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Take this for what it is. One person with a stock captivate phone who had problems.
He claims he didn't stop the update half way through the process or anything like that.
the latest software update from at&t bricked my ****ing phone. ***** i talked to through online at&t chat said it's the manufacturer's fault when it's really not. who do i contact to replace the phone?
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He was asked if this update included 2.2...
i have no idea. i think it was just a gps update. the thing is i'm running a completely un-modded phone. this is ****ing bull**** if i have to pay money for something that samsung/at&t ****ed up. it's completely bricked. won't boot, won't power on, won't even charge. tried reseating the battery and sim card a dozen times and i tried doing the volume buttons + power button boot thing and it's just ****ed.
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AppSmasher says: September 22, 2010 at 11:23 AM
Updated my Captivate and it’s working great. I have heard of those that cancel in the middle of the update could experience problems – some even claim it bricked their phone.
so bro, tell us the truth.. Did you turn off ur phone or cancel the update mid way?
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he was asked to check here for help...
i saw the thread. i dont think there's anything i can do. it won't boot into recovery or download mode. it's like completely dead.
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i never said it was forced. i read a post about froyo maybe being available so i clicked the 'software updates' thing and it said an update was available. it downloaded and said it was going to reboot the phone to presumably install it. the phone rebooted to a white screen with a blue loading bar and said 'update failed.' now it no longer powers on or even recognizes being charged.
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I can attest to the update bricking. I did cancel the download half way to turn on wifi and figured it would be simply restarting the download, but instead it started installing what was there and it stated it was going to restart so I let it and then nothing happened...tried taking the battery out and tried getting into download mode to no avail. Anyone got any ideas?
Yeah call att. Sorry bro looks like its dead dead
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tytdfn said:
Yeah call att. Sorry bro looks like its dead dead
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the poor guy did call AT&T. It's at the top of the post. They said they weren't responsible.
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the poor guy did call AT&T. It's at the top of the post. They said they weren't responsible.
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He spoke to the wrong person then and should call back. Mine is broken also, and it's past the 30 days, so all I could get was a refurbished one. Better than nothing. I'm never doing an OTA update again. Flashed my phone upwards of 20 times and if something messed up I could alway reset to download and re-flash.
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He spoke to the wrong person then and should call back. Mine is broken also, and it's past the 30 days, so all I could get was a refurbished one. Better than nothing. I'm never doing an OTA update again. Flashed my phone upwards of 20 times and if something messed up I could alway reset to download and re-flash.
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This.
I went to the warranty and repair center in my area (dunno if everyone has one?) and they have ordered a new (refurb?) captivate for me. As long as it works and isn't too beat up, I don't really care. I'm just sick of this E63. lol
is the internal 16gb an internal memory card? Maybe if it is, you can pull that out and rebuild the whole OS of the phone through another source such as a card reader.
I tried the update on my phone. It's rooted and set up for sideload as well as a few other hacks.
However, I only bought my phone about 3 weeks ago. The update has failed 4 times for me, then i checked the existing firmware on the phone. It's already at I897UCJH7.
Take it for what it's worth.
Mine is totally stock and it was also bricked last night. I tried everything to fix it but it is completely dead. I tried the update last night and didn't interrupt it at all. The progress bar made it to 50%, stalled for a minute and then gave a message that the update failed. It tried to restart and it went completely dead. I've tried using Odin, but nothing happens. sin
I also called AT&T and was initially less than pleased after I was told to call Samsung for a possible fix. I told CS that I didn't buy the phone from Samsung and that I wasn't calling them, since it was an AT&T problem. I finally got someone to authorize a return and my new one should be here in a couple of days, but the fact that this thing was totally bricked so easily because of an official update is ridiculous.
The only updates out there is JH7/2.1. Bricking phones while OTA update to JH7 is nothing new. Just check all the JH7 threads. Stay away from OTA updates for now.
You won't get 2.2 OTA update until weeks after it is talked about all over the place.
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Mine is totally stock and it was also bricked last night. I tried everything to fix it but it is completely dead. I tried the update last night and didn't interrupt it at all. The progress bar made it to 50%, stalled for a minute and then gave a message that the update failed. It tried to restart and it went completely dead. I've tried using Odin, but nothing happens. sin
I also called AT&T and was initially less than pleased after I was told to call Samsung for a possible fix. I told CS that I didn't buy the phone from Samsung and that I wasn't calling them, since it was an AT&T problem. I finally got someone to authorize a return and my new one should be here in a couple of days, but the fact that this thing was totally bricked so easily because of an official update is ridiculous.
