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Rebooting may be a hardware problem

First g2x rebooted constantly. Froze up on charger. Required battery pull.
New g2x hasn't rebooted yet. Same SIM card.
My guess is that if yours reboots you got a dud and should exchange it.

strung said:
First g2x rebooted constantly. Froze up on charger. Required battery pull.
New g2x hasn't rebooted yet. Same SIM card.
My guess is that if yours reboots you got a dud and should exchange it.
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strung said:
First g2x rebooted constantly. Froze up on charger. Required battery pull.
New g2x hasn't rebooted yet. Same SIM card.
My guess is that if yours reboots you got a dud and should exchange it.
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The same happened to me. First phone suffered from reboots.
My replacement is fine but I still haven't root it, so I blamed it on the root process.
Is yours rooted?

To counter your point..
Original G2X - rebooted a lot but then removing apps, software changes have made it more stable. Usually go 3+ days without a reboot
Replacement G2X (sent back) - rebooted just like my first one so i didn't even bother removing apps. SAME BATTERY AS ORIGINAL!
I also think it's mainly the battery which is what you're seeing by getting a replacement. I think some batteries don't charge properly so there are times when the voltage drops too much to sustain the phone causing a lock/reboot. I've been monitoring my phone and the more I think about it the more I realize most of my reboots happen after I had taken it off the charger at 100%. I can use it without charging it and it never reboots. Also battery monitor widgets,etc. cause reboots which all comes back to a bad battery or horrible battery driver which CM devs have already said existed.

After months of being in denial about the same problem which has plagued the O2X since launch, a couple of weeks ago LG Europe acknowledged the problem publicly and said it was software.
http://translate.google.com/transla...alligevel-problemer-med-optimus-2x,lid.15324/
Here's the post on the O2X forum that discusses the problem in gory detail. Interestingly, it says the Atrix is having a similar issue which could certainly point to the processor.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1041546

The rebooting is a software issue. The only time my phone rebooted was when I installed an app (Fring). After I uninstalled it, no issues.
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sstang2006 said:
The same happened to me. First phone suffered from reboots.
My replacement is fine but I still haven't root it, so I blamed it on the root process.
Is yours rooted?
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Neither were rooted. Also, rooting in and of itself is incidental; it would not affect the issue as rooting does not change any of the kernel files.
mobilehavoc said:
I also think it's mainly the battery which is what you're seeing by getting a replacement. I think some batteries don't charge properly so there are times when the voltage drops too much to sustain the phone causing a lock/reboot. I've been monitoring my phone and the more I think about it the more I realize most of my reboots happen after I had taken it off the charger at 100%. I can use it without charging it and it never reboots. Also battery monitor widgets,etc. cause reboots which all comes back to a bad battery or horrible battery driver which CM devs have already said existed.
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Very interesting. This corresponds to what I experienced, and I think you may be on to something here.
kangxi said:
The rebooting is a software issue. The only time my phone rebooted was when I installed an app (Fring). After I uninstalled it, no issues.
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I guess I have been one of the lucky ones. I bought my phone on the 22nd and have never had a reboot or lock up happen. Also my lcd bleeding is pretty minimal. Im still exchanging my phone for a new one because the little black piece of plastic that covers the camera just fell off one day plus I have a dead pixel on the screen that driving me nuts.

sstang2006 said:
The same happened to me. First phone suffered from reboots.
My replacement is fine but I still haven't root it, so I blamed it on the root process.
Is yours rooted?
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It is not the root process. I thought the same thing the first night after I rooted. The phone would not stay on for more than 5 minutes. The store rep did not believe me and tried his sim card and sure enough after five minutes sitting on the counter it turned off and only by pulling the battery was he able to get is re-started. Some of the phones are screwed up. Swap it. My new one is running great except for the battery life.

