My Edge got updated to 5.1.1 two hours ago and I was wondering if that fixed the brightness bug. I mean, it kinda looks like it did, I've been playing around with it a bit but I'm still not sure. What about other people with 5.1.1 ?
Edit: Everything feels a bit sluggish now.
Welcome to the update that ruins the phone
I tried wiping data and restoring as some have said...but still crap.
What had made an improvement though is to download the firmware and flash it again via odin. Seems a bit better now.
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Welcome to the update that ruins the phone
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Can't tell if sarcasm or if the update really makes things worse.
Also yeah, the brightness bug has been fixed. The battery's at 4% and I tried shining a flashlight on the phone, the screen doesn't get brighter.
Aaand they fixed Ok Google VS Hi Galaxy too.
Not sarcasm mate from where I'm standing. Really a bad update for me. The battery can hardly get me through 8 hours now and 3hrs sot if I'm lucky
From 8:30am ...down to 35% 2:15sot...light use today too
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Not sarcasm mate from where I'm standing. Really a bad update for me. The battery can hardly get me through 8 hours now and 3hrs sot if I'm lucky
From 8:30am ...down to 35% 2:15sot...
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There's definitely something wrong with the battery but it's always been like that. I can't tell if it's better or worse than my Nexus 4's. It's definitely not as good as I thought it would be.
I was getting 12-15hrs note down to 8-9hrs....this update screwed my phone is my thoughts
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I was getting 12-15hrs note down to 8-9hrs....this update screwed my phone is my thoughts
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Try performing one or two full charge cycles.
And check if an app's draining Your battery.
I've also noticed that I only always have around 700-800 MBs of RAM available out of those sweet, sweet 3gbs.
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I was getting 12-15hrs note down to 8-9hrs....this update screwed my phone is my thoughts
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1.5GBs.. taken by touchwiz.. ?
.. SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMSUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNG
That's why the put 3gb because with only 2gb the phone will freeze for lacking of memory lol
I WAS WRONG. THE BUG HAS -NOT- BEEN FIXED.
I TRIED REPLICATING AND IT ACTUALLY WORKS. THE NORMAL MAXIMUM (SLIDER ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT) BRIGHTNESS IS ACTUALLY A BIT LESS BRIGHT THAN THE TRUE FULL BRIGHTNESS (BUT BRIGHTER THAN BEFORE). IF YOU SHINE A TORCH ON THE SENSOR NOW IT WILL **** WITH THE AUTOBRIGHTNESS WHICH WILL BE STUCK ON FULL BRIGHTNESS AND THE ONLY WAY TO FIX IT IS REBOOTING.
Basically:
Normal full brightness: Still not really full brightness but still brighter than 5.0.2
Torch trick: Will disable autobrightness until You reboot, it will be stuck on the TRUE full brightness. (I tested the sensor and it actually ISN'T stuck on Level 5)
EDIT: I WAS WRONG.
IT HASN'T BEEN FIXED AT ALL. I THOUGHT IT WAS FIXED THIS MORNING BUT IT'S GETTING DARK OUTSIDE AND GUESS WHAT ? SCREEN'S NOT ON AUTOBRIGHTNESS AND IT'S DARK AS HELL.
And so.. It begins. Everything got a whole lot laggier all of a sudden.
Download and flash the firmware with odin. Seems to get rid of the lag. Dunno what they done with the ota update
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Download and flash the firmware with odin. Seems to get rid of the lag. Dunno what they done with the ota update
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Do I have to do anything before that ? Also, can I do that without setting off some counter/losing everything ? It's been a long time since I've used Odin. And I'd need some links too.
Turning the screen on definitely takes longer btw.
Don't need to wipe just a straight flash. Download odin 3.10. There's a mega link for firmware on another thread on here
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Don't need to wipe just a straight flash. Download odin 3.10. There's a mega link for firmware on another thread on here
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So it won't set off any counters either in case I need to return my device/send it to Samsung ?
Also, all these sites offering Odin dowloads seem a bit.. Suspicious. And I can't find my model on the thread: SM-G925F (H3G ITALY)
It won't set of the counter. When i get on the computer I'll attach odin if someone hadn't done so by then. It will be after midnight though
Use XEO firmware.
