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I woke up this morning after leaving my tab on charhe last night and when I woke up suddenly it got stuck on samsung logo when I switched it on. However I can hear sounds like incoming sms while it's on the samsung logo. The only thing I did was root the tab,that was last week and I didn't face a problem since. What do I do? I just bought my tab just one week
leviathian said:
I woke up this morning after leaving my tab on charhe last night and when I woke up suddenly it got stuck on samsung logo when I switched it on. However I can hear sounds like incoming sms while it's on the samsung logo. The only thing I did was root the tab,that was last week and I didn't face a problem since. What do I do? I just bought my tab just one week
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If you did a backup I would restore that from recovery... if not use kies to restore your tab
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Don't panic. Nothing worried.
* Just turn it off.
* Press PowerKey + VolumeUp (wait up to screen on, then release PowerKey, but still hold the VolumeUp until it go to Recovery)
* Reboot thru recovery menu
then everything's OK
(this's my experience)
Ok this is kinda silly, but it happened.
I was charging my Samsung Galaxy S3 GT something (UK version) via the chargeable USB port on my Samsung n150 notepad with the laptop switched off. During this time I was playing N.O.V.A 3 on my Galaxy S3.
As I was playing I switched the laptop on. As the phone was already charging via the USB I didnt think there would be a probably. But when Windows booted to my log in screen, the phone froze and switched off. Now my Galaxy will not switch on. I can only get it to charge and thats all.
Please help!!
Carter3.5 said:
Ok this is kinda silly, but it happened.
I was charging my Samsung Galaxy S3 GT something (UK version) via the chargeable USB port on my Samsung n150 notepad with the laptop switched off. During this time I was playing N.O.V.A 3 on my Galaxy S3.
As I was playing I switched the laptop on. As the phone was already charging via the USB I didnt think there would be a probably. But when Windows booted to my log in screen, the phone froze and switched off. Now my Galaxy will not switch on. I can only get it to charge and thats all.
Please help!!
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Wait so you have the international version? Shouldn't you post this in that forum? This is Verizon.
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Wait so you have the international version? Shouldn't you post this in that forum? This is Verizon.
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Agreed and that is strange how that worked op. Never heard of anything like that. Tried a battery pull I assume?
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Need more info first. Can you get into DL mode? Recovery? The only thing I could think of would be a power surge when you turned the laptop on caused the phone to fail (highly unliklely).
While browsing through our list of threads reported as 'Newsworthy' for the XDA Portal, I just came across this one. I wonder whose big idea was to report it as newsworthy. Whoever that was needs a healthy dose of common sense.
PS: Mods, can you please move it to the appropriate forum i.e. the one for the international version?
Happened to a Verizon GS3
My Verizon GS3 was turned completely unresponsive (absolutely dead), with no boot of any sort after I unplugged and then plugged in a USB DAC (Fiio E7). I had been using the E7 for several days but today connecting it to the GS3 through USB To Go killed it.
I have read other instances of the same phenomenon.
So had my watch 3 days and it's dead won't turn on just starts with Sony logo then turns off sometimes it just lights the back light for few seconds then shuts off called Sony looks like I'm sending it back. I tried the usual pc companion and global update no joy. So looks like it's going back 5 to 7 days return.
Anybody else got any issues with there's.
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Seems like I also have the same problem but mine only powers on on charging and only display the sync part and then switches off again
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Ahyricks said:
Seems like I also have the same problem but mine only powers on on charging and only display the sync part and then switches off again
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The same happened to me, clean the pins of the charger and the watch then reset (15s aprox. press of power button) and it should work properly again.
hope it worked
bests
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marcgear said:
So had my watch 3 days and it's dead won't turn on just starts with Sony logo then turns off sometimes it just lights the back light for few seconds then shuts off called Sony looks like I'm sending it back. I tried the usual pc companion and global update no joy. So looks like it's going back 5 to 7 days return.
Anybody else got any issues with there's.
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Very good. I wanted to order it today but when i read this Feedbacks ill wait until another better Version of the smartwach has been released -_-
Mine is about 5 days old just stopped working this morning won't even power on anymore
Edit it seems the battery was just dead when I got home and plugged it in it turned on and starting charging, I charged it overnight and was sure it was fully charged - at least it is working now !
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Exact same problem!