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Neither were rooted. Also, rooting in and of itself is incidental; it would not affect the issue as rooting does not change any of the kernel files.
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good to know

Are you serious with your response to my comment? That was unnecessary as I was being serious and many people can say the same.
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kangxi said:
Are you serious with your response to my comment? That was unnecessary as I was being serious and many people can say the same.
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Oh. Sorry. It just seems that on a lot of threads where people post about problems they are having, you jump in say you don't have any issues and to uninstall something like Fring that works fine on every other phone, so I thought you were trolling.

sstang2006 said:
The same happened to me. First phone suffered from reboots.
My replacement is fine but I still haven't root it, so I blamed it on the root process.
Is yours rooted?
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Although I often manually reboot the phone. I haven't seen one single auto-reboot or freeze, before or after root. So I don't think root is the cause of auto-reboot.
All bloatware are there and running, sometimes I manually close CarHome and TeleNav after reboot, sometimes I forget to do so.
From what I've seen, auto-reboot does look like a hardware problem. To be more specific, those devices are defective.

rhinology said:
Although I often manually reboot the phone. I haven't seen one single auto-reboot or freeze, before or after root. So I don't think root is the cause of auto-reboot.
All bloatware are there and running, sometimes I manually close CarHome and TeleNav after reboot, sometimes I forget to do so.
From what I've seen, auto-reboot does look like a hardware problem. To be more specific, those devices are defective.
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Just jinxed myself. Right after I replied to this thread I saw first freeze. After pulling battery and putting it back I saw "System Checking..." upon booting, and many force closes after boot was completed.

strung said:
Oh. Sorry. It just seems that on a lot of threads where people post about problems they are having, you jump in say you don't have any issues and to uninstall something like Fring that works fine on every other phone, so I thought you were trolling.
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Just offering what worked for me. If that's not the case then just return your phone. You can keep getting a new one or listen. There's nothing wrong with the phone that a software update probably wouldn't fix.
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I think its HW. If its SW it doesn't explain why one phone would reboot and a replacement would not.

almostinsane said:
I think its HW. If its SW it doesn't explain why one phone would reboot and a replacement would not.
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Someone explain how the first phone reboots and the replacement does not ( same apps, same usage).

sstang2006 said:
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Someone explain how the first phone reboots and the replacement does not ( same apps, same usage).
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My 2nd phone has no auto shutdown yet, but I am using new sim card. My ex G2X was using the old sim card.

My week old today G2x, 4/11/11 build, has never rebooted by itself. The only problems I'm having are flaky behavior switching wifi calling on and off automatically and some back light bleed.
As for how one phone reboots and others don't, it could be software or not. In order to really know for sure you would have to be absolutely certain you had the exact same apps installed in the exact same order, be in the same location at the same time and under the same conditions and loads.

nraudigy2 said:
My 2nd phone has no auto shutdown yet, but I am using new sim card. My ex G2X was using the old sim card.
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That could be the cause, since my previous phone suffered from reboots and I was using the old SIM. I started using the new SIM since day one with this phone and still no reboots..

Will you return G2X if update doesn't fix reboot?

I sure as hell will. Wondering who here is ready to return if their phone reboots after update. T mobile will be so swamped if it doesn't fix it, and mine recently has started rebooting randomly, not too often. Just wondering if everyone here will return, if so, t mobile will have quite the ride with this one unless they do a recall.
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unique77 said:
I sure as hell will. Wondering who here is ready to return if their phone reboots after update. T mobile will be so swamped if it doesn't fix it, and mine recently has started rebooting randomly, not too often. Just wondering if everyone here will return, if so, t mobile will have quite the ride with this one unless they do a recall.
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I would for sure.

Yep. Although there isn't much left in the t-mo lineup that is tempting.

liquidblue1985 said:
Although there isn't much left in the t-mo lineup that is tempting.
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My sentiments exactly.

I don't think LG is going to let it happened. It's something in the software that is conflicting with the hardware. I'm on customs ROM (CM7) and have not seen it rebooted once.

