Hello guys, I'm new posting here but I've been visiting xda a lot for rooting and other things to other android devices I had (Samsung Galaxy Vibrant SGH-T959 and a Samsung Galaxy Note SGH-I717). I have a problem with my new phone, a ZTE ZMAX PRO Z981, which I bought a month ago. My phone is excesively slow, but not the kind of slow from apps or the phone itself (I compared it to another ZTE ZMAX PRO and it was smooth), I read a lot of forums but no answers to my problem, and also sometimes the screen shows some ramdom colors, I'm not sure if it is a bad screen or a bad motherboard, any of you had a similar problem in the past? and how did you solve the problem? thanks a lot.
randolpeguero said:
Hello guys, I'm new posting here but I've been visiting xda a lot for rooting and other things to other android devices I had (Samsung Galaxy Vibrant SGH-T959 and a Samsung Galaxy Note SGH-I717). I have a problem with my new phone, a ZTE ZMAX PRO Z981, which I bought a month ago. My phone is excesively slow, but not the kind of slow from apps or the phone itself (I compared it to another ZTE ZMAX PRO and it was smooth), I read a lot of forums but no answers to my problem, and also sometimes the screen shows some ramdom colors, I'm not sure if it is a bad screen or a bad motherboard, any of you had a similar problem in the past? and how did you solve the problem? thanks a lot.
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Warranty swap. Bring it back to where you bought it.
danblackracing said:
Warranty swap. Bring it back to where you bought it.
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, Thanks for replying, also I solved the problem. It wasnt posible for me to do that, but i fixed it. I opened the cellphone and the water alarm was triggered, it seems that the last owner drown the phone. what I did was to put under a toaster the logic board and the screen, it solved the problem .
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So im buying an SGS2 in few hours, its used, so i wanted to ask, what kind of tests i can do on the fly to determinate if the phone is at good condition, doesn't have any issues with hardware?
if it turns on and off first.. then your good to go....check if its rooted and go into settings and scroll down to the bottom and check the firmware what its like...test the camera and then just see if there are any scratches and stuff like that...make sure that there are no passwords on the phone so you do not get locked out and that kinda stuff
Lul what he said. But you could boot it up in download mode and check how many custom roms he had been using. And if he has, then you could ask him about overclocking... cause the hardware could be damaged cause of that...
Well thanks for the help, exchanged desire hd for galaxy S2 and now im a proud owner of first samsung in my life ;D
syrusas said:
Well thanks for the help, exchanged desire hd for galaxy S2 and now im a proud owner of first samsung in my life ;D
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well done mate hope you enjoy it. anything you need just message me
hi,
my i9300 seem to be hard brick, but i don't understand why and how because i strictly did nothing
my phone is not rooted. it was in my pocket, and perfectly working, a few minutes later i would use it and it died.
i thought it was the battery, so i tried a few things that i could find. but nothing works.
all i tried did nothing (the screen is always black)
the big problem is i'm living in montreal canada and the phone come from miami so samsung want repair it :crying:
help me please
I'm sorry to hear this, but looks like you are one of the many with sudden dead gs3.
If you cannot fix it at samsung. Best chance would be to buy a motherboard or a smashed gs3 and use the motherboard.
I think would be cheaper to send it to samsung and let them replace the board for you. Email them and ask and compare prices.
Dean-xXx said:
I'm sorry to hear this, but looks like you are one of the many with sudden dead gs3.
If you cannot fix it at samsung. Best chance would be to buy a motherboard or a smashed gs3 and use the motherboard.
I think would be cheaper to send it to samsung and let them replace the board for you. Email them and ask and compare prices.
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many suddenly died? i didn't hear about that
bobzer said:
many suddenly died? i didn't hear about that
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Read here its an entire thread dedicated to this....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1993044
thanks
I'm looking into buying a new phone, and one I'm looking at is the SIII. What is currently putting me off is this sudden death syndrome.
So my question is, would anyone here still recommend buying the SIII despite the sudden death syndrome problem that at least some are having?
I'll mention other phone if asked, but I'm trying to avoid the recommend the best phone type topic, least here in the SIII forums, I may ask that question elsewhere.
SDS affects incredibly small amount of phones, and Samsung repairs it for free. SGS3 definitely still costs its money, it's a great phone
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I'm looking into buying a new phone, and one I'm looking at is the SIII. What is currently putting me off is this sudden death syndrome.
So my question is, would anyone here still recommend buying the SIII despite the sudden death syndrome problem that at least some are having?
I'll mention other phone if asked, but I'm trying to avoid the recommend the best phone type topic, least here in the SIII forums, I may ask that question elsewhere.
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No BS, I was one of the unlucky bastards that saw his SIII die of unnatural causes. SDS struck during the night. Last time I picked up my phone was at around 4 in the AM, it was fully charged and I was heading for bed. At 7:15 I awoke to the sound of my second alarm clock (yes, I am one of those guys that really needs a backup alarm clock). I hadn't heard my beloved SIII go off at 7. The green "charged" led was on. But the phone wouldn't switch the screen on no matter what button I pressed. So I unplugged it. The led immediately went off and that was the last time that particular SIII ever did anything again. From that point on it was totally dead. Nothing. Abso-freakin'-lutly nothing. Sent it in for repairs although it had a custom ROM (aka warranty probably void). Nevertheless, they sent me a new replacement unit. First 5 minutes inside my house, was rooted again and on it's way to OMEGA ROM bliss.
