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AT&T Tilt 2 Problems > Please Help!

Hey guys, so I've had the tilt 2 for about 2 weeks now and for the past couple of days I've had some problems with it. My phone sometimes REALLY laggy, this tends to happen MOSTLY when I'm trying to access my messages. The screen freezes for like a minutes and then lags a lot. I eventually have to hold down the power key and turn off the phone which takes a while, I try to stray away from taking the battery out. Also it seems as if sometimes the phone is acting really slow, trust me though I am very pleased with this phone, however these few issues have been bothering me.
Is their a reason why my phone lags and freezes every once in a while and is there a way to stop this?
Is their anyway to speed up my phone? If so how?
Also, I called AT&T and had my old LG Incite replaced with the Tilt 2, they shipped me the Tilt 2 and I shipped them back my LG Incite, they did this all for no cost what so ever on my part, shipping was free and I got my phone the next day I ordered it (First class mail I presume). Now the question is am I still eligible for the 30-day warranty? I'm not sure if that's exactly whats its called but I know when you buy a phone from a store you have up to 30 days to replace it for another new phone (same exact phone) if you had any problems with it. Can I get my Tilt 2 replaced for a new Tilt 2?

Howdy
Well I think you are having the same issues a lot of us have had, and the thing is most actually flash a non-stock ROM.
HTC has released some patches for the laggy SMS issue you can find that here
Also I have heard to never ever pull the battery there is an actual reset button located above the stylus on the side of the phone, but you must remove the cover!
As for the thirty day warranty you may very well still be eligible I actually went through 3 Fuze's before I received a Tilt 2 (albeit it was unreleased... at the time I received 2 Fuze's), but the only way to be sure is to contact AT&T. I'd say your best bet would to be to attempt and obtain another Tilt 2 just to rule out faulty hardware, and then run the patches and see if that is better!
Oh and try jumping over to the ROM forum and read up on Flashing a custom ROM, but PLEASE beware if you do this you will have to revert the device to factory ROM, SPL, and Radio prior to sending it to AT&T! Essentially it "voids" the warranty, but you can easily return the device to stock with a little know how!
Good luck to you and have a Merry Christmas!
Edit: Sorry I kinda missed "is there anyway to speed it up" and yeah there are a lot of ways: Try looking for Advanced Config, Clean RAM (to keep your memory freed up), and there is a thread somewhere that lists bloatware that can be removed. However, the best and quickest way would to be to look into a Custom ROM, in fact there is a "bloat free" version of the AT&T ROM available on this forum!

[Q] Screen is blank, but still responds???

I have a G2 with Salsa on it. Been working great for a month or so.
Last night I was using it, put it back in my pocket about an hour later I took it back out to use it and the screen backlight would come on, but there was no image there. I could hear feel the phone respond with by vibrating and what not. I even called it from another phone and the phone rang, and I could swipe to answer the call but the screen itself would not display an image except the backlight was on...
Any idea where to begin? Just get another phone or what???
Thanks for any help.

I had this problem. It sucks. Basically the screen when out on you. I had to get a handset exchange through T-Mobile. Good thing is they ended up sending me out a brand new model for some reason. In the meantime, I went to Best Buy and bought a Nexus S and returned it when the G2 arrived lol. Also, you can have T-mobile rush shipping but its an extra $20.

Dang that's what I was afraid someone would say... I don't have insurance on this phone! I will call t-mobile and see what they will do for me.
Mean time, guess it's off to find a BestBuy with T-Mobile.

This happened to me, too. I did a warranty swap, which doesn't require you to have T-Mobile's insurance. G2s are still new enough that the warranty should cover you with no problem.
The warranty swap was less fun. The first one they sent me had a broken microsd slot and I had to return it, too. The second one they sent works fine, but has a much looser hinge than mine had. But other people have been getting brand new ones, so you might luck out.

I guess being with t-mobile for 6 years is paying off. They called a store .5 miles up the road for me and had them start the exchange process. I just have to stop by and grab the phone. No hassle or waiting.
Thanks for the help though and letting me know I wasn't the only one. I was worried I bricked it some how. Looks like it's time to try another ROM. But I really like Salsa so I may stick to it.

I have Burn In, advice?

