I have a stock 5.1.1 note 5 that has had some signal problems for awhile now and I don't know if it's hardware or software, the problems are :
Hotspot not appearing on other devices from the Android phone.
If device loses signal, does not regain signal until it is powered off and back on again (soft reboot does not fix it)
Like I said I'd greatly appreciate if anybody could answer.
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Q: Do you have thetering in your data plan?
A: Yes
Q: Are you Rooted?
A: No, already have a rooted nexus 5
Polycarbonate said:
I have a stock 5.1.1 note 5 that has had some signal problems for awhile now and I don't know if it's hardware or software, the problems are :
Hotspot not appearing on other devices from the Android phone.
If device loses signal, does not regain signal until it is powered off and back on again (soft reboot does not fix it)
Like I said I'd greatly appreciate if anybody could answer.
Q/A
Q: Do you have thetering in your data plan?
A: Yes
Q: Are you Rooted?
A: No, already have a rooted nexus 5
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Have you tried a factory reset. I doubt it'll do anything but you never know. If that doesn't work, hardware issue. Or
Towers.....
@pcriz
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Jammol said:
Have you tried a factory reset. I doubt it'll do anything but you never know. If that doesn't work, hardware issue. Or
Towers.....
@pcriz
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Thanks Jammol for responding, since the phone is not entirely mine, but a family member's, I'd like to leave factory reset as a last resort, I need some help fixing this issue because the owner is paying for a service that cannot be used due to the phone having problems, to clarify, the phone's problem is that the Hotspot Sharing from the Note 5 is not showing up on other phones, but on the note 5s end it shows that it is clearly turned on, tried it on a Samsung Galaxy s6 and a Nexus 5 one running 5.1.1 and the other running marshmallow custom vanilla rom, the Galaxy s6 is stock, I need some help with this if possible
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Thanks Jammol for responding, since the phone is not entirely mine, but a family member's, I'd like to leave factory reset as a last resort, I need some help fixing this issue because the owner is paying for a service that cannot be used due to the phone having problems, to clarify, the phone's problem is that the Hotspot Sharing from the Note 5 is not showing up on other phones, but on the note 5s end it shows that it is clearly turned on, tried it on a Samsung Galaxy s6 and a Nexus 5 one running 5.1.1 and the other running marshmallow custom vanilla rom, the Galaxy s6 is stock, I need some help with this if possible
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And this device is not rooted or has a custom rom correct? Do you get consistent wifi when using the device at all (not hotspot)?
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Jammol said:
And this device is not rooted or has a custom rom correct? Do you get consistent wifi when using the device at all (not hotspot)?
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No this device is not rooted, it is stock rom, it has Internet access and it gets Internet and WiFi just fine, the hotspot turns on just fine, but does not appear on other devices, and also the phone needs to be hard rebooted to get signal again
Polycarbonate said:
No this device is not rooted, it is stock rom, it has Internet access and it gets Internet and WiFi just fine, the hotspot turns on just fine, but does not appear on other devices, and also the phone needs to be hard rebooted to get signal again
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That sounds like both a hardware and software issue. You most likely have to try a factory reset first and if that doesn't solve it, warranty replacement time.
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I have a verizon m8 rooted unlocked twrp 2.7.1.0 , yesterday i attempted to log in to a mobile game it kept telling me (unable to connect) i then tried to log into facebook just to see if i had data which i did and in turn was able to log in my problem is every time i try and make a call my signal dropps from 4 bars 4g to none the call never goes through but i can send and recive texts and log into the play store im even able to sign into xda with the phone i just cant make or recive calls and certain apps say no connection availible mc4,e strong file manager ... Any help would be appreciated oh and its not the sim card either i was thinking it was because i (trimmed) my old sim from my xt926 to fit into the m8 but i use the same card in my wifes s4 and can call all i want ...so radio issues ? Please help lol
I'd suggest flashing factory and unrooting to see if that works and if it doesn't send it to be fixed
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killyass said:
I'd suggest flashing factory and unrooting to see if that works and if it doesn't send it to be fixed
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Factory what ? Rom, recovery ,hboot , kernel .... Like i previously stated its like this no matter which rom and i dont see how root would be a issue ive booted into safe mode and it still persits
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Factory what ? Rom, recovery ,hboot , kernel .... Like i previously stated its like this no matter which rom and i dont see how root would be a issue ive booted into safe mode and it still persits
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flash factory images and try again it might be something wrong you did you might have dirty flashed or something
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After doing the sd card ruu thingy I found out that it's a hardware problem due to its persistence this thread can be deleted by the mods at will thanks for helping all those who helped .
