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Picked up the phone this morning at Walmart and it's rebooted 3 times today just sitting doing nothing.
Just curious if anyone else is experiencing the same thing?
Thanks!
I experienced a few when I had mine, same night I got it...returned it the next day, my g2x was better, despite others bad experiences, mines been good with the g2x..
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I experienced a few when I had mine, same night I got it...returned it the next day, my g2x was better, despite others bad experiences, mines been good with the g2x..[/QUO
+1 have had the same issues and find the G2X is much better for me.
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It happened to me also and I returned it and got another one. Hopefully will be good
I have had the Sensation for 14 days and for the most part issue and trouble free. This morning I noticed it had rebooted on me. I thought oh well just a freak occurence. Than the volume went off completely and after checking all settings(they were all set correctly.) I did a hard reset and the volume seemed okay. A short time later the same volume issue surfaced again so I powered off and pulled the battery and rebooted. Once again all seemed okay. Then I noticed the lock screen did not want to unlock, after numerous attempts it finally did. This is starting to become the norm. Than the phone just went to the HTC screen (I guess it had rebooted itself again) and a reboot was just finishing up.The volume is now much lower than it ever has been(and it was too low to start with) . It seems as if the phone is just exhibiting issues by the hour. Has anyone else had this type of thing occur? I have just 5 days left in buyers remorse and this is my third one. The other two were just unusable, I must make a decision very shortly as to whether to ask for a replacement or just a refund. I really like this phone but am sort of shocked at how it went from no issues for almost 2 weeks to numerous issues almost overnight. Any input or help is certainly appreciated.
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I have had the Sensation for 14 days and for the most part issue and trouble free. This morning I noticed it had rebooted on me. I thought oh well just a freak occurence. Than the volume went off completely and after checking all settings(they were all set correctly.) I did a hard reset and the volume seemed okay. A short time later the same volume issue surfaced again so I powered off and pulled the battery and rebooted. Once again all seemed okay. Then I noticed the lock screen did not want to unlock, after numerous attempts it finally did. This is starting to become the norm. Than the phone just went to the HTC screen (I guess it had rebooted itself again) and a reboot was just finishing up.The volume is now much lower than it ever has been(and it was too low to start with) . It seems as if the phone is just exhibiting issues by the hour. Has anyone else had this type of thing occur? I have just 5 days left in buyers remorse and this is my third one. The other two were just unusable, I must make a decision very shortly as to whether to ask for a replacement or just a refund. I really like this phone but am sort of shocked at how it went from no issues for almost 2 weeks to numerous issues almost overnight. Any input or help is certainly appreciated.
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Can't give you any real answer. All we do here is collect anecdotes. But I saw something similar. My phone was perfect for 5 days. Then it was sitting on a table and rebooted spontaneously. After that it seemed fine. A day later when I tried to play a video, regardless of the app, all I got was a black screen. Reboot didn't fix it. Battery pull did fix it. Until the next day when it happened again. Formatted the SD and that "fixed" it until the next day when the phone just beeped once and died completely. As in door nail dead. No lights, nothing. Swapped the battery, plugged in the charger, nothing. So it's in the process of being replaced.
Whether those events are connected, or represent some pattern of accumulating problems and eventual death, who knows. Hearing reports like this is not reassuring, but we have no idea if the failure rate is 1 in 100, 1000 or 100,000.
Hi,
do you remember the last application you installed before issues started? Maybe removing it will solve your problem.
Greetings
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Id return it and get a new phone.
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Can't give you any real answer. All we do here is collect anecdotes. But I saw something similar. My phone was perfect for 5 days. Then it was sitting on a table and rebooted spontaneously. After that it seemed fine. A day later when I tried to play a video, regardless of the app, all I got was a black screen. Reboot didn't fix it. Battery pull did fix it. Until the next day when it happened again. Formatted the SD and that "fixed" it until the next day when the phone just beeped once and died completely. As in door nail dead. No lights, nothing. Swapped the battery, plugged in the charger, nothing. So it's in the process of being replaced.
Whether those events are connected, or represent some pattern of accumulating problems and eventual death, who knows. Hearing reports like this is not reassuring, but we have no idea if the failure rate is 1 in 100, 1000 or 100,000.
