Time for warrenty repair? - Captivate General

Is it my phone or software?
2 roms and 1week into either my auto rotate dont work. Only way I know to fix is new rom or reflash old.
Contunium / Fusion are the last two I have used. Any ideas or suggestions?
Thanks..
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So did you auto rotate work when you first installed the rom?

Yes. And will work for about a week or less with new flash. So far I've flashed about 15 roms and this just started on the last two. I may go back to stock and see if it helps but stock sucks.
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chvybeatsford said:
Yes. And will work for about a week or less with new flash. So far I've flashed about 15 roms and this just started on the last two. I may go back to stock and see if it helps but stock sucks.
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I currently don't have it installed but I think sgstools has a option to test the vertical and horizontal calibration of the phone.
But what your saying that it works for about a week then just stops sounds like a issue with the rom's not the phone.

Thanks.. will try that... and yes seems like rom related. Even in games it wont work for steering and stuff.
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Could use some suggestions.

I've used every rom on XDA and they're all great in their own way. I'm currently running the latest miui by whitehawkx. At first it was great but now I'm getting slow down and random loss of signal that only returns with a restart. I also have problems with the screen not turning back on properly. I press the lock button and the screen will light up like its about to turn on or it will flash the lockscreen for a second then go blank. Only fix is to relock then unlock again, quite a pain.
I'm looking for a daily rom that will get me at least 9 hours of battery life, is fast and responsive. Like I said, I've used all of the roms here but I don't want to go through the hassle of setting everything up for each rom and testing for multiple days to make a choice. Personal choices are welcome but please say why you like it.
On a side note, does anyone know why updates have pretty much stopped for all the roms our phone can use?
Thank you!
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I've used every rom on XDA and they're all great in their own way. I'm currently running the latest miui by whitehawkx. At first it was great but now I'm getting slow down and random loss of signal that only returns with a restart. I also have problems with the screen not turning back on properly. I press the lock button and the screen will light up like its about to turn on or it will flash the lockscreen for a second then go blank. Only fix is to relock then unlock again, quite a pain.
I'm looking for a daily rom that will get me at least 9 hours of battery life, is fast and responsive. Like I said, I've used all of the roms here but I don't want to go through the hassle of setting everything up for each rom and testing for multiple days to make a choice. Personal choices are welcome but please say why you like it.
On a side note, does anyone know why updates have pretty much stopped for all the roms our phone can use?
Thank you!
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Try Weapon 3. I have been using it for a few weeks without any problems. Better battery life is accomplished with turning off GPS, Bluetooth and data when you're not using them. As well, don't run unnecessary apps and don't overclock.
Core Memory said:
Try Weapon 3. I have been using it for a few weeks without any problems. Better battery life is accomplished with turning off GPS, Bluetooth and data when you're not using them. As well, don't run unnecessary apps and don't overclock.
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Was actually in the process of downloading weapon. I can't shut data off since I need constant access to my email but otherwise I already do the other things. I've only been able to get about 10 max on my phone regardless of the rom, might have a bad battery.
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Was actually in the process of downloading weapon. I can't shut data off since I need constant access to my email but otherwise I already do the other things. I've only been able to get about 10 max on my phone regardless of the rom, might have a bad battery.
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I used GiggleBread with Trinity kernel and got over 25 hours as a max. On average I'd be around 16-18 hours with that combo. Try that. And this is with moderate use.
Wtf is gigglebread? If its on xda then I stand corrected in my statement that Ive used all the roms.
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wgrant said:
Wtf is gigglebread? If its on xda then I stand corrected in my statement that Ive used all the roms.
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Haha I think he ment to say GingerLaugh but idk for sure... hmmm
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Wtf is gingerlaugh? Ok now I'm sure my previous statement was wrong....
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Wtf is gigglebread? If its on xda then I stand corrected in my statement that Ive used all the roms.
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http://rootzwiki.com/topic/6291-gig...-a-cylon-device/page__pid__151937#entry151937
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Latest cm7 nightly using faux .45 kernel is a winner, long battery life and stability.
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http://rootzwiki.com/topic/6291-gig...-a-cylon-device/page__pid__151937#entry151937
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Thanks I saw that but hadn't used it, perhaps its time to give it a whirl.
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Skyrocket lags

