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[Q] help with recovery

i have a g2x and ive been having random issues
first was the battery life thing ive see a lot about and also i had no calendar installed from the factory
tmo replaced it and i have still been having bad battery issues after reading the other thread about g2x battery issues i was encouraged to open a seprate thread
i tried a factory reset and created more problems than i had before i started
what i have now is a phone that has no android market and the buttons on the bottom are unresponsive , they have haptic feedback but make no changes unless im on the home screen
i tried the nvflash recovery
and i have tried the factory reset a few times pulled the battery numerous times
i dont know the terminology to well so please be easy....
what can i do i have a pretty dumb smartphone lol or is it that my smartphone has a pretty dumb user ?

rexxxlo said:
i have a g2x and ive been having random issues
first was the battery life thing ive see a lot about and also i had no calendar installed from the factory
tmo replaced it and i have still been having bad battery issues after reading the other thread about g2x battery issues i was encouraged to open a seprate thread
i tried a factory reset and created more problems than i had before i started
what i have now is a phone that has no android market and the buttons on the bottom are unresponsive , they have haptic feedback but make no changes unless im on the home screen
i tried the nvflash recovery
and i have tried the factory reset a few times pulled the battery numerous times
i dont know the terminology to well so please be easy....
what can i do i have a pretty dumb smartphone lol or is it that my smartphone has a pretty dumb user ?
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Follow the directions in the OneClick NvFlash CWM Recovery thread.. (the initial post). You should be good to go. It's in the development section.

i followed this thread :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1054492
specifically the part that says
How to revert back to stock recovery:
and i used the img5 file
like i said im new to this ive had a blackberry before this is all new to me

so was i right in the other thread and you have a factory fresh unrooted phone? thats an important detail

well i un-roothed it at one point ....
i believe i tried the factory reset when it was rooted, did i brick my phone?
this is what i did so far its at the SW upgrade with the yellow arrows part
what should i do now?
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well ive made it a bit further
followed the above instructions
pulled the usb cord and popped the battery while holding up and power until i see android in orange
then im in the recovery i choose to reset all to factory and choose yes
reboot the phone and back to where i started grrrr
im sure im missing something simple

rexxxlo said:
well ive made it a bit further
followed the above instructions
pulled the usb cord and popped the battery while holding up and power until i see android in orange
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after you put the battery in, you should have just rebooted/powered up the phone. who told you to hold up and power? img5 was sent successfully. you have stock recovery. vol.down and power will now do a factory rest. what color is the text that say's reset all to factory? i think you're still in clockwork recovery even though it said img5 sent successfully. that would be odd though. unless your vol.up and power messed something up.

and....have you even flashed a custom recovery? why are you going back to stock recovery if not?

i guess ive been trying everything i find hoping that something works
ive got it to go back to stock and it seems as if the market is just not showing up
oh and you got a pm good sir....

fixed thanks to crazythunder !
way to go now whats next?

well ive beEn having fun with my phone
it doesn't die nearly as fast as before.... the gps works from time to time and it only restarts on its own 5-10 times a day unlike every 15 min when i first got it
now i get a really aggravating problem if i get a text message it re appears sometimes 20+ TIMES
what causes this ?

Its like it never stops with this dam phone!
for the last few days when I open the email program it takes a second to load then they are deleted a split second after they open. Gggggrrrrrrr

And it.comtinues today I get woken up with an alarm and a frozen phone. I had to pull the case apart and pull the battery out to stop the alarm
Trying to use taptalk to reply it wont work this will be the fourth time I've typed this reply

Wifi problem

In my battery stats my wifi and my awake are showing drops at the same time.
I have reset the phone twice. My wifi is on "Always on". I have no apps installed except the one that came pre loaded.
Also every-time I wake the screen its giving me the message "connected to my wifi"
Anyone have any ideas?
thanks
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So did a factory reset. Did not install one app, charged phone to 100% and let it sit overnight and got this result.
I am starting to think this is a bad unit I got. Is anyone else having this problem with their wifi?

