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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] don2020:
Hello.

A year or two ago I purchased this Samsung Galaxy S2 GT i9100 from Ebay, which came to me in Chinese. I changed it to english, eventually, but I could never get it to update firmware, which was a minor contrivance. I continued using it for a long time, with some reservations.

Though two days ago, I finally got around to giving a workaround a shot, which didn't work. I tried another, and another; and nothing worked until I gave up and then all of a sudden, kies decided it would update the firmware out of the blue - without me actually doing anything.

Go figure.

Anyway, the phone started working great until I did some updates on my apps, I lost my "Navigation" app which I am told, most likely got put back into google maps (as it was a part of it) and the phone has crashed twice, frozen for several seconds several times and been quite slow in general since. I googled a bit and found that the culprit was likely the /data/logs - but I cannot get to them as the phone isn't rooted. I deleted some apps to make room on the phone, as it was 1.8/2gig (wouldn't let me update half of my apps at one point!), bringing it down to 1.4 but that had very little affect on the phones performance, and I still have half a dozen Gigs left on the USB. So the logs seem to be the culprit at this point.

Further googling indicated to me that I should err on side of caution and factory reset the phone, but I was unsure whether I should do it before or after rooting the phone, which caused me to find out about this "brickbug".

And I also found out, by an "eMMC brickbug checker" app, that I have a:

Type: VYLOOM

FwRev: 0x19

Brickbug? YES. Insane Chip.

Which leads me to asking you guys what the best process for me to go about this is, considering that I need to not brick my phone as I return to university in two days, but cannot continue with phone locking up and crashing?

Should I skip on the factory reset and just root phone, and if so which process is best, there are so many?

If further info, which update etc, is needed to select proper method I require, please let me know how/where to find it, and I'll post it asap.

Thank you in advance,

Don.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
Whether you have a susceptible chip or not is largely irrelevant; the brick bug is triggered by running rooted stock 4.0.4 & doing a factory reset, anything else & you're fine.

I'm not sure why you think rooting the phone is going to fix the problems you're describing ? I'd only be rooting the phone if you have a specific reason to do it. Also, if you absolutely cannot be without your phone, don't root or flash anything to it ever. Sometimes stuff goes wrong, and you simply can't completely remove that risk regardless of what some people on here might tell you (even tho that risk is very very small for a given flash).

So...If I were in your situation, first up a factory reset. If that doesn't help, find Hopper8's 'Odin troubleshooting' guide stickied in the General section, download the 3 part firmware linked in the thread, flash it with Odin. This will wipe your phone. I'd then download a stock rom for your country/carrier from Samfirmware (anything but 4.0.4) & flash that with Odin. This will give you a clean installation & should resolve your issues. If it doesn't, you're probably looking at either something on the app side not playing nice, or a hardware issue.

If you want to root the phone or flash a custom rom from there, that's up to you, but be mindful of the potential for stuff to go wrong. So far as methods to do these things go, this stuff has been/asked answered thousands of times here over the past 2.5 yrs. We have stickied threads near the top of Q&A & also a thread with a multitude of guides/tutorials stickied near the top of the General section. If you do go down this path, taking as much time as you need to read/learn/understand methods on your own (as opposed to someone regurgitating a bunch of steps you don't understand the consequences of) before you do anything should limit the chance of 'accidents' happening.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arangast:
Hi guys,

My wife has the Moto G and we briefly turned on Motorola Assist to see what it did (wanted to see if it could disable wifi/data at night), however even after turning it off the phone keeps automatically switching to silent at 11pm, as per the "night" profile.

I've tried toggling night mode on/off in the app settings, changing the time the profile kicks in, disabling the app all together (and turning the phone off/on afterwards) but it still keeps switching to silent every night.

Does anyone have any ideas or will we need to do a factory reset :(

Cheers.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Scramble:
ES Task manager can control which apps run at startup. Not sure is phone needs to be rooted though.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lakyboss:
I disabled it and it is good.

Try to freeze it with titanium backup if you are rooted.
[General Omni Discussion] _Raziel666:
Can someone comment on the bluetooth audio quality on OmniROM 4.4.2? I tested it today and, to my ears, it sounds much worse than 4.3 (either CM or Omni).

I tried searching around but there were conflicting opinions. So I'd like to know what people around here think.
[General Omni Discussion] Krsnik:
I too feel that audio quality over Bluetooth was better a few weeks ago.

There were one or two builds where it got really bad but it's OK now but not as good as it once was.

It may have been the use of GravityBox which I used for two or three nightlies before canning it again but I'm not sure.

I use Omni on a Sony Xperia Z so this is only in regards to this phone.
[General Omni Discussion] Krsnik:
I'm now sure that the audio quality over bluetooth is worse than it was a few weeks ago.

Today I flashed CM11 to compare BT audio quality and on CM it was so much better (like it was on Omni when I started using it).

On Omni there is almost no bass at all and highs are a bit distorted whereas on CM audio over bluetooth (Xperia Z with Sony SBH20) sounds almost identical to directly plugged in headphones.
[General Omni Discussion] maxwen:
Don't know about Sony but on oppo the problem was using too old blobs which derped the ACDB setup.

So this can be really a device specific issue

Unfortunately this depends on the device maintainer to

1) test and confirm it

2) try to fix it

I dont know what the maintainer situation for the Z is at the moment
[General Omni Discussion] Entropy512:
humberto is coming up to speed, but the Z isn't particularly well maintained right now. Doesn't help that I can't even FIND mine at the moment... I'm not sure where it went. :(

Most of the Z guys are trying to solve the camcorder issues properly. (I don't like Thomas' approach, there's got to be a cleaner solution esp. since all third-party cam apps work OK...)
[General Omni Discussion] doctor_droid:
Happens when u use 10 smartphones simultaneously :p
[General Omni Discussion] Entropy512:
-etoomanydevices
[General Omni Discussion] AES256thetic:
If it is a blobs issue, can anyone comment on the I9300 (Galaxy S3) and bluetooth audio?
[General Omni Discussion] cgx:
I have newly installed yatour box with bluetooth receiver on my car and the sound quality over bluetooth from I9100 with Omni is really bad.

The sound is almost crackling on some quiet places. Sound is perfect if connected to yatour's aux input with cable.

I have to test it with another transmitting device (without Omni) to rule out problems with the bt receiver though.
[General Omni Discussion] ludoo:
Bluetooth audio quality is pretty awful on the N7000 too, with my sony mw1 the n7000+omni 4.4.2 is distinctly bad compared to any other bluetooth source I have (phones, laptop, pc).
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trclockers:
can anybody send me a torrent link or mirror link for the galaxy s3

omega rom v50 4.12 ??

have problems with 50.1 and so need a downer version ...

thanks lot ;)
[Networking] Littmann:
Hi, I use Blade 3 Pro. When I turn off Data on my phone,after a few hours, when I turn it on I can't connect to internet. What I have to do? Then I must go to Settings and check/uncheck (depends of previous state) 'Use only 2G networks'. Internet immediately starts to work? What's going on?
[Networking] vkisyov:
Check something -> settings > more... > mobile networks > preferred network type ... and what is selected ?
[Networking] Littmann:
In Mobile network setting s I only have:

1) Data Enabled

2) Data Roaming

3) Enable Always-on mobile data

4) Access Point Names

5) Use only 2G networks

6) Network operators
[Networking] vkisyov:
I thing the problem is - not enouth signal strength of 3G network and when you change the network type to 2G you don't have that problem cuz the signal is better.. but this is just a guess i thing...
[Networking] Littmann:
Good hint,but see this. Yesterday I checked Use only 2G networks, Internet worked perfectly whole day. I woke up tomorrow, tried to connect it fails. I went to Settings UNCHECK Use only 2G networks, internet started normally. Changing settings from previous state makes my internet works.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrMmmkay:
Hi!

I am searching for a videoplayer thats supports autostart with the last video that was played.

Autostart after boot is not the problem, that can be done with 3rd party apps, but all players I tested are not able to play the last video without pressing a button or something else.

I want to use a Android device in my car, after booting it should play the last video without using the remote control, like the avaiable car radios with videoplayer. At the moment I am using MX-Player, there I have only to press one button to play the last video, but this is one button to much :D.

Any ideas?

Best regards

MrMmmkay
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] AndroInDisguise:
Okay, I have an HTC EVO 4G LTE.. I have hardware version 0003, although I am waiting on the (late) update to 4.3 from HTC, My Bluetooth is NOT working.. I have tried the bluetooth fix (Needed root), did NOT work. It is NOT a known issue to HTC, however to Sprint it is. Any Ideas Community?:crying:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] AarSyl:
Yes, it is a known issue to Sprint, as several customers have returned their phones for that sane issue. I have had that issue as well, and nothing fixed it. Your device probably needs to be returned.

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Phone: HTC EVO 4G LTE

Sense 5, S-Off

Tablet: ASUS Nexus 7.2

Rooted, Custom Rom & Kernel

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[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] SimianJones:
Take your phone to sprint and tell them your Bluetooth doesn't seem to work.

That is, assuming you have service with Sprint - if you don't it will just be awkward.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mehdi.moha:
Hiiiiii everybody

i've found this link : http://www.corninggorillaglass.com/...-Galaxy-Note-3-with-Corning®-Gorilla®-Glass-3

so i just wanna to ensure that do i have gorrilaglass on my phone or not ? it comes with all region ? all note 3 ?

cause i have a mat screen protector on my phone, if i make sure that my phone has its gorillaglass, i'll remove that mat protector .
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaythenut:
Yes you do well it's on my phone lol never had a screen protector on mine and not a mark on it
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mehdi.moha:
thank u jaythenut :)

but how can i make sure ... you know , my country is on sanction , i want to make sure the note 3 on my country is as well as other countries .
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] radicalisto:
This is the exact same question same as your other "is my phone corning with gurill glass 3" THREAD HERE!!!
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mehdi.moha:
how do you find me among the threads ... :D ;)

but i didn't found my answer on that thread , so i decided to make a new one .

if know know my answer , let me know please :)
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaythenut:
http://www.corninggorillaglass.com/products-with-gorilla/samsung

dose this help
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skander1998:
Short answer is yes, in all regions if your phone is genuine and not fake you DO HAVE Gorilla Glass 3.

Does that guarantee that it won't scratch though? No. Sand will scratch it like any other glass.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mehdi.moha:
my special thanks to @ jaythenut and [MENTION=4655762]Skander1998[/MENTION] for your kindly help :)
[Xperia Z1 Compact Accessories] Milkywaye:
The case is fine, if you are into that kinda thing.

I come from a Galaxy Note so like a flip cover and after a couple of days the cover is fine staying closed.

Not had any flash bleed from my pink phone that others have experienced.

I am actually gonna swith to a bumper case for my main use though as I use a magnetic doc and it doesn't work with that

(having said that.. it is easy enough to get in and out of the case to not irk me)

Doesn't feel like it will slip out of the case at all

Photos attached (hopefully.. my first photo upload!)
[Xperia Z1 Compact Accessories] Nos0x:
Thanks for uploading these photos, I have one on order :)
[Xperia Z1 Compact Accessories] p2dr:
I had this case. Untill i had issues with the screen. Issues like lockscreen freezing and notification bar tripping and locking as well. Obviously I can't really prove it's because of the case, but when I removed the case, those issues no longer occured. Just a warning. I think it's because of the creditcard-area, thats a little thick.

If someone could confirm this? I hope not ofcourse. But it's really hard to say it was not because of the case, because the only time I had those issues was when the case was on.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Accessories] delimanyak23:
Yes.

Same Issues.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Accessories] madlive:
Don't have any of these issues. Also have the carbon patterned one. I have mixed feeling about the case. Really dislike it's incompatible with either the DK31/32 dock from Sony (it claims to be an official Sony approved case), and secondly the cover flap has to much freedom of moving when closed, makes it look quite cheap. Still on the lookout for a flipcover case that will fit in the dock.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Accessories] nelvinchi:
I have this case - it's the worst case I've had for any phone..... Have issues with my music skipping when the phone is in my pocket, pretty sure it's the case.

It's incredible that Roxfit are actually the OFFICIAL accessory provider for Sony Xperia phones....

My Case_Mate Barely-There case is on order and due to arrive end of the month. I've had the Case_Mate Barely-There for every phone I've owned, and it has never let me down..... :D
[Xperia Z1 Compact Accessories] djjohn2:
same issue her..had to turn the phone off and on to respond..not as good like samsung flip case or lg g2 flip case :(
[Xperia Z1 Compact Accessories] Milkywaye:
ohmigod...

this has happened to me too!

I thought this was related to the other screen issue some have had and it would never have occurred to the that the case would cause this,

(also.. it didn't happen until recently... hmm.. i did recently use the card holder in the flap.. but not sure if that was the start point of the touchscreen issues)

i have now switched over to the Krusell Frostcover (just yesterday),.. so i am intrigued if the issues occur now (normally the issues happen a couple of times a day).. will respond back tomorrow

btw.. loving the frostcover!

damn.. this is a shame.. I like the Roxfit case up til this point (i really do like book covers for mobiles, just becuase i am so nevous about the screen).. but do agree with many of the complaints listed by others in this thread (i just don;t find them that bad)
[Xperia Z1 Compact Accessories] Milkywaye:
Yup.. all issues have gone away.

I have no choice but to say... for the time being.. avoid this case
[Xperia Z1 Compact Accessories] SXUsr:
My mate at work says said the same about the one he got for his Z1, his main issue was having to flip it open every time, which is why I could never own this style of case and he's stopped using his now.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] phokienhuy:
My note P605 has a dead area on its screen where using fingers is normal but not with thr Spen, when i draw a line through this area, the line will be coroupted.

This is a link to the screen shot which will show you my problem.

Please help me if you have any solution for this.

The link to dropbox file: db.tt/FFXZOO4V
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] clouds5:
All I can say is that the touchscreen driver is pretty messed up in general. There are multiple issues on this tablet, like shaking when you hold something, multitouch not working properly and touchinput dropping for no reason.

I'm not sure if your issue is hardware or software related (could be both imho) but I'm pretty sure the touchscreen driver will get some bugfixes in the next update. It's extremly needed and Samsung should be aware of it...
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] ¿Will-it-Blend?:
You don't have a magnet case on your tablet do you? I know that that can cause issues with the S-Pen.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] phokienhuy:
p605

Thank you for your reply. I will try reinstall the firmware using the kies software. Hope this may work otherwise, i will return it to the shop. Because i'm in Vietnam so i did not have the official warranty of this device.

Happy Lunar New Year guys!!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] phokienhuy:
no hope

It's not work guys!! even i flashed it back to stock :( may be this is a hardware failure :((( have to return it and take my money back
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] pg84:
Hi , I had the same prob with my spen . can't write on parts of the screen an its really frustrating . An LCD replacement cost $220.

Being an engineer my self , I went to buy some prying tools and open up the back cover of my note p605. Guess wat. The wacom ribbon cable was slightly detached from the connector . With my newly bought tools , I reattach the ribbon cable and YES!! My s pen works like new again.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] Pazzu510:
would this fix the "dead" zones near the edges of the screen? I have those and everyday they get worse to the point that i have something like an 8inch-screen area to draw.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] jmdrizen:
Hey all,

I've searched through this as much as I could, and found a few things, but nothing that's ident.

My problem occurs even after a clean hard reset, and has only happened since the latest ROM update, so if anyone else has it please can you say if you get this problem... or don't...

Basically, my T-Mobile Pro will work fine for a while, but then I go to it any time after 10 mins of being clammed, and with virtually everything I try to load it comes up with an error dialog saying:

"The file 'X' cannot be opened. Either it is not signed with a trusted certificate, or one of tis components cannot be found. You might need to reinstall or restore this file."

But this is with EVERYTHING, HTCMesages.exe, HTCCalender.exe, Contacts.exe, TomTom Navigator.exe...... EVERYTHING, ARGH!

The only way to sort it is soft reset, and then everythings okay, for a while anyway... till all of a sudden.....

The only things I've got on apart from the standard T-Mobile ROM is TomTom Navigator 5.21 and PocketBreeze 5. But I'm sure it's nowt to do with either of those...

Please someone, anyone,,, HELP :-/
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] jmdrizen:
ARGH! Just after I posted before I hard reset and got it going again.... until now.... :evil: :evil:
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] cktlcmd:
1st: Do you use a SD Card? If YES, does the file you try to open in the SD card. Try using a different SD card and see if you still get the same Error Message.

2nd: Do you use WM5torage or Softick's SD Card reader? If YES to either of them, you might have set them on "ACTIVATE" mode then of course you will get the Error message if you try to launch any application on the card while using any of them because you gave the control to your computer to read the card instead. The solution is to keep then on INACTIVE state while using the apps or install them in the Internal Memory rather than the card.

Hope this helps.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] jmdrizen:
Thanks for your reply, but unfortunately it's not the SD Card, its core windows mobile applications aswell, like the contacts and messags.

I think it might have been to do with the ROM I was using, I was using T-Mobile's latest (still pretty jurassic though) but switched to the iMate one, and no problems now :-D

Surprised if it is the ROM though, as thought others would have got the error :-/
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] cengaver83:
Here is the solution. I have a Samsung mobile phone and got this error after I installed Samsung's standard multimedia player "Touch Player" into My storage. Then I uninstalled it and re-installed into main storage and it works now.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] One Hype:
Ok so I tried updating my phone that was already rooted on Android 4.3 S-OFF to 4.4 kitkat with sinless rom sense. Transferred the rom zip to my phone, then proceeded to wipe the system and data, as well as davalik cache with clockworkmod recovery. Attempted to flash the rom and it aborted. Tried a few times and nothing worked. Didn't realize till after that my phone had no OS, and now all I can do is enter the bootloader. Can't enter recovery as the phone will enter clockworkmod then abort and reboot the phone. Not sure what to do at this point as I tried one of the guides and couldn't figure it out. If anyone can help me I'd greatly appreciate it. At least I backed everything up on my computer manually and am using my iPhone 4 until I can get this fixed. Thanks in advance.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nathlynn22:
Try reflashing recovery then if that works ad b push or usb otg a working Rom to your phone
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] One Hype:
How do I reflash recovery when I can't access the filesystem? Do I need to setup ADB and connect to my phone via command line to initiate the transfer? Can you link me to a thread that explains how to setup ADB in a case like this? Thanks
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nathlynn22:
You need to reflash cwm. I'll try find a link. But after recovery is working you would have to use ad b to sideload the Rom. Have you tried from bootloader fastboot erase cache?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] One Hype:
My biggest issue is being able to reflash clockworkmod. If I could that out of the way, I already have the rom on the phone storage, so I should in theory be able to reflash I'd think.

I don't have the option to delete cache within the bootloader under fastboot
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hardstuffmuc:
How did you get your One rooted, then?

You need to install ADB/Fastboot on your computer. Best to create a folder directly on C:

In that folder you also copy the .img of the recovery (you need latest TWRP for 4.4 ROMs)

Now, once ADB/Fastboot Folder is set up, the TWRP download is copied into the same folder, you go to your bootloader and connect the One via USB and select FASTBOOT (red letters) and once connected you see (USB)

You open a CMD window (START and type cmd) , in that window you point to the fastboot folder:

cd c:\fastboot (or whatever name you choose as in link above)

fastboot erase cache (enter)

fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.4-m7ul.img (enter)

fastboot erase cache (enter)

you see the commands running in the cmd window

after that you can choose inside the recovery the ADVANCED option and SIDELOAD ADB

I have not done that, so you need to search the forum on how to do that.

Njoi ;)

Screenshot to see the Fastboot folder on my laptop with the TWRP file in it

Just saw that you still have the .zip of your ROM on your internal storage. So just choose to install that and that's it! Be careful with the wiping option and only choose factory reset or cache/dalvik and never system!