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Anyone getting random reboots on their stock/unrooted E4GTs?

Everything has been perfect with this phone except now I've had two reboots in the past two days and I'm considering swapping it for a new handset (could be indicative of a larger problem). Yesterday it rebooted when I was browsing the internet, it had 70% battery before the reboot and then the phone was reporting 15% right after. I did a battery pull and it came up to 40% after. Weird. Anyone else have any issues like this?
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No issues here. Phone works flawlessly for me under heavy use.
sent from my DAMN phone!

never happened to me either...fully stock, never rooted
If it happens to you again, if you are within the return window, you may want to exchange it

Yep... watch this youtube.com/watch?v=8pMLxyThxEk
what a piece. And sprint is no help. Not in person. Not "Dan Hesse's Office"

That doesn't sound right at all. I haven't had a single one..not even when messing around overclocked to 1.6
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Happened to me every time I tried to uninstall/go into parts of the phone. Happened a Month ago, dida format stock...all okay like nothing happened.
-jr
Ps, it was after phone got easy too hot using hdmi out for over 3 hours...I believe the phone was well above the 125°, as o could not touch it.
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Never had the problem when it was stock...if anything, it did drain the battery a bit. But that's expected.

tubasteve said:
Happened to me every time I tried to uninstall/go into parts of the phone. Happened a Month ago, dida format stock...all okay like nothing happened.
-jr
Ps, it was after phone got easy too hot using hdmi out for over 3 hours...I believe the phone was well above the 125°, as o could not touch it.
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I have been told that the phone will shut itself down to prevent heat damage.
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I havent had a single one since I posted this thread. I'm thinking it was a fluke. My phone runs like a champ now, especially since I rooted and used autostarts and titanium to get all the bloat under control.

Wait... people on here that don't root? I'm confused...

subcypher said:
Wait... people on here that don't root? I'm confused...
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At the time I posted this thread I was still waiting for a way to root my current ROM, with no flashing involved. With all the problems that people were having with LOS I didn't want to risk flashing a new kernel and potentially starting to get LOS when I never had it before. I still haven't had a single one and I got this phone on release day

Well, thanks to a FUBAR with the CIQ removal script and no backup, I moved away from stock. I'm now running Calkulin's and haven't had any LOS or random reboots. At least, that's what I'm running while I patiently wait for CM9. That being said, I recommend it.

subcypher said:
Well, thanks to a FUBAR with the CIQ removal script and no backup, I moved away from stock. I'm now running Calkulin's and haven't had any LOS or random reboots. At least, that's what I'm running while I patiently wait for CM9. That being said, I recommend it.
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Yeah I had the same FUBAR lol. I ended up using odin to go the EG31 route. I really feel no desire to go with a custom ROM. Back in the EVO days the stock ROM was always so bloated even with just Sense that you HAD to go custom to get any performance or decent battery life out of it. The stock ROM on our E4GTs just blazes and is damn near perfect already. The only thing left for me to do is get rid of CiQ and then it will be absolutely perfect. I have the odexed version of the noCiQ mod waiting to be flashed but I'm 1000 miles from home for the next few weeks and can't risk screwing up my phone. I only brought my macbook with me so using odin in case of a fowl up is not an option right now.

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Yeah I had the same FUBAR lol. I ended up using odin to go the EG31 route. I really feel no desire to go with a custom ROM. Back in the EVO days the stock ROM was always so bloated even with just Sense that you HAD to go custom to get any performance or decent battery life out of it. The stock ROM on our E4GTs just blazes and is damn near perfect already. The only thing left for me to do is get rid of CiQ and then it will be absolutely perfect. I have the odexed version of the noCiQ mod waiting to be flashed but I'm 1000 miles from home for the next few weeks and can't risk screwing up my phone. I only brought my macbook with me so using odin in case of a fowl up is not an option right now.
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I know what you mean, man. But once you're rooted and have Clockwork on there, you can do Nandroid backups and flash right from your SD card! But, hey, safe journeys.

