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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] seshaz:
Yes I agree your situation is terrible and you shouldn't have to deal with it but the bbb is pretty much useless. I owned a business and the bbb makes you pay to be a member and have little affect on anything other than of someone is mad they call for the customer and try to get the problem resolved. Was a member for 1 year and never renewed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] JasonJoel:
Ok... You can think that all you want, but that doesn't mean they have to do it. No more than a car manufacturer has to give you a loaner while your car is being repaired. Some choose to give loaner cars, but they aren't obligated to.

If you can't live without a phone for a few days, it is YOUR responsibility to have a spare.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] jaseman:
Couldn't disagree more!

:mad:

All reputable car dealerships provide loaner cars for warranty repairs. If they didn't they would not have customers. Must we have a spare car laying around in case our new, under warranty car, needs repairs? Granted the cost of a spare car is certainly more than a spare phone (not by much though at today's rates) but that should become part of the customer experience for cell phones also. Just calculate what "we" pay for one smart phone per year, including all communication services, and nearly mandatory insurance, and then look at the huge profit these companies are making, it seems to me that to provide us with a loaner that they can sell as a refurb later on is not asking too much! :eek:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] JasonJoel:
Not even CLOSE to true. Many dealerships don't give out loaner cars. I've worked directly with dozens of dealerships from hyundai, Ford, to Audi - and it is not a given at all.

And no, you're not supposed to have a spare car... You are supposed to get a ride or rent one.

Obviously of you find a phone manufacturer that gives out free loaners, then feel free to give them all your business.

Good luck.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] joshm.1219:
Lol is this a serious post
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] GuestK00222:
Quite the different outlooks here. From my experience here on Long Island in NY, yes, car dealers give out loaners if it's an extended repair more than a day, on average if under warranty. Cell phones are obviously not a car, and if I wanted a "loaner" in this situation I would have simply brought the phone into Verizon, they take it and send it in for repair and I get a replacement on site to keep (a refurb or new replacement, that's up to them per contract agreement). Since this issue was not fixed with any batch yet, the only option was to send into Samsung direct which they don't offer a loaner or replacement program. It is rather disturbing...with a computer hard drive for example, I can do an advance RMA where they hold my CC and send a new one first then I send old back so no down time. IMO, as cell phones are doing more than calls and adding features everyday with people relying on them more and more, companies such as Samsung should institute advance RMA or loaner policies for their benefit and the customer's.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] JasonJoel:
I would also like it if more companies offered advance RMA.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] GuestK00222:
Back again! After months of being fine, it now won't rotate back to portrait correctly. Nicely done Samsung.

This time I'll be going to Verizon to warranty swap the phone, not wasting my time sending into Samsung and being out a phone again since it's painfully obvious they have no real fix. I'll let you all know I purely use Wireless charging, so maybe this worsens the situation/speeds up process. Either way, I am using the phone for what it's designed to do, and it's failed yet again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] elliwigy:
technically they wont do a warranty swap to my knowledge in store... they might give a loaner however.. at least i was told warranty replacements have to be shipped which they overnighted mine

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] GuestK00222:
Yes, it has to be shipped, which is fine. I'm going on vacation for a week so I'll do it when I get back. Wonder how long it'll take this time for it to happen again. Funny, if the camera can still rotate without issue why can't they software fix every other app? I've also factory reset the phone to see if that would fix it, which it did not.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] elliwigy:
we have an s6 straight and capacitive buttons went out then we got a replacement and those buttons went out within 24hrs lol.. some phones are just bad in general so im in the same boat with that device.. will be the 3rd phone when i decide to call them again

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] davidlee101392:
i have had this happen to me twice already, i got a new phone both times.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] GuestK00222:
On my new phone now, working...for now. I don't have hopes of it staying that way, but would be nice. I liken this to the defect of the Samsung Moment with CDMA lockup. They got sued, put out a supposed "software" fix while it was hardware related. They suit claimed when CDMA lockup occurred and a reboot needed to take place, you couldn't call 911 and it did not function for emergencies. Samsung quickly put out a software update that "allowed 911 dialing during lockup conditions" which was not true, at all. Go look it all up. I avoided Samsung for a long time after that, this is giving me that same feeling again and it's just as sad because like the Moment, it's one of the best phones (if not the best) currently on the market.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] morjam401:
When it rains it pours. In a previous thread I explained how my phone would not boot up. I ended up successfully doing a firmware upgrade through kies which erased everything and brought me back to kit kat.

I was downloading all my apps again in the play store when the phone froze. After waiting a few minutes I did a battery pull. The phone will not turn back on now. My battery was at 80% when it froze. I tried plugging it in and no lights come on. I have held the power button for over a minute and nothing. I tried holding power, home and volume up and nothing. I tried plugging it in the cpu and nothing. I have also left it alone to maybe cool down for a while and nothing.

I'm having a bad phone day and hope someone can help. Thanks.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkGuyver:
I think your phone maybe faulty you should take it back to the retailer for a replacement if possible.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tkkenny:
The same thing has happened to me as well, but this isn't the first issue that I've had with this phone nor is this the first phone that i have had issues with. I truly think there is a much bigger problem then we are aware of and it has nothing to do with the phone owners. I think there is something wrong with the phone itself; now what that is i don't know. But what i do know is that there are thousands of people who are all dealing with one issue or another. Many of those people are just like myself who pay good money for their phones and expect to the quality and service that their money should buy. But it doesn't and in the end it we are the one's who are ultimately paying the price. And i mean that literally.

Something needs to be done about this. I think its time that we the people start to use are voices and speak up. There are issues at hand and at the very least they need to be addressed and fixed. Furthermore it's time that some of the blame is taken off our shoulders and placed on those who are responsible. My email is: anythingmows@mail.com. If you would like to see something be done about this, please email me. I could use your support. Thank you.

P.T. Kenny
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kerbiii:
bring it back to samsung service center and tell them what happened
[HTC Sensation] ronaldosmeq:
The phone belongs to a friend.

So as the title says, the phone can only boot into recovery mode. The device has a custom recovery -- 4Ext recovery --

He got stuck in bootloop after he tried to flash a rom. He also tried to fix it and that's when he installed 4Ext.

I don't know if the bootloader is locked or unlocked, S-ON or S-OFF and also the USB Debugging might be off as well. He says that the combination for HBoot/bootloader/fastboot (it is the same thing) does not work. So he gets into that recovery every time the phone boots.

Those are the worst options. But maybe the phone is S-off because of that recovery installed. I'm just thinking... Can you flash a recovery with S-ON or with usb debugging off?

Anyway, please give me some ideas... I'm kinda begginer with HTC.

Sorry for my bad english. Any ideas on how to fix this?
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
you can flash a recovery while on S-ON too

but you can't with usb debugging off

so probably the usb debugging is on

probaly the device is on S-ON

try this

from 4ext:

format all partitions except sdcard

enable smartflash

flash the rom

see how it goes
[HTC Sensation] ronaldosmeq:
I am going to try that once i have the phone. As I said, the phone belongs to a friend. Untill then, if anyone else has another ideas, please write them here.
[HTC Sensation] ronaldosmeq:
Do I need to flash a custom rom first to make the hboot work then go back to the stock one?
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
if you want to go for stock you don't need any custom rom

just know your cid and firmware version

and bootloader must be locked(or relocked)
[HTC Sensation] ronaldosmeq:
As I said, the phone only boots into recovery so first i need something to flash in that recovery mode. After i get rid of that recovery and i can acces home screen or more important fastboot, then i can flash a stock rom. I can't even check if the bootloader is locked or unlocked. Let's hope that USB Debbuging is ON.

What can i flash into recovery so i can get rid of it? Where is the smartflash option? Those are my questions for now.
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
for smartflash go to tools from 4ext recovery

you will see smartflash option at the bottom(if i remember well)
[HTC Sensation] ronaldosmeq:
And what do you recommend to flash with this recovery in order to get rid of it? I mean, i don't care if the recovery is still on the device but I want the phone to boot like it normally does.
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
try with flashable stock rom or vipers rom

link in my sigmature
[HTC Sensation] ronaldosmeq:
Can i flash in the 4ext recovery the stock firmware in this format: PG58IMG.zip? (downloaded from http://htc.vi8.info/)
[HTC Sensation] rzr86:
no you can't

those kind of zip files can be flashed only from bootloader
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thisdarnphone:
This was rooted a long while back and now with the OTA update I have i545vrufnk4 baseband version but I can't install lollipop. I don't care about lollipop I just don't want to be prompted to install it when it doesn't work (thanks knox).

What are my options? Odin? Rooting? I tried towelroot and it didn't work this time around. please help
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thisdarnphone:
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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] XxD34THxX:
Well, nk4 doesn't have root. NK4 is the first step to lollipop. The qfuse isn't blown yet, so you can full wipe back to nc5, get root and safestrap. You can't disablet he update thing without root, so you have two options:

A)Odin back to nc5, then disable the OTA

B)Live with the notification

-I believe if you hold on the thing, click on settings, and disable the notification, that will stop any popup. I haven't done this in a while though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thisdarnphone:
When I turn on the phone it shows custom with the unlock picture so I thought that meant the fuse was blown. I
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] XxD34THxX:
No, it won't tell you if the qfuse is blown. That just means it detects root access on boot, and the system status is unnoficial
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] rp1226:
Just downgrade to NC5. There is a thread for that. Install towelroot and then using TB, freeze SDM. Good to go.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] XxD34THxX:
^^

That was the process to freeze OTA
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thisdarnphone:
Does the phone need to be rooted to use odin? I saw a video on rootjunky where he does it pretty quick and easy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL8XwuRYoWU)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] rp1226:
Root not required to odin.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] XxD34THxX:
You just need towelroot
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thisdarnphone:
Towelroot doesn't work anymore for me. It did once but now it fails(this phone isn't currently supported) and I tried several codes. Is there something I should know before I try odin?

I guess what I'm asking is why do I need to root?

Secondly, does odin no longer work if I upgrade to lollipop down the road?

What firmware should I put on this phone?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] XxD34THxX:
You will have to use Odin to go back to nc5, with a FULL WIPE

Then, you have several options:

1)Use the stock deodex lollipop with Root

2)Echoe ROM v49(no dev though, so no more updates)

3)Super6(s6 port)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thisdarnphone:
I saw something about that, I was reading the Odin guide where they said after odin shows the green "passed", then you need to reboot the phone holding the power home and volume up keys and pick the "factory reset / full wipe" option. if you don't do that does that brick the phone?

appreciate the help, it's my first time but I'm picking this up quick
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] XxD34THxX:
No. The Full Wipe will wipe it for you and it will automatically reboot the phone. It will be in an "out of box" state.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thisdarnphone:
Oh then if I were to do a full wipe, then I wouldn't need Odin? That would take me back to MK2 from back in the day?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] XxD34THxX:
no. If you get the nc5 file, it will upgrade/downgrade you to nc5, which is 4.4 Kitkat
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thisdarnphone:
I'm sorry I just feel like I'm missing some key concept here.

So just to clear up my understanding here are the following firmwares avaiable for my galaxy s4 i-545

i545vrugOC1 5.0.1

i545vrufnk1 4.4.2

i545vrufng6 4.4.2

i545vrufnc5 4.4.2

i545vruemk2 4.3

i545vrudmi1 4.2

My phone says it's running VRUFNK4. I'm guessing that's the temporary OTA (1/2) upgrade.

Am I right?

Is that why you want me to flash NC5 and is that why if I do a factory reset using the home and volume keys it won't do anything but just keep me where I am now? Why not an NG6 or an MK2 for that matter?

I'm sure a lot of people have these questions I just can't find it anywhere. I just don't want to brick my phone (is that permanent?)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] XxD34THxX:
nk4 is part one of two yes.

Even if you do a factory reset, it still won't update because you once rooted, and knox takes note of this, and will block any OTA. nc5 is the last firmware that had towelroot working. ng6 doesn't work with towelroot. I don't see why you would go any further back since the ROMs are based off of nc5.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thisdarnphone:
Ok that makes sense, I thought for a minute the phone wasn't capable of going back to an earlier version because it had a different boot loader? is that not the case?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] XxD34THxX:
That is only the case once you go to 0C1. It is not the bootloader. It is because a physical qfuse is blown, and it has two values, 0(unblown) and 1(blown). If it reads as one, no going back to an older version.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thisdarnphone:
Well.. I don't know what happened but I had NC5 from Sammobile ready to go (I545VRUFNC5_I545VZWFNC5_I545VRUFNC5_HOME.tar.md5) and Odin 3.09 and it checked the file, I clicked start and after a few moments I got a red fail and the phone is bricked.

crap.. now what?

Here's what I see when I turn it on:

Odin Mode:

Product Name: Sch-i545

current binary: samsung official

system status: custom

knox kernel lock: 0x0

knox warranty void: 0x0

csb-config-lsb:0x30

write protection: enable

eMMC bust mode enabled
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thisdarnphone:
So I kept trying it, i tried it in 3.09 and 3.10 and eventually the pit file got screwed up. So I downloaded the pit file over from http://www.droidviews.com/how-to-unbrick-your-bricked-samsung-galaxy-s4-gt-i9500-gt-i9505/ because I had nothing to lose.

I also tried a different usb cable since I read often bad cables can cause these failures. NC5 seems to be installed in there now.

So question 1 - now that it's rooted can I turn on tethering?

Question 2: lollipop is supposedly awesome - should I upgrade to it using an OTA or do you suggest doing it so it's rooted using a different method? I also want to remove all of the bloatware.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thisdarnphone:
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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thisdarnphone:
bummmmmp
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thisdarnphone:
this forum b-l-o-w-s
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] XxD34THxX:
Really?

Anyways, If you want to keep tethering on Lollipop, flash either

A)Stang5litre

B)Super6

C)LoliROM(look in Super6 Thread).

OTA will disable tethering and there is no way to go back.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thisdarnphone:
good suggestion. what I did was I kept kitkat and downloaded a few modules for wifi. had it done in about 5 minutes. guide here:

http://highonandroid.com/android-ap...n-rooted-android-att-t-mobile-sprint-verizon/
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yersiwx:
All of a sudden my sms notification sound doesn't work anymore. I try to look into it, finding out that the file is still in the Notifications folder and evetything, only to discover that in Play Music all my music library is also gone! Simply vanished! Of course, all the files are still on the device, accessible and playable through the file explorer (even with Play Music), but in the library they're nowhere to be found. None of them. Also, when selecting a notification sound in the (default, preinstalled) messaging app, I just don't see the 3 files that I myself have put in the Notifications folder.

I've tried re-copying the files to the device and nothing happens. Play music keeps telling me to copy music on my device via USB ..

I'm running Cyanogen OS 12, all stock, but this happend in medias res, so to speak, I've been using the OS since it finally came out. I've been looking for an in-call sound recorder though the other day and tried a few (none of them working properly), tried different settings in them. Might this have been the cause of my troubles? Also, please someone help me how to sort this out, it's driving me crazy!

Edit: I have now tried to reinstall Play Music and the BS Player, in hope that maybe I will have some drivers reinstalled and everything will turn out right. Well, it didn't.

This afternoon I found out that not only my audio files, but also my pictures and videos are not recognized by any gallery-software. Not the Cyanogen Gallery, nor the Google Photos app. Nor the camera app. I can still see all the files on the device (I have tons of photos) in the File explorer, but not in the designated apps.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knedge:
Workaround/Solution:

1. Delete instances of .nomedia files in the root of your sd card

2. Go to Music folder-----Create another folder in the Music Folder----Move ur songs into this folder . Now the files would appear in the multimedia player and play just fine.

3. Similarly create another folder under DCIM/Camera and move ur pics into the new folder. They will now appear in the gallery app.

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The above is at best a workaround and I still dont know why the stock media players and gallery wouldn't recognise files in the stock directories.

I hope some senior dev or enthusiast may like to shed some light on this issue.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yersiwx:
Thank you so much for answering! I was almost set that I'd have to re-flash the rom .. which would be rather inconvenient, as it's my exam period and I really don't have much time.

Anyway, I was thinking - Cyanogen OS 12.1 OTA is just about to be rolled out. Maybe if I wait for it to come out, it would fix my base problem? I know it's not a clean flash, but still..
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yersiwx:
Do you think it would possible to somehow "reset" the existing .nomedia files? Or if I just deleted them, would they be (properly) reset even if I don't move my media files?

Just thinking :) Also, would you happen to know where I should look for the .nomedia files in my root? I wouldn't want to miss any.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raship:
Hi, I am on different phone and came here for searching same problem. Well in particular your problem, as suggested above, deleting .nomedia files will do the trick.

Download es file explorer and search for ".nomedia" and delete all. Then again perform deeper search and delete them.

Sometimes clearing data of media storage also help(settings >apps>all>media storage>force stop>clear data)

What problem I am facing is, the no media files are keep coming upon restarts. Very annoying and doesn't go even after restored to earlier back up...

Anyone who knows solution for this, his help will be greatly appreciated.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hiko36:
Over the past few days my pictures have started looking like they were all taken in a 1920s jazz club.

I took a photo on the 9th of my living room setup that came out perfectly clear. The next day I noticed that pictures were coming out a little fuzzy, having a hard time focusing, and there appeared to be a slight film on the lens cover. The picture I post below is from today and the haze seems to cover almost the entire lens cover.

I removed the film the day I purchased the phone and haven't made any changes to my daily routine that may have brought this about.

Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this? Hair dryer on medium for a minute or so? Should I RMA? Anyone else having this problem?
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] igothacked1:
Is there any kind of condensation under the lens?
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hiko36:
I can't tell what it is but there is definitely something under the lens. However, I checked the water indicator in the sim tray and it seems to still be white.

Edit: I know you can't really tell anything from those photos. In the first one, even though it is out of focus, you can tell there is definitely something on the lens.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sublimaze:
I can't tell much by the photos, but the camera and finger sensor ship with protective vinyl covers. The one on my finger sensor was particularly hard to remove because it was cut and aligned so perfectly, there was no lip to grab. I had to use tweezers to remove it.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hiko36:
Yeah, I distinctly remember the fingerprint protector being a pain to remove. That's why I know there isn't a protector on the lens...
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sublimaze:
Ah, I completely missed that in your OP. My S6 takes the best photos of any phone I've ever owned, I have zero complaints about that. Your photo is definitely hazy. I have never taken a photo like that. If you are still in your return period, you should exchange it.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] genetichazzard:
There is definitely something wrong there. Return the device while you can.

Can't really tell from the pics, but you might have condensation in the inner elements of the compound lens.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hiko36:
Thanks, gents. Looks like I'll be filing a warranty replacement on Monday.

The only thing I can think is that when I went for a run with it in an armband the morning it started and somehow sweat got in there. I guess they weren't kidding when they removed the water proof rating from the s5.

I attached a couple pictures from before it started. This camera seriously is phenomenal.
[G 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reeeju:
I saw cosmic rom in a samsung mobile( grand quattro) its awsum...can any1 pls port it!!??