I know the wifi nag can be annoying because of its uselessness and persistence. It seems minor to me considering what wonderful potential this phone has- when I root and rom and all that. But if anyone knows a way to turn is off for stock....
Not at the moment. The trick that worked on the SG3 doesn't work for us.
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Are you talking about the icon in notifications, auto on or the notify you when launching apps?
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Are you talking about the icon in notifications, auto on or the notify you when launching apps?
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The wifi icon in the notifications. When wifi is turned off the notification stays on always, to let you know- i guess , that wifi is an option for you to use. Like I didn't already know that the phone has wifi and I can use it when I wish. That wifi icon is basically a permanent short cut to wifi settings. I know seems strange, but Im fine to live with it for a bit. It goes away when you turn on wifi.
that was not nice to plaster that there
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The wifi icon in the notifications. When wifi is turned off the notification stays on always, to let you know- i guess , that wifi is an option for you to use. Like I didn't already know that the phone has wifi and I can use it when I wish. That wifi icon is basically a permanent short cut to wifi settings. I know seems strange, but Im fine to live with it for a bit. It goes away when you turn on wifi.
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That's the thing, I never use WiFi. It's about the only thing that stops me from saying the Dinc 4G is perfect out of the box...in my experience so far. It just clutters up a person's notification panel for absolutely no good reason. I hope VZ themselves take it off, but maybe I'm too optimistic Yea, it's a little thing, but it's an odd move that almost seems like a mistake. I mean, what's the difference with a WiFi widget? I use the BlueTooth widget and Hotspot and Brightness widgets, why not put all those up in there too? We should have the option to disenable it, especially if you own the phone outright...and I'm just speaking on a stock level. But I'm also hopeful that some bright person will find a way and salvage that space back from our panel.
it's something I'm personally working on,
I'm quite certain Nitsuj17 is as well
it's quite annoying and every trick known for sense 4 isn't working.
hopefully with time.
I also think HTC messed up BIG time ridding our quick settings.
but those I'm already using and you guys will be too, soon.
andybones said:
it's something I'm personally working on,
I'm quite certain Nitsuj17 is as well
it's quite annoying and every trick known for sense 4 isn't working.
hopefully with time.
I also think HTC messed up BIG time ridding our quick settings.
but those I'm already using and you guys will be too, soon.
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Thanks for your efforts and the others...I think I'm still going to call VZW and tell them to take it off...we'll see where that goes...
pumah350 said:
Thanks for your efforts and the others...I think I'm still going to call VZW and tell them to take it off...we'll see where that goes...
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no where hehe
Yeah some of the other newer phones are coming with that as well. Think it's the "new thing" for big red.
Right, in the Galaxy SIII forums they hypothesize that this constant notification is an effort to have users data be on WiFi (and off their 4G network) as much as possible. I've tried playing with SQLite Editor and "wifi_networks_available_notification_on" in the settings storage as posts like this describe, but find the database is locked, and any attempts to change that have bricked my Incredible 4G. So I hope someone else figures this out!
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Right, in the Galaxy SIII forums they hypothesize that this constant notification is an effort to have users data be on WiFi (and off their 4G network) as much as possible. I've tried playing with SQLite Editor and "wifi_networks_available_notification_on" in the settings storage as posts like this describe, but find the database is locked, and any attempts to change that have bricked my Incredible 4G. So I hope someone else figures this out!
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bricked your inc4g?
do you know what bricked means?
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bricked your inc4g?
do you know what bricked means?
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I wonder if he/she does.
I worked on this as well and even got it changed once with no removal of the notification but my device was never bricked. Never even had to re flash my device.
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I wonder if he/she does.
I worked on this as well and even got it changed once with no removal of the notification but my device was never bricked. Never even had to re flash my device.
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Bricked, as in the phone won't turn on or get past the boot screen. The system files are quite fragile, while I managed to get this setting changed, it wouldn't reboot so that I could see if it worked. But its not my first time at the rodeo, and I had TWRP recovery to get me out of that state, and into a new ROM, which is the only way I think this little nuisance gets removed. Nitsuj17's ROM, for example, has this feature on their To-Do list, but it probably isn't their top priority.
