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Is anyone else getting random lockups on their phone? it seems like no matter what rom i use it locks up at least once or twice a day. it seems that sense is the only thing that does lock up, as i cant hit the home button and have it go back to it.
anyone?
yeah, it happens to me too...to the point I have to remove the battery
Same here, it usually locks up once every 24 hours or so, and most times it's not even a full lockup, just the homescreen does. cause i can hit the windows button, and end button will lock the phone, just the main Today screen. Sometimes time fixes it, and it'll fix itself. but most times i take battery out
It all has to do with sense.....Horrible i know
eosrider said:
Is anyone else getting random lockups on their phone? it seems like no matter what rom i use it locks up at least once or twice a day. it seems that sense is the only thing that does lock up, as i cant hit the home button and have it go back to it.
anyone?
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I have had the same problem sense I purchased on Mar 24th, after trying to restore the devise 4 times within a 2 week period, I finally took it back and exchanged it for a new one, less than 24 hours, the new one froze up on me too. I searched through many forums such as this, and found that many users are having the same problem, I also read in one that the cause may be in the SD card that comes with the devise (the way it's formatted for use with it), so, 4 days ago, I removed the SD card, and the devise has worked flawless, no freeze ups, and for the last 2 days, I have not turned the devise off, and still no freeze ups. I plan on giving it a week, and if it does not freeze up on me, I'll put the card back in. I reformatted the SD card to get rid of the Double twist program, and the other apps such as the demo games, and put my music, Documents, and Photos back on it, hoping that it will work as a normal SD card when I put it back in.
Give it a try as I did, it just may be that simple fix everyone has been looking for.
Also, just for info, I'm running the stock USTMO ROM, with Cookies Home tab version 1.7 on it, Awesome and Flawless, if you don't want to flash a new ROM, you have got to at least install this add on.
I'll keep you posted on whether or not my test is successful or not
Same here
I've hard reset this thing, seriously, 20 times. Same setup as yours. I will try the sd card removal. Thanks for sharing the info.
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I have had the same problem sense I purchased on Mar 24th, after trying to restore the devise 4 times within a 2 week period, I finally took it back and exchanged it for a new one, less than 24 hours, the new one froze up on me too. I searched through many forums such as this, and found that many users are having the same problem, I also read in one that the cause may be in the SD card that comes with the devise (the way it's formatted for use with it), so, 4 days ago, I removed the SD card, and the devise has worked flawless, no freeze ups, and for the last 2 days, I have not turned the devise off, and still no freeze ups. I plan on giving it a week, and if it does not freeze up on me, I'll put the card back in. I reformatted the SD card to get rid of the Double twist program, and the other apps such as the demo games, and put my music, Documents, and Photos back on it, hoping that it will work as a normal SD card when I put it back in.
Give it a try as I did, it just may be that simple fix everyone has been looking for.
Also, just for info, I'm running the stock USTMO ROM, with Cookies Home tab version 1.7 on it, Awesome and Flawless, if you don't want to flash a new ROM, you have got to at least install this add on.
I'll keep you posted on whether or not my test is successful or not
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depgary,
Thanks for that bit of information. I went ahead and formatted my my sd card today. (Fat32, 32kb allocation unit size.) the phone hasn't locked up yet. i feel that by this amount of time i would have seen one. i'll post another reply if it locks any time soon. thanks guys!
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depgary,
Thanks for that bit of information. I went ahead and formatted my my sd card today. (Fat32, 32kb allocation unit size.) the phone hasn't locked up yet. i feel that by this amount of time i would have seen one. i'll post another reply if it locks any time soon. thanks guys!
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Well, It's been 6 days and no freeze ups with the SD card removed, tomorrow I'll put the reformatted SD card back in and test it further, so far, so good
Here's a question: Do you think T-Mobile put the fastest SD cards on the market in this phone?
I simply changed the provided card for one that I purchased a week or so before I got the phone on launch day. No problems.
The ones Tmobile put in there are cheap class 2 cards. Reformatting the card has seemed to help. You would probably have better luck with a class 6 card. I'm going to wait till the price of the 32gig cards come down then get one.