spridell said:
So did a factory reset. Did not install one app, charged phone to 100% and let it sit overnight and got this result.
I am starting to think this is a bad unit I got. Is anyone else having this problem with their wifi?
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check advanced wifi settings. Always allow scanning or something like that is probably enabled for google location services. Every samsung device I've ever worked with has had this enabled by default.

jooniloh said:
check advanced wifi settings. Always allow scanning or something like that is probably enabled for google location services. Every samsung device I've ever worked with has had this enabled by default.
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Thanks for the response but that was the first thing that I checked.
I am going to give it another day or so see if it works itself out if not going to ask for a replacement.

spridell said:
Thanks for the response but that was the first thing that I checked.
I am going to give it another day or so see if it works itself out if not going to ask for a replacement.
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which model do you have?

jooniloh said:
which model do you have?
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T-Mobile

spridell said:
T-Mobile
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K, I'm on sprint but my bat screen doesn't look anything like that . . . If you turn on airplane mode, what happens?
Got an idea. Settings-->Data usage-->Menu-->Show Wi-Fi usage
tap wifi
there should be a list of apps under the graph.
Do a full reset, then check the bat page to see if wifi is still on, and then check that list above to see if anything is actually using it.

jooniloh said:
which model do you have?
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I have been installing apps and have had my screen on for the last 20 minutes or so and now the phone is acting perfectly normal. The minute the screen goes off it starts the connecting and disconnecting from the wifi and waking the screen.

spridell said:
I have been installing apps and have had my screen on for the last 20 minutes or so and now the phone is acting perfectly normal. The minute the screen goes off it starts the connecting and disconnecting from the wifi and waking the screen.
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Does this happen whether or not wifi is on or off? Have you tried it while connected to a different network?

yes tried it on different networks.
I def think its the phone. Now it wont stay connected at all. I keep getting the connected to wifi message flashing on the screen every 2 seconds.
thanks for your help

You're not alone. I'm having the same issue. That and AccuWeather widget and side weather panel don't refresh. Swapping phone today at tmobile store in a few hours.

blacksheep242 said:
You're not alone. I'm having the same issue. That and AccuWeather widget and side weather panel don't refresh. Swapping phone today at tmobile store in a few hours.
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Did u swap out at the T-mobile store? I am curious what they said.
Last night i charged to 100% just let it sit on my counter and completely dead battery in 3 hours without touching the phone once.

Just to give an update on this thread that I started.
I received yesterday a new unit from T-mobile and this unit works perfectly. No wifi dropouts at all.
So my first unit was a defect

Pixel 2 while powered off gets stuck on charging splash screen - won't turn on

I previously had an issue with this which was solved by re-flashing, unfortunately this isn't helping this time.
So as far as I can tell things work properly with the following exception.
When I power off the phone and leave it in to charge I get stuck on the black and white lighting battery screen. The screen stays on indefinitely. The phone will not power on except for a soft reset which then boots the phone.
For clarity this is what the phone looks like ... it just never turns the screen off.
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Thanks.
- JasonVaritekMVP

Only other detail I have to add is that the charge screen works correctly after a flash-all. It is the process of installing twrp and then Magisk that seems to be borking the charge screen.

JasonVaritekMVP said:
I previously had an issue with this which was solved by re-flashing, unfortunately this isn't helping this time.
So as far as I can tell things work properly with the following exception.
When I power off the phone and leave it in to charge I get stuck on the black and white lighting battery screen. The screen stays on indefinitely. The phone will not power on except for a soft reset which then boots the phone.
For clarity this is what the phone looks like ... it just never turns the screen off.
Thanks.
- JasonVaritekMVP
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Did you ever find a fix for this? My Pixel 2 XL does it as well!

MRL3GS said:
Did you ever find a fix for this? My Pixel 2 XL does it as well!
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So this issue popped up for me when Magisk v17.0 came out and v17.1 didn't seem to fix it. Re-flashing did solve the problem but every time I tried to re-root the issue came back. Something about the latest Magisk and my flashing was causing the problem. I tried going back to earlier working versions of Magisk such as 16 and 16.5 but none of them seemed to work, whatever it was it stuck.
I finally ended up flashing the latest Pie along with the latest Magisk and that together allowed me to flash, root and solve the problem. I have not attempted to go back to Oreo.
Hope this helps.
- JasonVaritekMVP

this just happened to me. how do i fix this? I just want the thing to power up. I just got done using it. picked up phone and it was powered off.....
edit: phew. i panicked when i saw this. I just held the power button and it shut off. turned it back on and it booted up....had 2% battery. i guess it was just a low battery this time.

have the same issue too. Only happens when the phone dies after running out of juice. Hard reset reboot and boots up right back up afterwards. Also rooted with magisk 17.1

hard reset? like you lose everything? that sucks. im on 17.3 magisk.

psycho_maniac said:
hard reset? like you lose everything? that sucks. im on 17.3 magisk.
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whoops, i meant hard reboot. Pressed and held the power button for 5+ seconds and it booted right back up.

eneka said:
whoops, i meant hard reboot. Pressed and held the power button for 5+ seconds and it booted right back up.
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yup. thats what i did too. mine was due to low battery

Anyone figure this problem out? I've had this problem for a while now. It was doing this a few months ago then I reflashed magisk and it went away. I did a monthly update a month later and it came back and I've tried a factory reset...reflashing etc.. Nothing helps. It only happens if the phone dies or you power it off. I'm not using TWRP... It's a magisk manager direct install. Thanks!

fastracer said:
Anyone figure this problem out? I've had this problem for a while now. It was doing this a few months ago then I reflashed magisk and it went away. I did a monthly update a month later and it came back and I've tried a factory reset...reflashing etc.. Nothing helps. It only happens if the phone dies or you power it off. I'm not using TWRP... It's a magisk manager direct install. Thanks!
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I've also had this issue since I bought the phone 2nd hand last June. I don't recall if it happen before rooting or not. The only pattern(?) I have noticed is that when I let the phone die completely, theres a chance when I plug it into the charger, it might get stuck on the screen as OP showed. However, as others noted, I think holding down the power button shuts the phone completely down again. Occasionally either I'm doing something wrong or the phone doesn't register the button presses all the time. In past I also tried holding the power button and volume down at the same time but I'm assuming the phone picked it up as me just holding the power button down or maybe that combo also works.

Question Galaxy Watch 4 Classic update issues

The October 10th update seems to have bricked my watch after a reboot, Is anyone else having issues with this update?

Can you please give more details?
A
Model Name like:
SM-R870 or SM-R875F or?
B
Status of device?
What means "bricked" in your case?
You can do Factory Reset and start from scratch?
Best Regards

Sorry for the vagueness..
Model SM-R890
I took the update from October R8xxXXU1GVI3 unsure of the exact version
The problem:
I allowed the update and as the day progressed the watch was not responding well for example the transition/swipe to the calendar tile seemed to glitch by showing the appointment and then displaying black, I was able to swipe off back to the time tile and throughout the day it kept showing the notification shade when I would raise to wake. I decided to restart the watch. When I pressed the power button to restart it would not boot.
I let the watch charge overnight and tried to power it on again by pressing the power button, I then watched a few videos to try to get into fast boot, but nothing worked.

If I understand correct.
At the moment dead or halfdead... only black screen...
A
NO Fastboot
Be carefully...
B
We have only 2 Hardware Keys...
Hard Reset work for instance with hold BOTH Keys for few Seconds...
C
You can try on Charger... to hold both keys... to see if any kind of life sign...
D
If still black Screen... No power on...
Chance is very low to repair alone at home...
Contact Samsung Service for Repair.
Best Regards

That is all correct.... I contacted Samsung Service the repair is 285 but they wanted me to trade the watch in and upgrade to the watch 5 pro for $200 I am not a happy customer

I've had 0 issues after the update.

Yeah I had issues updating, I had to try it three times, and now I have an issue where the screen almost never turns off and causes extreme battery drain as a result.

After update i get quick battery drain.Connection issue and today after restart my watch stuck in odin.

My battery died and the watch now seems to be bricked too... I also did the Oct undated. Don't think I had reset since the update was done....
Doesn't show any signs of charging even though the power share on my Note 20phone tells me it is charging. Tried various methods of charging and nothing.
Tried several different reset/hard rest methods and nothing... If this is a firmware issue then the only way we will get any results is to band together to get some results....

