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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] damdlux:
Greetings everyone! I'm a long-time lurker on this site, but have a bizarre problem that I need help with. I've searched all over, and haven't found anyone with this issue. Hopefully someone here can help! Ok, here it goes.

I purchased a used AT&T Galaxy S3, unlocked it, and put it on a T-Mobile prepaid plan. Everything works properly (calls, texts, data, etc.). But when I get to work I have the problem. While I'm in my building, the phone will show full bars for service, but it tells me it's not connected to any network when I try to do anything. If I try to make a call, it says for emergency calls only. Basically it acts the same as if the bill hadn't been paid, so they suspend your service while the phone still shows a signal. As soon as I leave the building, everything comes back as normal.

At first I was thinking the building was a dead zone, but it doesn't add up. Everyone else at work is always on their cell phones walking all around, and I've asked around to see if anyone else had these problems. Everyone says they have no reception issues at all, coming from people on various networks. Also, if it were a dead zone, I wouldn't think it'd be showing fluctuating signal bars. So I'm stumped, and desperately need to figure this out. Any ideas?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] lonz358:
Tried a different modem?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] damdlux:
I tried three different modems this morning. No luck. Anyone have any other ideas?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hednik:
Flash a T-mobile ROM ? Since it's unlocked why not flash a stock or close to stock T-mobile ROM. A conflict of some sorts there
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] damdlux:
Would I be able to get a stock T-mobile rom without having to downgrade from 4.1? The only one I could find was for 4.0.4.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hednik:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1949687

UVDLJA I believe it is is the t mobile stock one with root injected you can flash with odin
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] damdlux:
Ok, so an update on this situation. I flashed the T-Mobile stock firmware via Odin as suggested. I tried that with a combination of different modems, and nothing worked. I finally caved and bought a T-Mobile S3 T999, which arrived last night. On my way to work I had 4G just about the whole way, seemingly great service. As soon as I got inside, the problem was back. Five bars, no service (now saying not registered on network). I'm starting to wonder if it's the fault of the S3 in general having poor signal quality, or if it's T-Mobile service. I'm hoping maybe someone else has some new ideas to try out, or suggestions on if I should get a different phone or network.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] BWolf56:
Try this: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=36801042&postcount=4

Dunno if it's gonna work but can't hurt to try.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] hkt03:
I bought this tablet as a gift sometime in May of 2012. It was a refurbed unit but worked flawlessly since then. This morning, it was left turned on, as it always is, and when we returned to it later in the day it was off.

It was turned back on, booted past the Acer screen and stopped on the Android screen. It just keeps looking like its loading, but nothing happens. It was left on the charger for a while to see if maybe that helped but nothing. It turns off if the power button is held and we even tried the reset button only to keep coming back to the Android screen.

I would suspect the mother board failure that seems to be plaguing these things but those only get to the Acer screen. This one is getting to the Android screen atleast.

The tablet is COMPLETELY stock. Stock OTA ICS ROM, stock recovery, stock everything. I haven't flashed anything to it, no new apps were installed recently. Is it possible to recover the tablet back to its former self? I figured I would ask if there was anything I could possibly do before trying a hard reset.

I've used adb and all that for rooting and flashing ROMs on my phones before, so I would be comfortable doing so on the A100 if I have to but I'm assuming a hard reset will be the only choice at the moment.

Thanks!
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] pio_masaki:
Hard reset and pray. If that doesn't do it, I'm not sure acer will work with it as a refurb.

Sent from my HTC DNA
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] hkt03:
that's what I was afraid of, was just hoping there was hope haha

thanks
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] jiggamanjb:
Quick question, when AT&T releases the OTA JB update will I be able to slide in a AT&T SIM from someone else and pull down the update from AT&T. Right now when I do a check for updates it says it cannot connect - I'm running on T-Mobile.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] 954wrecker:
I think you will still get the update if and when it comes out if you stay stock. I was getting bothered by an update with my T-Mobile sim in it right when I got the phone just before I rooted it.

Sent from my HTC One XL
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] superchilpil:
You can just do the update on WiFi

Slithered from my HTC One X+ running Viper XL+
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] 954wrecker:
I freaked out when I saw the update pop up I did not want it to auto update and mess up my hboot

Sent from my HTC One XL
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] jiggamanjb:
It seems like I'm not getting a connection to them though. This is what it looks like.

Guess I'll just waitand see, it's not out yet anyway.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] 954wrecker:
No clue but you couldn't pay me enough to ever do an ota update with this phone

Sent from my HTC One XL
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] andrewjt19:
What do you all think? Any chance that Verizon won't be so stubborn with Google this time and release another Nexus device? I'm curious... I love my GNexus, but would love a new toy to tinker around with... It's highly subjective, obviously.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Khizar:
i doubt it...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] andrewjt19:
Sadly, I fear the same..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Liskrig:
I personally feel that the GNex is the last pure Nexus device we will see branded with Verizon. The whole fiasco with the 4.0.4 update was probably the breaking point. Google released it, and it took Verizon's poor excuse for technical support to "approve" it to be pushed out... while the iPhone has updates available as soon as Apple pushes them out with no delay.

It's sad too, because I truly feel that Verizon's LTE network is the best around so far (at least the most available). I would love to buy a Nexus 4 with LTE capabilities, but knowing Verizon, their crappy silk-screened logo on the front, back, top, and sides will hike the retail price of it to $650 because they love their contracts.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] WiredPirate:
There may not be another Nexus on VZW for a while, at least until the sunset of CDMA. If my memory serves me correct LTE is open.. So once we don't need CDMA for voice and a secondary data network, Google will be able to sell unlocked LTE phones to VZW customers.

I know there are people here more knowledgable than I am that could help put some more light to that, or maybe tell me where I am confused. I am pretty sure that is what I have read in the past.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zepius:
LTE on vzw is open and will allow unlocked LTE devices on it.

the problem is voice service still demands their CDMA network and their LTE frequency is limited to vzw. until we get multiband VoLTE capable phones, you will more than likely never see a nexus phone on verizon.
[HTC Sensation] kashifn00r@hotmail.com:
Dear friends,

I tried to flash the Jelly BAM rom 3.3 on my htc sensation. The device is roooted with CWM installed. I did factory data wipe in recoevre mode and installed the zip from sdcard but on booting my system hangs on the startup screen forever. After that i have tried all data wipes etc but it doesnt seem to be working. My device is also not being recognised on the computer so i would flash the boot.img from adb or some thing. can you please advise what to do now?
[HTC Sensation] Raven2k:
Is your device s-off?

If not, install 4ext recovery (see my signature) and flash the ROM from there, make sure 'smart flash' is checked in the recovery.

Without s-off the recovery has no direct access to the boot partition, this smart flash mode bypass this problem.
[HTC Sensation] huyhamhoc:
You need s-off, new recovery
[HTC Incredible S] osiris231:
I'm trying to install custom ROM on Incredible s following the instructions here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1337105

I can't boot past the htc screen. only after getting to this stage did I come across the whole S-ON/S-OFF thing. unfortunately I am stuck with S-ON and no ROM to boot into. from everything I've looked up you can only achieve S-OFF through adb mode and considering I have no android to load I can't exactly do that.

I have Clockwork Recovery v5.0.2.0.

...and no I don't have a nandroid backup. I'm doing this on my brother's phone coming from my GNex where we don't have these problems.

also I've tried running RUU_Vivo_Gingerbread_S_Optus_AU_2.12.980.2_R_Radio_20.2803.30.085AU_3805.04.03.12_M_release_185028_signed.exe but that just fails.

another question would be given the current situation would a nandroid backup solve my problems and if so is there anywhere I could get one as I can't find one online atm.

perhaps would there be a way to force the phone into adb mode?

any help will be greatly appreciated.
[HTC Incredible S] LamboBull:
Could you go to recovery and mount usb? Could that help or is that not usefull with s-on?

