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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cory_booth:
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So I had MB1.... Full stock (plus root)...

I went ahead and upgraded using Bean's rooted MD3...

Flashed the MD3 Firmware....

No issues operationally, but I am a big commuter and use mapping a lot.

I noticed that my maps were offline several times into work today...

Having just come from a Thunderbolt, I began paying attention to the 4g... I watched the 4G/3G constantly drop and stall... Having gone through this before on the TB, I did all the network jogs, airplane mode, unfroze all the frozen apps, rebooted, davlik - etc... No joy...

Got home and checked the wife, she and I had same signal strength, just to make sure it wasn't my phone...

Saw the notes on Global to LTE and various other points - including Caller Name ID - tried them all - nothing helped.

For a quick experiment, I flashed just the modem/radio from MB1, understanding the rest of the firmware wouldn't be compatible with the net kernel... Phone functioned, same data issues...

So... I completely reversed my phone back to MB1... Now with a MB1 and a MD3 side by side, I loaded Google maps with traffic on...

The MB1 was near instantaneous with traffic indicators...

The MD3 took a few seconds as it staggered the traffic reports...

Flipped to FaceBook app... The MB1 immediately was lite up with data download/upload... MD3 paused, then started...

Strangely, the signal strength was near exact between the two phones....

But the speed and delay with the MD3 made me wipe off the MD3 and reload MB1... Happy now, without multi-windows...

Next time I'll remember to be more patient and use one phone as the dev for a few days.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sololhj:
I have had 4 different S3's, all of them have had rock solid 4G performance.

As an aside there is growing chatter that the most recent OTA has drastically damaged 4G connectivity. I run Synergy myself, so no OTA for me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] keynith:
Just moved to Atlanta, terrible service in the suburbs and theres a tower less than 3 miles from me. Have to come upstairs to text and call.

Living room, downstairs, shows 1-2 bars, but cant send text or call, come upstairs, get 2-3 bars and can text while calls drop frequently. I flashed lastest md3 and get 2 bars solidly. Idk maybe its these damn trees in the suburbs. My dad has a gs3 on at&t and deals with the same issues.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] faehsemc:
4G has never been an issue. 3g blows dog poop. As far as signal goes
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] usmaak:
Same here. The phone is great on 4G, but virtually useless on 3G. 1X is faster than 3G. Not sure what's up with that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shongboy:
I've noticed this coming from the Rezound. I moved in to my house Jan. 2012 and had the EVO 4g on sprint. Was roaming in the house and girlfriend had decent service on her droid x2 with verizon so i decided to switch to verizon and got the rezound. Signal was ok but not great. Broke the screen and decided to buy a S3 instead of fixing the rezound. I now have to stand in my dining room to make any calls or it gets dropped. If i'm down in my man cave I'm lucky if I can send/receive texts, calls don't even come thru.

Called verizon and the "refreshed" the signal on their end and told me to reboot the phone. No change. Gonna have to call back and try to get them to do something about it. I'm thinking about switching back to sprint. If i'm going to have mediocre signal at home I might as well have unlimited data.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rsswga:
get a network extender..kick butt reception...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ricecake2000:
I have learned the hard way that Samsung phones are crap with signal. I had a gnex then bought my s3 off contract after believing the sales guy about the signal being better. It is intact better to a point. Could also be my location.

Just funky how I will have no service then do an airplane cycle and bam 4g for a bit then it drops off to show 3g. I don't remember my DX being this show on 3g lol but who knows since that was a long time ago.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shongboy:
If I can get them to give me one for free I will. I refuse to pay for something to improve my signal at my home where I'm going to use it the most(I don't have a house phone) when already pay them $100 a month for my plan.

Wish I had known. This is my first Samsung phone . My last 4 phones have been HTC. HTC Touch(windows) -> HTC Hero -> HTC EVO 4g -> HTC Rezound -> Galaxy S3. All my HTC's were pretty good.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ricecake2000:
Yea mine does excellent in good coverage areas but it could also be verizon since my friends s3 gets good service and he uses at&t.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ugly pete:
i work for verizon and have not had anyone complain about this problem... its driving me nuts... so much that im going to flash something else. i play ingress and it has been just awful with the last update. i hate that i cant switch to 3g on my own... it just hangs on one bar of 4g and has zero data connectivity.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gravenimage:
Ive just picked up an s4, but my roommate has an s3, and this problem. I'm gonna try flashing it back a version, since that seems to be the only thing that actually works.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shongboy:
The other day I was at my g/fs parents house and her brother had 4g with his razor maxx hd and I was barely getting 3g occasionally. I just chatted with a verizon CSR for over an hour but the best they could do was $100 off of a network extender and they are having the techs look in to it. I told them if they can't get it resolved I'll be switching carriers. Guess we'll see what they do and say.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TheDiabolicaL1:
Unlimited data by chance?

I'm curious if they try to retain you as a customer if you've got unlimited data or if they would be interested in letting you go easier than someone on a tiered data plan.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] squidder:
They don't care whether he is on unlimited or not, he is one customer. People don't realize that in today's world when you make comments like "I'm gonna switch carriers" you are doing yourself more harm than good a lot of the time....this is because whoever you're talking to probably hates their job and couldn't care less if u switch carriers. Remember your talking to an employee not the owner...they are going to get their paycheck no matter what you do. Saying things like that only annoy people these days.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] keynith:
Yup. Just consider how many people threaten to switch and don't. Rarely people do and even more rare is the occurrence of saying "im gunna switch" resulted in them getting "their way"
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TheDiabolicaL1:
I didn't ask if he gave vzw an ultimatum. I asked, in his opinion, if he felt vzw was willing to help him less because he is on unlimited.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] squidder:
I know what u asked...and i answered it at the very beginning of my post. The rest wasn't directed towards you. Just everyone in general.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shongboy:
Nope I'm not on an unlimited plan. I switched over from sprint in feb 2012 because I thought the reception would be better in the house my g/f and I just bought and moved in to. I wasn't trying to give them an ultimatum. I was just letting them know that it just wouldn't be worth it for me to stay if they can't make my reception better without me spending more money. Guess I'll see what they say as they said they have tech support working on it.

I really think it's the phone. Yesterday I couldn't get a text to send while at a stop light and I had 2 bars of 4g. I ended up picking up a note 2 yesterday off of craigslist for $260 and so far I haven't had any issues while at home.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] detonation:
But a lot of the times those employees are trained to offer incentives to customers wanting to leave. So even if they don't care, it's their job to do so. When my Time Warner bill goes up every 12 months, I call asking why and looking to make it go back down. The CSR usually says they can't, so I tell them I want to cancel and they transfer me. The person I'm transferred to asks me why I'm cancelling and when I tell them it's because the price went up, they conveniently "find" a new promo they can apply to my account to lower the price. Has worked everytime for the last couple of years. And if all else fails, I just hang up.

But to get back on topic...your reception issue is likely due to the new update, which Verizon has now pulled and admitted it causes signal issues.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shongboy:
I never installed the new ota when it was available.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sipple31:
I just moved and am going through some major signal issues. On my GS3, regardless of ROM/Radio, it constantly fights with low 4G. I have to go upstairs to a certain window or outdoors on a certain side of the house to talk. Data is sketchy. My wife's iPhone 4S and my parents iPhone 5 seem fine.

Just today I ODIN'd back to full stock. I am going to try that for a bit then go to Verizon with the issue. Grrr... :crying:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] squidder:
That's because you say you will cancel calmly. When you use an ultimatum it tends to piss people off and you get nowhere a lot of the time. You do it the correct way. Never give an ultimatum, simply just say thanks but I'd like to cancel. If you say well I'm gonna switch to att!!!...chances are you will get nowhere. People help calm respectable people more than other people I don't care how they are trained. Period.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Comp625:
I am thinking about buying a used S3 from Swappa (coming from the G'Nex, which has problems of its own). Am I correct to understand that phones from the first production run had problems, but subsequently made phones were fixed?

