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[Q] Random Shutdowns

I've had my phone for about a week or so and since that time I've had it randomly shutdown during phonecalls while plugged into my charger in the truck. I think it did this while playing music through Google Play as well as talking to my wife, but it keeps happening. The phone is NOT rooted and I suppose it could be an app I have installed, but it's frustrating trying to figure out which one if that's the case.
I haven't confirmed it, but it *appears* to be only happening while either A) connected to BT or B) plugged into my charger in the truck (which I used previously for my Atrix) or C) maybe it's while both are connected? I haven't noticed it happening other than when it's plugged in and using BT. Also, forgot to mention it shows me a picture of the battery when it drops (whether it's full or half full or whatnot) and I can hold in the power button and it comes back up.
I scoured Google and saw several posts about this issue, but none of them provided too much information. Anyone else have this happen yet? Should I contact ATT and get it exchanged? Any help is appreciated.

If you've only had it for a week, I'd take it back to an AT&T store for an exchange. My first GS3 was stock and had issues out of the box with random shutdowns and reboots. Took it back and asked for a new sim card also just to be sure. The replacement has been rock solid, so the first one was just a dud. The AT&T store I took the first one back to was very helpful and made the swap with no hassle.
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So some of them are just random duds? Well that's good to know I guess. Hopefully they'll be willing to exchange it at their store. Is there any other possibility anyone can think of or should I just swap it?
Thanks for your help btw.

JeRrYFaR said:
So some of them are just random duds? Well that's good to know I guess. Hopefully they'll be willing to exchange it at their store. Is there any other possibility anyone can think of or should I just swap it?
Thanks for your help btw.
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My first one was shipped from AT&T wireless. Took it to an official AT&T wireless store (not just one of the authorized dealers) and it was swapped quickly with few questions asked. Lots of these were made in a short period of time to meet demand, so some made it through half baked. New one has zero issues.
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Mine was also shipped via ATT Wireless.. Okay.. I'll print out this thread and just show it to them.. lol..
Thanks again for the help.

My first one did that and i found that it always did it to me and i tried to replicate it and found that if left in heat it random reboots everytime.
Ive always left ever phone ive owned in my truck while playing bball and this is the only one that does this.
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Mine reboot on its own several times a week. Usually while in my belt case. Planning on getting ATT to swap it at some point, but am lazy and not super motivated yet. They were good about similar issues with my old Captivate at the real ATT store.
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Proximity sensor broken?

Love this awesome phone but as of late the proximity sensor on this note has either broke or is buggy. First started to notice that the red light of the proximity sensor would not turn off. After a while as I make phone calls my screen will turn off but as I put my phone away from my face it doesn't turn back on. This may not seem like a big problem but if I can't have full control of my phone it is rather bothersome. For example I cannot properly end calls or switch to speaker phone or utilize my phone during the call. It is rather annoying talking while keeping the screen on because I end up click all sorts of things while my face is on the phone. Need help in fixing it. Tried rebooting, turning proximity sensor on and off, battery pulls but nothing. It sometimes returns back to normal after a while but due to my line of work I cannot afford to estimate when it's going to work. Any help would be great. I apologize in advance if this issue has already been addressed. Thanks!
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is there a case or screen protector covering the sensor?
has the setting been changed in call settings?
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I do have a case but I tried taking it off and it still has same symptoms. I also tried turning the settings on and off. Maybe it's the screen protector but my sgp sits right below the sensor so I doubt it's that either.
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bakarus said:
I do have a case but I tried taking it off and it still has same symptoms. I also tried turning the settings on and off. Maybe it's the screen protector but my sgp sits right below the sensor so I doubt it's that either.
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it may be faulty.
is it rooted? I forgot if you mentioned trying a hard reset or reflash
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It happened while completely stock and also rooted as well. I also tried rebooting and battery pulls but same results. I think I'm going to bring it to the sprint store. The funny thing is I brought it in before and magically the tech got it to work again. I was thinking maybe it was the way I was holding it. But I tried holding it with either hand and it still occurs. Hopefully this time I can reproduce it again. I'm fed up trying to figure this out.
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bakarus said:
It happened while completely stock and also rooted as well. I also tried rebooting and battery pulls but same results. I think I'm going to bring it to the sprint store. The funny thing is I brought it in before and magically the tech got it to work again. I was thinking maybe it was the way I was holding it. But I tried holding it with either hand and it still occurs. Hopefully this time I can reproduce it again. I'm fed up trying to figure this out.
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Let me know. I have not seen any faulty ones yet but it could happen
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I have this exact same issue. Started out stock, continued rooted. I resently did a full reset and installed the Jelly Bomb Rom - same issue.
It does not appear to be software related.

