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Hey everyone! I'm new here in a way with this being my first post but have been on xda for months lurking the forums and absorbing information having to do with samsung vibrant to now the g2. Before i ask my question I must say this website is the best website i have EVER got any sort of information about phones and everything and anything you can possibly do with them! And want to say thank you to EVERYONE who makes it possibly! Now for the question and some sort of problem. I permrooted my g2 last night and everything to my knowledge has gone well. I also even turned S-Off and now i can boot into recovery no problem. The only problem I seem to have and can't find the solution through google or on the forums is that when I have my phone completely powered down and put it on the charger after it's powered down the phone will just automatically boot into recovery without me even doing it. It says "go back to end debugging" when I go to check the key test and I really don't understand what and where it's talking about debugging when I just have my phone plugged into a outlet. If anyone has this problem or maybe has solved this with some sort of solution your insight would be greatly appreciated.
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Hey everyone! I'm new here in a way with this being my first post but have been on xda for months lurking the forums and absorbing information having to do with samsung vibrant to now the g2. Before i ask my question I must say this website is the best website i have EVER got any sort of information about phones and everything and anything you can possibly do with them! And want to say thank you to EVERYONE who makes it possibly! Now for the question and some sort of problem. I permrooted my g2 last night and everything to my knowledge has gone well. I also even turned S-Off and now i can boot into recovery no problem. The only problem I seem to have and can't find the solution through google or on the forums is that when I have my phone completely powered down and put it on the charger after it's powered down the phone will just automatically boot into recovery without me even doing it. It says "go back to end debugging" when I go to check the key test and I really don't understand what and where it's talking about debugging when I just have my phone plugged into a outlet. If anyone has this problem or maybe has solved this with some sort of solution your insight would be greatly appreciated.
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It is a known issue of ClockWork Recovery. Nothing we can do now, until/IF Koush-the author of CW OR anyone knowledgeable enough to sort it out.
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It is a known issue of ClockWork Recovery. Nothing we can do now, until/IF Koush-the author of CW OR anyone knowledgeable enough to sort it out.
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on the dot.
its specifically within cwm, even other phones are experiencing the same issues with cwm
So no possible fix or something like that to keep it from happening? I mean I usually shut my phone at night just to give it a rest and to charge but now I can't because of recovery. Does everyone who permroots their phone experience this or only some?
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Nickb1989 said:
So no possible fix or something like that to keep it from happening? I mean I usually shut my phone at night just to give it a rest and to charge but now I can't because of recovery. Does everyone who permroots their phone experience this or only some?
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No possible fix I've seen as of yet. I'm sure many people do witness this happening, but I personally never turn my phone off at night just to charge it. I hear its not good for batteries to over charge them again and again. I usually charge mine in morning and throughout the day and leave it be over night.
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No possible fix I've seen as of yet. I'm sure many people do witness this happening, but I personally never turn my phone off at night just to charge it. I hear its not good for batteries to over charge them again and again. I usually charge mine in morning and throughout the day and leave it be over night.
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There's no such thing as over charging Lithium Ion battery lol. You can plug it in 24/7 and be safe. It is a myth.
Read this: http://batteryuniversity.com/index.php/learn/article/charging_lithium_ion_batteries
It is impossible to overcharge Lithium Ion Battery.
Well I guess I'll just have to wait and deal with it until a fix hopefully comes out for it. And ya I never heard of overcharging lithium ion batteries...but idk. Now while waiting for a fix for that little bug i'd like a flashable overclock
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androidtoy09 said:
There's no such thing as over charging Lithium Ion battery lol. You can plug it in 24/7 and be safe. It is a myth.
Read this: http://batteryuniversity.com/index.php/learn/article/charging_lithium_ion_batteries
It is impossible to overcharge Lithium Ion Battery.
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Nickb1989 said:
Well I guess I'll just have to wait and deal with it until a fix hopefully comes out for it. And ya I never heard of overcharging lithium ion batteries...but idk. Now while waiting for a fix for that little bug i'd like a flashable overclock
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Meh. I've had a bunch of people tell me they had to buy new batteries from leaving their phone charging all night and a few reps have told me not to do it. I think specifically that was when I had my BlackBerry. That's only reason I thought that. =P Either way, thanks for the info. Learning is great. =]
Well i can tell you i had an adp1 and my wife had a g1 she would charge throughout the day and i only charged at night. While we both had to get new bats because of swelling hers died a lot faster then mine. So i say charge when its dead at night is better but thats just mho.
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shortlived said:
Well i can tell you i had an adp1 and my wife had a g1 she would charge throughout the day and i only charged at night. While we both had to get new bats because of swelling hers died a lot faster then mine. So i say charge when its dead at night is better but thats just mho.
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I agree. Night time charging to me seems to be the best amd I've never had a problem with a battery from doing that. Even if the phone wasn't completely dead. Seems to be ok with me lol
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ever notice ur phones charging led change colors when its full? we have a smartphone fellas, its smart enough to hold a charge, stop charging, let it trickle, and maintain a full charge safely.
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Ok I have never rooted my phone, and never deviated from the stock android ROM. About a week ago my wifi randomly stopped working.
When I go to turn it on it simply says error, and rebooting it does not help.
I tried a factory reset and it did help, temporarily, but after powering the phone off and back on the next day it stopped working again!
This makes me think it is in fact a hardware problem. I also just recently upgraded to 2.3.4, but I'm almost certain this was happening before then. Does anyone have any idea why this is happening?
Anyone know if Verizon will help me if I take it in? I do not have insurance (big mistake!)
Any help is greatly appreciated, I have read TONS of threads and cant find any info on this, besides from people who had modified roms.
Thanks in advanced!
On a vanilla (virgin) dInc, I'd say you are in fact facing a hardware issue. Have you tested with another WIFI connection manager app?
Search for "Wifi Manager" in the market, it's worked well for me in the past.
Awesome! Thanks so much man, Wifi manager did the trick! Very strange that it wouldn't work with the default wifi app, but I'm happy either way.
You made my day!
Looks like I spoke too soon...
It worked for about three minutes then it shut off. This seems so strange!
Any other ideas?
Are you running any sort of power management apps? Many of those will auto shut off your WiFi to save power.
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No I'm not, but funny you mention that because when I was (before my factory reset) I think thats when these issues first started.
I'm definitely not running any right now though.
Probably just a coincidence, but yea. Any ideas from anyone? I just bought the Seidio 3500mah battery! Would be a shame if the wifi is broken
Try rolling back to 2.2 via htc sync and the 2.2 ruu package. See if you still get the problem on 2.2, if not, stick with 2.2 or invoke the 2.3.4 update again (dialer *#*#checkin#*#*) and test again after the update. This should without further question determine whether there is a hardware problem or not.
Also, although unlikely, maybe your new battery is causing interference.
Try your best to test all of the basic variables before giving up.
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mindlessacts said:
Looks like I spoke too soon...
It worked for about three minutes then it shut off. This seems so strange!
Any other ideas?
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Settings>Wireless &Networks> Wifi Settings>Menu>Andvanced>Sleep Policy
What is it set to?
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Unholyfire said:
Try rolling back to 2.2 via htc sync and the 2.2 ruu package.
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You can't downgrade from 2.3.4 to 2.2. If what you say is true, then some rooted users who unrooted for the update with s-on need to know about this.
Not to be off topic, but do you someone who successfully did this?
how long have you had it if it is less than a year then htc will take care of you if it is over a year verizon might be talked into giving you an upgrade early. only way to know for sure is to go into verizon and see...
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Looks like I spoke too soon...
It worked for about three minutes then it shut off. This seems so strange!
Any other ideas?
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Is it showing an error right after you turn it on, or when attempting to connect to a WAP?
Have you tried long pressing to forget the wifi access point then readding/reconnecting it?
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Have you tried long pressing to forget the wifi access point then readding/reconnecting it?
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That's what I was getting at. Trying to tell if it's failing at the connect or at simply turning on the WiFi chip itself.
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Thank you very much everyone for your suggestions. I tried everything but downgrading to 2.2 since I didn't know how. However I'm happy to report that my WiFi is now working again and I did nothing.
Well besides buying a new battery! I replaced my oem battery that I bought off amazon with a siedo 3500mah so not only am I getting insane battery life, but it made ky WiFi work!
I should have mentioned that my charge was averaging just three to four hours on my old battery. Maybe it was defective and not powerful enough to run WiFi?
I really don't know, but do hope that if someone is on my same position they find this thread helpful. Thanks again to everyone, these are very kind forums!
