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[FIX] Missing Carrier Billing Option in New Leaked Android Market (T-mobile USA)

Some people have been reporting that the carrier billing option no longer shows for them in the new version of the market. This very issue happened to me as well, but there is a fix. Here it is:
Open application management > select the market app > force close it > clear cache > clear data > turn off wifi (if its on) > make sure you have 3g/4g signal (not edge) > open market and except the terms
Carrier billing will be working again, just give the market a min. to finish syncing your account by leaving the main page open (again just like a min). Now verify it worked by checking any US app (apps produced outside the US can't be billed to tmo).

Hasnt fixed the issue for me :'(

Are you sure you followed the instructions exactly? One piece out of place and it won't work. This method worked for me and I can even repeat it 100% of the time (if you uninstall the update and reinstall it you have to do this again to get it working). Not to mention it has worked for other users.

This worked for me, thanks!

if the vendor is not US based I don't think you can bill to Tmo...
also, on the confirmation page, hit the credit card line. you'll get a pop up with a choice of either to bill your credit card or tmo.
sometimes people miss that part...

POST CORRECTION: It works. As Mainspring pointed out, if you try to buy an app from a non-US based vendor, you can't charge to your T-Mobile US account. Just tried a few different apps, and sure enough - one of them let me buy by charging to my T-Mobile account.
A good clue is the pricing - if it's something like $.99, it's probably a US vendor, while something like $1.39 is most likely a vendor outside the US.
Seems to be new to this version of the Market - I seem to recall being able to charge ANY app to my T-mo account, not just US based apps...

kevsteele said:
POST CORRECTION: It works. As Mainspring pointed out, if you try to buy an app from a non-US based vendor, you can't charge to your T-Mobile US account. Just tried a few different apps, and sure enough - one of them let me buy by charging to my T-Mobile account.
A good clue is the pricing - if it's something like $.99, it's probably a US vendor, while something like $1.39 is most likely a vendor outside the US
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did you miss this in the first post:
Behold_this said:
Now verify it worked by checking any US app (apps produced outside the US can't be billed to tmo).
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Read it later Pro is the app that I tried to buy to test if this fixed my phone and I can not buy it on my phone but I work for T-Mobile and tested the same app on demo phones and co-workers phones and they can bill that app to their account. So I'm not sure why it wont work for my phone and as far as I know I did it exactly how I'm suppose to by fallowing the instructions, even tried multiple times so I have no idea what I am doing wrong

dcwiker05 said:
Read it later Pro is the app that I tried to buy to test if this fixed my phone and I can not buy it on my phone but I work for T-Mobile and tested the same app on demo phones and co-workers phones and they can bill that app to their account. So I'm not sure why it wont work for my phone and as far as I know I did it exactly how I'm suppose to by fallowing the instructions, even tried multiple times so I have no idea what I am doing wrong
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Hmmm, wonder what's wrong. I just checked that app in my market and I can bill it to my tmobile account...very strange.

Behold_this said:
Hmmm, wonder what's wrong. I just checked that app in my market and I can bill it to my tmobile account...very strange.
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Yeah I'm not sure I'm starting to think it's something T-Mobile screwed up. They added Family Allowances to my account (Bro downloaded $63.96 in apps on his Nokia!!) but it's set up that my line can still download with no limitations on my end and they said it was right on theirs too.
Worst part is they took it off now and I still cant bill to the account even after trying this, uninstalling updates then trying this again, fresh install of the old market and trying this AGAIN! I'm gonna be pissed if I can no longer bill to the account. T-Mobile is looking into it but they blame Google/Android which isn't true cuz I signed my account into a dummy phone at work and it was fine.

Thank you so much!

Gotta love xda thanks man it worked flawlessly
Turn off WiFi
Applications
Market
Force close
Clear cache
3G/4G connection
Accept terms done thanks man
It works guys ..
Now time for them 10c apps lmao

I am not get in the carrier purchasing option even after doing the said steps. Could it be that I am running miui? Anyone else experiencing the same issue?
Sent from my Sensation using XDA App

Thanks, worked perfect

try to uninstall update
My market updated by itself and the Tmobile option wasn't available so I:
Turned off WiFi,
Turned 4G on,
Applications => Market => Uninstall Updates,
Opened market immediately and searched Where's My Water (10c app ),
and the option to purchase using Tmobile was there.. of course I opened market again later on and it was the new market(with no Tmo option) but it does works this way.

dcwiker05 said:
Yeah I'm not sure I'm starting to think it's something T-Mobile screwed up. They added Family Allowances to my account (Bro downloaded $63.96 in apps on his Nokia!!) but it's set up that my line can still download with no limitations on my end and they said it was right on theirs too.
Worst part is they took it off now and I still cant bill to the account even after trying this, uninstalling updates then trying this again, fresh install of the old market and trying this AGAIN! I'm gonna be pissed if I can no longer bill to the account. T-Mobile is looking into it but they blame Google/Android which isn't true cuz I signed my account into a dummy phone at work and it was fine.
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Just file a trouble ticket..they can fix it..happened to me 2 months ago..they fixed it in less than a week.

Still a successful method to get it working today...
Prior to trying the original poster's method I was unable to bill to my carrier (T-Mobile). However, after multiple attempts at this method it finally worked. Now I am able to bill to my carrier again after switching ROMs. Thanks.

ggfb20 said:
Prior to trying the original poster's method I was unable to bill to my carrier (T-Mobile). However, after multiple attempts at this method it finally worked. Now I am able to bill to my carrier again after switching ROMs. Thanks.
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Awesome! Always like to hear success stories.

dcwiker05 said:
Yeah I'm not sure I'm starting to think it's something T-Mobile screwed up. They added Family Allowances to my account (Bro downloaded $63.96 in apps on his Nokia!!) but it's set up that my line can still download with no limitations on my end and they said it was right on theirs too.
Worst part is they took it off now and I still cant bill to the account even after trying this, uninstalling updates then trying this again, fresh install of the old market and trying this AGAIN! I'm gonna be pissed if I can no longer bill to the account. T-Mobile is looking into it but they blame Google/Android which isn't true cuz I signed my account into a dummy phone at work and it was fine.
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Star N9589 MTK 6589 Quadcore 1GB/8GB

There is already an active thread on B94M/B943 but none on N9589. I am hoping to start one.
I received mine a few weeks ago and still playing with it. It is still unrooted because I am waiting for my micro-sd to arrive. I installed ADB_usb_driver_120827_v3 and MtkDroidTools_v246 and seems to work fine. Mine is the 1GB/8GB version, came with Android 4.2.1 and bought it on ebay for US$230. Would have bought it from aliexpress (cheaper) but their payment system put me off.
I am not sure but I think this phone is manufactured by HUACHEN Technology Limited.
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Finally!!!!
dreamerman said:
There is already an active thread on B94M/B943 but none on N9589. I am hoping to start one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2207989
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Great!!! There was high time to create the own topic for this excellent phone!

vanaj said:
Great!!! There was high time to create the own topic for this excellent phone!
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I assume you have the same phone? Have you tried a 64GB micro sd card? I read about someone on needrom who successfully used one. I am still waiting for my 64GB card to be delivered.

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Hello Dreamerman, I too just got the Star N9589 and am very happy with it. I was wondering what service provider you are going through? I been having a heck of time trying to get service for this phone. I found a person who left a comment on a N9589 they bought on Amazon : http://www.amazon.com/Star-MTK6589-Quad-core-Capacitance-SmartPhone-Grey/dp/B00BVUXQ2W . They got theirs working on a pre-pay service Net 10, I have tried both straight talk and net 10 and no luck so far. Thanks
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I had to factory reset mine 3 times to get 3G working. Previously only getting 2G. Have you tried factory reset?

Issues discovered so far....
1. Sometimes the person I am speaking to reported hearing echos. This applies to both land line and mobile.
2. Speaker volume too low. I suppose this can be corrected via engineer menu.

I confirm this phone supports a 64GB micro-sd card (FAT32) although specs says upto 32GB.

dreamerman said:
I had to factory reset mine 3 times to get 3G working. Previously only getting 2G. Have you tried factory reset?
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OK good to know, what does factory reset do for the phone exactly? I was worried about only getting 2G speeds using GSM. I read up on a youtube channel that a guy is using AT&T with his N9859, so maybe this is what I will have to do. Was hoping to use a pre-pay service but not sure that is possible with this phone. Thanks for the heads up on the echoing issue..
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dreamerman said:
Issues discovered so far....
1. Sometimes the person I am speaking to reported hearing echos. This applies to both land line and mobile.
2. Speaker volume too low. I suppose this can be corrected via engineer menu.
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Yes I did hear about audio on this phone being quiet, but you can correct it with in the settings/ audio panel.
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dreamerman said:
I confirm this phone supports a 64GB micro-sd card (FAT32) although specs says upto 32GB.
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Thats great, I noticed too when buying my phone that some of the specs were under-rated from what they really were. Interesting, guess its still a big plus the phone is better than what they show on the specs thus far!

