[Q] Faulty S-View case? - T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3

I searched around, but could not find anything
So sometimes the S-View works when I close it - shows the little window
Lately it has been just cutting whichever screen it has in half and I have to restart in order for it to start working again. Is this normal or should I go return it?
Has this happened to anyone else?

thinkjoey said:
I searched around, but could not find anything
So sometimes the S-View works when I close it - shows the little window
Lately it has been just cutting whichever screen it has in half and I have to restart in order for it to start working again. Is this normal or should I go return it?
Has this happened to anyone else?
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I know this doesn't help you at all, but if you wouldn't mind, could you take a picture of the inside of the back of the case (the part that snaps on the back of the phone)? I really want to see what makes this case actually work. :good:

Yea...
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Thanks.

Mine only turned the screen on and off, exchanged it at T-Mobile for another case and voila, just exchange for another one.

yea I am going to do that today. I went yesterday then it started working and they ran out...going to call before today

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Note 2 restarts when set down on a hard surface or tapped on the back

I just got my note 2 yesterday. Whenever I set it down on a hard surface a little bit abruptly. It restarts!
And there's a certain place in the back of the device I can tap to restart it.
Is this normal? Are these devices really that fragile????
Mines an international one from France so warranty is going to be a pain ughhh...
Thanks!
bkc888 said:
I just got my note 2 yesterday. Whenever I set it down on a hard surface a little bit abruptly. It restarts!
And there's a certain place in the back of the device I can tap to restart it.
Is this normal? Are these devices really that fragile????
Mines an international one from France so warranty is going to be a pain ughhh...
Thanks!
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sounds like you got a bad unit.
It could be the battery is shifting around when you set it down hard.
Normally I'd just say send it back, but if a warranty claim is going to be problematic, you could try padding the back cover with some paper to hold the battery in place a bit tighter and see if this 'fixes' your issue.
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Dave
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Just done same test three times with my unit and it remained on, no restarts. You just got yours...so maybe you are still in the exchange period. I would get an exchange because it is not normal behaviour. You should have no problem getting an exchange. Just try to avoid telling the retailer that you've also been getting the problem when setting it down on a hard surface 'a little bit abruptly'. They will gladly play the "you've damaged it" card
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If you can't get it exchanged, then use a thin tape or something of the sort to hold the battery in place.
Had mine Solved
bkc888 said:
I just got my note 2 yesterday. Whenever I set it down on a hard surface a little bit abruptly. It restarts!
And there's a certain place in the back of the device I can tap to restart it.
Is this normal? Are these devices really that fragile????
Mines an international one from France so warranty is going to be a pain ughhh...
Thanks!
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You know the "Chat On" piece of paper that you got when you purchase the device. Look in to the box it's probably still there. It will finally serve its purpose
follow the steps on the image:
://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/171/20130403173849.jpg/
Add http on the link
Problem Solved....
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I still experience it every now and then but that is only when i literally do hit the phone on a hard surface ....
but this should fix the "a little bit abruptly" issue that I had.
Hope it helps
You'll have a hard time transferring files through Sbeam since that requires tapping two phones.
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Or maybe u could try use others battery.. borrow or buy it from ur local supplier..maybe the battery its self screw up..gud luck!!
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I'm getting this exact problem too. Anyone tried a different battery? Wonder if it's the battery or phone itself that's loose.
bkc888 said:
Whenever I set it down on a hard surface a little bit abruptly. It restarts!
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Same here from the first day ive had the phone (since October). )
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kkrriiss said:
You know the "Chat On" piece of paper that you got when you purchase the device. Look in to the box it's probably still there. It will finally serve its purpose
follow the steps on the image:
://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/171/20130403173849.jpg/
Add http on the link
Problem Solved....
PS
I still experience it every now and then but that is only when i literally do hit the phone on a hard surface ....
but this should fix the "a little bit abruptly" issue that I had.
Hope it helps
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Wow this seems to have worked, this is the first day it hasn't rebooted since I got it! I did notice the battery moved around slightly when I opened it up, so I'm guessing that was the issue.
Do you think leaving it in there is dangerous? Like it will overheat and catch on fire or something?
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bkc888 said:
I just got my note 2 yesterday. Whenever I set it down on a hard surface a little bit abruptly. It restarts!
And there's a certain place in the back of the device I can tap to restart it.
Is this normal? Are these devices really that fragile????
Mines an international one from France so warranty is going to be a pain ughhh...
Thanks!
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So I didn't start having this problem until almost 2 years of owning the phone, but since then, it's been happening quite frequently. Sometimes it restarts and sometimes it simply turns off (this is quite annoying being that I miss many texts/work emails).
Well I decided to do some research and I came across some people saying it could be the battery coming loose for a split second.
I decided to try folding a piece of paper a couple centimeters (about the depth of the battery) and jamming it under the battery to push it up against the terminals. Much to my surprise, my phone hasn't restarted when bumped since!!! (Fingers crossed!!!)
I hope this helps, although I know this is a little bit late for most people, being that the Note 4 is already coming out. Better late than never!

Accelerometer completely dead?

This poor phone has been through hell since I got it as a warranty replacement a few weeks ago.
Lost it in a snow bank, got pushed around by a snow plow.. was found, everything worked just a scratch on the screen.. Two weeks ago I dropped it and put a small crack in the screen then a couple days later it fell out of my pocked and completely shattered the display. New screen on the way. Now I see the accelerometer isn't working at all. See attached pic. It registers nothing at all.
I have rebooted, reinstalled my rom (liquidsmooth beta3 which is great btw).. I haven't yet done a full wipe / reload and if at all possible I'd like to avoid it.
I have no idea where to go from here. I don't see sensorservice running, not sure if that's a problem.
Anything I can look at, reconfig, remove that might help kick it back into working?
gsxr1kmatt said:
This poor phone has been through hell since I got it as a warranty replacement a few weeks ago.
Lost it in a snow bank, got pushed around by a snow plow.. was found, everything worked just a scratch on the screen.. Two weeks ago I dropped it and put a small crack in the screen then a couple days later it fell out of my pocked and completely shattered the display. New screen on the way. Now I see the accelerometer isn't working at all. See attached pic. It registers nothing at all.
I have rebooted, reinstalled my rom (liquidsmooth beta3 which is great btw).. I haven't yet done a full wipe / reload and if at all possible I'd like to avoid it.
I have no idea where to go from here. I don't see sensorservice running, not sure if that's a problem.
Anything I can look at, reconfig, remove that might help kick it back into working?
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Damn man. Hold on to that damn thing or get an Otterbox or just opt for a gophone lol. No but seriously you need to buy a bulky case.
First thing that comes to mind is the auto-rotation function.. Is it turned on?
You need to learn how to take care of your things. That's just insane. I agree with WiredPirate!
Yea I've checked the rotation settings.. chrome, maps, and the accelerometer apps all are unresponsive to rotation / tilt.
I'm going to clean wipe / reformat today.
And I've never used a case / whatever on my phones and I've never had a problem. Amazingly right away when I get this one it just started being suicidal.
gsxr1kmatt said:
And I've never used a case / whatever on my phones and I've never had a problem. Amazingly right away when I get this one it just started being suicidal.
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Or u could just blame it on the phone, haha
Otter box is nice.. I got the one with the clip. Whatever its called.. And works with the extended battery
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LiquidXed said:
Or u could just blame it on the phone, haha
Otter box is nice.. I got the one with the clip. Whatever its called.. And works with the extended battery
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I'm not serious. Actually looking for information to troubleshoot the accelerometer. not because I don't want to reinstall, but because I don't think that is the only way to fix (if it isn't actually physically broken)

Cracked Screen in Pocket, what to do??

So yesterday, I placed my s4 in my pocket
after using the phone. After 5 minutes, I pulled the phone out of my pocket, the screen was not turning on and i think the digitizer cracked. The GG3 was not cracked only the digitizer... so frustrating.
My question is what should I do before sending it to samsung? I had a custom rom on the phone and I was rooted.
Someone said something about going through odin and doing an update, then unplug to usb in the middle of the update. That way samsung cant tell what was running on my device.
Does anyone know a way around this? How to unroot back to stock without a screen?
MezManiac said:
So yesterday, I placed my s4 in my pocket
after using the phone. After 5 minutes, I pulled the phone out of my pocket, the screen was not turning on and i think the digitizer cracked. The GG3 was not cracked only the digitizer... so frustrating.
My question is what should I do before sending it to samsung? I had a custom rom on the phone and I was rooted.
Someone said something about going through odin and doing an update, then unplug to usb in the middle of the update. That way samsung cant tell what was running on my device.
Does anyone know a way around this? How to unroot back to stock without a screen?
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Just send it in. It's a "oops my phone broke" claim. Not a warranty claim
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MezManiac said:
So yesterday, I placed my s4 in my pocket
after using the phone. After 5 minutes, I pulled the phone out of my pocket, the screen was not turning on and i think the digitizer cracked. The GG3 was not cracked only the digitizer... so frustrating.
My question is what should I do before sending it to samsung? I had a custom rom on the phone and I was rooted.
Someone said something about going through odin and doing an update, then unplug to usb in the middle of the update. That way samsung cant tell what was running on my device.
Does anyone know a way around this? How to unroot back to stock without a screen?
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Did ur phone hit or bump into something? It just randomly screwed up? Also did u have a case on?
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pezlomd said:
Did ur phone hit or bump into something? It just randomly screwed up? Also did u have a case on?
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Yah I had a spigen slim armor, and a screen protector. I didnt hit any sharp corners or weird bumps. Just went for a five minute car ride, then pulled out the phone to find the screen unresponsive. Theres a whole thread about it over in the at&t general section
I'm amazed when I hear of people's screen cracking in their pockets. Did you see the s4 torture test video? I wonder if there are some quality control issues?
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galaxy note 2 completely dead

Hi I have a note 2 and replaced the screen completely before that the phone was working perfectly. I assembled everything back checked that everything was connected putted the battery tried to turned on and nothing. I also connected to the charger and still nothing no charging doesn't boot up. What could be happening here I double checked everything and nothing is missing if anyone could help me I'll appreciate it
Random guess, but like a computer you could have had static electricity and not grounded prior to working and fried your motherboard
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man this is scary as I broke my screen on july 4th and is waiting for my replacement screen to arrive. I'm going to try to replace the screen myself. Maybe you broke a wire or something while you were detaching the screen from the digitizer.
Now i'm nervous about doing the screen replacement myself...oh wells, gotta save some money...lol
I think I know why it doesn't work is because I'm trying to use the n7100 screen on my sgh-t889 this version of t-mobile uses the n7105 screen and I bought the wrong one. That's why it won't work
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I'm talking about the lcd display
elcompi87 said:
Hi I have a note 2 and replaced the screen completely before that the phone was working perfectly. I assembled everything back checked that everything was connected putted the battery tried to turned on and nothing. I also connected to the charger and still nothing no charging doesn't boot up. What could be happening here I double checked everything and nothing is missing if anyone could help me I'll appreciate it
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Well, I hate to point out the obvious, but apparently that is not the case.
Did you wear some type of non-conductive gloves when you were doing this? handling circuitry with bare hands is a big no no. It is very possible that you ruined the device simply by touching it.
Here is what I would do (not anything but troubleshooting to pin point a possible problem really):
Warranty the thing.
Good luck.
elcompi87 said:
I think I know why it doesn't work is because I'm trying to use the n7100 screen on my sgh-t889 this version of t-mobile uses the n7105 screen and I bought the wrong one. That's why it won't work
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I replaced my wife's phone with the n7100 and its working. Slowly try to back track everything and make sure everything is plugged and not broken. Was ut workibg before you replace it.
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e46tuning said:
I replaced my wife's phone with the n7100 and its working. Slowly try to back track everything and make sure everything is plugged and not broken. Was ut workibg before you replace it.
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and it receives 4G? I don't know if that has to do something with the signal but it says in the back 3g so I wanna be sure
Admiral Sir Manley Power said:
Well, I hate to point out the obvious, but apparently that is not the case.
Did you wear some type of non-conductive gloves when you were doing this? handling circuitry with bare hands is a big no no. It is very possible that you ruined the device simply by touching it.
Here is what I would do (not anything but troubleshooting to pin point a possible problem really):
Warranty the thing.
Good luck.
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Agreed. .. except the warranty part. Samsung wore their gloves when building. It was the op that didn't.
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Well here are my results the motherboard is not defective because I switched to another note 2 from tmobile and booted perfectly . I'm starting to think that the lcd display is defective
elcompi87 said:
and it receives 4G? I don't know if that has to do something with the signal but it says in the back 3g so I wanna be sure
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Yea it has 4g although its on lte
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maybe a defective part..
How do you know the replacement screen is not bad itself..
have you tried connecting it to the computer and getting into download mode or seeing if the phone is ACTUALLY Working..Also a bad or cheap lcd could have shorted something out if you are sure you did not do so replacing it..
Sorry for your luck but it sounds like you need another note 2 phone for some testing. or RMA THE LCD and try another .
Good LUCK

Galaxy Note 8.0 need advice!

GT-N5110 wifi version. Ive had this device for 10 days. Out the box it was running 4.1.2 and seemed work great other than the occasional 3-5 seconds when screen would become unresponsive during normal use. After using it for a few days I decided to go ahead and update to 4.2.2 thinking maybe it would fix the screen issue. It did fix that issue but now im having another problem. After the device sits dormant for awhile the screen doesnt respond to touch but still works fine with the s pen. Ill turn it on after sitting all night and after swiping to unlock the screen it becomes unresponsive. I usually have to lock/unlock the screen several times before it will start responding. After it starts working I can be on it for hours with no more problems. But if I lock the screen an set it down for awhile when I go to use it again it does the samething. It seems like it has to warm up. I tried doing factory data reset but that didnt help. It is rooted also but the only thing ive done so far is get rid of some bloatware.(i didnt root it untill after the problem started). Anyone have any advice?
Do you have your note in a cover , and if so does it have a magnet.
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That does sound rather crazy, the unresponsiveness is out of the ordinary... did you try turning off a lot of the extra features built in by Samsung? another thing you could do is download Clean Master from the play store and take a look at your Ram use-age and clean out some cache files with it, this might help with the lag. The touch response could be hindered due to a case or screen protector... other than that the only thing i could think is if there was physical damage done to it before that could cause the touch screen to act that way.
Ummmm... I would have taken it back to the store and asked for a replacement.
That is not normal at all. even with the device's settings left alone, there should not be any issues with responses with touch.
Note... The pen feature is totally separate from touch. The screen has two different features, one being a digitizer for the pen function the other for touch. It is possible that during assembly that the connection for the touch screen is faulty, as a bad solder joint during wave process could make the connection heat related. As the device cools, the contacts contract causing a fault with touch operation. When heated up from normal use, expansion forces contact between connector and board for normal operation to function with touchscreen.
livis n fur said:
Do you have your note in a cover , and if so does it have a magnet.
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Using another case without magnets fixed the problem for me
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FrozenRiff said:
Using another case without magnets fixed the problem for me
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The problem was my samsung book cover! Can't believe samsung would make a cover that causes these kinds of issues. Glad I only paid 7 bucks on ebay instead of 50 at best buy. Thanks guys for the comments!
TwanMan87 said:
The problem was my samsung book cover! Can't believe samsung would make a cover that causes these kinds of issues. Glad I only paid 7 bucks on ebay instead of 50 at best buy. Thanks guys for the comments!
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Thanks for the FYI. I was using the moko whatever with a keyboard and I got the freezes all the time. I was thinking about the official Samsung one but if that gives you problems then forget it. I almost sold this thing on eBay cause I couldn't take the freezes anymore. Now I use a tpu case with it and couldn't be happier
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