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Anyone else having this problem? My E4GT's network randomly freezes. If I'm on a call and it happens it drops the call but I can't close out and end the call. If I don't notice it has frozen, I just won't get any calls or texts until I reboot. Data over wifi works fine. If it happens and I put it into airplane mode then off again I get the circle slash no network symbol. Nothing works besides a reboot. I'm running a stock kernel and stock rom on a rooted phone. Anyone figure this out yet? I came from an evo to a photon to this and the data speeds were horrendous on this phone compared to the other 2. With this issue the phone is almost unusable. I did an SCRTN reset on the phone and that took care of the data speeds. If I can get this resolved the phone will be great. Thanks.
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Anyone else having this problem? My E4GT's network randomly freezes. If I'm on a call and it happens it drops the call but I can't close out and end the call. If I don't notice it has frozen, I just won't get any calls or texts until I reboot. Data over wifi works fine. If it happens and I put it into airplane mode then off again I get the circle slash no network symbol. Nothing works besides a reboot. I'm running a stock kernel and stock rom on a rooted phone. Anyone figure this out yet? I came from an evo to a photon to this and the data speeds were horrendous on this phone compared to the other 2. With this issue the phone is almost unusable. I did an SCRTN reset on the phone and that took care of the data speeds. If I can get this resolved the phone will be great. Thanks.
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My friend take some time and read the forums especially the stickys. You may have the often spoke about LOS. No need to ask what it is because honestly every other thread in here references it.....lol check first sticky in General
Sorry. I didn't know what it was called. I'll check it out.
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Sorry. I didn't know what it was called. I'll check it out.
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No prob read up there is a lot to learn my friend... A lot of things to try and help you out as well
Hey guys... as it says in the title, I am having issues with my G-nex randomly losing connection/signal but then coming back again. From what I have read, this is a common problem... anyone have any tips? Also wanting to know if I flash a custom ROM if that would possibly fix the problem. Thanks!
Not necessarily the ROM, but the radios. Try that.
There are a few 4.0.4 ROMs for the LTE GNex out now you could try as well if you want to go the ROM route.
Is this happening to you? (See attachment)
If so.. I've been trying multiple radios and multiple roms all day without any progress, this still happens. Would love it if someone has a solution to this... I'd have having to send in my phone again.
The signal issues seem to stop when the phone is awake though... :/ But I'm missing a lot of phone calls since my phone is "off" when people try to call me.
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Is this happening to you? (See attachment)
If so.. I've been trying multiple radios and multiple roms all day without any progress, this still happens. Would love it if someone has a solution to this... I'd have having to send in my phone again.
The signal issues seem to stop when the phone is awake though... :/ But I'm missing a lot of phone calls since my phone is "off" when people try to call me.
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yeah, that's exactly what's happening... it does seem to happen more when the phone is off, but I think it still happens when it is on. it is so weird! I went into the verizon store, one of the reps said that he had just been having this issue today and that he put it into airplane mode and back off again and it seemed to fix the problem... I did it, and it seems to have helped, but that was only about 20 min ago lol. see if it helps you!
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yeah, that's exactly what's happening... it does seem to happen more when the phone is off, but I think it still happens when it is on. it is so weird! I went into the verizon store, one of the reps said that he had just been having this issue today and that he put it into airplane mode and back off again and it seemed to fix the problem... I did it, and it seems to have helped, but that was only about 20 min ago lol. see if it helps you!
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Hmm.. interesting. The problem here is that this started on March 24th... :/ But, still trying Airplane mode, even though I'm not optimistic..
I emailed my provider, asking them for info, but a friend of mine has been working beside me for the past few days, on the same network with the same phone, without problem. So I guess it's time to bring it in..
Thanks for the info! I may try to put the latest rom/radio on it and see if that helps... if not i'll un-root it and send it in I guess.
I'm having a similar issue with my GSM model, It started when my phone was updated to 4.0.4. Phone signal suddenly drops and comes back again in less than 10 seconds. Sometimes it happens with 1 minute intervals between signal losses, sometimes 5 or 20 minutes, it's very random. After noticing the issue thanks to "Light Flow" that blinks the notification light in white when there is a signal loss, I installed this app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smartandroidapps.missedcall&hl=en) to track it properly. The results are very frightening, I'm about to do a full wipe in hopes that the issue will be gone :|
ps: like you guys, I did notice that it's very most likelly to happen while the screen is off. Actually, it has never happened while the screen was on.
Same here, post 4.0.4 update on my GSM GNex.
Found this explanation....
its real nice to finally have some ICS goodness on my phone, but i have found some issues.
my Motorola Roadster 2 bluetooth speakerphone does not work well with this version of ICS. will not let me use the call/text button.
i am finding some apps not working correctly, i.e. Pushover - the notifications do not make a sound. Not sure if that is an app issue, or an ICS issue.
*edit* ok so it seems that i am not getting any notification sounds. sms, voicemail, etc...
also the volume in general does not seem as loud as the 2.3.6 firmware was.
anyone else find any issues?
*UPDATE* after wiping within cwmr most of my issues were no longer present. the only problem i had still was that notification sounds didnt work after a couple hours. i dont know the cause, but i used audio manager widget and set the profile to loud, and restarted phone. havent had them go out since.
I have all these issues except tue bluetooth thing
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I have all these issues except tue bluetooth thing
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atleast it is not me.
i am going to reflash my phone to see if it may be an issue with not clearing out the phones memory and storage first...
My wifi didn't work for a while. It would see my access point but wouldn't connect. Reset the router and everything went back to normal. GPS works, Stereo BT/OBEX works, 4G works, camera works. Those were my big items, as I'm sure they are most people's.
My only issues are that I can't switch to 2g (At&t rom....) and how friggin Touch-wizzy everything is. I was expecting them to embrace the whole holo thing a lot more, but all the buttons feel like they belong in GB, same with the notification menu and the settings icons.
EDIT: I am on rogers, in case any rogers people see this so they know that everything works on our network
i wiped via cwmr and reflashed the ics rom. notifications work again. have not rooted yet, wondering if that may have been an issue with it...
Changing the lcd DPI causes the rom to corrupt i guess, since when i do it, after the reboot, i get to the samsung "logo" and then black screen, and it feels like the device has shut down. The only app that would say "success" when i change the value is Lcd Density Modder.
- i had the notification sound bug, but then i changed the notification sounds to my likings, and then i used Audio Manager widget to set the volume loud, no problems ever since.
ok rooted and all is fine. maybe i just had a bad flash. my bluetooth speakerphone still doesnt work, but that is an issue that i will have to research
For me, i had the only issue with ICS (excluding the known thing with the keyboard not flashing) - timezones from 2011 year with wrong summer times.
Luckyly fixed it with timezone fixer from google play.
Tethering doesn't work, seems to be broken and results in a blackscreen.. Both Usb and Wifi Hotspot give this issue.. Anyone else getting this
One weird thing my phone does is when it's been asleep for a while, the lockscreen clock will fall behind and when I wake it up, it'll catch up a couple dozen minutes at a time.
~Azrael's Kiss~
Wifi is slooow, getting 800k when I should be getting 20mbs
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My wifi still not working
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My wifi didn't work for a while. It would see my access point but wouldn't connect. Reset the router and everything went back to normal. GPS works, Stereo BT/OBEX works, 4G works, camera works. Those were my big items, as I'm sure they are most people's.
My only issues are that I can't switch to 2g (At&t rom....) and how friggin Touch-wizzy everything is. I was expecting them to embrace the whole holo thing a lot more, but all the buttons feel like they belong in GB, same with the notification menu and the settings icons.
EDIT: I am on rogers, in case any rogers people see this so they know that everything works on our network
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I'm on rogers too and my wifi is till giving me trouble. I haven't tried the resetting the router yet, but at work it doesn't connect too. Anyone else having this problem.
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I'm on rogers too and my wifi is till giving me trouble. I haven't tried the resetting the router yet, but at work it doesn't connect too. Anyone else having this problem.
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I've rogers version but unlocked and working with a local carrier. Wifi is not a problem at all, i'm getting the same speed and used wifi continuously for over 2 hrs to download all my apps back after the update.
When typing with the keyboard, pressing the alt. Key once makes it select all the special characters. I liked the older one where if you press it once, it operates just once when selecting the special character, and pressing it twice makes it select more than one. Not that big of an issue but to some people it may be.
Also, the brightness thing. When I turn off the screen, and turn it on again, it flashes from the highest brightness to the current.
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I'm on rogers too and my wifi is till giving me trouble. I haven't tried the resetting the router yet, but at work it doesn't connect too. Anyone else having this problem.
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On AT&T here, and having wifi issues as well... Once the phone drops wifi at idle, it doesn't want to pick it back up unless I turn wifi off and back on again. Setting the wifi to never sleep has been my only workaround.
Also having some issues with the button backlights. If I don't touch the phone long enough for the button backlight to turn off, touching the buttons won't turn the light back on. Touching the screen turns the backlight on again, but it's slightly annoying.
I haven't noticed any wifi issues and I use my Glide exclusively as a wifi device. I'm copying my backup of Inception v2 back right now though because the battery drain on the ICS ROM is definitely an issue. Losing like 10% an hour with my phone just sitting there with the screen off.
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I haven't noticed any wifi issues and I use my Glide exclusively as a wifi device. I'm copying my backup of Inception v2 back right now though because the battery drain on the ICS ROM is definitely an issue. Losing like 10% an hour with my phone just sitting there with the screen off.
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so weird everyone having battery problems. mine runs better than it did on stock 2.3.6 and the battery lasts longer....
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so weird everyone having battery problems. mine runs better than it did on stock 2.3.6 and the battery lasts longer....
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Have you ever took note of your battery life with a custom ROM or kernel? When I picked up my Glide it had a stock ROM but I only had it for an hour before I put a custom on it. I didn't mess with the stock one at all so I can't compare to stock 2.3.5/6. But with Inception v2/ardatdat, it was definitely better.
I was going to restore my backup but copying it back to my phone made me realize how painful it is to copy backups with CWMR 6 compared to 5. That new blobs folder makes so many files that it took 3 hours to copy 3 of my backups over USB. Ouch.
But since last night, the battery life seems to be behaving better. Its been sitting here and not just dying. I'm wondering if it could be the battery stats file. Maybe I'll try wiping it. I'm sure once we get a lower voltage kernel and I can underclock with profiles for the screen-off and stuff, it'll be fine again.
Unrelated but has anyone taken a screenshot with the ROM yet? ICS is supposed to have it built in, power button + volume down at the same time for a few seconds from what I read, but didn't seem to work.
Edit: Its home + power button at the same time.
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I've rogers version but unlocked and working with a local carrier. Wifi is not a problem at all, i'm getting the same speed and used wifi continuously for over 2 hrs to download all my apps back after the update.
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Damn i hope its not my phones wifi:crying:
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Have you ever took note of your battery life with a custom ROM or kernel? When I picked up my Glide it had a stock ROM but I only had it for an hour before I put a custom on it. I didn't mess with the stock one at all so I can't compare to stock 2.3.5/6. But with Inception v2/ardatdat, it was definitely better.
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when you flashed ICS did you wipe everything then run the ics installer? my first install sound and such didnt work, so i wiped the phone in cwmr and reflashed ics and it is better that it was on 2.3.6
I've just gone through my first day of use with the LGOG, and a few issues have come to my attention.
The first is that while I was at work, i felt the device getting hot in my pocket. When I checked to see what was going on, it was searching for GPS. I had tried to use Maps, and it couldn't find me so later on I turned on location services/satellite GPS so it could actually find me. I haven't noticed it since. Could that have been the solution?
Issue 2 was that it seemed that my WiFi was turning on by itself, and it was draining my battery searching for a signal. I had turned it off when I left my house, but it seemed like it came back on and started searching in vain for a signal. I turned it off again, and haven't had that issue since. Has anyone else had this happen, or did I accidentally activate WiFi without knowing it and that's all there is to it?
One other issue I was having was with the text cursor freaking out and going to the front of my texts. I can't really remember for sure if it has happened since I updated to ZV9, so does anyone know if ZV9 had a fix for that or if I've just been lucky the past few hours?
Thats all I can think of for now, thanks for any help you guys can give me!
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One other issue I was having was with the text cursor freaking out and going to the front of my texts. I can't really remember for sure if it has happened since I updated to ZV9, so does anyone know if ZV9 had a fix for that or if I've just been lucky the past few hours?
Thats all I can think of for now, thanks for any help you guys can give me!
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Zv9 fixed the bug as for others idk sorry
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smithdl1191 said:
I've just gone through my first day of use with the LGOG, and a few issues have come to my attention.