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It won't set of the counter. When i get on the computer I'll attach odin if someone hadn't done so by then. It will be after midnight though
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That's fine, I can never sleep before 4 AM. LOL
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It won't set of the counter. When i get on the computer I'll attach odin if someone hadn't done so by then. It will be after midnight though
Use XEO firmware.
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XEO firmware ?
I also checked SamMobile, they don't have the 5.1.1 one.
XEU is unbranded uk ....That's what meant sorry
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XEU is unbranded uk ....That's what meant sorry
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So I can just get that and turn my H3G-branded Italian Edge and turn it into an unbranded UK Edge ?
It's seriously been like 3 years since I've had anything to do with Samsung devices.
Also, can I flash the branded H3G firmware when it's available and turn it back to "normal" ?
Related
Hi guys. Just picked up my sgs3 yesterday coming from s2.
I got it from t-mobile store. I think it's unbranded. Not seen anything t-mobile related.
I updated firmware via kies yesterday as there was an update available.
Is this the latest firmware for unbranded phones in UK via official channels ?
Also. Are the stock roms on here a massive improvement or are they buggy?
Cheers
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If you got it from a t-mobile store, it will be t-mobile branded. Phones from phones4u and carphone warehouse are unbranded
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Thats what I would expect, however there are no T-Mobile apps, no t-mobile logo in boot animation. To clarify when I say T-Mobile store, it was one of those Everything Everywhere T-Mobile/Orange stores, I believe all stores will be that soon?
Lfb is the latest European firmware. Easy to spot because it has a brightness slider in the notification tray.
The firmware has only been released a couple of days now so you might not get it straight away. Plenty of ways to download it here on xda though.
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Thats what I would expect, however there are no T-Mobile apps, no t-mobile logo in boot animation. To clarify when I say T-Mobile store, it was one of those Everything Everywhere T-Mobile/Orange stores, I believe all stores will be that soon?
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Also picked mine from t-mobile with no visible branding but it turned out to use a t-mobile branded firmware. Type *#1234# and tell us what your CSC is.
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also picked mine from t-mobile with no visible branding but it turned out to use a t-mobile branded firmware. Type *#1234# and tell us what your csc is.
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i9300tmualf2
I got mine from tmobile store as well, you are right, it seems unbranded, i thk network didn't have time to brand the firmware, however the firmware you have is for tmuk (tmobile uk). Tell you what i did mate, rooted mine then went to samfirmware and downloaded and installed the latest uk unbranded firmware which i believe was listed under btmobile. Good luck, ta
P.s i am new at this, correct me if i m wrong
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No it's not the latest Samsung update but it's the latest from tmobile/orange, they are about a month behind the latest Samsung release.
As said about flash the latest official rom from Samsung and you will always be instantly upto date.
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Cheers for the clarification guys. Gonna flash the latest rom shortly, to confirm is this : I9300XXBLFB ?
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Cheers for the clarification guys. Gonna flash the latest rom shortly, to confirm is this : I9300XXBLFB ?
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Yes that is the newest firmware for Europe.
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quick question, I cant seem to get the phone to show in windows explorer with usb connected, any ideas?
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quick question, I cant seem to get the phone to show in windows explorer with usb connected, any ideas?
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Restart the computer, also make sure you are using the usb lead which came with the phone. My laptop flat out refuses to acknowledge the phone if I use the wrong lead.
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cheers, got the int phone to show up as a device. Not showing sd card? Anyway round that, so they both show up as drive letters?
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cheers, got the int phone to show up as a device. Not showing sd card? Anyway round that, so they both show up as drive letters?
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Hmmm ... don't know about that one. They should both be subdirectories of the phone itself ... not drive letters as the phone uses mtp not traditional mass storage.
By the way are you flashing with Odin?
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Hmmm ... don't know about that one. They should both be subdirectories of the phone itself ... not drive letters as the phone uses mtp not traditional mass storage.
By the way are you flashing with Odin?
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Just flashed the latest stock via odin and voila card and phone have appeared, not sure maybe a bug on previous rom, either way, im happy now, thanks for responding.
This should be in question forum
Guys this should be in the Q&A threat, not in general...
I'm not sure what you are getting at mate. This is in q&a.
Not that it matters the thread is done. Thanks for your useful contribution.
May the force be with you.
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Guys this should be in the Q&A threat, not in general...
