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[Q] NoDo messed up my keyboard!

First post here, sorry if it's in the wrong place. Here is the back story for my problem...using an AT&T Samsung Focus, carrier-unbranded it and forced update to NoDo using the method that tricks Zune. Everything was working well, had version 7.0.7390. Yesterday when AT&T finally released NoDo for the Focus I figured what the hell, there may be something phone/carrier-specific, so I'll update the proper way. The update went fine, rebooted and I have legit NoDo.
My specific problem is that the keyboard is slow to respond now. It seems like if I'm typing faster than a certain speed, it can't keep up and the buttons don't flash and make the click noise with every press, like I've reached some kind of threshold. I've tried turning off/on all the settings for sound on press, auto-correct, etc., and none of it has worked. I also reset the phone completely via the About > Reset Phone option, but that didn't help. Has ANYONE else noticed this problem at all with any WP7 phones on NoDo? I also tried to reset with the Power+Vola Down+Camera button combo, but when I get to the format menu, the screen does not respond to touch AT ALL.
The keyboard problem is more a nuisance than anything and I can live with it if I have no choice, but I'd like to fix it if I can. It's frustrating when I press a button but the phone doesn't respond to it, so I think I've made mistakes when I really haven't. Does anyone have any suggestions for either the slow keyboard response or the unresponsive format menu?

My keyboard gets a bit slow if im typing in an app that requires internet and ive got a weak connection or if its still loading. Im not sure but i think you interact with the format menu by using the volume buttons

I noticed the same thing with my focus. The only difference is I just waited until AT&T officially released nodo until I updated. I didn't try to force it. And my keyboard is pretty slow when texting. Sometimes when I send the message, it doesn't show up in the message feed for a few seconds. I wonder if this has to do with the update that AT&T added.

Yep same issue here post Nodo, ATT Focus. Esp. Check out the slow repeat rate on the keyboard (like holding down the backspace key.) I find it pretty annoying, was actually gonna reset my phone to see if that helped bc the keyboard doesnt keep up with me anymore.
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I only noticed the problem after updating with the legit ATT update. I can verify that resetting the phone does NOT fix the problem, and that it must be related to the ATT NoDo. I'm thinking of trying to somehow go back to the forced NoDo update. Have any of you tried to do a "Reformat" of your focus and have it completely unresponsive when you get to that menu? I also tried to use the hard buttons in this menu and they didnt work either. That's another thing I noticed but I can't say for sure if that was a problem in the forced NoDo I had before.

So my keyboard is working fine. Before, when my keyboard was lagging, I had a 2GB Sandisk microsd card in my phone. This weekend I upgraded to a 16GB kingston microSD card and since the reset, my keyboard is working fine. I also noticed that the lag between when I hit send to when the message showed up in the feed is not there any more.
Maybe the nodo update exaggerated the issues that can occur with some sd cards.
Do you have a microsd card in your phone?

Nope, no SD card in my Focus. This problem never came up on the previous version of NoDo that I had (non AT&T version). It only started after I let Zune update my phone through the normal process and got the AT&T version. From what I can tell, it's directly related to that.

Ok well then the SD card shouldn't be an issue. Maybe it has something to do with the hard reset I did. Maybe the accumulation of text messages in a "feed" is causing the typing issues. And by hard-resetting, I cleared the feed.
Try texting someone that does not have a feed, or delete their feed then text. My text messaging feeds are very small right now since I did the reset just last night so that might be why it is working fine for me now.

I've also done a reset on mine as well, still no luck. I can't do a reformat on mine, though, because the reformat screen is completely unresponsive. I reset through About > Reset Phone though and it didn't fix the problem.

The reformat is what I meant to say, sorry. So does the reset you did clear the text messaging feeds?

cajunaggie87 said:
The reformat is what I meant to say, sorry. So does the reset you did clear the text messaging feeds?
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Yes, it clears everything (apps, data, texts, media, etc) and sets the phone back to factory settings, NoDo. This is the reset, though, and not the "format." I've still been unable to use format.

Well maybe it is a combination of things. Maybe it also has to do with the forced update as well. I've been seeing some people say that they cannot do a reformat after doing the forced update.

well i done the first method of getting the nodo update , but when att came out with the nodo for my focus i updated it that way, but it did a 100% complete and all...everything went well on it but when it start back up it said the sd cd was corrupt that i had to so a reset on it but after that of course i lost my jailbreak when it did where i had it from prevent it from locking again but after reset it worked fine....keyboard never lagged out

I managed to reformat my Focus using the Vol Down + Camera + Power buttons, did a clean install, and am still having this problem. I'm out of things to try with this. Anyone else have any suggestions?