I will sell the phone if I will see new 2.3 gonna be slow than 2.2
(Im ready to buy Samsung Galaxy S II)

If the update or a battery swap doesn't fix my reboots,i would like to return it but I'm already past my 30 days.
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I would make them exchange it. How can they not if you tell them it interrupts calls with a reboot. Also someone else said in the topic about the o2x gingerbread delay that the g2x was pulled and he's getting a sensation. Not sure if that's true or not.
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shilent said:
If the update or a battery swap doesn't fix my reboots,i would like to return it but I'm already past my 30 days.
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Doesn't it have an LG manufacturers warranty for 1 year?
Maybe just go through LG for a replacement.

Hoggles said:
Doesn't it have an LG manufacturers warranty for 1 year?
Maybe just go through LG for a replacement.
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Would I get a refurbished?
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shilent said:
Would I get a refurbished?
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That I don't know. Most likely...

When you ask, "will you return it?" you realize that T-Mobile will not take it back for a refund outside the 14 or 30 day "buyers remorse" periods.
If you are outside that period, returning it for a refund or exchange for another phone of a different model is not an option.
And since the phone has not been available for nearly 30 days now, I dont see how ANYONE could still be within their buyers remorse period.
I was on the phone with an executive from T-Mobile today (not a customer service specialist, retention specialist or tech specialist... a real executive) and there is nothing that ANYONE of lower position at T-Mobile can do.
And as an FYI, the issue is happening with pre-rooted and un-modded phones AND rooted and custom rom phones. I have one of each sitting on my desk right now and both of them have the same issues.

If I jump off this ship the I won't get to see this phone mature.
It is such an awesome device and at least with me the reboots are not bad at all. Just like any other phone I had, nothing new nothing major.
This is going to be an awesome phone ones it matures.
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There's always the Sensation. I played with one at my Wal-Mart today and it is very light and small. I was shocked, tbh. I have very small hands, for a guy and it is quite comfortable. The only thing holding me back from pulling the trigger is that new return policy and the chance of a Nexus Two? Three? coming this Christmas.
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I will not jump to the Sensation unless they build a ROM that is without Sense. Sense is fun to play with but it's horrendous as a daily driver.
The Slide 4g or whatever does have me intrigued though. I just loves me some keyboard.

There is no way in hell I am getting another one of these. No way. They can't tell me when the update is coming and each phone has these different crazy personalities!
Mine did two completely new and screwy things today. Completely different than the wifi issues and shutting off type reboots, and screen bleed that this forth phone has been doing already.
First, today when I was at the local Walmart trying to see a Sensation, I took my phone out of my pocket and it was stuck in this loop. The notification screen looked like it was pulled half way down. It was spinning around between landscape and portrait, landscape and portrait over and over about once a second. Kind of looked like a slow motion propeller just goin' round and round. Landscape, portrait, landscape, portrait. Bizzarre. Had to pull the battery.... nothing else would work.
Then tonight, my battery was in the red zone. So I change batteries. I have to enter my code on my sim card before I can use my phone. It took forever to get to that sim screen, then I could not input anything. Finally held down the power off button, the power off screen shows but I cannot input hereeither..,,,,battery pull. Arggghhh!
Then I turn it on, and it takes forever....I mean two full minutes, then shows an error message.....
" Sorry!
The application com.lge omadmclient (process com. lge omadmclient) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again"
With a "Force close" button
When I pushed the force close, it showed another error screen
"Sorry
The application Launcher pro (process android.process. a core) has stopped unecpectedly. Please try again."
This one had two choices.."Force close" and "Make report"
When I pushed FC, it went right to the former error screen.
Could not get out of this loop. Until I did a battery pull. Power off did not work.
This happened three times. Three times. Finally did an on/volume reset. Arggghhh!
More Weirdness.....
No....I don't want another. Thanks.

