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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] getontarget:
The first day I opened mine I put it on the counter without the back cover on over a couple letters while I would cut my old sim. Little did I know that this phone was practically made of butter. I casually went to another room in the house to get the scissors and consequently cut the sim card when I heard a smash from the kitchen. Looked up wondering what the heck it was and chocked at the thought of it being my new phone but proceeded to cut the simple card(harder then you think by the way) when the reassuring thought of putting it on top of a reliable looking stack of letters meant there was no chance it was my phone. Surely it must have been another appliance or tray. 5 minutes later I continued back to the kitchen where face down on a tile floor lay my unactivated pearl white s3. I said my prayers and turned it over to reveal a flawless device. Took a 5 foot drop like a champ without a single indication or dent. I felt like I just cheated death and ordered that slick boxwave case of amazon pronto. I then turned it on and after hours of play I discovered a stuck pixel.. shortly later another one. I tried to press em activated but between the gorilla screen and amoled nothing could be done. We could still make it work though. 1 month later I have a couple deep scratches and can't pick out tiny pixels anymore but that first day had its moments. Comes down to luck really. $8 bucks for insurance is ridiculous but I don't know what I would have done.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] adolfo778:
Son of a **** my phone fell of the bed and is crackeed on the inside worst part is that its barely cracked and now the whole screen is bonkers ,time to file a claim, Can that be done in store?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] 1SiK1500:
I can confirm mine came in yesterday with ALL NEW Accessories. I called my local t-mobile friend and asked if i was to return these or my old ones and were told to keep them. It was a new no refurb'd phone.. i think i even have pictures...

https://www.dropbox.com/s/bzt131t7j91o865/2012-08-27 13.14.25.jpg?m

https://www.dropbox.com/s/km30lwfljsp93j6/2012-08-27 11.55.19.jpg?m
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] vjohnsonjr:
Dooooooooooohhhhh!

Well.. Finally official.. Screen shattered. My son, who's 4, knocked it off the table by the pool. The phone seemed to fly in slow motion as it descended to the concrete below. Landing almost flush, it just stuck there as if there was glue on the screen. Time sped up as I snatched it up, only to find the top half of the screen shattered. Accidents happen, what I told my son... First call... Asurion for the replacement which is in the mail now. 130 bucks later. :cyclops: Ah well. Look forward having a freshie to play with. lol :o
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] crazaytalent:
Had this happern with my galaxy one epic 4g with sprint... multiple times... funny thing is i never had accidents like this in the past before that... so When I got the epic 4g I had a case... but it was so thick, after a while, i figured, itd be okay since i always took care of it... as soon as i decided to stop using the case, it had multiple drops and accidents and seemed like every time the screen cracked... or rather the digitizer, underneath the gorrilla glass... never again... not with this S3 ... got the pearl white, with a pearl white Bodyglove case from tmobile, it matches perfect, not to thick and hard and rugged... i wont be taking this off much... hell I did once and go figure when i did... the light weight phonce slipped out of my hands like butter... i got lucky all is well still mint... case is staying on for good now!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Garridon:
Will a Verizon ROM work on my sprint phone? I ask because these phones don't look different don't seem to have any different hardware.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cmoG530:
Someone told me, that there's a 50/50 chance of it working and if it does, then phone part will not work. Take that as you may. I haven't been brave enough to actually try it. Lol

#Sent From A Nexus With A Bad ESN
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Garridon:
Haha neither have I.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DrTweak86:
Howdy all,

Got a wee tiny problem here. I had recently decided to update my recovery mode to TWRP to allow me to perform backups of my system as i am not fully trusting of technology and ran into a wee roadblock. My phone is now stuck in a bootloop to recovery mood, well i did some digging online and found a few guides to fixing this issue. All the guides require me to use odin which for some reason does not work on my computer, everytime i try to use it i get an error message of:

<5> StartThread Detected : 0

<6> StartThread Detected : 0

<7> StartThread Detected : 0

<8> StartThread Detected : 0

<1> --- cannot open the usb serial port. code: 32

So again i went digging online and found a few fixes uninstalled the nokia suite on the computer, disabled the kies service on startup, made sure it wasn't in my running processes, tried every USB port, tried numerous reboots and all to no avail.

I don't have access to another computer to be able to run odin on and i absolutley need my phone.

So can anyone on here help me, im going stir crazy and have ran short of ideas for fixing

Mucho Gracias
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrjraider:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1431721

or

http://www.sammobile.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1046

Some solutions:

- Delete odin

- Clean Registery (sometimes it works)

- Delete KIES and reboot pc. Delete any file regardin to KIES!!

- Reinstall only the Samsung USB drivers: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=961956

- Open Odin with admin rights and try again

- Use another PC

Good Luck
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DrTweak86:
Thanks for the advice after 9 hours i finally got it working. It took me copying the folder i was trying to use onto my E:/ drive and then to run it from there.
[HTC One V] FLBoy1991:
Where do I get it so I can flash cm10??? I'm primoC
[HTC One V] :
http://goo.im/gapps

Look at the chart
[HTC One V] FLBoy1991:
Thanx bro
[HTC One V] :
Np... need help with anything else feel free to PM Mr anytime and I will do my best
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] wwjd3:
Hi,

I rooted my GSII, using step 2c from the guide found here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1311081 with the UCKK6 Stock + Root package found here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1286432

Afterwards, I used CWM to flash PhoneBricker v2.7 (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1560759). After only a few minutes of use, my phone began locking up and rebooting randomly. It didn't matter what I was doing at the time. After reading through some threads, I tried wiping cache, factory reset, and flashing only the ROM again, to no avail. I also noticed the phone would get pretty hot when it would lock up.

I thought the ROM was the issue, so I flashed Mystic's Glory ROM (v.4.9.2beta) after wiping cache, factory reset. Same behavior.

I've resorted to restoring the first nandroid backup I did, which is just stock + root.

Would anyone have any suggestions? Thank you.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] wgoldfarb:
I'm not sure i have a suggestion, but i do have a couple of questions, maybe these will at least rule out some obvious possibilities:

- first, the obvious. This is probably not the issue in your case, but since this happens so often i figured I'd ask: we often see people here who have a different SGS2 variant than the I-777 the ROMs on this forum are for. Which variant of the SGS2 do you have? To use the ROMs here it should be I-777, which is AT&T's version of the SGS2, but NOT the skyrocket. If you have a skyrocket or a non-AT&T version, you need to get the ROMs from the appropriate forums.

-Since the FCs are happening with different ROMs, maybe the problem is being caused by an app or app restore method. Do the problems start before you even restore or install your apps, or after? If you are restoring apps with Titanium Backup, make sure you don't restore any system apps, only user apps. Restoring system apps with TiBu is known to cause problems, specially if you restore system apps that you backed up from a different base

Edit: still in the spirit of ruling out the obvious, when you wipe cache before installing the ROM, i assume you are ALSO wiping the dalvik cache?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] wwjd3:
wgoldfarb,

I do, in fact, have the I777 variant.

Can you please tell me what you mean by FCs?

The random lockups/reboots began even before I started installing other apps. I do not have Titanium Backup. I installed the apps from the Play store.

Yes, I made sure to do a factory reset, wipe cache, and wipe dalvik cache.

Could it be an issue with the way the ROM is handling CPU usage? Perhaps there is a preset that is on by default that may be causing lockups.

I'm also wondering rooting using the UCKK6 package was the correct way, as opposed to rooting back to the UCKH7.

I appreciate your help.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jthatch12:
What kernel are you running? That sounds like the issue to me
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] wwjd3:
jthatch,

When I rooted, it remained as stock kernel (2.6.35.7).

When I flashed PhoneBricker and Mystic's Glory, I stayed with the kernels that were supplied by the ROM zip package.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
You can't flash a "rom zip package" from the stock kernel with 3e recovery. You need to install a custom kernel with ClockworkMod Recovery first before you install a "rom zip package". So what you are saying is not making sense.

I really don't think it would make any difference whether you used the UCKK6 plus root or the UCKH7 plus root.

Whenever you change base, it is necessary to perform a wipe data/factory reset, and also recommended to wipe cache and to wipe dalvik cache. These should be performed from within Recovery. The wipe data/factory reset should not be performed from the phone settings.

If you flash a new firmware after doing the proper wipes in recovery before flashing, then the new firmware should run without problems, unless the download was bad, causing a bad flash. You should also check the md5 sum of the downloaded file to verify a good download before you flash it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] wwjd3:
I'm sorry. I failed to mention that after rooting, I used MobileOdin to flash a custom kernel (Siyah 2.6) with CWM (step 3a in the first link I provided). From there, before flashing PhoneBricker, I did a factory reset, cache wipe, dalvik cache wipe, all from within CWM. I did NOT perform factory reset from phone settings.

I have not performed a md5 sum check. I guess that would be the next step.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] wgoldfarb:
Wwjd3

You are now getting help from extremely knowledgeable people, so i wont even try to add any suggestions...you are in excellent hands :)

I only wanted to answer your question about "FCs". By FCs I meant forced closes...it's when an app has a problem or stops responding and you get a message saying the app had a problem and had to close. When you said your phone locks up i assumed you meant you were experiencing forced closes.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] wwjd3:
Ah, I understand. What I meant by lockup is that the system freezes. The capacitive buttons no longer respond. Neither do the volume/power buttons. The screen simply freezes, and I have to force a restart by holding down the power button for a number of seconds. I hope that makes sense.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Phalanx7621:
Wow. Well, I hate to say it, but...lol I would go back to stock 2.3.4 with Odin, wipe everything, and try again. I mean that answer sucks. But it may help rule out some things and give u an idea if its hardware or software related. U could also try different kernels and using the kernel cleaning script, just Google it with xda in the search and it'll come up.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] wwjd3:
Phalanx7621,

heh. That's what I'm thinking of doing. Can someone clarify, though: according to the forum stickies, when flashing a custom kernel with CWM after rooting, there are only two available, correct? Daily Driver and Siyah.

Secondly, can you briefly describe what the kernel cleaning script accomplishes. I've seen the term in some posts, but didn't think it was relevant. Thank you.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Simba501:
1. Short answer - yes. Long answer - no (I remember a few other options floating around). For all intents and purposes, just pick one of those; either will accomplish what you need.

2. From what I remember about looking at the script, it wipes dalvik cache and deletes the contents of /etc/int.d (to prevent incompatible scripts across kernels - not exactly relevant since you're doing clean installs). No rom should have kernel specific scripts anyway. I think it wipes some system caches or something also.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] clay101eve:
If I read correctly, Phalanx was offering up a secondary option to try out before taking the complete stock route which would make it relevant. However, if he does the return to stock... Then you're right, not gonna do much for him. (though it wouldn't hurt)

Clay

Team Pirate

Sent from my PINK SGH-I777
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
You've described following the correct procedure for rooting and flashing a custom firmware. I don't see anything in that procedure that could cause firmware problems, except perhaps corrupt downloads. But the odds are against getting two corrupd downloads in a row.

If it were my phone, I would probably flash back to stock, and run it a few days to see if it runs correctly, to rule out hardware problems. If there is developing hardware issues, bad memory perhaps, then it should be evident even on straight stock.

The next thing is to just start from scratch, and do everything over again. When I flashed SHOstock2 1.4.1 over 1.3.2 (change of base) I did everything right, but I got apps freezing and other problems, so much that the phone was unusable. I went back to 1.3.2 for a week, then flashed 1.4.2 successfully. So the answer could be just a bad flash even though you can't put your finger on the exact reason.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] wwjd3:
I just used your guide to return back to stock UCKH7. I am attempting to root again, this time using DooMLoRD's Easy Rooting Toolkit. Not having any luck with that one (complaining about "cannot stat files"). I'm looking through the I777 forums but there is no chatter about this issue. There is for other phones, however. And the search continues. Thanks for your help!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] votinh:
How did you root your phone b4? which method?

Use that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] wwjd3:
I used method 2c, Entropy512's Return/Unbrick to Stock, Kernel + Rooted System Package with Modem using Odin3 One-Click Downloader previously. I was thinking of using a different method, since I ran into problems using Entropy512's method. Try something different.

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EDIT:

I'm sorry, I was wrong. Since I had UCKK6 build previously I used Odin to flash the Kernel + cache + rooted UCKK6 system package found here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1286432

So, using method 2c would, in fact, be a different method altogether. I'm beginning to think that initially rooting using Odin+UCKK6 package is what got me into trouble in the first place.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] creepyncrawly:
It's as good a theory as any other... I guess.
[HTC Sensation] rhishavphukan:
First of all sorry to make another thread for the WiFi error.

There are so many users who have had this WiFi error since months. Wifix, flashing the boot image, replacing WPA supplicant file, and other lib files in system/lib/modules, using various kernels, various radio and ril, flashing stock ics, gb(not personally but I've read in the forum), s-on and back to s-off, jelly bean Rom, aokp Rom, sense based Roms, miui also and I don't even remember what all I've tried but WiFi doesn't work. Shows turning on and error.

Was using ordroid and viper s roms, didn't have the problem initially but while using viper s Rom, in say about a fortnight the WiFi error came up. Now I'm using micro sense lightning v1.1.4 radio 11.76 a....... Kernel yank, Sebastian, bricked, faux. Nothing works.

Devs please help us out with this WiFi error.

There are so many users with this problem. I request all the devs to look into this issue seriously. I know u guys must be trying hard to get this fixed.

Thanks for all the mods and roms so far. I appreciate ur effort as we all can all enjoy smooth and expanded power of our HTC sensation.
[HTC Sensation] crx4xharder:
I'm pretty sure there are multiple threads about this elsewhere, and i think this is the wrong section for this...

But on a side note...

I picked up a sensation 4g for $140 a few days ago. It was missing the ring around the camera window and the volume buttons. Just needs a new back. Originally it had gb and i did the ota update to ics. I had wifi errors constantly before and after the ota. Since s=off and flashing roms, the problem has persisted. Last night i decided to figure it out... Basically, sense 4 roms had working wifi but i got errors with wifi tethering. Pyromod ended up being my ROM of choice. After bending the wifi contacts on the phone itself, out a bit, and scratching the matching contacts on the battery cover... Viola! Working tether! And no wifi errors. While sense 4 wifi tethering still doesn't work (unless stated otherwise in the op), wifi errors seem to have been eradicated.

I wonder how many of us have just taken the back off so many times that the wifi contact points just don't complete the circuit well enough.

Good luck with your search for a fix...
[HTC Sensation] jslim38:
No your post is in the right place Ive had that same problem in the past I would like to know what kernel are you using and what is it clock speed fyi if you are clocked at oh let's say 1.8 or 1.9 then thats your problem some devices can handle the over clocked speeds and it is a fact that some devices can't the first problem they encounter is the WiFi issues try reducing your clock speed down to oh 1.3 and that will also save on battery as well
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
His post is now in the right place. It was originally posted in the dev section but then moved by a moderator
[HTC Sensation] rhishavphukan:
Have tried overclocking and back to normal. Doesn't work.
[HTC Sensation] Raven2k:
What if you flash a RUU?

Do you still observe that issue?

Might be a hardware thing...
[HTC Sensation] rhishavphukan:
couldn't flash RUU but did flash the rom from the RUU in the temp folder in my pc.
[HTC Sensation] Huotari:
Will try here too

I'm not sure if my problem is a hardware failure or a software problem. 3 weeks after I got this phone, it got water damaged. Full of water! I took out the battery, letted it dry for some hours and turned it on. Everything worked! Only thing to see from the water, was the spot, that shows if it have got water, was 3/4 red. Everyting went good within a month or so. Then in feburary/march it stopped working (wifi). The same thing for Bluetooth. It's just writing "turns on" wifi or the bluetooth, and after 5-10 minutes it say "error"

The reason why I wonder about if it's a hardware/software failure is, I do not remember if it came within a install of an costum rom or it just happened out of now where :)

Any sugestions?

Huotari
[HTC Sensation] jslim38:
You could flash the full ruu knot the one that's in your temp folder and relocking your device and that includes secure fag3 and start from scratch the entire unlocking process I'm will to bet that will do the trick no short cuts
[HTC Sensation] rhishavphukan:
Ohk. On vacation. Will try that once I'm home on windows. I just have my MacBook with me. Thanks
[HTC Sensation] Andy--T:
I have the same problem and tried this but it doesnt work

I went back to stock completely and flashed full RUU etc ...no joy

Tried flashing the zip from temp folder as well but still no joy

Now Im stuck on S-On as the pin trick is too much effort at the minute to get back to s-off

Had to re-root unlock bootloader again and tried flashing CM10 KANG rom over stock ICS (Europe)

Still no wifi - this has been ongoing for about 2 weeks now - it works for 2 minutes then it drops connection and won't reconnect :(
[HTC Sensation] rhishavphukan:
This is what I have read over the forum. Let's wait and hope for it to work. It's been months without WiFi. 3g now seems so expensive.
[HTC Sensation] rhishavphukan:
If u have completely stock then why don't u get to HTC and ask for a replacement if in warranty. My chances are over as I'm out of warranty.
[HTC Sensation] rhishavphukan:
Holy ****. My WiFi just started working. My data was not working because of some problem with the mobile operator so just to check I switched sim card(Vodafone) to idea sim from another state. It was working with idea. So I switched back to Vodafone and data wasn't working. So I went into settings and suddenly saw WiFi on and my home WiFi network was showing. I'm so happy. Hope this keeps working.
[HTC Sensation] rhishavphukan:
To be detailed about it, last night I flashed arhd stock odexed with its stock fw. My bootloader is locked by s-off. So I restored my android backup of lightning Rom last night. But all day WiFi didn't work and to be frank I check my WiFi almost every hour if it works. Now in the eve as mentioned above in the previous post it working. In the evening I dropped my phone taking it out of the pocket as my dog jumped on me as I returned home. And since half wifi works. Wow. Hope something helps others. Try the stock arhd. Might help u. But I still hope devs come up with a solution as I still have a feeling that the problem might occur again.
[HTC Sensation] rhishavphukan:
So now WiFi gone again. Was excited for nothing. :mad:
[HTC Sensation] indresh88:
i have the same situation dude!!!!! i have wifi ok 2days back....then i soff with wire trick and installed 4ext recovery.....and tried all the custom roms but stuck with wifi error........even i made it to s on and installed stock ruu 3.32 for t mobile sensation 4g but still wifi issue......I also tried to downgrade to gingerbird but still wifi error......

I think wire trick s off make damage to motherboard of mobile...thats why we got wifi error...
[HTC Sensation] indresh88:
Rhishav try smartdroid berskerk rom v2.3......and see if wifi works or not.....i have suceess of wifi running again in smartdroid.......

You need to check under your camer lence...as there is the wifi tower located of ur phone..
[HTC Sensation] rhishavphukan:
Will try smartdroid berserk. The WiFi pins above the camera is ok. I tried lifting them up a little bit. Didn't work. Well about the wire trick, I'm s-off with revolutionary from hboot 1.17. So there was no wire trick and I guess that's not the reason for WiFi not working. But will try the above Rom. Thanks
[HTC Sensation] indresh88:
I have now good wifi connection with the above rom....sl thats definately not the hardware issue...
[HTC Sensation] Jonny:
Highly doubt that because quite literally thousands of people have S-OFF'ed using wire trick and its a very very small number of people with wifi issues.
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newestuser:
So i have LG p500 and i noticed there is a possability to move to SD card...i heard some time ago about app called app2sd so what are really the differences between native moving to sd and app2sd?
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NoyNoying:
you can try link2sd
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kasual52e:
I can't give you technical details but a2sd requires you to partition your SD card and mounts it when booting so you can put any app on it. the built in just lets you if supported by the app or rom.

Sent from my jmz built version of CM9
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newestuser:
thank you,

well seems link2sd works better, only it requires root.