Hi, I just got my smartwatch 2 about 3 days ago and today I wake up to find it dead, the battery was fully charged when I went to bed and in the morning the thing just wouldn't turn on, sometimes the screen lights up slightly but is still blank, just like you said. Holding the power button down to reset it just brings up the sony logo and that soon disappears so I'm left with an expensive dead toy which the PC wont even recognise. Not happy :/
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Hi, I just got my smartwatch 2 about 3 days ago and today I wake up to find it dead, the battery was fully charged when I went to bed and in the morning the thing just wouldn't turn on, sometimes the screen lights up slightly but is still blank, just like you said. Holding the power button down to reset it just brings up the sony logo and that soon disappears so I'm left with an expensive dead toy which the PC wont even recognise. Not happy :/
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That sucks. I bought one that was just DOA and wouldn't recognize either. Then got a second one which is working now for 5 days so far. Not really impressed with Sony's quality control at the moment.
Problem sorted, for now...
Adso3000 said:
That sucks. I bought one that was just DOA and wouldn't recognize either. Then got a second one which is working now for 5 days so far. Not really impressed with Sony's quality control at the moment.
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Just an update:
After plugging in to a mains charger and leaving it for 5mins (blank screen and no sign of any life in the thing) I installed Sony's update utility and thought I'd give it one more go. I plugged in the watch (at first it tried to install driver and failed), then after opening the update programme and finding the smartwatch 2 option and re-plugging in the watch & tapping the power button quickly once, boom the computer detected the watch (it said the battery level was now 76% so that rules out a dead battery as I only charged for a few mins). From then onwards the update programme installed the relevant drivers and allowed me to reinstall the firmware. Finally managed to get some life into the watch, but, and there's a but...ever since I managed to reinstall the firmware the smartwatch kept crashing or freezing at a certain time and not responding to any inputs, no matter how many times I reset the watch, but I eventually fixed it!
I've had to uninstall all the smart extra apps and reset the watch a few more time and connect to my phone with a fresh setup and now finally things seem to be working again, but it's been a whole lot of hassle and not what I was expecting at all, let's just hope it lasts...
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Just an update:
After plugging in to a mains charger and leaving it for 5mins (blank screen and no sign of any life in the thing) I installed Sony's update utility and thought I'd give it one more go. I plugged in the watch (at first it tried to install driver and failed), then after opening the update programme and finding the smartwatch 2 option and re-plugging in the watch & tapping the power button quickly once, boom the computer detected the watch (it said the battery level was now 76% so that rules out a dead battery as I only charged for a few mins). From then onwards the update programme installed the relevant drivers and allowed me to reinstall the firmware. Finally managed to get some life into the watch, but, and there's a but...ever since I managed to reinstall the firmware the smartwatch kept crashing or freezing at a certain time and not responding to any inputs, no matter how many times I reset the watch, but I eventually fixed it!
I've had to uninstall all the smart extra apps and reset the watch a few more time and connect to my phone with a fresh setup and now finally things seem to be working again, but it's been a whole lot of hassle and not what I was expecting at all, let's just hope it lasts...
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this worked for me!!!
kish3n said:
this worked for me!!!
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Good to hear! Personally I think its some of the apps that corrupt the firmware on the watch and as it tries to reconnect to the phone to relink the apps you've installed it just ends up in a loop...just hope Sony releases some kind of updated more stable firmware soon!
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hi my watch is working fine but i want to update the software.when i connect the usb and immediatly press power button nothing happens on watch and pc shows usb device not recognised,and when i remove the usb cable and press power button so it turns on... is it the driver issue or watch firmware?
i am using windows 8 64bit
http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/tools/ update-service/
This will help you unbrick your smartwatch 2. I crashed mine 2 hrs after setup. Lol enjoy.
dirtymindedx said:
http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/tools/ update-service/
This will help you unbrick your smartwatch 2. I crashed mine 2 hrs after setup. Lol enjoy.
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Just had this happen to my 2 day old Smartwatch 2.
I switched it on after charging to see 2 of my apps not showing on the watch, Smart Camera and Call Handler, both bang up to date and still showing in the Smart Connect app on my Samsung S3. All other apps seemed fine at this point. So I switched the watch off and back on again to be greeted by a garbled display on the watch..switched it back off and on again and this time it only booted as far as the Sony logo.
Thanks to the help on this thread I downloaded the Sony update tool which allowed me to reinstall the firmware and i'm now back up and running.
I do have a theory as to what might have caused the problem. I used a mobile phone mains charger to charge the watch for the first time just before the problems. I am going to stick to using the supplied usb lead and connecting it to my laptop from now on. I dont know if this will help stop the firmware from corrupting but i'm not taking any chances....
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Just had this happen to my 2 day old Smartwatch 2.