hiko36 said:
I will not jump to the Sensation unless they build a ROM that is without Sense. Sense is fun to play with but it's horrendous as a daily driver.
The Slide 4g or whatever does have me intrigued though. I just loves me some keyboard.
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+1 I love sense for the eyes but sense bogs down the phone too much. I want my phone to be snappy as possible but it does look like a nice device.. Although I dont think it makes sense to jump ship for it. I think by late fall(which is only a few months a way ) something better will be out and I'll upgrade then The mytouch 4g slide does look interesting as well(I had the mt4g and loved it) Wonder how thick it will be. I really dont have any reboot issues with my g2x. I do have some screen bleed but I'm going to try to fix that I actually have 2 g2x's that's why I dont mind trying to open one up just to fix the screen bleed. The other got sent back to "LG" (really Steller Wireless) for major major screen bleed/screen separation. I hope that one comes back perfect but I'm not holding my breath. But I want to try to fix the one with minimal screen bleed myself

Oh I am going to stick this out to the buyer end... It is a beast... It had me at hello...
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hell yeah...

[Solution] Touchscreen Response Problems

Symptoms:
- Unlocking Problems.
- Apps launching when you try to swipe.
- Very erratic screen behavior.
Like most of you, I've been tormented by all of the symptoms above since the first week of using the Sensation. I tried everything short of messing with the metals on the back of the phone before I finally found the solution in the SGSII
area.
I have now been using my phone for the last 2 weeks without missing a single touch or swipe. The screen is super sensitive, nay, super SENSATIONAL... Every single touch, swipe, or home spin works the first time. My conclusion, as you'll concur, is that the touchscreen problems are produced by misconfigurations that can be corrected in 5 seconds!!!!!!
Solution
Download the app in the following link from the direct market link, and configure as follows:
1. Select "Super Optimized" from the single drop-down box at the bottom.
2. Set the first 3 sliders to the lowest value by dragging to the leftmost.
3. Drag the last two sliders to the highest value by dragging rightmost.
4. Press the "Apply Changes" button, then yes when prompted.
5. Done.
Note: I haven't yet needed to reapply this once after having done it the first time, nor did I need to use the service mode, nor set again after reboots or shutdowns.
This post was typed entirely on my sensation without any delays or problems.
http://market.android.com/search?q=pname:br.shop4apps.touchscreenbooster.com
Enjoooooy...

shirreer said:
Symptoms:
- Unlocking Problems.
- Apps launching when you try to swipe.
- Very erratic screen behavior.
Like most of you, I've been tormented by all of the symptoms above since the first week of using the Sensation. I tried everything short of messing with the metals on the back of the phone before I finally found the solution in the SGSII
area.
I have now been using my phone for the last 2 weeks without missing a single touch or swipe. The screen is super sensitive, nay, super SENSATIONAL... Every single touch, swipe, or home spin works the first time. My conclusion, as you'll concur, is that the touchscreen problems are produced by misconfigurations that can be corrected in 5 seconds!!!!!!
Solution
Download the app in the following link from the direct market link, and configure as follows:
1. Select "Super Optimized" from the single drop-down box at the bottom.
2. Set the first 3 sliders to the lowest value by dragging to the leftmost.
3. Drag the last two sliders to the highest value by dragging rightmost.
4. Press the "Apply Changes" button, then yes when prompted.
5. Done.
Note: I haven't yet needed to reapply this once after having done it the first time, nor did I need to use the service mode, nor set again after reboots or shutdowns.
This post was typed entirely on my sensation without any delays or problems.
http://market.android.com/search?q=pname:br.shop4apps.touchscreenbooster.com
Enjoooooy...
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Symptoms known, but these solutions don't solve the problem.
I think we'll have to wait for HTC update

I sure am glad that I no longer have screen problems!!! Did you at least try?

Not sure if It's a placebo effect but it seems like that helped for me at least.
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This worked for me! I could never spin my carousel, with this, I can spin it on the first try. Same with lock ring, unlocks on first try, which is a miracle. Thank you op!
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Worked for me...touch screen now works flawlessly

Seemed to work for me **thanks**

I had to come back and thank the op again because I am utterly flabbergasted at how fantastic this works! I barely touch my lock ring and it unlocks, which is just unbelievable. I really can't thank you enough for posting this..... if I could squish you I would!
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dirtyhamster73 said:
I had to come back and thank the op again because I am utterly flabbergasted at how fantastic this works! I barely touch my lock ring and it unlocks, which is just unbelievable. I really can't thank you enough for posting this..... if I could squish you I would!
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LOL... I appreciate all that. I know exactly what you mean; exasperation and disappointment, etc, now ALL GONE

shirreer said:
LOL... I appreciate all that. I know exactly what you mean; exasperation and disappointment, etc, now ALL GONE
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Seriously, I use to do all kinds of weird things to get the lock ring to unlock, turn the phone side ways, upside down, put it in my left hand, put it in my right hand, which by the way, it seems to favor my left hand...... Now one little tap and bang! Unlocked!
And I've been going crazy trying to find how to "thank you" on the meter thingy and can't. How in sweet baby Jesus is the button to "thank"?

it work for me perfectly!

fatrix1 said:
it work for me perfectly!
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My pleasure, mate...

dirtyhamster73 said:
Seriously, I use to do all kinds of weird things to get the lock ring to unlock, turn the phone side ways, upside down, put it in my left hand, put it in my right hand, which by the way, it seems to favor my left hand...... Now one little tap and bang! Unlocked!
And I've been going crazy trying to find how to "thank you" on the meter thingy and can't. How in sweet baby Jesus is the button to "thank"?
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I'm glad the nightmare is over for you - and everybody else. It's thanks enough to know that one more person is rid of this ridiculous oversight; such a simple fix...no thanks to HTC.
Cheers, mate

I don't know if anyone would believe this. But I was having major problem with the touch sensitivity. It would take at least 5 tries to unlock . Then one day I woke up,and all the touch sensitivity problems are gone. I didn't do anything to the rom, the battery, the charger, or the back case. My phone just healed itself like that. This phone is truly amazing!
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thebigham said:
I don't know if anyone would believe this. But I was having major problem with the touch sensitivity. It would take at least 5 tries to unlock . Then one day I woke up,and all the touch sensitivity problems are gone. I didn't do anything to the rom, the battery, the charger, or the back case. My phone just healed itself like that. This phone is truly amazing!
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I believe it. Its happened that way to a lot of us. It will come back though, give it a week or so unless this thread actually fixes it for an extended amount of time.. If not, and we just have to run this again... that's livable...

Didn't work for me either. Touchscreenbooster didn't make any difference at all. No screen protector.
FWIW My touchscreen issue is 100% reproducible and only happens when the display first turns on (say, when hitting the power button to take it out of standby, or an incoming call). The touchscreen is seriously erratic for 5 or 10 seconds while I scrub my finger all over it. After that, everything drags perfectly and everything works 100%... until the display turns off and I have to do it all over again.
Frustrating!! But at least I can still use the phone. Just makes it difficult to answer incoming calls in time.

I was having these issues and i was ready to take my phone back. I was convinced they were hardware related. And then i flashed "insert coin" rom. It made my touch screen issues go away. I ve been using it for about a week and made my phone at least 3 times faster and my screen is as responsive as it gets. Cheers
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This worked perfectly... My lock screen likes me again haha thanks ;-)
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I was having these issues and i was ready to take my phone back. I was convinced they were hardware related. And then i flashed "insert coin" rom. It made my touch screen issues go away. I ve been using it for about a week and made my phone at least 3 times faster and my screen is as responsive as it gets. Cheers
Yea that's what I've done as well...I got my sensation when they first came out..about a week in I had a lot of touchscreen issues..they came back from time to time. But when I flashed "insert coin" all the problems went away. And until cm7 drops, I believe insert coin is the best ROM...I've tried at least five different ones.
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Did not fix it for me What settings did you guys use?

Note 3 KitKat update has completely broken notifications.

Obviously Samsung weren't happy with their efforts to launch this device with a broken email app. They've gone one step further and broken all push notification support in 4.4.
No longer do I receive email notifications, app notifications, or pretty much anything else.
I have to unlock the phone before I'm told that I had an important meeting an hour ago which had a reminder set 30 mind before. Nor will I receive those stupidly funny pictures of cats with bread crusts on their heads on time.
But it's OK, because calls and texts still work just fine. Who needs important emails as long as you have that text telling you to pick up milk the second it comes through.
There must be laws somewhere to protect us against this stuff. Samsung are shocking.

