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Okay, I originally got this phone as an upgrade over my HTC Inspire in July. It worked great, minus a few random reboots every once in a while (if I left it in my pocket for a long time or if it was really hot in my car it would do this, but that was it). Then, about a month or two ago, I rooted it and installed a custom ROM. I noticed that a bunch of my files were missing from my internal SD card, but I wasn't too worried about it. Then my phone started acting really weird and got stuck in a bootloop. I was able to boot into recovery, but I ended up using the LG Flash Tool and went back to bone stock. Still had the issue, except I noticed that my signal would drop, and then it'd get stuck in the bootloop. So, I contacted AT&T warranty and they sent me a replacement. Now the same thing is happening to this one. It gets warm, loses cell signal, then reboots, sometimes a bootloop. This phone hasn't been rooted at all, it's been left stock. So I contacted AT&T and the guy in warranty said he thinks it's the battery, but he didn't have any in stock so he couldn't send a replacement. So I was thinking it was the battery and called LG after it seemed to get worse. They told me that they could replace the battery free of charge if I send in the one I'm using first. Since this is my only way of communication, I contacted AT&T again, and they're sending me another replacement. (Said if this one screw up too, they'll give me a different phone all together). The guy had me download some AT&T remote support app and he looked at the battery health and said it's reading fine, and that because it's reading fine, he didn't think it was the battery. :|
Here's the weird thing, about two weeks ago, it went into a bootloop. I took out the battery for a minute an tried to put it back in. Nothing. I plugged the charger into it and it basically told me that it didn't have enough juice to power on. (battery was at ~40%). So I took the battery back out and tried again. This time it came on.
Then last friday, I was jammin out to music while I was working, it would reboot when I unlocked the phone. (battery was in upper 90%'s). I plugged the charger in while it did this and everything came up as it should. But after taking it off the charger and trying to do more work, it happened again and again.
Like I said, this phone is straight from AT&T and has not had anything flashed onto it by me, hell I never even disabled all the AT&T bloat this time. I've tried a hard reset, and it didn't help. Does anybody know what would be the cause of my problems? I really like this phone and really hope I can get this figured out.
EDIT: Forgot to mention, the phone still has its IMEI number and it has the value pack update.
Got the second replacement in the mail today. It hasn't screwed up yet, but only time will tell.
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Got the second replacement in the mail today. It hasn't screwed up yet, but only time will tell.
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Wow hope this works for you. I just got 3 Optimus G Pro's on 12/30/13 and all 3 of them to date have not had any issues. 2 black and 1 white. 2 which are running stock. 1 stock which has had a bunch of the bloatware yanked (that we could get off of it). 1 stock which has had nothing pulled, everything left the way it is. And the 3rd one (which is the one I use) which I rooted to CyanFox 4.4.2 and later to CM11 4.4.2 Nightly and haven't had any issues like the ones you've explained.
Good luck though hopefully your issue is gone. Seems like a nice reliable phone (minus LG not wanting to support it furthermore ).
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Wow hope this works for you. I just got 3 Optimus G Pro's on 12/30/13 and all 3 of them to date have not had any issues. 2 black and 1 white. 2 which are running stock. 1 stock which has had a bunch of the bloatware yanked (that we could get off of it). 1 stock which has had nothing pulled, everything left the way it is. And the 3rd one (which is the one I use) which I rooted to CyanFox 4.4.2 and later to CM11 4.4.2 Nightly and haven't had any issues like the ones you've explained.
Good luck though hopefully your issue is gone. Seems like a nice reliable phone (minus LG not wanting to support it furthermore ).
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I really hope my issues with this phone are done too, I really love this phone. If I don't have any issues, it's going to get rooted and updated to KitKat. Otherwise, I'll try to get AT&T to give me a MotoX or a HTC One.
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I really hope my issues with this phone are done too, I really love this phone. If I don't have any issues, it's going to get rooted and updated to KitKat. Otherwise, I'll try to get AT&T to give me a MotoX or a HTC One.
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Yeah I like this phone with KitKat. Looks like a larger Nexus 5
Only problems i'm having with CM11:
1. ATT Visual Voicemail will install but upon playing voicemails program will freeze and crash
2. Tried Google Voice however you can only hear the voicemails through speakerphone, headsets, or bluetooth. Voicemails will no play through earpiece.
3. CM11 doesn't have Screen Recorder yet (Which CyanFox did although CM11 is still fairly fresh).
4. I would like to have the LG Camera app back! Dual video recording and some of those other features are gone with the android stock Camera app. Need to look into porting that back over to KitKat (if I can).
That's bout it though...
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Yeah I like this phone with KitKat. Looks like a larger Nexus 5
Only problems i'm having with CM11:
1. ATT Visual Voicemail will install but upon playing voicemails program will freeze and crash
2. Tried Google Voice however you can only hear the voicemails through speakerphone, headsets, or bluetooth. Voicemails will no play through earpiece.
