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[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] posytryon:
Hi,

I got the same problem too.

Sometime, it's getting worse and worse so I have no other choice but to reboot the phone --> When I put my PIN code and press the validation button, the screen doesn't go to the main menu but asks me again about my PIN code. Infinite loop...

I cleaned the SIM card 15min ago and no problem since (fingers crossed). I read an alternative version of android solved the issue in one case but not always. I won't take that risk if I have to send it back to the manufacturer. Before I do that, could you suggest me something else to try ?

Many thanks for your help.

Best,

Valentin
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] denyo1977:
I had the Nexus 4 since December and yesterday for the first time the phone asked for the PIN code and lost the connection to the network. And like posytryon I had to enter the PIN more than once (in my case it was "only" twice). This morning it already happened twice again. Never rooted the phone, stock Android on it. What is going on? :(
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottx .:
Why are you people so paranoid? I've never used a lock on mine. In all these years....

Just asking for trouble using sim lock IMO.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] denyo1977:
What kind of silly reply is that? Why is it asking for trouble using SIM lock??? And if you read through this thread, someone had the same problem of the phone not connecting anymore even without SIM lock.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sk8oldschool74:
I pulled my sim yesterday because I switched users now it says no sim I put old sim in same problem flashed new rom nothing... :(

(CRAZY TIMES)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sk8oldschool74:
Thank you so much this fixed my problem!!! ;):):beer:

Again thank you so much!!! :D:D:D

(Mathew 5:44)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] englishpunk:
I'd noticed the same thing, and insulating the SIM from the holder resolved the problem for me also.

I also found an app for monitoring and alerting if the phone switched back to asking for the SIM PIN, this might be useful for others.

SIM Locked Notifier - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.slaytanic.SIMLockedRingNotifier
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] posytryon:
Finally put some adhesive between the tray and the SIM card. Worked perfectly for me too, no SIM problem for 10 days now.

Thank you so much, Lucker#1.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soundsofmath:
im having the same issue has anyone figured out a solution any help greatly appreciated
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HamsterHam:
I have the same issue.

Just took the sim card out and cleaned it. Resat it in the tray so hopefully that will fix it.

Can someone share some pictures on where they put the tape to fix it?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SrdjanPsy:
Duck tape

Duck tape seems to be the ultimate fix (:

Just check if your SIM card metal part touches the frame or if it's close to touching it and put some tape over the frame...

It works 4 me 4 now....
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mymeatb18:
Basically they are saying the Sim card is shorting to ground by touching the card tray. Just put tape on the areas that seem like they will contact the chip of the card.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jasaad:
the sim is shorting with the sim card holder? i am having the same problem, but not sure about how u r suggesting it to be done, on the back of the sim, or simply on the card holder or w/e i am lost.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mymeatb18:
Yeah the chip part of the Sim card is touching the Sim card holder which is causing the problem. If you see the chip touching or near any part of the Sim holder wrap a small thin piece of tape, like electrical tape, around the length of the leg. Just try to make sure the chip is not touching any part of the Sim holder. Make sure that it won't come off too easily though.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jasaad:
okay i will try it thx u :)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ersolido:
Thanks so much but I can't fix this problem wich this solution.

It's really that I try, and my Nexus 4 happen less but I'm desperate... can anyone please put photos or have another fix??

Sorry for my english, i don't speak it.

Thanks so much,
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Covarrubias:
Many thanks, I cutted my sim to microsim with scissors and the tray was close to the sim contacts also and your solution solved my problem.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] la3bna:
This did not help Me. Any other suggestions?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WibblyW:
I've started getting this since 4.3 on a N4. Happens when I'm in/out of GSM coverage in a weak signal area. I suspect the radio stack is getting confused, crashing and restarting, triggering the prompt for the PIN. Of course those without PIN protection on their SIM will never notice...

On my old HTC Desire S it would cause the phone to reboot too. But the N4 was fine for me... until 4.3.

Only work-around would appear to be not to use the SIM PIN - so much for THAT security feature :(

Maybe star this issue https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=41376, but sadly I suspect it won't get much attention.