Revman, factory reset means a fresh reinstall of your stock rom to original state from factory. You will loose all apps you install yourself and all customisations like wall paper etc. In my case, I also lost some Chinese apps that came with the phone which I didn't want so that is a bonus.
Antutu score when I got the phone is about 12000 but after factory reset it went up to 13140 so that is a bonus too.
Engineer menu is *#*#3646633#*#* but if you install free app Mobileuncle Tools from Play Store, you can get into the engineer menu from there. It has AppToSD built in.
Also if you are buying a 64GB card from ebay, be careful. I bought 4 over past 4 weeks and all has been fakes. Better buy from shops although cost more.

Revman said:
Yes I did hear about audio on this phone being quiet, but you can correct it with in the settings/ audio panel
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That is not all. I also noticed that while conversing using speaker, besides the low volume, I hear crackling as if the reception is very poor. I miss out hearing a few words and coupled with low volume, it is almost unusable. When switch off the speaker to normal phone-to-ear mode, the reception is back to normal and the audio is clear. I contacted the ebay seller and will see what he says.

It is a great film, I love mine. Just wish I could get some good custom ROMs on it like Paranoid Android.

dreamerman said:
Revman, factory reset means a fresh reinstall of your stock rom to original state from factory. You will loose all apps you install yourself and all customisations like wall paper etc. In my case, I also lost some Chinese apps that came with the phone which I didn't want so that is a bonus.
Antutu score when I got the phone is about 12000 but after factory reset it went up to 13140 so that is a bonus too.
Engineer menu is *#*#3646633#*#* but if you install free app Mobileuncle Tools from Play Store, you can get into the engineer menu from there. It has AppToSD built in.
Also if you are buying a 64GB card from ebay, be careful. I bought 4 over past 4 weeks and all has been fakes. Better buy from shops although cost more.
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Thanks clarifying on the factory reset. I'm sorry to hear about your eBay experience, I am always weary of ordering from there, I have had a lot of friends get ripped off. This goes to say I was also really worried about ordering this phone from china, but luckily everything went really well. I got this phone from Alibaba.com out of Hon Kong. Ordered 3 N9859 phones, there were no china apps in mine that I noticed, had all Google's apps as well as some other really cool ones like Microsoft Word. they came with phone folding covers, two batteries, head phones with built in radio antennas, wall charger, usb cable. I am extremely pleased with the quality of these phone, they are awesome!
Dreamerman, thanks for the Engineer menu number, that will come in handy. I will maybe try Mobileuncle Tools as well. I seen a video on how to root the N9859 phone, go to Youtube & type N9859, you will see "how to root my N9859", just read the steps and software to use under the video. That also sucks about your experience with the speaker phone, I will let you know how mine works once I am set up with a service provider and can actually get to talk on it.
I also went down to AT&T today to see if they could run this phone on their service, he thinks it's not going to be problem. He said a girl came in not to long ago and she had something similar, they were able to get hers going. So I am seeking out all my options, hopefully I will have the phone up and going shortly. I will write in and tell who I got the phone working through once its activated.

Root success with this tutorial.
http://droidchina.com/forum/Thread-How-To-Root-MTK6589-Tutorial
Used driver ADB_usb_driver_120827 to connect to my device under debugging mode.
I also installed adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130522 for good measure.

dreamerman said:
Root success with this tutorial.
Used driver ADB_usb_driver_120827 to connect to my device under debugging mode.
I also installed adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130522 for good measure.
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OK, I will check this out, I have an at&t gsm sim in my phone from Net 10 at the moment, but phone is not reading the card. For what ever reason I can't get into mobile settings to change APN settings. So this is why I am thinking I might need to root the phone, so I can open everything up for full access. The Engineer code did work great for the phone and I was able to go into some deeper settings, but didn't fix my problem. I have 3 of these phone we are trying to get up and going, so will probably root them all, seems to be a better way to go anyways so we can have better apps, etc..
Also, when you first get your phone and plug it into your computer, it says it needs driver "MT65XX Preloader Driver". Found websites that had this driver "4 Share.com". Do you have a reference on where to get this driver so my computer will recognize the phone and I can transfer files etc.. thanks.

You can get the driver from here.
http://online.mediatek.com/Public Documents/MTK_Android_USB_Driver.zip

Phone Working on NET 10 & Found Working Driver
Phone is working 100%! I was able to get the phone working on a pre-pay plan through "Net 10"., You can go down to your local Radio shack and purchase a "Net 10 Bring Your Own Plan" for $9.99. Inside the package comes a T-Mobile Sim, At&T Sim and an AT&T Micro Sim. I am using the standard size AT&T GSM Sim out of the package, I discovered you must insert the sim backwards verses how you put them in on our Samsung phones etc. So now you only pay $45.00 a month if you are enrolled on the auto-inrollment through thier website, otherwise it's $50.00 month. You get unlimited talk, text and I believe up to 2GB of data before they throttle you. (Throttling is when they cut down your data speeds) 2GB should be more than enough for your typical user though.
To get your N9589 working with your computer I found the working driver with complete instructions here: (they wont let me post outside links yet, so this is what you do) Go to your Google Search, and type in: "How to install MT/MTK 65xx USB driver on Windows 7" . One of the top websites that pulls up is: DroidChina.com . click into this page and you will see instructions and the driver download towards the bottom of the page.
With out instructions any driver will be useless to you, so important you know the proper steps how to install. This is a Chinese Forum, but I assure you its 100% legitimate and working. You will have to sign up with the Forum, but worth it. I spent 3 days just trying to find the right driver for this phone, every place I found it wanted you to download their software and all their crap in order to just download the driver. With this forum, you don't have to do that, nor worry about malware or viruses.NOTE: the only thing I did different on the install is, where is says steps 4, 5, 6, the picture sample below, I just click on the folder called: "usb_driver" and it installed perfectly. I tried there way but my browser box didn't show the same folders theirs did.
Hope this helps you guys, I had a hell of a time getting information out there about this phone. I am very happy with the Star N9589, it's truely an amazing phone with an awesome 5.7" screen! Everything works great including the speaker phone, which I know Dreameran here on this forum, was having a problem with on his.

My next mission is to find out how to do a nandroid backup.
Update: I used different apps from Play Store to attempt full nandroid backup but all failed. The best tool for me is the one I already have ie MTK Droid Root & Tools. See tutorial in link below. My packed backup zip file is 1,039,621 kb and unpacked is 3,100,708,864 kb.
Happy
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f60...-mtk-droid-root-tools-backup-unbrick-1666984/

My SanDisk 64GB Class 10 Mobile ULTRA Micro SD Micro SDXC Memory Card should arrive tomorrow. I bought it locally as I am sick of ebay fakes. I hope to have 2 partitions, one 32GB ext4 and the balance FAT32. Will be using either Gparted or free version of Partition Wizard (bootable ISO). After that I will install Link2SD.
UPDATE: I've done it. Partitioned my new shiny original 64GB C10 Sandisk micro sd card into 2 partitions; 15GB ext2 and balance FAT32 4kb cluster using MiniTool Partition Wizard bootable CD. Installed link2sd. Linked all non system apps to ext2 partition. All sweet. Spent several hours researching pros cons of ext2/3/4 and finally selected ext2.

After flash ROM my N9589 is hard bricked.
Pc message is S_FT_ENABLE_DRAM_FAIL (4032).
Same news about test point for unbrick?
tnx

pappuzio said:
After flash ROM my N9589 is hard bricked.
Pc message is S_FT_ENABLE_DRAM_FAIL (4032).
Same news about test point for unbrick?
tnx
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Sorry to hear that. Risk of breaking ROM is the reason I maintained my stock ROM. Have you tried reset factory? There are sites (mostly Russian or Chinese) out there with stock ROM. If yours is already bricked, there is no downside. Try them all. Good luck. BTW, have you tried needrom?

dreamerman said:
Sorry to hear that. Risk of breaking ROM is the reason I maintained my stock ROM. Have you tried reset factory? There are sites (mostly Russian or Chinese) out there with stock ROM. If yours is already bricked, there is no downside. Try them all. Good luck. BTW, have you tried needrom?
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My phone is a brick. I can't turn on and i can't reflash. I wait for test poit for hardware reset.

Samsung Pay can't be set-up on S8 Plus? AT&T

Hey all.
I use Samsung pay quite a bit, and I went to set it up on my AT&T S8 Plus, and when you open the app, you click continue, and a spinning ring just comes up, and nothing ever happens. I've uninstalled/reinstalled the app. I've turned on all permissions for the app and all permissions for the Samsung Pay Framework. My device is not encrypted, I dont know anything else to try or do. Is anyone else having this issue?

I just set mine up after reading this post. No issues. I am on AT&T

dave30534 said:
I just set mine up after reading this post. No issues. I am on AT&T
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well that's frustrating. were you on wifi? did you use the new sim card that came with your phone or your old one? idk if that has anything to do with it, but i always just take my sim card out of my old one and put it in the new one.
Thanks!

Captain McFunk said:
well that's frustrating. were you on wifi? did you use the new sim card that came with your phone or your old one? idk if that has anything to do with it, but i always just take my sim card out of my old one and put it in the new one.
Thanks!
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On wifi. My old phone does not have sim cards that fit this one. I used what came with the box. I had to register it by phone before they turned the phone to active.

I'm on AT&T as well and had no issues setting up.

Can you just put a cricket sim card in or setup with the att sim card first?

Still not sure what's going on here, but I used the SIM card that came in the box and it's still not working. It just spins once you click "start" -- I uninstalled it and downloaded the latest version from apk-mirror and when i ran it, it played a little video but then an error came up saying samsung pay isn't available when using a sim card from another country. please insert a sim card from korea......i mean wtf mate. I bought the phone from AT&T directly, so not sure what the deal is there. Anyone have any ideas for anything I can try?

Captain McFunk said:
I use Samsung pay quite a bit, and I went to set it up on my AT&T S8 Plus, and when you open the app, you click continue, and a spinning ring just comes up, and nothing ever happens. I've uninstalled/reinstalled the app. I've turned on all permissions for the app and all permissions for the Samsung Pay Framework. My device is not encrypted, I dont know anything else to try or do. Is anyone else having this issue?
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I had the same problem at first. I tried restarting the app, rebooting the phone, clearing the app's cache & data, reinstalling the app, and wiping the system cache. I tried it on WiFi and on mobile data. None of that seemed to help. Then I left it alone for a couple of hours and the next time I tried, it just worked.
I have no idea what was causing the problem. I don't know if any of my efforts had a delayed result, or if the efforts were irrelevant and the problem just fixed itself. But either way, it's fine now.

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Captain McFunk said:
Hey all.
I use Samsung pay quite a bit, and I went to set it up on my AT&T S8 Plus, and when you open the app, you click continue, and a spinning ring just comes up, and nothing ever happens. I've uninstalled/reinstalled the app. I've turned on all permissions for the app and all permissions for the Samsung Pay Framework. My device is not encrypted, I dont know anything else to try or do. Is anyone else having this issue?
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It still does not work on my S8+. It may have something to do with last OS update... ? All I know is, I used it for about a year with occasional odd failures, but it was reliable on my S7.
Now, it does not work at all. I called Samsung and the rep kept me on the phone for a long time, gathering details...

Google pay not working after OTA update

Afternoon all,
I have an EML-L09 P20, which did an OTA update to 9.1.0.311 overnight yesterday. Since then, Google pay wouldn't work contactlessly. I tried removing the card and re-adding it, but I get an error saying that the phone is "This phone can't be used to pay in shops. This may be because it is rooted or altered in some way", so I cannot use contactless features. I also tried clearing data on the app and get the same error.
Can anyone shed any light on this - is it a build error, or Google Pay?
If no one comes up with a cunning plan for me, I'm going to try a factory reset in a bit, when it's got a little more battery
Edit: Ok, did the factory reset.... And still the same. So, I called Huawei, who say that they have had a number of calls about this. They blame Google - saying that gpay needs an update. I then called Google Pay customer services, which was like talking to a brick wall!
Has anyone else seen this behaviour on this version? Even if you have experienced it working or not with this specific factory rom version, please could you comment - So I'll know if it's really a big problem, or just me.
Ta,
Mike

MikeH80 said:
Afternoon all,
I have an EML-L09 P20, which did an OTA update to 9.1.0.311 overnight yesterday. Since then, Google pay wouldn't work contactlessly. I tried removing the card and re-adding it, but I get an error saying that the phone is "This phone can't be used to pay in shops. This may be because it is rooted or altered in some way", so I cannot use contactless features. I also tried clearing data on the app and get the same error.
Can anyone shed any light on this - is it a build error, or Google Pay?
If no one comes up with a cunning plan for me, I'm going to try a factory reset in a bit, when it's got a little more battery
Edit: Ok, did the factory reset.... And still the same. So, I called Huawei, who say that they have had a number of calls about this. They blame Google - saying that gpay needs an update. I then called Google Pay customer services, which was like talking to a brick wall!
Has anyone else seen this behaviour on this version? Even if you have experienced it working or not with this specific factory rom version, please could you comment - So I'll know if it's really a big problem, or just me.
Ta,
Mike
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Well my version is L29 for now I haven't noticed issues. But my friend who has OnePlus 5T says his Gpay stopped working after an update too. So I suppose it is Google issue maybe it is related to older versions of ROM somehow or etc..

