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So... I have FJ Mod on my note. Things have been running great for a long time. Then a few days a go, out of the blue, google voice was constantly crashing. Then the gapps process. Then it got ridiculous and everything would crash. Then I noticed that when I restart, it saves nothing that I had done. For instance, my call log, text messages, moved icons on my homepage.
I did a wipe in CWM, and everything came back the exact same. Still the same problem, icons still in the wrong place... no idea whats going on.
Has anyone got any advice for me? I was going to try and put a new ROM on later if worse comes to worse, but as is, this is very frustrating. I often have to restart my phone just to use the browser, or message, or anything really. I am just hoping that my internal SD isn't screwed some how and now allowing me to write to it. I haven't done any changes. I don't even believe I have downloaded any apps since a week or so prior to this issue.
Flashing with ODIN did not good either. I tried to revert back to stock. It uploaded with no issues apparently, and then when it rebooted I was back in ICS with everything as it was... argh.
Find one of the the ics leaka one click Odin packages and run that. Should wipe everything, and then you just have to flash cwm and root again.
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welchertc said:
Find one of the the ics leaka one click Odin packages and run that. Should wipe everything, and then you just have to flash cwm and root again.
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Well, I tried something similar with a rogers stock rom. Booted up Odin, connected to issues. Uploaded/transferred no issues. Figured I'd be on stock Gingerbread upon bootup, but it was ICS! I've done this and similar on multiple phones, not sure whats happening. I will try again with a different rom as you suggested tonight.
I know where the leaks are...this loser has them here....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1740367
welchertc said:
Find one of the the ics leaka one click Odin packages and run that. Should wipe everything, and then you just have to flash cwm and root again.
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johnnyb82 said:
Well, I tried something similar with a rogers stock rom. Booted up Odin, connected to issues. Uploaded/transferred no issues. Figured I'd be on stock Gingerbread upon bootup, but it was ICS! I've done this and similar on multiple phones, not sure whats happening. I will try again with a different rom as you suggested tonight.
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bigjoe2675 said:
I know where the leaks are...this loser has them here....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1740367
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Greatly appreciated! Thanks for posting the link. I will try it tonight and let you know how it works out.
johnnyb82 said:
So... I have FJ Mod on my note. Things have been running great for a long time. Then a few days a go, out of the blue, google voice was constantly crashing. Then the gapps process. Then it got ridiculous and everything would crash.
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I had the EXACT problem, out of the blue as well. I didn't have the other stated problems in your OP but I did have the one quoted above. First voice , then a few google apps(gmail, drive, etc). The apps would hang for a few 1-2 minutes (felt like hours) and the phone including capacitive buttons became unresponsive and couldn't do anything with the phone. The "wait" or "ok" buttons on the force close popup were not clickable.. It sorted itself out in a few days and boy did it drive me NUTS. I was afraid to post up here in fear people would think I was nuts and did something myself to make things go so awry. I was convinced I myself was nuts.. im by no means daft when it comes to android dev/tinkering lol. Very strange
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Well I was impatient and tried 2 different roms right away. Neither worked. Odin showed "pass", no errors. Then it does its auto-restart and bam, back where I was. Not having the best of luck with this right now.
Any other ideas would be appreciated!
simbill said:
I had the EXACT problem, out of the blue as well. I didn't have the other stated problems in your OP but I did have the one quoted above. First voice , then a few google apps(gmail, drive, etc). The apps would hang for a few 1-2 minutes (felt like hours) and the phone including capacitive buttons became unresponsive and couldn't do anything with the phone. The "wait" or "ok" buttons on the force close popup were not clickable.. It sorted itself out in a few days and boy did it drive me NUTS. I was afraid to post up here in fear people would think I was nuts and did something myself to make things go so awry. I was convinced I myself was nuts.. im by no means daft when it comes to android dev/tinkering lol. Very strange
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LOL I actually waited a few days before posting here too. I was hoping that maybe uninstalling and reinstalling some, or updated, or clearing cache and all that would help. As you can see, it did nothing. Heck, after I restart my updates didnt even stick and Google Play is trying to download them again!
Well... still no luck.