I've a smartphone which tends to shutdown randomly on its free will. Help, please.

Hi there,
I'm having a problem with my smartphone and i felt like this is the #1 place to ask for guidance on android issues over the interwebz.
I have a low-budget Samsung Galaxy Y GT-S5360.
It's running what it came with, Android 2.3.6 / Gingerbread.XXLK3.
30 minutes after having it, i foolishly decided i need more internal memory and rooted the device, in order to remove the useless apps on it.
It was a total slaughter. I think i even pwnd Samsung Apps app.
Anyway, device worked well for months after the bloody carnage, but recently backfired right into my face with random shutdowns.
I have no proper idea on the reasoning of these shutdowns but i've collected some data on the subject, here they are;
- It randomly shuts down almost every day. Just 3-5 times a day if it's on a good mood. Over 10-12 if it feels down.
- Device never shuts down while being charged or connected through USB.
- Device usually shuts down after i used power button to lock the screen.
- It's not being locked on black screen, it definitelly shuts down, not properly tho. (no small time vibrating)
- I feel like front sensors (which turns off the screen during calls) might be causing this, because lately it's shutting down whilst calls on my face. I even managed to shut it down by wiping the mentioned sensors with my thumb.
- Sometimes it can be shut down by brute force. I mean putting it down to table a little bit harder than average.
- My SDCard is problematic, it gets unmounted and says its damaged but i tend to ignore it and just reply with "sssh everything is gonna be alright" (format and reuse)
- I have only a handful of apps which contains bank & password apps etc. Nothing serious going on with my services.
PLEASE HELP ME OUT IF YOU RECOGNIZE THE SEMPTOMS.
What should i do? A custom rom? New battery?
Thanks in advance.

Bonus information;
I've never seen it shutdown with my own eyes.
It usually happens when its' screen is blacked out, when i put it in my pocket or table.
Or when i try to make a call and put it against my head.
So whatever is happening, it happens while the screen is blacked out.
It neves turned off while listening to music either.

straud said:
Bonus information;
I've never seen it shutdown with my own eyes.
It usually happens when its' screen is blacked out, when i put it in my pocket or table.
Or when i try to make a call and put it against my head.
So whatever is happening, it happens while the screen is blacked out.
It neves turned off while listening to music either.
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might be you should go to recovery mode and do a data factory rest and also might need to clear the cache partition.
try it..

prafull07 said:
might be you should go to recovery mode and do a data factory rest and also might need to clear the cache partition.
try it..
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Ah yes, i did that. Sorry that i forgot to mentioned it.
I've factory reseted it and while i was there i got curious and did the cache-clearing too.
But the problem persists.

straud said:
Ah yes, i did that. Sorry that i forgot to mentioned it.
I've factory reseted it and while i was there i got curious and did the cache-clearing too.
But the problem persists.
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I think you should try flashing your stock rom with the help of Odin.

[Q] VZW Note Edge Safe Mode

hi friends, hope all is well with ya. i have a question, for anyone else with a VZW Note Edge that they obtained on release date or shortly afterwards. does anyone else have a phone that's booting in Safe Mode, and will NOT exit out of Safe Mode whatsoever? I had some trouble activating it (despite VZW's simple instructions of just popping the new SIM in the phone and turning it on) so i got that taken care of, but even when I first booted it up initially, it was still in Safe Mode. There's a notification in the drop down bar stating, "Safe Mode is enabled" and to tap it to disable Safe Mode, which essentially just restarts the phone. and every time it boots back up, it's still in Safe Mode, which restricts any/all customization whatsoever, and what is the point of having a phone if you can't customize it. thankfully i still have my Note 4 handy if necessary, and i've backed everything up with VZW's cloud, Google + photos, SMS Backup/Restore for texts and Helium for my game data. i've done a battery pull, checked the settings, powered it off and on, performed a factory reset, and i can't find anything that will disable it, other than the predetermined instructions that Samsung has on the VZW variant page (http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SM-N915VZKEVZW). turning to you guys first before i decide to harass customer service and/or take a trip to a VZW store to handle it in person. is anyone else having this issue? thoughts? ideas?

