My NFC keeps turning off on it's own. Is this a security feature? It's really annoying to keep turning it back on.
volcomjerk said:
My NFC keeps turning off on it's own. Is this a security feature? It's really annoying to keep turning it back on.
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Not had this problem myself, are you on Stock rom or a custom? Post the info from your About screen in settings if you can please.
I have this thing as well, i noticed it turns off when I reboot, not in every reboot though, anyway to fix this?
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androidizen said:
Not had this problem myself, are you on Stock rom or a custom? Post the info from your About screen in settings if you can please.
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It's all stock firmware rooted. I did trip the flash counter but I recently discovered Triangle Away so maybe that will solve my issues. Haven't had it turn off on me yet. Sometimes it'll turn off on reboot but sometimes it'll just be off over night.
Model SGH-T889
Android 4.1.1
Baseband T889UVALJ1
Kernel Version 3.0.31-260018
UPDATE:
Still does it. Really annoying. It does it while the phone is on. I don't need to reboot for this to happen.
Here's a thought, does anyone have the Samsung Flip cover? I know there is a bridge for the NFC radio. Maybe that is related...
Yep, having the same problem. Turn on NFC and an hour later try to use it and it is off. Galaxy Note 2.
What is going on?
Jz
well just posting to say iI have the same problem, haven't found a solution yet. Basically makes using NFC tags worthless because you have to turn it on every time you want to use it.
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When i place a call and put the phone to my ear and then pull back away the screen does not "wake". It stays de-activated, no matter what i do. Eventually the only thing to do is to hold the power button down long enough for the phone to reboot.
Stock ROM, no root.
Thanks for any help anyone can offer.
WTF
I tested by laying the phone flat on a surface, placed a call, and then put my hand over the proximity sensor. The screen turned black as it should. When I removed my hand it did not come back on. Again, the only solution is to reboot the phone. So, the proximity sensor is not working correctly. Is this a known issue and is there a way to fix?
BUMP!
I'm in the self test module and am running the "sensors" test. I'm not sure when this ends if it ends at all or what values that proximity sensor field should have.
Anybody? Bueller?
Apparently Q&A isn't the place to post this? This is dissapointing coming from the E4GT forums which were super responsive.
Cool yer jets. It's only been a few hours. What ROM? Rooted? Any other mods that might affect it?
dkmdlb said:
Cool yer jets. It's only been a few hours. What ROM? Rooted? Any other mods that might affect it?
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LOL
I said no root stock ROM
Anyway, I turned off the proximity sensor, verified that it was off, then turned it back on. It works now. Bizarre.
Sorry to get pissy.
oregondave said:
LOL
I said no root stock ROM
Anyway, I turned off the proximity sensor, verified that it was off, then turned it back on. It works now. Bizarre.
Sorry to get pissy.
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Where is the sensor setting?
Edit. Found it.
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NOT FIXED
So after a reboot the proximity sensor does not work on calls again. I turned it off and then back on and still no luck. I didn't actually make a call, but obviously I shouldn't have to do this every time i reboot the phone, so clearly there is an issue. It appears to be software since I got it to work once.
Any ideas? Thanks.
oregondave said:
So after a reboot the proximity sensor does not work on calls again. I turned it off and then back on and still no luck. I didn't actually make a call, but obviously I shouldn't have to do this every time i reboot the phone, so clearly there is an issue. It appears to be software since I got it to work once.
Any ideas? Thanks.
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Your getting screen of death.. man thats so ****ty..
Uh, you can try this.. Settings - Accessibility - Call answering/ending - power button ends calls ?
aklyrical said:
Your getting screen of death.. man thats so ****ty..
Uh, you can try this.. Settings - Accessibility - Call answering/ending - power button ends calls ?
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? Uh No. Thanks?
After insalling a new screen my phone acted the same. I opened it up again and found a tiny piece of plastic form the old screen inside the proximity sensor hole.
I know your problem is not this, just wanted to share
gberger42 said:
After insalling a new screen my phone acted the same. I opened it up again and found a tiny piece of plastic form the old screen inside the proximity sensor hole.
I know your problem is not this, just wanted to share
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hmmm interesting. I think this is likely a software issue on mine. it would be dumb to have to return it since i'm confident there's a way to fix it.
oregondave said:
hmmm interesting. I think this is likely a software issue on mine. it would be dumb to have to return it since i'm confident there's a way to fix it.