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Bricked, as in the phone won't turn on or get past the boot screen. The system files are quite fragile, while I managed to get this setting changed, it wouldn't reboot so that I could see if it worked. But its not my first time at the rodeo, and I had TWRP recovery to get me out of that state, and into a new ROM, which is the only way I think this little nuisance gets removed. Nitsuj17's ROM, for example, has this feature on their To-Do list, but it probably isn't their top priority.
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So you weren't bricked then. You can't recover a brick which is why it is called that.
As for the nag, everyone wants to get rid of it so it is being looked in to.
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Bricked, as in the phone won't turn on or get past the boot screen. The system files are quite fragile, while I managed to get this setting changed, it wouldn't reboot so that I could see if it worked. But its not my first time at the rodeo, and I had TWRP recovery to get me out of that state, and into a new ROM, which is the only way I think this little nuisance gets removed. Nitsuj17's ROM, for example, has this feature on their To-Do list, but it probably isn't their top priority.
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So you weren't bricked then. You can't recover a brick which is why it is called that.
As for the nag, everyone wants to get rid of it so it is being looked in to.
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its just a pita frankly...im sure (well not sure, but id think) there has to be a simple on/off somewhere in a jar
i had thought i had it nailed in wifi in services.jar but was for naught
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its just a pita frankly...im sure (well not sure, but id think) there has to be a simple on/off somewhere in a jar
i had thought i had it nailed in wifi in services.jar but was for naught
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No doubt in my mind that you will get it eventually.
I've exhausted my meager skills trying. lol
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but those I'm already using and you guys will be too, soon.
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thanks!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29531197&postcount=130
Nit figured it out, was right under my nose the whole time
I am very happy this is gone, on the other hand I'm banging my head cos I can't believe I missed it.
Way to got Nit!!!
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Nit figured it out, was right under my nose the whole time
I am very happy this is gone, on the other hand I'm banging my head cos I can't believe I missed it.
Way to got Nit!!!
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Is there something we can flash to join the No Nag Party? Or will a patch be added for UKB?
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So I was using my prime inbetween finals today..
So I was using wifi kill to get back some bandwidth on the school network..... (i have used this same app before on the prime worked fine! NO. Reboots intact this was my first ever reboot..)
Then when I am done downloading my file and exit wifi kill bam instant reboot then I let it do its thing for Atleast 5 minutes... Nothing but the asus screen..
So then I wipe data... Try to start nothing
Try loading recovery kernel I get the dead android guy with the exclamation mark.. Then it reboots and loops again. This time I waited 20 minutes..
Now all that is left to do is try unzipping the firmware onto a micro sd and trying to flash the recovery kernel from that...
Of course we have no ADB because of the fact it needs asus sync to work and the tablet needs to be on for that to work... And of course the bootloader is locked...
My prime was perfect for the almost 1 month I had it
No reboots no screen bleed gps worked fine.. Wifi was fast and range was good.. Nothing just perfect!
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This is karma and what you get for creating that other thread trash talking everyone having problems saying it was user error you totally got what you deserved here and for the record I am sure yours is not working right now because you did something to bork it
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I think I am returning my 2nd one that actually seems fine for a refund I keep seeing crap like this. It is painfully obvious the quality of these Primes is crap regardless of if they appear to be working or not I cannot see them holding up and lasting years.
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No I had it rooted...
It is very unlikely root did this but keep yours
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Has anyone had a similar issue...?
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Dang, sorry to hear that. Did you still have the overclock applied while this happened? Anything else you can think of that you did or added to prime after rooting? running any extra scripts other than overclock?
Maybe try killing the battery to do a reboot like that. so old processes or whatever cause it will more than likely be killed. What kind of file did you download? seems like the file or app you used has something to do with it since it happened immediately after.
Good luck getting it up n running. Keep us posted.
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This is karma and what you get for creating that other thread trash talking everyone having problems saying it was user error you totally got what you deserved here and for the record I am sure yours is not working right now because you did something to bork it
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I knew someone was gonna say that..lol.
what is wifi kill? do you have a market link??? thanks in advance
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This is karma and what you get for creating that other thread trash talking everyone having problems saying it was user error you totally got what you deserved here and for the record I am sure yours is not working right now because you did something to bork it
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But he's right, right? user error and this time user is him...