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I know what you mean, man. But once you're rooted and have Clockwork on there, you can do Nandroid backups and flash right from your SD card! But, hey, safe journeys.
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Oh I'm aware. I still do nandroids just in case now but honestly, stock ROM+removed bloat + autostarts is awesome.
I used to be flash happy when I had my EVO, I flashed new ROMs all the time (and always ended up back at MIUI). With my E4GT I just want it to work with no problems and I'm happy.

I'm stock too. I did the whole flash everything under the sun with my evolution and evo 3d and other phones. Ill root and flash when cm9 is stable. I had one radom reboot once but I think it was an app issue.
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Two problems with ICS.

Well, maybe two and a half.
I was using FB17 on my old black ET (bought on launch week), before it was bricked.
GPS would not connect. Vlingo was very broken - would not work with a bt car kit unless you manually unlocked the screen.
It was very snappy in my testing though.
I now have a brand new white ET, and I tried FC14.
Exact same problems. None of those were fixed in the last 3 1/2 weeks.
Thank god someone has figured out that you can simply remove vlingo garbage and replace it with a number of dialing apps like google voicedialer. I don't know if it can be done on ICS, but it works very well in EL29 gb roms.
So, GPS is a deal breaker right now, possibly on two somewhat different versions of hardware (old black et vs white new et.) What the hell are the developers thinking not fixing gps?
Also, FC14 was noticeably choppier than both EL29 and FB17. Maybe it was because of the particular widgets/software I used, I don't know. Could be a problem too.
Anyway, any thoughts?

nabbed said:
Well, maybe two and a half.
I was using FB17 on my old black ET (bought on launch week), before it was bricked.
GPS would not connect. Vlingo was very broken - would not work with a bt car kit unless you manually unlocked the screen.
It was very snappy in my testing though.
I now have a brand new white ET, and I tried FC14.
Exact same problems. None of those were fixed in the last 3 1/2 weeks.
Thank god someone has figured out that you can simply remove vlingo garbage and replace it with a number of dialing apps like google voicedialer. I don't know if it can be done on ICS, but it works very well in EL29 gb roms.
So, GPS is a deal breaker right now, possibly on two somewhat different versions of hardware (old black et vs white new et.) What the hell are the developers thinking not fixing gps?
Also, FC14 was noticeably choppier than both EL29 and FB17. Maybe it was because of the particular widgets/software I used, I don't know. Could be a problem too.
Anyway, any thoughts?
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When I started flashin ICS Roms...Couldn't get a lock or very spotty coverage...I tried all the Apps out there for GPS...None worked...What worked best has been used by many people on here...for me it worked the first time and I always get a lock...Here's the deal...
If you are willing to take the time to do it, this seems to work for everyone:
Odin one click back to Gingerbread
Odin flash kernel w/ recovery
Restore nandroid (optional)
Get GPS lock on Gingerbread and keep it on.
Boot to recovery and flash format all zip and ROM.
So Odin one click back to el29 GB...
get CWM there as well...Get your lock...leave it on...Go to CWM...restore your ICS Rom of choice...Reboot...ICS will open up and you will have GPS lock...works everytime...At least it has for me and a lot of people on here...
GPS was the Deal breaker for me as well...I use it a lot...Now I have an ICS Rom for my Daily Driver...

Well GPS hasn't been a strong point for Samsung in general. The devs your referring is Samsung, right? They have the necessary tools, like source code and non-gpl drivers. I'm pretty sure Samsung will get GPS better on ics at some point.
El29 is very refined. I would totally expect it to run smoother than any ics leak at this point.
I don't use any car/voice mode, so I cant comment on that.
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ronny71 said:
When I started flashin ICS Roms...Couldn't get a lock or very spotty coverage...I tried all the Apps out there for GPS...None worked...What worked best has been used by many people on here...for me it worked the first time and I always get a lock...Here's the deal...
If you are willing to take the time to do it, this seems to work for everyone:
Odin one click back to Gingerbread
Odin flash kernel w/ recovery
Restore nandroid (optional)
Get GPS lock on Gingerbread and keep it on.
Boot to recovery and flash format all zip and ROM.
So Odin one click back to el29 GB...
get CWM there as well...Get your lock...leave it on...Go to CWM...restore your ICS Rom of choice...Reboot...ICS will open up and you will have GPS lock...works everytime...At least it has for me and a lot of people on here...
GPS was the Deal breaker for me as well...I use it a lot...Now I have an ICS Rom for my Daily Driver...
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It works for a while. Then you lose gps again. It's too much trouble flashing and reflashing, whereas it should just work.
EL29 calks roms is very nice and smooth. Everything works, with a proper theme it looks a lot like ICS. It's just not worth it putting up with ICS bugs right now.
The only thing I'm really missing from ICS was the browser.

