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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] punitvthakkar:
No i have full signal. It's crazy. The service center guy replaced my battery but the problem is still persistent. Please help.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Filman:
What were you doing with the phone when it reached that temp?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] punitvthakkar:
Using whatsapp.

And downloading swiftkey from the play store.

Just a little multitasking screws this thing up.

As i said, it's crazy.

And also, no other tasks were running in the background FYI.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nebusoft:
Your signal being "full" doesn't indicate the signal strength of the area you are in. As signal becomes harder and harder to reach, the antenna will use more and more power to try and improve it. This means your bars may look good, and your phone will get hot, but you're in an area that signal is not very good.

It is not a defect or a problem for the temperature range it reaches. If you are concerned about burning yourself you can get a case to prevent that, but the temps that it reaches will not burn you.

If you are indoors and actively using your phone try to switch to wifi so you get better battery life. Using 3g inside can use a lot more power and generate a lot more heat.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] miahegypt:
mainly its the battery

look at this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1736456

i had high temp problem the same as u

once i changed my battery It's all good
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] faddys123:
My screen get hot my max temp is 40 is that on?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] biketom:
I bought my Galaxy SIII almost three weeks ago and I don't see any temperature issues; have you tried the energy saving setting in the scroll down menu?

T.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] secable:
I switch off all settings i have found .

I have 45' temp in 10min surfing .

Non i'm trying over gprs connection .

Maybe it could be à battery issue. I must check that .

ÉDIT : same temp troubles in gprs mode.

In wifi mode, it seems ok.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] biketom:
where do you see the actual temperatures? I cannot find the menu right now...

I don't really think it's a battery issue. A battery get's warm when you use a lot of power; but then it's not the battery but something else in your device that is consuming it...

Tried the power saving mode that reduces the mac. clock speed of the CPU?

T.

---------- Post added at 07:22 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:10 AM ----------

You might even be able to look at the tear down at ifixit to understand what might cause you issue

T.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] secable:
i already try with power saving mode, and no change.

For the temp indicator, i use widget from Elixir app.

I really don't know if this is a big problem. But some people haven't any high temp and some have something like 45-47°C after 10 min surfing over GSM/3G.

It doesn't burn my hand ... It's hot in hand.

I try playing N.O.V.A.3 about 15 min, and the phone goes to 47°C, hot in hand.

I try the same for 30min, and still 47°C.

So the phone doesn't go more than 47°C, so i think it's a normal temp, but the feeling in hand is strange so.

Maybe just an adjustement in the stock rom (from samsung) to tell the phone stop searching 3G line if you have enough, (or something like that)

I don't want try on a custom room, because i want keep my phone as long as i can in stock version :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hydrony:
So it seems that the s3 has problems with weak signals. Here in Germany my provider is named "o2" and the signal is really weak most of the time, so I think this might be the reason, why my phone heats up so much. I owned a xperia play before, but it did not get that hot. So it seems like Samsung messed something up within the s3's software or something like that.

Is it possible, that 45 degrees will cause damage to the screen? And if so, would this be something that is included in the phones guarantee? I mean it is not my fault, that the phone tends to get that hot :D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hydrony:
Seems like I can confirm this now :) on my way home from work I stopped in an area with great 3g signal strength and used the facebookapp. It was loading the whole time but when I checked the phones temperature it was only 36 degrees!! So I don't Think that all these phones have hardware issues, its the signal that let's them burn :D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zanith:
I'd also like to point out sensor temperature doesn't equate to actual temperature. It doesn't take into account the heat transfering to other parts of your phone and you.

eg. The temperature right near the sensor is 45c, but your hand and phone will sink most of that heat so your cpu will actually cooler.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] secable:
I'm actually on sfr in France. And i change to orange.

I know sfr in my house is bad, so maybe orange better .

I'll check if when i put orange sim the temp when surfing .

See you after some test

EDIT :

after some test over orange, it's the same thing. but i've a bad signal on orange too. So i must try on a place with a better signal, and check if the temp goes up or not.