i have a new skyrocket , well under my 30 days they replaced it because of screen then over heating issue , this one lags , i noticed the lag mainly in the text massege app, anyone have the same issue or did i get a 3rd bad phone ? my last one lagged as well , just wanna make sure if they got a batch of bad phones?
Try flashing a custom ROM. Ive never had any lag problems.
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im using stock . so in your opinion i got a bad headset ?
When I was on stock, my skyrocket was AMAZINGLY fast. I think its just you, ask for another to see how that one is.
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im using stock . so in your opinion i got a bad headset ?
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what LAG are you speaking of.....scrolling?, Loading?, be more specific so others can say if they had/have that problem.
personally i have not seen ANY lag on this phone until i installed Go Launcher<<<
which will will cause some lag.
What I mean is a freezing when I go to my text masseges. It will lock for a second. I only have 3 apps. Nothing in the background running
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What I mean is a freezing when I go to my text masseges. It will lock for a second. I only have 3 apps. Nothing in the background running
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may just be a glitch sort of thing......unless your last one was having the EXACT same lag with the messeging. i would say load up a ROM or even reflash the stock rom that you have and it may go away.
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What I mean is a freezing when I go to my text masseges. It will lock for a second. I only have 3 apps. Nothing in the background running
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Thats No lag. It's take a sec or two to open. The cpu needs time to react.
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Dxtra said:
There's No lag. It's take a sec or two to open.
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2 seconds to open an app IS LAG......lol
weather its an app drawer or messaging, mine opens in just under a sec everytime..........
but im on a custom ROM and using ADW Ex.
It's not even 2 seconds. It's like it's hanging up
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Does it lag during calls and hang up?
That's so weird... as soon as I press messages, it snaps into action and is open before I can even react.
There's something obviously wrong with that one. Try rooting it and running a custom ROM, if that doesn't help, then exchange it.
No lag here.. rooted and stock rom and overclocked... Insane speed..
Well it doesn't do it all the time now. But my.original one did it too. It's way less than a second. It must of been all in my head because everything else works very fast so I think I'll wait till I see my update to the 2.3.6 & go from there.
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new launcher and sms program do wonders....
I'll try that. Thank you very much for all the help
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Problem Fixed . called texh support explained whats wrong & they were very nice even though i was over my 30 days by 3 days , they called a store went off on them because they denied me the exchange & told them to do whatever i want done because they have to make me happy . LOL so i went & said I've had it with the black one & got the white one & couldnt be happier , thank you all for all the help
i think there isn't lag but it's slower coming from an i9100.
scrolling isn't as smooth, and the messaging app is a little funky at times too.
but idk the difference is negligible they're both awesome phones
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Screen freeze on wake

I recently flashed weapon g2x rom. Everything was cool til I woke my phone and tried unlocking it but the screen was unresponsive. I do a battery pull phone starts up up and screen is fine. Screen goes to sleep so I wake it up and try sliding to unlock but its unresponsive. Please help. BTW I am not putting any blame on weapon rom Dev team.
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Did you properly wipe before you flashed the ROM? Is this happening on a clean install? (No apps)?
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Followed the install instructions verbatim. BTW I was stock GB before flashing. Happened before I dloaded any apps. Now it freezes when making calls. When I take the phone away from mg ear the screen is unresponsive.
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Stopfakn said:
Followed the install instructions verbatim. BTW I was stock GB before flashing. Happened before I dloaded any apps. Now it freezes when making calls. When I take the phone away from mg ear the screen is unresponsive.
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You might have a defective device. Does it tend to get hot whenever it locks up? How long have you had this issue for?
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Flashed the rom 3 days ago and issue started today. Had this phone for 3 months. Doesn't get hot or even noticeably warm. I got the go locker app with ics lockscreen. After i wake it up its unresponsive for about 30 seconds then the backlight dims and becomes responsive again. Weird. Maybe restore back to froyo(nandroid)? Thanks for your replies.
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Flashed the rom 3 days ago and issue started today. Had this phone for 3 months. Doesn't get hot or even noticeably warm. I got the go locker app with ics lockscreen. After i wake it up its unresponsive for about 30 seconds then the backlight dims and becomes responsive again. Weird. Maybe restore back to froyo(nandroid)? Thanks for your replies.
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Try reformatting your phone, then flash again
Reformat? You mean wipe everything? Through cwm?
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Reformat? You mean wipe everything? Through cwm?
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Yep that is what he means. If you were on Froyo you may need to do the update and get the current Baseband.
Okay I'll do that and see what happens. Thanks guys
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Stopfakn said:
Flashed the rom 3 days ago and issue started today. Had this phone for 3 months. Doesn't get hot or even noticeably warm. I got the go locker app with ics lockscreen. After i wake it up its unresponsive for about 30 seconds then the backlight dims and becomes responsive again. Weird. Maybe restore back to froyo(nandroid)? Thanks for your replies.
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Hey this may sound silly but if it's only the lockscreen not responding and you stating you are using the ics lockscreen, did you try with the default lockscreen to rule that out first?
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Hey this may sound silly but if it's only the lockscreen not responding and you stating you are using the ics lockscreen, did you try with the default lockscreen to rule that out first?
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Not silly at all. I tried the original lockscreen that came with weapon rom. I would wake the phone with no response but with go locker LS the screen responds after 30 seconds of unresponsiveness. Its weird but I don't think its a hardware issue. I'll post back after I restore back to Froyo. Thanks again guys
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Yeah i agree, don't think it's a hardware issue. Restoring back or trying another rom would be a good test. Another question..are you using setcpu or any other app with a screen off profile?
Edit: Went back to read all the symptoms again and i had a similar situation and it was because my phone could not handle the lower voltages on the min freq with a few kernels. Morfic upped the lower freq voltage on his kernel and it has been working perfectly since. Worth a try.
Try this one: ELPmax 20122011 (1.1GHz Battery Saver w/ voodoo sound)
Tried flashing kernel and phone froze on Trinity load screen. Restored to nandroid but no luck. Updated to stock GB but no luck. I'm starting to think might be a problem with proximity/ light sensor cause of how the phone freezes up after I pull the phone away from my face after a call. Guess I'll send it to Texas for warranty repair.
Thanks to those that tried helping.
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Flash the faux GB kernel
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I flashed that kernel with weapon rom. Didnt help
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Stopfakn said:
I flashed that kernel with weapon rom. Didnt help
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Did you format the "system" before flashing the new rom? Weapon works with no issues for me. I would stay away from custom kernels for now, until you have isolated the issue.
I would suggest backing up your user apps using titanium backup and installing them one by one to find the issue. Let the phone run a while between installing each app. Maybe even reboot each time. Also try fix permissions.
I know nothing about Go Locker, but is sounds like that is a good place to start.
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Did you format the "system" before flashing the new rom? Weapon works with no issues for me. I would stay away from custom kernels for now, until you have isolated the issue.
I would suggest backing up your user apps using titanium backup and installing them one by one to find the issue. Let the phone run a while between installing each app. Maybe even reboot each time. Also try fix permissions.
I know nothing about Go Locker, but is sounds like that is a good place to start.
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Thank you. I'll give that a try. I definitely don't think it has anything to do with weapon rom. Awesome rom BTW.
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Remember to wipe the dalvik cache and the normal cache.
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I flashed cm7 but didn't help. Thanks though. Will make a vid soon as I find my camera. Waiting for a response from LG then off it goes to Texas
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Issue fixed. Replaced the digitizer and all is well. Thanks for all the input guys
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Front Facing Camera Help

