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[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muzzy996:
I honestly think there are at least a couple of variations of flickering, one related to the display cable and the other software related. I have the software related issue but have not associated it with battery level or heat like others have. My daily routine is repeatable, the tablet is charged overnight and removed from the charger at 5am. I do a little reading for 10 minutes and then fire up hulu plus to watch a show while I shave and brush my teeth. The tablet is still cool and at 95% at this time and I found that there is still a chance that I will see the issue appear. It happens to me maybe once every couple of weeks. As a result I've adopted a preventative approach and do a weekly dalvic cache wipe on Sundays. I find this works for me but that's probably because of my charging habits and routine. My tablet rarely ever sees the south side of 50% battery.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] osdey:
Same Issues BSOD

Hello everyone!

I have the same issues with a p907a NOTE PROblem, and have refreshed the ram ,

I uninstalled most of the app from the system (with the idea of doing lighter) ,

have slightly up the mother board with a plastic tape , force gpu, hardware overlays, I've done everything I've read on google, and nothing ... absolutely nothing.

Ive now root with Towelroot , but before and after being root, the problem is the same.

now I'm in Mexico and I can not travel to the US, so I contact

samsung mexico and they can not do my warranty valid, being a product not manufactured in mexico.

But they told me it is a problem of the processor, it is still worse.

I think that if so ,we can not solve by ourselves. I'm really upset about this situation.

Anyone have any ideas that might help? any idea is good
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doggmeister:
lollipop fix?

Is there any chance lollipop Coul fix this
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omniomi:
I'm running CM12 which is Lollipop and it did not fix it for me.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] osdey:
The same issues

Hello! I have stopped (at least for now) that issues.

I did this:

SetCPU 3.1.2 installed on my tablet

- I made a Overclock

- On a scale of MHz Max 2265 (which is the default)

- On the scale ne 652 MHz Min

After two days, I have not had any reboot and I played FIFA and all good.

Still, it's an expensive tablet and so, is not good have to be doing inventions. for that reason I am returning to Samsung

for warranty.

I hope this helps alguen. regards
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pete101:
Sorry to go off topic but when you tap the middle upper of the screen does yours rattle?

I just noticed this issue today and i definitly don't remember it being this rattley before do you have any idea what has happened?

When i tap anywhere from the middle of the screen to up towards the camera it makes a rattley sound like something is loose.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pete101:
peterjo off topic but can i ask when you opened up the notepro in your video, above the battery in the middle are there any moving parts you can see or think of?

reason i ask is when i tap on my screen around the middle amd upper middle and upper left side left of the camera it makes a rattling sound now which is very annoying. It sounds like something has come loose slightly and when i tap on the screen it vibrates through like the area is holloepw with something moving do you have any idea what it might be?

i thought it might be the camera but i can't see too clearly from your vid what it might be the ribbon cable and the area which you stick a piece of paper to lift the motherboard but i honestly can't figure out what is causing this rattling when i tap the screen or press down then remove it sounds like a clicking sound.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malgora:
I took my note pro back to the shop, they have sent it away to get fixed, they said it had a major fault ( yep I could have told them that) it will take about 2 weeks they said.

They asked if we wanted to return it and get store credit.

I'll report back when I get it, see if they actually fixed it or not
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doggmeister:
shouldnt they do a recall then in this case if they know there is a fault? i really love it but as soon as the flicker starts I want to throw this thing out the window and buy a tab s 10.1, but then i read apparently they too have flicker issues (!!??)
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malgora:
You would think so huh. Enough of us have had this problem.

I was not aware that the 10.1 had the problem too, I haven't look at them. I sure hope it gets fixed I want to go back to playing nova 3 lol
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cenakhoa:
Summary of screen flickering phenomenon

Symtom

Screen flickering, mostly seen when battery is below ~ 50%

Signal lost (on my Note Pro 12 3G)

Temperature sometime a little bit high

Diagnose

Software Problem: Because my screen is flicked even on the boot screen (with samsung logo) or in TWRP user interface. It could not be because of software problem :crying:

=> Hardware issue

Solution

Lift the mainboard with piece of plastic like peterjo78 in post #53

In my case, I must used extra duct tape to completely eliminate the flickering issue

Note

Because there must be some thing wrong with the LCD cable, mainboard or battery I don't know. there are numerous of posibilities which varies base on each case, the solution may not work for every one of you but I hope that most of the case are fixed :highfive:
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doggmeister:
Can you explain how you used the duct tape, it's all over your motherboard it looks like
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theliner:
It Works. Battery connector replaced. Smoooooth

After 2 visits to Samsung , my unit finally works fine.

Motherboard and LCD were changed first time. But issue persisted.

Second time, battery connector was replaced. Since then it has worked very very smoothly.

No crash. Hope this will help others. Bought a Logitech keyboard case, works wonderfully.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doggmeister:
is this something we can buy and do ourselves??
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohboub:
hopping this would be the solution

Just activate battery saving mood ..... It worked fine for me.:good::good:

Sorry but it helped a little less than I thought first but you can try it and tell the others about the results
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malgora:
Finally got mine back, my girlfriend has been using it and it's been working fine she tells me.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silent_silver:
it worked!

Hi Guys,

just wanted to give my feedback concerning the little "platic piece mod" .

I was quite sceptical if this was going to work, but in the end it really did.

The flickering of the screen occurred on high britness and high load of CPU/GPU.

I was following the instructions of the video and voilà. Flickering good bye.

Thanks a lot for giving this advice, i am very pleased to have a fully working tablet again!

It's worth a try if you are rooted, because warranty is void anyway.

Thanks again!

Take care.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] htc_woe_is_me:
STICKY THIS **** NOW! I tried it as shown in the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvxbVft69Kg

...And it worked perfectly. I got my tablet back!! I haven't even used it forever because it was just too damn depressing, having spent $850, replaced 2 already and the 3rd did the same damn thing.

I also believe that we should all start a class action suit against Samsung-- who the f____ is with me???
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] htc_woe_is_me:
The fix did not work for me for more than 2 days. Started flickering again and the problem is now worse and the tablet shuts back off as soon as it hits the red Verizon screen now.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rock99rock:
I performed the shim fix and that worked for me. I am completely astounded of this obvious design flaw. With so many people experiencing this issue and Samsung applying incorrect fixes left and right, this has class-action written all over it.

EDIT: also, the original video showing the fix was removed by the user. I wonder if he was contacted by Samsung asking to remove it?
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DogMods:
Hi everyone, I wanted to take the time to register and post in hopes that this would help someone else out. The posts here are on the right track, however the only reason the plastic shim method here is working is that it is likely adding additional pressure to poor solder joints to help them hold a better connection.

forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-note-pro-12-2/369546-samsung-note-pro-12-2-screen-flickering-problems-4.html

In the above linked post you will find information on resoldering the battery power connector. This resolved the issue immediately for me and has caused it to stay resolved.

This is the 6 pin connector from your battery to your motherboard:

forums.androidcentral.com/attachments/samsung-galaxy-note-pro-12-2/178024d1432488436t-samsung-note-pro-12-2-screen-flickering-problems-sat-may-23-11-14-35.jpg

It will have 6 wires going to it, 3 colors total and is right smack in the middle of where the battery sits at the bottom of the motherboard. If you are comfortable with soldering some non-corrosive liquid flux swiped on with the a flux pen, and a quick drag solder job should permanently resolve the flickering issues for you. Obviously, please disconnect the battery FIRST before performing any work.

edit: I cannot make the links clickable as new users are preventing from posting links.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] netjetman:
video missing?

Any chance you could post it again?
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beut:
You don't need to change any part. If you have experienced these problems: flickering screen, battery's capacity fluctuation, auto shut down, auto reboot, quick discharge...etc.... all related to power, the only simple thing needed to do : re solder the battery connector. Any other solutions posted here won't fix a hardware problem: cracked battery connector solders.

You can verify this cracked battery connector by many ways:

1- When the screen is flickering: press on the back rear cover, near the center ( location of battery connector ), the problem will go away at that moment.

2-Slap on the back cover hard with your hand: your tablet will shut down immediately if it has a badly loose or cracked battery connector. This method won't work if the crack is not really bad. A bad one when you can move or lift it slightly with a screw driver or any other tools.

3- Inspect it under magnified glass or microscope, this one requires experiences or just simply push it slightly to right or left to see if it's moving, a bad one can be lifted easily.

The video on Youtube is no longer available because the poster may realize lifting the motherboard is only temporary close the gaps of cracked solders from battery connector.

This rework only takes under 5 minutes for who knows how to solder. Any repair shop can help you with little charge, all you need to do is to remove the back cover and ask someone to do the rework, no need the experience how to repair a Samsung tablet, even the experienced ones may not know how to fix this flickering problem.

When doing rework, add more solders as much as possible to secure the connector to mainboard, the reason: nothing to hold the mainboard along with the battery. The mainboard has only 3 screws to hold it at two speakers and it sit on top of the LCD, use your finger to push the mainboard at its' battery connector, you'll see it moves up and down easily. No matter how old your tablet is, sooner or later the battery connector will crack, especially if you have a habit to use it on your lap. To avoid this problem, I recommend a hard case cover should be used to minimize the movement of mainboard as it sits mainly on top of a flexible and fragile LCD assembly.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beachbouy:
Must be firware related

I have terrible screen flickering at random times, and today even getting SD card unexpectedly removed errors. The flickering only started after Kitkat update. Also, after the flickering starts I have been getting problems with apps installed to SD card and copying files to SD card using MY files. Today is the first time I got the Unexpectedly removed error while using a Samsung card. I did have it before with a Sandisk card though. Maybe I'll try to return to original Android 4.3 firmware if I can.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beut:
Try different SD cards to see any differences. Flickering screen is not firmware problem to blame as many users already tried to root and the problem is the same.

Trust me, re solder the battery connector will resolve the problem. Post #74 and #100 are the confirmation of what was done to fix the flickering screen: Connector Header is the battery connector, it's not need to replace as re solder is sufficient to fix the loose connection.

In case if SD card reader slot needs to replace. It's easy to change, search Ebay for OEM-Samsung-Galaxy-Note-Pro-SM-P900-12-2-Replacement-Micro-SD-Card-Reader-
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beachbouy:
Still under warranty

Mine is under warranty, so I'll be sending it back to be fixed. They'd better fix it. ;) Thanks though.

The SD cards can be trouble. I had the sandisk one and it wouldn't work in this or my s4 active, but works fine in my Galaxy s2. I bought samsung cards and they worked fine. Its only the last few days I'm having trouble. Maybe it is a broken SD card reader. That should be fixed as well under warranty hopefully?
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kra66ster:
can anyone have a link that peterjo78 made how to lift up the motherboard? thanks
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cavalier90:
I did the OTA update to 5.0.2 and so far my screen flicker issue has not occurred. Sadly, the Logitech keyboard does not work with the update.

:rolleyes:
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dive_junkie76:
We're all in the same boat with you on that one. Hopefully that gets fixed, but I was curious about 5.0.2 fixing the flickering since I have had this problem since purchasing it used from someone about 6 months or so ago. It bugged me but as long as I kept it charged above 50% it was fine.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cavalier90:
so far i have not seen the flicker return after the update. I did not see the flicker occur until about 6 months ago. I am the only owner (bought new). I will report back if the flicker returns.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dive_junkie76:
So far I have not seen it return. I am at 47% right now. It may have been a firmware issue.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shadow5455565:
on my sm-p905 , when it reboot my screen sometimes is being blue,i don't think it's only a power issue, and i have that problem only when my hdd is nearly to be full(sorry for my bad english. i'm italian :b)
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cavalier90:
Saw the dreaded flicker today. ..battery was at 33%. Plugged it in to charge. I'll post any updates after charging.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brorex:
Hey guys my flickering has gotten worse and worse. My tablet is still under warranty through best buy I believe I'm just trying to figure out if I should get it replaced with warranty or just do the soldering myself. Does best buy give out refurbished units when doing warranty exchanges? For some reason I never have very good luck with refurbed devices? What do you guys think I assume I lose my warrant if I tear into it and solder. I'd like to root it but have not for warranty purposes. Also I hate to send it to Samsung and have it gone for a month just to get it back with the same problem.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beut:
If you're still under warranty, you should send it back for repair. Be aware that Geek Squad at Best Buy is useless to fix your tablet, they will send it to a Samsung repair center for repair and pay the repair cost on your behalf, a fact most people don't know about it when bring laptops or tablets to Best Buy. If warranty covered by them, you don't have to pay, if it's not in warranty, you pay for the repair cost plus the bogus fee of middle man, they will act as if they actually repair your problem, the same as guys at Fry's Electronics. Anything other than computer, these guys won't be able to fix, simply because they don't have specialized skills and parts.

Private repair shops are the ones actually work on Samsung tablet but their source of parts is from Ebay or AliExpress.

Samsung repair centers actually are contractors provide services for Samsung tablets, they should know how to fix this problem now depending where you send your tablet ; if you want, be specific that battery connector should be fixed to solve this issue when creating a ticket of RMA.

Don't take an exchange because this problem exists in all Note Pro tablets regardless old or new, sooner or later, the battery connector will crack due to the mainboard sitting on a flexible LCD and frame ( this mainboard has only 3 screws to hold it, that's the reason. ) I see many users have this problem, even their tablets are only few months old. Refurbished are the worst as they are used one, did some checks and tests and ready for re sell.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brorex:
Do you know of anyone who has had the issue come back after getting it repaired?
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beut:
Depending when they sent for repair, by now most will not return as they do repair correctly for this particular problem which exactly comes from battery connectors, the one soldered to mainboard and the one connected with cable.

Before, I saw many users return from the same problem after changing mainboard or LCD or battery.

Each service center is a different company who provides services for Samsung or others. For example , the one is in Texas is not the one in California or in New Jersey...etc,...

Depending where you send your tablet for service, the quality of repair may be different, simply Samsung has no direct relationship or control over those work directly on your tablets.

Service center is a contractor, and their techs sometimes are sub-contractors, temp hired for repair Samsung tablets.

I see the one comes back for repair as the one that battery connector was not fixed. Many users here fix this problem by themselves, but a majority never post back , they just do the HIT and RUN.

This user is an example, after 2 repairs, the last one they fixed correctly:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=59573206&postcount=100

After 2 visits to Samsung , my unit finally works fine.

Motherboard and LCD were changed first time. But issue persisted.

Second time, battery connector was replaced. Since then it has worked very very smoothly.

No crash. Hope this will help others. Bought a Logitech keyboard case, works wonderfully.

This user spent $30 and fixed it by himself:

http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...screen-flickering-problems-3.html#post4473418

Some people have said an electronics guy will do this for you for around $30. Well, I spent the $30 and did it myself. I want to thank the people for posting the solutions here as the soldering worked for me.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluebirch:
I just got my SM-P900 back from Samsung for the third time. This time, they resoldered the battery connector because I told them to. Obviously, during the first two repairs they weren't aware this is a standard issue with this unit. Hopefully, this last repair did the trick.

Skickat från min SM-P900 via Tapatalk
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wchildress2001:
I've had my verizon version since they were first released. I've always had the flickering and power recycling since about a month after I received it. I've considered having it replaced and have even taken video to show the verizon store but didn't want a beat up refurb that would probably have the same issue. I believe I have now fixed it. Mine would start flickering anywhere between 60 & 39% and never stay on below that. I recently read somewhere that the original charger was suspect. I recently upgraded my phone to a Note 5 which came with a fast charger. So for giggles I ran the Note Pro battery all the way to 0. I basically let it flicker and reboot over night. the next morning the system would not power on. I then charged it with my new charger to 100%. It has not flickered / rebooted once since then. Now going on 3 weeks. I have tested several times running off charger and watching videos down to 8%. It is now the tablet that I always wished it to be. I have also used other chargers besides the Note 5 charger and still have seen no issues. I have also successfully tested without the developer GPU options enabled.
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nikon5400:
I had this problem since day one and was planning on sending it in for repair right around this time. But now the problem is gone!

Two things have changed -

1. I don't use case any longer (had samsung case with stand)

2. I updated to 5.1.1

When I had this problem the area around the camera was getting hot and the battery thermometer was showing higher temperatures (I believe around 120). Easiest way to re-create the issue was to wait until the battery percentage drops below 20% and and then run speedtest a few times. Within the last few days I ran speed test dozens of times with battery under 20% (now it's 3%) and it doesn't flicker.

I don't know if case contributed to the issue or not, but I also had this issue with case removed (removed right after seeing this issue. I don't remember if I had tested it with case removed for a whlie).

Now the area around the camera only slightly warmer than the rest of the tablet. I wouldn't even notice it if I didn't compare.

Can anyone else confirm this issue going away on it's own? (with lollipop or case removed)
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beut:
I don't use case but Kitkat or Lollipop are not relevant to flickering problem as this is a hardware flaw , battery connector is prone to crack.

I have one, flickering in Kitkat, upgrade to Lollipop, the same flickering at low battery around 30%. Another one with worse cracked battery connector, it flickers even at 80% battery. Both of them run the latest Lollipop, flickering only stops after battery connectors are re soldered.

I bought 2 of them from Ebay, $200 each with flickering problem and the seller thinks they have defective LCD. It took me only under 10 minutes to fix both of them as I know exactly where this problem comes from.