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mindlessacts said:
Thank you very much everyone for your suggestions. I tried everything but downgrading to 2.2 since I didn't know how. However I'm happy to report that my WiFi is now working again and I did nothing.
Well besides buying a new battery! I replaced my oem battery that I bought off amazon with a siedo 3500mah so not only am I getting insane battery life, but it made ky WiFi work!
I should have mentioned that my charge was averaging just three to four hours on my old battery. Maybe it was defective and not powerful enough to run WiFi?
I really don't know, but do hope that if someone is on my same position they find this thread helpful. Thanks again to everyone, these are very kind forums!
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Glad you got it worked out!!
If you are an Epic Touch user that is experiencing the LOS (Loss of Signal) issue please click on the link below and report in that thread with Sprint.
http://community.sprint.com/baw/message/339779
If you do end up posting on the Sprint site please do post in this thread as well...
Also it was just pointed out that there also is a Samsung support Twitter @ www.twitter.com/samsungsupport
(Please also contact there if you experience LOS)
If you would like to follow this up with a call to tech support, it will help. Try and get transferred to advanced tech support.
This needs to happen from as many people experiencing this as possible!
Don't be lazy!
Thx!
There is another thread 11 down from this one(and multiple other ones further in the forum). The search button works wonders if you use it :-D
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graffixnyc said:
There is another thread 11 down from this one(and multiple other ones further in the forum). The search button works wonders if you use it :-D
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I don't think those other threads were specifically aimed at getting people to do this
I have been told by a reliable source that sprint is aware there is an issue and their engineers are working diligently to find a fix.
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graffixnyc said:
There is another thread 11 down from this one(and multiple other ones further in the forum). The search button works wonders if you use it :-D
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Anything is better than "is our phone compatible with random tech blog rumor" threads.
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I have been told by a reliable source that sprint is aware there is an issue and their engineers are working diligently to find a fix.
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I hope your reliable source wasn't a Sprint CSR.
Those of us coming from the Moment were constantly being told that by Sprint regarding the radio lock up issue. They never did fix it. It wasn't until the devs at SDX got 2.2 onto the phone that the issue went away.
I have also found that tweeting complaints to www.twitter.com/samsungsupport during business hours will get a quick response, which results in escalation of real issues.
adma84 said:
I have also found that tweeting complaints to www.twitter.com/samsungsupport during business hours will get a quick response, which results in escalation of real issues.
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Nice find! Thx!
i just got off the phone with sprint and they told me that samsung pushed an update on friday to fix a delay in receiving text messages which has borked the internal antenna. that would explain why i only started having problems yesterday.... sprint will give you a ticket number and they will fix your phone for free at a store.
call up and get it fixed.
its only going to get worse!
dtr145r said:
i just got off the phone with sprint and they told me that samsung pushed an update on friday to fix a delay in receiving text messages which has borked the internal antenna. that would explain why i only started having problems yesterday.... sprint will give you a ticket number and they will fix your phone for free at a store.
call up and get it fixed.
its only going to get worse!
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This is false. The issue has been going long since before Friday.
It will be fixed in the first update though.
... and here I was thinking about exchanging my 3D for a GS2... it seems the signal problems are widespread to all phones. :/
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... and here I was thinking about exchanging my 3D for a GS2... it seems the signal problems are widespread to all phones. :/
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Its not a showstopper and it doesnt happen on all devices. So if it happens when you get it use your 30 swap to get a new replacement. It hasnt happened on mine at all. Also there is going to be a fix... So, with all of that said I cannot think of a single thing that should cause anyone to decide not to get this and choose another phone. Thx
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Its not a showstopper and it doesnt happen on all devices. So if it happens when you get it use your 30 swap to get a new replacement.
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It is a 14-day swap unless you bought your device pre-launch.
This is a total show stopper, I have 2 of these and they both do it constantly. I cant even surf for more then 10 minutes without it happening to both units. I cant make calls, I cant receive calls, cant go online, cant use streaming music, cant use navigation. total waste at this point. I love the phone physically and its great when on WiFi but that's only 1/4 of the day. I am not taking a chance of getting stuck with a phone that I cant even make calls on. maybe I will try again once everything gets fixed but for now its not worth the trouble.
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This is a total show stopper, I have 2 of these and they both do it constantly. I cant even surf for more then 10 minutes without it happening to both units. I cant make calls, I cant receive calls, cant go online, cant use streaming music, cant use navigation. total waste at this point. I love the phone physically and its great when on WiFi but that's only 1/4 of the day. I am not taking a chance of getting stuck with a phone that I cant even make calls on. maybe I will try again once everything gets fixed but for now its not worth the trouble.
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You have something seriously wrong with yours then. I've had mine since launch and it's done it twice. You should exchange yours.
I rooted my phone and got this for the first time the next day. Hasn't happened before that. Didn't even know what you guys were seeing until it happened. I just got a zero with a line across the middle of it in my top bar and my signal bar and data icon were gone.
Is that what people are getting also that have not rooted their phone? When I say not rooted, not the people who rooted then installed the stock kernal back on. People who never rooted in the first place. That is what I would like to know.
Mine did it once before rooting, once after.
And yes, it happened just like you described. I thought rooting and flashing Zedo v3 fixed it, but it didn't.
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Mine did it once before rooting, once after.
And yes, it happened just like you described. I thought rooting and flashing Zedo v3 fixed it, but it didn't.
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Cool, I hope it is device problem and not just a rooting problem. This way we can get a fix for it from Samsung, hopefully.
I have it on good authority it will be fixed in the first software update from Sprint. No idea when that will be though. It's not a rooting problem.
My HTC One X JUST came into the mail today and I want to get started and get my favorite custom software already. However, the fact that my phone could possibly have a problem out of the box, if I start doing dev stuff, I lose my warranty. Should I wait a bit? I feel like I would notice if anything was wrong already.
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My HTC One X JUST came into the mail today and I want to get started and get my favorite custom software already. However, the fact that my phone could possibly have a problem out of the box, if I start doing dev stuff, I lose my warranty. Should I wait a bit? I feel like I would notice if anything was wrong already.
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Personally I would hold off at least a week just to make sure. Cause you would be kicking yourself if you do have a problem and HTC decide to try and charge you for it cause your unlocked.
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bobmarsh72 said:
Personally I would hold off at least a week just to make sure. Cause you would be kicking yourself if you do have a problem and HTC decide to try and charge you for it cause your unlocked.
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That's a very good point.
Some common problems with the device sometimes only show up after a few days use and sometimes HTC wont repair your device if it's rooted, even if it's a hardware problem.
After a week any problems that it might have should have showed up
Thanks guys! Yeah I was kind of thinking the same thing. I suppose I can live with Stock for a week while I test everything out. I would definitely be pissed at myself if they wouldn't service it simply because I wanted Adblock over the next week. haha.
I usually give it a month or so before I do anything to void my warranty. I've had phones before that had something wrong with them that I didn't notice until they were no longer under warranty, so I give it a while before I bother. Plus, this phone is undoubtedly much faster than your previous, so even stock it should be a sizable boost. Enjoy it as it is for a little while, then when you put custom software, you'll get that boost again!
I had mine rooted and flashed straight out the box.
Your call though...
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I had mine rooted and flashed straight out the box.
Your call though...
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Mine over 1 night !
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Check out the defects thread and check your phone thoroughly before unlocking, I'd give it at least a month as some issues don't manifest straightaway
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DONT DO IT YET. i had mine for 2 days, after 2 days yellow tinting appeared on it, i am definitely going to wait a few weeks when HTC send it back, hopefully we will have S off then
Give it a week or two. Longer the safer.
Thanks guys! You rock. I'm definitely gonna wait. I'm thinking a week or two so I can test every feature which I haven't been able to test (blue tooth, tethering, and more) or even discover for that matter.
And yes, I came from the Moto Milestone 2 to the Moto Backflip... To the One X. The experience isn't even comparable. I am so happy with the improvement I am just giddy over the fact that I have this super phone. No rush to throw custom on it when it's already this good. Only SERIOUS reason I would unlock for at the moment would be battery and AdFree purposes but for real, the battery isn't that bad.. Idk why people keep hating on it. I am a pretty heavy user too. I mean, it's got some serious hardware to run!
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Road trip yesterday, using telenav app for GPS on my E4GT and noticed when cell signal was low, the menu button seemed to go crazy and phone was unresponsive. Searched here, but it doesn't seem to happen to everyone.
Is it hardware related? Should I get new phone? Does it happen with ICS?
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rehpot1 said:
Road trip yesterday, using telenav app for GPS on my E4GT and noticed when cell signal was low, the menu button seemed to go crazy and phone was unresponsive. Searched here, but it doesn't seem to happen to everyone.