3. CM11 doesn't have Screen Recorder yet (Which CyanFox did although CM11 is still fairly fresh).
4. I would like to have the LG Camera app back! Dual video recording and some of those other features are gone with the android stock Camera app. Need to look into porting that back over to KitKat (if I can).
That's bout it though...
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Haha yeah, this phone is beautiful with stock Android, I just end up missing certain touches that LG puts in their overlay.
BTW, this phone is doing the same thing as before. I strongly believe it's the battery b/c when it went into a bootloop, I took out the battery it was warm, so I put it in front of the AC for a minute to cool it down and it's been working fine since. So, I'm going to call AT&T and see if they will send me a battery, and if they can't, I'm going to have to send this one in to LG and be without a phone for a week...:'(
UPDATE: AT&T told me "since we have tried everything else-hard resets, replacement phones- and nothing worked, we will send you a battery since it's the only thing that has stayed persistent through this ordeal. We just got some in stock and are sending one your way. If the problem continues to persist, we will replace the phone again." IT'S ABOUT TIME!!!
Just curious, but what if I continue having this issue after I get my new battery? Should I try a similar mah zero lemon battery or just have att give me a different phone altogether?
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Just curious, but what if I continue having this issue after I get my new battery? Should I try a similar mah zero lemon battery or just have att give me a different phone altogether?
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i think there is an issue with the battery and whatever cable you use to charge the phone.I had to Lge980 when I used a thin cable I have in my room sometimes it did not charged at all and or shut down itself even when the battery had half charge ,sometimes it showed full charged but if I plugged the phone to a thicker cable connected using the oem charger or a usb 3.0 port at my laptop it showed the real charge level at 1/4 charge.I myself could't do anything since I got the phone second hand but as long as I used thick cable connected to a oem charger usb 3.0 or eben 2.0 I had no had any issues.
how'd it go?
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Haha yeah, this phone is beautiful with stock Android, I just end up missing certain touches that LG puts in their overlay.
BTW, this phone is doing the same thing as before. I strongly believe it's the battery b/c when it went into a bootloop, I took out the battery it was warm, so I put it in front of the AC for a minute to cool it down and it's been working fine since. So, I'm going to call AT&T and see if they will send me a battery, and if they can't, I'm going to have to send this one in to LG and be without a phone for a week...:'(
UPDATE: AT&T told me "since we have tried everything else-hard resets, replacement phones- and nothing worked, we will send you a battery since it's the only thing that has stayed persistent through this ordeal. We just got some in stock and are sending one your way. If the problem continues to persist, we will replace the phone again." IT'S ABOUT TIME!!!
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I've had the exact same problem with my E980 and the refurb they sent me. Contemplating a battery replacement now. Did a new battery fix your boot loops?
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Okay, I originally got this phone as an upgrade over my HTC Inspire in July. It worked great, minus a few random reboots every once in a while (if I left it in my pocket for a long time or if it was really hot in my car it would do this, but that was it). Then, about a month or two ago, I rooted it and installed a custom ROM. I noticed that a bunch of my files were missing from my internal SD card, but I wasn't too worried about it. Then my phone started acting really weird and got stuck in a bootloop. I was able to boot into recovery, but I ended up using the LG Flash Tool and went back to bone stock. Still had the issue, except I noticed that my signal would drop, and then it'd get stuck in the bootloop. So, I contacted AT&T warranty and they sent me a replacement. Now the same thing is happening to this one. It gets warm, loses cell signal, then reboots, sometimes a bootloop. This phone hasn't been rooted at all, it's been left stock. So I contacted AT&T and the guy in warranty said he thinks it's the battery, but he didn't have any in stock so he couldn't send a replacement. So I was thinking it was the battery and called LG after it seemed to get worse. They told me that they could replace the battery free of charge if I send in the one I'm using first. Since this is my only way of communication, I contacted AT&T again, and they're sending me another replacement. (Said if this one screw up too, they'll give me a different phone all together). The guy had me download some AT&T remote support app and he looked at the battery health and said it's reading fine, and that because it's reading fine, he didn't think it was the battery. :|
Here's the weird thing, about two weeks ago, it went into a bootloop. I took out the battery for a minute an tried to put it back in. Nothing. I plugged the charger into it and it basically told me that it didn't have enough juice to power on. (battery was at ~40%). So I took the battery back out and tried again. This time it came on.
Then last friday, I was jammin out to music while I was working, it would reboot when I unlocked the phone. (battery was in upper 90%'s). I plugged the charger in while it did this and everything came up as it should. But after taking it off the charger and trying to do more work, it happened again and again.
Like I said, this phone is straight from AT&T and has not had anything flashed onto it by me, hell I never even disabled all the AT&T bloat this time. I've tried a hard reset, and it didn't help. Does anybody know what would be the cause of my problems? I really like this phone and really hope I can get this figured out.
