I migrated to WM6 awhile back and found two oddities:
1. after a few days, the phone would lose connection with Cingular...going into and out of Airplane mode would not get it to reconnect, only a reset would get it back
2. The network stack works unpredictably. Turn on WiFi, use it for a bit of surfing, turn it off to save battery, then when turning it on later, the phone errors out saying it cannot connect to anything (like web or email), again, a reset of the phone fixes the problem. The same thing would happen if you put the phone in standby (hit the power button). In short, Wifi would only _dependably_ work on the first connection to a base station after a reboot.
I've back flashed to the T-mobile image, but will need to find a Cingular ROM to send this thing back in for a warrantee repair.
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Upgraded to the new 1.60 ROM hoping to cure this annoying problem but if anything its worse.
I turn the phone off and within 5 minutes its turned itself back on for no apparent reason. No notifications or anything. Cant be doing my battery life any good if it keeps switching on
Any ideas?
That may be something to do with the way that ActiveSync is set up.
I've had this kind of problem in the past and found that by killing activesync by using a task manager of some variety and changing my 'network' settings that the problem goes away
Please excuse me, im quite a newbie at this xda malarky. My xda also turns its self on randomly since installing 2003. you said change your network settings. How and what do you change them to? I made sure that activsync is turned off, but it doesnt make much difference either way.
cheers
I have experienced the same...
And, I've been on multiple ROM's with no avail.
I'm not sure anyone has ever found a solution.
My activesync is turned off, but the damned thing keeps turning on. Its sitting in the cradle at present and it turns on every 3-4 minutes!!!
It is Active Sync
I had this problem with my charger in the car. It is not sufficient to kill the Activesync. You would have to go to the options in the Activesyn menu, go to the new options button in the PC tab (the first one) and there disable the box with the name "Enable PC sync using this connection". This you will have to enable each time you want to sync via the cradle. I don't have the problem in the original cradle, it is only with the thirdparty car charger. I sync via IR or bluetooth and that is always available via the menu in Active Sync.
Good luck!
Johan
ActiveSync i can understand when its in the cradle but currently its sitting on my desk and still turning on at random intervals sometimes 30 secs after i switch it off!!!
Signal strength maybe?
I have same problem, happens mostly in car but not exclusively.
I get the feeling that it's related to the cellular signal strength and the device loosing or regaining the GSM connection.
San Francisco has several zero or almost zero coverage areas so it's not unusual for a phone to loose and then regain a connection while driving or walking.
I would love this device if it worked as expected but at this moment it is the source of endless frustration.
im also having these problems they are head doing never used to turn itself on as soon as i hard reset it just started to do this now and its annoying me so much
Im also having these problems . I find a solution using registry cleaner of pocket mechanic.
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Guys, Check the setting of the ActivSync, most probably you will find a schedule for synchronization is set every certain time. So, you have to switch it to Manual Sync.
I think this should soulve your problem.
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I too had this problem. For some reason the enabling Sprite Backup battery monitoring and Scheduled Backups caused this. try turning these features off if you have it installed.
I have same problem, its really anoying, have not found a way to stop auto connection even after changing some setting on my computer Activesync & XDAii activesync. I'm guessing theres no way to stop it.
Is there an active sync update available? I'm using 3.7 (build 3083)
For those whose unit turns on by itself, please check:
From your PPC:
Start > ActiveSync > Tools> Options > Mobile Schedule
Make sure all 3 options are set to "Manually".
From your Desktop PC ActiveSync:
Tools > Options > Schedule
Make sure every active options are set to "Manually" as well.
You can manually sync but Activesync still keeps "looking for changes"
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Same for me too,
Mine can turn itself on almost as soon as i turn it off, its a running battle to get it to turn off and i very rarely win, I have accepted the fact that mine will stay on most of the time now and have a second battery to help me through the day,
I checked all my settings and all mobile schedule settings were on manual and all the active options are set to manual too, so it wasnt those settings causing the problem,
I cant believe the lack of support that O2 are providing, if this was an HP handheld there would have been a fix for each problem as it cropped up within a week as they have done with each of their handhelds
do the people experiancing turn ons have a card in the Sd slot? i do but i notice when the device is off...... put a sd card in and the device turns itself on i only started to notice it turning on when i got my SD card i might take it out tonight and try then?
Yup, i have a card in the slot all the time, took it out for a few hours this morning and it was no different, still kept turning itself on,
I looked a bit deeper into it this morning too,
It seems that i use it, turn it off and it turns back on 13 seconds later, i turn it off again and it turns itself back on again 13 seconds later, so i try to turn it off and the power button has no effect, i have to press it twice to turn it off, then it seems to stay off for at least 30 minutes before going through the exact same sequence again,
I will list all my installed programs a bit later when i have more time, hopefully everone else can do the same (whether you have the problem or not) then we can see if there's a common program that is on all the XDA2's that might be making them turn on and see if its absent from the XDA2's that are fine
my phone does not connect to att or the internet. it looks and looks for signal but it will never work unless i plug my phone onto my computer and sync it through activesync. after leaving it plugged in my phone will find signal and i can unplug the phone and work it regularly. this is a problem cause if i turn my phone off its done.. i wont be able to get it working after i turn it back on unless i stop at home and fix it which is a pain when I travel and have to turn my phone off before a flight.
when i turn on the phone it will say i am missing the file " and i will not work properly.. etc..etc i dunno if that has anything to do with my problem
Try a Soft reset or Hard Reset,hope it'll work.
Cheers!
neither worked
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hmmmm,
You'll perhaps have to reflash it again,download official stock rom of your provider from its website and flash.ok
cheers!
anything??
well i have the nbd touchflo or whatever installed on mine and i have hard reset it a couple times.. reinstalled the software as well. usually when there are no programs it turns on and finds the signal. even when i do install programs it will work maybe the next 2 or 3 times i turn it off or soft reset it. then after that.. it never finds signal after turning on it needs a computer. this is really a hassle for traveling or if the battery drops out. sometimes it might even just lose signal for no reason. maybe im not doing something right.. is there a setting that needs to be changed once the phone screws up and doesnt find signal?
is it possible that if too many things are runnning it will not be able to find signal. right after turning it on i used the taskmanager to shut off ilock and s2u2 and then it shortly finds signal afterwards. sometimes it does att and sometimes it finds cingular. if it finds cingular the phone does not work and it says that the phone is off even though in the comm manager it is on. i just reset it and try again..
and whats the diff between the G (gprs) and E (medianet edge)? the phone never really works when it is doing G and when it tries to find signal when turning on the phone, sometimes (couple seconds) it will show some signal (calls still cant be made) with the G logo then eventually lose it.
Hi there
First time poster, shame it has to be a cry for help!!
I've got the touch HD, and I love it, however over the last week or so its started losing its HDSPA and 3G connection and dropping to phone only. At first I thought this maybe network related (T-Mobile), however it seems to do it in all locations.
I'ver noticed when it does it, the data connection slider in the settings tab, is switched to off, and as soon as I flick it back on, it picks up the signal fine (only to lose it again after a random amount of time). I've downloaded Tweak HD and set the internet to always on, however that doesn't make a difference.
I've not installed any custom roms, its the factory build, really hope someone can help
Thank you
Do you see the connection drop while the screen is on or is it after you have put the phone in standby (screen off)?
It seems to be random, I can be halfway through browsing the web and it'll drop or just coming out of standy.
The most common time seems to be when I do a send/receive on the email tab, it shows the 'H' icon then as soon as it starts syncronising, it drops out to radio then I have te re-send to get it to connect again.
I seem to recall the same thing happening to me back when I was using the stock rom. For the first week everything was fine, then the connection would drop when I turned the screen off or even when the phone was on. If you've tried setting the connection to "always on" and that does not fix the problem, then I would next try and download Schaps Advanced Config and enable/disable the different power management settings. I've suggested this to a few others for disconnect problems in standby and it seemed to work.
I have a stock unrooted Verizon Galaxy S5. For several months my phone has been plagued by several issues at startup. Whether I reboot the phone or start it up after the battery has died, it always enters an odd state immediately after loading and seems to get stuck in this state for an undetermined and variable amount of time (anywhere from a few seconds or minutes to hours or even overnight).
While in this state, this is what happens:
1. Screen stays on. Once I unlock the phone, the screen stays on. The side button doesn't do anything to lock the phone or turn off the screen. Holding down the button, however, still triggers the power menu. The screen timeout never triggers, even though it should turn off the screen after 2 minutes of inactivity.
2. WiFi and Bluetooth turned off. Even if they were turned on before I powered down the phone, they are not enabled when the phone first boots up. I can manually turn them on but the WiFi will not connect to a network, even if one is available. It may show it is connecting to the network, but it gets stuck at "Checking the quality of your internet connection" and continues to use the 4G network for data connectivity. This happens no matter what WiFi network I am within range of, so it's not an issue with the network or router itself. If I am not near a network at all I will still experience the other problems of not being able to lock the phone, etc.
3. Startup applications don't load. I have Tasker on my phone, but it doesn't load and show it's notification bar icon.
Otherwise, I can use the phone normally and open applications, surf the web, etc. It seems that loading some applications and using the phone eventually causes the phone to exit this mode, but I haven't been able to find a single particular application or series of steps to fix the problem. If I power on the phone and don't use it that just seems to make it take even longer to fix itself.
Once it gets out of it's weird state, the WiFi connection will become active (it will turn on WiFi if I haven't done so manually already) and it will connect to a known network if one is available, the phone will lock itself or I can do so from the side button, and things like Tasker and Power Save mode will turn on.
I am stumped as to what could be causing this problem or how to fix it. It seems the phone may be doing some kind of check, maybe related to Knox, that hangs during startup and prevents certain things from working until it straightens itself out.
Any clues into what this problem is, what is causing it or how I could further analyze this problem and determine its cause would be greatly appreciated.
Never heard of or experienced these issues. May want to contact Samsung.
Have you installed any official updates from Verizon at any point? I've heard of phones having phantom problems like this after receiving a bad update. I would definitely contact Verizon if you did update at any point. If not then like BigBot96 said, contact Samsung about the problem.
My wife's Note 2 did something similar when the battery died. I had to factory reset. Her phone was rooted/unlocked & running a custom TW ROM, though. May I suggest doing a complete factory reset and Odin. Backup data to computer or external sdcard since this will clear the entire device.
Edit: After rereading OP's post it actually sounds like an app is hanging at startup which could cause this behavior. A logcat should tell you what's going on.
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I accidentally dropped my phone a few days ago, and since then wifi is working very poorly or not at all. The phone sometimes takes about a minute to even detect a network, not even talking about connecting. When and if it does connect, the connection drops after a few seconds.
Could this be fixed in the same way as poor GPS coverage, with tightening the screws on the assembly, or will it require warranty repair ?
Are there any other issues with the phone, besides wifi? When you dropped it, did the battery fall out and the phone forcefully turned off?
Most of the phone wifi antennas are integrated into the motherboard, so I doubt you broke something there.
You can try the following:
1. Turn on wifi, and forget all of the networks you have logged into.
2. Turn off wifi, and delete wpa_supplicant.conf in /data/misc/wifi/ folder.
3. Do a hard reboot ( power off fully and turn back on after 30 seconds ).
That fixed wifi issues with a couple of Android boxes I had the displeasure of using. Maybe it will help here.
Thanks, but that didn't solve my problem. And yes, I should have clarified, the phone did, in fact, turn off after being dropped because the battery fell out.
Hmmm... when that happens, there is a good chance system corrupted itself somehow. Just like when you unplug a USB drive while copying something on it, or improperly shutting down Windows while they perform system updates.
I would, if that happened to me, do a factory reset, and reflash the phone just to see if that fixes it. If not, I would send it on warranty repair and keep quiet about dropping it.
Be sure to perform a backup of the stuff you need backed up.
I will try that out when I can, don't want to get stuck without my tools.