I am happy with the phone. Sure by now there are better devices. Sure you can get something that does more. But to me, this phone is still fantastic and I love it to bits. Would really still consider it. If I were rich, maybe I'd splurge on something else. But if money matters and I had to make a sensible choice, sure, I'd still consider the SIII a top contender.
I recently buyed a second Galaxy S III for my girlfriend to make it easier to help her with technical support. What i can recomment if you buy it is to buy a Tempered Glass Screen Protector. Mine Galaxy S III has already has a crack in the screen.
ATMinotaur said:
I'm looking into buying a new phone, and one I'm looking at is the SIII. What is currently putting me off is this sudden death syndrome.
So my question is, would anyone here still recommend buying the SIII despite the sudden death syndrome problem that at least some are having?
I'll mention other phone if asked, but I'm trying to avoid the recommend the best phone type topic, least here in the SIII forums, I may ask that question elsewhere.
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If you want an s3, get the I9305 model. That's the one with 2gb lte.
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kofiaa said:
If you want an s3, get the I9305 model. That's the one with 2gb lte.
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I was under the impression the I9305 was not an international phone and hence didn't work on all networks outside of the US and Canada?
kofiaa said:
If you want an s3, get the I9305 model. That's the one with 2gb lte.
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I would get that one but I'm outside the US, and rather buy from the UK as that's where I live.
Edit: Had a bit of a look into I9305, and whilst it's available, it's at least £50 more for one, and no real well known that many sellers in the UK for an unlocked one. So less it becomes more widely available and at the same/similar price as a regular one, it's not an option. Anyway thanks for the information.
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I was under the impression the I9305 was not an international phone and hence didn't work on all networks outside of the US and Canada?
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It's the international version. The American models don't use the I9xxx code.
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kofiaa said:
It's the international version. The American models don't use the I9xxx code.
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Thanks for clearing that up. Now I feel bad that I only have 1GB ram and 3g
But the 9305 hardly has any development
Mostly yes!
1. The latest XELLA kernel fixes a major cause for Sudden Death Syndrome.
2. i9300 is still seeing the largest amount of development.
3. The only somehow similar alternatives IMHO are i9305 (but not so much development goes there) or Note2 (if the size is OK for you).
xclub_101 said:
1. The latest XELLA kernel fixes a major cause for Sudden Death Syndrome.
2. i9300 is still seeing the largest amount of development.
3. The only somehow similar alternatives IMHO are i9305 (but not so much development goes there) or Note2 (if the size is OK for you).
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I did think about the Note 2, size wise probably not a problem, but it costs a bit more than I'm willing to pay, the SIII is at the top end, also the note 2 is a bit more of a tablet, and I've already have the note 10.1, and I'm looking for something a little more phone sized, and SIII looks to me the closest one to what I want for the price I'm willing to pay.
Hello everyone. If its posted in wrong category then please Move it.
I'm interested in buying Galaxy S2 (used one) for playing. I want to know that how many people reported burn in issues with their S2 ?
Is its common in S2 or very rare ? I found a S2 without any burn-in issues. so how many chances are there that it will show burn-in ?
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Hello everyone. If its posted in wrong category then please Move it.
I'm interested in buying Galaxy S2 (used one) for playing. I want to know that how many people reported burn in issues with their S2 ?
Is its common in S2 or very rare ? I found a S2 without any burn-in issues. so how many chances are there that it will show burn-in ?
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I've never heard about this issue ...
sadekmefti said:
I've never heard about this issue ...
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Nor did I...can you explain us Panjgoori,what do you mean by burn in?
If you display bright static images on the screen for long enough/often enough, you will get burn in to one degree or another. I don't think you'd find a phone on the market today where this isn't the case.
As to how noticeable the burn in is, that's another thing entirely. Many of the cases I've seen on here you'd have to turn the brightness right up & have a completely blank screen/the right background to notice it I.E you probably wouldn't notice it using the phone day to day.
Don't let this kind of thing stop you buying any phone, chances are you won't even notice it if it does happen.
I'm having that problem. I've bought the GALAXY S2 GT-I9100 3 days ago by Amazon.com. A family member brought me the phone to Argentina, and just now, after 24 hours of that I give in my hands, I discovered this problem. The truth is that I'm super disappointed with Samsung and bought by Amazon.com thinking it would be all 100% OK, but apparently not. The problem is that in Argentina this Cellphone is discontinued and costs the twice that this costs...
Seba, show us a pic.
You can still buy it in mercadolibre, it's kinda cheap right now.
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gastonw said:
Seba, show us a pic.
You can still buy it in mercadolibre, it's kinda cheap right now.
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I couldn't take a picture yet.
PD: No se que decis de mercadolibre, ¿donde lo ves barato? 4 lucas te parece barato? yo lo pague menos de $2000 por amazon.
I saw it around 1900 - 2300 pesos in mercadolibre.
Why can't you take a pic? Don't you already have the device?
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I have this 'problem'. The old Whatsapp lay-out+contact name/photo is burned into my screen. However, I only see it when my screen is almost white.
I have put up with old phones and tablet, now 10 years old long enough. So recently in a span of a month I've replaced the phone with an LG Premier Pro LTE and just recently purchased the Samsung Tab A Galaxy? Not sure about the Galaxy. But they are both androids which I am familiar with.
I Googled for help and went about setting flashing alerts lights on each device for notifications. Still neither shows a blinking light on the front when the screen is sleeping. My old Xoom Tablet did it just fine. I would appreciate a little techno savvy here. I'm sure the savvy is here. Thanks in advance!