[Q] please some one calm me down :( - Galaxy S I9000 General

am haing the three buttons issue, so my question is it HW or SW issue??? please i want a sure answer thanks for your help

nobody knows but I suspect it's hardware related.

it appears to be a software thing
samsung promised to fix it on their next software release http://www.facebook.com/samsungmobilecanada
Samsung Mobile Canada Thanks to everyone for your continued patience and feedback as we work through the three-button reset issue on the Galaxy S Vibrant. Rest assured, it is a top priority. Please stay tuned for updates this week
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i wish it is sw..however..my assumption is that it is hw related since if you take any older galaxy s and install any rom, the 3button mode works. in the new devices no matter how many different roms installed, problem remains.........lets just wait and see..i sent mine back to the store and got my money back. if they fix it WITH an official lag fix from samsung, i will buy it again. else it will be my last samsung phone(i had it only for a day )

el3ctronick said:
i wish it is sw..however..my assumption is that it is hw related since if you take any older galaxy s and install any rom, the 3button mode works. in the new devices no matter how many different roms installed, problem remains.........lets just wait and see..i sent mine back to the store and got my money back. if they fix it WITH an official lag fix from samsung, i will buy it again. else it will be my last samsung phone(i had it only for a day )
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i don't know where you hear it from, but that is not true

AllGamer said:
it appears to be a software thing
samsung promised to fix it on their next software release http://www.facebook.com/samsungmobilecanada
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I doubt they know enough to make promises yet.

This cannot be a hardware issue. The recovery and download modes can be accessed via adb, so that software is available as well. The only thing that is different is that the bootloader of the firmware (which cannot be flashed with the procedures we know) has the 3 button boot mode disabled.
I am pretty sure that samsung has the ability to replace the bootloader and I suspect that phones with the 3button disabled were requested by some carriers in order to disallow their customers from playing aroung with their phones.

about the update
lets say that android 2.2 is officially released ok,,,so how could i update my phone since as i know entering the download mode is one of the rule the upgrade the mobile ?!!!?!?!!!!!

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lets say that android 2.2 is officially released ok,,,so how could i update my phone since as i know entering the download mode is one of the rule the upgrade the mobile ?!!!?!?!!!!!
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you will do that via kies.

i know i can do it through kies but look in the below picture and you will get my question
ce4arab.com/vb7/images/imgc/1007_1/198446.jpg (SORRY I CANT MAKE IT AS A LINK SINCE AM NEW MEMBER)

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Flashing firmware asian to european- for ppl who have flashed

Hey guys in my earlier thread some ppl told me that i could update from asian firmware to european firmware. I would like to knw if there would be any problems by doing that, and would like to know ur experiece after flashing.. Thanx for ur replies. I don mind waiting an extra month for asian firmware release if u feel flashing can be problematic, if not i'll b happy to flash.
Ps: I knw a thread like this is available but there are no conclusive answers there. Thanx.
I like to know too. I hope no issue here other than losing the Asian keyboards. I assume one could still get a third party keyboard for say, chinese characters input.
Ya i recieved a reply in hardware zone forum, ppl have upgraded their firmwares from dd or dx to xx, xw (european). No problems were found, infact performance increased a little bit. One of the guys told me not to update cause firmwares released in europe tend to be buggy like beta versions, only final versions are released in asia and other places thats why updates are few. So if i were u i'd wait for firmware to release in my region.. Wat's u take on this? Do u still wanna flash ur phone or do u wanna wait a month extra......
I personally haven't had any issues with the euro fw to speak of. Like doomsdaycs mentioned I definitely experienced performance increase and even more once i installed the modaco rom. I ran the latest JG3 for a few days and it was great then i wanted the modaco rom so I reflashed with JG1 and it's still had no problems. Hope that helps...
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Ya i recieved a reply in hardware zone forum, ppl have upgraded their firmwares from dd or dx to xx, xw (european). No problems were found, infact performance increased a little bit. One of the guys told me not to update cause firmwares released in europe tend to be buggy like beta versions, only final versions are released in asia and other places thats why updates are few. So if i were u i'd wait for firmware to release in my region.. Wat's u take on this? Do u still wanna flash ur phone or do u wanna wait a month extra......
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That's utter rubbish.
Went from APAC to Euro firmwares, and never looked back.
Let me ask you guys who have gone over to the European firmware a few questions:
1) Has it fixed the 3G/wifi connection problem? (I hope you do not dispute that there is problem )
2) Has the lags/pause gone away? Or just minimized?
3) Has your GPS started to work accurately yet?
4) Does your email still takes ages to load? Or just become less slow?
5) Does the music playing still pause/freeze once in a while?
6) Anyone still able to install stuffs like Chinese keyboards from the Android market place after adopting the Europe firmware?
7) Do you have problem with the market place like what these people say?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7232231#post7232231
Thanks for sharing.
Let me ask you guys who have gone over to the European firmware a few questions:
1) Has it fixed the 3G/wifi connection problem? (I hope you do not dispute that there is problem )
Answer: You need to create a new APN in order to use the 3G network. As for WIFI.. I am able to connect to any WIFI as long as I have the password.
2) Has the lags/pause gone away? Or just minimized?
Answer: Kinda but you will still experience it even with the JG5 firmware.. rumor has it that samsung will release an official fix for this on the end of july but there is no official word from samsung.. all we can do is cross our fingers and hope or best alternative.. use modaco's fix.
3) Has your GPS started to work accurately yet?
Answer: Yup, compared to the stock firmware, it is able to identify my location within a 5 meter radius.
** upgrade to the latest google maps version.
4) Does your email still takes ages to load? Or just become less slow?
Answer: Google.. first time setup.. yes. But now, depending on your location and signal strength.. takes about 8 - 15 seconds.. longer with 2 bars on my phone.. about 30 seconds or so. [GMAIL]
5) Does the music playing still pause/freeze once in a while?
Answer: When I am playing Let's Golf with very low volume then listening to music using the default player at level 6 - 7 volume. I do experience it sometime..
6) Anyone still able to install stuffs like Chinese keyboards from the Android market place after adopting the Europe firmware?
Answer: I am able to install Google Pinyin.. the qwerty keyboard still shows ABC but when you press each letter.. it will show the chinese character equivalent.
7) Do you have problem with the market place like what these people say?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7232231#post7232231
Answer: Weird case, never experienced that issue on my SGS after doing 3 firmware upgrades.
And no, I haven't rooted my phone yet.. hoping to hear from samsung by the month's end to know if they finally release a firmware fix for the memory transfer issue [NAND].
kenkiller said:
That's utter rubbish.
Went from APAC to Euro firmwares, and never looked back.
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I second that.
The ASIAN version to be honest.. is full of crap from the TELCO's which renders the phone perform slower.. and I'd like to add that, my phone starts and loads faster now without the singtel crap.
Thank you M3keni. I'm glad it looks so positive.
kenkiller said:
That's utter rubbish.
Went from APAC to Euro firmwares, and never looked back.
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eaglesteve said:
Thank you M3keni. I'm glad it looks so positive.
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You are welcome bro.
Disclaimer though.. other users may have a different take on my experience with my SGS.. hehehe.
..seriously, samsung should fix the NAND issue with an update firmware soon.
..but we have hardworking developers to go to for MODS.. iLike!
Before you decide and buy the SGS, visit your nearest telco showroom to try and feel the phone. Will help in your decision.
Have a good weekend!
Thanx for the info i'll be flashing madoco rom too.. cheers..
I'm waiting for the Froyo that's supposedly 3 times faster than iPhone 3GS. As it is now, it is a lot slower than even iPhone 3G. The black screen and long pauses is beginning to get to me.
I'm hesitant to root now as I'm uncertain about the hardware aspect of GPS, and my fear that the process might not be fully reversible, hence voiding the warranty potentially.
i have a question that how to upgrade the firmware from Asian to EUR use kies without root??????
i want to change that but have no idea, thx
yes please, even I need to know how to flash my Singtel FW to the eu version like the friends above mentioned. Mainly I want to do this without rooting...!!
And once after upgrading, will it allow me to upgrade to froyo when it is officially released!!! via Kies or OTA.
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That's utter rubbish.
Went from APAC to Euro firmwares, and never looked back.
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Can you suggest the fw number of the official euro firmware that you are using now so I can install as well.
No problem at all dude.
Flashed from DDJF3 to XWJG1 (Indian to some European country)... JF3 had major issues... JG1 is good... not great though. Most of the problems of the stock firmware were resolved by Modaco's Custom ROM... try it out!
You guys should give the new firmware JM1 or JM2 a twirl. The difference is night and day...no joke..and that's before root and any modifications.
@netboyhk I initially used this as my starting point http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpWcM44On88
Note that in the video he says it HAS to be on a specific com port....ignore that part. It's all relative to how many usb ports u have and how many devices plugged in etc etc. From my experiences it's REALLY hard to brick this phone but your mileage may vary
I think you mean JM1 and JM2 - unless Samsung's moving faster on firmware than I thought...
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I think you mean JM1 and JM2 - unless Samsung's moving faster on firmware than I thought...
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Yea thanks.
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eaglesteve said:
I'm waiting for the Froyo that's supposedly 3 times faster than iPhone 3GS. As it is now, it is a lot slower than even iPhone 3G. The black screen and long pauses is beginning to get to me.
I'm hesitant to root now as I'm uncertain about the hardware aspect of GPS, and my fear that the process might not be fully reversible, hence voiding the warranty potentially.
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I can confirm that it IS FULLY REVERSIBLE. You just need to reformat using ODIN while putting an official ROM.

Bell Canada finally admit the GPS bug!!!

I bought a Galaxy S from Bell Canada in august. Made the update to JH2 trough kies. Had the GPS bug (locked fine, but was sometimes way off (1-3 streets off)).
I told Bell. They said they didn't know any GPS problem affecting their device.
I tried many differents things, but I still had the problem so I recorded tracks with both my Hero and my Galaxy S to prove that the Galaxy S has a bug.
I called Samsung. I told them that I had a bug with the GPS. They said that they were not aware of any GPS bug affecting the GT-i9000M (the canadian version).
I went to Bell and asked for a repair. Seems like I was the first in Canada to report the problem because they told me again that there was no report on such problem, so it must be a specific problem with my device. They give me a Samsung Omnia II for the time of the repair. Worst touch screen ever, almost useless compared to a Galaxy S.
My device came back "repaired" (what they did was a factory reset and allegedly a ROM update, but it was JH2 before and after the repair, so this is bull****). In short they did nothing but loose my time.
Of course, I still have the exact same bug, the repair guy probably didn't even test it.
I call Bell again. Shock! Horror! They admit that there is a problem with ALL Galaxy S. Finally! Not that I told them since August... And it's not only in Canada, according to the tech support agent, it affects devices from all around the world. And that I shouldn't worry because the update to 2.2 will be released everywhere in the world in November and will fix that. Great!
Oh wait. The update to 2.2 is already released in some parts of Europe. I am not even sure that it fixes the GPS. At least I have an audio recording of Bell telling me that the bug will be fixed with an update in November. Better than nothing I guess.
+1
Two thumbs up for your effort. Hopefully canadian sgs froyo update comes on November like the rest of the world....
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Great job on the audio recording too, nice move
Good job. Please keep us posted when froyo released.
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sorry to say but some tech reps are more informed than others because they take time to do their own independant research. One tech i talked to barley knew a thing about the galaxy S, while another rep was fascinated by it and couldnt wait to get their own. Mine is in repair for faulty internal SD, lets hope froyo will fix the gps, as i didnt send it in for that issue.
Those who know something about the Galaxy S (and other smartphones) are the so-called "data" support.
1-877-328-2123 (choose language and then select the first option in the menu)
I agree data support are the only ones that know anything. I called customer service like 5 times before they gave me someone that knew anything, ala data support.
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Well, I think that of course the response is "we haven't heard about any bugs". It's business -- they aren't allowed to admit to anything unless an order comes from the top to announce that a certain bug .. or a few bugs have been found. I haven't seen any admittals from Samsung that SGS is slow, laggy and the 2.2 update is crap. Or that there are any bugs at all. That would crash sales.
Same here
I got pretty much the same info. been through the same ordeal. I don't think I can last til the end of november for a maybe fix that might not fix anything or might get pushed back to january or even february or??? At least now with them endorsing the issue it should not be as hard to fight for an exchange, maybe get a Z.....
root your bell sgs, go to /system/etc, open gps.conf
change from:
NTP_SERVER=north-america.pool.ntp.org
To:
NTP_SERVER=xtra1.gpsonextra.net
you don't even have to change *#1472365#*. I get lock to 10 sat in Montreal within 30sec. give it a try!
sbcmp3 said:
root your bell sgs, go to /system/etc, open gps.conf
change from:
NTP_SERVER=north-america.pool.ntp.org
To:
NTP_SERVER=xtra1.gpsonextra.net
you don't even have to change *#1472365#*. I get lock to 10 sat in Montreal within 30sec. give it a try!
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Well that's not the GPS bug I am talking about. My GPS locks just fine (as already said). The problem is that it is not always precise. But anyways xtra1.gpsonextra.net seems farther aways (mesured by ping times) than north-america.pool.ntp.org, so it should not fix anything.
And north-america.pool.ntp.org works just fine on my HTC Hero.
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Well, I think that of course the response is "we haven't heard about any bugs". It's business -- they aren't allowed to admit to anything unless an order comes from the top to announce that a certain bug .. or a few bugs have been found. I haven't seen any admittals from Samsung that SGS is slow, laggy and the 2.2 update is crap. Or that there are any bugs at all. That would crash sales.
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Well the thing is, when you know that there is a bug and you hide it to increase your sales, you do not deserve any customers.
zorxd said:
At least I have an audio recording of Bell telling me that the bug will be fixed with an update in November. Better than nothing I guess.
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I am very curious as to what software you used to record that call?
You didn't use a Korean Galaxy S (SHW-M110S) by any chance, did you? Because its firmware has a native call recorder function that I would die to get my hands on, but unfortunately Samsung doesn't allow international Galaxy S users to flash to the Korean firmware Send me a PM if you know how to force flash it!
dillovic said:
I am very curious as to what software you used to record that call?
You didn't use a Korean Galaxy S (SHW-M110S) by any chance, did you? Because its firmware has a native call recorder function that I would die to get my hands on, but unfortunately Samsung doesn't allow international Galaxy S users to flash to the Korean firmware Send me a PM if you know how to force flash it!
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I am a proud user of the Asterisk PBX, which I installed on my OpenWRT router . I used that to record, not my cell phone.
zorxd said:
Well the thing is, when you know that there is a bug and you hide it to increase your sales, you do not deserve any customers.
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All companies do that. Focusing on all the bugs takes the attention from the good to the bad. Basic stuff. All the companies that made you any of the things you own operate on the same principle. This is business. This is life.
But this does not mean they are not working hard on fixing the issues -- believe me, they are. Our comments and complaints are very important in bringing these things out. Stuff that gets discussed here on XDA dev is _vital_.
sbcmp3 said:
root your bell sgs, go to /system/etc, open gps.conf
change from:
NTP_SERVER=north-america.pool.ntp.org
To:
NTP_SERVER=xtra1.gpsonextra.net
you don't even have to change *#1472365#*. I get lock to 10 sat in Montreal within 30sec. give it a try!
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Interesting- this is one fix I hadn't seen before. Where did you read about it?
zorxd said:
Oh wait. The update to 2.2 is already released in some parts of Europe. I am not even sure that it fixes the GPS. At least I have an audio recording of Bell telling me that the bug will be fixed with an update in November. Better than nothing I guess.
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thats rite live in the uk and upgraded ma android to 2.2 using kies reg mod and guess what it made the GPS worst. it wont go two streets without losing gps signal. theres no hope i heard it may even be a hardware fault.

Samsung Purposefully built in the download/recovery modes?

Did Samsung purposefully build in the recovery mode and download modes for us to be able to root and stuff?
Or were they for like Samsung's use only, and not all personal uses?
I don't know, but you have to appreciate the way Samsung doesn't lock their phones to the extent other manufacturers do.
ColorNapkin said:
I don't know, but you have to appreciate the way Samsung doesn't lock their phones to the extent other manufacturers do.
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I mean they did start getting hardware locked vibrants out there later during the year and then on 2.2 they tried to make a barrier for us to not do the recovery reisntall packages because it checked the signature and other stuff... so.. they did TRY later on to stop us... but i'm asking if the modes were built for them to use, and if it was only for them, how can they be so stupid to make it so easy to get in because i'm sure some dev just looked at the system files and saw the download mode etc and adb'd it in there.
I'm sure it was initially meant for Samsung use only. If they didn't care about us rooting our phones it wouldn't void the warranty. At least they don't use encrypted boot loader's like Motorola has started to do. They make it pretty much impossible to flash a custom ROM.
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I mean they did start getting hardware locked vibrants out there later during the year and then on 2.2 they tried to make a barrier for us to not do the recovery reisntall packages because it checked the signature and other stuff... so.. they did TRY later on to stop us... but i'm asking if the modes were built for them to use, and if it was only for them, how can they be so stupid to make it so easy to get in because i'm sure some dev just looked at the system files and saw the download mode etc and adb'd it in there.
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IIRC, in the case of the hardware locked vibrants, Samsung did admit that it was a manufacturer's fault there. All that got fixed by the JI6 update (if you didn't flash the fix beforehand).
Oniyuri said:
IIRC, in the case of the hardware locked vibrants, Samsung did admit that it was a manufacturer's fault there. All that got fixed by the JI6 update (if you didn't flash the fix beforehand).
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Nope it wasn't fixed in ji6 not for me
And recovery comes in almost all phones.
Download mode was a bonus
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CrazyCharlie said:
I'm sure it was initially meant for Samsung use only. If they didn't care about us rooting our phones it wouldn't void the warranty. At least they don't use encrypted boot loader's like Motorola has started to do. They make it pretty much impossible to flash a custom ROM.
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After I rooted and did an update a while back, I got some boot loops. Took it back to T-mobile and the rep asked me if I had rooted. He didn't mention anything about warranty and replaced it since I was under 30 days. Not sure if they don't care about root or if he was being nice.
muathib said:
After I rooted and did an update a while back, I got some boot loops. Took it back to T-mobile and the rep asked me if I had rooted. He didn't mention anything about warranty and replaced it since I was under 30 days. Not sure if they don't care about root or if he was being nice.
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probably because you were on your 30 day thing, if you tell them you rooted, then their going to "black mark" you on your tmo acc so you don't get any more refurb. phones.
Now if they only release driver source..

Touchwiz update halted due to some user's tab bricking.

http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...rogress-and-ensure-its-a-positive-experience/
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http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...rogress-and-ensure-its-a-positive-experience/
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I still dont see where it mentions it was bricking devices?
xavierdylan said:
I still dont see where it mentions it was bricking devices?
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This is what the Engadget says.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/16/samsung-halts-touchwiz-ux-updates-to-prevent-bricking-issues/
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Of course Samsung won't admit that their update is bricking devices. I do give them credit for identifying there is a problem and halting the update until the problems are resolved. As long as Samsung is making things right by the customer, such as replacing said bricked device, you can't ask for much more than that.
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Of course Samsung won't admit that their update is bricking devices. I do give them credit for identifying there is a problem and halting the update until the problems are resolved. As long as Samsung is making things right by the customer, such as replacing said bricked device, you can't ask for much more than that.
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On the Android phone side, it happened almost to every major updates Samsung released in many regions (Europe, Canada and US). First, update released. Then, halted. After a while, re-released again.
So, it is not too much to ask Samsung not to do this on every updates. Where is the testing/QA?
I don't know if that's what bricked mine or not, but it's good to know.
I opened my shiny new Galaxy Tab 10.1 on Monday afternoon. One of the first things I did was install updates. After I tried to power cycle it, I could not get it to turn back on. It went back to Samsung yesterday for repair/replacement.
Mine was sort of bricked. After I installed the TW update (the day it was released) it was caught in a boot loop. Samsung support had me clear all user data via recovery boot - that didn't fix it so the only option they offered was for me to send it back. I ended up rooting it and installing the OTA image with TW I got from here.
Samsung could do a lot better here by offering the utility to flash a fresh OS onto the device. There's no reason for us to send in the Tablet because it's caught in a boot loop. It'd save Samsung a lot of money if they'd support end user device wipe and reloads of the OS via a PC.
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On the Android phone side, it happened almost to every major updates Samsung released in many regions (Europe, Canada and US). First, update released. Then, halted. After a while, re-released again.
So, it is not too much to ask Samsung not to do this on every updates. Where is the testing/QA?
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Oh I agree completely.... I wish companies would test their updates more thoroughly before releasing for general consumption. I see that crap all the time at work. But sadly, we consumers have become beta testers... and have been for quite some time I'm afraid. What I'm saying is that at least Samsung is trying to make it right by the consumer by either fixing or replacing the device.

Maybe an updated version of software by Google will fix the BLOD

Hello guys.
I live in South Korea and just had contact with customer service.
They said once my warranty is now passed, they might not be able to provide me a free repair, but google will soon release an update that is supposed to fix the BLOD(Boot Loop Of Death), so I'd better wait for it.
I don't know if it will work, but for me, and people having a phone which can't even get to recovery but only bootloader, who seem to have nothing to lose, this update will worth the wait.
Let's hope that's true and we can get our 6P back to life.
Didnt Google mentioned BLOD is a hardware issue earlier?
Aswin08 said:
Didnt Google mentioned BLOD is a hardware issue earlier?
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Yeah. There's a news that Google said it's hardware problem, but Huawei did say the upcoming update will fix it.
IDK which one is truth.. just hoping simply updating software will fix it.
frostydawn said:
Yeah. There's a news that Google said it's hardware problem, but Huawei did say the upcoming update will fix it.
IDK which one is truth.. just hoping simply updating software will fix it.
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If it's a software issue why does it happen with Marshmallow, Nougat and custom ROMs? I don't think Huawei is being honest.
jhs39 said:
If it's a software issue why does it happen with Marshmallow, Nougat and custom ROMs? I don't think Huawei is being honest.
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Oh it didn't occured to me..
I also have some doubt that it's a software-related problem, because downgrading to MM doesn't even work.
Well, maybe they are fixing bugs that they haven't found before, or also maybe, the defective OS has triggered something..
I'm not sure that update will fix my phone, but for now, this is my last hope.
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Oh it didn't occured to me..
I also have some doubt that it's a software-related problem, because downgrading to MM doesn't even work.
Well, maybe they are fixing bugs that they haven't found before, or also maybe, the defective OS has triggered something..
I'm not sure that update will fix my phone, but for now, this is my last hope.
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Good luck but I honestly wouldn't get my hopes up too high. But you aren't the first person Huawei told this to. Hopefully there is something to it besides them trying to brush people off. I personally think people should file a class action suit against Huawai since the phone appears to be defective and it should last for more than a year given its premium price. I've never had a phone from HTC, LG or Samsung break, no matter how long I kept using them. I've never even heard of another phone that has all the issues the 6P does.
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Good luck but I honestly wouldn't get my hopes up too high. But you aren't the first person Huawei told this to. Hopefully there is something to it besides them trying to brush people off. I personally think people should file a class action suit against Huawai since the phone appears to be defective and it should last for more than a year given its premium price. I've never had a phone from HTC, LG or Samsung break, no matter how long I kept using them. I've never even heard of another phone that has all the issues the 6P does.
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Yeah I'm suspecting if there's an inherent hardware defects, and if that's the case, I think they should provide us a proper support like LG providing refund of Nexus 5x in US.
But, I'm not an expert and don't know what caused boot loop.
As I saw another person who may live in another country of mine, heard from Huawei that update will fix the problem, there may be something google is preparing for.
For now, there best thing I can do, is wait android 7.1.2 beta image.
If it won't work, that's a problem of then.
p.s. luckily I have unlocked bootloader, but considering boot looping devices can update their software only through unlocked bootloader, what should normal people having locked bootloader should do?
frostydawn said:
Yeah I'm suspecting if there's an inherent hardware defects, and if that's the case, I think they should provide us a proper support like LG providing refund of Nexus 5x in US.
But, I'm not an expert and don't know what caused boot loop.
As I saw another person who may live in another country of mine, heard from Huawei that update will fix the problem, there may be something google is preparing for.
For now, there best thing I can do, is wait android 7.1.2 beta image.
If it won't work, that's a problem of then.
p.s. luckily I have unlocked bootloader, but considering looping devices can update their software only through unlocked bootloader, what should normal people having locked bootloader should do?
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Exactly, with those people have warranty expired and locked bootloader as well will have to throw it away?
Blod, I assume thats bootloader something something. Wish everyone would just write ..... Nevermind.
dontbeweakvato said:
Blod, I assume thats bootloader something something. Wish everyone would just write ..... Nevermind.
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Battery life of death...
dontbeweakvato said:
Blod, I assume thats bootloader something something. Wish everyone would just write ..... Nevermind.
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Sorry for not writing post in a way everyone can understand easily and using only abbreviation.
BLOD means Boot Loop Of Death
tigsandmitch said:
Battery life of death...
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*Boot Loop of death
Hardware Issue
frostydawn said:
I don't know if it will work, but for me, and people having a phone which can't even get to recovery but only bootloader, who seem to have nothing to lose, this update will worth the wait. Let's hope that's true and we can get our 6P back to life.
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If you have exhausted your warranty options, it's time to put the phone down and move on.
v12xke said:
If you have exhausted your warranty options, it's time to put the phone down and move on.
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Maybe you're right.
I'm not sure if the update will fix my phone, and whether they meant 7.1.2 beta or officially update.
I also have a bad feeling that my phone won't back, but if this phone doesn't return, I have no choice but keep using my old-fashioned Nexus 5.
If the beta update doesn't fix it, maybe I'll just give up or give it a second chance for official update.. but for now, I can see some hope because Huawei said it to me.
There's some news about what I tried, but there ain't good things.
First, I downloaded N4F26O update(https://developers.google.com/android/images), which was uploaded in 2 days ago(Yeah, I only thought about 7.1.2 beta, abd didn't think about this) and installed it.
It didn't work.
So I contacted with Huawei and Google's consumer care center.
Huawei said, to talk about softwares, I should contact with Google.
Google said, they didn't receive any plan of the update which is supposed to fix boot loop. I got confused, since a days ago, Huawei once did say there will be that update.
They also said, if I have a secondary phone, I'd better use that phone and see if the update will be released and fix my phone.
So... I didn't gain anything. Google and Huawei both said they can't assure the update will fix the bootloop, and the only clear solution is to change its motherboard.
Well, I won't give up, at least unti thel 7.1.2 beta's release, but I'm tired and for now, have nothing to do.
I'll just wait for the 7.1.2 beta.
I'll just keep waiting...
If you feel compelled to support, and bring attention to this issue.
https://www.change.org/p/google-inc...utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink
frostydawn said:
There's some news about what I tried, but there ain't good things... I'll just keep waiting...
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Since you have nothing to lose, why not try this while you are waiting. I would direct any questions you have about this method to the dev.
v12xke said:
Since you have nothing to lose, why not try this while you are waiting. I would direct any questions you have about this method to the dev.
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But that's seems to be for devices that's stuck in EDL mode.
I still can access bootloader, so thank you for your advice, but that seems to not work.
I'm afraid that you'll have to let this go.. Huawei is know for telling customers BS on the phone. Even the warranty repair center sucks. They downgrade people their phones and say that the battery issue is now resolved. It really is a shame, but they don't give a rat's *ss about you or any other customer who has already paid for the product.

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