On EE in the UK.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CoolApps:
You and your post will be mentioned in the Q&A Fixes and Questions thread for others who have issues with this.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prcolaco:
N4 telephony bug solution

I also had this problem since the upgrade to 4.3. :(

I figured out that the problem is somehow related to 3G use. It only happens to me in the cities, outside in country side it doesn't happen.

So I tried to switch on the "use only 2G networks (saves batery)" and the problem was gone. :)

For those looking for a fast solution you can try this. It's really a pain in the ass to slow down the comm, but at least you don't have to switch off the PIN.

I am going to try the tape solution later...
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WibblyW:
Tape hasn't worked for me :(
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prcolaco:
Tried the tape without any luck either...

The only thing that works for me is switching to 2G.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slakkehuisje:
same problem

I've had the same problem for a while now. I think it started after the 4.3 update, but can't be sure..

I have tried several roms to see if it's a rom-related issue without success.

Tried the tape just now, hope it works.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] horizonstar:
I rooted the device as soon as I opened the box. And it upgraded twice. Now the system is 4.2.1.

I then added couple of new clocks showing 2 different time zones. Now I am traveling and found totally 4 clocks shows up on my lock screen and in the clock app. That's too much, even for me. But now I could not find where to remove one of them.

Anyone could help me on it? Thanks a bunch!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ClintvL:
Remove them with long press and drag them to the 'x'?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] horizonstar:
Sorry for late reply. The network here is not very good. I found the place to reduce one clock. In the clock app, click location and uncheck those clock unwanted.

Thanks anyway.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] vrivera1125:
Hey everyone,

I realize there is no stock rom camera on the rooted pa. Just wondering if you guys have a solution for the problem, or have an alternative app I can use as a solid camera/recorder.

Thanks so much guys!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] area51avenger:
Did you flash gapps? Camera should come with that if I'm not mistaken
[HTC Droid DNA] chrisjm00:
Title says what I'm looking for. Does anyone have a flashable zip for the sense launcher that I can change the size of the launcher font? I change the size of the font in the system settings and it doesn't reflect on the homescreen. That inconsistency is driving me nuts.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] flaring afro:
These phones both have great cameras in daylight. There doesn't seem to be enough of a difference to be a reason for wanting one over the other. I had read in reviews that the Note 2 performed better in low lighting, but never found comparison shots. Well, my brother-in-law and I just took some for anyone who may wonder. These were taken at the same time, so the lighting was the same. We also had all our settings at auto, besides the flash being off. The Penguin has a 100 watt equivalent cool white bulb in it so it was very bright, the polar bear is very dim.

The Note 2 definitely handled the bright penguin better. The DNA won in the last picture in color of the light, etc. In the polar bear picture, if you combined the fence coloring of both images, you'd get what I see with my eyes.

First, the DNA
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] flaring afro:
Note 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] illogic6:
Happy to see that the Note 2 is just as good if not better.

The left most picture looks better on the Note to me while the right most looks better with the DNA IMO. Hard to tell which is better without comparing it to the reality I guess.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] flaring afro:
Just updated the first post describing how we felt. Unfortunately, we don't have a good camera as a third comparison.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] TechSavvy2:
???

Are you looking at the same pictures we are? The DNA images look better than my Note 2, along with my personal experience also. I have both phones, but I think the DNA wins hands down from what was posted.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] flaring afro:
I don't know about that. With bright lights that are directed toward the camera, the Note 2 does a better job. The penguin looks much better with the Note 2. Maybe we'll do a shot or two with car headlights on tomorrow.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] my_handle:
This was taken at the zoo at night. It's light projected onto a rock wall. Was completely dark outside. I was the only person to get it with my phone easily. Everyone one else out there was struggling or using dslr camera

Sent from my big ass Note 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Wickedares:
is it just me or are this attachments not showing up?

