Ok this is getting to the point of useless .. my phone does not have GM+10 Melbourne which is odd because Melbourne is a capital city of Australia while it has Brisbane and Hobart .
Now I cant be sure its the Time Zone name that is stuffing things up but constantly the phone has changed its own time some how to 1hr different to the real time twice this week its done it and Its driving me nuts as waking up at 4am instead of 5am is not my idea of fun , while I cant put my finger on exactly when its changes its a pain in the ass !
I am going to do some testing as this has happened more than just once .
But if anyone knows why the phone would be changing time please let me know as it does not seem to be daylight savings.
thanks
I am sure there are a lot of you out there that change ROMs frequently but I have done a few recently that make me think I may need professional help...
I wont name the ROMs I was switching from/to or any reasons behind my switching. I will simply say I was not happy with them for one reason or another.
Two times over this past weekend I got home after 4 in the morning and tryed a couple ROMs out till around 5 a.m.
Another time I was downtown and got anooyed at a particular issue in a ROM and flashed from my carpc...
The final time was today on a flight to St. Louis... I flashed my phone on a plane, in the air. I may have a started a whole new mile high club. (I am a card carrying member of the original mile high club already)
Anyone else update their ROM in unique situations/places?
My phone turned off by itself today while it was in my pocket, here are some information. The phone is also not rooted, no launchers have been used, and is currently using TouchWiz.
Purchased from AT&T Premier website on August 27th 2010
Delivered to me September 1st 2010
Manufacturing Date - August 2nd 2010
Battery Manufacturing Date - Not checked
Apps installed before shutoff experience:
Dictionary.com
Fandango Movies
The Moron Test Lite
WordUp
Google Voice
Speedtest.net
Barcode Scanner
Ninja Kaka - Fruit Dojo
Drop Block DEMO
Hella Umbrella Beta
PapiJump
Jewels
Unblock Me FREE
Smooth Calendar
GPS Test
1 Day/Night before I experienced the shutoff, the following were installed:
- Used my own wallpaper jpeg instead of one from the Captivate's stock wallpaper folder
- Beautiful Widgets
- AppBrain App Market
- Fast Web Installer
- Angry Birds Lite Beta (APK FILE, USED ANDROID CENTRAL'S SIDELOADER MACHINE)
- Paper Toss
I've had my phone for exactly 1 week, and after reading all the horror stories of people experiencing the random shut offs, I thought I was lucky up until now. I love this phone a lot despite the obvious GPS issues. Does anyone have any idea on what may be causing this? Hardware or Software issue?
I would hate to exchange it for another with AT&T since I've become so attached to it.
My phone randomly shut down within the first couple of days I had it too. However, it doesn't happen anymore.
I'm still not exactly sure what caused it. Here is what I can remember having differently before and now:
- Used the Grass live wallpaper; now, I'm using a static wallpaper
- Had a corporate exchange account synced; now, only syncing a Google account
And of course, I've been charing the phone more ever since I got it, so maybe the battery needs to "learn" something so that it doesn't automatically shut down?
kevrocks said:
My phone randomly shut down within the first couple of days I had it too. However, it doesn't happen anymore.
I'm still not exactly sure what caused it. Here is what I can remember having differently before and now:
- Used the Grass live wallpaper; now, I'm using a static wallpaper
- Had a corporate exchange account synced; now, only syncing a Google account
And of course, I've been charing the phone more ever since I got it, so maybe the battery needs to "learn" something so that it doesn't automatically shut down?
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thanks kevrocks, how long have you had your captivate btw?
There are a few threads here, including mine with the "Let's compare apps" theory http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=763956. No on has been able to figure it out. However, in my observation, I had my Use GPS Satellites turned off while I was away on vacation in Europe. In the 7 days I was away, my phone never turned off on me. That was last week. This week, it still hasn't turned off (knock on wood). Could that be the culprit?
Do your own test. Uncheck the "Use GPS Satellites" in the Location and Security menu. Check it when using Maps or Navigation but don't forget to Uncheck it when not in use. Observe for a week and see if you get the same results as I did.
Good luck.
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thanks kevrocks, how long have you had your captivate btw?
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It's been 1.5 weeks so far.