Here is another thing I noticed. When I hook up the note to my PC, and look at it, I cannot access my external SD. Furthermore, I had a file on my internal SD that I deleted. When I restarted my phone the file was back. Yet in windows it removed without error. I have no idea what is happening at all.
And now its reading it again........ Ive literally been sitting here trying a bunch of different ways to fix this. Playing around in CWM, trying ODIN including a couple 1 click solutions. The one starts writing to NAND, then stops and gives me an error.
Try taking out your sd card and running it for a while. First note i got was acting that way from the get go. Took it back and got a new one. It started doing the same thing. Finally took out sd card and ran great. Card was going bad. I had replaced the 8 gb stock card with the 16 gb one i had in another phone and apparently the mote didn't like it.
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Well... still no luck.
Here is another thing I noticed. When I hook up the note to my PC, and look at it, I cannot access my external SD. Furthermore, I had a file on my internal SD that I deleted. When I restarted my phone the file was back. Yet in windows it removed without error. I have no idea what is happening at all.
And now its reading it again........ Ive literally been sitting here trying a bunch of different ways to fix this. Playing around in CWM, trying ODIN including a couple 1 click solutions. The one starts writing to NAND, then stops and gives me an error.
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Did you, by any chance, install a custom kernal? IIRC, one of them messed with the mount points. By far, the only way to fix your issue immediately will involve restoring to stock through ODIN, then rerooting and reflashing CWM. This will 100% mark your Note as either defective, or prove that it's a problem in another area. However, I don't believe your problem is with your SD Card, unless you've been using an app like apps2sd.
If you're weary about doing this, try to reflash CWM, or TWRP to figure out if it's something going on with the recovery partition and/or settings. I'm no expert, but the only thing I'm aware of that sticks around through a wipe, and multiple flashes are our recovery, our internal SD files (possible), and sometimes the modem. Also, the one click leaks include a not loader, which could prevent you from restoring a GB Nandroid.
By flashing CWM, then TWRP, then CWM again, or sticking with TWRP, you at least knock out one variable...and by reformatting your internal SD, you ensure no resources are sticking around.
Edit:are you using TiBu to backup and restore/migrate after a flash? Verify your backups under the batch lost.
What could be happening, is you're restoring data in CWM, or TiBu, or w/e ap you're using, and then the Google account sync restore is restoring your settings, and replacing the desired ones, or vice versa.
Edit again: Which launcher are you using? Which utilities do you use? What are your main root apps?
The backup verify is a must...but some launchers will scoot icons out of the way. If you're having a touch screen issue, or an S Pen issue, you could be draggn items around when you're not aware of it.
I'll see this through. You've caught my interest.
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johnnyb82 said:
So... I have FJ Mod on my note. Things have been running great for a long time. Then a few days a go, out of the blue, google voice was constantly crashing. Then the gapps process. Then it got ridiculous and everything would crash. Then I noticed that when I restart, it saves nothing that I had done. For instance, my call log, text messages, moved icons on my homepage.
I did a wipe in CWM, and everything came back the exact same. Still the same problem, icons still in the wrong place... no idea whats going on.
Has anyone got any advice for me? I was going to try and put a new ROM on later if worse comes to worse, but as is, this is very frustrating. I often have to restart my phone just to use the browser, or message, or anything really. I am just hoping that my internal SD isn't screwed some how and now allowing me to write to it. I haven't done any changes. I don't even believe I have downloaded any apps since a week or so prior to this issue.
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Also, tap USB utilities in settings, by the other FJ mods, and tap the selection there, then check to see if you can find your SD card through your PC.
In addition to the above, you can also enter the "Tools" section of FJmods, and disable ad blocking, remove touchwiz UI, s voice, etcetera, and return ALL settings too default, and remove all extras. You can reflash recovery there too.
How are you trying to reformat your SD card?
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Jamesyboy said:
Also, tap USB utilities in settings, by the other FJ mods, and tap the selection there, then check to see if you can find your SD card through your PC.
In addition to the above, you can also enter the "Tools" section of FJmods, and disable ad blocking, remove touchwiz UI, s voice, etcetera, and return ALL settings too default, and remove all extras. You can reflash recovery there too.
How are you trying to reformat your SD card?
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I had installed a custom kernel on Gingerbread before, but obviously that was replaced with the one I used with FJmod. It had been operating fine for over a month.
Also, I removed my SD Card, and tried everything without it. I have tried restoring gingerbread stock and ICS stock through both ODIN and CWM. Even formatting through CWM does nothing as when I restart I am back to normal.
As for root, I only had 2-3 programs with access. ES File Manager/Task manager, and I tried one called Lucky Patcher (I will verify this evening). All of these had been on for at least a week prior to all this beginning.
I havent been using TiBu for anything at all actually.
The launcher I am using at the moment is Nova.
Other than that, I am going to try a few of your suggestions once I am done work. I will post my results tonight!
Thanks for the suggestions and info, greatly appreciated.
EDIT: Just to be clear. I am formatting then restarting and all my apps, icon placements and wallpaper return. Even my call history is stuck up to the 13th and erases recent calls. I am also trying to revert to stock ICS and Gingerbread through both ODIN and CWM. After it is done installing through ODIN and reboots, I return to the way my phone was before. Same with CWM. After flashing through CWM I return right back to the way it was. I am not doing any restoring or anything. I have done this plenty of times in the past before. The only thing I can possibly imagine at this point is that my SD is somehow stuck on read only. Yet it is weird because again, I can delete files and apps (and even windows shows them as gone), but after a restart they are all back! I can remove apps, but they are still in the app menu too.... I can even run them lol (even after deleting their folder). The phone is stuck in stasis.
All of this just happened one day out of the blue. No new apps (for at least a week) too.
I have a GTab that had the EXACT same symptoms.. turns out it's internal flash memory was bad, not the microSD. going for broke I opened it up and desoldered the flash memory IC and it uses the microSD now as its primary storage. If even after a stock reflash you have problems I hope you have warranty.
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I have a GTab that had the EXACT same symptoms.. turns out it's internal flash memory was bad, not the microSD. going for broke I opened it up and desoldered the flash memory IC and it uses the microSD now as its primary storage. If even after a stock reflash you have problems I hope you have warranty.
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Great... lol! I have a warranty, but no one will work with it due to the fact I have a custom rom. Am I maybe contacting the wrong people? I contacted Rogers and they said they couldn't help me. Well I am going to purchase the s3 as I get a small discount on it. I am positive I will end up with the next note unless some sort of crazy deal passes in front of me for another note.
johnnyb82 said:
Great... lol! I have a warranty, but no one will work with it due to the fact I have a custom rom. Am I maybe contacting the wrong people? I contacted Rogers and they said they couldn't help me. Well I am going to purchase the s3 as I get a small discount on it. I am positive I will end up with the next note unless some sort of crazy deal passes in front of me for another note.
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No stock Odin for your phone? I would attempt this to be absolutely sure the problem isn't software related.. they should warranty hardware faults.
Black6spdZ said:
No stock Odin for your phone? I would attempt this to be absolutely sure the problem isn't software related.. they should warranty hardware faults.
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No sir. I tried stock gingerbread and ics. I've tried custom roms. I've tried just erasing it too! Tried Odin and CWM. I am going to try and change recovery today again too.
Rogers said they won't help. They used the word "launcher" but I knew what he meant. They think I may have overclocked it any burnt it out I bet. Maybe I will try calling samsung.
Thing is, all my private info is on there! At least no private pics though
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No sir. I tried stock gingerbread and ics. I've tried custom roms. I've tried just erasing it too! Tried Odin and CWM. I am going to try and change recovery today again too.
Rogers said they won't help. They used the word "launcher" but I knew what he meant. They think I may have overclocked it any burnt it out I bet. Maybe I will try calling samsung.
Thing is, all my private info is on there! At least no private pics though
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If your have insurance, and it turns out the phone was physically damaged , you could try making a claim....but that's only if it was physically damaged. So you restored stock through odin? Did this happen on the stock unrooted rom?
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Jamesyboy said:
If your have insurance, and it turns out the phone was physically damaged , you could try making a claim....but that's only if it was physically damaged. So you restored stock through odin? Did this happen on the stock unrooted rom?