Warning: Camera Failed Software Issue

My new Note 20 Ultra gets a "Warning: Camera Failed" error every time I open the camera. The camera will start, freeze, start, freeze then give me that message and crash. I've done safe mode, done factory reset, done cache in camera app etc. Verizon doesn't have any replacements yet, and noted it sounds like flashing the OS back onto it would fix it. I did that in the past way back when I was on android, but is it possible to do that myself currently with this new of a device?

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My new Note 20 Ultra gets a "Warning: Camera Failed" error every time I open the camera. The camera will start, freeze, start, freeze then give me that message and crash. I've done safe mode, done factory reset, done cache in camera app etc. Verizon doesn't have any replacements yet, and noted it sounds like flashing the OS back onto it would fix it. I did that in the past way back when I was on android, but is it possible to do that myself currently with this new of a device?
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Man. Return this. Get a new one and not a "replacement".

dottat said:
Man. Return this. Get a new one and not a "replacement".
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It's a bit tricky as this is a business device. I called Verizon to do so and they don't have anything in stock. I don't believe we have the original box either.

Deadly Cyclone said:
It's a bit tricky as this is a business device. I called Verizon to do so and they don't have anything in stock. I don't believe we have the original box either.
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Doesn't matter. It's so new it's RMA worthy. Especially if the camera is a business need. I would email my rep at Verizon and get an rma and a new order setup if they shipped me a faulty piece of hardware (and I have).

dottat said:
Doesn't matter. It's so new it's RMA worthy. Especially if the camera is a business need. I would email my rep at Verizon and get an rma and a new order setup if they shipped me a faulty piece of hardware (and I have).
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I'll go the rep route and see where it leads.

Deadly Cyclone said:
I'll go the rep route and see where it leads.
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Make sure you tell them you require a working camera for business too as leverage to get it expedited.

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Make sure you tell them you require a working camera for business too as leverage to get it expedited.
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Emailed.
While I wait is there a sideload of googles camera app for the device? All the ones I try crash immediately. Even the one for the S20 ultra.

Deadly Cyclone said:
Emailed.
While I wait is there a sideload of googles camera app for the device? All the ones I try crash immediately. Even the one for the S20 ultra.
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If the camera has a hardware issue, a different camera (app) isn't going to work as it cannot access the hardware!

cpufrost said:
If the camera has a hardware issue, a different camera (app) isn't going to work as it cannot access the hardware!
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I've confirmed its not hardware as the camera works in apps like PS Camera, etc.

Deadly Cyclone said:
I've confirmed its not hardware as the camera works in apps like PS Camera, etc.
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Could be it works in certain modes. The Samsung switch app can do an emergency software repair for you if you want to attempt it believing it's a bad software load. Even that I would be suspicious of though because of checksum verification etc. Still might lead to a hardware problem.

Go to the camera app in app settings and clear cache and data. This should reset it the default again.
Be careful not to delete any photos though!

1.*#34971539# Do you get a menu? and is the phone to cam FW Write greyed out?
2.*#0*# Mega cam test works?
This issue is so strange, I have note 8 with same problem when phone is on full Stock Rom even *#0*# cam test fails reads 0 cam. However when I installed Combination Rom (Factory Binary) The camera/flash works fine in the *#0*# and even in more extensive testing menus(Its stock in combination ROM or you can use Info phone Sam app), But I don't know how to flash FW for cameras , since the options are greyed out , I believe I have to place FW files (get them from system image?) in a certain folder in root directory(using root explorer) then initiating *#34971539# to enable Phone ---> Cam write, anyone who had this done successfully or experimenting too, your input is appreciated.
Note: When I flash stock rom back, the same problem occurs.

So digging around, it's a weird occurrence that happens when certain things are triggered in order and EVERY n20u is suspectable to this bug. If you haven't had it, you just haven't had the right order of things execute yet.
Its not hardware, it's Samsung's software.