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Dude, stop smoking weed ok?
daz_2000 said:
Hi guys. Just picked up my sgs3 yesterday coming from s2.
I got it from t-mobile store. I think it's unbranded. Not seen anything t-mobile related.
I updated firmware via kies yesterday as there was an update available.
Is this the latest firmware for unbranded phones in UK via official channels ?
Also. Are the stock roms on here a massive improvement or are they buggy?
Cheers
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Off topic slightly but thanks to your screenshot i now have calls working on cm10 thank you squire your a legend!
Hi guys.
I came to realise that some S3 also suffer from black crush like the Note. So I went to try playing the Glee video , the screen went very bad and almost the whole screen is pixelated from 0.36-0.38 (lightings). It's not really black crush but rather bluish white blocks occur on lightings.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cay2dnuhcs
When there's transitions from white to gray, gray to black and vice versa is bad, there are also pixelated blocks there. (last attachment)
Here are some example photos,
*These are on full brightness
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The bluish white blocks are too ugly to see. I've compared with the iPhone 4S and the iPhone seems to handle the lightings very well in full brightness(no obvious blocks)
Brightness does the trick too, when I lower the brightness to under 40%, the blocks are not as visible but once I go higher than that, ugly scenes show up again.
supercurio tweeted that there's already a solution for this but I must root my phone to get it fixed. I'm pretty sure that it's not a hardware issue because there's an app that temporarily fix this issue but it may harm my screen as the app itself warned me. The app is "Filter My Screen".
I hope there's a firmware update that will solve this problem so that I don't need to root my phone just to get this fixed.
Helps are appreciated.
Regards
See all the other black crush posts .
jje
I looked through most of the posts about black crush already. I don't think that my issue is black crush, but I could be wrong.
Can someone tell me if the problem I'm having is black crush or this is totally normal?
Regards
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Help?
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Maybe you'd get an answer if your pictures actually showed up.... just saying..
Are the pictures not visible?
I re-attached the pictures to show the pixelation issue.
* I came to realise that the app "Filter your screen" does help with the Pixelation issue significantly, but not perfectly.
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Hmm. No pixelation issues here.
Could someone explain about the bluish blocks? It's really ugly compared to the iPhone 4S.
For the gray image, you can see the transition from light gray to dark gray, the blocks are visible too.
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Swagtabulous said:
Could someone explain about the bluish blocks? It's really ugly compared to the iPhone 4S.
For the gray image, you can see the transition from light gray to dark gray, the blocks are visible too.
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It could possibly be a low quality version of the video. How is the screen when you perform other tasks? When using the phone to watch youtube check if HQ is enabled and if watching over 3G or HSPA network make sure that 'High Quality over mobile' is enabled.
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It could possibly be a low quality version of the video. How is the screen when you perform other tasks? When using the phone to watch youtube check if HQ is enabled and if watching over 3G or HSPA network make sure that 'High Quality over mobile' is enabled.
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I've tried all normal quality, HQ and HD quality, the pixelated blocks are still there, even on a 6000 x 4000 image, once there's transition from white to gray, gray to black or vice versa, ugly blocks will appear.
I've tested the gamma calibration with the "21-0 image", I am able to see a gradual fade from 21 to 7 only, 0-7 is pure black.
Help please?
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Could be a defect with your phone. You could also try flashing a newer firmware and see if that fixes the problem.
I'm on LF1 now. It's already the newest firmware here in Malaysia if I'm not wrong?
Well, I'm able to get a significant 'fix' by using the "Filter your screen" app, but it's not perfect and it may harm my screen if I use it in a long time frame. So I guess it's not a hardware issue?
Is there any good solution for this?
Helps are appreciated.
Regards
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I'm on LF1 now. It's already the newest firmware here in Malaysia if I'm not wrong?
Well, I'm able to get a significant 'fix' by using the "Filter your screen" app, but it's not perfect and it may harm my screen if I use it in a long time frame. So I guess it's not a hardware issue?
Is there any good solution for this?
Helps are appreciated.
Regards
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The newest unbranded firmware (flashable via ODIN) should work fine on your phone. Yours is the first I have heard with this problem.
We could explain them if we actually had them.
I still cannot see your pictures =S
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We could explain them if we actually had them.
I still cannot see your pictures =S
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I've updated the first post, sorry about that.