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Thanks for the kind and informative reply. I am just totally flabbergasted at what has occurred with it the last 2 days. I have done factory resets - hard resets-battery pulls etc and weird and wild things continue to happen. I just had it go to the white HTC screen while using an app with no warning or notice( I believe it had rebooted again on its own.) The most puzzling is the volume going from its normal weak state to no volume to partial volume etc. Also in Manage Applications the majority of the time I go into change or delete an app it is not responsive and I have to go in 2 or 3 times for it to respond. Talked to a friend of mine at a T Mobile retailer a few moments ago and she said she had purchased a Sensation when they got their stock in and after 3 days got a refund. They were shipped 35 and had only sold 3 (hers included) and all three had been returned for a different phone. I am just amazed. I am at a BestBuy where I am playing with the EVo3D and it just seems smoother and faster and the volume even sounds louder. I wonder if another replacement of this phone will do any good, this is my third one and I thought this was solid.
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Hi,
do you remember the last application you installed before issues started? Maybe removing it will solve your problem.
Greetings
Yasso
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Yes i removed the last 3 apps I had installed(2 were GPS related mileage tracking apps) and an HTC widge(quick recorder). Still wierd issues and touch screen is now becoming erratic. It just changed ring tones on its own!! Went into music app and when I hit play it just spins and does nothing.
Just called CS rentention dept and they are sending out a replacement phone but did say that random reboots and overheating and touchscreen issues have been acknowledged by HTC but not the volume issues. I hope that this will be a solid unit(and stay that way). I have read on other threads that the replacments(new ones) coming out now seem to be issue free( or at least only minor issues).
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i had same issue and returned mine model 5/31/11 15 got new one 6/6/11 16 and is flawless SO happy to gotten a good one...the guy at the store said same model that failed on me, that out of 100 sold 1 person besides me had bad pick of those dates. seems its not the date or 15 16 model but a few in every batch is messed up...unfortunatley seems u had a bad pick 3 times already id go back play with one in store and exchange again...i could barely get courasel to spin on old one and on the newer one its snappy one flick and courasels no lock issue(my old one if it was on a table and u tried unlock, FAIL! untill u actually picked it up it would unlock(like a grounding problem) all those issues are out the window!
will try to post utube video of new one...some utube guy had evo3d vs sensation and was clowning on how the touch response was laggy on sensation compared to evo3d(looked like old model phone i had) new one would def give the 3d a challenge NOW!
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i had same issue and returned mine model 5/31/11 15 got new one 6/6/11 16 and is flawless SO happy to gotten a good one...the guy at the store said same model that failed on me, that out of 100 sold 1 person besides me had bad pick of those dates. seems its not the date or 15 16 model but a few in every batch is messed up...unfortunatley seems u had a bad pick 3 times already id go back play with one in store and exchange again...i could barely get courasel to spin on old one and on the newer one its snappy one flick and courasels no lock issue(my old one if it was on a table and u tried unlock, FAIL! untill u actually picked it up it would unlock(like a grounding problem) all those issues are out the window!
will try to post utube video of new one...some utube guy had evo3d vs sensation and was clowning on how the touch response was laggy on sensation compared to evo3d(looked like old model phone i had) new one would def give the 3d a challenge NOW!
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Did you get a replacement at the store, or did you have to send in the bad phone first and have them send you a new one?
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Did you get a replacement at the store, or did you have to send in the bad phone first and have them send you a new one?
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returned at the store i got it from tmobile store and asked them to try it out and did same on them and he brought out the newest dated one and we tried it out... this phone rocks now!
the top part is what people were saying about diff s/n# my old one said zt15
and the bottom date my old one was 5/31/11
...and other one was made in taiwan new one says made in china?! maybe thats a part of it
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i had same issue and returned mine model 5/31/11 15 got new one 6/6/11 16 and is flawless SO happy to gotten a good one...the guy at the store said same model that failed on me, that out of 100 sold 1 person besides me had bad pick of those dates. seems its not the date or 15 16 model but a few in every batch is messed up...unfortunatley seems u had a bad pick 3 times already id go back play with one in store and exchange again...i could barely get courasel to spin on old one and on the newer one its snappy one flick and courasels no lock issue(my old one if it was on a table and u tried unlock, FAIL! untill u actually picked it up it would unlock(like a grounding problem) all those issues are out the window!
will try to post utube video of new one...some utube guy had evo3d vs sensation and was clowning on how the touch response was laggy on sensation compared to evo3d(looked like old model phone i had) new one would def give the 3d a challenge NOW!
