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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kturbo:
I have the same problem which happened last Saturday and it frustrated the hell out of me, i flashed to different versions of OS....didnt help...

restored to factory firmware and didnt backup the pictures and stuff on the phone!! (FML)

and brought it in to Fido on monday to have it serviced....

talking about bad luck...sigh....

they told me the turn around time is 10-15 business days... (N)

will report back once i hear from them
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NaeNegriTech:
Before the issue happened, did your phone have any other issues? Say heating up while charging or running the WiFi?

I received a device in for repair with this issue and the customer reported it got really hot before the issue started happening. Everything looked fine on the motherboard - the WiFi antennas were intact. Reloading the software did nothing which means it's a hardware issue..

So very strange. I wonder what's causing this.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MrMiklePower:
i remember when my wifi stopped working i was running 4.0.2. I was actually on holidays in Japan at the time and i was wifi hopping quite a lot around the airport (i was walking around and the wifi would go out of range, latch on again... etc) not sure if that had anything to do with it. Hopped on the plane home and i remember i was on airplane mode using an app called colornote. the phone hung pretty hard and i had to pull the battery. rebooted and tried again and after 10 mins, phone crashed again doing the same thing. Got home and the wifi wasnt working. Not sure if any of this had anything to do with it, but maybe. Didnt notice any overheating, but then again i was around snow haha
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kturbo:
hi mrmiklepower

just wondering if your phone has been good since you got it back from repair?

i noticed the phone would reboot itself over and over again after i flashed it back to the stock rom. I just called the third party repair shop that my carrier sent the phone to, they told me its still being fixed.

Oh i hope they will return me my phone soon.

:(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MrMiklePower:
My phone is actually still being repaired also. It's been a total of 2 months since i sent if back! they contacted me and all i know so far is that the phones PCD needed replacing. when my phone arrives i will update as soon as i can. should receive it sometime this week, but its not certain. the majority of my ownership of this phone has been me waiting for its return :p
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kturbo:
Holy mother of lord...

I actually called the third party repair shop that my carrier uses to check on the status of the repair. And they told me its actually In quality control which means the problem was fixed and they're just testing it before they send it back to the store where I brought the phone too. Hoping they'll send it in on Monday so I can either pick it up on the day of or the next day.....keeping my fingers crossed.

Will keep you posted on the status of it too.

Sigh
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kturbo:
Ok I got my phone back today.

on the reference sheet I got from the repair shop

it states REPLACED PBA, BGA Failure

I looked it up online and PBA means Printed Board Assembly

which probably means the motherboard was defective and had to be replaced.

and now the phone is working fine. So i guess when this phone was made, there were some flaws with the motherboard on it, thus causing this problem.

Anyways, I hope this information helps with others who experience the same problem :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MrMiklePower:
Thanks for letting us know! O got mine back today with the same thing. So looks like there is no way of fixing besides sending it back. Good luck to anyone else who gets this problem
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] arctic84:
So it seems there's no fix for this?

I've been doing some research and it doesn't seem anyone can fix this.. I tried reflashing, wiping every possible thing, etc.. even flashing the stock software via odin. Still no luck.. It seems that we are indeed stuck with sending it back in for a supposedly defective part which seriously blows.

My other question is.. you guys who already received your phones back, did anyone end up with the problem again?

PLEASE if anyone knows how to fix this.. chime in!!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zeon45:
I had an issue similar to that with my transformer and to fix it I just flash a new kernel im not sure itwill fix the problem for you but it's worth a try
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MrMiklePower:
Since getting my phone back the problem has not occurred again. I don't think there is anything that can be done as a component needed to be changed apparently. Good luck :/
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] arctic84:
Thanks, when returning to stock it flashes a new kernel. Also tried it again for the hell of it with faux's kernel, still no luck :(.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zombierockstar:
This sucks! This very same thing happened to me yesterday! I Odined back to stock.. no luck! Now after finding this thread, it looks like a hardware issue! That blows! I'll have to give Sprint a call tomorrow!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MrMiklePower:
Hmm sucks to hear it's still cropping up around the place, I heard someone say this issue entered quality control. But anyway, if it helps I've had my phone back for about a month and a bit and its still going strong. hopefully it doesn't happen again though. good luck, hopefully it won't take too long for your phone to come back!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jacques_lem:
Hi,

