Hi guys, i've tried to search in this forum for a solution in this case, but nothing worked so far. Here's what happened.
In my vacations, I bought a Galaxy S III in Panamá, in a nice shop. They opened the sealed box of the phone in my face. Tested it, everything seemed to be fine and working...
When i get to Argentina (where i live), i realized that there was no sound at all coming out of the phone, no output whatsoever, nor speaker, nor headset, nor any kind of notification.
It worked the sound once for only 15 seconds, i could listen to youtube songs and default ringtones, but then, it stopped working again.
Came with Jelly Bean 4.1.1 and installed 4.1.2 to see if there was a software issue. Didn't work.
Tried using SoundAbout, i could listen to the sound now, but SOOOOOOOO LOW. Tried installing Volume+ FREE but haven't done anything so far. And the sound is screwed up again.
Tried calling SAMSUNG here in Argentina but they said they couldn't do anything since my phone was purchased outside the country.
Tried calling a Service to repair it here, they told me they couldn't do anything because the components are different.
Checked every single forum in the net to see if there's a solution of it, saw that there were a lot of people having the SAME exactly problem with factory Galaxy S III's, there must be the chinese version which is failing! All the people with this concern just changed their phone for another one... but i can't, i can't go to Panama again to change this.
What am i supposed to do? Try a downgrade maybe? or other Kernel? help me please, i'm pretty newbie too.
No one knows? :S Please help.
msqar said:
No one knows? :S Please help.
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You may get more help in the international forum.... I'm assuming this is the i9300 you have.
Sent from my SCH-I605 (AKA NOTE 2)
kintwofan said:
You may get more help in the international forum.... I'm assuming this is the i9300 you have.
Sent from my SCH-I605 (AKA NOTE 2)
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Yes, exactly is the i9300 China version.
Oh, can anyone move this post to the international forum? Don't know where i am
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Well I have been reading about all the sensation problems, and I hoped to god when I got mine it would be perfect.....it was not I have had the phone for about 19 days and yesterday the sound just stopped, I tried restoring, headphone jack fix thing (that only brings it back temporally), turned on the fm radio, pulled the battery, completely drained the battery and let the phone sit overnight.
I noticed that the phone somewhat laggs on the dialer like it will not press any of the numbers but when it does and makes a call there is no sound on the call nor does the mic work( I have tested this from another phone)
I have no idea what to do Please help xD and if you can not then Thank you for trying I believe it is just a bad phone..I have to resort to my beloved HD2 for the time being. I am not sure if this is software or hardware I just want to use this beast of a phone xD
Thank you again
Is this under the right category?
Yeah you're in the right category. Thing is there's already a few threads about this issue. There is no definitive fix, only workarounds so no sense in staff a new one. Best bet is to file a complaint and request a new one as a replacement.
For future reference try out the forum search function.
Thanks sorry was in a rush xD
Reflash radio get new rom
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Do you have to root?
u cant flash unless you have an SOFF
Check if you have OTA update, that seems to fix the sound issue!
How do you check I am on T-mobile usa
MarvinDude said:
How do you check I am on T-mobile usa
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You don't. There have been NO updates to the tmobile version.
Hey Guys!
So i have this problem for like a week now. I didn't do anything that could have done something bad to my phone, so neither do i know if i did something wrong. The problem is, that i don't get any calls. I tested it with my brother, he called me, but the mailbox is answering. The weird part is, that my phone automatically calls him back, and when he answers, there is some noise and then it hangs up. I am also a little worried, if my carrier charges every call, since my sim card is prepaid. One small problem i have, is that my home buttons isn't working either. My brother already flashed my phone one more time, but the problem's still there.
i have cyanogenmod 9 unofficial on my phone right now.
I hope somebody can help!
Check imei of phone is correct. If not correct like go back stock it 1-click.
This post should have been at the Q&A thread btw
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Wrong forum, next time you want to ask here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1219
Problem solved
n1vlek said:
Check imei of phone is correct. If not correct like go back stock it 1-click.
This post should have been at the Q&A thread btw
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So, the problem solved itself. I just did the factory reset, and everything works fine now. Can't believe that i didnt think of that earlier.
Can i delete this thread somehow?
Pm one of the mods.
Hi,
I bought a Samsung Galaxy S3 SHV E210L from one of my friend. I didn't notice that it has a problem while taking a call when I bought it. Even after updated with official firmware, it still give the problem. When I take a call, it suddenly gets dropped. I can see that the call is still connected; but I hear nothing and the other party hears nothing. Then I have to cut the call and redial again. I am really sick of this, it is really frustrating.
I need to somehow get rid of this. I looked for custome roms for S3 SHV E210L version, and didn't find any.
Please advice me how to get rid of this stupid headache! Thank you in advance for any advice! I really appreciate if someone could help!!!
