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Having a very strange problem with my S3. I've noticed it at home more than anywhere else but basically what happens is that if someone calls me, the phone doesn't ring on my end but I do get a voicemail notification after they've left a message. Then when I talk to them, they tell me that on their end my phone rang once or twice and then went straight to voicemail. And my phone doesn't show any missed calls so obviously, my phone never detected that there was an incoming call.
BTW, it doesn't happen all the time. Sometimes the calls come in just fine.
I've checked my signal strength and it's always between 3 and 5 bars. I've missed more calls than I can count because of this. Some of them were important calls.
And I don't have any problem making outgoing calls or using the data connection for anything.
Any idea what's going on?
BonesHopkins said:
Having a very strange problem with my S3. I've noticed it at home more than anywhere else but basically what happens is that if someone calls me, the phone doesn't ring on my end but I do get a voicemail notification after they've left a message. Then when I talk to them, they tell me that on their end my phone rang once or twice and then went straight to voicemail. And my phone doesn't show any missed calls so obviously, my phone never detected that there was an incoming call.
BTW, it doesn't happen all the time. Sometimes the calls come in just fine.
I've checked my signal strength and it's always between 3 and 5 bars. I've missed more calls than I can count because of this. Some of them were important calls.
And I don't have any problem making outgoing calls or using the data connection for anything.
Any idea what's going on?
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Is it just certain contacts? You may have them set to go directly to voicemail by accident. I can't find where the list is in the phone though ahah, I can see how to add them to reject list though.
EDIT: Found it go to dial-pad and hit menu and then call settings and you will see call rejection see if you have anyone in there.
Halmo said:
Is it just certain contacts? You may have them set to go directly to voicemail by accident. I can't find where the list is in the phone though ahah, I can see how to add them to reject list though.
EDIT: Found it go to dial-pad and hit menu and then call settings and you will see call rejection see if you have anyone in there.
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Nope, has nothing to do with who's calling. Sometimes a call from the same person will come through but ten minutes earlier it didn't.
Ive had similar problems in the past. Turned out the phone signal was going up and down. When it was up, calls came through. And down, well duh. Either way, try a new radio. Maybe it'll hold a signal better. I've heard people complaining about H1, but cant say either way myself. Just a suggestion.
Ends said:
Ive had similar problems in the past. Turned out the phone signal was going up and down. When it was up, calls came through. And down, well duh. Either way, try a new radio. Maybe it'll hold a signal better. I've heard people complaining about H1, but cant say either way myself. Just a suggestion.
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how can I try a new radio?
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how can I try a new radio?
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there's a thread in development. some people call em modems, but its the same thing. Choice of 3 i think.
Having the exact same issue is your phone always in lte while this happens?
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Having the exact same issue is your phone always in lte while this happens?
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As far as I can tell.
stay away from LH1 modem it's trash....
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As far as I can tell.
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Same here
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BNaughty said:
stay away from LH1 modem it's trash....
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My baseband version is UCLG1.
btw, I never had this problem with my iphone 3GS which I had for almost 3 years.
I have to say that even though on paper the S3 blows the iphone out of the water, for pure functionality without problems, the iphone is definitely way ahead of the S3. I'm pretty much stuck with it for the next two years but I have a feeling that if things stay more or less the same in the cellphone market, I'll probably be switching back to iphones after my contract is up. The S3 is very cool but I've just had way too many problems with it that I never had with my iphone. My iphone just..........worked. With my S3 calls don't come through, I'm constantly having to force stop apps so my battery doesn't drain all the time (and even then, half the time the battery drains like crazy no matter what), the visual voicemail is sketchy as hell and doesn't work right half the time, the data connection even when it shows a strong LTE signal is often very slow and times out a lot, and a bunch of other misc. annoyances that I never had with the iphone. I wouldn't say I'm sorry that I bought the phone because I wanted to try out the latest and greatest but when my friends and coworkers have asked me about it, I've been telling them they'll be better of waiting for the iphone 5. Sorry to vent but overall, after having it for almost two months, I've concluded that I'm very disappointed with this phone. Sure, I can do things with it that I couldn't do with the iphone but f*ck me, at least with the iphone I could do basic sh!t like receive phone calls and check my email without the connection timing out all the time.
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My baseband version is UCLG1.
btw, I never had this problem with my iphone 3GS which I had for almost 3 years.
I have to say that even though on paper the S3 blows the iphone out of the water, for pure functionality without problems, the iphone is definitely way ahead of the S3. I'm pretty much stuck with it for the next two years but I have a feeling that if things stay more or less the same in the cellphone market, I'll probably be switching back to iphones after my contract is up. The S3 is very cool but I've just had way too many problems with it that I never had with my iphone. My iphone just..........worked. With my S3 calls don't come through, I'm constantly having to force stop apps so my battery doesn't drain all the time (and even then, half the time the battery drains like crazy no matter what), the visual voicemail is sketchy as hell and doesn't work right half the time, the data connection even when it shows a strong LTE signal is often very slow and times out a lot, and a bunch of other misc. annoyances that I never had with the iphone. I wouldn't say I'm sorry that I bought the phone because I wanted to try out the latest and greatest but when my friends and coworkers have asked me about it, I've been telling them they'll be better of waiting for the iphone 5. Sorry to vent but overall, after having it for almost two months, I've concluded that I'm very disappointed with this phone. Sure, I can do things with it that I couldn't do with the iphone but f*ck me, at least with the iphone I could do basic sh!t like receive phone calls and check my email without the connection timing out all the time.
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All of the issues you listed are not really S3 specific because I have had none of them and have had my phone since release. Apart from the video voicemail which I can't comment on because I have never used.
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My baseband version is UCLG1.
btw, I never had this problem with my iphone 3GS which I had for almost 3 years.
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I've had my I747 since release in June and not experienced any of these issues. Over the years with Blackberrys and the Galaxies I found most problems result from variances in the network. Signal strength, carrier software and even where the phone is in the house. I dislike much about the iPhone (I do have a 4th gen iPod) and much prefer the openness of the Android OS and NO iTunes. Hope things with S3 get better for you.
Still having the problem. It seems to happen most often when I have LTE enabled. I disabled it using the method mentioned in another thread where you remove the sim then enter a code which takes you to the menu where you can choose what to use.
When I had LTE disabled, it didn't seem to miss as many calls. But when LTE is on, I miss a crapload of calls. I'd leave LTE off but for some reason it keeps re-enabling itself every few days so it's turning into a massive pain in the ass.
Any suggestions?
I have the same issue as you, but I'm on Wind Mobile. This issue happens intermittently anywhere between 1 to 2 days, my phone will stop being able to receive calls. It's very frustrating and Samsung is really no help. After two attempts on trying to "repair" my phone, they have failed each time. The only thing they did was they ran a "RF Test" and everything passed, they said. So they re-flash my phone with the same ROM - again and again.. I told them, "This is my second time sending it in, and you guys are redo'ing the same steps as the first repair. You don't need to be a rocket scientist to know this, but wouldn't you think when you send me back the phone - the issue is still going to be there?!" ... And sure enough, when I got the phone back, I was still unable to receive calls..
So I took matters into my own hands - I flashed it with a older release stock rom and I tested it for 2 weeks, and it was able to receive calls. When I flashed with the earlier release, it also flashed the baseband. Either way, I should not be prevented from using the up to date software! This is a Samsung issue but if you ever tried dealing with them over the phone, it's painful. They said they would send me a REFURB replacement - (believe me, I tried fighting for a brand new phone, since I paid for a brand new phone and this issue came straight out of the box - it's not even my fault to begin with!) it's been 3 weeks and I still don't see any phone replacement nor did I receive any mails from Samsung.
Btw, Galaxy S3 is the phone I have.
If you discover a permanent fix for this issue, please let me know. I've been searching but no luck.
Thanks!
UPDATE: it's been over a month and I still don't see any phone replacement nor did I receive any mails from Samsung. So I called Samsung today after a month and 2 weeks. They said my replacement have been cancelled. First they said it's approved and requested me to send in my receipt for the phone. I had done the the very moment I hung up the phone from when they told me my replacement was approved (that was over a month ago). They want me to sent it in again to Samsung so they can "test". This is just ridiculous and getting out of hand. Does ANYONE have a fix for this????
Other forums are saying this is a wide spread issue...
are u missing imei, or just the problem you descibe... try flashing the latest modem... maybe yell at it while it flashes...
Nope, just having the issue I described... IMEI is exist and is valid.
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Nope, just having the issue I described... IMEI is exist and is valid.
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There's some newer modems out you could try but it still sounds like hardware...
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Sorry for the late entry here but I'm also having the issue. aftershocks, and anyone else having this issue, open battery stats - what does your "mobile network signal" bar look like? Mine is mostly tan except for when I make calls, which then it goes green. I also have an HTC One X (AT&T model) and the bar's mostly green on the HOX.
I've flashed back to the original modem (UCLEM) to see if that helps and I'll move forward from there if not. UCDLK3 was the modem I was originally on when I noticed the missed calls. Here's the thread with radios: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1831898.
I'm sure people are going to flame me and adamantly disagree, but please hear me out. No one wants this to be wrong more than me. I really like this phone, but I can't live with a broken GPS.
I have tested this two days in a row. I go to work for 9 hours, all radios are on. I never turn the GPS off. When I get home, I change clothes and go on a four mile walk. I use Runtastic to track this. Two days in a row, the GPS symbol comes up, but never stops blinking. If I toggle GPS off and back on, it gets a lock immediately and the GPS icon stops blinking. It will hold the lock for the rest of the walk. Rinse and repeat. Launching Maps or GPS test does not help it get a fix. It stays blinking until I toggle the GPS off/on.
The moral here is that I would have to toggle the GPS off/on every day before I walk. I have not tested this with navigation yet because I ride a motorcycle most days, but I intend to before sending it back. This is strangely similar to the (known) issues that my AT&T Note 3 had.
Please tell me that some of you have seen this. I don't see how it could be a faulty unit. My GS5, G3, and Z3c do not have this issue under the exact same circumstances. The GS5 being the most similar in hardware/software.
I used GPS in the car today and it never lost a lock. I haven't used the app that you speak of however. Is there anything that I can do to help test?
This happened to my note 3. The GPS chip was bad. The hardware was the problem. If you call att they can connect to your phone remotely and see what percentage you are connecting the GPS chip. They told me I was only getting 60%. Sent me a new phone within 2 days...
WizeGuyDezignz said:
I used GPS in the car today and it never lost a lock. I haven't used the app that you speak of however. Is there anything that I can do to help test?
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Good to know it didn't lose the lock on your drive. My Note 3 used to jump around all over the place.
Honestly, I'm not sure what you could do. I don't think it's the app. When it gets like this, Maps, GPS Test, etc. will not get a solid lock until I toggle GPS off and on. The only reason I notice it on Runtastic is because that's when I use the GPS every day.
Something is happening with the GPS chip. It's either going to sleep and not waking up, or it's getting stuck on old GPS data or something. Like I said, I can reproduce it every day just by using it normally and then trying to use the GPS when I get home from work.
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This happened to my note 3. The GPS chip was bad. The hardware was the problem. If you call att they can connect to your phone remotely and see what percentage you are connecting the GPS chip. They told me I was only getting 60%. Sent me a new phone within 2 days...
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Yeah, I had the Note 3, but from what I read it was software. I never did get my unit replaced and I sold it that way.
I bought my Note 4 through Amazon, so I'll have to do a return through them, if it really is defective.
It's possible. I hope you can get it to work. My note 4 is running flawless
Here's the thing too, guys. After I toggle the GPS off/on, the thing works flawlessly for the rest of the evening and through most of the next day. Like, it gets a lock inside within seconds.
That's the thing. It's not that it doesn't work at all. It just sort of goes on strike at the same time every night and has to be woken up again.
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How can anyone here, including me, make declarative statements about what a device that's been out less than a week is or isn't doing across the board? Here's my GPS experience and I use it a lot. I use "GPS only" with Wi-Fi and carrier network sensing turned off. The GPS is slow on first lock; slower than my Note 3 was. Once it's locked it stays locked with the exception of losing signal when it encounters obstructions. That's normal and a byproduct of GPS technology not anything specific to the Note 3 or 4. I never had the issues with my Note 3's GPS that some people reported. Other than the slower initial lock I'd say, based on my experiences, the Note 4's GPS is significantly more stable and better at holding a signal. I use Here Beta a lot and the only other issue I've encountered is when the app's out of focus and comes back to the foreground it takes about a second for it to reorient itself. All that said I'd rather have the Note 4's GPS than the Note 3's (keeping in mind my Note 3's GPS served me well).
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How can anyone here, including me, make declarative statements about what a device that's been out less than a week is or isn't doing across the board? Here's my GPS experience and I use it a lot. I use "GPS only" with Wi-Fi and carrier network sensing turned off. The GPS is slow on first lock; slower than my Note 3 was. Once it's locked it stays locked with the exception of losing signal when it encounters obstructions. That's normal and a byproduct of GPS technology not anything specific to the Note 3 or 4. I never had the issues with my Note 3's GPS that some people reported. Other than the slower initial lock I'd say, based on my experiences, the Note 4's GPS is significantly more stable and better at holding a signal. I use Here Beta a lot and the only other issue I've encountered is when the app's out of focus and comes back to the foreground it takes about a second for it to reorient itself. All that said I'd rather have the Note 4's GPS than the Note 3's (keeping in mind my Note 3's GPS served me well).
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I was actually just hoping that someone may have noticed similar behavior. I always seem to be the first to discover issues because I get my phone early and really test it. Often times, I post something like this and no one replies or reports the same issue, then months later a new thread blows up about it or my thread gets resurrected. I'm just trying to determine if this is a real issue so I can return the phone, if necessary. I can't life with a buggy GPS. I use it way too much.
It takes about 5 seconds to get a gps lock for me. And about another 10 to get the most accurate reception.
This is indoors, just tested it in my bedroom.
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It takes about 5 seconds to get a gps lock for me. And about another 10 to get the most accurate reception.
This is indoors, just tested it in my bedroom.
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Yeah, well thanks, but that's really not the issue here.
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Yeah, well thanks, but that's really not the issue here.
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The topic is gps and initial locking, which I commented that I'm not having the issue.
If the OP is, then it's possible he has a defective device since I don't see that issue.
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The topic is gps and initial locking, which I commented that I'm not having the issue.
If the OP is, then it's possible he has a defective device since I don't see that issue.
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The topic is GPS and occasional initial locking. Mine works fine when it works, but it's situational. Telling me that yours locks fine doesn't help me because mine does too, right now.
I'm trying to see if anyone else is experiencing times when the GPS simply stops working until they toggle it off and back on.
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I was actually just hoping that someone may have noticed similar behavior. I always seem to be the first to discover issues because I get my phone early and really test it. Often times, I post something like this and no one replies or reports the same issue, then months later a new thread blows up about it or my thread gets resurrected. I'm just trying to determine if this is a real issue so I can return the phone, if necessary. I can't life with a buggy GPS. I use it way too much.
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I wasn't being "*****y" at you on purpose. For some reason the Note 4's forums have had a large number of "gate," "OMG!!!," and threads liberally using the royal "we" with much of what's said being baseless or exaggerative. My tone was carry over from the thread on the international forum where a guy launched a "Pen-gate" thread complete with video because his cheap-ass magnetic case was causing S Pen dead spots. So apologies. Notebook Check does thorough GPS testing and their review of the Note 4 should be up soon. Here's a sample from the Xperia Z3 Compact.
They tested the Note 3's GPS here...