Hello guys,
my brand new nexus 5 just came back from replacement and worked flawlessly for a week or two,
The thing it that after the update, i had this strange "Stuck at turning wifi on bug".
I tried everything i saw on all the forums i managed to find and google usually tell users to replace their devices.
The thing is i just flashed the radio-hammerhead-M8974A-1.0.25.0.17 Radio, and at reboot i was able to turn wifi on.
The main problem now is, that the device freeze 15 second after succefully showing me nearby wifi networks, and then proceed to reboot.
I think many users are in the same situation, has someone managed, somehow, to patch the error ? I can't even tell if this is a software or hardware related glitch, but more and more users are experiencing troubles and i think google should talk more about it.
The majority of users don't have this problem. I don't. What else have you done to the device? What have you flashed?
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no such issues here.
I've seen this issue on various phones and it's always been either:
1) Dodgy /data (user data, apps etc)
2) Hardware problem.
I have not had this issue on the N5
jd1639 said:
The majority of users don't have this problem. I don't. What else have you done to the device? What have you flashed?
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Of course i did not mean that all users where on the same case,
what i said, is that i already found many thread of people experiencing the same "undefined behaviour", which mean this is not a random bug, and that it can definitly happen to anybody's device.
My phone was using the last stock rom, the bootloader was locked and it never was altered in any ways when the problem started to appear.
Then, i did a hardreset, i unlocked the bootloader, i flashed custom roms (PA, MIUI, CYANNOGEN), then i flashed an older rom's radio image and the wifi started to activate again, but to reboot 15 sec after.
then i went back to a PA rom, and exactly the same bug occur.
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Of course i did not mean that all users where on the same case,
what i said, is that i already found many thread of people experiencing the same "undefined behaviour", which mean this is not a random bug, and that it can definitly happen to anybody's device.
My phone was using the last stock rom, the bootloader was locked and it never was altered in any ways when the problem started to appear.
Then, i did a hardreset, i unlocked the bootloader, i flashed custom roms (PA, MIUI, CYANNOGEN), then i flashed an older rom's radio image and the wifi started to activate again, but to reboot 15 sec after.
then i went back to a PA rom, and exactly the same bug occur.
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Flash a full factory image back to latest stock. If it still happens, send it for repair
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Flash a full factory image back to latest stock. If it still happens, send it for repair
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Already done, guess i have no choice.
Then i would like to tell all the peoples who are experiencing the same experience to replace their phone using google's warranty service.
Some peoples managed to fix the bug for a time with a lucky trick, but it always end to come back.
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Already done, guess i have no choice.
Then i would like to tell all the peoples who are experiencing the same experience to replace their phone using google's warranty service.
Some peoples managed to fix the bug for a time with a lucky trick, but it always end to come back.
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If it comes back while on stock rom then it's a problem with the device and you should rma it. That's what warranty is for
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Been looking around for a while now trying to figure out what the problem is. I have the EE variant of the G920F galaxy s6 in the UK. At least once a day the phone will reboot for no apparent reason what so ever. This has been since the 5.1.1 update, I have factory reset and cleared cache and it still happens. Anyone got any ideas? Thinking of flashing the international software to see if it happens with that.
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There's something about optimisation in settings, to reboot at certain times or conditions. Just check that this isn't the case.
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Yeah already had, under backup & reset, it's not checked. It restarted today when I tried to launch the camera from the lockscreen.
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joshiy3 said:
Been looking around for a while now trying to figure out what the problem is. I have the EE variant of the G920F galaxy s6 in the UK. At least once a day the phone will reboot for no apparent reason what so ever. This has been since the 5.1.1 update, I have factory reset and cleared cache and it still happens. Anyone got any ideas? Thinking of flashing the international software to see if it happens with that.
