Just wondering if anyone has any info, as I'm not seeing anything online. Just got prompted this AM to install.
Installed it as well. Absolutely zero info found so far about it
Not even 6.0.1 so it is pretty minimal
Just installed it this morning; in HIGH HOPES they fixed the distorted audio on bluetooth issue.
ISSUE NOT FIXED.
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Installed it as well. Absolutely zero info found so far about it
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Claims to be security patch. Probably blocking dirty cow exploits...
Hey all I'm the one who posted the first screenshot of this builds update. Unfortunately there seems to be only the security patches updated so i wont be surprised if the only thing they did was break dirty cow...
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Just installed it this morning; in HIGH HOPES they fixed the distorted audio on bluetooth issue.
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I never have or had this problem?
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this sent my V10 into a boot loop but i see not everyone is have the same hardware issues as I am...my replacement will be here tomorrow
I update my V10 also. Now my phone runs really hot and the battery doesn't last half a day. Anyone else having that problem?
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I update my V10 also. Now my phone runs really hot and the battery doesn't last half a day. Anyone else having that problem?
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Try a master reset. I'm doing good after the update now.
I'm having issues with this stupid phone! Miss my rooted HTC One Max. So I've called Verizon because my phone keeps trying to update daily and I was told to do a factory reset and then upgrade. This is the silliest thing I have ever heard. Has anybody else had to do this to take a "minor" upgrade? Not to mention it kills the battery downloading the file everyday over 4G! I get an error message after the phone downloads the update, reboots to install the update, reboots again, and wham-o error message!
my phone was running hot and really burning battery fast after update. I froze dtignite program and it seems to have calmed down.
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I update my V10 also. Now my phone runs really hot and the battery doesn't last half a day. Anyone else having that problem?
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Mine did the same thing. I found a program - DT Ignite - that was sucking up the battery. I disabled it and things went back to normal. I have Verizon . . . . worth a try before resetting.
This is the last time I am taking an update from Verizon. Battery usage really sucks now. 3g and 4g Data switching is terrible. It leaves me on a crap 4g signal and will not switch over to 3g. Been getting constant phone cut outs where the other person can't hear me until I move around and do the "Can you hear me now" crap. Phone was great in the beginning but is now a piece of ####!
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This is the last time I am taking an update from Verizon. Battery usage really sucks now. 3g and 4g Data switching is terrible. It leaves me on a crap 4g signal and will not switch over to 3g. Been getting constant phone cut outs where the other person can't hear me until I move around and do the "Can you hear me now" crap. Phone was great in the beginning but is now a piece of ####!
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You need to do a factory reset not many others have these issues
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I update my V10 also. Now my phone runs really hot and the battery doesn't last half a day. Anyone else having that problem?
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That's what happened to my Note 4. I think Verizon is sabotaging phones to prompt new purchases. At first they told me tough **** on my Note 4. buy a new phone. When I said I wouldn't be renewing my contract, they changed their tune and gave me my V10 as replacement.
is anyone else having an issue with the phone freezing and then restarting?? mine is doing that like every 5 min... i did the update this morning as well
No issues here
My*Verizon V10 was pretty good until the update, then is froze and resets all the time. Finally had to replace it with a replacement but they give me the V20. Will let you know how this goes
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This is really killing me, someone please help lol heres how it goes
On boot, takes a good bit for the 3G icon to appear, eventually Phone has 3G icon gray with arrows then switches to D [still gray], i click something like a browser or Slack Radio it goes to connect and if its fast enough it does [icon changes to RED/GREEN arrows] but usually its a gray D, then the icon disappears completely. After about 60 seconds or so the icon reappears and I can continuing surfing the net/listen to music..etc. Then after about a song or 2 this happens all over again. Im in place with good reception and i just dont know what could be going on here. I tried pulling battery, doing the *228 option 2...anyone know how i can fix this
just tried hard reset, no dice
A nice excuse to call verizon and get a replacement device (most likely for free).
I've called them, they try and shoot me over to Samsung, samsung trying to tell me to get a hold of my 3G service provider...verizon did tell me i was due to upgrade, but i love this phone (when 3G worked) i just dont understand what froyo did, when im downloading stuff it works fine, but as soon as I stop and try to access something use 3G i have to wait for the 3G to "reboot" so to speak cuz thats when it disappears for minute, then comes back for me to use...but with streaming music you can see how this is an issue
I was having this same problem when they were pushing the EA28 update a couple of weeks ago which never successfully updated to my device I might add. I went into the Verizon store and after the rep spent about 10min on the phone with whoever.... Told me they were sending me a new phone. Received new phone with the EA28 update already installed 3G and all data worked GREAT! Attempted the Froyo update 6 times yesterday all unsuccessful and now the new phone I have is having the exact same problems with data connection. Comments and ideas would be appreciated. But ya better believe I'm goin into Verizon if the update attempt I'm doing now doesnt work.
I'd get another replacement from verizon tbh. If then it still doesn't resolve your issues ask to speak with a manager and tell him your situation. They might hook you up with a free upgrade.
Im going to go down to the store so I can get a face to face and show them whats happening. I mean i just wanted to make sure this wasnt some new thing on Froyo that im not understanding. I see it goes "D" [dormant] but it shouldnt disappear and take a minute to start up and let me use it right...thats poppycock!
Are you using "juice defender" by any chance?
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You're lucky that yours just takes a minute to re-establish the connection, mine will just keep giving me network errors and telling me to check network access ect., depending on what app/service I am trying to connect. Exactly the same things that happened when the EA28 updates kept failing on my last phone only 2weeks ago. Also the Froyo update that says will take 15min to download takes over an hour even though my 3g stays on constantly when downloading from Verizon.
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Are you using "juice defender" by any chance?
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Had it installed [but not in use] when I updated to Froyo, but I just did a hard reset and am still getting issues...
...my Froyo update came in in about a 1/2 hour or so, no drop issues ever when I was on 2.1, my 3G icon stayed in the status bar even when I was out of service range [it would go in to 1X] but on froyo its just disappearing no matter where i am]
This crap has happened ever since the first "froyo" modem leak for me (but not like I could call vzw and complain though until now) and had to resort to using the DL09 modem to increase my usage reliability by a small percentage. This crappy service only seems to affect people in certain regions, you all see where I live (look to the left) and you guys should update your profiles to reflect at least a region. I odin'd all the way to stock and did the ota's to froyo and ran stock froyo for 2 days with the same old ****ty results. I did get a replacement (in february) and still got the same exact dBm signal levels and data speeds at home that I had with the other device. But the voice mails with no missed calls and bulk texts and data lockups are really getting on my ****in' nerves. I'm so glad they finally did the ota cause I can guarantee that the issue will be wide spread in various regions. I spend all day driving around in a work truck with a coworker that has an epic (sprint) and he has absolute perfection in his service everywhere throughout the city. At the end of a 10 hour day I will have rebooted twice and have tws at 47% coworkers tws will be at 1% and he pays $35 less for unlimited everything, which is a kick in head too. Pondering etf to maintain my sanity and not be worried that my 70 year old mother is trying to call me with an emergency and having my **** go to voicemail. Now on to customer service to build a case. Ugh, pissed off rant over.
*edit* I use no juice defenders no task killers no set cpu or anything even remotely close to apps of that nature.
good day.
Not running juice defender or anything else for that matter, my phone is basically stock out of the box right now other than CWM 2.5.1, un-rooted. I did flash super user to phone after I received it, and that still appears in my apps list after factory reset but I am not rooted.
I've spent at least 8-10 hours [combined] searching the internet for issues like mine with the disappearing act the 3G icon is putting on, and i've noticed it to be a Froyo issue [even saw some complains on the Incredible on froyo and even on different networks other than verizon]. I'm not 100% sure its a Froyo bug, but either way it doesnt seem to affect everyone. I stream music a lot and i can't be having this damn 3G disappear on me and always reconnecting after like every 2 songs.....im off to verizon, i'll let you know what happens [tho they are prob going to offer me some kinda upgrade like they did on the phone, but i was happy with this phone at 2.1 and overall still am, i just want my 3G to stop glitching!]
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I've spent at least 8-10 hours [combined] searching the internet for issues like mine with the disappearing act the 3G icon is putting on, and i've noticed it to be a Froyo issue [even saw some complains on the Incredible on froyo and even on different networks other than verizon]. I'm not 100% sure its a Froyo bug, but either way it doesnt seem to affect everyone. I stream music a lot and i can't be having this damn 3G disappear on me and always reconnecting after like every 2 songs.....im off to verizon, i'll let you know what happens [tho they are prob going to offer me some kinda upgrade like they did on the phone, but i was happy with this phone at 2.1 and overall still am, i just want my 3G to stop glitching!]
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I agree, just want my 3G to work the way it is suppose to. Dont really want an upgrade because I've never really gotten an upgrade that I actually thought was an UP-Grade. *From Verizon anyway* Still downloading software update, been well over an hour and at 73%. At this rate Verizon store will be closed by the time I'm done with this update attempt.
"UPDATE FAILED or INCOMPLETE. reason: IP_START_UPDATE" Anybody know the possible causes of this failure?
Sounds like you are indeed losing your IP address. I have also had sporadic problems but they seem to be in low service areas. Typically I remain stationary and use local wifi so it is unconfirmed.
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Just got back from Verizon, non of the techs could figure it out, i got this phone awhile back from a friend [so naturally theres no warrenty..etc] so im stuck gonna have to hit craigslist and such to find a new one, then sell this one i guess
FINALLY FOUND A FIX [or should i say it found its way to me thanks to myself posting this issue on multiple forums lol] I can confirm that method 2 has worked for me. Dont just dial *228 with fascinate already activated, you have to remove the service completely [by activating another phone is how i did it] then reactivate it and you should be good to go. Heres a write up.
http://mobiletech.knguyentu.com/2011/04/samsung-fascinate-random-3g-disconnect.html
I just started haveing this problem when I went on the Comm. ROM
I was fine before that so I am really confused.
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So I did option 2 in the above post and it fixed it.
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I just started haveing this problem when I went on the Comm. ROM
I was fine before that so I am really confused.
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So I did option 2 in the above post and it fixed it.
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Glad to hear it, i know how frustrating it is not knowing what is going on or how to fix it. I searched since Froyo OTA looking for an answer, luckily someone saw my plight and gave me that link as well so i thought i'd share it on all the android forums i have a name on. Cuz doin this never occurred to me and i tried everything else lol
Had the Photon for 29 days, installed the Maintenance Release 5 and continued to have the no audio on calls and random reboot issues. Based on the actions of the phone the last few days that I had it I came to a few conclusions.
When the no audio happened if I hit the mute button the audio would be there and I could hear the call just fine. I noticed that after a no audio call if I attempted to go into call history and click the person who just called and attempted to call the phone would always reboot. This lead me to conclude ( and I would appreciate it if someone who post some thoughts ) that no audio indicates the software has encountered problems and is no longer stable. The actions of the buttons are reversed and the system is on the verge of crashing. Any further action after the call will result in a system reboot. This leads me to believe the OS is prone to not being stable for whatever reason. Why this occurs is unknown.
I noticed that when the phone was flat on my desk, sometimes hooked up to power source, sometimes not, the phone would reboot on it's own. This indicated that even without user intervention the phone OS would become unstable, crash and reboot. What causes this is unknown.
I have since returned the phone to Sprint for a full refund with no restocking fee ( I suspect their technician was able to duplicate the no audio).
While the phone was fast, had a lot of storage space, great reception and great clarity the unstable OS caused me to return it.
Sounds like a hardware problem. I have yet to have a reboot and after the update, I have yet to get a muted call.
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Had the Photon for 29 days, installed the Maintenance Release 5 and continued to have the no audio on calls and random reboot issues. Based on the actions of the phone the last few days that I had it I came to a few conclusions.
When the no audio happened if I hit the mute button the audio would be there and I could hear the call just fine. I noticed that after a no audio call if I attempted to go into call history and click the person who just called and attempted to call the phone would always reboot. This lead me to conclude ( and I would appreciate it if someone who post some thoughts ) that no audio indicates the software has encountered problems and is no longer stable. The actions of the buttons are reversed and the system is on the verge of crashing. Any further action after the call will result in a system reboot. This leads me to believe the OS is prone to not being stable for whatever reason. Why this occurs is unknown.
I noticed that when the phone was flat on my desk, sometimes hooked up to power source, sometimes not, the phone would reboot on it's own. This indicated that even without user intervention the phone OS would become unstable, crash and reboot. What causes this is unknown.
I have since returned the phone to Sprint for a full refund with no restocking fee ( I suspect their technician was able to duplicate the no audio).
While the phone was fast, had a lot of storage space, great reception and great clarity the unstable OS caused me to return it.
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I had the reboot spam last night and the phone is completely face palmed.
Photon 4G, I really wanted to like you, instead you have given me the tross!
My Photon is perfect! No problems after OTA.
