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Ok, so is anyone else having any of these problems:
- When using camera, screen turns off and on when it tries to focus.
- Receiving SMS issues until reboot.
- Issues going from 4G to 3G, or 3G to or from WiFi, or 4G to WiFi.
- Screen responsiveness issues.
- Random rebooting.
- GPS issues.
Most problems are resolved after a reboot but then come back progressively as I use the phone. I'm rebooting 3-4 times per day. I thought this was Android, not BlackBerry...
I'm not rooted and have already factory reset like 2 or 3 times. My Dinc didn't even have this many problems. :/
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Also, when listening to music for a certain amount of time, it just stops and then phone becomes unresponsive till reboot. Not sure if that is a PowerAMP issue or not.
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Try flashing an update.zip rom of your device using recovery mode. Might need root. Depends on devices though. Mg N1 works without rooting.
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Where would I be able to get that? And how do I boot into recovery? My Incredible was rooted and before the last update, it was power and volume down. Then after the update, it changed to power and volume up.
Also, I did reboot my phone and my camera still doesn't work. I'm going to try to clear the data from the application manager
UPDATE: Clearing data from camera didn't have an effect
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I guess you should Google for the steps to go into recovery for Incredible... not familiar with it.
For the rom go search your build number on XDA. You can use custom ones too I guess.
But sometimes it goes 'signature verification failed. Action aborted'. Ask senior members for that. I cannot solve it.
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What kind of screen responsiveness issues are you having? Mine seems to "slow" down a lot after a day and a half of uptime, a reboot fixes it but it's annoying to have to reboot that often just because the touch input slows down so much I can't use the phone.
Hey guy's I bought my evo 3d off craigslist it was working fine few hours later i start getting f/c when i try to set my notification tones, htc hub, sometimes camera app as well. now recently it's gotten worse? freezes to a black screen when i try to open the phones dial pad "lights on the buttom stay lit tho.. or when i open my app drawer it either freezes where it won't recover or randomly shuts off? does this about 5 - 8 times a day! plus with moderate use IE: lil web surfin on wifi, browsing market on a full charge the battery hits the 15% mark within 30-45 minutes? its flashed on metro pcs but it had this prob before it was flashed...
any ideas? is it possible to wipe out the entire phone and re-install the OS and UI etc.. does it need root access for that?
Go to settings/sd and phone storage. There is an option for factory data reset that should put the phone back to factory, and you may need to re flash to metro after
Otherwise, you can run an ruu
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danaff37 said:
Go to settings/sd and phone storage. There is an option for factory data reset that should put the phone back to factory, and you may need to re flash to metro after
Otherwise, you can run an ruu
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I did a factory reset before I had it flashed, is a factory reset the same thing as wiping out the OS and re-installing it?, kinda like a reformat for a pc?
i'm worried that it's not a software issue since i already factory reset.
No, but on every reboot, anything that factory reset doesn't touch is restored to factory anyways because of the s-on protection. Only other choice is to run the ruu
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No, but on every reboot, anything that factory reset doesn't touch is restored to factory anyways because of the s-on protection. Only other choice is to run the ruu
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Any idea where I can find an ruu for my device? I was told I need a stock recovery image? sorry I am new to this any help pointing me in the right direction would help.
On my phone, but
I believe this is the link. Just plug your phone in to your pc and run it. This is for a phone without any updates installed, if it gives you a boot loader error you will need a newer one (they're in the dev section here)
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Ok...this freakin' OTA upgrade is pissing me off. My phone was rooted but otherwise stock. The update would dl and reboot. It gets to the Android guy and the progress bar only reaches about 30% then turns to an exclamation mark inside the triangle. Then the phone reboots and says the update failed.
Well, I have done 2 full factory resets and tried the update 4 times. Same thing every time. No other error messages.
Sounds like a hardware issue to me. Any suggestions?
Same thing happened to me......except my phone would totally boot up and got to the normal homescreen then just for no reason abt 15 seconds in to the homescreen it would just power off on its own and then go to either 1. the moto screen and say failed to boot 2. red exclamation point phone 3. moto screen with rsd services......what I did was charge my battery fully and then download the update from here posted by yay4juggs i think.....then flash it using rsd lite.....its pretty easy.....just didnt work for me the first time because my battery ended up being below 50%.....
link>>>>>>http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1233887
I can do that but there is no reason why the phone shouldn't take the official update. There are 2 other Photon users in our office. One rooted and one not. Both had no issues doing the update successfully the first time. Which tells me there is something wrong.
Seems I have deleted the Protips.apk and need to re-install it. Can someone send this to me please?
**EDIT...NM. Got it.
I havd the same issue. Rooted only. It would dl the ota then install about 30% then reboot to homescreen and promps me that instalation failed..if any one have any insight please do tell.
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m3ng said:
I havd the same issue. Rooted only. It would dl the ota then install about 30% then reboot to homescreen and promps me that instalation failed..if any one have any insight please do tell.
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I PM'd you. Need to replace any system apps that may have been deleted.
When I try to make phone calls (even to voicemail), my screen goes black except for the status bar, my phone vibrates a bit, and then I get a message that says "Sorry! Process com.android.phone is not responding." With an option to either force close or wait. I tried a factory reset, yet the problem remains. Any suggestions?
Samsung Fascinate on Verizon
What ROM you running? Modem? Kernel? Or is this a stock phone (If so what version of software)?
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When I try to make phone calls (even to voicemail), my screen goes black except for the status bar, my phone vibrates a bit, and then I get a message that says "Sorry! Process com.android.phone is not responding." With an option to either force close or wait. I tried a factory reset, yet the problem remains. Any suggestions?
Samsung Fascinate on Verizon
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"Tried a factory reset" how did you do that? Sounds like your on a stock rom?
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Sounds like you need to start fresh and odin a stock rom w/ pit file.
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Sounds like you need to start fresh and odin a stock rom w/ pit file.
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When I try to make phone calls (even to voicemail), my screen goes black except for the status bar, my phone vibrates a bit, and then I get a message that says "Sorry! Process com.android.phone is not responding." With an option to either force close or wait. I tried a factory reset, yet the problem remains. Any suggestions?
Samsung Fascinate on Verizon
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Weird, I had this problem, but mine was specific to one contact. ALL other contacts numbers I dialed, either useing 7 or 10 digits, in either stock or Go Dialer, would work just fine.
When I would try to call my work, it would crash. It was only my work number and it sucked. Cause I'm in school, and deliver pizza on weekends, and when you can't call the store it sucked at times.
It was stock froyo, voodoo stock kernel. Reset fixed it.
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Sounds like you need to start fresh and odin a stock rom w/ pit file.
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Thank you for your responses so far. To be honest though, I don't really have any idea how to do any of that. My phone is not rooted, although now I am strongly considering it. However, there seems to be an overload of information on how to go about doing it and different methods that don't seem to always work. Also, I don't know how to find the "stock" ROM. Do you guys have any links that you would recommend as being helpful? Sorry for being such a newb.
Read these three links they will give you good info and all the links for the stuff you need..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1124391
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1238070
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1212239
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Alright I used the steps listed in the top link that you gave me to odin the stock rom and pit file, but it did not solve the problem. An example of my problem is when I try to call my voicemail, I'll sometimes hear the automated response voice asking for my pin#, but the dial pad doesn't show up as normal for me to type it in. And the screen freezes up for a minute or so until the call ends.
Another possibly related problem is that when I push the power button to turn on the screen, it doesn't turn on for about 5 seconds, whereas it normally turned on right away. This all started after I put some music (about 30 songs) onto the SD card and deleted a few files that I thought weren't important (but maybe they were?).
Which stock rom did you use to start fresh with the pit file and what rom are you on now?...just want to make sure you did everything correctly because a pit file and stock flash should eliminate any of you force close issues...unless when you went back to whatever rom you're on now you and
Might have missed a step...what rom did you use to flash along with the pit file? And what is the rom you want to be on when all is said and done?
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I used the ED05 FROYO rom, and I assume that's the one I'm still on. I did everything as listed up until the in step five because I don't have a recovery to odin. If I was supposed to keep going after that point, then I'll try it again, but it seemed like I could probably stop as long as I didn't mind having the stock rom. I'm alright with the stock rom for now as long as my calling starts working again.
If you want to stay stock then you did what you were supposed to, that's why your messaging is back and running..if you do ever want to switch rom. Follow those same instructions but complete step 5 and use the recovery that is suggested for the rom you want to flash. Odin that recovery and boot immediately into recovery with the three finger method and follow the roms instructions to flash your new rom.
