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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BarryH_GEG:
The Great and Powerful Oz (Samsung) already has a solution. ;) It's also interesting that the "active" version of the SGS4 is LCD vs. SAMOLED.

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Out of 10MM sold, what's the percentage number of cracked AMOLED panels that represents a problem? 5%? 10%? 20%? Since displays do break it's going to be incredibly hard to say/prove that more SGS4 displays are cracking on their own than should be. A research study showed 1/3 of iPhone owners have experienced a cracked display. So if that's been acceptable it's going to be hard to say a bunch of random pics of busted display panels points to a major design issue. And I’ve said it before, there is no “standard” for what a phone display should endure before it cracks (durability). So if it’s different from device to device that’s not an “issue” per se just a manufacturer’s design choice. In Samsung’s case they placed a higher priority on thin, trim, and light than they did on durability and the consequence is a greater chance of the display cracking. But with no standard to measure against it’s not a flaw but just a cross the SGS4 has to bear.

A good example even in the case of standards is Sony denying water damage claims on the XZ in spite of it having an IP67 rating. Owners swear they did nothing that allowed a leak but Sony’s saying it was submerged too long or a port cover was left open leaving owners with no choice but to pay to have their device repaired. The LG G2X/O2X had a proven design flaw and was the subject of a class action suit in the U.S that was filed in 2010. The case is still waiting to be heard. Fighting the "man" takes a lot of time and energy; the combination of which is probably worth more than what people pay for their devices. This thread's great because it allows people to either: A) know to treat their SGS4 more carefully than previous phones they've owned or, B) avoid it all together. If option "C" is taking on Samsung seeking a design change or having cracked displays covered under warranty the SGS6 will be out before that happens. ;)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuribo67:
Hello,

Same thing happened to me yesterday...

My S4 in my pocket while riding my motorbike. Got the Spigen T Glas Slim on it but didn't change anything.

When i checked my phone, i saw that the amoled screen was cracked and the screen didn't turn on. The Gorilla glass has nothing.

Samsung refuse to replace it because it's of warranty.

Went to a Samsung approved center, result 239€ for the new screen module.

Thank you Samsung...

I had the Samsung Galaxy S before and always driven motorbike with it and nothing has ever append.

I'm really angry with this.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danniibxn:
i dropped mine on carpet from waist height and it had cracked the amoled big time :(

i have dropped my iphone on concrete and all sorts and it never cracked once! i also noticed when i picked it up it was quite hot , not boiling :/

was quoted 170 pounds for the screen and no replacement due to physical damage :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] @rbiter:
and you expected something for DROPPING it? interesting.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Dropped mine today from waist high, no case, on to an inlaid vinyl floor. Inlaid floors are very hard. No damage, scratches, etc

A day or two ago I posted that I leaned on it while on a flexible car center console. It was in a leather pouch at that time.

Sorry for those who damaged theirs. But, I think the phone is fairly durable.

It has just as solid a feel as any other phone I have owned. Except maybe my first Nokia many, many years ago.

I hope I don't prove "myself" wrong" :)

As far as jeans, my son does stocking at his job and has it in his pocket all the time. Lots of bending, stooping. He is a big guy and maybe it is more the pocket size and where the phone is in the pocket when bending. His pockets are good size.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikew99:
I'm always surprised when people buy a svelte, thin, light phone and then surround it with a big, thick, ugly case. It kind of defeats the purpose of having a thin & light phone in the first place, doesn't it? You could save money and buy a boat anchor phone for a lot less...

In part because of the reports on this thread, I have chosen to purchase insurance protection for my phone. It does nothing to protect the phone, but it will limit my monetary loss in case something bad happens. And in the meantime, I can use the phone the way it was intended.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BrianZephyr:
I didn't buy the phone because it was thin, light, and svelte. I bought it because of its internal hardware, amazing camera, screen, and developer support. I could care less if the phone was bulkier, heavier, or not as streamlined. That's not what I notice on a day-to-day basis. as long as the phone is fast, works right, and doesn't break, I could care less. I'm sure many people agree. Function over form.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] henrik.dk:
so many people should say samsung is stupid to make a phone slim and light

for nothing just weak ...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Toshanda:
My phone screen just went black

To add to this thread:

Last night I was playing a game, everything was fine; we decided to go for bike ride. I pressed side power button briefly to turn the screen off, stood up from my chair, put the phone in the front left pocket of my shorts, I normally slide it there with screen facing my leg but in this case I just do not recall, and went outside to get my bike, which is in my back yard. when we were ready to go I pulled my phone out of the pocket, to get "Endomondo" going for the ride, I pressed side button once expecting screen to come alive but it did not light up. It was fairly bright and I have my screen dimmed to the lowest position to save battery life, so I thought the screen is just too dark and I need to make some adjustments as I do sometimes when I go outside; I pressed my power button a couple of times more without screen going on, when I noticed a brief flash of lighter spot on the screen. That was it, I can still answer my phone if I guess the positions of buttons, and I hear sounds it makes.