I'm with Telus in Canada and had the exact same problem and had my GN repaired. It took only 2 weeks and I just got my unit back. I had already read a lot online about this issue so I asked the Telus rep to tell me what the issue was. She told me that the report states that the board was replaced. This is definitely a hardware problem. I'm hoping that the new board doesn't have this problem and my phone won't need to be repaired again,

I run 4.0.1 on my phone. Telus hasn't released an update yet. I was going to update mine by switching to yakju, but that's when I noticed that the wifi is not working and I thought it's not a good idea to change the stock ROM.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JohnMiroki:
This is a serious problem that has happened to a good percent of Gnex users. I think it's should be called back.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] encynator:
I have same issue with my Gnex (bought Jan 2012), having CM9 NB from 07/21 and it has same symptoms, several reboots and wifi now "wifi is turning on", will claim today.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] piratemoon:
mine has also been sent for repair :(

It just happened out of the blue 6 months after I got it, was on stock all the time (GSM 4.04)

I tried turning off, battery pull, factory reset and even the OTA and update to JB didn't fix it. Now back using my HD2 with froyo.....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] freefaling:
I bought a brand new Galaxy Nexus about a week ago and now I am stuck with the same issue! It came with the yakjujp (Middle East) build but I flashed the takju 4.1.1 (JB) build. It ran fine for a couple of days and then suddenly the WiFi is dead.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MrMiklePower:
Yeah, it seems this issue can't be fixed with anything we can do. I'm afraid you have to send it back because the PCB (for me at least) needs replacing. Can any of you remember what you were doing or anything that might have caused the issue? I'm annoyed this is still around, I'm wondering if we can take this a step further somehow... ideas?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] freefaling:
My real problem right now is that on the underside of the box the Galaxy Nexus came in, there is a sticker (like those silvery/rainbowy type genuine stickers) saying "Kingdom of Saudi Arabia" and one of the documents inside says that my phone's guarantee is only applicable in Saudi Arabia. Since I have no plans of visiting Saudi Arabia in the near future, I am not sure how to proceed. On top of that, I doubt there is a Samsung authorized repair center around me. Luckily, I am going to Canada in a few weeks so hopefully Samsung's customer service over there will be understanding.

Btw if anyone had to get this issue repaired by themselves, ie without warranty, how much did you pay?

All I remember when it happened is that I turned my phone on and hit the WiFi icon on the power widget. At first I thought the power widget must be acting up. But it is clear now that the issue was much worse.

Another question: Should I flash the yakjujp build the phone came with before sending it for repair? Or can I leave it with the official/Google's takju build it currently has? Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] enfant.schrott:
I seem to have the same problem. Phone was bought three weeks ago(new) in Germany and suddenly wifi stopped working and its impossible to reactivate it.

I also tried several widget apps for activating wifi but still doesnt work.

Phone is on JB stock rom without anything modified or root. The phone became very hot on the back several times before. Dont know if this is relevant, but i will write it in the note for the service carrier.

Did anybody get the whole phone replaced? Because I also have a small scratch on the display, would be nice :D :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] piratemoon:
about to go and pick mine up (nearly 4 weeks away.....). Fingers crossed for a whole new phone, had a few scratches on the screen ;)

Can't wait to have it back though, even with scratches!!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] itsafunkything:
another one bites the dust

Another Gnex owner with the same issue. I knew things can't be good soon as I saw wifi option disabled on my phone. Did reboot, factory reset all that and the issue is still there. Called Samsung in Australia and they're going to pick it up tomorrow. Hoping they will fix the hardware issue.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MrMiklePower:
I got mine replaced under warranty, but i think on the receipt it said that the new PCB would have been $220. I can't remember exactly but im pretty sure that was the price which obviously didnt include labour and postage. Pretty dear i know :/ As for flashing before you send it, i might have some information that may or may not help. I sent mine away with yakju 4.0.2 and when it came back it had been flashed to 4.0.2 yakjux or something. It had all the data wiped and everything. so im pretty sure they will flash to a default rom before they actually fix it. best of luck!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MrMiklePower:
btw, to everyone hoping for a new handset, i dont think this is gonna happen hahah sorry! i had a couple scratches on mine too and was hoping for the exact same thing but ofcourse it came back with all the scratches i sent it away with :/ unless things have changed, they will only replace what needs to be replaced
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Akkietakkie:
oh no, not again!

bad luck here,

just lost my wifi for the second time! Had it returned last may for repair, now I lost Wifi (stuck turning on) again.:crying:

It happend when I tried to kill a download by turning off wifi.. After that it wouldn't turn on again. Maybe that can give someone a clue?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] beekay201:
open downloads app, erase the ongoing download from there.

Sent from my i9250
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] denniskarlsson:
When I get this "Turning on Wifi" message I restore the WiFi setting using "WiFi Backup". It works every time.

I get this message on both my Galaxy Nexus and my Xoom 3G.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] farhan91:
I'm also having this exact same problem. I have tried installing another rom, installing another kernel and even restoring a backup from when wifi was working properly. None of those seem to work. Does anyone know where I can buy this Printed Circuit Board (PCB) online. I would like to replace it my self.

I have a GSM Galaxy Nexus (Unlocked).

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MrMiklePower:
hmmm this issue is out of control. it seems it is a recurring issue aswell. but no sorry, i dont know how or where to get a PCB on your own :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] farhan91:
RE:

This is a huge problem for me as I bought the phone from someone else and don't have the receipt. :( I can't send it to Samsung because they will ask me for the receipt. Is their anything else I can do?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MrMiklePower:
as far as i know, there isnt much you can do :( yes, i had to have my receipt when i sent mine back. see if you can get the receipt maybe? if not then if you have a large data plan you could live with it... or a new gn is relatively cheap these days, but i wouldnt recommend a new one after this issue has arisen on so many handsets. goodluck to you
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] beekay201:
i'm sorry that your devices dont work like they should anymore, but calling this being a widespread issue... srsly, this is only xda, and this thread only has 4 pages. not recomending the device because of it seems too much.

sent from my i9250
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MrMiklePower:
You are entitled to your opinion and can recommend the phone to whomever you want and I won't complain. but then again so am I and my recommendations are based off my experiences with the device. I do think it is a great phone, save for this one issue. It's great for everyone who doesn't get this issue, but sending my phone away for 6 weeks after 2 months ownership isn't going to win any points in my book. That's just me though, please don't turn this thread into a flame fest
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Crazybeijinger:
Wifi won't open and stuck in Wifi ON

Hey, same problem here. I am really mad. One month ago my wifi just dissappeared from my phone, no icon, no scanning, .. nothing ... I got my Galaxy Nexus in Hong Kong in January 2012, unlocked, when it was just relased in a Broadway store, so I wasn't expecting this type of failure. Samsung Service in Beijing told me I have to take it to a Samsung Store for cellphones that were not bought in Mainland China, in 海淀区复兴路甲14华鹰大厦一层 63955959. I installed antivirus, wifi recognizer applications etc ... and nothing .. it is dead. I will take it next week :fingers-crossed:. If anybody have found a solution, I would appreciate it .. it is really far. Thank .. I am relieved to see my phone is not the only one.....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AJD78:
Hey Crazy,

Can I ask how it went? I am in a very similar position. The GN i bought in HK in March just suddenly popped and died two days ago, and I live in Beijing now, so return is not an option.

Did you go to the office in Haidian? Can they fix yours for you?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fhernandow:
same issue

I also I have the same problem whit my Gnex, using a custom rom icon Wireless button disappeared and was not active, i try changing for other rom and nothing, install the stock rom for my carrier and is the same problem. I think reading previous comments will be the same problem. I'll have it back in 12 days.

I hope this guys do his job well fixing it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dimael:
I'm also having the same problem I have is the phone, only 1 month and a half. Not yet sent to Technical Support. I thought it was a software problem. I did a hard reset, but to no avail. I'm from Brazil and the unit was purchased in the United States. Sorry for the bad English.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MrMiklePower:
seems like the only way you're gonna be able to have wifi again is to send it back. definitely nothing you can do on your end. I'm assuming you have warranty, but you will have to use another phone for possibly up to a couple months. that's how long mine took to fix :( goodluck!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TucanoRC:
GNex WiFi stuck issue too

Sad to say that I have the same issue too. Just happened yesterday. Was sitting at my desk, connected to WiFi, I saw that my GNex was updating some apps. Went to a meeting that lasted about an hour. Came back and the phone was locked up. Nothing worked, finger swipe -notta, Volume buttons -nothing, power button -notta... Pulled battery and rebooted... GNex came up to home screen. I noticed that I was on 4G and not WiFi. I pulled down the toggle screen and touched WiFi.. It went "grey'd out" and stayed like that for a few minutes then went in to reboot. After that, it was stuck on boot animation. I pulled the battery and tried to reboot, same thing, stuck at Boot Animation. Booted to recovery and did a restore, lucky me - i had performed a backup in TWRP just over the weekend. GNex booted successfully. I tried the WiFi toggle again and got the same results, stuck on Turning on WiFi for a few minutes, then it rebooted, followed by stuck at boot animation. Had to perform another restore to get it back to operation. Sounds like I lost my WiFi.

:mad:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] uwillknow:
hello, did you fix the wifi hardware finally?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] inchrist1:
I have same issue. I was running android 4.2.1, Xenon HD, Lean Kernel when it started. I had been trying to put TWRP on my device through a terminal command and that is when it did it. I have tried everything. Good to know in the end it is hardware instead of me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BigPapaSami:
same issue + Bluetooth

Hey all, this has just happened to me as well. Was working fine yesterday, turned off Wi-Fi at night as it doesn't reach my bedroom. Tried to link my phone via Bluetooth to my car this afternoon, and the Google switch kept bumping back to off. That's when I noticed my Wi-Fi was off, so tried turning it on, but it was stuck 'turning Wi-Fi on'.

I live in Saudi Arabia, bought my Galaxy Nexus i9250 (gsm) unlocked through Negrielectronics, so not sure of origin of the hardware. I'm still running stock IS, android 4.2.1.

From what I've read, it looks like the only solution is a hardware fix, which in not sure will work in Saudi.

Any more information available on this seemingly persistent issue?

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MrMiklePower:
Unfortunately the only solution is to send it in for repairs. The PCB is the part (I saw this on the repair invoice) that has burned out. This circuit board needs to be replaced for the WiFi to work again :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BigPapaSami:
Crap. Have to figure out how to do that from here now.

Thanks a bunch.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] phungn:
So I've lived with this problem for a few months since I didn't want to be without a phone. I eventually took it to a local cell phone repair shop and told him I've tried different software solutions (ie going back to yakju from takju and original radio etc) and that I'm pretty sure it's a hardware problem.

Calls me about 4 hours later and says he fixed it. I'm not sure what he did b/c when I asked him he gave me a vague answer saying the baseband chip was no good and that he did some "heat reflow" to it and now it works fine. Been testing for a few hours. It has a 45 day warranty so I'll see if he really fixed it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] maxqas:
If that's what he said then most definitely its an overheating issue. The solder that creates a connection between the baseband processor and the PCB would have disintegrated and required reflow (similar to the AMD graphics processor issue in several laptops a few years back... dejavu anyone?)

---------- Post added at 07:44 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:08 PM ----------

On a side note, wouldn't the WiFi functionality be handled by the main processor? Or is the architecture of GNex is different??
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] willie406:
Hello I need the official roms galaxy for the company s i9000t Claro of Puerto Rico and who are here but as the download is I can not download megaupload need another way to download them if you can help me thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] farodriguez:
This is stock for Puerto Rico, I9000TUBJV8 Android 2.3.3 -> http://www.hotfile.com/dl/146647677/7091d1f/I9000TUBJV8_I9000TUWAJV4_PCT.zip.html pass: samfirmware.com

I9000TUBJV6 Android 2.3.3 -> http://hotfile.com/dl/145761633/aaad3cc/I9000TUBJV6_UUBJV6_UBJV6.zip.html pass: samfirmware.com
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eldelalancha:
Hi; I downloaded the file but since i'm a super nuubbie to this I dont know how to install????? I don't have CWM installed
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] farodriguez:
Don't need CWM.

Search and download Odin 1.85, open it. Load .tar.md5 file in PDA box. Put your SGS in download mode and connect it. Wait for yellow COM box. Press Start.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eldelalancha:
flashed the firmware and now it says mobile network not available what did i do wrong????
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] farodriguez:
If you have some problem with JV8 (Claro Puerto Rico branded) use JV6 (International version). Try with full reset >> *2767*3855#

Check that you have a i9000T
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eldelalancha:
That did it Your the best!!!!!!!!!!! :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] apater:
Will either of these allow one to unlock their phone? I have a I9000T from Guatemala that I want to use with Movistar here in Nicaragua.

UPDATE: These do not unlock unlock the phone. To do that one needs to get Root, the Galaxy S Unlock app, and the 3 button fix to replace Claro's funky bootloaders.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] iceandfire:
Here is my first presentation for the Galaxy Nexus users. Nothing really great but you should give it a go. This is something for the MIUI lovers.

I've added tons of tweaks for performance and battery life.

Change log:

Based on latest MIUI 2.3.16

Added Franco kernel milestone 1

Added trebuchet launcher with cherry picked features by me.

Added Nova launcher 1.2.0

Superuser added

DSPManager added.

Init.d support added

Nexus One 720p boot animation added.

XenonHD wallpapers apk added.

Cache tweaks.

Kernel tweaks.

Scrolling made smoother.

Systcl tweaks.

Internet tweaks.

Hardware acceleration.

Video playback quality improvement.

Battery life tweaks.

Other things I don't remember. :p

Known bugs:

Gallery force closes sometimes. Just give it a go second time.

http://goo.gl/K0kIS

Like my work? Don't forget to press thanks or donate. Will be greatly appreciated. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fortesquieu:
Thank you so much for this! It's exciting to have another ROM to flash! Will try this out in a bit.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ahqball:
Any screens OP?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] twistkill:
+1

some screenies would help :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] drewtang:
It's MIUI, just look at any other thread for that rom...

sent from my nexus prime
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] iceandfire:
Screens added.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] iceandfire:
Looks wise, performance wise its UltimateMIUI. ;)

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] alain57:
Thanks for this release, but why adding these points ?

miui already have a home app... it will be duplicate with trebuchet and nova launcher...

ok it is cool to give an alternative.. but for nova laucher, it is in the market so it is kind of useless until you set it as the default and UNIQUE launcher ;)

i also don't understand the superuser added....

that king of app is already present by default, or am i missing something ?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ChicagoAndroid:
Can you please link your kernels source-gpl
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] failed7:
Hi,

this version MIUI if I make call; send my phone number ?

( other miui version no have settings menu for this option:-(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] iceandfire:
I agree with your question regarding addition of nova launcher. Will remove it in the next update.

But I find superuser better than the miui root app.

Kernel is Franco kernel milestone 1. Refer to his thread regarding that.

Can you be a little more specific?

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nexus.prime:
@iceandfire

You got GN? Wow :) Ultimate ROM for GN!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hoseth0711:
1080p and compact grid doesnt work

Sendt fra min Galaxy Nexus med Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] failed7:
ok.

phone, settings,additional settings-> Caller ID

this way, and setup option be any original android ROM, nexus, and other device, same. I prefer how my phone number sent when I make call, and my partner see: I call him.

Other miui, ( or I do not find) no have this option/settings for caller ID setup

( sorry, my English no too good:-)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] iceandfire:
Okay if I got you correctly. Then the option is missing from Miui.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus