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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Mastermates:
Hello, I am here to ask for help with my galaxy s3.

I dropped it (from about 0.8m) face down on the concrete. It has some screen protection (the one that comes with the back replacement). The screen didn't break or anything but I have no image whatsoever. It still responds if I touch the screen (I can hear it).

I have 2 year warranty (I guess that's what that 24 stands for on the warranty card). I bought it in june 2012.

I tried so far:

- rebooting, removing the SIM card, connecting to pc (it's recognized), removing the battery - all these combined.

What should I do now?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Mastermates:
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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rockingondrums:
First, check the connector. Remove battery cover and battery. Get a Phillips head precision screwdriver. You'll see 10 screws; you only need to remove 9 of them (you don't have to remove the screw next to the headphone jack).

Carefully remove the plastic. On the bottom left is the connector for the AMOLED panel. Using a non-metal tool (i.e. something plastic, your fingernail, etc), dis/reconnect the connector.

Start the phone. If nothing shows on the display, then you killed the AMOLED panel. Be sure to see if your warranty covers dead display panels. Glass breaks before the display dies (usually) so just be sure they'll replace it for free since your glass is intact.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Mastermates:
Well I decided to take it to the warranty center (w/e). I don't want to risk anything that could cancel my warranty, for breaking some of the seals while unscrewing and checking that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rockingondrums:
There are no seals at all. But free replacements are good.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] mikesands:
I can't find an easy way to display my list of people I phone (about 110) without it being mixed in with all my contacts that Outlook has gathered from email (1766). I can call them up via SIM manager but it takes about 30 seconds to build the list .... and I'm not sure whether people I add in here are reflected in my Contacts and vice versa. I'm sure there's a market for an app that manages email and phone numbers separately

Mike
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Rudegar:
why ?

i moved all my sim contacts to outlook as soon as i got the xda

havent had any reason what so ever to have any on the sim
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] mikesands:
Two reasons really:

Searching through a huge list while driving is much more difficult than it used to be on my ordinary cellphone with just 100 plus entries, and secondly MS Voice Command (I think) has to build a database for all 1700 outlook contact entries - I think this might be why it's misbehaving.

...... but I don't see anyone else complaining about this, so maybe I'm just working in some weird way

Mike
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Shadamehr:
Create a sub folder in outlook, and move all your email contacts to that folder, then of course you'll need to tell outlook, through the options, the location of the new folder to use for your email address book.

Then leave all your phone contacts in the default contact folder, and this is the one active sync uses when syncing.

This is all due to a limitation in Active Sync whereby you can't specify the folder to be used for syncing, even though, of all things, Nokia PC Suite will do this, whilst microsoft's own solution WON'T.

The other alternative some use, is to use CATEGORIES.

By tagging all your phone contacts with a category label, say for example phone, then you CAN set up activesync so that when it syncs, ONLY contacts of a certain Category are synced.

Hope this helps fit your problem.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] mikesands:
Hey .... both of those suggestions sound good. I will experiment. Am I right in thinking though, that I then won't have any email addresses at all in my XDA2. I guess I can live with this, as I'm generally only replying to emails with the XDA2

Mike
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] bobn:
the way i do it is to have a category in outlook; i use the category of peronal which is out of the box outlook and then in active sync you have the option of synching only people in a categoy. i have outlook 2003
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Shadamehr:
Er that depends.

Now I'm not sure what your original question meant?

The follow up implies that you do want Email address contacts on the XDA2.

So in simple terms, either you do want them, or you dont.

If you want a more prescriptive choice, let me know a bit more detail of what you are hoping to acheive, and I will let you know if there is a way or a workaround for it....

If only SOME contact records containing an Email address are needed by you on the XDA2, then just also tick them as a "Phone Contact" in the Category field, and these will then sync accross if you use Categories as the method.

Let me know exactly waht you mean...
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] mikesands:
actually your summary of what I want is pretty spot on. A few email addresses and ALL my phone contacts on the XDA. All my email addresses on the PC (I don't really care about the telephone numbers being on the PC). I followed your advice - but didn't think it through properly. I deleted all my contacts on the XDA, then set active sync on the PC to synchronise only the contacts I'd marked as phone contacts. Of course when it sync'd it decided to wipe out ALL the contacts on the PC. No matter - I have a backup - but incidentally I found that with just the 118 contacts from my SIM card loaded into the XDA, both Voice Command and Fonix were dramatically imroved.

Mike
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] hshortt:
If you open contacts, and then tap on the w, m, h, or e, you will see the available contact details for each person. Just set it to display what you want and it will be remembered between syncs.

IE. Joe Bloggs with a mobile (m), e-mail (e) or work phone (w), home phone (h). If you want the mobile phone number displayed, tap on the letter and choose M.

Cheerio

Howard
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] cpthook26:
Hello Forum..

First, I'd like to acknowledge the great All-In-One tool posted for this new phone. I have been rooting Android since the HTC hero and have always trusted this site for development info. That being said...

I am having problems with my brand new HTC one... After using the All In One tool, my booloader is unlocked, but above the "Unlocked" info is says "Tampered". Also.... I cannot flash the TWRP so I can boot to recovery. After the CMD screens, is says flash is successful, but when I try and boot to recovery, I get the HTC screen with the pink font saying "Entering Recovery" but then my HTC One just shuts off. I then have to hold down the power button for at least 45 second b4 the phone turns back on.

1. What did I do wrong, and can this be fixed??

2. I see I can re-lock bootloader with tool, but there is currently no Factory RUU for Sprint yet????

3. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] youkosnake:
1. I actually had to flash recovery twice to get it to work. You may have to do it more. I dunno. Just keep flashing and trying.

2. Nope no ruu yet. Itll be soon I suppose. 3. No problem.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] cpthook26:
Wow....thanks for the fast response... I have been trying to flash the TWRP several times... but it just wont boot to recovery. My phone just hangs and then shuts off. Then I get the "Sprint" splash screen and start-up

Did you have any insite on why I get the "Tampered" indication along with the "Unlocked"??
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] youkosnake:
Im assuming its because youve flashed twrp. Mine says the same.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] srb7215:
Make sure you are using the right gui for the all in one tool kit. There are two for the One. If you aren't using the spring version then it won't work.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] cpthook26:
WHoooPeeee!!:laugh:

I got boot to TWRP....FINALLY!! I guess it would have worked out better for me If I had used the HTC One "All-In-One" tool that was specific to Sprint...DUH!! I used the Generic HTC One M7......

....Im Unlocked, Rooted & ROM'd.

This site/forum is just Awesome!!!
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] 001358:
Have you seen the clockwork mod recovery on the ONE. I spent 5 minutes staring at the screen. couldnt believe the quality of detail.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] sTicKs23:
True
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] gautamjoshi:
Need help....Similar kind of problem

Hi CPTHook,

I got similar kind of problem in my HTC one. I'm not that technically sound. I simply updated my HTC One's softwares over wifi and after working well for four five days my HTC One (M7) sudden;y stopped working. It gets struck either on start screen or bootloader when I start. There are two flags:

**Tampered**

**Unlocked**

'

My phone is kind of dead since 4 months. Please help me out. I'm very sad. I'll be very grateful to you for this.:crying::(
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Caebron:
Hi, I recently switched from AT&T to Straight Talk. Whenever I have the AT&T SIM card inserted the phone runs fine, but as soon I put in the Straight Talk SIM card, the phone reboots randomly. This happens 4-5 times a day.

APN is set to StraightTalk ATT (att.mvno). Are there any other settings I need to change?

Any input is appreciated!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ravilov:
Clearly nobody knows, or else they'd have responsed in your first thread.

Do you think you would eventually get a response by asking over and over again? That's not very nice.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Caebron:
Honestly, yes I did think that :) I thought my original post was maybe in the wrong forum. Sorry if it offended you.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tamuin:
Sounds like a bad sim card

I had a big problem with random reboots and rebooting when heavily loaded. Turning off zram took care of the reboots when heavily loaded (I could recreate these reboots) but I also would experience 3-4 random reboots a day. Replacing my sim card eliminated the random reboots.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Caebron:
That makes sense actually. I'll try another SIM card and see if that takes care of the problem. Thanks for your helpful answer! On a side note, what is zram/ how do I turn it off?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tamuin:
Zram is swap space, the faux123 kernel supports it. It is not enabled by default, so it is unlikely you have it enabled.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Caebron:
Hmmm, I just started to notice a pattern. It seems to reboot - often not always - when I have an incoming text message. The phone reboots, then a text message comes in. Not always, but about %50 of the time.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Clark Joseph Kent:
OP a few items here,

1) Read the Forum Rules on posting...#5 Post a message only once.

2) By doing #1, you would of know not to open/create a new Thread >>>>Here, which is closed now, so Sir keep your current issue to this thread. Thank You.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Caebron:
For anyone having the same issue or looking into getting service with Straight Talk, here is the answer:

Straight Talk does NOT work with the Atrix 4G.

That is the answer I received from a Straight Talk rep, and of course based on my own observations after trying out several different SIM cards with several different providers as well as different ROMs. I'm a bit surprised as most ROMs (at least the 3 or 4 ROMs I have tried) have pre-configured APN settings for Straight Talk - but the results are what they are. ATT and TMO SIMs work fine (no reboots), just Straight Talk gives this issue.

Thanks again for your input!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tamuin:
Atrix4g works fine with straight talk

We have one ATRIX on AT&T and one on ST. Both work fine.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ravilov:
There is no reason to be surprised. Most custom ROMs come from a common base. Even if a specific phone happens to not support some network, nobody is going to filter it out, there is just no sense to that. You just can't assume something works just because there is some data related to it.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Caebron:
Interesting! The ST REP asked me for the IMEI of my phone, and then said the hardware of my phone was not compatible. I will contact them again and see what information I get this time.

That explanation makes perfect sense. Thank You!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] llenp:
To OP, can you provide details about the setup of your phone? what ROM you are using, if you changed kernels, etc? I have Straight Talk as well and my setup is flawless.

Don't listen to 80 percent of what Straight Talk reps say because they're typically old Filipino ladies reading out of a manual. I'd know because they sound like all my aunts. lol
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Caebron:
What is a Kernel and how do find out which one I have? I have installed multiple ROMs since I rooted the phone a couple years ago but don't remember changing the Kernel, I just always went with whatever ROM I was installing so I assume it is the default Kernel that came with the ROM. In this case I am using MROM Olympus and have also tried Neutrino when I began getting this reboots with the ST SIM.

As for APN settings, I have tried a couple different ones, right now I am using the ones that can be found on the ST website:

NAME	straight talk

APN	att.mvno

PORT	80

MMSC	http://mmsc.cingular.com

MMS PROXY	66.209.11.33

MMS PORT	80

One of the patterns I have noticed is it happens a lot when I use the GPS and am driving around, so it could be either something zram related as suggested by tamruin or something to do with the phone switching towers. Another pattern is incoming Text Messages, often my phone reboots and once it is booted up again a text message will arrive, but this happens only 50% of the time. The rest of the reboots seem completely random, or at least not in a pattern I have been able to detect.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] llenp:
Basically, a kernel is responsible for making sure your hardware and software work together. Since you are using MROM, you are more than likely using their kernel. I've had my share of experiences with different ROMs and they were never in my favor other than cyanogen. I also typically had issues when it came to overclocked kernels or anything other than stock.

Your APN settings are on point.

Here's some steps I would take until one of them workout for you.

1. boot into clockwork recovery and wipe cache and dalvik

2. try a different kernel until one of them workout for you. you can find them in the development section.

3. install a different rom, I would suggest installing a stock-based rom to first to see if your phone will stop rebooting. Nottachtrix is the most stable rom i've used so far.

Let me know if any of this works.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Caebron:
Good info, I really appreciate the help! I will install nottach tonight and report back in a couple days after test driving it as well as trying different kernels if I continue getting those reboots with the new ROM.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] llenp:
No problem!

I believe there is a Nottach 2.1.0 out. Use the at&t kernel first and I highly recommend the ics theme. Lol.

Good luck!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tamuin:
Try stock first

I have found that the best "stock" cwm flashable rom (i.e. it always works when I want to flash back to stock) is the one shown in the 4th post of this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=30540799#post30540799

If you need the stock webtop, it can be found in post #2 of the same thread.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Caebron:
Ok, so I'm still getting reboots with the Nottach ROM (stock ATT kernel). Not as often, but still too many when I'm trying to use my phone as GPS. Interestingly enough it seems to reboot more often when I'm using GPS.

I'll try the Gingerbread 2.3.6 (4.5.141) Stock Fruitcake tamuin suggested also, see how it works.

I also got a TMO SIM just to see if I got reboots with it too, but I still need a "SIM network unlock PIN" (PUK?) I think I need to get that from ATT. I thought as long as the phone was unlocked I'd be good to go, but apparently that's not the case. I wonder why I didn't get that message (to unlock the SIM card) with the ST SIM card and if the fact that the phone is not SIM unlocked has anything to do with my reboots.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] llenp:
The straight talk sim by default is technically an at&t sim, although you can get a t mobile version. I'm sorry to hear you are still getting reboots. Was the sim card purchased from straight talk as an individual sim card? Or was it taken from one of their phones? Reason why I ask is because I used to have their Nokia E71, and other users were taking their sims out of their Nokia to put them in an iPhone. The only time I remember a reboot issue with any of my straight talk phones was only with my Nokia. So if the sim was taken from, (let's say the same Nokia) , then that may be the cause of the reboot issue. It has something to do with the voltage requirements of the sim card.

---------- Post added at 02:41 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:37 PM ----------

Also since after purchasing their straight talk BYOP sim cards, I didn't recall having any issues with my Nokia rebooting, when I would use it after dealing with issues with my atrix.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Caebron:
No, I just straight got a SIM card from ST without a phone, ordered it online.

I'll be using the TMO SIM for a few days, see how that goes. I'll post back with my findings!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] llenp:
http://androidforums.com/atrix-4g-s...g/541848-random-reboots-replace-sim-card.html

This thread would have concluded your problems. There's a poll with a majority votes saying that replacing the SIM solved their reboot issue.

You may just have a faulty SIM.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Caebron:
That seems to be the case indeed.

I've been running on a TMO SIM the last 3 days and have had no reboots whatsoever. On a side note my DL speeds are way faster compared to when I am running the ST card (515kbps on ST, 4327kbps on TMO, using Speedtest), not sure if this has anything to do with the issue.
[Galaxy Note II, Galaxy S III Developer Discussion ] careenprokop85:
I have an app on my phone that I want to hard reset proof not just the apk (which ive already done) but the settings also. ive tried using root explorers and changing the permissions for the /data/data folders but that doesnt help, ive tried converting the user app to a system app AFTER I set up all my options, hoping that would save all my settings, and I tried changing the permissions of my "system" app to prevent any changes. no luck. ive been researching like crazy and I hope im not posting in the wrong forum but can someone explain how to make my app and its settings master reset proof? thanks a bunch!

btw I have a rooted tmobile samsung galaxy s3 (sgh-t999) with the latest android (4.1.1 using the root66 rom), with supersu and busybox if that helps. and if it works for my s3, would the same steps work on my note 2?
[Galaxy Note II, Galaxy S III Developer Discussion ] bahtsiz_bedevi:
Are you putting your app into /system/app ?
[Galaxy Note II, Galaxy S III Developer Discussion ] xclub_101:
Hmm ...

Have you tried in app info -> clear data? (also clear cache).
[Galaxy Note II, Galaxy S III Developer Discussion ] careenprokop85:
Yes I have but why would I want that? I want to save the current settings not clear them

yes the app is in my system/app and it does survive a master reset but the settings of the app don't. Would I have to build a custom rom after installing the app and getting the settings all set how I want? Then If it's master reset it should save the settings, right?
[Galaxy Note II, Galaxy S III Developer Discussion ] bahtsiz_bedevi:
Normally Android keeps app data under /data/data.

When you commit a hardreset, /data gets wiped. So all your app data gets removed.

You have to keep your app data under /system if you are the developer of that app
[Galaxy Note II, Galaxy S III Developer Discussion ] xclub_101:
OOPS. my mistake, I only read hard-reset, not the entire hard-reset-proof ::o
[Galaxy Note II, Galaxy S III Developer Discussion ] careenprokop85:
but wouldnt that folder then need to be moved back to data/data after the master reset for it to work correctly?
[Galaxy Note II, Galaxy S III Developer Discussion ] bahtsiz_bedevi:
Depends on who the developer of that app is.

If it's not you, yes you have move that folder after every hardreset.

If it's you, I suggest you to use /system as your app data folder.
[Galaxy Note II, Galaxy S III Developer Discussion ] careenprokop85:
unfortunately I'm not the apps developer. However, if I created a custom rom by installing whatever room I wanted, then setting up the app as I want it, then creating a custom rom from that, then flash it, would that solve the problem? Because (if im understanding things right lol) then someone could matter reset it and it would revert to how the chain rom was when I flashed it, correct?
[Galaxy Note II, Galaxy S III Developer Discussion ] SandeepEmekar:
Suppose I am the developer of the app.

How do set App Data folder to System? :eek:
[Galaxy Note II, Galaxy S III Developer Discussion ] bahtsiz_bedevi:
I'm already using a hardreset proof app on my note 2. It uses /etc folder to keep its app datas in a file. After hardreset it detects its data folder wiped, then restores settings from the backup file under /etc.

Of course your program will need root permission to do that.
[Galaxy Note II, Galaxy S III Developer Discussion ] SandeepEmekar:
Can you give me the source code?
[Galaxy Note II, Galaxy S III Developer Discussion ] bahtsiz_bedevi:
Where did I say I'm the developer of the App?
[Galaxy Note II, Galaxy S III Developer Discussion ] SandeepEmekar:
LOL

I knew. :D

What's the name of the App you are using.
[Galaxy Note II, Galaxy S III Developer Discussion ] bahtsiz_bedevi:
Avast Anti Theft
[Galaxy Note II, Galaxy S III Developer Discussion ] GR0S:
Init.d script to link /system/data/some.app to /data/app-data/some.app

Put apk to /system/app

This should work
[Galaxy Note II, Galaxy S III Developer Discussion ] careenprokop85:
can u describe how to do this in a bit more detail? Because I have an apk that I was able to put into the system/app folder, but would LOVE to save the settings so they are master-reset proof. I've contacted the developer but he was a bit of a jerk actually, saying I shouldn't need any reason to hard reset proof the apk..... ugh
[Galaxy Note II, Galaxy S III Developer Discussion ] Crescendo Xenomorph:
From my experience, the avast! anti-theft app consist of 2 hard-reset proof part:

1. APK file in /system/app

2. Setting file (data) in /etc

Both survived hard reset...

The only way to get rid is via Aroma File Manager or flashing ROM.
[Galaxy Note II, Galaxy S III Developer Discussion ] Alienator9191:
Get titanium backup, backup all data of the app, and install the update. Then put the data back, if im correct settings would be copy pasted to this way. I use it for many system apps to get data back.

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