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1. Upgrade your firmware. -OR-
2. Have the handset replaced.
Bumping your thread every 12 hours isn't going to solve the problem.
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1. Upgrade your firmware. -OR-
2. Have the handset replaced.
Bumping your thread every 12 hours isn't going to solve the problem.
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1. Is there any firmware newer than LF1?
2. Replacing phone here in my country takes at least 2 weeks and I don't have any spare phones.
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I'm thinking about buying an Xperia S, however I'm concerned about the yellow tint I've read about that affects some of the Xperia S'.
Is this problem still present or have Sony fixed the manufacturing malfunction?
Thanks
cined said:
I'm thinking about buying an Xperia S, however I'm concerned about the yellow tint I've read about that affects some of the Xperia S'.
Is this problem still present or have Sony fixed the manufacturing malfunction?
Thanks
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The latest build dosen't have this issue anymore
Its around week 10++ (CMIIW)
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The latest build dosen't have this issue anymore
Its around week 10++ (CMIIW)
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I didn't understand what the 2nd part of that means...
The store I'm buying on says the phone gets shipped direct from manufacturer so I should be safe?
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I didn't understand what the 2nd part of that means...
The store I'm buying on says the phone gets shipped direct from manufacturer so I should be safe?
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It's the production week
When you look at the box of the phone
There will be imei, s/n, and production week (you can also find it on the back of the phone)
If it says more than 10 or 12 i forget the excact week but is has to be more than 10 then you're good to go
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It's the production week
When you look at the box of the phone
There will be imei, s/n, and production week (you can also find it on the back of the phone)
If it says more than 10 or 12 i forget the excact week but is has to be more than 10 then you're good to go
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Thanks! Mine is coming directly from the factory, so it should be new stock. So hopefully that should mean I'll get a good one?
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Thanks! Mine is coming directly from the factory, so it should be new stock. So hopefully that should mean I'll get a good one?
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Yes.
The latest batch won't get the yellow tint issue
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It's the production week
When you look at the box of the phone
There will be imei, s/n, and production week (you can also find it on the back of the phone)
If it says more than 10 or 12 i forget the excact week but is has to be more than 10 then you're good to go
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Apart from this what Theonlyzii said... check this...
Dial *#*#7378423#*#*
In the service menu check for "touch firmware 6" or other. Touch firmware 7 has issues.
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Thanks!
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Don't say.... Hit it!
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milton.bain said:
Apart from this what Theonlyzii said... check this...
Dial *#*#7378423#*#*
In the service menu check for "touch firmware 6" or other. Touch firmware 7 has issues.
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Don't say.... Hit it!
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If mine is Touch Firmware 7, can it be downgraded or would I have to send it back?
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If mine is Touch Firmware 7, can it be downgraded or would I have to send it back?
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Hardware can't be downgraded buddy.
See this..
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Hardware can't be downgraded buddy.
See this..
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Hmm, cheers. So I take it the newer stock of the phones are shipping with Touch Firmware 7?
What's so bad about Touch Firmware 7 and why is 6 preferred? If my phone arrives and it is Touch Firmware 7, should I send it back or?
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Hmm, cheers. So I take it the newer stock of the phones are shipping with Touch Firmware 7?
What's so bad about Touch Firmware 7 and why is 6 preferred? If my phone arrives and it is Touch Firmware 7, should I send it back or?
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These are nothing but the visible features of that batch of stock which had yellow issue.
They actually don't bother If you don't have any yellow issue.
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These are nothing but the visible features of that batch of stock which had yellow issue.
They actually don't bother If you don't have any yellow issue.
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Sorry for not understand so if mine is Touch Firmware 7, it's likely I'll have yellow screen issue?
To add, remove the back cover of your phone you'll see something like "AAAA, ABAA, ACAA" etc.. It was confirmed that all AC versions and the newer devices doesn't have the yellow tint issue. Mine is ACAG and it's 3 months old, I used it for gaming(3D gaming) like MC3, The Dark Knight Rises, N.O.V.A 3, etc.. no yellow tint for me..
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To add, remove the back cover of your phone you'll see something like "AAAA, ABAA, ACAA" etc.. It was confirmed that all AC versions and the newer devices doesn't have the yellow tint issue. Mine is ACAG and it's 3 months old, I used it for gaming(3D gaming) like MC3, The Dark Knight Rises, N.O.V.A 3, etc.. no yellow tint for me..