Sent from one of the few remaining Incredible S'
[HTC Incredible S] osiris231:
thanks but I tried that already, didn't work
[HTC Incredible S] InsertDumbNick:
Are you able to enter the recovery?
[HTC Incredible S] vieose:
Flash the boot.IMG from the room you last flashed in fastboot with the command

Fastboot flash boot boot.img

And it should boot fine :)
[HTC Incredible S] osiris231:
I don't know why but that worked!

I LOVE YOU MAN!

I really don't know what happened here but it's working so thank you so much! so then what is the deal with this whole S-ON/S-OFF thing? don't you need to turn it to off then?
[HTC Incredible S] LamboBull:
With S-OFF, you can place the rom on your SD card and flash it, no need to extract or run adb. You can flash the whole rom without touching your computer. It is just easier in my opinion.
[LG Optimus 2x] GentlyCriminal:
Always when i shut my phone down, it immediately restarts again, how can i fix that?
[LG Optimus 2x] kissyoua:
sorry but it never happened to me,maybe a full wipe could sovle it?
[LG Optimus 2x] justforgot:
Try what he told you. If it didn't work. Wipe everything and re-install rom.
[LG Optimus 2x] GentlyCriminal:
haha unfortunately i wouldn't be asking if it would be that easy to fix, but thx anyway
[LG Optimus 2x] nicholaschw:
reflash a stock rom.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wings9130:
I'm having a problem with my phones sounds. When I am on a call and I receive a text message or missed call/voicemail my notification sounds become extremely low to almost silent. I have to restart the phone to get them back to normal. My phone is rooted stock with no custom rom. If anyone has run into this problem please help.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] das_webos_transformer:
Do you have ANY sound mods? That may be the culprit. Flashing freezas stock rom, you have recovery? That might fix it. Also clear cache.

Sent from a Soviet base in Indiana
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wings9130:
no i don't have any sound mods. Anyone else have this problem?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] GLDavis:
Qa
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jivy26:
Is anyone else getting Android OS around 50-60% battery use?

I have tried every ROM included going back to stock. I have ran the phone with nothing but Stock and no apps installed for a day and still get the same drain so I can only assume its a kernel issue.

I am not familiar with LG products in the slightest, but I had a yellow screen of death the other day...something I have never seen in my years with samsung android products. Anyone have any idea what this is maybe it is pointing to a hardware issue?

LG made a great phone, but I don't think I will keep it much longer. Locked boot loaders, no sources, and history of terrible updates have me regretting purchasing this phone. I tried my hand at building a working jb release when I first got the phone and it is going to take a skill set I do not have and I hate waiting on a company to do what they've never done in the past..
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Jank4AU:
Easy, brother. I have only had one of my apps/utilities run higher than AndroidOS ever on this phone; however, that said, I think there is a problem with the way it's being calculated. I'm getting really good battery life with good sleep and still AndroidOS shows the highest by far. I know that's abnormal for it to be so high and still get good battery life, but it is what it is.

Edit: you've installed the fast dormancy toggle, right? As for the yellow screen, I've seen it once in my two months with the phone, just rebooted and carried on. Forgot what they said it was...but it is here in this forum somewhere.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Digil:
I was just about to post something similar. Andriod OS being high kind of makes sense if nothing else is using the battery, although you would expect that number to fall significantly with increased screen on time and heavy app usage, which it doesn't ever seem to.

I've been having horrible battery drain lately. I'm currently traveling for business, and just use my OG for web surfing and stuff when I'm in my hotel. I leave the phone in airplane mode, with WiFi on. About two weeks ago, when I was on The Base 0.4 in that same configuration, my battery would drain maybe 1% an hour while I was sleeping.

Recently I've been on The Base 0.7.3, and my battery drains over 5% an hour while I'm sleeping. This means no screen on, no apps running, and even turning WiFi off! How does it use that much battery when it's not doing anything? Now, I'm not entirely sure what kernel I'm running. The first time I installed The Base 0.7.3 I used sk8's kernel. After getting poor battery life, I reflashed 0.7 and 0.7.3, this time choosing the freegee kernel. I'm not actually sure if the kernel changed though.

Anyway, I think I'll post again tomorrow with some screenshots from Better Battery Stats+ and CPU Spy.

I'm wondering if this recent botched update had the battery fixes we need. Hopefully they'll re-release it soon.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jivy26:
Yea I've tried fdt but I think it has to be kernel related drain issues
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Jank4AU:
When I would get bad drain, which has happened several times, I could narrow it down to a couple things in order to solve the problem.

In my case it would always happen after installing Google+. Uninstall and reboot would usually fix the issue. If I got drain on a fresh install without g+ installed, I found that if I installed the 2.2 kernel separately as a stand alone zip, that would fix it. Don't know why but it may work for you too.

I don't have screen shots, but today I recharged at 38% after 3:10 of phone use and 1:55 screen on time and about 15 hours off charger. That's with Wi-Fi on the whole time and Bluetooth for about 9 hours. I have my work exchange account on active sync with push notifications. Facebook and Twitterer to 4 hour intervals. I'm underclocked to 1350 and using powersave gov with deadline.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Pony Express:
Believe you are correct. There were issues on the Samsung Infuse and even the international SGS3 for a while... it was referred to as 'memory leak.' Has been worked out by devs on XDA. You can put memory leak in the XDA search above... it's above my pay grade. :)

Edit: It's great to see another RD here... hope you will reconsider keeping the phone and stay !!
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Digil:
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I have Google+ uninstalled, but part of me thinks Google Now may be partially the culprit (although why that would be the case with all radios off, I don't know).

I'll try a fresh install of the 2.2 kernel and see if that helps. Thanks.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] johnbyebye:
I can't speak for anyone else but FDT did wonders for my battery life. I was only able to go about 12 hours prior to disabling FD.

Sent from my Optimus G
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Jank4AU:
I always install GNow, love the inverted version.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Pony Express:
This is good for sure... it's just that compared to other phones, Android OS and Android System should not be that high. :)
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Jank4AU:
That's what leads me to believe it's a faulty measure...
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Pony Express:
^^^ This is indeed worth considering.... I think the question then becomes why is it consistent among the 3 roms we are using? Maybe when JB source is out and something is built from source all will be good.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Jank4AU:
I would be less inclined to believe it is a faulty measure if we had a different ROM not built off stock (AOKP/CM10) that could produce different values. However, I seriously doubt anything built into either of the two custom ROM's is geared toward normalizing that reading. That's why they are both the same as the stock AndroidOS percentages. Jivy is probably right that it's a kernel issue. With the size battery we have, imagine the potential if it is a true reading (androidOS out-of-control) and we can get it under control down the road. We're talking double the current best battery life you've ever had on this phone at the very least.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Pony Express:
+1

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[AT&T LG Optimus G] ChefAnt:
+43
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Deleted member 5006141:
Get BetterBatteryStats, select Since unplugged and Alarms to see what is waking the device (making it not go into a deep sleep). eBay was a big culprit for me.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Patsfan123:
The wakelock that keeps the phone awake during background data transfer (screen off) lasts 6 seconds (I am guessing it does it in multiples of 6s) regardless of how long the sync takes. Everytime email, facebook, gmail, drive, picasa, twitter, g+, google maps, ebay, calendar, contacts.. whatever wakes the phone to check something, it will be a minimum of 6 seconds.. This adds up over the course of the day and it is counted in the Android OS. Shut down syncs you don't absolutely want/need and this number will go down. All phones with the Snapdragon S4 Pro has it, especially the Nexus4. It seems they've done some kernel work to fix/reduce it but I havent really looked into it since I don't have that phone. I've seen complaints in the Droid DNA forum as well.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] xxbeanxx:
This. EBay for me too. BetterBatteryStats is your friend.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jivy26:
Anyone else experiencing scrolling lag or delay. Clearing cache and wiping dalvik fixes it but the issue returns after about two days.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Nastybutler:
Check out this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1987032
[AT&T LG Optimus G] jivy26:
Found the issue its msm_hsic_host which is a qcomm issue. I don't have a lot of kernel experience otherwise i'd try bringing it over to a lg kernel. The fix i found on git was from a jb kernel however it might still work. If i have time this weekend I will tinker with my phone and see if I can get a kernel working.

Here is git:

https://github.com/CyanogenMod/lge-kernel-mako/pull/1
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Murasakiii:
I knew it. My only problem was wakelocks from msm hsic. I told someone in LGOG's IRC that it was possibly the problem and he told me I was wrong and that it's normal. Not sure how me losing 5% in 2 hours without hardly touching the phone is normal. Hope something is done soon.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Globalrebel:
Awesome to see you here Jivy!!
[AT&T LG Optimus G] lennyquai:
Appreciate your research re: the battery drain! I experienced some scrolling lag for the first time last night. Will have to see whether it returns. I hadn't turned off my phone for days, so power cycled and it has been fine today.

Regarding the battery, prior to the fdt, I was at low (10-20%) Android OS, though 50-60% Android System. Now, after disabling via the toggle I'm 50-60% Android OS and 5-10% Android System. Getting 4-5 hrs screen time (just a bit better than I was getting prior to fdt), so have been pretty happy - as others have stated, believing that an optimized kernel or build would make it even better.

Wish I could help. I'm simply a salesperson who enjoys his tech...
[AT&T LG Optimus G] :
Also, underclocking it to 1026Mhz with SetCPU seems to have improved my battery life.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] tony_b1:
i don't know why but my phone had bad battery life till i uninstalled the yahoo mail app and now it runs all day long with no problems.... now i just use the stock mail app for my yahoo mail and battery life is great :D
[AT&T LG Optimus G] lennyquai:
Yahoo mail is horrible for battery life. I have tried it a couple of times on past devices, never lasting more than a couple of days.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Jank4AU:
How often do you have it set to sync? It shouldn't be that bad.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] lennyquai:
Don't believe there is a sync frequency option for the yahoo mail app. Just threw the app on this phone. I checked sync settings and program settings without finding an option for sync frequency. If you know where the settings are, I'd love to know. App is great were it not for the battery munching.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] tony_b1:
It was using push and i looked it didn't show a way to change if i remember right.. all i know is when it was on my phone i would take off the charger in the morning before work by the time i got off 9 hours later my phone would be at 13% battery left....after i uninstalled the app my battery will be at more than 35% 17 hours later ... and the gmail app is set to push and i still get this battery life so yahoo needs to work on their app
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Jank4AU:
Yeah, you guys a right, I couldn't find a sync interval on that app either. Try using the native email app, it should hook up to Yahoo. Just a suggestion.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Globalrebel:
Where do you set the sync settings? I looked all over the gmail app and the sync settings under System settings, but I can't find a frequency setting or 'push' setting.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Digil:
So I figured I'd use Better Battery Stats to see what was waking my phone up, and keeping it from deep sleep. It seemed like it was mostly Google Maps and Google Now. I turned off location services, thinking that would help. Charged my battery to full, and here's what I see an hour and twenty minutes later, after 6% has been drained.

Now this has to be some weird misreporting, right? I mean, the app wasn't even open. I uninstalled Better Battery Stats and will see what kind of battery life I get tonight, but I'm pretty sure I'll be flashing an old backup of The Base 0.4, where I lost 1% an hour.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Patsfan123:
The latest BBS beta's have been really glitchy for me.. Not reporting proper values for partial wakelocks mostly. I would check out alarms and kernel wakelocks to determine what is causing drain. I just uninstalled the eBay app because it was waking up my phone like crazy.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] tony_b1:
Just looked thought it Said push it just says sync is on but I know it push cause I've emailed myself and it shows up right away :)
[AT&T LG Optimus G] :
I thought that too. I had the same thing yesterday - 5%+ battery drain in an hour. Using BBS it, too showed Google maps was a culprit, but it wasn't open. At least not in the task manager.

Going into settings -> applications -> maps there was a "force stop" button that wasn't greyed out (inactive), so I hit it, maps stopped, instant better battery life. I went from 100% to 84% with barely any use in the first 4 hours before I discovered that. The next 10 hours, I went from 84% to 72% before I plugged it in.

tl; dr: force close Google Maps in settings -> applications, see if that helps.