I have burn in on my S3, it is from a golf GPS app that I use frequently. I used it for about 6 months with no problems, then all of a sudden after 1 round of golf a couple of weeks ago the outlines of the app are intensely burned into my screen. I am not sure I understand why all of the sudden it became an issue, as I did not change any settings prior to the round and used it how I always used it before.
At any rate, I'm still within the year of when I purchased it from AT&T. I called AT&T and they told me my options, please let me know what you think:
1. try to get Samsung to replace (do they cover burn in?)
2. AT&T warranty center will replace with a refurbished (most reasonable option, but I've had really bad experiences with AT&T always replacing the phone with a *more* broken unit than the one it was replacing...so am scared of this)
3. AT&T says I am eligible for an upgrade, so I could get a free S3 from them or get a new S4 and pay upgrade price
4. combination of 2 & 3, get a refurbished to replace my burned in S3, sell on ebay and then upgrade to the S4--maybe someone else will have better luck with a refurb'd item, as they never work for me
What do you guys think?

tuffluck said:
I have burn in on my S3, it is from a golf GPS app that I use frequently. I used it for about 6 months with no problems, then all of a sudden after 1 round of golf a couple of weeks ago the outlines of the app are intensely burned into my screen. I am not sure I understand why all of the sudden it became an issue, as I did not change any settings prior to the round and used it how I always used it before.
At any rate, I'm still within the year of when I purchased it from AT&T. I called AT&T and they told me my options, please let me know what you think:
1. try to get Samsung to replace (do they cover burn in?)
2. AT&T warranty center will replace with a refurbished (most reasonable option, but I've had really bad experiences with AT&T always replacing the phone with a *more* broken unit than the one it was replacing...so am scared of this)
3. AT&T says I am eligible for an upgrade, so I could get a free S3 from them or get a new S4 and pay upgrade price
4. combination of 2 & 3, get a refurbished to replace my burned in S3, sell on ebay and then upgrade to the S4--maybe someone else will have better luck with a refurb'd item, as they never work for me
What do you guys think?
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4 sounds like a good solution. Although, the S4 is like the S3s, pretty much the same phone, with some small upgrades.
You can also try your luck with a refurb and keep your upgrade for something better. Summer is coming = device release.

Got a replacement yesterday. So far, so good. It even seems to work with GPS better than my previous one. Hopefully it lasts!

So had the phone only a few days as a replacement from Att. Tonight it locked up and would not respond to anything and I had to reseat the battery to get it to respond. Think this is a bad sign and should I take it back or give it the full 30 day warranty??

tuffluck said:
So had the phone only a few days as a replacement from Att. Tonight it locked up and would not respond to anything and I had to reseat the battery to get it to respond. Think this is a bad sign and should I take it back or give it the full 30 day warranty??
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On stock? Or you played with it a bit (ROM and such)?

tuffluck said:
So had the phone only a few days as a replacement from Att. Tonight it locked up and would not respond to anything and I had to reseat the battery to get it to respond. Think this is a bad sign and should I take it back or give it the full 30 day warranty??
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I had a Galaxy 4G that used to do that all the time, the only fix was to reboot it before charging (every couple days). Depending on how much you are willing to pay I think I would go with the S4 option since you are probably only going to get refurbished phones as replacements.

BWolf56 said:
On stock? Or you played with it a bit (ROM and such)?
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The replacement phone is stock...I haven't done anything to it.
Gage_Hero said:
I had a Galaxy 4G that used to do that all the time, the only fix was to reboot it before charging (every couple days). Depending on how much you are willing to pay I think I would go with the S4 option since you are probably only going to get refurbished phones as replacements.
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Is there any phone better than the S4 anticipated to come out in the next 9 months or so? Removing the battery every now and then isn't a huge deal, though when I buttoned everything back up and put the case back on, it caused the corners of my Zagg to stretch out a little which is really annoying. I wonder if doing this repeatedly could cause the Zagg to get worse.

tuffluck said:
The replacement phone is stock...I haven't done anything to it.
Is there any phone better than the S4 anticipated to come out in the next 9 months or so? Removing the battery every now and then isn't a huge deal, though when I buttoned everything back up and put the case back on, it caused the corners of my Zagg to stretch out a little which is really annoying. I wonder if doing this repeatedly could cause the Zagg to get worse.
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If Samsung keeps to it's current strategy, you will probably be looking at the s5 in a little more then 9 months....

My now pitiful experience with the M8

I love this phone. It's sexy, fast, and did I say sexy? But I'm on my second one now. The first had five stuck pixels and the top was pealing off. This one has none of that, but the touch screen is bugged. If I touch the backspace key on the Google Keyboard, I'll hit P somehow then it will select something random on the screen. If I'm scrolling through the homescreen, an app will open out of nowhere. If I press the back button, it will register it as a slide all the way up the screen and open Google now. I don't know if this is software, but so far it looks like I'm going to have to get another M8. If that one has problems, I'm going to the S5, no matter how ugly and bloatware ridden it is. I can't believe I've gotten two lemons in a row.
On that note, does T-Mobile offer replacements 14 days after getting the replacement, or is it only 14 days after getting the original device? I unlocked the bootloader so I don't want to send it in to HTC.

Get that info from your carrier. Go within these 14 days to a tmobile shop or just call them.
We are not tmobile here

Mr Hofs said:
Get that info from your carrier. Go within these 14 days to a tmobile shop or just call them.
We are not tmobile here
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I realize that, I was just seeing if somebody may have had a similar experience, and hoping this was a bug I'm experiencing now, like how my old GNex couldn't detect corners of the screen.

Gatortribe said:
I realize that, I was just seeing if somebody may have had a similar experience, and hoping this was a bug I'm experiencing now, like how my old GNex couldn't detect corners of the screen.
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I had the phantom in the keyboard after installing insert coin 2.10 but after updating to 2.3.2 its all good, now the only thing that pisses me off is the whelp message on firewater s off lol :good::good:

Sometimes it makes me happy to live in "technology backwards Australia" (relatively). A year and a bit ago, my 1 year old son thought my HTC ONE X would look better in a bucket of water, maybe he was trying to make a boat.. It had been around 6 months since I had it, I don't get "insurance", IMHO, a scam for most cases over here. Drying it out with silca + rice, I got it going again except it wouldn't read the SIM card. I took it in one of the local carrier shops (Vodafone), we're discussing the possible costs, and she sees my "very colourful" ViperROM, naturally no Vodafone look or apps (LOL).
The girl says it will be "a cost involved" if I want HTC to examine + repair and/or replace phone yada yada. Memory says she said it was $50 to get HTC to look at the phone to let me know if it was repairable etc.. So, I say thanks, go home, look for Vodafone RUU. Go back to stock, go to the other shop, I talk about the phone not working, playing dumb. The attendant guy says "Ok, let see what I can do for you". He goes to a cupboard, finds a refurbished HTC ONE X, and swaps it over on the spot.. Yay for people who don't "dig deeper", as all the phone stuff was less than a day old, that kinda looks suss, unless factory reset would make the files have similar timestamps etc..
But meh, I got a new phone replacement basically, well I didn't have the POGO pins working so my cheap ebay powered case wasn't worth getting extra time, but that was ok, ROM improvements plus my own 10plus hours a day helping out some ROM + kernel devs suss out the battery, we were getting a "pretty good" daily use per charge as opposed to the start, plus I owned 2 or 3 Nexus 7s by then... heh.
And it was somewhat mind blowing walking past the phone shops with the wife+ kids seeing the M8 on release day, no "fanfare" or trying to show off the M8 as a great flagship, it was on display next to an iPhone 4 and a Note (2 or 3).. And then the S5 on it's release did get the little bit of extra 'showing off', but overall, to most ignorant people (non insult), they were just other phones there, well besides how most people know someone or have had a galaxy themselves so therefore may be drawn to that.
And I spent a bit of time at the carrier shops recently as my wife (plus myself) were able to get a new phone, which my wife did, I mainly was inquiring about cheaper or better plans of similar cost since I was happy with my G2. I get a date personally that I have to wait to get a new plan as Vodafone want to intice people to get new phones so they can finish their plans earlier than 'just' getting out of contract to another sim plan.
True to Murphey's law, my G2 got hosed that night, HAHA. Had one 'big death' like that, did the stuff needed to reload the phone with a tot file etc, but the EFS partiton was truly hosed. Baseband, simcard, wifi was truly dead on stock JB, Kitkat and various custom roms I installed that night. Next day, M8 baby!

I got a perfect unit.
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[Q] Half screen lock up

Hi everyone,
I am a new LG G4 owner, bought it on June 7th. I am not a developer or anything like that, more an average phone user. So, don't get frustrated if I don't quite understand real technical jargon....
Anyway, I love the phone look, and feel, but on the 14th day of ownership, my phone started freezing half the screen. the left side freezes up and the right half continues to be able to be used...It started out not happening every time I opened the screen, now it happens every time, and in some cases the whole screen looks like it is just smeared together.
Anyone else having this problem, and are there any fixes...? I use my phone for business, and Sprint's crappy customer service tells me that I have to wait a couple of days for a new one to be ordered....Thanks.

Sounds like the phone is bad. You need a new one.

Thanks Maverick, Yeah, we figured that one out yesterday when the sprint techs looked at it...I was just wondering if there was anything that could temporally be done to work around that since the stupid policy that Sprint has is to not replace the phone on the spot after the 14th day, and that day is when this started....
Now I guess I have to wait. Oh well, I only use the phone for everything, including business....

LG G4
My phone is doing the exact same thing.....
Just started happening!!!