Hey folks, I've done a bit of searching, but I've yet to find anyone with this specific issue with my VZW S4.
All of a sudden I do not have ANY sounds what so ever....I've tried working with settings (sounds, adapt sounds, etc.), rebooting, clearing cache with CWM, pulling the battery. I do have sound from headphones.
Yesterday evening I went to a doctors appointment and muted/put phone on vibrate (don't remember which) and noticed when I got home and returned to normal sound mode in the pulldown that I no longer had any sounds....
I have a Rooted stock MDK...I have not cleared or wiped to factory settings and I've never installed a custom ROM....only rooted and have CWM Recovery (did this about two weeks ago).
Any clue/ideas as to what this could be? Will wiping with CWM clear it up? If I wipe to factory settings, will lose root?
Same issue
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Well, I performed a factory rest with CWM Recovery.....no luck. Still no sounds at all....no notification, speaker, alarm, ringer, etc.
Has anyone else experienced this besides the above poster??
Maybe try restoring stock MDK through Odin. Then re-root. Make sure you don't take the OTA though.
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haza12d said:
Maybe try restoring stock MDK through Odin. Then re-root. Make sure you don't take the OTA though.
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Thanks!
That's my next option...I've already started to install CM RC2 and its rebooting now. Crossing fingers.
redwings73 said:
Thanks!
That's my next option...I've already started to install CM RC2 and its rebooting now. Crossing fingers.
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No luck with flashng CM RC2....crap. It must be a phone hardware issue (?)....I'd rather not return it for fear they'll send me a refurb. Worse yet, a refurb with ME7....
BT can cause this to happen. Try sound about from market
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BT can cause this to happen. Try sound about from market
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What is BT? I just downloaded SoundAbout.....will try that for sure.
redwings73 said:
What is BT? I just downloaded SoundAbout.....will try that for sure.
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Sorry BlueTooth
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Sorry BlueTooth
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Ahhh...I should have know.
I've tried a number of things with no luck.....it seems to be a hardware issue. Verizon is overnighting a new (by new, I mean slightly used, right?) S4. Hoping it will be a MDK and not ME7, but I don't have my hopes up.....
Now on to deleting root apps, Triangle Away and Unroot to stock.....
This thread can be closed.... Verizon is sending a replacement.
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You should have tried a battery pull
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scottgalit61 said:
You should have tried a battery pull
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Yeah....why didn't I think of that?
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No Sound At all
Sorry to revive but I wanted some advice
I bought my S4 with VRUAMDK firmware used hence I seriously doubt I can ask Verizon to replace it.
when I got it it tested fine I made calls
after rooting it just stopped making any sounds or phone calls, (I'm pretty certain I followed the rooting instructions correctly)
tried unrooting, going back to stock and rerooting and trying several ROMS I still have no sound whatsoever no headphones nothing, it does eventually detect the headphone if plugged in, even in the diagnostic menu sound doesnt work
I can browse using mobile data I can attempt a call and the other phone rings but the dialer doesnt work after placing the call the phone hangs or restarts sometimes.
everything else works I can send and receive text messages, emails, cameras work. etc
if this is a hardware issue what needs to be replaced? any idea whats the best way to get this fixed?
If I need to start a new thread let me know
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Didn't see anywhere in the thread if the bluetooth was or wasn't working. Just though I'd let you guys know that bluetooth crashes my Tbolt. I've tried it a few times, just turning it on crashes and when I try to view the bluetooth menu. And now I'm stuck in a bootloop. This is my first post and due to the sight rules I can't post on the actual thread, perhaps a mod can move this to it. Otherwise this has been great!
Try flashing the imoseyon kernal. This should fix your Bluetooth issues.
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You're talking about this one, correct?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1086518
I see that it is a GB kernel and this is an ICS rom. I don't know if that makes a difference. Still pretty new at this, that's why I'm asking.
My apologies. No you cannot use this with ICS. Its early in the morning and thought I read the title to be about Jesters other ROM Jellyblur (GB ROM themed to look like ICS). There are no custom kernals yet for the Thunderbolts ICS until HTC drops the source. I will try to re-create this issue and I will get back with you unless someone gives a solution before me lol. Once again my apologies.
If you are in a bootloop you may have to re-wipe and re-install the ROM. It may have been a bad flash if BT was not working and caused a bootloop.
EDIT: although irrelevent for this ROM, the link you provided is an outdated custom kernal. The Dev has since then updated to 6.2.1
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Ok cool. I wasn't sure. Good thing I didn't just try it, haha. I ended up wiping it all and reflashing. Haven't tried bluetooth after new install though.
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So the bluetooth doesnt work with this rom?
As far as I've tried, no. But like baronmxc said, it could be a bad flash. I'm gonna try when I get back from class in a couple hours.
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Didn't see anywhere in the thread if the bluetooth was or wasn't working. Just though I'd let you guys know that bluetooth crashes my Tbolt. I've tried it a few times, just turning it on crashes and when I try to view the bluetooth menu. And now I'm stuck in a bootloop. This is my first post and due to the sight rules I can't post on the actual thread, perhaps a mod can move this to it. Otherwise this has been great!
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Hi,
Well you are in luck I had the exact same problem today and finally found the fix. I was using the . 9 radio was working fine so thought its ok but since bluetooth was my only issue I flashed ( in hboot) the . 19 radio and now no bluetooth problem. Not only turn it on and off able to use it!
Phone has not rebooted once since I did this.
Hope this helps you out,
Bryan
Swannyman, I suggest you to try out what trapperjohn found before you wipe. I have also heard reports of the latest radio fixing these issues also.
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Hi,
Well you are in luck I had the exact same problem today and finally found the fix. I was using the . 9 radio was working fine so thought its ok but since bluetooth was my only issue I flashed ( in hboot) the . 19 radio and now no bluetooth problem. Not only turn it on and off able to use it!
Phone has not rebooted once since I did this.
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Is this the radio you're talking about?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1605557
Yes and flash that in hboot
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Good news! I flashed it and it works great, even sent a file both ways to make sure. Thanks a ton trapperjohn.
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Good news! I flashed it and it works great, even sent a file both ways to make sure. Thanks a ton trapperjohn.
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Great!
I love it when a plan comes together.
I also notice alot more 4g speed.
That bootloop sucks.
I wonder if this radio came out when the leak was initially released.
Would explain why on gingerbread we didn't see a big change but obviously the minor change in it was for ics.
Thanks,
Bryan
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Great!
I love it when a plan comes together.
I also notice alot more 4g speed.
That bootloop sucks.
I wonder if this radio came out when the leak was initially released.
Would explain why on gingerbread we didn't see a big change but obviously the minor change in it was for ics.
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Yeah, it must have but I'm glad to be out of that mess with the bootloop. Thanks again!
Since the problem got solved...figured I'd jump in with a couple issues that I'm having with this rom.
1* I go into settings and to my apps. When I click an app and it brings up the space used and other info...everything says computing and doesn't show a value. I'm trying to move my apps to the SD and it does nothing since they wont compute. Anybody with this issue...a fix?
2* When I get a SMS, the LED keeps blinking after the message is closed or replied to. It stops after a few minutes, but its annoying. I have GoSMS.
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Since the problem got solved...figured I'd jump in with a couple issues that I'm having with this rom.
1* I go into settings and to my apps. When I click an app and it brings up the space used and other info...everything says computing and doesn't show a value. I'm trying to move my apps to the SD and it does nothing since they wont compute. Anybody with this issue...a fix?
2* When I get a SMS, the LED keeps blinking after the message is closed or replied to. It stops after a few minutes, but its annoying. I have GoSMS.
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1. Wait and let it total all the apps before entering to move them. It may take a minute if you have a lot of apps.
2. That's a bug with gosms. I never could figure out a fix other than disabling the led notification.
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I finally got them moved, but it would take 1-4 minutes a piece to move. And when I try to uninstall an app, it just says uninstalling and hangs on that screen.
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I finally got them moved, but it would take 1-4 minutes a piece to move. And when I try to uninstall an app, it just says uninstalling and hangs on that screen.
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Hi,
Have you rebooted since installing the rom?
Usually a reboot and waiting 5 after boot corrects this problem.
Thanks,
Bryan
trapperjohn said:
Hi,
Have you rebooted since installing the rom?
Usually a reboot and waiting 5 after boot corrects this problem.
Thanks,
Bryan
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Yes, a few times. Everything from moving or uninstalling is jacked
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Yes, a few times. Everything from moving or uninstalling is jacked
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Hi,
What about reseating the sdcard?
Thanks,
Bryan
I have tried this on multiple ROMs and have done several complete wipes to try and fix this issue. The issue is during a phone call i sound as though I am very far away. Since this issue occurs on different ROMs, (Paranoid, CM10, MeanBean) i feel as though it may be a hardware issue with the phone itself is probably not fixable by me. Has anyone else experienced this before?
I am experiencing the same thing, every person I talk to on phone says the same thing.
Called sprint, but no help??
I wonder if flashing stock rom, updating radios, and flashing back to custom rom would help.
Anyone?
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I had this problem too when I ran JellyBam 4.1.0 . So one day I cleared internal storage(which I regret), factory reset and system. I installed JellyBam 4.1.0 again and the call quality was much better than before. Word of caution:be very, very careful before you delete your internal storage. The nandroid backups for me didn't back that up...