amishbobinc said:
I have this exact same issue. Started out stock, continued rooted. I resently did a full reset and installed the Jelly Bomb Rom - same issue.
It does not appear to be software related.
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Just an update:
I brought it back to my local Sprint store to have the device checked out a 2nd time last week. I was able to reproduce the problem to the CSR and they immediately took it in to get it repaired. Told me to come back in a hour to come pick it up. Hour came up and as I inquired about my phone, the Sprint technician told me there was nothing she could do since it was rooted and simply handed me back my phone without a single explanation. I asked them how rooting a phone physically caused my proximity sensor to not work, and they simply shrugged. I then asked the CSR to please tell me what I can do alleviate this problem and he simply said, "I never rooted my phone before, so I don't know what to tell you". I was shocked because I work in sales and never before have I ever said that to a customer. I decided not to argue even though I know I could have and asked for the manager. I then decided to unroot my phone and go back to stock to see if that would magically fix my problem and of course it didn't.
Today, I went to the Sprint store near my work place, and HOLY COW, it was different. No wait, no line, and when I went to talk to the CSR and technician they were friendly and took the time to try to fix the problem. The tech went to through all the basics, doing a battery pull, hard reset, and even suggested to take off my SGP screen protector (I KNOW! I really didn't want to!). Unfortunately it didn't work, and the CSR told me to come back in a few days so they would order me a new one. Excited to hear that, I then asked them to specify which day and probably not wanting to deal with me anymore, decided to give me a brand new one on the spot. They set everything up and even gave me the box and everything, so now I have an extra charger, cable, and earbuds. It just goes to show how different Sprint procedures are. Both stores were Sprint owned stores, and both had the same technical support yet I was treated so differently.
To anyone having the same problems, please do yourself a favor and just unroot it just in case. I find that some stores will do or say anything to not replace your phone. I have been a loyal Sprint customer for almost 6 years and I feel that they will still treat you like crap.

i would report the first store for sure
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bakarus said:
Love this awesome phone but as of late the proximity sensor on this note has either broke or is buggy. First started to notice that the red light of the proximity sensor would not turn off. After a while as I make phone calls my screen will turn off but as I put my phone away from my face it doesn't turn back on. This may not seem like a big problem but if I can't have full control of my phone it is rather bothersome. For example I cannot properly end calls or switch to speaker phone or utilize my phone during the call. It is rather annoying talking while keeping the screen on because I end up click all sorts of things while my face is on the phone. Need help in fixing it. Tried rebooting, turning proximity sensor on and off, battery pulls but nothing. It sometimes returns back to normal after a while but due to my line of work I cannot afford to estimate when it's going to work. Any help would be great. I apologize in advance if this issue has already been addressed. Thanks!
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Glad I found this. .I have the exact same issue.
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy Note™ II.

Glad I could help
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mine works unless on speakerphone...at least once after turning speaker off it still did not work
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bakarus said:
Just an update:
I brought it back to my local Sprint store to have the device checked out a 2nd time last week. I was able to reproduce the problem to the CSR and they immediately took it in to get it repaired. Told me to come back in a hour to come pick it up. Hour came up and as I inquired about my phone, the Sprint technician told me there was nothing she could do since it was rooted and simply handed me back my phone without a single explanation. I asked them how rooting a phone physically caused my proximity sensor to not work, and they simply shrugged. I then asked the CSR to please tell me what I can do alleviate this problem and he simply said, "I never rooted my phone before, so I don't know what to tell you". I was shocked because I work in sales and never before have I ever said that to a customer. I decided not to argue even though I know I could have and asked for the manager. I then decided to unroot my phone and go back to stock to see if that would magically fix my problem and of course it didn't.
Today, I went to the Sprint store near my work place, and HOLY COW, it was different. No wait, no line, and when I went to talk to the CSR and technician they were friendly and took the time to try to fix the problem. The tech went to through all the basics, doing a battery pull, hard reset, and even suggested to take off my SGP screen protector (I KNOW! I really didn't want to!). Unfortunately it didn't work, and the CSR told me to come back in a few days so they would order me a new one. Excited to hear that, I then asked them to specify which day and probably not wanting to deal with me anymore, decided to give me a brand new one on the spot. They set everything up and even gave me the box and everything, so now I have an extra charger, cable, and earbuds. It just goes to show how different Sprint procedures are. Both stores were Sprint owned stores, and both had the same technical support yet I was treated so differently.
To anyone having the same problems, please do yourself a favor and just unroot it just in case. I find that some stores will do or say anything to not replace your phone. I have been a loyal Sprint customer for almost 6 years and I feel that they will still treat you like crap.
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Thanks for the great info. I guess the next step is for me the install the stock rom and unroot....

bakarus said:
Glad I could help
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Brought my phone in to a sprint repair center store. They fixed it by replacing the sensor. Before I left I inspected it thoroughly, they broke the volume rocker and now they're ordering me a new one since they didn't have the grey in stock and back ordered.

Oh wow well at least it goes to show they are aware of the problem and I guess it's better that you will be getting a new phone.
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00mred00 said:
mine works unless on speakerphone...at least once after turning speaker off it still did not work
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I would bring it in. To me if something is working incorrectly it is every right for you to get an exchange. I mean I paid $300 for this phone, I better get one that works flawlessly.
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bakarus said:
I would bring it in. To me if something is working incorrectly it is every right for you to get an exchange. I mean I paid $300 for this phone, I better get one that works flawlessly.
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i work at sprint
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Lol well tell the employees at the flushing, ny store that they are doing something wrong and should handle customer services better
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bakarus said:
Love this awesome phone but as of late the proximity sensor on this note has either broke or is buggy. First started to notice that the red light of the proximity sensor would not turn off. After a while as I make phone calls my screen will turn off but as I put my phone away from my face it doesn't turn back on. This may not seem like a big problem but if I can't have full control of my phone it is rather bothersome. For example I cannot properly end calls or switch to speaker phone or utilize my phone during the call. It is rather annoying talking while keeping the screen on because I end up click all sorts of things while my face is on the phone. Need help in fixing it. Tried rebooting, turning proximity sensor on and off, battery pulls but nothing. It sometimes returns back to normal after a while but due to my line of work I cannot afford to estimate when it's going to work. Any help would be great. I apologize in advance if this issue has already been addressed. Thanks!
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The reason the red light stays on is because you have smotion on. With smotion the proximity sensor stays on the whole time. If you turn it off the red light will go off. Don't know if that will also fix your other problem. With the smotion on I don't have any issues.
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bakarus said:
Just an update:
I brought it back to my local Sprint store to have the device checked out a 2nd time last week. I was able to reproduce the problem to the CSR and they immediately took it in to get it repaired. Told me to come back in a hour to come pick it up. Hour came up and as I inquired about my phone, the Sprint technician told me there was nothing she could do since it was rooted and simply handed me back my phone without a single explanation. I asked them how rooting a phone physically caused my proximity sensor to not work, and they simply shrugged. I then asked the CSR to please tell me what I can do alleviate this problem and he simply said, "I never rooted my phone before, so I don't know what to tell you". I was shocked because I work in sales and never before have I ever said that to a customer. I decided not to argue even though I know I could have and asked for the manager. I then decided to unroot my phone and go back to stock to see if that would magically fix my problem and of course it didn't.
Today, I went to the Sprint store near my work place, and HOLY COW, it was different. No wait, no line, and when I went to talk to the CSR and technician they were friendly and took the time to try to fix the problem. The tech went to through all the basics, doing a battery pull, hard reset, and even suggested to take off my SGP screen protector (I KNOW! I really didn't want to!). Unfortunately it didn't work, and the CSR told me to come back in a few days so they would order me a new one. Excited to hear that, I then asked them to specify which day and probably not wanting to deal with me anymore, decided to give me a brand new one on the spot. They set everything up and even gave me the box and everything, so now I have an extra charger, cable, and earbuds. It just goes to show how different Sprint procedures are. Both stores were Sprint owned stores, and both had the same technical support yet I was treated so differently.
To anyone having the same problems, please do yourself a favor and just unroot it just in case. I find that some stores will do or say anything to not replace your phone. I have been a loyal Sprint customer for almost 6 years and I feel that they will still treat you like crap.
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Well after a few hours of work/waiting I am sad to say that I did not benefit from the good customer service you got.
I went in today around 10 and dropped off my phone to be looked at by the Tech, who was not in until 11.
Around 12:15 I got a call (on my wifes phone) and they let me know that the phone would have to be entirely replaced. The tech told me he could not swap one out for me. I asked to speak to a manager.
Manager, "hello this is Matt"
Me: "Hi Matt, (explained issue again) and I was hoping you guys could replace my phone for me. "
Manager: "We don't have any phones available for that, we will have to order one from the depot"
Me: ' Oh, you don't have any note II's at the store?"
Manager: "We do, But they are for new customers and activation's only.
Oh... WAIT WHAT?
Ok ok. I understand that if he isn't allowed to and MUST order them from the depot....BUT HOW ARE YOU STUPID ENOUGH TO SAY THAT?
I have worked in various customer service capacities for most of my life, and here is what he said sounded like to me:
(not a real quote): "Here at Sprint and/or our store new customers and activation's are the priority."
What he should have said: "I am sooooo sorry. I am not allowed to do that, I absolutely would if I could. How about I order one from the depot for you and let you know as soon as I have an arrival date?"
sigh. So after all that, because I don't have TEP (sprints monthly insureance) I have to pay $35 to get a "new device"
They PROMISED me that it would be new and not refurb. So we will see how that works out.
Thank you for patiently hearing (reading?) my rant......

HTC One Reset itself and is now stuck on Verizon splash screen

I have had my HTC One for 25 days now. I am not rooted and completely stock.. I was listening to Pandora at work with phone plugged into my work laptop. My phone reset itself and wouldn't go past the Verizon splash screen. Not wanting to lose my photos of my kids, I took the phone to a Verizon store and had them check it out.. they attempted a fast boot and asking them phones recovery which led to being stuck at the Verizon splash screen. Finally the tech factory reset my phone losing all of my photos and the phone made it to the lock screen only to reset when unlocking the lock screen and then freezing again at the Verizon logo on the splash screen. My phone also won't power off. It has been stuck on on the splash screen the past 5 hours. Verizon said there was nothing they could do in store.. anyone have any ideas on getting the pone back to normal? I've had zero problems prior to this and loved my phone thanks
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avengedfo7ld said:
I have had my HTC One for 25 days now. I am not rooted and completely stock.. I was listening to Pandora at work with phone plugged into my work laptop. My phone reset itself and wouldn't go past the Verizon splash screen. Not wanting to lose my photos of my kids, I took the phone to a Verizon store and had them check it out.. they attempted a fast boot and asking them phones recovery which led to being stuck at the Verizon splash screen. Finally the tech factory reset my phone losing all of my photos and the phone made it to the lock screen only to reset when unlocking the lock screen and then freezing again at the Verizon logo on the splash screen. My phone also won't power off. It has been stuck on on the splash screen the past 5 hours. Verizon said there was nothing they could do in store.. anyone have any ideas on getting the pone back to normal? I've had zero problems prior to this and loved my phone thanks
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They really sent you out of the store with a non-functioning phone? What the hell are you supposed to do? Call HTC?
Not that it helps you now, but create a Dropbox account or allow the auto-upload to Google. I don't want to risk being in a similar situation so I have my photos auto-upload when I'm on Wi-Fi to minimize the chance of something like that happening. Sorry man. I wish I had something to offer that might help.

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They really sent you out of the store with a non-functioning phone? What the hell are you supposed to do? Call HTC?
Not that it helps you now, but create a Dropbox account or allow the auto-upload to Google. I don't want to risk being in a similar situation so I have my photos auto-upload when I'm on Wi-Fi to minimize the chance of something like that happening. Sorry man. I wish I had something to offer that might help.
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Normally I have dropbox setup to auto save my photos, but I hadn't set it up on my HTC yet. The guys at Verizon kept trying to reset the phone, and finally, they were ready to have a phone sent to me tomorrow, but yeah I'm without a phone until tomorrow afternoon.. They said that the store doesn't handle replacement devices, and that a replacement has to be ordered. I decided to wait and go home and use my wife's S4 to call Verizon and HTC and see if there was any other way to get the photos off the phone, but unfortunately, no one at either tech support could figure out the issue with my phone and the Verizon rep at tech support says that since these phones are mass produced, sometimes things like this happen. I guess the point of my thread was to alert people of the importance of backing up your photos with this phone, and any other information of importance. Also, I'm excited to get my HTC one back tomorrow, the Verizon rep on the phone was also very nice and tried to request a brand new phone instead of a refurbished unit, but was unable to do so. He said that likely, due to the newness of the phone, that the phone may be brand new anyway. I guess I will find out after work tomorrow. Hopefully I get a nice new One tomorrow, and the first thing I will be doing is turning on the auto-upload feature and the Dropbox sync.

That stinks, sorry to hear that happened. Let us know how it turns out, and whether you got a refurb or not.

That's definitely a con to this phone. In some situations, a battery pull can relieve problems sometimes.

Got a refurbished HTC one from Verizon disappointed its not new. Slight gap near the power button but nothing too bad seems to be working great so far.
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avengedfo7ld said:
Got a refurbished HTC one from Verizon disappointed its not new. Slight gap near the power button but nothing too bad seems to be working great so far.
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damn I was hoping we'd get refurb phones from HTC, I don't think I want Verizon taking apart this phone personally.
Idk as long as it's put back as well as the first, no complaints here.
I'd jsut send it back until one came that is perfect.
I've sent back I think it was 4-5 htc rezounds refubs before I got a good one.

damn, refurbs already? That didn't take long.

rmaccamr said:
That's definitely a con to this phone. In some situations, a battery pull can relieve problems sometimes.
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just hold power for ten seconds.. or power and volume down.
easier than a battery pull, IMHO.

Just keep calm .
So i recently forced mu htc to get stuck at verizon with xposed module.
And got a working solution, as the phone gets stuck just run:
1. adb shell am start -a android.intent.action.DELETE -d package:com.package name
2. adb shell pm uninstall -k com.package name
witch the package would be the latest apk you have installed it, it will give you errors cant not find or access.
just let is go on and then it goes ON worked for me.
Hope it works fir the next guy with the same problem.

Xposed puts a flashable disabler zip on your sdcard (Exposed_Disabler_Recovery.zip). All you have to do is boot into recovery and flash it. That will dissable the exposed framework, and all related apps.

[Q] Brand New Note 3 problem

Hi guys, I have a weird problem and I need your advice.
My brand new galaxy Note 3 Sm-N900T is having screen blackouts....
Its like after the screen timeout the screen goes off and then when I press the power button it doesn't go back on again.
Or if I turn the screen off it doesn't go back on again... the buttons are working the sounds are on, I can answer calls and everything but the screen is black.
If I play with it (pressing power or home buttons) for a while it comes back on. Sometimes the phone restarts (rarely, I think because i press power button).
I have tried everything from playing with settings to wiping the cache and resetting the phone few times.
It looks like its a software issue to me, or maybe sensor.. but i think that when power button is pressed the screen should turn on regardless of sensors.
I do have the custom S-Case but I had the issue even before I got that.
Now.. I have few choices :
1. Go to t-Mobile and get a replacement.. probably refurbished, not a fact that the problem will away because I heard of lots of people having this issue ...
I of course do not want to do that.. I have this phone for less than a month.
2. Wait for KitKat....
3. install some kind of custom rom and see if problem goes away.
If anyone can help, Id really appreciate it.

I would do an exchange.. you paid good money for it and a defect is a defect, I wouldn't depend on a 3rd party patch for this
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?
go to the store for change this defective note.

This may be jelly bean bug... Lots and lots of people report the same problem...
If I replace my piece I will probably get a refurbished one with a great chance of having this or some kind of another problem......

Keda_P said:
This may be jelly bean bug... Lots and lots of people report the same problem...
If I replace my piece I will probably get a refurbished one with a great chance of having this or some kind of another problem......
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sucks man.
I know on my htc onei have the purple camera problem but everything else was fine. they had to send me 2 replacements because the first one had a yellow screen and worse camera then mines.
Tmobile doesnt even check there replacement. Most of the time there phones that people traded in. And all they do with those is a power on check.
Now if you just got the phone and within the 14 exchange you can take it to the store and get a brand new one.

Had it for more than 2 weeks now.. since i was always playing with it i did not notice the problem .. (the screen was always on).
I called Samsung and Tmobile. I told tmobile that samsung said i have a defective phone. so Tmobile is sending me a "Like new" phone meaning that someone returned it within 14 days. I get to check it and if i dont like it i will just send them their phone back. and suddenly mine doesnt do the problem for 30 minutes lol.. maybe it got scared. Personally i think that KitKat would fix it.

Any force closes? I had this problem too untill I stopped using the crapy My Magazine bloatware, which was also sometimes force closing...
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No, no force closes, but one time it was funny, a little bit of status bar appeared from the bottom and on top it was a little bit cutoff.... like someone slid the screen up few pixels.
And whatever was cut just came from the bottom. Its weird... for $700 phone it should be flawless... I hope they dont send me crap phone and i hope they dont send my phone to someone else.
How can i get rid of it to see if that was the problem?

My phone works perfect and I had if since the first week they came out. .. It's not a jellybean thing you phone has a problem. ..
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djtheraven said:
My phone works perfect and I had if since the first week they came out. .. It's not a jellybean thing you phone has a problem. ..
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I figured id try to reflash (not data reset, but reflash via Kies) so far so good no problem.
The whole thing looks like soft prob, not hard.
If it comes back Ill let you know. This could be a nice fix if works.

I'm in nyc, and my local store called the warrenty center and got me a brand new SGS2 one time. It still had all the blue plastic in the sim card and sd card slots, and plastic on the screen. So I'm know they can request it, just depends on your store if they are willing.
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Keda_P said:
I figured id try to reflash (not data reset, but reflash via Kies) so far so good no problem.
The whole thing looks like soft prob, not hard.
If it comes back Ill let you know. This could be a nice fix if works.
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My sgs2 had problems out of the box. After I installed custom ROM they went away. It does happen. Restored stock via Odin, still no problems. Sometimes the software doesn't flash correctly from the manufacturer.
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noobtoob said:
My sgs2 had problems out of the box. After I installed custom ROM they went away. It does happen. Restored stock via Odin, still no problems. Sometimes the software doesn't flash correctly from the manufacturer.
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Well, I dont know what to think anymore... Looks like the problem persists but happens so rare that without the past I wouldnt notice it.
This makes me believe that with KitKat it will probably disappear. If soft changes cause this to go away or be less it means (to me) that the phone is not defective. New phone is still on the way, to bad I did not purchase it at local store... I did it online, so there is no one to yell at.
It will arrive on Feb 6th so I have plenty of time to test my phone, with some luck KitKat will roll out during this time and then I will be able to definitely see. And if new phone is cool I have the option of exchange anyway .
Thank you all for your help, keep posting, its an interesting issue.

:/
Phone went worse and worse everyday ... now the S-Pen "Air Command" doesnt pop up, several weird disfunctions...
Waiting for the replacement.

Camera Focus Problems with Note 4

This has been an issue since nearly day one. Out of the box; it took extraordinary photos with no problem. I previously had Cinema FV-5 on my Note 3 and it worked flawlessly. I installed it on my AT&T Note 4 and it worked flawlessly - for about a month. Sometimes; I could use the stock camera app and it took decent pictures. Then, both apps act as though there's no such thing as auto-focus. Sometimes; no focus at all. Eventually, after switching between apps, rebooting, or call my voodoo priestess, it will work fine. Sometimes yes; sometimes, no. Ditto issue with the AT&T Code scanner.
Anyone had similar issues? Advice? It's still under warranty, but I hate to have to do a rebuild if there's a quick fix.
Thanks!

I had a similar problem a while back. Mine would auto-focus fine but in the pictures I took, the edges of the pictures would be blurry. There have been known hardware issues with the camera in this phone. I would warranty swap it. But the first thing they will make you try is a factory reset to see if it fixes the problem. I swapped mine less than two weeks after bought it and have had zero issues on the new one. Hope you get it worked out.

I had the same issue. Had to call Samsung service center. They replaced the camera in my phone.

Sorry for the late response and "Thanks". For some reason, I couldn't log on from home this weekend.
I read a few more cases via Google, and one suggested the phone case. So; I took it out Saturday morning, but it made no difference. I went ahead and backed everything up and went through the arduous process of a factory restore. Snake eyes. Guess I'll have to swap it out when I get home. That just sucks.
I'm sure AT&T will try to "upgrade" me to the Note 5, which I don't want. They tried their hardest to get me to do that when I ordered the Note 4. I don't want a phone that I have no SD card to back up to. What they REALLY want is for you to back up to their cloud; which I can't do for security reasons. If the phone were to go tango-uniform; I'd be screwed. What is it that they; et, al. don't get? Not fond of the locked in battery designs, either.
Thanks for your inputs. Gave it a try. Just sucks.

Bad cameras modules were fairly common in earlier stock of this phone. I didn't realize it was still a problem. The Galaxy s7 WILL have sdcard support via the sim tray. So, like any business, I guess they do listen: but only to the bottom line.
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