I got mine on the 9th. Booting normally after lots of restarts and tweaked configs. I'd go swap it out if you haven't already.

DeathBySnuggles said:
I got mine on the 9th. Booting normally after lots of restarts and tweaked configs. I'd go swap it out if you haven't already.
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thank you. i did swap it out, turns out the down button was jammed completely, you could actually see that it wasn't at a perfect vertical angle when comparing it to my replacement device. so far booting perfectly fine, getting everything restored from Helium as well.

S7 and S7 Edge Micro SD / Eject Notification Issue

I sent my S7 to a Samsung authorized service repair center. Verdict: They need to replace the motherboard. Its officially an hardware issue, thus not affecting all devices. The ones that are affected needs replacement/or motherboard replacement. When they replace the motherboard, they have (no choice) to also replace the screen. Cost CDN 690$.
Its all over the web. Small number of units are affected though.
I wounder why Samsung just don't send me a new phone as their cost for a new device is around 240$ USD.

Can you describe more of your issue? I'm also getting a microsd/eject notification on every boot, but it can be cleared away and my microsd is usable/shown in settings->storage.

That's not a problem. Swipe it away and it's gone. It's a notification. Means nothing to performance. Why would that be means for a new motherboard. Does your card not read?
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On a reboot this is totally normal since the phone stops reading the sim as well as the SD. And then reconnect everything. My issue was that the notification was randomly coming back even when the phone was not rebooted. Plus, when I was accessing my music and /or pictures, the phone was sometimes freezing in the middle. Then I had to reboot. Then my music /pictures from SD was working for a while, then freezing again. No it was not just a swipe away fix. If the notification randomly comes back when the phone it means that the phone stopped reading it for a second /micro second and then reading it again (like if I had remove the tray and re introducing it.

jayb222 said:
That's not a problem. Swipe it away and it's gone. It's a notification. Means nothing to performance. Why would that be means for a new motherboard. Does your card not read?
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See above reply. No it was a motherboard issue.

Christian99 said:
On a reboot this is totally normal since the phone stops reading the sim as well as the SD. And then reconnect everything. My issue was that the notification was randomly coming back even when the phone was not rebooted. Plus, when I was accessing my music and /or pictures, the phone was sometimes freezing in the middle. Then I had to reboot. Then my music /pictures from SD was working for a while, then freezing again. No it was not just a swipe away fix. If the notification randomly comes back when the phone it means that the phone stopped reading it for a second /micro second and then reading it again (like if I had remove the tray and re introducing it.
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Aha, I see. My fault for not seeing this post.

samsung s7 edge ejects sd card
Christian99 said:
On a reboot this is totally normal since the phone stops reading the sim as well as the SD. And then reconnect everything. My issue was that the notification was randomly coming back even when the phone was not rebooted. Plus, when I was accessing my music and /or pictures, the phone was sometimes freezing in the middle. Then I had to reboot. Then my music /pictures from SD was working for a while, then freezing again. No it was not just a swipe away fix. If the notification randomly comes back when the phone it means that the phone stopped reading it for a second /micro second and then reading it again (like if I had remove the tray and re introducing it.
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I, too have this problem. When the sd card is unavailable, my apps that I store there are also unavailable.
Is this a bug? Will Samsung fix this?

Galaxy Note 10 "restarting" randonly

Hi Guys
Not sure what is going on but my Note 10 restarts randomly. Funny part is that it is not a full restart that I have to insert my sim pin again, I am using an uptime app and that does not register a restart when this happen.
I will see the carrier splash screen and then I must enter the phone unlock code before the finger print and facial recognition works again. This happens randomly in any app or screen.
I have done the below already but nothing fixed it
Cleared the cache
reset all setting
reset permissions
full factory reset
Have any of you experienced this?
Thanks in advance

There is an option to schedule periodic restarts when the phone is idle, but it doesn't sound as though that's what's happening here (for one thing, scheduled restarts don't occur if you've set a sim PIN).
So your phone is crashing, due to either a hardware or software problem. If you've done a factory reset to no avail, then it's not a software problem unless you've re-loaded the problematic software or settings. The only thing I can think of that could destabilize the system is use of a package disabler or other aggressive "debloating" techniques. If you're not doing anything like that, I'd suspect defective hardware.