I have the SM-R890
The update went fine, and have been using it for about a week and a half.
The the battery seemed to die (while on the charging Puck) And it wont rest or even hard reset. Nothing.
Will try a new battery to see if it does anything...

My watch got bricked too yesterday
I have SM-R870 CHC come from China, after R870ZCU1GVI3 Oct 14 update my watch have been using well until yesterday I restarted the watch.
All symptoms are the same as you mentioned above, no lifesign

Maybe helpfull video:
Found it here:
Official List of Sideloaded Apps and Workarounds For Wear OS (Tested on Galaxy Watch)
SIDELOAD LIBRARY COMPATIBLE WITH WEAR OS 3 TESTED ON GALAXY WATCHES All Smart Watches Can Probably Benefit From This Guide Special thanks to everyone who has contributed to testing and providing feedback on various apps and versions. Thanks to...
forum.xda-developers.com
Official List of Sideloaded Apps and Workarounds For Wear OS (Tested on Galaxy Watch)
SIDELOAD LIBRARY COMPATIBLE WITH WEAR OS 3 TESTED ON GALAXY WATCHES All Smart Watches Can Probably Benefit From This Guide Special thanks to everyone who has contributed to testing and providing feedback on various apps and versions. Thanks to...
forum.xda-developers.com
Best Regards

Thanks for your advice
I have already tried this method but nothing happened, not even Samsung logo appears
I plan to send it to Samsung service for repair.

Now I have more similar bricked cases from coolapk, their common behavior cann't connect to phone, keeping a black screen and there is no vibration while connecting to charger.One of them refered that his watch have been using well for a week after updated, one day watch suddenly vibrated then got bricked.
I asked them if they could press down the power key and back key at the same time to make hard set.Unfortunately, still no lifesign
There must be some problems in this version of the firmware, until now Samsung didn‘t issue announcements about it.
My English isn't all that good, it may be difficult to understand

Please direct them here so that we can come up with a way forward with everyone together. Otherwise Samsung will try to screw us....

We come from China, some of them may not know XDA...
I will try to translate new cases as much as possible to English then post here
WizP said:
Please direct them here so that we can come up with a way forward with everyone together. Otherwise Samsung will try to screw us....
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Another unlucky guy who forgot to charge, got bricked and was refused warranty
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For anyone else, there is a reddit showing lots more people with the same issue.
https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyWatch/comments/yge3yf

I am not 100 % sure...
GVI3 seems removed... now GVH2 again latest...
Notify Update
?
Best Regards

Same issue, Galaxy Watch 4 bricked after manual power off no power on anymore. It's clear Samsung fault and wty MUST be extended by Samsung for all of you who has 1 year wty only! In my case I have 2 years. Nothing power them anymore even unplug battery doesn't help so nothing help at all. Bricked by Samsung wrong software R89xXXU1GVI3 and Samsung is fully responsible!

3 Short beeps at almost random time on Samsung Android

Hi All,
I'm quite desperate here, and I fear the full wipe of my phone
Context :
- I have a Galaxy Z Flip 4 that has been recently updated to Android 13 + UI5
- No NFC elements near the phone
- Bluetooth linked with my galaxy watch 5 pro
- My issue happens for 2 weeks now
Issue :
Most of the time randomly my phone is making a sound of 3 very close beeps
There is no notification after that, even in the notification history inside settings of the phone
I do not recognize a specific pattern for my issue as it is random but since a few days it is doing it at 6:55 am (happened 2 times)
I don't think it is happening when my phone is in silent mode of DND
What I did :
Remove some app, deactivating NFC, deactivation emergency alerts, removing roaming, removing data on my second sim, removing the notification reminder, reboot the phone in safe mode
Do you know why it is happening ?
Thank you all in advance