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Dang, sorry to hear that. Did you still have the overclock applied while this happened? Anything else you can think of that you did or added to prime after rooting? running any extra scripts other than overclock?
Maybe try killing the battery to do a reboot like that. so old processes or whatever cause it will more than likely be killed. What kind of file did you download? seems like the file or app you used has something to do with it since it happened immediately after.
Good luck getting it up n running. Keep us posted.
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I knew someone was gonna say that..lol.
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No I have ran the apps (wifi kill almost every day) before and the file was a harmless playstation 1 rom zip
Overclock was not applied........ I have changed nothing in the system files except for throwing in a better GPS config file but I have shut the prime off many times before this... Hell I even left all of the bloatware!
the only thing else I can think of was that I was listening to music VIA headphones.... then all of a sudden it started playing over the speaker even though the headphones where plugged in....... it was really weird.... I forgot to mention this part as I almost got in trouble because other kids where still finishing their Final
Because this was the first time I had used headphones in it........ never check that before.....
One thing you could try would be the pin hard reset........not sure which pin hole to use but look it up.....might get you out of your boot loops.
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One thing you could try would be the pin hard reset........not sure which pin hole to use but look it up.....might get you out of your boot loops.
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Its the one right below the volume and micro SD slot
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Yeah that is no help at all its the same as holding the power button just like pulling a battery on a phone..
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Good post, OP. It proves karma is real, and that people who are pr!cks get what's coming to them.
ARP spoofing (what Wifikill does to disrupt other connections) is an old man-in-the-middle attack that can be used for wiretapping. IOW, it's ILLEGAL and you can be prosecuted. Would that happen? Probably not, depending on where you use it and how vigilant IT is.
But what will happen is that if you use it on a regular basis--or if you publicize it on forums so more dweebs like you can get their paws on it to get their "whoa cool" kicks--IT will get annoyed from all the complaints and will trace you down. Hope you like long vacations, because for a work or school setting, you will be somewhere else after they get done with you.
Edit: For those who have their Internet connection disrupted by twits using ARP spoofers like wifikill, there are Anti Netcut for Windows, and Wifi Protector for Android. Protector is a paid app, but the author has made it free here on XDA. If you use a hotspot, this is a must-have.
I've not used either, but from Wifi Protector's blurb below, you can pinpoint the attacker's IP and MAC, and report it to your admin.
For those putting up a public hotspot, better routers have a "client isolation" setting. Enabling this setting should defeat many MITM attacks. If your router doesn't have this, get one that does.
ARP attacks aren't new, and there are ways to bring the attackers to heel. The people likely to get hurt most are the mom & pop stores that don't know how to protect themselves, like these folks.
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ok so i have rooted and unlocked my bootloader. This happened after i rooted the phone before i even unlocked the bootloader. As soon as it was done rooting. it rebooted and started displaying a red border around the screen. it just flashes for a second. it does not always happen but does always happen when i turn the phone to landscape again it goes away. I though maybe unlocking the bootloader and flashing a new rom which i flashed "noctorunal limited editions" rom. hoping that that would fix it. Did not work. I thank went into dev options, turned off usb debug and enable strict mode. Seems to do it a little less but it still does it. Search is not working right now in here, not have i seen anything on google. Anyone have an answer? This is my first lg phone. I have been a htc guy for a long time, but i heard this phone is a powerhouse so decided to give it a try .
on a side note. When i benchmark my processor comes back as 1188 and only desplays my device id, but not lg optimus g. it shows optimus g's but mine shows up as lg-e970 which is what it is but i dont know why it shows that instead of optimus g. just asking out of curiosity while im on here
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ok so i have rooted and unlocked my bootloader. This happened after i rooted the phone before i even unlocked the bootloader. As soon as it was done rooting. it rebooted and started displaying a red border around the screen. it just flashes for a second. it does not always happen but does always happen when i turn the phone to landscape again it goes away. I though maybe unlocking the bootloader and flashing a new rom which i flashed "noctorunal limited editions" rom. hoping that that would fix it. Did not work. I thank went into dev options, turned off usb debug and enable strict mode. Seems to do it a little less but it still does it. Search is not working right now in here, not have i seen anything on google. Anyone have an answer? This is my first lg phone. I have been a htc guy for a long time, but i heard this phone is a powerhouse so decided to give it a try .
