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[Focus General] ramrandhawa:
The instructions posted for tethering the Samsung Focus in the US with AT&T work mostly fine with Rogers -- use the following for Win 7 64-bit:

1) install the Samsung drivers (the multiupload url is in the other thread, the I don't have permission to post URLs, but the multiupload.com code is F52Z66IIEI)

2) open your phone and dial ##634# then press call

3) dial *#7284# and select "modem, tethered call"

4) the phone will reboot

5) plug in the phone and allow the installation of drivers

6) once the drivers are installed, select "device manager" in windows, choose "modems" and right-click "SAMSUNG Mobile Modem" and select "properties"

7) under the advanced tab enter the following under "Extra initialization commands":

AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","rogers-core-appl1.apn"

(note that if that apn address doesn't work you can also try internet.com as an alternative)

8) under the "network and sharing center" on the control panel choose "set up a new connection or network", then "set up a dial-up connection"

9) the phone number is *99# and the username is wapuser and the password is wap

As always TWFM, YMMV.

Good luck.
[Focus General] geological1:
Does anyone know what the settings would be for Telus?

Yes..Telus :)
[Focus General] Se4nH4x:
Where the hell are you guys even getting the focus in Canada >.>. Every rogers store I've called has not gotten it yet >.>.
[Focus General] ramrandhawa:
Se4nH4x:

I ordered it from the Roger's website -- I had to dig around, but if you go to rogers.com and type "focus" in the search box on the top right, the first link will let you order it. I ordered it on Friday and got it Wednesday. It's amazing how difficult they seem to be making it to purchase.

geological1:

For Telus, try:

phone number: #777

username and password -- leave blank

And don't put anything in the "extra initialization commands" section described for Rogers above.

If that doesn't work try signing up for a username and password at secure (dot) telusmobility (dot) com (slash) ccp. Remember to use https and not http -- http won't work. Click on register to sign up. I've heard you should use an alphanumeric username / password, without spaces, and then wait for e-mail confirmation from Telus.

Good luck.
[Focus General] geological1:
OK Thanks a bunch.

i will try those settings later.

You can only order the Focus from Rogers online right now..that is correct.

Stores should have them by the end of the month.

For unlock just go to Ebay and search "rogers samsung focus"
[Focus General] PaullikesWINMO:
What about the setting for FIDO ? I am selling an HTC HD7 and getting a Focus so I get my 3G speed back. Would really like to tether with Focus on FIDO network.
[Focus General] jaraya13:
has somebody thether in Costa Rica with ICE's network

has somebody thether in Costa Rica with ICE's network

I can't make my Focus thether... I don't know what number to dial...
[Focus General] PaullikesWINMO:
okay here's what worked for me for FIDO. Use ramrandhawa instructions as above with these mods:

7) under the advanced tab enter the following under "Extra initialization commands":

AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","fido-core-appl1.apn"

8) under the "network and sharing center" on the control panel choose "set up a new connection or network", then "set up a dial-up connection"

9) the phone number is *99# and the username is fido and the password is fido

I used this with 32 Bit Vista OS and I am typing this on my laptop now and tethered to the phone. If you see this post then it's working !

Your Milage May Very. I am not responsible for damage. Educational use only. :-)
[Focus General] PaullikesWINMO:
And so far so good... will keep everyone updated if issues arise.
[Focus General] r1g2w3:
FOR TELUS

1) open your phone and dial ##634# then press call

2) dial *#7284# and select "modem, tethered call"

3) the phone will reboot

4) Now connect the Samsung Focus to the computer, using an USB cable, and wait until the drivers are being installed.

5) once the drivers are installed, select "device manager" in windows, choose "modems" and right-click "SAMSUNG Mobile Modem" and select "properties"

6) under the advanced tab enter the following under "Extra initialization commands":

AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","sp.telus.com"

8) under the "network and sharing center" on the control panel choose "set up a new connection or network", then "set up a dial-up connection"

9) the phone number is *99# and the username and the password are left blank
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] captbunzo:
My Galaxy Tab this evening seems to have started experiencing a rather catastrophic problem. I boot the thing up, and then within a few minutes it powers itself down.

It seems to be confused about how much batter power it's got. I have had it on the charger all day long while I was working. About 15 minutes ago I picked it up to have a play, and the next thing I now it was telling me it had no power and was shutting down.

But I can immediately start it up again without any problem. It boots up and shows almost full charge. However, within a few minutes it shuts itself down. Sometimes I see the battery indicator go flat before this happens.

Actually while typing this up, it has rebooted a couple times. While off it first shows no power on the "off, but charging screen". However, it then quite rapidly goes to full charge (according to the same screen).

This happens while the tablet is both on and off the charger.

Has anyone experienced anything like this or have a clue?

This is, btw, a Galaxy Tab I bought from a Car Phone Warehouse in the UK (in case that makes a difference). It has the stock ROM on it -- nothing done to it except installing way too many apps.

Any tips on what to try to get it back in working order? Perhaps some sort of hard reset? Or is this maybe an actual hardware problem?

(alas, I won't be able to visit the Car Phone Warehouse until Monday...)
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dougvan:
I hate to say it but the term "defective" pops into my head.

Have you tried doing a factory reset just in the slim chance that some piece of software is causing this?

The battery on my GT has been great. The issues you are describing sounds like a hardware defect or the actual OS having a problem reading the battery. Neither are going to be good for you.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scottprotege:
As a technical care representative with T-Mobile I would have to second that. Anytime the phone shuts itself off and does not reboot on its own typically means a physical power issue such as the battery. If the phone rebooted itself I would say likely a software issue. It never hurts to try the master reset though. My tab is due to be delivered on Tuesday so I am keeping my fingers crossed I don't have any similar issues. Best of luck to you.

-Scottprotege
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] huyentrangallery:
Dear

1. please try hard reset by

*2767*3855#

remeber that it will erase all your internal storage. Back up all data before do it

2. If this cannot solve your problem, you need to upgrade to latest version

Regards

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Sent via the XDA Tapatalk App on Galaxy Tab
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] riz157:
I wouldnt bother trying to fix it return if you can as it is defective. I bought my galaxy from CPW too have an issue with losing wifi and data connection constantly so i will be paying them a trip for an exchange.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keldbroe:
I got the same problem. Just unplugged after a night, it can show me 0 % left and shut down.

And I can turn it on, and then it shows me 100%.

I think it have happend 4-5 times in the last 3 weeks.

Hmmm maybe it's time to upgrade the firmware.

Sent fra min Galaxy Tab P1000 med Tapalot
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nnick:
For how long did it work fine before this started to happen?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ayern:
Same problem here

I bought my Galaxy Tab on November 3. It worked well for about two weeks but then I noticed that when the battery indicator reached about 40% it would drain the remaining charge very rapidly. It basically went from 40 to 3% right away. Today I could actually watch how the battery indicator gradually went from 75% to 0 in about 5 minutes. When I started charging the battery level was at 91% so I guess the charge is there but the pad doesn't recognize it some how.r
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] captbunzo:
Thanks everyone for the advice.

Oddly, within about a half hour of leaving the office last Friday, my Galaxy Tab magically sorted itself out. I do plan to visit the store about the problem and see what they say.

I suspect you are right Scott, and others, that I'll be best to just exchange now while it's still new... Let's see what they say.... :)
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oshika:
YEAH, Same problem HERE >.< this TAB just run out the battery after i charged it, i charged in the night, unpluged in the morning at 9am (100%), play some games, download with 3G, listen to music, and the indicators show around 60% and i open some games, than it just show 3% need recharged (araund 12pm), weird, need some help here... after i see 3% battery, i turn off n turn on again, and it shown 48% again until now... O.O' Heeeelllppp... >.< :confused: :confused: :confused:
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beards:
Occasionally the battery dat file becomes corrupt.