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The problem is not resolved. I first used the stock rom, and then I tried the powerwashed rom. My two problems still remain:
1. Screen still takes about 5 seconds to light up when I hit the power button (when phone is on)
2. I dial voicemail, but as soon as I do, the screen goes blank and I don't hear the response until about 10 seconds later when the voice says "please try again later" and it hangs up. Sometimes the screen doesn't go blank, but it freezes up and I am unable to dial my pin #. This situation also occurs when I call other numbers, although if they stay on the line long enough, eventually it will work. Sometimes it causes a force close, but not always.
So since I've tried starting over with the stock rom, and that hasn't solved the problem, is it possible that this isn't a software issue?
If you've Odined back to stock ED05 and it hasn't been resolved you can probably get Verizon to send you a CPO replacement (assuming you still have warranty left).
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The problem is not resolved. I first used the stock rom, and then I tried the powerwashed rom. My two problems still remain:
1. Screen still takes about 5 seconds to light up when I hit the power button (when phone is on)
2. I dial voicemail, but as soon as I do, the screen goes blank and I don't hear the response until about 10 seconds later when the voice says "please try again later" and it hangs up. Sometimes the screen doesn't go blank, but it freezes up and I am unable to dial my pin #. This situation also occurs when I call other numbers, although if they stay on the line long enough, eventually it will work. Sometimes it causes a force close, but not always.
So since I've tried starting over with the stock rom, and that hasn't solved the problem, is it possible that this isn't a software issue?
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Okay I have one last resort to try and I don't know if it would make a difference but it works for me if I ever have an issue I can't figure it out.
Open Odin, remove your battery and put your phone in download mode.
click the pit button and select the atlas 2.2 pit file.
Click the pda button and select the EB01 VZW file.
Make sure the repartition box is checked and click start.
When Odin is done , insert your battery and reboot your phone and you'll be on eb01 modem and all...run that for a day and see if you have the problems with your voicemail, and your screen. if you don't we'll go from there on getting you off of stock if you desire...links to follow in a minute...but I think this will fix your issues
VZW eb01...
http://www.multiupload.com/ZLPQAS8JA0
2.2pit...
http://www.mediafire.com/?31u1g1ef05jvebd
Place both of these files on your PC in your Odin folder and follow the directions I wrote and see how its goes
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Just be sure if you do try this with EB01 and it doesn't fix it and you do try to get a replacement from VZ to reodin it back to ED05 before returning it.
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Just be sure if you do try this with EB01 and it doesn't fix it and you do try to get a replacement from VZ to reodin it back to ED05 before returning it.
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Agreed..good call
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Unfortunately that doesn't seem to have solved the problem. So I guess the next option is to bring it in to try and get a replacement?
Thanks for your help.
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Unfortunately that doesn't seem to have solved the problem. So I guess the next option is to bring it in to try and get a replacement?
Thanks for your help.
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Yup, just Odin back to stock ED05 so they won't know you rooted. If they ask why it is wiped tell them you did it as a troubleshooting step (which is true).
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In the last few days my phone has continuously been switching itself off or freezing and the only way to get it to work again is pulling the battery or resetting it. The phone is stock, running Android 4.1.2 with firmware I9300XXELLA.
I did notice the phone had switched itself off a few times before now, but now it has got to the point where its happening all the time. I've also noticed that when the phone is booting back up after the lock screen appears the message "Currently unable to download please try again later" is coming up (which I think is more than likely the problem, but when I do attempt to update the phone it says its up to date).
So far I've tried running without an SD card, clearing Touchwiz homes data and switching off auto updates but these have made no difference. If anyone can offer any help it'd be really appreciated as the last thing I want to do is exchange the phone as it can be a pain in the butt.
Tried factory reset? I would suggest flashing the same firmware using odin and see if that makes any difference beforehands.
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Tried factory reset? I would suggest flashing the same firmware using odin and see if that makes any difference beforehands.
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I've only ever used kies so will have to investigate Odin.
Out of curiosity is there actually a manual way to check for updates through Kies, as I can't for the life of me see how too?
If there is an update, kies would show you the next firmware details below your current one I think.
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Hi, I'm laso getting the same issue with I9300XXELLA via Kies.
I've reset, cleared the cache and cancelled any restores but still it happening.
I'm going to downgrade to an older version to see if it resolves this.
I had to do a factory reset in the end and that fixed the problem. Still a bit annoying though as it took me a day to get everything back to how it was and like an idiot I forgot to backup my SMS messages and call history even though I had an app installed that could do it (SMS backup+).
