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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuldark:
Hey guys and gals

this is my first post here. although a lot here is about rooted devices with custom ROMs, I hope you can help me out - you sure have a lot of expertise here compared to many other forums.

For the past two days I've been running into some of the weirdest problems with my Galaxy S2. Before i go into detail, here is the summary:

1. Screen time-out doesn't work while device is not plugged to a charger or computer

2. Notification shows 100% charge for a very long time (hours after heavy usage)

3. Not sure if charging actually works

4. Booting up seems to fail when not connected to a charger

it started yesterday when I noticed the phone light up and say it was charging. The problem is it wasn't - it was in my pocket.

Then I noticed that the screen didn't time out. I changed the setting, nothing - it remained on. I could push the power to make the screen turn off and on again but it wouldn't time out itself.

The charging info went away... at some point. I left it to charge over night and in the morning it indeed showed 100% in the notification bar. The problem is it remained 100% for A LONG time. In the settings menu under the battery it says it has been running on batter for 0 secs and showed 100% charge. For hours... There were no info about any apps or function using the battery. that part was clear.

Then i discovered that the screen time out problem goes away while connecting the charger or via USB to a PC. Then it times out. As soon as i unplug the charger it never times out....

I'm actually not sure if the charging works. Indeed it shows charging but sometimes it magically reaches 100% rather quickly.

Because I suspected a battery fault I used another battery. let it drain completely and then tried to recharge. Can't - when booting it shows a battery icon with question mark and then goes to show that the battery is 100% charged. Then the question mark and then 100% again. Seems to be in some sort of loop.

I've done the factory reset, I had a new firmware installed via Odin just in case. The problem still remains.

Booting the device seems to be an issue and only work with charger or USB cable attached. Ot it will be in that "what battery" and "100% charge" cycle...

I've searched high and low today but couldn't find anyone with the same problem.

Have any of you an idea? Really down't want to get a new phone! Seems to be a very bad month going on because a few weeks ago I had really serious issues with my brand new hybrid camera which i have to buy ... again! sold it for parts for pocket money....

Any help would be really appreciated! thanks!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GamingDj:
That's really strange....try getting out the battery,charge it to max va an external charger,or borrow a friend's Galaxy S2.Leave the phone withou battery for an hour.Then when you put it in,go to recovery,and "wipe battery stats"(Root it if it's not).See if that works.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuldark:
thanks for your thoughts. i will try to root it wipe battery stats. i've never rooted before so i hope i find the single best tutorial to do that :)

thanks again!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kilometers4:
How long have you had the phone? The usb flex cable has issues over time. A symptom of this is the charging when not connected to the charger.

If it is this issue the part is cheap (around 5$ I believe).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] saeroner:
SMS, Calls and Network seems to shut down after 5 mins of the phone being booted up. I have to 'restart' the phone in order to get everything back working. Then after around 5 mins everything (sms, calls, network) stops working. so basically every time i need to use my phone i have to restart it.

This has been happening for about a month now. Been through 4 different ROMs, tried different kernels and about 5 different radios (including Restore Modem Flashable Zip).

Oddly, last week, when traveling across state for 4 hours in a car, the network worked mostly. SMS i had to restart a few times.

What can I do to try and fix this?

I have dropped it a few times. small cracks but everything else works fine.

The problem started to occur the very 1st time I flashed a radio modem that a ROM dev suggested on his thread. Not sure if this was just a coincidence. Like i said I tried different radios with no luck.

Any tips?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] topherk:
I'm assuming you don't have a nandroid of your previous setup. First thing (before trying any of our solutions) is to make one of your current setup. This will allow you to at least go back to a semi-working setup (emphasis on semi-).

Obvious first question would be to ask Sprint if they're doing network upgrades in your area. It doesn't sound like this is the issue, but it might be.

Secondly: what is your install procedure when installing a new ROM? Are you doing "dirty flashses" or clean flashes (factory reset)? I don't have any solutions for you, but the fact that you're having this issue across ROMs and across Radios tells me that there's something left over in your /system that's messing with your data connectivity. If you try wiping system (or the entire internal sdcard) before installing a new ROM, you might find that this fixes your problem. I'll admit that's the extreme solution, but if it's not a hardware problem, it'll most-likely will work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] saeroner:
If I remember correctly, after the problem started happening I did restore a previous backup but the issue kept happening.

I never dirty flash and usually wipe data about 3 times before flashing a new rom.

So you are saying wipe/format the entire internal SD card? what would be the safest process to do this?