Try this ~ With the Tab screen off Press & Hold the Power Button AND place your finger on the screen.

Wait until you see the battery indicator pop up.

Now power down the the Tab and then power back up again.

You should now see a correct battery readout.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sultanbrunei:
what screen off ? just normal screen off or need to turn off device?

With normal screen off, then placing my finger on the screen while pressing the power button does me nothing. It just normally doing screen on like it should.

Please guide me.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beards:
The Tab powered fully down first, then power up whilst touching the screen.

This should bring up the battery indicator and hopefully now rectify the battery dat file.

Once done power back down and then restart the Tab.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] greemme:
I had this '40% to 3%' or '30% to 3%' etc battery problem before. I searched around for a solution and Beards' instructions above was one of them. Unfortunately, none of the proposed solutions worked.

For Beards' above, turning off then turning on the Tab while pressing the screen did not reset the battery stats database.

I tried many proposed solutions... a factory reset, deleting battstat.bin file, 'bump charge method' etc... all did not solve the issue.

Finally sent the Tab to the service centre and they upgraded the firmware. Samsung service centre claims that it is an issue with Froyo 2.2. They claimed Froyo 2.2.1 solves the issue. Can anyone verify??

After the upgrade, my battery problem is gone now, no more irritating '40% to 3%' issue. I am a happy man now... only for the fact that now I have a firmware with a protected bootloader. :(
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beards:
Yes, I have heard of this being a more wider problem and that as you say 2.2.1 corrects the problem.

Interesting you couldn't sort out the problem by deleting the .bin file as the method I mentioned is supposed to reset this (tip came from a tech at Samsung) and has been used successfully by some members over at Android Forums.

It's also good at reviving a 'stuck' Tab, one which when you switch it on it either will not fire up or stays at the glowing Samsung sign at bootup.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sultanbrunei:
I turned off my tab completely, then place one of my fingers to the screen, while pressing the power button. And NO, there is no battery indicator showing up at all. Rather it goes straight to the samsung intro.

And, why did you say 'hopefully rectify battery dat file". Did this kind of battery indicator thingy happen by chance?

Did you know 'wipe battery stats' method from recovery? Whats strange is, I've tried this method on my tab, and there's no usual status messages showing that 'wipe battery stats completed' or such...
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MoxFulder_CH:
I currently have this problem too.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] henrylam:
You can refer to below links, all related to batteries issue.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=924500&page=2

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=928732&page=3

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=921848&page=2

You are not alone :)
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeromejeremytay:
I am having this problem since i bought my first tab, i had to sell it off and get another new one. this is my 2nd galaxy tab and i am fedup with it. I am in asia with version dxjm2. Can anyone help me? I have been sending my tab to samsung twice already and all they said was do not download anything from android market. If that is so, what is the point of having a big tablet with nothing in it? Can i get a new replacement from samsung? Please anyone, i really need help.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] henrylam:
i Jeremy, if you are adventurous, you can try this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=986067&page=4 , currently, I am monitoring the status, so far so good. Now, I am doing my second charge after battery drained to 19% (I can't wait for it to go to 0% :)). Before did, I will not be able to reach 19% and sometimes, the battery will prompt me to shut down due to battery left 3%, in actual fact, it is 30%.

