart it is by doing a battery pull-up. kindly help me.
even after i reset my mem card n cell still problem persists..
Use this app sounds like SDS, it'll check the chip and you know is it "SDS" straight away. If says "Insane" you're screwed
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djembey said:
Use this app sounds like SDS, it'll check the chip and you know is it "SDS" straight away. If says "Insane" you're screwed
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Hi djembey, and do you think that it might be the cause even if I have the ROM with Samsung patch installed? For SGS3 it is XXELLA. It started to freeze/stuck last Saturday, sometimes it restarts without my intervention, sometimes i had to do it myself.
Thanks
Frostik
You may have a look to this post. Hope it could help you.
BR.
Yes it does say insane chip. what do i do now. i have it within warranty. shall i get it replaced.
@leinad - my s3 isnt rooted..
leinad said:
You may have a look to this post. Hope it could help you.
BR.
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Hi leinad, I lagfixed the partitions, restarted, did a call and the phone stuck again - it did not even turned on the screen. Works again after restart (loooong press of Power button). I think I'll have to send it to repair center.
Best regards
Frostik
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rahuliyer said:
Yes it does say insane chip. what do i do now. i have it within warranty. shall i get it replaced.
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Yes, it says insane chip. Memory check passed without errors. I have the ROM that should have applied the Samsung patch for this chip, but I think it fixes only the hard dead. It stucks with both, rooted and unrooted ROMs, I did many Odin reinstalls during last few days. I tried even a very old 4.0.4 and it also did not work correctly. I think it froze even with pure install after factory reset, I have to back it up and try once again.
You're both very unlucky. Insane chip mean SDS sooner or later. I'll use warranty to get replacement. Samsung reckons that in new Kernel is fix for it but people still reporting dead S3's.
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Hi djembey,
I fixed it for now by factory reset and Titanium restore, but I think it will be better to send it to service.
Thank you
Frostik
Frostik said:
Hi djembey, and do you think that it might be the cause even if I have the ROM with Samsung patch installed? For SGS3 it is XXELLA. It started to freeze/stuck last Saturday, sometimes it restarts without my intervention, sometimes i had to do it myself.
Thanks
Frostik
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try full wiping your phone and install a new rom exclude XXELLA build because it's one the versions that cause hanging
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djembey said:
You're both very unlucky. Insane chip mean SDS sooner or later. I'll use warranty to get replacement. Samsung reckons that in new Kernel is fix for it but people still reporting dead S3's.
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I'm with the SDS model but it says sane chip. Does it mean it will turn insane sooner or later even with the kernel fix?
I recently bought Samsung galaxy quattro for a friend and i noticed that in settings its written 4.1.2 in about phone which i claim is not.
1) First you can't expand notification via single finger, you need to use 2 finger.
2) Memory leak issue.
I think its 4.1.1
What's your thoughts guys?
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Strange. Samsung doesn't have reasons to modify build.prop. Your friend could use Odin to reflash stock ROM, it might solve these problems
freitaz said:
Strange. Samsung doesn't have reasons to modify build.prop. Your friend could use Odin to reflash stock ROM, it might solve these problems
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This means you can expand notification with single finger ?
Yes, I can. But, before flashing the stock rom, bring the device to authorized technical assistance, since it's still on warranty.
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freitaz said:
Yes, I can. But, before flashing the stock rom, bring the device to authorized technical assistance, since it's still on warranty.
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Well that's weird! I used two quattro yesterday and i wasn't able to expand notification from my single finger, i had to use two. Maybe its a issue with indian handsets.
Any indians around?
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oh
we didn't knew that