Mine did this also, when i called Samsung they explained to me that they don't know what the problem is that is causing this issue and that some users are experiecning it. They told me that I would need to send the phone in with Phone, Bat, and Bat Charger for a complete diagnostic overview. Unwilling to do this I just returned the phone for a different one. I'm thinking that if it happens it hardware and you are best off getting a replacement rather then messing with it.
RexEscape said:
There are a few threads here, including mine with the "Let's compare apps" theory http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=763956. No on has been able to figure it out. However, in my observation, I had my Use GPS Satellites turned off while I was away on vacation in Europe. In the 7 days I was away, my phone never turned off on me. That was last week. This week, it still hasn't turned off (knock on wood). Could that be the culprit?
Do your own test. Uncheck the "Use GPS Satellites" in the Location and Security menu. Check it when using Maps or Navigation but don't forget to Uncheck it when not in use. Observe for a week and see if you get the same results as I did.
Good luck.
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Funny you mention location. I flashed jh2, latest sre, and tats lag fix yesterday. I was actually turning on my locations and my phone shutdown. I figured it was the oc kernel.
Had other random reboots/shutdowns after. Could have been the flash. Just fyi'ing.
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mine shut off for the first time yesterday, this is my second, first returned for a loose battery cover and speaker issue. I'm hoping the phone doesnt continue to shut off. Ive spoken to ATT, and i'm kinda screwed right now if it ends up being a hardware issue with the phone. i'm past my 30 days.
Oh, I also performed a factory data reset, and I haven't gotten any random shutdowns ever since.
I also spoke with Samsung technical support, and the rep suggested to do a soft reset. This is where you remove the battery, clean the gold contacts on the phone and battery, and then reinsert the battery.
I've had mine since the first Thursday it was out. For the first week or two, it shut down about once a day. After that, I've never had a random shut down. Don't know why, I've played around with settings and apps since day one back and forth, so I don't believe its any certain setting or app. Maybe a part of the phone or build getting adjusted?
I remember read somewhere that this is actually a hardware flaw: the battery barely touches the PINs. So if there is any free play in the battery compartment, your phone will randomly loss contact with battery and hence shutdown. Exchange the phone seems to be the only solution. Or you can insert some paper on the other end of the battery to make sure it tightly presses against the PINs.
Mine never encounters this problem regardless how I mess with my phones (flashed firmware couple times and rooted, updated many many times).
It definitely reacts as if the power was removed from the phone. There is no power down screen or indication of rebooting. I have looked at the contacts on the battery, but my last phone made a perfect connection as far as I could tell.
If it is a hardware issue, then I'm perfectly okay with that. I could wire the battery directly to the phone and problem solved. I've also heard of people having a lot of luck buying the cheap chinese batteries for the phone off of ebay to correct their shut down issues. Maybe their connectors are pushed more toward the surface than the Samsung battery.
Hi All,
I have an issue with Google Latitude. I am in UTC+11, my fiancee in UTC+8. Her location is updated in Latitude as it should be... but on my phone, the update that just happened, shows as 3 hours ago (the time difference between us).
This is a pain, because if it's 3h20 ago, or 3h01 ago, both will show up as a 'stale' update, "3 hours ago".
It didn't always do this, her update from a minute ago used to appear on my phone as such... I'm not sure when it started to fail, to be honest. Sorry
Obviously this is a long distance relationship, so we'd both appreciate any help you can give to bring us a little closer
Bump for desperation
This was fixed with a factory reset on her phone.
According to some youtube video those information is being traded from $40 to $130.
And Strangely another person is using same phone number as mine. Phone calls from hospital saying your appointment is tomorrow please show up 30 min early regulary from same hospital. One time I can read real time messages from my number back and forth communicating.
And this person was located in Coloarado but had moved my my area. The hospital is 20 miles away from my house.
And I believe that my boss is the one who sold this information. One day he seemed vey content he was very kind to me and he worry about my health and all sort of things and gave me $20. I get $11/h and all sort of gas lighting all day. He gaving me $20 could mean only one thing. He made money off of me. I don't know how much money he made off of me but he seemed content for 2-3 days. And my phone was hacked and my battery drop from 25% to 0% in 5 sec. And those kind of things last couple of days. What is happening to me? Do you guys know more about this? Please Hellp!!!
Change SIM-card.