i have flashed almost every GB rom and kernel combination i could find. For some reason my front camera does not work at all. I tried the stock camera app and the lg camera zip with no luck. when i switch to the ffc i get weird patterns and pink fuzz and then nothing can be seen. It also doesnt work for the video chat apps.
Any suggestions?
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i have flashed almost every GB rom and kernel combination i could find. For some reason my front camera does not work at all. I tried the stock camera app and the lg camera zip with no luck. when i switch to the ffc i get weird patterns and pink fuzz and then nothing can be seen. It also doesnt work for the video chat apps.
Any suggestions?
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Ever thought it might be a hardware problem, or a connection problem?
Did it work on stock?
Have you dropped or in any way altered your phone?
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not sure
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Did it work on stock?
Have you dropped or in any way altered your phone?.
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I bought the phone used so im not sure if it was dropped previously. I never tried the camera on bone stock because i rooted and flashed a rom as soon as i got it. I didnt think to check the front camera until recently when i went to check the quality and saw that it did not work. I tried it on stock rooted, cm7, all the other cm7 based roms (shendu, lezo,etc), weapon g2x etc. with no luck
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I bought the phone used so im not sure if it was dropped previously. I never tried the camera on bone stock because i rooted and flashed a rom as soon as i got it. I didnt think to check the front camera until recently when i went to check the quality and saw that it did not work. I tried it on stock rooted, cm7, all the other cm7 based roms (shendu, lezo,etc), weapon g2x etc. with no luck
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That seems like a physical problem and not a software problem for sure.
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noahk423 said:
That seems like a physical problem and not a software problem for sure.
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I was hoping it wasn't. But after looking around im sure it probably is . Guess I'll contact the ebay seller and see what they tell me.
thanks for the replies
eb8806 said:
I was hoping it wasn't. But after looking around im sure it probably is . Guess I'll contact the ebay seller and see what they tell me.
thanks for the replies
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It might be something as simple as a loose connection. This phone is really easy to take apart to fix a loose connection. Tons of guides online about how to do it
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no luck
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It might be something as simple as a loose connection. This phone is really easy to take apart to fix a loose connection. Tons of guides online about how to do it
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I took the back apart and checked the ribbon connector for the ffc and it was in place and connected. so im guessing it's just a bad ffc module. thanks for the suggestion it was easy to take apart.

POOF!