I switched it on after charging to see 2 of my apps not showing on the watch, Smart Camera and Call Handler, both bang up to date and still showing in the Smart Connect app on my Samsung S3. All other apps seemed fine at this point. So I switched the watch off and back on again to be greeted by a garbled display on the watch..switched it back off and on again and this time it only booted as far as the Sony logo.
Thanks to the help on this thread I downloaded the Sony update tool which allowed me to reinstall the firmware and i'm now back up and running.
I do have a theory as to what might have caused the problem. I used a mobile phone mains charger to charge the watch for the first time just before the problems. I am going to stick to using the supplied usb lead and connecting it to my laptop from now on. I dont know if this will help stop the firmware from corrupting but i'm not taking any chances....
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Enjoy, Glad it worked out.
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Enjoy, Glad it worked out.
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After 2 weeks I have this same issue. The update tool won't recognise the watch though so I think I have to return it.
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After 2 weeks I have this same issue. The update tool won't recognise the watch though so I think I have to return it.
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Sorry if this is too obvious and you've already done it many time. Did you do the whole "turn off watch", run program, plug the USB end in your computer and then plug in the microUSB end into your watch and in less than a second after plugging the microUSB into the watch, press and hold the powerbutton on the watch?
http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/tools/ update-service/
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Sorry if this is too obvious and you've already done it many time. Did you do the whole "turn off watch", run program, plug the USB end in your computer and then plug in the microUSB end into your watch and in less than a second after plugging the microUSB into the watch, press and hold the powerbutton on the watch?
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Honestly I tried it over and over. I tried pressing, holding, everything with the update tool running immediately after plugging in the USB cable. After an hour of messing about I gave up and arranged to return it. I know it worked for others but it definitely didn't work for me.
I would have accepted a replacement but it wasn't an option so I'm getting the money back and I decided to go for a Pebble instead. I really liked the Smartwatch 2 but I did realise when using it that the colour screen and touchscreen were less important to me than the core experience (watch + personalisation + notifications). Fingers crossed I'll get all that with the pebble and not need to charge it quite so often.
Thanks for trying to help!
I had it running for a few weeks but eventually I started seeing some weirdness. Firstly it became less responsive and then it will reboot on its own. Yesterday it failed completely where it will hardly remain turned on for a while. So yesterday I connected it to sony update software and update was presented. I flashed that update, after that it won't reboot, no response at all, as if bricked. After 20-30 minutes it started responding but this time it was even worse. Literally unusable. Backlight won't turn on, it won't register touch on right hand side of screen except on left hand side icon row. Can't swipe either.
Infact this is pretty much useless now.
Never expected such a poor quality device from such a reputed company. A piece of ****.
Not sure if warranty will be honoured on this as I don't even have receipt on purchase from ebay. However I have full box and all accessories. If this is not sorted this will be last piece of electronics I will buy from sony.
I'm still waiting for mine to come back from repair been over a month now.
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Dawn my watch started stuffing up today. Would keep buzzing and resetting showing the Sony logo. Plugged it in to charge and it seems to be stuck on 0% battery and gets pretty warm when charging. I need to try out the tips suggested to see if it fixes it.
Okay, I have my Fit 2 Pro and wanted to set it up to always on. Set it to always on, wakeup gesture disabled, low brightness, great stuff.
Worked most of the day, then started going screen off instead of going to the clock mode when it times out. Any ideas? Not great for the first day...
Though i deactivated Always On again, i can say that when i tried it, it worked for me without problems.
Yes, thanks, been working for me since too. Restarting the watch didn't help, but restarting watch and phone brought back always on. Weird. Been fine since.
Although with Always On I use use 75% of the battery in a day...
I'm having Sam issue with my new gear fit 2 pro, can't get always on to work. Tried restarting watch and phone and tried various watch faces but still won't work. I got it last week and I'm sure it worked at first.
My S3 Frontier was a problem child when I first got it a year ago. It would never stay connected to my phone, and all I did was tinker with it and reset it over and over again for months. I was ready to Ebay it when the Tizen 3 update was pushed. Since that time, this watch has worked great, up until now. About a month ago I got new iPhone. I had a LG V10 Android phone and was a little concerned that the iPhone would mess up the watch. The Samsung app on IOS was a bit limited, but it still worked fine. About 2 days ago, the watch all of a sudden started eating up the battery. It went from 100% to 31% in about 3 hours Tuesday morn. I charged it over night, and yesterday it was fine. Today it was OK up until an hour or so ago. It went from 71% to 17% in just over an hour. I was not even using the watch. I have wifi on auto, the display always off, brightness on 6, heart rate monitor off, and no 3rd party apps installed. All I use the watch for is to keep me alerted when I get incoming texts, weather alerts, and it tells me to get up off my arse sometimes and move! I do not use it to make or answer calls, GPS and location is off. Up until now, when I would put the watch on the charger when I went to bed, the battery would be at 70-75%. I have about 20 or so watch faces all from the Samsung store and have uninstalled Facer and Watchmaker. I do not see how the watch faces could be causing this when the screen is off, but I do not know all the technical details on how this thing operates. The Samsung app on my phone does not show anything out of the ordinary running on the watch. Does anybody have any ideas before I rest this thing, or worse yet, chuck it and just go back to using my $10.00 Walmart watches!!? :laugh:
Won't hurt to try another factory reset before you retire it.
Same thing for mine was great then all the sudden drains battery like crazy.
I just did ANOTHER reset from the watch, and also removed and reinstalled the Gear app on my phone. Afterwards, did not install anything on the watch. It is still draining way too fast. This morn at 6 it was at 100%, after not using it at all, it is at 82. It is still setup as in my original post. The only thing I can think of that may have caused this was a small update that got pushed on it a few weeks go. Either way, I am tired of fighting it! I may have to contact Samsung, but I think it is out of warranty. If this thing gets the Tizen 4 update, I will give it another shot.
I just thought of something. Is there a way to reinstall Tizen 3.0.0.2 again manually without hacking the watch or sending it back to Samsung? Maybe resetting it is not enough and it needs to to be wiped , then have the OS reinstalled.
I just started experiencing the rapid drain as well? Noticed it yesterday. Put the watch on at 7am and by 11am had the warning pop up that battery was at 15%
If you Google this, there are lot of folks having the same problem with this watch. I was just on a Samsung forum where several people were reporting this issue after the 3.0.0.2 update. The thing is, my watch ran great after the 3.0.02 update! Better than it did on version 2. My problem started after no updates. My best guess is another patch or the Tizen 4 update (assuming this watch will get it) may hopefully fix this. I am found no resolution so far.
I would say try a couple things. Turn Wi-Fi off completely. Mine gets hammered when I have it on in any way, and you COULD be seeing it poll like crazy in Auto. After testing that, I'd also try turning the BT off too (Just to test)
Mine started doing this two days ago and I made no changes (I always have Wifi off, heart rate once every ten minutes, AOD off, , no GPS, non-LTE watch). I usually get up to three days and now if I fully charge it by 9pm is't dead in less than 11 hours.
I have this problem as well, started yesterday. Looking through the apps, seems like s health is the one to blame! Before once charge was getting the phone still at 77% by the end of the day....
Same here, since a couple of days ago, Samsung Health draining the battery. Can´t be a coincidence.
I guess it is possible the battery is going bad, but rechargeable batteries normally do not start losing capacity at one year of age, and it is normally a gradual process. I tried turning off wifi, and that did not help. Between 6 this morn and now (8.00 am) it went from 100 to 88% and all it did was show a few text messages from my wife. To add to my misery, the Samsung app just updated on my iPhone and now the program crashes whenever I open it and to go the Gear apps and faces. I can try reinstalling it, but it will reset the watch AGAIN, and I will have to start all over. If I was Bruce Banner I would be turning into The Hulk right now!!
son of a b!tch... i was hoping that it was a fixable thing, seems like its a widespread issue. Im having the exact same problem. started 2 days ago. Factory reset the watch and didnt even install any apps on it, just configured the watchface to diable the AOD and bezel wake. Its been fine for about 10 months and boom... utter failure. guess ill start a claim with samsung
Yes mine has worked great for over a year then all of a sudden 2 days ago it started going from 100% to dead in 3 hours or less.
sooooooo, i submitted my claim info on samsungs site and no more than 30 min following, my gear started turning its watchface on while on the charger very randomly. Did it about 6 times. Stupid coincidence? poltergeist? or are they digging into the device?
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factory resetting it via recovery, wish me luck
ok, reset via recovery, fully charged, lets see how this goes
sparky1337 said:
Yes mine has worked great for over a year then all of a sudden 2 days ago it started going from 100% to dead in 3 hours or less.
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Same with my device. It started 2 days ago after a factory reset, goes from 100% to dead within the first 3-4 hours of the day.
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ok, reset via recovery, fully charged, lets see how this goes
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I did not think of that! I am going to try that also!!
same here started 2 days ago, haven't changed anything ... they want us to get frustrated and buy the new galaxy watch!lol
I did a reset and a master reset then restored the backup, was good for the rest of the day after that.