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my phone literally just died on my desk
for absolutely no reason
the battery is charged, so that's not it I was using it less than 30 minutes ago and just picked it up to watch a video... nothing... did a battery pull... nothing
out of deperation I tried using one of the USB jigs that I have used in the past on older galaxy s to get into download mode and it worked
now to try to find a stock odin flashable image, even though i'm debating on just returning this phone... just dying like that in one week is unacceptable and reminds me of the issues the G2x had
ppctester said:
my phone literally just died on my desk
for absolutely no reason
the battery is charged, so that's not it I was using it less than 30 minutes ago and just picked it up to watch a video... nothing... did a battery pull... nothing
out of deperation I tried using one of the USB jigs that I have used in the past on older galaxy s to get into download mode and it worked
now to try to find a stock odin flashable image, even though i'm debating on just returning this phone... just dying like that in one week is unacceptable and reminds me of the issues the G2x had
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This happened to me as well. check this out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1306852
princeasi said:
This happened to me as well. check this out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1306852
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damn it.. if this is ANOTHER G2x-like fiasco.. I'm gonna return this and say goodbye to Tmo... it's their retarded request that the hardware be changed for their network instead of having the normal exynos CPU
didn't hear of any issues like this for the original SGS2 international/AT&T versions
ppctester said:
damn it.. if this is ANOTHER G2x-like fiasco.. I'm gonna return this and say goodbye to Tmo... it's their retarded request that the hardware be changed for their network instead of having the normal exynos CPU
didn't hear of any issues like this for the original SGS2 international/AT&T versions
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I dont think its that serious. I think its a software bug with the battery meter freezing without knowledge of it. When it freezes without indication, we end up continuously using the phone till the battery completely discharges without knowing.
princeasi said:
I dont think its that serious. I think its a software bug with the battery meter freezing without knowledge of it. When it freezes without indication, we end up continuously using the phone till the battery completely discharges without knowing.
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i replied in your other thread... I was able to reflash the kernel and the phone booted right away without having to wait for a charge like it would have if the battery was completely drained
OK, this is my first post, and i apologize if someone has posted on this already. I searched and didnt find anything, and since i dont see a section for this phone yet, im posting in general.
I searched via google and found nothing on the nitro, so searched for the LG Optimus LTE. The method i found for that phone did nothing, it just gave me errors when trying. So, i thought i would try SuperOneClick. Im used to Samsung devices which are super easy to root, so im not sure if what i encountered in Super were normal or not.
I allowed super to force an install drivers for the device and then unplugged the phone and plugged it back in. The root started and errored out after trying a zerg rush. I didnt unplug the phone or anything, i just immediately tried again. This time it said it was successful but when attempting to restart ADB, the software hung. I restarted, and also unplugged then replugged in the phone. Clicked root one more time, and it worked.
Anyways, im simply posting because like many others, i search these forums before going anywhere else, and im hoping that my experience will help someone else. I dont know if it was a fluke that i had to try multiple times or it was just something with my configuration. I hope this helps someone, just be persistent and it should work.
perm root'd? that'd be great. Can any one else confirm?
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perm root'd? that'd be great. Can any one else confirm?
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Yup, its permanent. I powered off then back on, still had root. Then just for good measure, i powered down and removed the battery. Reinstalled battery, booted back up, and still showed SuperUser in the app drawer. So i went into terminal emulator, typed su, and was prompted with the wonderful little box to allow super user. So, its functioning for me.
Nice work! Thanks for sharing your experiences. What are your impressions of the Nitor so far? Looking forward to receiving mine soon
As far as first impressions go, I'm quite impressed. This is the first LG device I've owned and the build quality seems very solid. I was concerned about the back feeling flimsy because of all the videos on the phone I had watched. They all made it look cheap. To my surprise in person it does look and feel a lot better than expected.
The screen, which we all know is the biggest feature of this phone, doesn't disappoint. The higher resolution makes viewing webpages and reading email so much easier on the eyes. Text is smooth and clear. The whites seem brighter and it makes text really stand out. Just to test it I watched Pirates of the Caribbean last night on it. It was a bluray rip in 720p and I actually ended up watching the whole thing that way because it looked so clear and I was drawn in.
This being a new device, I haven't been able to do much more than that. The only issue I have seen so far is that the sensitivity on the capacitive buttons at the bottom of the screen isn't what I'm used to with Samsung and HTC. You tend to have to tap them a little more firm than what I would expect but in all honesty that could also be a direct result of the screen protector.
One final note, this thing is a lot snappier than I expected. Other than right after a fresh boot, I have yet to experience any lag.
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cloudraker said:
So, i thought i would try SuperOneClick. Im used to Samsung devices which are super easy to root, so im not sure if what i encountered in Super were normal or not.
I allowed super to force an install drivers for the device and then unplugged the phone and plugged it back in. The root started and errored out after trying a zerg rush. I didnt unplug the phone or anything, i just immediately tried again. This time it said it was successful but when attempting to restart ADB, the software hung. I restarted, and also unplugged then replugged in the phone. Clicked root one more time, and it worked.
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thanks cloudraker! it works! now i'm rooted!
this phone is slow without root! now i going to delete all those spamwarez!
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hey guys... i just ordered mine yesterday, waiting for it to be shipped. new to android and this rooting thing... if i recall correctly i read somewhere that after rooting you can't remove every single piece of bloatware or your phone may not function properly? if this is true is there a list for this at&t model? thanks in advance
for some reasons, after i did root.
then do a Privacy -> Factory data reset
the phone is alot more snappier and faster!
Worked for me! Used Superoneclick 2.3.1.0. Forced the Driver install and it worked!
Took a couple tries for me as well, kept hanging up on step #7 but worked fine after I switched USB ports on my computer... thinking it doesn't like USB 3.0.
Thanks so much for the post!
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Worked for me! Used Superoneclick 2.3.1.0. Forced the Driver install and it worked!
Took a couple tries for me as well, kept hanging up on step #7 but worked fine after I switched USB ports on my computer... thinking it doesn't like USB 3.0.
Thanks so much for the post!
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Now that you mention it, that may have been part of what was going on. I was using the 3.0 ports on my computer as well. Its just habit because when i charge my phone on the other front ports on my tower, it gives feedback through my front audio. Anyways, i guess if you are using USB 3.0 and it gives you an issue, switch to 2.0 and see what that does.
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for some reasons, after i did root.
then do a Privacy -> Factory data reset
the phone is alot more snappier and faster!
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Can verify I am perm rooted also. After resetting it does seem faster. Is it my imagination that the speaker is also louder?
I've tried a few things and can't get it to work. Would someone who has had success with this method please post a step by step guide? Once plugged in do we select Charge Only, Mass Storage, PC Software or USB Tethering? I assume that USB debugging should be checked? I plugged my phone in and the new hardware wizard launched. My machine never could find drivers for "CDC Abstract Contol Module" or "LG Android USB Device". I looked around on the LG website and found some drivers that didn't work. Any direction would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
--Okay, I got it to work. I finally found the right drivers on the LG site. Somehow, USB debugging had become unchecked. Once I installed the drivers and checked USB debugging again and ran Super, it worked. It's so nice to have a device that has been out for just a couple of days and already have it rooted!
Worked for me on first shot.
My first quadrant run of the night after rooting.
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Worked for me on first shot.
My first quadrant run of the night after rooting.
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So what's the verdict Don?
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Worked for me on first shot.
My first quadrant run of the night after rooting.
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hm..thanks for this information, i was able to root the phone. Lesson one, make sure you are in debugging mode..dang it, took me awhile to figure that out..
Again thanks for the info
Whooooooooooooo after only 20 tries trust me i counted them i got root.
Not sure why, but this phone seems to disable USB Debugging when you switch modes from charge only, to pc mode or to any of the other modes. Maybe im just not remembering correctly, but i am fairly sure on my samsung and HTC devices that it would stay enabled.
Use overseas?
If I root the Nitro, will I be able to use it outside the USA? If not, how can I ?
I assume it comes locked to ATT, correct?
So I love this device so far, but the biggest concern I have is battery life. They obviously hadn't broken in the battery before it shipped, but after two to three drain/charge cycles it seemed to improve a lot.
After I rooted and removed all Bloatware I could find, installed setCPU and setup a profile for low power with the screen off and been testing it today.
With 6 hours of moderate (with occasional heavy) usage it dropped from 100% to 55%. This was occasional web browsing,lots of pulse reading, played a few vids, 20min of gaming, downloading about 5-6 apps, GPS off the whole time, and had wifi on for about 3 hrs. Ran some benchmarks (6434 antutu). To summarize, to me it seems average battery life, not anything to write home about but it's about even with what my Captivate used to hold up to.
Anyone else got suggestions for ways on improving battery life without hindering performance?
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Ok here is my question - Two times i have installed CM11 roms, the newest nightlies, after wiping data / cache, using CWM for recovery, and rumrunner to achieve s-off / unlock. The first time my phone functioned fine for a few days, then began over heating and the top speaker quit working, started issuing static after certain apps turned on, or when the phone booted up. Also - battery was draining faster than i could charge it. Would jump multiple % points at a time.
I "BELIEVE" that my charger has gone bad, and that is the culprit for destroying the phone. Even after flashing back to stock, removing s-off and relocking the bootloader, it drained the battery(even when powered off battery continued to drain and phone was hot to touch).
After this happened to my first htc one, i returned it to stock, and got a replacement under warranty. Then i proceeded to root / s-off / unlock my new htc one, and drop CM11 m7vzw onto it. It functioned fine.......until i plugged it into the charger that i think is the culprit. After hitting 100% power, the phone started to heat up and the top speaker quit functioning. I instantly upon noticing this, used CWM to restore a backup of the stock software. Which did nothing to fix the problem, phone continued to over heat and drain the battery, only one speaker worked. I managed to flash it back to the stock oem RUU software and relock the bootloader, attain s-on before it died completely(so i could turn it in for warranty with no issues AGAIN).
My question - is this a bad charger you think, that is killing my phones? Or could it possibly be something inside of CM11 and PA gapps(4.4) killing my phones? I do not have a meter on hand to test my charger, so i am going on logic that it must be the charger. Since i can't imagine that cm11 is killing every m7vzw it is installed one, and it seemed to function fine until i plugged into that charger.
I love custom roms, and seriously hate all the bloatware that comes attached to verizon phones, so looking for some advice from people mor familiar with this subject then i am. I have only recently started customizing my phone. My back ground is in computers not phones, but seeing as how i am not tweaking the cpu or gpu at all, i am thinking it MUST be this charger. Please let me know what you think, if you have experience with this on a m7vzw. I get another phone tomorrow, and do not plan on using the same charger again, but i am somewhat wary as to upgrading the rom after all this crap ive been through. ANY advice is appreciated. Much thanks!
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Ok here is my question - Two times i have installed CM11 roms, the newest nightlies, after wiping data / cache, using CWM for recovery, and rumrunner to achieve s-off / unlock. The first time my phone functioned fine for a few days, then began over heating and the top speaker quit working, started issuing static after certain apps turned on, or when the phone booted up. Also - battery was draining faster than i could charge it. Would jump multiple % points at a time.
I "BELIEVE" that my charger has gone bad, and that is the culprit for destroying the phone. Even after flashing back to stock, removing s-off and relocking the bootloader, it drained the battery(even when powered off battery continued to drain and phone was hot to touch).
After this happened to my first htc one, i returned it to stock, and got a replacement under warranty. Then i proceeded to root / s-off / unlock my new htc one, and drop CM11 m7vzw onto it. It functioned fine.......until i plugged it into the charger that i think is the culprit. After hitting 100% power, the phone started to heat up and the top speaker quit functioning. I instantly upon noticing this, used CWM to restore a backup of the stock software. Which did nothing to fix the problem, phone continued to over heat and drain the battery, only one speaker worked. I managed to flash it back to the stock oem RUU software and relock the bootloader, attain s-on before it died completely(so i could turn it in for warranty with no issues AGAIN).
My question - is this a bad charger you think, that is killing my phones? Or could it possibly be something inside of CM11 and PA gapps(4.4) killing my phones? I do not have a meter on hand to test my charger, so i am going on logic that it must be the charger. Since i can't imagine that cm11 is killing every m7vzw it is installed one, and it seemed to function fine until i plugged into that charger.
I love custom roms, and seriously hate all the bloatware that comes attached to verizon phones, so looking for some advice from people mor familiar with this subject then i am. I have only recently started customizing my phone. My back ground is in computers not phones, but seeing as how i am not tweaking the cpu or gpu at all, i am thinking it MUST be this charger. Please let me know what you think, if you have experience with this on a m7vzw. I get another phone tomorrow, and do not plan on using the same charger again, but i am somewhat wary as to upgrading the rom after all this crap ive been through. ANY advice is appreciated. Much thanks!
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Are you using the stock charger?
Try a different charger on the next phone. Many people have flashed CM11 and don't have those issues so it appears to be your charger that's killing the phones.
Don't think it's the charger. I am seeing more and more threads of people running cm11 a d getting this overheat issues then phone dying. I think it's best that people leaves cm11 alone until it can be fixed. As I have never seen any other Rom act like this.
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The only thing i can think of, after resting on it, is that i turned on the DSP manager EQ shortly before it happened each time. Not going to customize the one I am getting today. Just thankful I know enough that I managed to get them both back to s-on / locked / stock RUU before sending them back.....so my warranty will cover them.
And yes, i was using the stock HTC charger that came with the device. Wish i had a meter.
This is odd. I have been using CM 11 for close to a week now, and haven't experienced any issues like this yet, and hopefully won't. The battery life isn't great (and I will probably return to using BoneStock from @andybones ), but no overheating or speaker issues. I don't normally listen to a lot of music, and I have not messed with DSP manager much, but I have used it, and music/videos seem to work fine. I would recommend trying a different charger to rule that out. Also, if you are getting a warranty replacement, try leaving the phone s-on and stock for a few days and see how it acts with your charger - that will help narrow down the real cause.
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This is odd. I have been using CM 11 for close to a week now, and haven't experienced any issues like this yet, and hopefully won't. The battery life isn't great (and I will probably return to using BoneStock from @andybones ), but no overheating or speaker issues. I don't normally listen to a lot of music, and I have not messed with DSP manager much, but I have used it, and music/videos seem to work fine. I would recommend trying a different charger to rule that out. Also, if you are getting a warranty replacement, try leaving the phone s-on and stock for a few days and see how it acts with your charger - that will help narrow down the real cause.
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Both phones are dead. Will not charge, will not turn on. They only worked for a few hours after the over heating issue started. Battery continued to drain even after being turned off, and after it was drained it would not charge at all. It was lucky i could even get them back to s-on / locked / stock. And the issue continued after going back to stock. Hardware damaged for sure. So no more testing on those. lol
On the next one, wait a week before installing a ROM, and see if the phone functions fine. If not, then its the charger or something else you've been doing with it. If it is fine, try installing cm11 again and see if it returns. If it returns at THAT point, then it might be the ROM, though I doubt that's the issue. You'll never know if its cm11 or something else causing the issue if you immediately flash it after getting it.
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On the next one, wait a week before installing a ROM, and see if the phone functions fine. If not, then its the charger or something else you've been doing with it. If it is fine, try installing cm11 again and see if it returns. If it returns at THAT point, then it might be the ROM, though I doubt that's the issue. You'll never know if its cm11 or something else causing the issue if you immediately flash it after getting it.
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That is my plan, and i have other chargers. I don't plan on using the HTC one. Going to use a stock samsung charger until i get my replacement charger in the mail. I am hoping it was the charger. It just seemed odd that the issue happened both times after turning on DSP, then using the phone to either watch netflix, or listen to music on the speakers. Also, I figure if no one on these forums has the same issue.....then it must be the charger. In the meantime - I am just going to root / s-off and use stock software till next week or so.
I'm just getting paranoid as to how many times verizon will let me get a warranty replacement, even though i am sending them back in full stock format. lmao
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That is my plan, and i have other chargers. I don't plan on using the HTC one. Going to use a stock samsung charger until i get my replacement charger in the mail. I am hoping it was the charger. It just seemed odd that the issue happened both times after turning on DSP, then using the phone to either watch netflix, or listen to music on the speakers. Also, I figure if no one on these forums has the same issue.....then it must be the charger. In the meantime - I am just going to root / s-off and use stock software till next week or so.
I'm just getting paranoid as to how many times verizon will let me get a warranty replacement, even though i am sending them back in full stock format. lmao
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They'll let you send as many as you want as long as its under warranty haha. I remember I had to send in the droid bionic 4 times and the droid RAZR twice, both times without any hassle from them. I just had awful luck with those phones, mostly screen-lifting.
Haha. Good to hear. Because I have 10 months of warranty left, and I am a computer modder at heart.....and that has turned me into a custom rom loving phone crazy person. :laugh:
Yeah you've got nothing to worry about there. Just make sure its back to stock. They honestly probably wouldn't say anything if it weren't, but we don't want to give them even more reasons to lock us down more.
I'm having the same issues. I'm on my 4th phone now.
This happened to me on several ROMs. SlimBean 4.3, SlimKat 4.4 now.. and I flashed back to stock while I had a phone that wasn't dead yet.. but it's still happening.
I'm not sure what the deal is. Just happens without rhyme or reason out of the blue one day.
Can anyone recommend flashing anything that might help?
What's responsible for the battery management even if there's no ROM installed? HBoot? Should I re-flash an HBoot to attempt to fix? It's not the ROM, I don't think. If it is, it's something that permanently screws up the phone. I've completely wiped my phone and went to stock. Same issue.
I got my new phone, and s-off'ed / unlocked / flashed cwm recovery, then updated it to 4.3 ota, no issues so far. Scared to put any custom rom after what happened to the last two. But having no issues yet with it, with only a custom recovery and s-off. Have rom manager loaded also, and made a back up since it seems to be running fine now. If anyone isolates this problem and can get a fix going, would make me very happy.
I've noticed that trickster and some of the other CPU performance apps are locking the min CPU speed at the max speed so the phone always stays at top speed. If it stays like that for an extended period of time it will damage the phone. The heat can cause the battery to drain really fast and damage the CPU. If you are on any ROM with a custom kernel I would be on the lookout for this.
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I was running CM11 on my nexus Galaxy and I thought my battery was bad. My phone would die after a few hours. I got a new battery and it did the same. I installed slim ROM and now I am getting 10+ hours no problem. Also my phone does not feel like it is going to melt.
Phone was sold as is, it turned on but the battery was drained completely and died soon after reaching home screen. I took a plunge since price was $50 tempting Washingtons :laugh: I was 100% sure something is wrong with this device but **** it i did it. Bought a charger and USB cable on the way home and so far it's charging just fine.
Phone is mostly erased at least manually I think, because somebody left his google account as I can see email in the plays store menu and some apps, or maybe this is all the carrier pre-installed junk I'm looking at ? LOL
I don't have much experience with Samsung devices but it's a SM-N900T model with N900TUVUCNB4 4.4.2. from February 2014 according to this site http://www.galaxynote3update.com/galaxy-note-3-odin-factory-stock-firmware-usa-canada/
My question is do I stay on this Android or do I jump to Lolipop ? Wasn't there some memory issues with 5.0 ? Or maybe Custom builds ?
Your first move is to sell it to me for $5
If I was OP, I would fully charge the phone, do full factory reset and run it few days as is to test if everything works,. Once you start updating, especially custom ROM, things can break and you'll never know if it's software or hardware. If everything works fine, then you could decide for yourself what to do next. My biggest worry would be the phone is blacklisted, since Note 3 in good shape sells for $200-$300.
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Phone charged fully I booted it up and after short amount of time it would freeze constantly when bringing up the keyboard (Samsung or google), can't recall which one was first now because I was changing them in settings and nothing helped. Either way it was freezing after typing couple of letters or appear then crash/disappear. All this combined with some crashes from app called Lookout. Google told me to do Volume UP+HOME+POWER and do a factory reset, after that everything works fine now. Changed my sim card and I can place calls with no issues also data works fine but damn there is tons of f***ing poopy preloaded apps in here from Samsung and other garbagio . I think whoever was using this device had no idea what to do with those errors and just stopped using it somewhere around Feb. 2014 because since then basically nothing was updated on it. I'm gonna let it sit for couple of days then probably will upgrade to 5.0 via KIES and maybe replace the battery either way with OEM or maybe something like this ? http://www.amazon.com/Anker-T-Mobile-Compatibility-18-Month-Warranty/dp/B00FF54C8Q/
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Phone charged fully I booted it up and after short amount of time it would freeze constantly when bringing up the keyboard (Samsung or google), can't recall which one was first now because I was changing them in settings and nothing helped. Either way it was freezing after typing couple of letters or appear then crash/disappear. All this combined with some crashes from app called Lookout. Google told me to do Volume UP+HOME+POWER and do a factory reset, after that everything works fine now. Changed my sim card and I can place calls with no issues also data works fine but damn there is tons of f***ing poopy preloaded apps in here from Samsung and other garbagio . I think whoever was using this device had no idea what to do with those errors and just stopped using it somewhere around Feb. 2014 because since then basically nothing was updated on it. I'm gonna let it sit for couple of days then probably will upgrade to 5.0 via KIES and maybe replace the battery either way with OEM or maybe something like this ? http://www.amazon.com/Anker-T-Mobile-Compatibility-18-Month-Warranty/dp/B00FF54C8Q/
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If you're planning on keeping it, you'd be better spending the extra $ on one of these mate: http://www.amazon.com/Zerolemon-Zer...d=1453047493&sr=1-1&keywords=ZeroLemon+Note+3
I'm getting 6 days on a full charge outta mine, compared to 1 day with stock battery (course I'm running a custom rom, but when I was back on stock with my ZeroLemon, I was getting 3 days outta it)
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Phone charged fully I booted it up and after short amount of time it would freeze constantly when bringing up the keyboard (Samsung or google), can't recall which one was first now because I was changing them in settings and nothing helped. Either way it was freezing after typing couple of letters or appear then crash/disappear. All this combined with some crashes from app called Lookout. Google told me to do Volume UP+HOME+POWER and do a factory reset, after that everything works fine now. Changed my sim card and I can place calls with no issues also data works fine but damn there is tons of f***ing poopy preloaded apps in here from Samsung and other garbagio . I think whoever was using this device had no idea what to do with those errors and just stopped using it somewhere around Feb. 2014 because since then basically nothing was updated on it. I'm gonna let it sit for couple of days then probably will upgrade to 5.0 via KIES and maybe replace the battery either way with OEM or maybe something like this ? http://www.amazon.com/Anker-T-Mobile-Compatibility-18-Month-Warranty/dp/B00FF54C8Q/
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Actually you can root the phone easily, even without tripping knox on kitkat, once rooted you could freeze or kill on start up most apps that bother you, that's what I do and problem solved, phone runs like a dream.
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If I was OP, I would fully charge the phone, do full factory reset and run it few days as is to test if everything works,. Once you start updating, especially custom ROM, things can break and you'll never know if it's software or hardware. If everything works fine, then you could decide for yourself what to do next. My biggest worry would be the phone is blacklisted, since Note 3 in good shape sells for $200-$300.
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There is actually an easy way to not worry about the blacklisted issue before you ever buy a phone from someone. You can go to www.swappa.com/esn and check the status of the phone by entering it's IMEI. We buy and resell phones a lot and this is how we check them. You can check up to 10 phones free every 24 hours on the site.
4xxxxL said:
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Phone charged fully I booted it up and after short amount of time it would freeze constantly when bringing up the keyboard (Samsung or google), can't recall which one was first now because I was changing them in settings and nothing helped. Either way it was freezing after typing couple of letters or appear then crash/disappear. All this combined with some crashes from app called Lookout. Google told me to do Volume UP+HOME+POWER and do a factory reset, after that everything works fine now. Changed my sim card and I can place calls with no issues also data works fine but damn there is tons of f***ing poopy preloaded apps in here from Samsung and other garbagio . I think whoever was using this device had no idea what to do with those errors and just stopped using it somewhere around Feb. 2014 because since then basically nothing was updated on it. I'm gonna let it sit for couple of days then probably will upgrade to 5.0 via KIES and maybe replace the battery either way with OEM or maybe something like this ? http://www.amazon.com/Anker-T-Mobile-Compatibility-18-Month-Warranty/dp/B00FF54C8Q/
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Sounds like you did get lucky and come across someone who wasn't tech savvy at all, and had no idea how simple it was to fix. But hey... that's their lose and your gain.
If you do decide to root it at some point and want to run a custom ROM, click on the top banner in my signature and check it out. I think you might just like it.
kevp75 said:
If you're planning on keeping it, you'd be better spending the extra $ on one of these mate: http://www.amazon.com/Zerolemon-Zer...d=1453047493&sr=1-1&keywords=ZeroLemon+Note+3
I'm getting 6 days on a full charge outta mine, compared to 1 day with stock battery (course I'm running a custom rom, but when I was back on stock with my ZeroLemon, I was getting 3 days outta it)
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Yeah man, there is an awesome custom ROM out for this phone. I can't remember the name right off hand, but I'm sure you've heard of it. Haha
pete4k said:
Actually you can root the phone easily, even without tripping knox on kitkat, once rooted you could freeze or kill on start up most apps that bother you, that's what I do and problem solved, phone runs like a dream.
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You can freeze them, but in my opinion if you've gone to the trouble of rooting it, you might as well completely remove the bloatware. If all you do is freeze the apps, they are still there needlessly taking up the internal storage. There are a few lists on here that tells what is safe to remove without fear of messing the phone up.
problem with deleting "bloatware" is two fold: some programs are interdependent and deleting one you don't want may break another you need. Also, I don't know about others, but I changed my mind in the past and reactivated some applications I never thought I'll be using before.
As far as space goes, the whole system uses 4 GB maybe, so you could save 1 GB, if you're aggressive deleting files, probably couple min of 4k video worth. I got 128 GB sd card, problem solved. Maybe different story with Note 5, but that's one of main reasons I never upgraded.
Either way I strongly suggest at least freezing apps and testing before deleting it.
TimboMachimbo said:
Your first move is to sell it to me for $5
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Lmao
Still been using the device to watch stuff on wifi @ home and **** Can't use it as my daily driver it's just to big :0 anyway the other hidden issue that I found out about it is that the charging port is kinda beaten up especially on the left side. Sometimes you can plug the cable in and it won't charge until you apply little pressure on the connectors left side it's time to do this http://www.amazon.com/Charging-Ribbon-Connector-Samsung-T-Mobile/dp/B00H3DZRXC/
Alliance Rom
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Phone was sold as is, it turned on but the battery was drained completely and died soon after reaching home screen. I took a plunge since price was $50 tempting Washingtons :laugh: I was 100% sure something is wrong with this device but **** it i did it. Bought a charger and USB cable on the way home and so far it's charging just fine.
Phone is mostly erased at least manually I think, because somebody left his google account as I can see email in the plays store menu and some apps, or maybe this is all the carrier pre-installed junk I'm looking at ? LOL
I don't have much experience with Samsung devices but it's a SM-N900T model with N900TUVUCNB4 4.4.2. from February 2014 according to this site http://www.galaxynote3update.com/galaxy-note-3-odin-factory-stock-firmware-usa-canada/
My question is do I stay on this Android or do I jump to Lolipop ? Wasn't there some memory issues with 5.0 ? Or maybe Custom builds ?
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Flash Alliance 5.0 Lollipop ...best rom for note 3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...-alliancerom-n900t-uvufob6-v1-online-t3055309
Replaced the charging port with the $5 one I bought via Amazon... charging worked great but the voice recording and mic in general sounded garbled had to put the broken one back lol :S
I've read 10 pages on this subforum, random talks about updates, LTE fixes, etc...I've yet to find a single thread giving an official fix for random rebooting? I get this at least 4x a day...regardless of charging or not, SD card installed or not, all the latest updates are installed. I can't be the only one and if so, why isn't this a Sticky issue at the beginning?
I and few have others have the unpleasant experience with rebooting. But it was a little relief that this issue is not just with my Note4.
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I had this problem with the early 6.01 stock roms, but it eventually calmed down. Now I get a reboot about once a week. I just assumed the first couple 6.01 stock roms were buggy.
I suppose lots of hardware issues could also cause it.
I bought this phone used for $140, I don't know how long it's been running 6.01, but I'm guessing he knew it had this issue. It happens 3-4 a day for the past two weeks. It'll do it while at rest on or off a charger, middle of use, etc. Aren't they're apps that can log what's going on when it fails so this can be resolved, like acatlog? These phones aren't new anymore, it seems there should be a fix out by now...root and overclock while undervolt, remove bloatware from Sprint Normal Apps or whatever it's called, etc
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I bought this phone used for $140, I don't know how long it's been running 6.01, but I'm guessing he knew it had this issue. It happens 3-4 a day for the past two weeks. It'll do it while at rest on or off a charger, middle of use, etc. Aren't they're apps that can log what's going on when it fails so this can be resolved, like acatlog? These phones aren't new anymore, it seems there should be a fix out by now...root and overclock while undervolt, remove bloatware from Sprint Normal Apps or whatever it's called, etc
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So, what rom is the phone running?
Bone stock at the moment. I'm going to let a Sprint store give it a looking over, but I'm not hopeful as they're usually useless vs what I can find here myself. At minimum I'm going to root it and remove bloatware, but I haven't reviewed roms yet. Unless this thing stored it in memory, but I was doing a copy and paste last time it froze and rebooted, yet I was still able to paste when it came back on...safe to assume that means it's only a soft reboot?
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Bone stock at the moment. I'm going to let a Sprint store give it a looking over, but I'm not hopeful as they're usually useless vs what I can find here myself. At minimum I'm going to root it and remove bloatware, but I haven't reviewed roms yet. Unless this thing stored it in memory, but I was doing a copy and paste last time it froze and rebooted, yet I was still able to paste when it came back on...safe to assume that means it's only a soft reboot?
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What version of stock? If it's old, some of the early 6.01 roms were pretty buggy. The current stock rom is QC1, which just began to roll out this week. Make sure you are on the most current rom.
Last update I received was this week which turned out to only be a security patch.
So, you're on most recent rom. Only suggestion I have is full reset. If that doesn't do it you've got a hardware problem.
So I hope I don't jinx myself, but I think a new battery has solved my issue...with some extra steps Let me explain.
Bought the phone used, it'd reset about 3-4x a day...being charged, being used, whatever. It'd reboot anywhere from 80% down to 40%, no rhyme or reason. Sometimes it simply wouldn't allow me to turn it back on, the light would flash blue while dimming in and out, but wouldn't power up the screen. Plugging it back in and it'd be at 30%-45% no matter what. I downloaded an app called Battery Calibration from Meza (sp?) that had a little Android logo with a % on his chest. Resetting may or may not have completely solved the problem had it not soft reset when trying to get battery stats to refresh themselves. It's my understanding that if it reset, it rewrote a battery stat upon reboot, making this step useless.
I got two new batteries from eBay (http://www.ebay.com/itm/112344168032?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT), I charged one in the phone and one on an external charger. Even after running with the new battery, it still reboot once and shutoff around 43% reported on the phone itself. Once plugged in and phone still off, it said it was at 15%. I swapped in the other new and charged battery, powered on the phone, plugged it in until it read 100%. I fired up the Battery Calibration app, unplugged the phone as directed and then to force the battery to drain faster, I let YouTube play uninterrupted for about 4hrs. NOT A SINGLE REBOOT!! For the first time with this phone, it actually stayed on and dipped below the 30%'s and gave me a warning when the battery was getting low (yellow icon) and getting critically low (red icon) before it finally powered itself off at 1%. The phone is now charged on the factory fast charger, this time playing Pandora with the screen off and uninterrupted as well...it's currently sitting at around 57% last I checked.
Once it's fully charged, I'll run it like any normal user (texting, music, etc) without being plugged in and if all works well, it won't reboot.
Hopefully this helps someone with the same issue and is a $8 fix since I bought two batteries.
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So, you're on most recent rom. Only suggestion I have is full reset. If that doesn't do it you've got a hardware problem.
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I reset the phone the day I got it.
if your phone often reboot many times in a day, make sure that you don't use Ram kernel V6 or v7 for your Rom, V5 is only version that not make your phone randomly reboot. I try Ram kernel v6 and v7 in Note 7 port rom, note 5 port rom and stock either, and this kernel version always make my phone reboot many many times, unless i flashed v5 or stock kernel, the problem had gone.
I had this problem. I replaced the battery with an official Samsung battery I ordered from Sprint, and the problem went away. Simple as that. No reboots ever since.
Purchased a new battery from Amazon, Samsung OEM, problem solved. Put back old battery guess what it started again but only when battery reached 70% of the original charge. So it must be the battery memory problem.
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Four batteries later and this still happens. Can this be addressed via rooting and then undervolting? I remember phones of the past where people would overclock for speed and undervolt for battery life, but one way too high or too low and you'd either get random rebooting or freezing. This is so god damn annoying!!!!!!