In the two days I've been running FC15 I've experienced none of what you mention. I think it's the luck of the draw with hardware/software and sprint service in your area. Are you updating your profile and PRL after flashing new modems?
FC15 is the smoothest build I've experienced since EL29 (which remains my goto version if the current ICS build doesn't do the job).
Did you do a complete wipe before installing? Did you make sure to flash the full rather than the nodata version if going from GB to ICS?
I'm certainly not insinuating you are incapable of knowing how to flash new builds but sometimes we overlook the simplest steps which leads to major complications.
If you've done all the above (including using Calkulin's format all) and still experience these issues then I'd definitely stick with EL29 for awhile longer.

My gps locks faster than ever. It's insane. I used gps all over CT, RI, and MA this weekend and was perfect. Didn't even get confused by 95 exchange in Providence.

Esoteric68 said:
In the two days I've been running FC15 I've experienced none of what you mention. I think it's the luck of the draw with hardware/software and sprint service in your area. Are you updating your profile and PRL after flashing new modems?
FC15 is the smoothest build I've experienced since EL29 (which remains my goto version if the current ICS build doesn't do the job).
Did you do a complete wipe before installing? Did you make sure to flash the full rather than the nodata version if going from GB to ICS?
I'm certainly not insinuating you are incapable of knowing how to flash new builds but sometimes we overlook the simplest steps which leads to major complications.
If you've done all the above (including using Calkulin's format all) and still experience these issues then I'd definitely stick with EL29 for awhile longer.
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Yeah, I've done all those things and even more you never heard about.

nabbed said:
Well, maybe two and a half.
I was using FB17 on my old black ET (bought on launch week), before it was bricked.
GPS would not connect. Vlingo was very broken - would not work with a bt car kit unless you manually unlocked the screen.
It was very snappy in my testing though.
I now have a brand new white ET, and I tried FC14.
Exact same problems. None of those were fixed in the last 3 1/2 weeks.
Thank god someone has figured out that you can simply remove vlingo garbage and replace it with a number of dialing apps like google voicedialer. I don't know if it can be done on ICS, but it works very well in EL29 gb roms.
So, GPS is a deal breaker right now, possibly on two somewhat different versions of hardware (old black et vs white new et.) What the hell are the developers thinking not fixing gps?
Also, FC14 was noticeably choppier than both EL29 and FB17. Maybe it was because of the particular widgets/software I used, I don't know. Could be a problem too.
Anyway, any thoughts?
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Of course el29 will be smoother it's an official release. It isn't the developers fault GPS is goofy on ics either they been working hard to fix it... maybe you should read the bug list before you flash anything. Nothing will be completely stable until an official release is out thank the devs they got us this far and at least we can use most ics roms as a daily driver... a couple months ago no one can even get ics to function now look were we Are.
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Of course el29 will be smoother it's an official release. It isn't the developers fault GPS is goofy on ics either they been working hard to fix it... maybe you should read the bug list before you flash anything. Nothing will be completely stable until an official release is out thank the devs they got us this far and at least we can use most ics roms as a daily driver... a couple months ago no one can even get ics to function now look were we Are.
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I was talking about Samsung developers, not xda developers. Maybe I should have clarified. But I thought it was self-evident, since there's no source code for ICS available yet (and probably won't be for months.)
As for bug lists - ICS roms threads simply don't have them. So please don't patronize and act all butthurt for no reason.

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Yeah, I've done all those things and even more you never heard about.
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Well if you've tried all those and many you 'assume' I've never heard of then I think you've answered your own question.
Stick with EL29 until the official ICS is available. With any luck we aren't far off.

