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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Deekayy:
My first replacement through asurion was a dud. I had a Chinese manufactured model and it kept losing signal. Second replacement went perfectly well and the unit had no signs of defect (korean model). Rooted it right away, installed cm10 and the new radios. With stock battery, I'm getting 16-18 hours of battery life, 1hr talk time, 1-2 hrs of screen time.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] maw230:
The only thing they would offer me was a RAZR. Which even that surprised me, because before they wouldn't even do that. So I said **** it and got a RAZR for me and my girlfriend. I'm just too sick of getting these piece of **** Nexi. I will miss the **** out of it, but I'm ready for a phone that works.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hkk:
Same case with mine. Went thru 2 replacements. I asked for S3, but they would only offer me RAXR or Rezound or 'many other excellent' phones.

Anyone has luck getting an S3 as a replacement?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] maw230:
There is a huge thread over in the RAZR forum of people who got S3's when replacing RAZR's, but not sure about Gnex.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hkk:
Thanks. I guess you are referring to this one...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1828482
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] maw230:
That's the one. They used the "flash is broken now" excuse to get an S3.

Edit: If the RAZR turns out to be a p.o.s. as well I may have to do the same.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] theredspecial:
I have been offered a RAZR every time I've called, I told them a removable battery is a must. The Rezound is the only other option and that is a downgrade in my opinion. I spoke to a great rep last time who really knew his ****, he told me the SIII has the same screen problems and headset issues as the Nexus, but if I kept having problems he would look into it. I'm not going to play any games/lie to get one either.

Like I said I don't really want a SIII, I just want a Nexus that works.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] maw230:
wut... these exist...;)

The one I talked to told me the RAZR shipped with JB...I doubted it very much when he said it, but I held out hope until I looked it up this morning.

Either way, the cons of owning my piece of **** Nexus outweighed the cons of the RAZR and having a new phone is always fun for a while. If it's a piece of **** maybe the day will come when they will give me an S3.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] theredspecial:
Ha, I flat out told him I've never spoke to a level 2 tech that actually was honest with me and knew what was going on. He gave me his extension also, I'm gonna give him a call back.

I loved my OG Droid and Moto quality seems to be the best, but like I said, there is no way I'm getting something with a non-removable battery.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DirgeExtinction:
Well, my camera stopped working on my current GNex(#2). I'm wary of exchanging it. It baffles me, though, that cell phone carriers only offer refurb devices when you pay about $7/month for insurance while retail stores would exchange your faulty item for a new one when you have insurance. It doesn't seem right since we pay good money for these devices.

But I digress. I have a question, though. Would I be able to send it to Samsung to see if they can fix the camera(video chip) or should I just call Verizon to exchange?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] theredspecial:
You can call Samsung and try going through them. The CSR suggested this because I really didn't want to get rid of my Nexus for another phone.

The problem is you would be without your phone, with no loaner for however long it takes to repair. It could be 2 weeks, could be a month. I assume you would also have to pay for shipping. And my experience with OEM repair has never been a positive experience. I wouldn't trust them to fix the right thing. You also run the risk of damage to the phone when they open it up. Maybe someone else with a GSM model can comment on the quality/ease of Samsung repair.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Pierceye:
Don't know for sure about Samsung, but I did have to send 2 Evos back to HTC and they did a great job. If you decide to go that route use the small flat rate Priority Mail box from the Post Office. $13 for guaranteed 2 day delivery, tracking number and $500 insurance.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DirgeExtinction:
Well, I still have my Droid Charge, so I'll still have a phone. Now I'm iffy on sending it to them, lol.

Hmm, that does sound like a good idea...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] theredspecial:
I didn't want to discourage you, I guess it's just food for thought. Like I said, search around for people with the Play/GSM version who would have had to send it in to Samsung for any warranty issues.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] godsmacked4653:
Two week necropost, whoops.

To those of you who are getting faulty replacements, do you take that up with Verizon or Asurion? I'm getting my replacement through Asurion Tuesday, but after my last two weeks with electronics, (broken Nexus screen *and* a Wii remote through my TV) I'm almost positive I'll get a broken phone again.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] southsko:
I'm on my third. I started to live with my 4G issues until I flashed the jb radios. it's good to go now
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Citizen_Snips:
I kept getting faulty replacements from Verizon. Haven't had to use insurance yet as all problems were covered under warranty.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] theredspecial:
I ended up going through 7 CLNR Nexus before they agreed to send me a S III, and then I had to get the S III replaced as well.

I really hope the next Nexus is NOT made by Samsung, I'll never buy their phones again.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] KWKSLVR:
No offense to anyone in this thread, but has it ever occurred to some of you guys that if you CONSTANTLY need replacements, especially with multiple device types, that maybe it's not a manufacturer error but a user error? I.E. you're using some app that causes issues or your expectations are off the charts? I have the first hardware version of toro, you know, the one that apparently sucks. I've never come close to thinking that I need a replacement.

Getting a dud on occasion is understandable, but some of this needing eleventy billion replacements just screams to me that some people are being just slightly whiny..........maybe. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Citizen_Snips:
Slightly offended. Not a chance. My first one just "magically" decides one day that it no longer feels like charging anymore. So I get a warranty replacement. #2 has a screen so horrible I knew it was going back RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX. I'm sorry, but it doesn't take some sort of professional or genius to realize you have a completely defective screen. Not to mention the pinned topic in Q&A that I read the sh*t out of to make sure I did indeed have a bad screen. You might wanna check that thread out if you haven't yet. So I send that one back in and they send me a Samsung Stratosphere. Which I needed to send back to get yet another nexus. Which finally appears to be good.

You see I could notice a lot of crap all over my screen when the brightness was turned down. It was obnoxious, really. And if you're like most other Nexus owners, your brightness is often somewhat low anyways due to the massive battery drain from the screen @ max brightness. I saw what appeared to be water marks / spots everywhere. To be completely honest with you I even noticed it on my first gnex. I just assumed it was a background or it was supposed to be like that. I didn't even think about getting it replaced until I saw the pinned topic about screens. Even then I didn't much care until the charge port died. #2 was about 1.5x worse with the screen then my first. Right out of the box...

I don't mean to be rude, but did it ever occur to you that Verizon Wireless USA might be the ones with their heads up their asses, slightly?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] theredspecial:
If I was reading this and had never had an issue I would have the same reaction. However, suggesting that "user error" would cause this is pretty ignorant. Unless I physically damage the phone or purposely flash something wrong, I can't do a damn thing to make the hardware work a certain way.

The problem with these devices is the lack of quality control while building them initially. The method of how they manufactured the AMOLED screens caused issues, and it has been improved with the S III. The radio issues are that of imperfect technology and LTE radios being rushed into production. The technology simply is not there yet and has not been mastered, which is Samsung's issue. It seems Motorola is the only company who "gets" it. The blame also falls on Verizon for allowing these to be released with known issues (ie the HTC Thunderbolt).

Those initial problems are that of NEW devices. CLNR devices have been "refurbished" and likely not tested as well as they should be. A bad radio might not be detectable by Samsung and therefore nothing is changed when they are returned, then resent out as a refurb.

Finally there is the issue of overall laziness/poor quality control on refurbs, two of my replacements were physically damaged when I received them, and not something that happened in shipping.

For what we pay on Verizon it's really not too much to ask to have a working phone, in fact it's expected. Especially considering these are $500-700 electronics. I will admit the screen issue can be considered "picky", but not when you can see burned in lines/icons.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] godsmacked4653:
But were any of those insurance replacements? Basically what I'm asking is if Asurion sends me a bad phone, do I send it back to Asurion or go to Verizon?

(I'm thinking Verizon if it's a faulty radio, bad screen, etc. since that's technically a warranty repair)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] theredspecial:
They were all Verizon replacements. I don't have Asurion.

TECHNICALLY, as I was told by a CSR who really knew his stuff, Samsung does all the refurbishing/testing, not Verizon. So presumably the Asurion replacement would be identical. I do recall reading somewhere that someone got Asurion to send him a brand new Nexus, but he had to pay like $700 out of pocket, which they refunded him when he sent back his bad phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] godsmacked4653:
Okay, makes sense.

Anyway, got my refurb Nexus, and it's got a purple-tinted screen... I'm going to try to get that fixed tonight before I fight for another one, because it seems (mostly) okay besides the screen tint.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TonyDeez:
Do you have that tint at brightness set over 25%?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] godsmacked4653:
Yeah, it only happens at low brightness. But high brightness kills the battery, and at night, even minimum brightness is still way too bright. CM10 + color tweaks helps it enough that I don't mind it, though. It's not worth getting 6 replacement phones that all have issues.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] etbrandt2:
I received a brand new Korean nex on an insurance claim a few weeks ago. They shipped it mad fast too...I finished my claim around 7:30 at night, replacement was sitting at my workplace 9 am the next day.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rezashah:
Hi,

I have installed Recovery and Custom ROMs.... how can I revert all and get back to original firmware/ROM?

THanks

Reza
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] waiflih:
flash a stock rom with flashtool
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rezashah:
But it will not remove Recovery? Would it?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] rhogz:
It is more convenient to have a fresh install of firmware then flash a kernel with root like Advance Stock Kernel, to avoid conflicts/errors.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frilli:
Sorry for my bad english. I am Italian.

