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Factory Reset VS Out of the box (Differences)

I was going to exchange my phone for a new one before my 30 days is up which is tomorrow, so I did a factory reset. They ended up not letting me because they knew about the GPS problem and said there is a fix coming. I also had my email disappear and wanted to just get a fresh device before I am stuck for 2 years.
So I wanted to see if anyone else who has done a factory reset has noticed the same or differences from before they reset it.
1. Data icon (3G,E) still shows while WiFi is connected. Before the data icon wouldn't show.
2. Facebook pictures sync works much better and actually sync's pictures. Also its doesn't take 20 clicks to select the contacts to DL.
3. Phone overall doesn't seem laggy as much and much more responsive.
4. When I open messages the first time it keeps asking if I want to set a limit, which I have to say no every time. Very annoying, not sure why it keeps asking,
Note: I haven't rooted this time (I was before) yet and I have less apps installed. I haven't installed the official FB app in case it was conflicting, but I doubt it.
I will add more if I notice anything else. Today is the 3rd day since the reset.

Curious to see what replies you receive. And you're saying AT&T wouldn't return it even though there is a "known-issue" with the phone?

RootPhisher said:
Curious to see what replies you receive. And you're saying AT&T wouldn't return it even though there is a "known-issue" with the phone?
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Yea, thats BS. if the return policy is 30 days you should be able to return it. And who gives a **** if there is a fix on the way. It doesnt work right now, and you signed a 2-year agreement for a phone to have a working GPS unit which doesnt; breech of contract.

iceman4357 said:
Yea, thats BS. if the return policy is 30 days you should be able to return it. And who gives a **** if there is a fix on the way. It doesnt work right now, and you signed a 2-year agreement for a phone to have a working GPS unit which doesnt; breech of contract.
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They wouldn't let me exchange it, I probably could of returned it, but not sure if I can deal with going back to the Fuze with WinMo. At least I turned the Fuze into a portable Garmin GPS with internet calling via WiFi.

(psst. just tell them it shuts down randomly for no apparent reason.)
I exchanged mine for this (real) reason. It was ridiculous. My Captivate continued to shut down at least 2-3 times a day. I even contacted Samsung about this issue and they said to just exchange it.
I did a Factory reset and hoped that it would fix the problem. Three hours after doing so, it shut down on me again. I have had it. I just exchanged it.
Sorry I can't really help you with the different between stock and a factory reset device since I didn't really take notice of it. Although, after the reset, I went to Settings - About Phone - System Tutorial and clicked Begin. Nothing happened. Yesterday, with my new device after the exchange, the Begin button took me to the Tutorial.

I had 3G connectivitiy problems before, and after doing the odin restore those problems are gone. It may have been poor network conditions for a couple days, but either way, my problem no longer exists.

[Q] Hd7 randomly calling my most contacts

At 6:09am [EST] this morning (5/16), I received a call from a colleague of mine who indicated that my phone had called him 4 times at different intervals (12:26am,2:09am, 5:28am, 5:29am). When I saw his incoming call, I was like why's he calling me this early in the morning? I told him that I didn't call him and that I was still sleeping. Has anyone experienced this with their windows phone?
I did looked on my phone after getting off the phone with Marcelo at 6:09am and I noticed that my phone also called someone else [Jillian K] at 1:04am.
The last time I called [Jillian K.] was 5/15 - 3:06pm and after that, I made 3 more calls to 2 other people yesterday. However, I have not called Marcelo at all in some time.Other than Marcelo being among the 10 recipients that I texted regarding a game schedule early yesterday [5/15] around 11am.
Has anyone experience this? Thanks for your input.
I have attached a picture of the outgoing calls (w/the 1 incoming call from Marcelo)

Maybe you are sleepwalking
OT: no never had that

Yeah, I only know of drunk people that call at all hours of the night.
However, unrelated, I've had a similar problem, where my HD7 is screen locked in my pocket, I'll receive and miss a call, which unlocks the screen, and then the phone goes crasy bumping against my leg. Last time I had 3 outgoing calls before I heard the phone about to leave a voice mail.

Worst part was I had the phone on the coffee table the whole night.. unless there's a ghost in my apartment. I did noticed few things today -- I had IE tabs on the phone (3-4) that I didn't open. Later this noon, I received an email from Bank of Ameri. that someone tried to access my account online and was unsuccessful. Did logged in to check and to change my pwd.
The last app I bought was gMsg and I used it briefly to message my soccer group about game time. so may be the app is misbehaving?
I'll observe again tonite..

Have you developer unlocked your phone? What OS Version are you running? Have you ever flashed a ROM? Edit: On a related note, are you the first owner?

Figure it out?

which web sites were opened?

Mestiphal said:
Yeah, I only know of drunk people that call at all hours of the night.
However, unrelated, I've had a similar problem, where my HD7 is screen locked in my pocket, I'll receive and miss a call, which unlocks the screen, and then the phone goes crasy bumping against my leg. Last time I had 3 outgoing calls before I heard the phone about to leave a voice mail.
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weird. Your proximity sensor should have prevented this.

Nothing? I was really curious about this lol.

Do you have any "weird" apps installed that might be causing this ?
Either that or you got a bugged phone dude.

xirsteon said:
Worst part was I had the phone on the coffee table the whole night.. unless there's a ghost in my apartment. I did noticed few things today -- I had IE tabs on the phone (3-4) that I didn't open. Later this noon, I received an email from Bank of Ameri. that someone tried to access my account online and was unsuccessful. Did logged in to check and to change my pwd.
The last app I bought was gMsg and I used it briefly to message my soccer group about game time. so may be the app is misbehaving?
I'll observe again tonite..
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Do you have an wife/girlfriend or Kids which have played with your phone?

la_Tensor said:
Do you have an wife/girlfriend or Kids which have played with your phone?
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Jealous wife/girlfriend

Ever get an answer ?

Apparently someone has been messing with ure phone if they had IE tabs open and they had triedto access ure bank account.
-Griffin CEO of Parios

Someone been using your phone: there's no doubt left in my mind.

I posted this thread 5/16 and since then several things have happened. For those asking about version, unlocked n etc. I'll answer all in one swoop.
First my Hd7 is dev unlocked but only apps like walkman7, tvshow7, wifi shorcuts, and etc. Haven't even used those in a while.
software version: nodo (as of today - decided to wait for final Mango)
I've no kids or wifey. Girlfriend was away on company business that week unless she suddenly acquired supernatural powers to control my phone from where she was.
Since i reported this, i've sent my phone in for volume button wiggling issue, so my device has been software reset (factory). Haven't seen it since. Also, at the time when I reported this, at least for 2 months, my phone just randomly reboot itself. I haven't had that happen since getting my phone back from HTC for the volume button fix and re-config of my phone from factory reset.
All I know is a factory reset seem to have fixed it for me. Keep in mind that after the fact. reset, I still went back to dev unlock my phone again and it has been great since. YMMV.

Are you having problems with phone not ringing?

I am having my phone NOT RING, often. I get notifications of missed call.
I'm not sure if it is my carrier and weak signal, or if it is a problem with the phone.
How's it going for you?

Sorry to revive such an old thread, but only just recently I've been told that my phone just goes to voicemail when someone calls me. It seems like just a random occurence and after multiple attempts, the call finally goes through. Any thoughts? On a side note, my ex has a honor 5x and has similar issues too

shdw03 said:
Sorry to revive such an old thread, but only just recently I've been told that my phone just goes to voicemail when someone calls me. It seems like just a random occurence and after multiple attempts, the call finally goes through. Any thoughts? On a side note, my ex has a honor 5x and has similar issues too
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JFYI...I am still having the problem. I'm about to consider getting rid of the Mate 9. I'd hate to, as I love the phone.
I find it interesting that there are not others experiencing the problem.
I am tempted to wipe everything and start fresh...but I have so much set up, I hate to go through all that, and then have it just be a phone problem anyway.
Quite frustrating.

ewingr said:
JFYI...I am still having the problem. I'm about to consider getting rid of the Mate 9. I'd hate to, as I love the phone.
I find it interesting that there are not others experiencing the problem.
I am tempted to wipe everything and start fresh...but I have so much set up, I hate to go through all that, and then have it just be a phone problem anyway.
Quite frustrating.
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I haven't owned the Mate 9 long. but I don't have any call issues at all. Maybe check with your carrier first. Replacement SIM should always be step 1...Then if it continues. Wipe....My wife and I both had Note 4's (Hers is still kickin)...We would have that happen all the time. Its normally a carrier/signal issue.

If you receive a call with the screen on, does it show the incoming call? Make sure do not disturb is not on some weird timer or something.
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cash2387 said:
I haven't owned the Mate 9 long. but I don't have any call issues at all. Maybe check with your carrier first. Replacement SIM should always be step 1...Then if it continues. Wipe....My wife and I both had Note 4's (Hers is still kickin)...We would have that happen all the time. Its normally a carrier/signal issue.
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I must admit that AT&T in my area pretty much sucks.
My wife still has her Note 4, and never has that problem. So, that leaves me thinking it is not carrier related.
My wife thinks it's because of all the apps I have on it.
I think I will try a new SIM, then a reload.
Oh another interesting note: most of the time I get missed call notifications, and it shows the number in the missed call log.

I'm in france , my phone is not ringing sometimes... Will reset the phone and see if problem's still here.

Our phones had the same problem ( me: Note 3, wife Samsung S4 then S5). We even upgraded one of the phones, hoping the extra LTEbands will solve the problem. It turned out to be the carrier. I now bought the Mate 9 outright, with dual SIM and on a different carrier. No calls lost yet, fingers crossed.

I finally have come to the realization that lui Do Not Disturb is malfunctioning.
I have it in a timer of:
- Turn on at 10:00pm
- Turn off at 7:00am next morning
But it is not turning off.
I'm going to post a thread about this.

Phone ceased working, causes Pixel to Reboot

As of Saturday, my Pixel refuses to make or take phone calls. It seems to work flawlessly in all other regards.
If I get a phone call it takes a long time to acknowledge that I've selected to answer the call. I can then neither hear the other person, nor can they hear me (no line noise, complete silence). If I choose to hang up, the Phone app ceases to work, and within a few minutes the whole phone reboots. Making call doesn't even get that far, as as soon as I initiate the call the phone app ceases, and again, within a few minutes the phone reboots.
I chatted with Google Pixel Help twice yesterday. They checked a bunch of things with me, then suggested a factory reset when those didn't work. Yesterday, the issue only seemed to occur after the phone had sat idle from a reboot for a while. So initially after the factory reset things were working. When I got home, however, the problem persisted, and was now occurring every single time the Phone app was used. It's now 100% reproducible:
https://youtu.be/5YSJpLVBR1A
https://youtu.be/sENelMnE4eI
I've tried using 3rd party dialers, but they all seem to throw over to the stock phone app as soon as the call is made. I have no idea what happened.
Google hasn't been helpful, as their support person said I'm out of warranty (purchased in late-Oct. 2016), and thus have to deal with Telus. I have I feeling I know how that's going to go (ie: not well).
Anyone else ever experienced anything like this?

Happend to me too.

I just got an email back from the Google Store Support manager. She just reiterated that the phone is out of warranty and suggested that I visit UBreakIFix to see about getting it repaired.
Overall, I'm quite unimpressed with Google's support on this. If I have to replace the phone, I'm seriously going to consider something other than Google.

saltorio said:
I just got an email back from the Google Store Support manager. She just reiterated that the phone is out of warranty and suggested that I visit UBreakIFix to see about getting it repaired.
Overall, I'm quite unimpressed with Google's support on this. If I have to replace the phone, I'm seriously going to consider something other than Google.
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Well I mean if the phone is out of warranty they are following the same guidelines literally any other manufacturer would. Their response is kind of a non-problem and your reaction is kinda poor. Anyways for now try rolling back to the factory image before current and then updating back to current, might do something.
Edit: preferably keeping the -w intact but you can try dirty flashing it first

Question Samsung Galaxy S21 Plus_Please help with my phone issues

Since the day after I traded in my Galaxy A50 to upgrade to my brand new out of the box Galaxy S21 Plus, I've been dealing with multiple issues beginning with inability to connect to Wi-Fi public Hotspot which I use for everything in my place for past nine years and no check issues even if I have several devices connected. the s21+ wouldn't even see the xfinitywifi broadcast like my other devices do, then it would see it and attempt connection only to get authentication errors. everyone I've ever talked to about wifi issues are robots that all say reboot your modem. I DON'T HAVE A MODEM because I use public Hotspot. sorry for yelling, my blood pressure rises thinking about this. anyway tech says factory data reset (I knew better), but I did it anyway, then it gets worse, lost contacts, important apps from my employer, important vm's, because my ringer refused to operate even, volume was erratically adjusting itself hi low hi low anytime I attempt blue tooth connection, then my messaging app would race my pandora app upon blue tooth connecting as well I would win that by fighting both apps but still my messaging app would stay on simultaneously with pandora. my s21+ I got brand new unopened $1k on payment plan. Verizon said too late for warranty is only good for 14 days after purchase. keep telling these people my issues began on day one and on day three I finally had time to call support the first time. the store I bought it from (go wireless), tried very hard to help fix it but they only knew what settings to check but they were all correctly set. magically they were able to get my ringer to work and called me a couple times while I was there to test. after I get home, my ringer magically would not work once again. since Verizon was trying to rip me off by telling me they can only replace the s21+ under their 14 day warranty with a certified pre-owned s21+ but at that time, it was beyond the 14 day warranty period. I so I got high blood pressure and said NOPE I will be receiving a brand new phone because that's what I am paying for, I did not purchase a pre-owned anything, so let me talk to whoever is in charge of making that happen. team leader put me on hold until his management went home for the day, he checked couple times to see if I was still holding (better believe I was), last time he asked I told him I'm calling Samsung direct then he tried arguing with me as I hung up. Samsung warranty is good for up to one year as is typical for anything aside from landscaping. well they want me to send my phone away with me paying postage and having no other phone, but they will fix it when it arrives in Texas?? why can I not just get a replacement from the store I purchased it from?? Samsung answer because it's most likely a software issue, if it is then it has to go to Google because they are the one's who developed the software. WTF can I do?? anybody have any clue how to fix this?? I'm thinking a 20lb. sledge, torch maybe, brick and the river?? but then I'm out $1k for a phone that never worked right out of the box.

It does sound like software but doing a reset didn't fix it which is odd?
My suggestion would be to download the correct firmware from sammobile and flash it to your phone with Odin.
At the very least you will be ruling out software if there is still issues.

DrDee said:
It does sound like software but doing a reset didn't fix it which is odd?
My suggestion would be to download the correct firmware from sammobile and flash it to your phone with Odin.
At the very least you will be ruling out software if there is still issues.
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I agree. Try reinstall the OS back onto your device from scratch and see if that works. Or if it is still within the 14 day warranty, take it back to the store for a replacement unit.

Camelpuppet said:
that all say reboot your modem. I DON'T HAVE A MODEM
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you do have a modem in your phone. and its likely the culprit. do yourself the favor and get samfirm or frija, theyre firmware downloaders, and enter the info the tool needs to D/L your firmware and flash it on the phone with Odin just as stated above. There are 5 files that come inside the zip of firmware you end up with once frija has finished. the 2 files to pay the most attention to are CSC and HOME_CSC. CSC will factory reset it, and HOME_CSC will not, otherwise theyre the same thing

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I agree. Try reinstall the OS back onto your device from scratch and see if that works. Or if it is still within the 14 day warranty, take it back to the store for a replacement unit.
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Thank you for your replies, I was able to take it back to the store for a complete exchange after a lot of trouble.