Hey Everyone,
Hopefully you have time and can answer this for me. About a month ago I downloaded the very first alpha rom of CM10 for the S3. Installation went fine and all but GPS was totally screwed up. Well a few roms later and updates to Google Maps its still not locking on to my position, even with WiFi on like someone suggested but wasn't needed before I began flashing so many roms lol. I've been using GPS toolbox and GPS status to get locks but it doesn't hold. It will stay locked then lose it a minute later where as when I didn't mess with roms and was on stock it would be fine and be able to see my phone from anywhere. Right now I'm looking at it as I type and it says GPS on in green on one of the apps and 8 in view and 7 in use but its still blinking constantly and the accuracy is at 500 feet sometimes more which is totally unacceptable. Used to be within 40 ft or less than that before something totally screwed with my GPS. I'm really desperate now Max because I use my GPS to get around town as I have a horrible memory but don't want to take it back to Verizon to get a new one and shell out more money. I've tried a lot of steps up to and including going back to complete stock on the phone to know avail, its still screwed. I've cleared the A-GPS cache and re downloaded it from these apps but its still not 100% perfect where I need it. Would you happen to know what to do to get this thing in working order so I can use it again and not have it lose lock while I'm on the road like its been doing? Maybe if you have an unaltered gps.conf file you could copy the stuff in that file for me and paste it on an email so I can recreate my own and see if it helps. Its under the system/etc/gps.conf if you need to know where it is. I really need help and you guys are the only people that actually knows these phones inside and out that could possibly help me on this. Like I've said, I've tried everything I can think of, using GPS tools on the market, going back to stock, jumping from 3 different roms and even deleting the Google maps and re downloading it and nothing helps, but hopefully you can. Thank you for taking the time to read this long email as I tried to give as much detail to my problem as needed to help you help me.
-Nick
I have had this problem flashing to. I have found that going back stock fixes the problem. Also do you do data wipes and cache wipes too.
aldude345 said:
I have had this problem flashing to. I have found that going back stock fixes the problem. Also do you do data wipes and cache wipes too.
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I've already tried going back to stock, and yes I do complete full wipes when going from ROM to ROM. Hence why I am so confused on what to do with my problem.
aldude345 said:
I have had this problem flashing to. I have found that going back stock fixes the problem. Also do you do data wipes and cache wipes too.
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I should say do data wipe/cache wipe and the other cache wipe then bull battery and redownload stock
aldude345 said:
I should say do data wipe/cache wipe and the other cache wipe then bull battery and redownload stock
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Already did all that
Metalhead520 said:
Already did all that
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If you are using CWM then format system. Sounds more like a hardware problem as mine is working fine.
TAPPED in on my (now unlocked bootloader) Verizon S3
How long did u let GPS lock on
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tdperry said:
If you are using CWM then format system. Sounds more like a hardware problem as mine is working fine.
TAPPED in on my (now unlocked bootloader) Verizon S3
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I went back to stock unrooted so its just plain recovery with no advanced options like in CWR
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How long did u let GPS lock on
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It never really locked on, it would find a bunch of satellites, then drop them, then find them.......never does completely lock on, even with wifi on. Ive tried everything I can think of too, and even downloaded some other gps fixing tools on the market with no help.
My GPS is fried
I have done alot of troubleshooting and I believe I screwed up my phone. I went from Synergy to CM10 and then to cleanrom. While on cleanrom I noticed my GPS wouldnt lock. So I flashed Synergy (Fully Wiping Of Course) and still no GPS. So I odined to stock and relocked bootloader. Still no luck. I ran GPS fix GPS Status GPS AIDS and GPS test and I am still screwed. My GPS still wont lock. It always says searching for GPS. I left the Navi on last night all night with a destination set hoping it would lock and say the magical words I want to here like "turn left" but instead I woke up to searching... been wiping data and cache 3 times daily tryna get this fixed.
I had gps issues no matter what rom or type of wipe i did. I notice it started after the synergy release where the gps settings were modified and no matter what it never worked again.I reverted the phone completely back to stock and the same thing. I called Verizon and they sent me a new phone, no issues anymore.
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I had gps issues no matter what rom or type of wipe i did. I notice it started after the synergy release where the gps settings were modified and no matter what it never worked again.I reverted the phone completely back to stock and the same thing. I called Verizon and they sent me a new phone, no issues anymore.
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Did you try to reprovision? *2767*3855# (wipes everything on internal SD)
Zalithian said:
Did you try to reprovision? *2767*3855# (wipes everything on internal SD)
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No but after I flashed the factory kernel, radio, and rom I went into the recovery and did a wipe/data factory reset. That erased everything I had on the internal sd and set it back to stock. Still didn't work after that.
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Did you try to reprovision? *2767*3855# (wipes everything on internal SD)
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I know it wasn't directed towards me but I tried that number in the dialer and it did a different kind of factory reset than I've done myself, but the gps on my SGSIII is still screwed up. I've been sitting here for 10 mins waiting for it to find me and still nothing. I really don't want to have to send it back for another one, is there any other numbers I can do on the dialer to do something else? On Google Maps the icon to where Im supposed to be is grey and blinking so I don't think it sees the phone. I do rely on my gps for a lot so its bad that this isn't responding at all.
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I know it wasn't directed towards me but I tried that number in the dialer and it did a different kind of factory reset than I've done myself, but the gps on my SGSIII is still screwed up. I've been sitting here for 10 mins waiting for it to find me and still nothing. I really don't want to have to send it back for another one, is there any other numbers I can do on the dialer to do something else? On Google Maps the icon to where Im supposed to be is grey and blinking so I don't think it sees the phone. I do rely on my gps for a lot so its bad that this isn't responding at all.