So this whole thing happened in the pocket with in 3 minutes and I maybe walked 10 feet in total...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BarryH_GEG:
There are 86K posts in the i9500/i9505 forum including the sub-forums. For giggles let's assume that's equal to the number of actual owners participating or lurking in the forum. It's probably an exaggerated number. In mobile electronics a defect rate of 2-5% is considered "normal." So out of 86K devices represented here between 1,720 and 4,300 shipped with some type of out-of-box or latent defect. These aren't ballistic missile launchers which require 100% adherence to tolerances; they are mass market consumer electronic devices flying off assembly lines as fast as the manufacturers can build them. It sucks when someone draws the short straw but it's good to hear their reports so common patterns can be found. So in addition to a couple of dozen mysteriously cracked displays we can now add a display failure.

But even 36 cracked displays out of 86K phones represented here is .0004%. Not great news, especially for the victims, but not "the sky is falling" either. And in research a sample size of at least 2% is necessary to be considered a valid representation. So that would require 200K owners (out of 10MM SGS4's sold/shipped) being polled vs. the 86K (or less) represented here. And if between 1,720 and 4,300 displays cracked (2-5%) as easily as portrayed here it's pretty safe to assume this thread wouldn't be just 17 pages. Hell, the crackling audio thread is 67 pages. ;)

I’m not trying to diminish the pain of those with cracked displays or defects just adding some perspective.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lazard:
this. While I feel for the 2-3 dozen people on this thread that experienced a cracked screen for whatever reason, they are statistically insignificant.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CodeRedDewd:
Sounds like you should get a free phone. It may have been assembled incorrectly in some way that may have already had the AMOLED screen under stress. I'm sure there is no signs of external damage so they should replace it, no problem.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuribo67:
The same happened to me, the underscreen cracked while in my front pocket. I've contacted Samsung and they don't want to here anything, when you say "the screen is cracked" it's off warranty and they say to you that you have to go to the closest samsung approved center to replace the screen, of course you pay it and not samsung.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ewok666:
Then it shouldn't be an issue for Samsung to fix this under warranty. Anyone who accepts that the Amoled can break while the Gorilla Glas stays intact is FoFS.... IMHO.

If the case is damaged then fine.... Personal problem. But if the case fails to protect the Amoled display inside then it's a design flaw and nothing else.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] @rbiter:
Interesting because most of your posts in this thread seem to be championing manufacturing and statistics of defecs and then you rub it in with the "sorry you drew a short straw."

Sent from my GT-N7100
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BarryH_GEG:
So you think a couple of dozen reports confirm a design flaw, warrant a recall, and should scare everyone away from the SGS4? Because there have been plenty of those posts too. The only thing I'm championing is reality. And I'm no more immune from short straws than anyone else here; I've drawn plenty. But when I do draw the short straw I'll admit to accepting them with less angst than others have shown. I bought a Teg3 One X from the UK when they first came out. The initial one I was shipped had a yellow tinted display. It cost me $40 out of pocket to ship it back for an exchange. The second one was perfect. I chose to celebrate that rather than scream like a Chinese tree monkey over the first one needing to be sent back. It was a risk I knew I took by buying an international phone.

Another example. I was walking the dogs last night and stupidly had my N2 in the same hand as their leashes in nothing but its TPU case. One of them pulled and it knocked the phone out of my hand. It fell about four feet and landed flat on its back on concrete with a sickening "fwack." Based on the impact the display should have been cracked. It wasn't. So I was thrilled it didn't crack but would have just sucked it up if it had. When I carry a device that’s millimeters thin in my hand that has a 5+" display the concept of it breaking at some point seems inevitable to me. People have different outlooks.

Based on? Flex and stress don't leave any signs of external damage. And since the SGS4 is the only device using GG3 it may be "normal" for it to be stronger than the underlying display. Would anyone here with a cracked display be any less upset if both the glass

and

display were cracked? We're taking everyone here at their word (there's no reason not to) that their SGS4 spontaneously cracked with no outside cause. So it could certainly be a defect in "X" number of units caused by bad parts or assembly. It could also be that something stress related happened to those phones earlier that weakened them that caused them to crack later with little effort.