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Same exact experience bro. I received my replacement yesterday with the date of 6/6/11 and there is just no comparison between the two, this second Sensation is amazing!
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Same exact experience bro. I received my replacement yesterday with the date of 6/6/11 and there is just no comparison between the two, this second Sensation is amazing!
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hello ole friend!!! glad to see u on these threads, NO comparison whats so ever! between old and new
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hello ole friend!!! glad to see u on these threads, NO comparison whats so ever! between old and new
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Great to see you here as well! HTC has a way of making sure our paths continue to cross it would seem
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I think. anyone here leave the fascinate for charge and happy/unhappy? pros cons? thanks
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Sorry the promotion ended today. I was just told this buy a vzw rep when I went to get my new charge activated.
Still though the patch for missed calls was released today and the fassy is a great phone. Good luck.
And if I were you I'd still try.
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Sorry the promotion ended today. I was just told this buy a vzw rep when I went to get my new charge activated.
Still though the patch for missed calls was released today and the fassy is a great phone. Good luck.
And if I were you I'd still try.
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What are you talking about? It's not a promotion, it's a warranty replacement. You could hold on the the fascinate until the day your 1 year warranty is over and get a replacement phone because the phone is broken.
OP: I did the same thing 2 weeks ago and couldn't be more happy. You're going to love the charge.
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I think. anyone here leave the fascinate for charge and happy/unhappy? pros cons? thanks
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Its pretty awesome I think. Battery life is decent, the screen is amazing, 4G is super fast, touchwiz is easily covered and/or removed (with some awesome roms) the front camera (as well as back) is nice, and speaker quality is loud but top notch... however it has the same internal memory and RAM as the Fassy plus hard buttons on the bottom, also some report problems with output through mini HDMI but this could be due to cables or errors with apps/tv's. All in all a solid upgrade, a notification LED and a little better internal hardware (RAM and memory) and this would be a near perfect phone
blazing through on my VZ Droid Charge 4G
I love everything about this phone, even the little quirks you'll discover...except for the battery life. But there are tons of threads here telling about how to remedy this.
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I have small hands, so to me the phone feels just a tad big, but the awesome screen, huge keyboard, and easy to read texts and web pages more than make up for it. Reception is outstanding, too! It's a noticeable improvement over my old fascinate.
thankyou for the replies! so im getting pretty much all positive? great step up from the fassy? i thought there WAS an LED notification? wah. not that it would be a deal breaker.. ive been dealing with no LED since i got this phone in feb. but i had a D1 and loved the LED. either way. i like the front facing camera.. and if its a replacement and its that much of an upgrade than why not do it if i can? plus my phone does have terrible service. always missing calls and texts.. i thought it was just my phone. didnt realize till this deal took place that it was that widespread. size factor.. is it THAT much bigger than the fassy?
Samsung doesn't put notification LEDs on their new phones. Not on the Charge, not on the Nexus S, and not on the Galaxy S II. Unfortunately we don't even have BLN for the Charge because the code is currently incompatible.
As for size, yes, it's significantly larger than the Fascinate, no matter what anybody tells you. But the size doesn't bother me nearly as much as I thought it would.
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What are you talking about? It's not a promotion, it's a warranty replacement. You could hold on the the fascinate until the day your 1 year warranty is over and get a replacement phone because the phone is broken.
OP: I did the same thing 2 weeks ago and couldn't be more happy. You're going to love the charge.
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I think he means that the tech bulletin no longer allows for a change to a Charge. A buddy of mine who got approved to have his Fascinates changed a few days ago got denied today because they are releasing the OTA that fixes the problem.
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I think he means that the tech bulletin no longer allows for a change to a Charge. A buddy of mine who got approved to have his Fascinates changed a few days ago got denied today because they are releasing the OTA that fixes the problem.
