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[App ] to set WiFi to 2.4ghz, 5ghz or auto.

Note this was removed in lh1 and newer firmwares. Even worse is that I had mine set to 2.4ghz only and that Is what was still set after flashing to lh1 which means without thus app I could never have gotten 5ghz to work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1891970
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Thanks for this gonna make a backup and try it out
Edit: I don't know if I switch it over to 5 ghz it doesn't connect to anything at all. The wifi on this phone totally blows that's about my only gripe I just use the mobile network cause I know out won't drop!
Question: is there any possible way to actually just increase the power of the wifi? Or does that need some kind of patch or something? It would be nice to use wifi when not sitting directly in front of the router
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thatsupnow said:
Thanks for this gonna make a backup and try it out
Edit: I don't know if I switch it over to 5 ghz it doesn't connect to anything at all. The wifi on this phone totally blows that's about my only gripe I just use the mobile network cause I know out won't drop!
Question: is there any possible way to actually just increase the power of the wifi? Or does that need some kind of patch or something? It would be nice to use wifi when not sitting directly in front of the router
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Yours maybe flawed, my first s3 had trouble connecting to wifi, swapped it for another and no more trouble. I can be outside at my truck in the street and connect to my wifi in the house on the second floor
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Shi**y beans whatever I guess I'm not gonna bother grabbing a new one I'll just wait for the s4 to come out next year
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Get a better router seems like ur router is only 2.4 i have a 5ghz my s3 connects fine and alot faster
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JB calhoun said:
Get a better router seems like ur router is only 2.4 i have a 5ghz my s3 connects fine and alot faster
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yea I just checked my router settings and it is only 2.4 I think my bro might have one kicking around somewhere
Edit: I actually just flashed a different kernel, switched from faux to sammy its got updated usb and wifi drivers and the connection is a whole lot better!
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thatsupnow said:
yea I just checked my router settings and it is only 2.4 I think my bro might have one kicking around somewhere
Edit: I actually just flashed a different kernel, switched from faux to sammy its got updated usb and wifi drivers and the connection is a whole lot better!
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Ktoonz newest works very well too I'm using it
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[Q] is android slow in wifi?

So today at my highschool I got the password to their wifi. First thing I did was download some roms of from here and my friend has an iphone we both downloaded a file that is 300mb and his was about 2MB/s while mine was stuck at 100kbps/s. Any reason to this ? Any way to fix this?

What was your download source? Lots, but not all, file hosts throttle speeds way down.
You're better off using a speed test website (not an app) to compare to an iphone.
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It was mediafire his iphone is jailbroken and he just downloads any file really fast.compared to me.
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Also my wifi disconnects every while and his just stays on all day.
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No problem wit the wifi speed on android.. May be he is using some app to increase the speed.. Try to chek the net speed next Tim.

I checked once again right now and he isnt using anything and still getting 2 to 3 mbps on download while im getting 100 to 200kbps
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It may be your settings. In advanced wifi menu is it set to Always stay connected? If not it may turn off during deep sleep.
Also, I've heard of lots of corporate type networks (schools included) where android just didn't didn't work as well as other systems. I'm not sure why though. Its possibke that his is connecting using N standard and you're connecting using G....just a thought.
Try doing the same tests from your home or other open network and see if your results change. I consistantly get 15-20Mbps down and 3-4Mbps up with peaks up to 30 down 6 up. So I certainly wouldn't call it slow! (Mid signal btw).
I can get faster when I'm connected at 5Ghz, 40Mhz.
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Those low speeds are not the norm. Try downloading something from another source. Your friend may have a mediafire account which will unthrottle the download speeds

Same at my home my bro has an ipod touch and I tested yesterday and got 200kbps - 300kbps on my s3 and he got 1.5mb im not using the speedtest app im just measuring how fast the downloads go. Is this an android problem because I have an evo 3d and the same thing happens as well
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Jaimesco12 said:
Same at my home my bro has an ipod touch and I tested yesterday and got 200kbps - 300kbps on my s3 and he got 1.5mb im not using the speedtest app im just measuring how fast the downloads go. Is this an android problem because I have an evo 3d and the same thing happens as well
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No issues for me. WiFi connects to our home n router and my schools WiFi no issues. Very fast at my school and same speed on my home router. Not to mention when browsing home computer files and downloading speeds reach to 5 megabytes a second. I'd say hardware issue. Not really sure what else it could be. Doc already said everything else
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Alright thanks guys
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Is this real life

So I put slim bean on my phone. Left it for3 hours and this. Please tell me this is a sick joke Lol
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Wow dude my wife would kill me. Did all your apps redownload after you flashed? Every time I flash a new ROM, my phone redownloads all my apps for me. So every time I go right to the play store and stop all downloads. Or kill your data. The only app I redownload is titanium backup. If I was smarter I would probably just save it to my SD card. Hope this helped.
Apparently, redownload isn't a word. Thanks, autocorrect.
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Take a deep breath...now relax. Hunt around and you'll see that it was due to some stuff that got merged a while ago. Long story short, it's an error that does not reflect actual data usage. It erroneously totals numbers crazy high.

I don't think he would have 33 GB of apps! Plus that much data in just 3 hours? Something is skewed!

diablo009 said:
I don't think he would have 33 GB of apps! Plus that much data in just 3 hours? Something is skewed!
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Actually he could, the magic of 4G. It could be incorrect data measuring, but OP, are you on AT&T? If so, dial *3282# to see the amount of data used that month. Accidental thanks for you diablo
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Oh man. Thanks Lol. And yeah 33 gigs of apps would be a lot. I do have 4g, I'm on bell. Knowing them I would be screwed if my bill was that high Lol
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Lmao.. Your S3 must be from the future
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On 3G that is near impossible, call AT&T to get some enlightenment, I can't imagine that this is accurate

Yea good luck getting 33 GB of data in 3 hrs without getting throttled. That ain't real

How much free space did you have?
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3G average speeds are about 3 Mb/s, so lets do some math! 33.5 GB=about 268Gbs. 268 times 1000=268000. 268000 divided by 3, giving you the amount of seconds it would hypothetically take. You get 89333.3. You divide that by 60 for one whole minute and should get 1488.88, which you divide by 60, to find out how many hours it would take to download at that speed. Which is 24.814 hours. There you have it, not very plausible.

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Actually he could, the magic of 4G. It could be incorrect data measuring, but OP, are you on AT&T? If so, dial *3282# to see the amount of data used that month. Accidental thanks for you diablo
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Right. My mistake. I just tried a converter, and to download 11 GB an hour, you need atleast 26Mbps sustained, and on AT&T 4G LTE, average of 36 Mbps is quite the norm for me. So it is actually possible. Thanks Rani.

Atrixn00b said:
Oh man. Thanks Lol. And yeah 33 gigs of apps would be a lot. I do have 4g, I'm on bell. Knowing them I would be screwed if my bill was that high Lol
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Just s heads up if you have not heard.
The Max you can be charged from overage is $50 now.
Or $100 when out of country.
They just passed that new law a month ago or so.
So even if you dud go over and DL 33Gb your not gong to owe thousands like in years past
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I said I have 4g mang downloads at 1 mb/s . wicked rom had the fastest dl speed thoug imo where its 2-3 lol I'm with bell. Also my phone is blocked from going on xda if I'm not on WiFi. I do have data and can connect everything else but xda pretty odd..:/ and really? That's good to hear. Anyone know if Are there any ROMs with battery life better then slimbean?
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Atrixn00b said:
I said I have 4g mang downloads at 1 mb/s . wicked rom had the fastest dl speed thoug imo where its 2-3 lol I'm with bell. Also my phone is blocked from going on xda if I'm not on WiFi. I do have data and can connect everything else but xda pretty odd..:/ and really? That's good to hear. Anyone know if Are there any ROMs with battery life better then slimbean?
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Try the other APN.
Two are listed from bell.
When in Vancouver or Kingston/ Toronto I can go on XDA over the network...
But when I am in Belleville Ontario I can't connect to XDA for example.
pda.bell.ca has given me issues at times and I have better luck with inet.bell.ca
Next time I am in a XDA dead zone I'll switch around my apns and see if that helps.
But I am sure inet.bell.ca I'd the better one.
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JaY_III said:
Try the other APN.
Two are listed from bell.
When in Vancouver or Kingston/ Toronto I can go on XDA over the network...
But when I am in Belleville Ontario I can't connect to XDA for example.
pda.bell.ca has given me issues at times and I have better luck with inet.bell.ca
Next time I am in a XDA dead zone I'll switch around my apns and see if that helps.
But I am sure inet.bell.ca I'd the better one.
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okay i'll try that. sometimes i lose phone connection to completely. like today. not sure if just cause there was to much interference or what lol

Extreme data usage

Hello, so I've been I've been searching around and haven't come up with a definitive answer. I've had the s4 for a couple months now and have been using an excessive amount of data, when I haven't been doing anything out of the norm. With my s2 I had a5 gb plan and only got throttled once in awhile, but with the s4 my data has jumped tremendously. I've used almost 16 gb this month and 21 gb last month.
Android os is to blame for 6gb this month and 12 gb last month, all clocked in as back ground usage. Why? Wth is this phone doing to use so much data. . I have unlimited no throttling plan, but if I was still on 5 gb I'd be screwed. I just would like to know how I can stop this.
Thanks
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bobby3306 said:
Hello, so I've been I've been searching around and haven't come up with a definitive answer. I've had the s4 for a couple months now and have been using an excessive amount of data, when I haven't been doing anything out of the norm. With my s2 I had a5 gb plan and only got throttled once in awhile, but with the s4 my data has jumped tremendously. I've used almost 16 gb this month and 21 gb last month.
Android os is to blame for 6gb this month and 12 gb last month, all clocked in as back ground usage. Why? Wth is this phone doing to use so much data. . I have unlimited no throttling plan, but if I was still on 5 gb I'd be screwed. I just would like to know how I can stop this.
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Its called tethering.

bobby3306 said:
Is called that's a wrong answer, as I don't use anything but hot spot which has its on use shown and only have 500mb.
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Dude, nothing on your phone, other than maybe a torrent client, can use 21 gigs of data without your consent. And since its saying "Android system" is responsible for the data usage, its you tethering. Period. You asked, so i answered.

What part of saying I don't tether other than hotspot which I'm limited to 500mb from Tmobile do you not understand? Also said I haven't increased use from my what ive done on the gs2 and actually there are several posts online of others experiencing this as well but no solution. I did ask but you surely haven't answered.
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LTE could be the answer it uses much more data to get data back to you faster.
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Your attitude isn't going to get anybody to help you. People are offering you advice, no need to be rude.
As far as your data, it can be many things. I would start by keeping track of each app's data usage over a few day span.

What towle is saying is right. We do this to try to help people. We don't get paid for this. We do this voluntarily, and if you have a bad attitude nobody will want to help you.
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Well try calling T-Mobile. They can tell you exactly the reason why your phone is using so much data.
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nicotheandroidguy said:
LTE could be the answer it uses much more data to get data back to you faster.
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Thanks for reply, I have been connected to Ite alot lately, but would that show as android OS usage thou? and its background data
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Do you happen to have/use Google Music/All access? Its been known to eat thru data and hit your cap in the matter of just a few days.
edit- BTW if you got to settings/data usage it'll tell you what apps are using the most data;

And another thing. Read the forum rules. No cursing. And be nice. This isn't our problem. It's yours.
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I have been having the same problem too. That is why I have been on Wi-Fi this month. I also do not tether or use Google music. I have talked to T-Mobile reps and I get the same response,"have you been using any Google applications or tethering." Any help would be greatly appreciated, Thanks.
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Adam0524 said:
Do you happen to have/use Google Music/All access? Its been known to eat thru data and hit your cap in the matter of just a few days.
edit- BTW if you got to settings/data usage it'll tell you what apps are using the most data;
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nope I don't stream music, no video, I only email, surf the Web, fb, eBay, I do have to upload Alot pix for work, but no more than I've done b4 the gs4.
And I know about data usage, the most is getting clocked in under Android os
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XxKINGxX2580 said:
And another thing. Read the forum rules. No cursing. And be nice. This isn't our problem. It's yours.
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Actually Alot of people have this problem, while searching b4 coming here I've read serval baffled users. Some not lucky enough to have unlimited data and getting poundedwith $800 phone bills for overages.
Like I saidI'm not here to argue, but don't tell me how im using my phone. If you can't handle being told your suggestion isn't the cause than you need not reply.
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Peñaran561 said:
I have been having the same problem too. That is why I have been on Wi-Fi this month. I also do not tether or use Google music. I have talked to T-Mobile reps and I get the same response,"have you been using any Google applications or tethering." Any help would be greatly appreciated, Thanks.
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yes, this is Def a real issue, tethering is Def not the cause for one thing it shows as it's own data consumption for hot spot Tmobile Gave me the same and kept telling me you must be doing this and that. Would say nope sure haven't. There final conclusion was well we don't know. But on the gs2 I never exceeded 6gb, if I still had the same plan id been throttled the second week
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bobby3306 said:
yes, this is Def a real issue, tethering is Def not the cause for one thing it shows as it's own data consumption for hot spot Tmobile Gave me the same and kept telling me you must be doing this and that. Would say nope sure haven't. There final conclusion was well we don't know. But on the gs2 I never exceeded 6gb, if I still had the same plan id been throttled the second week
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Yeah it looks like a software bug that shows Android system using alot of data so that could be play music all Access, tethering, or a bug.
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Install custom recovery and flash a better (& smaller) google apps package. Here it is. Any ROM. Any device. http://goo.gl/g9nBgZ enjoy. ((If you're running android 4.2.2, here's a direct download link to the latest gapps file. Its called yourzgapps. http://fs1.d-h.st/download/00065/sMh/YourZgappsXS-4.2.2-2013.08.14.zip simple. Download, reboot recovery, & flash + reboot + hurray!! ))

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Install custom recovery and flash a better (& smaller) google apps package. Here it is. Any ROM. Any device. http://goo.gl/g9nBgZ enjoy. ((If you're running android 4.2.2, here's a direct download link to the latest gapps file. Its called yourzgapps. http://fs1.d-h.st/download/00065/sMh/YourZgappsXS-4.2.2-2013.08.14.zip simple. Download, reboot recovery, & flash + reboot + hurray!! ))
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I'll give it a shot and see if it helps any thanks
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nicotheandroidguy said:
Yeah it looks like a software bug that shows Android system using alot of data so that could be play music all Access, tethering, or a bug.
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I've gone thru and froze all those apps in hopes of diagnosing that being the cause, ive froze 1 at a time and Monitored the use trying to determine if one was causing it. There all froze and have been for week and Android os still used 1.4gb in a week
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bobby3306 said:
I've gone thru and froze all those apps in hopes of diagnosing that being the cause, ive froze 1 at a time and Monitored the use trying to determine if one was causing it. There all froze and have been for week and Android os still used 1.4gb in a week
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I've got no clue what else it would be sorry.
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Are you having similar problems with your note 3?

My note 3 is still right out of the box, (my second I should mention I returned the 1st) first thing I noticed was the buggy god it wouldn't lock on and stick, it would just jump around my general area. Second is the LTE speed, now before the note 3 I got the s4 and on a torrent download I would get 2.2mbs my note 3 highest speed on the same torrent wasn't able to get above 1.1 mbp (this is with full LTE network bars NOT 4G ((with out LTE that u sometimes get)).) Wondering if you all had the same issues
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Gps not god( the app force closes when I attempt to edit)
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N3r0-666 said:
My note 3 is still right out of the box, (my second I should mention I returned the 1st) first thing I noticed was the buggy god it wouldn't lock on and stick, it would just jump around my general area. Second is the LTE speed, now before the note 3 I got the s4 and on a torrent download I would get 2.2mbs my note 3 highest speed on the same torrent wasn't able to get above 1.1 mbp (this is with full LTE network bars NOT 4G ((with out LTE that u sometimes get)).) Wondering if you all had the same issues
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some people have had these problems from what i've seen in the forums.
I myself had a buggy gps which fixed after i flashed darkstalker rom
I havn't checked on the Torrent problem in a while but i think it was unresolved and some people just get slow speeds with torrents only.

My cousin also had this problem so we went to a shop and let the tech fix it. He's afraid to fix it by himself hehe

None of my Samsung phones have had great gps.

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None of my Samsung phones have had great gps.
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That's odd iv had the s3 s4 and all were so precise I could tell what room of the house I was in

Also I Keep getting a notification about how an application has close because it tried to access system I even call tmobile telling them about the issue and they're going to have one of their engineers take a look into it we'll see how that goes

N3r0-666 said:
My note 3 is still right out of the box, (my second I should mention I returned the 1st) first thing I noticed was the buggy god it wouldn't lock on and stick, it would just jump around my general area. Second is the LTE speed, now before the note 3 I got the s4 and on a torrent download I would get 2.2mbs my note 3 highest speed on the same torrent wasn't able to get above 1.1 mbp (this is with full LTE network bars NOT 4G ((with out LTE that u sometimes get)).) Wondering if you all had the same issues
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Torrent downloading is different at different times, depends on the ratio, if you're complaining about 1.1mb download speed, then you should kill yourself

I have weaker signal than my note 2-
and buggy gps... it likes to just make the icon disappear and then 10 seconds later comes back sometimes it does it over and over and over others it decides to work...

IRIE4IPIER said:
Torrent downloading is different at different times, depends on the ratio, if you're complaining about 1.1mb download speed, then you should kill yourself
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You must be retarded the exact same torrent on the exact same network in the exact same location on the exact time of day with the exact type of service bars and one is going twice as fast as the other ? And no I'm complaining about paying 700 bucks for a phone and 200 bucks for a network that isn't working right and not giving me the speeds I want so no I won't kill my self I'd think any one would do the same and try to correct the issue
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IRIE4IPIER said:
Torrent downloading is different at different times, depends on the ratio, if you're complaining about 1.1mb download speed, then you should kill yourself
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Just to to enlighten your moronic retarded self, torrents speeds do with alot more then "ratio" there are legions of factors that effect torrent speed and iv tweaked all of them and still a torrent with 10000 seeds and 500 leaches won't go above 20kbps now while my s4 and s3 are going well above 1.1 mbps there is something wrong with the note 3 I simple want to know if there is a way to fix it
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Wifi disconnects when I'm on a call
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N3r0-666 said:
Also I Keep getting a notification about how an application has close because it tried to access system I even call tmobile telling them about the issue and they're going to have one of their engineers take a look into it we'll see how that goes
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Is Knox still intact on the phone? If so pretty sure that's the cause....
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My note 3 is all around buggy. I switched my data limit from 2.5 gb to 3 and it rebooted. Bootloops ones and turns on. This happens all the time now. This phone has SO MANY BUGS I'm really considering rooting it to get a custom rom bug free.
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chstewart said:
Is Knox still intact on the phone? If so pretty sure that's the cause....
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It is but it shouldn't be stopping application right out of the box should it?
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N3r0-666 said:
It is but it shouldn't be stopping application right out of the box should it?
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Are you rooted or have any root apps that could be causing it? I similarly had the same issues until I disabled Knox
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