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That solution wasn't very good aha, what I would suggest you root your phone without tripping the flash counter and install a custom rom to see if the issue still exists, if yes you should return the phone.
aklyrical said:
That solution wasn't very good aha, what I would suggest you root your phone without tripping the flash counter and install a custom rom to see if the issue still exists, if yes you should return the phone.
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thanks well it's brand new and it may be hardware related so i'd rather just get a fresh device then sweat dealing with root yet. this is why i waited to root it. I appreciate your effort though .
aklyrical said:
That solution wasn't very good aha, what I would suggest you root your phone without tripping the flash counter and install a custom rom to see if the issue still exists, if yes you should return the phone.
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Plus I don't think just rooting it is a sound fix strategy.
Nobody has anything on this huh?
BTW, Wirefly sucks...
Have you already done a master reset?
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I have a galaxy s3 with rooted stock t-mobile rom. I wasn't paying attention until today and found out that the auto rotate function is making my screen rotate in the wrong direction. Let say if I turn the phone clockwise, the screen will rotate counter clockwise, making it upside down. Does anyone have any idea what might went wrong?
One side note, it was working normally when I first got the phone before rooting but I don't think rooting the phone will create the problem.
zengshengliu said:
I have a galaxy s3 with rooted stock t-mobile rom. I wasn't paying attention until today and found out that the auto rotate function is making my screen rotate in the wrong direction. Let say if I turn the phone clockwise, the screen will rotate counter clockwise, making it upside down. Does anyone have any idea what might went wrong?
One side note, it was working normally when I first got the phone before rooting but I don't think rooting the phone will create the problem.
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Same exact problem as me. I really need to find a fix to this as it's quite annoying.
Jacob
Strange which carrier s3 are you on? I noticed some user that are on a different carrier s3 flashing T-Mobile Rom can cause auto rotate to be wacky
hit thanks if I helped
I'm actually on AT&T. I replied to this thread so I wouldn't have to make another one. I am rooted with the latest CWM recovery, but have this issue. I tried going back to stock and factory reset. I need a solution badly.
Jacob
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I am on T-Mobile
I fixed my problem by reflashing the original rom + wipe data/reset
zengshengliu said:
I have a galaxy s3 with rooted stock t-mobile rom. I wasn't paying attention until today and found out that the auto rotate function is making my screen rotate in the wrong direction. Let say if I turn the phone clockwise, the screen will rotate counter clockwise, making it upside down. Does anyone have any idea what might went wrong?
One side note, it was working normally when I first got the phone before rooting but I don't think rooting the phone will create the problem.
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Is it upside down in EVERY app?
zengshengliu said:
I am on T-Mobile
I fixed my problem by reflashing the original rom + wipe data/reset
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I'll try this. If it doesn't work I'm getting a new phone.
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Same thing happened to mine. Posted a thread about it like 4 days ago and still don't know what the problem is.
I backed up my data in TB, factory reset, cleared both caches, intalled stock LG1 AT&T rom with root injected through ODIN. Problem solved!
Jacob
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ThaGreatest said:
Same thing happened to mine. Posted a thread about it like 4 days ago and still don't know what the problem is.
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Happened to me when flashing a sprint Rom awhile back, flashing a kernel from our device fixed it. So..try flashing a kernel. Might help, that or what the above user did.. for your version of the phone, obviously...
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Back form the dead. has anyone figured this out?
I rooted my Sprint GS3, and bam...upside down landscape view. Fkn great.
Wifi tether doesnt work either...but thats the least of my concerns right now.
Did you read the thread? Some fixed it by flashing a kernel for their device. If that doesn't fix it flash back to odin for your specific device.
mt3g said:
Did you read the thread? Some fixed it by flashing a kernel for their device. If that doesn't fix it flash back to odin for your specific device.
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I did, it as pretty vague on the kernel info. I already flashed and reset to stock, however the problem persists. Pretty dang bummed out.
Daflea66 said:
I did, it as pretty vague on the kernel info. I already flashed and reset to stock, however the problem persists. Pretty dang bummed out.
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Did you wipe? I'm almost positive if you just wipe system and then install a custom kernel specific to your device you'll get your phone back to normal.
mt3g said:
Did you wipe? I'm almost positive if you just wipe system and then install a custom kernel specific to your device you'll get your phone back to normal.
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Sorry for the rookie question, but does wipe mean factory reset from the settings menus?
EDIT: Think I need a new thread for help, i have a myriad of problems now. I cant boot in recovery mode, phone just turns on as normal plus, can not turn wifi on. Holy Moses.
Pm me lol
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[SOLVED] I flashed synergy ROM r443 and was havinf same issue but found a fix
I used the previous kernel fix for the synergy ROM and worked like a charm for the screen rotating upside down it may work for others as well. you can refer to the Post I made with the mediafire link. I am new so I can put the links in directly yet.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2221123
Mine started doing the same thing affter flashin to the synergy ROM found a solution.
zengshengliu said:
I have a galaxy s3 with rooted stock t-mobile rom. I wasn't paying attention until today and found out that the auto rotate function is making my screen rotate in the wrong direction. Let say if I turn the phone clockwise, the screen will rotate counter clockwise, making it upside down. Does anyone have any idea what might went wrong?
One side note, it was working normally when I first got the phone before rooting but I don't think rooting the phone will create the problem.
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I found a solution by adding this Kernel as you can try is it fix mine completely. Please refer to my other post in the forum.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2221123
labossiere said:
I found a solution by adding this Kernel as you can try is it fix mine completely. Please refer to my other post in the forum.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2221123
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Wrong recovery
Sent while sleeping in chair.
inverted landscape rotation
hy guys i have a sgh-t999v rooted phone with android 4.1.1 t999vvldll1 baseband and 3.0.51-kt747-gd1f1083 and lastly jro03l.t999vvldll1 version number now my screen rotation is fking inverted since the last week i would like a solution because re-installing the kernel or the stlock rom did not work and wipping the data dosen't work
My daughters att gs3 screen keeps turning on and off all the time all by itself. its all pure stock, NO root, stock rom still.
Data block on her line.
She doesnt have much installed in it and i dont want to reset it. is there anything i can install that will tell me what is causing it?
I know there is a better battery stats app. Not sure if it needs root? Imunsure it will help as its a bit confusing to read thru all the readings
Strangely mines did this for a day and it killed my battery. Hasn't happened since then though. Glad I wasn't going crazy. Mines is also stock no root or anything.
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carhigh said:
My daughters att gs3 screen keeps turning on and off all the time all by itself. its all pure stock, NO root, stock rom still.
Data block on her line.
She doesnt have much installed in it and i dont want to reset it. is there anything i can install that will tell me what is causing it?
I know there is a better battery stats app. Not sure if it needs root? Imunsure it will help as its a bit confusing to read thru all the readings
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This is happening on my phone too, and when the screen turns on by itself it won't time out, have to manually lock it. Thought it was something to do with smart stay but mine is disabled. I flashed a custom rom yesterday and noticed it still happening. Carriers hardware support thinks it is a hardware issue and want me to rma my phone.
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carhigh said:
My daughters att gs3 screen keeps turning on and off all the time all by itself. its all pure stock, NO root, stock rom still.
Data block on her line.
She doesnt have much installed in it and i dont want to reset it. is there anything i can install that will tell me what is causing it?
I know there is a better battery stats app. Not sure if it needs root? Imunsure it will help as its a bit confusing to read thru all the readings
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I think your only option is reseting the phone to make sure the phone doesnt have hardware issues. Try a fresh stock install from odin.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27669834
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It doesn't have anything to do with rebooting, I just checked it, it's been on since yesterday and I rebooted this morning and it's still on.
I'll be going through the day, and then I'll go to scan something and I'll find out the hard way it's turned off. It's a pain to have to go into settings and turn it back on.
Looks like S-Beam might be turning itself off, too. I don't ever use that but it's off right now and I know I had it enabled at one point.
Running stock but rooted 4.1.1 JRO0C3.T889UVALJ1
PockyBum522 said:
It doesn't have anything to do with rebooting, I just checked it, it's been on since yesterday and I rebooted this morning and it's still on.
I'll be going through the day, and then I'll go to scan something and I'll find out the hard way it's turned off. It's a pain to have to go into settings and turn it back on.
Looks like S-Beam might be turning itself off, too. I don't ever use that but it's off right now and I know I had it enabled at one point.
Running stock but rooted 4.1.1 JRO0C3.T889UVALJ1
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I know it turns itself off on my S 3 after there has been no activity for a while and it may also on the Note 2.
That's really frustrating, the thing I like about nfc is it's quick and easy. Is there any way to tell it to knock that off?
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This is something I'm seeing too. It's annoying but easy enough to turn back on.
I'll look into tasker or something like that. If anyone finds a better way to keep this from happening, I'd love to hear it!
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Mine does same, randomly turns off NFC & S-Beam.
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That's it?!
Did anyone find anything?! Solutions, ideas?! Hacks?! Nothing since mid-November?!? What the hell?!??
I've had the problem on the official TMO rom also. I've solved my problem by flashing the stock 7105 4.1.2 image on top (which also comes with some additional features such as NFC notification toggle). I used the stock image created by teshxx.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2072453
Seriously? There is no way to fix this annoyance outside of flashing to a specific rom image?
Jinra321 said:
I've had the problem on the official TMO rom also. I've solved my problem by flashing the stock 7105 4.1.2 image on top (which also comes with some additional features such as NFC notification toggle). I used the stock image created by teshxx.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2072453
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My wife has a Galaxy S3 and she DOES NOT seem to experience this annoyance. I have the Galaxy Note 2 and I am CONSTANTLY having to turn my S-Beam and NFC back on.
Has anyone figured out what exactly causes the auto-off of these features? My random guess, using the test case of my phone and my wife's, is that it has to do with turning your wifi on and off. I am constantly turning my wifi on and/or off depending if I'm in a known wifi area. My wife never touches the wifi setting, just always leaves it on.
Anyway, hope to hear from someone soon with a solution to this annoying little glitch in the use-case of these great features.
Jz.
NFC turning off randomly...
Having the same issue as well, using the stock ROM, rooted, I'd rather not have to flash another rom to my device, as everything else appears to be working just fine for me.
At any rate, I home someone can find some kind of info here...
I'm in the US, my carrier is Sprint (I know this is a T-mobile thread)
Here's the "about phone" page:
Model Number: SPH-L900
Andriod Version: 4.1.1
Baseband version: L900VPALJC
Kernel Version:
3.0.31-434243
[email protected]#1
SMP PREEMPT Wed Oct 31 15:57:07 KST 2012
Build Number: JRO03C.L900VPALJC
Hardware Version: L900.09
Thanks in advance
Ive searched everywhere and can't seem to find anyone with a solution. Ive found a post with the same problem but no solution.
So yesterday my s3 started having problems waking up. Meaning when I lock it usually you bring up the lock screen by pressing the power button or home button. Problem is when I press either one, screen doesnt come on. The buttons do. If I tap the screen I can hear the ripple effect but the screen doesnt light up. I have to keep locking and unlocking till it finally works. Averege of about 6 tries. When I get a call most of the time the screen doesnt come on either. I can still answer since I know where the slider is. When I do turn it on everything works perfect. No flickering or any other issues. When it boots it works perfect...never fails. Just when I lock it.
I tried restoring already, thinking its a software issue...still does it. What piece of hardware could cause this? I'm stumped. Please any advice would be great.
I'm not rooted and running 4.1.1 oem rogers software.
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felcom said:
Ive searched everywhere and can't seem to find anyone with a solution. Ive found a post with the same problem but no solution.
So yesterday my s3 started having problems waking up. Meaning when I lock it usually you bring up the lock screen by pressing the power button or home button. Problem is when I press either one, screen doesnt come on. The buttons do. If I tap the screen I can hear the ripple effect but the screen doesnt light up. I have to keep locking and unlocking till it finally works. Averege of about 6 tries. When I get a call most of the time the screen doesnt come on either. I can still answer since I know where the slider is. When I do turn it on everything works perfect. No flickering or any other issues. When it boots it works perfect...never fails. Just when I lock it.
I tried restoring already, thinking its a software issue...still does it. What piece of hardware could cause this? I'm stumped. Please any advice would be great.
I'm not rooted and running 4.1.1 oem rogers software.
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My guess is that you have something draining all your RAM or being hard on your CPU. When you restored, did you factory reset?
You might have to backup your stuff, factory reset. Test it, if it still does it, bring it up with Rogers for a replacement. If it doesn't, reinstall your stuff until you find the culprit.
You could troubleshoot it also by uninstalling the latest apps you installed.
BWolf56 said:
My guess is that you have something draining all your RAM or being hard on your CPU. When you restored, did you factory reset?
You might have to backup your stuff, factory reset. Test it, if it still does it, bring it up with Rogers for a replacement. If it doesn't, reinstall your stuff until you find the culprit.
You could troubleshoot it also by uninstalling the latest apps you installed.
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Like I said...Already did a factory reset. Meaning All apps were gone. Started fresh. Even without going through the first setup (setting up google account etc etc) if I lock the phone its hard to wakeup.
Phone is out of warranty so no go there....
I'm just not understanding what is causing it. I know the screen is fine...buttons are fine...everything points at a software problem. I found a post from a while back where someone was having the same problem....no solution was posted though. I even took the phone apart last night thinking a bad connection or something...disconnected the screen and reconnected it...didn't do anything.
If the screen was going bad wouldn't I have issues all the time? Once I wakeup the phone it works perfect...no flickering or anything. When it boots (which I've done like 30 times between today and yesterday) the screen has come on every single time perfectly fine. Everything tells me it's software related...but after doing a factory reset and running original firmware it seems as though it must be a hardware issue...but which component.
I know the phone wakes up when I press the buttons...I can see the menu and back buttons light up...and if I tap the screen the ripple sound is there...just the screen doesn't wake up....till I try a few more times....very frustrating.
Thanks Again for trying...if anyone has any ideas....greatly appreciated. I'll try and find original Rogers firmware and install with odin...see if that works....
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Like I said...Already did a factory reset. Meaning All apps were gone. Started fresh. Even without going through the first setup (setting up google account etc etc) if I lock the phone its hard to wakeup.
Phone is out of warranty so no go there....
I'm just not understanding what is causing it. I know the screen is fine...buttons are fine...everything points at a software problem. I found a post from a while back where someone was having the same problem....no solution was posted though. I even took the phone apart last night thinking a bad connection or something...disconnected the screen and reconnected it...didn't do anything.
If the screen was going bad wouldn't I have issues all the time? Once I wakeup the phone it works perfect...no flickering or anything. When it boots (which I've done like 30 times between today and yesterday) the screen has come on every single time perfectly fine. Everything tells me it's software related...but after doing a factory reset and running original firmware it seems as though it must be a hardware issue...but which component.
I know the phone wakes up when I press the buttons...I can see the menu and back buttons light up...and if I tap the screen the ripple sound is there...just the screen doesn't wake up....till I try a few more times....very frustrating.
Thanks Again for trying...if anyone has any ideas....greatly appreciated. I'll try and find original Rogers firmware and install with odin...see if that works....
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Sounds indeed like software issue. I'm not so sure what would cause it on stock rogers though.
Either way, you can find the stock ROM on sammobile.com or on this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1822308
You'll need Odin to flash it. (It doesn't trigger the flash counter)
felcom said:
Phone is out of warranty so no go there....
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Did you buy your phone with a credit card? Some cc's have warranty built in. Mine doubles what the manufacturer offers.
Thanks for the link. I will try it tonight and post the results. Really hoping it works.
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I downloaded the newest firmware. 4.1.2 official rogers. Problem persists. Must be a hardware issue. Thing is what could cause this? Is it the screen...is it the gpu? I imagine if its gpu the phone is only good for parts as I imagine its part of the motherboard. Oh well...might be getting the s4 sooner then planned.
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felcom said:
I downloaded the newest firmware. 4.1.2 official rogers. Problem persists. Must be a hardware issue. Thing is what could cause this? Is it the screen...is it the gpu? I imagine if its gpu the phone is only good for parts as I imagine its part of the motherboard. Oh well...might be getting the s4 sooner then planned.
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If you're down for a little test, you could try with a custom ROM.
Use the link I gave you and flash pre-rooted Rogers' ROM. From there, install TWRP (or cwm) using goomanager (from the Play Store) and flash a custom ROM as per their instructions (Don't forget the Gapps).
Before anything though, make a backup
Never know, might save you some time on that S4.
BWolf56 said:
If you're down for a little test, you could try with a custom ROM.
Use the link I gave you and flash pre-rooted Rogers' ROM. From there, install TWRP (or cwm) using goomanager (from the Play Store) and flash a custom ROM as per their instructions (Don't forget the Gapps).
Before anything though, make a backup
Never know, might save you some time on that S4.
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Thanks. I might try it. Dont think I have too much to lose at this point. I always try and keep my phones nice so that when I get a new one I can sell the old one for good money to help offset the cost. This really messes with that system as the phone isn't worth much now...just bought an extended battery too...was planning to keep it for at least another 6 months.
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So just a quick update. For no apparent reason the phone started working fine again. It now turns on and off just fine. I'm not going to mess around with it anymore. That's really bizzare. I'll give it a couple days and will report back if it continuous to work fine or if the problem comes back. Thanks for the input.
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