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Samsung-Galaxy-Note-3-SM-N9005-Smartphone.104798.0.html
I just finished a 1700 MI trip I lost location once but it was in the back woods of Iowa. Much better than the note 3 I owned.
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I wasn't being "*****y" at you on purpose. For some reason the Note 4's forums have had a large number of "gate," "OMG!!!," and threads liberally using the royal "we" with much of what's said being baseless or exaggerative. My tone was carry over from the thread on the international forum where a guy launched a "Pen-gate" thread complete with video because his cheap-ass magnetic case was causing S Pen dead spots. So apologies. Notebook Check does thorough GPS testing and their review of the Note 4 should be up soon. Here's a sample from the Xperia Z3 Compact.
They tested the Note 3's GPS here...
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Samsung-Galaxy-Note-3-SM-N9005-Smartphone.104798.0.html
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Thanks, man. It may just be something in my environment or software setup, but it's definitely odd.
I see you on here a lot and I've always found you to be helpful, so no harm no foul.
I was having issues with my phone holding a lock too. It would find satellites, but would keep dropping out every couple of seconds.
I downloaded the "GPS Test" app, updated AGPS data from the settings menu, and now it locks and stays locked 100% of the time. And locks really fast, too.
May not help anyone else, but thought I would share.
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I had a bad GPS chip in my Note 3, it wouldn't get a lock. Seems to work great on my Note4 so far, I use Waze every day driving to and from work.
One thing though is that if you have GPS accuracy set to also use WiFi/mobile networks you will drop GPS a LOT, that was something I noticed as it tried to lock onto WiFi carriers. I turned this off and only use GPS for accuracy and it works perfectly with the usual caveats, tunnels etc.
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That's the thing. It's not that it doesn't work at all. It just sort of goes on strike at the same time every night and has to be woken up again.
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I haven't seen this myself. I just checked Google Maps and it displays my location immediately, without my having toggled the GPS today.
So I believe that you're having a hardware problem, but luckily it's not inherent in the Note 4, so you should be able to exchange for one with a properly working GPS.
Okay, guys. I'm an idiot. Turns out that this is all Runtastic. As long as the app is open in the background (during my runs/walks), the GPS icon blinks. Even opening Maps, GPS test, etc. will not give me a solid lock. As soon as I kill Runtastic, though, all is fine. It would seem that this is just how Runtastic uses the GPS and it overrides everything else. I had to do further testing to figure this out, but it would appear that I jumped the gun. For that, I apologize. I'm just glad I don't have to send my Note 4 back.
Thanks to everyone who participated.
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I have had this phone a total of 3 days. I am coming from a iPhone 6 and previously had a Galaxy s4 and 5 before this.
This phone is annoying me. Its sad because its so beautiful and if it functioned normally, we wouldn't have a problem. Sometimes I want to throw this thing across the room.
Someone please help me with these issues. I rely on wifi and wifi calling.
Issue 1: When I am home and connected to wifi and wifi calling, my messages and alerts do not come to me when I leave the phone down for a while and it goes to sleep. I will pick my phone up and suddenly I will get all my text messages and alerts. Wifi sleeping is on NEVER already. My iPhone never had this issue, nor did the previous samsung phones.
Issue 2: When I leave my house, the internet connection does not work all the time. Today I left my house and drove somewhere and needed to use my gps. I had full LTE service, and it was telling me I am not connected. This also happened with my apps that also did not work because it was acting as if I was not connected. Issue was fixed with a phone restart. I do not want to restart my phone everytime I leave wifi.
Issue 3: MMS does not receive or send on wifi. I had this issue with prior galaxy, but I am shocked this still has not been adressed.
I also keep LTE voice OFF because like with other phones that have VOLTE, for some reason it just does not work that well. I am in NYC so its not a reception thing.
Those are my MAIN issues and would like some help with them.
The only other thing apple has samsung beat on is that with headphones connected, the apple blows away the samsung in terms of volume and sound quality. Its sad because I have expensive headphones that I would love to use all the time, so I guess I will have to buy an iPod touch when and if I sell the iPhone
Also the screen is very sensitive. I see myself accidentally opening apps when all I want to do is swipe across my menu screens. Not to mention it keeps telling me that hangouts stopped working, when I have it disabled already!
I am stock btw. Latest version, and battery has been good surprisingly. I do not want to root
Anyway, thanks everyone and please help and address the top two issues
Turning Wifi calling off will help drastically with those issues have you tried it without yet?
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Turning Wifi calling off will help drastically with those issues have you tried it without yet?
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As I said, I rely on wifi and wifi calling. I live in a basement apartment with zero service. Who would buy a phone that is almost 1000 dollars, and have to turn off services you pay for to make it work the right way? There is no way wifi could be turned off while I am home
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As I said, I rely on wifi and wifi calling. I live in a basement apartment with zero service. Who would buy a phone that is almost 1000 dollars, and have to turn off services you pay for to make it work the right way? There is no way wifi could be turned off while I am home
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Try doing a factory wipe, that usually solves issues like that.
Factory reset a brand new phone? Sweet.
Contact your carrier and request a signal booster, no charge to you. Then you can rely on data instead of wifi. Also start a complaint ticket for the phone, after a while they will send you to tmobile store and replace phone. Maybe it's buggy, maybe it's not.
But if you really have to throw it I'll come over and catch it.
Our phones must be total opposites because this is the best Samsung phone I have had, this makes # 4, Captivate, GS2, SG4 and now the S6e.
But you never know, visit the Tmobile store, remember that you have 14 days to be totally satisfied, that means replacement with another NEW phone if necessary.
Pp.
I know your pain. The fact that you're on t-mobile for wifi calling and this garbage device just not cutting it huh. I had almost all flagship samsung phone and this one right here is the most frustrating and expensive one of all. This device out of box is just terrible. Memory management, wifi issues, battery leak, FC left and right is just what I experience. Honestly this phone is making me understand why apple is better. Not because the people are stupid. But because they don't deal with half of the broken process we do here in Android. Yea I agree apple is like 2 years behind android but wtf. Now with Jump on demand I am thinking to make the switch to Apple or continue to toss my phone on the table when upset that the device once again is not responding. But lesson learned. Not jumping on new Android devices on release. This phone is a testament why.
Actually the phone works great right now. Maybe it needed a few days to become normal. Battery life is better then my iPhone 6. The text issue seems to ha e gone away. I still from time to time have the issue of leaving my house from WiFi and the phone acting like it has no connection, which requires a restart. I wonder what is causing that. Overall I'm happy with this device.
I can relate to you on T-Mobile LTE, and the screen. Although the reason the accidental app opening while swiping I think was happening because my hand was touching the side of the edge screen. Hold the phone differently or put a case on it and will notice this issue is decreased or gone completely.
There is still a screen issue with this phone and I've noticed it when typing out a fast message. Touch inputs do not register sometimes. That issue has some what been resolved with the case and my hand not being on the edge, but the issue is still there. My Note 3's screen is so much better in regards to accuracy and sensitivity.
For a $1000 phone, this thing should be close to flawless but it does have quite a few flaws, especially with Touchwiz and crappy lollipop. My main issue with TW is the way it manages memory. I just wanna throw this phone at the wall and stomp on it. I'll be in Chrome, go to reply to a text and make a note in Google keep, or whatever, come back to Chrome and it reloading the page I was just viewing a minute ago. So damn frustrating.
I haven't really been on XDA as much as I have in the past, but what ROMs can we flash for this phone because from the looks of it, the dev forum is a ghost town.
In regards to T-Mobile's crud network, just switch your phone into airplane mode, then off, a lot faster than rebooting the phone. This issue I've noticed only happens with LTE, what I do is just go to network settings and switch to WCDMA ONLY, which turns off LTE and connects to HSPA only, which is more reliable and FASTER in my area. Hope I helped someone out there cause I just typed this all on my S6 Edge.
Don't get me wrong, I love this damn phone and wouldn't trade it for any other phone, but better believe I'm gonna swap it out for the Note 5.
This phone has fantastic hardware and the worst software of any phone I've ever owned. I can make compressed twrp backups in like 10 minutes. The screen is the prettiest I've ever seen. The fingerprint reader is very good. The camera is damned fantastic. The software is a pile of dog ****. Samsung should be ashamed. They should be ashamed because I just bought a heavily discounted Fire Phone and loading CM11 on it because I just can't take this crappy phone any longer. I'll check back in on the next update to see if things have improved. Until then I'll be using a phone that cost around 4.5 times less and will somehow perform better.
Funny thing is I have to reboot it if that problem ever happens. Airplane mode doesn't reset it. Weird
Going to have to disagree politely with the OP on headphone output quality. I too have an iPhone 6 and while yes, it has more volume, they both have enough volume to drive proper headphones and I find the output on the S6 to be extremely clean and more lively than the iPhone 6 output. Check GSMArena's review and notice they say it has the cleanest output of any smartphone they've tested thanks to the onboard Wolfson DAC. To each their own with sound quality, but I find the S6 to be extremely good, especially after the 5.1.1 update.
-Collin-
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Going to have to disagree politely with the OP...
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Nonsense! That sort of behavior is not allowed here!
Yeah nothing wrong with disagreeing. In my opinion it's much lower then the iPhone 6. It went from being fun to listen to music on my vmoda m100s to me wishing I could make it louder on my gs6. Also affected the quality in my car via Bluetooth. Much lower output. I guess every one has their preference
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So I'm pretty confident this is going to be my next phone most of the reviews have been favourable and Googles support in terms of updates ect is a big deciding factor.
Just wondering what this community's thoughts are in terms of community dev for the Pixel? I understand is very early days so far so please dont jump on me. I'm just curios if we are expecting this phone to have similar support here like the Nexus devices did? I'm a flash-a-holic however when I got my Note4 here in the UK, somehow I got the C (Exynos) variant where else almost every other Note4 I've seen here in the UK has been F (SD805) so I've missed out on a lot of Non-Samsung rom's for the last couple of years, before that I was spoiled for choice with my S3, and I'd very much like to get back to flashing several times a week playing around seeing what I like and what I don't like.
Anyway again, I know it's early days and it's hard to predict the future but some opinions are best guesses would be really helpful to make my decision and hopefully get what I want from my device this time....
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The phone is buggy as hell - Bluetooth is buggy, Do not disturb mode is buggy, Project FI / cellular connection is buggy, sometimes Google Services just straight up crashes.
To be honest I prefer the less buggy experience with Samsung phones. This frequency of updates Google likes to advertise, it's a blessing and a curse, and for all the bad reasons - they need to update frequently to fix bugs, but with each new update, they seem to introduce new bugs.
I haven't had any issues with my Pixel XL? Maybe because I haven't upgraded to 7.1.1?
Samsung phones are slow and sluggish as all getout IMO.
I have no bugs, great battery life, and the phone flies. Best out of the box experience I ever had. With that being said, I to, hope development picks up. Think with the dual partitions, and phones lack of availability is part of culprit. Once those two things straighten out, well this is a nexus except for the name
No bugs to report here. Everything has been flawless so far.
Development WILL pick up. The Nexus 5X sold at half the price of this phone and it still took a few months for development of truly custom ROMs and kernels to get into high gear.
I have been loving the phone. I got mine at launch and have had very little issues. Everything is fast and stable.
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The phone is buggy as hell - Bluetooth is buggy, Do not disturb mode is buggy, Project FI / cellular connection is buggy, sometimes Google Services just straight up crashes.
To be honest I prefer the less buggy experience with Samsung phones. This frequency of updates Google likes to advertise, it's a blessing and a curse, and for all the bad reasons - they need to update frequently to fix bugs, but with each new update, they seem to introduce new bugs.
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I've had zero issues with mine on 7.1 or 7.1.1, have you tried a reset? I know 5 other people with the Pixel and they all love it and have had no problems.
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The phone is buggy as hell - Bluetooth is buggy, Do not disturb mode is buggy, Project FI / cellular connection is buggy, sometimes Google Services just straight up crashes.
To be honest I prefer the less buggy experience with Samsung phones. This frequency of updates Google likes to advertise, it's a blessing and a curse, and for all the bad reasons - they need to update frequently to fix bugs, but with each new update, they seem to introduce new bugs.
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Sounds like you have a lemon. Had a black 32gb and upgraded to a silver 128gb because I had run out of space. Both had no issues. I'm actually amazed at the speed and smoothness of the overall user experience.
I had an LG V20 right before I traded in the 32 for the 128. It was very underwhelming. Although I appreciate the larger screen real estate, it's quality just wasn't on par with the Pixels. Colour uniformity issues and general graininess. Also found 2 dead pixels. As well, LG's skin over nougat felt very dated. The hardware, while impressive and very well put together, was very clunky. The Pixels hardware takes a backseat to the fantastic software.
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I am sorry to hear you are having so many problems. I have 128GB XL from the google store and do not have the problems you are having. I know that does not help you, just thought I would mention it.
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The phone is buggy as hell - Bluetooth is buggy, Do not disturb mode is buggy, Project FI / cellular connection is buggy, sometimes Google Services just straight up crashes.
To be honest I prefer the less buggy experience with Samsung phones. This frequency of updates Google likes to advertise, it's a blessing and a curse, and for all the bad reasons - they need to update frequently to fix bugs, but with each new update, they seem to introduce new bugs.
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No bugs at all. Dunno what phones hes using
I haven't seen any bugs either, dnd works flawless, haven't had any issue with Bluetooth, nothing has force closed at all. I do notice my Nexus 6 had a tad bit better service at my house (~3-5dBm). But the funny thing is that my n6 always had higher cell standby use on my battery.
To make it short.
no bugs, great battery ( much better as my Angler ).
Great Device
Love this device. Just got it Tuesday. No bugs that I've seen yet. Went right to 7.1.1 after unboxing so I can't speak to 7.1. I've used bluetooth for car audio, a speaker in my apt, connection to my huawei watch, and wireless headphones for running and have yet to experience an issue with that. No problems on T-Mobile here in LA either. Dont' use DND so can't speak to that. But overall very happy with my purchase!
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I've had zero issues with mine on 7.1 or 7.1.1, have you tried a reset? I know 5 other people with the Pixel and they all love it and have had no problems.
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Well, you see, if you don't use features then there will be no problems with them.
Bluetooth - many people have reported that the phone would automatically connect to a bt car kit but it would be in the state of "Connected (no phone)." When you manually reconnect from the bt Settings menu it would work just fine. That's a bug. It may have something to do with a particular car kit, but I tried 3 - Motorola Roadster 2, Jabra Freeway, and a Jarbra Talk bt headset. All 3 started acting up this way after 7.1.1 update.
Do not disturb mode turn itself on occasionally during the day, even though it's set to turn on only at night hours. Someone has suggested that this particular bug had to do with an Android Wear smartwatch being connected, as this doesn't happen when the watch is disconnected. I wish they would fix that.
Project FI just straight up disconnects sometimes for no reason even though I have 3 partners in town US Cell, Sprint and T-Mob. So this bug is probably due to switching to a different carrier, even though US Cell has -60-80 dB signal strength everywhere, and in principle, the phone should stay connected to it all of the time.
And when I try to fix Bluetooth issues and play in the settings menu, Google Play Services sometimes just crashes. It's probably related to the bt bug.
None of these are major issues, but they are annoying, especially bt because I use it all of the time.
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Well, you see, if you don't use features then there will be no problems with them.
Bluetooth - many people reported that the phone will automatically connect to a bt car kit but it would be in the state of "Connected (no phone)." When manually reconnect from the bt Settings menu it would work just fine. That's a bug. It may have something to do with a particular car kit, but I tried 3 - Motorola Roadster 2, Jabra Freeway, and a Jarbra Talk bt headset. All 3 started acting up this way after 7.1.1 update.
Do not disturb mode turn itself on occasionally during the day, even though it's set to turn only at night hours. Someone has suggested that this particular bug has to do with an Android Wear smartwatch being connected, as this doesn't happen when the watch is disconnected. I wish they would fix that.
Project FI just straight up disconnects sometimes for no reason even though I have 3 partners in town US Cell, Sprint and T-Mob. So this bug is probably due to switching to a different carrier even though US Cell has -60-80 dB signal strength everywhere, and in principle, the phone should stay connected to it all of the time.
And when I try to fix Bluetooth issues and play in the settings menu, Google Play Services sometimes just crashes. It's probably related to the bt bug.
None of these are major issues, but they are annoying, especially bt because I use it all of the time.
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I'm not seeing any of these issues. I use Bluetooth all day and my Moto 360 lives on my wrist. My T-Mobile signal in Boston is way better than it was with my 6p. I have never had dnd turn on by itself and I've had the phone since launch.
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I'm not seeing any of these issues. I use Bluetooth all day and my Moto 360 lives on my wrist. My T-Mobile signal in Boston is way better than it was with my 6p. I have never had dnd turn on by itself and I've had the phone since launch.
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That's why they are bugs and not design decisions. They show up for some people but not others. Maybe it's a combination of apps or a combination of settings that are different between our phones. But all of these people who reported them, they aren't imagining these things. Please at least acknowledge that.
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Well, you see, if you don't use features then there will be no problems with them.
1. Bluetooth - many people have reported that the phone would automatically connect to a bt car kit but it would be in the state of "Connected (no phone)." When you manually reconnect from the bt Settings menu it would work just fine. That's a bug. It may have something to do with a particular car kit, but I tried 3 - Motorola Roadster 2, Jabra Freeway, and a Jarbra Talk bt headset. All 3 started acting up this way after 7.1.1 update.
2. Do not disturb mode turn itself on occasionally during the day, even though it's set to turn on only at night hours. Someone has suggested that this particular bug had to do with an Android Wear smartwatch being connected, as this doesn't happen when the watch is disconnected. I wish they would fix that.
3. Project FI just straight up disconnects sometimes for no reason even though I have 3 partners in town US Cell, Sprint and T-Mob. So this bug is probably due to switching to a different carrier, even though US Cell has -60-80 dB signal strength everywhere, and in principle, the phone should stay connected to it all of the time.
4. And when I try to fix Bluetooth issues and play in the settings menu, Google Play Services sometimes just crashes. It's probably related to the bt bug.
None of these are major issues, but they are annoying, especially bt because I use it all of the time.
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1. Never had any B/T issues.
2. I have had that issue but it turned out to be the phone turning on in my pocket. Other things would turn on too like Flashlight and hot spot. My phone digitizer is just too sensitive. I can almost wave my hand over it to make selections. I also have a Huawei watch and dont feel this has any impact at all. I did chang to the Microsoft lock screen to minimize this (and its nicer than stock and works with fingerprints). But I dont consider my revision of your issue a bug. More like something is just too sensitive on my phone. Which you could turn down the sensitivity.
3. Dont know anything about that.
4. Yes, I can confirm I was doing something with connectivity in the Settings menu and it crashed. This happened on all versions since release. I dont quite recall what I was doing. But yes, I confirm this bug as well.
Well I'm glad I read this thread.
The "Do Not Disturb" bug has been bugging the heck out of me.
Never bothered to check if it was happening to anyone else.
"Someone has suggested that this particular bug had to do with an Android Wear smartwatch being connected"
No Andoid Wear here.
And I always disable the screen wake motion/tap features to prevent my phone screen from turning on when in my pocket. I hate it when that happens and then you notice flashlight through your pocket or pull your phone out and all sorts of freaking apps have opened up and are pissed.
Otherwise, other than lack of development and the huge chins on this phone and the sucky speaker it's been the best phone I've ever had.
Dirty Unicorns is prepping to drop their first XL ROM so my development issues will be resolved with that and the eventual release of Xposed for Nougat.
I seem to have kinda fixed the bt bug by doing something interwebs suggested, Reset Network Settings. I can now work the Jabra headset and will have to try and test the bt car kit tomorrow. But boy, is it simply buggy just trying to troubleshoot this thing! Multiple times after the reset, the bt headset would connect to the phone and be in the normal state "Connected" but would have the "phone audio" feature disabled in a radio button inside the bt device settings. And tapping on the radio button to enable it would do nothing! That was new, never seen that before.
Then I would click the bt on/off switch from the notification pulldown menu, until the thing got stuck in the on position. After a reboot, bt was actually off. I enabled it and finally bt was working.
I got sick of troubleshooting and testing it, so that's where I stopped.
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Otherwise, other than lack of development and the huge chins on this phone and the sucky speaker it's been the best phone I've ever had.
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You should have seen Note 7. It was unlike any new phone before. I've had like 15 flagships on their release, and Note 7 was super special.
RIP!
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You should have seen Note 7. It was unlike any new phone before. I've had like 15 flagships on their release, and Note 7 was super special.
RIP!
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Fugg Samsung and their lack of developer support and locked bootloaders.
I had every Samsung Superphone since the Galaxy Skyrocket and will never buy another one.
I do support Samsung otherwise though.
They employ thousands of people here in Austin, TX and are sinking Billions of dollars into the local economy. :good:
So I've had my XL2 for almost a month - original was RMA'd due to poor quality display at the beginning of the month. Anyways, everything has been great up to about the last 3-4 days. In that time I've noticed the following:
1. Phone would not stay on LTE. Only HSPA+ despite 3 other people(who were with me) with the same carrier all having LTE service all day. I restarted my phone 2 times. Toggled airplane mode several time. It only grabbed LTE for a few minutes then reverted back to HSPA+ when I would turn off cellular.
2. Android Auto. My vehicle detects the phone, in-car application launches, but either there is no sound from any song or when I hit play, song is automatically paused everytime. I have to unplug/plug phone for it to all start working. This doesn't happen everytime, but it's done this about a half dozen or so times now.
3. Last but by the far the most annoying and worst. Randomly, when I'm interacting with the Google keyboard or Swiftkey, the phone just starts to spaz out. Random apps open, incorrect text being entered(for example, I type "m" and instead "z" and 3 commas get entered in instead, and just total loss of control on the phone(can't keep anything open or incorrect actions happen).
So I'm the point where either I go for a factory reset(I hate doing this) or I contact support and see about getting an RMA.
FYI: I'm on the November update.
Went through 2 really blue displays to get what I thought was a keeper yesterday, my 3rd device. But now today I noticed the screen flashes bright white when going into always on display. Quality control must be non existent between Google & LG.
It's just unbelievable to me that a $1000 device is so poorly made or passed off as ready to be sold. I've been sticking up for Google during most of the screen blue shift fiasco, but after this last string of incidents, I'm losing faith completely. This is especially apparent when I see that my wife's iPhone X has had nothing to this magnitude.
I've been having major, major problems with SwiftKey myself, to the point where I no longer even want to use this phone until the situation is resolved.
Everything was fine, even on the beta, and then suddenly about a week or so ago - as you mention - SwiftKey just starts going nuts. Incorrect predictions, mistaken input, slow/lag, etc.
I wonder if it's something with the November Security Patch Update or SwiftKey's cloud network or what.
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I've been having major, major problems with SwiftKey myself, to the point where I no longer even want to use this phone until the situation is resolved.
Everything was fine, even on the beta, and then suddenly about a week or so ago - as you mention - SwiftKey just starts going nuts. Incorrect predictions, mistaken input, slow/lag, etc.
I wonder if it's something with the November Security Patch Update or SwiftKey's cloud network or what.
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Im using an older version of swiftkey without a hiccup
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So I've had my XL2 for almost a month - original was RMA'd due to poor quality display at the beginning of the month. Anyways, everything has been great up to about the last 3-4 days. In that time I've noticed the following:
1. Phone would not stay on LTE. Only HSPA+ despite 3 other people(who were with me) with the same carrier all having LTE service all day. I restarted my phone 2 times. Toggled airplane mode several time. It only grabbed LTE for a few minutes then reverted back to HSPA+ when I would turn off cellular.
2. Android Auto. My vehicle detects the phone, in-car application launches, but either there is no sound from any song or when I hit play, song is automatically paused everytime. I have to unplug/plug phone for it to all start working. This doesn't happen everytime, but it's done this about a half dozen or so times now.
3. Last but by the far the most annoying and worst. Randomly, when I'm interacting with the Google keyboard or Swiftkey, the phone just starts to spaz out. Random apps open, incorrect text being entered(for example, I type "m" and instead "z" and 3 commas get entered in instead, and just total loss of control on the phone(can't keep anything open or incorrect actions happen).
So I'm the point where either I go for a factory reset(I hate doing this) or I contact support and see about getting an RMA.
FYI: I'm on the November update.
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Seeing as you have to start from scratch anyway, I'd try a factory reset first. You can always RMA it if the problem persists. Why risk losing your "good" Pixel 2 XL for one that may have a crummy screen restarting the RMA cycle?
Also, was Swiftkey recently updated, like in the last 4 days or so?
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Seeing as you have to start from scratch anyway, I'd try a factory reset first. You can always RMA it if the problem persists. Why risk losing your "good" Pixel 2 XL for one that may have a crummy screen restarting the RMA cycle?
Also, was Swiftkey recently updated, like in the last 4 days or so?
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The RMA is a little better than the previous one in terms of how extreme the shift is, but overall it's not anything worth keeping. The bottom firing speaker buzzes like you wouldn't believe at 60% or higher volume. I don't recall the original one doing this although I did read in another thread that pretty much every phone is doing this.
If the replacement is worse, I'll send it back. It's not like it's a hassle for me. It's pretty much the same doing a factory reset.
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The RMA is a little better than the previous one in terms of how extreme the shift is, but overall it's not anything worth keeping. The bottom firing speaker buzzes like you wouldn't believe at 60% or higher volume. I don't recall the original one doing this although I did read in another thread that pretty much every phone is doing this.
If the replacement is worse, I'll send it back. It's not like it's a hassle for me. It's pretty much the same doing a factory reset.
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So, I guess the answer you wanted to hear for your either or situation is do an RMA... Good luck with it.
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So, I guess the answer you wanted to hear for your either or situation is do an RMA... Good luck with it.
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I pretty much wanted to hear if anyone else is seeing these issues. Also, this replacement that I have now is a mid October build.
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