Regards,
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeromejeremytay:
dear henry, i just received back my tab after my third attempt meeting samsung technician (i bet they are tired of seeing me again and again). Well i think the guys at samsung read your way to solve the battery issue, cause i found out that my tab felt like a sponge at the middle of right side. I have a bad feeling that they removed my battery and plug it back in again, cause they did not want me to know what they did when i asked them what they have done. My tab works like a charm again, but just an hour ago, it dropped somewhere around 14-15% to 2% while i was using youtube, any comments or suggestions on that? thanks a lot by the way!
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wildcat777:
Jeremy if they didn't tell you what they had done,and you haven't see what they did then you are just guessing that they removed the battery like Henry has,for all you know they may have done something completely different. Maybe the best way to be sure is to do it yourself before going back to the repair centre.the spongy feeling on the right side could have been caused by something else they did
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] henrylam:
Hi Jeremy, just a question first. Do you have screen protector on yr Tab? If they have opened up yr Tab, there should be traces of bubble found near the edge (somewhere), if it is not done properly. Check on it.

If they didn't open up the Tab, properly they just do a reflash on it, erasing all data, system settings, etc. If this is the case, it will work a while but it does not solve sudden drop issues. Last time, I was happy after Samsung did a upgrade firmware for me, coz I thought they have solved my battery issue problem. But after a while, it comes back again. And later, the problem became worst, the charging issues, it stops charging at 67% and sometimes 70%. So, to be frank, I have given up on them, except if I need to flash new firmwares.

My advise, keep monitoring the charging and discharging of the Tab, it should not have sudden drop in battery, regardless of what apps you are using. And charging should be incremental by a percent until it reaches 99%. The last 1% (to 100%) would take a while.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adzimi:
Hi all,

I'd just like to share my experience with the same issue above. My tab was working fine until about 2 weeks ago after i rooted it. Immediately after it was still fine but soon this problem started to happen. I'm wondering if that could have caused it?

After looking for solution everywhere, i have decided to send it back to Samsung. The technician said he changed the battery and upgraded my software.It is now on DXKM3, previously was DXJM2. The technician did mention that this software should have better battery management and performance.

Before i sent it back to Samsung, i did unroot back the phone for a day, and i found that the battery status got even worse. Do you guys above who are having similar issues rooted your phone?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adzimi:
I forgot to mention that after the software and battery change upgrade (it has only been 2 days now), i noticed that my battery does last a little bit longer with similar usage pattern as before. Before i rooted it, i was getting about 12-14 hours of use with several phone calls, constant email checking, occasional videos, lots of facebook, and news. During the battery issue, usage was limited to only about 6 hours with the same usage pattern. Now i am getting about 15-16 hours for the past two days. Not sure if its just because i have not fully loaded in all the apps that i want, or its really better. I have not rooted the phone again and i think i'll just monitor it first for the next few weeks.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] henrylam:
Hi Adzimi, the last upgrade I did was to DXJM4. If you didn't have any charging or discharging (using) issues, I don't think it is similar to our problems (at least for mine). Probably battery management can be further enhance by using third party battery management software (e.g. task killers, etc.).

Mine has all the while been a stock ROM................... and it is working perfectly fine now.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adzimi:
I think my issue is the same as the rest. The battery drops suddenly from 60% at time to 3%. Or even talking halfway and the phone just died. There were several times before when after unplugging the charger, i can literally see the phone discharging. The battery indicator status went down to 99-98-97 and so on until finally it hit 3% and shuts down. Scary!
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] henrylam:
So, what is your next action?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NZ-EU:
Same issue

I have the same issue as people describe above. Initially, the tab was working fine but after 2 months the battery started acting weird; from full to empty in just 2 minutes! At the moment, things are a little bit better, although it is still discharging 1% each hour while doing nothing (only GSM on) which is still too fast but survivable.

I still like the tab, but I don't understand why Samsung not doing anything about it since it appears to be (more or less) a widespread problem. I already went back to the shop but they couldn't find anything (i.e. they didn't anything). So it is more and more frustrating me. Does anybody know if charging your battery on a daily basis is bad for your battery?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] henrylam:
Hi, if you have read this thread from the beginning, you should have an idea what we are doing to solve this problem.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DinoZ1:
same weird behaviour :o

this makes my tab almost useless... :mad:
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jerseypilot:
I think the best trouble shooting solution would be to recalibrate your battery. In recovery mode with clockwork recovery mod there is an option under the advanced settings that lets you reset you battery information. You should only delete this after you battery has a FULL charge. Once you delete the battery information in cwm recovery you should use your tab until it completely dies from running out of battery juice. Recharge it to full and you should have a properly recalibrated battery.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DinoZ1:
Upgrade to Ginger and guess what,... same issue,.. even worst now. Tab is dying with 68% remaing,... :confused::confused:
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darks1de:
I have the same problem with my GT-p1000's battery. The tab was bought in UK in february at "Carphone warehouse" and it had XXJK5 (November 2010) rom flashed in, also i haven't flashed any other roms yet. It's very bad thing that I'm from Russia and I have no way to return it back to store

So the problem is:

I use the wall charger to charge my tab and I usually plug it when I go sleep.

By the 19th of may it kept the charge well about 12 hours of intensive usage (web surfing via 3g/listening to music/playing HD games etc.) and I was satisfied enough.

But 3 days ago it started to claim constantly day by day on 47% that the battery is very low (1%) . I tried rebooting it time after time, deleting batterystats.bin file using root explorer, even full drain of battery up until it had no power to start and full cycle charging then, but all these attempts gave no result.

In other words, the battery suddenly drops from 47% to 1%.

I have no idea what to do in this case.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beards:
Do you believe the battery to be faulty?

If so you could either contact your local Samsung Service Centre and have them take a look at the battery performance or contact CW and have it returned for inspection.... not ideal I understand, as such the Service Centre would probably be my first choice.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darks1de:
2 Beards

I don't live in a coutry where consumer's rights are respected as they are in UK =). Yes, they exist formally in papers, but this is a great problem to get professional assiastance in such situation.

2 All

Unbelievable, but I found a solution today! The method is:

1) Delete Batterystats.bin, to do so use root explorer. This file is located at /data/system

2)Switch off your tab immediately, don't give a chance to system to create new copy of this file - it'll be corrupted

3) Fully drain the battery

To do so, you need to run your tab in "Downloading/do not turn off target" mode with digging robot (Power+Volume down keys) and kepp it in this mode until it switches off.

In this mode only hardware works (Display/LEDs/Processor/memory), there's no any influence of software. That's why we use it.

4) When finished step 3, do next:

Plug your tab to a wall charger (maybe it's not necessary to use wall charger - I'm just not sure about efficiency of usb charging method) and leave it to get full charge.

In my case it took about 7 hours (I have never charged it so long!)

IMPORTANT: Do not turn on your tab when it's charging.

5) When finished, plug your tab off charger and switch it on.

6) Be glad!

In my case I have my tab working all day today (From 8 am to 20 pm) although I used it a lot (3 hours of music, 6 hours web surfing via 3g with maximum brightness of display set, video recording 1/2 of an hour, also I've taken some photos, and played N.O.V.A. 2 HD for 2 hours) and I still have 38% of charge. Incredible!
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beards:
Your step-by-step approach made perfect sense and is commendable.

Nice one. :)
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darks1de:
I hope it will be really helpful:)
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beards:
It will.... and I have started off by adding your very first Thank-You for helping others :)
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darks1de:
No way. Today my battery dead in the morning when it had nearly 30%.

I'm now repeating the cycle of charge with monitoring of voltage.

What I've mentioned:

When The charge reaches 25%, the voltage is 4015mV, but then, suddenly it starts to DECREASE. So I have 26% and 3940 mV. On 28 it's 3935 mV.

I think the problem's here - FAULTY BATTERY. epic fail. The system reads status of battery controller and it appears like It's not 50% (4100 mV) but 15% or less (lower than 3900mV).

It's possible to replace the battery and I'm going to do it really soon. I was looking at ebay - some sellers offer OEM batteries for suitable price - about 40$.

Samsung engineers were so creative to place not-one time programmable battery controller in such device....