Good evening fellow XDA members,
My s4 started flickering it's lower half of its screen when I upgraded to Hyperdrive 10.2. It is only when the screen dims from auto brightness or when I just manually lower it. The dimmer I put my brightness the more flickering it does. How can I fix this?
I'm running Hyperdrive 11 on my S4 non safe strap.
Thank you,
That's weird, I've never seen that before.... I'd recommend reinstalling the rom, and see if that fixes it. Does it do it on the stock rom?
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Bradh024 said:
That's weird, I've never seen that before.... I'd recommend reinstalling the rom, and see if that fixes it. Does it do it on the stock rom?
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If I re-install the rom, do I have to wipe then re-flash the rom? Or can I just reflash the rom and assume that my apps will still be there?
Your apps will still be there if you dirty flash the rom. Try it and see if it fixes the problem. If not, you might have to do a clean install.
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Bradh024 said:
Your apps will still be there if you dirty flash the rom. Try it and see if it fixes the problem. If not, you might have to do a clean install.
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If I dirty flash it, is there a chance that my phone will be loaded twice with some of the same samsung and google apps
I've never had that issue, it'll just over write the app
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I did it on HD 11 the other day because I tried flashing a dialer mod that wasn't for 4.3
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half screen flicker
iamjerry123 said:
Good evening fellow XDA members,
My s4 started flickering it's lower half of its screen when I upgraded to Hyperdrive 10.2. It is only when the screen dims from auto brightness or when I just manually lower it. The dimmer I put my brightness the more flickering it does. How can I fix this?
I'm running Hyperdrive 11 on my S4 non safe strap.
Thank you,
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I have this exact same problem on my s4 .... been doing it for approx. 3 months now. Sent it back to samsung just before xmas, they returned it saying it wasnt faulty. I still have same problem, like a fool i didn't try it before installing all previous apps. Didn't realise i could reproduce flicker by turning brightness down till reading your post so i intend to factory reset my s4 in next couple of days to check it. This should help clarify if software prob or not. I will update when checked. :good:
rabb2000 said:
I have this exact same problem on my s4 .... been doing it for approx. 3 months now. Sent it back to samsung just before xmas, they returned it saying it wasnt faulty. I still have same problem, like a fool i didn't try it before installing all previous apps. Didn't realise i could reproduce flicker by turning brightness down till reading your post so i intend to factory reset my s4 in next couple of days to check it. This should help clarify if software prob or not. I will update when checked. :good:
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Thank you. Are you off of Hyperdrive and on another ROM? Please keep me updated!
Thank you.
iamjerry123 said:
Thank you. Are you off of Hyperdrive and on another ROM? Please keep me updated!
Thank you.
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I run a fully stock s4 touchwiz android 4.3.
I will be resetting this weekend, work allowing
rabb2000 said:
I run a fully stock s4 touchwiz android 4.3.
I will be resetting this weekend, work allowing
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So I'm assuming the screen flickering is a hardware issue?
I have just factory reset my s4, removed sim and ext. memory card and i still have the screen flickering so i guess it is a hardware issue. As i said it has already been back to samsung so gonna call them now see what they say.
Ok getting returned to samsung again.
rabb2000 said:
I have just factory reset my s4, removed sim and ext. memory card and i still have the screen flickering so i guess it is a hardware issue. As i said it has already been back to samsung so gonna call them now see what they say.
Ok getting returned to samsung again.
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Thought I'd bump this thread since I've got this same problem. I think it's just coincidental that it happened a little after the KitKat update (I'm stock). It seems like a hardware issue. It only flickers at the dimmest setting, which is odd, and only the bottom half.
Did Samsung ever help you out with this?
Same problem here guys. I've read all your posts and would like to add that the screen is flickering the most when the battery is extremly low. A tech said that it might be the battery or it might be a faulty screen electronics.
Any luck with roms or any solutions?
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I Appologize if this has been answered. I am running into a odd problem
Just tried flashing 1.7rc1 on my S3 i9300, Installation went perfect, however upon reboot half way through the boot animation all white turned black, and the phone went very dark. As if it did not have the ability to produce the color white or something along those lines. Even with brightness at max I could barley make anything. out All yellows were replaced with an odd redish color and the only color i could see was blue.
Thankfully I was able to flash back to 1.6.8, which resolved the problem.
Tried re-downloading and reflashing 1.7rc1 with no luck.
Running Omega v28 Rom.
Anyone else experiance a problem like this, and if so find a solution? or am I just lucky!
I honestly have not tried v1.7rc1 but i believe that rc may have a bug, after all.. it's still a release candidate and it is still unstable
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I Appologize if this has been answered. I am running into a odd problem
Just tried flashing 1.7rc1 on my S3 i9300, Installation went perfect, however upon reboot half way through the boot animation all white turned black, and the phone went very dark. As if it did not have the ability to produce the color white or something along those lines. Even with brightness at max I could barley make anything. out All yellows were replaced with an odd redish color and the only color i could see was blue.
Thankfully I was able to flash back to 1.6.8, which resolved the problem.
Tried re-downloading and reflashing 1.7rc1 with no luck.
Running Omega v28 Rom.
Anyone else experiance a problem like this, and if so find a solution? or am I just lucky!
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Re download files were updated he forgot to correct something it will be fine now
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Worked perfectly. Thank you! :victory:
And about baterry life ???? i use omega v28 and my baterry gone 20% in 6 hours on stand by...
Try wiping battery stats and fixing permissions
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NewAussiefromCanada said:
I Appologize if this has been answered. I am running into a odd problem
Just tried flashing 1.7rc1 on my S3 i9300, Installation went perfect, however upon reboot half way through the boot animation all white turned black, and the phone went very dark. As if it did not have the ability to produce the color white or something along those lines. Even with brightness at max I could barley make anything. out All yellows were replaced with an odd redish color and the only color i could see was blue.
Thankfully I was able to flash back to 1.6.8, which resolved the problem.
Tried re-downloading and reflashing 1.7rc1 with no luck.
Running Omega v28 Rom.
Anyone else experiance a problem like this, and if so find a solution? or am I just lucky!
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Don'T FLASH OMEGA V28 it has ALOT of bugs and it's not stable AT ALL,i got force closings on all my apps,lock screen with siyahkernel 1.7rc1 is still crap with bugs.iwould recommend flashing v27.1 and siyah1.7b6 for better stability,trust me i tried!
NewAussiefromCanada said:
Try wiping battery stats and fixing permissions
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Tanks for this i have the same isue and this slove me the problem.
nhariamine said:
Don'T FLASH OMEGA V28 it has ALOT of bugs and it's not stable AT ALL,i got force closings on all my apps,lock screen with siyahkernel 1.7rc1 is still crap with bugs.iwould recommend flashing v27.1 and siyah1.7b6 for better stability,trust me i tried!
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given no one else seems to have your issues with both siyah and OmegaI would think it is something you have done. Given they way you dis the devs I have no reason to trust you or anything else you have posted. Clean up your act you aren't being helpful to anyone.
jeffnz said:
given no one else seems to have your issues with both siyah and OmegaI would think it is something you have done. Given they way you dis the devs I have no reason to trust you or anything else you have posted. Clean up your act you aren't being helpful to anyone.
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100% Agreed! :good:
nhariamine said:
Don'T FLASH OMEGA V28 it has ALOT of bugs and it's not stable AT ALL,i got force closings on all my apps,lock screen with siyahkernel 1.7rc1 is still crap with bugs.iwould recommend flashing v27.1 and siyah1.7b6 for better stability,trust me i tried!
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I only have a few days worth of rooting exp and I have flashed Omega v28 and haven't encountered any bugs at all. The one or two issues I had were down to my lack of experience.
If you have had genuine issues you would be best served to raise them with the dev to find solutions to the problem, not slate all their hard work with no substance to what you are saying!
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hello! just wondered if one of you lovely people could help? (yes im a noob)
my s2 keeps freezing, has constant drag and is just being a tad bit annoying.
i bought the phone new, i had rooted it and put a custom rom on. the custom rom ran fine for months so i doubt that is was a dodgy rom. then one day i just started getting these problems. so i took off the rooted rom, and when the problem was still there i unrooted (if that is the term) and rebooted to factory settings. i still have the problem though.
I have since rooted the phone again and am running the factory settings.
any help would be highly appreciated!!
It could be a 101 things.
Try rootbox v1.8 / dreamkernel v2.7.
I never have any problems with that.
Have you installed any apps recently? It might be an app..
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theunderling said:
It could be a 101 things.
Try rootbox v1.8 / dreamkernel v2.7.
I never have any problems with that.
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il give that a try!...
kilometers4 said:
Have you installed any apps recently? It might be an app..
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i dont think it is an app as i did a factory reset and still had the same problem
iv just installed that custom rom and i am still having the same problems.
one of the other problems i am having, is if my the display is on automatic brightness, when i unlock my phone the screen comes up dim, but i cannot unlock until 5 seconds later when the screen becomes a bit brighter
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iv just installed that custom rom and i am still having the same problems.
one of the other problems i am having, is if my the display is on automatic brightness, when i unlock my phone the screen comes up dim, but i cannot unlock until 5 seconds later when the screen becomes a bit brighter
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Are you having the problem of the lock screen/brightness with every rom ?
You can figure by yourself if it's hardware issue , if every rom has same issues it's the phones problem
yes your right it must be the hardware problem then. oh no!! what should i do??
Maybe give GB a quick blast.
If its the same then Id brick it if you still have warranty(as samsung will probably load latest firmware and give you it back with the same problems as before).
ye il get in contact with vodafone tomorow
sorry but what is GB?
So, since this update is completely broken, I would like to know...
For those of us who DID get the FOTA and installed it...Once this update has been fixed and re-pushed, will we also get the new update, or am I stuck now with this broken 4.1.2 update?
What's Broken:
-App preferences do not stick (ALWAYS asks what gallery or launcher to use, etc.)
-Battery Life sucks now
-40% of texts now fail
-15% of calls are dropped
-Inaccurate battery readings (For example, will show 23%, plug it in, jumps right to 40%+)
I have tried to pull the battery, reset within menu, and reset via key press.
No idea but i think if anything we will be going to 4.2.1 or higher as the bugs were fixed with higher jelly bean roms honestly go back to ics using offline kdz flash by cmahendra
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alienngp said:
No idea but i think if anything we will be going to 4.2.1 or higher as the bugs were fixed with higher jelly bean roms honestly go back to ics using offline kdz flash by cmahendra
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That's the problem... The app doesn;t work on my PC, so I can't go back to ICS. Please see this post for my error: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=41363270&postcount=165
tribalartgod said:
That's the problem... The app doesn;t work on my PC, so I can't go back to ICS. Please see this post for my error: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=41363270&postcount=165
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are you rooted with cwm installed? you could just flash the ics backup. however, I haven't had any of those issues except battery life but I still get over a day with a full charge
alienngp said:
No idea but i think if anything we will be going to 4.2.1 or higher as the bugs were fixed with higher jelly bean roms honestly go back to ics using offline kdz flash by cmahendra
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deadenz said:
are you rooted with cwm installed? you could just flash the ics backup. however, I haven't had any of those issues except battery life but I still get over a day with a full charge
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Nope, bone stock. And rooting this phone is a PITA (Pain in the ass). LOL. In order to root, apparently I still have to use the program that is giving me issues.
T-Mobile/LG would not leave us stuck with bugs. It is obvious they will push a newer OTA to fix these issues.
I was not aware that we are having this many issues since I am running CM 10.1 . I feel for ya man. Hang in there. Hopefully it won't be long.
kevev said:
T-Mobile/LG would not leave us stuck with bugs. It is obvious they will push a newer OTA to fix these issues.
I was not aware that we are having this many issues since I am running CM 10.1 . I feel for ya man. Hang in there. Hopefully it won't be long.
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FINALLY!!! I got things working properly... I ended up going back to ICS 10G. Can't find the 10E, so I'm still without root for the moment. However, all app preferences stick now. So it certainly was the JB build that I had.
deadenz said:
are you rooted with cwm installed? you could just flash the ics backup. however, I haven't had any of those issues except battery life but I still get over a day with a full charge
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Ditto, none of the issues mentioned, my defaults stick. other than shorter battery, but its expected.. Still get a days use 3-4 hrs screen time.. I'm rooted, cwm recovery, bootloader unlocked, otherwise clean stock, tmo addons disabled.
clockcycle said:
Ditto, none of the issues mentioned, my defaults stick. other than shorter battery, but its expected.. Still get a days use 3-4 hrs screen time.. I'm rooted, cwm recovery, bootloader unlocked, otherwise clean stock, tmo addons disabled.
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The only thing I can think of is I either had a bad download, or disabled something that was helping to hold the defaults. Day 2 back on ICS and all is still good.
I have no issues with battery life and my defaults stick
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I thought I was alone but there's a thread for this for another carrier (http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/help/lg-g3-d855-shutsdown-t2803292). I was charging my phone and it randomly shut off twice without any warning. It had plenty of battery so not sure what the issue is. It's as if I installed a bad ROM that needs tweaking. Anyone else?
**Update 7/18/14**
The issue was due to ART being enabled instead of DAVLIK. Looks like we'll have to wait for LG to address that later.
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I thought I was alone but there's a thread for this for another carrier (http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/help/lg-g3-d855-shutsdown-t2803292). I was charging my phone and it randomly shut off twice without any warning. It had plenty of battery so not sure what the issue is. It's as if I installed a bad ROM that needs tweaking. Anyone else?
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I've been following that also but it appears to be only the D855 International version, although there are 3 at&t posts and 1 guy with sprint who posted once, but none of those 4 posted the version. One of the guys that said his was on at&t after being asked said it was a D855 which is still the international version and doesn't make sense LTE band wise, so for now those 4 posts may just be trolls.
Yea it happened several times again tonight so I'm going to get a replacement unit tomorrow morning. No explanation. I just leave it on my desk while working and it dies so I have to take out/put in the battery to start it up again.
Did it shutdown or freeze? Mine froze 4-5 times since I got it today. When it happens I can't even power it on/off. Had to pull battery.
All these started after I switched to ART. And I've switched back to dalvik it has been OK for about an hour now.
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Did it shutdown or freeze? Mine froze 4-5 times since I got it today. When it happens I can't even power it on/off. Had to pull battery.
All these started after I switched to ART. And I've switched back to dalvik it has been OK for about an hour now.
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This is the exact thing I've experienced with the device today. It froze on me about 3 times with ART. Going back to Dalvik is no problems though
cpg1987 said:
This is the exact thing I've experienced with the device today. It froze on me about 3 times with ART. Going back to Dalvik is no problems though
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Ye I'm pretty sure it's ART now. I've been on the phone (with dalvik) for about 2 hours and no freeze. Before that (with ART) I had 4-5 freeze in less than 3 hours. I can't say ART is noticeably faster either.
Anyway, I may switch to ART one more time but will run back to dalvik at the first sign of trouble.
I'll try switching to Dalvik cause I'm also on ART. My unit wouldn't respond to any button as it would remain a blank screen until I pull the battery.
It's definitely ART people. I can confirm this, because I originally started with ART and experienced random power offs, force closes and freezes. I did a factory reset and tried again with ART and same issues.
I factory reset it again, stayed with dalvik and NO problems. I have 2 other friends go through the same situation and still had issues with ART.
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It's definitely ART people. I can confirm this, because I originally started with ART and experienced random power offs, force closes and freezes. I did a factory reset and tried again with ART and same issues.
I factory reset it again, stayed with dalvik and NO problems. I have 2 other friends go through the same situation and still had issues with ART.
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Is this a Verizon specific issue, e.g., one of the VZW apps doesn't like ART? I've seen many people say switching to ART improves performance with some minor app compatibility problem. but nobody mentioned freeze or power off.
I wonder if disabling VZW bloat may help.
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Is this a Verizon specific issue, e.g., one of the VZW apps doesn't like ART? I've seen many people say switching to ART improves performance with some minor app compatibility problem. but nobody mentioned freeze or power off.
I wonder if disabling VZW bloat may help.
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I did that ,I always go through and disable bloatware. My phone was draining battery and getting hot too.
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In all honesty...art is totally overrated and unnecessary.
suzook said:
In all honesty...art is totally overrated and unnecessary.