Thanks!!!1
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knightbeat said:
Hi,
I bought a Samsung Galaxy S3 SHV E210L from one of my friend. I didn't notice that it has a problem while taking a call when I bought it. Even after updated with official firmware, it still give the problem. When I take a call, it suddenly gets dropped. I can see that the call is still connected; but I hear nothing and the other party hears nothing. Then I have to cut the call and redial again. I am really sick of this, it is really frustrating.
I need to somehow get rid of this. I looked for custome roms for S3 SHV E210L version, and didn't find any.
Please advice me how to get rid of this stupid headache! Thank you in advance for any advice! I really appreciate if someone could help!!!
Thanks!!!1
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Did you got any solution..same problems with me tried custom roms too but didn't helped..??
naqui said:
Did you got any solution..same problems with me tried custom roms too but didn't helped..??
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same problem here... with addition of "signal lost" everytime I enter my house...
Me too
Same problem. if anyone have a solution, please help! maybe its a modem problem, maybe there is some way to install a custom rom that is not made for this model...
gilsh said:
Same problem. if anyone have a solution, please help! maybe its a modem problem, maybe there is some way to install a custom rom that is not made for this model...
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Hi
did you solve it and how?
thank you in advance
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knightbeat said:
Hi,
I bought a Samsung Galaxy S3 SHV E210L from one of my friend. I didn't notice that it has a problem while taking a call when I bought it. Even after updated with official firmware, it still give the problem. When I take a call, it suddenly gets dropped. I can see that the call is still connected; but I hear nothing and the other party hears nothing. Then I have to cut the call and redial again. I am really sick of this, it is really frustrating.
I need to somehow get rid of this. I looked for custome roms for S3 SHV E210L version, and didn't find any.
Please advice me how to get rid of this stupid headache! Thank you in advance for any advice! I really appreciate if someone could help!!!
Thanks!!!1
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Hi
did you solve it and how?
thank you in advance
No solution : but learnt a lesson
dlshad said:
Hi
did you solve it and how?
thank you in advance
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Hi
did you solve it and how?
thank you in advance
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I found no solutions! And I lost my faith on Samsung totally!!! I just gave up buying expensive devices for the needs that we originally don't have; but later marketers implant inside our minds. Now I am a simple guy who would not hope to buy the best thing having spent a lot and end-up being frustrated. So I rather considered buying cheaper stuff, so that the frustration would become less, if that thing didn't function well.
I would not recommend anybody to buy Samsung now. Read this book The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It by Kelly McGonigal :good: and you would find a permanant solution that would keep you safe and away from these expensive crappy devices and the marketers who play with our desires, minds and our money.
I bought a Moto-G for 199 Dollars and it works 1000 times better than the crappy Galaxy S3. The right thing for you is not the most expensive thing that you can ever have. :good:
Has anyone found a solution yet for the Call drops on the Samsung Galaxy S3 SHV E210L? Experiencing the same issues. Please post a solution if you found one!
Thnx!
Neliska said:
Has anyone found a solution yet for the Call drops on the Samsung Galaxy S3 SHV E210L? Experiencing the same issues. Please post
In phone dialer type in *#9090# then choose network mode set then choose gsm, then no more drop calls!
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Dial 319712358, pass 0821 for E210L, and then go to Network Settings, select WCDMA All which is 3G only, and you got modem working on 3G only and no call drops, or select GSM ALL, 2G Only no drop calls. Most of the Korean S3 LTE have this issues. The reason is since these models do not do the network switch when making calls, could be faulty modem or other unknown reasons. Even flashing a custom ROM wont sort it out. All you got to do is select WCDMA ALL OR GSM ALL for call drops, for data network if you have issues, go to APN Settings and on APN type write "default,suppl" and save apn , reboot and no more issues connecting to data network, good luck
Hello, ever since the 4.4.4 update the phone sometimes answers itself. I have checked the settings and even did a factory rest, also its never been rooted. Verizon users are also reporting the same issue and not having any luck even with device replacements. I would have thought with lollipop that it would of gone away but that is not the case. Who else is having this same problem? Sending in the phone doesn't look like its going to help.
https://community.sprint.com/baw/message/935560
https://community.verizonwireless.com/thread/839307
http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...e-incoming-calls-answering-automatically.html
same here
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Hello, ever since the 4.4.4 update the phone sometimes answers itself. I have checked the settings and even did a factory rest, also its never been rooted. Verizon users are also reporting the same issue and not having any luck even with device replacements. I would have thought with lollipop that it would of gone away but that is not the case. Who else is having this same problem? Sending in the phone doesn't look like it
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Yeah I am having the same issue. I will be inches away from the phone, not even holding the phone, and it answers. Since 5.0, when it answers on its own, there will be no one on the line. I call that person back, and the phone will still be ringing or vibrating on my phone
I forgot i posted this. Actually got rid of the phone and moved to the note4 as well as the other s5 on my plan. I had exhausted all options and seemed to get no where.
