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I was going to exchange my phone for a new one before my 30 days is up which is tomorrow, so I did a factory reset. They ended up not letting me because they knew about the GPS problem and said there is a fix coming. I also had my email disappear and wanted to just get a fresh device before I am stuck for 2 years.
So I wanted to see if anyone else who has done a factory reset has noticed the same or differences from before they reset it.
1. Data icon (3G,E) still shows while WiFi is connected. Before the data icon wouldn't show.
2. Facebook pictures sync works much better and actually sync's pictures. Also its doesn't take 20 clicks to select the contacts to DL.
3. Phone overall doesn't seem laggy as much and much more responsive.
4. When I open messages the first time it keeps asking if I want to set a limit, which I have to say no every time. Very annoying, not sure why it keeps asking,
Note: I haven't rooted this time (I was before) yet and I have less apps installed. I haven't installed the official FB app in case it was conflicting, but I doubt it.
I will add more if I notice anything else. Today is the 3rd day since the reset.
Curious to see what replies you receive. And you're saying AT&T wouldn't return it even though there is a "known-issue" with the phone?
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Curious to see what replies you receive. And you're saying AT&T wouldn't return it even though there is a "known-issue" with the phone?
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Yea, thats BS. if the return policy is 30 days you should be able to return it. And who gives a **** if there is a fix on the way. It doesnt work right now, and you signed a 2-year agreement for a phone to have a working GPS unit which doesnt; breech of contract.
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Yea, thats BS. if the return policy is 30 days you should be able to return it. And who gives a **** if there is a fix on the way. It doesnt work right now, and you signed a 2-year agreement for a phone to have a working GPS unit which doesnt; breech of contract.
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They wouldn't let me exchange it, I probably could of returned it, but not sure if I can deal with going back to the Fuze with WinMo. At least I turned the Fuze into a portable Garmin GPS with internet calling via WiFi.
(psst. just tell them it shuts down randomly for no apparent reason.)
I exchanged mine for this (real) reason. It was ridiculous. My Captivate continued to shut down at least 2-3 times a day. I even contacted Samsung about this issue and they said to just exchange it.
I did a Factory reset and hoped that it would fix the problem. Three hours after doing so, it shut down on me again. I have had it. I just exchanged it.
Sorry I can't really help you with the different between stock and a factory reset device since I didn't really take notice of it. Although, after the reset, I went to Settings - About Phone - System Tutorial and clicked Begin. Nothing happened. Yesterday, with my new device after the exchange, the Begin button took me to the Tutorial.
I had 3G connectivitiy problems before, and after doing the odin restore those problems are gone. It may have been poor network conditions for a couple days, but either way, my problem no longer exists.
Hello, Im hoping I can find someone who can help. I am into a Atrix for about 2 months now, It started off great and has turned into a nightmare. I am not getting any real help on Moto's Forum, actually Im getting Jacked around.
The Phone has started to lag badly, it loses touch abilities on the display it freezes or quits working, Apps are dissapearing, Moto says take it off the SD Card, the phone is acting like a Moto POS.
Moto is tight lipped about any patches or fixes, the Camera sucks it takes horrible pictures, and I cant get anywher with them or AT&T
What about ICS or Android 4, does anyone know the likelyhood hat Atrix 2 will get it and when if so.?
Someone said, trash the A2 get a Nexus LTE your troublles will be over, is that true? Why not just put ICS on the A2, it got a beautiful display
I hope some one can guide me with this mess, Motorola Is ot interested in helping people wit A2's, their busy with the Putzonic and Wayzor Droiddie, they forgot about us little fish.
What have you done to your A2 so far? There is also a sticky about ICS so yeah until ICS pushed to other phones you wouldn't hear anything. A2 is actually not a little fish ^_^ but yeah back to the question. What have you done to your A2? rooted? any adb push? I had disappearing apps to but realized I froze them lol well yeah an Indepth detail of the problem would help. this post sounds like a rant to me ^_^v
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The Phone has started to lag badly, it loses touch abilities on the display it freezes or quits working,
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I got my A2 Nov 11 and have had 2 freezes. Nothing a battery pull couldn't revive though.
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Apps are dissapearing, Moto says take it off the SD Card, the phone is acting like a Moto POS.
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Several threads(not just on these forums) about apps disappearing if they are stored on the SD card. If you are putting your apps on the SD card, have you tried moving them to internal storage?