Edit: nvm they loaded after i posted this.

looks to me that the note beats the dna on all of them but the 4th pic
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] droidstyle:
this is what I see aswell!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] xxxxmarkxxx:
I'll call it a draw overall
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] FUSIBLE:
I agree that the last pic DNA dealt with the light better.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] suzook:
I had both....gn2 was much better indoors, but the DNA was much better outdoors.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] itch808:
need 100% crops and better controls
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] rkerns:
I have had both in the past month and can say that camera is one if the reasons I returned DNA. It was good bit not equal. IMO as I take a huge amount of pics if my 2 lil girls. Everything is subjective and settings are a huge variable but both are amazing devices. Other reasons - expandable memory and exchangable battery - were the deal breakers but I did feel slighted by DNA cam. That being said... both were heavy hitters
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] imnuts:
The last pictures look relatively equal to me, though the Note 2 could have been affected by the light coming in from the left side a little bit, which isn't visible in the DNA pic. From the looks of it, the Note 2 does better in low light with a single bright source, but in very low lighting, the DNA is better. In reality, I wouldn't use any smartphone to take dark or low-light shots, and would even avoid it if possible on a standard point and shoot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] blackbass595:
dont quit your day job for photography please. lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] patrick_1:
My LED notification light is dim when I'm charging my device, it's nice and bright blue when notifying of a message, booting up or email. Occasionally it's bright red when I first plug it into the charger or computer but then dims within a minute or so.

Anyone else come across this or know if this is related to a faulty usb port? Have titanium version running stock at the moment.

Sent from a Titanium SPH-L900 using xda premium
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] theoner1:
I noticed mine is dim when I plug it into my car charger that only supplied 1A to it. My guess is that its because not enough juice going through it. Oem wall Samsung charger never produces any sort of dim light.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] LMMT:
The light sensor seems to work, even when the screen is off. Notice the charge light is brighter in higher ambient light, and dims if you cover the sensor.

Edit: I just plugged in, in a dark room. Charge light was dim. If I shine light on screen, the charge light brightens.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] patrick_1:
Didn't know about the sensor, I'll try that Thanks. I'm using the oem charger when this happens, thought I might have a faulty charger but gf's n2 charger produces the same.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] patrick_1:
LMMT thanks you were spot on, tested under desk light...dimmed under brighter ambient light. Cool feature, this device keeps showing me news tricks everyday man:thumbup::D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] theoner1:
That makes a lot of since, when ever I charge my phone in the car is always at night in dark area.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] hayabusa1300cc:
Yup this is a feature Samsung started with the s3 jelly bean update, at first we thought it was a bug.

.:Sent from my Sprint Galaxy Note II:.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] patrick_1:
That's exactly what I was thinking when I noticed it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] sling:
Wow crazy noticed this for sometime but didn't really sink in till last night. I was thinking my battery was going bad....maybe bad usb connector on device grrr couldn't figure it out,

I have noticed when light is dim charge seems to be slower though.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] RayTrue04:
I've always wondered about this myself and did notice it behaved differently under different light conditions so I just ignored it and assumed it's normal behavior. It's bright all the time if you charge the phone powered off :p
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Landara:
Ok a friend of mine just bought a 32gb N7 and it pushed an OTA which he ran. However his N7 is still stuck at 4.1.1. His GF has also a new nexus, the 16gb, and hers updated to 4.2.x on its own. His says it is fully up to date. He really likes the setup of the status bar and menu on 4.2 and wants up uptate. But it won't. Both devices are fully stock/unrooted unlike my own Nexus devices. I could root the things and do this with a ROM or CWM whatever, but they'd prefer not to root the devices.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ericerk:
Fastboot into 4.2.1??

https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images

Factory Images "nakasi" for Nexus 7 (Wi-Fi)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Landara:
Wouldn't that wipe to device? He doesn't want to do that if he can avoid it. He spent a lot of time setting up. Is there a way to simply install the update without using a OTA?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XSafire:
Whenever I say "listen to" or "play" any artist or song title, Google Now won't open it using Play Music, it will just suggest YouTube. For some reason though it knows I have the music stored on my phone when you choose to search your phone using the bottom panel (see pics)

Anyone know what would cause this?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] salamanders:
My Nexus 7 will not boot at all. I have tried:

Holding the power button for 30+ seconds

Holding the power and volume buttons (also for 30+ seconds)

Charging it for 2+ hours and repeating

When I connect it to a PC the computer will recognize a device, but it's inaccessible.

