So I won a bid on ebay about an almost new inc 2 with some problem
The car mode can not be turned off and when there is incoming call, the speaker is always on and under normal conditions apps won't have sound
After a search online, it seems to be a common problem about the usb dock connector, so I ordered a flex connector with usb dock online and replaced the one in my phone and the issues seems gone
Apps can have sound, incoming calls don't turn speakers on by themselves, and the phone doesn't goes to dock mode from time to time.
however, the steering wheel is still on the screen and I cannot get rid off this thing, any thoughts or suggestions? are there any indications the phone is still in dock mode? I've attached a pic about the strange icon. Your input is appreciated.
Another noob question is about the rom. I'm planning to flash this thing to pageplus prepaid, is it still able to get the possible ICS update from verizon? I've browsed the dev section and seems there are few ics or jb roms running on the device perfectly. Or after the phone is flashed to PPC, can I still install third-party roms without problem? I really want a rom that's stock android, i.e, not customized with bloatwares, like the stock rom in nexus phone.
Once again, thanks for your help.
Steering wheel icon - LMAO! I have to thank you for this post because I almost pooped myself reading this.
That's the location icon. You can get rid of it by flashing a ROM, assuming you have root. You do realize your phone is in airplane mode as well?
Jizzylax said:
Steering wheel icon - LMAO! I have to thank you for this post because I almost pooped myself reading this.
That's the location icon. You can get rid of it by flashing a ROM, assuming you have root. You do realize your phone is in airplane mode as well?
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Ahh, my first turns out to be a stupid one. Then all my worries are solved.
I have optimus t, first gen galaxy tab, and xoom tab now, but never seen this icon that's why
what's the location for? it looked exactly like a steering wheel, if not the one in a car, then the one in a ship.
michael3770 said:
Ahh, my first turns out to be a stupid one. Then all my worries are solved.
I have optimus t, first gen galaxy tab, and xoom tab now, but never seen this icon that's why
what's the location for? it looked exactly like a steering wheel, if not the one in a car, then the one in a ship.
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What's it for? Hell if I know. If you have the location services turned on in settings, it pops up. It is an annoyance. Most ROMs you will flash have the icon removed or the ability to remove the icon through tweaks or a patch.
I do agree - it does look a bit like a steering wheel.
Jizzylax said:
Steering wheel icon - LMAO! I have to thank you for this post because I almost pooped myself reading this.
That's the location icon. You can get rid of it by flashing a ROM, assuming you have root. You do realize your phone is in airplane mode as well?
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What's it for? Hell if I know. If you have the location services turned on in settings, it pops up. It is an annoyance. Most ROMs you will flash have the icon removed or the ability to remove the icon through tweaks or a patch.
I do agree - it does look a bit like a steering wheel.
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I can not turn off the icon, the E911 in location services can not be turned off
michael3770 said:
So I won a bid on ebay about an almost new inc 2 with some problem
The car mode can not be turned off and when there is incoming call, the speaker is always on and under normal conditions apps won't have sound
After a search online, it seems to be a common problem about the usb dock connector, so I ordered a flex connector with usb dock online and replaced the one in my phone and the issues seems gone
Apps can have sound, incoming calls don't turn speakers on by themselves, and the phone doesn't goes to dock mode from time to time.
however, the steering wheel is still on the screen and I cannot get rid off this thing, any thoughts or suggestions? are there any indications the phone is still in dock mode? I've attached a pic about the strange icon. Your input is appreciated.
Another noob question is about the rom. I'm planning to flash this thing to pageplus prepaid, is it still able to get the possible ICS update from verizon? I've browsed the dev section and seems there are few ics or jb roms running on the device perfectly. Or after the phone is flashed to PPC, can I still install third-party roms without problem? I really want a rom that's stock android, i.e, not customized with bloatwares, like the stock rom in nexus phone.
Once again, thanks for your help.
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Someone or me can root the stock rom then you can flash it, don't know about that mobile service but as long as the bands are compatible you should be able to do it. If you want rom without sense Aero has unofficial cm9 and condemned has one based on AOKP both are more pure android with no sense
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You shouldn't need to flash the phone for it to work on pageplus. As long as it's a Verizon phone that was not originally sold as a prepaid device it should work as is.