The first is that while I was at work, i felt the device getting hot in my pocket. When I checked to see what was going on, it was searching for GPS. I had tried to use Maps, and it couldn't find me so later on I turned on location services/satellite GPS so it could actually find me. I haven't noticed it since. Could that have been the solution?
Issue 2 was that it seemed that my WiFi was turning on by itself, and it was draining my battery searching for a signal. I had turned it off when I left my house, but it seemed like it came back on and started searching in vain for a signal. I turned it off again, and haven't had that issue since. Has anyone else had this happen, or did I accidentally activate WiFi without knowing it and that's all there is to it?
One other issue I was having was with the text cursor freaking out and going to the front of my texts. I can't really remember for sure if it has happened since I updated to ZV9, so does anyone know if ZV9 had a fix for that or if I've just been lucky the past few hours?
Thats all I can think of for now, thanks for any help you guys can give me!
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For your wifi randomly turning on make sure you have connection optimization off (system settings, mobile networks). ZV9 shouldve fixed the crazy text issue. Not sure about your device heating up with gps, maybe you had Google maps running in the background trying to pick up your location. Hope I helped!
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I turned off the connection optimization, what exactly is its function? Will I get decreased mobile network performance with it off?
Also, I am wondering if anyone knows about the Qualcomm Enhanced Location Service. Does it help or hurt performance/battery life/etc...?
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I turned off the connection optimization, what exactly is its function? Will I get decreased mobile network performance with it off?
Also, I am wondering if anyone knows about the Qualcomm Enhanced Location Service. Does it help or hurt performance/battery life/etc...?
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The connection optimizer basically turns on wifi to search for a signal and then shuts off if it can't pick up anything. Of course this only happens when you have it checked and using data. I'm not certain what the qualcomm enhancement location service does besides help you getting a gps lock.. I know I've always had it enabled and gotten an instant lock almost all the time with great battery life. On a side note, you'll love the speed and build of this phone, plus our devs are working hard to bring us jellybean sooner than sprint/lg
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Thanks for your help, I will leave optimizer off and turn qualcomm on.
I came from the Evo Shift, and I am just blown away with the speed, screen clarity, and beauty of this device. I've had to go back to my old shift a couple times to get a thing or two off of it or check what apps I'm forgetting and each time I get pissed at how slow and small it is haha. I'm loving it so far, and hopefully with these small issues worked out I will love it even more. When the roms start dropping, well thats just a bonus =]
Thanks again you guys!
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Thanks for your help, I will leave optimizer off and turn qualcomm on.
I came from the Evo Shift, and I am just blown away with the speed, screen clarity, and beauty of this device. I've had to go back to my old shift a couple times to get a thing or two off of it or check what apps I'm forgetting and each time I get pissed at how slow and small it is haha. I'm loving it so far, and hopefully with these small issues worked out I will love it even more. When the roms start dropping, well thats just a bonus =]
Thanks again you guys!
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Haha I hear you. I had the ep4t before this and although I still think it's a great device, i can't believe how slow it is compared to this.. Plus the difference between the two screens isn't even worth comparing. Glad I could help
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smithdl1191 said:
Thanks for your help, I will leave optimizer off and turn qualcomm on.
I came from the Evo Shift, and I am just blown away with the speed, screen clarity, and beauty of this device. I've had to go back to my old shift a couple times to get a thing or two off of it or check what apps I'm forgetting and each time I get pissed at how slow and small it is haha. I'm loving it so far, and hopefully with these small issues worked out I will love it even more. When the roms start dropping, well thats just a bonus =]
Thanks again you guys!
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I had the shift and then went to the photon. even the photon seemed slow compared to this lol
In regards to notifications, is there any way to limit update intervals for facebook? I feel like its going to eat my battery up if its always telling me about facebook stuff the moment its posted lol.
Also, is there any way to increase the rate that the notification light blinks? I feel its not blinking regularly enough for me to notice it if I've got a text or something.
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In regards to notifications, is there any way to limit update intervals for facebook? I feel like its going to eat my battery up if its always telling me about facebook stuff the moment its posted lol.
Also, is there any way to increase the rate that the notification light blinks? I feel its not blinking regularly enough for me to notice it if I've got a text or something.
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Under facebook settings just change interval to update less regularly. I use flash blink. It actually flashes the LED light to let me know. Unless of course you want to be private about it.