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I suggest you try debranding the phone.
Install the unbranded stock firmware.
It usually has fewer bugs, and is gauranteed to get faster updates.
Snowby123 said:
I suggest you try debranding the phone.
Install the unbranded stock firmware.
It usually has fewer bugs, and is gauranteed to get faster updates.
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Yep. Did that yesterday and it has restarted twice, it restarted today also just. Stuck as to what to do, I took it to the Samsung service center near me and all they did was re flash the phone... Starting to really get on my nerves.
Anybody else having issues receiving the latest OTA released today? I've tried 3 times now with it returning an error on the recovery screen and when it boots back into the OS it says the update failed with no explanation.
Mine worked first try. Software update complete. It even mentioned making sure to charge the battery as the update may have drained it...
Mine worked Ok. How much memory do you have remaining free? Maybe that is an issue...?
New firmware update huh? I have not gotten my notifcation yet. I'll do a manual check, but I'm stll on the default OGJ firmware and modem.
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Mine worked Ok. How much memory do you have remaining free? Maybe that is an issue...?
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4.01 GB free and the funny thing is I actually just did a fresh restore using the previous AOJ2 firmware via ODIN and I used the PIT file as well. I'm gonna try again and see what happens in a moment.
Manually checked for the update. Went without any hiccups.
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Just tried again, it's giving me error code 410. A Google search is suggesting a factory reset. :silly:
enzyne said:
Just tried again, it's giving me error code 410. A Google search is suggesting a factory reset. :silly:
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Have you disabled anything that could be causing a conflict? If not, I'd do the FDR and then try again.
Good luck.
What does it do? Any significant changes?
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Have you disabled anything that could be causing a conflict? If not, I'd do the FDR and then try again.
Good luck.
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On a couple of other devices I had, I had stuff disabled and that was the cause of the OTA failure. I currently used the debloater on my Note 5 to disable/hide a bunch of stuff. I will try to re-enable all those, and then try the update.
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What does it do? Any significant changes?
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I don't see any changes as to what we interact with, but new Android security patches and does have a new kernel with a different date, not sure if anything changed on the internals of it. Have new entry in about device of android security patches and November 1st date.
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Just an update I also had alot of apps disabled as well and re-enabling them did not fix the issue. I had to install samsung smart switch on my pc and do the update manually and it worked with no factory data reset which was optimal because transferring my music collection via MTP is a pain in the a$$. I will post the firmware if anyone needs it, but there is also a firmware thread that should be updated momentarily.
Android security patch = hogwash
They are just making it harder to achieve root. ?
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Did my update over lte.
I noticed major lag for like a couple hours after. Now it works smoother and it seems like my standby drain is fixed. 11% in 7 hours with 45mins SOT.
I'm using the Verizon note 5 on AT&T and I can't update? Do I need a Verizon sim card to be able to update?
I'm on OJ2 BTW
jacky37 said:
I'm using the Verizon note 5 on AT&T and I can't update? Do I need a Verizon sim card to be able to update?
I'm on OJ2 BTW
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Do you have a computer? Plug it in and install the updater. You might be able to pull the update from there.
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I'm using the Verizon note 5 on AT&T and I can't update? Do I need a Verizon sim card to be able to update?
I'm on OJ2 BTW
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As these updates are often specific to carriers, I'd be surprised if the installer did not look for the sim card to absolutely verify carrier. Just my guess. Good luck.
Didn't work. I think I need a Verizon sim
I wonder if you can get a hold of an old non-working Verizon sim and see if it works. If so, you can just switch them out any time you want to update. Try eBay or something.
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Will give it a try
My SM-N915FY reboots appx. 10 times per day. It's a stock phone, no root so no custom roms or mods. I had this phone since 5.1.1 and the phone is now at 6.0.1 patch level 1 from June 1, 2016. All upgrades have been done automatically OTA by either Samsung or my provider. It's been rebooting ever since i have it.
Questions:
- Anybody else having this problem?
- Is there a way to find out what i causing the reboots?