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way to revive a several month old thread...
Anyone else having connectivity issues with their one x? If the phone loses connection for any length of time, it will not reconnect and I'll have to reboot the phone for the mobile network to reconnect, which is probably every 15 minutes or so in my case.
I skimmed a couple pages, couldn't find anything, but I've found a couple other forums with people posting about this issue.
Hoping there's a fix for this as every ATT store within 50 miles is out of stock on both colors and customer care won't do a damn thing for me but tell me "go back to the store." Bull**** if you ask me, broken ass phone and I'm stuck with it. Really?
I was hoping there was a fix, even if I have to unlock the bootloader and root.
Did you try messing with the sim card? Make sure it is inserted properly. This worked for me when my data was dropping out. Now the phone is on constant LTE.
THis just happened to me. Any length of time on data loss and the phone needs a reboot or airplane mode toggle. This is the worst bug to me. I'm praying an ota for this issue drops real soon. I understand signal drops, there is no way to avoid spotty coverage. But u shouldn't have to reboot or go in to airplane mode to pick up data again.
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Airplane mode doesn't even work for me..... I have to hard reboot the phone, do you know how annoying that is? it's gotten to the point where I have to turn off data connection when im not using it, and turn it back on when I need it.
Problem is for work I use GPS a lot, and when it loses service im supposed to reboot my phone while driving and lose my path? Worst bug EVER. I dont have any of these multitasking issues at least.
I wish I could just go get a new phone, but I can't. Thanks apple, assholes. I'm so mad.
hduong22 said:
Did you try messing with the sim card? Make sure it is inserted properly. This worked for me when my data was dropping out. Now the phone is on constant LTE.
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I will try this.
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I will try this.
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Don't get your hopes up, I had this exact problem except not only would data stop working, so would text and phone calls.
AT&T replaced my SIM card but didn't fix the issue. Had to end up taking the phone back and got a new one. So far so good, but it has only been 1 day with the new one.
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Don't get your hopes up, I had this exact problem except not only would data stop working, so would text and phone calls.
AT&T replaced my SIM card but didn't fix the issue. Had to end up taking the phone back and got a new one. So far so good, but it has only been 1 day with the new one.
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If I could find one, I would exchange it in a second.
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Don't get your hopes up, I had this exact problem except not only would data stop working, so would text and phone calls.
AT&T replaced my SIM card but didn't fix the issue. Had to end up taking the phone back and got a new one. So far so good, but it has only been 1 day with the new one.
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i highly doubt htc wants its flagship phone with all its new tech to be a bug ridden device...im sure an ota will eventually hit
I didn't have any issues since release day but noticed I had no connection all day, even after multiple restarts. I took it to Att and they replaced the sim. It's been fine the rest of the day but we'll see. Also I'm in Chicago and blaming anything weird on the NATO conference.
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After posting this, I lost all connectivity. Turned on airplane mode and off and was back. Weak.
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Maybe something is up today? My phone lost ALL connection for an hour. A straight hour, I did 3 reboots and toggled airplane mode multiple times. As soon as I got home and connected to wifi it came up again, then went back off. Had to restarted for a 4th or 5th time then it finally restored. It was pretty damn annoying.
Funny u guys mention today specifically. Share what happened mine was between noon n 1pm est.
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Maybe it was something with AT&T.. Almost lasted long enough for me to return it >_> But then I remembered that there might be hope for dev's to unlock the BL. I would hate myself if I returned this phone for a 4S and then this was unlocked.
So I had to make a 70 mile round trip to get a new phone, that was the nearest store that had one in stock. I'm going on a few hours now with no interruption, and I'm much, much more happy. It was obviously the phone since this one is perfect. I'd say if you guys are having issues, replace it. Bastard tried to charge me a restocking fee at first though, but I lol'd in his face til he waived it.
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So I had to make a 70 mile round trip to get a new phone, that was the nearest store that had one in stock. I'm going on a few hours now with no interruption, and I'm much, much more happy. It was obviously the phone since this one is perfect. I'd say if you guys are having issues, replace it. Bastard tried to charge me a restocking fee at first though, but I lol'd in his face til he waived it.
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Or att just fixed the network in the 2 hours you were gone?
