[Q] Absolutely stumped - 3G/Image Caching - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey all,
I am a previous Galaxy S user and now have the S III. I know my way around Android OS but am STUMPED here!
When wi-fi is OFF (mobile network), Google Play store wont render any images whatsoever. I can still get to apps, read description and buy them, but no images. Every now and then I get a "Error: no connection" error when previewing an app but when I retry it works (still no images though) - "Couldn't load Screenshots - retry"
The same is true for Foursquare and one or two other apps. I am not in a bad area - perfect reception and HSDPA.
Twitter and others do not have this problem, but the apps that do experience it are doing so continuously and without fail. I can not stop it happening, unless using Wi-Fi, which is not so often as I am moving around a lot.
I have cleared cache/data from several applications in the list, restarted phone etc etc.. I am avoiding having to do a hard reset here as much as possible as I have to travel this week and do not have time to re-do my all my apps etc etc..
Is there a way to clear DNS cache or something on these phones? It seems as though when using regular mobile network, certain apps get stuck and can't receive certain data while others have no issues whatsoever.
Please help guys - any suggestions are much appreciated!!
Thanks,
Wit

Same problem man tried everthing I've managed to find. Not much on the issue the issue though.
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Change the dns settings. For wifi it's in wifi in settings then press the bottom left capacitive button on the phone and edit it. I'm guessing mobile network is also more or less the same.
Use 8.8.8.8 . Always works
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SUCCESS!
Champion! That was it (sort of). Mobile settings > find your providers APN > clear Proxy settings. Using google public dns 8.8.8.8 anyways - dont trust these people
South African Vodacom customers takes note -
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthr...ot-loading-in-some-apps-for-Galaxy-Nexus-(ICS)
Broken proxy - seems to affect all android users - since APRIL. typical.
tx buffguy!

Typical. I work at one of the SA networks. Lol let's not get into which, but this isn't the first time they missed something like this when approving firmware, and you think call centre support would know about it. Half of them run a blank when you say "Ice Cream Sandwich ". Thanks to both of you though.
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Ive got the same problem . But im orange uk . I carnt find or edit none above while looking thru the settings , could some one help me out plz .
Much thanks in advance jay
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I had this problem. Try this
Settings - More settings - Mobile Networks - Access Point Names
Then make sure you are set to Internet and not WAP
eg Mine is Orange UK Internet and I was set Orange UK WAP and it was causing images errors and all sorts
I hope this solves it for you

Cheers mate tryed that and its worked
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jay1980uk said:
Cheers mate tryed that and its worked
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Glad it solved it
Sent me mental when I 1st had my S3. It worked fine with my O2 SIM and on Orange it only loaded a few images on each page.
Finally found that setting as its been fine since.
It seems like the phone defaults to Orange WAP and not Internet. The O2 SIM caused a pop-up asking me which mode I wanted to use

Just told the mrs to do the same to her s3 lol and she sends a big thanks to you
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jay1980uk said:
Just told the mrs to do the same to her s3 lol and she sends a big thanks to you
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Glad I could help

still have problem
Hey guys,
I did whatever is written here, cleaned the data, cache everything also..
Only thing I didn't do I guess was uninstalling the updates of the google play, still not loading the screenshots on 3g.
I use vodafone india, my friends whomever is uaong vodafone seems to have the same problem with 3g too.
Well we did clean the proxy and we did make the dns 8.8.8.8 nothing seems to be working...
I use galaxy note, with 4.0.4 ics.
Please try to help me... I wasn't able to find any solution for this yet till now...

piggythehippy said:
Hey guys,
I did whatever is written here, cleaned the data, cache everything also..
Only thing I didn't do I guess was uninstalling the updates of the google play, still not loading the screenshots on 3g.
I use vodafone india, my friends whomever is uaong vodafone seems to have the same problem with 3g too.
Well we did clean the proxy and we did make the dns 8.8.8.8 nothing seems to be working...
I use galaxy note, with 4.0.4 ics.
Please try to help me... I wasn't able to find any solution for this yet till now...
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Hey buddy.
Wish I could give you a finite solution but I never really came right with this until I installed a custom Rom on my phone. Running stock I always had issues with the images in the play sore. I'm with Vodacom down here so dunno if it's network related.
If you go with a custom Rom I highly recommend the final ICS FoxHound 1.4.4 release. Been through many roms and this is by far the best as a daily runner.
Hope you come right man!
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piggythehippy said:
Hey guys,
I did whatever is written here, cleaned the data, cache everything also..
Only thing I didn't do I guess was uninstalling the updates of the google play, still not loading the screenshots on 3g.
I use vodafone india, my friends whomever is uaong vodafone seems to have the same problem with 3g too.
Well we did clean the proxy and we did make the dns 8.8.8.8 nothing seems to be working...
I use galaxy note, with 4.0.4 ics.
Please try to help me... I wasn't able to find any solution for this yet till now...
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Hi buddy,
If you haven't found any solution yet:
I too am using Vodafone Mumbai network and started facing this problem quite recently (could have been just after I flashed LI5 ROM).
Anyway I scoured the net for solutions and found nothing that helped. So through some trial and error I found this solution:
Go to APN screen where you should have two APNs: "www" and "portalnmms".
Hit menu button and click on "Reset to defaults".
Then select "portalnmms" as the default APN.
Solved all issues for me!

I am having this exact same issue. Using Vodafone 3G in Mumbai on a Samsung Galaxy Note 2. Tried to set "portalnmms" as default APN but can't. Tried changing the "www" proxy to 8.8.8.8 but that didn't work at all. Is there a solution here?

8.8.8.8 is a dns server (powered by Google) not http proxy. You must either use your carrier's proxy settings or leave it blank
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[Q] Is the Android market down?

I rebuilt my phone last night and re-installed all my apps from the market. Today I have tried to log in to check for any updates and all I get is Server Error and a retry button.
I am on Orange in the UK and am using wifi and 3G mobile data but it still wont work.
Market.android.com on the PC does work though.
Is the market down, how do I even check if it is just me?
Thanks
It's up for me... Looks like something on your end.
Can you browse the web? Any other network issues aside this?
Startapp said:
It's up for me... Looks like something on your end.
Can you browse the web? Any other network issues aside this?
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No other issues for me, however, I have decided to try one more time and reflash the rom, maybe it was something I inadvertently did.
maybe a dns issue. try pinging market.android.com and then try the ip in your url bar.
Since yesterday i have a problem with the market,too.
The downloads dont start
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gtalk disconnection problem or Sweden 3 network apn?

Hi guys need a bit help with internet connection and gtalk. I know as far as I read that there are problems with disconnecting gtalk which might be the issue with correct apns. When I'm on wi fi everything works fine but when the phone is connected to network it's automatically disconnecting which is very annoying because I'm not getting all the messages.
My question is if anyone found a solution to solve this problem or maybe someone can share the apn settings for 3 sweden so that I can check if it's working. I'm on a stock 2.3.5 firmware + cf root.
Thanks
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Could anyone please help with my issue?
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the rest of the apps work fine on 3g? if yes, then i believe the app might be the problem
if not the it must be the network, i would try with another modem or just call and ask them wth is going on
Thanks for a replay, actually I tried everything software related and nothing has helped. All apps work fine but thats not app related thing cause once I put the software from a scratch (wipe everything even internal memory and sd card) and it was the same. Today I started experimenting with apns and I see the progress.
Also as I am on 3 network dont know why the default setup is gsm\wcdma? As far as I know they don't provide gsm signal only 3g. Never mind every time I tried to change to wcdma only it was going back imidiatelly to previous state.
Just an hour ago I discover code to force the setup to run only wcdma and hopefuly that will solve my problem. We will see
Anyone from Sweden on 3 network has the same problem?

Wi-Fi Problem Please help!

I've had the same problem with a different device, and never found an answer.
In fact, I trade that phone (Evo 3D) for this S2 (i777).
Heres the thing, for some reason my phone refuses to work on the school's wifi. Its annoying. On my last phone, I thought that it was just that phone, but apparently its not. Now I'm having the same problem on my S2. I can get notifications every now and then but cant use the wifi at all. Sometimes, randomly throughout the day, I can get about 1 - 5 minutes out of it, but then it just stops working again.
I kinda think it has something to do with my Gmail being synced or something, I really have no clue. It has the word "freaking" in it. I just dont think its a coincidence that BOTH phones in a row have the exact same problem. I didnt have the problem with any iPhone I've ever had.
I really need wifi, and I dont wanna get a new phone, so I would appreciate it a lot if some knew what this is about.
It connects and everything. Says it has great signal. Just doesnt work.
Im running the stable CM9.1, straight from the Cyanogenmod website. So its their kernel and all that good stuff. Android 4.0.4.
I know the ROM isnt the problem cause every ROM I flashed on my Evo didnt help at all.
Anyway, any help or tips anyone can give would be great. Thanks!
By the way, the wifi works perfectly fine every where else. Home, College, friend's house. etc.
You need to verify your school does not require special network settings or a proxy.
If you can see the network and connect then its just a settings issue. Have you tried reverting to stock?
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Red_81 said:
You need to verify your school does not require special network settings or a proxy.
If you can see the network and connect then its just a settings issue. Have you tried reverting to stock?
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I can connect just fine, as normal. It just doesn't allow me internet access.
By stock, do you mean the stock ICS Touchwiz? No. But I guess its worth a try. The only reason I didnt see that as a solution is because on my last phone, I had the same problem whether I was running stock or not.
It sounds like you need a proxy address to access the Internet at your school. Talk to the administrators of the network.
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Red_81 said:
It sounds like you need a proxy address to access the Internet at your school. Talk to the administrators of the network.
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They have proxies restricted from what I know. I dont know too much about proxies, but I tried using a few different proxy apps and none of them worked.
And it doesnt do this to other peoples' phones. Why is it just mine? My other phone was an HTC on Sprint. It just seems like a weird coincidence that both phones have the same problem, and they're two completely different devices. That's why I thought it had to do with Gmail, I know that sounds stupid, but its the only thing the two phones have in common.
sawyerbenjamin said:
I can connect just fine, as normal. It just doesn't allow me internet access.
By stock, do you mean the stock ICS Touchwiz? No. But I guess its worth a try. The only reason I didnt see that as a solution is because on my last phone, I had the same problem whether I was running stock or not.
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At the University I attend it connects but when I try to access Internet it asks me to login my student account. So just because it "connects" doesn't necessarily mean it's connected there may be an extra step after
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Our school used to be the same, we logged in through the web browser, but they got rid of that. Now we just connect and that's it.
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Two different phones and same issue. Friends phones work but yours doesn't. You have a PICNIC issue.
Problem in chair not in computer (phone). Talk to the network admin or help desk. You're probably using a wrong setting or password. The admin should be able to help you by looking at the logs.
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Red_81 said:
Two different phones and same issue. Friends phones work but yours doesn't. You have a PICNIC issue.
Problem in chair not in computer (phone). Talk to the network admin or help desk. You're probably using a wrong setting or password. The admin should be able to help you by looking at the logs.
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I get what you're saying, believe me, but I just dont see how its a wrong setting. Its default settings ( until I tinkered around trying to fix it). I assume all of my less-knowledgeable friend's phones are default settings too. So it just doesn't seem to make sense that the default settings on two of my phones are the wrong settings, while every other phone seems to have it right to begin with.
I get what your saying, but I cant just talk to our Tech Guy at our school. It just doesnt work like that at my school. Lol. Thats why I'm asking for help on here.
And I dont think the multiple ROMs I've tried have the wrong defaults also.
Then sit down with a friend and make sure EVERY setting Is the same. Make sure you are both running android and using the same browser. If they are on CM too that would be best.
It sounds like something is blocking you from accessing the Internet while on the schools network. I don't think we will be of much help.
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Red_81 said:
Then sit down with a friend and make sure EVERY setting Is the same. Make sure you are both running android and using the same browser. If they are on CM too that would be best.
It sounds like something is blocking you from accessing the Internet while on the schools network. I don't think we will be of much help.
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I can try the thing with my friend. Im just really the only one in my group of friends that's into, and actually knows a lot about Android devices. So they dont seem like much help. Haha.
And I was hoping people could tell me some ideas I havent tried yet. I know Android, but I dont know much about wireless networks and all that.
I'd love to help more, but since only one wifi network doesn't work for you it has to be something with that network.
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Do you need to log in to your school's network? If so, when you enter your login id, if there's a line for anonymous id too, add your login id there as well. In other words, you have to enter your login id twice. Once where it says "login id" and again for "anonymous id."
If that doesn't work, what would help here is more info about how you connect (WPS, WPA, etc.).
Whizzpopper said:
Do you need to log in to your school's network? If so, when you enter your login id, if there's a line for anonymous id too, add your login id there as well. In other words, you have to enter your login id twice. Once where it says "login id" and again for "anonymous id."
If that doesn't work, what would help here is more info about how you connect (WPS, WPA, etc.).
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It doesn't require me to log in at all. It worked perfectly fine on my old iPhone without having to log in. And it never redirected me in the browser. I've tried everything I can think of.
Proxies (Dont work)
I've tried static IP.
Factory resetting to stock Android (Every time I restart my phone it works for like a minute.)
BUT, I think I came across something. I compared my settings to a friend's, and his phone showed a different IP address. I'm still not sure if it was the IP to his phone, or to the school. How do I find out which IP is which?
Can anyone explain why it works for a minute or two and then stops?
Have you tried going to: Settings->wifi->advanced (you get to advanced by clicking the menu button) to make sure that:
Keep wifi on during sleep: ALWAYS
Avoid poor connections: UNCHECKED
Frequency band: AUTO
Wifi Region: United States
You may want to uncheck wifi optimization.
Oh, one other thing: you aren't using any battery optimization apps are you? JuiceDefender etc? If so, follow their instructions for uninstalling and uninstall!
Beyond that, I haven't got a clue. And no, your IP address has nothing to do with it. It should be different from your friend's.
Whizzpopper said:
Have you tried going to: Settings->wifi->advanced (you get to advanced by clicking the menu button) to make sure that:
Keep wifi on during sleep: ALWAYS
Avoid poor connections: UNCHECKED
Frequency band: AUTO
Wifi Region: United States
You may want to uncheck wifi optimization.
Oh, one other thing: you aren't using any battery optimization apps are you? JuiceDefender etc? If so, follow their instructions for uninstalling and uninstall!
Beyond that, I haven't got a clue. And no, your IP address has nothing to do with it. It should be different from your friend's.
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I know for a fact that there is nothing making my Wifi turn off. I dont use any battery optimizer. And I dont have a clue either. I've never been so stumped. I've done research and found other people with a similar problem, but didnt see solutions on those threads either.
I cant connect using wifi.
Sorry guys, iam needidng your help.
My Galaxy S2 SGH-I777 suddenly the wifi stop working as well.
When i push button to put on. The Wifi show me this messege "Stating on..."
But never finish to starting.
and if I let a few minute alone, it put off automatically.
I had made a factory reset and nothing.
i changed the rom but nothing.
Now iam using Stockshock 3 with syha kernel.
is there any solution for this problem? or my wifi is already dead?
i'll appreciate your response.

[Q] No Internet on Carbon

I downloaded Carbon-JB-NIGHTLY- 20131114-1003-i777 and flashed to my phone yesterday. Now I have no internet, when I check the mobile network type in setting it says that I am using UMTS. I tried flashing another modem but it doesn't change. I have since restored back to ShoStock3 and my Internet is working fine. Is there a way that i can get it to work. I really like the way Carbon looks and operates but can't do without Internet. Any suggestions would be appreciated. BTW I'm located in Panama but that should make a difference being that all works fine when running ShoStock3. Thanks
Nightlies often have things broken one day, then corrected the next. That's just their nature. You could try and flash the 11/13 file and see if you have working internet.
Another thing to check would be your APN settings; make sure they are correct for whatever network you're on. Wrong APN's can also cause this problem.
Thanks for the nightly tip. The APN settings are the same as I use with ShoStock3. I truly believe its the mobile network type that is causing the issue. I guess I'll have to just try another date like you said
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@SteveMurphy you were right it was the APN settings....I had to add the APN type (default,supl) and that did the trick. Thanks again
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Glad you got it working, my friend.
I'm on Lycamobile US, and I've had the same issue on different roms. Sometimes the settings come up with the MCC and the MNC, but this last time when i wiped and redid my phone, I had to put it all in manually. Glad u got it figured out.

[Q] Internet often not working on Cyanogenmod 11

To get 4.4.4 on my I9300 I put Cyanogen (cm-11-20140804-SNAPSHOT-M9-i9300) on it. Everything works great, but internet seems to fail quite often: I get full H+ bars but no internet. The only thing that seems to fix it is to reboot the entire phone: turning internet off and on again doesn't quite seem to work.
Any suggestions?
*humble bump*
I ran m9 for over 2 weeks and never had that issue with my 3g, strange. Try reflash rom?
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DeltaBlast said:
To get 4.4.4 on my I9300 I put Cyanogen (cm-11-20140804-SNAPSHOT-M9-i9300) on it. Everything works great, but internet seems to fail quite often: I get full H+ bars but no internet. The only thing that seems to fix it is to reboot the entire phone: turning internet off and on again doesn't quite seem to work.
Any suggestions?
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Check the apn settings. I had an issue on one flash where it doubled up and incorrectly set the apn and got the same results as you.
I read something about APN being the culprit in another thread... but to my shame, I don't know what APN is :'( Can you tell me?
Also, it seems that internet works fine in some apps (like whatsapp and google maps and such) but not in my browsers (opera, chrome). It's weird.
DeltaBlast said:
I read something about APN being the culprit in another thread... but to my shame, I don't know what APN is :'( Can you tell me?
Also, it seems that internet works fine in some apps (like whatsapp and google maps and such) but not in my browsers (opera, chrome). It's weird.
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What country/carrier are you with?
Darke5tShad0w said:
What country/carrier are you with?
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The Netherlands/Telfort, if that's of any help...
I googled it and set it to the proper values: it works now Thanks a lot!
It seems that for some reason a proxy was set by the rom, which made it not work. Strange that it worked sometimes though...
Anyway, thanks again!
DeltaBlast said:
I googled it and set it to the proper values: it works now Thanks a lot!
It seems that for some reason a proxy was set by the rom, which made it not work. Strange that it worked sometimes though...
Anyway, thanks again!
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Sorry i didn't get back sooner but im glad you got it sorted and its now working.

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