yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoostedSR20:
Ok, so I've been having some super odd problems with my GS3 that I've sort of narrowed down.

When plugging into a PC (to charge or copy files) I'll lose any and all sound, even after a reboot. Usually a power off/on will fix it, or I might have to pull the battery.

Also, sometimes it will start to freeze up. It will be butter smooth for a few seconds, then freeze for 3-5 seconds. Usually recording all of my touches, and then quickly doing them all when it un-freezes. This I usually can NOT get to stop without pulling the battery, and even then it might do it again. Sometimes after I unplug from the PC, and I get a notification for a text, it won't play the sound, and sit there and vibrate continuous for 5-10 seconds. Then the freezing will start.

The freezing comes and goes, but usually gets started shortly after I've been plugged into the PC. I've also seen the MTP app start, and freeze.

It did this stock. Now I've completely wiped and flashed Omega, and a Abyss kernel. Its still doing it. The sound always goes out, but the freezing seems to have subsided a bit. I did wipe my app backups, do new ones, and restore those.

Does this sound like a hardware issue, or software? I can't find ANY apps that are locking up/sucking up CPU time. What app could be causing something like this? Apex? Liteflow? I am having problems with Apex, where a few times a day when going back to the home screen it will stop working, and show a black screen till it loads. Its not the phone itself, notification bar still works and everything else works, but Apex just blacks out until reloading.

I did root when I got the phone, and restored my apps (apps ONLY) from a backup made with my HTC One X. I'm still using those apps/app data.

One more thing, I can safely say I only started having issue after I flashed my first .zip in recovery. It was for the Camera mod, someone had made a flashable .zip file. After I flashed that, the phone went crazy. No sound, locking up, nothing worked, and it took several reboots for it to settle down and start working.

None of this happens when plugging into power only, just a PC.

Ideas?

EDIT:

Ok, I'm pretty certain this problem is started by a notification. It only seems to start happening if I get a notification, and it will do the crazy 10 second vibration, followed by no sound, and freezing.

Also even when its working normally, everytime I get a notification I have odd problems. Maybe a stutter, sometimes the keyboard closes, etc.

Today it started shutting off by itself.

EDIT 2:

I have a new phone on the way from Negri. I'm returning this one to let them deal with the RMA to Samsung.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krico:
Try resetting your phone and then try again.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoostedSR20:
Ok, I've removed Apex for the time being, no different. Also, its doing it now without having plugged it into USB, so thats not it. Doing it right now actually. No sound, and freezing. I noticed it exactly happend while I was in the camera app, and a notification came through.

I don't understand, I wiped when I installed Omega??

EDIT: And just sitting there for awhile, its fine again. Didn't restart it at all, just let it sit for a few minutes.

And now, I'm using the camera again and it happened. Can this have something to do with the camera mod?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaaystott:
I'm going to subscribe to this thread. I'm also experiencing the same problems as you, because of this I'm going to re-flash Stock Firmware and see if the problem persists, because it could be due to a bad flash of the Software.

My thread can be found here on XDA. Please alert me if you find a fix, will do the same for you :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoostedSR20:
Yeah your having the EXACT same issue. Mine won't always do the 6 second vibration for a text though. (has done it a few times)

What worries me is that I *have* wiped, and reflashed a ROM. So any software problem should be gone.

I'm going to do a hard reset tonight (wipe everything) and reflash the latest Omega. I'm not going to restore my TB backup either. We'll see what happens.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaaystott:
How do you do a hard reset? I have yet to flash my firmware yet, it still has 17 minutes on the download ticker, so I might do a hard reset and then install the firmware like yourself.

Also, I've noticed that due to this issue, I don't always receive notification sounds when the screen is off. Interestingly mine does not seem to be affected on USB, I've never had a problem with that and have synced with Kies many times. What was your battery level when this problem occurred? :D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoostedSR20:
Well today it started happening while using the camera and a notification came through. It hasn't been plugged into USB at all. Its happened at all different battery levels.

I think I'm going to download and flash a stock firmware and try that for awhile. I'll hard reset first.

Here is how to do a hard reset: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1706282&highlight=hard+reset
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaaystott:
Alright tell me how it goes. Mine has been going on for a few days now, however it only started happening today after the battery got below 50% so I thought maybe it was associated with that.

Thanks for the link!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoostedSR20:
Ok here is what I did:

Hard reset using the method listed above

Flashed the latest firmware w/Odin - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1646610

Hard reset again

Enter my Gmail account, *no* apps restored

Lets see what happens. I'm *not* going to do a restore w/Titanium backup until I'm satisfied its fixed. (And then I will probably just unlock/flash recovery, and flash the latest Omega ROM)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaaystott:
I did the exact same process, and I'm not going to be backing up at all! Thought I had broken my phone at first as it wouldn't pick up any reception, turns out the mast down the road had rebooted :eek:

Must say, seems snappier already, probably a placebo effect though ;)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoostedSR20:
Ok, I've used the camera, plugged it into the PC... done some other stuff. I'll use it for awhile tonight and get some notifications and see what happens.

So far so good.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaaystott:
Same here, all seems good ;)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoostedSR20:
All good for me as well. Trying to do everything with the phone, even posting this on the browser. The stock apps are killing me though...

But very snappy, and no issues.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaaystott:
My phone is definitely much faster, even the home screen isn't drawing my widgets every single time I go to it! My theory is it was just a bad factory flash, the first time I flashed back with Odin my Messages app kept force closing so I glad to re-flash again. I'll keep you posted if problems crop up again.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoostedSR20:
I'll do the same...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoostedSR20:
Everything was great, so I decided to root and do a TB restore. Things were still perfectly smooth, then I got a text and had the 6 second vibration, and lost sound. Had to restart. Never froze though.

Awesome.

EDIT:

Ok, after the reboot, the sound worked one time for the unlock screen, then went back out. And the phone froze.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaaystott:
Hmm, I've glad several notifications and haven't put my phone done since the re-flash and I've had absolutely no problems whatsoever. All I can suggest is that possibly the restore that you did has installed the bad files? I did a bit of research and apparently Odin will not wipe old files off your phone that it doesn't need to, but a factory restore will.. guess this fits in with the problem you have had if it was a bad factory flash that was causing this problem in the first place.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoostedSR20:
My TB restore is not a factory restore, all its doing is restoring apps+data. No system data at all.

The phone right now has no sound, and is pretty much unusable.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaaystott:
My bad, getting Nandroid and TB back ups mixed up! I don't really know what to suggest now, apart from the fact that I would imagine its directly linked to the restore you've done, as it was only after you did this the problems persisted and that back up comes from a system that also had that problem? I fixed the sound by removing my battery, or sometimes it worked by putting it on charge. Either way, maybe its best to just start again for you rather than installing a back up?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoostedSR20:
Yeah, I already did another hard reset. This time I let Google restore my apps. (right from the market, no data)

So far its ok, but to early to tell...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] corrsea:
It's not a great idea to restore data with TB that was created on a different device.Even with the same device and different roms, eg, miui, cm, asop TB can cause major problems if you use it to restore data.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoostedSR20:
Since I re-flashed the factory firmware, I haven't had a single issue. I even downloaded all my old apps, and set everything up. No problems.

Now this morning the sound stopped working, so I rebooted. Now its no sound, and freezing up. Phone is unusable.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaaystott:
I've had minor issues such as sound going off for a second or the status bar locking up for a second but nothing that I wouldn't expect on a normal phone anyway if I'm honest. For the last two days I haven't experienced any issues, so I put my issues into possibly burning into the processor?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoostedSR20:
Okay mine has started getting worse. Doing it roughly once per day now. First the sound goes out, then the freezing starts. Perfectly fine then rest of the time. Rebooting doesn't help. Powering off doesn't help. Pulling the battery doesn't help. Only thing that works is to leave it alone for a while. Then it eventually goes away.