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when i put my phone on speaker it works well. tried many roms and same issues. any other ideas?!
Mejet said:
when i put my phone on speaker it works well. tried many roms and same issues. any other ideas?!
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When you flash a new rom do you wipe system and factory reset?
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thicklizard said:
When you flash a new rom do you wipe system and factory reset?
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yes i did when i went from CM10 to MeanBean. Wiped it all.
Have you tried activating the HAC call option in the dialer settings ?? Also you can try to raise the volume threw qpst as well. Don't know if it will solve your issue but its something to give a shot.
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laie1472 said:
Have you tried activating the HAC call option in the dialer settings ?? Also you can try to raise the volume threw qpst as well. Don't know if it will solve your issue but its something to give a shot.
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What is the QPST?
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What is the QPST?
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Look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1769284
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laie1472 said:
Look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1769284
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Will that increase the speakers or the receiver?
So all of a sudden the other day when i try to make a call i cant hear anyone and they cant hear me. My speakers work for games, music, videos and everything else so im not sure why it just wouldnt work for phone calls. Any ideas? Im running jellybean sandwich rom
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Can you use the speaker phone?
rangercaptain said:
Can you use the speaker phone?
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nope no audio at all, flashed a different rom and it seems to work now, i was using that rom for months without issues though.
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nope no audio at all, flashed a different rom and it seems to work now, i was using that rom for months without issues though.
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If you want that ROM, I would try reflashing the ROM. If that doesn't work, then download the ROM again and flash. Could be a bad flash or bad download. Complete wipe before you do the flash/reflash.
I'm saying why after months of using it would it all of a sudden happen? Doesn't make sense. The ROM wasn't update, nothing changed.
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So I realized WiFi is causing my Screen of Death issue on EVERY KitKat ROM, and only KitKat ROM's. So what is my next step? Does anyone have a fix on this or anything? It'll either Screen of Death my phone or my data won't work until I turn off WiFi and then I can't turn it back on. Any help would be appreciated guys. I'm desperate now. 15 battery pulls a day are just ridiculous.
Why did you make a new thread? :what:
Anyways...I'm in the same boat as you. Take a few screenshots of your app drawer so I can see if we are using any of the same apps, it's possible one of them are the problem.
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Well OP isn't very active, so I thought I'd get a logcat. I was connected to WiFi until I noticed it wasn't receiving any data (but still showed connected to WiFi). I turned the screen off and then it would not come back on anymore, but the phone was still responsive. I could turn torch on and off and even took a screenshot, but the screen still refused to come on. I'm guessing that whatever is happening, usually does so while the screen is off, and that's why I get a BSOD.
I'd like to add I've tried a bunch of different modems, clean flashed CM11, even restored no apps...yet the problem persists.
I've attached it to this post, if anyone has time to check it out I would be very grateful.
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Why did you make a new thread? :what:
Anyways...I'm in the same boat as you. Take a few screenshots of your app drawer so I can see if we are using any of the same apps, it's possible one of them are the problem.
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So I screenshot my drawer but don't have access to a computer till tomorrow. So I'll send em over. But yeah I just made a new thread because I wasnt getting any answers on the other when I discovered that WiFi was the issue.
I'm just so frustrated with my phone because I can not figure out a fix. At first I installed a clean kitkat ROM with full wipe, and didn't restore apps to see if it was an app but it still did it. Then I even completely unrooted my phone and rerooted, still did it.
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So I screenshot my drawer but don't have access to a computer till tomorrow. So I'll send em over. But yeah I just made a new thread because I wasnt getting any answers on the other when I discovered that WiFi was the issue.
I'm just so frustrated with my phone because I can not figure out a fix. At first I installed a clean kitkat ROM with full wipe, and didn't restore apps to see if it was an app but it still did it. Then I even completely unrooted my phone and rerooted, still did it.
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That's alright, if it also did it for you without restoring any apps, its gotta be something else. But what... I have no idea.
It seems that WiFi is crashing while the screen is off and that is resulting in a BSOD. Why the hell is it crashing though... :banghead:
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thesoldier said:
That's alright, if it also did it for you without restoring any apps, its gotta be something else. But what... I have no idea.
It seems that WiFi is crashing while the screen is off and that is resulting in a BSOD. Why the hell is it crashing though... :banghead:
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Yeah. I'll notice my WiFi is no longer sending data so I'll turn it off then it won't turn on. Or I'll try to turn it off and it won't then I know that if I lock my screen it won't turn on without a battery pull.
I'm not sure where to go from here if nobody can decipher that logcat.
All I can think of is to back up my SD card and completely format the phone.. then see if it persists.
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Has anyone come up with any solutions to the problem at all?
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Has anyone come up with any solutions to the problem at all?
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I have yet to find a solution to this... It seems like nobody else has this issue.