Recommend one from ritesh or something. Works like charm every time I used it so far
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I wanted to test before posting but I ended up installing 4.1.1 then updating to 4.1.2 without wiping. Very strange.
As an update to this thread the problem came back even after I did a factory reset. I didn't get the unable to download error message but I did keep getting the odd freeze. However after a day of doing it the problem weirdly stopped happening and now 'touch wood' is fine again.
I also wiped cache and reset my phone running stock 4.1.2 on O2. The freezing problem seems to have gone, it's been a couple of days now and no issues. I should say that the only thing I haven't put on yet is Flash, I have a feeling it might be problematic?
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SDS SYMPTOMS --------- Solution : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2091045
Ironically I think the reason my phone was freezing the odd time after I factory reset it was because I didn't have flash installed. After I sideloaded it the phone hasn't had any more issues (this could be a coincidence though).
Ive just ran the eMMC checker that nhariamine linked to and it says that my chip is susceptible to sudden death (VTU00M, revision 0xf1) and is an insane chip.
Does Samsung's most recent firmware address this, an if not can I get them to replace my phone even if it doesn't die?
The second day after I did a factory reset my phone froze once too and it hasn't since then(about a week) I'm still afraid of installing flash. I use Dolphin browser and I can set the user agent to iPad which loads HTML5 versions of videos etc, obviously this only works on sites that have this possibility. I guess I'm trying to wean myself of flash for now.
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The second day after I did a factory reset my phone froze once too and it hasn't since then(about a week) I'm still afraid of installing flash. I use Dolphin browser and I can set the user agent to iPad which loads HTML5 versions of videos etc, obviously this only works on sites that have this possibility. I guess I'm trying to wean myself of flash for now.
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Out of curiosity what does eMMC checker say about your phone when you run it?
That it's an insane chip lol I was basically preparing myself for my phone to die. Since wiping my phone it's only froze once in the last week. I still haven't installed flash.
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In the last few days my phone has continuously been switching itself off or freezing and the only way to get it to work again is pulling the battery or resetting it. The phone is stock, running Android 4.1.2 with firmware I9300XXELLA.
I did notice the phone had switched itself off a few times before now, but now it has got to the point where its happening all the time. I've also noticed that when the phone is booting back up after the lock screen appears the message "Currently unable to download please try again later" is coming up (which I think is more than likely the problem, but when I do attempt to update the phone it says its up to date).
So far I've tried running without an SD card, clearing Touchwiz homes data and switching off auto updates but these have made no difference. If anyone can offer any help it'd be really appreciated as the last thing I want to do is exchange the phone as it can be a pain in the butt.
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Same problem here.
Uninstalled flash to see if it helps.
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I have had this same issue for the past week and have just downloaded the eMMC checker and it seems I too have the phone that is susceptible to SDS.
I have noticed though that the phone only freezes when wifi is switched on though. I dont have any problems with wifi off. I downloaded lagfix from the playstore and ran that and it reduced the freezes from about 20 in a day to 3. I didnt realise wifi was the issue for me at that time though so it could be coincidental.
Updating Roms etc has not worked at all for me. If it keeps up for a few weeks i think i will need to change phones as its way too frustrating for a top tier phone to do this.
Same problem here
I've upgraded OTA few days ago... did a factory rest because the phone was slow... and yesterday the problem appeared out of no where!
I9300XXELA
insane chip
4.1.2
Disabling "WiFi Power Save Mode" seems to solve it
1. Open up the Galaxy S3 phone dialer
2. Then dial *#0011#
3. Look for the “ServiceMode” screen and press the left menu button
4. Select “WiFi”
5. You should see that the “WiFi Power Save Mode” button is “ON” – now put it on “OFF”'
Re: Galaxy S 3 keeps freezing every 5 mins (50+ freezes a day)
I took this post from another thread, but it seems to be doing the trick for me too. Especially for those who are not rooted. Big thanks to linnuxxy
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Disabling "WiFi Power Save Mode" seems to solve it
1. Open up the Galaxy S3 phone dialer
2. Then dial *#0011#
3. Look for the “ServiceMode” screen and press the left menu button
4. Select “WiFi”
5. You should see that the “WiFi Power Save Mode” button is “ON” – now put it on “OFF”'
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I have tried just that and it seems to be working for me so far. Thanks linnuxxy
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