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Thanks - Will take a look as soon as it arrives.
Mine is shipping directly from Sony's warehouse so I should hopefully expect to get one from a new batch? It is only the older Xperia S' that have yellow tint?
Cheers
Damn it my Touch Firmware Version is 7 .
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Damn it my Touch Firmware Version is 7 .
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What version is your phone? When was the manufacture date?
Mine is AAAB, week 7, and touch firmware 7
I used my phone for heavy gaming (nova3 mass effect)
But still i got lucky no yellow tint for me
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Mine is AAAB, week 7, and touch firmware 7
I used my phone for heavy gaming (nova3 mass effect)
But still i got lucky no yellow tint for me
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How long ago did you buy it?
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How long ago did you buy it?
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I bought it in april end / early may 2012
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Phew. Acag and touch firmware 6. No tint so far, had for about two months
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I appreciate all of your assistance in advance... I have searched and can't find any topics on this issues yet.
I bought this S4 from a guy on craigslist yesterday and noticed a strange issue with "demo" screen popping up and not going away and not being able to uninstall.
I installed Kies today and it is telling me my device current firmware version is NOT supported and I can't update the firmware.
HERE IS THE INFO ON THE PHONE
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Can I root and then upload a standard Firmware to the phone? I can't take this phone back to Verizon since I didn't buy it from them. Everything on the phone works just fine, but i keep getting this to pop up over and over
which is tied to this (demo main button that give me no option to forceclose or uninstall)
and VZW demo in lower right
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I appreciate all of your assistance in advance... I have searched and can't find any topics on this issues yet.
I bought this S4 from a guy on craigslist yesterday and noticed a strange issue with "demo" screen popping up and not going away and not being able to uninstall.
I installed Kies today and it is telling me my device current firmware version is NOT supported and I can't update the firmware.
HERE IS THE INFO ON THE PHONE
Can I root and then upload a standard Firmware to the phone? I can't take this phone back to Verizon since I didn't buy it from them. Everything on the phone works just fine, but i keep getting this to pop up over and over
which is tied to this
and VZW demo in lower right
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I dont think I would be takeing this in to verizon, I dont think whomever you bought this phone from aquired it legally. That is definitly an in store demo phone, and im pretty sure they arnt going to sell anybody an in store demo version.
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I dont think I would be takeing this in to verizon, I dont think whomever you bought this phone from aquired it legally. That is definitly an in store demo phone, and im pretty sure they arnt going to sell anybody an in store demo version.
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I activated the phone at the Verizon (not a re-seller) store to make sure it was clean.. so no issues there that popped up.
Definitely an in store demo can you say stolen lol
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oneandroidnut said:
Definitely an in store demo can you say stolen lol
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As stated, phone activated at Verizon store.. Not listed as stolen.
Get Rom Toolbox from market and you can freeze and uninstall that. Also search for a stock rom and flash over it after being rooted.
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rsrwnab said:
As stated, phone activated at Verizon store.. Not listed as stolen.
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I understand that but was stolen from store or was employees that had app. Just because its stolen from a Verizon store doesn't mean you can't activate it lots have active numbers or clean esn unactivated
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There is an app in the play store:
Galaxy S4 Retail Mode
It States, "This application is intended solely for retail display"
I'm wondering if this may have been installed?
I would try doing a factory reset first and see if that takes care of it.
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gadget! said:
There is an app in the play store:
Galaxy S4 Retail Mode
It States, "This application is intended solely for retail display"
I'm wondering if this may have been installed?
I would try doing a factory reset first and see if that takes care of it.
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That isn't the same one I don't think
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gadget! said:
There is an app in the play store:
Galaxy S4 Retail Mode
It States, "This application is intended solely for retail display"
I'm wondering if this may have been installed?
I would try doing a factory reset first and see if that takes care of it.
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I don't have that app installed. According to my firmware version i have its different to begin with
rsrwnab said:
I don't have that app installed. According to my firmware version i have its different to begin with
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Can you flash stock file with odin?
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I would flash the stock firmware in Odin. Someone else had this issue with a different phone and that solved the problem.
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I will look up odin (or if you have a link to it that would be awesome!!) .. to be honest I rooted my old Bionic when I first got it almost 2 years ago, but I haven't done a ROM swap before.