To clear up some of the questions: The Atrix2 I have is absolutely Motorola Stock, I have some 15 apps on it, no games,. No Root, No Nothing.
I went to load XDA on the Phone, it started to load, gave me the first page, and I tried to scroll down to a different page, it moved about a 1/2 page and got "Stuck" stayed that way for about 2 minutes and then began to operate normal.
Whats the big deal about saying the Phone will get ICS? Understandable it takes time to get it all prepared, but say something. They (Motorola User Forum) are blowing the A2 off on the Forum, Nothing has been said about patches or fixes, the phone isnt even listed on the Motorola Update Page- (MB865)
They finally acknowledged there is a issue with the SD Card and suggested we move all Apps off the SD Card- I did so, but there has been no dialog as to whats wrong and when a fix can be expected. Im tired of "Toilet Bowl Excuses" given from Motorola, and their Techs are a absolute Joke, their better equipped to pick Bananas from Coconut Trees,(Everything goes to the Phillipines) than offer solutions of help for the Atrix2.
I have no experience with rooting or such, and if you mention XDA "Anything" on the forum, youll get threats of "Banned from Forum" (A Bunch of BS), also honestly, I really dont want to lose my warranty, and they (Motorola) have made it very clear that if you Mod the Phone in any way, (Including AT&T) you will violate the warranty. I really dont want to lose the warranty on the phone.
As stated earlier make sure you have no apps on the SD card if you don't have any on it and are still having problems you might have a corrupted card. Try reformatting your SD card. As far as warranty goes AT&T warranty is jack now and you have a one year manufacturer warranty anyways. Also try a couple of battery pulls. I know it may sound crazy but sometimes they help. Do a search here if there have been problems we have narrowed a lot of them down and had some pretty good success helping others out as well.
Thank you, I have done that already, and the apps stopped "Dissapearing", I guess along with the myriad of other issues as well, and the lousey camera results, my real issue is, When and How does this all get fixed, patched or whatever.
I received a PM from a Experienced Forum User, who stated, that, "ICS Android 4.0 will cure all these problems" The Problem is, No One is saying anything at all. I understand that it takes alot of work and preparation to put a New OS like Android 4.0 on a phone like the Atrix 2, however, saying nothing and doing nothing, doesnt help at all.
I see no harm in a statement alluding to the fact, that Motorola is Acknowledging the Problems (Hypothetically)... and rather than waste resouces trying to fix these issues, with patches, they are trying to ready Android 4.0 for the A2- which will cure most if not all the issues.
I dont think thats a unreasonable expectation. I paid for a Fully Operational Smartphone, not a "Broken" smartphone, that partly works. (Not trying to be arrogant)
Camera FX zoom from the market will help the camera out a lot. I have seen a lot of people return their phones due to the problems the A2 is having and if I was having the problems as well I'm sure I would've been pissed as well. But fortunately I havnt had a lot if them. Yes the tight lips from motorola can be disappointing and discerning but NONE of the manufacturers have slated a timeframe at which their phones would be upgraded. They have only listed devices on the upgrade path. Will the A2 get ICS, I think so but the truth is no one knows right now. But with all that said AT&T has been better then any service provider at getting the updates to their phones then any other out there . Really we are just playing a waiting game as us everyone else. Hopefully you can get all your problem's solved as I'm sure you are frustrated.
I am very APPRECIATIVE to you for your help, Do you know what the "Red Cross" is, (Like on the Ambulance or Helicopters from Mash) ? Let me explain....
When I Power Cycle the Phone, when it initially starts to reload everything, there is a Icon that will show itself momentarily, its a Square Gray box, next to the Battery Icon with a Thick Red Cross in it. Usually uou get a small red ciircle with a slash in it.
I posted on the Forum, but no one was able to give a clear answer including the manager. The Moment you menntion XDA, the Dogs of War come out, (The Volunteer Moderators) and threaten you with Hanging you until you stop wiggling!
A normal person would welcome any sound help and solutions, as the bottom line is a Happy Customer... In my book you folks run circles around the Moto Forum. Why are they so afraid of you folks.? If anything, XDA poses a great help to their customers.
In response to your last post, I agree with you, but I also feel in earnest based on whats recently occured from all the other Manufacturers, the least they could say at this point is, the Atrix 2 will get ICS 4.0. There is also a horrible issue with "dropping of the Data Connection" that is absolutely terrible. when switching from Wifi to Network. You have Blue, white, white, Wifi, 4G, Network signal icons.... If im in the house and switch from Phone idle to email or Plume, it becomes white, white, white, and slowly will swith to Blue, Blue, Blue, and then white, Blue, Blue ( The Icons ). it is a problem also with Hotspots, it will fail to log in, yet on Power cycle, it will log in to Hotspot without a problem. The error is, Cannot determine eligibility for hotspots, please call customer service-
Thank you and Happy Holidays to you, family and all on XDA!
I can def help you on the grey box with the red cross in it. I see this a lot when I'm at work as well due to the buildings I'm in and out of . Once I'm out if the building though reception comes right back. Sounds to me like you are in an area with poor cell service. As far as locking in though my phone does search sometimes when I'm around my house as well but I live in a very rural area. We've just recently gotten 3G in my area. So I've been really happy with the boost in speeds. Hope this helps some and you have a Happy Holidays as well!
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I am very APPRECIATIVE to you for your help, Do you know what the "Red Cross" is, (Like on the Ambulance or Helicopters from Mash) ? Let me explain....
When I Power Cycle the Phone, when it initially starts to reload everything, there is a Icon that will show itself momentarily, its a Square Gray box, next to the Battery Icon with a Thick Red Cross in it. Usually uou get a small red ciircle with a slash in it.
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This hasn't been brought up yet, and I feel these two steps are very important especially on a new phone with very little done to it. If you cannot nail down misbehavior to any app you have recently installed, then I would:
1. do a factory reset (settings -> privacy setttings -> factory data reset). This will restore your phone (but not your SD card unless you check that box) to whatever the rescue image on your phone provides. It should be the same as what was shipped on the phone, though there are those who believe the system shipped with the phone is not trustworthy and they *always* do a factory reset on a new phone before using it.
2. return the phone to an ATT store and describe the problems and the factory reset. If a factory reset doesn't fix it, nothing will. If they won't swap out the phone for you, then call customer service and ask for a warranty replacement. Android phones are full of sample defects (individual devices that have problems) that you shouldn't even attempt to accommodate.
the red cross thing right next to the battery bar is normal it just means it hasn't found a signal yet to connect to. This happens every time you reboot a phone in a low signal area.
Call your ATT rep make sure that on their end that your phone is configured for 4G because they had mine configured for 2g for some odd reason.
I believe the blue icon means its active connection while white means its not active. I rarely use my data plan but my wifi icon turns blue when im using it then it turns white to gray when im not using it.
About hot spots no idea on that one ^_^ never used it and will never use it. People can eavesdrop on those connections
Hey guys I have a super weird issue. The last couple of days my Note 5 has been giving me a notification stating "Activation Incomplete". I called Verizon and they said it could be a fault SIM card so I replaced it and it happened again. It usually goes away after a reboot but I shouldn't have to be rebooting the phone all the time because of this notification. Any one else get a similar problem?
Also, I have a weird issue now in which my Action Memo app won't actually open up a memo when I use the S-Pen Air Command. In the air command window all of the other functions work but not Action memo. Once again, a restart sometimes fixes it. Then, I noticed that the S-Pen button to open up air command sometimes doesn't work and won't open the Air Command window. I have no idea how these issues emerged. It just started a few days ago.
Any/all advice and suggestions help. Thanks guys!
When I have unexplainable issues like these, I just do a factory reset. It might be as simple as a malware carrying app.
LuisLopez said:
When I have unexplainable issues like these, I just do a factory reset. It might be as simple as a malware carrying app.
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Yeah I was thinking of doing that, but a factory reset is so annoying as I need to re-download and set up my phone once again.
With issues like that I also suggest what Luis has mentions and do a reset. Only thing to try before that is a reset all settings just incase you don't have to factory it.
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Jacob11701 said:
With issues like that I also suggest what Luis has mentions and do a reset. Only thing to try before that is a reset all settings just incase you don't have to factory it.
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Hey I definitely understand. I just hate to reset the phone and it still continue to happen, ya know?
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Hey I definitely understand. I just hate to reset the phone and it still continue to happen, ya know?
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True. I finally set up Google photos and used contacts optimizer to make sure all contacts were in Google. If my phone breaks etc I know all my stuff is a sign in away.
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True. I finally set up Google photos and used contacts optimizer to make sure all contacts were in Google. If my phone breaks etc I know all my stuff is a sign in away.
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Yeah I have all my photos synced up with Google Photos as well as much contacts. I just did a reset of the settings and that didn't fix the issue so I just completed a factory data reset and downloading my apps again. Hopefully this will work.
I'm on my second Samsung Note 5 from Verizon in 10 days and can report that both devices have the "Activation Incomplete" message pop up at least once a day. It does not interrupt service (I can send/receive calls, SMS, and use VZW data), but it is very annoying. On the first device, I was given a new SIM card along with performing two factory resets. Since the issue was still there, I took the phone back to the store and exchanged it for another Note 5. The very next morning I had the same "Activation Incomplete" notice. I'm beginning to think this is a firmware issue from Samsung and has nothing to do with Verizon.
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I'm on my second Samsung Note 5 from Verizon in 10 days and can report that both devices have the "Activation Incomplete" message pop up at least once a day. It does not interrupt service (I can send/receive calls, SMS, and use VZW data), but it is very annoying. On the first device, I was given a new SIM card along with performing two factory resets. Since the issue was still there, I took the phone back to the store and exchanged it for another Note 5. The very next morning I had the same "Activation Incomplete" notice. I'm beginning to think this is a firmware issue from Samsung and has nothing to do with Verizon.
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Since this is the second one doing it I would try to have tech support refresh everything on your line itself for the network. Seems odd an activation issue would be a built in issue. Can confirm that I have not seen this since it came out so I'm guessing.
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I'm on my second Samsung Note 5 from Verizon in 10 days and can report that both devices have the "Activation Incomplete" message pop up at least once a day. It does not interrupt service (I can send/receive calls, SMS, and use VZW data), but it is very annoying. On the first device, I was given a new SIM card along with performing two factory resets. Since the issue was still there, I took the phone back to the store and exchanged it for another Note 5. The very next morning I had the same "Activation Incomplete" notice. I'm beginning to think this is a firmware issue from Samsung and has nothing to do with Verizon.
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Yeah. I am having the exact same issue. This is my second Note 5 device that's displaying the issue. Not sure what could be causing it. I spoke to both Verizon and Samsung and they both have no idea what could be happening. Although it doesn't affect functionality of the device, it's so friggin annoying.
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Since this is the second one doing it I would try to have tech support refresh everything on your line itself for the network. Seems odd an activation issue would be a built in issue. Can confirm that I have not seen this since it came out so I'm guessing.
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I spent another 2 hours in a Verizon chat. The tech said he reset everything on the line but the problem still shows up. Alas, he did say after speaking to his supervisor that this is a known issue affecting some Note 5 and S6 devices. I have a service ticket open for this issue and have been promised a response in the next 24 hours.
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I spent another 2 hours in a Verizon chat. The tech said he reset everything on the line but the problem still shows up. Alas, he did say after speaking to his supervisor that this is a known issue affecting some Note 5 and S6 devices. I have a service ticket open for this issue and have been promised a response in the next 24 hours.
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Keep us posted if possible
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I spent another 2 hours in a Verizon chat. The tech said he reset everything on the line but the problem still shows up. Alas, he did say after speaking to his supervisor that this is a known issue affecting some Note 5 and S6 devices. I have a service ticket open for this issue and have been promised a response in the next 24 hours.
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It sounds selfish but I'm glad I'm not the only one that is experiencing this problem. At least we made an effort to notify Verizon. I've been speaking to them everyday for the past week, regarding this issue, as well as Samsung. It's pretty bogus that Samsung wants to you send the phone in and won't give you a replacement phone at all. Wtf?
I checked on the ticket with Verizon and the official response is this:
"SP Engineer is investigating this issue. Software updated on the site. Sites located in customer area are taking traffic and alarm free. No recent changes/No network issues /No alarms have been found"
The tech that I chatted with requested that I boot the phone into safe mode and leave it there for an unspecified period to see if the alert comes back. Unfortunately, this is not an option for me due to the types of third party apps that I use (primarily two-step authenticator apps). It was then recommended that I use the Software Repair Assistant and try to blow out my phone again.
But it was at the end of the chat that it dawned on me that the message also disappears. If I get the "Activation Incomplete" notice on my phone but do not power cycle the device, then the message will disappear after 8-12 hours. I remember this being the case when I took my first device in to replace the SIM card - I wanted to show the VZW rep the message, but 5 minutes before I arrived at the store the message mysteriously vanished.
@Iskateforfree, can you possibly confirm this to be the case with your device?
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I checked on the ticket with Verizon and the official response is this:
"SP Engineer is investigating this issue. Software updated on the site. Sites located in customer area are taking traffic and alarm free. No recent changes/No network issues /No alarms have been found"
The tech that I chatted with requested that I boot the phone into safe mode and leave it there for an unspecified period to see if the alert comes back. Unfortunately, this is not an option for me due to the types of third party apps that I use (primarily two-step authenticator apps). It was then recommended that I use the Software Repair Assistant and try to blow out my phone again.
But it was at the end of the chat that it dawned on me that the message also disappears. If I get the "Activation Incomplete" notice on my phone but do not power cycle the device, then the message will disappear after 8-12 hours. I remember this being the case when I took my first device in to replace the SIM card - I wanted to show the VZW rep the message, but 5 minutes before I arrived at the store the message mysteriously vanished.
@Iskateforfree, can you possibly confirm this to be the case with your device?
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Hm, that's interesting. I have booted into Safe Mode before and haven't received the notification, but then again, the notification pops up randomly and sometimes I won't see it for a few days and then it'll show up. With regards to the Software Repair Assistant, I did that process with my first Note 5 device and it did not remedy the issue so I'd rather not try it again and have to re-setup the device for no reason. To be honest, I haven't left the notification there for 8-12 hours. I'd get so annoyed with seeing it that I'd just restart the phone. Next time is appears, I'll leave the notification up and monitor it throughout the day. It's definitely some sort of firmware issue because other people are having this issue and it appears this issue has persisted for both of us, even after having a replacement unit.
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I checked on the ticket with Verizon and the official response is this:
"SP Engineer is investigating this issue. Software updated on the site. Sites located in customer area are taking traffic and alarm free. No recent changes/No network issues /No alarms have been found"
The tech that I chatted with requested that I boot the phone into safe mode and leave it there for an unspecified period to see if the alert comes back. Unfortunately, this is not an option for me due to the types of third party apps that I use (primarily two-step authenticator apps). It was then recommended that I use the Software Repair Assistant and try to blow out my phone again.
But it was at the end of the chat that it dawned on me that the message also disappears. If I get the "Activation Incomplete" notice on my phone but do not power cycle the device, then the message will disappear after 8-12 hours. I remember this being the case when I took my first device in to replace the SIM card - I wanted to show the VZW rep the message, but 5 minutes before I arrived at the store the message mysteriously vanished.
@Iskateforfree, can you possibly confirm this to be the case with your device?
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Update: I just got the "Activation Incomplete" notification so I will leave it there for the whole day and see if it goes away and will update you by the end of the day.
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I checked on the ticket with Verizon and the official response is this:
"SP Engineer is investigating this issue. Software updated on the site. Sites located in customer area are taking traffic and alarm free. No recent changes/No network issues /No alarms have been found"
The tech that I chatted with requested that I boot the phone into safe mode and leave it there for an unspecified period to see if the alert comes back. Unfortunately, this is not an option for me due to the types of third party apps that I use (primarily two-step authenticator apps). It was then recommended that I use the Software Repair Assistant and try to blow out my phone again.
But it was at the end of the chat that it dawned on me that the message also disappears. If I get the "Activation Incomplete" notice on my phone but do not power cycle the device, then the message will disappear after 8-12 hours. I remember this being the case when I took my first device in to replace the SIM card - I wanted to show the VZW rep the message, but 5 minutes before I arrived at the store the message mysteriously vanished.
@Iskateforfree, can you possibly confirm this to be the case with your device?
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I can confirm that the "activation incomplete" notification is gone after letting it sit around for a few hours without a reboot of the device. It went away by itself. Hopefully, it doesn't come back.
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I've had the 64gb Note 5 for 3 days. This message has shown up at least 4 times. My wife has the 32gb model, never has had this message. I've found that if I restart the phone and it shows up, if I re-enable data, the notification goes away.
I have no clue has to why it's doing this with mine and not hers.
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I've had the 64gb Note 5 for 3 days. This message has shown up at least 4 times. My wife has the 32gb model, never has had this message. I've found that if I restart the phone and it shows up, if I re-enable data, the notification goes away.
I have no clue has to why it's doing this with mine and not hers.
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Apparently, it seems like this is an ongoing issue. It's gotta be something with the firmware from Samsung and a compatability issue with Verizon. It's so annoying.
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I'm on my second Samsung Note 5 from Verizon in 10 days and can report that both devices have the "Activation Incomplete" message pop up at least once a day. It does not interrupt service (I can send/receive calls, SMS, and use VZW data), but it is very annoying. On the first device, I was given a new SIM card along with performing two factory resets. Since the issue was still there, I took the phone back to the store and exchanged it for another Note 5. The very next morning I had the same "Activation Incomplete" notice. I'm beginning to think this is a firmware issue from Samsung and has nothing to do with Verizon.
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I've had the 64gb Note 5 for 3 days. This message has shown up at least 4 times. My wife has the 32gb model, never has had this message. I've found that if I restart the phone and it shows up, if I re-enable data, the notification goes away.
I have no clue has to why it's doing this with mine and not hers.
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Hey guys, I got off the phone with Verizon and they believe that this could be related to a storage issue. I currently only have 800MB left of storage on my 32GB device. I don't know how storage could affect activation but can you guys let me know how much storage you have on your devices? Also, it would be a good idea to continue to call Verizon about this issue to raise some red flags.
I have read on many forum about the issue of the external SD being somehow "ejected". People tried every possible solutions, including buying new SD cards, reformatting, etc. I had this issue myself. I did not find any solution neither anyone has found one on other forums. But 2 days ago I did found it.
Everytime you restart your phone, the issue will come back. In order to get rid of the constant notification, here is what I found. It is not a hardware problem (bad connection, etc) neither a software issue as everybody believes.
It is simply that the phone need to scan the SD everytime you restart it. And the notification will continue to come back until you do this.
1) open the notification. This will bring you directly in your SD content.
2) open each folder you have on it. This will make the phone scan it's content. And you have to do it in order to get rid of the notification.
This needs to be done everytime you restart the phone. Once you have done the 2 steps above, your SD content will stay "locked" untill you start the phone again.
I have been a long time member of xda and I did not post for over 2 years. So if my post is not in the right section please do not hesitate to move it to the right section / tread.
Thank you and I really hope this will help a lot of of us.
it is a hardware problem. my replacement unit doesn't have this issue at all with any of my cards.
Thanks
I got my phone on the 11th. Can you tell me when you got your replacement? Thanks
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it is a hardware problem. my replacement unit doesn't have this issue at all with any of my cards.
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Can you tell me how long you have had the new phone? I have gone about a day without the notification and I just want to make sure that your new phone has gone several days without the issue. I had my phone replaced already last Saturday and the new phone is doing the same thing as the old phone. If it is actually a hardware problem, I have gotten 2 bad phones. I would hope this is unlikely or Samsung has a big problem on their hands.
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Can you tell me how long you have had the new phone?
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my first unit was February build with all kinds of issues: reoccurring SD card notification, poor screen uniformity, audio distortion through headphones when the phone was upside down, too sensitive screen.
the new phone (March build) i got last Wednesday has none of those, zilch.
Are you really sure it's an hardware related issue ?
i also have the same problem...
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Are you really sure it's an hardware related issue ?
i also have the same problem...
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how do you explain it otherwise? first phone had it with any card at random intervals, the new one has zero.
i used adoptable storage and the message disappeared... the memory management is different that's all
i think this may be related to some Roms since all S7 owners are not all concerned
I have just read this.
However, I know lots of people complaining this did not fix the issue : www.gottabemobile.com
And this too
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/samsung-galaxy-s7-galaxy-s7-edge-troubleshoot-issues-how-fix-them-1549519
Well I went to best buy and got a second replacement phone today. I'm at almost 12 hours now without the SD card notifications. Keeping my fingers crossed.
My notifications have died down after the recent security update on T-Mo. Maybe just a coincidence. It's also encrypted.
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Well I went to best buy and got a second replacement phone today. I'm at almost 12 hours now without the SD card notifications. Keeping my fingers crossed.
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restart your phone, bet it comes back
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restart your phone, bet it comes back
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I've restarted it a dozen times. Both notifications always appear after a restart. This is normal. I was getting the notifications randomly throughout the day. Sometimes certain apps would also lose access to the card.
I'm at 20 hours now with no random notifications. It's looking good.
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_Gir_ said:
My notifications have died down after the recent security update on T-Mo. Maybe just a coincidence. It's also encrypted.
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The update didn't seem to help my phone on Verizon.
Totally solved for me
I just wanted to update you. I did the procedures as mentioned in the links I posted above.