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I didn't have to send it in and wait. I called them wednesday, it got here today (with their free shipping). Then you get 5 days to send in the original phone, they include a postage label and everything. No down time at all. Just make sure you completely set it back to stock before you send it.
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I didn't have to send it in and wait. I called them wednesday, it got here today (with their free shipping). Then you get 5 days to send in the original phone, they include a postage label and everything. No down time at all. Just make sure you completely set it back to stock before you send it.
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Yeah its already back to stock, it seems faster after that reprovisioning but just wish the gps would work. Ill take it in my local Verzion store on monday to see what I can do about this. I just hope I don't get a SGSIII replacement that's already been tinkered with by someone else lol. I think my days of tinkering with phones myself are over since I don't want to go through this again
I also have the gps issues however I didnt restore back to stock.. anyway I bought my phone not directly from verizon I paid almost full retail price would they still take it for replacement or I have to go to samsung?
Samsung. And good luck with that. They are the worst. I had to get my nexus fixed and I sent it in 3 times for repair. They kept saying they fixed it and never did. after the third time i started screaming at them and they sent me a new one. hehehehe
GPS Woes =(
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I have done alot of troubleshooting and I believe I screwed up my phone. I went from Synergy to CM10 and then to cleanrom. While on cleanrom I noticed my GPS wouldnt lock. So I flashed Synergy (Fully Wiping Of Course) and still no GPS. So I odined to stock and relocked bootloader. Still no luck. I ran GPS fix GPS Status GPS AIDS and GPS test and I am still screwed. My GPS still wont lock. It always says searching for GPS. I left the Navi on last night all night with a destination set hoping it would lock and say the magical words I want to here like "turn left" but instead I woke up to searching... been wiping data and cache 3 times daily tryna get this fixed.
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I have the same problem. I was running Synergy at the time I noticed it. It's really difficult to get Maps to lock, and seems to only work after GPS Test or GPS Status first get a lock (which each take up to 30 seconds typically).
I went COMPLETE stock to try fix it; total wipe, locked bootloader, no root, pure vanilla. Still couldn't get lock with Maps.
I'm trying a custom gps config file now to see if that helps.
Really wish someone would figure out what caused this and how to fix/revert it.
The original galaxy s had the worst GPS ever (or later version would initially work but get worse over time), but a dev (jt1334) for the samsung fascinate fixed it after 8 months by changing something in the kernel.
Hopefully some devs familiar with his work could look at what he did and see if there is something similar that could be done on the gs3
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Hey wonderful community!
I am having some serious problems with my GPS. Everything was good until I flashed Android Revolution 3.2 from Android Revo 1.6. Luckily I had a backup so I flashed back to that through clockwork and all was well for a while. Then I got curious about LeeDroid so I flashed that and seemed good but the other night, after confirming a GPS lock the first night I flashed it, couldn't get a signal. I haven't flashed anything since my GPS was working but I still thought it had to be software related. So I flashed my backup expecting it to work just like it did before, but I got nothing. I get AGPS but no actual sats. Even if I leave GPS test open for an hour it never even sees even one satelite, let alone using any. This is on the same rom, same kernel, **** the same backup. So I flashed a few roms, and even did a full factory reset and have had no luck. I searched a couple threads looking for solutions but everything I have tried has not helped at all. Just so you know what I have tried that hasn't worked is as follows: the GPS.zip file thread extracted and pasted into system/xx/xx/hw, reinstalling locations, clearing map data, and installing faster fix.
I know this was a lot to read but I try to help anyone as much as I can and would really appreciate some help on this. LETS PAY IT FORWARD PEOPLE LOL.
Thanks in Advance.
EDIT: Ok so still don't know what the culprit was but with a lot of help from Kirk I redid step 5 from the Hack Kit, which flashes the stock radio, and WOOT WOOT! GPS back to it's mean self.
You need to re-flash the radio. You can flash it using HBOOT.
Try stock rooted and faster fix from the market.
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You need to re-flash the radio. You can flash it using HBOOT.
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Can you explain a little better? like step by step, I am kinda new to HTC and haven't even messed with radios at all. I am still on the radio from the hack kit. Should I just download it and then how do I flash using Hboot?
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Can you explain a little better? like step by step, I am kinda new to HTC and haven't even messed with radios at all. I am still on the radio from the hack kit. Should I just download it and then how do I flash using Hboot?
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1. Download this file http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BX5GV1CJ
2. Place the PD98IMG.zip radio file on the root of your SD card.
3. Power the phone off, remove and reinsert the battery.
4. Hold the volume button down and press power on.
5. The phone will boot into Hboot then Bootloader, It should see the PD98IMG.zip and ask if you want to apply the zip.
6. Use the volume up button to select "yes"
7. Once its done flashing, reboot the phone and you should have flashed the radio.
8. Finally, turn on GPS and run google maps and you should see the GPS icon start to flash.
Kirk123 - You ROCK!!
Same issue as laxwillsch...
I am running 3.3 as of 2 hours ago - only issue was GPS. Performance is phenomenal on 3.3. I ran through your instructions. In step 6, mine quickly flashed up the screen that says it couldn't find any files to update, then returned to the HBOOT screen. There was nothing apparently for me to do, so I simply rebooted the device.
Guess what? GPS now works. I am certain the update didn't happen but something did! When I launched Google Maps, I immediately saw the satellite icon. I haven't seen that in awhile... Not waiting on Google Maps, I launched Compass (I like that app) and it locked 7 satellites in a fraction of a second. I returned to Google Maps and it works flawlessly.