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Well its currently stuck on FJ Mod (which I think is a great rom), and then it just started acting up. I cannot restore Gingerbread stock, or ICS stock, or anything else. ODIN and CWM both show completed on my attempts, but upon reboot my device is back exactly where it left off on the 13th.
I picked up the S3 and I like it, but I miss my note badly
first i am new and dont know a lot about software/android
i used this guide to try to flash the liquid jelly bean
androidauthority.com/galaxy-note-i717-android-4-1-1-liquid-jelly-bean-custom-rom-114126/
since the ROM download link wasnt working i downloaded it from here
android.gs/install-liquidsmooth-custom-rom-on-att-samsung-galaxy-note-i717-android-4-1-2-jelly-bean/
in the first link i followed the steps BUT forgot to do a clean/wipe the factory data
now after the flashing completed i hit reboot now and waited 6min than i tried to hold down the power button and nothing. took out battery and try to restart but nothing
how do i go back to either the reflashing or to my old ICS flashed version (using tmobile sim with forced 4g)?
My battery was full and every time i try to plug it to my pc it keeps telling me to format the sd/internal storage.
Pull battery and put back
Hold power and both volume buttons
At Samsung screen, release ONLY power
Keep holding volume, recovery will come up
Wipe data/factory reset.
Wipe cache partition
While you're at it, go to Mounts and storage - Format system
Reinstall ROM
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Added step: Pray its not bricked. Liquid likes to turn phones into good looking paper weights.
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no response from the phone expect when i connect to pc it keep telling me to format the internal storage.
what options do i have to fix this
The phone is likely bricked ...
The link you used is likely the same one another user tried yesterday.
It's not an I717 rom....it's actually a GS3 rom, and when flashed, instantly bricks the device.
You likely need a JTAG repair on the device, as it is hard bricked with no download mode.
Very sorry, it's a bad deal...but users "must" verify rom sources before flashing...
The link you used has bricked your device....g
Someone needs to report to the writer that they're referring people to an incorrect ROM. Granted its not their fault but damn. People do whatever the internet tells them to and we already have enough "bricked" threads.
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so just one thing
should i try the usb download mode dongle thing first or try the JTAG service and are which ones on AMAZON are compatible with att note
Concerning this issue, there is room for improvement by devs and users both.
I have to say many of the liquid items are not organized well. After so many issues due to this you would think at some point they would be cleaned up. Also while I agree folks should confirm they have the correct rom,files,etc before flashing, it takes verry little to add safeguards to a rom making it device specific so it will not flash to an unintended device.
Just my two pennies.
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savan1221 said:
so just one thing
should i try the usb download mode dongle thing first or try the JTAG service and are which ones on AMAZON are compatible with att note
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Sorry but your phone is history. Get $50 and send it to the JTAG guy. www.mobiletechvideo.com
rangercaptain said:
Sorry but your phone is history. Get $50 and send it to the JTAG guy. www.mobiletechvideo.com
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Agreed....
Very sorry, but it's toast until a JTAG restore is performed.....
And I agree with the above poster that the liquid links are a mess...
This is the second brick in a day I'm aware of, and I'm looking into reporting the faulty rom.....g
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Someone needs to report to the writer that they're referring people to an incorrect ROM. Granted its not their fault but damn. People do whatever the internet tells them to and we already have enough "bricked" threads.
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I'm in the process of that, and would appreciate the help of others sending reports also.
The mis-labeled rom is a bad damn deal.....g
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I've contacted the general operations team for the site offering the rom...
I've also emailed the author of the site and asked for removal of the build..
It's really all I can do from here, as the build is hosted in Romania......g
oh man today has just been a bad luck for me
bricked my note
got two different blue screen error
burned myself while trying to shape metal
i will try to ship it to the JTAG
just one more thing do i need to get the usb dongle for $6 and also do i need to get the sim unlock.
when i bough the phone i had bough a unlocked version, will i be able to do that myself or since he is restoring it, it will need to be redone
No parts needed, and you'll likely need to unlock again..
Good luck with the note repair, and I'm sorry your day has sucked so badly.
It'll get better ...g
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Sorry but your phone is history. Get $50 and send it to the JTAG guy. www.mobiletechvideo.com
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that link above is not valid ( unclaimed domain ?) ... closed ..