Hurricanes are tracked during their development with advisories, watches, and warnings based on likely landfall. This issue is at the "advisory" stage. If this thread suddenly gets a dozen new people a day reporting mysteriously cracked displays and gets up to a hundred pages in a week then the status of the issue should be upgraded. But that's not happening (yet). And if people are upset enough about crackling audio to drive a thread to 67 pages you'd think something like displays self-immolating would draw at least equal attention if it was happening regularly.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dyson1a:
Check this out guys , looks ominous if this seems to keep happening in normal use:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GtuAS_57bA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Euthye:
Reputable source too, not to diminish the repute of previous complainants.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] benni_1994:
I've dropped my s4 a few times and have it always in my jeans pocket but I had no problems so far :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ewok666:
Simply based on the fact that the phone is MEANT to be carried inside a pocket and the SOME flex is to be expected and if that has the potential to break the screen then that's Samsung's fault.

My display is fine but by old S3 started to grow bubbles on the battery cover and eventually the top layer of gloss the came off. Samsung's comment: physical damage..... Not their problem! Care to tell me how I caused those bubbles to appear?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BarryH_GEG:
In the video he starts with "you remember the mysterious cracks we saw on the SGS3..." There were hundreds of pages discussing SGS3 displays cracking. But out of 50MM sold it obviously wasn't significant enough for Samsung to have done something about it either voluntarily or via a "watch dog." Over time I'd expect tons of reports of screen cracking on the SGS4 just because so many will have been sold. Someone telling their story of "and I had nothing to with the SGS4's display cracking" on YouTube is just a more visual account of what's been told here a couple of dozen times already. Whether it happens to someone in the media, a person who spent their life savings on an SGS4, or to Prince Harry doesn't matter; it's just another cracked display to add to the list.

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Link?

I don't really care. If I was as frustrated with Samsung as you are I wouldn't be buying their products and martyring myself over them. If my battery cover bubbles I’d pay $20 to replace it rather than waging war against a multi-billion dollar corporation. But that’s just me.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ewok666:
A link? Seriously? What are you on?

Couldn't really care about your opinion as you are clearly full of it.

Time to go
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yfotso:
1545 Agrtuar

Tight jeans?

Maybe? yeah?

:silly:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krabman:
Don't disagree with anything you said Barry but it should be pointed out that there is normally an implied warranty insofar as a products fitness in its intended use. I'm no attorney but the gist of it is that if you sell a product to do something users/owners have a reasonable expectation that it can do that thing without damage. A cell phone must of course be carried somehow and a reasonable person would assume that there is no expectation you hire an armored truck to follow you around with the phone inside. Thats obviously an exaggeration to highlight what I mean but you get the idea.

A real truth about warranty though is that none of us are in possession of it and possession is of course 9/10s of the law. Once Samsung or any other outfit says no you have no recourse other than to follow through with a long process that can be very expensive and in any event will be time consuming.

In the end I think you're right, having a legitimate complaint isn't enough, you have to have a reasonable expectation of there being a payoff for your efforts or its an uphill battle to no good end.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] infamous916:
anyone ever find a fix for the obtaining IP address loop? if i cant find anything im going to have to fully reset my device back to stock, i flashed beanstalk but i use the pie feature very very regularly, and i just cant read the pie on bean (great rom otherwise) but as i have flashed that and partitioned data i wont let me install any other roms (i believe that is the issue, worked fine before bean) i like the pie controls of vanilla rootbox and i have a backup of it, but the backup i have is the one with the IPloop, im really at a loss here, kinda 2 questions in one lol
[Samsung Infuse 4G] infamous916:
also, can someone direct me to the unroot/factory tool for the infuse so i can have that on hand if i need to start from scratch
[Samsung Infuse 4G] xxxSuperserieSxxx:
=> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1524081
[Samsung Infuse 4G] InsaneDDay69:
Search is your friend. Its in the infuse super everything thread.

My Infuse is Stalking Beans
[Samsung Infuse 4G] infamous916:
yea i found it right after i made that post, i would rather not have to take that path but the beanstalk flash partitioned my data and i cant flash any other roms now, if anyone knows a way to fix or get around that please let me know
[Samsung Infuse 4G] infamous916:
ty for the help so far guys i appreciate the help and love this community
[Samsung Infuse 4G] InsaneDDay69:
you can flash any of scott's ROMs, and also the newest Carbon Nightlies run the new partition setup as well.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] infamous916:
i love scotts work but i want to run VanillaRootBox they have the pie feature exactly how i want it easy to see and easy to toggle
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] judorange:
Hello everyone.

A few days ago, i've noticed an issue with jack output.

It's now impossible to watch a movie and music sound very bad.

The sound seems completely faulty, especially voice, when I use an headset. I have tried 3 different headsets and none of them work.

The strange thing is that when I'm plugging the phone to my computer or my stereo, it seems to work way better.

I've used with Audacity to check the frequency and everything seem correct. But as stated above, it sounds okay when using everything but an headset.