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So I just odined the stock MDK image, wiping everything. The only thing I copied back over was my pictures. Flashed back to KitKat and it STILL happens. WTF. This is beyond aggravating.
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Okay I hate to speak too soon. But I MAY have found a temporary fix. I noticed that the screen only freezes and shuts off on the lock screen. Never any other time. So I turned off the android lock screen and put up widget locker instead (set up exactly the same way) so far it hasn't happened. Here's hoping I'm not jynxing myself though!
Never mind. I did speak to soon...ugh we need to find a fix for this and soon. Is it only on the vzw gs4?
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Never mind. I did speak to soon...ugh we need to find a fix for this and soon. Is it only on the vzw gs4?
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I've googled and don't see any mention of WiFi causing a bsod.
I'm gonna test my next theory, not let Google restore anything from my Google account. That's the only other thing that is being restored.
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Well I tried that....still happens. Officially out of ideas.
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Well I tried that....still happens. Officially out of ideas.
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Yeah I tried that a while back too. I've tried everything I could possible think of. I had to go back to CM10.2 because I just couldn't stand doing a battery pull 10 times a day, killing my battery.
Anyone have any luck with a fix yet?
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Yeah I tried that a while back too. I've tried everything I could possible think of. I had to go back to CM10.2 because I just couldn't stand doing a battery pull 10 times a day, killing my battery.
Anyone have any luck with a fix yet?
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Have either of you tried flashing KToonsez kernel with whatever ROMs your on??? Worth a shot. I didn't see either of you mention kennel, you've Odin back to stock and still happens though huh? Maybe bad WiFi antennas idk
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Have either of you tried flashing KToonsez kernel with whatever ROMs your on??? Worth a shot. I didn't see either of you mention kennel, you've Odin back to stock and still happens though huh? Maybe bad WiFi antennas idk
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That's what's confusing me so much. I know its WiFi but its only on kitkat ROMs. That means that the WiFi antennas must have changed on 4.4 right?
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That's what's confusing me so much. I know its WiFi but its only on kitkat ROMs. That means that the WiFi antennas must have changed on 4.4 right?
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So if u have WiFi toggled off during the day you don't have this problem at all?? I'm not really sure myself if anything with wifi has changed in 4.4
How many different kit kat ROMs have you tried? And you said you're in the latest modem?
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So if u have WiFi toggled off during the day you don't have this problem at all?? I'm not really sure myself if anything with wifi has changed in 4.4
How many different kit kat ROMs have you tried? And you said you're in the latest modem?
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Yeah, it never happens when Wifi is off. I've tried it on CM11, OmniRom, Jelly Beans, PA, Gummy Rom, and I think one other. And what is modem again?
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Yeah, it never happens when Wifi is off. I've tried it on CM11, OmniRom, Jelly Beans, PA, Gummy Rom, and I think one other. And what is modem again?
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The modem (baseband) is something you can flash in recovery..
It controls the cells hardware that communicates with the actual cell towers.
That isn't going to mess with your WiFi though.. How about kernels have you tried another one maybe KToonsez ?
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I haven't used my S4 since December because I started having problems. Phone became very unresponsive, apps randomly closing, the camera fails to work and the sound has completely stopped. Ever once in awhile the phone will revert back and work perfectly but 10 minutes later it's back to being a brick. Today I read and found the Broadanywhere virus on my phone that I think has been the problem with the phone for the longest time now.
I removed it with CM Security but still having problems.
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I haven't used my S4 since December because I started having problems. Phone became very unresponsive, apps randomly closing, the camera fails to work and the sound has completely stopped. Ever once in awhile the phone will revert back and work perfectly but 10 minutes later it's back to being a brick. Today I read and found the Broadanywhere virus on my phone that I think has been the problem with the phone for the longest time now.
I removed it with CM Security but still having problems.
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If I were you, I would do a factory reset using Odin.
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Triscuit said:
If I were you, I would do a factory reset using Odin.
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This may be your best bet. Get the full wipe Odin tar and follow the steps in the guide, just search for the odin files for your bootloader/build/baseband.
I've officially lost all hope for this piece of ****.
ODIN'd full wipe NC5 and the phone still doesn't work properly. Camera still doesn't. No sound. Wifi sucks. Laggy as hell.
BRB microwaving this powered brick
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I've officially lost all hope for this piece of ****.
ODIN'd full wipe NC5 and the phone still doesn't work properly. Camera still doesn't. No sound. Wifi sucks. Laggy as hell.
BRB microwaving this powered brick
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Sounding more like a hardware issue at this point.
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Sounding more like a hardware issue at this point.
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I've been thinking that since the beginning. The camera started working tonight whilst out at a bar. And the sound randomly came back on but since have stopped.... again!