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For now it is, But not in the future.
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Should this be a concern whenever the G3 is updated to Android L? (I'm assuming that will happen at some point...)
parapluie said:
Should this be a concern whenever the G3 is updated to Android L? (I'm assuming that will happen at some point...)
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I thought ART will be the default in L. So hopefully they will test the hell out of it and whatever bug they have now will be fixed.
suzook said:
In all honesty...art is totally overrated and unnecessary.
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J.Guido85 said:
For now it is, But not in the future.
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this. right now maybe but it is the future of android
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this. right now maybe but it is the future of android
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That's what worries me a little about getting a device that appears to have so many issues with it [emoji52]
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That's what worries me a little about getting a device that appears to have so many issues with it [emoji52]
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not sure what issues you are referring to. I've had zero issue other than the ART problem. pretty sure that'll get fixed with L, if not earlier.
No issues other than with ART in the last 2 days. I really have nothing to complain about on this phone especially with root, xposed, and tweakbox
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ART Shutdowns
I deleted all lg/vzw bloatware and phone was still shutting down after switch to ART... Until I deleted Google Search. No shutdown since.
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not sure what issues you are referring to. I've had zero issue other than the ART problem. pretty sure that'll get fixed with L, if not earlier.
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I'm referring to the many people who have mentioned problems with their G3s after switching to ART, which is what L is based off (as far as I know based on my limited knowledge of it). So, I was asking people, who have more knowledge than I do, if that indicates a potential problem whenever the G3 is updated to L. I know that sometimes updates don't play well with previous versions (like KitKat messing with my old S3).
Hi all,
I'm using this amazing phone in the last weeks and i noticed that, when exposed to sun or close to a light source, the screen starts brightening up until black gets almost light grey and colors start saturating. Then i tried to cover the light sensor and in a couple of seconds the screen reverts to original brightness and colors. The phone did this since the first day and noticed that my gf's is working perfectly. Already tried to flash, root and update but nothing changed.
Anyone else had this issue? What should i do?
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Hi all,
I'm using this amazing phone in the last weeks and i noticed that, when exposed to sun or close to a light source, the screen starts brightening up until black gets almost light grey and colors start saturating. Then i tried to cover the light sensor and in a couple of seconds the screen reverts to original brightness and colors. The phone did this since the first day and noticed that my gf's is working perfectly. Already tried to flash, root and update but nothing changed.
Anyone else had this issue? What should i do?
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Yes, I have the same issue too! I think there's nothing we can do... At least with the stock ROM. In fact, if I don't find any big cons, I will flash CM13. I'm sooooo tempted
There is something on the new sd820 assistive display not sure it's on with the std rom I know using rooted and use lspeed app u can force it on.
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Kreez00 said:
Yes, I have the same issue too! I think there's nothing we can do... At least with the stock ROM. In fact, if I don't find any big cons, I will flash CM13. I'm sooooo tempted
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I was thinking to change rom too, but i still find the stock rom to be pretty good(let's just say not so crappy) , plus this is the only issue i had with this beast, so for now i'll keep it clean.
In fact i tought about resolving the issue by myself but it will take time. In case i'll keep the post updated
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I was thinking to change rom too, but i still find the stock rom to be pretty good(let's just say not so crappy) , plus this is the only issue i had with this beast, so for now i'll keep it clean.
In fact i tought about resolving the issue by myself but it will take time. In case i'll keep the post updated
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Yeah, i agree...Looking for other roms I found that they're so buggy... Will keep it with Cuoco92's rom. Thanks for keeping the thread updated
Bump!!!! I have exactly the same issue and it's so annoying help plz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
N-Gage4ever said:
Bump!!!! I have exactly the same issue and it's so annoying help plz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Do you have eui? If so, first bump your rom
giaur said:
Do you have eui? If so, first bump your rom
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Yeah but only eui gives best battery you know it right?!?!?!
N-Gage4ever said:
Yeah but only eui gives best battery you know it right?!?!?!
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No, not really. You want eui, you got what you wanted ?
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No, not really. You want eui, you got what you wanted ?
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What you mean with no?...
N-Gage4ever said:
What you mean with no?...
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No, I don't know it