When I do a Rom file does that also update the firmware?
Found the Odin link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2301259
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I will look up odin (or if you have a link to it that would be awesome!!) .. to be honest I rooted my old Bionic when I first got it almost 2 years ago, but I haven't done a ROM swap before.
When I do a Rom file does that also update the firmware?
Found the Odin link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2301259
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that will take care of everything man. stock recovery, stock firmware, put bloat on everything but delete your data on your phone (apps, contacts, photos etc)
hope this helps. need any help just ask for pm me
oneandroidnut said:
that will take care of everything man. stock recovery, stock firmware, put bloat on everything but delete your data on your phone (apps, contacts, photos etc)
hope this helps. need any help just ask for pm me
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Worked perfect!! I ran it twice, and then connected to Kies and gave me the latest firmware update...before it would tell me it wasn't compatible.
Thank you so much!!
rsrwnab said:
Worked perfect!! I ran it twice, and then connected to Kies and gave me the latest firmware update...before it would tell me it wasn't compatible.
Thank you so much!!
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awesome man glad it worked!
I have these 3 blue dots on my front facing camera
only shows in the dark
there is nothing covering the lens such as screen protector or etc
I covered the camera with my finger to show you what I get in low light
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
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posting at the gym ya hhhhhhhhhh
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few people suffering now and it's got onto a number of sites now too
http://www.itproportal.com/2015/05/...era-suffers-from-purple-dot-blighting-photos/
SPOOKY
GHOSTS!!
so I need to get my phone replaced
I'll wait a few months then I will turn it in for replacement
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tiboric said:
GHOSTS!!
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Woooow
akash_84 said:
few people suffering now and it's got onto a number of sites now too
http://www.itproportal.com/2015/05/...era-suffers-from-purple-dot-blighting-photos/
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thanks for the info
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hussam1988 said:
thanks for the info
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No worries, I thought I'd better let you know.
No really, I used to get the same sort of thing on my M7 but it was only one large purple dot and disappeared after a few months
Is it just three x 1 pixels or are the larger than that?
tiboric said:
No worries, I thought I'd better let you know.
No really, I used to get the same sort of thing on my M7 but it was only one large purple dot and disappeared after a few months
Is it just three x 1 pixels or are the larger than that?
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only 3
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only 3
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Sounds like stuck pixels you could try a few of these techniques
From the research I did on this, the best way was to Vibrate the whole device very fast but with a small amount of movement. (Kind of like how a hair trimmer vibrates , small amount but very fast)
Also when we have RAW ability they will be even less noticeable .
Duno if this info will help . but I would try for an exchange if you are unable to fix/live with these blue pixels.
hussam1988 said:
so I need to get my phone replaced
I'll wait a few months then I will turn it in for replacement
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Have the same problem. No penalty if I replace it after a long time?? (mine is a verizon model)
tiboric said:
Sounds like stuck pixels you could try a few of these techniques
From the research I did on this, the best way was to Vibrate the whole device very fast but with a small amount of movement. (Kind of like how a hair trimmer vibrates , small amount but very fast)
Also when we have RAW ability they will be even less noticeable .
Duno if this info will help . but I would try for an exchange if you are unable to fix/live with these blue pixels.
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Tried nothing changed
eecho said:
Have the same problem. No penalty if I replace it after a long time?? (mine is a verizon model)
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I dont know... How would they know anyway.
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hussam1988 said:
Tried nothing changed
I dont know... How would they know anyway.
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It was a long shot.... Hope you get it sorted to your satisfaction and they don't mess you around.
Good luck mate
tiboric said:
It was a long shot.... Hope you get it sorted to your satisfaction and they don't mess you around.
Good luck mate
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I'm thinking of replacing the phone once I find another phone in mind to buy.
I'll sell my new replacement and get a new phone [emoji12].
My phone comes with 2 years warranty and Has 2 different warranty. One from Samsung Middle East and Another one from the company I bought it from.
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Not here
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skivnit said:
Not here View attachment 3307988
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Good for you [emoji12]
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skivnit said:
Not here View attachment 3307988
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Are all your pics out of focus with a red hue?
tiboric said:
Are all your pics out of focus with a red hue?
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That's me reproducing what the OP did. Finger on the camera
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