To add a little about the Connections Optimizer: It's Sprint thing that they're adding to all of their phones. It basically turns on wifi briefly, even when wifi is off, to try to connect to open wifi networks. I'm pretty sure it's an effort by Sprint to keep people off their 3g/4g network and on wifi whenever possible to reduce bandwidth usage. It is also incredibly annoying, because it notifies me of the free wifi in my city (that's strong enough to locate, but not strong enough to transfer data and stay connected) every time I am in certain areas. The pop-up about new open networks also gets in the way of receiving phone calls sometimes. Turn it off. Android already connects to your remembered wifi networks automatically, and I think you can handle the wifi on/off toggling.
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To add a little about the Connections Optimizer: It's Sprint thing that they're adding to all of their phones. It basically turns on wifi briefly, even when wifi is off, to try to connect to open wifi networks. I'm pretty sure it's an effort by Sprint to keep people off their 3g/4g network and on wifi whenever possible to reduce bandwidth usage. It is also incredibly annoying, because it notifies me of the free wifi in my city (that's strong enough to locate, but not strong enough to transfer data and stay connected) every time I am in certain areas. The pop-up about new open networks also gets in the way of receiving phone calls sometimes. Turn it off. Android already connects to your remembered wifi networks automatically, and I think you can handle the wifi on/off toggling.
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I couldn't stand connection optimizer. Walking through NYC to go to work, I'd look down and see my phone actually connecting to and using ANY open wifi signal on my walk down the blocks. I would think that's a huge security issue for phones to randomly connect to any network it sees. Just think of how well easily it could be to rig a router to sniff all those data packets!
My mother has a epic 4g,and it has been giving her problems. I am hoping maybe someone here can help me make her phone better. Here I go with all her problems.
1.drop calls frequently
2. Service drops - 3g & voice
3.has trouble picking up signals in places. Where other phones have no problem
4.takes it forever to boot up.
5.freezes when talking to someone & incoming calls. Have to take the battery out to get it to
6.hardly any battery life to it. Battery is the one it came with I believe so it is old.
I am willing to root and give it a better rom, kernal, mods to make it a better phone for her. All she does is phone calls, fb, and some internet browsing. If anyone have any recommendations I am all ears. She doesn't feel like upgrading her phone cause she doesn't have the extra cash for one.
Stability first for mothers. CM7.2 is your best friend. Still available on get.cm.
Sent from Google Nexus 4 @ CM10.2
Would that fix all her problems? I know it probably won't fix the battery to much since she probably should buy a new one. Is there a stable release of android 4.1.2 as stable as the cm 7.2? But if 7.2 is the most stable and bluetooth, txt, internet, voice is more stable
and working on 7.2, I will go with that one. I just want to make her phone work to the best of its ability for her. Watching qbking77 vids on rooting it. I was hoping to find a review vid on cm but he only has it for epic 4g touch.
We have an old device, so if the battery is not holding a long enough charge & it's the original that came with the phone--you should purchase another on eBay/Amazon/etc. The SGS2 battery fits snug in our phone without an extended back.
What release version is she on? (FC09?)
What modem is she on? (FC09?)
Do other Sprint devices have better signal in the same area the Epic is being used?
You could just be in a crap or nearly dead coverage area. It happens when you're on the edge of a tower's coverage radius with no connecting tower to jump to.
It also helps to find out which apps are consuming the most battery. Install this app to find out which apps are consuming battery: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
Focus on partial wakelocks and other.
Though, since you're saying signal is a problem, I bet her Time without Signal (TWS) % is pretty high. That would destroy a battery's charge. After a day's charge/use, open Settings > Battery > Cell Standby. Look at the the bottom % "Time without a signal". If above 3%, then the phone's loss of signal and constant searching for one is killing the battery fast. The only 3 solutions are:
1.) Call customer service and complain about very poor signal. With enough complaining, they should send you a free AirWav. You'd be responsible for taxes only.
2.) Use Airplane mode in crap coverage areas to conserve battery. (But voice is not usable in this option. Can still use Wifi for Google Voice and whatnot.)
3.) Drop Sprint for a carrier with better coverage in your area. Can probably get out of any contract, if by strange chance she's still on one for this phone, by complaining to customer service enough.
Alright I'll try going into details.
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1.drop calls frequently
2. Service drops - 3g & voice
3.has trouble picking up signals in places. Where other phones have no problem
4.takes it forever to boot up.
5.freezes when talking to someone & incoming calls. Have to take the battery out to get it to
6.hardly any battery life to it. Battery is the one it came with I believe so it is old.
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Question 1, 2 and 5 can't be answered, I don't use Epic for cellular network other than mobile data. But for question 3, coverage is fine here and both CM7.2 and CM10 (4.1.2) gets strong, equal signals compared to local GS3 handsets on the same carrier. Keep in mind that I'm in China and Epic's flashed to China Telecom, so things could be kinda different for ya. And don't forget to flash the latest radio (FC09 or FC19).
4. CM7.2, when properly set up, boots as fast as my new Nexus 4! CM10 takes ~20sec longer, but they all fall within a minute for me. Much faster than Touchwiz-based ROMs.
6. Again, you'll get UNBELIEVABLE battery life with Gingerbread - may need a new battery though. Once I charged my Epic, left it there with CM7, turned off airplane mode (usually on to save battery) and somehow left it in my drawer. ~10days after, I dumped my drawer for things when Epic slips out and tells me it still has 11% battery left and yes, it has signal all this time. Which means ~12days of standby time! WTF enough speaking of battery
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Is there a stable release of android 4.1.2 as stable as the cm 7.2? But if 7.2 is the most stable and bluetooth, txt, internet, voice is more stable
and working on 7.2, I will go with that one.
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CM10 is stable in everyone's eyes. The only reason I recommend CM7.2 first is that it has nearly 1/2 the battery drain of CM10 (for me). If you miss the appearance and some cutting-edge features, CM10 would still be a nice choice. Don't try 10.1 (and any 4.2.x ROMs) though, as BT is borked more or less.
You could always wait a bit more and listen to what other members have to say. I'm Chinese and may not give practical advices based on US network environment
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Thanks for all the advice guys. I am looking at a new battery for her. Been looking at the battery thread on here to find her the best one. I like 4.1.2 but she hasn't seen it, all she knows is what her phone looks like now.
And to answer the questions
What release version is she on? (FC09?) - not sure as of the moment, I want to say yes. I'm at work and don't he her phone on me.
What modem is she on? (FC09?)- not sure as of the moment, I want to say yes. I'm at work and don't he her phone on me.
Do other Sprint devices have better signal in the same area the Epic is being used?
Yes other Sprint phones get better signal in the same area where she has trouble.
Example :we were at a hospital and my sister's evo shift, my old evo 4g had no problems at all. But her's was having trouble getting service.
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Do other Sprint devices have better signal in the same area the Epic is being used?
Yes other Sprint phones get better signal in the same area where she has trouble.
Example :we were at a hospital and my sister's evo shift, my old evo 4g had no problems at all. But her's was having trouble getting service.
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Don't use a hospital as your example. Hospital's are notorious for having horrible cell service due to the concrete walls and other interference. Use the location that she is in most for your baseline location, and if that is a hospital--then she will likely have poor service in such a building complex.
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Don't use a hospital as your example. Hospital's are notorious for having horrible cell service due to the oncrete walls and other interference. Use the location that she is in most for your baseline location, and if that is a hospital--then she will likely have poor service in such a building complex.
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I just called her and asked her where else she has trouble with service. She said mostly everywhere. I know our area is good in 3g and voice, no dead zones shown on coverage map. I know our 3g in our area is a little out of whack do to updating the towers. But this has been problem before the tower updates. And I asked her to look at phone info and she said it says gingerbread fco9.
I am looking at buying a Onite 1900mAh Li-ion Battery for her aswell. Unless you have a betterssuggestion.
My wife complains about her phone and I have tried to convince her to root it. Unfortunately, she's heard me complain about mine through rooted stock ginerbread all the way to CM10.1.
I never did CM7, but CM10.1 RC5 has been the best rom for me. Battery life is great. Great control. I don't have any issues with it, including bluetooth. it acts weird. like it connects and then when I make a call it says "disconnected" but I hear the phone ring and it functions normally. It just says "disconnected" in my headset. Otherwise, it works fine.
It's tough for a guy who screws with his phone all the time, like me, to give good counsel to someone like your mom or my wife about having a hacked phone. I honestly don't think you'd have as much trouble if you rooted it that the bone stock sprint gingerbread load. that totally sucked for me. GPS didn't work. Battery life sucked. And it had all those cutesy sprint apps like Nascar and sprint tv.