Joey SR said:
I forgot i posted this. Actually got rid of the phone and moved to the note4 as well as the other s5 on my plan. I had exhausted all options and seemed to get no where.
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Did you have the "air answer" feature enable?
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Did you have the "air answer" feature enable?
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Nope. Went over all of that on both devices.
*Called sprint
*Sprint store
*called samsung
*samsung booth in bestbuy
None of them could figure it out
hello
i have a samsung s6 920f that i bought from samsung.
one day the bottom buttons stoped working (somtimes they did) and i gave it to samsung lab that said to me that the phone cannot be fixed and that they noticed the charging is not good also.
there was no problem with the network or signal before i gave to the lab and just got it back from them with the buttons not working and the lab said there are water damges etc.
after i got my s6 back i checked youtube and saw that the problem is with the charging and buttons moudle.
i got to anothe lab and they said that the fix could brake the screen because of the glue in the back of it so that the will not take the blame if they brake it.
so i got the parts and broke my screen myself while trying to replace the buttons
after i nroke my screen i took the device to a lab and they installed a new screen and buttons and charging port - now the buttons works well as well as charging - and the lab did not see water damge
the problem is that from that point the device has no network but it recognize the sim itself and whats on it. i cant search for networks or somthing like that.
i rooted the phone, i restarted it a few times i installed new rom old roms deleted imei restored it when i installed the original firmware, tryed differnt roms but nothing.
in all of the roms there is no network at all.
now the lab told me that they cannot find somthing but got another phone like mine that was "untoched" but same problem.
my phone havent been repaird and bought from samsung itself in israel.
does anybody knows a technical soloution to the problem (not go to samsung) or the phone and address samsung main lab in korea?
i have a new phone but i want to solve this.
i will mention that the antenna cable is attched and the sim works in my new phone and had tried the phone with a few sims.
for the s3 i saw somthing named ariza patch but it didnot worked on my device.
any ideas apart from not buying samsung phone again?
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got the phone back from the lab today
they gave up.
all good but the no service
avn31 said:
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got the phone back from the lab today
they gave up.
all good but the no service
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I have the same problem like you....didnt find any fix for the last 6 months . Bought myself a nexus 5x meanwhile .
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I have the same problem like you....didnt find any fix for the last 6 months . Bought myself a nexus 5x meanwhile .
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how it started?
i am trying to understand what the problem is.
i flashed a new pit and 6/0/1 firmware but no change.
i have noticed that the signal strength is -113db in the phone. - dows it says somthing to you?
it cold be a reception unit in the phone? does anyone have clue about it? do you jave a link for the part?
it turned out that samsung dont deal with parts only with boards and its ashame.
anyone knows a lab that i can send the phone to that repair electronics and not just play with plug and play parts?
baseband is ok
fyi - i flashed new pit and original firmware to try if it's a software issue but nothing.
also custom firmware not working.
any test mode code?
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Tap *#0011#, select stack 1 and check if imei status is ok
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status ok
rat gsm
update:
with the sim in i get at stack 2:
error <rat_none> this is the only line i get at stack 2
stack 1 imei status ok
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i have also the same problem as you.i've tried almost everything included z3x and octoplus but no result.i read a lot over the internet and i notice that a lot of people have same problem but nobody have an answer.i still hope that a senior member will help us
ps: if anyone is intersted and want to help i'm available to test via flexihub
pashamangl said:
i have also the same problem as you.i've tried almost everything included z3x and octoplus but no result.i read a lot over the internet and i notice that a lot of people have same problem but nobody have an answer.i still hope that a senior member will help us
ps: if anyone is intersted and want to help i'm available to test via flexihub
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i want to downgrade from 6.0.1 but wuth no luck.
i noticed a bootloader problem on updates. and ! mark.
no chance to downgrade from 6.0.1 to 5.1.1 and even if you can what's the point?
i belive this problem came from certificates error and will not be solved by downgrading or upgrading software
pashamangl said:
no chance to downgrade from 6.0.1 to 5.1.1 and even if you can what's the point?
i belive this problem came from certificates error and will not be solved by downgrading or upgrading software
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GREAT!
how can we fix the certificates error?
i am willing to try what you offer on my phone.
avn31 said:
GREAT!
how can we fix the certificates error?
i am willing to try what you offer on my phone.
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i think you do not undrestand .i have the same problem and no solutions yet.
i followed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzGJDHmKx4o
no instead of X sign on the network i have empty reception bar somtimes and cant find a network....
now i can also say that there is no change with z3x box
including cert write and network repari etc...
the sim is recognized'
i suspect there is somthing with the recption itself