Looking more like I need a warranty replacement from Samsung. Yay.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaaystott:
Same here, think I'm going to go back to a One X. I've put a video on YouTube of the problems I'm having my device, which just has footage of the sound and device locking up.

Also I'm worried. On Emgadget there's a video of a GS3 that exploded, and well mines been getting hot in the area his exploded. Worried!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoostedSR20:
I haven't had any heat issues that I can remember... but mine is sitting on the table at work most of the time...

How do you even go about a warranty return?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoostedSR20:
I'm going to start a warranty replacement tonight w/samsung.

I also have another odd problem that NO ONE else has had. Apex launcher keeps resetting. Several times a day when you hit home, it will go black, reset, and I have to wait for it to reload.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaaystott:
How do you start a warranty replacement? I sent an E-Mail to Samsung but this doesn't start the replacement.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoostedSR20:
Try this...

http://www.samsung.com/us/support/service/request
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaaystott:
Thankyou!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoostedSR20:
Ok, I'm pretty certain this problem is started by a notification. It only seems to start happening if I get a notification, and it will do the crazy 10 second vibration, followed by no sound, and freezing.

Also even when its working normally, everytime I get a notification I have odd problems. Maybe a stutter, sometimes the keyboard closes, etc.

Today it started shutting off by itself. :eek:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mintu123:
something wrong with usb port on pc or the usb cable is bad.try pluging on different pc and see if still lags.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoostedSR20:
Further in the thread I discovered it had nothing to do with plugging it in...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoostedSR20:
I have a new phone on the way from Negri. I'm returning this one to let them deal with the RMA to Samsung.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nafanny29:
I had a very similar problem to this and after hours of trying everything, I narrowed my issue down to the text limiter. (messaging-settings-delete old messages)

If you have it clear old texts automatically (mine was clearing whenever a contact had 50 old texts) then when I received a text from contact that had 50 texts and therefore required the S3 to delete the oldest one, it would not play the sound, vibrate for ages and lock up.

If a text came for a contact that didnt require a deletion (because they didnt have 50 previous old texts in their list) there were no issues.

I cancelled automatic deleting of texts and the issue has (I think) gone away.

Hope this helps someone.

Regards
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoostedSR20:
I was using Handcent... I'm not sure if this option it in there? Also I got my new phone, and did a Titanium Backup from the old one, restore to the new one. So its EXACTLY the same. Been 4 days now, so far no problems, not even a hiccup. Had to be hardware for me.
[Galaxy S III General] Crazy8z:
Picked up my new I9300 a few days back, love it...smooth, fast and simply gorgeous. Apart from one issue which is bugging me.*

I have a pair of Denon AH-C710's which I bought a couple of months ago. Worked great on my*I9100*but sadly they don't seem to be connecting right on my S3. They keep switching from stereo to mono with the slightest touch of the jack and the volume will dip...when the phones in my pocket it will jump around as I walk. Very annoying.

At first I thought it was the socket on the phone BUT the*Samsung headphones that came with it work fine, as do my old*I9100*headphones. There are 3 black rings on the jack as opposed to 2 black rings on my denons...could this be the issue?

Is there a quick fix to make the Denons compatible? Is it an issue with th phone? Should I return the phone?

I've thought about fixing the jack from my old*Samsung*headphones to the Denons extension jack ...if I mess up then it's just the extension that will be messed up.

What do you guys suggest?????
[Galaxy S III General] doronster195:
Sounds like your Denons have a bad headphone jack. Does not seem to be an issue with the GS3.
[Galaxy S III General] ratcom:
must say I've used a different set of "cans" with no problems here :confused:
[Galaxy S III General] Crazy8z:
That's what I thought, but the Denons are working fine through several other devices I've tried them in so I'm pretty much stumpt... :(

I'm pretty impressed with the sound from the stock headphones though...big improvement!

Any ideas??
[Galaxy S III General] Crazy8z:
Nevermind....it was my buds all along...Glad to find out my S3 is going strong!!!
[General Questions and Answers] naitmeir:
Hi everybody,

I think that I broke my x10a or at least I lost the unlock mode. Here the steps that I follow to got ****ed up

Unlocked in Spain ( paki-shop) with firmware 2.1 ( I guess with a sms code)

Upgraded to 2.3.3

Working unlocked mobile in Belgium with company Base

Until here everything fine.

Trying to root the mobile with tool DoRootWin_2.1.4 -> Result not rooted

Trying to root with Flashtool 0.2.9.1

Problems

- No SD card found

Restart mobile to factory values

Problems

- No SD card found

- No service

Install	with Flashtool 0.8 the generic 2.1 firmware

- No SD card found

- No service

- No SO interface, only the wallpaper and the status bar ( after insert the pin card )

Install	with Flashtool 0.8 the generic 2.3 firmware

- Same problems

12/023/2012 01:23:33 - INFO - <- This level is successfully initialized

12/023/2012 01:23:33 - INFO - Flashtool Version 0.8.0.0 built on 2012-05-27 21:57:12

12/023/2012 01:23:33 - INFO - You can drag and drop ftf files here to start flashing them

12/023/2012 01:23:38 - INFO - Device disconnected

12/024/2012 01:24:32 - INFO - Selected x10_2.3_aro.ftf

12/024/2012 01:24:32 - INFO - Preparing files for flashing

12/024/2012 01:24:34 - INFO - Please connect your device into flashmode.

12/024/2012 01:24:46 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

12/024/2012 01:24:46 - INFO - Opening device for R/W

12/024/2012 01:24:47 - INFO - Reading device information

12/024/2012 01:24:47 - INFO - Phone ready for flashmode operations.

12/024/2012 01:24:47 - INFO - Start Flashing

12/024/2012 01:24:47 - INFO - Flashing loader

12/024/2012 01:24:52 - INFO - Loader : S1_Loader_Root_f851 - Version : R4A024 / Bootloader status : UNROOTABLE

12/024/2012 01:24:52 - WARN - This file is ignored : simlock.ta

12/024/2012 01:24:52 - INFO - Flashing kernel.sin

12/024/2012 01:24:55 - INFO - Flashing fota0.sin

12/024/2012 01:24:56 - INFO - Flashing fota1.sin

12/024/2012 01:24:57 - INFO - Flashing dsp1.sin

12/025/2012 01:25:04 - INFO - Flashing amss.sin

12/025/2012 01:25:16 - INFO - Flashing amss_fs.sin

12/025/2012 01:25:16 - INFO - Flashing system.sin

12/027/2012 01:27:49 - INFO - Flashing userdata.sin

12/027/2012 01:27:52 - INFO - Flashing cache.sin

12/027/2012 01:27:52 - INFO - Ending flash session

12/027/2012 01:27:52 - INFO - Flashing finished.

12/027/2012 01:27:52 - INFO - Please wait. Phone will reboot

12/027/2012 01:27:52 - INFO - For flashtool, Unknown Sources and Debugging must be checked in phone settings

12/027/2012 01:27:52 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

Any help is appreciated, thanks
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] akkakkakk:
How can i enable these Buttons?(Look at the attached files)

My Phone is the Samsung Galaxy W (GT-I8150) and my Software is CM9 Alpha 4 (Android 4.0.4)

And excuse me for my bad grammar! :) im from germany!! :)
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] andynroid:
This ROM has it http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=27141185
[Atrix 4G Android Development] Th3Bill:
New Thread over on Forum.Jokersax.com​

mega-wipe

Tired of losing your Apps when you do a "FRESH" Install?

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ties169:
Hi guys, I have my Galaxy S3 for some days now, and I love it, but my browser acts really weird.

Some web pages take ages to load (xda-developers takes like 15 seconds), and sometimes they won't load at all. When they do not load, I can stop them from loading and then refresh again, and then suddenly they'll load in like 2 seconds (I get this mainly with androidforums.com). Then, there are lots of sites that load just normal ( for example head-fi.org). I have tried a lot different browsers and they all have this issue: stock, chrome, dolphin HD, ics browser+ and quick ics browser.

Im new to both android and this forum, so any help would be greatly appreciated! :)

Verstuurd van mijn GT-I9300 met Tapatalk
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdlorinser:
I believe it's a problem with the JavaScript on ICS because the same thing happens on my Galaxy Nexus on certain websites like XDA. Turn off JavaScript in your browser settings and try the same sites. It's unbelievable that Google hasn't fixed this yet!!

Edit: You know it could also have something to do with how ICS connects with some routers for example: if a webpage is stuck loading: if you quickly turn wifii off then back on the page will load instantly. Who knows, I'm confused...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ties169:
Wow, JavaScript is indeed the problem! Disabled it and xda loaded as it should. JavaScript is kinda important though, so turning it off is not really that convenient. Hopefully Google / xda devs will pick this problem up because it is really annoying...

And thanks for your answer :)

Would love to hear it if somebody has a fix :)

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ties169:
Bumping this, it is getting really annoying now... If there are people who do NOT have this issue, I would like to hear it as well, because if nobody has it, I'll try a factory reset.

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ties169:
Well I guess nobody cares, but I've found the problem: my 5ghz router. Switched it to 2,4 and everything is good now.

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SkillfulMmd:
Did you get the same problem running say chrome?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
New Thread over on Forum.Jokersax.com​

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Tired of losing your Apps when you do a "FRESH" Install?

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[Motorola Photon 4G] spleef:
bad ass bro this going to come in handy very often
[Motorola Photon 4G] bullfrog527:
Very nice! Can't wait

Sent from my CM9 beast
[Motorola Photon 4G] srkelley:
You're awesome, I'll be trying this over the weekend when I upgrade to an ICS rom.
[Motorola Photon 4G] TheCrispytoast:
how is this any different than titanium backup...?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Kevets:
It installs during the ROM flashing process.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Sloth:
The link is broken :(

The following error occurred:

The requested URL was not found on this server.

Please check the URL or contact the webmaster .
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
I will be posting the info here later today. Understand this is not 100% functional. My goal is to have us all work and tweak it so that it IS :D
[Motorola Photon 4G] praful:
Will this work when going from GingerBread >> ICS >> GingerBread ?

Just a scenario! :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
I would say most likely not, as there are apps that still do not play well with ICS, but are great with GB...
[Motorola Photon 4G] moonzbabysh:
I've been using 'Apps2Zip' to back up my system/apps and data/apps to a flashable zip, but I will definitely give this a try too and report back. Thanks Bill. :)

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[General Questions and Answers] The-WIz77:
Hi All,

I want to get a new phone but there is a lot to choose from.

im posting this question because I think you can help me with that issue.

I want:

Size & weight should be not bigger than SGS2

Regular GPS

I travel a lot and sometimes I'll not have any data connection and still want to use the GPS

low SAR

removable battery:

UN-removable battery's phone dies when the battery dies

sometimes I don't have where to charge

I heard that for the GSG2 there's extended battery

Good camera

Good screen

ICS

I'll use it mainly for:

checking email

help me be more productive

GPS directions

chatting

Capturing photos/videos

My budget: 500$

I wanted to but the SGS2 but I noticed the a-gps thing and I scare that with the same amount of money I can buy something better.

Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] doksas:
SGS2 with custom ROM is perfect ,battery on LT rom for me 2+ days

PS. install iGO for perfect GPS
[General Questions and Answers] muftiazan:
I think the EVO 4G is just perfect

or

Motorola Razr XT910

or

HTC Rhyme

or

Xperia U

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[General Questions and Answers] The-WIz77:
Thanks for your comment,

Does the GPS works without data connection?
[General Questions and Answers] The-WIz77:
The HTC is too big

The Razor doesnt have removable battery

The HTC Rhyme is a lot heavier than the SGS2

And I didn't like the Xperia U.

any other models?
[General Questions and Answers] spinoza23:
HTC One X

Check the network compabillity before buy a phone