You lol'd in his face, lol. Wow...
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jermzz said:
So I had to make a 70 mile round trip to get a new phone, that was the nearest store that had one in stock. I'm going on a few hours now with no interruption, and I'm much, much more happy. It was obviously the phone since this one is perfect. I'd say if you guys are having issues, replace it. Bastard tried to charge me a restocking fee at first though, but I lol'd in his face til he waived it.
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Keep us posted. I would hate to have to exchange.
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Or att just fixed the network in the 2 hours you were gone?
You lol'd in his face, lol. Wow...
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From the minute I got the phone it was having this issue. I literally had to reboot the phone every time I wanted to use data. Today when I exchanged it (about 36 hours later and 40 miles from my home network), it did it right as I gave them the phone for the exchange (which was good cause they couldn't question the issue), so unless they fixed the network within the 10 minutes I took to swap the phone out, which is highly unlikely, it was the phone. Same sim and everything, just a new phone, going on 5 hours now and not a problem.
I think it's safe to say I had a faulty phone, but well see.
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Keep us posted. I would hate to have to exchange.
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Will do, I will report back tomorrow again, if I haven't had an issue by then, I'd say you guys should start thinking about swaps. I'm in love with this phone otherwise.
My downtime was around 12-2ish. Seems fine tonight.
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Just an update. Couple days now with my replacement phone and I've not had a single issue. Never loses connection and I don't have a single multitasking issue either. I'm now in love with this phone, hands down the best phone I've owned yet, and my recent list is evo, evo 3d, epic 4g touch, skyrocket and now this badboy. I don't even care if they unlock the boot loader, this phone doesn't need it.
Actually my one gripe is that quite often I don't get facebook chat notifications. I have to check manually in the app. Not terrible. But kind of annoying.
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Lack of a better subject description the only thing I can describe it as is possessed. I've never had this problem before. Searched various different keywords and couldn't find anything. So if this is a repost then I apologize.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 from Verizon white 32gb. Never been rooted. Around the time Verizon pushed out the last update for the phone it's been acting strange since the update and it's progressively gotten worse. It's almost made purchases for me while I'm browsing google play it'll randomly press areas and randomly click buy at times. Or I'm trying to text someone and it'll either type something on it's own or start trying to delete/lock/resend, etc messages. It starts up s voice randomly too.
So basically it's like having a set of ghost fingers/hand trying to control my phone while I'm trying to control it and the ghost is winning and I'd rapidly hit the home button to exit out of whatever I was trying to do. If the screen is on and unlocked it'll do the same thing even if I'm not touching it but this is maybe 1 out of 5 times compared to the while I'm trying to actively use my phone it'll be 1 out of 2.
Temporary fixes have been to just restart the phone and at first it would only occur every couple days and then once a day and now every few hours to every few minutes. Anyone have any suggestions on what I can do? Any tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
All you have available right now is factory data reset or refurb. If don't fix reflash the latest available stock software via Odin or root and unlock it and flash anything. Can even root stock and have access to better apps.
Try a factory reset if you haven't.
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I have now tried a factory reset and while it took longer than just a few minutes to go all psychotic on me it still happened. Thanks for the tips! Any other suggestions? refurb is the last option I want to take I've received too many defective refurb phones and I don't think I can deal with anymore. I can try root I suppose but if there's any other suggestions I should try prior I'm open!
Thank you thank you!
If i were in your position I would try to Odin back to the stock rom you had before the update. There is a sticky in the development section that tell you how to do that and much more
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I have now tried a factory reset and while it took longer than just a few minutes to go all psychotic on me it still happened. Thanks for the tips! Any other suggestions? refurb is the last option I want to take I've received too many defective refurb phones and I don't think I can deal with anymore. I can try root I suppose but if there's any other suggestions I should try prior I'm open!
Thank you thank you!
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It sounds defective. I'd take it back.
What you are describing happened to my Droid Incredible a few times: it appeared that someone else was creating random tap events on my phone. Turned out to be a slightly dirty and/or stuck optical trackball - once that was cleaned (easy), everything was back to normal.
Now, the Galaxy S III does not have a trackball. I don't see a direct correlation with my Incredible, but the symptoms you describe are oddly similar: perhaps try cleaning your various pushable keys, just in case?
Might install and run Symantec Antivirus just for a final check, then call Verizon Support if it's still happening and perhaps see what they can offer.
- ooofest
Replace your device. The touchscreen encoder is bad. If your screen is clean, never got wet, and is pressing random areas - and a factory reset or Odin doesn't work - this is most likely the case. You could try to convince them to give you a new one at the store by telling them you don't want to wait or something.
Also download the app multitouch visualizer and run it when it's flaking out. You will be able to see the "screen press" activity.
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Replace your device. The touchscreen encoder is bad. If your screen is clean, never got wet, and is pressing random areas - and a factory reset or Odin doesn't work - this is most likely the case. You could try to convince them to give you a new one at the store by telling them you don't want to wait or something.
Also download the app multitouch visualizer and run it when it's flaking out. You will be able to see the "screen press" activity.
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Because the device is so new you have a very good chance of getting a new replacement. I had something happen to my GNEX and they replaced it with a new phone no refurb.
Thank you all very much for your tips and advice! I stopped by the Verizon store today. Twice actually. It was a no go. First off they won't replace my phone with anything but a refurb (which is standard policy anyway) but the second part which is really irritating is that the phone was driving me insane till I went into the verizon store while waiting for a tech it kept acting odd then when the tech got my phone it functioned correctly. So since they couldn't replicate the problem they said they can't offer me a replacement. As soon as I got into the car it started happening again I ran into the verizon store and they said I had to wait for a tech again so I put my name in and waited had a different tech and of course as soon as he tested the phone it wasn't acting odd anymore so once again couldn't replicate.
Maybe my phone really is possessed.. but then again it's been my luck with past phones as well if they have issues they refuse to happen in store so I got my replacements via 611 tech support. So I called 611 and they said they never heard of the issue and that I should wait for update.
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Thank you all very much for your tips and advice! I stopped by the Verizon store today. Twice actually. It was a no go. First off they won't replace my phone with anything but a refurb (which is standard policy anyway) but the second part which is really irritating is that the phone was driving me insane till I went into the verizon store while waiting for a tech it kept acting odd then when the tech got my phone it functioned correctly. So since they couldn't replicate the problem they said they can't offer me a replacement. As soon as I got into the car it started happening again I ran into the verizon store and they said I had to wait for a tech again so I put my name in and waited had a different tech and of course as soon as he tested the phone it wasn't acting odd anymore so once again couldn't replicate.
Maybe my phone really is possessed.. but then again it's been my luck with past phones as well if they have issues they refuse to happen in store so I got my replacements via 611 tech support. So I called 611 and they said they never heard of the issue and that I should wait for update.
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Or Odin stock firmware instead of waiting. Can Odin without root.
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Or Odin stock firmware instead of waiting. Can Odin without root.
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I'll give that a try tomorrow morning and hope it works. I'll check in either way. Thanks!
Take a look at this, and look into this virus some more:
blog.lookout.com/blog/2010/12/29/geinimi_trojan/
I did some research and someone said those are the symptoms of the virus...
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It's Verizon, some tech there is having fun with the remote capabilities of the new OTA.
Alrighty, took longer than expected but I did manage to do Odin stock firmware. It fixed the problem or so I thought for 48 hours but then it returned. Now a new problem has come up and the battery is draining at alarming speeds.. I will have phone at 80% when I go to sleep and when I wake up 3 hours later the battery is completely dead. No new apps, nothing draining in the background. I'm at a loss. Anyone have any other advice? Or are my only options now to throw the phone out the window or try to root it.
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Alrighty, took longer than expected but I did manage to do Odin stock firmware. It fixed the problem or so I thought for 48 hours but then it returned. Now a new problem has come up and the battery is draining at alarming speeds.. I will have phone at 80% when I go to sleep and when I wake up 3 hours later the battery is completely dead. No new apps, nothing draining in the background. I'm at a loss. Anyone have any other advice? Or are my only options now to throw the phone out the window or try to root it.
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You wrote in a previous post that you went into the Verizon store... don't do that, ever... just call them.. tell them what it's doing and that you have tried a factory reset. They will overnight you a new/refurbished phone.
I had problems with mine as well and after fighting with the tool they call a manager I called 611 from the parking lot and after the hold time I had tech support on the phone and had a new replacement on the way 5 minutes later..
Just my 2 cents.
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You wrote in a previous post that you went into the Verizon store... don't do that, ever... just call them.. tell them what it's doing and that you have tried a factory reset. They will overnight you a new/refurbished phone.