I would suggest doing a factory reset. I have none of these issues. I have multiple email accounts and calendar reminders that never fail to go off unless the battery is dead. Both the first 4.4.2 and the current build (which is much cleaner in general performance btw).
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arcanexvi said:
I would suggest doing a factory reset. I have none of these issues. I have multiple email accounts and calendar reminders that never fail to go off unless the battery is dead. Both the first 4.4.2 and the current build (which is much cleaner in general performance btw).
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I've done 5 factory resets in the last 2 weeks.
Notifications SOMETIMES work for the first 2 days, before they stop altogether.
Doesn't matter if I have a clean start with no apps installed, having all the bloatware disabled, etc. It always breaks.
I've tried just using the normal battery cover as opposed to the Samsung Flip cover, makes no difference at all.
I've also noticed that Cell Standby is top of battery usage regardless of what I do. Tested different batteries, sim cards, forcing 2G/3G instead of LTE, etc, also with no luck. The battery reporting is also way off too. 100% to 50% drains stupidly slow, then after 50% it craters to 0% within hours. Again, doesnt matter which battery I use (all official batteries btw). Wiped everything via recovery, nothing works.
Am I just one of the victims of 4.4.2? Because I'm starting to think the phone itself is broken.
Also worth mentioning that its only a few weeks old, so 4.3 hasnt been tested, and now obviously I can't go back due to the bootloader update.
My note 2 runs beautifully on both 4.3 and 4.4

I would take your reset one step further and flash the current firmware via Odin. The factory flash you have might be corrupt. Not likely but it wouldn't be the first time I've seen it.
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Whatever your situation is it's your situation. I've been on 4.4 since a leak was released in January and haven't had any of the issues you're describing. The Gear is dependent on device notifications for its feed so its forum would be lit up like a Christmas tree if what you're describing were common. I can't imagine it's h/w related because there's no specific component that would touch the things affecting you. From what you said, I'm assuming your device is receiving whatever's supposed to trigger the notification but you're not being alerted when it arrives/occurs. That sounds like an app conflict or problem in settings.

BarryH_GEG said:
Whatever your situation is it's your situation. I've been on 4.4 since a leak was released in January and haven't had any of the issues you're describing. The Gear is dependent on device notifications for its feed so its forum would be lit up like a Christmas tree if what you're describing were common. I can't imagine it's h/w related because there's no specific component that would touch the things affecting you. From what you said, I'm assuming your device is receiving whatever's supposed to trigger the notification but you're not being alerted when it arrives/occurs. That sounds like an app conflict or problem in settings.
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Strangely enough, notifications work fine when paired with the Galaxy Gear I got free with it. I just rarely use it due to the nature of my workplace.
I probably should have added, the notifications only come through a few seconds after the phone is unlocked. You can visibly see the phone begin to access the network via the icon, and once it downloads, notifications pop.
And worth mentioning that this happens regardless of wifi access point, and on both 2G/3G and on LTE.

arcanexvi said:
I would take your reset one step further and flash the current firmware via Odin. The factory flash you have might be corrupt. Not likely but it wouldn't be the first time I've seen it.
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I'll give that a go thanks.
I know you say it's unlikely, but I've tried for hours to find people that have the same issues as me, with no luck. Here's hoping it's just one of those rare cases.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2760935
I posted the firmware a week or so ago. That's the build that was just released.
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Mine doesn't do this. In fact mine is the opposite, it checks my email more often than what I set it to, kind of annoying.
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arcanexvi said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2760935
I posted the firmware a week or so ago. That's the build that was just released.
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Thanks but I'm running the international version.
Decided to bite the bullet and use the latest NE3/NE4 update from Asia, as a few people have reported it to be fine for the n9005 model it was intended for. I can always flash back later.
Will update in due course if anything helps my situation.

I had the same problem with WhatsApp notification
And I figured out that was happening because I hibernated google play store app

Just a quick message to say that the NE3 build seems to have fixed my cell standby issue, but ofcourse this is more than likely down to the full odin flash.
Hopefully it stays that way. Will test notifications during my work day tomorrow.
Yet another thing I forgot to add. Notifications have always worked properly when there is music playing to an external device. I assume this is down to the fact that the phone is always awake, and not in deep sleep like it normally is.
Android system and Android OS are both firmly back at the top of my battery usage as per the 4.4.2 norm. Strangely though I can't get the screen usage up at all.

weird. I have had 0 problems with NE3. Are you sure that you didn't greenify \ deactivate \appops stuff you shouldn't ?
i would love to have cell standby up on top as opposed to Android OS \ Android system though i did see a big leap in standby battery life comming to NE3 from ND3 and they were still on top.

istrikerx said:
Strangely enough, notifications work fine when paired with the Galaxy Gear I got free with it. I just rarely use it due to the nature of my workplace.
I probably should have added, the notifications only come through a few seconds after the phone is unlocked. You can visibly see the phone begin to access the network via the icon, and once it downloads, notifications pop.
And worth mentioning that this happens regardless of wifi access point, and on both 2G/3G and on LTE.
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fookea said:
weird. I have had 0 problems with NE3. Are you sure that you didn't greenify \ deactivate \appops stuff you shouldn't ?
i would love to have cell standby up on top as opposed to Android OS \ Android system though i did see a big leap in standby battery life comming to NE3 from ND3 and they were still on top.
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NE3 seems to be significantly better than the ND6 build I was originally on. I can't judge battery life as ND6 was completely broken where tracking battery health, charge, etc was concerned. But I will say that it seems much more accurate.
So far notifications are working flawlessly while I have my flip cover installed. Hopefully it lasts.

Note 5 Memory Management

As many of you know a lot of folks have posted about the RAM management issues on their Galaxy Note 5 devices. The issue is that apps are closed prematurely despite the Note 5 having the most RAM available to any Android device to date. This also seems to effect the Galaxy 6, Galaxy 6 Edge, and Galaxy 6 Edge+ devices. Since Verizon (and AT&T) have locked down their boot loaders there is no way to obtain root and fix the problem. We are left waiting on Samsung for a fix (if it ever comes). This may not seem like a big issue to a lot of folks but I often run several apps in the background (Skype, Exchange client, K-9 Mail, Lync, Life 360, Spotify) and I can't afford having them shut down by an over aggressive RAM management.
How many of you have experienced the issue?
Has anyone been running several apps in the background and not had this issue happen?
Has anyone found a fix that will work with Verizon/AT&T devices with locked boot loaders?
Any word from Samsung as to a fix?
Here are links detailing the issue in case you are not familiar ...
http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-note-5/570051-galaxy-note-5-still-having-ram-management-issues.html
http://www.xda-developers.com/psa-the-ram-management-fix-for-the-s6-works-on-the-note5/
http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/samsungs-galaxy-note-5-and-s6-edge-struggle-with-multitasking-despite-4gb-of-ram/
https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS6/comments/3hn9ma/so_it_seems_like_the_mutlitasking_is_just_as/

I got my N5 and have my s6 to my son. I have noticed little to no lag on my N5 but it was bad on the s6.

Sorry, not much help. I have noticed it kicking apps out of RAM, but they load so quickly it's not a big deal. Still annoying though given the amount of ram. I run tasker, yaata, and adblock, so I'm wondering if that might be making it worse for me. But again, at least this phone loads apps crazy fast.

I'm using note 5 and it frequently kills my swype keyboard. I frequently have to wait for about 5 seconds for the keyboard to load and have a Google search. You can imagine how frustrating it is

edmondhsl said:
I'm using note 5 and it frequently kills my swype keyboard. I frequently have to wait for about 5 seconds for the keyboard to load and have a Google search. You can imagine how frustrating it is
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That's weird... I use Swype and don't have that issue at all.
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As I remember thinking, the issue seems to less prominent after an update?
Anyway, I've sold my note 5 already.

Same here. Sold my Note 5 and went to a Nexus 6. Much happier.

Haven't noticed that at all.

edmondhsl said:
I'm using note 5 and it frequently kills my swype keyboard. I frequently have to wait for about 5 seconds for the keyboard to load and have a Google search. You can imagine how frustrating it is
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I have that issue with the samsung keyboard.

I wonder why it has so little free ram considering this phone has 4gb of ram in total.

Nickyro23 said:
That's weird... I use Swype and don't have that issue at all.
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same

I do have this issue. Lots of people do, some won't admit it tho. Thankfully, waiting for a fix with Android 6.0 from Samsung/Verizon will only be 6ish months after everyone else! Woo

Rippley05 said:
I do have this issue. Lots of people do, some won't admit it tho. Thankfully, waiting for a fix with Android 6.0 from Samsung/Verizon will only be 6ish months after everyone else! Woo
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I don't have that issue either but that might have something to do with me being on Sprint and not Verizon.
Not sure how I ended up here, sorry.

Been following for a while. Thought I would contribute. Yes a fix is coming in 6.0 for us from what I keep seeing about the ram management. It sucks.
I run chromecast with YouTube and the issue arises when I try to go use the notification to pause the videos that are autoplaying.... Nothing happens because youtube is closed in the background. I have to reopen youtube and wait for it to load and catch up the I can pause. Happens with chrome as well. I will read something or type something in a form on a page and if left for a little with no attention it will have to reload the page after resuming chrome due to it closing out. The whole point of the window button is to close them when you don't need them anymore.
Can't wait for a fix!
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Jacob11701 said:
Been following for a while. Thought I would contribute. Yes a fix is coming in 6.0 for us from what I keep seeing about the ram management. It sucks.
I run chromecast with YouTube and the issue arises when I try to go use the notification to pause the videos that are autoplaying.... Nothing happens because youtube is closed in the background. I have to reopen youtube and wait for it to load and catch up the I can pause. Happens with chrome as well. I will read something or type something in a form on a page and if left for a little with no attention it will have to reload the page after resuming chrome due to it closing out. The whole point of the window button is to close them when you don't need them anymore.
Can't wait for a fix!
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Sweet. Any inside information on when 6.0 is gonna be pushed?
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toskabab said:
Sweet. Any inside information on when 6.0 is gonna be pushed?
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No inside scoop for us. Just what I've been reading shows its been delayed from this month to beginning of this year in Q1.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=469380313246700&id=340512139466852
A lot of Samsung phones are getting it then.
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First time posting so I apologize if this is in the wrong place. I've been having the complete opposite problem then the one described in this thread, my phone is actually running out of RAM available and having to re launch my launcher... About once a day I have to restart my phone just to be able to unlock the device because it gets that bad. I've tried searching other forums but none seem to have helped.
I'm currently rooted on a Canadian note 5 running rapture ROM and with the arter97 kernel.
I've included a screenshot of what I'm dealing with right before I need to reboot the device.
Thanks for looking
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PostMortum said:
First time posting so I apologize if this is in the wrong place. I've been having the complete opposite problem then the one described in this thread, my phone is actually running out of RAM available and having to re launch my launcher... About once a day I have to restart my phone just to be able to unlock the device because it gets that bad. I've tried searching other forums but none seem to have helped.
I'm currently rooted on a Canadian note 5 running rapture ROM and with the arter97 kernel.
I've included a screenshot of what I'm dealing with right before I need to reboot the device.
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Your problems are more than likely because of the 'root'.. It shouldn't need to use all 4gb of ram! You probably have that deep sleep issue because you tripped your Knox counter.. However, you might find better help in the Canadian thread instead of the Verizon thread...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note5/general/canadian-note-5-thread-t3179290
OR, the thread you used to gain root access.