on a side note. When i benchmark my processor comes back as 1188 and only desplays my device id, but not lg optimus g. it shows optimus g's but mine shows up as lg-e970 which is what it is but i dont know why it shows that instead of optimus g. just asking out of curiosity while im on here
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Don't know the answer to the first one but it shows that so that it can differentiate between many different versions of phones. Like the korean/international and the sprint variant. They have different features and sometimes on other phones like the GS3, they have different processors and ram.
Look in developer options and sees if any of these boxes are checked...
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Thank you for your reply, i believe i posted that i was in dev options and disabled debug, and strict mode and it WAS still doing it. However after playing with the phone more, it just suddenly stopped. Weird but lucky because it was really annoying me and was worried that i had my phone for a day and since i rooted it, unlocked it, and flashed a custom rom, that i was screwed because i voided my warranty lol. I appreciate your help. now to see if i can find a decent jb rom
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Thank you for your reply, i believe i posted that i was in dev options and disabled debug, and strict mode and it WAS still doing it. However after playing with the phone more, it just suddenly stopped. Weird but lucky because it was really annoying me and was worried that i had my phone for a day and since i rooted it, unlocked it, and flashed a custom rom, that i was screwed because i voided my warranty lol. I appreciate your help. now to see if i can find a decent jb rom
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Yeah, those settings are the only places where I could think of that would possibly cause the flashing you were describing. Wasn't sure if you had maybe just overlooked 'em. Glad it resolved itself. :thumbup:
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Off topic, but did you take a screenshot of the quickmemo screenshot?
Why not just export it after drawing on it?
bleached45 said:
Off topic, but did you take a screenshot of the quickmemo screenshot?
Why not just export it after drawing on it?
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I sure did. . Never used it before so as is readily apparent, didn't really know what I was doing. Didn't know you could export it. I'll look into the functions more. Thx.
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I sure did. . Never used it before so as is readily apparent, didn't really know what I was doing. Didn't know you could export it. I'll look into the functions more. Thx.
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No problem, it is really just saving it, just click on the floppy icon on the top right and it saves the image without the toolbar up top but keeps any markings you drew, you can also crop the image if you click on the up arrow in the center tab and then drag the corners in the new layout.
And last but not least, you can turn off the lg watermark in the bottom corner by pressing menu and then clicking signature off.
How do you take screenshots?
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How do you take screenshots?
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hold the volume down button and the power button at the same time for a second or two
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hold the volume down button and the power button at the same time for a second or two
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My God, I didn't even realize this worked.
To take a screenshot with quickmemo it is both volume buttons... I just assumed quickmemo replaced the stock screenshot function.
To anybody that has had time to explore the GPS capabilities with the Mega ; How well does the GPS tracking set initial location, and stay locked in ?
(I have to use Google Maps on the job)
No problem here
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As its both gps and glosnas its very fast to lock on an stays locked never dropped
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It seems there is no problem with GPS, instead I have found this Mega can lock GPS faster than my old S3.
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It seems there is no problem with GPS, instead I have found this Mega can lock GPS faster than my old S3.
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That's good to hear. Physics would suggest that a larger device also acts as a better antenna.
I switched from the samsung infuse to this one and as far as I can tell the GPS on this is great that was one of my huge factors when I switched to this. All in all I have noticed it locks on within 5 to 15 seconds not to much longer and not once has it dropped on me even in the most remote of areas.
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I switched from the samsung infuse to this one and as far as I can tell the GPS on this is great that was one of my huge factors when I switched to this. All in all I have noticed it locks on within 5 to 15 seconds not to much longer and not once has it dropped on me even in the most remote of areas.
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Sorry to bring this back up... I had no problems with GPS, but the last 2 weeks I have been having terrible issues. It is constantly getting off track when travelling in the car. Losing contact with GPS... especially right before I get to a major turn in the directions. Taking forever to relock. I did a full factory reset and that didn't help.
Anyone with any ideas? I sure do not want to have to pay for insurance replacement.
Perhaps atmospheric anomalies or problems with the GPS system itself ?
Lose GPS when connecting or disconnecting power
I have found that I lose GPS if I connect or disconnect power. This usually happens when I get into the car while playing Ingress and I reconnect the power. It is easy to overcome as I just turn off and on the GPS from the Notification Panel. It is obnoxious however. Can anyone else test to see if this is happening to them?
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Sorry to bring this back up... I had no problems with GPS, but the last 2 weeks I have been having terrible issues. It is constantly getting off track when travelling in the car. Losing contact with GPS... especially right before I get to a major turn in the directions. Taking forever to relock. I did a full factory reset and that didn't help.
Anyone with any ideas? I sure do not want to have to pay for insurance replacement.
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Hi, I have exactly same problem with my Mega. So why did you do to fix the problem?
anilhk said:
Hi, I have exactly same problem with my Mega. So why did you do to fix the problem?
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At this point I have not solved the problem. I did find that clearing the cache will alleviate the problem for a short while but it comes back. I did a support chat with Samsung and that was the first thing they had me do. Also when I loaded the new firmware update, same thing since that cleared the cache too. Samsung said to call back after testing the cleared cache step but I have not gotten around to it yet. I did find that if you have the GPS die that just hitting the GPS off and on from the notification drawer will restart it, but you probably already knew that. Glad to know that I am not the only one experiencing this issue. I am holding out hope that this will be fixed with 4.3 whenever it comes out. Otherwise I will have to do something drastic.
I also find that if I am using my GPS and bluetooth for a period time while my phone is in it's case then the GPS dies. When I remove the phone from the case it is very warm and the GPS does not come back to life from restarting it, but give it a minute to, I assume, cool down out of the case then it starts working.
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At this point I have not solved the problem. I did find that clearing the cache will alleviate the problem for a short while but it comes back. I did a support chat with Samsung and that was the first thing they had me do. Also when I loaded the new firmware update, same thing since that cleared the cache too. Samsung said to call back after testing the cleared cache step but I have not gotten around to it yet. I did find that if you have the GPS die that just hitting the GPS off and on from the notification drawer will restart it, but you probably already knew that. Glad to know that I am not the only one experiencing this issue. I am holding out hope that this will be fixed with 4.3 whenever it comes out. Otherwise I will have to do something drastic.
I also find that if I am using my GPS and bluetooth for a period time while my phone is in it's case then the GPS dies. When I remove the phone from the case it is very warm and the GPS does not come back to life from restarting it, but give it a minute to, I assume, cool down out of the case then it starts working.
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same for me
waltpinpin said:
same for me
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Do you have a custom rom loaded? From your sig it appears you have TWRP loaded and stuff. So are you having the same issue even thou you have a custom ROM loaded?
str3tchb0y said:
Do you have a custom rom loaded? From your sig it appears you have TWRP loaded and stuff. So are you having the same issue even thou you have a custom ROM loaded?
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you're right
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you're right
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Well crap. That means that the problems we are having are not software related (unless it is a kernel issue). I was hoping/waiting for the KitKat update to see if that solved but now I don't have that much confidence it will.
Wait, my bad. This rom you have is a stock rom so it could still be a software issue. Oh well I guess I will still wait.
str3tchb0y said:
Well crap. That means that the problems we are having are not software related (unless it is a kernel issue). I was hoping/waiting for the KitKat update to see if that solved but now I don't have that much confidence it will.
Wait, my bad. This rom you have is a stock rom so it could still be a software issue. Oh well I guess I will still wait.
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like you I expect the official kitkat and I would see...
I have i9205, stock 4.2.2. GPS is excellent. Locks on within a few seconds (very, very occasionally takes maybe 20 secs) & I've never lost sync.
Possible solution
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So I have been reading on AT&T forums and the Note 3 had the same problem. I have even gone into the AT&T store and tried this, unplugging a Note 3 while it had a GPS lock, and it loses the GPS just like the Note 3. Well the Note 3's Kit Kat update came out and the people reporting the issue before are reporting no issue now with 4.4. So there is hope that Kit Kat will solve this one complaint I have with the Mega.
The GPS on the Sprint Mega sucks complete ass. Will never lock more than 1 out of at least 22 detected satellites. Note 3 is on top and Mega is on the bottom. I'm going to discontinue use of my Mega until Sprint and Samsung fix this garbage.
I posted a few times over the past couple of months complaining of problems with animated gifs and call quality but now another problem as surfaced.
First of all, animated gifs are STILL broken unless I use Textra. The work around is nice but still not a solution.
Second, call quality STILL sucks. I had hoped a replacement would fix the problem (faulty parts) to no avail. I've tried unselecting "Advanced Calling" as well as "Voice Enhancement" with no success, either. Callers are still complaining that I sound a mile away and sometimes sound garbled.
Third, over the past couple of days I've been getting an "Unfortunately, Google Play services has stopped" error repeatedly. I've tried rebooting with no luck. I googled a solution and everyone says to uninstall Google Play Store's updates - also with no luck.
WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH MY PHONE? I swear it's possessed. Is this an LG problem or Verizon? The people at the Verizon store have no idea what's going on and I got no where when I called Verizon, too.
I'm beyond frustrated. Someone please help!
I have the same problem with voice quality. Same exact thing you speak of; mile away from the phone and garbled. I also got a warranty replacement and same problem. I have even done a factory reset, did not install any apps and still have the same issues. It seems to be interment with no known location that I make or receive a call to be the problem. I am just waiting to maybe get an early edge upgrade and jump ship. I use my phone more for talking than texting in a given day. I had the same problem with call quality on the G2, this will be my last LG phone.
I've tried a factory reset, too. I wonder if I ***** enough if they'll let me get a different phone.
justbenny2k said:
I posted a few times over the past couple of months complaining of problems with animated gifs and call quality but now another problem as surfaced.
First of all, animated gifs are STILL broken unless I use Textra. The work around is nice but still not a solution.
Second, call quality STILL sucks. I had hoped a replacement would fix the problem (faulty parts) to no avail. I've tried unselecting "Advanced Calling" as well as "Voice Enhancement" with no success, either. Callers are still complaining that I sound a mile away and sometimes sound garbled.
Third, over the past couple of days I've been getting an "Unfortunately, Google Play services has stopped" error repeatedly. I've tried rebooting with no luck. I googled a solution and everyone says to uninstall Google Play Store's updates - also with no luck.
WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH MY PHONE? I swear it's possessed. Is this an LG problem or Verizon? The people at the Verizon store have no idea what's going on and I got no where when I called Verizon, too.
I'm beyond frustrated. Someone please help!
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how do u hold ur phone..try holding ur phone a different way...i heard some pppl complain and theyre issues cam down to how they held the phone..finger blocking bottom mike or something like that...
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how do u hold ur phone..try holding ur phone a different way...i heard some pppl complain and theyre issues cam down to how they held the phone..finger blocking bottom mike or something like that...
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Or having the phone (mike) too close to their mouth.
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
Or having the phone (mike) too close to their mouth.
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got my point across..auto correct doin its thing
crazy4android said:
got my point across..auto correct doin its thing
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I'm so tired I couldn't even think of the proper way to spell anyway.
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
I'm so tired I couldn't even think of the proper way to spell anyway.
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mic will do
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mic will do
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AH! Thank you! Man I feel so stupid, but really I'm tired. I couldn't even remember what "mike" was an abbreviation of.
XDA must've released their 8-a-day limit on Thanks through the web browser!
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
AH! Thank you! Man I feel so stupid, but really I'm tired. I couldn't even remember what "mike" was an abbreviation of.
XDA must've released their 8-a-day limit on Thanks through the web browser!
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weird part is right now i have no idea if ur serious or just tryin to take me for a ride well i figurd predictive typing/ auto correct change my mic glad u found it xt the poor guy will ask verizon if his "mike" is kaput
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weird part is right now i have no idea if ur serious or just tryin to take me for a ride well i figurd predictive typing/ auto correct change my mic glad u found it xt the poor guy will ask verizon if his "mike" is kaput
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I was totally serious, worked 13 hours yesterday and have had two days of screwed up sleep. Felt great earlier after my boss suggested I sleep in and work from home today, woke up at 11, felt great for four hours and then it started hitting me again. Why am I still on my tablet!? Goodnight! ☺
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Believe I found a fix after a search. Go into "google now" and click "settings" click on "hot word detection" and make sure "from any screen" is off. I have not had an issue for two days now!
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I got the lollipop update this past weekend and over-all my phone is running much smoother. I'm no longer having sound issues while on the phone, nor am I getting google play service errors anymore.
However, I am STILL unable to receive animated gifs. WTF!!!
I'm still here and still having gif issues and call issues if anyone has a suggestion.
I've tried disabling "OK Google" from any screen but that hasn't helped. Friends are still complaining about my call quality to the point where they're now harassing me for not getting an iPhone!
I'm still receiving broken gifs in anything other than Textra.
???????
I gave up on LG a while ago due to the call quality problems I was having. Same complaints as others, people say I sounded under water, far away etc. The net is full of complaints. See the archives. My company gave me an iPhone all unlimited so I'm using that. It works fine but I do prefer Android devices. I know one thing, I will NEVER purchase another LG phone again. And I will never purchase any phone through a 3rd party like Best Buy because it just adds another layer of complication when it comes time to get things fixed.
A few hours after yesterday's upgrade, my mostly new (6 months) S21+ started having display/screen issues.
I have googled this but found nothing similar. There appears to be a repetitive shape (puzzle like) on the phone that makes things super hard to read, and there is something like green, black and purple bleeding. Photos attached.
Has anyone seen anything like this?
I have filed a repair service ticket since the phone is still under warranty, but since I am abroad it will be a pain to get it fixed.
My next step before mailing the phone to the US for repair, is to do a factory reset as recommended by tech support.
But I am just wondering if anyone has had a similar issue and if it can be repaired easily.
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That ain't pretty...
What does it look like with ScreenTest?
Looks like hardware. Could be the download/install got corrupted; I really don't like OTA updates.
Factory reset. If it's still doing it it's likely hardware. A lot of Samsung display failures in the last year it seems. It will at the very least need to be reflashed.
Make sure to backup all critical data...
I haven't tried ScreenTest... I will try it now
Yeah.... I am backing everything up before doing the factory reset.
Thanks for your reply
So I ran the screen test, red, green and blue and black and everything looks good... this is so weird?
Then I powered off the phone and back on and the green purple bleeding is much less. The text is now mostly readable. The weird puzzle shape is still there.
I guess the next step should be the factory reset?
akadis1 said:
I haven't tried ScreenTest... I will try it now
Yeah.... I am backing everything up before doing the factory reset.
Thanks for your reply
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Try clearing the system cache... (edit)
After seeing the phone dialing screen I don't think the ScreenTest will be any better. It may give you more insight though.
Now you see why I almost never update. The current Android 9 load on this phone will be 2yo in June, still fast and stable with minimal maintenance.
Android 9 and up are reasonably secure. I wouldn't update unless the current version isn't fulfilling its mission. The Fold variants probably have the most to gain from firmware upgrades.
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So I ran the screen test, red, green and blue and black and everything looks good... this is so weird?
Then I powered off the phone and back on and the green purple bleeding is much less. The text is now mostly readable. The weird puzzle shape is still there.
I guess the next step should be the factory reset?
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Not display hardware it seems... interesting.
Try clearing the system cache.
Try in safe mod.
There have been reports of older apps glitching Android 12 up. Try using the factory theme if you aren't; older Galaxy themes may not be compatible with the newer OS.
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Try clearing the system cache... (edit)
After seeing the phone dialing screen I don't think the ScreenTest will be any better. It may give you more insight though.
Now you see why I almost never update. The current Android 9 load on this phone will be 2yo in June, still fast and stable with minimal maintenance.