:(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] biketom:
Same here, also from Germany also "o2" I cannot really say that my phone feels hot; i personal opinion is that my Nexus S 9020 was getting hotter in the same conditions...

To be honest I'm quite happy with the SIII overall performance

T.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wizzardeel:
I'm in the US, and my phone gets pretty heat when I surf the web let's say for more than 10 minutes at a time, or even if I'm in an app that requires continuous browsing like Bacon Reader (reddit). It also gets really hot when I am not in a 4G area and it tries to look up 3G, or 2G, and it also gets really hot if I'm on 4G and I browse facebook for a long time. I think it's normal, because like everybody said, you are over using the phone, and it gets hot, and there is no where for the heat to escape, and it just gets hot on the bottom of the phone on the back.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kofiaa:
The processor is at the bottom end of the phone. When you are holding it, the warmth from your hand and the processor working will make the phone warmer quicker.

3g will always heat up your phone in a matter of minutes of browsing though.

It's normal don't worry, use wifi whenever you get the chance.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] samhawk:
hi guys

i have galaxy nexus 16 GB it was good until i did "factory data reset", then the phone says "SIM network unlock PIN"

-all the last android phones those i was dealing with didn't that before!!!:confused:

-what's going on "did i make some wrong:("

by the way i'm using "Djezzy" -Algeria
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cundiffr:
Try taking out your sim, I'm assuming its a GSM model, and if that works set everything up on wifi and put it back in. I've seen locked sim cards before. You might have to get another one from your provider
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] samhawk:
the phone was working great until i did factory data reset???
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thos25:
Do you have a DoCoMo branded nexus? There are some known issues with DoCoMo nexus devices reverting to a locked state when factory reset.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] samhawk:
how can i know?

by the way it's written " fabrique en corée par Samsung" which it mean does "made in Korea by Samsung"

in the battery i found that date "2011.11.09"
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rmcsc:
Check the back. Does it look like this one?

Wait. It says that in French? You probably have a non-NTT DoCoMo GSM model.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] samhawk:
thanks --

no it's like that:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rmcsc:
Plain old GSM model.

Did you try booting it without the SIM inserted as suggested?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sinfamy:
Just download the toolkit and do an oem unlock, and reflash the stock image.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] samhawk:
No I did the booting with sim inserted
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] samhawk:
Thanks but I the phone is new I mean without root or something like that

And I did not get it "how to do"
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] samhawk:
did I lost my phone

Sent from my galaxy nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
The device you bought was SIM-locked to a carrier. Where did you buy it from? If they said it was unlocked, then they need to provide you the code. Otherwise, you can get around it by using this or this.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] samhawk:
So if my phone was unlocked then will i just enter the pin code ?

is that was normal in the galaxy nexus?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
Most Galaxy Nexus devices are sold SIM-unlocked. However, there are some, like yours, that are sold SIM-locked. If they are sold SIM-locked, you need a code to allow it to work on carriers OTHER than the one the device was locked to (which someone already entered in your phone before you bought it). Once the code is entered, it will work exactly like a SIM-unlocked device until such time when you either do a factory reset or flash a different ROM. When that happens, you will need to re-enter the code OR use one of the methods I linked to above.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rmcsc:
You don't need root or anything for the toolkit. Also, if you don't ask it to root your phone, it won't. It's. Pretty straightforward process. Just pick the one that combines the download stock image from Google to flash it and whatnot.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
The OP's issue is that he has a SIM lock, and he needs it unlocked. A toolkit is not going to help him with that. The links I posted will.

And I never recommend using toolkits for anything -- you may end up having issues.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] samhawk:
hi guy than thanks

i have unlocked the phone by using efrant's solution

thanks again

-i have made "root", did i lost the Google officially support?

-and if i make a "factory data reset" or install new ROM (official or Cooked), will the phone lock again?

thanks again!!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
No, you will still get updates, assuming you didn't change files on the system partition.