Esoteric68 said:
Well if you've tried all those and many you 'assume' I've never heard of then I think you've answered your own question.
Stick with EL29 until the official ICS is available. With any luck we aren't far off.
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It's hard.
The flashaholic in me wants to try fc15. I know gps wont work in it, from the review qbking77 posted. But maybe it will be as snappy as FB17 was...
BTW, when is the official Sprint ics release due?

nabbed said:
It's hard.
The flashaholic in me wants to try fc15. I know gps wont work in it, from the review qbking77 posted. But maybe it will be as snappy as FB17 was...
BTW, when is the official Sprint ics release due?
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FC15 gps does work. I'm getting a lock right now on 8 satellites.

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FC15 gps does work. I'm getting a lock right now on 8 satellites.
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It doesn't work for qbking77, so I assumed it won't work for me.

nabbed said:
It's hard.
The flashaholic in me wants to try fc15. I know gps wont work in it, from the review qbking77 posted. But maybe it will be as snappy as FB17 was...
BTW, when is the official Sprint ics release due?
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It is hard to not flash and I'm only a recent flashaholic (boy do I wish I'd paid more attention to XDA when I had my EVO 4G, would've saved me the mistake of buying the POS 3D).
After FC07 I was going to stick with EL29 until the official release came out but then the 13, 14 and 15 leaked builds came out with overall good reviews so I dove in again and so far I haven't regretted it.
Official release date, who knows, this is Sprint after all but with the leaks coming fast and furious common sense would dictate it can't be too far off (at least we hope).

nabbed said:
It doesn't work for qbking77, so I assumed it won't work for me.
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Believe me mine works...EveryTime...Im runnin on FC14 at the moment ...didn't think there is a need to update to 15 since 14 is runnin fine...Everything runs on My Rom...But like I told ya if GPS didn't work Id be back on GB...Right now Im runnin an EL29 Modem on MIJJz BLEND ICS "THE GOODNESS" 2.3...IMO its the hottest ICS Rom out there hands down...Its smooth quick snappy...uou name it...With functioning GPS for me...But if you think you'll be happy with GB go back...Im stickin with the ICS leaks till the final and I think they are Damn close...

nabbed said:
I was talking about Samsung developers, not xda developers. Maybe I should have clarified. But I thought it was self-evident, since there's no source code for ICS available yet (and probably won't be for months.)
As for bug lists - ICS roms threads simply don't have them. So please don't patronize and act all butthurt for no reason.
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You are aware of the difference between "unknown dev-state leaks" versus "official releases", right? Also that devs post leaks for us to test and report back bugs, of which there are multiple threads containing these lists, right? The issues you report have been answered in several threads, several times.

My gps has worked in every FC ICS build so far. (Lucky me I guess)
Few things that don't work, error out.
Accuweather daemon sometimes FC's.
Moving apps to SD card a bit wonkey. Currently doesn't move them to the ACTUAL SD but to "usb storage" on the phone. FC15 only.
A handful of apps still aren't compatible with ICS. (NOT the rom fault).
Signal bar info isn't correct on any build pre FC15.
Market sometimes takes awhile to actually start downloading apps.
GPS sometimes doesn't turn OFF. <- eating your battery VERY quickly.

Toleraen said:
You are aware of the difference between "unknown dev-state leaks" versus "official releases", right? Also that devs post leaks for us to test and report back bugs, of which there are multiple threads containing these lists, right? The issues you report have been answered in several threads, several times.
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I wasn't reporting anything. I was just reflecting on how in 3.5 weeks of my absence, the most blatant deal breaker bugs have not been fixed.

I've never flashed an ICS rom but I use FC15 modem with blazer 4.0 and It's possibly the best modem I've used with this phone. Smooth as can be and what seems to be better data speeds than the other modems.

I_FLY_Z3R0 said:
I've never flashed an ICS rom but I use FC15 modem with blazer 4.0 and It's possibly the best modem I've used with this phone. Smooth as can be and what seems to be better data speeds than the other modems.
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Im on an ICS Rom...just flashed FC15 for test run...
I see 17 and 19 are due out soon...

No Signal or takes forever to get one

Ok i am not new at flashing and android, but i am stumped. Here lately I have been getting the dreaded circle with the line through it.. I have flashed radios through Odin and recovery, reflashed roms in both methods and even Kies... and also done a nandroid restore of a rom before this happened. When it finally gets connected (after 10 minutes, sometimes longer) i have not problems until i reboot and it and i have to go through the same process of trying to get signal.... any help would be appreciated. or point me in the right direction... i am currently running stock unrooted 2.3.6...
I have also tried my sim in another phone and my daughters sim in mine same thing with my daughters sim.. just throwing that out there..

*bump* no one have this problem?
hmm. flashed Darkside and it seemed to have an effect on it... took only 3 min to get signal... weird!!!!
going to reboot in a sec to see what happens
NVM did it again...

Which radio are you using?
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UVKL1

been dealing with this for awhile now. Its unbearable. Stock everything.

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Strange... Just for fun, have you tried the blaze radio?
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well not since i have odin'd i will give it a shot...

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well not since i have odin'd i will give it a shot...
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No go for me. Going to have to dump T-Mobile

nope still same problem.. i guess i will give them a call tonight...

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nope still same problem.. i guess i will give them a call tonight...
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I have spoken to top tier support multiple times. The Field Engineering teams are involved now. Its unique here because on their coverage map I am in Excellent area. I'll have 3-4 bars show 4G yet I do not get a data connection. I called back and should be hearing back by the 17th. My ticket has been open for months... Afraid my device is defective or only works half the time. I am very low on apps and never install much. This is a bad situation for me. House phone and work device.

yes that does suck bad!!! but it is weird, in my case... just one day stopped after a reboot... my other devices work fine...

web_ninja said:
yes that does suck bad!!! but it is weird, in my case... just one day stopped after a reboot... my other devices work fine...
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Exact same thing here. Stopped randomly first day... totally intermittent after! It was ironic because I had held off grabbing the GS2 because of Samsungs GPS issues with the Vibrant and first week I had my GS2 I was extremely happy. Rest is history I guess. Hope yours starts working again.

LoS still in ICS?? On FD26?? Come on guys...

You can't tell me I'm the only one who's experienced it. It follows me around in every sammy ICS build and I can't take it. They still have some work before the official OTA drops.
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Haven't experienced it except in EL29. I'm on FD26 now

bhsvault said:
You can't tell me I'm the only one who's experienced it. It follows me around in every sammy ICS build and I can't take it. They still have some work before the official OTA drops.
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I haven't experienced any LoS on any ICS roms personally, in fact the only LoS I've experienced was on EL29 roms, ICS seems to hold onto 1-2 bars in low signal areas for me where as I used to have LoS in the same area on GB.
The only complaint I have is WTH is with the damn El29 stock touchwiz/ICS on the leaks??
I thought that they were "upgrading" my phone with ICS not just tweaking it to work like it in hardly noticeable ways.
I really hope they aren't serious about keeping the experience 98% touchwiz like in EL29 because I'm going to dump my phone for a gnex if I need to in order to get away from TW.(It's not that I hate TW it's just getting BORING)
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..oh and sorry for ranting about the leaks!! ^^ I had that pent up all day!

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I haven't experienced any LoS on any ICS roms personally, in fact the only LoS I've experienced was on EL29 roms, ICS seems to hold onto 1-2 bars in low signal areas for me where as I used to have LoS in the same area on GB.
The only complaint I have is WTH is with the damn El29 stock touchwiz/ICS on the leaks??
I thought that they were "upgrading" my phone with ICS not just tweaking it to work like it in hardly noticeable ways.
I really hope they aren't serious about keeping the experience 98% touchwiz like in EL29 because I'm going to dump my phone for a gnex if I need to in order to get away from TW.(It's not that I hate TW it's just getting BORING)
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Sorry, but that's how the device is gonna be. TouchWiz runs ON TOP of Ice Cream Sandwich so for a stock experience, you'll have to go with a Galaxy Nexus or a stock rom like AOKP or CM9.

Haven't experienced LOS since being on a custom ROM....which was based off EG30 haha
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Until Samsung make better radios that's what you're stuck with
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Though unless you had 2 sprint phones on you its hard to blame the firnware or hardware and stand accurately. I cant say ive experienced an LoS more than twice in a year.
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Until Samsung make better radios that's what you're stuck with
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Though doesnt qualcomm make the cdma radio?

I've never experienced and LoS on EL29, just on everything else. It really sucks. I want ICS so badly but the LoS takes such a toll on battery life its not worth it. I squeezed 7 hours out of FD24 with a 2300 mAh battery because of LoS. Bleh

I too have not had any LoS since EL29. Even in EL29 I only got it perhaps once a week. Have you considered taking your phone in for service or replacement?

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I too have not had any LoS since EL29. Even in EL29 I only got it perhaps once a week. Have you considered taking your phone in for service or replacement?
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Bought it off of ebay :/ I don't suppose it's covered under TEP?

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Bought it off of ebay :/ I don't suppose it's covered under TEP?
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Are you paying TEP? If not if the phone is defective you can get a replacement through Advanced Exchange for $35. I feel you need to do a fresh flash of EL29 stock, update prl and profile (so sprint sees you) then flash ICS.

No LoS for me on anything past like E13. GPS locks though....ohhh dont even get me started. And why would anyone switch to gnex? AOKP > stock ICS any day!
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I didn't get an Los until fd19 none in El29 or El13
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I'm on FD24, but I have experienced LOS...at work, where there is a lot of metal in the building, where no one gets reception. Comes back when I go to a spot where there isn't metal.

bondosho said:
I'm on FD24, but I have experienced LOS...at work, where there is a lot of metal in the building, where no one gets reception. Comes back when I go to a spot where there isn't metal.
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You can't call it Los if you work in a damn Faraday cage, lol
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My friend got LOS when he dropped his phone in the toilet. This was on FD26.

News flash....sprint sucks..I've had data problems and los on every phone since I've joined sprint
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bhsvault said:
Bought it off of ebay :/ I don't suppose it's covered under TEP?
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Actually Last time I talked with a rep, yes the phone is covered under TEP. However that was about 18 months ago regarding an Evo I got through Craigslist. Even if you don't have TEP, there is some other program you can exchange your phone through, can't remember what it is though.
Worth digging around if your E4GT is giving you that much trouble. I think this phone is fantastic. Only real trouble I have had with this thing is bricking it while playing around with CM9, then my local Sprint store swapped my phone for another within the hour.

No LOS here but I have had a few times where the phone suddenly showed no bars but then 20 sec later it jumped to Max then seddled back down to 3 bars. So far so good.

sfhub said:
My friend got LOS when he dropped his phone in the toilet. This was on FD26.
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ROFLMFAO..... I take it this was recent?
Not unlike the time when i had LoS when i threw my startac at that guy who had LoC.

[Q] Upgrade stock 4.1.1 to 4.4.2

My day to day phone is an iPhone 4S, but the camera is disabled on it (work restriction), so I have an SGS III for traveling/ weekends (usually used with no SIM just for pictures).
The SGS III was running a TW-based 4.1.1 ROM, and I want to go back to completely stock. I flashed the 4.1.1 stock AT&T ROM, which works fine, but it can't update OTA or through Kies. I un-rooted the phone, and that didn't help with Kies, so now I'm stuck in some in-between purgatory with a working, but very out of date OS. CWM must still be on there somewhere too.
How do I get out of this? It looks like I need to get back to the stock bootloader and recovery, but how does one do this? I used to be great at flashing ROMs back in the SGS I/Captivate days, but man has it gotten complicated since then! I read a number of threads, but none of them seem to address this particular scenario.
I'd be open to going to a very close to stock ROM if that's easier than going back to a completely stock setup, but I'd prefer to go completely stock.
I'm going on a trip on Wednesday, and I'd much rather have 4.4.2 than 4.1.1 when I swap the SIM over for some blistering fast LTE on my travels.
Plus, my mom has the same phone, and hers was never rooted, so she got OTA updates and now she has a newer version of Android than I do.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2789917

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So after a day stuck on 4.1.1, the phone decided that it wanted to do OTA updates to get to 4.3 and then 4.4.2, so now I'm upgraded. The problem I'm having now is that my GPS is completely shot, it will only work once in a while and then flake out. My mom has a twin to my phone that's never been rooted or had ROMs installed on it, and it's GPS works just fine. What gives? It was extremely frustrating have to revert back to my iPhone while traveling. If I didn't have the iPhone, I would have been royally screwed trying to travel without working GPS... I am completely fed up with Samsuck at this point!

GSMinCT said:
So after a day stuck on 4.1.1, the phone decided that it wanted to do OTA updates to get to 4.3 and then 4.4.2, so now I'm upgraded. The problem I'm having now is that my GPS is completely shot, it will only work once in a while and then flake out. My mom has a twin to my phone that's never been rooted or had ROMs installed on it, and it's GPS works just fine. What gives? It was extremely frustrating have to revert back to my iPhone while traveling. If I didn't have the iPhone, I would have been royally screwed trying to travel without working GPS... I am completely fed up with Samsuck at this point!
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Sounds like you have a mixed up modem. Make sure you have root and then try flashing the modem zip in cwm recovery. It's the NE4 modern and is listed in the development forum.
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wrenhal said:
Sounds like you have a mixed up modem. Make sure you have root and then try flashing the modem zip in cwm recovery. It's the NE4 modern and is listed in the development forum.
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Thanks, I'll have to look into that and flash it.
Maybe the modem just didn't get updated? I'm so fed up with the thing, I might just try flashing CyanogenMOD or something to see what almost real Android feel like. TW is even laggier and buggier than I expected... We'll see.
I don't think I have a root right now, but I'm pretty sure that I do in fact have CWM... in that case, can I just go ahead and flash the modem?

Ota would not have worked if you had cwm, it will only work on stock recovery. Your modem is probably fine as well because a mismatched modem/bootloader would cause unknown baseband and no imei issues, not just a flakey gps. There are other threads on fixing gps issues, some codes to enter in the dialer, but since yours comes and goes you may just need to tighten the screws, I've heard that sometimes helps.
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Viper67857 said:
Ota would not have worked if you had cwm, it will only work on stock recovery. Your modem is probably fine as well because a mismatched modem/bootloader would cause unknown baseband and no imei issues, not just a flakey gps. There are other threads on fixing gps issues, some codes to enter in the dialer, but since yours comes and goes you may just need to tighten the screws, I've heard that sometimes helps.
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I was able to get into CWM, I did absolutely nothing to the phone except let it sit, and a day later it finally let me do OTA. I'll take a look at those and see what I can come up with...

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I was able to get into CWM, I did absolutely nothing to the phone except let it sit, and a day later it finally let me do OTA. I'll take a look at those and see what I can come up with...
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UCUFNE4?
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So your modem is up to date. Try the dialer codes http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53350404
There are also YouTube videos on tightening the screws having an effect on GPS stability
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Viper67857 said:
So your modem is up to date. Try the dialer codes http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53350404
There are also YouTube videos on tightening the screws having an effect on GPS stability
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Yeah, I actually just did that, and it *appears* to have worked. I'll have to throw GPS on when I'm running errands tomorrow and see if it has actually worked. I'll keep my fingers crossed!

GSMinCT said:
Yeah, I actually just did that, and it *appears* to have worked. I'll have to throw GPS on when I'm running errands tomorrow and see if it has actually worked. I'll keep my fingers crossed!
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Or not. I just went out for a quick errand, and threw the GPS on. Nothing. It must have looked like it was working based on Wifi or something. Surprisingly, it can't even fake it using tower triangulation, which, in theory, should be almost as good as GPS...
I'll take a look into the screw thing. It wouldn't surprise me since I swap between the SGS III and an iPhone, so I pull the phone apart a lot, and it's a cheap plasticky design.

Download 'GPS Status' from the play store...
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Viper67857 said:
Download 'GPS Status' from the play store...
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It's not showing any GPS satellite. I'm trying GPS Fix right now, we'll see if that does anything. I tightened the screws, and that didn't help...
I'm about to throw this POS out the window! I only paid $50 for it on contract, so I'm not too upset, but it's highly unlikely that I'll buy any more Samsuck phones after having three Craptivates (they kept breaking and getting warranty swapped), and now this POS.
And I can't seem to sync any music to my iPhone, but at least that has working GPS LOL...