I had problems with mine as well and after fighting with the tool they call a manager I called 611 from the parking lot and after the hold time I had tech support on the phone and had a new replacement on the way 5 minutes later..
Just my 2 cents.
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Thanks for the tip but if you read through the whole post. I did default to calling 611 like I usually do and they wouldn't do anything about it. Yes, I did tell em I did the factory reset. It's not the first time I had a phone replaced through 611 I've gone through maybe 10+ replacements on one of my past phones because they kept sending me a defective one over and over again. I did call 611 again since you suggested it but I was told the same exact thing as last time.
I had this happen a few times with my phone before the update verizon pushed (stock, rooted). I would end up pulling the battery to get it to stop. Hasn't happened to me in a while though. Now i'm running JellyWiz RLS12
I cant believe I went through 6 devices.
The first 4 had the same problem. Old text messages would send themselves to the last 2 people I texted, at random. 4 in the afternoon or 3 in the morning. I was annoying my friends all the time. 5th device came with damage (stuck power button would turn the phone off by itself)
Last device, the one im using now is stuck in landscape for no apparent reason. Dock mode is on and I cant turn it off. Something is making my phone think its on. Called AT&T, complained, told them about how many devices ive been through. Initially got denied, asked to speak to a manager. Got denied again, they offered a year-early upgrade for no charge, but I denied that. After about 30 minutes of back and forth, they decied to send me a blue GS3 that should be here this week
The phone has been good to me when it worked, but Im tired of getting replacements.
Lol, I bet you have problems with the gs3 too.
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Lol, I bet you have problems with the gs3 too.
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Why would he have problems with the S3?
Man this is weird as hell!
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Lol, I bet you have problems with the gs3 too.
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This, clearly
So if you are moving to a new device then this thread is pointless? I mean we are here to talk about the one xl, not who's getting what phone.
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You must be doing something wrong...
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...Old text messages would send themselves to the last 2 people I texted, at random...
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Aside from the stuck power button (which is just a hardware problem)... maybe it's a bugged program (or virus attachment) that you keep installing on your new devices? What happens if you DON'T install your usual programs on your latest device? Try it out for a week, and then you can start to pinpoint the rogue application. Don't use your phone to connect to any email either, and then you can narrow down if it's an application or data problem.
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Aside from the stuck power button (which is just a hardware problem)... maybe it's a bugged program (or virus attachment) that you keep installing on your new devices? What happens if you DON'T install your usual programs on your latest device? Try it out for a week, and then you can start to pinpoint the rogue application. Don't use your phone to connect to any email either, and then you can narrow down if it's an application or data problem.
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Exactly. The problem the first four "phones" had was almost undoubtedly NOT a hardware problem, and I'm amazed and dismayed that you got them to replace your phone (dismayed because that cost gets passed on to everyone else, AND the more people do this the less likely people with legitimate problems are going to get their problems addressed... boy cries wolf syndrome, if you will)
When my GS II was randomly shutting down they made me try a phone with NO apps installed other than what came pre-installed, for a week to eliminate app issues. And because I was desperate, I did.
I have had the text issue when texting people on T-Mobile. Only certain people on T-Mobile. Theirs would come to me several times, or mine would go to them duplicated or delayed and they would get like 5 at once. Never did figure out the cause, it just stopped on its own. This was a few years ago, though. In this case I would expect some app on your phone. The XDA does this thing that if I post an image on the forum, like an hour later I get a toast that my reply was successful, and find it duplicated my post.
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I'm currently on my 4th One X replacement device. The first three replacements and the original had screen flex issues along the side, and in the middle. One of the replacements had a faulty power button. They offered a make/model change for free, and that meant instead of continually sending the White One X, they sent the Grey. It was either that, or DOWNGRADE to a cheaper phone.
Needless to say... The 4th one still has these issues. But I'm tired of dealing with AT&T because it really hasn't been resolved. I could keep complaining, and eventually if it gets worse I will.
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I'm currently on my 4th One X replacement device. The first three replacements and the original had screen flex issues along the side, and in the middle. One of the replacements had a faulty power button. They offered a make/model change for free, and that meant instead of continually sending the White One X, they sent the Grey. It was either that, or DOWNGRADE to a cheaper phone.
Needless to say... The 4th one still has these issues. But I'm tired of dealing with AT&T because it really hasn't been resolved. I could keep complaining, and eventually if it gets worse I will.