Is it hardware related? Should I get new phone? Does it happen with ICS?
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This happens to me when signal is low, my thought process is that if it's searching for signal, the cpu is prioritizing that rather than keeping track of the menu button.
Was your battery life terrible, by chance?
I have the telenav app too - I haven't really used it much, I usually use the Google navigation.
However, right after the update, on first boot, Telenav appeared and said "updating" and hung - I had to battery pull, which made me nervous about Telenav on ICS.
And, my first day, I got about 6-7 hours LESS battery life than I had previously.
I'm strongly leaning towards simply uninstalling it.
Barry life great, 10-15 hours on EL29 rooted, CWM. thinking about rooted ff18 w CWM, but love good battery life. I use it all day for work.
Freaking menu spaz is driving me crazy. I'll get rid of it if its a normal problem in low signal areas.
It did it without using telenav as well. Heck, its doing it right now. Very frustrating.
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Its a problem with the screen itself. I had that but it would happen regardless of battery life.
Just ask them to replace the screen/fix the screen.
Took it to sprint store today, they wanted to know if I had rooted it, said they would have to factory reset it. then if the problem continued, I could come back. Left the store, walked around a nearby big box store and it started again. Went right back, they said a replacement phone would be here in five to six days. Forgot to ask if I could have one in a box there. No charge, just got the phone two weeks ago.
Tech did mention that lots of people were bringing in the E4GT to have the ICS upgrade removed because it wasn't working as good as the GB.
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Took it to sprint store today, they wanted to know if I had rooted it, said they would have to factory reset it. then if the problem continued, I could come back. Left the store, walked around a nearby big box store and it started again. Went right back, they said a replacement phone would be here in five to six days. Forgot to ask if I could have one in a box there. No charge, just got the phone two weeks ago.
Tech did mention that lots of people were bringing in the E4GT to have the ICS upgrade removed because it wasn't working as good as the GB.
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I went a couple of days ago and was told that I was the second person to arrive that morning mentioning an issue with the newest update causing issues. I had 3 problems going on with my phone but this was the main issue. I had unrooted the phone and reset everything before I walked in so I wouldn't have them go through the trouble of doing that and waste time. I told them I have tested many things: flashing roms, modems, even PRLs (I knew the tech, so I was open about these things). I've had this issue for well over a month now and I got used to it but wouldn't mind getting it removed. I have done my own experiments and none seem to resolve it.
Their internal forums don't know what exactly is the cause of this "phantom menu press" but they are aware of the new ICS causing it. Their 2 solutions was either replacing the screen or a new phone. Although I was happy about a new phone (my phone has seen the concrete a couple times), I was hoping to see a fix at that moment.
Next time you go to the store, ask them to have the screen replaced. It could be that it is a faulty screen (sensor wise). I work for an engineering company and it is unbelievable how many new parts arrive faulty or with intermittent problems from the manufacturer.
swaarley said:
This happens to me when signal is low, my thought process is that if it's searching for signal, the cpu is prioritizing that rather than keeping track of the menu button.
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I have had this problem since GB, it seems to happen when you have low signal and on 3G...I hardly use 4G but I have noticed this issue doesn't happen on WIFI...try a day or two without using 3G in the areas where you get low signal and let us know
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Its a problem with the screen itself. I had that but it would happen regardless of battery life.
Just ask them to replace the screen/fix the screen.
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I do agree, I have had sprint replace my battery in hopes for this to be the culprit and disappear. No luck but I have seen an improvement in battery life hehehe
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Their internal forums don't know what exactly is the cause of this "phantom menu press" but they are aware of the new ICS causing it. Their 2 solutions was either replacing the screen or a new phone. Although I was happy about a new phone (my phone has seen the concrete a couple times), I was hoping to see a fix at that moment.
hehehe
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I'm on stock EL29, not ICS. Interesting if it only happens to Some after update if its a suspected hardware issue.
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Road trip yesterday, using telenav app for GPS on my E4GT and noticed when cell signal was low, the menu button seemed to go crazy and phone was unresponsive. Searched here, but it doesn't seem to happen to everyone.
Is it hardware related? Should I get new phone? Does it happen with ICS?
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This is my thread. Similar problem so I figured I would paste the link here for more reference.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29246442#post29246442
New phone (like new replacement), no more problems.
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