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There are two problems at hand here, user error and malfunctioning hardware. You should know full well that if you are having issues such as rebooting upon laying the phone down with a charger that something isn't soldered properly in the phone. Swapping it would alleviate this issue. With the final build (CM5) being available in SBF form, along with two very stable and powerful roms, very few people are having any issues of updated properly. It's unfortunate to see another user put this phone down instead of working through the issues, but I guess android isn't for everyone.
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User error? Really? Note I said I had the CM5 installed and still had the no audio issues. And since when does having the action of the mute button on a call being reversed happen as a result of something not being soldered properly? Note that the reboot happened when the phone was on the charger and when it was not. When it was laying flat and when I was holding it upright and looking through the contact list. I like Android just fine. Had an Evo for a year but upgraded because it lacked internal storage space. I plan on going to the Galaxy SII in a few weeks and last I read that's an Android phone.
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User error? Really? Note I said I had the CM5 installed and still had the no audio issues. And since when does having the action of the mute button on a call being reversed happen as a result of something not being soldered properly? Note that the reboot happened when the phone was on the charger and when it was not. When it was laying flat and when I was holding it upright and looking through the contact list. I like Android just fine. Had an Evo for a year but upgraded because it lacked internal storage space. I plan on going to the Galaxy SII in a few weeks and last I read that's an Android phone.
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What he means is that you didn't even bother to have sprint replace this phone for you. You settled, thinking it was a software problem. Which any user here would most likely come to the conclusion after reading your post that it wasn't. Random reboots like that would have sent me back directly to the sprint store demanding another phone. Companies make bad batches, and stores get those bad batches. The fact is you just settled for a phone that was working sub par. I have gone through 3 phones, all with different problems, but I don't settle. They give you that 30 days for a reason.
Would you do the same thing had you went to best buy and bought a computer from them that did the same thing? Random reboots, no sound, etc etc....
Mine as well as most others phones on here work perfect, maybe the random force close from an app or something, but I don't get any muted calls, random reboots, and if I did you better bet I wouldn't settle for it.
Good luck to you in Samsung land.
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funny...Ive had no problems before or after the ota...the phone is stable as a rock...call quality is outstanding, no dropped calls like my old EVO..but im not sure the issues is random hardware problems per phone
This is killing me as I real think the photon hardware wise is one the all around best out...
Moto need to get off over their attuned about software... officially unlock the dam phone release the dam Kernel asap and let great independent software talent write and fix bugs for great hardware and so so code
Just do not think Moto puts the time in on thier code that then need too...
The only problem I've had with this phone was no audio a few times. After updating to 45.2.5, that problem has now been resolved. Photon is running like a champ.
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What he means is that you didn't even bother to have sprint replace this phone for you. You settled, thinking it was a software problem. Which any user here would most likely come to the conclusion after reading your post that it wasn't. Random reboots like that would have sent me back directly to the sprint store demanding another phone. Companies make bad batches, and stores get those bad batches. The fact is you just settled for a phone that was working sub par. I have gone through 3 phones, all with different problems, but I don't settle. They give you that 30 days for a reason.
Would you do the same thing had you went to best buy and bought a computer from them that did the same thing? Random reboots, no sound, etc etc....
Mine as well as most others phones on here work perfect, maybe the random force close from an app or something, but I don't get any muted calls, random reboots, and if I did you better bet I wouldn't settle for it.
Good luck to you in Samsung land.
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I did get a replacement phone and I experienced the same symptoms on both of them.
I do have information that confirms that Motorola was aware of the reboots and that MR5 was supposed to fix this. I did have MR5 on here.
I had an atrix before having this and put Alien Build 4. I was floored by the battery life and the ROM and device was rock solid.
I have a brick at the moment. This became a brick after rebooting loop similar to not wiping the davlik cache before a boot. It was stock. I was going to unlock and root to see if it helped the battery life.
I had been more excited about this phone than almost any other one. I have been a beta tester of Motorola devices, but I believe this one may have been pushed out the door a little too early.
I am glad people have this working well and I am glad for them. I will still love this phone even though I have experienced issues. It easily could have been a bad batch that is triggered by certain circumstances.
After the update - my silent call issue was 100% fixed. Maybe you need to a do a factory reset? I do that after all major OS updates.
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After the update - my silent call issue was 100% fixed. Maybe you need to a do a factory reset? I do that after all major OS updates.
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That would be nice to be able to do that. I repeatedly flashed with RSLite/Fastboot more times than a single person on a drunken night in Vegas.
I will continue to apply forced love to my phone. When keeping it real goes wrong...
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That would be nice to be able to do that. I repeatedly flashed with RSLite/Fastboot more times than a single person on a drunken night in Vegas.
I will continue to apply forced love to my phone. When keeping it real goes wrong...
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Haha, yea man that is great. Have you gotten your brick fixed? Let me know if you haven't, i'm sure there is a way to get it back. Have yet to brick a device. I would be amazed if you have, especially Android.
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That would be nice to be able to do that. I repeatedly flashed with RSLite/Fastboot more times than a single person on a drunken night in Vegas.
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You must have never flashed a galaxy s phone with odin....talk about frustrating lol
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You must have never flashed a galaxy s phone with odin....talk about frustrating lol
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I never had anything I couldn't recover from ODIN even a partial flash(or even if it reset before it could finish flashing). I rooted both Epic 4G and Droid Charge with Odin. Just flashed a couple of Samsung Moments last week but they didn't require ODIN.
My phone will boot sometimes so it won't even stay booted. Doesn't matter what I do to it.
Djspinister - It will boot but not stay booted, it just reboots. I haven't ever had a bad flash that I couldn't recover from. I have flashed Windows Mobile devices, iOS devices that were eventually jailbroken. I have flashed several times right before going out to eat dinner only to have it fully recovered before the food came out. This just has to be a bad phone. It is a brick phone.
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I never had anything I couldn't recover from ODIN even a partial flash(or even if it reset before it could finish flashing). I rooted both Epic 4G and Droid Charge with Odin. Just flashed a couple of Samsung Moments last week but they didn't require ODIN.
My phone will boot sometimes so it won't even stay booted. Doesn't matter what I do to it.
Djspinister - It will boot but not stay booted, it just reboots. I haven't ever had a bad flash that I couldn't recover from. I have flashed Windows Mobile devices, iOS devices that were eventually jailbroken. I have flashed several times right before going out to eat dinner only to have it fully recovered before the food came out. This just has to be a bad phone. It is a brick phone.
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You can't hold volume down and get to rsd? fastboot? anything? Even try holding down volume down while putting battery in, I heard someone got away from brick that way...
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What he means is that you didn't even bother to have sprint replace this phone for you. You settled, thinking it was a software problem.
Good luck to you in Samsung land.
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After reading on numerous other sites of people on their 3rd or 4th Photon and still suffering from the same problem I decided not to bother. As for Samsung, before the Evo I had two Samsung products that were absolute rocks for me. Solid with no issues and performed well. Using a Samsung Instinct right now.
My Photon is 100% trouble free. Calls are clear, battery lasts, etc.
Te only real issue is that I do not love the bluish tint on the LCD. Anyone know how to alter the gamma?
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I upgraded from an EVO on Friday. My new Photon began crashing and doing the no audio on Saturday. I exchanged it at the Sprint store later that day and have had no issues with the second Photon. I really like the Photon much better than the EVO.
Has no one else been told in the Sprint store that you can only exchange once and then you're stuck with the device???? They told me they only allow future exchanges through warranty (i.e., Motorola will ship me a new one...no in-store exchanges).
Is this just wrong information?
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Has no one else been told in the Sprint store that you can only exchange once and then you're stuck with the device???? They told me they only allow future exchanges through warranty (i.e., Motorola will ship me a new one...no in-store exchanges).
Is this just wrong information?
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Thats BS!!!! e-mail me at [email protected] and I will send YOU the e-mail I sent Sprint. Not only did I get my 3rd phone, my bill is cleared until October!!! The girls name and number will be in my e-mail!
sooo im on my 2nd evo3d due to what i thought was just a bad phone.... my phone keeps rebooting or just shuts off and the only way i can turn it back on is to pull the battery... its all completely random.
I called sprint today and complained and they knew about the problem and it is , in the techs words " a wide spread problem and we are waiting for a fix from HTC" tech also told me she had to give back her 3d back and go back to a 4g because hers was so bad with this exact issue... hers was obviously stock unrooted
so i got to thinking. thinking about the 4g battery issues and the use of an SBC kernal. hear me out ... i swear i have seen this problem before, in RC cars using LiPo batteries when the battery drops to low and the BEC shuts down or limits the ESC. now if these evo3d batteries are like the 4g batteries and have a chip in them to keep proper voltage and that chip is bad or has bad connections i think it could cause these kinds of reboots and even shut offs requiring battery pulls. Is there a Dev out there or a program that can log battery outputs so we can track to see if this is all indeed a battery issue.... i like the evo 3d but these restarts are driving me nuts , and with all the treads ive read about the shut offs, no charging, hot phones and reboots. im on my second 3d , both have been roots , eng , hboot 1.04, and new radio and wimax............
Anyone ........................
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I think we have the EXACT same problem.... it's starting to piss me off. This is a flagship phone and HTC released this phone with a LOT of bugs.
Have you noticed this problem more after using the GPS navigation?
One of the members here suggested an incomplete battery terminal connection, but my battery fits pretty snug. Plus, I've witnessed random reboot cycles when the phone is laying still on my desk.
If Sprint knows about this and HTC hasn't done anything, then we should be eligible to exhange our phone for the SG2 or Photon, even if we're beyond the 30-day policy.
My phone just started rebooting. Its pretty annoying. I personally think on my device its a dirty Rom flash. I am going to do a full wipe,RUU, re-apply S=OFF and really root. And see hoe it goes from there.
But yeah, it just randomly reboots. The other night it did it every 20mins it seemed. I reflashed the current rom I'm on (Synergy 435 I think) and it stopped doing it... Until probably 1hr ago when it just did it again.
*sigh*
Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
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3rd evo3d on its way :-(
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3rd evo3d on its way :-(
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Hopefully that one will work and be flawless man. My original one was like gold, no dead pixels, perfect screen, no overheating and most importantly, no rebooting.
Then I dropped it like an idiot. Got a replacement and I had the SAME isse you're having. So the insurance company sent me another one and its all fixed now =) (well except for ONE stuck pixel, but I'll live).
I've got this problem too and I think you're right. It has to do with the battery. I have a spare and I think it only randomly shuts off when it's on that particular battery. Will mark the battery so I know for sure which one I'm using. Anyone else have any updates?
I haven't had any reboots like that and I have flashed the living snot outta mine
It could be the battery tho... I have used the stock ones and seidio 1900mha one.... Never had any reboots software 2.17
Same issues here I have been saying its the batt for weeks now to my friends ... One thing is it does not do it as much if its charging.. mine resets so much at times I have to just turn it off for a bit, which is not cool lol.
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I got fed up with ny 3vo so I jumped ship and made Sprint reset my upgrade and take back the 3vo. I got a et4g and haven't looked back since . Awesome phone with 0 issues
khshapiro said:
I got fed up with ny 3vo so I jumped ship and made Sprint reset my upgrade and take back the 3vo. I got a et4g and haven't looked back since . Awesome phone with 0 issues
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Hope yours works fine for you I know they had some funky things with them such as random resets and so on from the last update they got....
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Also is your phone new? Did you over clock it? I know some folks over clock the phones a bit and sometimes spank the cpu which would cause all sorts of things to resets and so on...
Rooted mine even before it was active on Sprint. It was brand new from the sprint store. Zero problems with it resting or reboot. I love my epic touch 4G
Evening XDA,
I personally use an HTC EVO Shift, but my whole family has recently become an Android family.
My mom has this Photon.
But we have had problems with it since day 1. First, it was having the issue of mute calls (she couldn't hear them, they couldn't here here)
I told her about the fix that was here on XDA but she went back and replaced it instead.
By the time we got the replacement, her call problem was gone.
On this second Photon, there were updates for the PRL, Profile, and Motorale Software. So I updated all of those.
Now the Photon randomly reboots itself, and when it does, it gets stuck on the splash screen, specifically the word "Now" and the only way I can fix it is to do a battery pull.
Anyone else have this problem too and what can I do to fix it? It is her first Android phone and I don't want it to be a bad experience.
Thanks.
Yes a few people have experience the reboot problem after updating; mine rebooted about 4 times then never did it again. I don't know of a fix but if a battery pull doesn't correct it then i would exchange it. The issue could possibly be hardware related ...
If the phone isnt going past the "now screen" then something went terribly wrong with the updating process and id suggest dropping by sprint.
As for the mute issue my phone muted because i had an airave; sometimes i unplug it when it really bothers me.
The random reboots was an issue the OTA should have fixed. If it didn't, take it back to sprint, and let them know. They will either have a tech look at it or give you a new phone.
xTMFxOffshore said:
The random reboots was an issue the OTA should have fixed. If it didn't, take it back to sprint, and let them know. They will either have a tech look at it or give you a new phone.
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Weird. The problem she had at first was the mute calls. The OTA fixed that but then caused these reboots/freezes.
She bought it at Sam's Club. So she'll have to go there or Sprint, or both?
Thanks for the advice guys.
doratheconquistadora said:
Weird. The problem she had at first was the mute calls. The OTA fixed that but then caused these reboots/freezes.
She bought it at Sam's Club. So she'll have to go there or Sprint, or both?
Thanks for the advice guys.
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If shes under 30 days id just get a new one from sams club they shouldn't give her an issue.
kennypowders said:
If shes under 30 days id just get a new one from sams club they shouldn't give her an issue.
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Oh I know. This is her second Photon already. Replacing it again will make it her third.
Kinda sucks that she can't fully rely on it. :/
doratheconquistadora said:
Oh I know. This is her second Photon already. Replacing it again will make it her third.
Kinda sucks that she can't fully rely on it. :/
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Sometimes it just happens, i went through 4 evo 3D's before i decided to get the photon.
Ok, so I just took her phone and gave a prompt to Restart Now or Restart Later.
I restarted now, it had the open box with the Android next to it, and a yellow progress bar, it rebooted, and actually started up properly telling me it successfully updated the software.
Maybe it was failing to reboot for the update?
Hopefully this fixes the problem.
I'm hoping you guys can help. Been a long time lurker here and am going to be buying my Note 2 at the end of the month. But my wife purchased one the day after Christmas, and since the new ota update in January, her N2 has been freezing a lot. Sometimes you can get it to turn back on, but than it freezes and reboots on its own. Most of the time she has to do a battery pull to get it to come back on. It happens about 5 times a day.
Verizon had her factory reset it, but it still has the persistent problem. Best Buy took a look at it and they couldn't figure it out. She is hoping we can figure it out before we have to send it back in, which would suck because she would be without a phone that she needs for work for a week. Not to mention Best Buy and Verizon stated that if it does need to be replaced, that it would be with a refurbished one. Which I am not at all too happy about that. Hoping you guys can help me out.
Gunny223 said:
I'm hoping you guys can help. Been a long time lurker here and am going to be buying my Note 2 at the end of the month. But my wife purchased one the day after Christmas, and since the new ota update in January, her N2 has been freezing a lot. Sometimes you can get it to turn back on, but than it freezes and reboots on its own. Most of the time she has to do a battery pull to get it to come back on. It happens about 5 times a day.
Verizon had her factory reset it, but it still has the persistent problem. Best Buy took a look at it and they couldn't figure it out. She is hoping we can figure it out before we have to send it back in, which would suck because she would be without a phone that she needs for work for a week. Not to mention Best Buy and Verizon stated that if it does need to be replaced, that it would be with a refurbished one. Which I am not at all too happy about that. Hoping you guys can help me out.
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I'm thinking it's an app she has installed most likely also power saving modes not on is it? Tell her to root it and all her troubles will go away
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I'm thinking it's an app she has installed most likely. Tell her to root it and all her troubles will go away
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I tried to get her to root, but this is her first android device, she's had nothing but the Iphones prior and is nervous about doing stuff like that. It started after the last ota update, and the only recent app she downloaded was Unblock Me. Since then all this has been happening, and we already uninstalled Unblock Me suspecting that was the culprit. I have it on my phone with no problems.
yes, she does have power saving mode on
Gunny223 said:
yes, she does have power saving mode on
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turn it off and see if it helps. that strange behavior is most likely caused by an app. Can you screen shot or list what apps she has on her phone?
Yeah I'm thinking it's power saving mode turn it off see if she can make it through a day without it freezing. You don't need power saving on a note 2 battery life is great without it unless your wife is like most females and always forgets to charge her phones
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Here's the list of apps she has downloaded. She hasn't downloaded anything recently except for that Unblock Me and the ota update. She said since yesterday Verizon had her factory reset the phone. She reinstalled all her apps, and it still kept freezing. When in froze this afternoon and it shut down(didn't reboot), she took it strait to Best Buy to have them look at it.
The guy fiddled with it, and it was freezing and rebooting on him as he was messing with settings. He told her it probably needed to be sent in. She doesn't want a refurbished phone if they replace this one, so we are trying to figure it out. But since that visit, the phone has not froze on her. Weird.
Should we uninstall all the apps and install one by one each day to see which may be causing it?
Did you turn power saving off and it still freezing?
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when I checked it, it was already off. I know she had it on, but don't know if the BB guy turned it off or if it was turned off by the factory reset.
If it's still freezing with power save off then I would factory reset it then install the apps that she must have for day to day use. Then give it a day and install the other apps she wants.
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If it's still freezing with power save off then I would factory reset it then install the apps that she must have for day to day use. Then give it a day and install the other apps she wants.
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This. Factory reset is your last option other than rooting (and flashing a custom OS) or sending it in.
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This. Factory reset is your last option other than rooting (and flashing a custom OS) or sending it in.
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I totally agree. :good:
Phones normally only freeze when the ram runs out. Is there any app misbehaving and sucking up all the ram?
I had some what i thought were random reboots the first few months with my N2. These I discovered were caused by carry the N2 in my back pocket of my jeans! Every time I bent down to pick something up or to tie my laces it would reboot!! I would just hear the start up noise comming from my pocket. Make sure she doesn't put it in her skinny-jeans back pocket.
Thanks for the suggestions guys! It froze again this morning, so we are going to factory reset and install apps one by one each day to see who the culprit is. Hopefully its an app doing this.
I have been experiencing EXACTLY that and hqve tried most of the remedies. However this only seems to happen at work which makes it somewhat difficult to actuwlly sot down and diagnose the problem.
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I have been reading about this issue from a lot of people with the s3 & note 2 on forums. I honestly think Samsung/Verizon sent out a bad OTA due to rushing to close the security loopholes. I refused the ota and found a way to permanently defer the update and have not experienced any reboots or freezing.
From my previous/recent experience Verizon will absolutely not help you at all, they are worthless 99% of the time. All they are able to do is tell you to factory reset it(if they know how) and have no actual clue how to fix the devices. They will even 'call' the software support for you but will still tell you to either factory reset or do a return. I am disgruntled after they destroyed 3 phones (Droid Incredible) in my family after pushing out horribly bugged OTAs that left the devices useless. I confronted them and they flat out refused to take ownership of their own software that they pushed out. I still feel like they should be sued over what happened.
Good Luck!
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I have been reading about this issue from a lot of people with the s3 & note 2 on forums. I honestly think Samsung/Verizon sent out a bad OTA due to rushing to close the security loopholes. I refused the ota and found a way to permanently defer the update and have not experienced any reboots or freezing.
From my previous/recent experience Verizon will absolutely not help you at all, they are worthless 99% of the time. All they are able to do is tell you to factory reset it(if they know how) and have no actual clue how to fix the devices. They will even 'call' the software support for you but will still tell you to either factory reset or do a return. I am disgruntled after they destroyed 3 phones (Droid Incredible) in my family after pushing out horribly bugged OTAs that left the devices useless. I confronted them and they flat out refused to take ownership of their own software that they pushed out. I still feel like they should be sued over what happened.
Good Luck!
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Yeah leave it to VZW to fix one thing and introduce a worst bug. I had a Motorola bionic that kept losing signal every 20 minutes or so then version sent out an update damn phone would drop signal every 30 seconds or not even connect to data. Basically rendering the phone useless. Worst part was Motorola had the bootloader locked down so tight there was no good development. At least we have good development for our note 2
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Yeah leave it to VZW to fix one thing and introduce a worst bug. I had a Motorola bionic that kept losing signal every 20 minutes or so then version sent out an update damn phone would drop signal every 30 seconds or not even connect to data. Basically rendering the phone useless. Worst part was Motorola had the bootloader locked down so tight there was no good development. At least we have good development for our note 2
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Users should legitimately have a lawsuit case against Verizon. They are essentially forcing you to purchase a new device because of something they did. When I confronted them they straight up told me to buy a new device. Devices should work indefinitely theoretically and they are causing irreparable damage.
My note 2 was having major battery drain issues so I got my self back to pure stock like day 1 and I went ahead and updated with the ota so I will see if the random freezing / reboots pick up or not. I already noticed a keyboard bug where it pulls up a numerical only keyboard and wont allow me to type letters unless I reboot.
Did anyone solve this? I'm in the UK and very recently got my ota update. Since then I've been getting multiple daily resets and freezes. Can't say whether it's due to the ota update or some software I've been using, but the crashes are certainly pretty new and very annoying.
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Did anyone solve this? I'm in the UK and very recently got my ota update. Since then I've been getting multiple daily resets and freezes. Can't say whether it's due to the ota update or some software I've been using, but the crashes are certainly pretty new and very annoying.
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Same issue with mine on vodafone in Uk. I havent loaded any apps since ota update and keeps freezing. Had service centre reflash two days ago and it is still freezing etc.
Convinced now its the update.
Anyone know how to reflash to 4.1.1