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[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] busseto:
Hey guys.

Had some trouble on my Z2 and thought I'd create an account here and ask for your advice before I did something stupid. Have no experience with rooting or modding whatsoever, so bear with me please.

I bought a Z2 whose screen never slept. I found out that the responsible was com.sonyericsson.startupflagservice v2, who would always run when I turned the phone on and remained on my notification area with no text, just an icon resembling two blue screens superposed. If I force stopped the process, the phone would sleep normally until I powered it off. When I turned it on, the process would be there again preventing sleep.

I did some research and learned how to flash a different ROM, wipe cache, wipe dalvik... Did all that and the process would still be there. Rooted my phone, bought Titanium Backup and froze the process... it worked fine, but would I reset to factory settings, there was the process again.

And finally I come to my question: would un-installing the process and wiping its data with Titanium backup work? Would I be at risk of bricking my phone?

I'm running out of options on what to do and returning isn't really an option!

Thank you very much!

Phone: Xperia Z2 D6503

Android v: 4.4.2

Build number: 17.1.2.A.0.314

Please let me know if there is any other info I can provide you with in order to find a solution. Thanks again!
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nreuge:
Interesting questions... I've also experienced this.

After about 30 mn of waiting, startupflagservice had finished its job (I don't know what it is doing).

Anyway, I don't recommend to uninstall it.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Devzz:
See if flashing the .402 FTF solves this? Maybe it is a random bug in the .314 firmware. I haven't got this process running so I can't comment on it. Have you got power saving features enabled? If so, is the battery drain still bad with the process running?

I know I am asking a lot of questions but there are multiple things that could be causing the issue. When you factory reset the stock ROM, does it occur after you have installed apps or before? There could be a rogue app keeping the phone awake. Install either:

Betterbatterystats (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.asksven.betterbatterystats)

Wakelock detector (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.uzumapps.wakelockdetector)

Hopefully either app should give you a better insight as to what is keeping your phone from deep sleep.

EDIT: Also, according to quite a few lists, that particular thing (com.sonyericsson.startupflagservice v2) is safe to delete. If you are rooted and have a custom recovery, make a nandroid backup (ask if you don't know what it is or how to do so) and then go ahead and delete it using ES file explorer. Worst case scenario your phone reboots/gets stuck in a bootloop or something and you can just restore the nandroid.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] busseto:
Thanks for the replies, guys!

I'll try flashing the .402 FTF next weekend. Unfortunately, I don't have much time to tinker with the phone on weekdays anymore. I have reasons to believe the current firmware is not the responsible though, as this problem occurred on the firmware that came on the phone (don't remember which one it was), and continued after I updated to .314 through the PC Companion.

Answering your questions, Devzz:

I have no power saving features enabled.

I haven't noticed any battery drain, as I didn't allow it to happen... I usually turned the screen off with the power button, which worked... the only problem was the phone not sleeping by itself after the inactivity period I set.

The problem occurs right after I turn the phone on. As soon as I turn it on after a reset and every time thereafter, I'm greeted by a black screen with a big black button that reads: POWER OFF. If I click it, nothing happens. When I press Back or Home, I'm on my home screen with the icon I mentioned on my original post on the notification bar.

I'm starting to think I just had bad luck and got a defective piece of hardware. There's another problem now that didn't happen before the update: the volume of the notifications now is always low, regardless of how much I set on the slider on Settings > Sound > Volumes. I've noticed some people had this problem as well, and I could temporarily fix it by enabling Dynamic normalizer and xLoud on the Sound Effects, although that is hardly an ideal solution.

Thanks very much again for your help! I'll look into the nandroid backup and try that next weekend.

P.s.: another piece of information that I haven't mentioned and may be relevant: I was never able to access recovery mode, despite my efforts to do so. I had to install XZDualRecovery to be able to boot into recovery mode.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matase:
I have the exact same problems with my phone not going to sleep and the big "power off" button. What the heck does it mean? Anyone fix this problem yet?
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] busseto:
In spite of my efforts, I couldn't find a way to get rid of the problem. Currently I have the phone rooted, installed Titanium Backup and deleted the files related to the process.

It's working, although if I ever revert to factory settings, the problem will be there again.

Best of luck to you and please let me know if you find a fix.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matase:
Which process/es did you exactly delete? What are those files for the process are even doing? When did this problem start for you? Thanks
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lyubor:
On mine that service displayed a persistent notification and on every reboot it prompted to power off or use phone. Anyway, as soon as I saw that I rooted and froze com.sonyericsson.startupflagservice in titanium backup. Problem solved! As far as I've tried it's not essential and can be uninstalled as well. I really don't get how they overlooked this, it's a huge annoyance for anyone that can't root the phone I imagine.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdasante:
Solution!!!!!

I had the same issue on a Z2 I bought off a guy. It was on 4.4.2 and it kept saying no update available. I downloaded and flashed the 5.0.2 update via Sony Flashtool. At first boot the issue appear again after a few seconds. It got very intense with the screen becoming unusable. The phone shut itself down and rebooted without the issue. Gone and nowhere to be found. I immediately got another prompt to update to a newer Android version - same 5.0.2 (17MB file).

So flash away, guys!!!
[Off-topic] demkantor:
The Rules Are Simple:

Be Sure to inform those who you nominated right away!!!!!!

If you do not complete the requirements outlined above you are to donate $100 in support of finding the cure, more info here:

ALS Association - Ice Bucket Challenge

The first challenge is put forth by me [MENTION=4334383]demkantor[/MENTION]

and nominating

[MENTION=4693882]HTCDreamOn[/MENTION]

[MENTION=3558630]shimp208[/MENTION]

[MENTION=4387744]Judge Joseph Dredd[/MENTION]

you guys have 24 hours!!!!!

[YOUTUBE]1z0fLAT5llk[/YOUTUBE]

1st XDA ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
[Off-topic] shimp208:
Honored to be nominated [MENTION=4334383]demkantor[/MENTION] if I was already nominated to do it by one of my friends should I just post that video here and nominate other people? Hate to break the chain, either way I'll be donating more money to this great cause :)!
[Off-topic] 404-Not Found:
I don't know if this is a good idea...............

Sent from my Nokia Lumia 1520
[Off-topic] demkantor:
Well I did two separate videos, one with friends and now this one with just XDA members nominated... So I say you get two!
[Off-topic] demkantor:
I have a feeling you will be in the short list for nominations..........
[Off-topic] ironman38102:
Good thing nobody knows me here so I won't get nominated.

Although I'm not saying I don't wanna get nominated.
[Off-topic] ShadowLea:
No.

Even 9gag is sending me these videos now (oh god, that last one :eek: It's going to take months to get that image out of my head! Thank you for that 9gag -.- ), don't make me watch more people who don't know what ALS is pretend they care.
[Off-topic] demkantor:
Really surprised about the animosity and judgments I'm hearing about this, not necessarily you but also on another thread. Not wanting to see more videos is one thing but assuming someone doesn't understand the purpose or are just pretending to care.... Eh don't feel like ranting...
[Off-topic] ShadowLea:
It's not so much an assumption as actual experience. The mother of one of my classmates had ALS. (she passed away a few yars ago) I know what ALS is in both the personal and medical sense.

As such, it is utterly distasteful how people are using this as an excuse to put videos of themselves on the internet in a vain attempt to gather attention.

The idea of the campaign is to raise awareness. I guarantee you 90% has not even bothered to Google what ALS really is.

At least the famous lot actually donates. The superficial idiots on Facebook don't even bother to do that. This is merely another 'look at me!' hype. Nothing more, regardless of the wonderful intentions of the few who do actually know and care.

I have seen some brilliant ones from people who do know what ALS is. Sadly, the majority is using a good cause to gather attention to themselves, and that is insulting.
[Off-topic] ironman38102:
Look if your trying to say we don't Google stuff before we're dumping ice cold water then your damn wrong. In case you don't notice it many people do donate and throw ice cold water at themselves. Maybe some people can't afford to donate but atleast they can spread awareness by posting these videos. I bet nobody knew what ALS was until this trend came along and everybody searched what ALS is.
[Off-topic] KidCarter93:
She wasn't saying "nobody Googled it and therefore everyone is doing it for attention". She's saying that there's a hell of a lot of people out there who have done just that. I completely agree.

Out of everyone who I personally know, I'd say that around 90% have done the ice bucket challenge. Out of that 90%, there's around 20% (not exact but an educated guess) who have no idea what this challenge is even for. I know that because they've clearly said, either in the video or in comments after making the video, that they don't know why everyone is suddenly doing this but it seems like fun so they'll join in.

While that could be a sign that a lot of the people who I know clearly have no idea about such things and that everyone else knows the reasons behind this challenge, I've seen a lot of people across the internet stating the exact same that I am now. That shows that there's way too many people who are simply doing this challenge purely for attention as they have no idea that this is for ALS or even what ALS is.

Even though I initially didn't know what ALS was, I did know what MND was. After researching the reason behind this challenge, I then noticed that these are just different names for the same disease and therefore actually knew how serious ALS/MND can be.

A few people on Facebook have nominated me to do it and, while it may seem harsh, I've declined because of the fact that everyone I know has either done this challenge or at least knows about it. Therefore, me doing it and sharing it with those who I know will not raise awareness.

Even though I'm not currently in a position to donate to ALS/MND, I likely would if I was able to.

My apologies if this came across as confrontational as that wasn't my aim - I just wanted to get my point across :)
[Off-topic] demkantor:
Again, not trying to single anyone out but showing disdain for everyone doing this challenge is a bit absurd. I only heard about it a few weeks back and being I don't use Facebook I wasn't nominated until I posted this video where I had found out how big it has really gotten.

I usually don't partake in internet fads for many reasons no matter the cause, but I saw how well this was working, they raised something like two million last year without the ice water stunt and this year its over $50 million. Also knowing someone personally myself I figured I would continue the love

Yes I only donated 10$ and I would have liked to think I would have given a bigger donation but the wife and I had our first child 2 weeks ago and we are now on a budget.

So being this stunt is working and even if the majority don't donate or post videos for the wrong reasons it still spreads the word which to me is better than nothing at all

Again my complaint isn't that someone doesn't partake or doesn't donate, its when I see broad conclusions made about those doing this and then openly mocking them or judging them to be superficial assholes, although some certainly are after watching a few videos posted.

But in the end it was my mistake to use XDA as a social media outlet for non development related anything as what I have seen this won't continue as I thought it might. I guess I'll have to dust off the old MySpace account or whatever people use nowadays (anyone remember friendster?)

[/rant]
[Off-topic] ShadowLea:
You've misread our posts. We're not showing disdain for nor mocking everyone.

Only the majority that are using thia as just another harlem-shake-planking-hype.
[Off-topic] demkantor:
Fair enough, my finger isn't close to the pulse of social media campaigns so I wasn't aware how much this sort of thing was disliked

If all this thread turns out to be is complaints about Facebook or whatever I guess I'll just close it as I obviously didn't understand what people thought about this sort of thing.

No hard feelings
[Off-topic] ShadowLea:
There's always two sides to these things, the people who think it's great, and the people who hate social media hypes for their shallowness. Oh, and everyone else, who get tired of seeing the same thing every day for weeks.

None given, none taken :)

Luckily, at least today my Facebook will be so overflooded with news about the Emmy awards that these videos don't stand a chance. :D
[Off-topic] Clark Joseph Kent:
Thread Cleaned and back to the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge....Thanks.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
WARNING!!!!

Do not flash a 4.4.2 modem if you are running 4.3 firmware (bootloaders)!!!!

This will cause a permanent hard-brick!!! There is no fix!!!

​

The only reason anyone should need to flash one of these is if they had flashed a 4.3 or earlier modem for whatever reason. Once updated to 4.4.2 firmware, ONLY that matching modem will work. Flashing anything else will result in no signal and most likely an "Unknown" baseband and IMEI. If you flashed an older modem, you will need to flash back to the 4.4.2 one and these will all come back.

This has happened a number of times already, and continues to happen still. So I figured I would put them in a separate thread to make them easier to find.

Flash from the recovery of your choice, or Mobile Odin. The updater-script for these includes an assert that should prevent flashing on anything that does not have the correct bootloader.

Full Disclosure: I do not have an I747 or I747M, and as such, I am unable to test any of these. I have full confidence they will work as expected though. (I have been doing the modems for the T999 for a couple of years now). Still, you should know they are currently untested.

DOWNLOADS

AT&T

I747 UCUFNE4

Bell

I747M VLUFNH2

I747M VLUFNE6

Fido

I747M VLUFNF2

Koodoo

I747M VLUFNH2

I747M VLUFNE6

Rogers

I747M VLUFNF2

Telus

I747M VLUFNH2

I747M VLUFNE6

Sasktel

I747M VLUFNH2

​

I hope this helps! If you do happen to flash one of these, please post back whether or not it worked. Just for confirmation.

Doc

:cowboy: :cowboy:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Reserved
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Just In Case
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] VancouverGreek:
4.4.4

Will this work if I am running 4.4.4 SLIMKAT?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
These modems will only work if you have updated to the latest 4.4.2 base firmware and bootloaders. The ROM you are running is irrelevant. If everything is currently working, you have no need for these.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kpotin:
I need this files to repair Unknow baseband and IMEI null in my I747M VLUFNE6 4.4.2

Another link please.. this link dont work..

when i try to unlock the phone with NSPro, Unknow baseband and IMEI null in my I747M VLUFNE6 4.4.2.. i nedd moden firmware of my version but i can´t donload..

BR
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Which one? There are 3 NE6 modems posted. (Any would probably work seeing as they appear to be identical)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
And did you try any of the afh mirrors?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
OP Updated!!!

OP Updated!

As requested, I have added the latest I747M, NH2 modems for the Canadian carriers that received this update.

:cowboy:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] OturaShe:
Hello Doc, I have an issue trying to upload the modem on my sgh i747 because when I downloaded the CWM modem gives me Error 7 and dont let me upload the modem actually I have I747UCUEMJB and 4.4.4 slimkat, but my bigger problem is the imei, baseband null. helpme please all the night I wastryng many solutions and I am so tired now.. thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
You probably never updated your firmware to 4.4.2.

To know for sure open terminal emulator and enter this.

getprop ro.bootloader

If it says MJB, you haven't updated your firmware yet and flashing this modem would permanently break your phone. If it is MJB, flash the same firmware via Odin and factory reset. That often fixes the imei problem. If it does not, pm me for further help with it. Can't post those instructions here.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] runawaybayeh:
Thanks for keeping the support for this phone going. I have the latest bootloader ..uemk5 for my Rogers sghI747m.

I tried to flash this and got a status 7.

I have been using the ..UEND3 Modem up till now.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
You need to update first or this modem would permanently brick your device. MK5 is a 4.3 build. I think the latest Rogers is NF2. You cannot flash this modem unless you've already updated. And then you won't need this. I released these because some mistakenly flash the older 4.3 modems after updating and find it won't work, so they needed a way back.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Please make sure you guys read the whole OP
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] runawaybayeh:
My mistake. I thought I was on the latest bootloader. I've just relied on the bootloader thread by dstruct that was linked to yours . Thx
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kwmike:
No Cell data after root and new rom and recovery.

Hi,

This is a repost from the S3 help forum as the OP here seems very knowledgeable about modems and bootloaders. Excuse the redundancy.

I was given a used ATT I747 s3 which had stock 4.3 , modem/bootloader mjb, and knox. I rooted, removed knox and installed slim 4.4.4 rom, lean 4.4.4 kernel and latest philz recovery. All running ok

including cell calls to/from phone, mms, apps and wifi data. Same modem/bootloader (MJB), IMEI accurate after upgrade. However ATT cellular data will not connect and or transmit and/or receive using att, phone or lte APN.

Any help/thoughts appreciated?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Could be the rom. I've been hearing about a lot of connection issues on cm/aosp based roms lately. Try flashing back to stock to see if it works.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AddictedToB3er:
Nevermind I re read. Did it work before you installed lean kernel?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kwmike:
In my upgrade process, the first thing I did, after the recovery had been updated to Philz, was install slim rom and lean kernel together and at the same time. That was when the problems began. They went away when I reinstalled slim rom only (without lean kernel). Everything now ok. Hope that helps.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AddictedToB3er:
I'll start by saying I'm very much a noob but read and read as much as I can and have been following quite closely a lot of the s3 development so anyone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

It seems in the past few months a lot has changed with kernels and compatibility has broken numerous times. If the dates of the releases of kernel and Rom aren't quite close then some commits in the rom could break data, wifi, etc. If your running the latest nightly Rom make sure your using a recent kernel. Always just make a backup before flashing custom kernel and then you can revert right back if the kernel breaks anything.

Hope that helps...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
The kernel could very well be an issue, but what I was told was in cm/aosp roms, the radio/ril files were updated for the 4.4.2 modems. This apparently causes problems on an S3 with an older modem. So you have to update to 4.4.2 firmware, or use an older rom.

I don't use cm/aosp though. Just passing on what I was told. Could be kernel related, or a combination of the two as well.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] caulton:
help please

My baseband is mg2 and im on 4.4.4 was running smooth but now i have imei issues will upgrading to the newest i747 baseband allow me downgrade if i wanted to:confused:

I really wouldnt wana be stuck on mjb
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
You MUST be running the exact matching firmware to use these modems.

If you don't know your current base firmware build, open terminal emulator and enter this :

getprop ro.bootloader

DO NOT flash one of these unless it matches EXACTLY with your base firmware/bootloader.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] caulton:
OK I've done that and it says i747ucdmg2 so what steps do I need to take to use the new ne4...I would really like to use the latest paranoid rom
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
You need to follow one of enewman17's guides to fully update to NE4 firmware.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] singhz905:
Hello, I'm using I747m (Bell) and currently running Bandbase Modem I747MUMEND3 and bootloader is I747MVLUEMK5. Does anyone know if there is any update to either of them. I'm currently using BrokenOS 1.2 (kitkat 4.4.4) and having problems with GPS (data is working fine) whereas the developer is using GPS without any problem. So wondering if my Bootloader and Modem are outdated and I could update them?

and isn't it strange that Modem and Bootloader are different on my phone?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
From sammobile.com, the mk5 bootloader is from November, 2013 and the only nd3 modem I see is for Mexico Telcel. I don't see any Canadian carriers with an nd3 modem.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
All the I747M firmwares are pretty much identical, so it wouldn't surprise me if a modem for one works on another. I wouldn't recommend it, and it may have an effect on GPS, but I can see how it would probably work ok.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Download latest firmware at http://sammobile.com/firmwares

The modem is different because someone flashed it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] singhz905:
Thanks for replying.

LOL.. I guess It's about time I say Adios to Galaxy S3. I flashed the latest firmware (kitkat 4.4.2 downloaded from SamMobile) using ODIN and I hard bricked my phone. Phone got flashed perfectly fine. It started but it didn't have any Mobile network on it. It didn't have any bandbase version when I checked. I tried restarting it and R.I.P it never restarted. Is there anyways I could unbrick it?