The good thing about rooting it, i think, is that once you do it the first time, it's really easy to load different ROMs in case you want to try some other ones. I downloaded the dominator one, but I have been so happy with cm10.1 rc5 that I am sticking. This is the best my phone has ever been.
Thanks for all the feedback guys. I will have to sit down with and explain all this stuff and let her decide on what she wants to do. I've been working doubles at work lately so haven't been able to talk to her about stuff.
She has told me to root her phone. I see you can get twrp recovery for this phone. So my new question is since I have been having trouble finding the answer is how do I flash twrp in? Do I flash it through cwm, odin, goomanger? I was going to follow the steps to root her phone in qbking video. But his way only shows putting cwm in.
Tsukiyohikage said:
I was going to follow the steps to root her phone in qbking video. But his way only shows putting cwm in.
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I had rooted a few years ago and found the easiest procedure to follow here:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/epic-4g-rooting-roms-hacks/
I rooted gingerbread first and then did other roms. But I think the Cyanogenmod web pages have a straight forward process too., You difinitely have to have the recovery console CWM or similar loaded to start which requires Odin as far as I know. So that is going to be your first step. Those links are in that android central forum. At least they were at one time.
Tsukiyohikage said:
She has told me to root her phone. I see you can get twrp recovery for this phone. So my new question is since I have been having trouble finding the answer is how do I flash twrp in? Do I flash it through cwm, odin, goomanger? I was going to follow the steps to root her phone in qbking video. But his way only shows putting cwm in.
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TWRP: Flashes through CWM; OR you can pull the recovery.bin file from the zip file and flash that in Odin.
Root:
Power down device
Open keyboard, press and hold both the 1 key and power button. This places the phone into download mode.
Plug the device into your computer, and most likely drivers will install. Allow that to finish before proceeding.
Within Odin, wait until you see COM and a port number appear. That means your phone is recognized.
Next, uncheck all boxes on the left side, including auto-reboot.
Place the victory_8G_100528.pit file in the PIT box. Place CWM v5.0.2.7 .bin/.tar/.md5 file in the PDA box.
Click start and will complete relatively quickly.
Disconnect the phone from USB and pull the battery out.
Replace battery.
Press and hold Vol down, Camera and Power buttons until the capacitative lights light up, then release. This will place you in recovery mode.
From there you will boot into CWM, where you can flash whatever you want (custom rom or a compatible kernel for FC09 & SuperSU) off the SD card. So place those files prior to doing all the above.
Keep in mind, that if you want to remain on stock FC09, but rooted, you will need to flash a custom kernel. The stock kernel will replace CWM with stock recovery every time. That is why in the list above you must disable auto-reboot and battery pull.
All files are in my devhost, in my signature. If not, then they expired and I can reupload them if notified.
nikon120 said:
TWRP: Flashes through CWM; OR you can pull the recovery.bin file from the zip file and flash that in Odin.
Root:
Power down device
Open keyboard, press and hold both the 1 key and power button. This places the phone into download mode.
Plug the device into your computer, and most likely drivers will install. Allow that to finish before proceeding.
Within Odin, wait until you see COM and a port number appear. That means your phone is recognized.
Next, uncheck all boxes on the left side, including auto-reboot.
Place the victory_8G_100528.pit file in the PIT box. Place CWM v5.0.2.7 bin or .md5 file in the PDA box.
Click start and will complete relatively quickly.
Disconnect the phone from USB and pull the battery out.
Replace battery.
Press and hold Vol down, Camera and Power buttons until the capacitative lights light up, then release.
From there you will boot into CWM, where you can flash whatever you want (custom rom or SuperSU).
Keep in mind, that if you want to remain on stock FC09, but rooted, you will need to flash a custom kernel. The stock kernel will replace CWM with stock recovery every time. That is why in the list above you must disable auto-reboot and battery pull.
All files are in my devhost, in my signature. If not, then they expired and I can reupload them if notified.
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Thanks for the for the walk through. I plan on doing this tonight for her and I will let you guys know if I was successful or not. Lol
I got cwm, falshed FC09 BML Deodexed Prerooted Stock ROM. As of right now the screen is black and the 4 buttons are lit up.
Battery pull and try to get back in recovery. If you can't, then Odin CWM again. If that still doesn't fix it, then you should reflash stock FC09 again and go through the steps above again.
Bad flashes happen. It could also be a bad download of the ROM.
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