UPDATE: Windows (XP) device manager does NOT recognize it.

The Nexus crashed while I was installing an app in the Play store (other apps were updating in the background). After this I haven't been able to turn it back on.

Any ideas on what to do or what has happened?
[HTC Droid DNA] earthrocker:
scroll down to see my post with updated pics with the new tricks!!

so one thing i noticed is that the camera doesn't light up the flash to focus when you have the flash on like most other phones do (the S3 is one)

this makes low light shots 10x worse on the DNA than the S3 for example. If there was a way to make the camera flash while focusing so it can actually get that thing in focus in the dark, then i believe low light pictures would come out much better.

i've tried Camera JB+ but it's the same as the stock...wonder if theres a cmaera app out there that uses the flash while focusing? any thoughts?

here's two pics:

http://imgur.com/a/Bb5ju

the first is the S3. the second is the DNA. since when you focus with the S3, the flash comes on, it was easily able to focus and get a better shot. on the DNA, it was blindly focusing on whatever, despite the fact the screen was black since there was no light in the room.

you can also notice how soft the DNA seems...which is the post-processing "auto enhance" crap that HTC forced us to use on this camera. on my Rezound, i always turned that off because it looked awful, and now they're not giving us a chance to.
[HTC Droid DNA] odesskiy:
I'm very interested in the answer to this, as I think that low-light shots with flash are absolute garbage on the DNA. I love everything about the phone except for that. I think even my old Blunderbolt did better.
[HTC Droid DNA] earthrocker:
the big problem here is Auto ISO. do me a favor, turn the ISO to 200, and then try to take a low-light photo with flash. It may be very hard to focus on exactly where you want, but i guarantee there will be MUCH less noise. the ISO over-compensates, and at auto, its very grainy. i took pitch black shots last night at iso 200 and 400 with flash on, and to my surprise there wasn't much noise.

also, turn your sharpness up +1. this helps compensate for HTC's built in auto-enhance, which tends to "blur" the background out to try to get rid of noise..the rezound had this too, and i always had it off because it looks terrible. unfortunately, on the DNA, you can't turn it off yet.
[HTC Droid DNA] xxfallacyxx:
I know it's not the solution you were looking for, but on my Rezound if I were taking very low light shots I'd turn on my flashlight app first, so the flash would be on permanently. The phone would then both focus with and take the photo with the flash on.

Until such time as a solution is found, feel free to try my hassle of a work-around haha
[HTC Droid DNA] earthrocker:
hey thanks for the tip! what app did you use to do it? that would be great, but unfortunately, the flashlight shuts off the second i enter the camera app :\
[HTC Droid DNA] xxfallacyxx:
It might just be part of the ROM I'm on, but I use the flashlight toggle from the quick-settings pull down menu. If that's the case, then I apologize for getting your hopes up haha.
[HTC Droid DNA] earthrocker:
ahh dang! yeah, tiny flashlihgt doesn't let me keep it on when going into the camera app :(
[HTC Droid DNA] bloodymackey:
and change white balance to flourescent, this will make photo not yellowish.
[HTC Droid DNA] odesskiy:
Sweet! I'm gonna try this tonight at home. I've been trying to take pictures of my Xmas tree, which is really beautiful and photos were coming out horrid. Too bad you can't save all these settings to some sort of a preset to be enabled quickly for low-light shots :(
[HTC Droid DNA] earthrocker:
guys, I've figured out the secret to low light shots! the pic I took looks identical to the gs3 now, from what I can tell on my dna. check it out!

set your iso to 200...always use 200 for least noise possible. put sharpness up + 1. then, the secret here, jack exposure up ALL THE WAY! bam! great night shots with flash that even focus decently too. your screen will be black bevsuseThe iso is so low, but take the pic and you'll see!
[HTC Droid DNA] odesskiy:
Holy crap! That totally worked! Much, much better results! Now we need some sort of a settings switcher for the camera :)
[HTC Droid DNA] xeroatticus:
Check the contrast

Hey all, this is my first post and I know that I'm a noob - glad I got that out of the way.