Yes, but just use the same procedure to unlock.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] samhawk:
thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] samhawk:
So there is Different between my G.N and the others ?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] samhawk:
How could be a changing files on the system partition. in my case
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
No, it is exactly the same. It just has a SIM lock. The second link I posted shows you how to permanently remove the SIM lock. (The first link may even do it as well.) I've never looked into it, as my device was unlocked.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] samhawk:
thanks bro and how about the price, I mean is any difference between my device in the others
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rmcsc:
I wasn't recommending the toolkit, I was simply answering his question about the toolkit. Two different things.

Samlock, what phone service company are you on? Also, what do you mean with "did I lost my phone"?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] samhawk:
I am on "Algerian phone service", And about my phone, I'm wondering for "is my phone unlocked or not" because it was working great before I did factory reset and I don't understand!?... my phone made in Korea "not Japan or china "

So there is a unlocking for ever?

thanks
[Member-Found Deals] MKOROFI:
I was looking for the an S2 for somebody, and this site had the nexus cheaper than the s2. Is that normal??

Alshop. Com

Peace to all. Always. Thank you XDA
[Member-Found Deals] Censura_Umbra:
One. Wrong place.

Two. Yes.

Three. Because google sells the Nexus for $400 unlocked, no one will purchase them for more than $350 used. And I don't know why a GS2 is costing you over $350. Look on ebay. they are $250 to $300
[Member-Found Deals] MKOROFI:
Thanks man. These are new phones though. Should i close this thread then?

Peace to all. Always. Thank you XDA
[Member-Found Deals] Ichisan76:
Yep wacha ukorofi and close the thread babu lol
[Member-Found Deals] MKOROFI:
I shall do ( close this thread)

Never will i acha ukorofi... ;)
[HTC Amaze 4G] ten6:
Was running NRG GB just fine. When giving the phone to the wife I decided to upgrade to ICS. Used CWM to wipe data, cache, etc, and installed, got freeze on HTC logo. Started using Superwipe before each try and also tried flashing several different kernels including the one inside the zip and the one included with the amaze stock kernel flasher. Now the best I can get is 5 seconds into the Energy spinning rings logo before a 5s freeze and reboot.

The only thing I haven't tried is firmware; I've seen references to "find it on the forums" but copious forum and google searches don't seem to lead to the ICS firmware itself. Can anyone help with that or point out what I'm forgetting?

In the meantime I will try installing the ICS stock ROM first and see where that gets me.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Dark Nightmare:
Do just that, remember to lock your bootloader if you're s-on and yes, jumping to an ICS rom without updating your device caused the bootloop.
[HTC Amaze 4G] ten6:
Thanks for the reply! I'm downloading PH85IMG_RUBY_ICS_35_S_TMOUS_2.14.531.3_Radio_1.14.550L.17DC_30.78.550L.15_release_259626_signed.zip from filefactory, it's taking forever. Am I flashing this with CWM? Or should I be downloading a GB factory ROM and using that instead, then re-locking the bootloader and trying to update over the air?
[HTC Amaze 4G] Dark Nightmare:
Don't download that one, it has issues, hold up, I'll give you a link to the most recent file.

Here, get this: http://d-h.st/3VD

Download speed should be faster as well. rename it PH85IMG and place it on your sd card after you relock your bootloader, then boot into bootloader, it's gonna detect the file and ask you if you wanna update, follow the on screen instructions to update, voila! Follow the basics to install the new energy rom.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Double0EK:
It's almost as tho NO One reads anymore. It's actually getting kinda ridiculous how many times the same issue is gonna be asked.

I know this post isn't very helpful but I'm sure most of the recognized/senior/not noobs members are getting frustrated.

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[HTC Amaze 4G] Dark Nightmare:
It is useful, I fully agree with you, it's like we come here to answer the same questions over and over, but I'm just trying to be nice, cause I usually just say, read the amaze bible, but then they go and do something even more noobish, so to avoid the tear jerks I just give the basic info, though I'm fading away slowly.
[HTC Amaze 4G] ten6:
Thanks'd for the link and the help. I was gonna get mad about being called a noob who can't read, but I guess it's a small price to pay for instant, free help. Keep on rockin' XDA. :cowboy:
[HTC Amaze 4G] hasoon2000:
I came across this issue. As earlier posts said, install the new ICS update. The partitions were messed up and the ruu will clean it up.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Dark Nightmare:
Lol, never pointed fingers buddy, so calm down.
[HTC Amaze 4G] johnride:
Maybe I should create a new topic but my issue is similar to this one except for the fact that I read quite a lot and tried quite a few things.

My situation is that I made a backup with cwm only booted not flashed so I have the 100% stock backed up, after this I flashed cwm and tried to install the Energy rom based on ics and that was my mistake as I used to be on a Nexus device I didn't have to worry about this.

So I got stuck on a bootloop and tried factory reset/wiping everything, tried to reinstall a stock ROM (t-mobile one as I only found a .exe for the videotron one and I did not feel like exploring the exe as I am a Linux user) by relocking bootloader and using the HTC method, tried to install manually the stock Kernel with Energy ROM using adb and fastboot commands, tried to restore my backup but nothing seems to work, I'm still bootlooping.

Is-it possible to s-off without a regular adb access (only the cwm adb access)? And would s-off allow me to flash anything as I wish? Is there a way to have any ROM working on my device? (i know the answer is yes to the last one, at least :D)

Thanks!
[HTC Amaze 4G] Double0EK:
Edited: I don't know why I even replied to the post above this.

Read more you'll find out what you're doing wrong.

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[HTC Amaze 4G] johnride:
Maybe I'm a noob on this forum but it's far to be the first time I face a problem in software configuration/installation and I read quite enough (spent about five hours on xda, google, etc.) to say that you should at least help me a bit by linking me to a thread where I can find an answer.

I know my mistake was to install ics at first but now I flashed the stock recovery back, I relocked the bootloader via fastboot and put the file on the root of my sdcard renamed correctly that it be detected automaticly (and it apparently does install) but I still got the * bootloop.

I'm able to read a manual and to read the Amaze 4G bible four times to try to point out the detail I forgot. I made my homework and now it would only be nice from you that you help me a bit...
[HTC Amaze 4G] Dark Nightmare:
Okay okay, calm down, there's currently only one method of going about restoring your device since you're s-on and no you cannot s-off with just cwm adb, I think JB s-off method is only an exe file, never saw linux files anywhere on his site. Anyways, you have to use the GB exe for videotron and restore to stock via it then update to ics to use the most recent energy rom, BUT if you just want a working device, this is just an idea, though it should work fine, you can flash a custom recovery and flash the GB version of energy rom, you should be able to restore your backup as well, but you said you can't, which is odd, it may be because of the kernel not being flashable as since CWM cannot flash kernels while s-on, in which case I'd advise you to get 4EXT recovery and then try restoring your back once again, it should work fine since 4EXT can flash kernels while S-ON.

My two cents.
[HTC Amaze 4G] johnride:
Well, 4ext doesn't works, apparently it flashes correctly but I can't boot in it so can't even try to restore my backup, s-off doesn't works from cwm and my device has to be booted to work with Videotron's exe (or I badly installed my drivers, I nerver understand properly the 899363 drivers per device I have to install for an android phone on Windows?)

Smells bad... I checked the 4ext's md5sum and it's alright, I took it from the fastboot installable img in direct dl from the thread in the Amaze bible.

Any idea?

Oh and there is a JB s-off executable for Linux on his site. After all I guess it is mostly adb commands?
[HTC Amaze 4G] Dark Nightmare:
I got lost halfway through that post, after flashing a rom, if the kernel isn't flashed (reboots and does it automatically), then flash the kernel manually, should boot fine, does anyone ever really read anymore? This very issue both s-on and s-off has been answered more times today than I can count. If you read the details on JB's site, you'd see and know all you need to.
[HTC Amaze 4G] johnride:
Right, I'va already flashed manually the stock kernel as sais in the NRGRom thread without success before my first post here, will look at different kernels.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Dark Nightmare:
How did you go about flashing the kernel?
[HTC Amaze 4G] johnride:
There was a flash.sh file in the zip with the kernel, I couldn't run it normally as I can't boot but I went in cwm (maybe I should have used 4ext, don't think so for this part) executed the adb commands there were in the sh file with all filesystems mounted, rebooted into fastboot and flashed the kernel image. Maybe there are differents /system when in cwm and when booted on regular system... Will figure that out when I have time to spend on this, as soon as possible.

Thanks for all the cues!

Sent from my Nexus S
[HTC Amaze 4G] Dark Nightmare:
Okay here's a few tips, cwm cannot flash kernels with son devices, get 4ext recovery for that. Second thing, reflash the from after doing a super wipe, if 4ext doesnt reboot and flash the kernel, do it manually, ill assume you know how to use ad, if not check my Bible tutorial on it, use the boot command for flashing boot images, take the boot file from the zip file, place it in the folder where your adb files are and flash it to your device while its in fastboot mode.
[HTC Amaze 4G] johnride:
Well, I think I have done all you mention above, the only thing i'm not sure to understand is what you mean by "super wipe" I found some executables about it but I guess it can't do much more than the flash all partitions (except external sdcard) in 4ext recovery wich I finally managed to install properly.

So, I made that global formatting thing, I tried to install an ICS based ROM and 4ext rebooted to install kernel, same bootloop. Tried to install manually the kernel that came with this rom via the classic fastboot flash boot boot.img. Same bootloop. Tried to put the modules manually via the recovery adb access (performing a mount -a in adb shell to have everything present in fstab mounted) and flashing this stock kernel with no more success.

Achieved the same operations with a GB based ROM (this one: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1535173) with both the faux and the stock kernel without any more success.

Did I miss something? Am I so dumb? Do you have any other rom to suggest that have higher chances to succeed?

Do you think trying to restore my sotck nandroid with 4ext has more chances to succeed?

Thanks, again and always!
[HTC Amaze 4G] Dark Nightmare:
You can try to restore your stock rom, what provider are you on? Something doesn't add up with your situation, there's something you're not telling me.
[HTC Amaze 4G] johnride:
Yes I have the same feeling but I truly have nothing to hide i'm on Videotron I'll try to restore my backup and will come back with the news...
[HTC Amaze 4G] Dark Nightmare:
Give me this info again, I think you gave it to me already but we're gonna start from the top.

Bootloader version:

S-on or s-off

Android version before you tried flashing the rom

recovery version

carrier: videotron, got that part.

Rom you were trying to flash.
[HTC Amaze 4G] johnride:
Stock bootloader from videotron, will confirm the exact version in the next minutes.

S-on (if s-off I wouldn't have any problem right?)

Was on stock gb from Videotron

Latest 4ext for amaze 4g via the 4ext app (dl on my other phone and transferred)

Was trying to flash the latest NRGROM based on ics (wich is my new-to-HTC's restriction error)

Sent from my Nexus S

EDIT:

HBOOT-1.90.0008

eMMC-boot

Nov 1 2011,16:50:47

Precise enough for this part? :P
[HTC Amaze 4G] Dark Nightmare:
The answer to your problem is in this very thread, you cannot install an ics rom on a device that is still on gb, it has to be updated first, therefore put your phone into fast boot mode and flash the videotron gb exe via a PC. If you want ics and the new energy rom before your carrier releases ics, you have to s-off the device
[HTC Amaze 4G] johnride:
I know that I can't install an ics based ROM from a stock, s-on, gb device. I had already tried the Videotron's exe but apparently I had a driver missing. Windows was complaining about an Android Phone driver missing but I did not pay attention to that, I never really care about Windows complaining but this time I should have apparently!

I start over this part.

Thanks for all the time you're spending with my dumbness of these days :D
[HTC Amaze 4G] Dark Nightmare:
Download hasoon's tool and install the drivers from it, put the phone into fastboot before attempting to restore it via the stock ruu or it's gonna fail.
[HTC Amaze 4G] hasoon2000:
I could've sworn I said this to fix the issue earlier. I guess nobody really listens to the person who had the issue and solved it. :mad: