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I was recently on CM 6 for the slide but then I felt like going back to stock because i missed somethings from it. I wiped everything and then flashed the CR mod OTA rom, in order to have the latest ota.
So i'm having a problem with the phone app force closing. If I am on the phone with someone it would just force close on me and then I wouldn't be able to type with the keyboard unless i restarted the phone. It's kind of strange..
I also noticed a market problem that won't allow me to select carrier billing from tmobile. The first time i went to buy an app, it was going through but then after the processing popup, it just restarted the market and the tmobile billing option was no longer there.
Anyone know how to get this back and how to stop my phone setting from force closing and such? ty.
I am on the same ROM and experience occasional phone app FC's and have to reboot phone as well.
I haven't had such issues, but I've only been using cr's rom for a few days now. Try redownloading and reflashing? Maybe it wasn't a clean download
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I went back to stock but it still wasn't there..and i reflashed CR OTA, and the carrier billing is still not appearing.
I'm thinking if i can just flash the froyo market that everyone is getting and see if it can fix it..but idk.
Hello ol' buddy ol' pals,
I've got an issue with my phone, that apparently nobody else on the interwebs has run into. I have a 6 week old E4GT, and have loved it. I've taken plenty of great videos of my son, but last week I performed the OTA update (on my unrooted phone) and later did a factory reset. Somewhere between there, my Camera app got messed up. I added a short video of what's happening below.
What you see in the video is what I see as soon as I enter the camera app. Anywhere outside of that, the screen is as sharp & beautiful as ever. I thought maybe something was wrong with the sensor, but when I snap a pic, it looks perfect. When I capture video, well, you see what happens.
I've tried different camera apps, and they're all basically the same deal. Any ideas? I'm wondering if it may be a software issue. I don't what to take it to Sprint yet, because I don't want to flip my 6-week old phone for a refurb. Thanks!!
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Wanted to provide an update for anyone who may have run into a similar issue.
I took the phone to Sprint, and they performed a hard-reset, then said they re-applied the EL29 update to my phone, and neither of these fixed the issue. They offered to replace my phone with a refurb for ~$40 (I don't have TEP). I didn't want a refurb, so I decided to call Samsung and work with them instead. It was a fairly painless process. In about 15 minutes, they sent me a 2nd day air shipping label to send my phone back to them. They said it would take 2 days to ship the phone to Samsung, 2 days to work on it, and 2 days to ship it back.
I didn't mind losing my phone for a week, because I got to go back to my Evo, which re-kindled my love of constant rom flashing!!
From what the rep said, and from my own experience, Samsung won't just take your phone and send you a refurb. They work directly on your phone to repair it, which was the best choice for me. Good luck!
My guess is you're gonna have to take it in. You could try clearing data in settings - applications - all - camera but I'm not sure that would help.
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I would try and flash back to the last firmware you were on (EK02) and then checking the camera see if its back to normal. Maybe your update glitched on you..
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Something like that happened to me with my HTC Evo 4G, ended up being that the camera connection came lose, took it to Sprint Repair center and they re-seated the camera. Take it in to a repair center, and I hope you have insurance.
RayTrue04 said:
I would try and flash back to the last firmware you were on (EK02) and then checking the camera see if its back to normal. Maybe your update glitched on you..
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Thanks for your help, guys. I can try to flash back to EK02, but before I do that, I'd like to clear something up. The ODIN counter will only go up if I'm flashing using the ODIN tool, right?
As I understand it, the process is to use sfhub's root tool for EL29, then run the AutoRoot tool to flash ED02. Is this correct?
PS: I tried to clear the camera data, but that didn't do it. Good idea though, I forgot about that.
Well, I rooted my phone & downgraded to EK02, and that didn't fix the issue. I tried to flash Calkulin's rom, and that didn't do anything either. It's looking like it's the sensor...
Gotta turn-in a 6 week old phone for refurb. #Bull***t!
thaprinze said:
Well, I rooted my phone & downgraded to EK02, and that didn't fix the issue. I tried to flash Calkulin's rom, and that didn't do anything either. It's looking like it's the sensor...
Gotta turn-in a 6 week old phone for refurb. #Bull***t!
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If you have insurance and the camera sensor came loose they can fix it without replacing the phone...take it in..trust me.
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thaprinze said:
Thanks for your help, guys. I can try to flash back to EK02, but before I do that, I'd like to clear something up. The ODIN counter will only go up if I'm flashing using the ODIN tool, right?