There is a kernel to overclock the stock rom Galaxytab 2 10.1 ?

I looked on the internet but I only found the Kerner for CM10 and the Stock Galaxytab 2 7 ".
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] captiv123:
Hi all

I am running cyanogen 10 and really don't like the bundled appollo music player.

I installed playerpro and poweramp but both seem to have major issues with battery drain.

Is there any fix for this ?

Or alternately is there another app you can recommend for me ?

Thanks in advance
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xxwaterbirdx:
try xperia player,testing it now
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] captiv123:
Thanks

Is it available on the play store ?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xxwaterbirdx:
no but i can upload it to dropbix n giv u d link,cuz i 4gt which forum alr

---------- Post added at 09:25 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:21 PM ----------

http://db.tt/25BMf7QF here isit
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] captiv123:
Thanks but I get an error
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] captiv123:
Got it, thanks so much :)

Let me know how you like it
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] noy-z:
Why do you have battery drain using poweramp? Is it media scanner? I may have a solution if it is.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] captiv123:
Not sure if its also the media scanner, but when I run poweramp, close it, then check my battery stats hours later, it shown a lot of drain.

Also when I check in the "running processes", it always shows poweramp running in the background even when its closed. Could that be why ?

Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] King Shady:
I use poweramp too and I think it drains more battery because of my customized equalizer settings
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ipersian:
Hi

please help

I just flashed a new stock ROM for my gs2g device with the latest 4.0.4 pakistan vesion (jplp9) using Mobile Odin Pro (latest version) after installing it is stock in the green android logo and after rebooting it does not start up. by pressing the power button or plugging the charger again it goes to the green android picture and allows me 5 choices: including reboot, wipe data, wipe chache.my previous firmware was 2.3.6 jplc1 rooted with streetware kernel. I tried to post at the i9100g part of the forum but the forum didn't permit posting there.

What should I do now?!:(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SirKunon:
You should try to perform update via Odin if you were on GB. Mobile odin doesn't flash bootloader.

But in the recovery which is open as you described try to wipe/factory reset and check if this helped. If not you should use Odin and flash stock firmware first.

i9.0.1.3k galaxy imperator
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mizzeeboy:
Hi there when you say you are seeing the green android logo I persume that ur in download mode power on +vol down+home buttn form there why don't you go to samfirmware.com and download the pakistani v of ics 4.0.3 for i9100g.

Because im pakistani ill give you a a link lol

http://www.hotfile.com/dl/168412584/9726061/I9100GJPLP9_I9100GOJPLP6_PAK.zip.html

Download odin and flash the file to the pda box of odin and walah your back on it
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ipersian:
Thanks. Here was the solution:i simply flashed the 4.0.4 version through odin and it all worked.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vindikleuk:
Hey folks,

Recently I got myself a keyboard (on my i9000) which allows setting of custom vibration lengths when a key is pressed. I can pick a vibration from 0 to infinity milliseconds, and I find the 1ms setting pretty comfortable. I can just feel the vibration enough to notice it that way.

I am a little familiar with the vibration mechanism of the phone, and I was wondering how these mechanisms break. I get that setting the vibration to 1000ms might eventually wear out the mechanism so it will stop working, but that's nothing strange.

But what will happen if the phone is set to only vibrate for 1ms? When compared to higher amounts of milliseconds, the charge that goes through the device is disproportionally big for the amount of time it has to vibrate. Do any of you have any educated guesses if setting 1ms instead of 10ms would have a disproportionally negative effect on the vibration mechanism?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Bromsoket:
Hi guys, need som help...

Ive unlocked the bootloader on a Xperia S and a ACRO S and just realized that

the "share location" function is not working anymore.

I get a "Service unavailable" error message when trying to use it.

Im running rooted stock 6.1.A.2.45 on both phones

(It worked fine before i unlocked the bootloaders, was running rooted stock 6.1.A.1.58 and 6.1.A.2.45)

Anybody else seen this?

Can someone with unlocked bootloader try this and check if you get the same error?

Any solution or workaround?

Thanks:)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] sixdaysandy:
Yep, I can confirm the same thing.

I knew that the 'Like' function in Walkman wasn't working but I assumed that was due to the DRM keys. However why wouldn't the location search work?

I just relocked my bootloader and neither work.

I have Frozen/Deleted a few things from the stock firmware so I'm going to reflash and confirm the issue.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Bromsoket:
I relocked the bootloaders on both phones and reflashed the stock FW (tried both .45 and .58 on both phones)

still the same, cant get the "Share location to work":rolleyes:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Bromsoket:
No more users with unlocked bootloader having this problem?

Anyone have any idea/guess why location share dosent work when bootloader is unlocked?

Not that i must have this function but its a bit annoying since i cant see why it wouldnt work with unlocked bootloader....

Thanks.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] del1701:
Yep, not working on mine.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Felimenta97:
Also not working for me :(

Sent from my LT26i with Tapatalk 2
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jwitt418:
So I have a bunch apks that I add to every rom that I flash.... I was wondering if someone could lend some knowledge. I want to put them together in a flashable zip u can use in recovery, but do I just zip them in winzip and done? Or are there other steps I need to take? Should I use something besides winzip? Thanks in advance.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Diablo67:
You will need to make a folder called update,inside make a folder called META-INF,in the META make folders called com/google/android,so the structure looks like this... META-INF/com/google/android,this thread will tell you how to make an updater script... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=641223 ,after you've created an updater and update scripts,after that in the same area you made the META folder,make a folder called system,inside system make one called apps,then put your apps in there and add the symlinks pointing to the apps,which is in the same thread as above.After you have finished that,right click the update folder and add to archive,in compression settings use "store" method and type of compression,use zip,then zip it up and theres your flashable update script.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Papa Smurf151:
Or u could just find a flashable zip of a mod or apk in the themes and apk section for evo and then just add ur apps to it. Should work as long as updater script mounts and unmounts /system.

U can use 7zip or winrar to open the zip up. Open up system folder then app folder. Add ur apks and delete the things the script originally added unless u want them. Easy as that.

Name of flashable zip doesn't matter btw

XDA Moderator
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] these:
Dear XDA people,

I want to show the status bar after entering the correct pattern on my phone. Here is my phone's info attached.

The trouble i am having is that the status bar hides (i cannot get it to show). The device will charge when connected to my Mac, however, it is not recognized as a storage device... Do I have to factory reset or uninstall anything?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
Solution:

1. About status bar:

-long press the power button

-select expanded desktop

Solved

2. About usb connection

The problem: MTP mode is the default which I don't think connects will with OS X

-make sure you are not ruining tablet mode

-goto Settings > Storage> press the menu button for options > select usb connection >select mass storage

Solved.

Swyped from my Galaxy SII
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] daniel4518:
Does anyone know why there are two different threads under development and they both have different file sizes for the downloads?? I want to update but one is about half the size of the other. This is from the JRO03O build.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jerrycycle:
Use this link. [Radio][Bootloader] JRO03O Radios and Bootloader - xda-developers http://bit.ly/O5SvAo
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] daniel4518:
Thank you, I will flash from that link. That was one of the ones I was looking at, the other being http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1860005
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jerrycycle:
That link you posted has just the radios, no bootloader included.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] daniel4518:
Right, the radios only from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1860005 is 14.41MB and the radios only from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1860304 is 6.48MB
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] ppchotman19:
Hi all,

U may like this>>>

I think it's the best of all so far...

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...2t3ZWF0aGVyIl0.:good:
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrfaulkin:
My TF300 is unlocked. I installed the new JB and then I was trying to install CWM. I used fastboot to push it to the device. When I rebooted, holding down the volume button, It came up to the menu with RCK, USB, etc. I selected wipe data by accident. It sat there for a while saying it was going to wipe and go into the boot loader. After a while I shut it off thinking it was hung. Now when I power on the device I get only the ASUS startup screen. Volume up or down don't affect the mode. It just says "The Device is Unlocked" at the top, and the static ASUS logo in the middle. When I plug in the USB to my Windows 7 computer I get nothing in the device listing. I can't even fully turn the device off. Holding power for a few seconds, it goes off, and then it comes right back on by itself.

I think I'm totally bricked, right? I CAN get into APX mode.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sparky28000:
Yes, wiping the data will brick your device if you don't have a working recovery.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrfaulkin:
Actually, I just discovered that I do have access to APX. Is there a way to push a working recovery through APX?
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeroen.wit:
I did exactly the same thing.

I have exact same problem.

Tried it via APX mode via NVflash but no luck so far.:crying:

need the correct SBK version.

SBKv1 and SBKv2 doesn't work for the TF300t.

I send my tf300t for repair.

Lets hope that they can fix my TF300t.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krhainos:
Unfortunately, APX and nvflash is not available for the TF300T currently. As I understand it, you're required to record some information and your Secure Boot Keys (SBK) prior to bricking to be able to access APX. Otherwise, your only recourse is to contact Asus and start the RMA process.

I'm recording my developments over in this thread : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1825265&page=2 (my post is at the bottom)
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrfaulkin:
I think I'm going to hold out until someone figures out the NvFlash process as described here:

http://androidroot.mobi/technical/tf-secure-boot-key/