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Sounds like they are sending you crappy refurbs.. mine had the screen flex in the top right, it fixed itself, but now the casing creaks a bit, other than that... mine is fine, but I got it new.. second one..
Replaced the first (bought new) cause WiFi didn't work
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Sounds like they are sending you crappy refurbs.. mine had the screen flex in the top right, it fixed itself, but now the casing creaks a bit, other than that... mine is fine, but I got it new.. second one..
Replaced the first (bought new) cause WiFi didn't work
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Yup. They sure do keep sending me crappy refurbs. Kinda ticks me off, but what else could I do? Not much. They refuse to budge.
HTC_Phone said:
Yup. They sure do keep sending me crappy refurbs. Kinda ticks me off, but what else could I do? Not much. They refuse to budge.
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My first HOXL had the same screen problem. Went to one att store, explained the problem and they turned me away. Went to another store nearby, explained the problem, and they went into the back and got me a brand new one no questions asked. Just try different stores, maybe you'll get lucky like me.
(By the way this was in the summer before it was banned for a while ago I don't know if the policy is different with the phone now)
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I dont understand how this can happen, lmao.
Never had I known anyone have such problems with their smartphone or had experiences like that.
And 6 devices? Damn, you must be INCREDIBLY unlucky, or youre doing something wrong, idk.
hyun18 said:
I dont understand how this can happen, lmao.
Never had I known anyone have such problems with their smartphone or had experiences like that.
And 6 devices? Damn, you must be INCREDIBLY unlucky, or youre doing something wrong, idk.
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i had 13 replacements back when had the evo4g
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Just try different stores, maybe you'll get lucky
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or, if you only want to hit one place, google the nearest att Device Support Center. if it isn't too far of a drive, i can't imagine they'll ever turn anyone away. their primary function is to fix or replace your phone (if it's within the 1 yr mfr warranty). no receipt needed... they'll bring up your account. (don't give them a device that's been visibly tampered -- revert back to stock, etc)
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Just try different stores, maybe you'll get lucky like me.
(By the way this was in the summer before it was banned for a while ago I don't know if the policy is different with the phone now)
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You can't exchange for a new phone in-store beyond the first 30 days. After that, you go through warranty and its all refurbs. As previously mentioned, you can go to that a Device Support Center, but they will still be refurbs, but at least you can test them out before leaving the place.
Multiple defective refurbs are common, and even the same issue. But the 4 in a row with the exact same text issue is odd, if not suspicious. Are you migrating any backed up data like SMS? Might even be a network related problem.
Ironic user name is ironic.
I have never had issues with this phone.. something is up..
touch screen sensitivity is so low, sometime it gets stuck when typing or just miss a few keys and very very annoying. is there a way to fix this ATM ? i'm not sure its software problem or my phone is defected. i flashed like 5 6 roms already but the problem still there, change to another keyboard and samething . any help ?
Software. Have to wait for an official fix
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sjhotwings said:
touch screen sensitivity is so low, sometime it gets stuck when typing or just miss a few keys and very very annoying. is there a way to fix this ATM ? i'm not sure its software problem or my phone is defected. i flashed like 5 6 roms already but the problem still there, change to another keyboard and samething . any help ?
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I feel your pain. My situation is absolutely the same. I beleive it could have started after I used the chinese car charger and power bank on vacation. Did you use something like that?
sjhotwings said:
touch screen sensitivity is so low, sometime it gets stuck when typing or just miss a few keys and very very annoying. is there a way to fix this ATM ? i'm not sure its software problem or my phone is defected. i flashed like 5 6 roms already but the problem still there, change to another keyboard and samething . any help ?
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The problem is in the touchscreen firmware and the fix have to be released from synaptics and not frome Oneplus.
The fact is that it may take a few or a long time based on the issue and it may be enven never be fixed, who knows.
As now i am really disappointed. They should have never release da device knowing of such a major bug.
ky3bmu4 said:
I feel your pain. My situation is absolutely the same. I beleive it could have started after I used the chinese car charger and power bank on vacation. Did you use something like that?