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ah really??? that sucks so should i even bother trying lol i dont want to put my phone back to stock just to get denied. although i do have other issues that im sure werent "fixed" with the update.. ie: unresponsive screen frequently and plenty of freezes/reboots.
I found it ironic that the day receive my Charges, they release the OTA. I was defaulting my Fascinates before sending them back, and *POOF*, ED05 Corporate. So far, I haven't had it running long enough to make an opinion on the Charge, but you can't argue with that speed. I noticed that my screen flickers when it turns on. Anybody else seeing this?
Charge kills the Fascinate...you won't look back trust me. I was expecting worse battery life and have experienced the exact opposite which is a plus. I don't think there's even a comparison when you factor in 4g, build quality, super amoled +. I'm personally loving my Charge right now.
I seem to love my charge I just am sad over no led notification and the bottom buttons don't wake up the phone. But all in all I'm liking it.
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Got my Charge ordered today, I'll be joining y'all when I pickup my phone next weekend.
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Eris _2.1_2010 said:
Got my Charge ordered today, I'll be joining y'all when I pickup my phone next weekend.
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so then theres still a possibility i can get it? everyones saying the offer has been pulled since the ED05 update rolled out today and was supposed to fix all the issues..
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Got my Charge ordered today, I'll be joining y'all when I pickup my phone next weekend.
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Sorry, the bandwagon is full LOL!...Sorry, I couldn't resist! I think its a much better phone then people give it credit for... definitely exceeded my expectations.
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I seem to love my charge I just am sad over no led notification and the bottom buttons don't wake up the phone. But all in all I'm liking it.
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That's for a very good reason. Think about it: if the physical bottom buttons woke up your phone, it would wake up like crazy while in pockets or purses. Those get pressed all the time on my phone just by walking around.
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so then theres still a possibility i can get it? everyones saying the offer has been pulled since the ED05 update rolled out today and was supposed to fix all the issues..
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I called on sunday and they sent out a dinc2. I ended up going to the store today and got it ordered and they did mention an ota was bein sent out. Just wish I could've got my charge today but I left town today and I'll get it when I get back home next weekend.
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Eris _2.1_2010 said:
I called on sunday and they sent out a dinc2. I ended up going to the store today and got it ordered and they did mention an ota was bein sent out. Just wish I could've got my charge today but I left town today and I'll get it when I get back home next weekend.
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hmm.. well maybe ill still attempt it if you went in and got it ordered today..you got the charge as a REPLACEMENT or bought it out?
Very much enjoyed the transition. Missing CM7 and fully customized GB kernels, but they will come in time.
Screen is significantly larger. Phone is noticeably thicker, but nowhere near the brick that the Thunderbolt is. 4G is amazing - and maybe I just got super lucky, but after flashing GC GBE's latest via ODIN right upon getting the phone, I have the most amazing battery life I have ever experience in a smartphone. On a grade of Blackberry (-2921912912) to iPhone (+8239238932) - the Charge has (thus far) been even better than the iPhone on battery. At first I thought it was because I'm on WiFi all the time (now that WiFi actually works, unlike with the Fascinate) - so with the data radios disabled, it was sipping juice... however, out and about and even on 4G/3G border, I still get ridiculous battery life.
I still can't believe I managed to make a 15 minute drive, hang out in a store for 15 minutes (using 4G to product compare the whole time), make a 15 minute drive home.. at it was still at 100%.
My fascinate would've been in the 80s by then.. if not worse.
tl;dr: amazing battery, better radios in ALL aspects compared to fascinate, bigger screen, only missing CM7 and custom GB kernels.. and it's a bit thicker.
Guys, I would like to know if any of you are having the same experience that I am having right now.
My Samsung Galaxy S3 is overheating to a point that it can burn me a little if I have it inside my pocket.
Is this normal for a device that's not even rooted?
Some people told me to give it back but I would like to know first, cause I seriously hate talking to these people from the help desk.
Any help will be appreciated
Dunno - i've been playing a lot of games ( glwg, asphalt 7, shadowgun etc...) web browsing, pdf editing and viewing and generally using it for what it can do.
Haven't had any overheating problems in the few weeks i've had it, been using that way both in an otterbox defender and naked.
I've seen here and there others mentioning overheating issues but i've yet to experience them firsthand.
My last device suffered some painful to the touch overheating issues which were completely solved by ditching the stock battery and going with an aftermarket one. I've also seen some reference to this being a fix here too.
Not having overheating issues and having been pleasantly surprised with the life of the stock battery for the screen size of the device, I haven't gone aftermarket yet so can't give a firsthand account of how that helps, if at all, but figured i'd toss out what little i've seen so far.
I haven't had any major battery issues until this weekend. I used Google Navigation for 4 hours in the car while charging. I was only 10 – 15 minutes away from my destination when my phone shut itself off...when I needed it most! I tried rebooting...nothing.
I haven't experienced any issues with my S3. However on my previous Galaxy Nexus I did, once the cause was a bad rom/kernel combination the other time later on the battery just gave up on me. I called Verizon and asked for a battery replacement...I told them that I have used another battery of my wife's phone since she owned the same device at the time and with her battery the phone would work just fine without over-heating. The Verizon support guy sent me an extended battery for the inconvenience. I'm always lucky Verizon. Hope this helps.
I have.....not really concerned...bc i had that same problem with my og evo 4g and 3d......
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When you sell over 10 million of them a few are bound to be bad (heck 1% failure rate gives 100,000 bad batteries). That said it doesn't seem to be a common problem so I would definitely hold out for a free (to you) replacement.
I find my phone gets hot when I'm in low service areas.. I would venture to guess it's a radio issue..
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Guys, I would like to know if any of you are having the same experience that I am having right now.
My Samsung Galaxy S3 is overheating to a point that it can burn me a little if I have it inside my pocket.
Is this normal for a device that's not even rooted?
Some people told me to give it back but I would like to know first, cause I seriously hate talking to these people from the help desk.
Any help will be appreciated
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During about a 10 min email \ web visit with my S3 after a workout, I noticed that the phone was physically hot, to the point I thought it might be too hot. This, coupled with a "no sim" message today, at random, and some crappy battery life, is driving me to visit the local verizon store tomorrow and get it exchanged, just in case. (still in the 14 day window)
Will let you know if it's any better for me.
This is a common problem?
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The "no sim" message is, but I can't seem to find a real fix that will work in the US yet. I have seen cell towers blamed to sim cards not being clean to wifi screwing with things. So, I am not sure what really is the root of the problem.
With regards to heat, not sure. It feels like it's hotter than it should be, with normal use. Hotter than my iPad gets with constant use.
I only feel my phone getting slightly warm after playing games for a while. But that happened with my last two smartphones so I'm not really concerned. About as warm as my DInc2 and nowhere near as hot as my LG smartphone.
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My S3 gets a little warm playing games for hours.
When I download torrents for hours, does this thing get HOT. Specifically the bottom half of the phone. Almost uncomfortable to touch.
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I have the same problem...
the only thing to have had my phone get really hot was a different charger. Have you been using a different charger lately?
Reminds me of how hot my rezound used to get when they were first released.
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I haven't had any heating issues except the fact that it gets hot in my pocket when its really hot out, I've had a replacment since the last time that happened and no heat issues since.
hell my screen just whent out, 2nd s3 i know thats done that. mine and my brother n laws.
No problems here running latest cm10.
I exchanged my initial S3 today at the local Verizon store. I explained it was running hot, the battery life was abysmal, and I had the dreaded "no sim". The salesman and manager started to explain to me there was an update and they couldn't fix it... for about five minutes, until I asked if they could explain how the 14 day return policy worked. They immediately said mine was DOA and would be happy to give me a new phone. Five minutes after I got home from the store, I got a "no sim" message... starting to think its definitely a cell tower \ verizon software issue. Oddly enough, my battery drain is a lot better, so it wasn't all for naught!
My phone does get pretty warm at school, but I chalk that up to having terrible service while indoors. Other than that, it doesn't get that hot.
Hey guys, received my Note 20 Ultra Mystic White today. Its stunning.. but disappointed to learn that it doesn't properly sit on the official wireless charging stand due to the camera bump. It does still appear to charge but I feel the way it sits on the bottom of the hump could damage it over time.
Bit of a silly oversight from Samsung as they're providing this charger as a free gift here in the UK..
Doesn't sit flat, but it still fast-charges so it shouldn't be too much of an issue.
For those that use a case that raises the back to the camera bump, it can help to make even contact.
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Hey guys, received my Note 20 Ultra Mystic White today. Its stunning.. but disappointed to learn that it doesn't properly sit on the official wireless charging stand due to the camera bump. It does still appear to charge but I feel the way it sits on the bottom of the hump could damage it over time.
Bit of a silly oversight from Samsung as they're providing this charger as a free gift here in the UK..
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I haven't seen this as a free gift, I have only seen the Wireless Duo gift for the Galaxy Watch 3, which is a 'lay down' wireless charger pad that would not have this issue. How have you managed to obtain the phone in the UK prior to release day? I am curious.
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I haven't seen this as a free gift, I have only seen the Wireless Duo gift for the Galaxy Watch 3, which is a 'lay down' wireless charger pad that would not have this issue. How have you managed to obtain the phone in the UK prior to release day? I am curious.
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Nothing sinister... I'd preordered from Samsung.com on Saturday.. when ordering i'd picked the earliest slot for delivery which was on 21st with DPD... was surprised to see that my order was updated on Tuesday and then DPD updated to say will be delivered on Wednesday.. it arrived at 07:07, the earliest delivery I've ever had!
Would have preferred the duo charging pad though!
ive got the vertical stand i got for free with the note 10+ last year. im not having any issues with the phone sitting on the stand. i also use it on the duo charging pad with the watch.
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I haven't seen this as a free gift, I have only seen the Wireless Duo gift for the Galaxy Watch 3, which is a 'lay down' wireless charger pad that would not have this issue. How have you managed to obtain the phone in the UK prior to release day? I am curious.
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Lotsa people receiving their phones early. I got mine Tuesday morning surprisingly.
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Nothing sinister... I'd preordered from Samsung.com on Saturday.. when ordering i'd picked the earliest slot for delivery which was on 21st with DPD... was surprised to see that my order was updated on Tuesday and then DPD updated to say will be delivered on Wednesday.. it arrived at 07:07, the earliest delivery I've ever had!
Would have preferred the duo charging pad though!
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Nice that you got it early. I got my Galaxy Watch 3 yesterday early from the official release date (direct from Samsung)
But what's odd, is everywhere else seemed to be offering the Galaxy Live Buds or the X-Box Controller and Game Pass as pre-order gifts. The buds being my choice as they are worth £180.
I ordered from EE and the phone arrives tomorrow.
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Nice that you got it early. I got my Galaxy Watch 3 yesterday early from the official release date (direct from Samsung)
But what's odd, is everywhere else seemed to be offering the Galaxy Live Buds or the X-Box Controller and Game Pass as pre-order gifts. The buds being my choice as they are worth £180.
I ordered from EE and the phone arrives tomorrow.
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Samsung.com had either the buds or a gaming pack which had the controller, wireless charging stand and 3 months gamepass. I chose this as have a set of Sony WF-1000XM3's. I guess the gaming pack in all is probably worth similar.
I've got terrible overheating and battery issues on my Note, may return it if doesnt improve over the next few days.
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Samsung.com had either the buds or a gaming pack which had the controller, wireless charging stand and 3 months gamepass. I chose this as have a set of Sony WF-1000XM3's. I guess the gaming pack in all is probably worth similar.
I've got terrible overheating and battery issues on my Note, may return it if doesnt improve over the next few days.
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I have been on XDA for over 15 years and I have lost count of how many people complain about overheating and battery consumption shortly after buying a new device, be it phone, tablet or smartwatch.
But you really need to give the device time to settle. There's a lot going on in the first hours and days, with apps being installed and synchronised, using your new shiny toy more than normal, taking time to optimise certain app and device settings that crop up, (that you probably had disabled on a previous device over time) and then the battery needs a few decent recharge cycles to get settled too.
I think you should give it a few more days and I reckon you'll be ok!
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I have been on XDA for over 15 years and I have lost count of how many people complain about overheating and battery consumption shortly after buying a new device, be it phone, tablet or smartwatch.
But you really need to give the device time to settle. There's a lot going on in the first hours and days, with apps being installed and synchronised, using your new shiny toy more than normal, taking time to optimise certain app and device settings that crop up, (that you probably had disabled on a previous device over time) and then the battery needs a few decent recharge cycles to get settled too.
I think you should give it a few more days and I reckon you'll be ok!
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Thanks for the comment, 12 years around here myself I've had too many phones to list over this time, including pretty much every Note device since the Note 4 (i didn't pick up the 7). I've never seen anything like this... the battery i know should settle... but the heat is what is the most annoying causing the screen to be at low brightness every time i pick the bloody thing up, not once did the Note 10+ 5G ever do this even while gaming and such.. just typing this reply I'm guessing the device is now approaching 50c.. battery is at 85%, was taken off charge at 07:30, SOT 28 minutes...
paulrgod said:
Thanks for the comment, 12 years around here myself I've had too many phones to list over this time, including pretty much every Note device since the Note 4 (i didn't pick up the 7). I've never seen anything like this... the battery i know should settle... but the heat is what is the most annoying causing the screen to be at low brightness every time i pick the bloody thing up, not once did the Note 10+ 5G ever do this even while gaming and such.. just typing this reply I'm guessing the device is now approaching 50c.. battery is at 85%, was taken off charge at 07:30, SOT 28 minutes...
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Firstly, I hope you didn't think I was being condescending in my answer! I am never quite sure on what level I am speaking to someone. So it's good to speak to a fellow veteran XDA member (see my sig for all the ridiculous amount of Sammy devices I have owned including all Note series)
I assume you have gone into the battery stats and looked at what is draining your battery. This week funny enough I was noticing a severe drain on my Note 10+ 5G and it wasn't for a couple of days I thought ... hmmm maybe I should check the battery consumption stats! It was LastPass that was doing it, really surprised as I don't even remember updating it. Google Play services is a regular culprit, especially on a new device. So maybe you should look at that first, because what you are describing clearly isn't normal and I haven't read any reports of this being common. Try rebooting in safe mode. Clearing cache in recovery mode.
You've probably tried all the above (I see you rolling your eyes!), I am just trying to cover everything that you might have missed. But I personally don't think the hardware is likely to be the cause. I hope you sort it and let us know what you found. My Note 20 Ultra arrives today, I will report back here if I have the same issues.
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Firstly, I hope you didn't think I was being condescending in my answer! I am never quite sure on what level I am speaking to someone. So it's good to speak to a fellow veteran XDA member (see my sig for all the ridiculous amount of Sammy devices I have owned including all Note series)
I assume you have gone into the battery stats and looked at what is draining your battery. This week funny enough I was noticing a severe drain on my Note 10+ 5G and it wasn't for a couple of days I thought ... hmmm maybe I should check the battery consumption stats! It was LastPass that was doing it, really surprised as I don't even remember updating it. Google Play services is a regular culprit, especially on a new device. So maybe you should look at that first, because what you are describing clearly isn't normal and I haven't read any reports of this being common. Try rebooting in safe mode. Clearing cache in recovery mode.
You've probably tried all the above (I see you rolling your eyes!), I am just trying to cover everything that you might have missed. But I personally don't think the hardware is likely to be the cause. I hope you sort it and let us know what you found. My Note 20 Ultra arrives today, I will report back here if I have the same issues.
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Nah didn't think that at all, just offering good advice. Yeah tried all the usual stuff clearing cache etc... didnt really noticed anything out of the ordinary on the battery page, the battery usage today is high from Samsung Internet, but I'd expect it to be the highest today as pretty much only used that today to browse a bit of news this morning, here and the note 20 reddit.. might try removing it and try Chrome for a while..
I can personally verify that this version of the duo that the camera DOES NOT interfere with the charging. View attachment 5083389
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I can personally verify that this version of the duo that the camera DOES NOT interfere with the charging. View attachment 5083389
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Thanks, the version gifted from Samsung is this one, the back is too high.
https://www.samsung.com/uk/mobile-accessories/wireless-charger-stand-ep-n5200/EP-N5200TBEGGB/