Just out of curiousity, how did you screenshot with a stock rom
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JehC said:
Just out of curiousity, how did you screenshot with a stock rom
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home+power button
Dermen said:
You shouldn't need to flash the phone for it to work on pageplus. As long as it's a Verizon phone that was not originally sold as a prepaid device it should work as is.
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So I don't have to update the PRL and so on?
I saw there are certain procedures to get message and 3g going
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home+power button
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Uh I think he meant stock, non-rooted ROM, in which case there is no native screenshot function such as home + power.
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Uh I think he meant stock, non-rooted ROM, in which case there is no native screenshot function such as home + power.
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I think mine is also stock 2.3
it works
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I think mine is also stock 2.3
it works
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Are you rooted?
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Are you rooted?
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i don't think so
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i don't think so
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Lol. OK.
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michael3770 said:
So I don't have to update the PRL and so on?
I saw there are certain procedures to get message and 3g going
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You will have to call *22890 to program the phone, but that is it.
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What's it for? Hell if I know. If you have the location services turned on in settings, it pops up. It is an annoyance. Most ROMs you will flash have the icon removed or the ability to remove the icon through tweaks or a patch.
I do agree - it does look a bit like a steering wheel.
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Strangely, it's gone by it self this morning, wired
Maybe it's time to go for an aftermarket rom
Or maybe you've evaded the location tracking service. You may be a ninja.
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I have been wishing for a remote to control my phone while it is tucked away in my console and connected to my stereo. I know there are head units that have this built in but my system is factory and I am not looking to replace it. So in searching I ran across this product and ordered it today. It is mainly for Apple but reports say it works on many android devices, though I didn't find the GS2 meantioned specifically. Once I get it in and test it out I will report back my findings in case anyone else is interested.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00824948U/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i01
Interested!
Ok it finally showed up today. It took a lot longer than I expected to get here but it was well worth the wait. All I can say is wow. This thing is fantastic. Works better than I exprected.
The remote is small and light. Would prefer a more solid feel to it but it is great for what it is. It has a dedicated on and off button. It paired to my phone in about 10 seconds, didn't even pull the instructions out . I put my phone inside my desk drawer to test. It is a solid wooden contruction. Pushing play starts your default music player automatically. I could play, pause, previous track, next track, volume up, volume down and mute. The camera button also works. You can open the camera app and take pictures with the remote. While you aren't listening to music the volume buttons control the ringer volume. And if you press and hold the play button it will launch svoice (if installed). So while my phone is in the car I can open pandora, play music or whatever without touching the phone. It has a keyboard button which doesn't seem to do anything, on this phone at least. It also has a home button which if long pressed opens the task manager. While the phone was in my desk I walked to the kitchen and was still able to use the remote. This is about 15 feet from my desk. After that I walked to the front of the office, which is on the other side of the kitchen at about 25 feet and it still worked.
The only downsides I could find are that it connects as a bluetooth keyboard which causes a slight problem. When it connects it sets the samsung keyboard as default and then the samsung keyboard keeps crashing until you go into settings and make swype or whatever else the default keyboard. After that it works perfectly. This may impact other keyboard apps also. Not sure as I only use swype. To me this is a minor issue as the purpose is to not be using the phone while the remote is connected. Plus there may be a work around like uninstalling the samsung keyboard. The only other issue, also minor, is that the battery cover is extremely hard to get off. Good thing the batteries are supposed to last for months. This, of course, remains to be seen since I just got it.
Even with the minor problems I still give this remote a solid 5 stars as it does exactly what I wanted it to do and exceeded my expectations. Also I am testing this on Team Rejectz FF18 Universe 1.4. I will perform a EL29 test and stock FF18 test at a later point and see if it works the same.
oh s*** didn't know it had a built in keyboard till I re checked the Amazon pics. I see you said the button doesn't work but does does the keyboard work at all?
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collinsac24 said:
oh s*** didn't know it had a built in keyboard till I re checked the Amazon pics. I see you said the button doesn't work but does does the keyboard work at all?
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No it isn't really a keyboard. It only has numbers for entering the pin on Bluetooth connection. Not sure what the keyboard button is for yet.
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crawrj said:
No it isn't really a keyboard. It only has numbers for entering the pin on Bluetooth connection. Not sure what the keyboard button is for yet.
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I should have zoomed in on the picture sorry haha alright thanks think I'll go ahead and order one or look around for a slightly cheaper version but this one looks great so I may just get it
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collinsac24 said:
I should have zoomed in on the picture sorry haha alright thanks think I'll go ahead and order one or look around for a slightly cheaper version but this one looks great so I may just get it
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If you find something else let me know please.
OK I tested out EL29 and FF18 stock and here are my findings.
EL29 - Did not work. The only buttons that would work are the volume buttons. None of the other buttons worked. I was using Calks stock deodexed rom. Did not care to test any other roms.
Stock FF18 - Worked even better. It did not have the keyboard crashing that I experienced on Universe 1.4. It still made the Samsung keyboard default but it worked with no errors or force closing. Which makes it much nicer to use. The camera button only controls zoom because the volume rocker does zoom by defualt. Replace the camera app with a modded one that takes pictures with the volume rocker and problem solved. You don't have the ability to control apps by voice since svoice isn't installed. May be able to work around this but haven't tried anything else. Also the keyboard does not switch back to your default after disconnecting the remote. It stays on the Samsung Keyboard and you have to manually switch it.
Fixes: Ok I pulled the camera app from Universe and put it on the stock Deodexed rom to fix the camera issue. I installed SVoice from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1668824&highlight=svoice and now I can access that from the remote by long pressing play/pause. Now if I can figure out how to get the S3 Samsung Keyboard on the S2 I will be set.
Note: You can't pair multiple devices at the same time. It is one at a time. If you change the pairing to device 2 you have to delete it on device1 and repair it again if you want to use it again on device1.
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If you find something else let me know please.
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160849708936&ssPageName=ADME:L:eek:U:US:3160
Going to try this out, only 10$ and I have tabs that I could use with it as well(assuming it will work) it has media function controls on top of certain keys, not sure how easy it will be to use in the car though, let you know when I get it.
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collinsac24 said:
Going to try this out, only 10$ and I have tabs that I could use with it as well(assuming it will work) it has media function controls on top of certain keys, not sure how easy it will be to use in the car though, let you know when I get it.
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Are you going to share what this is
crawrj said:
Are you going to share what this is
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Oopps here you go
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160849708936&ssPageName=ADME:L:eek:U:US:3160
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collinsac24 said:
Oopps here you go
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160849708936&ssPageName=ADME:L:eek:U:US:3160
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Let me know how that works. I prefer the remote I have for its size and usability in the car but that would be a good keyboard to have for a tablet or the phone in a pinch.
crawrj said:
Let me know how that works. I prefer the remote I have for its size and usability in the car but that would be a good keyboard to have for a tablet or the phone in a pinch.
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I prefer the remote as well but I'm hoping this could be used just as easily but if not I can just go ahead and get an actual remote later and still have what I hope to be a good keyboard since its only 10$ it's not to bad I guess.
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Forgot to mention that removing the samsung keyboard fixed the keyboard issues for me. I have swype and ICS keyboard installed. I use Swype by default and it stays default after removing the samsung keyboard.
collinsac24 said:
I prefer the remote as well but I'm hoping this could be used just as easily but if not I can just go ahead and get an actual remote later and still have what I hope to be a good keyboard since its only 10$ it's not to bad I guess.
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I have one of those keyboards. It works pretty well and $10 is a good price (I think mine was $28 at Best Buy). I haven't tried using it as a remote however, so I can't comment on that functionality.
Well I finally got it today and it worked as a keyboard for about 5 minutes till I got curious and pressed the ime button now it just does shortcuts no keyboard, but as a remote this thing is perfect especially for 10$, it has the very occasional lag when changing modes it will alive freeze up, but it's only happened once so far and I haven't been able to repeat it. The software included is useless though.
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Not sure if you guys have seen it but the Illumination Bar app by rundgong can be used to keep the softkey touchpad lights always on if the screen is on. So basically the lines under the touchpad symbols will always be lit if your screen is on which makes it much easier to hit the right symbol in the dark.
Can also use it to have those lights act as another notification light for various apps like sms, email, missed calls and more. Check it out.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rundgong.illuminationcontrol
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Spectre51 said:
Not sure if you guys have seen it but the Illumination Bar app by rundgong can be used to keep the softkey touchpad lights always on if the screen is on. So basically the lines under the touchpad symbols will always be lit if your screen is on which makes it much easier to hit the right symbol in the dark.
Can also use it to have those lights act as another notification light for various apps like sms, email, missed calls and more. Check it out.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rundgong.illuminationcontrol
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why thank you kind sir, I found that annoying! :laugh:
Super helpful thank you
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What a life saver at night. Nice find
~Jaramie
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I've noticed that my led on top doesn't light up while I have the bottom keys enabled as well. Is anyone else experiencing this?
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Auggy99 said:
I've noticed that my led on top doesn't light up while I have the bottom keys enabled as well. Is anyone else experiencing this?
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Nope mine still lights up.
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after flashing to ics I'm having issues with it...so I uninstalled it.
the app asks you to enable it in accessibility, after doing so...on browser (dolphin) "talk back" likes to read everything aloud and I don't have it enabled. As soon as I disable Illumination Bar Notification in accessibility the problem goes away. it seems enabling in accessibility doesn't make a difference.
Next issue, recently the led lights don't want to turn off... its seriously drained my battery and on charger it heats up to 106F
Anybody else having issues?
amosconf said:
after flashing to ics I'm having issues with it...so I uninstalled it.
the app asks you to enable it in accessibility, after doing so...on browser (dolphin) "talk back" likes to read everything aloud and I don't have it enabled. As soon as I disable Illumination Bar Notification in accessibility the problem goes away. it seems enabling in accessibility doesn't make a difference.
Next issue, recently the led lights don't want to turn off... its seriously drained my battery and on charger it heats up to 106F
Anybody else having issues?
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I am not. Looks like you are going to have to reflash.
amosconf said:
after flashing to ics I'm having issues with it...so I uninstalled it.
the app asks you to enable it in accessibility, after doing so...on browser (dolphin) "talk back" likes to read everything aloud and I don't have it enabled. As soon as I disable Illumination Bar Notification in accessibility the problem goes away. it seems enabling in accessibility doesn't make a difference.
Anybody else having issues?
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You don't have to turn on notifications. I only use it too keep buttons lit while screen is on.
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popfan said:
I am not. Looks like you are going to have to reflash.
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Everything works just fine, oh well I already got used to the place ment of the capacitive buttons so its not really a big deal
jeriku said:
You don't have to turn on notifications. I only use it too keep buttons lit while screen is on.
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That's what I thought but its been buggy so I just took it off
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Mine flashes, instead of being solid, how do you make it stay solid, instead of flashing?
xyberknight said:
Mine flashes, instead of being solid, how do you make it stay solid, instead of flashing?
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If you 're talking about the led its supposed to flash for notifications. If you're talking about navigation buttons they're probably flashing because you have notifications turned on. Turn that feature off. I just use the app for keeping them on when screen is on.
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So.... Why does this need permission to read my sms/mms content? or my contact data?
Guregnack said:
So.... Why does this need permission to read my sms/mms content? or my contact data?
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Because this app is also used for notifications for SMS/MMS. So in order for it to know when to flash for said incoming SMS/MMS, it has to be able to read them. (Not read their contents...Just read that one has been received.)
Uhhhh.... from my understanding, the receive function is for knowing if there is a mms or sms.
Reading allows the content to be "read".
Right?
Guregnack said:
Uhhhh.... from my understanding, the receive function is for knowing if there is a mms or sms.
Reading allows the content to be "read".
Right?
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The apk needs your permission so that it can gather all of the data inside your phone and send it to Google.
Google owns you, but they need permission first.
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Auggy99 said:
The apk needs your permission so that it can gather all of the data inside your phone and send it to Google.