EDIT: OK so I reformatted my card and its only showing 14gigs of storage, I know its not going to be exactly 16gigs of storage but I should have more than that. Anyone else have this issue?
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I have had the same problem sense I purchased on Mar 24th, after trying to restore the devise 4 times within a 2 week period, I finally took it back and exchanged it for a new one, less than 24 hours, the new one froze up on me too. I searched through many forums such as this, and found that many users are having the same problem, I also read in one that the cause may be in the SD card that comes with the devise (the way it's formatted for use with it), so, 4 days ago, I removed the SD card, and the devise has worked flawless, no freeze ups, and for the last 2 days, I have not turned the devise off, and still no freeze ups. I plan on giving it a week, and if it does not freeze up on me, I'll put the card back in. I reformatted the SD card to get rid of the Double twist program, and the other apps such as the demo games, and put my music, Documents, and Photos back on it, hoping that it will work as a normal SD card when I put it back in.
Give it a try as I did, it just may be that simple fix everyone has been looking for.
Also, just for info, I'm running the stock USTMO ROM, with Cookies Home tab version 1.7 on it, Awesome and Flawless, if you don't want to flash a new ROM, you have got to at least install this add on.
I'll keep you posted on whether or not my test is successful or not
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I would like to try this myself. does anybody know what class card comes with the new motorola droids? I'm thinking of switching out my card with girlfriend's.
SEscobedo said:
I would like to try this myself. does anybody know what class card comes with the new motorola droids? I'm thinking of switching out my card with girlfriend's.
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droids come with a 8gb.
Still without issue, no lockups.
I also noticed that it was only 14.x gb free. i think its normal though.
eosrider said:
droids come with a 8gb.
Still without issue, no lockups.
I also noticed that it was only 14.x gb free. i think its normal though.
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I think you are wrong as she just got the phone and it definitely has a 16gb card.
defective phone
i think the ramdom lock-ups are associated with the phone and not the custom ROMs. i've flashed about 6 different TMO-US rom from here and they all lock up my phone. so they all can't be bad, right? well, the other thing i noticed was that when it did lock up, i could feel the bottom-half of the phone was hot, right below the battery cover. i think my phone is defective because if i multi-task, it gets hot then locks up. i'm going to return it for a new one. anyone else have this problem?
nick714
depgary said:
Well, It's been 6 days and no freeze ups with the SD card removed, tomorrow I'll put the reformatted SD card back in and test it further, so far, so good
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Well folks, I put the reformatted SD card back in, while I was scrolling through my pictures testing out the card, guess what, the devise froze up, had to reset it, about 4 hours later, while going through the pictures again, it froze up again, reset it. Then, as before, after a long charge, the phone would not wake up, had to reset again, that's 3 times sense I put the SD card back in. To test the card out thoroughly, I watched Transformer part 1 to the end, and no freeze up, so I cannot say if the SD card is bad, I'm getting ready to try a new card now.
The problem may be with the Devise's SD driver. Another thing I noticed is that with the card out, the battery lasted a good 50% longer
This is just my test, but, it seems to me the devise runs better without the SD card installed.
I'll return with an update after the new SD card test run
****Update: Tried the new SD card, the devise froze up while scrolling through the pictures. I don't believe it's the SD cards, seems like a glitch in the SD hardware or the SD driver. My devise works just fine without the SD card installed, who would think that it may be the SD drivers causing the freeze ups. I wonder how long it will take for HTC or WinMo to accept and fix the problem.
Is there a developer on this thread that can come up with a fix, or a better SD driver software?
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i think the ramdom lock-ups are associated with the phone and not the custom ROMs. i've flashed about 6 different TMO-US rom from here and they all lock up my phone. so they all can't be bad, right? well, the other thing i noticed was that when it did lock up, i could feel the bottom-half of the phone was hot, right below the battery cover. i think my phone is defective because if i multi-task, it gets hot then locks up. i'm going to return it for a new one. anyone else have this problem?
nick714
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Same here, the back of my phone would be hot as well, try removing the SD card for a few days, as I did, and see if your phone stops freezing up, mine seems to work great without the card installed, and the battery last longer.
will buy a new one and see
i def think its the card, maybe it gets hot when you charge/ run heavy apps like wifi and when it goes to read the card it miss reads and freezes, cause i install all apps on my card as to not clutter the fone just yet, i will def be buying a new sdcard and probably swapping out cards hahaha and returning old stock one. hahah thus having a sweet better class 16g card for free
I get frequent lockups with Sense, but when I switch to the standard Winmo interface, it never locks up. I don't think it's the memory card as much as HTC's sense.
lock up exiting messaging
I have had the phone since the 14th, I am running the stock T-Mobile USA rom (not flashing another rom until I decide if I'm going to keep the phone) The only time that I have had the phone lock up is when exiting the messaging tab on Sense.
It seems to have started after I updated the myphone application in order to back up text messages.
I've had my N1 for 11 months now without any major problems. Since yesterday my N1 reboots and freezes non-stop, though this only occurs when my SD car is in. Taken out the phone works fine. I've done a virus scan on my SD card but nothing malcious was found. Any help with this?
Run a disk check on your SD, or just reformat it...?
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Have battled with the same issue this past week. Make sure you don't have hidden/system files and ringtones/notifications left over from the old days on the SD card.
Happened to me, when I took my card from my old phone and just plugged it in.
Clean up the directory system & get rid of all stuff you don't need. Dramatic improvement. Runs a lot smoother now, though still reboots (under heavy CPU or SD-reading strain) at least daily.
need your advice on this, I've just unbox my Galaxy Note few days ago, it keeps rebooting itself, one time I was copying data from the SD card to the other storage in the phone suddenly it reboots. I've had unknown reboots. Now using XXLA4 and seems doesnt solve the issue. Any ideas or suggestions?
Make sure all your applications are licated on internal SD
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Have you tried changing sd cards?
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yep they are all on my internal SD ... any ideas> Thanks
1 Does it happen after you load your applications or on a clean Rom as well? Could be a app that's causing it.
2 the xla 4 install could have been a bad flash. Did you check the MD 5?
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Do one thing just clear your dalvik cache.. i was facing same thing...
so now at the moment my note is in constant reboot mode, don't know if I should let it, I haven't root my devices yet I tried every method available on this homepage but doesnt seem to work at all. I tried installing some games on my note this morning, it failed to download and ever since that it reboots all the time. Any suggestion?
Edit: Now it stops rebooting when I plugged in the USB charger but it says the temperature of the battery is too low or too high and it doesn't charged
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so now at the moment my note is in constant reboot mode, don't know if I should let it, I haven't root my devices yet I tried every method available on this homepage but doesnt seem to work at all. I tried installing some games on my note this morning, it failed to download and ever since that it reboots all the time. Any suggestion?
Edit: Now it stops rebooting when I plugged in the USB charger but it says the temperature of the battery is too low or too high and it doesn't charged
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welcome to the club, i am in the same boat.
my phone works fine all times without sd card but sometimes goes crazy (restaring / freezing constantly for 7-8h non stop!) with sd card in situ.
some of my apps are on internal 1.9gb memory, some on internal 11gb memory, some on external card. trying to figure out how to force on stock unrooted device to force all apps to internal memory (1.9gb or 11gb) to prevent these issues. or will try new card. my old card works fine on my htc desire. dont know if the htc folders present on sd card are causing soem issues
have tried with apps2sd pro and stock app mnager to move apps to internal 11gb memory. but the phone has a mind of its own and some stay on 1.9gb internal memory some go to 11gb internal memory and some go to external sd card and i cant seem to force moveable apps to internal 11gb memory only instead of sd card as mentioned in the other concurrent thread today on this topic.
Hi,
I also had similar problem like this. It appears that the Android Program at times cannot seem to access the Ext SD card program/s installed and that will cause a reboot and repeated so.
I really do not why this is happening? It will seem to work fine ant reboot when the Ext SD is removed - but those programs installed in the Ext. SD will no longer be accessible.
There is a hidden folder in the Ext. SD ".android_secure" which contain all the programs transferred to that Ext. SD. If you empty this folder of it programs by transferring them to your PC and reinsert the Ext. SD card, it will function normally and you can access your file like photos, videos, music, and ebooks. But you will not be able to access your programs in the Ext. SD.
I had tried un-installing the apps in the Ext SD and re-installing them into Phone memory it will work but it will not transfer to Int. SD (the 11 GB) and keep informing me there is no Ext SD. This of course will eat up all the 1.9 GB of the Phone memory, which is not what I had wanted. Although I still have a lot of memory in the Int. SD (about 8 GB) it will not transfer there, why I am not sure.
Can some of the Android expert please look into this problem and advise. Thank you.
juliano76 said:
Make sure all your applications are licated on internal SD
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Hi,
How do you make sure all the Apps are located in the Internal SD?
I have an Ext SD and some apps are transferred there. I cannot transfer these apps into the Int SD.
I uninstalled the apps and reinstall them without the Ext SD and then try to transfer to Int SD. It will not transfer and a message "you do not have an Ext SD card"
Will appreciate any assistance. Thank you.
I don't have any apps installed on the internal SD nor external SD, I notice this that everytime an app failed to complete (eg loading) it goes to looping reboots. The last one I was playing some game something called mission, cannot remember the game name, it was loading all the time then I decided to switch it off and turn it on again. It goes constant reboot. I need a good phone which doesn't rebooot all the time ...
maniacscorpio said:
Do one thing just clear your dalvik cache.. i was facing same thing...
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Do you think this is worth to try? Since I am planning to go to Samsung today and saw some posts that it has possibility an error on the CPU. I have a couple of friends who also have the Note and nobody has the problem like I do ...
Edit: Oh and I did the factory wipe last night too but it still doing the reboots, finally I plug out the battery, plug it again and leave it for a half an hour then it stops rebooting ...
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Do you think this is worth to try? Since I am planning to go to Samsung today and saw some posts that it has possibility an error on the CPU. I have a couple of friends who also have the Note and nobody has the problem like I do ...
Edit: Oh and I did the factory wipe last night too but it still doing the reboots, finally I plug out the battery, plug it again and leave it for a half an hour then it stops rebooting ...
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Its seems like you had an issue with leakage current on cpu. Its caused the battery drain fast and heat up. The only solution is to change the main board. Well, this is use to happen on htc phone. Not sure on sammy phone
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tvmaniac36 said:
need your advice on this, I've just unbox my Galaxy Note few days ago, it keeps rebooting itself, one time I was copying data from the SD card to the other storage in the phone suddenly it reboots. I've had unknown reboots. Now using XXLA4 and seems doesnt solve the issue. Any ideas or suggestions?
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yeah my phone also used to reboot after some time... the problem i found was the installation of an app called es file explorer... i disabled the app and it works flawlessly...so some of the app on your phone might be causing you the problem...
naimmkassim said:
Its seems like you had an issue with leakage current on cpu. Its caused the battery drain fast and heat up. The only solution is to change the main board. Well, this is use to happen on htc phone. Not sure on sammy phone
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Well sent the phone back to Samsung, I think this is what happen to me, excited what the result would be from Samsung ..
My Note 3 has uploaded all the software that was previously installed on my Note 2.
2 issues at this stage :
- time to time, the messages regarding Internal or External memory usage, saying that there was 1,30 Mb free ... But there's 22 Gb free on internal storage etn 6 Gb free in external SD card
- after un reboot, the phone went on reboot loop. I had to wipe data and user conf and install it from the start.
Since then, the phone needs to reboot 2 or 3 times before being ready to use !!!
Another small issue in Lock screen : the ink effect does not apply color changes ...
And at last, Wifi seems to be pretty weak hanging out several times ...
Nani said:
My Note 3 has uploaded all the software that was previously installed on my Note 2.
2 issues at this stage :
- time to time, the messages regarding Internal or External memory usage, saying that there was 1,30 Mb free ... But there's 22 Gb free on internal storage etn 6 Gb free in external SD card
- after un reboot, the phone went on reboot loop. I had to wipe data and user conf and install it from the start.
Since then, the phone needs to reboot 2 or 3 times before being ready to use !!!
Another small issue in Lock screen : the ink effect does not apply color changes ...
And at last, Wifi seems to be pretty weak hanging out several times ...
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Did you root your phone or install any mods? Was the phone rebooting on its own before the reboot loop, or did you reset the phone and that kicked off the loop? Was there a particular app that seemed like it was causing a problem?
No my phone is not rooted.
Once reset, the phone is good. Issue appears after having installed my apps from Google Play.
I fought it was due to one of my apps but i think it's weird that just an app can force loop reboot.
And one thing fishy is the message about internal ou external storage being insufficient and still having so much storage left ...
One thing that surprised me is that the booting time is very short.
Lockscreen appears almost 10 secondes after the Samsung logo.
This is a problem with memory. Eject your external micro sd card. Save all the information then format it with your phone. Turn off auto update from google play. Then try to install one of that applications which caused reboot. Worked for me, i had the same issue...
Which app did u find to be the problem?
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I had a continuous boot loop problem after installing a few apps. It freaked me out as I spent a long time getting everything looking good on the phone. I thought it was going to be a case of hard resetting.
I removed the SD card and suddenly all was OK! I had been using the card in a different phone. So I removed any system folders from the card and everything worked fine. That is until I reinstalled some other things and the problem came back. So I reformatted the card in the phone and now it all seems to be working.
I also had problems with changes not sticking on the lock screen. They too are now working after I did the above.
I do however still occasionally get a pop up dialog saying internal memory is 1.90Mb or similar small amount. Does not seem to affect anything but the fact it appears is a concern.
Hope this helps.
Thanks for your help !
I will try to format my SD Card (a Samsung one). I have to backup media content before.
I let you know if it works and if the popup dialog is still here (I had 2 popups : one for internal storage and one for external).
I hope Samsung will provide soon an update or a patch.
Even without the SD Card inserted, the phone needs at list one reboot to be ready ... So weird !
UPDATE:
I found what is responsible for the boot loops. On the SD card the hidden folder " .android_secure " I had 3 " .ASEC " files belonging to 3 apps I had installed:
Nodebeat
Argos
Maps With Me
Removing these .ASEC files stopped the loop but obviously means the aforementioned apps will no longer run! So I have fixed one problem and in order to use the apps I have to re-install them without the SD card present.
I've checked the hidden directory : no file in here.
I decided to remove the SD Card and hard reset my phone.
After hard reset and phone configuration, the phone reboots with no problem. Still the ink effect does not apply color change (stuck on "no color").
I started to install my apps (still no SD card in it) and rebooted the phone.
Loop started again ... The phone needs to reboot 1 or 2 times before being able to get to touchwiz.
I think only a patch or firmware update will fix this issue ...
Anyway thanks for you help and your time
Oh ! I found something weird but good to know !
I have put back the SD card, install all the apps ... Still loop rebooting ... But ...
I put my phone in "Plane mode" and reboot : no loop ! i've tested this twice ....
Something going on with the phone trying to reach the network ...
Nani said:
My Note 3 has uploaded all the software that was previously installed on my Note 2.
2 issues at this stage :
- time to time, the messages regarding Internal or External memory usage, saying that there was 1,30 Mb free ... But there's 22 Gb free on internal storage etn 6 Gb free in external SD card
- after un reboot, the phone went on reboot loop. I had to wipe data and user conf and install it from the start.
Since then, the phone needs to reboot 2 or 3 times before being ready to use !!!
Another small issue in Lock screen : the ink effect does not apply color changes ...
And at last, Wifi seems to be pretty weak hanging out several times ...
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For the ink effect, it only applies if you choose Ripples for the effect. Not working on Watercolor.
Also, try to use S Pen when unlocking the screen
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For the ink effect, it only applies if you choose Ripples for the effect. Not working on Watercolor.
Also, try to use S Pen when unlocking the screen
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Thanks for your help.
Indeed i was already using Ripples for effect but the ink is only applied when using S Pen .. Makes sense in a way !
Nani said:
Oh ! I found something weird but good to know !
I have put back the SD card, install all the apps ... Still loop rebooting ... But ...
I put my phone in "Plane mode" and reboot : no loop ! i've tested this twice ....
Something going on with the phone trying to reach the network ...
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I thought that the problem could be connected to one of my application.
So I did a Secured Mode boot (in order to only run the system apps) and the problem is still here.
So one of preloaded apps, after an update, could be the cause on my loop reboot.
You're absolutely right. I have the same issue with the Samsung logo showing up shortly after booting. Restarted the phone while in airplane mode and the issue goes away.
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You're absolutely right. I have the same issue with the Samsung logo showing up shortly after booting. Restarted the phone while in airplane mode and the issue goes away.
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I'am at least reassured not to be the only one facing this reboot problem !
Just a thought
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I'am at least reassured not to be the only one facing this reboot problem !
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I don't know if the OP or the other poster are still having issues, but the fact that the reboot is affected by airplane mode brings the SIM cars under suspicion. I would get a new SIM provisioned by your carrier, and if the issue persists I would be getting a replacement device pronto. There is absolutely NO reason a new device, right after resetting should be anything but perfect. Accepting anything else is at your own peril. If you had attempted or performed root, or any other type of unlocking attempts I would wonder, but you state that you haven't.
The most important thing is to prove if it is the device, the cards or software. For me, AT&T would be shipping a new phone overnight just in case Theres no way I would take a chance on the presence of a defect at the price we pay for these.
Yes I confirm device is untouched (not rooted).
I don't think it's a SIM card issue as i have tried with another one. One other thing is that the phone works nicely from fresh start. It's after having updated the preinstalled apps, installed Samsung Hub and installed my apps that device goes on loop after reboot.
I think it's more a firmware thing, like the handwritting input mode not working on some device (I never have this problem but just in case i installed the OTA update provided by Samsung thru Google Play today).
Let me conclude to the post.. one of my friend bought this phone after the launch day it was a 64 GB Snapdragon 800 and the device over heated like **** and he had to return it the next day after paying 800$ upfront or more!!! I don't know what's happening to samsung..., I guess we should go for nexus 5!
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Let me conclude to the post.. one of my friend bought this phone after the launch day it was a 64 GB Snapdragon 800 and the device over heated like **** and he had to return it the next day after paying 800$ upfront or more!!! I don't know what's happening to samsung..., I guess we should go for nexus 5!
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But was it just because of the indexing service indexing a large SD, or even lots of files on the internal SD, or even a large dropbox account?
Model: SCH-I545
64gig SD Card
Verizon
All stock/no root
Verizon pretty much forced me recently like many others to update to Lollipop. Once updated, I immediately backed up and did a factory reset on the device. Once it was back up and running, all seemed to be well with the world. It did seem to be a little hotter than normal but it seems overheating is a typical problem these days.
I noticed the issue the following day when I went to load videos and pictures back on to my SD card. They were uploaded via USB just fine but they showed as corrupted in Gallery.
I started trying to take pictures and maybe 1 out of 5 would actually show up. I thought it might be Gallery so I switched to Photos. Same thing. Tried using other cameras with the same results. I ended up factory resetting a second time and formatting the SD Card again as well but no fix. Then the other night I noticed that two of my apps have that "we're broken" icon on them and that they were installed on the SD Card so the issue seem to be connected with that, yet the SD Card works fine. I can plug it in the computer and use it without any issue but when it comes to the camera storing photos or video on it or apps using it, it refuses to work.
Tried contacting Samsung about it but they are useless when it comes to support it would seem so a friend told me to try posting here and maybe someone would have an idea of what is going on.
Thanks, guys.
Try formatting your sd card. Sometimes that helps.
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Try formatting your sd card. Sometimes that helps.
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I formatted it twice.