Verizon GN terrible wifi signal - Samsung Galaxy Nexus

Is this normal for the GN? Do I have a faulty device? On wifi, my download speeds are horrible for this type of device. At home, I have comcast broadband, and a comcast router. My GS2 destroyed downloads at a ridiculous rate. We're talking MBs a second. Full wifi signal. My GN barely holds 3 bars. Consistently downloading at a couple hundreds kb/s
Before you say anything, no it's not my router. I've 2 laptops, a PS3, a kindle, and a TV, all hooked up to the router, and they've no problem.
If this is the way it's going to be, and exchanging the device won't help, I guess I'll cancel verizon, and head to sprint and pick up another sg2. IDK.
Anything guys? For a device like this to be faulty in an area like downloads via wifi, especially when verizon charges up the butt for data, it's unacceptable.

cam1john said:
Is this normal for the GN? Do I have a faulty device? On wifi, my download speeds are horrible for this type of device. At home, I have comcast broadband, and a comcast router. My GS2 destroyed downloads at a ridiculous rate. We're talking MBs a second. Full wifi signal. My GN barely holds 3 bars. Consistently downloading at a couple hundreds kb/s
Before you say anything, no it's not my router. I've 2 laptops, a PS3, a kindle, and a TV, all hooked up to the router, and they've no problem.
If this is the way it's going to be, and exchanging the device won't help, I guess I'll cancel verizon, and head to sprint and pick up another sg2. IDK.
Anything guys? For a device like this to be faulty in an area like downloads via wifi, especially when verizon charges up the butt for data, it's unacceptable.
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I am actually going to say it. It could be your router. The GN is finnicky as hell with wifi channels. Wifi channels will affect signal strength, stability of connection, and speed of intarwebz.
Now before you say it: Not all wifi chipsets and devices are created equally. It is a phone, it doesn't exactly have a hi gain antenna in it

For a $750 phone, you think the parts would be equal to other phones. If it is my router, I have like 6 other devices on it that work just fine, so I think it I can safely blame it on the phone. Deal breaker I think.
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cam1john said:
For a $750 phone, you think the parts would be equal to other phones. If it is my router, I have like 6 other devices on it that work just fine, so I think it I can safely blame it on the phone. Deal breaker I think.
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To each their own.
To not even consider my suggestion of checking out other wifi channels is a disservice to the device and yourself.

cam1john said:
For a $750 phone, you think the parts would be equal to other phones. If it is my router, I have like 6 other devices on it that work just fine, so I think it I can safely blame it on the phone. Deal breaker I think.
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Sounds like you should swoop an iPhone. If you are using a N Draft router you need to select a certain channel range (Google it, you'll find it). I pull 10-20 MBPs on WiFi. Its not that hard to change your wifi channel btw.

Ya well I had a gs2 and absolutely no problems. This phones a bit laggy, battery life seems much worse, even with juice defender. Paying more per month for it. I guess I expected more.
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cam1john said:
Ya well I had a gs2 and absolutely no problems. This phones a bit laggy, battery life seems much worse, even with juice defender. Paying more per month for it. I guess I expected more.
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Use what makes you happy. No point in continuing thread. I gotta say, I thought you came here for help.
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adrynalyne said:
Use what makes you happy. No point in continuing thread. I gotta say, I thought you came here for help.
<yoda voice> Mistaken, I was. </yoda voice>
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Here's a question, with data disabled, and only text messaging, why did my battery drain 5% in 6 minutes? I literally stood and had a conversation and looked at my phone, and it went from 38% to 33% in 6 minutes. This is also the extended battery
In fact, it just drained 3% in the time it took me to write this post out.
Ridiculous.
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cam1john said:
Here's a question, with data disabled, and only text messaging, why did my battery drain 5% in 6 minutes? I literally stood and had a conversation and looked at my phone, and it went from 38% to 33% in 6 minutes. This is also the extended battery
In fact, it just drained 3% in the time it took me to write this post out.
Ridiculous.
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You aren't looking for help, so why are you continuing this thread?
If it took 3% to post this, you are either the world's slowest typer or lying. I am sorry but you lost your credibility with me when you refused a simple suggestion that would have taken you all of 3 minutes to test and instead decided to bash the device. Your agenda was not to come here for help.

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You aren't looking for help, so why are you continuing this thread?
If it took 3% to post this, you are either the world's slowest typer or lying. I am sorry but you lost your credibility with me when you refused a simple suggestion that would have taken you all of 3 minutes to test and instead decided to bash the device. Your agenda was not to come here for help.
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Yes I did come here for help. I would have liked another suggestion other than one pertaining to messing with my router channels. Which in turn would probably interfere with the other 6 devices on my router and I'd end up going around in a circle.
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cam1john said:
Yes I did come here for help. I would have liked another suggestion other than one pertaining to messing with my router channels. Which in turn would probably interfere with the other 6 devices on my router and I'd end up going around in a circle.
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I guess we will never know, seeing how you know better without ever trying
What other solutions did you think you would find for your device? A cantenna? Changing channels is the first thing you should try in these cases.
Could we have determined that maybe something is wrong with your device? Sure. But you can't teach someone who knows it all.
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I understand that you're in love with this phone. But because you might not have problems doesn't mean others don't either.
Yes, my battery is draining as fast as I posted. If you don't have any viable solutions, I would like to hear what others have to say.
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cam1john said:
I understand that you're in love with this phone. But because you might not have problems doesn't mean others don't either.
Yes, my battery is draining as fast as I posted. If you don't have any viable solutions, I would like to hear what others have to say.
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Me too. Two people tried to help you in this thread by suggesting trying different channels. Lets wait and see what else others have to say and you can cherry pick your solution because you know what the problem is
Best of luck to you and I hope you get your issue worked out.

adrynalyne said:
Me too. Two people tried to help you in this thread by suggesting trying different channels. Lets wait and see what else others have to say and you can cherry pick your solution because you know what the problem is
Best of luck to you and I hope you get your issue worked out.
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Whatever dude. Battery in this thing sucks. Not worth it. I have to be afraid to turn on my Nexus or my battery will drain. I timed it for about 20 minutes. All I was doing was moving around in my settings and in my phone, no browsing, no games, etc. My battery drained 1% every 2 minutes, probably take a few seconds. Just to roam around my phone, my battery was dying practically by the minute. This is with the extended battery and NOW juice defender ultimate. No network, wifi only, full brightness.
Why would I lie? I have no reason to lie. Truly I was looking for answers at first, then you got all upset because this phones your baby. If this phone's charge lasts you all day, you apparently don't use it the way it was made to be used.
I'm now turning on auto brightness which will obviously make a difference, but will totally offset the ENTIRE point of purchasing this device, which is the screen and it's beauty. That is, unless you're sitting right next to a charger.
Whatever. No help here.

cam1john said:
Whatever dude. Battery in this thing sucks. Not worth it. I have to be afraid to turn on my Nexus or my battery will drain. I timed it for about 20 minutes. All I was doing was moving around in my settings and in my phone, no browsing, no games, etc. My battery drained 1% every 2 minutes, probably take a few seconds. Just to roam around my phone, my battery was dying practically by the minute. This is with the extended battery and NOW juice defender ultimate. No network, wifi only, full brightness.
Why would I lie? I have no reason to lie. Truly I was looking for answers at first, then you got all upset because this phones your baby. If this phone's charge lasts you all day, you apparently don't use it the way it was made to be used.
I'm now turning on auto brightness which will obviously make a difference, but will totally offset the ENTIRE point of purchasing this device, which is the screen and it's beauty. That is, unless you're sitting right next to a charger.
Whatever. No help here.
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Can't help the helpless. You did not post battery stats, you were never open to any suggestions with your first problem. Now we can glean from your post that you were likely at max brightness and are confused the battery was being drained by the screen. Derp.
Truly I was looking for answers at first, then you got all upset because this phones your baby.
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Changing wireless channels is normal troubleshooting for any wireless device with connection issues. I got upset because this phone is my baby? Mine works. Not upset in the least!
I used to do Microsoft support when I was younger--
You know what we used to do with difficult folks like you who refused to try troubleshooting due to them 'knowing' so much? Format their machines and send them on their way. You just can't help those who know it all. Why ask for help if you already know everything?
Move on, Mr. Troll. Another device awaits you.

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Whatever. No help here.
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seriously? you want to try and claim no help?
if you had tried the suggestion of changing wifi channel, people would continue to help. if you cant even understand/are willing to try basic troubleshooting, you are right... there is no help for you. no one wants to deal with someone who wont even think about trying suggestions.

battery drain issue
I started experiencing the same kind of battery drain issue you're talking about (if I was reading a kindle with screen brightness at minimum in airplane mode my battery would last less than an hour, and that was extended life battery) and it turned out I had a bad phone. Verizon replaced it (finally, after I showed them a screen dying with dead pixels and off colors) and my battery life increased. But not as much as I would have liked! Turned out bad phone ruined my extended life battery. Got a new one, no longer have "battery anxiety" - maybe call the company, explain what's happening, and try a replacement before you decide "all" GNEX are crap.
WIFI reach on phone is not as good as on my Galaxy 10.1 Tab, but my D/L speeds are pretty much consistent with everything else on network, so all your problems could be the same.

LOL @ This epic fail of a thread. The OP is beyond help as there's no helping the intentionally obtuse.
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[Q] Battery bug

So my least favorite part about running custom roms on this phone is the "freeze at 45%, reboot to 6%" bug. Does anyone know if this is ever going to be fixed? Or if it is even a real"bug"? Do other phones experience this or just Galaxy S? I don't remember it being an issue when I ran stock, though honestly it was probably only for like a week.
Like this.
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Been running custom ROMs since December 2010 and never got a freeze ran all the way down to 3%.
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Like this.
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Because this question does not retain to the Atrix 4G (though I am curious as to whether the flashable in that thread would work on cm9 for our phones.) and the other thread you posted is just more lames like you thinking this problem has been solved for the Epic. Now the whole point of a forum is to be able to ask questions in Q+A because others might know the answer already.. but I HAVE googled this (yes even with the site:xda-developers.com filter) and all I can find as far as the epic goes is people telling others to plug their charger in while its off to calibrate it. That doesn't help if you don't have a charger and it doesn't answer my question about whether or not it will be truly fixed for the epic and not "handy manned".. so basically unless you can post a thread that has a flashable software fix or a thread containing above said fix for this then please don't bother and keep your smart ass responses to yourself.
Edit: gushy apology later in thread.
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kennyglass123 said:
Been running custom ROMs since December 2010 and never got a freeze ran all the way down to 3%.
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Your lucky... I've had it run down to 2-3%. It sucks when your nowhere near a charger.
never had a problem running my battery all the way down to 1% with the stock 1500mah and the et4g 1800mah batteries. I do remember a couple of the GB leaks that would occasionally shutdown before they hit 5% but lets be honest, that was expected of buggy leaks. Since moving to CM7/CM9/AOKP zero battery issues. Sure, some days i barely make it through the day off the charger, but most days i'm good to go. I do on occasion see the "reboot your phone with 40% battery and boots back up at 15%" "bug" but i don't reboot my phone that often like that, normally i'll shut it down and don't have that issue.
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never had a problem running my battery all the way down to 1% with the stock 1500mah and the et4g 1800mah batteries. I do remember a couple of the GB leaks that would occasionally shutdown before they hit 5% but lets be honest, that was expected of buggy leaks. Since moving to CM7/CM9/AOKP zero battery issues. Sure, some days i barely make it through the day off the charger, but most days i'm good to go. I do on occasion see the "reboot your phone with 40% battery and boots back up at 15%" "bug" but i don't reboot my phone that often like that, normally i'll shut it down and don't have that issue.
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Yeah I've never had it just die on me because it was reporting juice and was actually dead.. and I'll have to test and see if it does it when I do a complete shutdown cause I almost never shut it down. Almost always involuntary reboots for me that come back up with anywhere from 2%-20% .
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Been running custom ROMs since December 2010 and never got a freeze ran all the way down to 3%.
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I've ran mine down to literally 0% it shows an X for battery and it was still on and running but i soon shut it off so i could charge it haha
OP, are you undervolting? If so that is the probable cause of you freezes when your battery gets under 50%. It is not a glass full of energy. Percentage is a direct correlation to voltage. 100% is 4.2V, I believe 0% is 3.7V. As you get below 50% that undervolting will drop even further. As for the percentage fifference it is usually a false reading based on the heat of the battery lowering the voltage reading during the intense drain of rebooting. Usually taking the battery out for a few minutes to cool will bring it back to the 40% or so.
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Because this question does not pertain[fixed for you] to the Atrix 4G (though I am curious as to whether the flashable in that thread would work on cm9 for our phones.) and the other thread you posted is just more lames like you thinking this problem has been solved for the Epic. Now the whole point of a forum is to be able to ask questions in Q+A because others might know the answer already.. but I HAVE googled this (yes even with the site:xda-developers.com filter) and all I can find as far as the epic goes is people telling others to plug their charger in while its off to calibrate it. That doesn't help if you don't have a charger and it doesn't answer my question about whether or not it will be truly fixed for the epic and not "handy manned".. so basically unless you can post a thread that has a flashable software fix or a thread containing above said fix for this then please don't bother and keep your smart ass responses to yourself.
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First off, I may have misunderstood your question, but I did provide a response, regardless. Responding as an ungrateful tool is unnecessary.
And as to not "pertaining" to the Atrix, you DID ask if other phones were affected.
But to the point, I mistook your question to be simply asking why the phone misreads the battery level upon reboot as mentioned:
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I see now that you quite literally mean that your phone is failing to report below a certain level until it dies. To answer your question, I've never seen this, but it would help if you would provide basic information.
1. Rom Tested
2. Undervolting/Overclocking settings
3. Any additional changes you've made after installing a rom
This doesn't sound like a typical battery reporting error others have experienced. Are you undervolting?
P.S. Grow a sense of humor. You'll live longer.
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First off, I may have misunderstood your question, but I did provide a response, regardless. Responding as an ungrateful tool is unnecessary.
And as to not "pertaining" to the Atrix, you DID ask if other phones were affected.
But to the point, I mistook your question to be simply asking why the phone misreads the battery level upon reboot as mentioned:
I see now that you quite literally mean that your phone is failing to report below a certain level until it dies. To answer your question, I've never seen this, but it would help if you would provide basic information.
1. Rom Tested
2. Undervolting/Overclocking settings
3. Any additional changes you've made after installing a rom
This doesn't sound like a typical battery reporting error others have experienced. Are you undervolting?
P.S. Grow a sense of humor. You'll live longer.
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My bad your right. I never work mornings and am in a horrible mood because I happen to be working with my *****y manager (who never works mornings either) and we are clashing hardcore. Sorry I jumped down your throat. To answer ya'lls question I am on cm9 beta 3, but have always had random reboots once in awhile so honestly while its an experimental build I don't think that's the cause of my reboots I'm on the latest Shadow kernel. No undervolting. But anyway the purpose of this thread isn't really to find out why I'm getting reboots (though I appreciate you guys trying to help me find that out too) but rather to find out why my battery drains so much afterwards. So yes you were correct in your original assumtion.
Edit: my excellent meme reference is proof of my sense of humor.
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Edit: my excellent meme reference is proof of my sense of humor.
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Fair enough ;-).
All I can say is that with the full battery circle mod, rebooting often shows a really low percentage. If you leave it, it usually slowly rises back to where it should be... not sure that's your problem.
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I understand what the OP is saying, and I too have this problem. Mostly when I go to cwm and return. My battery sometimes goes from a 60 or even 70 to a 5-19%. Its not all that's bad of a problem because I know that I have more than that in my battery. But it makes the phone scary because you never know when it'll blow up on you lol.
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lilajrestnom said:
it makes the phone scary because you never know when it'll blow up on you lol.
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Exactly. and today I did a little experiment. I drained to 50% percent and did a manual reboot. I did like kenny and random suggested and let it cool down before I rebooted and while it was better.. it was still not correct... I rebooted to around 25%. Now the atrix folks in that forum apparently have a flashable software fix for this that works. Does anyone wanna take that apart and see if they can work for us? Sorry this just seems so fixable I'm honestly surprised that with our kickin dev community nobody's worked on it.
schnowdapowda said:
Exactly. and today I did a little experiment. I drained to 50% percent and did a manual reboot. I did like kenny and random suggested and let it cool down before I rebooted and while it was better.. it was still not correct... I rebooted to around 25%. Now the atrix folks in that forum apparently have a flashable software fix for this that works. Does anyone wanna take that apart and see if they can work for us? Sorry this just seems so fixable I'm honestly surprised that with our kickin dev community nobody's worked on it.
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Accidentally hit thanks
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I had the same bug when I got my phone. I switched to the epic 4g touch battery and haven't had that issue since. "knock on wood"
Purponic said:
I had the same bug when I got my phone. I switched to the epic 4g touch battery and haven't had that issue since. "knock on wood"
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Funnily enough that you mention this, I'm not sure that I've ever had a battery misread on my extended batteries. Not %100, as I don't use them as often, but it's a thought.
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Funnily enough that you mention this, I'm not sure that I've ever had a battery misread on my extended batteries. Not %100, as I don't use them as often, but it's a thought.
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I need to convince sprint to give me one. Last time they were not being cooperative. I shall look into it. Thanks for the responses guys.
I have had issues with my old extended battery on multiple roms not reading correctly. no matter what i did on both foryo and gb so far have had good luck with the 1800. i have also had issues of rebooting on with my extended.

About to return mine

Need to know if anyone else is having this issue and if it's hardware related or just at&t tower related.
I'm regularly getting a censor type logo where my signal bars would normally be (it's a circle with a line through it) basically saying I have no network connection, similar to if you were to take out your sim card. This doesn't seem to be related to signal because it will happen out of the blue and I'll have 4 bars prior. It only lasts for 5-20 seconds, then kicks back in. I haven't had any data drops, but when this happens, I can't call, text, do anything.
Has anyone else experience this? Need some input because I have two days left in my return window and was going to swap it out for a new unit if this sounds like a hardware defect.
Had the phone on for 2.5 hours and was without mobile network for 7% of that time according to cell standby stats. Doesn't seem normal.
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Yea sounds like hardware return for a new one buddy
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Could be your sim card, do you have other at&t phones on your account, if you do are they having issues too?
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Could be your sim card, do you have other at&t phones on your account, if you do are they having issues too?
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Only other phone we got is my mom's basic flip phone. I still have two days to swap it out and had at&t tech make note of what's going on on my account, just wondering if this was a issue on their part of my phone's.
I'm in central NJ and in nyc for school (NJ right now) so i'm in a strong service area, but the phones just dropping the network randomly. I can be on xda browsing one second and have that symbol up the next.
Yea, i'd say try swapping it out first, that being probably the easier option at the moment. Then again, if they already have a note of it, they'd know it's a recurring issue should it happen again shortly thereafter.... so i don't think that would be a problem then, either Either way, better to be safe than sorry.
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Only other phone we got is my mom's basic flip phone. I still have two days to swap it out and had at&t tech make note of what's going on on my account, just wondering if this was a issue on their part of my phone's.
I'm in central NJ and in nyc for school (NJ right now) so i'm in a strong service area, but the phones just dropping the network randomly. I can be on xda browsing one second and have that symbol up the next.
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I got mine yesterday and i had a iPhone previously. wasn't picking up any internet service until i went to at&t and had them switch my sim card out for a new one so yeah... just a thought.
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Yea, i'd say try swapping it out first, that being probably the easier option at the moment. Then again, if they already have a note of it, they'd know it's a recurring issue should it happen again shortly thereafter.... so i don't think that would be a problem then, either Either way, better to be safe than sorry.
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I already flashed back to stock and got everything on dropbox, so if I can I'm gonna go the new phone route. I'd rather know it's something with the towers around here then find out it's my s3 after my return period is up, ya know.
But have you guys ever had this issue like at all? Cause this happens quite often on my phone, once every ten minutes at least, usually more.
iastonish said:
I already flashed back to stock and got everything on dropbox, so if I can I'm gonna go the new phone route. I'd rather know it's something with the towers around here then find out it's my s3 after my return period is up, ya know.
But have you guys ever had this issue like at all? Cause this happens quite often on my phone, once every ten minutes at least, usually more.
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It's not your phone.
It's happened to both of my devices (one replacement due to crashing) while I'm at my cottage. (No service zone)
It's the towers.
Noxey said:
It's not your phone.
It's happened to both of my devices (one replacement due to crashing) while I'm at my cottage. (No service zone)
It's the towers.
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But I'm in a strong service zone, HSPA+ where I'm at, and 4GLTE a few towns over. Dropping service while at your cottage in a no service zone is a bit different I'd think.
It's worth getting a replacement just in case.
I got the same issue. Happens to both my one x and s3. Lte just started rolling out here and I'm blaming it on that. I rarely get 2g signal anymore
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s1mpd1ddy said:
I got the same issue. Happens to both my one x and s3. Lte just started rolling out here and I'm blaming it on that. I rarely get 2g signal anymore
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No LTE rolling out here. Anyway, I'm going to pick one up tomorrow and I'll let you guys know if it's problem solved or not. If not, we'll continue to trouble shoot.
Big thanks to everyone for the replies and input.
Probably the towers. This was a issue with galaxy s2 also on sprint. Had to do with tower switching
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No LTE rolling out here. Anyway, I'm going to pick one up tomorrow and I'll let you guys know if it's problem solved or not. If not, we'll continue to trouble shoot.
Big thanks to everyone for the replies and input.
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Yeah that would be the best thing to do, and you get a new device lol.
I would request a new sim card just to get a new fresh start... just another thought. lol.
Mine is doing the same thing in good signal area after the signal comes back it goes down to 2g, I'm just returning the phone.
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I experienced that issue when I was using Juice defender. For some reason my phone went to airplane mode quite few times. If it would have happened frequently, then I would have thought that I somehow messed the settings for juice defender. It started happening abruptly. After uninstalling that app, I haven't seen that occurring again on my phone. At least for me it was the app rather than the phone that was causing my phone to go to airplane mode.
krips2003 said:
I experienced that issue when I was using Juice defender. For some reason my phone went to airplane mode quite few times. If it would have happened frequently, then I would have thought that I somehow messed the settings for juice defender. It started happening abruptly. After uninstalling that app, I haven't seen that occurring again on my phone. At least for me it was the app rather than the phone that was causing my phone to go to airplane mode.
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Running completely stock other than Tapatalk right now and still having the issue. Waiting for my gf now then off to find an att with the white gs3 in stock
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Got a new one. Issue hasn't happened anywhere, but at my house lol but its whatever I'm on wifi when im home anyway. Guess its a tower issue, but still happy to know it wasnt my phone, so if anyone else is having this issue, hope this thread points you in the right direction a bit.
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Battery swollen, Sprint rep said due to ICS update, phone requires hard reset?

-Rooted phone running AOKP D710 for about the past 3 months
My phone battery has been dying and giving the wrong charging information for the past 2 weeks. I noticed yesterday that it was swollen, which would explain the situation. Took the phone to the local Sprint store today, and told the rep what was going on. I was given a new battery (watched them unseal it from the plastic) for free. He asked me if I had taken the update to ICS and I said yes He then asked me if I hard reset the phone, b/c ICS throws off the voltage if you don't hard reset. Told him yes to that, as well He said that they've had to replace ~80 batteries in the past week b/c of it.
Just an FYI....
That would be cool, except that a Jellybean update does not exist yet. Goes to show how misinformed the store reps can be. Are you sure they didn't mean ICS?
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-Rooted phone running AOKP D710 for about the past 3 months
My phone battery has been dying and giving the wrong charging information for the past 2 weeks. I noticed yesterday that it was swollen, which would explain the situation. Took the phone to the local Sprint store today, and told the rep what was going on. I was given a new battery (watched them unseal it from the plastic) for free. He asked me if I had taken the update to JB and I said yes He then asked me if I hard reset the phone, b/c Jellybean throws off the voltage if you don't hard reset. Told him yes to that, as well He said that they've had to replace ~80 batteries in the past week b/c of it.
Just an FYI....
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What are you talking about? There is NO Jellybean update from Sprint...
Thats crazy talk
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*sight* ... humanity.
tdunham said:
That would be cool, except that a Jellybean update does not exist yet. Goes to show how misinformed the store reps can be. Are you sure they didn't mean ICS?
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My mistake, ICS, you are correct. Adjusted post accordingly. Sorry for the mixup :|
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My mistake, ICS, you are correct. Adjusted post accordingly. Sorry for the mixup :|
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No problem. I think they are seeing a large influx of batteries because they are just due to be replaced. Most of these phones are at least a year old now. If they were running ICS from day one, and there months later it happened, I would tend to agree. As it stands, I think it is just a coincidence coupled with high draw on our Asian made batteries.
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tdunham said:
No problem. I think they are seeing a large influx of batteries because they are just due to be replaced. Most of these phones are at least a year old now. If they were running ICS from day one, and there months later it happened, I would tend to agree. As it stands, I think it is just a coincidence coupled with high draw on our Asian made batteries.
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Actually I think I can say it is an ICS issue. Though I will have to say that I was told roughly the same thing by my store rep 4 weeks ago. And now that 4 weeks, and a hard reset later my new battery is already starting to discharge fast and charge fast again. I did a hard reset the day I got the new battery 4 weeks ago. I did not restore apps only TXT messages. I let the play store app do it's thing and get my phone close to normal as well as sync.
For the first week and a half I was getting 22 hours out of a single charge with 2+ hours screen on time. Charging the phone was taking roughly 4-5 hours from a dead 2% battery.
Today I am getting 12-14 hours with 1 hour screen on and I can go from 2%-99% in about 40 min. Once it gets to 99% the battery hangs there for almost and hour then finally hits 100%. This new battery looks to be going down the same path the old one did in roughly the same amount of time as I was running ICS leaks most of the time. I may just drop back to GB see how the battery goes and what for this new leak of JB to be released. Not sure but something is up.
And to add to it, my last battery would show "charging" or "spikes" in the battery screen, this one is doing that again. I'll attach a pic in a few min.
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Actually I think I can say it is an ICS issue. Though I will have to say that I was told roughly the same thing by my store rep 4 weeks ago. And now that 4 weeks, and a hard reset later my new battery is already starting to discharge fast and charge fast again. I did a hard reset the day I got the new battery 4 weeks ago. I did not restore apps only TXT messages. I let the play store app do it's thing and get my phone close to normal as well as sync.
For the first week and a half I was getting 22 hours out of a single charge with 2+ hours screen on time. Charging the phone was taking roughly 4-5 hours from a dead 2% battery.
Today I am getting 12-14 hours with 1 hour screen on and I can go from 2%-99% in about 40 min. Once it gets to 99% the battery hangs there for almost and hour then finally hits 100%. This new battery looks to be going down the same path the old one did in roughly the same amount of time as I was running ICS leaks most of the time. I may just drop back to GB see how the battery goes and what for this new leak of JB to be released. Not sure but something is up.
And to add to it, my last battery would show "charging" or "spikes" in the battery screen, this one is doing that again. I'll attach a pic in a few min.
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I also had one of the batteries replaced - for the older phone. Both have been rocking ICS since the spring, only the older battery has failed. Having seen this before on other devices beyond phones I respectfully disagree; if anything this may be a QC issue for these batteries. May be interesting to see if they were used on any other device and see how those are doing as well.
Know that they did push the h/w more with ICS but don't know of any app that tracks battery draw... that would be interesting to see if available.
Also, since you are more than likely running a custom rom the kernel and other factors can create charging issues. Then we have the mystery that has been with us since Gingerbread that every single phone reacts and performs differently under nearly an identical setup. Of course your situation could be a hardware issue as well. No easy way to say for sure except by going back to GB for a while (assuming your battery isn't already defective).
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I agree with both of you guys and even said I don't know but something is up. My concern is that I am out of my warranty so another battery means out of pocket. So whether it is a bad battery from the get go or the ROM I am not going to want to pay for a new battery.
BUT.... I just seen that the new JK23 modem fixes the mute call issue in JB so I am going to ODIN the TAR then the new modem and root it. If I still have battery issues I'll use my 8 bucks a month service plan to get a new phone. But yea this new battery is already starting to go downhill and regardless of the reason it sucks!
reddragon72 said:
I agree with both of you guys and even said I don't know but something is up. My concern is that I am out of my warranty so another battery means out of pocket. So whether it is a bad battery from the get go or the ROM I am not going to want to pay for a new battery.
BUT.... I just seen that the new JK23 modem fixes the mute call issue in JB so I am going to ODIN the TAR then the new modem and root it. If I still have battery issues I'll use my 8 bucks a month service plan to get a new phone. But yea this new battery is already starting to go downhill and regardless of the reason it sucks!
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TEP will cover battery replacement for free according to Sprint.
Battery warranty through Sammy is apparently 18 months according to recent posts on other threads.
Either way should be able to replace it for low or no cost - low possibly being a cheap hold-over-while-main-is-replaced battery.
I've always said it was ICS. People don't want to believe tho. Anyways a co-worker at my job got the E4GT about a month and a half ago running ICS already and she told me she's having battery issues and that she's going back to iPhones. I can honestly say since ICS this phone is more prone to over heat than it did back on gingerbread.
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RayTrue04 said:
I've always said it was ICS. People don't want to believe tho. Anyways a co-worker at my job got the E4GT about a month and a half ago running ICS already and she told me she's having battery issues and that she's going back to iPhones. I can honestly say since ICS this phone is more prone to over heat than it did back on gingerbread.
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Best thing I can say is that thankfully it seems JB is coming sooner than later. It is the build ICS should have been and will - for anyone not needing LTE - make the phone honestly as good as a GS3 for 90% of the end user population.
Just my 2 cents.
garwynn said:
Best thing I can say is that thankfully it seems JB is coming sooner than later. It is the build ICS should have been and will - for anyone not needing LTE - make the phone honestly as good as a GS3 for 90% of the end user population.
Just my 2 cents.
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I definitely agree with that. Feels like I have a new phone! Should hold me down till I get my Note 2
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reddragon72 said:
I agree with both of you guys and even said I don't know but something is up. My concern is that I am out of my warranty so another battery means out of pocket. So whether it is a bad battery from the get go or the ROM I am not going to want to pay for a new battery.
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I am out of warranty, too, but that didn't make a difference. They didn't ask me for my name, nor any of my account information. I just said, hey, check this out, showed him the battery and the guy said what he said. I was thinking the same thing as you, but I figured they'd replace it for free. Think about the alternative, the interwebs in a conniption about "Samsung SII blows up in some guys pocket, battery may be to blame." Sprint, nor Samsung, would want to deal with that debacle, much less pending class action lawsuits as it repeatedly happened....
Word of advice: check the replacement battery. I watched them cut open the plastic bag containing the single replacement battery, and when the guy gave it to me, I looked it over and noticed the water/moisture indicator was solid red. I pointed it out to the rep, who looked it over in disbelief, saying that had never happened. He then got me another battery that was fine.
garwynn said:
TEP will cover battery replacement for free according to Sprint.
Battery warranty through Sammy is apparently 18 months according to recent posts on other threads.
Either way should be able to replace it for low or no cost - low possibly being a cheap hold-over-while-main-is-replaced battery.
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actually, as a sprint technical consultant, that info is incorrect.
batteries through sprint are covered for 1 year under your manufacturer warranty. TEP in no way covers batteries.
i dont know what samsungs official stance is on battery warranty as it has never been an option for us to really say things like "go back to samsung".
all that being said, at the location i work at, we routinely give batteries at no charge regardless of warranty status or TEP.
i always recommend going into your local (corporate) sprint store and behaving politely and nicely (i never feel like helping the jackasses who come in ranting and raving) and simply asking if they could replace your battery. pizza or hot wings always helps too.
darkgodz said:
actually, as a sprint technical consultant, that info is incorrect.
batteries through sprint are covered for 1 year under your manufacturer warranty. TEP in no way covers batteries.
i dont know what samsungs official stance is on battery warranty as it has never been an option for us to really say things like "go back to samsung".
all that being said, at the location i work at, we routinely give batteries at no charge regardless of warranty status or TEP.
i always recommend going into your local (corporate) sprint store and behaving politely and nicely (i never feel like helping the jackasses who come in ranting and raving) and simply asking if they could replace your battery. pizza or hot wings always helps too.
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Just passin' on what I got from the local resellers and corp. store in Chi-town NW suburbs. Thanks for clarifying the official position and that it may just be a matter of how you go in and see what they can do.
whats77inaname said:
I am out of warranty, too, but that didn't make a difference. They didn't ask me for my name, nor any of my account information. I just said, hey, check this out, showed him the battery and the guy said what he said. I was thinking the same thing as you, but I figured they'd replace it for free. Think about the alternative, the interwebs in a conniption about "Samsung SII blows up in some guys pocket, battery may be to blame." Sprint, nor Samsung, would want to deal with that debacle, much less pending class action lawsuits as it repeatedly happened....
Word of advice: check the replacement battery. I watched them cut open the plastic bag containing the single replacement battery, and when the guy gave it to me, I looked it over and noticed the water/moisture indicator was solid red. I pointed it out to the rep, who looked it over in disbelief, saying that had never happened. He then got me another battery that was fine.
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darkgodz said:
actually, as a sprint technical consultant, that info is incorrect.
batteries through sprint are covered for 1 year under your manufacturer warranty. TEP in no way covers batteries.
i dont know what samsungs official stance is on battery warranty as it has never been an option for us to really say things like "go back to samsung".
all that being said, at the location i work at, we routinely give batteries at no charge regardless of warranty status or TEP.
i always recommend going into your local (corporate) sprint store and behaving politely and nicely (i never feel like helping the jackasses who come in ranting and raving) and simply asking if they could replace your battery. pizza or hot wings always helps too.
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Yep they replaced the battery without question but did look up my info and told me I was out of the 1 year warranty. But I am concerned that now I am starting to see the same behavior with the new battery and am a little worried that they will charge me for another battery. It is not my setup for sure nor any apps as I keep a clean system. If it goes out and they want to charge me then I'll just go another route as there are cheaper bats out there.
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Yep they replaced the battery without question but did look up my info and told me I was out of the 1 year warranty. But I am concerned that now I am starting to see the same behavior with the new battery and am a little worried that they will charge me for another battery. It is not my setup for sure nor any apps as I keep a clean system. If it goes out and they want to charge me then I'll just go another route as there are cheaper bats out there.
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how often are you charging your battery? are you leaving it in high heat areas?
there are a LOT of factors that can contribute to this issue.
i would also be leary of "cheaper" batteries. stock or oem batteries have built in circuit boards that communicate with the device and software and often times, the "cheaper" batteries are prone to leaving out these failsafes that are built in.
quick basics:
DO:
• Charge when convenient, but don’t forget to charge routinely. Once a day is usually enough. “Thin” phones especially may need to be charged daily.
• Minimize talking while charging. The PA (power amplifier) heats the phone while talking, and the charging also heats the phone. Heat is hard on the battery.
• Bring battery to a charge level of one bar on charging indicator if not used for a long time, not to all three bars (particularly at higher temperatures).
• Store in a cool, dry place, ideally.
• Store extra battery in a cool, dry place with one bar on charging indicator.
Understand that data usage and features such as Bluetooth will require more frequent charging than in the days of voice-only phones.
DON’T:
• “Deep cycle”…run battery all the way down before recharging.
• Keep in hot car.
• Immerse in liquid.
• Freeze.
• Shop for a “miracle charger,” which doesn’t exist for Lithium-ion batteries.
• Buy an extra battery until it will be used.
i'd be happy to send you a replacement battery if it was needed but sadly they frown upon putting explosive materials in the mail...
but if you are in the houston/katy texas area, feel free to drop in.

LG G3 Severe annoyances

Hi all, this is my first post here, just thought I would share my experiences with the LG G3 (D855)
...probably the worst phone I have ever owned, so far I have had the Nexus one, Nexus S, Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 4 and a Nexus 5. My nexus 5 got destroyed at work, so took this as an opportunity to upgrade, but didn't want the Nexus 6 due to its size.
Now, where to start with the G3...
Signal- it is unbelievably bad, going from the Nexus where signal was nearly full in my room to barely getting any now. It is impossible to make calls or browse the net with the phone unless connected to the WiFi, I could download on H+ at about 1.2 mB a second, where as the G3 will barely refresh Facebook. My phone gets used at work quite a bit, but the signal isn't the strongest- however, all phones worked there to make call, apart from this one
Keyboard- Who the hell designs a keyboard without the comma on the front of it without having to go into a menu? This is where you tell me to install another one, but seriously?
Battery- yes I can understand it is a big screen etc, but for 3000 mAh it a atrocious.
Airplane mode- yes I know what it does, why the hell does it tell me every time I select it.
McAfee- we have a play store, I am not a chump and don't download from unknown sources, give the option to remove it.
Vibrate- yes it is harsh, but I work in a noisy environment, I need a strong vibrate function, however, one thing I DO NOT NEED is for it to vibrate in my ear when someone texts/whatsapps me during a call. This makes hearing the other person impossible, they can even hear it on the other end of the phone. I see no way of dulling the vibrate but only when in a call?
-Camera lag
-OS lag (Severe)
Yes, they have wowed their customers with a qhd display, but seriously, they need to start spending money on where it matters like antenna research. After a quick Google, it turns out to be a huge problem with this phone. Not just mine personally.
I am returning this phone after 18 hours of having it. Sorry LG, but they have lost me as a customer.
Dave
Looking for your previous phones I still think this "lag" is a placebo.
Came from a GNex and I must say that LG G3 does NOT lags.
Thank you for your judgment on how I percieve lag, my last phone was a Nexus 5 with CM, it did NOT have lag. This phone does.
UPDATE
Ok, after doing some more reading up, I decided to give the phone a bit more of a chance. I was headed on a 60 mile drive with my brother to see my family this Christmas. Before I left, I gave it a factory reset just to make sure I started with a clean slate.
Anyway headed on my way, 85% battery, I sent a friend a whatsapp message that would sit there ready to send and then go when I got signal. 40 miles traveled, checking very often here and there and it still hadn't sent. The battery had dropped to 25% in this time. Rather than waste any more time or battery in the hope that it would eventually get signal, I put airplane mode on. Guess what, I know what airplane mode does, because it told me AGAIN.
Now, I know this journey well, I know where I get signal and where I don't. All previous phones would have worked numerous places where the G3 didn't.
Oddly, instead of getting signal in some of the places around home where it should definately get it, the phone just constantly displayed roaming and wouldn't allow data. This happens with the Three network from time to time, but always happens in certain places where the network isnt available and allows voice calls only, not at home where there IS reception.
UPDATE
Just discovered that the stock charger cannot supply enough current to use the phone at the same time as charging. This phone is just brilliant...
DavidVanstone said:
Hi all, this is my first post here, just thought I would share my experiences with the LG G3 (D855)
Keyboard- Who the hell designs a keyboard without the comma on the front of it without having to go into a menu? This is where you tell me to install another one, but seriously?
-OS lag (Severe)
Dave
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I understand you are about to return it already, this is more for people who is experiencing your issues.
The 2 issues above can be solved:
-Keyboard: it is configurable. Settings-> Language and input-> Lg Keyboard-> Keyboard height and layout-> Bottom row keys.
-OS lag: I got the phone 2 days ago and I was quite pissed off about the touch panel lag. The issue was the Touch zoom in my case. Go to Settings-> General-> Accessibility and disable Touch zoom.
DavidVanstone said:
UPDATE
Just discovered that the stock charger cannot supply enough current to use the phone at the same time as charging. This phone is just brilliant...
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I am not sure what do you mean here. I used the phone for a couple of hours yesterday from 0% battery to ~30% while charging.
I hope this helps.
R.
Ok thank you, installed the google keyboard for now, used to it so feel at hone
I can live with all the issues (as I would most probably ROM it if I kept it anyway) but cannot abide the very very poor signal and the charging. It is currently on charge and has dropped 2% in the time I have written this. Screen brightness is on its lowest.
Have raised an RMA, just waiting to hear back. It is such a shame, it has its good points, love the screen, volume isn't as bad as most make out. Just a lot of other issues (mainly software) that seriously need to be addressed.
Did i just read you complaining about LAG comparing the LG OS with a nexus 5 that was on ****ing CYANOGEN?!
Well just install CYANOGEN on your G3 and be done with it....
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Did i just read you complaining about LAG comparing the LG OS with a nexus 5 that was on ****ing CYANOGEN?!
Well just install CYANOGEN on your G3 and be done with it....
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And that will cure my hardware signal issues will it? I think not.
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Tried three different chargers tonight, none of which make any difference to its inability to be charging while being used. It just keeps slowly running out.
Yeah I just upgraded from a Nokia Lumia 1020 today, and I have to admit...I am unimpressed. This thing is, on paper, WAY more powerful, so why the hell is it so. goddamn. LAGGY?
The lag, I can live with, as said, if I was keeping it I woukd probably ROM it anyway.
The thing is there are a lot of issues that need to be addressed, and with us all being techy types we could sort most of the issues with some modding, but here is my question, what does the average end user do with the problems? Accept them? Talk to LG and get told that the phone should vibrate like that when getting a notification during a call? Get told that the signal issues are because of the carrier. Get told that the reason their batteriy is going flat is because of apps they have installed? When after all this it is a combination of bad software and hardware that lets this phone down, no one else's fault.
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Battery full notification, during writing this, every time I paused for a few seconds the phone vibrated, left a notification and bleeped to tell me the battery was full- this gets highly ***king annoying after a while, can this be turned off?!
Oh, here is the graph of the battery during my drive yesterday that I explained about. The drop is when the phone was looking for signal duringn the journey.
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You can see at the -5 and -3 hour mark where I put the phone on charge, a small spike in the graph, then immediately while being used, the level continued to drop with it still plugged in.
Yeah, the average user is pretty much ****ed. Thing is, there is NO excuse for it. If Microsoft, the former king of bloat, can make a smooth, fast, stable operating system that flies even on low end hardware, why can't Google make it fly on high end hardware? Why can't LG?
I will keep experimenting with Roms, but right now it's very likely I'll return this and go back to a Windows phone.
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Yeah, the average user is pretty much ****ed. Thing is, there is NO excuse for it. If Microsoft, the former king of bloat, can make a smooth, fast, stable operating system that flies even on low end hardware, why can't Google make it fly on high end hardware? Why can't LG?
I will keep experimenting with Roms, but right now it's very likely I'll return this and go back to a Windows phone.
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It is such a shame, the phone does have some good bits going for it, but I am definately returning mine, the RMA has been raised with Ebuyer, just waiting to hear back.
I would have rommed it, but seeing as it's going back I couldn't be doing with the hassle of doing it and putting it back to stock again. Also, not being able to utilise the 4k and other camera features in aosp. Maybe someone can sort that, but either way, a phone not being able to get signal is a big problem for me and for some reason this issue seems to be getting more and more common nowadays (why is this?).
A quick question, which smartphones ACTUALLY have good signal? Once this one has gone, I'll be looking for another phone.
I just bought my G3 Monday, switched from an iPhone 6. The stock rom was slow.
Today rooted and installed Candy5. This phone is a beast. I haven't had one thing today phase this.
You can't compare CM to stock.
Works very well paired the Lg w110 watch.
Also this phone has much much better coverage then my iPhone and has the same that my Note 2 had.
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Extreme battery drain after 5.1.1 update

Hey guys. Can y'all help me figure out what's sulking my battery? The phone is not sleeping at all.
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Security policy and passpoint run constantly even though I have disabled almost everything in the settings
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It's Google play services. Reinstall it and it should be fixed. I had same problem until 2 days ago
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It's Google play services. Reinstall it and it should be fixed. I had same problem until 2 days ago
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Thanks Urban. Will try when I get home this evening and report back if it fixes the issue.
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UrbanLagoon said:
It's Google play services. Reinstall it and it should be fixed. I had same problem until 2 days ago
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Hey Urban. I tried reinstalling Play services and it's still sticking battery like crazy. Do you have any other ideas? The phone is literally not sleeping at all. I'm wondering if there might be any good non-root apps out there that can identify what's keeping the phone awake?
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I'm having the exact same issue and at the point where the battery is draining so bad that even when plugged in, it still counts down. I'm going to back everything up and attempt a factory reset and I'll let you know if it helps at all.
xxTheFlyingNutxx said:
I'm having the exact same issue and at the point where the battery is draining so bad that even when plugged in, it still counts down. I'm going to back everything up and attempt a factory reset and I'll let you know if it helps at all.
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My battery started sucking again too. It was ok last week, but started draining fast this week.
Make sure you give your phone like 3 days before reporting success or failure after your factory reset.
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xxTheFlyingNutxx said:
I'm having the exact same issue and at the point where the battery is draining so bad that even when plugged in, it still counts down. I'm going to back everything up and attempt a factory reset and I'll let you know if it helps at all.
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Hey thanks bro. Please let me know what happens. I can hardly wait for 6.0 to come out. Doze will put a lot of this craziness to rest and improve battery life greatly
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Alright so the back up, reset, and restore went smoothly. And the battery is at least counting upward when plugged in so I think I'd call that some pretty intense progress. Though even then it not definite proof that it works 100% how I'd like it to, it's too soon to tell. I'll keep everyone updated if it starts acting up over the next few days.
Did u just back up your apps and data via Google?
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Did u just back up your apps and data via Google?
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Nawh I used Samsung smart switch on my computer, though I think everything was already backed up regardless through Google so I had it in 2 places. Either way I got everything I needed back and so far my battery isn't doing so bad.
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Nawh I used Samsung smart switch on my computer, though I think everything was already backed up regardless through Google so I had it in 2 places. Either way I got everything I needed back and so far my battery isn't doing so bad.
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Ok cool. I might consider trying that. Would you mind reporting back in a couple of days and let me know if the battery seams to be doing any better? I hate to go through the pain of a factory reset unless it looks like it will help... lol
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Ok cool. I might consider trying that. Would you mind reporting back in a couple of days and let me know if the battery seams to be doing any better? I hate to go through the pain of a factory reset unless it looks like it will help... lol
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Well I can say for sure that the battery is better than it was. I still have all the same apps and use it just as much as I did - if not more. I charge it to 100% before leaving the house for the day and usually the phone would be dead before I got home but it's currently at 32%, so it's progress. Used to be at like 70% when I got home before the update but at least it gets me through the day. I think it's worth giving a try.
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Well I can say for sure that the battery is better than it was. I still have all the same apps and use it just as much as I did - if not more. I charge it to 100% before leaving the house for the day and usually the phone would be dead before I got home but it's currently at 32%, so it's progress. Used to be at like 70% when I got home before the update but at least it gets me through the day. I think it's worth giving a try.
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I had a thought as to what might be causing my battery drain. I'm wondering if it might be because I don't have a SIM card in the phone? I have been using my nexus 5 as a daily driver for the last couple weeks. I'm wondering if because the phone doesn't have a SIM that it's constantly searching for a signal or trying to maintain connection to at&t's servers for software updates or something? Do you think this may be what's keeping the phone from sleeping?
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I had a thought as to what might be causing my battery drain. I'm wondering if it might be because I don't have a SIM card in the phone? I have been using my nexus 5 as a daily driver for the last couple weeks. I'm wondering if because the phone doesn't have a SIM that it's constantly searching for a signal or trying to maintain connection to at&t's servers for software updates or something? Do you think this may be what's keeping the phone from sleeping?
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Honestly I couldn't tell you for sure but I do have a SIM and the phone is constantly for me too. I assume that there's a bigger problem that we still don't know about that is preventing the phone from sleeping.
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Honestly I couldn't tell you for sure but I do have a SIM and the phone is constantly for me too. I assume that there's a bigger problem that we still don't know about that is preventing the phone from sleeping.
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Well I popped my SIM in and let it sit all afternoon and what do you know.... It finally slept! Seems like not having the SIM in keeps the phone awake for some reason? Really weird but at least the issue seems to be resolved for the time being
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Well I popped my SIM in and let it sit all afternoon and what do you know.... It finally slept! Seems like not having the SIM in keeps the phone awake for some reason? Really weird but at least the issue seems to be resolved for the time being
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Coincidentally I also got an update in the security policy for my phone from at&t and it said it changed around app permissions so maybe it kept them from staying awake because I just checked the graph thing and my phone isn't awake as much. Right now there are too many factors to single out what one thing it is that is helping the issue.
I was having the exact same issues. At work I was sitting at my desk and after about a half hour, with my phone in my pocket and not touching it, my leg would start to feel warm. So, since I'm not allowed to pull my phone out and look at it, I waited till I was on break. In 2.5 hours my phone went from 98% to 68%. So, I restarted my phone and went back to work. After an hour, my leg started warming up again. I tried to ignore it but I was getting scared it might blow up in my pocket. I went to the bathroom to just shut the phone off until break and it was at 36% after just 2 more hours.
This all started after the 5.1.1 update and only at work. So I downloaded Gsam Pro and Usage Timelines Pro and tried to find out what was going on.
Turns out it only was happening when I was at work AND had Bluetooth turned on. I guess that's because I turn on Bluetooth while at work to watch movies off my Plex Server and listen with my Bluetooth headphones. I turned off Bluetooth and use my tablet (running 5.1.1 with 0 problems) at work instead. So far so good and it's been a week.
I would like to point out that in 8 hours at work, before the upgrade, my phone used to go from 100% to 75 with light usage and bad wifi signal. It's now back to those percentages after turning Bluetooth off.
Also, neither battery monitoring program showed Bluetooth as the culprit.
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I have had my Bluetooth settings turned off today. The phone seems to be sleeping perfectly and I've had 3.5 hrs SOT with 35% battery left. Considering much of the SOT was gaming I think that's pretty acceptable.
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