Thanks for helping
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
Honestly it sounds like a firmware/modem issue, not rom related. I would flash via odin the lj7 firmware and start there. Also make sure you do the dial reset sequence ##72786# once you boot up.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] saeroner:
I have tried the LJ7 quite a few times but always using CWM -- never helped. Forgive me but what is "dial reset sequence ##72786# once you boot up" and how do you do it?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
In the phone dialer dial that specific sequence it forces a reset activation on the network. Go ahead and try that, you can do that right now. But let me explain flashing the firmware and modem via Odin is a much better procedure that through custom recovery. I would give that a shot before continuing to bang your head trying to figure it out. If you odin your firmware and still have the problem then you can eliminate that as a probable cause.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] topherk:
I agree with edfunkycold, that's your best bet. Mine "solution" was more of a way to eliminate if any /system files were interfering with the network, but I'd suggest ed's fix first.

My "final" solution would be to try flashing Sextape's stock (rooted) tar file. I'd flash the "restore" version, the link looks like this:

But again, that's more of a last-ditch thing. Try out the dial reset sequence the ed suggested.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] loggedinasroot:
Would flashing the "wipe data" version of the ROM clear out the /system/etc/firmware folder, and restore that to stock as well?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SahilC:
Hello everyone! New to this forum. Where can I find official nightlies for CM10.1? Can't seem to find them in the Development section.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SahilC:
Never mind, found it. So sorry about that.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] shyamlalpv:
Rooting, trying custom ROMs has been very helpful to me...But one thing I am disappointed is with the custom Kernels... They all got huge tweaking tools, opened many new opportunities to improve the performance of my S6102 , but all those kernels had one big problem..They are all against call waiting..:( :( ..Just wanted to know if there is any custom kernels that supports the call waiting option...:o
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EpicLPer:
Hey ho guys!

Is it normal that I only have 344MB RAM left after flashing CyanogenMod 9? That's the MB number it shows me in the "About the device" option in Settings.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nuck-TH:
yea, its normal - look: play has 512mb ram, 128 are eaten away by 3d accelerator, the rest are avalable.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kovacslaszlo13:
I think it's coused by kernel (i see this in nAa thread)

In some kernels the devs increase or digrease the amount of RAM memory.

But it's just mine idea :)

Tapatalk 2-vel küldve az én Xperia Mini Pro-ről
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EpicLPer:
Oh, ok, I'll try and use another ROM with another (maybe Stock) Kernel than, thx!
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UnLucky12:
Hi. Before I went to the gym recently, my XZ was working perfectly. Nothing was wrong. After the gym (I use it to listen to music), suddenly my volume down button was not working. Power up did. And then, my power button stopped, and nothing start working, then everything started working again and then nothing, screen going on and off :S Turning off the phone wont go, because it just reboots itself, and then into safe mode.

Can't turn it in to warranty either because I am rooted and have addes som mods. Can't go into flashmode, because volume down button won't work... What has happened to my XZ? :(

Just checked the ports, no water has touched the white dots so they are still white. But phone are still crazy :(

UPDATE!

Alright guys, here is an update. I was at the store to return it for warranty, since the phone went all mad, turning off, turning on, vibrating. I opened my flap the headphone jack.. The water indicator was PINK! As I am very carefull with my phone, all in general. I always make sure that all the flaps are closed 100%. I know, that I have to close all the flaps, since if it is going to be submerged in water, it must be closed. But here is the funny part. The flap where we put the simcard in... As the flap is only opened at first to put in the simcard... There is no other reason why I should open that. And guess what.. The water indicator there was also pink! I saw that when I was turning the phone back in to warranty since I got asked to take out my simcard. So I am thinking on how my simcard port/opening whatever got pink since it clearly has been to contact with water..

So now I am worried that I am not gonna get my phone back repaired. Now it is my word against Sony's word.. But how did water actually get in the simcard flap...
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Michealtbh:
Send it for repair, they won't even check if you've rooted
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UnLucky12:
I think I have to do that. Just wierd what happened to it. But is there a way to flash it back to stock? Since going into flashmode is hard when volume down is not working.. Don't want to take any chances that if the check the phone. Right now the phone is just sitting there, don't want to touch anything.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] indycar:
Sweaty or damp after gym wait few hrs and it should work again

Indy@XperiaZ from XDA premium
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UnLucky12:
Happened to you before?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gm007:
Did you use it in the sauna?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UnLucky12:
No sauna. Went right home when I was done. Put my phone on my table, made som food, took a shower and checked my phone, turn volume down, then I noticed it didn't do anything. And a little moment later everything is as described at the top..
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abd_alazeez2002:
I don't think so.

I go to gym and sweat a lot while I listen to music.

I even touch my XZ with my sweaty hand.

Noting wrong happen to XZ
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UnLucky12:
Usually this is not a problem for me either. I also used to wash my XZ with all the flaps shut ofc under the spring, because of all the sweat. But after today, this is new for me. And this time, I didnt wash it..

So don't know what to do now.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gm007:
I think in your case you can flash a firmware with flashtool cause the volume down button is stuck.

Did you try it?

Connect the usb and start the flashing and when you see the pop up about connecting your phone in flashmode than reboot your phone.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UnLucky12:
The problem is that volume down button is not reacting to anything. Right now, the only functioning button is volume up. Power button and volume is not doing anything. That is why it is hard to use flashtool or SUS.. :(
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gm007:
I have edited my previous post try it.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UnLucky12:
I saw it now! :) It is now flashing back to stock. It was actually a struggle. Just pressed volume up button and apparently that worked.

Thanks!

Update: All back to stock. Seems like something is damaged... Sending back to warranty tomorrow :(
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gm007:
Good luck ;)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] indycar:
so does your xz work now
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gm007:
No i don't think so but he managed to flash a unmodified stock rom to send it for a repair.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UnLucky12:
UPDATE!

Alright guys, here is an update. I was at the store to return it for warranty, since the phone went all mad, turning off, turning on, vibrating. I opened my flap the headphone jack.. The water indicator was PINK! As I am very carefull with my phone, all in general. I always make sure that all the flaps are closed 100%. I know, that I have to close all the flaps, since if it is going to be submerged in water, it must be closed. But here is the funny part. The flap where we put the simcard in... As the flap is only opened at first to put in the simcard... There is no other reason why I should open that. And guess what.. The water indicator there was also pink! I saw that when I was turning the phone back in to warranty since I got asked to take out my simcard. So I am thinking on how my simcard port/opening whatever got pink since it clearly has been to contact with water..

So now I am worried that I am not gonna get my phone back repaired. Now it is my word against Sony's word.. But how did water actually get in the simcard flap...
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UnLucky12:
No, sadly my phone is not working. Went all crazy. Just updated what happened when I was returning it.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] G1_enthusiast:
the gym is possess...quit the gym...return for an exchange and go to a new gym.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StarFcker:
the white thing inside the ports only reacts to water, so it does not make sense at all if it just happened to turn pink without any contact with the water. Seems to me that someone might had gained access to your phone without you knowing and damaged it in purpose.. :rolleyes:
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UnLucky12:
Yeah, I know that the white things turns pink when it are in contact with water. Very unlikely that someone had my phone without my knowledge and damaged it ;p

But I find it odd how water had access to my simcard flap. Beginning to think that some devices (Not all of course!) will start to fail the water resistant after a time.. Took a little google search and found someone had some of the same problem:

http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/128801?start=0&tstart=0

http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/125731?start=0&tstart=0

Damn I miss my XZ... Walking around with a Sony Ericsson X8... Like a fool..
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StarFcker:
hmm so youre saying that the flap will eventually become loose even if we stopped opening it? i dont think so. There is a possibility that 1 out of 10 people dont remember or realize what they did, for example, when a person suddenly got a bruise on their arm/leg and dont remember what caused it. A ghost's pinch perhaps? lol. So what i am saying , it is possible that a small incident that happened beyond your conscience that caused the flap loose hence when its in contact with water,it was exposed. Just my second thought anyway,maybe itll remind you of something..Anyway hopefully you get your XZ back in a good piece again :)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UnLucky12:
Sorry if I you thought I meant that. I am just saying that I am really carefull with all stuff that are expensive. No... Sorry. Didn't remind me of anything ;p I see where u are going. And of course the possibility that the flap is loose after I have only owned the device for little over a month now. Is very small, but right now.. I am just curious or wondering how the simcard port got in touch with water indicator when I don't even open that. And since the only flap I open and close is when I listen to music. And that is only when I am at the gym. After that. Unplug, close flap, wash it because of the sweat. Maybe something happened when I was at the gym, who knows. Like u say.. But just going to wait to see what the service people says. If it gets denied, then the case will just go on to consumer council here to determine if the incident was legit or not :p
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Anirudh.Ragi:
Hi abd_alazeez2002,

I have a query, I sweat a lot, my question is if I put the phone to my sweaty face to talk, will it damage the phone ?? Our sweat does contain a little bit of salt and sony says not to dunk it in salt water....

Thanks in Advance.

Anirudh
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glancer2315:
I'm running Windows 7 64bit and followed the Ultimate guide to unlock and root my Nexus 4.

Everything went well but now it looks like that Windows won't recognize my phone as a device. When I plug in the phone, the auto-play window will pop out and recognize it as Nexus 4, but there is no other options. (Normally the auto-play will ask if open folder to view files or transfer photos). I can't see my phone in device manager either.

If I turn on the USB debugging mode, I can see it in device manager but still cannot see it in My Computer. Looks like Windows can't access the SD card at all.

I tried switching to the camera mode but the problem remained. Please help.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glancer2315:
desperate bump. can anyone help?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Monolithus:
Maybe it's a stupid advice, but have you tried change the USB port in PC? :)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abaaaabbbb63:
Plug in the phone, uninstall the drivers from Device manager, then unplug, and replug.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glancer2315:
yes, i did. :(
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glancer2315:
thanks for your advice. the problem is that, without USB debugging mode on, I can't see Nexus 4 in Device manager, even though the Windows Auto-play will say Nexus 4 connected. (Nothing in My Computer either)

With USB debugging mode on, I uninstalled the driver and Windows would try installing the driver. Now it shows up as MTP device with an exclamation mark. I tried manually update the driver (direct it to the Google SDK folder and pick the android_windowsusb.inf) but it says it does not support x64. I don't think the 64 bit driver is digitally signed.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SovereigN7:
I think I had a similar problem as yours. If you deleted the drivers while on debugging mode and reconnected after and it's showing the exclamation mark of a unknown device, try restarting your computer and plugging your phone back in.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glancer2315:
i did and it remains the same.

Is there anyway I can know all the files names of the drivers so that I can manually delete them from system folder? When I uninstalled it from the device manager, I don't see the option "Delete the driver software for this device".

I can still see it under "adb devices" list.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glancer2315:
I think there are some conflicts in the drivers.

Now when I connect Nexus 4 (without USB debugging mode on), it will show up in device manager under Android Device.

With USB debugging, it will then show up under Portable Devices.

However, it's supposed to work the other way around. that is (no USB debugging --> portable device; with USB debugging --> Android Device).

How can i solve this?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fernandezhjr:
Have you tried manually installing the drivers before plugging in the phone, vs letting windows choose the drivers it wants to install? One option you could try is installing PDA Net on your pc. It will install reliable drivers on your pc.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alex240188:
i also had this same problem after flashing my first custom rom on the n4, and i also run windows 7 Ultimate x64

here is the process i use for full clean installation of device

on phone

goto SETTINGS > STORAGE > (menu) USB Computer Connection

make sure Media Device (MTP) is checked

With USB Debugging On

On your PC go to device manager

there should be 2 devices (Android Phone > Android Composite ADB Interface & Portable Devices > Nexus 4) - this is on a fully working n4 so you might only have 1 of them

Right click on each of them and click uninstall

The popup box should have another check box to delete the driver also, if this is available check it then confirm (note mine only has the box for Android Phone > Android Composite ADB Interface, but if yours has it on both then check it on both)

your computer will now ask you to restart, dont do it yet

repeat previous step for the other device if you have 2 then reboot

upon rebooting it will automatically start reinstalling drivers

by expanding the selection you should see 2 devices

Nexus 4 - Successful - Ready To Use (this is your MTP connection)

Nexus 4 - Unsuccessful - No Driver Found (this is your ADB Connection)

at this point you should be able to access internal storage however ADB will not work

go back into device manager

you should now have

Portable Devices > Nexus 4

and Other Devices > Nexus 4 (with yellow exclamation mark)

right click on the Other Devices > Nexus 4 (with yellow exclamation mark)

hit Update Driver Software

click Browse my computer for driver software

click Let Me Pick Drom a List of Device Drivers On My Computer

double click Show All Devices

click Have Disk...

click Browse

navigate to the download directory for the google usb drivers (for me this was "C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\Android-SDK\Extras\Google\Usb_Driver")

double click on the android_winusb.inf file

click OK

double click "Android Composite ADB Interface"

it will then install the driver for ADB

you should now have full access to internal storage and ADB
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glancer2315:
thank you for your long and detailed reply.

this is what i wanted to do, but the problem is that when I uninstall them, I don't get to see the option "delete the driver software for this device". What should I? cuz every time I plug in Windosws just tries to automatically install the driver for me.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alex240188:
Have you tried toggling to ptp mode then back to mtp on your phone. It's odd indeed.

The fact that you can't remove the driver is because that is the mtp one which is built in to media player. Let me give this some more thought

EDIT: You said that with USB debugging disabled your device is listed under device manager as an android device

can you check and verify exactly what it is listed as? as it should be portable device
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glancer2315:
hi under android device it shows up as Android adb device

under portable device i can it now showing up as MTP USB device with exclamation mark.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alex240188:
does adb work?

i.e. adb devices

or is USB debugging turned off at this point

Also. The one with the exclamation mark. Right click and go to properties. What does it say in device status