My Radio version is 12.39.60.19U_26.06.04.06_M.
My speed test performance floats between 3.8 - 2.1 Mbps down and 1656 - 1200 Mbps up...
Thanks again!
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Kirk123 - You ROCK!!
Same issue as laxwillsch...
I am running 3.3 as of 2 hours ago - only issue was GPS. Performance is phenomenal on 3.3. I ran through your instructions. In step 6, mine quickly flashed up the screen that says it couldn't find any files to update, then returned to the HBOOT screen. There was nothing apparently for me to do, so I simply rebooted the device.
Guess what? GPS now works. I am certain the update didn't happen but something did! When I launched Google Maps, I immediately saw the satellite icon. I haven't seen that in awhile... Not waiting on Google Maps, I launched Compass (I like that app) and it locked 7 satellites in a fraction of a second. I returned to Google Maps and it works flawlessly.
My Radio version is 12.39.60.19U_26.06.04.06_M.
My speed test performance floats between 3.8 - 2.1 Mbps down and 1656 - 1200 Mbps up...
Thanks again!
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Glad it worked for you. Hit the Thanks button on any of my posts
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1. Download this file http://www.multiupload.com/SPQP5QZB83
2. Rename the file to PC10IMG
3. Place the PC10IMG.zip radio file on the root of you SD card.
4. Power the phone off, remove and reinsert the battery.
5. Hold the volume button down and press power on.
6.The phone will boot into Hboot then Bootloader, It should see the PC10IMG.zip and ask if you want to apply the zip.
7. Use the volume up button to select "yes"
8. Once its done flashing, reboot the phone and you should have flashed the radio.
Finally, turn on GPS and run google maps and you should see the GPS icon start to flash.
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Ok did it and it didnt find a radio to flash. I think this is because it is supposed to be renamed to PD98IMG.zip but I could be wrong. I will try that but I don't know if this will help because I actually already get the flashing GPS indicator it just fails to see any sats. Like absolutely none. Even if I keep GPS test up for an hour. It doesn't do anything. I dont understand this because I don't see anyone with the same problem. I think I am just going to exchange it tomorrow because I have a feeling something happened hardware wise because I didn't even flash anything to make this happen. The GPS worked one day and the next it didnt. And I didnt change anything, no themes, no roms, no nothing.
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Ok did it and it didnt find a radio to flash. I think this is because it is supposed to be renamed to PD98IMG.zip but I could be wrong. I will try that but I don't know if this will help because I actually already get the flashing GPS indicator it just fails to see any sats. Like absolutely none. Even if I keep GPS test up for an hour. It doesn't do anything. I dont understand this because I don't see anyone with the same problem. I think I am just going to exchange it tomorrow because I have a feeling something happened hardware wise because I didn't even flash anything to make this happen. The GPS worked one day and the next it didnt. And I didnt change anything, no themes, no roms, no nothing.
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You need to rename the file as stated in my previous reply. Try that before you give up.
If you decide to exchange the phone, make sure you are within the 30 days when you bought it, and also s-off needs to be s-on and then install the stock ROM that came with the phone. Otherwise they will see you tinkered with the phone and altering your phone like that voids the warranty.
EDIT: Are you outside when you are looking for a GPS signal? The phone needs to be outdoors to grab a GPS signal. From what you said about leaving it on for an hour to look for GPS signal, sounds like you are indoors cause I wouldn't wanna stay outside for an hour in cold weather just to look for a GPS signal.
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You need to rename the file as stated in my previous reply. Try that before you give up.
If you decide to exchange the phone, make sure you are within the 30 days when you bought it, and also s-off needs to be s-on and then install the stock ROM that came with the phone. Otherwise they will see you tinkered with the phone and altering your phone like that voids the warranty.
EDIT: Are you outside when you are looking for a GPS signal? The phone needs to be outdoors to grab a GPS signal. From what you said about leaving it on for an hour to look for GPS signal, sounds like you are indoors cause I wouldn't wanna stay outside for an hour in cold weather just to look for a GPS signal.
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I tried it the way you posted with no avail. Then I just renamed it PD98IMG.zip and it updated this time but still no change. And yes I have been outside and on my deck, both places where I got perfect GPS signal a couple days ago. I really think it is something weird, because I have done everything I could think of software related with no change. I have probably flashed 5-6 roms and it is the same with all of them. I got excited when you suggested the radio but after it not changing anything I got to thinking that I never flashed a radio, I don't even have ENG-S-OFF so it wouldnt really make sense that it is radio related. I am open to more suggestions but I have tried everything I have learned about android in the last year with no avail. My next step is flashing the stock RUU and seeing if that fixes it and if not just taking it back to radio shack. I am over my 30 days but they said they can replace after 30 if the device is defective and I have a screen issue where if I press lightly on the search button it makes a clicking noise and plurs the corner of the LCD. Plus I am getting AGPS but literally my actual GPS is like totally borked. Not seeing any satelites at all, before even inside I would see like 7-9. Something is seriously wrong and I don't even know where to start.