See goattamers link ..g
That link is wrong. The correct link is www.mobiletechvideos.com
bummer, sorry to hear about your phone.....seems like your best bet is jtag. check this out - http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-note-jtag-brick-repair/
savan1221 said:
first i am new and dont know a lot about software/android
i used this guide to try to flash the liquid jelly bean
androidauthority.com/galaxy-note-i717-android-4-1-1-liquid-jelly-bean-custom-rom-114126/
since the ROM download link wasnt working i downloaded it from here
android.gs/install-liquidsmooth-custom-rom-on-att-samsung-galaxy-note-i717-android-4-1-2-jelly-bean/
in the first link i followed the steps BUT forgot to do a clean/wipe the factory data
now after the flashing completed i hit reboot now and waited 6min than i tried to hold down the power button and nothing. took out battery and try to restart but nothing
how do i go back to either the reflashing or to my old ICS flashed version (using tmobile sim with forced 4g)?
My battery was full and every time i try to plug it to my pc it keeps telling me to format the sd/internal storage.
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I recently just went through the same exact thing, downloaded the same link and BOOM.......nice paper weight! But since my phone is from AT&T and I am in my first year, i just took it to the service center and they replaced it without asking any questions. Not sure where you live , but try the service center, not saying it's a guarantee, but maybe , just maybe, you'll get lucky
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bummer, sorry to hear about your phone.....seems like your best bet is jtag. check this out - http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-note-jtag-brick-repair/
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So many URLs....so little time ....
This "is" the right one now ....g
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Agoattamer said:
That link is wrong. The correct link is www.mobiletechvideos.com
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yup ....you got it ..
Thanks GT ....g
Sucks these things happen during the holidays.
. . . Or any time. But "things" didn't go wrong, although that is the first time I heard of a bad link.
TechGoon954 said:
I recently just went through the same exact thing, downloaded the same link and BOOM.......nice paper weight! But since my phone is from AT&T and I am in my first year, i just took it to the service center and they replaced it without asking any questions. Not sure where you live , but try the service center, not saying it's a guarantee, but maybe , just maybe, you'll get lucky
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And what you did here and what you are recommending is fraud. You voided the warranty when you rooted it and flashed a custom rom to it. I wouldn't say you got lucky I would say you cheated the system
Hey peeps, i have this i9300 that was brought to me not working. Thing is that the phone will enter download mode without any problems. I used the JiG and also the 3 button combo and both works. Problem is that i tried flashing with a bunch of different firmwares and it wont work. And if i try the 3 files plus pit firmware it stays on the get partition forever and wont flash. If i dont use 3 files firmware it just state fail without even starting almost. On download mode it cant identify itself (Product Name: {blank}. Even tried that supposed to resurrect the phone firmware and it doesnt work neither. Hardware or software?? What you guys think?
What does it say in download mode? Were you rooted? Did you use search?
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Yes i used search, and if you read my post youll see that ive even tried the CheckRom firmware and it has not worked. Like i said before, i dont know how the phone ended up like this since its not mine. But i guess sometime or some moment it should have been customized or something(Rooted or something). Because it says system is running custom. I just want to make sure if its not hardware. If its hardware, which i am starting to think it is, ill give the guy some money and keep the lcd lol....
Just change your usb port on pc...
Before using odin...
Happened to me before....
Odin wont flash anything.
So I changed my usb port and data cable...
And after that the issue was gone....
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P.S if you see a red exclamation mark on top left corner while the device boot...
Means device has been modified before...
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Yes i used search, and if you read my post youll see that ive even tried the CheckRom firmware and it has not worked. Like i said before, i dont know how the phone ended up like this since its not mine. But i guess sometime or some moment it should have been customized or something(Rooted or something). Because it says system is running custom. I just want to make sure if its not hardware. If its hardware, which i am starting to think it is, ill give the guy some money and keep the lcd lol....
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Well actually sudden death syndrome (or half sudden death in this case) actually download mode says "custom" hence my question. Please read my sds thread stuck at the top of general
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Ok thanks M8, i thought sudden death only applies to phones that stop responding at all. Since this one reaches download mode i didnt think it has to do with SDS. But then again what do i know compare to others
So, after reading the thread, from what i understood from there im screwed, right? The fix is for the people who still have a working phone, right? I mean i will still have the LCD so, and since i own a shop there are many parts to use from that phone so....
SDS fix can only be applied before it happens, if too late then only motherboard change will fix.
So my phone turns on fine, connects to wifi no issues but my phone does NOT get ANY reception any signals at all!!!! No matter where I go, I've 3 lines and the other two get full reception where as my amaze gets none! It's practically unsusable. There's no physical damage or water damage at all, it's so weird it just stopped working!!!! I tried flashing all the roms I could find, they are all the same, I just simpley can't get any reception! My sim card works though as I'm able to use my sim for other phones so it's not sim card unfortunately. I called TMobile who told me to upgrade with 2 yr contract. I'm 4 months away from my contract and don't want another 2 yr with T-Mobile. PLS PLS PLS PLS help!!!!
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So my phone turns on fine, connects to wifi no issues but my phone does NOT get ANY reception any signals at all!!!! No matter where I go, I've 3 lines and the other two get full reception where as my amaze gets none! It's practically unsusable. There's no physical damage or water damage at all, it's so weird it just stopped working!!!! I tried flashing all the roms I could find, they are all the same, I just simpley can't get any reception! My sim card works though as I'm able to use my sim for other phones so it's not sim card unfortunately. I called TMobile who told me to upgrade with 2 yr contract. I'm 4 months away from my contract and don't want another 2 yr with T-Mobile. PLS PLS PLS PLS help!!!!
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Need to know what rom you're running. what kernel, are you s-on or off?
Another thing...
If you remove the battery often, the back of your phone case has contacts that can corrode or get dirty.
Take a pencil with a rubber eraser, orjust an eraser and rub ot on all the gold contacts on the case and the phone main body.
the antennas are in the back case. make sure you dont get any rubber in the phone.
get it cleaned and put back together and see how it does!
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Need to know what rom you're running. what kernel, are you s-on or off?
Another thing...
If you remove the battery often, the back of your phone case has contacts that can corrode or get dirty.
Take a pencil with a rubber eraser, orjust an eraser and rub ot on all the gold contacts on the case and the phone main body.
the antennas are in the back case. make sure you dont get any rubber in the phone.
get it cleaned and put back together and see how it does!
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Ohh yes, off course - forgot to add that info. I'm S-OFF (jopuntubear) and perm rooted was still on stock rom when this happened. After that I've tried every single rom - viper amaze, cm 10.1, pretty much every single rom with over 4.5 rating, no luck. I also did factory reset, deleted cache and dalvik cache, also deleted all partition except SD card, backed up and formated sd card as well.... did all that i could. And oh I'm on the default kernel (haven't flashed the custom kernel yet).
I'll try the cleaning contacts and pray to god it works
ngtmobile said:
Ohh yes, off course - forgot to add that info. I'm S-OFF (jopuntubear) and perm rooted was still on stock rom when this happened. After that I've tried every single rom - viper amaze, cm 10.1, pretty much every single rom with over 4.5 rating, no luck. I also did factory reset, deleted cache and dalvik cache, also deleted all partition except SD card, backed up and formated sd card as well.... did all that i could. And oh I'm on the default kernel (haven't flashed the custom kernel yet).
I'll try the cleaning contacts and pray to god it works
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Nope, tried that, didn't work. Also, found a stock rom and flashed it, still didn't work - god this is frustrating!!!! How can it literally just not work, without any kind of damage at all?? Is there any way to troubleshoot? I mean it's not bricked so to speak. It boots up, and loads whatever rom I throw at it, connects to wifi as well just simply no network/signals!! Help please!!!! Arggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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Nope, tried that, didn't work. Also, found a stock rom and flashed it, still didn't work - god this is frustrating!!!! How can it literally just not work, without any kind of damage at all?? Is there any way to troubleshoot? I mean it's not bricked so to speak. It boots up, and loads whatever rom I throw at it, connects to wifi as well just simply no network/signals!! Help please!!!! Arggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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Just run a ruu and see if it solve your problem??
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Just run a ruu and see if it solve your problem??
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nope, didn't help, still no reception - I've ordered a new back cover to see if that helps (antenna is in back cover for amaze) and keeping my fingers crossed.
One more thing, when i put my PH85img.zip file on ROOT of sd card and when i boot into recovery (4-ext); it does NOT recognize it. I've to go into ext_SD folder and then manually select PH85img.zip which is weird.
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One more thing, when i put my PH85img.zip file on ROOT of sd card and when i boot into recovery (4-ext); it does NOT recognize it. I've to go into ext_SD folder and then manually select PH85img.zip which is weird.
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Lol I think your doing wrong
1.a ruu can't be loaded from 4ext it only works on bootloader when you name it PH85IMG.zip
2.the zip has to be in the EXT SD card to load ruu cuz it wipe the internal sd in the process
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Lol I think your doing wrong
1.a ruu can't be loaded from 4ext it only works on bootloader when you name it PH85IMG.zip
2.the zip has to be in the EXT SD card to load ruu cuz it wipe the internal sd in the process
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Hmmm that's what I'm saying that for some reason the RUU (named as PH85IMG.zip) does not get recognized at all by 4-ext recovery (still on ROOT of sd-card). the same file PH85IMG.zip when i go into ext_sd folder from 4-ext recovey; i can run it by selecting it manually. Isn't it weird? recovery should be be automatcally recognizing the PH85IMG.zip file :-S
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Hmmm that's what I'm saying that for some reason the RUU (named as PH85IMG.zip) does not get recognized at all by 4-ext recovery (still on ROOT of sd-card). the same file PH85IMG.zip when i go into ext_sd folder from 4-ext recovey; i can run it by selecting it manually. Isn't it weird? recovery should be be automatcally recognizing the PH85IMG.zip file :-S
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Noooooo it doesn't recognise the ruu only the bootloader recognised the PH85IMG.zip to run a ruu you have to be in bootloader NOT YOUR RECOVERY AKA 4EXT
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Noooooo it doesn't recognise the ruu only the bootloader recognised the PH85IMG.zip to run a ruu you have to be in bootloader NOT YOUR RECOVERY AKA 4EXT
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ha! I think I'm losing it!!!! :cyclops: :crying: Okay, I'll try that as well, although I remember 4ext giving an option for reboot in bootloaded and don't think my phone still recognized the RUU but still, now I can't be too sure on what the heck was I doing so I'll re-test
This same thing happened to me. Restoring didn't help either. Such a weird bug... I wonder if tmobile still does exchanges for amazes?
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This same thing happened to me. Restoring didn't help either. Such a weird bug... I wonder if tmobile still does exchanges for amazes?
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Nope, I used TMobile chat and phone help and then also went to a T-Mobile shop. They offered me a one-time $30 credit but that was it. No exchanges unless you have their protection plan (insurance)
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Nope, I used TMobile chat and phone help and then also went to a T-Mobile shop. They offered me a one-time $30 credit but that was it. No exchanges unless you have their protection plan (insurance)
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Oh man that is bonkers. I am not looking forward to paying for a new phone :/
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Well, I just let my phone sit off for a few hours and now it's working again. This is exactly what I did: I took the sim out, left it off for a while, turned it on, turned it off for a while again and then stuck the sim card back in. I hope it helps ngtmobile
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Oh man that is bonkers. I am not looking forward to paying for a new phone :/
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Well, I just let my phone sit off for a few hours and now it's working again. This is exactly what I did: I took the sim out, left it off for a while, turned it on, turned it off for a while again and then stuck the sim card back in. I hope it helps ngtmobile
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Nope it didn't - I've been doing it for last 3-4 days. I flashed roms, ruus, formatted phone, sd card, boot, cursed HTC, amaze, T-Mobile. I kept the phone turned off, stared at it from some distance for a few hours, prayed different lords and chanted "buzz buzzz buzzz buzzz buzzzz" standing on just one leg - none of it helped :silly:
Oh Amaze, why did you do this to me 4-5 months before my contract end date? God damn it!!!!
I'm sorry man. Funny post though!
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Nope it didn't - I've been doing it for last 3-4 days. I flashed roms, ruus, formatted phone, sd card, boot, cursed HTC, amaze, T-Mobile. I kept the phone turned off, stared at it from some distance for a few hours, prayed different lords and chanted "buzz buzzz buzzz buzzz buzzzz" standing on just one leg - none of it helped :silly:
Oh Amaze, why did you do this to me 4-5 months before my contract end date? God damn it!!!!
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I feel bad for all the time you lost lol but tbh the fix takes less than half an hour only problem is your not listening to anyone nor read anything properly :beer:
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Turn on the phone while holding volume down with ph85img.zip on the root of the card.
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Turn on the phone while holding volume down with ph85img.zip on the root of the card.
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Okay so here's what I'm doing
1) Place PM85img.zip to the root the external SDcard.
2) Reboot into recovery (power + Vol down)
3) It doesn't recognize PM85img
4) select install zip file and navigate to ext_sd folder where I do see the PM85img, when manually select it; it did take me to Android 2.3 factory reset (Note: the ICS RUU I flashed errored out by saying some build file missing - I'll post the screenshot later).
5) Still no luck with the signals.
NEXT: I'll try to connect the phone to computer and place the file to internal sd storage (root) and see if it picks up the PM85img.zip automatically.
Please let me know if I'm doing anything wrong.
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I feel bad for all the time you lost lol but tbh the fix takes less than half an hour only problem is your not listening to anyone nor read anything properly :beer:
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Hmmmm Okay jokes apart; what am I doing wrong? I'm not being ignorant; perhaps I'm missing something simple and not able to realize it 'cos I'm too frustrated with this situation. I've listed the steps to flash stock RUU above.
I did the ODIN to MI3 last night and now no matter what I do the device will reboot shortly after it turns on and starts to update the apps and Sprint configuration. I've gone into stock recovery and wiped data, I've rooted and flashed stock MI5, I've even ODIN'd to MI3 just now and it still continues to reboot. Any ideas?
So I saw somewhere that someone removed their 64GB SD card and it fixed the issue, and sure enough it is working fine now. Anyone know how to fix the SD card to where it will work with the device?
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I did the ODIN to MI3 last night and now no matter what I do the device will reboot shortly after it turns on and starts to update the apps and Sprint configuration. I've gone into stock recovery and wiped data, I've rooted and flashed stock MI5, I've even ODIN'd to MI3 just now and it still continues to reboot. Any ideas?
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I came across this link yesterday. I guess u can try the possible solution mentioned there.
http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2013/10/17/galaxy-note-3-reboot-problem-emerges-update-needed/
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So I saw somewhere that someone removed their 64GB SD card and it fixed the issue, and sure enough it is working fine now. Anyone know how to fix the SD card to where it will work with the device?
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I actually have a 64GB in mine, but even tho i havent faced random reboots, i notice something weird in the gallery after a while. I'm not completely sure, but i think my friend who gave me the 64GB micro SD must have gotten it from China or so. I plan to pick up a 32GB from a local store nearby.
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I came across this link yesterday. I guess u can try the possible solution mentioned there.
http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2013/10/17/galaxy-note-3-reboot-problem-emerges-update-needed/
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I actually have a 64GB in mine, but even tho i havent faced random reboots, i notice something weird in the gallery after a while. I'm not completely sure, but i think my friend who gave me the 64GB micro SD must have gotten it from China or so. I plan to pick up a 32GB from a local store nearby.
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I bought mine about a month ago from Best Buy. It works fine in every other phone and causes no issues.
If you are using TWRP the 64gb SD card must be formatted to FAT32. Even if the card is already fat32 it has to be freshly formatted. I know this isn't directly related to your reboot issue up I would give it a shot
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64gb MicroSD Card fix that worked for me
I had this issue too. I would remove my card once it booted and it would work fine until I had to restart my phone again. The fix that I stumbled on that I have found that works for me is to. Goto Settings- WiFi - Advanced - and uncheck "Always Allow Scanning"
It's mentioned in the previously posted article link. Just confirming that it fixed my issues.
I too was having this quirk. Uncheck "Always allow scanning" confirmed fix on mine as well.
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