As I understand it, the process is to use sfhub's root tool for EL29, then run the AutoRoot tool to flash ED02. Is this correct?
PS: I tried to clear the camera data, but that didn't do it. Good idea though, I forgot about that.
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Only if you flash a custom rom with odin, the triangle will appear. But that's where sfhub's oneclick packages come in, using those the triangle won't appear. And the autoroot method no longer works on el29, you can use it to install cwm but not root. That's why sfhub created the oneclick el29 rooted package. Then if you want the cwm you run the autoroot option c. PS you don't need to root el29 to go back to a previous version if that's what you mean..
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I have read threads where it says that if you root but don't change system files or install other ROMS that I will still receive OTA updates...
I've rooted and ROM'ed every phone I've owned since the old HTC windows mobile bricks and I've decided I am happy the way this phone works stock. I want to be able to stop the camera sound, use titanium backup, and be able to wifi tether, all of which I believe need a rooted phone...
Would changing the above settings get rid of my OTA ability? What exactly would it take to lose the OTA update ability?
Yes, best to be on a stock rooted ROM though. You will lose root after update though. To lose OTA update, a dev would have to disable it or I believe too much modification to the system framework will cause the recovery to detect an incompatible build.
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Except for the camera sounds, the others shouldn't prevent you from getting OTA while rooted, though I would question why you would want to, if there are rooted versions of the OTA on XDA (which is an assumption)
With the camera sounds, if you just eliminate the sound files for "shutter" I think you will be ok because it is unlikely those will be files the OTA is looking to patch.
However, if you get rid of the "focus" sound, you need to change the camera.apk for that, and if you do that, the OTA will very likely try to patch camera.apk, find that it has changed, and exit with an assert() failure.
Well, I just would like the OTA updates to work and be done with them. With my old Epic (which was stolen yesterday) I had to always hunt down the OTA update and fight through it. I just kinda want the phone to work.
However, if the camera sounds are going to screw with an OTA, I just might have to live with finding the rooted OTA again....
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Well, I just would like the OTA updates to work and be done with them. With my old Epic (which was stolen yesterday) I had to always hunt down the OTA update and fight through it. I just kinda want the phone to work.
However, if the camera sounds are going to screw with an OTA, I just might have to live with finding the rooted OTA again....
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Not hard to find on these forums haha
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For wifi tether without root, there's always FoxFii app.
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For wifi tether without root, there's always FoxFii app.
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Does foxfi work with ics roms on our phone yet?
Always, no I mean NEVER EVER accept an OTA. Someone here in the forums will get the OTA, make it into a flashable zip (or tar for Odin), and post it so all of us can enjoy it.
Once you accept an OTA, who knows how long it may take to root the new ROM. I saw this way too may times in the EVO4G thread.
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Does foxfi work with ics roms on our phone yet?
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I read their attached on their google play store page... Talk to developers they may be able to help you as well. I use wifi tether and it works fine
Mark on April 20, 2012 (Motorola Droid RAZR with version 1.81)
If you have any problems, don't leave negative feedback. Contact the Developer. I promise, they will correct the issue your having. These Devs are absolutely amazing! I originally emailed them about Foxfi not working with my DROID RAZR MAXX 4.0.3 ICS leak. They emailed me back and forth for about 45mins while changing code in the software trying to get it going for me but, it didn't work. I received an email today with a new apk link attached and it worked beautifully. You guys are awesome, I would gladly pay you for all your hard work! This priceless app should not be free. It's too valuable for people without root! I will recommend!
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Hey guys, I'm new here, so this thread is probably on here somewhere, but oh well. I can't update my S3 OTA or through Kies. I know there is an update, as my friend got it fine on his yesterday (it's the one with the brightness slider in notification center). On OTA, it says communication failed every single time, then says up to date. I have tried clearing data and all that as well. And in Kies, it also says I have the latest firmware, even though I know I don't. Any ideas? I really don't want this happening when Jelly Bean comes out. Oh yeah, I'm not rooted or anything by the way, I'm still on stock for now.
I have the same exact issue. I think it has something to do with ATT and the phone not being set up right in their system. Did you by chance have an iPhone before your S3 and use the same Sim card?
Mine wouldn't find the ota on the phone. I searched around here and found a thread someone had started that has instructions on how to download the flashable zip and install it via CWM. Worked like a champ. If you are rooted this is the way you'll want to go
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Yes I did come from an iPhone. And I am planning to root soon so I might have to try that.
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Hey do you mind giving me instructions on how to do that? And is there a safe way to root my phone on a Mac? And last of all, can I still get updates such as Jelly Bean on a rooted GS3 without losing root without messing anything up? Sorry I'm coming from iPhones and jailbreaking so I'm not familiar with all this.
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Hey do you mind giving me instructions on how to do that? And is there a safe way to root my phone on a Mac? And last of all, can I still get updates such as Jelly Bean on a rooted GS3 without losing root without messing anything up? Sorry I'm coming from iPhones and jailbreaking so I'm not familiar with all this.
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I've always recommended returning whatever device you have back to 100% stock (as it was out of the box) before taking any official updates. I've heard ppl say they can take them just fine while still rooted - but they lose root. Sometimes you can simply re-root, sometimes you have to wait for a new exploit to be discovered before you can root again. In light of this, I always wait a week (sometimes less) after a new OTA (Over The Air) update is released, just to be sure I can regain root immediately. Welcome to the wonderful world of Android OS!!!
[edit] to answer your post about not being able to take the last OTA update. Have you tried a factory reset? Through Android Recovery? You will lose personal settings and contacts if you dont back them up. But, it may solve your update issue. Another thing I know, that a lot of ppl do is - as soon as you buy a new device, such as the awesome Galaxy S III, is to immediately do the factory reset. (Who knows how many employees have goofed around with the new toys they just got in stock)
I had the same problem with not being able to get the OTA update on my S3. Turns out it was a bad sim. As soon as I got a new sim from AT&T everything worked fine. Wish I would have done that first cause I spent hours on the phone with AT&T and Samsung trying to fix the problem. Good luck. Hope that works for you.
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Same issue here. Just spent a couple hours this Saturday at an AT&T store - end result is that they are swapping it out under the manufacture 1 year warranty.
Sim replacement did not fix it for me.
Tech support over the the stores land line says that the option to push OTA to phone is greyed out and not selectable with my account.
They are sending me a new phone so we'll see.
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I've always recommended returning whatever device you have back to 100% stock (as it was out of the box) before taking any official updates. I've heard ppl say they can take them just fine while still rooted - but they lose root. Sometimes you can simply re-root, sometimes you have to wait for a new exploit to be discovered before you can root again. In light of this, I always wait a week (sometimes less) after a new OTA (Over The Air) update is released, just to be sure I can regain root immediately. Welcome to the wonderful world of Android OS!!!
[edit] to answer your post about not being able to take the last OTA update. Have you tried a factory reset? Through Android Recovery? You will lose personal settings and contacts if you dont back them up. But, it may solve your update issue. Another thing I know, that a lot of ppl do is - as soon as you buy a new device, such as the awesome Galaxy S III, is to immediately do the factory reset. (Who knows how many employees have goofed around with the new toys they just got in stock)
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Read through the thread guys - there are other answers given besides just swapping the sim card...
Ok I'm going to try a factory reset. Wish me luck guys.
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Just did a factory reset, and it didn't help at all. Now I've got to get everything back on my phone. Coming from iPhone, I will say that Apple has a heck of a lot better backup system. I do 0refer my GS3 though. Ok so any suggestions now?
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you've tried to update over cell network AND WiFi... correct? same error each time?
I'm not sure what else to suggest except trying a new sim card like someone else suggested... beyond that, a replacement device. Sorry man, wish I could be more useful...
[edit] The only other thing I can think to try would be to completely remove all your current USB Drivers for Samsung from your PC and reboot the PC, then re-install the USB Drivers, and try Kies again. If it still doesn't work, try a different PC.
Well I'm going to try a different computer, and if that doesn't work, I'm going to an AT&T store. Thanks for all the help guys.
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I broke my phone back in march, and was just now able to get another S3 back. I did a nandroid backup back in march, so I restored it after getting my new S3. I can't update the phone because it says it's been modified, but even after I unrooted the phone it still says modified. Some other problems are that the video doesn't work in Youtube or in chrome at all. Also the camera doesn't work in any app (camera, skype, 360). Swype kept crashing after restoring the phone too. I don't feel as though there are any other problems though, but that may be because I haven't played around with it as much yet. Doing a factory reset is one of my last resorts, although I'm sure that'll fix any problems I have.
Any help is much appreciated. Thanks.
Update by flashing the latest firmware in Odin.
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