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I tried it the way you posted with no avail. Then I just renamed it PD98IMG.zip and it updated this time but still no change. And yes I have been outside and on my deck, both places where I got perfect GPS signal a couple days ago. I really think it is something weird, because I have done everything I could think of software related with no change. I have probably flashed 5-6 roms and it is the same with all of them. I got excited when you suggested the radio but after it not changing anything I got to thinking that I never flashed a radio, I don't even have ENG-S-OFF so it wouldnt really make sense that it is radio related. I am open to more suggestions but I have tried everything I have learned about android in the last year with no avail. My next step is flashing the stock RUU and seeing if that fixes it and if not just taking it back to radio shack. I am over my 30 days but they said they can replace after 30 if the device is defective and I have a screen issue where if I press lightly on the search button it makes a clicking noise and plurs the corner of the LCD. Plus I am getting AGPS but literally my actual GPS is like totally borked. Not seeing any satelites at all, before even inside I would see like 7-9. Something is seriously wrong and I don't even know where to start.
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That would be my next suggestion, to flash the stock untouched ROM. Hopefully that makes it work and then you can go from there. Either way, you need to install the stock ROM before you return it.
Also, did the phone show the update completed successfully or did it give an error?
KIRK I LOVE YOU MAN!
So I was thinking more about reflashing the radio, and I read in some other threads about redoing step 5 in the hack kit, so I took your advise and improvised a little and BAM! I got a lock. I had to install faster fix to get it working good but I am back to seeing satellites in mi casa! I can't thank you enough for taking the time to help me, it's nice to see another fellow XDA'er who cares about the community. I am about to thank every post in this thread and any others I can find!!! I LOVE YOU MAN I CANT TELL YOU HOW MUCH!!!
laxwillsch said:
KIRK I LOVE YOU MAN!
So I was thinking more about reflashing the radio, and I read in some other threads about redoing step 5 in the hack kit, so I took your advise and improvised a little and BAM! I got a lock. I had to install faster fix to get it working good but I am back to seeing satellites in mi casa! I can't thank you enough for taking the time to help me, it's nice to see another fellow XDA'er who cares about the community. I am about to thank every post in this thread and any others I can find!!! I LOVE YOU MAN I CANT TELL YOU HOW MUCH!!!
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Good! Im happy for you! Im glad you didnt give up. Stop messing with your phone now. LOL
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Good! Im happy for you! Im glad you didnt give up. Stop messing with your phone now. LOL
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Ya thanks. I can't promise anything though, I will probably be flashing something new tomorrow! Plus I still am a little confused as to why this happened. The last thing I flashed was LeeDroid 2.2.2 and I coulda swore that the GPS got a lock after I flashed because that is one of the first things I always check because it is something I use everyday, but I could be wrong. Anyway thanks for the help again.
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Ya thanks. I can't promise anything though, I will probably be flashing something new tomorrow! Plus I still am a little confused as to why this happened. The last thing I flashed was LeeDroid 2.2.2 and I coulda swore that the GPS got a lock after I flashed because that is one of the first things I always check because it is something I use everyday, but I could be wrong. Anyway thanks for the help again.
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No problem, anytime!
I've experienced the same thing also when flashing different ROMs. I finally followed the same instructions you followed and works every time for me and for a few others.
A new thread just popped up in the Inspire 4G General section with someone that has the same problem you had.
I'm completely lost. I have tried everything I have found on the forums and nothing had restored my GPS. I've flashed fixes, flashed new radios, new roms, formatted everything and started over with a brand new rom install. Can somebody please help me.
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I'm completely lost. I have tried everything I have found on the forums and nothing had restored my GPS. I've flashed fixes, flashed new radios, new roms, formatted everything and started over with a brand new rom install. Can somebody please help me.
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What method did you use to flash the radio?
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What method did you use to flash the radio?
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CWR
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CWR
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Have you tried using Hboot to flash the radio? Follow the instructions on post 5 in this thread. Might work for you.
For some reason I cannot connect to AT&T's network for voice/data. I had been running MIUI for about 3 months and all was good. I came back from a trip Thursday and the phone wouldn't find a network after turning off airplane mode, but rebooting seemed to fix it. However, today I cannot get it to connect at all.
I have tried:
Wiping cache/davlik cache
Fixing permissions
Tried searching for a network operator through settings->mobile network->network operators, got nothing
Wiping user data and switching to ZEUS Build 6
Tried searching for a network operator again
Went back to 100% stock with GTG's Ultimate Unbrick
Still nothing for network operator under "Available networks" (Default setup is greyed out)
I'm going to guess either my SIM or 3G chip burned out? I was using the phone heavily the past few days with a ton of GPS stuff to get around Atlanta and it did get pretty hot on the car dash. I'll try taking it to an AT&T store tomorrow (ugh) but am open to any suggestions before I do so .
There are a few options I would consider:
1. Go to the apn and set up a new apn and save it. Select it and then reboot. There are a few floating around. Check my how to thread in the q/a. I posted one there. Make sure you create one and then save it.
2. Try flashing a different modem.
3. Take out the external micro sd. Back up your stuff from the internal sdcard. Factory reset from in the ROM. Warning: a factory reset from within the ROM will erase EVERYTHING, including pictures. Make sure you save everything first. Reboot. And if that doesn't work, odin with a re partition pit file or use one of the heimdall 1-click and then do a reset again.
4. Possibly remove the Sim and clean it. I've heard the Sim socket is very fragile and breaks easily. Use caution. You can always have the att guys do it and let them break it.
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he said he did try flashing another rom and odining back to stock. if that doesnt work, nothing will. hopefully you still have a warranty.
Already restored to stock (and again from within the stock rom)... Forgot about my pictures :crying:
Tried I997UCKL2 and I997UCLB3 modems, with and without custom APNs.
Tried cleaning the SIM
Funnily enough I do get service bars (4/5) after the phone has been on for about a minute, but no HSPA+ icon and still can't make calls/MMS/internet (calls are about 5s of silence followed by an abbreviated dialing tone, then "Call Ended"). Yup, I think it's borked... Guess it's time for an S3! Thanks for the help though.
Imei messed up?
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Imei messed up?
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I can bring up the IMEI dialog fine (*#06#)... Other than that I don't know how else to check it.
you paid your bill right?
The Jack of Clubs said:
you paid your bill right?
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Haha yep... I just dug out my old old phone (LG CU500 iirc). Found the charger and made a call. Seriously old school but at least I'm sort of connected until I can get my Infuse sorted!
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Already restored to stock (and again from within the stock rom)... Forgot about my pictures :crying:
Tried I997UCKL2 and I997UCLB3 modems, with and without custom APNs.
Tried cleaning the SIM
Funnily enough I do get service bars (4/5) after the phone has been on for about a minute, but no HSPA+ icon and still can't make calls/MMS/internet (calls are about 5s of silence followed by an abbreviated dialing tone, then "Call Ended"). Yup, I think it's borked... Guess it's time for an S3! Thanks for the help though.
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Sorry to hear about your pictures. I tried to warn you.
The last thing i can think of is to leave your battery out overnight. And then put it back tomorrow.
It sounds like it's hardware related though.
(Different ROM like miui and zeus have their own custom build.prop ril settings and apn. These potentially can mess with your phone connection if the partition messes up.
I wanted to make sure it was not a partition screw up. A double flash in heimdall uckj4 or uclb3 with boot loader checked or one of the Odin un-brick using a pit file would have clear this. Sounded like you did this already. Another user have reported clearing their efs in odin. I would only try this if you have backed up your efs position, either in root explorer or zen tool kit.)
Again, sounds like hw...
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The last thing i can think of is to leave your battery out overnight. And then put it back tomorrow.
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Well when I transferred my sim to my old dumb phone I left my Infuse off (about 3 hours). I just tried it again for kicks and miraculously it works perfectly now! Now I get to reinstall everything again (yay...), but I'm wondering if my sim slot is on its way out or something... Not sure why it would suddenly start working again.
Oh well, time to try out Zeus (MIUI was a little too buggy for me).
Thanks again all... hopefully it doesn't die on me again!
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Well when I transferred my sim to my old dumb phone I left my Infuse off (about 3 hours). I just tried it again for kicks and miraculously it works perfectly now! Now I get to reinstall everything again (yay...), but I'm wondering if my sim slot is on its way out or something... Not sure why it would suddenly start working again.
Oh well, time to try out Zeus (MIUI was a little too buggy for me).
Thanks again all... hopefully it doesn't die on me again!
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Good to hear.
If it starts to act wonky again, try a different battery. It is possible the heat you described may have damage the lithium cell. Idk..
Ebay has them for about $4 free shipping. Look for a usa shipper...2-4 days
For some reason this happens to me sometimes. I'm unsure myself. What I do to fix it is turn data on and off and then reboot. I do that a few times and then it starts working.
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So after three different roms, several factory wipes, and all sorts of voodoo magic, it was a bad sim card.
Shame... I kinda wanted an S3 .
I know these questions would be better asked in the respective threads under development, but I cannot post in there yet due to my post count.
My issues are that I am unable to turn on WIFI. My phone also says searching for service when I have 3 bars of 3g.
The wifi issues began when I was using r73 of Synergy ROM with the kernel that comes with the ROM. I was not able to turn my wifi back on using the toggle in the notification bar and the toggle in the settings menu. I then tried to flash to the new JB synergy to see if that would fix it. No such luck. I tried re flashing it clean multiple times. From there I tried to flash back to stock and re-lock my boot loader. Still I am unable to turn the WIFI on.
I am not sure when the service issue began, and it might have been while I was having the wifi issues on r73 of Synergy or sometime in all of my flashing since then. I tried using the IMEI/ERI tool to help, but it displays my IMEI fine and finds my ERI fine. I tried anyways to repair my ERI and tried to repair my IMEI. When I tried to repair my IMEI, I got an error telling me it was the wrong format when I would type it in.
Also in this whole ordeal today I noticed my battery is warped. Like an interior cell exploded or something. It still powers on and functions, but I do not like the idea of using that battery much more.
So I am now exhausted and frustrated. I am thinking this is a phone/hardware issue that cannot be fixed without a replacement. Unless someone can help me fix this I think I am going to go back to VZW and get a new one. Please help me if you can think of anything to possibly fix this. Also are there any guides to help check and make sure everything is ok to go back to VZW? I used that guide that went through relocking the bootloader and flashing back to stock, but I am not sure how to check and be sure everything checks out.
Any help is appreciated as I am out of ideas or options....:crying::crying:
cook1040 said:
. . . Also are there any guides to help check and make sure everything is ok to go back to VZW? I used that guide that went through relocking the bootloader and flashing back to stock, but I am not sure how to check and be sure everything checks out.
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You said the symptoms began after flashing a new ROM and associated kernel, so going back to stock makes sense before trying anything else.
What do you mean by not being "sure everything checks out" btw? Have you tried following the initial post in that topic for restoring your phone to stock and aren't sure if it worked?
- ooofest
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You said the symptoms began after flashing a new ROM and associated kernel, so going back to stock makes sense before trying anything else.
What do you mean by not being "sure everything checks out" btw? Have you tried following the initial post in that topic for restoring your phone to stock and aren't sure if it worked?
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I did go back to stock. Didn't work. So then I re-rooted and locked my bootloader, and returned to stock and factory everything. Still no go. I did end up running over to VZW and they were baffled. They weren't much help and recommended I contact samsung. Samsung wants me to send my phone to them and wait 2 weeks to get it back. So I still have my phone and am thinking I will call VZW to complain and see what they do.
And I was just wondering if there was a way to look and be sure the bootloader is locked. I looked and made sure the kernel was back to stock. clearly the ROM was. So I guess I was just wondering if there was a way to look on the phone to check whether the bootloader is locked or unlocked. How does VZW check on things like that? The guy asked me if I rooted, but I told him no.
Now that I think about it, I did take a fall right around when this stuff happened. Any way you think I could have messed up the phone? It doesn't show any sign of damage and I don't use a case. The battery is almost twisted I guess. Borderline bulging. The VZW people argued that I bent/broke the battery. Not sure what to do....
Back up anything you want on internal SD then dial *2767*3855# on stock.
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I did go back to stock. Didn't work. So then I re-rooted and locked my bootloader, and returned to stock and factory everything. Still no go.
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Outside of the battery issue (which is odd - wouldn't there be some kind of blemish on the back cover if an impact was the issue?), what do you mean by "didn't work", please? You followed this:
WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT REBOOT INTO YOUR ROM AFTER THIS STEP!!!!
Use EZ-Unlock to RE LOCK your bootloader. It does NOT matter what the status says within the app, just hit the lock button.
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and tried to apply the stock ROM, etc., and it didn't boot back into stock ICS?
- ooofest
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Outside of the battery issue (which is odd - wouldn't there be some kind of blemish on the back cover if an impact was the issue?), what do you mean by "didn't work", please? You followed this:
and tried to apply the stock ROM, etc., and it didn't boot back into stock ICS?
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I know right! I told the guy at VZW it must have overheated or shorted or something. My thought is the battery puked and maybe surged the wifi radio or something? But his response was that the batteries they put in the phones are flat. and it wasn't bulged enough so it was just considered damaged and not a malfunction. (to be fair this was one of the worst VZW stores I have been to.)
And every thing I have tried, Synergy r73, Synergy JB, back to Synergy r73, Stock unlocked, Stock Rooted unlocked, and locked stock, the wifi will not turn on. The toggle is like grayed out as if it is not an option. I even tried downloading a toggle from the market. Nothing lets me turn Wifi on. Even did the *#0011# on and off a few times. And everything I have flashed has been clean wipe/cache and Dalvik where possible.
Something I have noticed is that when I go to the settings, the wifi button is gray and the "off" letters are also gray. When I press "Wi-Fi" (like to enter the list of available networks) the button on the right which still says "off" briefly lights up like it should be before it changes screens.
Just tried the factory reset via the number to dial and it still does not work. Is there a difference in that factory reset and doing the reset from recovery mode?
edit: found my own answer. "Reprovisions your phone to factory. Has been known to fix radio issues at times."
Also my service is reallllly terrible. I mean I am just a few miles from Lansing, MI and should be in intense 4g, but I am at like -120db.
whenever i copy/paste, the app crashes.
whenever i try and use GPS and a run tracking program, it takes a LONG time to find a lock. sometimes it will work, sometimes it won't. then, sometimes mid-run i will lose the signal, when my Droid Incredible would be strong in the GPS area during the same running route.
Will Verizon's newest OTA fix any of these issues?
funkpod said:
whenever i copy/paste, the app crashes.
whenever i try and use GPS and a run tracking program, it takes a LONG time to find a lock. sometimes it will work, sometimes it won't. then, sometimes mid-run i will lose the signal, when my Droid Incredible would be strong in the GPS area during the same running route.
Will Verizon's newest OTA fix any of these issues?
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Bump, on cm10, but can't post there. My phone will often show me running parallel to the highway I am on. Or jump around g maps randomly.
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Bump, on cm10, but can't post there. My phone will often show me running parallel to the highway I am on. Or jump around g maps randomly.
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You can use gps test to clear your agps and let it resync will probaly fix the gps issue. As for the others I dont know.
As for the latest OTA, it corrected the "no sim" issue, added remote connection for support, and a new radio iirc. No gps tweaks.
x714x said:
You can use gps test to clear your agps and let it resync will probaly fix the gps issue. As for the others I dont know.
As for the latest OTA, it corrected the "no sim" issue, added remote connection for support, and a new radio iirc. No gps tweaks.
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Thanks. I tried GPS Status & Toolbox and cleared/redownloaded the aGPS data. Should be the same thing, right? It didn't help. I flashed Bean's ICS ROM last night, so I'm going to give it a GPS workout on the highway tomorrow to see if it makes a difference. If not, isn't it likely the phone itself? Can a software GPS issue follow you across ROMS?
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Thanks. I tried GPS Status & Toolbox and cleared/redownloaded the aGPS data. Should be the same thing, right? It didn't help. I flashed Bean's ICS ROM last night, so I'm going to give it a GPS workout on the highway tomorrow to see if it makes a difference. If not, isn't it likely the phone itself? Can a software GPS issue follow you across ROMS?
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I have been paying close attention to this issue and this is what I have come up with... On a stock (non-rooted) Verizon galaxy S3 I can lock indoors and even after rooting I can lock indoors. It is always after I unlock that damn bootloader that I start getting the gps issues... It still works but it is flaky! Gotta have the thing in clear view of the sky almost always... I say this cause I have had 3 different refurbs for the VZW S3 and so I tested my theory and to back it up I also have an at&t S3 and a T-mobile S3 and they don't require you to unlock your bootloader and I NEVER have had any issues with those models...? I really think it has something to do with unlocking our Verizon bootloader.... IMO Like I said, I have done extensive gps testing and this has been my only idea of what is borking the I535's gps signal strength or lack thereof! I can lock in my brick house with both of my other S3's but the Verizon model is **** as soon as you unlock the bootloader... I have played with just about EVERY app on the appstore and different mods on xda and some have made it better but nothing compared to the others.... Can anyone else chime in and let me know what you think...?
well, I installed the ota, but no fixed on the copy/paste and GPS. Went on my run and it didn't find a lock until the 3rd mile. I guess they will be sending me a New one. Maybe I'll try to root it and unroot Just to preserve my game data, etc. Can I still root it with this new ota? Never rooted before.
I might not root, in which case is have to transfer everything from the internal storage to a Harris data hard drive?
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well, I installed the ota, but no fixed on the copy/paste and GPS. Went on my run and it didn't find a lock until the 3rd mile. I guess they will be sending me a New one. Maybe I'll try to root it and unroot Just to preserve my game data, etc. Can I still root it with this new ota? Never rooted before.
I might not root, in which case is have to transfer everything from the internal storage to a Harris data hard drive?
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Well, mine took a long time to lock this morning. But it has been accurate all morning, which is improvement. I was having trouble with getting a lock before putting a ROM on, but I can't recall Having any issues before rooting, which I suppose does mean I pit a ROM on, really. But then, I rooted before I really had it long enough to test the GPS. Please post back if you try rooting the ota. Because if I keep having issues with GPS, that is my next step too.
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Well, mine took a long time to lock this morning. But it has been accurate all morning, which is improvement. I was having trouble with getting a lock before putting a ROM on, but I can't recall Having any issues before rooting, which I suppose does mean I pit a ROM on, really. But then, I rooted before I really had it long enough to test the GPS. Please post back if you try rooting the ota. Because if I keep having issues with GPS, that is my next step too.
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First post on XDA!
Now to the GPS issue...My S3 had the same type of issues being described in this thread. My gps would take a LONG TIME (5-20+mins) to lock in and if it did lock in then sometimes it would have me driving along a road parallel to the road i was on and i would hear it trying to get me back onto the road i was already on. I talked with Verizon tech support in this issue and the person i talked with just took me step by step to try to nail down the issue. i told him i already tried GPS Status app with resetting AGPS and downloading a new file but that never really helped. So he had me hard reset the phone with holding power, home, and volume up after the powering off. We opened the Maps app that came stock with the phone and it didnt lock in in the few mins that i had it open. Then we downloaded the newest Maps app and tried locking in again...no luck. I was also not receiving the OTA update (phone was always stock and not rooted) so we checked for that through the setting on the phone and i still couldnt receive it. Before all this happened I already talked to Verizon support and they had send me a refurbished S3 a few days before i made the call to tech support. So i told the guy that the refuribished phone that i had received got the OTA update as soon as i put my SIM card in the first time i powered the phone up and i havent had an issue with the GPS on it. He wanted me to just double check the firmware and the GPS signal on both phones and he said there was definatley something wrong with my original phone so that phone was sent back.
So i would suggest just calling the carrier and have them send out a new phone for you if your having GPS issues.
they're sending me a new one, the tech service guy on the phone has a gs3, and he didn't have any of these issues, so they are replacing it.
hopefully it doesn't have this issue...
now i gotta find a way to save all of my game data...
I had this same GPS issue and I found a post that seemed to fix the issue.
Go to Google Services Framework in application manager and clear all data. Then go to Google in application manager and clear data plus uninstall updates. Reboot, installed google update, and now my GPS locks on within seconds. Good luck, hope this fixes your issues as well.
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I saw the post on this and tried it but it didn't help my phone.
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thanks, i tried clearing those places, and while i couldn't find "google," i cleared "google maps" and hoped it would work, however, it did not.
Verizon is sending me a new phone, hopefully this phone will be better...
Fwiw, mine seems better now on beans ICS rom
I've never had any major problems with my Infuse since I got it.
The battery is getting weaker but I bought a 2600Mah USB Backup Battery and that gives me another 7-8 hours for about 13-14 hours of use.
To make a long story short, I unlocked for use in Mexico City on TelCel and had some issues, so I returned the phone back to stock, unrooted.
Since that point however, while it would occasionally freeze before, its become a daily thing now and really bothersome because I can't even stop audio from playing via bluetooth. The touch screen becomes unresponsive and only a soft reboot or a hard reboot (removing the battery) returns the phone to a useful state.
It seems I have to do is every couple of hours now though, so I am posting here to get some suggestion on how to fix it.
Its been two years already since I got it so I am eligible for a new phone, but this one continues to work well besides this issue.
Thanks
djfourmoney said:
I've never had any major problems with my Infuse since I got it.
The battery is getting weaker but I bought a 2600Mah USB Backup Battery and that gives me another 7-8 hours for about 13-14 hours of use.
To make a long story short, I unlocked for use in Mexico City on TelCel and had some issues, so I returned the phone back to stock, unrooted.
Since that point however, while it would occasionally freeze before, its become a daily thing now and really bothersome because I can't even stop audio from playing via bluetooth. The touch screen becomes unresponsive and only a soft reboot or a hard reboot (removing the battery) returns the phone to a useful state.
It seems I have to do is every couple of hours now though, so I am posting here to get some suggestion on how to fix it.
Its been two years already since I got it so I am eligible for a new phone, but this one continues to work well besides this issue.
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1. your microSD may be going bad
2. if you haven't done so, back up all your stuff and try a factory reset...this may erase all existing info and bring the phone back to day#1
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1. your microSD may be going bad
2. if you haven't done so, back up all your stuff and try a factory reset...this may erase all existing info and bring the phone back to day#1
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I mentioned that in the post, I did it while in Mexico City. It worked fine until this week, late last week. The battery only gives me about 5 hours now with just 32% audio playback and about 10% web access.
I guess I'll order a Anker battery from Amazon.
I rooted the phone again last night but before I did that, the phone became unresponsive three times in an hour. Which microSD card are you talking about? I just bought a 32GB Class 6 card and that works fine, I play all my audio from it, no problems.
If you mean the internal microSD card, that could be possible. I assume I can crack open the phone and replace this easily?
I should mention it never does that while plugged into a power source, so maybe this is all battery related.
Possible Fix...
When I had to hard reboot the phone again this afternoon, a little forced closed window came up for TwLauncher.
After rebooting the phone I looking at Titanium Backup and cleared the cashe from TwLauncher and that seems to have solved the problem.
Somebody on here mentioned that after installing a ROM they had the same problem, was worth a try.
I will report back if the issue returns.
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When I had to hard reboot the phone again this afternoon, a little forced closed window came up for TwLauncher.
After rebooting the phone I looking at Titanium Backup and cleared the cashe from TwLauncher and that seems to have solved the problem.
Somebody on here mentioned that after installing a ROM they had the same problem, was worth a try.
I will report back if the issue returns.
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My personal beliefs are that TB is good for causing a lot of problems.I used to use it,even bought pro,but even not restoring data when restoring apps I seamed to develop odd quirks or problems on about any ROM. Since not using it have much fewer problems.I am sure many people love it and think it's great, just thought I would give my $0.02
if your battery holds a charge...that is, it's letting you run the phone for more than several hours, it's unlikely to be the battery.
lags are usually due to apps misbehaving, media scan, wakelocks and wifi bugs...there are some others.
a factory reset ...complete reset..complete stock..will let you know if you have hardware of software issues.
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if your battery holds a charge...that is, it's letting you run the phone for more than several hours, it's unlikely to be the battery.
lags are usually due to apps misbehaving, media scan, wakelocks and wifi bugs...there are some others.
a factory reset ...complete reset..complete stock..will let you know if you have hardware of software issues.
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Thus far, that issue has not returned. Yes the battery holds a charge, but last only about 5-6 hours now, not 7-8 hours.
It seems it was a minor software issue. I did a factory reset, you keep missing that.
I did it in Mexico City (7 days ago).... Since that point and returning to the US, I have put my apps back on the phone. I had already updated to Gingerbread and it just reset to that.
I won't know more until I am out and about with my phone. I will be watching various auto racing events and don't plan on leaving the house this weekend.
Aussie V8's at COTA
NASCAR All Star Race @ Charlotte
World Challenge @ COTA
ELMS @ Imola
DTM @ Brands Hatch
WTCC @ Sazburg
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My personal beliefs are that TB is good for causing a lot of problems.I used to use it,even bought pro,but even not restoring data when restoring apps I seamed to develop odd quirks or problems on about any ROM. Since not using it have much fewer problems.I am sure many people love it and think it's great, just thought I would give my $0.02
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No problem, I've never had a problem with TB. I updated the rom to a rooted version of the AT&T Gingerbread release so I could even use it... lol
The phone was rooted for Froyo, I downloaded the AT&T Gingerbread from Samsung via Kies when it was released and it remained rooted.
But resetting it back to stock, TB didn't work until I put the rooted rom on the phone.
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After you did the factory reset how did you put your apps back?
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After you did the factory reset how did you put your apps back?
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Exactly...you had to use TB or another restore. If you used TB on froyo and restored on GB or vice versa, you may run into issues.
and ...sigh... I did not miss the fact that you stated that you had reset the phone. I just had doubts that you understood what I was trying to say...from inside the phone..under settings/privacy..there is a reset option. make sure everything you wanted is already backed up. reset it..then put it into download mode and use one of the odin or heimdall package and flash it back to complete stock...run it stock and dont back up anything. download only apps from the play store or side load the apps if you had the apk's.
check the battery use to see if you have wake locks or android OS or android system eating up for battery..then you will know
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After you did the factory reset how did you put your apps back?
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Well like this, I will not go into the details but somebody else put Swipe Lock on the phone and of course I didn't know what he put into the phone. I was trying to resolve data issue on TelCel.
I had to do a hard reset outside of the operating system. Since the ROM was already upgraded to Gingerbread but unrooted, it went back to its unrooted state meaning I couldn't use TB.
So I re-downloaded apps from my memory. All of them are free so it wasn't an issue, just time consuming.
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Exactly...you had to use TB or another restore. If you used TB on froyo and restored on GB or vice versa, you may run into issues.
and ...sigh... I did not miss the fact that you stated that you had reset the phone. I just had doubts that you understood what I was trying to say...from inside the phone..under settings/privacy..there is a reset option. make sure everything you wanted is already backed up. reset it..then put it into download mode and use one of the odin or heimdall package and flash it back to complete stock...run it stock and dont back up anything. download only apps from the play store or side load the apps if you had the apk's.
check the battery use to see if you have wake locks or android OS or android system eating up for battery..then you will know
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See above.
I used download mode to get out of Swipe Lock. I never used Swipe Lock, a-hole wanted to charge me 120 pesos ($7) to wipe it and put it back to stock, I wasn't going to do it, I know enough about Android phones to do it myself.
Oh well, lesson learned, I believe wiping the cashe from TwLauncher has solved the problem.
I did re-install all the apps from the store. I wasn't able to use TB until Thurs night (5/16). I noticed the errors Friday afternoon, wipe the cashe and no issues since.