I recently got a brand new S4, but it turns out it has SIM card issues. The phone does not detect the SIM card. The SIM card works just fine in other phones.
I tried bringing it back to Verizon to be replaced, but the screen has a tiny tiny crack in it, and they claim it's no longer covered under the warranty. The SIM card problems and the crack are not related.
After trying every solution I could, I ordered a new SIM card reader for my S4. I took out the old one, put in the new one... And I have the same issues. I even replaced it again with ANOTHER new SIM card reader, and have had no progress.
The problem is not the SIM card, or the SIM card reader... So I'm not sure what else I can do to fix this. Any suggestions?
Endalyor said:
I recently got a brand new S4, but it turns out it has SIM card issues. The phone does not detect the SIM card. The SIM card works just fine in other phones.
I tried bringing it back to Verizon to be replaced, but the screen has a tiny tiny crack in it, and they claim it's no longer covered under the warranty. The SIM card problems and the crack are not related.
After trying every solution I could, I ordered a new SIM card reader for my S4. I took out the old one, put in the new one... And I have the same issues. I even replaced it again with ANOTHER new SIM card reader, and have had no progress.
The problem is not the SIM card, or the SIM card reader... So I'm not sure what else I can do to fix this. Any suggestions?
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I would replace the screen then do a warranty claim.
"Your words were found and I ate them, And Your words became for me a joy and the delight of my heart; For I have been called by Your name, O LORD God of hosts." - Jeremiah 15:16
Is there a chance this is a software error?
Endalyor said:
Is there a chance this is a software error?
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I doubt it.
"Your words were found and I ate them, And Your words became for me a joy and the delight of my heart; For I have been called by Your name, O LORD God of hosts." - Jeremiah 15:16
Some people were saying they got this problem after updating their s4. It looks like a lot of people have this problem but there's no solution. Looks like I'm stuck with a SIMless s4
Endalyor said:
Some people were saying they got this problem after updating their s4. It looks like a lot of people have this problem but there's no solution. Looks like I'm stuck with a SIMless s4
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What baseband and firmware are you on?
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You can downgrade to NC5 and see if that fixes it, then you will know if it's a hardware or software problem.
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liljoe727 said:
You can downgrade to NC5 and see if that fixes it, then you will know if it's a hardware or software problem.
"Your words were found and I ate them, And Your words became for me a joy and the delight of my heart; For I have been called by Your name, O LORD God of hosts." - Jeremiah 15:16
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Went down to NC5, still have the problem.
I guess there's nothing else to do but try to have it repaired?
Sometimes it finds the SIM card for a few minutes, then says its removed.
It also occurred to me that the MicroSD card slot works fine, even though the MicroSD and SIMcard reader are connected.
Do I need a new motherboard? I've tried replacing the SIMcard reader twice now.
Also, now that I'm using NC5 can I attempt to install some custom ROMs?
Endalyor said:
It also occurred to me that the MicroSD card slot works fine, even though the MicroSD and SIMcard reader are connected.
Do I need a new motherboard? I've tried replacing the SIMcard reader twice now.
Also, now that I'm using NC5 can I attempt to install some custom ROMs?
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It is probably the motherboard. I have a friend at work that has an S4 and his was doing the same thing. He ended up just getting an S5. I cant remember how much a new motherboard was but he did not want to go through all the hassle. Yes, on NC5 you can flash some custom ROM's. They have to be Touchwiz based though as you cant flash different kernels so pure AOSP is not an option. Just make sure to read the thread of the ROM you want to flash and make sure it is Safestrap and NC5 compatible and be sure to follow the directions exactly and you will be fine.
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Hello,
I have been using my HTC Evo 3D for sometime now and have recently noticed a strange app thing in my app list which i did not install and the worst thing is that i can't uninstall it. I am attaching a couple of screen shots of the app below. I will be thankful to the kind soul who'll help me solve this problem. The app is named " *116# " and if i click on it...it says USSD code running and then gives me a message "Service is currently unavailable GW1".
*i have tried factory resetting and formatting my SD card.
*my phone is not rooted.
*It doesn't appear in the running applications, just the applications list
*HELP!
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That's strange. I tried to google it and found nothing. Did it just show up or did you JUST notice it? What country/carrier do you have? Could you give us as much info as possible?
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Are you on a GSM 3d or Sprint? If Sprint, this is not a "factory" system app so it should NOT be there and may be a root kit/virus. If you're not rooted, you will have to root to be able to remove it via root explorer. Probably be in system/app since you say it's uninstallable. If you're on a GSM phone I have no idea whether it's supposed to be there or not....so I won't advise whether to remove or not. Good luck.
That's what I was thinking.
"We're coming from a pure power source."
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Are you on a GSM 3d or Sprint? If Sprint, this is not a "factory" system app so it should NOT be there and may be a root kit/virus. If you're not rooted, you will have to root to be able to remove it via root explorer. Probably be in system/app since you say it's uninstallable. If you're on a GSM phone I have no idea whether it's supposed to be there or not....so I won't advise whether to remove or not. Good luck.
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Actually...I'm from Pakistan (don't hate me ) and this thing just appeared out of no where. The phone is carrier free and i just wanted to know if this is harmful or not, even google returned no results. Thanks anyway bro!
metalfan78 said:
That's strange. I tried to google it and found nothing. Did it just show up or did you JUST notice it? What country/carrier do you have? Could you give us as much info as possible?
"We're coming from a pure power source."
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Well i have to be honest that i did notice it a week back but i didn't pay much attention to it. Today as i looked at it i tried to see what it was and then hit a dead end. I am from Pakistan and using Ufone (GSM) services. The phone is carrier free and i almost hit it with a hammer to get rid of it
Maybe its a carrier installed app. Can you contact Ufone and ask about it?
"We're coming from a pure power source."
metalfan78 said:
Maybe its a carrier installed app. Can you contact Ufone and ask about it?
"We're coming from a pure power source."
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just make Backup and then uninstall this app
use Root Uninstaller
i just don't want to root my phone and root uninstaller works with rooted phones only...guess im just stuck with it...
@metalfan
i contacted U-Fone and they said they don't send/install any apps without the confirmation of the user and even if they do it goes to the "U-Fone Kit Menu"...im giving up on this ...if its not harming me...im gonna let it be..
It can't just have appeared from nowhere, you must have installed something. Anyway just do a factory reset, should be fine
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It can't just have appeared from nowhere, you must have installed something. Anyway just do a factory reset, should be fine
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I just installed angry birds series and fragger and glow hockey..thats all i play on the phone...other than that now i have 2 more apps like that appearing
- *889#
- *888#
i did a factory reset...infact i did it twice...but of no use...even erased the memory card.
hasan1987 said:
Hello,
I have been using my HTC Evo 3D for sometime now and have recently noticed a strange app thing in my app list which i did not install and the worst thing is that i can't uninstall it.
*i have tried factory resetting and formatting my SD card.
*HELP!
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Your phone has the herps bud. Were you in Vegas recently?
On a more serious note, the description says it has access to "Services which cost you money" which could potentially access financial information stored on your phone.
If you are adamant about not rooting it then you should have nothing to fear about taking it in and letting the service technicians remove it for you at your cell phone provider's store front. If they can't remove it I would ask for a new device. It never hurts to ask.
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Your phone has the herps bud. Were you in Vegas recently?
On a more serious note, the description says it has access to "Services which cost you money" which could potentially access financial information stored on your phone.
If you are adamant about not rooting it then you should have nothing to fear about taking it in and letting the service technicians remove it for you at your cell phone provider's store front. If they can't remove it I would ask for a new device. It never hurts to ask.
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On a more serious note, it says it has full access to communications meaning someone can hijack you and call all over the world with your number and leave you the bill.
I'd swap that phone out ASAP and make sure you are only downloading from a the Play Store and not off some website to save a buck for an ad-free angry birds....
I agree with PMG, both scenarios are bad, get tech support in person from the provider and have them take care if it.
i think its from simcard..
i do factory reset and then i see that too.. but i now using new custom rom ics.. i dont see app like that..
banzer_kadaj said:
i think its from simcard..
i do factory reset and then i see that too.. but i now using new custom rom ics.. i dont see app like that..
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^^^^^this
Remove your sim card and then try to factory reset from boot loader or android.
then check if they are still there......if not then insert your sim back in and check again.....
Hboot 1.12
S-off
MeanROM 4.1
Tried paying via Google Wallet three times at two different, local Meijer stores.
NFC enabled
Once on Viper ROM.
Once on MeanROM v3.8
Once on MeanROM 4.1
All fresh wipes, clear cache and dalvik
Selected card was the ten dollar Google card. Never tried my other cards.
At paypass machine:
Phone screen unlocked. Tapped.
Nothing.
Opened Google Wallet, entered pin. Screen on. Tapped. Nothing.
Took out NFC credit card. Tapped. Worked.
Went to another local store. Tried phone. Nothing. Tried credit card. Worked.
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Tried tapping screen and back of phone.
No luck.
Have Trident Aegis case on my phone.
It's similar in thickness to an Otterbox Commuter.
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Have u been resetting Google wallet before each flash to a different Rom? Are you sure u didn't brick the nfc?
But if you did, I think wallet would tell you...
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Emerl said:
Have u been resetting Google wallet before each flash to a different Rom? Are you sure u didn't brick the nfc?
But if you did, I think wallet would tell you...
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it gives a secure element error if secure element is bad, had the same issue with one gas station but it worked just fine at McD's
So you're saying that only the prepaid card isn't working?
Reset it like ten flashes ago.
Never had it tell me i had a problem.
Always flashed a ROM, loaded up wallet, and it asks me to enter a new pin every time i did a flash.
Entered same pin and it loaded up fine
It saves my credit cards every time.
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Well it seems to be working if your added credit card is going thru. Maybe try clearing cache and data then adding prepaid card again? Uninstall update and download universal wallet app maybe?
Mine doesn't want to work at certain stores, but it comes on at least. The transaction won't go thru is the only issue I have.
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Well it seems to be working if your added credit card is going thru. Maybe try clearing cache and data then adding prepaid card again? Uninstall update and download universal wallet app maybe?
Mine doesn't want to work at certain stores, but it comes on at least. The transaction won't go thru is the only issue I have.
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some terminals are connected and working but not properly set up. I went to one gas station everyday for about a week to try to figure out why the terminal wouldn't recognize the phone. The clerk felt bad and put in a service ticket, technician came and told the clerk it needed to be reset and reconfigured. Works fine now, although I found it a bit strange because I know I saw at least one paypass card charged that week
I got an email stating that my Google Prepaid card is set to expire next month. I haven't been able to use my gw. I tried at our local Rite Aid with no success. But who knows if the cashier knew what he was doing.
Maybe I did, maybe I didn't....
Its credit and some systems require the cashier select credit prior to the customer swiping or this case passing the nfc across the reader
My new Samsung 32gb class 10 MicroSD just got here today. I copied my files from my ol' 8gb that came with my Evo4g (Supersonic) to my computer, and now I'm transferring those files to my card through USB mode on my phone. The problem is that it's writing at 900 KB/s - 1MB/s and my plan was to put roughly 25GB of music on this card.
I bought the card through Amazon (not from one of their stores, but directly from Amazon). I tested the card twice with SDTools and get 8.8-ishMB/s write and 17-ishMB/s read average. This is what I expect from a class 10. Why am I getting such slow speeds?
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I'm not sure how to read the card info. Some of it doesn't really look right like "00000" for the name of the card, etc, but I've never used the app before so it's hard for me to say.
I'm going to try putting it in the included adapter and transfering stuff while it's hooked directly to my computer and see if that makes a difference. I guess my phone could be the bottleneck, but my class 2 8gb used to write at 2MB/s just fine - so I don't really have high hopes for the test.
Any help would be appreciated, quick replies would be VERY appreciated. I'm gonna try the above test now, and I'll be checking this thread for the next couple hours.
Thanks in advance.
Extra info - I'm rooted running JMZs unofficial CM9 so I'm on ICS
Update: I plugged it in through a USB card reader and about two minutes later it came up with a "You must format this card before you use it" warning (I already formatted it to FAT32 with 64mb). I clicked "format" and it came up with the windows format screen saying it didn't know the size of the card, and wouldn't let me choose FAT32 as an option, only FAT.
I'm going to guess this means I've got a fake card...?
Update 2: I tried to use HtestW2 but for it to test the 29GB it would take over 8 hours at 1MB/s... I'm not sure if I even want to go through that...
I just bought a 64gb class 10 from amazon hope its good I should get it tomorrow and I'll see and report how it does
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Well I've tried the few workarounds I've found online (A lot of people seem to have the problem, but not as severe as me, and no one knows how to fix it?) but now my transfer speeds are going even slower... I just don't understand.
I guess it may be a problem with CM9? I'm now trying to find a non-CM based ROM that's still being developed to put on my Evo... If anyone has any good suggestions I'm open to them. I'm trying out AOKP build 33 now as that's the latest GOO has (minus Milestone 6 which as far as I'm aware isn't actually made for my phone?)
EDIT: On AOKPb33 and I get a whole 1.5MB/s now! woot... I've got a class two card?! Ugh...
UPDATE: interesting discovery - If I go into recovery mode and enable USB MS I get speeds around 5MB/s
I finally got the darn card to work on the phone. I had to reformat as fat32 using a different software on PC and made sure the partition was set as primary and not as logic. Haven't really tested but will soon.
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tt281gt said:
I finally got the darn card to work on the phone. I had to reformat as fat32 using a different software on PC and made sure the partition was set as primary and not as logic. Haven't really tested but will soon.
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I replaced the Samsung with a Sandisk class 10 32GB and it's still running at the same speeds (if not a little slower)...
I'm not too sure what to do. I've tried a LOT, but the only small boost in speed comes from mounting to USB through recovery mode which gives me 2-8MB/s depending on how my phone feels like performing it seems...
Shawn7656 said:
I replaced the Samsung with a Sandisk class 10 32GB and it's still running at the same speeds (if not a little slower)...
I'm not too sure what to do. I've tried a LOT, but the only small boost in speed comes from mounting to USB through recovery mode which gives me 2-8MB/s depending on how my phone feels like performing it seems...
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Mine was just writing between 5mb and 11mb/s then stopped transferring for a couple minutes then restarted now im getting 600-999kb/s Did my card just fail ?
I'm going to flash my TB to PagePlus but was waiting until the all-in-one tool is available, hopefully next week. The guy I bought the phone off accepted the OTA ICS update.
If I flash the phone to Pageplus first and then do the root after, does anyone know if rooting will screw up the flashing? I don't think it will but thought I'd ask YOU experts!
Thanks
Probably should root first just in case
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rampart51 said:
I'm going to flash my TB to PagePlus but was waiting until the all-in-one tool is available, hopefully next week. The guy I bought the phone off accepted the OTA ICS update.
If I flash the phone to Pageplus first and then do the root after, does anyone know if rooting will screw up the flashing? I don't think it will but thought I'd ask YOU experts!
Thanks
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Rooting after flashing to Page Plus should be okay.
As long as you don't mess with any radios, I'd assume.
I can't get the data up
I CAN'T GET THE DATA UP on my HTC Thunderbolt on Page Plus
I've been working on this phone for 3 days now, following every tutorial I can find, and I can't seem to get the data up. With the 4g card in I can SEE the APN, but can't edit it. With the card out my phone won't let me see it. I don't know if the settings are right, so I'm going to try to attach screen shots of my settings. I hope someone can help me get data on this phone. I can call and text, but no data.
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I CAN'T GET THE DATA UP on my HTC Thunderbolt on Page Plus
I've been working on this phone for 3 days now, following every tutorial I can find, and I can't seem to get the data up. With the 4g card in I can SEE the APN, but can't edit it. With the card out my phone won't let me see it. I don't know if the settings are right, so I'm going to try to attach screen shots of my settings. I hope someone can help me get data on this phone. I can call and text, but no data.
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Everything I read says its due to the HA/AAA keys. Without them, you can't authenticate. I've got voice/data/txt working with or without a SIM card. It doesn't seem to care except for the NAG message.
Secrets..
rampart51 said:
Everything I read says its due to the HA/AAA keys. Without them, you can't authenticate. I've got voice/data/txt working with or without a SIM card. It doesn't seem to care except for the NAG message.
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I put "vzw" in the secrets like I was directed. However...there were 32 digit HEX Keys in the fields already. Unfortunately I had no data...even with them. Should I put them back?
I don't have anything in those fields and mine is stock.
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I put "vzw" in the secrets like I was directed. However...there were 32 digit HEX Keys in the fields already. Unfortunately I had no data...even with them. Should I put them back?
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I'd put them back and try again. Try leaving the SIM out also. I have an AT&T SIM in mine and I get at least 1x data.
Enter Secrets..
I replaced my 4g Card with an older At&T sim, and put the Secrets in. Still no data. I have screenshots of my settings. If you'll give me some place to send them, I really need this data.
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I replaced my 4g Card with an older At&T sim, and put the Secrets in. Still no data. I have screenshots of my settings. If you'll give me some place to send them, I really need this data.
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Make sure you read these before you go diving in.
http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...erBolt-the-easiest-way!?highlight=thunderbolt
This is a very good guide and its pretty much the same thing for the TB. Ignore the MSL crap that is apparently unique to the EVO.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1838606
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I will PM you the information I used to get this working.
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Okay. It's appreciated...
To Much????
rampart51 said:
Make sure you read these before you go diving in.
http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...erBolt-the-easiest-way!?highlight=thunderbolt
This is a very good guide and its pretty much the same thing for the TB. Ignore the MSL crap that is apparently unique to the EVO.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1838606
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I've done SO many changes to this phones info...I'm afraid I've done more HARM than GOOD..LOL.
SO MANY CHANGES!
I still have talk and text, but NO DATA! I have HA and AAA Secrets...PPP passwords...and still....no data. Is there anyway to completey restore the data I've changed? I already no Factory resets and Data wipes don't do it...
I flashed to Page Plus, then rooted, then update radio to ICS. Gonna pop and ICS rom in a minute. No problems so far.
rampart51 said:
I'm going to flash my TB to PagePlus but was waiting until the all-in-one tool is available, hopefully next week. The guy I bought the phone off accepted the OTA ICS update.
If I flash the phone to Pageplus first and then do the root after, does anyone know if rooting will screw up the flashing? I don't think it will but thought I'd ask YOU experts!
Thanks
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rampart51 what did you end up doing? Did flash first, root second work? I currently have an ICS 4.0.4 that has been flashed to PP. I want to root it so that I can uninstall verizon crap like Slacker Radio and Tune Wiki.
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rampart51 what did you end up doing? Did flash first, root second work? I currently have an ICS 4.0.4 that has been flashed to PP. I want to root it so that I can uninstall verizon crap like Slacker Radio and Tune Wiki.
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To be honest....I haven't done it yet. Been too busy and the All in one tool looks like it may have a few issues.....I'm gonna wait it out. I have been on PP for a few weeks now. No issues. No 3g but I don't really need it.
I flashed to Page Plus months ago and I love it... I get the same thing as I had with verizon but I pay $29 instead of $89 a month. I had a company called beigephone.com flash my phone for $50 because I didn't have time to figure it out myself. my 3g works perfectly though, so if your 3g doesn't work maybe your settings need to be fixed. did you flash it for Page Plus yourself? I'd actually like to learn how to do it, especially if it can be done without using CDMA WS.
I just used the all-in-one tool + revolutionary to root a different thunderbolt that was still on gingerbread (2.11.605.19). The only hiccup was that I had to remove/re-install the HTC drivers twice (solution here).
Please let me know if you decide to try it out on your ICS thunderbolt!
Hi all, non rooted S5 screen went all fuzzy, seems like a hardware issue except that it boots in safe mode... any ideas or anyone seen this before?
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Has it been dropped or wet? Have you installed any new app or updated anything before this?
Try pulling the battery, putting it back in, leaving it off. Then press and hold the volume+, home, and power button until the phone boots into recovery and do a factory reset ****CAUTION. ... YOU WILL LOSE ALL DATA THAT HAS NOT BEEN BACKED UP VIA SD CARD OR SYNCED TO YOUR SAMSUNG/GOOGLE ACCOUNT ****
hope that helps
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it was dropped but in a spigen tough armor case --- perfect condition no visable damage or anything dropped from about 2 feet --- no water damage --- cannot boot into recovery that's why I figured it was hardware however it did boot once into safe mode but I cannot replicate that ---- I'm going to go to T-Mobile after work, think they will replace it under warranty?
Hard to say if it has been dropped. However with no visible damage, something is very well damaged on the inside.
It should be able resist that kind of blow though.
Have you tried to get into download mode?
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was just able to get into download mode --- then from there i rebooted into recovery and selected reboot... phone booted up normally but now crashed and went back to that snowy screen ---- something is fubar inside there im afraid
Try to get back into recovery and factory reset if you have no other choice.
If you are near a computer you could try to backup the data on there real quick with keis or something, but I doubt it will be able to read your phone if it won't boot. Bleh
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Goodluck I'm going to bed. Hope you have it fixed when I check in the morning.
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Any update @ofarrell.g1 ? Hope you got it figured out.
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Thanks for asking... I have not gotten it into recovery again. All my data is synced so I'm not worried about that. I've been with tmobile almost 15 years so I'm going to go there after work and see if theyll just give me a new phone.
Wow, that's scary. Those uncontrolled things that just happened. A fall caused internal damage. Hmm. I lost my galaxy S1 because of a bug. Good luck with this.
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Issue with white fuzzy screen
ofarrell.g1 said:
Hi all, non rooted S5 screen went all fuzzy, seems like a hardware issue except that it boots in safe mode... any ideas or anyone seen this before?
Thanks,
Nate
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Hi Nate,
I have the exact same issue , been like this for a few days now. Not been dropped badly and phone is in a solid cover. I have been to my service provider and they are clueless. Have you been able to get to the bottom of the problem or fix the phone? Thanks. Steve
Sounds like hardware at first. However, never heard of hardware issue causing snowy screen. That sounds more like an app or malware. Be it my first actual encounter with it on android.
If you can get to Odin mode reflash the tar file, that will at least clear out any system partition issues. Also will flash stock recovery. Then I'd try getting into stock recovery to wipe data.
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The screen connector is the culprit.. As it's supposed to touch only the side break fix of the circuit... It's the small opening or power inlet socket where you charge the phone.. The technician repair should rectify it..I got this game problem a few days ago.. Researched and found that this was the main culprit for this particular white fuzzy distorted
screen
solution?
ofarrell.g1 said:
Hi all, non rooted S5 screen went all fuzzy, seems like a hardware issue except that it boots in safe mode... any ideas or anyone seen this before?
Thanks,
Nate
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got this fixed? any solution?
nikilk12 said:
got this fixed? any solution?
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This can be caused by a handful of reasons...
The following YouTube video may work for you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2tzUkX8SQ4
If not, then it's either:
1) Defective/Faulty LCD Display Assembly.
2) A bad Connection between the LCD Ribbon to the Mainboard/Motherboard.
3) Defective/Faulty Mainboard/Motherboard itself.
That's the best I can provide you as I don't physically have your device.
The following link does have various Guides/Tutorials regarding almost anything for the Galaxy S5 device that may come in handy for you.
https://www.ifixit.com/Device/Samsung_Galaxy_S5
Good Luck!
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