Macadam75 said:
Hi All,
I'm quite desperate here, and I fear the full wipe of my phone
Context :
- I have a Galaxy Z Flip 4 that has been recently updated to Android 13 + UI5
- No NFC elements near the phone
- Bluetooth linked with my galaxy watch 5 pro
- My issue happens for 2 weeks now
Issue :
Most of the time randomly my phone is making a sound of 3 very close beeps
There is no notification after that, even in the notification history inside settings of the phone
I do not recognize a specific pattern for my issue as it is random but since a few days it is doing it at 6:55 am (happened 2 times)
I don't think it is happening when my phone is in silent mode of DND
What I did :
Remove some app, deactivating NFC, deactivation emergency alerts, removing roaming, removing data on my second sim, removing the notification reminder
Do you know why it is happening ?
Thank you all in advance
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@Macadam75 Try the following steps to fix your problem (boots into safe mode and then into a regular boot):
1. Power on your device (if it isn't).
2. Hold the power button.
3. Hold the power symbol for 5 seconds.
4. Click the power symbol.
5. Wait until it is booted.
6. Hold the power button.
7. Double click the power symbol to turn it off as you normally would do.
8. Hold the power button to turn it on.
Kaboom! The issue should be resolved. There was an ongoing discussion on the Samsung Members community and many people fixed it with this.

Hello, Thanks for the feedback
I did the process you shared yesterday, and it did it again today at 6:57 AM and 1-2 hour later
Can you please share the link on the Samsung Members community, so I can check if it is the exact same issue ?

Macadam75 said:
Hello, Thanks for the feedback
I did the process you shared yesterday, and it did it again today at 6:57 AM and 1-2 hour later
Can you please share the link on the Samsung Members community, so I can check if it is the exact same issue ?
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Yes, here it is: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...EQFnoECBUQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1oNsUTxdbBTWPzvB8Xb-Um
It is for S8, but I think it could be for any device.

Thanks again
I don't think it is the same issue.
In my side, this is a triple beep with no notification in random time during the day and regularly around 7AM.
I did reboot again in safe mode twice to be sure, but I have no clue why it is happening

Also don't know. Maybe a bit more of research?

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@Macadam75 Try the following steps to fix your problem (boots into safe mode and then into a regular boot):
1. Power on your device (if it isn't).
2. Hold the power button.
3. Hold the power symbol for 5 seconds.
4. Click the power symbol.
5. Wait until it is booted.
6. Hold the power button.
7. Double click the power symbol to turn it off as you normally would do.
8. Hold the power button to turn it on.
Kaboom! The issue should be resolved. There was an ongoing discussion on the Samsung Members community and many people fixed it with this.
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Hit did happen multiple time today, even the app nice catch does not get why this beep is coming fromp

Macadam75 said:
Hit did happen multiple time today, even the app nice catch does not get why this beep is coming fromp
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You are really sure it is your phone? I almost get the feeling it is something else that is making these beeps.

Minionguyjpro said:
You are really sure it is your phone? I almost get the feeling it is something else that is making these beeps.
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Ow yes I'm quite sure, I just had it a few seconds ago

Weird. I think you keep factory reset as last option?

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Weird. I think you keep factory reset as last option?
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I think that I have no choice.

IMO they aren't random. They are purposeful….like most things on the phone.
3 short beeps mean the call was dropped or failed.

xXx yYy said:
IMO they aren't random. They are purposeful….like most things on the phone.
3 short beeps mean the call was dropped or failed.
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In my case this is not related to a call but completely random and for sure once in the morning.

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In my case this is not related to a call but completely random and for sure once in the morning.
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@Macadam75 WAIT A MINUTE, I got an Android 13/OneUI 5.0 update 2 days ago, and I saw there was a new app called 'Modes and Routines', and I saw that you could make an action at a certain time which runs an beep. Will show a screenshot:
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'Een piepsignaal' means a beaping sound in my language.

Thanks for keeping my feed alive
can you please do the screenshot in english as I really don't know what the menu you show is.
To end my nightmare I did a full wipe and no issue for the moment, I removed double sim as well

Macadam75 said:
Thanks for keeping my feed alive
can you please do the screenshot in english as I really don't know what the menu you show is.
To end my nightmare I did a full wipe and no issue for the moment, I removed double sim as well
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That's nice. Here are the screenshots in English: