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Red Screen of death issue

I have had the Sprint Epic 4G Touch since launch day and today everything on my screen turned into a deep shade of red for a couple of minutes and I thought it was a dead screen I would have to return to Sprint and then the normal color returned out of nowhere. Does anyone know if this is something I triggered or was this just a glitch? The home button, screen off/on, changing screens did not fix this problem. All functions were working from what I could tell and I could make everything out on the screen and it was bright but everything was a shade of red.
My phone is stock and I have Go Launcher running on it with many Go Widgets. I had about 50% battery from what I remember. I may have had the Words With Friends application running at the time if anything. I have a few emulators and ROMs on my external sdcard that were not running but everything else on my phone is normal.

Thos happened to me also. i am rooted with stock kernal. was weird. i rebooted and hasnt done it since then.
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it happened to me once since I got my phone but hasnt since. It reminds me of the red render effect in CM 7. That's the best way to describe it.
It's similar to this, not exact but similar..
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Mine turned red when I went into the camera ,a light red I exited the camera locked ulocked whent to cam anc it was normal. This only happened once
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I have had that but not red , Just green. It was when i was opening everything trying to kill my battery and played fruit ninja

dmbatson said:
I have had that but not red , Just green. It was when i was opening everything trying to kill my battery and played fruit ninja
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Same color for me but when I was opening the web browser
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this also happened to me once for a few minutes...freaked me out...went back to normal and not since

Since a screen shot was made
Its probably a bug sammy overlooked
If we blast sammy's twitter about they will be forced to give us that update
Why you ask
Because the other variants of the gs2 hasnt come out yet and if they wait super long to give us these updates chances are less ppl will buy the gs2 for t mobile and att
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gtuansdiamm said:
Since a screen shot was made
Its probably a bug sammy overlooked
If we blast sammy's twitter about they will be forced to give us that update
Why you ask
Because the other variants of the gs2 hasnt come out yet and if they wait super long to give us these updates chances are less ppl will buy the gs2 for t mobile and att
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then lets blast away!! consumers shouldn't sit aside with faulty products because a company is too big to admit to its faults

graffixnyc said:
it happened to me once since I got my phone but hasnt since. It reminds me of the red render effect in CM 7. That's the best way to describe it.
It's similar to this, not exact but similar..
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This is extremely close to how it looked on my screen. I tried recreating it but couldn't. I'm glad I'm not the only one. Like I said everything was functional I just thought the screen took a nose dive on me. I'll blast sammy's twitter also.

I've had the same strange red shade. Thought maybe it was a hardware problem; glad to see it wasn't just me.
I've had another weird screen mode issue - "safe mode." No idea what this meant, but didn't notice any limitations. Just had a little shaded rectangle at the bottom left of the screen no matter what I did. Had to restart the phone to make it go away.
I've also had a warning that I was overheating the battery by flying through Manhattan in Google Earth with 3D rendering turned on. Not a bug - just didn't think it would be possible to pull that off when the phone is in an environment of standard room temperature.
See the attached screenshots.

First LOS

Got my first LOS today. I've had the phone for about a month. Yesterday i rooted using the autoroot method so i didn't mess with the Kernel or anything so i'm not sure if it's coincidence or what. Just letting you guys know.

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Got my first LOS today. I've had the phone for about a month. Yesterday i rooted using the autoroot method so i didn't mess with the Kernel or anything so i'm not sure if it's coincidence or what. Just letting you guys know.
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I've had my phone for about a month and a half or so... I just got my first "official" LOS (the little "no" sign) on Thursday last week. I rooted with the Autoroot about 2 weeks ago so I don't think there is any connection.
I've had "ghost" LOS a few times, though, where the phone wouldn't send or receive text or make a call. I still showed "bars" however...
Now that I've had an LOS, I think I'll try a ROM or two while wating for ICS or CM7/9.

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Lmao hahah .....priceless ...hey i wanted to let.y'all know Im watching netflix on my epic.touch
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Lmao hahah .....priceless ...hey i wanted to let.y'all know Im watching netflix on my epic.touch
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For the record, I had a LOS two days ago, haven't had one since. Im also drinking a Monster Rehab, good stuff man.

had tons of LoS when i was rooted(for about a month) unrooted yesterday and have had full bars ever since then, may on drop 1 bar every now and then but besides that i've had no problems

Had my second one today. Trying send a message it went from 3g with full bars, to no 3g, to the bars going down slowly, to the no symbol. Had to reboot, and it seemed to happen after uploading 20 pics to Facebook.
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Had my first beer today. It was a Coors light two stage cold activation but it was only first stage cold. Didn't taste good. Thought I'd let you guys know.

MrDowntown12 said:
Had my first beer today. It was a Coors light two stage cold activation but it was only first stage cold. Didn't taste good. Thought I'd let you guys know.
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More of this please

great...another los thread

This phone has some great hardware but I've experienced LOS even before my phone was rooted. It happens about once per week for me, on average.

Just got my first I after I rooted. Sucks balls.
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I rooted using the non-ODIN method as soon as I got home from Sprint with my Epic Touch. Stock kernel, stock ROM, I just wanted to be able to run Adfree and a couple other root only apps.
I've only had one LOS, that was yesterday, about a week after getting my phone.
What I noticed about my LOS was that I was in my basement, I had NO bars then all the sudden I lost signal because it legitimately wasn't there. My HTC EVO 4G does this in the basement from time to time too and couldn't roam either.
Anyway, I went upstairs and left to run to the store but the phone never got signal back until I did a full reboot as where my EVO would/does.
No big deal. Nothing that has warranted me installing viperboys LoS mod yet or anything.
So far this phones been pretty trouble free.

This thread is fun, it's like a special ed Twitter, only much much slower.

Is anyone getting a bunch of issues?

I have the AT&T version after owning my international S2 for a year. My S2 rarely had any issues and crashed applications.
After having the S3, I notice it's not as smooth as my S2. Is anyone else having issues?
- My apps would force close or hang. I mostly use XDA and Tapatalk and I'd say it would have issues maybe 33% of the time.
- The dialer and messaging app lag so much. It seems like eternity when I try to open them or dial out. The camera app is laggy too.
- For the second time, my SD card is corrupted after rebooting. I can't access it and I don't know what to do.
I'm not flaming here. I'm just under the impression this phone was supposed to outperform its predecessor.
Can anyone advise on how to clear these issues? Is it in need of a replacement?
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rwc3b said:
I have the AT&T version after owning my international S2 for a year. My S2 rarely had any issues and crashed applications.
After having the S3, I notice it's not as smooth as my S2. Is anyone else having issues?
- My apps would force close or hang. I mostly use XDA and Tapatalk and I'd say it would have issues maybe 33% of the time.
- The dialer and messaging app lag so much. It seems like eternity when I try to open them or dial out. The camera app is laggy too.
- For the second time, my SD card is corrupted after rebooting. I can't access it and I don't know what to do.
I'm not flaming here. I'm just under the impression this phone was supposed to outperform its predecessor.
Can anyone advise on how to clear these issues? Is it in need of a replacement?
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I say take it back and exchange it right away. I haven't experienced any of these issues to speak of, and I'm a power user who's had the device since Tmo launch day. I may have seen an app hang for a moment, I mean it is android and that occasionally happens, but I honestly can't think of anything that really sticks out to me besides YouTube once in a while when I'm opening it. I've had zero lag with the call app opening & no hanging in the dialer. My sd has functioned fine also. There have been reports of other buggy gs3's so I think you have a bad model? Mine is as flawless as I've ever seen any Android phone function, and you should have the same for your money!

Have you tried another SD card? It says it is damaged.

I think your Tapatalk issue is a problem with Tapatalk and not your phone. Does it on mine too -- it acts like a memory leak. It only happens after Tapatalk has been open for a long time. After killing the app and restarting, it behaves fine (for a while, that is).
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I agree on warranty return. None of those problems for me.

I get crashes on other apps too. It's not just limited to Tapatalk
I got my phone through Best Buy 28 days ago. I hope an exchange for a new phone is no problem. Hopefully nothing refurbished since it's still fairly new.
Anyone know if I have to return accessories and box too?

I say exchange as well. My last phone was gs2 that I loved, worked perfectly. That's why I went for the gs3. I figured the s2 was so great the s3 must be better; it was/is. Workes perfectly not a single issue with anything. Super long battery life, smooth, fast and loving it.
I like it so much, I keep going back to the stock Rom after trying Rom after Rom like cm10, task, tuchmi, wamlite and others just to name a few.
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Hmmm. I'm not having issues with any application crashing other than Tapatalk. If you're seeing it with many apps, I'd definitely consider exchanging it.
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Los and other issues(first two hours)

Fing boot loop. As we speak...it's fing doing it. I'll post you tube soon.
Also had los issues. After being in for 3 mins(no time issue.) I get a loss, try prl or profile updating...and bam. Was so excited, watched taking, waited. I'm thoroughly bummed.
Thanks Sprint for the $400 brick
-Steve
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIN2A2MgvwA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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No way anyone can help you with such an incident message so what's the point of posting it.
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It's under General, and giving a heads up.I've had EVERY Sprint galaxy device upon release.just giving a short review of what I found upon opening.I have had Samsung android devices since they started.first oob disappointment.
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tubasteve said:
Fing boot loop. As we speak...it's fing doing it. I'll post you tube soon.
Also had los issues. After being in for 3 mins(no time issue.) I get a loss, try prl or profile updating...and bam. Was so excited, watched taking, waited. I'm thoroughly bummed.
Thanks Sprint for the $400 brick
-Steve
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It must be your device. I didn't have a single issue as reboot, boot loop etc. Now I've had a few of FCs but with apps that FCed on my other phones too.
LOS was much worse on GSIII for me, I had to turn off and on data to get it back or get 3G instead of 1xRTT quite often. Very little of such LOS issues on my new Note II.
I've had some but updating PRL usually resolved it.
Also it only happened while I was driving (truck driver - all over the country) so I can understand there could be some handoff issues with sprint towers. It never happened yet while I was stationary.
Btw...You paid $400????

I had terrible LOS issues on my GS2, the device was terrible. I haven't seen a single LOS with my Note 2. Every area that I had LOS or data issues with the GS2 is solid on the Note 2. Not a single boot loop, reboot, etc issue at all. Maybe a couple of 3rd party app FCs, but nothing from the stock apps.
Sorry you got a lemon, return it and have it replaced. You are still in the 14 day window.

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I had terrible LOS issues on my GS2, the device was terrible. I haven't seen a single LOS with my Note 2. Every area that I had LOS or data issues with the GS2 is solid on the Note 2. Not a single boot loop, reboot, etc issue at all. Maybe a couple of 3rd party app FCs, but nothing from the stock apps.
Sorry you got a lemon, return it and have it replaced. You are still in the 14 day window.
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I kept GSII for exactly 8 hours! The LOS and signal strength were unacceptable. Just plain ridiculous. I couldn't make a call from inside of my house. I could only imagine how it would "perform" if I took it on the road.

Vibration sounds "loose"

This just started yesterday, US unlocked model. Never dropped it either. All of a sudden, the vibration when clicking buttons, typing, etc, sounds loose and there is an audible "click" sound (not touch sound click) accompanying it. Anyone else have this happen? Unlocked, S-Off, rooted. I may have to send it in, just wondering if anyone else has it.

Looks like no one else, makes me think it's definitely hardware related, guess it's replacement/repair time.

Got the replacement all set up, this is the first htc phone I've had to send back. I kept looking through the threads about the right process for this - go back to s-on, then relock bootloader, and then run the ruu. I think that is the correct order, correct?

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Got the replacement all set up, this is the first htc phone I've had to send back. I kept looking through the threads about the right process for this - go back to s-on, then relock bootloader, and then run the ruu. I think that is the correct order, correct?
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Yes, you may need sunshine to make it S-OFF LOCKED, then go back to S-ON LOCKED, then flash the RUU, there you go.

Cool, thank you.

metalfan78 said:
Cool, thank you.
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Honestly I have always felt like HTC phones have had somewhat of a loose vibration feeling, compared to say a samsung or iphone, where its basically the opposite.

Yea, it's not very strong, but it is definitely different than it was last week. Something came loose inside.

metalfan78 said:
This just started yesterday, US unlocked model. Never dropped it either. All of a sudden, the vibration when clicking buttons, typing, etc, sounds loose and there is an audible "click" sound (not touch sound click) accompanying it. Anyone else have this happen? Unlocked, S-Off, rooted. I may have to send it in, just wondering if anyone else has it.
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Ummm my Sprint variant just started to do this. I have the profile widget on the left side of screen and when I toggle vibrate mode it sounds "loose" or rattling. Now it doesn't do this all the time, but its there. I have also noticed it when typing a text. So you took yours back? I'm already on my 2nd 10 as the first one drained 3% battery every couple minutes straight out of the box. I'm way passed the 14 day mark at Sprint and would prob get a refurb anyways.

I bought mine from HTC so I had to send it in and they are sending me a replacement.

Another problem I continued to have is the SD card would continuously unmount. Hopefully the new one is a better quality unit.

Went into Sprint tonight and showed the tech the rattling noise from vibration feedback. He said yea that's not right. They ordered me another and will be here Tuesday. This will be my 3rd!

That's good. Sucks that you are on your 3rd one already though.

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That's good. Sucks that you are on your 3rd one already though.
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Hoping the 3rd one has no issues. Really digging this phone, but man if I keep having issues may have to move on to something else!

I had the same vibration problem. Almost like something rattling inside against the body of the phone.
As it was only 2 weeks old I got a direct replacement next day.

Yea, that's exactly what it sounded like. Got my replacement yesterday, back to rooted and S-Off last night. Hopefully it's not an ongoing issue.

This is ridiculous. Now my camera is borked. Gotta get ANOTHER replacement

Well, htc's customer service really sucks.

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Well, htc's customer service really sucks.
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What are they gonna do for you?
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I have to wait 3-5 days just to talk to the escalation department. They refuse to just replace the phone, even though they sent me a defective one. 3 live chats, 2 phone calls, ridiculous.

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This is a normal shot from about 3 feet away. Camera refuses to focus. It sucks.