[Q] Bug! Huge problem - Nook reset itself to factory - Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi Guys,
Firstly, please tell me if I've posted this in the wrong forum.
Today I tried connecting my NookColor to my Motorola Atrix via the Motorola tethering/wifi hotspot app. The Nook discovered the wifi network fine, which was unproteched (motorola default). When I connected to it the Nook said something like "Due to an authentication error your Nook will now reboot". I didn't have a choice and thought it'd just power cycle so I hit okay.
What happened next was a long reboot process which ended in the factory default "Welcome/Setup your new NookColor" screen.
I tried going through the setup. The last step was to connect to a network, so I tried my phone again. It was the only network available. It errored and said please turn off the nook or call customer service.
Any idea what has happened? I have connected my nook to wireless networks many times before, just not my phone's hotspot. Can I just follow the autonooter steps again and be okay? I haven't touched it since this happened.

My mom's Nook had this same problem. Any ideas? It was rooted running the stock firmware crack.

there are a few threads on this... the nook will factory reset wiping all your data. no one knows what triggers it though... unfortunately.
its happened to me when accessing the b&n apps... pain in the butt.

Yup, someone at B&N made a biiiiig boo boo. This is happening on a wide scale to Nook owners. Luckily for me, I've had WiFi off the last couple of days while trying to assess whether the Sqlite mods really do block the 1.2 OTA update, so I was not affected by this.
Also, I just signed up with Sprint and got an HTC Evo 4G, so I'm obsessed with my new toy lately.

Thanks for the quick reply.
So are you saying this could have happened at any moment? And isn't necessarily because of connecting to the tether?
I don't think I had 1.2 update installed, but are you saying that the book may have auto updated to it on it's own?
Thx for the help

Mine is the same thing, shows "Error Problems setting up your nook, call customer service, etc." Then all i get is power off or device info. They keep telling me it's their network being down but i feel it's been up for a while now.

yeah, network was down last night due to the update being pushed from what i hear...
here are a couple of threads on other people who've experienced the reboot / reformat of data:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=981737&highlight=nook+reset
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=873975&highlight=nook+reset

So it looks like this problem has been going on for monthsnow with no end in sight. I guess ill try cm7 from sd card until this all blows over... was wanting to try it anyway.
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This will not happen on CM7. It happened to me on stock. Not sure if this is applicable to your situation, but I had restored my system files with Titanium. I learned that is not a good thing to do. Going into the Native Nook/Reading software would trigger this.

Happened to me a few weeks ago as well. Was just piddling around in the stock settings.
Someone on the B&N forum claimed that B&N remotely resets nooks that it detects have been rooted, but I think that's a bit far-fetched.

This happened to me once also and I found the reason was the device automatically tried to install firmware 1.1.0 (it was on 1.0.1 before that).

Did updating the firmware stop the problem?

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Error 67 issue and how I resolved it

I recently had problems with my phone constantly giving me "Error 67" and I could not get data through the Sprint network at times, other times it would work fine. I searched on google and this forum a great deal, but could not find anything that fixed it. I performed the profile update, PRL update, contacted Sprint and did some thing in the dialer starting with ## (I do not remember the numbers) that did some kind of auto update, and even installed the official 2.1 patch. Everything seemed to work at first, but nothing sticked for very long before the issues continued. The issues first started when I had my phone overclocked and slightly unstable, I thought that I had maybe damaged the phone and needed a replacement.
After a week of all this, I had an idea. I had just recently sold my BlackBerry Pearl (8130) to a co-worker, he still had not had data turned on for the phone but could make calls with it. The next day at work I asked to see his phone. He could not pull up any internet data, but under connections data was still turned on. I turned it off (since he did not need it anyways) and tried it out. It has been 2 days now without any errors. The only thing I can figure is that even though I cleared out all my data on that phone, it still had my password to connect to data. Since it is a smart phone, it would try here and there, even though there is no need for data. The network would see my phone trying to connect after the BlackBerry and boot it since that password is already connected.
The only reason I made this post was because I could not find any solutions on the net that helped me at all. I hope with this post maybe I could save a few people the headache I went through.

[Q] EVO Shift: Data Call Failure after Temp-Root

Hey guys, I'm hoping somebody might be able to lend me a hand.
After applying the Temp-Root to my EVO Shift (GB, 2.3.3 (temp-root found here)), I'm getting the following error message:
Data Call Failure
Error Code 67: Unable to establish wireless data connection.
Has anybody seen this message? It comes up randomly it seems. I'm still able to connect to the internet via wireless. I'm not really sure what the deal is. It's similar to another one going around, but the other refers to the username/password. This one does not.
I have googled the error message, but almost everything I come across is a mass hysteria of confused people. I've tried the things I've found.
I haven't tried rebooting, yet, as that'll kill my temp-root (doesn't work in most cases anyhow, from what I've read). But, I'm willing to try it tonight if no other options are available. I've tried updating profile and prl, but issue remains. Not really interested in getting Sprint support involved, as from what I hear they're mostly a bunch of... uhm... funny people.
Any help is appreciated!
I should also note: This may have nothing at all to do with the Temp-Root. As far as I can remember, it worked fine for the first day (I applied it about 2 days ago, I think). However, I didn't do anything that day that required use of the Wireless connection (but wireless was still enabled).
i got that error once and just rebooted and retemprooted and havent gotten it again
Upadte profile, thru settings
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i got that error once and just rebooted and retemprooted and havent gotten it again
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I'll try this tonight if no other resolutions come up (not at home currently). Thanks for the suggestion.
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As per my original post, I have already updated both profile and PRL. Thanks for the suggestion, just the same.
Edit: The problem may be due to billing issues. Will wait for that to get fixed and see if that fixes is. Will report back.
Another Edit: Does appear this is due to billing issues. Seems to be working just fine again, re-rooted and all.
Was getting this Error message for about a half a day a few weeks back. Updated PRL and Profile, didn't fix the issue. Called Sprint, turns out they were doing some work on the towers. Rebooted the phone and all was good. You might want to try and put the phone in Airplane mode for a few minutes. Then turn off Airplane mode, see if that helps.
prboy1969 said:
Was getting this Error message for about a half a day a few weeks back. Updated PRL and Profile, didn't fix the issue. Called Sprint, turns out they were doing some work on the towers. Rebooted the phone and all was good. You might want to try and put the phone in Airplane mode for a few minutes. Then turn off Airplane mode, see if that helps.
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I actually tried all of that. In my case it seemed to be a billing issue, because as soon as that was cleared up (the phone didn't have service, and I didn't realize til' I tried to make a call) everything worked fine... and has since. Thanks, though.
No problem, here to help when I can. Glad you got it sorted out.
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Interesting problem after rooting (solved)

I have a Tmobile G2 that I just got a week ago. I played around with it for a couple days before deciding to root it, but finally pulled the trigger. Two days after rooting it a very strange thing happened. In the middle of the evening some of my Google applications stopped syncing. Gmail, Voice, and Contacts stopped. Drive still worked. Hangouts still worked... It was just weird. I clicked around for awhile and hit the interwebs to find the solution or to see if there was some widespread google outage again, but nothing.
I did everything I could think of, and then I finally clicked the option to take the phone back to stock. I know it wasn't going to take away my root, but at this point I wasn't thinking root was the problem. I just thought maybe I installed something that messed up the phone or something. Anyway, I took it back to normal and now the problem was weirder. It wouldn't even let me connect my Google account (or any google account) to the phone. It kept saying there was some sort of server error. I called TMO support and they couldn't figure it out either. They gave me a number to call Google support to let them fix it. They said that this was a 'known issue' and google support would be the one to fix it.
I kind of got nervous that they were going to creep into my phone or something and void my warranty. If my phone was broken and wouldn't connect to Google anymore then I at least wanted to be able to return it to the store and get a new one. I kinda like this device. So I un-rooted it and took it way back to stock. That fixed the problem. I don't know why, but it did. It left SU on the phone, so I'll have to get that off if it has issues again, but for now it is working fine.
Any idea why it would have just suddenly stopped connecting to Google? It connected to Drive just fine and several other apps, but the important ones wouldn't work. Unrooting it did the trick, but that would suck if you have a really great setup built. Oh well... The price you pay for being a hacker I guess.
ocdetails said:
I have a Tmobile G2 that I just got a week ago. I played around with it for a couple days before deciding to root it, but finally pulled the trigger. Two days after rooting it a very strange thing happened. In the middle of the evening some of my Google applications stopped syncing. Gmail, Voice, and Contacts stopped. Drive still worked. Hangouts still worked... It was just weird. I clicked around for awhile and hit the interwebs to find the solution or to see if there was some widespread google outage again, but nothing.
I did everything I could think of, and then I finally clicked the option to take the phone back to stock. I know it wasn't going to take away my root, but at this point I wasn't thinking root was the problem. I just thought maybe I installed something that messed up the phone or something. Anyway, I took it back to normal and now the problem was weirder. It wouldn't even let me connect my Google account (or any google account) to the phone. It kept saying there was some sort of server error. I called TMO support and they couldn't figure it out either. They gave me a number to call Google support to let them fix it. They said that this was a 'known issue' and google support would be the one to fix it.
I kind of got nervous that they were going to creep into my phone or something and void my warranty. If my phone was broken and wouldn't connect to Google anymore then I at least wanted to be able to return it to the store and get a new one. I kinda like this device. So I un-rooted it and took it way back to stock. That fixed the problem. I don't know why, but it did. It left SU on the phone, so I'll have to get that off if it has issues again, but for now it is working fine.
Any idea why it would have just suddenly stopped connecting to Google? It connected to Drive just fine and several other apps, but the important ones wouldn't work. Unrooting it did the trick, but that would suck if you have a really great setup built. Oh well... The price you pay for being a hacker I guess.
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Google had problems with their servers, many services were unavailable... had most probably nothing to do with you rooting...
You just picked the right time to do that.
Google from time to time have some problems. But not related to rooting.
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Google had problems with their servers, many services were unavailable... had most probably nothing to do with you rooting...
You just picked the right time to do that.
Google from time to time have some problems. But not related to rooting.
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That's kind of what I thought, but it was miraculously healed when I unrooted it. It could have just been strange timing, but there was nothing on the web about anybody else having this issue. I'll root it again and see what happens. There are some definite advantages to root access that I don't want to lose, but getting my email and texts are pretty important too, so....
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That's kind of what I thought, but it was miraculously healed when I unrooted it. It could have just been strange timing, but there was nothing on the web about anybody else having this issue. I'll root it again and see what happens. There are some definite advantages to root access that I don't want to lose, but getting my email and texts are pretty important too, so....
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Seriously??? The web was full of it ...
read here for example http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/24/gm...mails-to-be-sent-to-one-mans-hotmail-account/
http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/24/gmail-goes-down-across-the-world/
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Seriously??? The web was full of it ...
read here for example http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/24/gm...mails-to-be-sent-to-one-mans-hotmail-account/
http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/24/gmail-goes-down-across-the-world/
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I'm talking about this past Saturday morning, though. February 1st. I know about the google issue a week or two ago, but this was only affecting my mobile apps and wasn't the same thing. I was able to access gmail on the computer just fine. I could even access it from the phone's browser fine, but connecting the Google account to the phone was not possible. All I kept getting was 'cannot make a reliable connection to the server' error, so that is why I took the phone back to stock and then all the way back to unrooted. Unrooting it solved it, so I don't think it was just a google server issue which only affected me between the hours of 7:30 on Friday night till Saturday afternoon when I finally gave up and unrooted. It could have been connected, but I doubt it.
Which rooting guide did you follow?
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ocdetails said:
I'm talking about this past Saturday morning, though. February 1st. I know about the google issue a week or two ago, but this was only affecting my mobile apps and wasn't the same thing. I was able to access gmail on the computer just fine. I could even access it from the phone's browser fine, but connecting the Google account to the phone was not possible. All I kept getting was 'cannot make a reliable connection to the server' error, so that is why I took the phone back to stock and then all the way back to unrooted. Unrooting it solved it, so I don't think it was just a google server issue which only affected me between the hours of 7:30 on Friday night till Saturday afternoon when I finally gave up and unrooted. It could have been connected, but I doubt it.
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I'm having the same problem. I deleted my account and recreated it. But auto-sync does not work. This has nothing to do with syncing. That works - but I have to sync manually. If I manually sync it from either the app or from the accounts option in settings it works fine. But it won't sync again. I deleted the account, restarted the phone and added the account again. Still doesn't work. If you root it and run into the same problem, please post again. I'll unroot too then.
I know this used to work at some point. I don't know when it stopped working. But it's not been working for days now.
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Which rooting guide did you follow?
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I don't recall. The root part worked fine. I was able to use several of my apps which require root access and they all worked fine for a couple days. It just seems really random that this would all stop working one day.
So here is the timeline.....
Monday 1/27/14 - phone arrives
Wednesday - Rooted
Friday evening - Strange sync issues
Saturday morning - restored to stock while keeping root (did not solve problem and now I cannot connect any google account)
Saturday afternoon - unrooted and restored device (solved problem and google account synced fine after)
That was all in the same week. I've only had the phone since last Monday. It is worth saying that my HTC G2 and my wife's HTC G2 didn't have any issues with google syncing during this time. Totally different products, but I really tried to find anything to link the problem to something systemic and not just a device issue.
I haven't rooted it again just yet. I need to do it before I go too nuts re-installing the apks on my machine anyway. I'll definitely post again if I have problems again, but I really want to believe it was just something left over from whatever bug plagued Google a couple weeks ago.

Samsung Tab A (SM-T285) Wifi constantly disconnecting-reconnecting

Hello Guys, I'm not sure if this is the right forum to ask something like this, so apologies if I'm asking in the wrong place, but I've searched a lot the past days and haven't found a solution yet :/
Less than a week ago, I bought a Samsung Galaxy Tab A6 (SM-T285) 7" LTE, and pretty much since day one, the tablet keeps disconnecting and reconnecting on every wi-fi I tried so far (3-4 different networks). I lose my connection for a couple seconds, causing any app running to lag a bit, then the notification that I have been connected to (the same) wi-fi comes up, and it starts working again. I googled a bit and tried using WPS button, Keep Wifi on during sleep, always allow scanning, even turned flight mode on, but the problem remains. Also, googling usually returned solutions that were aimed towards the router, although I'm pretty sure it's something to do with the tablet, since it's not just on one router. I'm at a loss on how to fix this and the only thing I can compe up with atm is to try a factory reset, which is weird, since the problem was with the tablet literally from the beggining. Any help will be appreciated! Thanks in advance
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Hello Guys, I'm not sure if this is the right forum to ask something like this, so apologies if I'm asking in the wrong place, but I've searched a lot the past days and haven't found a solution yet :/
Less than a week ago, I bought a Samsung Galaxy Tab A6 (SM-T285) 7" LTE, and pretty much since day one, the tablet keeps disconnecting and reconnecting on every wi-fi I tried so far (3-4 different networks). I lose my connection for a couple seconds, causing any app running to lag a bit, then the notification that I have been connected to (the same) wi-fi comes up, and it starts working again. I googled a bit and tried using WPS button, Keep Wifi on during sleep, always allow scanning, even turned flight mode on, but the problem remains. Also, googling usually returned solutions that were aimed towards the router, although I'm pretty sure it's something to do with the tablet, since it's not just on one router. I'm at a loss on how to fix this and the only thing I can compe up with atm is to try a factory reset, which is weird, since the problem was with the tablet literally from the beggining. Any help will be appreciated! Thanks in advance
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I haven't really encountered that problem on my device. If you still have problems with the device after factory reset I suggest you try to get a replacement and see if it fixes it. You can also test if the problem goes away if your device is the only one connected to the router or setup a static IP. You can also post a logcat during the interruption so that we can get a better a handle on what is happening.
AntJPGR said:
Hello Guys, I'm not sure if this is the right forum to ask something like this, so apologies if I'm asking in the wrong place, but I've searched a lot the past days and haven't found a solution yet :/
Less than a week ago, I bought a Samsung Galaxy Tab A6 (SM-T285) 7" LTE, and pretty much since day one, the tablet keeps disconnecting and reconnecting on every wi-fi I tried so far (3-4 different networks). I lose my connection for a couple seconds, causing any app running to lag a bit, then the notification that I have been connected to (the same) wi-fi comes up, and it starts working again. I googled a bit and tried using WPS button, Keep Wifi on during sleep, always allow scanning, even turned flight mode on, but the problem remains. Also, googling usually returned solutions that were aimed towards the router, although I'm pretty sure it's something to do with the tablet, since it's not just on one router. I'm at a loss on how to fix this and the only thing I can compe up with atm is to try a factory reset, which is weird, since the problem was with the tablet literally from the beggining. Any help will be appreciated! Thanks in advance
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I get the same issue on my T280, highly annoying.
It seems better since the latest update, it's done this since day 1.
ashyx said:
I get the same issue on my T280, highly annoying.
It seems better since the latest update, it's done this since day 1.
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@ashyx
Try to re-flash your firmware and then install root. There is an application that grasps the Wi-Fi, so it doesn't disconnect and reconnect everytime.
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ashyx said:
I get the same issue on my T280, highly annoying.
It seems better since the latest update, it's done this since day 1.
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@ashyx
Also, if you don't want to root and just stay in stock firmware, then go to this link (it is from a Samsung Moderator and yes, it is official): http://support-us.samsung.com/cyber...7407616!1470947554734&from_osc=&homeid=342384
Solution brief statement:
- disable Connectivity Monitor and Wireless Uplink
- set the AP is set on fixed channels
- run the lastest stable upgrade of both AP and Controller
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@ashyx
Try to re-flash your firmware and then install root. There is an application that grasps the Wi-Fi, so it doesn't disconnect and reconnect everytime.
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@ashyx
Also, if you don't want to root and just stay in stock firmware, then go to this link (it is from a Samsung Moderator and yes, it is official): http://support-us.samsung.com/cyber...7407616!1470947554734&from_osc=&homeid=342384
Solution brief statement:
- disable Connectivity Monitor and Wireless Uplink
- set the AP is set on fixed channels
- run the lastest stable upgrade of both AP and Controller
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Not sure what you're trying to advise here or why you're advising to flash stock firmware and root?
Also the link to the knowledge base solution doesn't work as its session key has expired.
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Not sure what you're trying to advise here or why you're advising to flash stock firmware and root?
Also the link to the knowledge base solution doesn't work as its session key has expired.
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What do you mean "Also the link to the knowledge base solution doesn't work as its session key has expire."? I have just checked the website and the session key has not expired and it still works for me.
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What do you mean "Also the link to the knowledge base solution doesn't work as its session key has expire."? I have just checked the website and the session key has not expired and it still works for me.
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Never mind got it working by using a different browser.
Thanks for posting it, but Samsung's 'solution' [emoji55] is to simply disconnect and reconnect the wifi which I have already tried.
It's related to the device not the network as I don't have any issue with any of my other devices on the same network.
Maybe if they'd release some source code that actually worked I might be able to do something about it instead of them refusing my request.
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Never mind got it working by using a different browser.
Thanks for posting it, but Samsung's 'solution' [emoji55] is to simply disconnect and reconnect the wifi which I have already tried.
It's related to the device not the network as I don't have any issue with any of my other devices on the same network.
Maybe if they'd release some source code that actually worked I might be able to do something about it instead of them refusing my request.
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Ok, if I find a solution, I'll be sure to tell you.
+1 I'm also getting this issue like crazy on my T280
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Mine too. I have the T280, Best Buy has the T350 for $20 more. Has dual band wifi. Might try exchange it, but I rooted it already. Can I go back to stock without them knowing?
I was dealing with this issue although it was never more than an annoyance because it never actually interrupted my wifi connection, it just showed the little toast message that said it reconnected
I somehow magically got the device to stop doing this and I don't know exactly what fixed it, but I think the step that did it was flashing the stock firmware to the device. After that, it never seemed to have the annoying bug again.
The other things that could have done it relate to installing root and using Link2SD to disable some bloatware and moving all user apps to the SD card, but my guess is the fix came from flashing the stock ROM
I have the same problem with SM-T280 (T280XXU0AQA4), tried many wireless network and I have always disconnections. There is a solution for this problem?
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I get the same issue on my T280, highly annoying.
It seems better since the latest update, it's done this since day 1.
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Also for me since day 1
I have the exact same issue with my A6 10.1.
Posted about it a while back, I tried a factory reset, i tried clearing the cache. I took it to the service centre who did a complete software rebuild. I reset my router to factory and gave the tablet a static ip address. In the end I got a replacement, the replacement has the exact same issue. A friend bought the tablet the same day I did and has the exact same issue, they also got a replacement, their replacement also has the issue. So that's 4 out of 4.
Samsung couldn't care less, I've called customer service who suggested taking it to the service centre or getting a replacement, both things I've done. I've emailed and received nothing but generic cut and paste replies telling me to factory reset and clear the cache partition. I'm over my 30 days and can't return it. So I have a lovely paper weight and I'm back to using my iPad 3 because it may be slow as anything but at least it stays connected to wifi.
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I have the exact same issue with my A6 10.1.
Posted about it a while back, I tried a factory reset, i tried clearing the cache. I took it to the service centre who did a complete software rebuild. I reset my router to factory and gave the tablet a static ip address. In the end I got a replacement, the replacement has the exact same issue. A friend bought the tablet the same day I did and has the exact same issue, they also got a replacement, their replacement also has the issue. So that's 4 out of 4.
Samsung couldn't care less, I've called customer service who suggested taking it to the service centre or getting a replacement, both things I've done. I've emailed and received nothing but generic cut and paste replies telling me to factory reset and clear the cache partition. I'm over my 30 days and can't return it. So I have a lovely paper weight and I'm back to using my iPad 3 because it may be slow as anything but at least it stays connected to wifi.
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It may not be Samsung's problem but the place where you bought your tablet from. You might have to reflash it to stock (the ODIN way or the Samsung Smart Switch way). Some stores refurbish items and just take the same item repackage after thinking that it is okay to use because they just hook up the tablet to the computer without it actually connecting to the wifi.
If you want to do the ODIN way, you should try going to www.updato.com and find your software and device number and install it. There will be a guide there.
If you want to do the Samsung Smart Switch way, just go download it for the PC and it should tell you how to do it. (YOU NEED YOUR DEVICE NUMBER AND SERIAL NUMBER!)
Or if it still doesn't connect online, it might be because the host file is messed up. It is located in ./system/etc./host
I'm not sure but you should be able to find it through ES File Explorer.
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It may not be Samsung's problem but the place where you bought your tablet from. You might have to reflash it to stock (the ODIN way or the Samsung Smart Switch way). Some stores refurbish items and just take the same item repackage after thinking that it is okay to use because they just hook up the tablet to the computer without it actually connecting to the wifi.
If you want to do the ODIN way, you should try going to www.updato.com and find your software and device number and install it. There will be a guide there.
If you want to do the Samsung Smart Switch way, just go download it for the PC and it should tell you how to do it. (YOU NEED YOUR DEVICE NUMBER AND SERIAL NUMBER!)
Or if it still doesn't connect online, it might be because the host file is messed up. It is located in ./system/etc./host
I'm not sure but you should be able to find it through ES File Explorer.
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Thanks but I took it to the local service centre who reflashed the firmware and it made no difference. Support told me it's a known software issue but they don't know when or even if a fix will be released.
It connects to the wifi fine, it just drops connection constantly, it shows as connected and I'm sat less then three feet from my router but try streaming or opening play store and it says no connection retry. Then you have to wait until it decides to work again, sometimes that's seconds, sometimes a few minutes. Sometimes you have to manually disconnect and reconnect wifi or turn the device off then back on. Rince and repeat.
I'll download smart switch and give it a go but I don't see it helping to be honest.
Jerri1240 said:
Thanks but I took it to the local service centre who reflashed the firmware and it made no difference. Support told me it's a known software issue but they don't know when or even if a fix will be released.
It connects to the wifi fine, it just drops connection constantly, it shows as connected and I'm sat less then three feet from my router but try streaming or opening play store and it says no connection retry. Then you have to wait until it decides to work again, sometimes that's seconds, sometimes a few minutes. Sometimes you have to manually disconnect and reconnect wifi or turn the device off then back on. Rince and repeat.
I'll download smart switch and give it a go but I don't see it helping to be honest.
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Try rooting your device and then check your hosts file and fix it. Sometimes, after when I installed Freedom (In-App purchase hack) it updates the Host file to disable it to connecting to the Internet. It should only say 127.0.0.1 Host, not something like app referrer: 108.xxx.xxx
ParadoXGodzillA said:
Try rooting your device and then check your hosts file and fix it. Sometimes, after when I installed Freedom (In-App purchase hack) it updates the Host file to disable it to connecting to the Internet. It should only say 127.0.0.1 Host, not something like app referrer: 108.xxx.xxx
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Thanks but I honest'y can't be bothered with it anymore. As I said myself and a friend got the same tablet, we've both had the same issues, we both got replacements, both the replacements have the exact same issue and I assume it's massively unlikely all 4 tablets have host file issues. I've wasted hours of my life on this (resetting my router to factory for some reason caused my wifi printer to flail which took 4 days to fix). I've not rooted it and haven't installed anything that should mess with the host file.
I may change my mind and give it a go one day when I'm bored. I assume rooting doesn't invalidate the warranty/trip the knox etc?
I ran smart switch last night, backed up, reinstalled the sofrware then restored from backup. Only the backup didn't restore all the app settings, so it removed all the progress on the games I had been playing.
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Thanks but I honest'y can't be bothered with it anymore. As I said myself and a friend got the same tablet, we've both had the same issues, we both got replacements, both the replacements have the exact same issue and I assume it's massively unlikely all 4 tablets have host file issues. I've wasted hours of my life on this (resetting my router to factory for some reason caused my wifi printer to flail which took 4 days to fix). I've not rooted it and haven't installed anything that should mess with the host file.
I may change my mind and give it a go one day when I'm bored. I assume rooting doesn't invalidate the warranty/trip the knox etc?
I ran smart switch last night, backed up, reinstalled the sofrware then restored from backup. Only the backup didn't restore all the app settings, so it removed all the progress on the games I had been playing.
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Root does trip your warranty and it is a pain in the but when you are trying to install applications like Oasis's Island app because it knows if you had a "modified" OS. So, you have to be careful on what kind of application you still want to use.
If you can get another replacement or exchange, reset your device and then hand in to the store for a SM-T350 or some other device.
I know that SM-T350's are good for games and other content like watching videos.
Hope I helped and I wish you the best of luck.
The T280/T285 doesn't have knox, so nothing to trip.
Can confirm reflashing stock did not fix it on my t280. Starting to think the only fix is to get a different tablet...

After upgrade, wifi connects, but all apps show off-line

After upgrading my phone from rooted stock 7.0 to 8.1 using this TWRP flashable stock image, it worked 100%. Not a single glitch. I did a dirty install and all of my apps and settings were exactly as before. I was so thrilled that I talked my father into doing the update (I coached him over the phone) in the same exact process I undertook.
Everything seemed to go perfectly, however, on his phone (which was configured exactly as mine was) the wifi doesn't allow data to transfer.
He is able to connect to his router/AP, and it pulls an IP/DNS from the router. I see his phone in the list of devices connected. Signal strength is perfect. There are no device restrictions on the router. Other wireless devices are able to use the web through the router w/o any issue.
Yet, any he opens says it's offline or fails to connect to the web. As soon as he turns off wifi and moves to LTE (T-Mobile), everything works.
It's almost as though there is some global setting that is acting like an out-bound firewall preventing the wifi from accessing the internet.
I've posted a request for help at the thread where I downloaded the rom, but have not had any replies. I'm hoping to reach a broader audience here, just in case this is not rom-specific problem.
This is a bug in the upgrade and is not fixed even in latest update. It is already being discussed in moto forums. Follow up the discussion here,
thank you for posting that link. I just read a number of the most recent pages, and I'm wondering if this really is the same problem. In my case the Wi-Fi is solidly connected. There are no disconnects and the signal strength is 100%. The problem is that the apps do not recognize an internet connection. I haven't found anyone over at the Lenovo forums mention similar symptoms. Only that they are having issues with Wi-Fi dropouts. What is even more confounding, is the fact that my phone had zero issues, and his phone has this bug. All things being equal, you would think that the problem would be on both phones. Or on neither.
Try this, reboot into recovery, wipe cache and reboot. This usually fixes most problems after a major system update. If not, try a full system wipe. You'll have sign in again and set up everything again. That should work as a last resort.
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Thanks for the recommendation. because the phone is 700 miles away, in my senior Father's hands. I'll have to walk him through that. But after doing the upgrade, we did do the wipe cache as part of the update. I'll try it again, but I am not optimistic. As a last resort, we will do a wipe, but I'm trying to avoid that at all costs because I know how challenging it is for him to set everything back up.and years gone by, I recall being able to fix permissions from the recovery. But now when I look under TWRP I see only fix contents, with a strong warning that it may cause bootlooping. So that's the last thing I want to do.
Well, I'm a bit embarrassed to admit clearing the dalvik cache/cache fixed the problem. We absolutely ran that routine immediately after applying the update, but apparently it did not do what it was supposed to do. I suppose that's because we wiped before booting for the first time? Either way, I had him do a nandroid full backup, and then using the advanced/wipe/(dalvik & cache), it worked. He is thrilled - an me, even more so as it means I don't have to hold his hand to get his phone set up from scratch.

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