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Have To Return Phone (Not Anymore)

So after having the Galaxy 3 for a few days I'm very sad to have to return it (have to call Sprint tomorrow) I rely on my phone while rode bicycling using Map my ride to provide me with mileage, time, distance and various other info and I also play music through the stock music player. I use Ivona Voice to announce my tts info through Map My Ride so technically there are 3 apps running simultaneously. Basically what happens is Map My Ride uses Ivona voice to chime in above my music to let me know information after every mile (that's how I have it set).
Well I'm not sure what the issue is but I've went on 2 bike rides and on both my music stopped playing and Map My Ride would also not verbally announce my information after a few songs/miles. After my first ride I wasn't getting any sound through either the external or earpiece speaker. Finally I tried to make a phone call and after that both the earpiece and external speaker started working.
But I also found another glitch after my second time out on my bike using this phone. The gps seems to have issues. At the end of my ride I went to pick up my phone and found out that I lost all of my riding information because Map My Ride stops recording if the gps signal is lost.
Here's the interesting thing. I've never had any of these issues on my previous Evo 3d including loosing GPS signal during my normal bike route. This is NOT to say that HTC is better or Samsung sucks or anything like that. I'm just frustrated that the Galaxy can't seem to handle running Music and a GPS app simultaneously.
Oh and I've noticed that my wifi doesn't always turn on on the first try. I have to turn it on, then off, then on again sometimes to enable it.
Anyone else have any of these issues?
I'm haven't bothered rooting yet and have have everything up to date so I'm guessing either I have a faulty device or there are still a lot of bugs to be worked out. Either way it sucks because this phone is awesome and I hate to revert back to my older technology. :crying:
EDIT: I have worked out my issues and keeping this beast.

secondskin said:
So after having the Galaxy 3 for a few days I'm very sad to have to return it (have to call Sprint tomorrow) I rely on my phone while rode bicycling using Map my ride to provide me with mileage, time, distance and various other info and I also play music through the stock music player. I use Ivona Voice to announce my tts info through Map My Ride so technically there are 3 apps running simultaneously. Basically what happens is Map My Ride uses Ivona voice to chime in above my music to let me know information after every mile (that's how I have it set).
Well I'm not sure what the issue is but I've went on 2 bike rides and on both my music stopped playing and Map My Ride would also not verbally announce my information after a few songs/miles. After my first ride I wasn't getting any sound through either the external or earpiece speaker. Finally I tried to make a phone call and after that both the earpiece and external speaker started working.
But I also found another glitch after my second time out on my bike using this phone. The gps seems to have issues. At the end of my ride I went to pick up my phone and found out that I lost all of my riding information because Map My Ride stops recording if the gps signal is lost.
Here's the interesting thing. I've never had any of these issues on my previous Evo 3d including loosing GPS signal during my normal bike route. This is NOT to say that HTC is better or Samsung sucks or anything like that. I'm just frustrated that the Galaxy can't seem to handle running Music and a GPS app simultaneously.
Oh and I've noticed that my wifi doesn't always turn on on the first try. I have to turn it on, then off, then on again sometimes to enable it.
Anyone else have any of these issues?
I'm haven't bothered rooting yet and have have everything up to date so I'm guessing either I have a faulty device or there are still a lot of bugs to be worked out. Either way it sucks because this phone is awesome and I hate to revert back to my older technology. :crying:
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Id try a modem update or prl update i have yey to lose gps

Thanks. I actually figured out the problem with my music stopping. Evidently Ivona Voice text to speech is causing some sort of glitch causing my music to stop after it announces my info through Map My Ride. When I use Samsung factory text to speech program my music pauses while my info is being read then starts back up as it is supposed to.
I am going to try gps again and see of that is worked out now. Love the phone just not the bugs
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Anyone notice any lagging in capacitive back button sometimes? I notice that it doesnt always respond to first press.

secondskin said:
Anyone notice any lagging in capacitive back button sometimes? I notice that it doesnt always respond to first press.
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Depends what your doing...

gr33nd3vil said:
Depends what your doing...
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Why is that?

Well if you were asking about the lag is on the home key, that's partly due to the samsung overlay, the hesitation is it waiting to see if you're trying to access S-Voice instead of heading home. Not sure about the back button though
there is a longer thread somewhere around here about that, maybe the tips and tricks one?

I just keep my capacitive lighting always on.....the only problem i have is the 3g data speed. Every now n then ill get fast speedz and then i get really slow speeds. Guess its the location im at dunno.......when i got the gs3 the data speeds were really slow so i immediately got msl code n did the data hack and that seems to work a lil
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Yeah I was referring to back button. I think it depends on how big of an app you're trying to close lately. I'm all problem just anal and impatient lol. I
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civicstyle01 said:
I just keep my capacitive lighting always on.....the only problem i have is the 3g data speed. Every now n then ill get fast speedz and then i get really slow speeds. Guess its the location im at dunno.......when i got the gs3 the data speeds were really slow so i immediately got msl code n did the data hack and that seems to work a lil
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That's not a bad idea at all. I think that's why I have to press them multiple times sometimes, but because I can't always see them so I miss them.
Edit: I just extended the light time on the capacitive buttons and that seems to do the trick. I never knew you could change light time on them. Thanks for the tip.
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Some phone issues

Every first time (locking phone to redo it also happens) that I put in my pattern unlock, it always stop by itself before I'm done putting in the pattern. I am rooted but i'm not using a custom rom.
This could be a tmobile problem but my friend and an ex said they text me a couple of times before but I never received any text messages. I'm using the stock messaging app. This happened yesterday and I still never seen the texts. This is probably happening with sent texts but I'm not sure. I'm in Atlanta, Georgia if anyone else is having similar problems in the area.
I also have a calling problem where I'd call someone sometimes and it says they pick up but they really didn't and I don't hear anything. I think it's a problem with wifi being on but this also happened on my old side kick phone '08 model before i upgraded to this phone which doesn't have wifi.

bump. no one?
I just exchanged my phone yesterday and it's still having the same problems.

Bump again.. I reset my phone and the problems (mainly the pattern and unsure of other problems) eventually comes back.

No one is having this problem? Can anyone even try to reproduce the problem So I know that my tmobile place doesn't have a bunch of defects. I mean if I wait a Second or two before entering the pattern then it would work.
I also notice that there is maybe a screen/touch issue at the bottom right corner of the phone. I could see the issue with multi touch vis test in the play store.
I sometime have a problem with air view writing by itself and having the s note freeze up.

Wait till the lakers game is done homie!
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I also noticed a problem with calls not being able to be picked up. I'll have to constantly slide the accept button before it answers.
I think there's also a problem with calls being dropped on wifi.
Airview sometimes draw by itself.

Bump again.. there's also a problem where screen is timing out too quickly. Even when I changed it to 30 seconds, it still times out at 15.
The battery also dies pretty quickly with occasional texting using the stock app. It goes from 100% at 8am to 68% by 2pm. People also have a problem hearing me when they call me or I call them and I'm on speaker phone. Even when I put my mouth closer to the mic they still can't hear me

Sounds like a wifi calling issue, it really doesn't work well for me, even on my old HTC Sensation I experienced the same exact thing. Wifi calling is enabled by default check in your settings menu and disabe it. As far asyour battery issues are concerned it sounds like there is something running in the backround draining your battery. Check to see if your phone is sleeping when it should be. Check all of your settings because it sounds like something is draining your battery. If you try all of this and still have a problem, go exchange it, perhaps you have a faulty unit. I hope this helps. The only time I have had the issues with calls as you've described it was because of wifi calling..

Rhiannon224 said:
Sounds like a wifi calling issue, it really doesn't work well for me, even on my old HTC Sensation I experienced the same exact thing. Wifi calling is enabled by default check in your settings menu and disabe it. As far asyour battery issues are concerned it sounds like there is something running in the backround draining your battery. Check to see if your phone is sleeping when it should be. Check all of your settings because it sounds like something is draining your battery. If you try all of this and still have a problem, go exchange it, perhaps you have a faulty unit. I hope this helps. The only time I have had the issues with calls as you've described it was because of wifi calling..
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Well I turned off wifi and it all sometimes happen. It used to have the same issues on my other note 2, mentioned in the above posts. All the old problems still exist on this exchanged one.
Did you have any of the same issues above?

chaoz102 said:
Well I turned off wifi and it all sometimes happen. It used to have the same issues on my other note 2, mentioned in the above posts. All the old problems still exist on this exchanged one.
Did you have any of the same issues above?
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I don't use pattern unlock so I cannot confirm that issue. Battery life for me is outstanding, I did have an issue with it on the first day of use but it was an app causing it to be awake constantly. I uninstalled the app and my battery life is incredible 6+ hours of screen and calls and it still lasts forever. I am not aware of any missed texts. Wifi calling is just awful so I don't use it and I have no problem making or receiving calls and texts even when I have a week signal. Compared yo my Sensation this is a huge upgrade and I am not having any issues.
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advice one click odin back to stock and then update everything and try it

Rhiannon224 said:
I don't use pattern unlock so I cannot confirm that issue. Battery life for me is outstanding, I did have an issue with it on the first day of use but it was an app causing it to be awake constantly. I uninstalled the app and my battery life is incredible 6+ hours of screen and calls and it still lasts forever. I am not aware of any missed texts. Wifi calling is just awful so I don't use it and I have no problem making or receiving calls and texts even when I have a week signal. Compared yo my Sensation this is a huge upgrade and I am not having any issues.
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Oh I see. Could you try out the pattern unlock to see if it's a big? What was the app? My phone seem to last longer if I play with it more lol.

mrej201 said:
advice one click odin back to stock and then update everything and try it
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Samsung has an update for this phone? Because most of the problems also appeared when I didn't root it.

chaoz102 said:
Oh I see. Could you try out the pattern unlock to see if it's a big? What was the app? My phone seem to last longer if I play with it more lol.
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Friendcaster was the app. Sure, I will enable pattern lock and see if I have the issue you're experiencing.
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Rhiannon224 said:
Friendcaster was the app. Sure, I will enable pattern lock and see if I have the issue you're experiencing.
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Oh I don't have that app but thank you. Tell me how it goes.
Does anyone have a problem where you would constantly have to click the back button in the Web browser to make it go back?

Rhiannon224 said:
Friendcaster was the app. Sure, I will enable pattern lock and see if I have the issue you're experiencing.
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Was there any problems?
Bump again.. is nobody having any of the problems that I posted about?
Is anyone having a problem where the screen wouldn't time out when you put it next to your ear while you're on a phone call?

bump again..
I just got my phone exchanged through the mail and it's still having the same issues.
Also there are these weird markings/dots on the inside of my screen. Maybe it's a lcd bleed/screen issue. It appeared in my past couple of exchanged devices. It wouldn't go away and I usually see it more clearer when I'm using the phone at night or on certain websites/games/etc that has the right lighting for it.

Once again. Bump..

Bump again. Over 500 views and only like 4 replies.

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Bump again. Over 500 views and only like 4 replies.
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Stop bumping your thread thats how you are going to get an infraction or banned. You can only bump your own thread once a day. Do it again and ill report you
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Service issues

Not sure if it's the rom or modem as I flashed both at the same time. But I'm running a fresh wipe of cleanrom 1.5 and a radomly I loose service a lot I can look at the phone and it will randomly have no service for ablut. A min and then come back. This never happened before. When I flashed for the first few days I was at my house which I have a microcell and I even exspanced the issue there as well
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same here
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Not sure if it's the rom or modem as I flashed both at the same time. But I'm running a fresh wipe of cleanrom 1.5 and a radomly I loose service a lot I can look at the phone and it will randomly have no service for ablut. A min and then come back. This never happened before. When I flashed for the first few days I was at my house which I have a microcell and I even exspanced the issue there as well
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This is also happening to me. The first few days was fine, but last night my service would just randomly drop off for a min and then come right back. I am running Jelly Beer Rom v3.57.

Tikiflame said:
This is also happening to me. The first few days was fine, but last night my service would just randomly drop off for a min and then come right back. I am running Jelly Beer Rom v3.57.
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went back to L7 things are now fine.

It seems to still be doing it Just not as bad.
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This is also happening to me. I am not even rooted and never had my note 2 rooted, still completely stock. when i was using my captivate everything was fine, On my note my phone will be sitting next to me and it will show like 3 to 4 bars and someone will try calling me and the phone will not ring. I had my wife call me like 12 times in a row and the phone didn't ring once. On her end it would ring and ring then go to voice mail which is odd because usually when you don't have service it will like ring once and then go to voice mail. I have a lot of people telling me they called me but my phone never rings or shows a missed call when this problem is happening. This happens randomly and i don't know what triggers it. I was about to root few months back and then these issues started popping up so i decided to hold off. Problems like the screen rotation always sticks and i will have to restart the phone every other day just so the apps will rotate properly and other little things that.

Orions said:
This is also happening to me. I am not even rooted and never had my note 2 rooted, still completely stock. when i was using my captivate everything was fine, On my note my phone will be sitting next to me and it will show like 3 to 4 bars and someone will try calling me and the phone will not ring. I had my wife call me like 12 times in a row and the phone didn't ring once. On her end it would ring and ring then go to voice mail which is odd because usually when you don't have service it will like ring once and then go to voice mail. I have a lot of people telling me they called me but my phone never rings or shows a missed call when this problem is happening. This happens randomly and i don't know what triggers it. I was about to root few months back and then these issues started popping up so i decided to hold off. Problems like the screen rotation always sticks and i will have to restart the phone every other day just so the apps will rotate properly and other little things that.
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Thats something completely different from what im having..

Black Screen/mic issue

Hi everyone,
I am having an odd issue. Regardless of the rom I use, very often when either I make a call or receive a call my screen will go black as soon as I answer it or it connects.
The problem though is, i Can't get the screen to go back on until the call disconnects. If I do get the screen to go on by mashing the buttons, the second I get back to the screen that shows the call it goes black again.
Also, at the same time when this happens, people cant hear me, it sounds like I'm in a tunnel according to them. I literally have to scream. The only way I can take call normally is hope it doesnt go black instantly and switch it to speaker phone. Then it works fine.
I am currently running carbon 4.4.2, but its not a rom issue in my opinion as this was happening when I ran Liquid and paranoid.
Any ideas, its getting to the point where its getting very annoying.
Thanks again!

I'd Odin to stock.
And start customizing my phone 1 step at a time to see if something I had running was causing the problem.
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Android_Monsters said:
I'd Odin to stock.
And start customizing my phone 1 step at a time to see if something I had running was causing the problem.
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Well, guess we will never know because I accidently dropped my stapler on my phone and now its totally busted lol ..already got a new one on the way

Anyone have an issue where you cant turn wifi on after awhile?

A restart fixes this but for 2 days I have woken up to a mobile data connection without being able to turn on wifi without restarting the phone...
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stu5797 said:
A restart fixes this but for 2 days I have woken up to a mobile data connection without being able to turn on wifi without restarting the phone...
Thanks
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This question should have been posted in the Q&A section - I've moved it there. Please post in the correct sections - thank you.

I just got my phone replaced for some other issues and this one did this exact thing this morning. I really hope this isn't another defective device.

I am waiting for best buy to get in my replacement phone. My WiFi issue and random reboots are horrible. Why did you exchange your phone? What were the other issues?

stu5797 said:
I am waiting for best buy to get in my replacement phone. My WiFi issue and random reboots are horrible. Why did you exchange your phone? What were the other issues?
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Defect in the glass it had a cloud area under the screen

stu5797 said:
A restart fixes this but for 2 days I have woken up to a mobile data connection without being able to turn on wifi without restarting the phone...
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So does this happen to you every day or every other day?

Multiple times per day. Can't wait for best buy to get them in again for my replacement

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Multiple times per day. Can't wait for best buy to get them in again for my replacement
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Ah okay mine only did this once this morning. I'll see how it goes I guess.

If this happens to you again tonight you will need to replace it cause it has gotten worse over time for me.make sure you go to bed with WiFi on to test. Good luck

Besides the probable issue with your phone, try turning off/unchecking smart wifi option under advanced settings for wifi. Sometimes it's not that smart
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That was off day 1.lol

Nizda1 said:
Besides the probable issue with your phone, try turning off/unchecking smart wifi option under advanced settings for wifi. Sometimes it's not that smart
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It was weird. The toggle showed it was on but it wouldn't show any wireless networks where as I normally see about 10-12 networks. I doubt all my neighbors routers all died at the same time lol I blame it on sun spots

That's exactly how mine reacts every day.

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That's exactly how mine reacts every day.
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Do you have att smart WiFi turned off or frozen? That's one think that was different from my other phone. I didn't have it frozen last time. I reactivated that app tonight to see.

I have it turned off. How do you freeze it if we are not rooted?

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I have it turned off. How do you freeze it if we are not rooted?
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I was using the terms interchangeablely and prob shouldn't have lol .. It does kinda do the same as turning it off so. Oh well. I ment turn the app off.

I reactivated it too. I will report back tomorrow.I turned the app on but didn't go through all the steps to activate it

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I reactivated it too. I will report back tomorrow.I turned the app on but didn't go through all the steps to activate it
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I didn't activate the app last time either but I never stopped it either. I just left it be. I hope this works

Does not work for me. Just woke up with my same issue. Can't wait to exchange when best buy gets my new on in stock

stu5797 said:
Does not work for me. Just woke up with my same issue. Can't wait to exchange when best buy gets my new on in stock
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Mine is operating fine this morning. I have att smart wifi app on but not set up, smart network switch on, network notifications off, pass point off, keep wifi on always, always scanning is on, auto connect to att wifi spots off.