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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That was inside my house time to fix about 5 secs
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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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WaystrikerXI said:
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.
ac19189 said:
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
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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?
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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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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!
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?
As title, everything else is fine but when coming off the net and going to straight to texing, contacts or calls, there's bad lag, I've turned animation off also disabled s voice and stopped quite a few apps running in the background, but still there. For such a so called state of the art quick phone, this carry on badly Let's it down
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As title, everything else is fine but when coming off the net and going to straight to texing, contacts or calls, there's bad lag, I've turned animation off also disabled s voice and stopped quite a few apps running in the background, but still there. For such a so called state of the art quick phone, this carry on badly Let's it down
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That's because of 1gb ram
The launcher redraws making the phone unusable for a short period of time .
Bad architecture.
I thought that would be good, obviously it's not......I know the external ram/memory's better but it's the internal one that counts when operating.....so that's it then, I'm stuck unless I change phones
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I thought that would be good, obviously it's not......I know the external ram/memory's better but it's the internal one that counts when operating.....so that's it then, I'm stuck unless I change phones
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I just tested you scenario on my phone running stock rooted rom ELLA guess it depends on what you mean by a bad lag.
Tried from stock browser to messaging and stock browser to contacts and its almost instant just as long as it take to tap the home button to close the browser and tap the icon to open messaging or contacts, can't actually time.
Tried it from a 3rd party browser the same way and the same results basically tap home to close and tap icon to open app for contacts or messaging.
I have not disabled animations or anything like that, but just wondered if you have anything like virus scanners or app managers running on your phone as they may casue delays.
Nope no virus scanners ect ect running, and anything I found running I didnt need/want (and it was quite a few) I turned off
When I say in real time, it's about 3-5 seconds, that's going back to the home screen coming from the net, it doesnt matter if I press soft key back button or the hard key in the middle, it's bad either way
These phones are expensive enough
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Nope no virus scanners ect ect running, and anything I found running I didnt need/want (and it was quite a few) I turned off
When I say in real time, it's about 3-5 seconds, that's going back to the home screen coming from the net, it doesnt matter if I press soft key back button or the hard key in the middle, it's bad either way
These phones are expensive enough
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Just had a look to see how many processes are running in the application manager and there are 17, it isn't something that has bothered me so I have not stopped anything it just does what it does. I can say the process from pressing the home button to close either the stock browser or third party browser is almost instant at any time, its just press then the app is closed, it isn't something I can time but would guess at about half a second, it realy is just press and its closed.
As I mentioned I am running the stock rooted ELLA non branded UK rom and I don't have any lag anywhere, I know this doesn't help you solve the problem of the lag but if you are on the same rom maybe do a foctory reset, clear the cache and dalvik in recovery then set up the phone again.it will be a littile slow for the first day but after that it should run properly, without lag.
Don;t forget to backup contacts etc if you do decide to do this, it may be worth a try.
How do I tell if I'm on this ella
It's either try that or get a diffirent make......this lag's really pissing me off, it's doing it all the time
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How do I tell if I'm on this ella
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Go to Settings > About Phone and see what Android Version, Baseband and Buld number you are on like the below I9300XXELLA is the latest 4.1.2 release for non branded phones, so it should be the same as thins unless you are on a branded version
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It's 4.1.2 but 19300BWELK1 not ELLA is this what's wrong and causing lag
Can I go on the other one to sure it...if it's oing back and I'll get a diffirent make, I'm not having a £400+ phone and this crap
Christ my old HTC Desire S is faster than this depsite less of everything
1GB RAM combined with poor ram management isn't exactly a good combo.
What can be done then?...anything..
Or do I need to go for a diffirent make.....I did nearly go for the One X or the Xperia T but thought I'd give this a second chance after the first one was faulty
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What can be done then?...anything..
Or do I need to go for a diffirent make.....I did nearly go for the One X or the Xperia T but thought I'd give this a second chance after the first one was faulty
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Get the i9305 LTE. It's the same as the i9300 only has 2GB RAM and LTE
It's 10 times better then the original S3!
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What can be done then?...anything..
Or do I need to go for a diffirent make.....I did nearly go for the One X or the Xperia T but thought I'd give this a second chance after the first one was faulty
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Get anything decent with at least 2GB's of ram.
Obagleyfreer said:
Get the i9305 LTE. It's the same as the i9300 only has 2GB RAM and LTE
It's 10 times better then the original S3!
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How much more expensive though...then again I'll have a look
So I'm looking for 2gb ram if I'd known this on Saturday I'd have asked them
What's LTE?....then again, I'll Google it
Stu1973 said:
How much more expensive though...then again I'll have a look
So I'm looking for 2gb ram if I'd known this on Saturday I'd have asked them
What's LTE?....then again, I'll Google it
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LTE means Long-term evolution and implies the use of 4G networking. A lot higher speeds than HSPA+.
I didnt realise it's the Note 2....it's even bigger than the S3, and I'm just about managing with one with this, It'd be 2 hands with the other one
Is there anyway the S3's ram can be doubled or no
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I didnt realise it's the Note 2....it's even bigger than the S3, and I'm just about managing with one with this, It'd be 2 hands with the other one
Is there anyway the S3's ram can be doubled or no
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Yes, kind of. It's called "S3 LTE" and is a different phone from the normal S3. The S3 LTE has the model number i9305 and has similar hardware to the i9300. What differs though is 2GB's of ram and an LTE capable modem chip.
Ok, but it's a physically bigger phone, and like I say, I'm just managing the size of the S3 with 1 hand, I'd be back to using 2 with the other
Can the S3 be upgraded to 2gb or is that a no no
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Ok, but it's a physically bigger phone, and like I say, I'm just managing the size of the S3 with 1 hand, I'd be back to using 2 with the other
Can the S3 be upgraded to 2gb or is that a no no
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It's a no. You're not getting me, the S3 LTE isn't a bigger phone. Don't confuse the i9305 S3 LTE with the i7105 Note 2 LTE.
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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...
crazy4android said:
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.
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Or having the phone (mike) too close to their mouth.
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got my point across..auto correct doin its thing
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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.
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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!
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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!
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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 couple of weeks ago my proximity sensor stopped working. I would make/receive a call, the screen would stay on, and my ear would perform all sorts of functions: opening apps, setting alarms, minimizing brightness, etc. I downloaded a number of "sensor-checking" apps the other day, and reportedly the following sensors are "not supported by this device": proximity sensor, light sensor, orientation sensor, temperature sensor, gyroscope sensor.
I did a clean install of cm 13, but the problem persists. Any thoughts? What can I do to potentially identify the issue?
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Droid_JD said:
A couple of weeks ago my proximity sensor stopped working. I would make/receive a call, the screen would stay on, and my ear would perform all sorts of functions: opening apps, setting alarms, minimizing brightness, etc. I downloaded a number of "sensor-checking" apps the other day, and reportedly the following sensors are "not supported by this device": proximity sensor, light sensor, orientation sensor, temperature sensor, gyroscope sensor.
I did a clean install of cm 13, but the problem persists. Any thoughts? What can I do to potentially identify the issue?
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A few months back this was an issue on AOKP(cm based). I don't remember what file is messed up, but basically your sensors are incommunicado. Flashing a stock based ROM(no need to KDZ or TOT, just grab a stock based zip and flash it) should reset the sensors for you. After that reflash cm13 and you should be good to go.
startswithPendswithOOH said:
A few months back this was an issue on AOKP(cm based). I don't remember what file is messed up, but basically your sensors are incommunicado. Flashing a stock based ROM(no need to KDZ or TOT, just grab a stock based zip and flash it) should reset the sensors for you. After that reflash cm13 and you should be good to go.
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Awesome!
Thanks for the advice. I will give it a shot today and report back. Hopefully this helps anyone else with the same issue.
Just wanted to give an update.
I tried 2 things.
1. I did what was proposed, flashed a Stock ROM, then re-flash CM13 - Sensors continue to be unrecognized;
2. When that didn't work, I flashed the Stock ROM again and tested the sensors with the same testing app - same problem.
I am guessing I somehow managed to royally screw up my phone? (Yay?)
In that case, I strongly suggest flashing the 10B TOT using the CSE option after moving anything you want to keep from the internal storage since it'll be wiped. TOTs flash more partitions than KDZs and can fix problems that flashing KDZs or ROMs can't. I've witnessed this myself.