Phone call using an headset is impossible due to very very low volume.

I'm running the latest CM10.1 and yesterday, I've tried "the galaxy project 5.01" and it sounded equally bad...

It really seems like a kind of voice cancellation :eek:

My guess is that's hardware related. Is this a common issue? What could it be if it's not that?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Spitwista:
when I flash other roms the phone gets bootloop...whitelight boots but says batter low shutdown in 30sec...

plz help
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] kilroystyx:
What you mean with other, stock or custom?

If I understand right you want install a custom rom with kernel .35 under other custom rom with kernel .32, right?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] yusopa:
Agree with kilroystyx
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Spitwista:
my problem is that only cm7.2 with kernel 32 is the only custom rom that wants to boot?

must I flash official 2.3.5 before atemting a ics rom?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] rqmok:
Are you sure you are flashing the right ROM for the right phone?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Spitwista:
I have downloaded most of the roms on the u8800 thread from 2.2.2 up to 4.2.2 and nothing....

I have swapped out boot.img and recovery.img numerous times with no success..

whitelight boots up but as it reaches homescreen it says "battery low shutdown in 30sec"
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] kilroystyx:
Installs the B136 and then reports the behavior of the phone.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Spitwista:
downloading now..any special steps on how to flash?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] kilroystyx:
No, typical official steps, folder dload in the sdcard and into put the update.app and update_cust.app files..

If the firmware fail try with usb cable connected.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Spitwista:
did like you said and after 136 I flashed 528 and now bootloader is LOCKED...Any help
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] forumber2:
Try to reinstall B518
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Spitwista:
normal procedure?copy files to dload folder-boot to pink screen?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] forumber2:
Yes
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Spitwista:
thanks for the help.downloading now.will reply results soon
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Spitwista:
518 says fitmware update unpacking 1/2 updates but stands still without moving abit..517 does the same...
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] kilroystyx:
To unlock bootloader use blefish's patch, find here.

If firmware stuck "update unpacking 1/2 updates" connect USB cable.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Spitwista:
patch states e signature verification failed...
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] kilroystyx:
Please confirm.

Your phone is U8800.

Your present rom is B528

Your recovery is v5.5.0.4
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Spitwista:
only difference I got "Android system recovery <3e>"
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] kilroystyx:
3e is stock recovery.

First root your device then install recovery 5.5.0.4.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Spitwista:
super1click does not work...got a different method for me please
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] kilroystyx:
Root B528 => Here

Install cwm v5.5.0.4 => Here
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Spitwista:
doomlord v4.super1click2.3.3 and b528root does not work..

they run but have mounting errors..cant write on partitions

I want to be able to swap out my boot.img and recovery.img when youre on pink screen but pc does not communicate with my u8800 whilst in pink screen...Any help will be nice
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] kilroystyx:
If you follow all the steps to root B528 without success, the problem might be with your imei=0

Dial *#06# and check.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] badiyee:
Can you sort of like update us with what happened to your U8800? That is because when I read from post 1 i can't help but to think that you're jumping around. What I mean to say as jumping around is that you're probably knocking things around but not heading to the right direction.

Is the problem now that

a) you have a pink screen and only have <3e> recovery

or

b) you have a pink screen and also TCRW

or

c) you have pink screen, but you cannot enter recovery at all? (which is blue screen for me, when it happened)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Spitwista:
I have pink screen and

<e3>recovery.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] badiyee:
Okay, taking into account that you ran into issues (i went through all your posts just to make sure). Because I also wrote a FAQ here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2277655

I think you need to re-identify your handphone model.

Try this:

1) Open battery.

2) look at the MODEL section. If it says U8800: SAFE. If it says U8800H, SAFE. If it says U8800-51, (uh oh) and if it says U8800PRO (go and go to u8800pro firmware)

the model should say what model you have.

Now, I think you have also downloaded either a corrupt version of B528 or something went wrong with the unbricking process. I would be here (i'm going out soon but i'll be READING this thread all the time) so please follow the post step by step. Right now you need to identify the model again (just to make sure, okay? we're here to help you) and make sure that you've got the correct firmware downloaded.

Or,

If you have another Android (which from your signature it seems that you do) please re-format your EXTERNAL SD CARD via the Android phone/tablet before copying the UPDATE.APP file into the EXTERNAL SD CARD.

it should be

X:/EXTERNAL SD CARD/DLOAD/UPDATE.APP

Please remember the DLOAD folder is a MUST.

Please give it a try.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Spitwista:
Thanks for the help.

I have u8800.

My efs and imei is intact and have backups.

I have downloaded b517.518.522.528.136 and they all get stuck at unpacking 1/2..

Dload folder only works from inrernal sd and not extsd..

When i boot to recovery i only have install from sd not extsd