phone is starting to act up - Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II

I am starting to get a list of issues with my phone.
The screen no longer will shut off unless i hit the power button - comes back on and stays on if I get any kind of notification (email, sms, facebook....ect)
The led no longer comes on when its charging
I have to shut off wifi and turn it back on to get on wifi
when playing some games I get FC's or it will just hang and I will have to reboot.
anybody else with these issues?

No, cant say I am. But then, I'm stock unrooted, nothing modded or changed... yet.
How 'bout you?

kingdazy said:
No, cant say I am. But then, I'm stock unrooted, nothing modded or changed... yet.
How 'bout you?
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Haha nice! Exactly what I was thinking
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Try going back to stock rooted and run PimpMyRom from the Market. Gives you all the non-themed goodies of a custom rom without the bugs and broken parts. You pick what you want to apply.
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This may or may not do anything but I would try to clear cache and dalvik.

I'm stock rooted LJC. No mods... going to back some stuff up and factory reset and start over.

for most of that it sounds like settings issues. the game fc tho is odd.
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ProCision said:
I'm stock rooted LJC. No mods... going to back some stuff up and factory reset and start over.
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Yep try that and let us know how it goes.

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Swipe to call or text

So...does anyone else get this problem?
It is intermittent but very annoying when it happens. When I go to a contact and swipe there name to call them the phone will not call.. it freezes up and then 20 seconds or so later will call.
Anyone else get this?
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you got too much stuff running in the background
it does it immediately for me
Thats not it. It does it with nothing running in the background. I've checked that before. I've killed everything then tried and still did it
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clninja said:
So...does anyone else get this problem?
It is intermittent but very annoying when it happens. When I go to a contact and swipe there name to call them the phone will not call.. it freezes up and then 20 seconds or so later will call.
Anyone else get this?
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I had that on complete stock kl1. I used tl swipe over and pver again and then like 20 seconds later it used register all the swipes at once and call like 5 times. Really annoying. I flashed stock deodexed and the problem hasn't happened since.
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I'm unrooted on stock rom... don't know why it happens.
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same here.. happens ALL the time for me.. was thinking about taking my phone in for it.
That's why I posted this.. if this is not a common problem and only a few people are experiencing it.. I'm gonna have my phone replaced
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Don't think replacing the phone will solve it.
Try stock Deoxed or any one of the custom ROMS. I've been running smooth as butter with Vultures 4.1 + Synergy Kernel and getting better batt. life than stock.
Hope that helps.
GL
a4 moda said:
Don't think replacing the phone will solve it.
Try stock Deoxed or any one of the custom ROMS. I've been running smooth as butter with Vultures 4.1 + Synergy Kernel and getting better batt. life than stock.
Hope that helps.
GL
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Why wouldnt replacing the phone solve it? That doesnt make sense.. i never had that problem before rooting and hella-flashing.. it has to be an issue with the phone. (For the record, that doesnt mean i dont recommend flashing a custom rom and kernal!! )
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My phone is completely stock (not even rooted) and it occasionally does the same thing you describe. I just reboot when it does it and it seems to stop.
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capcanuck said:
Why wouldnt replacing the phone solve it? That doesnt make sense.. i never had that problem before rooting and hella-flashing.. it has to be an issue with the phone. (For the record, that doesnt mean i dont recommend flashing a custom rom and kernal!! )
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Because sometimes odex files will mess up things if it was your phone. You would have problems swiping left to right for screens. Meaning the digitizer was damage. Just flash a Rom and the problem will go away.
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mine's rooted, does it occasionally
I am on stock rom. It happened to me randomly.

Random instant reboot?

I've been on aokp milestone 5.2 for a few days and I didn't know if it was related to the rom or something I did or whatever but I'll be texting or on Facebook or doin something and my phone will just go to the boot animation of the pink unicorn. And I should probably mention that the colors are out of whack for a few seconds before it goes back to normal and boots up.
Edit: Everything's still there when it boots up everything's where it should be and nothing is missing or anything it just literally reboots instantly without warning or notice.
Edit: Could it be that I'm using advanced task killer? I figured it was okay since it was on the high security level setting, just throwing that out there
Thanks for any help.
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swiftstrike763 said:
I've been on aokp milestone 5.2 for a few days and I didn't know if it was related to the rom or something I did or whatever but I'll be texting or on Facebook or doin something and my phone will just go to the boot animation of the pink unicorn. And I should probably mention that the colors are out of whack for a few seconds before it goes back to normal and boots up.
Edit: Everything's still there when it boots up everything's where it should be and nothing is missing or anything it just literally reboots instantly without warning or notice.
Thanks for any help.
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I get them also randomly
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No solution to this? It's the same as when I posted this thread, 100% random as far as I can tell. I don't notice anything specific that I'm doing when the reboots happen either.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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swiftstrike763 said:
No solution to this? It's the same as when I posted this thread, 100% random as far as I can tell. I don't notice anything specific that I'm doing when the reboots happen either.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I've got no help but I can say that this ROM ran totally smooth for me for a while and then suddenly got laggy, and apps have begun not responding regularly.
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It is usually either a kernel panic or running out of RAM. You could try the V6 Supercharger for the RAM issue. As for the other I would always try odin clean stock then root and flash ROM and do not restore any data. Download and reinstall 3rd party apps fresh.
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swiftstrike763 said:
No solution to this? It's the same as when I posted this thread, 100% random as far as I can tell. I don't notice anything specific that I'm doing when the reboots happen either.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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are you running stock battery? i have had issues like this with some roms not liking my extended battery.
swiftstrike763 said:
I've been on aokp milestone 5.2 for a few days and I didn't know if it was related to the rom or something I did or whatever but I'll be texting or on Facebook or doin something and my phone will just go to the boot animation of the pink unicorn. And I should probably mention that the colors are out of whack for a few seconds before it goes back to normal and boots up.
Edit: Everything's still there when it boots up everything's where it should be and nothing is missing or anything it just literally reboots instantly without warning or notice.
Edit: Could it be that I'm using advanced task killer? I figured it was okay since it was on the high security level setting, just throwing that out there
Thanks for any help.
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Use to happen to me also when i was on AOKP. I only noticed it when i was listening to my music tho....all my VC settings stayed the same after it booted back up so like you said it was just a random reboot. I installed V6 and that worked for the most part. The reboots did start back later on down the road tho.....
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tazfanatic said:
are you running stock battery? i have had issues like this with some roms not liking my extended battery.
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If by stock battery you mean the battery it came with then yes. I'm also running aggressive settings with v6 supercharger.
My only real concern was if it was damaging my phone in any way, or if something had already been damaged. But as I've said I really can't see anything out of whack aside from the reboots and colors. (the colors get inverted or negative or something for a few seconds on pink unicorn boot animation then goes back to normal and boots up)
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kennyglass123 said:
It is usually either a kernel panic or running out of RAM. You could try the V6 Supercharger for the RAM issue. As for the other I would always try odin clean stock then root and flash ROM and do not restore any data. Download and reinstall 3rd party apps fresh.
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Sorry for the double post I didn't see this one til just now, but I'm going to try that right now, thanks.
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This also happens to me. Same way. But usually when backing out of a text or when ending a phone call. Stock battery. V6 and no v6. Stock kernel and nyan, sammi, and shadow. What I noticed about the reboot is that it doesn't scan sd card or media.
Kang this UNICORN!!
Solution to this is to go back to a TW based rom...try sleeper or the peoples rom, joy and profit
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[Q] Screen turns on randomly

Hello everyone... I come to you with a rather annoying problem. I am running Calkulin's latest GB rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1332837 and it happens at the lock screen. My phone's screen will be off and then every so often it'll randomly turn on. It doesn't do it constantly, but enough to be obnoxious. Does anyone else have this issue? I use WidgetLocker Lockscreen (paid for), but it does it with the standard lockscreen as well.
Thanks in advance!
Try uninstalling widget locker and see if the problem is still present? It could also be a setting in widget locker!
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Try uninstalling widget locker and see if the problem is still present? It could also be a setting in widget locker!
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I uninstalled WidgetLocker and rebooted my phone and it hasn't done it just yet, so we'll see how it goes. Thanks. Too bad though, I like that program D:
Edit: It's doing it again without WidgetLocker :\
Try wiping cache & davlik. If that doesn't work, then try fix permissions in recovery too.
Edit: Could be an app waking the phone too. Have you tried turning off sync or freezing apps yet?
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tdunham said:
Try wiping cache & davlik. If that doesn't work, then try fix permissions in recovery too.
Edit: Could be an app waking the phone too. Have you tried turning off sync or freezing apps yet?
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Not yet, I'll give that a shot if the wiping cache, davlik, and fixing permissions doesn't work. Here's hoping! I have titanium backup pro so I can freeze apps... I know a few things sync like google calendar.
EDIT: Still does it ;-;
Which apps should I freeze?
It might be overkill, but you could just back up texts, calls, and apps, then reflash your rom or try another. Just do a fresh install, don't restore data with your apps. It might be the quickest means to an end. Also, if it does it on multiple roms, it's possibly an issue with the power button. Give her a squirt of canned air before you go running off to the sprint store. Good luck!
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Atticuspoint6 said:
It might be overkill, but you could just back up texts, calls, and apps, then reflash your rom or try another. Just do a fresh install, don't restore data with your apps. It might be the quickest means to an end. Also, if it does it on multiple roms, it's possibly an issue with the power button. Give her a squirt of canned air before you go running off to the sprint store. Good luck!
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Going to give this a shot, I don't have anything to lose. :x I don't have the zip file at work, but I'll download it and see how it goes. :3 Thanks. I'm trying my restore point from before I ever installed a custom ROM to see how that works first, though.
Go SMS had this under settings if you use that app
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Atticuspoint6 said:
It might be overkill, but you could just back up texts, calls, and apps, then reflash your rom or try another. Just do a fresh install, don't restore data with your apps. It might be the quickest means to an end. Also, if it does it on multiple roms, it's possibly an issue with the power button. Give her a squirt of canned air before you go running off to the sprint store. Good luck!
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I had to reflash and reinstall without data restoring on all my apps. I restored a few key apps data and now it's not doing it again. Too bad I had to go to such extreme measures thoguh.
fryingpan0613 said:
Go SMS had this under settings if you use that app
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I use Go SMS Pro, but I don't know what you're talking about, sorry...
My wifes phone started doing that after I installed ad away... My guess is every time it blocked an air push ad it momentarily woke up. We also thought it might be a locker app or a recent update but removing ad away did the trick. Shame cause it works at killing ads.
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I believe there is a wake on notifications option too. See if you can find that and make sure it is turned off
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CyberpodS2 said:
My wifes phone started doing that after I installed ad away... My guess is every time it blocked an air push ad it momentarily woke up. We also thought it might be a locker app or a recent update but removing ad away did the trick. Shame cause it works at killing ads.
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Ha, that was it I bet. I removed the app before letting it set up this time. Haha, thanks.
Mac of York said:
Ha, that was it I bet. I removed the app before letting it set up this time. Haha, thanks.
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Most of the rom developers will implement ad blocking in their rom build. I know for a fact that Calkulins' use it. So you don't need to install anything else.
Sometimes they list that info on their OP.
tdunham said:
Most of the rom developers will implement ad blocking in their rom build. I know for a fact that Calkulins' use it. So you don't need to install anything else.
Sometimes they list that info on their OP.
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Right right, I haven't had any issues since reflashing and everything... I had everything important backed up and I restored bit by bit and it's still doing well. I like the nice, clean feeling now Thanks for all of the help everyone.
And I read his OP but I guess I forgot ;-;
Mac of York said:
I had to reflash and reinstall without data restoring on all my apps. I restored a few key apps data and now it's not doing it again. Too bad I had to go to such extreme measures thoguh.
I use Go SMS Pro, but I don't know what you're talking about, sorry...
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It has a setting where it will turn the screen on everytime you get a text like the iphone does. It doesnt sound like that is your issue though considering the way you say it happens randomly and you didnt mention anything about it happening when you get texts.
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It has a setting where it will turn the screen on everytime you get a text like the iphone does. It doesnt sound like that is your issue though considering the way you say it happens randomly and you didnt mention anything about it happening when you get texts.
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Yeah, I disabled that option in my new flash, thanks though for the input.
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It has a setting where it will turn the screen on everytime you get a text like the iphone does. It doesnt sound like that is your issue though considering the way you say it happens randomly and you didnt mention anything about it happening when you get texts.
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This is what I was referencing, and you said you didn't know what I was talking about lol
fryingpan0613 said:
This is what I was referencing, and you said you didn't know what I was talking about lol
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:x Sometimes I'm totally scatterbrained, sorry D:

[Q] Manual Update JB Problem...Phone is Frozen...

To start, my GS3 was rooted, had a custom recovery, but was still on stock Rom. I followed QBKing77 video today on manually installing the JB rom. I put stock recovery back on, then applied the update. It flashed just fine. I was still rooted after the flash (wasnt sure if I was supposed to be still rooted). Anyway, phone worked for a good 4 hours, checked everything out and everything worked just fine. Suddenly, the phone is frozen now. It is not responding to touch and is vibrating as if it is having a problem. Cant even unlock it. If I slide my finger on it, this green box highlights things on my homescreen. Everytime I slide my finger on it, it toggles through some of the items on my homescreen (sprint, then the clock/weather widget, then each of the short cuts on the lock screen) then starts over again. Each time it vibrates as well. Cant unlock the phone and I am just stuck...HELP PLEASE???
Never heard of that one before. Pull the battery and reboot?
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m20120 said:
Never heard of that one before. Pull the battery and reboot?
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Yes I did this, restarted phone and it goes right back to the same situation everytime. Frozen...
Not sure what to try. Maybe get into recovery and clear the caches.
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m20120 said:
Not sure what to try. Maybe get into recovery and clear the caches.
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Pulled battery, went into stock recovery, cleared cache partition, rebooted, same problem....
Reflash custom recovery and flash the jb rom listed here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1904099
Not saying itll work for sure but figure its worth a shot and will reset your count too
billard412 said:
Reflash custom recovery and flash the jb rom listed here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1904099
Not saying itll work for sure but figure its worth a shot and will reset your count too
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I was going to try to unroot and odin back to stock ICS using the tar file... Thoughts? I figured regardless of what I am on, I can always go back to true stock by odin-ing back using the stock tar... right?
ya that works too
I figured it out now, for some reason, in settings, accessibility, "talk back" was on, this caused the entire phone to not respond act semi frozen... I somehow got into settings by trying all sorts of things (swiping, double tapping, pinch to zooming, etc), and was able to turn it off...now the phone is fine. I am not sure why talk back would completely change everything and freeze the entire phone up. But I would not select that feature and turn it on...the phone literally felt unusable. I was 5 min away from odin-ing back to stock tar before I found this issue...
I would say skip the bs and just Odin back to stock. If this doesn't fix it, it's beyond software.
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[Q] Wallpaper/Home Screen Jittering?

Ok so I've had my S3 Since Aug 20th, rooted was running the LH9 AT&T Rom with root injected (which I upgraded from the previous root injected rom LH1 or something like that), anyways today while messing with my homescreen wallpaper, trying to get it to set a wallpaper without cropping it, now it sort of after waking it up and getting passed the lock screen (the wipe lockscreen) the wallpaper seems to move, like for a sec its like moved to the side and part of the screen is black until the wallpaper "falls" back into place.. hard to explain. I read about flickering issues but I don't think mine is doing that, its just the wallpaper. Any ideas?
I uninstalled any wallpaper apps I had just in case, but still nothing works. I even made a wallpaper with the correct dimensions which I read for portrait is 720x1280 and still the wallpaper, the whole screen actually gets bumped to the side and you see black on one side until it bumps back into place.
Its really annoying. I am trying to grab a screen capture but it does it too fast, yet not fast enough that I can ignore it.
Did this again with ICS I updated to the JB rom for AT&T with root injected, stock rom hoping whatever it was would go way... it did not.
Anyone else see this? Have this happen?
I even went back to a stock wallpaper to see if it would stop but still it continues.
Really confused as to why its doing that.
Here is a screen cap of what I mean.
Happens when passing lock screen, coming out of an apparently, anytime I get to home screen.
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typedink said:
Here is a screen cap of what I mean.
Happens when passing lock screen, coming out of an apparently, anytime I get to home screen.
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did you try reinstalling the rom? either just wipe dalvik and cache, if that doesnt work. reflashing after fully wiping. make sure your download is correct.
Reinstall using Odin?
Its odd because it just started today, I'd had the same stock image for months. JB update didn't cause it. It just didn't fix it.
I dont think it's the rom but no clue what it could be.
I don't got a custom loader. How can I wipe dalv and cashe without one?
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I'm on stock rom, I have the same problem..
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Reinstall using Odin?
Its odd because it just started today, I'd had the same stock image for months. JB update didn't cause it. It just didn't fix it.
I dont think it's the rom but no clue what it could be.
I don't got a custom loader. How can I wipe dalv and cashe without one?
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So you're saying this issue started long after your last firmware update?

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