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No, nothing related to the charger tho haha. the problem started as soon as i turn on the phone for the first time and it went crazy like that since then. i flashed almost every rom on here still no good. i flashed fusionjack slimsaber rom earlier and it really improved alot . you might want to check that rom out.i'm gonna stick w/ slimsaber for a while now i guess
sjhotwings said:
No, nothing related to the charger tho haha. the problem started as soon as i turn on the phone for the first time and it went crazy like that since then. i flashed almost every rom on here still no good. i flashed fusionjack slimsaber rom earlier and it really improved alot . you might want to check that rom out.i'm gonna stick w/ slimsaber for a while now i guess
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Thx for the advice. For me the issue seems to be solved randomly when I restored the 33R in Twrp. However some other problems remain: like not getting back to the mobile Internet after leaving the wifi area or loseing the network at all ( curable by switching on and off the airplane mode or rebooting respectively).
My phone is cursed really xD
ky3bmu4 said:
Thx for the advice. For me the issue seems to be solved randomly when I restored the 33R in Twrp. However some other problems remain: like not getting back to the mobile Internet after leaving the wifi area or loseing the network at all ( curable by switching on and off the airplane mode or rebooting respectively).
My phone is cursed really xD
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try slimsaber , it worked very good for me . and hope it work for you too
sjhotwings said:
try slimsaber , it worked very good for me . and hope it work for you too
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I'm not sure if this is the same issue, but when you run a touch screen test, does it work with more than one touch? IE is multitouch working? I had an issue the other day and I resolved it by turning off the phone, attaching it to the charger and then turning it back on (read it on the oneplus forum). It is a known issue and they are working on bringing us the fix.
Hope this is helpful.
I have this issue too, although it's been mitigated somewhat by the most recent software patches they pushed in 30O and 33R. I'm on a CM nightly at the moment and it's certainly usable. I made the issue a lot better by disabling haptic feedback in the SwiftKey settings - it almost feels like that extra effort to run the vibrating motor causes the screen to respond badly or something.
Is it doing this?
http://youtu.be/XsGPsDP4V0U
If so this is what mine is doing and it's soooo annoying trying to type.
http://www.androidheadlines.com/201...ti-touch-issues-oneplus-one-fix-incoming.html
Some-not me, have been able to mitigate the problem by running a code through terminal emulator.
This has been brought up in CM bug log as Bacon 55.
You don't have to be rooted to do this.
Type: su (if you're rooted)
Type: cat /sys/class/input/input0/baseline_test
Press enter.
Note that you will need to do this every time you reboot your phone.
Credits to a member on jira cm. Forgot to name! Hope it works for you
I've tried everything and everything failed.
Let's hope synaptics pushes out a fix soon. I can't stand this issue. Basically two different touches near each other are recognized as a swype -_-'
i did a test using multitouch test app. i use 1 finger touch on the phone and got a red dot, finger #2 gave me a blue dot . as soon as my 2 fingers get close together 1 of the dot disappear, also test w/ 4 5 fingers same result .thats why if you text really fast , you get alot of missing words and sometime it lag and get stuck.
I think that until this gets fixed the phone will be not ready to be sold,too...
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Here is a fix I have tried and it has helped me a lotttt.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=br.shop4apps.touchscreenbooster.com
DuckMcQUack said:
I think that until this gets fixed the phone will be not ready to be sold,too...
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Is this phone worth purchasing since customer service is not readily available. I'm not sure if I want to spend my money and not be able to get quality customer service. What are your thoughts?
alhadee12 said:
Is this phone worth purchasing since customer service is not readily available. I'm not sure if I want to spend my money and not be able to get quality customer service. What are your thoughts?
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As long as the touchscreen issue is not fixed the phone has to be considered to be bugged and faulty. I would not spend my money on a defective phone at a very few weeks from N6 release that will be a superior terminal by far.
Even if it gets fixed it will be not worthy the same as N& is near to come anyways.
I wish i didn't buy mine.
DuckMcQUack said:
As long as the touchscreen issue is not fixed the phone has to be considered to be bugged and faulty. I would not spend my money on a defective phone at a very few weeks from N6 release that will be a superior terminal by far.
Even if it gets fixed it will be not worthy the same as N& is near to come anyways.
I wish i didn't buy mine.
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Thanks, I started becoming more concerned because users have been paying long wait times for service and possibly having to ship back to China at the customers cost. That's a bad deal.
alhadee12 said:
Thanks, I started becoming more concerned because users have been paying long wait times for service and possibly having to ship back to China at the customers cost. That's a bad deal.
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Definitely. I would stay away from this thing.
And by the way who knows if the ghost touches/swypes problem is not even a software issue just as the multitouch not working when placing the phone on a non-conductive surface...