hi. im ador eligio. from philippines. I have a very big problem with my samsung galaxy note 3 sm-n9005 jetblack 32gb. I just purchased this smart phone last august 11, 2014. at first, the phone seems to function well. And just 2 days ago I found out that the maps application is not accurate, cant get a lock to its gps signal. If i turn on its wifi and GPS and accessed the maps application , the application points my location to POLAND. It always points there to that country. the only remedy that I found out is to restart or reboot the phone. and after a reboot it functions normal again and after 5mins of using maps it will point me again to POLAND. the GN3 sm-n9005 is ANDROID 4.4.3 KITKAT out of the box baseband version is N9005ZHUENA6. yesterday I decided to download the official firmware 4.4.2 (philippines) to downgrade my note3 because of that annoying maps application thats not fucntioning well. i used odin3 v3.07 but came out an error while flashing. now im stucked up in the screen "FIRMWARE UPGRADE ENCOUNTERED AN ISSUE. as i have read the forums they term it as SOFT BRICK. Ive tried different solutions and remedy to get back my note3 functioning again. but still no luck. PLS HELP ME. U CAN EMAIL YOUR SOLUTION TO THIS ADD. [email protected]. Thanks in Advance.
Hi,
after downgraded from 4.4.2 to 4.2.1 i saw my phone's memory was 3.94 GB.
After finished downgrading i tried to restore factory settings. I pushed something, i don't know what, and phone for a long time had an image with a hand (stop connect cable).
Then after long hour i put out battery and restore factory settings again, right that time.
Phone works well, but i don't remember so little storage memory.
Is it normal?
Thank you
SOLVED!
Hi guys.
I have a problem wih my phone. When I bought it the operating system was android 5.0.1 and the phone constantly reboots so I changed it to android 4.4 (original version) with Odin and nothing changed. There are periods when is working fine but just few days,in rest the phone keeps restarting especially when battery level is below 50%.
I'm thinking to change the system to cyogen or something else but I don't know if this will work .
What can I do in this case? Thanks!
Hi All,
Ive currently got a Samsung A300-F A300FXXU1AOAB (South Africa)
Kies does not pick up the software update, and when i go the actual software update it does nothin,
for some reason my device status shows custom but my phone was never rooted, im assuming this is why it refuses to update.
Ive tried to burn google about this firmware version, but no luck, so we've managed to update another A300FXXU1AOAB to lolipop and Ive found the correct update for this firmware is A300FXCU1BOEC :good:
So if you're like me and forced to used odin, I hope I have helped you.
Off-topic
I have issues like insane battery drainage, device shows charging when the flash light is on, the phone doesnt always charge when powered on, i assumed its the cable or usb port but the phone charges fine and fast when its off. Phone gets very hot!
I will provide feedback if lolipop has resolved these issues once Ive done testing.
Update
Ok after further digging , it appears my Rom Status was on "CUSTOM" cause i downloaded an app to make the bootup silent,
if your rom status is on custom, the device will not allow u to update,
Its not confirmed but i believe this was the problem.
DO NOT ROOT
Do not root with "CF-Auto-Root-a3lte-a3ltexx-sma300f"
It will work for a day or 2 then it gives u an error, Seandroid not enforcing, tap here to reboot...
u tap it, and the phone wont boot up.
This has happened now twice... You will have to wipe data, and then reload 4.4.4 then update.
Conclusion
Battery life has doubled,
whatsapp doesnt give me backing up messages on powersave anymore...
5.0.2 is very stable, the OS just operates more smooth,
The A3 is a very pleasing phone on Lolipop. on Kitkat it feels like a knockoff flagship phone.
The only issue i have with Lolipop, that when u on wifi, it sometimes forget to reinforce mobile data, u have to reboot.
Hope this helps someone out there
In the previous post you said that there was an insane battery drainage! Now battery life has doubled..what was the problem?? I'll want to pass to lollipop, but many users said that kitkat is really better than lollipop about battery life
DagMa8 said:
In the previous post you said that there was an insane battery drainage! Now battery life has doubled..what was the problem?? I'll want to pass to lollipop, but many users said that kitkat is really better than lollipop about battery life
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Many users said that but for me Lollipop works perfect
Maybe it is because my A3 is sm-a300fu and it has 1.5 gb ram but others have 1gb
Hello to all!
So I got the automatic message for available system upgrade for android 6.0.1. (5th time)
I have downloaded it, the phone reboot for instalation, started the instalation and half aminute
after,I got the "error" message with the android icon laying down on the floor:
I have the Android Lollipop 5.1.1.
What is the problem?
Could it be one of the apps installed?
What can you advise me to do next?
I have factory reset before and after attempts.
Thanks alot!.
PreciousDee