Afterwards, re-root with the Stump app and use TWRP Manager from the Play Store to install TWRP, then flash the ROM you want and appropriate Bootstack for it.
ninja'd by the road warrior.
Man - you're fast!
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In that case, I strongly suggest flashing the 10B TOT using the CSE option after moving anything you want to keep from the internal storage since it'll be wiped. TOTs flash more partitions than KDZs and can fix problems that flashing KDZs or ROMs can't. I've witnessed this myself.
Afterwards, re-root with the Stump app and use TWRP Manager from the Play Store to install TWRP, then flash the ROM you want and appropriate Bootstack for it.
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Thank you for the suggestion. I'll try this out tomorrow and report back.
Fingers crossed!
startswithPendswithOOH said:
ninja'd by the road warrior.
Man - you're fast!
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LOL! I get told that a lot. Mostly by women.
Droid_JD said:
Thank you for the suggestion. I'll try this out tomorrow and report back.
Fingers crossed!
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Good luck, I hope it does the trick too.
Can someone help on how to root verizon lg3?
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
LOL! I get told that a lot. Mostly by women.
Good luck, I hope it does the trick too.
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Sssss-wing, and a miss.
After going through the TOT restore to 10B, I set up the phone and rotated the phone to the horizontal position - screen would not rotate. I downloaded the "Sensor Box" app from the play store, and received the same errors for sensors as before.
I'm starting to think I'm S.O.L. (paddle optional).
Screen has been peeling away from the phone's casing for quite some time anway, might be time to explore my options and buy a new phone.
Thank you for all the suggestions though! Much appreciated.
mary.dickens.501 said:
Can someone help on how to root verizon lg3?
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No! Just joking Plz provide your software version(12b, 24b, 35b, 47a?) because there are different ways to root depending on your version.
mary.dickens.501 said:
Can someone help on how to root verizon lg3?
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That's off topic for this thread, but look at the fifth post of this thread.
Droid_JD said:
Sssss-wing, and a miss.
Thank you for all the suggestions though! Much appreciated.
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That sucks. I was really hoping it was just software. Try bouncing it off some walls?
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Sssss-wing, and a miss.
After going through the TOT restore to 10B, I set up the phone and rotated the phone to the horizontal position - screen would not rotate. I downloaded the "Sensor Box" app from the play store, and received the same errors for sensors as before.
I'm starting to think I'm S.O.L. (paddle optional).
Screen has been peeling away from the phone's casing for quite some time anway, might be time to explore my options and buy a new phone.
Thank you for all the suggestions though! Much appreciated.
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That's sucks bro. If you TOT'd back, had a totally clean flash(no user apps) & things are still dead - then it does sound like a hardware issue. Sorry to hear that
If you're thinking of buying a new phone anyway it might not hurt to take off the back cover & check ribbon cable connections & look for anything out of the ordinary. But that's up to you...some ppl aren't comfortable doing that & I totally understand and respect that. (Ifixit had some decent disassembly instructions if you do go that route.)
I've been looking at phones myself, but nothing has captured my eye yet. I need removable battery and expandable storage, not some super thin bendable shiny thing without those options
I've opened up a whole bunch of devices in the past to make repairs, mostly screen replacements. So I'm comfortable checking the cables, that is a good idea. Thanks for Suggesting it.
If I grab a new phone, I'm thinking of a nexus 6p (pretty good prices on eBay) or holding out hope the next nexus is Verizon compatible.
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Droid_JD said:
I've opened up a whole bunch of devices in the past to make repairs, mostly screen replacements. So I'm comfortable checking the cables, that is a good idea. Thanks for Suggesting it.
If I grab a new phone, I'm thinking of a nexus 6p (pretty good prices on eBay) or holding out hope the next nexus is Verizon compatible.
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I will consider using the unlocked HTC 10 on Verizon in six months when my contract is up and the prices are hopefully more reasonable, but we'll see, still too early to tell.
I don't like that there's only 23 out of 32 GB available on the internal storage but at least it does have a Micro SD card slot.
Personally, more of an amoled guy. Took a chance on LCD with this. I like the 10 though. If it were amoled I'd be all over it.
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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%
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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!!
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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.