If it helps, I am thinking of picking up one of the newer S3 Black ones (not the original Pebble Blue).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] theDK10:
From what im seeing at my work (verizon) it's honestly hit or miss on most... I have sold new ones and they still had problems they even stopped production of them I believe. Your reception wont be that good either if your travel at all. I live in big city and my reception sucks to my friends phones believe there motorolas and Htc.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SilverFox66:
JMHO.... but after seeing how badly Samsung screwed over USCC with such a high percentage of GS3's with screwed up radios, basically doing the same thing described here (and USCC screwing their customers over by recycling bad phones sent in by sending out phones they knew were bad to people who had the same issues) it wouldnt surprise me that there is a radio problem. I worked for USCC and saw people get 6 and 7 replacement GS3's.... all bad. Then again, it also wouldnt surprise me that.... since the GS4 isnt selling worth a crap (not that enough of a better phone than the GS3 to make it worth the upgrade price) Samsung discontinued the GS3 because the GS3 was killing GS4 sales. It wouldnt surprise me a bit after seeing what happened with Samsung and USCC, to see Verizon send out an update that screwed up the GS3 in some way, in the hopes people would upgrade to the GS4. Corporations have done a lot more underhanded things than this before
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] khymbote:
I am on my 5th S3 for Verizon but none of them were reception issues. First my gps went out. Then that replacement the data died and they couldn't figure out why. The replacement for that one was damaged in the store by a rep and my 4th one wouldn't charge anymore.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ricecake2000:
1st = reception problems

2nd = overheated so badly I was slightly burned

3= charging port was installed inproperly

4 = reception problems

I was promised I would get a new phone from a new manufacturer but the latest one they blame my 5 day old sim card.

I'm calling when I get home and if I don't get a new phone I'm asking how much it is to terminate my contract and will sell my refurb to help cover the cost.

I dished out 650 (after tax) for my phone and this is ridiculous especially after the one heated up so badly it burned me. (If it left marks or a scar I woild have sued)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] drag69rpm:
I work on the RR and every time a train passes or my radio is keyed... my sgnal drops. Used to happen with my sprin htc evo 4g lte also. They narrowbanded all their radios so it may affect phones now. Just an observation.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lucky13:
I've noticed that too, really is kind of odd.

Sent from my S3...like a BOSS.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stafiejulien:
I have a tablet Vonino orin s .... can anyone help me with changing the file vold.fstab .... to swap the internal memory with memory card .... I'm desperate ..... please ....here is file ...just tell me what to change .....i try''d everything ...:crying:

## Vold 2.0 Generic fstab

## - San Mehat (san@android.com)

##

#######################

## Regular device mount

##

## Format: dev_mount <label> <mount_point> <part> <sysfs_path1...>

## label - Label for the volume

## mount_point - Where the volume will be mounted

## part - Partition # (1 based), or 'auto' for first usable partition.

## <sysfs_path> - List of sysfs paths to source devices

######################

## Example of a standard sdcard mount for the emulator / Dream

# Mounts the first usable partition of the specified device

#dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard auto /devices/platform/goldfish_mmc.0 /devices/platform/msm_sdcc.2/mmc_host/mmc1

dev_mount flash /mnt/sdcard auto /devices/virtual/mtd/mtd9/mtdblock9

dev_mount sdcard /mnt/external_sd auto /devices/platform/rk29_sdmmc.0/mmc_host/mmc0

dev_mount udisk /mnt/usb_storage auto /devices/platform/usb20_host/usb /devices/platform/usb20_otg/usb

## Example of a dual card setup

# dev_mount left_sdcard /sdcard1 auto /devices/platform/goldfish_mmc.0 /devices/platform/msm_sdcc.2/mmc_host/mmc1

# dev_mount right_sdcard /sdcard2 auto /devices/platform/goldfish_mmc.1 /devices/platform/msm_sdcc.3/mmc_host/mmc1

## Example of specifying a specific partition for mounts

# dev_mount sdcard /sdcard 2 /devices/platform/goldfish_mmc.0 /devices/platform/msm_sdcc.2/mmc_host/mmc1
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akshay.mehta9:
Try this and backup your vold.fstab first

## Vold 2.0 Generic fstab

## - San Mehat (san@android.com)

##

#######################

## Regular device mount

##

## Format: dev_mount <label> <mount_point> <part> <sysfs_path1...>

## label - Label for the volume

## mount_point - Where the volume will be mounted

## part - Partition # (1 based), or 'auto' for first usable partition.

## <sysfs_path> - List of sysfs paths to source devices

######################

## Example of a standard sdcard mount for the emulator / Dream

# Mounts the first usable partition of the specified device

#dev_mount sdcard /mnt/ external_sd auto /devices/platform/goldfish_mmc.0 /devices/platform/msm_sdcc.2/mmc_host/mmc1

dev_mount flash /mnt/sdcard auto /devices/virtual/mtd/mtd9/mtdblock9

dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard auto /devices/platform/rk29_sdmmc.0/mmc_host/mmc0

dev_mount udisk /mnt/usb_storage auto /devices/platform/usb20_host/usb /devices/platform/usb20_otg/usb

## Example of a dual card setup

# dev_mount left_sdcard /sdcard1 auto /devices/platform/goldfish_mmc.0 /devices/platform/msm_sdcc.2/mmc_host/mmc1

# dev_mount right_sdcard /sdcard2 auto /devices/platform/goldfish_mmc.1 /devices/platform/msm_sdcc.3/mmc_host/mmc1

## Example of specifying a specific partition for mounts

# dev_mount sdcard /sdcard 2 /devices/platform/goldfish_mmc.0 /devices/platform/msm_sdcc.2/mmc_host/mmc1
[HTC Desire X] azoz123456:
Hi :)

I need RUU JB if is it release :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] joeym11:
I cleaned some apps off yesterday, and not system apps as I do not have root, and now(maybe before) my screen won't turn off unless I press the button... I went to display settings and set it to 15 seconds, but nothing happens still. Am I missing something?

Sent from Iron Man's state of the art guiding system
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] tyshemi:
Check smart stay it goes wonky sometimes
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] joeym11:
I dunno... It's off :-S

Sent from Iron Man's state of the art guiding system
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] lunercrab:
Ok so I've noticed this off and on...if I'm on a phone call the proximity sensor will black out the screen....but I've been noticing more and more that when the conversation is done and I pull the phone away the screen stays black...I have to hit the power button to turn the screen back on so I can end the phone call....I'm over my two week remorse period with att so would I have to go to HTC themselves to fix this issue....I've don't numerous resets and tried numerous roms...even tried the proximity test and it came out fine....anyone else with this issue?...also the past two days my phone has run hot...even just sitting in my pocket...I can barely get it to go below 100°.....wonder if there is something wrong with the phone
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] Squirrel1620:
Probably a worn or dirty sensor. Get it replaced or try the proximity sensor app in the play store its made by chad0989 (a great dev)

Sent from my Tricked out HTC One
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] sp_1st_timer:
I also noticed this issue on my HTC one. But mine has the CleanMod Rom, and never had the chance to compare how it did with stock ROM.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] clsA:
I can assure you it's not a CleanRom issue ..i know those threads like the back of my hand and it's never mentioned their that I recall
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Abu Nazir:
Hello. Was wondering if anyone knows why (or if you have even heard of) the install button will not work when going to install an .apk? I can hit the cancel button and I can just move the apk into system/app and that works. Just can't manually install an app. No matter what I do the install button will not work. Any ideas? I'm using houstonn's personal PA halo phase 4 build 4.2.2. I'm sure it could be just a bug and nothing I can really do but was hoping there was some kind of trick like when getting into dev options or something like that. Thanks in advance
[AT&T LG Optimus G] DeathmonkeyGTX:
You didn't enable the ability to install from u known sources. It's in developer options or security, i don't remember exactly. I just do it without thinking on clean flashes so tibu will work.

Sent via LG E970 with houstonn aokp 4.2.2
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Joecascio2000:
You cant just install system apps anyway. They must always be pushed to system/app.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] Abu Nazir:
Ok ya. Then that makes sense because I had the "unknown sources" enabled. Well I didn't know that so thank u very much for yur reply. Thanks again. :thumbup::thumbup:
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iCurmudgeon:
So I installed the latest Samsung drivers on my Win 7 desktop with the intention of using mskippen's Note 2 toolkit to do a nandroid backup of my phone. After rebooting the behemoth I plugged in a USB cable into an open port and then plugged in my phone. The screen of the Windows machine went black and the cooling fan kicked into high gear! I couldn't even do a three finger salute (ctrl-alt -del) to get to the boot menu. I had to YANK the power cable!! I rebooted and tried again, same result. WTF!

Has anyone ever seen this happen before?

Before you suggest reinstalling the drivers - I rebooted the desktop one more time and plugged the phone in even before the computer had a chance to initialize the USB controllers (I.e, during POST) and the exact same thing happened. Seems my phone is out to literally assassinate my desktop. But here's the kicker - I've successfully plugged this phone into the computer before. So what is going on?

Anyone?

Mudge
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcapozzi:
Hmmm...

Sounds like a short circuit, try a different cable, try a different USB port (preferably one on the back of the computer).

FYI, USB ports are hot during POST (otherwise your keyboard would never allow you to get into the BIOS).

-Mike
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iCurmudgeon:
I swear I've used that same cable before to plug the phone (successfully) into the desktop, but you may be right. I'll try a different cable. Scared the s**t out of me, let me tell you.

mudge
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Horcrux08:
Need System UI,Settings,Tools widget,Messaging and Phone apk from Tipo Or E (dual SIM versions)

It will help to Cook Rom for my device.:p
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] stachu161:
Apps from Xperia E dual JB version 11.3.A.2.1

Note : There is no Messaging.apk in SXE dual only Conversations.apk
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Horcrux08:
Thanks for support:).
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] stachu161:
No problem :D
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Paradixie:
maybe can share uR rom :D

iam XED user too,,,

maybe if U have finish cook your xperia E dual, can U share with me,,?

:D

hope success cooked, and no bugs :D
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] hard91:
can you plz upload Phonebook.apk and InfiniteView.apk

i need it for tipo dual ........
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] stachu161:
there you are
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] ovais_43:
question..

apps from gimlo rom of tipo dual will be okay? :confused:
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] salsa88:
Is it possable to unlock my sprint HTC to be used on straight talk (AT&T) SIM?

If possable could would I be able to get LTE or HSPA+ data?

Currently I'm only able to get 3G speed on my HTC One as sprint has no LTE in Vegas.

AT&T LTE is everywhere here in Vegas & has service at my house. I only get one bar if service at my house with sprint.

Please let me know if it's possible.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] myphone12345:
It is not possible.

Also, even if somehow the phone could be unlocked for AT&T use, it would likely perform very poorly as a smartphone because it doesn't support any of AT&T's LTE bands, nor UMTS/HSPA+ 850 which is also a very important band with AT&T.

Plus, I don't believe that AT&T allows LTE use on any of the third party MVNOs that use it.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] salsa88:
Thank you great info.

my last question is would I be able to switch to MetroPcs

They offer unlimited LTE in las Vegas
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] raptoro07:
I believe I have seen someone say they were able to flash their ONE to Metro PCS. Don't know how, but that should be possible.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] myphone12345:
Metro's LTE band is in the 1700MHz (AWS) band which is not supported by the Sprint HTC One.

---------- Post added at 10:04 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:00 PM ----------

Yes but only with slow CDMA 3G (which will be going away eventually anyway as part of the TMO merger).
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] salsa88:
Hmm looks like my options of LTE on my HTC one is not looking very good..

any options to get LTE on my HTC One?
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] finalhit:
No lte in Vegas? Up until a certain point, not let in los Angeles as well while places in the middle on Arkansas has it.

I don't understand how Sprint prioritizes their markets
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Rirere:
It's not hard to understand, actually, so long as you look at it from Sprint's market perspective and not from the "why don't I have it?" perspective. Not to ding you or anything, but people are very good at rationalizing reasons they've been wronged, especially when money (the $10/mo surcharge) is involved.

Sprint is targeting areas with relatively low LTE deployment/development, which usually means more out of the way areas and suburbs because until/unless the Softbank merger goes through, they don't really have the capital or spectrum to compete with AT&T or Verizon in LTE buildout. They've been using their money (very wisely, I might add) in retiring their IDEN equipment so that they can refarm spectrum, but until then, they're going to concentrate on markets they can bring LTE to cheaply and semi-exclusively, so as to snag those customers.