POOF!
I've been waiting for this. Thanks. I will report back soon! Downloading now. First!
motive said:
I've been waiting for this. Thanks. I will report back soon! Downloading now. First!
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Yea, it took a little longer than expected...due to my Dell crapping out on me...so I had to save up a few checks to get a new laptop
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troby86 said:
Yea, it took a little longer than expected...due to my Dell crapping out on me...so I had to save up a few checks to get a new laptop
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Awwww. I just had a similar experience. I dropped mine down a service elevator shaft... Don't ask. I still don't know how it happened. So far so good on the ROM. I'll tinker more in the morning.
Hi, not is just me but screenshot not working, power+home.
When doing the picture, the keyboard does not show smile icon etc, just dark keyboard. That's all I found so far
LOL I'm not sure I'm brave enough to be the first to try this out. XD
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Hi, not is just me but screenshot not working, power+home.
When doing the picture, the keyboard does not show smile icon etc, just dark keyboard. That's all I found so far
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Screenshots work perfectly for me. I did notice that the keyboard smile icons were missing, I will look into that.
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LOL I'm not sure I'm brave enough to be the first to try this out. XD
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Its safe to flash, I've been running it for about 6 hours now.
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troby86 said:
Its safe to flash, I've been running it for about 6 hours now.
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I just meant that I've been out of the flashing scene for about a year until recently and this phone has a different method, plus the fact that it took me 2 days to get everything backed up, set back up how I like, etc. I've lost my nerve I guess. I used to be a serial flasher of roms back in the Eris days. New rom that nobody's tried yet? Sure thing. These days I'm even hesitant to flash something if it's tried and true and nobody is seeing any problems. Plus the fact that my hardware is messed up. (I dropped it in water twice by accident and the screen also broke in a separate incident)
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I just meant that I've been out of the flashing scene for about a year until recently and this phone has a different method, plus the fact that it took me 2 days to get everything backed up, set back up how I like, etc. I've lost my nerve I guess. I used to be a serial flasher of roms back in the Eris days. New rom that nobody's tried yet? Sure thing. These days I'm even hesitant to flash something if it's tried and true and nobody is seeing any problems. Plus the fact that my hardware is messed up. (I dropped it in water twice by accident and the screen also broke in a separate incident)
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Damn, still working after water twice, nice! Just do a backup before, so if you don't like it, you can restore everything you had. And, if your S-ON, remember to flash boot.img separately.
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Damn, still working after water twice, nice! Just do a backup before, so if you don't like it, you can restore everything you had. And, if your S-ON, remember to flash boot.img separately.
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Yeah, it's a good thing I always keep rice in the house in easy reach. But the phone is fine except that neither camera works. Pretty annoying seeing as the camera is so awesome on the HOS.
Will be definitely trying this, I was wondering, you think this might help my losing signal issues, getting the X all the time it's driving me nuts lol. I am with Cincinnati Bell but i think they work through T-mobile. Anyway thanks for this bud much appreciated.
ROM looks great man, downloading now and will flash tomorrow. Hope I don't have the WiFi issue anymore, reaaally wanna use this
I'm having the same gps problem I have with Viper; when you go to a site thru Chrome that desires location access, gps never turns on! It turns on for Maps and other things when you test it, but not through Chrome. Browser works tho, strangely...
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I'm having the same gps problem I have with Viper; when you go to a site thru Chrome that desires location access, gps never turns on! It turns on for Maps and other things when you test it, but not through Chrome. Browser works tho, strangely...
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Sounds like a Chrome issue maybe. I haven't touched any GPS items yet, so its either Chrome, or something T-Mobile jacked up.
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I just did another clean flash and i still can't get screenshot to work (power+home). I tried [ROM][S4][MAY8]V1.6 T-Mobile HTC One S JellyBean Stock/Rooted/deodexed/ and screenshot work. Then I did another clean flash (full wipe) of your ROM, screenshot still not working.
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I just did another clean flash and i still can't get screenshot to work (power+home). I tried [ROM][S4][MAY8]V1.6 T-Mobile HTC One S JellyBean Stock/Rooted/deodexed/ and screenshot work. Then I did another clean flash (full wipe) of your ROM, screenshot still not working.
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Are you pressing it quickly or holding it for a few seconds. Mine works perfectly, but you should be pressing Power+Volume Down, which is stock for this ROM.
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I think I may have found the issue with Chrome...I believe I deleted a ChromeBackgroundSync apk on accident. This may be causing the issue...maybe not, but I'll put it back and test. If it works I'll release an update tonight...if I'm not lost in Double XP Weekend on Black Ops 2
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Are you pressing it quickly or holding it for a few seconds. Mine works perfectly, but you should be pressing Power+Volume Down, which is stock for this ROM.
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Thank you. It works with Power+vol down. i did try power+vol down but not work cuz i press power then vol+down, I should have press power and vol down at same time. dumb me.
Anyone having an issue with web page links in text messages FCing the messaging app?

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