Google owns you, but they need permission first.
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Hahaha. You make me laugh. But the one screen cap that wasnt shown from the app... Is attached.
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Hahaha. You make me laugh. But the one screen cap that wasnt shown from the app... Is attached.
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Super, thanks for the clarification.
(a bit on edge after battle.net account was hijacked)
Guregnack said:
Super, thanks for the clarification.
(a bit on edge after battle.net account was hijacked)
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Off topic, but Battle.net will give you back your stuff. And if you don't have one, spend the few dollars for the authenticator... Or if you don't wanna spend the money, get the one for your phone from the PlayStore.
(If you replace your Rom, REMOVE the authenticator from your Battle.net account. After you are done all your flashing and mods, then put it back. I learned that the hard way)
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Off topic, but Battle.net will give you back your stuff. And if you don't have one, spend the few dollars for the authenticator... Or if you don't wanna spend the money, get the one for your phone from the PlayStore.
(If you replace your Rom, REMOVE the authenticator from your Battle.net account. After you are done all your flashing and mods, then put it back. I learned that the hard way)
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haha, yea all is well w/ that got it back and got the authenticator for mobile. Blizzard did a bang up job w/ customer service too, really nice folks.
I was just being paranoid.
Ok guys, here is my problem. when ever i shake or make a quick movement with my phone if will make a strange sound. i can't figure out how to turn this feature off, and the bad part is that sometimes it will do it and sometimes not.. just watch this video and it will explain.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3p0bdgh1hizbatd/GS3 vid.3gp?m
any ideas???
treedog5 said:
Ok guys, here is my problem. when ever i shake or make a quick movement with my phone if will make a strange sound. i can't figure out how to turn this feature off, and the bad part is that sometimes it will do it and sometimes not.. just watch this video and it will explain.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3p0bdgh1hizbatd/GS3 vid.3gp?m
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settings>motion>shake to update off
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settings>motion>shake to update off
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yeah i got everything under motion turned off and it still makes that sound.. i can't figure it out??????????
https://www.dropbox.com/s/guryj90ti25eq84/Screenshot_2012-08-26-10-00-38.png?m
hmmmm when did this start??
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hmmmm when did this start??
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It's always done this, even when i was on a stock rom. does your phone make this sound also..?
My phone does not make this sound. That is very weird. It is nit motion related.
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treedog5 said:
It's always done this, even when i was on a stock rom. does your phone make this sound also..?
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No it doesn't. I thought it was the refresh issues. What apps does it do it on??
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it will do it on home screen or any screen as long as the screen is turned on and the phone shakes it will make that sound.. i just went through all the audio folders under system media and can't find that sound any where..
It has to be with one of your settings options you use if it also did it in the stock rom then
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Thats awesome...your unique. You are the lucky recipient of Samsung's million'th GS3 don't ever try to stop it
I'm having exactly the same problem, except I have an HTC Desire HD and it only started about a week ago. Have gone through all my files on my phone and can't find the sound anywhere, really starting to annoy me as well. Given the problem seems to be across manufacturers I am guessing it must be an app or something that has a bug. PM me if you want to compare what apps are on our phones and see if we can narrow down what might be causing it.
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I'm having exactly the same problem, except I have an HTC Desire HD and it only started about a week ago. Have gone through all my files on my phone and can't find the sound anywhere, really starting to annoy me as well. Given the problem seems to be across manufacturers I am guessing it must be an app or something that has a bug. PM me if you want to compare what apps are on our phones and see if we can narrow down what might be causing it.
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So, i got some good advise from one of the developers of the rom im using. his suggestion was to not install any of the samsung apps that come pre loaded on the phone. so i reflashed the rom i was using and chose not to install any of the samsung apps and guess what? it stopped. no more annoying sounds when im walking down the hall at work. but like you were suggesting it has to be app related but i couldn't for the life of me pinpoint which one it was. hopefully that will help you a little and give you some direction.
My phone won't shut the hell up! It's randomly doing text to speech on email/text/web. I don't want this at all and I can't figure out how to disable it. This started right after updating to ICS. I have a custom rom but my wife has the same phone and the stock OTA ICS and we're both having the same issue.
Other people have to be having the same issue.. how do I stop it?
diito said:
My phone won't shut the hell up! It's randomly doing text to speech on email/text/web. I don't want this at all and I can't figure out how to disable it. This started right after updating to ICS. I have a custom rom but my wife has the same phone and the stock OTA ICS and we're both having the same issue.
Other people have to be having the same issue.. how do I stop it?
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Your not alone. And i don't know how to stop it either Its So ¤@&?+\ annoying.
There is some stock widget in Touchwiz roms (Vlingo?)with a driving mode option. Its a widget with 3 icons and one of them looks like a car, make sure that is off.
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There is some stock widget in Touchwiz roms (Vlingo?)with a driving mode option. Its a widget with 3 icons and one of them looks like a car, make sure that is off.
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That.. Your phone is in driving mode.
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There is some stock widget in Touchwiz roms (Vlingo?)with a driving mode option. Its a widget with 3 icons and one of them looks like a car, make sure that is off.
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Only way that could happen is if driving mode randomly turns itself on and off. I removed that widget and never use it. I don't use the alarm either which I see people mentioning in another thread. We were fine until ICS. Any ideas if there is something else that could cause it to do that?
Maybe something got messed up or left on. Also check under Settings and Accessibility.
I can turn it on but I get no little icon in the status bar as well as nothing happens when putting it against a HTC ONE with NFC enabled. Stock rom and kernel It's rooted and I've flashed a few different roms but I always come back to stock for the camera. I'd rather not flash a new stock again because I don't want to set it all up again.
I've disabled a few apps and stuff through app manager but none have to do with NFC.
other questions i want to ask but i dont want to start a whole thread for them. When i try to pair my S4 to the stereo in my car it says device full and I've done it before is this a problem with the phone or the stereo?
and does anyone have the link to a thread with all the processes they succesfully disabled without causing FC's?
I have a friend who has an HTC One, and we had a hard time getting it to work. I think one reason is the HTC One's NFC sensor is near the top of the phone, while the S4 is near the bottom. I didn't notice any icon, except when transferring files. I had better luck connecting to a Motorola Razr M, so I know that it does work. Also, you may want to make sure bluetooth is enabled, since some files are transferred that way.
As for trying to pair your phone to your car, you probably need to delete a device from the car. I had to do this with an old phone no longer in use, and then I was able to pair my new phone.
I hope you're able to get the NFC working. I bought some tags which work, and I'm trying to think of cool ways to use them.
Dude that is the first thing I noticed when I bought my S4 from T-Mobile. Seems like the NFC icon on status bar is for the AT&T model.. I haven't seen any other model with this icon. I managed to changed the build.prop to AT&T because I like the 4G logo and the carrier text appeared on status bar and says tmobile. This was something with att model as well. I noticed my NFC toggle logo changed to the one on status bar but yet it wont come on status bar... As of now i'm looking for a att rom to flash and see if it works but lately everybody have the idea on creating international rom... As of NFC working mine does
I flashed a stock Rom onto my s4 for this along with other reasons like turning on voice control FC'd camera but I still don't get NFC icon in my status bar. I feel like I remember seeing one on the day I got my phone but I can't anymore. I need to get somethin to test my nfc with
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Don't know what I did but it's working great now
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I flashed a stock Rom onto my s4 for this along with other reasons like turning on voice control FC'd camera but I still don't get NFC icon in my status bar. I feel like I remember seeing one on the day I got my phone but I can't anymore. I need to get somethin to test my nfc with
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Not dealing with mean issue of this thread but...if your camera fc when you turn on voice contrl means the svoice apk is removed just push the apk and camera will no longer fc
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I flashed a stock Rom onto my s4 for this along with other reasons like turning on voice control FC'd camera but I still don't get NFC icon in my status bar. I feel like I remember seeing one on the day I got my phone but I can't anymore. I need to get somethin to test my nfc with
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Maybe the NFC icon on status bar was in a oldest build. When I got mine a few weeks ago it had the latest MDL. A friend have a att model and her shows. Like I said even on the nfc toggle icon is different.