One of the step involve to "slowly" replace the tray in its position. Ensure you do it.
I did not use my pc adaptor to do my backup on my PC. I used a usb connected to the phone.
One thing though: I had only 14gb of data on my card. I was able to move it all to the phone (as well as the pc) and this brought me to 31gb in my phone. So when I re-formatted my SD using the setting from the phone, I was able to just re-transfer the content on it from the phone without using my pc backup.
It has been 3 days without any fault reading and notification pop-up.
For those who have way more stuff on their SD, I would ensure that you transfer them from the phone on your pc, and not using a SD adaptor directly in your pc. I do not know if this makes a difference, but I would not take the chance. Use the USB adaptor (phone to pc).
Also, I have noticed that all the treads around the web which dealt with the subject (not only on xda) have since a week or more got quiet, which means that the issue is kind of resolved.
Putting back the tray slowly in is one of the KEY procedure to follow. This does mean that the tray is kind of not perfectly designed (hardware issue). So it is a possibility that some of you do have a somehow more sensitive tray. It also means that it may degrade overtime (with the cold, and heat, sun, etc.). This tray should not have been designed with weak material (ie: rubber). It should have been made with hard plastic or something else. This decision may have been made for the waterproofing of the device. However, I believe that they could have sealed it properly using stronger material.
We have a one-year warranty and the summer is coming. If you feel that it degrades overtime, return the device. I would not do so right now as the production lines will not adapt to this problem for a few months. I would say 6+ months.
I hope this helps.
skiddingus said:
I've restarted it a dozen times. Both notifications always appear after a restart. This is normal. I was getting the notifications randomly throughout the day. Sometimes certain apps would also lose access to the card.
I'm at 20 hours now with no random notifications. It's looking good.
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The update didn't seem to help my phone on Verizon.
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In your case, I would suggest getting a replacement. See the post I just made. 2 minutes ago.
Good luck to you all.
Christian99 said:
In your case, I would suggest getting a replacement. See the post I just made. 2 minutes ago.
Good luck to you all.
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The update didn't help but the 2nd new phone seems to have fixed the problem. I'm over 24 hours now with a notification. I think it is finally fixed. I still can't believe that I had 2 bad phones in a row but it appears to be what the problem was.
As of Saturday, my Pixel refuses to make or take phone calls. It seems to work flawlessly in all other regards.
If I get a phone call it takes a long time to acknowledge that I've selected to answer the call. I can then neither hear the other person, nor can they hear me (no line noise, complete silence). If I choose to hang up, the Phone app ceases to work, and within a few minutes the whole phone reboots. Making call doesn't even get that far, as as soon as I initiate the call the phone app ceases, and again, within a few minutes the phone reboots.
I chatted with Google Pixel Help twice yesterday. They checked a bunch of things with me, then suggested a factory reset when those didn't work. Yesterday, the issue only seemed to occur after the phone had sat idle from a reboot for a while. So initially after the factory reset things were working. When I got home, however, the problem persisted, and was now occurring every single time the Phone app was used. It's now 100% reproducible:
https://youtu.be/5YSJpLVBR1A
https://youtu.be/sENelMnE4eI
I've tried using 3rd party dialers, but they all seem to throw over to the stock phone app as soon as the call is made. I have no idea what happened.
Google hasn't been helpful, as their support person said I'm out of warranty (purchased in late-Oct. 2016), and thus have to deal with Telus. I have I feeling I know how that's going to go (ie: not well).
Anyone else ever experienced anything like this?
Happend to me too.
I just got an email back from the Google Store Support manager. She just reiterated that the phone is out of warranty and suggested that I visit UBreakIFix to see about getting it repaired.
Overall, I'm quite unimpressed with Google's support on this. If I have to replace the phone, I'm seriously going to consider something other than Google.
saltorio said:
I just got an email back from the Google Store Support manager. She just reiterated that the phone is out of warranty and suggested that I visit UBreakIFix to see about getting it repaired.
Overall, I'm quite unimpressed with Google's support on this. If I have to replace the phone, I'm seriously going to consider something other than Google.
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Well I mean if the phone is out of warranty they are following the same guidelines literally any other manufacturer would. Their response is kind of a non-problem and your reaction is kinda poor. Anyways for now try rolling back to the factory image before current and then updating back to current, might do something.
Edit: preferably keeping the -w intact but you can try dirty flashing it first