EDIT: Forgot to mention, the phone still has its IMEI number and it has the value pack update.
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If you want to stay on stock i recommend going to jellybean TOT 10k and rooting and installing a custom recovery back up the rom, and flash hkfriends kernel, and see what happens if you raise or lower your phones voltage, that might be the problem with it rebooting.
THE NEW BATTERY SOLVED THE ISSUE, BUT ONLY FOR A SHORT TIME. I upgraded to an HTC One M8 since, and haven't had hardly any problems with it, aside from the death star's BS
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THE NEW BATTERY SOLVED THE ISSUE, BUT ONLY FOR A SHORT TIME. I upgraded to an HTC One M8 since, and haven't had hardly any problems with it, aside from the death star's BS
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Thanks for the response. I talked to the techs at an AT&T direct service center and they told me it's a common problem with the Optimus Pro. I'm on my third one in 8 months now and this one started randomly powering off within 15 minutes of when I took it out of the box three days ago.
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Thanks for the response. I talked to the techs at an AT&T direct service center and they told me it's a common problem with the Optimus Pro. I'm on my third one in 8 months now and this one started randomly powering off within 15 minutes of when I took it out of the box three days ago.
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Yeah. My issue was the battery for sure. Make them replace the battery and it should temp solve the issue
From what I read on the first e980 i had these phone tend to have a hardware problem where the power button is creating the same issues as OP. Some refurbished e980s have the hardware problem solved.
Not sure what happened, but I've been using my S4 good. Out of no where it started acting up, freezing on me, etc. It's on latest firmware, 4.4.4 OK3. When i look under about phone, and check "service state", it would randomly say, "in service" then "radio off", "out of service" then go back to "in service". Also had/have a problem (haven't tested it for a good while yet, had old sim in and it gave problems, now using new sim, still did it one time atm.) with the phone saying "sim removed" or etc, like it cant find a sim? (weird part is my old sim works fine with other phones, my phone kept losing sim, sim no found, etc)
Weird, never had it happen, bars would go from 2 to 4-5, then drop to 1-3, or to 0 and go out of service. I did factory reset, but ofc it only went back to OK3 stock, tried to use previous modem that worked for me before problems started happening like NK2 modem, nope...still problems, so I flashed OK3 back for now. If i have good bars, and turn on mobile data, it would go out of service completely until i shut it off, cant use my mobile data. Anyone know what's the problem? Phone right now running with minimal apps installed, if you need more information, just ask. Thank you! in advance.
Used the phone for a day with new sim, still has problems freezing up on calls(screen), says sim removed...device needs to restart, etc. Would Flashing older Firmware to like Nk2 solve this? I havent had problems on older ones, but when i got OTA, used for couple months and having problems now. Service keeps being circle with line thru it, when u try to make a call it would say "cannot connect to network or registered on network", dbm was -113(usually -100-115), and asu was 0, when service cuts off, keeps finding service then loses it all day, finds it, then make few calls, and loses it, keeps searching for it. Would flashing OK3 firmware solve it? Maybe OTA went wrong? Idk...or maybe go back to a stable rom 4.4.2?
Is it possible the sim reader is damaged?
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Is it possible the sim reader is damaged?
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Not sure how it could have been damaged, it was always in a case.(guess i saw a video where a guy said they sometimes go bad on gs4's) Phone already been used for pretty good 1.5-2yrs. Phone freezing up, etc would result in a bad sim reader? Anyway to test that it really is a bad sim reader?(if it did go bad)
Was the sim card used with a sim adapter?
I suggested the possibility of a damaged SIM card reader because of the "sim removed" error message.
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Was the sim card used with a sim adapter?
I suggested the possibility of a damaged SIM card reader because of the "sim removed" error message.
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The previous sim that was origionally used in GS4, was used with sim adapter in an older phone that needed a standard sim, so this micro sim was was in adapter in an older phone, worked perfectly fine on Gs4(no sim adapter, just the micro sim), i even got a new sim card off ebay and changed over my number to new sim, and still phone is freezing up on calls, using it normally now, the signal would find the Carrier, then would lose it so many times, then tries to find it, then loses thru out the day, it's annoying as hell. Never had the problem of losing signal, having out of service sign(circle with line thru it), had good service everywhere till now. I even did a factory reset, started up phone up new, still problems with "sim removed" device needs to restart time to time, losing and catching signal a lot, or no service. Anyway to test/find out it really is a bad sim card reader? Just don't want to do 100's of things and it's not it. Phone it used for work ofc. Let me know if i should try anything, before buying a sim card reader, if it really is the problem.
How is the sd card reader? Both readers come as a single unit and they are not too expensive on eBay.
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How is the sd card reader? Both readers come as a single unit and they are not too expensive on eBay.
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Not really sure, how the sd card reader is...Haven't really used it, as i didnt really need it. I could try and get back to you on that. Yeah, i checked on ebay, they r like 5$ or so, but still the hassle of replacing it, and it's not it. I'll get back to you how sd card works...etc.
Edit: Just tested my brothers Sd card with tons of pictures and videos on it. Put it in my phone, can easily look thru pictures and videos, unmounted couple times, put it in, works fine without any problems. Any ideas?
Also read online about sim error problem, and lots of people are saying it could be a hardware problem, and need to apply pressure to the ribbon of the sd/sim card.
Phone is working fine without the simcard inside, good bars, sometimes it goes low/no bars, or out of service, but still less then it is with a sim inside for some reason.
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Not sure what happened, but I've been using my S4 good. Out of no where it started acting up, freezing on me, etc. It's on latest firmware, 4.4.4 OK3. When i look under about phone, and check "service state", it would randomly say, "in service" then "radio off", "out of service" then go back to "in service". Also had/have a problem (haven't tested it for a good while yet, had old sim in and it gave problems, now using new sim, still did it one time atm.) with the phone saying "sim removed" or etc, like it cant find a sim? (weird part is my old sim works fine with other phones, my phone kept losing sim, sim no found, etc)
Weird, never had it happen, bars would go from 2 to 4-5, then drop to 1-3, or to 0 and go out of service. I did factory reset, but ofc it only went back to OK3 stock, tried to use previous modem that worked for me before problems started happening like NK2 modem, nope...still problems, so I flashed OK3 back for now. If i have good bars, and turn on mobile data, it would go out of service completely until i shut it off, cant use my mobile data. Anyone know what's the problem? Phone right now running with minimal apps installed, if you need more information, just ask. Thank you! in advance.
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This is a known issue with the S4. Mine did the exact same thing. I have researched this and tried every fix under the sun, and nothing worked. I even bought a new sim card tray and replaced it. Nothing worked, and I babied this phone. My wife and daughter also have the S4 the same age and theirs are fine. I gave up and bought a new phone. Wish I could give you better news.
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This is a known issue with the S4. Mine did the exact same thing. I have researched this and tried every fix under the sun, and nothing worked. I even bought a new sim card tray and replaced it. Nothing worked, and I babied this phone. My wife and daughter also have the S4 the same age and theirs are fine. I gave up and bought a new phone. Wish I could give you better news.
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So you pretty much saying it's a hardware issue and nothing can be done to solve it? Thought maybe flashing older firmware or something might solve it, perhaps a hiccup in OTA update or the latest patch that could've caused it. Kinda sad to just throw it away when it was working soo good.... =/
OK, one question? How is the inside of your phone that damaged and beat up? Jeez man, take better care of that thing.
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So you pretty much saying it's a hardware issue and nothing can be done to solve it? Thought maybe flashing older firmware or something might solve it, perhaps a hiccup in OTA update or the latest patch that could've caused it. Kinda sad to just throw it away when it was working soo good.... =/
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It is sad. And if you google the problem, you'll see a lot of S4 owners were mad that Samsung doesn't acknowledge the issue. I think somewhere on this site you'll find this subject covered in full. Some of the fixes work for a short time, but ultimately it is a hardware problem. Some think it's the NFC chip that is right under the tray (supposedly) that heats things up and causes the malfunction. Whatever it is, it has turned my S4 into a infrared remote for my TV, a Chrome caster for Netflix and Hulu, and an iPod Touch!
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It is sad. And if you google the problem, you'll see a lot of S4 owners were mad that Samsung doesn't acknowledge the issue. I think somewhere on this site you'll find this subject covered in full. Some of the fixes work for a short time, but ultimately it is a hardware problem. Some think it's the NFC chip that is right under the tray (supposedly) that heats things up and causes the malfunction. Whatever it is, it has turned my S4 into a infrared remote for my TV, a Chrome caster for Netflix and Hulu, and an iPod Touch!
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Rofl....At least you're still putting it to a good use It was a pretty good phone too rofl. Have you tried everything from putting a piece of foam(ear plug) over the ribbon for the sd/sim that lots of people talked about, etc? I guess if there is no real solution, I'll get get a new phone, prolly an iphone or w.e., had an eye on Gs6 Active cuz of long battery, durable, dust/water proof, etc, Gs6 is nice too but I'm in construction, and it's always in my pocket, need something that can last, and you know, keep a good charge while using everyday use like gps, listening to music, etc. What did you go for after your Gs4 stopped on you?
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Have you tried everything from putting a piece of foam(ear plug) over the ribbon for the sd/sim that lots of people talked about, etc? What did you go for after your Gs4 stopped on you?
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Yes sir, tried them all!
I like a large screen, The S4 was the first phone I owned that had a screen larger than 4". So, I had to go even larger now. I picked up an Nexus 6 when they dropped the price after the 6P came out. My wife and daughter still have their S4's, so I keep up with the latest here for them.
damn shame... i just dropped to 4.4.4 with the NH7 kernal and modem set... still nada. I had a bit of luck with the separating the right side of the phone trick for a bit, but even that doesnt work anymore... I have a note 3 that im using for a daily driver... but i really find its too large for my taste. The s4 was pretty close to the perfect size for me. Prob gonna scoop up an S6 in a couple weeks. Ill keep it around as desk clock prob and a back up for when i drop and smash the s6 to pieces. I swear the wifi and bt were working till i installed the JDCTeam MM build back in december i think. Which made me think it was software related. Ever since then its been doneski... But tbh at this point, everythings pointing to hw issues...
this $#!T is weird...
I admit defeat...
Well, looks like i kept getting the stupid sim card removed often even with w.e solutions i tried to use. Then out of nowhere my usb port stopped working altogether(cant charge my battery now lol). I give up, don't want to waste money into usb port, then something else falls apart rofl. My other Gs4 also worked for 2.5yrs or so, and died. R.I.P Galaxy S4's lol. Don't think they were built to last.
Up until this point I hadn't messed with this phone, it was stock all the way. About a week ago it started acting funny, slow, would freeze occasionally. Figured it was time to root and throw a custom rom on. But the probably seems to just be getting worse. The phone is practically unusable.
Recovery still works fine, still pulls up into ODIN no issues and flashes.
I've tried 100% stock flashes, I've done the OTA, I've tried the awesome Note 5 port going around, even the older ones. Have tried OK1, OB7. And now I'm flashing the MM Odin File. Like I said the flashing is going through perfectly every time. But after setup yet it just keeps freezing, and then immediately goes to reboot. Sometimes it even gets stuck in bootloop, have to pull the battery. A couple times it has went directly to Download and said "Cannot do normal boot" or something like that.
Is this phone done for? Like I said, sometimes it's unusable. For instance, I just went 4-5 hours with it performing flawless, and at this exact moment; I couldn't make a phone call if my life depended on it.
Any ideas/help is greatly appreciated. Would be happy to provide any more info.
Thanks!
By any chance are you using the fingerprint scanner for your lockscreen? I had a similar problem until I turned it off in favor of a pattern lock screen. No problems at all ever since.
No, just the typical slide screen. My first thought was an app, but it is so sporadic, plus it has even locked up during the setup menu after one of the flashes. Very strange.
Mine started doing the same thing a few weeks ago. Freezing then rebooting. SystemUI.apk crashing.
Fresh ODIN to latest. Rebooted during setup. Eventually my phone wouldn't power on last Saturday.
I'd recommend backing up your phone and prepare for it suddenly dying. I found a few posts on Reddit saying others had similar issues.
I took it back to Sprint and they offered me a refurbished Note 4, so far so good!
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Up until this point I hadn't messed with this phone, it was stock all the way. About a week ago it started acting funny, slow, would freeze occasionally. Figured it was time to root and throw a custom rom on. But the probably seems to just be getting worse. The phone is practically unusable.
Recovery still works fine, still pulls up into ODIN no issues and flashes.
I've tried 100% stock flashes, I've done the OTA, I've tried the awesome Note 5 port going around, even the older ones. Have tried OK1, OB7. And now I'm flashing the MM Odin File. Like I said the flashing is going through perfectly every time. But after setup yet it just keeps freezing, and then immediately goes to reboot. Sometimes it even gets stuck in bootloop, have to pull the battery. A couple times it has went directly to Download and said "Cannot do normal boot" or something like that.
Is this phone done for? Like I said, sometimes it's unusable. For instance, I just went 4-5 hours with it performing flawless, and at this exact moment; I couldn't make a phone call if my life depended on it.
Any ideas/help is greatly appreciated. Would be happy to provide any more info.
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I had the same issue. the phone kept rebooting in to download mode. sometimes I would have to pull the battery for a few hours to get the phone to even start. I Replaced the logic board to fix my phone.
Logic board? How hard is that to do? Where can i buy that part?
Ive had to replace the usb port, that wasnt too bad, im assuming its a similar task?
Lol the thing that makes me feel like such an idiot - I came here immediately when it started happening, and since I hadn't rooted this phone before I didn't do it 100% and cause Knox to trip.
The kicker? My 1 year warranty expired 4 days AFTER it started happening. So had I not screwed up and trippes knox, Samsung wouldve replaced.
My freind sold me his note 4 for $50. There are alot of videos on how to do it. It wasn't that hard. Some of the videos have links where to buy the different component's. https://youtu.be/OUDgGaFcCNY edit. The logic board is the motherboard
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This is insane.
After dealing with this issue for a while, I finally ponied up the cash and bought a Note 5 from eBay.
The phone was still acting ridiculous all day - I must have done soft resets at least 10 times between 6am-1:30. Excited to get home because the Note 5 was in the mailbox.
I get home, call Sprint, have them switch activation to the 5. They told me to turn them both off, they did their thing, and now service is on the 5. Just like normal.
The ONLY thing that has changed was the information in the phone regarding service/activation; and now the Note 4 is running FLAWLESSLY. I don't understand how that could cause the problems that I was having, but now I'm frustrated as I just dropped a good amount of money to buy a phone without a contract/upgrade, and now it's working perfectly. Does anybody have any ideas on how this could have changed anything???
Same here also...
My phone just started doing this out the blue about a week and a half ago. It will freeze, hang, get extremely sluggish, reboot randomly, power off randomly, there will be about a 5-7 second delay with touch responses, typing will be delayed, etc. I did all the things, rebooted, pulled the battery, unrooted, went stock, re-rooted and tried other ROMs, tried custom kernels; I got the same results. I have a Note 3 I'm going to reactivate over the weekend and see if my Note 4 suddenly performs flawlessly since it won't be activated.
After downloading marshmallow on my LG G3 D850 everything seemed to be in order for a good week when one day randomly in class my phone gives me a "SIM card removed" notification. I shrugged it off thinking I can fix with a simple restart but the problem priests. I'm positive it can't be a problem with the pins or the SIM reader because at random reboots it would detect my SIM card but either read it as invalid or it ends up working for some time and then the problem comes back up. I tried factory resting it a countless amount of times and I figured out when it does work , I can't download apps or use things like Bluetooth or airplane mode without the problem coming back. This is very annoying and I reached a breaking point, is there a way to fix this? I can't seem find a method to root D850 on marshmallow meaning I can't downgrade. Does this mean I'm screwed?
Same issue
I'm having the same problem, but my phone started showing the "invalid SIM" or "SIM removed" messages while still on Lollipop. I updated to Marshmallow and it persisted, did a factory reset and it's still there, only thing i haven't done is rooting the phone, i've been having this issue for the last 3 weeks, it used to sporadic but today my phone has restarted over 15 times and now it's pretty much a brick.
Only thing that seems to make the phone stable enough to use i to switch off the data network and turn on wifi, i can make calls but as soon as i'm out of wifi range, all i can do is make calls...
I'm pretty new to this but I think this has to be a software issue, i already took my phone in and the repair guy told me, after cleaning the phone and checking the contacts on the SIM card tray that the LG G3 was coming in more and more with the same problem with no repair...
Checking online it seems more and more people are having this problem lately.... coincidence?
Has anybody figured this out????
"Sim Card Removed"
Same issue here on my lg g3, D855
Im also having the same issue have you found the solution
Has anyone found a solution to this?? Its happening to my phone
Same issue D855, but I use the marshmallow version since the first release.
The problem emerged without notice.
What happen?
Notification and message, to screen, "SIM card removed."
The phone automatically reboots.
Snap the signal for a little while, everything works for a little while.
Suddenly loses the signal and does not hook more mobile radio signal and I have to restart.
Sometimes it does 4-5 times a day, other times remains in use 24 hours without giving me any problem.
Already warned assistance, I have to send him assistance in their view, my warranty expires Oct. 6 (no contacts, because they are in plac, cleanest and most sim warheads)
Tested official ROM and also mod (FulmicsROM).
if you look for the "SIM card removed" message there will be other topics also on XDA for G3
I too started having this issue since yesterday. Any solutions?
I have the same problem for about 5 days on my LGG3 D855. My phone is rooted and running fulmics 5.3 ROM for about 5 months. I did a full recovery and I even changed my sim card but the problem is still there. Does anyone knows what's the problem?
Has anyone managed to fix this yet? I have a D852G with Vidéotron. I find it strange that this is happening right when my 2 year contract with them is up. Has downgrading the phone worked for anyone?
It seems to be an ongoing issue related to hardware. Most readings I've done from other forums, reddit, etc all point to the sim card reader beginning to fail. I can't for the life of me tell if that's the issue or if it is really software related.
I've opened up by device and checked the soldering connection points, everything seems fine (to my untrained eye). Putting a small cardboard/paper cut out in the sim card slot seemed to help, but otherwise, jeez.
same here. but on LS990. Tried KK, LP, MM roms. but no help. I don't know whether it's hardware related.
Same here... Tried MM and now nougat, same problem..
Will switch sims today and see what happens
I'm suffering with this issue also. D855, fulmics 6.7.
Mine seems to go into "No SIM Card -Emergency Calls Only" sometimes just randomly when the phone is on, but almost every time I switch my battery it does it (bloody stupid piece of crap). It's so annoying as I'm eating 5-10% of a freshly charged battery by frantically restarting my phone till the sim card becomes active again. I think it may be hardware related but this issue arose after the MM update for me. I can also report that my SDcard port doesn't work (keeps randomly ejecting) and hasn't worked for nearly a year now. But sim card still worked fine.