Android 9 and up are reasonably secure. I wouldn't update unless the current version isn't fulfilling its mission. The Fold variants probably have the most to gain from firmware upgrades.
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OMG I always update!! Huge lesson learned... fingers crossed that a factory reset can fix this problem. But then will I have to update ?
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OMG I always update!! Huge lesson learned... fingers crossed that a factory reset can fix this problem. But then will I have to update ?
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After the factory reset you will still be running on the version you just updated to. Only the user data partition gets set back to its default values.
Bear in mind what I said about safe mode (3rd party apps) and the Galaxy theme that's running.
Maybe icon packs too... what a mess.
These are known issues. May not be anything wrong with the firmware. Android is putting developers through hell trying to be compatible with 12.
You should do a factory reset but then be careful what you load. Keep an eye on it. Uninstall any app that's not compatible as you load them.
Do system app updates one at a time, they could be a culprit.
Clear the system cache again after reloading everything.
Sorry I keep editing these posts. Really all I do to sort out most problems is to play with it.
That sometimes means multiple factory resets if you can't ID the problem. Put some thought into what your doing to try to avoid that and hopefully identify the source of any issues after the reset.
FRP... wipe your Google account from the phone before you reset and do the hard reset from settings vs the boot menu. I do the same with the Samsung account as well. Getting locked out isn't pretty or simple to fix.
If you don't like the upgrade it may be possible to roll it back (reflash) if the boot loader version hasn't been upgraded too.
Good news... before proceeding with the factory reset (it scares me to do it) I removed some apps: instagram, facebook, wodify and regram. Other apps had not been updated since the last Android update, so I started updating them one by one: messenger, google maps, google photos, instagram.
Now the phone is 90% better!!
Yay. 90%? Still display issues?
I would ditch those social media apps, they are malware in of themselves
If I can't excess and use a forum through the browser I will not use it. Especially fb.
These sites have helped to ruined, harmed and destroyed more lives and careers than you can count. At the best they are purveyors of disinformation as well as wholesale disseminators of personal information.
I'm a 21th century man...
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Yay. 90%? Still display issues?
I would ditch those social media apps, they are malware in of themselves
If I can't excess and use a forum through the browser I will not use it. Especially fb.
These sites have helped to ruined, harmed and destroyed more lives and careers than you can count. At the best they are purveyors of disinformation as well as wholesale disseminators of personal information.
I'm a 21th century man...
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I agree 100%
yes display issues fixed at almost 90%
akadis1 said:
yes display issues fixed at almost 90%
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What's still wrong?
the repetitive shapes are still there but more faint... but now I can now red and view everything. A little bit of purple and green but barely noticeable.
Try using a fixed frequency like 60hz for the display. See if/how that effects it.
Does brightness level effect it? Full brightness?
Is it doing that in safe mode now?
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Try using a fixed frequency like 60hz for the display. See if/how that effects it.
Does brightness level effect it? Full brightness?
Is it doing that in safe mode now?
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Let me google how to use a fixed frequency
I am not on safe mode, but I tried it and it looks the same.
Brightness does affect it... it looks a bit better. Actually it seems like brightness has diminished. Before I barely had the brightness set to like 10%... now that is too dark and the weird shapes show more. If I increase the brightness it looks better
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Let me google how to use a fixed frequency
I am not on safe mode, but I tried it and it looks the same.
Brightness does affect it... it looks a bit better. Actually it seems like brightness has diminished. Before I barely had the brightness set to like 10%... now that is too dark and the weird shapes show more. If I increase the brightness it looks better
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See if there's any system app updates on Playstore for it.
If you're in the US you can take it to a Samsung Experience center at a participating Best Buys store. They can run more advanced diagnostics on it or may know just by seeing it.
It's being quit the horror...
Yes, I think I will end up taking it to a Samsung Experience center here in MExico.
Thanks so much for all your help and patience!!
akadis1 said:
Yes, I think I will end up taking it to a Samsung Experience center here in MExico.
Thanks so much for all your help and patience!!
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You're welcome. Sorry to see you're having so much trouble with it.
Play with the new firmware and see if you like it.
If you like the previous version better the Experience Center may be able to flash it back to that version.