yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Accessories] mcwarre:
Hi all,

A quick question (I am new to PPC world). Does anyone know of external memory devices which work through the mini-USB port? Sorry if it's been answered before. Many thanks.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ImranAliNoon:
Hey Guys!!

i am well aware that many of you have posted and replied to threads regarding subject above and also have seen/read many and also tried my level best to resolve my issue but still i am unable to restart or Recover or update my cell phone. Admins please help me as i am new here and hoping some humble and kind replies from senior as well as junior members. please dont shout on me as i am very much depressed what i have done to my Samsung Galaxy S-II already.

My Android was running 2.3.6 version and i tried to update it to jelly bean by using Odin and Android 4.1.2 XXLSR Jelly Bean firmware for Galaxy S2 I9100G ( Dont know whether my cell has letter 'G' in the end) and all was going well but in the last Odin said its Failed. for ur kind information i followed the procedure to update my 2.3.6 to Jelly bean using he guidlines given in attached image below.

Now my SII is stuck and keep showing this message only that Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again..

I am new and dont about kies and how to use it and whether it will work in my country (i.e. Pakistan).

Also i am unaware how to reflash, Boot etc (terms that i have seen in other similar threads).

I know i am asking for much but feels that this forum has some extraordinary developers too. Thanks in advance. Please reply if any1 has some solution.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lawong:
usually it happens when flashing already in progess and already flashed some of the files to phone but fails on other files.

try open ur phone backcover and remove the battery.. look for the model number there(u will see it at the back of the phone when u're already remover the battery)

after that download the right firmware for your phone axcording to the model number and flash it again.. see if that fix your problem..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ImranAliNoon:
on back its shows Model as "Model : GT-I9100"

I tried searching firmware for above and following page (snapshot atached) has some latest firmwares to download for my GT-I9100 but i am not sure about what region firmware i should download. Whether i should go for XFM or any other region. I live in Pakistan please advise whether Region also is an issue.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lawong:
firmware region is not an issue.. basically it was almost same as other firmware, only with diffrnt modem configuration..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ImranAliNoon:
Okay then!! Let me download one and check whther it solves my issue or otherwise. thnx buddy
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ImranAliNoon:
Further u said in earlier reply that "download the right firmware for your phone axcording to the model number and flash it again"

Please tell wha is flashing. If i am not wrong, what i did with my cell in first instance using ODIN that caused me this problem is called "flashing"?

Sorry i am new in android world and unfamiliar with these terms.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
Take it to a service centre.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ImranAliNoon:
The city where i live, there is no service centre at all for such cell phones.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ImranAliNoon:
Thank God... and Thank You Mr. lawong!!

My Problem is solved and now i am running Adroid Jelly Bean 4.1.2.

Actually i was flashing the wrong firmware using ODIN coz my model is GT-I9100 not I9100G thts y during process it was failing. As per your kind guidlines i checked the ecaxt model and downloaded its updated firmware and Flashed it again and every think GOT PERFECT!! Yahoo

Many Many thanks to this site and members especially Mr. lawong!! God Bless U
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ImranAliNoon:
[MENTION=4330322]MistahBungle[/MENTION]>

Now its working Fine Bro!!

I was flashing a wrong firmware. No need of Service Centre <3
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
Huzzah !
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jborges5012:
Hi I recently installed hyperdrive rom and have no data connection. Can anyone help.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] SiNJiN76:
Do you have an IMEI or is it Unknown/0 in the About Phone menu?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] SiNJiN76:
you may want to delete the imei post.

Couple things you could try.

1. Wipe and reflash Hyperdrive...

2. Try a different ROM
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jborges5012:
did second one works good
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigillz:
Is anyone else seeing the Internet Connection Unstable notification frequently? I'm getting it at home and at work, on 802.11n and .11ac. At home the connection is not unstable, new RT-AC66U router (standing next to a PC getting full 1.3gb connection). Have a Note 2 that I never saw this notification once on. Also have never seen this notifcation on my work network with the Note 2, and have with the 3. It also seems to pop up that message even when I have 3 or 4 bars on the connection.

I saw another post about weak cell signal on someone's 3. Anyone else experiencing these notifications regularly, when they should have a strong connection? Should I try to get my phone replaced?

Thanks!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toddnbrown:
I have seen it while walking around outside, close to the end of Wi-Fi range.... I am not sure the Note 2 had this notification at all, which could be why you haven't seen it before.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stu5797:
I get it. Its annoying. Hopefully some mod will get rid of it soon
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigillz:
Hm. Well that's promising that it's not my particular phone - and that it may not have existed in android 4.1.x on the Note 2.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tpaquette:
GN3-unstable internet connection

I contacted Samsung and they had me perform a cache reset that seems to have cleared up the intermittent unstable internet connection issues;

-Power the device off (remove and re-insert the battery).

-Press and hold the Volume Up key and the Home key, then press and hold the Power key.

-When the device vibrates; release only the Power key while still holding the other two keys.

-When the Android system recovery menu displays; release the Volume Up and the Home key.

-Navigate with the Volume keys to the "wipe cache partition" option and press the Power key to select.

-Wait for the cache is cleared. While reboot system now is highlighted, press the Power key and reboot the device.

Hopefully this works for you as well.

T.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oneandroidnut:
I had the same problems last couple days with this same issue. Today I used HTC one and left note 3 on desk off all day and back on note and Wi-Fi tonight and no issues at all flawless. Don't know if having it off all day helped or something but hope it doesn't come back lol
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] inco9nito99:
I've also been getting this. It's definitely the handset and NOT the WiFi as it happens at my home as well as my parent's home (both of which NEVER had any signal/droppage).
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justsayinbro:
The notification was driving me crazy! The only way I was able to temporarily get rid of it is by disabling mobile data while connected to WiFi. For obvious reasons, that could hardly be considered a solution. Accessing the service menu (*#0011#), turning off WiFi power save mode, and rebooting didn't help, so I was planning to return this amazing device.

However, tpaquette, after trying your solution, everything seems to be resolved! Wiping the cache partition did the trick!

Just wanted to report that and say thanks.

JSB
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rz22g:
The cache clear was a very temporary fix for us. Worked for part of the day. We have been a 5 iphone family for 6 years now and were all switching to the note 3. We already upgraded 2 but these are going back and we will have iphones again. Maybe next year with the Note 3.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b00mb00mchuck:
I'm on the other side of this coin... for the past 2 years I've had several devices here at home and they all have worked OK with my home wifi... but with this Note3 I get the unstable notification several times a day... After doing some serious monitoring of my Internet connection I've found out my Internet actually IS unstable and the Note3 is advanced enough to let me know about it... what seems to be happening is my upload speed drops down to, or almost to, zero now and then and that's when the notification pops up... and i appreciate that because it's let me know I have a problem and helped me track it down.

so... that being said... Thank you Note3 for showing me my problem ... BUT ... would be nice to have the option to turn off the notification now that I know what is happening while I decide on what to do for a fix or maybe decide to just ride with it for awhile until I switch to another provider.

Note: it's not your device glitching in that causes this... it's your internet... and your other devices don't have the feature that let's you know you lost your up/down link for a few seconds... seems kinda sensitive though because under most circumstances, small glitches like this that go unnoticed aren't a problem anyway... that's why we have buffering.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rz22g:
No that is not the case when all of my other wireless devices like our remaining iPhones, laptops, DVR, Smart TV stream online content without issue. I can stream on any of these devices from across the house without receiving the first buffer message, yet the Note 3 will give unstable network messages and buffer multiple times while standing in the same room as the router. If this is a case of advanced features on the Note 3, its the Note 3 detecting its own poor WiFi performance.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Harleydroid:
Here's my Internet speed on my N3 and get that message also. Mostly while I'm recording a HD move or downloading a on demand movie for my direct tv. Also when streaming Netflix to my ps3.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ManOfBusiness:
I haven't had this issue but I cant help but wonder if there is some commonality between the router settings.

I'd first do two things, change thd channel of my router and give my device a static dsn and see where that gets me.

Then I'd play with my a/b/g/n output and ghz settinngs to see what it likes best.

If you are getting strong download speeds with an unstable connection it would seem to point to chatter or interference on the ghz spectrum. In example a motherboard or cordless phone placed too closly to the router will cause some interference. And ofcourse our samsungs which use newer 802.11ac can be pretty picky/confused with the input.

Heres a bit of reading. http://www.anadigics.com/news/press...owered_anadigics_wifi_and_cellular_solutionsI
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mi7chy:
It seems the Note 3 more thoroughly monitors your Wifi connectivity such as latency. I know when I peg out my internet connection downloading something on another device and the latency increases as a result the Note 3 will pop up that notification. No big deal since it's just informational and can be ignored.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MichaelMcC:
I get that almost every time I walk from my barn to my house. In that fringe area where it's detecting the wifi signal and locks in it doesn't seem to like the signal fluctuations. I disregard the alert and everything is fine. I think Samsung needs to increase the time before it complains about poor signal lock, or just not ***** at all!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bd177:
If you turn off your mobile data, the WiFi notifications stop. So it can't be anything to do with the WiFi signal. I think that there are apps that try to use the mobile data, and when they can't, throw out those notifications.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justsayinbro:
That's unfortunate. I'm surprised that solution only helped your situation temporarily as it has completely fixed the problem for many others, myself included. Anyone else tried it, only to have the notification come back?

Also, I cringe at the thought of you going back iPhones. I wouldn't wish that dreadful experience on my worst enemy.

Just thinking about it makes me nauseous...
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MACHEK:
Did this wipe any of your data? Did you have to re setup your device?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b00mb00mchuck:
Doesn't wipe any data... doesn't even wipe passwords in browser etc ... only cache items
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mi7chy:
Going to have to keep an eye on it because I'm pretty sure I had a few devices including the Note 3 on WIFI to download large 1GB+ apps and also when broadband drops out. Notifications seems to be accurate so far.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kisypher:
Absolutely this.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vtcats:
While this could be true, in my case I don't think so. Because the unstable notification pretty much only happens while I'm in a "fringe" area in my home or from a public router. 90% of the time I'm using my phone I happen to be sitting right next to my router and I rarely get that notification (I think it may have happend once since I've had the phone since Oct10th).

But any time I'm sitting in a low signal area I get the notification. It really just seems to me like the Note 3 does not have a good wifi with regards to distance or signal strength. When I DO have a wifi connection I've noticed the speed is faster than any of my other devices....
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Badabing6:
I've had the same issuesand it was driving me crazy so I went out and bought a new router. Now I'm not sure what the difference is but the dual band netgear router I bought had 2 networks to connect to. The first is the 2.4ghz and when I connected to that I would keep getting the unstable wifi. When I switched to the 5ghz network it had worked perfectly not one unstable message. Im not sure if that helps anyone out,and why it works better on the 5ghz but seems like I found a solution for myself.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigillz:
I had unstable wifi messages. I also had terrible 4G performance - sometimes I'd have full 4G bars but zero data connectivity, or garbled phone calls. Other times I couldn't get any bars to begin with.

Performed cache reset, performed factory reset (had to for rooting the phone), no change. Talked to customer service, have a replacement arriving today. Hopefully this fixes things.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ceeboski:
i too called a rep and got my replacement this morning, as soon as i connected it to my wifi, i got the "internet connection is unstable error" message, I'm sending it back immediately and am on the phone with them as i type this
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d3db1t:
I think b00mb00mchuck is dead on, and I will tell you why:

I as well was experiencing this issue, when I first noticed it I was at home. I have Satellite Internet because I live in a rural area, what I first thought was because of the high latency issues satellite internet has was why I was getting the error. But then I started noticing it at work where we have a very fast and stable wireless connection. So after digging around on the internet and XDA I found the service menu codes and shut off the WiFi sleep mode (or whatever it is ) , after I did that and rebooted I no longer had that error at work which is a solid internet connection , but I still got it at home all the time even though my other devices, which includes an iPad 2, an iPhone 5s , 2 laptops a Chromebook , and a Moto Droid X , NEVER HAD ANY ISSUES WITH MY WIRELESS - its at least somewhat associated with the phone recognizing crappy network connectivity.

please for the love of jobless elves at the North Pole, don't go back to iPhone.

Originally Posted by b00mb00mchuck View Post

Note: it's not your device glitching in that causes this... it's your internet... and your other devices don't have the feature that let's you know you lost your up/down link for a few seconds... seems kinda sensitive though because under most circumstances, small glitches like this that go unnoticed aren't a problem anyway... that's why we have buffering.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rz22g:
That does not explain how my other devices can stream without buffering but then the Note 3 buffers continually on the same video. And I'm referring to testing within the same time frame. For example play the video on iPhone , stop playback, open same video on note, stop playback and open again on iphone. Only buffers on note 3. The problem is the Note 3.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d3db1t:
Same thing on my end. I read an article just the other day about the way google has set up the youtube buffer to only buffer in chunks of data at a time ( I will try and find it, it was an interesting explanation ) my theory is that since android is owned/controlled by google then google has hardbaked that same buffer coding into the OS somehow. I did notice it on my Stock load on the N3 at work , but it hasn't seemed to rear its ugly head in Hyperdrive ROM. This is an interesting realization I just had. Not sure can anyone (who is still following this thread ) confirm ?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] G8orDroid:
I understand your frustration, I have the same problem. I also had a similar problem a couple of years ago with a brand new iPad. There was a substantial number of people posting of poor wifi performance with their new iPads when everything else worked fine, including their old iPads. All of the "solutions" to "fix" the problem contained updated your router or at least the firmware. I couldn't understand why I should have to do any of that when everything else worked flawlessly. It had to be the iPads fault, didn't it?

I suppose, depending on how you look at it, it was the iPads problem, but in the end, when I upgraded my router, the iPad worked flawlessly and so did everything else. It seems that the wifi "standard" may be more a guide to some manufacturers. There are a lot of little things going on within the wifi communications and if one end or the other doesn't quite understand what the other is saying, well, you get what we are getting.

I'm not saying that this is the same problem or that upgrading a router or firmware will even fix it. But, if it's an option, it might.

My N3 works great on wifi at work where it's connecting to a relatively new Netgear router and a 50mb cable connection, but at home, where it's connecting to a 2-3 year old CradlePoint router and a 2-3mb AT&T cellular connection, I get constant "Your internet connection is unstable" prompts. I have updated the firmware on my home router, but it didn't help me. I'd would just by a newer router, but I'm thinking of trying out HughesNet, so I'll probably hold off. It, sure would be nice if Cox would run that cable line another 1/2 mile so I could get real internet at home. :fingers-crossed:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d3db1t:
That is satellite internet service right? I can tell you from my experience, Don't Do it! - unless you like surf the web feeling like you are on AOL dial up AND have a monthly data cap. We pay upwards of 65 + a month, and get a 10gig limit every billing cycle, this is 10 gigs between 8am and 2am and then another "free" 10 gigs from 2am to 8am, if we hit the 10 gig prime time limit we get throttled until the billing period resets.

Sorry for the thread jack. We now continue with your regularly scheduled programming.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cooleydub:
This is not a device issue at all. It's an Android 4.3 issue. I have the Note 2 and didn't ever get this notification until I recently upgraded to 4.3.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hamidgeabee:
Flaky Wifi

I just got my phone replaced under warranty for this issue and the new one is having the same problem as the old one. I think I figured out the issue though. I had my router set up to have my 2.4ghz band and 5ghz band using the same SSID and I would constantly get connected, get the unstable error, disconnect, and then reconnect. This was happening literally once a minute or more frequently. As soon as I changed the 5ghz band to a different SSID and connected only to that network, my disconnects and errors stopped. To me that means, it appears to believe your connection is unstable when it can bounce between the 2 bands because they use the same password and SSID. Like it connected to 5ghz, and then suddenly it was on 2.4 and then back on 5 and it had a mini-aneurysm or something.

This fix won't do me much good at work since I can't switch all of the SSIDs at the job sites to accommodate my phone, but at least it may be a start to finding a permanent fix.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Carlos0371:
Tpaquette Thanks, cleared my issue up - not sure if only a temporary fix but it's done it for now anyway. Thanks given.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chris Kurisu:
Interesting read. I also get this message and would like to chime in here.

I am only on Wifi, I have no carrier.. so this must be related to Wifi and cannot be a carrier-only issue.

I also came from an earlier firmware (now, sadly, using 4.3) and I have never seen this "issue" in the preceding 18 months. This would seem to indicate that it is related to the update.

My router only supports one band. Interesting suggestion about the frequency though. I have TW Cable/Phone/Internet and our cordless phone and router must be near the modem. After reading up on my router I've come to find that it has an automatic channel selection feature specifically to prevent frequency conflicts and interference.

My girl has an iPhone and was hit with a similar message very early this morning. Just a few minutes ago I unlocked the screen on my S3 (SCH-I535) and got this message. I was in a fringe area (three rooms away) but my girl was not (one room away).

Assuming for the moment that this is either an ISP issue or a router issue I performed a speed test just after seeing this message which showed 20 down and 2 up, certainly good enough for what I was doing at the time.

In reading this thread I can see we don't share a common ISP but wouldn't it be funny if we were all on the same router chipset?

If, in fact, nothing has changed with respect to the quality of my isp and if I do not experience an appreciable change in performance from what I have always had then I would be happy simply learning of a way to disable this warning.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Randyc2800:
Clearing the cache worked for me.

This only started showing up in the last day or two. And the Note 3 shows the message on ALL wifi internet connections. It is is fact a problem with the phone or OS. Mine is rooted, so no OS upgrades were received. I tried all other methods related to advanced wifi settings to no avail. Clearing the cache worked. Do it.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Randyc2800:
Ok, it does appear to be a temporary fix. I cleared the cache yesterday, and until this evening, the phone did not display the message. But, it's back again. Oh well. I guess I will install a custom rom next. As of now, it's just rooted stock.