- If i root my phone, would i be able to troubleshoot this better?
- In case i root my device, is there a list of Samsung bloatware that is know to be safe to remove? My aim is to remove everything that might cause these reboots.
Thanks,
Ton.
Toontje123 said:
My SM-N915FY reboots appx. 10 times per day. It's a stock phone, no root so no custom roms or mods. I had this phone since 5.1.1 and the phone is now at 6.0.1 patch level 1 from June 1, 2016. All upgrades have been done automatically OTA by either Samsung or my provider. It's been rebooting ever since i have it.
Questions:
- Anybody else having this problem?
- Is there a way to find out what i causing the reboots?
- If i root my phone, would i be able to troubleshoot this better?
- In case i root my device, is there a list of Samsung bloatware that is know to be safe to remove? My aim is to remove everything that might cause these reboots.
Thanks,
Ton.
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Hi...
Have you tried factory resetting the phone from recovery. This solves a host of problems usually accompanied with OTA updates...Ensure you make a back up of your data...before doing this.
Cheers
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matzeena said:
Hi...
Have you tried factory resetting the phone from recovery. This solves a host of problems usually accompanied with OTA updates...Ensure you make a back up of your data...before doing this.
Cheers
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Good tip. Never tried that. Will let you know how it goes.
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Good tip. Never tried that. Will let you know how it goes.
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Well, not good. I am now stuck at the Samsung activation screen. I enter my (correct) details and i get a "Processing Failed". I guess i am now down to rooting and install a custom ROM that doesn't have this crappy Samsung stuff.
Toontje123 said:
Well, not good. I am now stuck at the Samsung activation screen. I enter my (correct) details and i get a "Processing Failed". I guess i am now down to rooting and install a custom ROM that doesn't have this crappy Samsung stuff.
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Did you clear Cache and Dalvik cache from recovery...after factory reset....Do not select "Send diagnostic data" radio button during the activation process...
Good luck..
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matzeena said:
Did you clear Cache and Dalvik cache from recovery...after factory reset....Do not select "Send diagnostic data" radio button during the activation process...
Good luck..
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Yeah, i just had to remember my Samsung account. Now i am back in business. My phone is like new. New as in using battery like h*ll. Thinking about flashing a ROM that increases my battery life. Any suggestions?
Toontje123 said:
Yeah, i just had to remember my Samsung account. Now i am back in business. My phone is like new. New as in using battery like h*ll. Thinking about flashing a ROM that increases my battery life. Any suggestions?
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Flashing a Custom ROM is easy. The tricky part is rooting and installing custom recovery. Since you are already on the latest Android version, you can disable any app that is causing battery drain..after rooting. Here is a useful guide...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-edge/general/root-root-sm-n915fy-t2985411
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matzeena said:
Flashing a Custom ROM is easy. The tricky part is rooting and installing custom recovery. Since you are already on the latest Android version, you can disable any app that is causing battery drain..after rooting. Here is a useful guide...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-edge/general/root-root-sm-n915fy-t2985411
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Yeah, i tried to do that, but i keep having issues with a PIT file i apparently don't need. I am using Jodin (Mac here) and Jodin is asking me for a PIT file. I have a thread about that here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...-915f-fy-g-t3398339/post67596487#post67596487
Any ideas?
BTW, after the factory reset the phone keeps rebooting itself.... Problem still exists.
Reboots
Well I am in the same boat with my edge. I am currently using it as a remote! I have booted into safe mode...nothing. Wiped the cache and hard reset it twice. I have never rooted a phone but it seems like that will be my only option. It doesn't seem that easy to do. How do you find the roms that work with your phone?
mommojo said:
Well I am in the same boat with my edge. I am currently using it as a remote! I have booted into safe mode...nothing. Wiped the cache and hard reset it twice. I have never rooted a phone but it seems like that will be my only option. It doesn't seem that easy to do. How do you find the roms that work with your phone?
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You can find ROMs in the Galaxy Note Edge section of this forum. I changed my Note Edge for a Galaxy J7 and it's faster, more modern and has a battery life 10 times longer than my Note Edge. Ah, and no reboots.
No more Note Edge for me.