As I read these posts and looked at the settings on my DNA, I found that by defult HTC sets their contrast WAY too high - it actually makes the pictures look darker. So I suggest that you play around with the contrast. I lowered it all the way down and my scenes look brighter and cleaner.

Yes, ISO 200 and 400 work best. Also, if you want to make your images looks 'artsy,' the camera app has built in filters.

Well, that's all I have for you all.

Later.
[HTC Droid DNA] earthrocker:
hey, thanks for the contribution! i'm going to give the contrast a shot now. i never really played that much around with that, just ISO and exposure. thanks!
[HTC Droid DNA] earthrocker:
ok so here's a small contrast comparison:

the first picture is contrast -1

the second picture is stock contrast

which looks better to you?

http://imgur.com/a/Jjplk
[HTC Droid DNA] earthrocker:
tonight i'm going to try some night shots again, wtih the same liquor cabinet pic, but make the contrast -1 and -2 and throw them up here.
[HTC Droid DNA] Memnoch73:
Great thread and info guys. Always looking to make phone camera pics the best possible...
[HTC Droid DNA] xeroatticus:
Some of my own tests

Hey, I like the first image: the one that has stock contrast.

I will also be making some tests, I will post them soon.

HDR is also a great option under well lit conditions. It will give the the greatest range.
[HTC Droid DNA] earthrocker:
to be honest, i never really knew what HDR meant or did lol sometimes it looks great, soemtimes terrible
[HTC Droid DNA] earthrocker:
btw the first pic is the -1 contrast..second is stock..
[HTC Droid DNA] rfarrah:
Very interesting thread!
[HTC Droid DNA] xeroatticus:
Ok, so here are the tests I conducted

Ok, here are the fruits of my labor. Check it our and draw your own conclusions.

Enjoy!

bmurguia.wordpress.com/2012/12/12/htc-dna-camera-test-and-review/

You will have to add the HTTP and the WWW, because XDA says I'm a noob and they think I'm spaming. :/
[HTC Droid DNA] earthrocker:
GREAT review, man! i learned about HDR!

also, i am like, 100% positive that the fact that images look soft and blurred and whatnot is because of that "auto enhance" crap. if HTC gave us the option to turn it off like they do on hte Inc 4g and the Rezound, we wouldn't have these issues.

i remember having these EXACT issues with my Rezound when I first got it, and i hated it...turned it off, and bam, looked 10x better. i compensate for that by adding +1 to sharpness.
[Off-topic] valdesr11:
What's the best pc gaming forum?
[Off-topic] LoopDoGG79:
This one
[Off-topic] valdesr11:
It's a simple off topic question. I don't see the purpose in your attempt at humor.
[Off-topic] TheSkinnyDrummer:
There's 1000+ posts in the gaming thread that already exists in ot. Surely one of them has to be useful to you.;)

Easier than it sounds, harder than it looks.
[Off-topic] LoopDoGG79:
Sorry, here you go
[Off-topic] Whowahn:
B4 everything.

You Live To Die.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
There are decent gaming sub-sections in the Anandtech and OcUK forums. The Escapist is worth checking out, even if only for the Zero Punctuation reviews, and there's the Steam user forums too.

There's also Guru3D forums, Nvidia forums and even gfx card manufacturer forums, i.e EVGA.
[Off-topic] 063_XOBX:
Off Topic am serious business.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Nyambaa:
Guys,

i have downloaded zombiewood from site. I cant download from googleplay(becoz its restricted).

and i installed and followed the step, but its not working. just showing starting screen and thats all. automatically closing.

pls advice me?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] akshatsourav:
u need sd data too...
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Jarmezrocks:
This should be in the Q& A section. Please refer to the rules of XDA. Thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] -Falco:
http://www.otterbox.com/Samsung-Gal...r=J5&start=1&cgid=samsung-galaxy-note-2-cases

is this the right case for this version of the galaxy note 2?