It's forcing me to feel the need to spend money on a new phone. Money I don't have right now! Money I don't really want to spend as my phone, other than that, is perfectly fine. Anyone had their sim+sd card reader replaced and still having this issue?
Let's bust this bull**** problem!
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singhsinghy said:
I'm suffering with this issue also. D855, fulmics 6.7.
Mine seems to go into "No SIM Card -Emergency Calls Only" sometimes just randomly when the phone is on, but almost every time I switch my battery it does it (bloody stupid piece of crap). It's so annoying as I'm eating 5-10% of a freshly charged battery by frantically restarting my phone till the sim card becomes active again. I think it may be hardware related but this issue arose after the MM update for me. I can also report that my SDcard port doesn't work (keeps randomly ejecting) and hasn't worked for nearly a year now. But sim card still worked fine.
It's forcing me to feel the need to spend money on a new phone. Money I don't have right now! Money I don't really want to spend as my phone, other than that, is perfectly fine. Anyone had their sim+sd card reader replaced and still having this issue?
Let's bust this bull**** problem!
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I gave my phone to a repair center and checked the sim tray. It's all good. They suspect the signal ic must have the issue. Furthermore they said even though i replaced it, chances of getting a roasted ic is still high. I don't know what to do.
cpu problem guys
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cpu problem guys
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You sure? Maybe you meant the G4? G4 has cpu problems
I've been having the exact same issue guys ??... and again phone surface temperature rises as phone keeps on rebooting to detect sim card... Anyone with a clue or solution to this yet???
My 2.5yr old G3 (D855) always on Kitkat 4.4.2, also suddenly had this problem, at first I thought my 18yr old sim card finally bite the dust, but then when I changed to a brand new sim, it happened again. Then I factory reset the phone, worked for a few days, then it happened once more, so pissed. Maybe it's just me but it seems like it's an international trigger or something to make all G3 users it's time to change a new phone. Going to buy alcohol later to try clean the contact points to see whether it's a hardware problem.
so guys, i totally unscrewed this G3, opened the metal acess doors to both the cpu and Nand Flash memory and wiped with methylated spirit... since then, my phone has not said anything about an invalid card
mee_ducci said:
so guys, i totally unscrewed this G3, opened the metal acess doors to both the cpu and Nand Flash memory and wiped with methylated spirit... since then, my phone has not said anything about an invalid card
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Gonna give this a try, its been happening to me for weeks!
Hi, I installed the 8/20 CM 13 release on my S4 using CWM and it will (about 2-3 times a day) not recognize my sim card and tell me to restart. When it does recognize it, everything works well. To get it to recognize it again, I have to power off, pull the sim, power on, then power off again, and restart with the sim in. I searched and read that changing the modem/radio (modem.bin) drivers will usually fix it. Can someone please point me to the correct drivers and install instructions?
Does the phone do the same thing when running the latest stock ROM? If it does, there could be a problem with the sim card reader.
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Does the phone do the same thing when running the latest stock ROM? If it does, there could be a problem with the sim card reader.
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No, it doesn't. I thought it was the reader first and replaced it anyway.
This tells me it's a software perform. The phone is running the latest bootloader and modem?
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This tells me it's a software perform. The phone is running the latest bootloader and modem?
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No. That's what I need to know how to update. I loaded CM 13 and that's it. I didn't change the bootloader or modem. Honestly I don't know what a bootloader is.
I have baseband version M919UVUFOK3
If you flashed the latest stock ROM from sammobile.com, the phone would have the latest bootloader and modem installed.
A bootloader is similar to the BIOS of a desktop or laptop computer.
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If you flashed the latest stock ROM from sammobile.com, the phone would have the latest bootloader and modem installed.
A bootloader is similar to the BIOS of a desktop or laptop computer.
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So was i supposed to flash the latest stock rom before installing a custom ROM?
I suggested flashing the latest stock ROM because that is the easiest way to ensure the phone's modem and bootloader are up to date and should be done just before you start flashing custom ROMs. It doesn't have to be done every time you want to flash a custom ROM.
Same here..
firstorbit84 said:
Hi, I installed the 8/20 CM 13 release on my S4 using CWM and it will (about 2-3 times a day) not recognize my sim card and tell me to restart. When it does recognize it, everything works well. To get it to recognize it again, I have to power off, pull the sim, power on, then power off again, and restart with the sim in. I searched and read that changing the modem/radio (modem.bin) drivers will usually fix it. Can someone please point me to the correct drivers and install instructions?
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Apparently this is a common hardware issue with S4, something to do with the battery fluctuating voltage to the sim card reader, I recently found out from a repair shop, whose only solution was to downgrade to stock. Heck no, I got Nouget and ain't turning back! Mine doesn't ever have an issue while it is charging. I flashed over a dozen different roms, tried using a few different modems (even stock), read somewhere that you can press a thin cardboard against the back of the sim card against the holder, that didn't work, tried to blow air into the holder, didn't work either, used different bootloaders, nope, preyed to god that I would not miss a call while I slept, nada, don't rely on wake up calls! Tried a new battery, that might have worked for abt a week.. but the dreaded "SIm card removed" message returned!! So I had some drinks and it got some too.. and I watched it get thrown at me and skip off a table, felt it burn up in the summers, in my pocket on many occasions, this phone has been through many adventures in the past couple years and still works great, never even cracked the screen! < knock on wood > This phone can take a beating, compared to many other phones I've had. Other than the fact the reception isn't amazing, I really love my S4 model 919, its fast, compact enough, great display, good bat life, but like every phone it has it flaws. I'm sure that they wouldn't purposely f with their phones so once its modded it gives you an annoying random bug that would make you want to buy a newer S.
The question is how long you can endure the pain of rebooting every few hours, so why not upgrade??
Samsung want you to UPGRADE TO NEW IMPROVED S5,S6,S7,S80..!!
UPGRADE OR NEVER LEAVE AC OUTLET!!! hahaha
.. Personally, I probably will buy a S7 soon as it drops price ( I have a really active life) but for now I just deal with it.
>>> I'm more worried about when someone is gonna fix the video camera for Nouget !! Big up to ResurrectionRemix and XDA!! <<<
ps.. I don't ever remove the sim card, just a full reboot is all mine needs. GL
Jason Maze said:
Apparently this is a common hardware issue with S4, something to do with the battery fluctuating voltage to the sim card reader, I recently found out from a repair shop, whose only solution was to downgrade to stock. Heck no, I got Nouget and ain't turning back! Mine doesn't ever have an issue while it is charging. I flashed over a dozen different roms, tried using a few different modems (even stock), read somewhere that you can press a thin cardboard against the back of the sim card against the holder, that didn't work, tried to blow air into the holder, didn't work either, used different bootloaders, nope, preyed to god that I would not miss a call while I slept, nada, don't rely on wake up calls! Tried a new battery, that might have worked for abt a week.. but the dreaded "SIm card removed" message returned!! So I had some drinks and it got some too.. and I watched it get thrown at me and skip off a table, felt it burn up in the summers, in my pocket on many occasions, this phone has been through many adventures in the past couple years and still works great, never even cracked the screen! < knock on wood > This phone can take a beating, compared to many other phones I've had. Other than the fact the reception isn't amazing, I really love my S4 model 919, its fast, compact enough, great display, good bat life, but like every phone it has it flaws. I'm sure that they wouldn't purposely f with their phones so once its modded it gives you an annoying random bug that would make you want to buy a newer S.
The question is how long you can endure the pain of rebooting every few hours, so why not upgrade??
Samsung want you to UPGRADE TO NEW IMPROVED S5,S6,S7,S80..!!
UPGRADE OR NEVER LEAVE AC OUTLET!!! hahaha
.. Personally, I probably will buy a S7 soon as it drops price ( I have a really active life) but for now I just deal with it.
>>> I'm more worried about when someone is gonna fix the video camera for Nouget !! Big up to ResurrectionRemix and XDA!! <<<
ps.. I don't ever remove the sim card, just a full reboot is all mine needs. GL
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Same issue here..
Just a thing I observe. When my sim card shows is disconnected or sometimes after reboot is even showing that my sim card is not inserted, I cannot turn on my mobile data and the sim card app is missing from app drawer and from application manager.
I really don't know if its a software or hardware issue.
Sometimes I get this error randomly, even when my phone is standing still on a table and I don't use it.
Thanks for the replies. So, I got a new SIM card and it seems to be working much better than before. My old SIM had a huge scratch on it, so I suspect part of the issue might have been that. I've also kept it in balanced power mode, and I noticed it happens more in battery saving mode. I've also been trying to keep it plugged in as much as possible, and I have extra charged batteries I swap in. It will also start working after a reboot and I don't have to pull the battery and card like I described before. I still haven't tried to change the boot loader or modem.
Edit: I'm also having an issue with not being able to download MMS unless I'm on WiFi
Are the apn settings correctly entered?
firstorbit84 said:
Hi, I installed the 8/20 CM 13 release on my S4 using CWM and it will (about 2-3 times a day) not recognize my sim card and tell me to restart. When it does recognize it, everything works well. To get it to recognize it again, I have to power off, pull the sim, power on, then power off again, and restart with the sim in. I searched and read that changing the modem/radio (modem.bin) drivers will usually fix it. Can someone please point me to the correct drivers and install instructions?
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This is a known issue (not CM related); contact your carrier for a replacement.
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Just an update: I'm still having this issue, but have just been living with it and trying to keep the phone charged. It seems to happen less on WiFi and when I'm actively using cellular data. Some apps seem to make it worse. I'm probably going to try a different release.
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