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Anyone else finding their Vivid to be really glitchy?

My Vivid does all sorts of crazy stuff. Sometimes when you flick the screen one way, it will flick 4 screen the other way. Sometimes when you press an icon on the home screen it will select the icon to the right. Some times when returning to the home screen i will get black bars along the sides of the home screen. Is anyone else seeing things like this with their vivd?
It also seems that as soon as you run an app like Pandora the phone slows a lot. No more smooth transition back to home screen.Instead I get a second of the black screen instead of that nice fade back to home. Its like the phone goes stupid as soon as you a running something. Is this phone really not that powerful?
By the way, I returned a phone for this already. This is the second phone running in the same way.
Not so cool.

You seem to be alone. Take that one back too. Inconvenient but you deserve better.
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This is my 3rd phone.... i dont think they will take it back again ..

this is my first android phone from an iphone and to me it seems a little buggy, but my problems are in android and they dont happen often.
i clicked on the messaging app once and it opened my browser
2 apps randomly got deleted when i rebooted
dropbox app was there but the app wasnt, so i had to uninstall it and reinstall it
it froze on my once the second day i got it
this might be normal for android, but its frustrating coming from an iphone. the problems might be user error clicking the wrong thing, but in my book that still falls on android for making a hard os to follow for noobs. maybe now that im learning more of android im able to stop problems or prevent them but your problems sound weird seeing as its your third phone

randrewm97 said:
this is my first android phone from an iphone and to me it seems a little buggy, but my problems are in android and they dont happen often.
i clicked on the messaging app once and it opened my browser
2 apps randomly got deleted when i rebooted
dropbox app was there but the app wasnt, so i had to uninstall it and reinstall it
it froze on my once the second day i got it
this might be normal for android, but its frustrating coming from an iphone. the problems might be user error clicking the wrong thing, but in my book that still falls on android for making a hard os to follow for noobs. maybe now that im learning more of android im able to stop problems or prevent them but your problems sound weird seeing as its your third phone
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The problems you are having are not very typical either. My main suggestion would be to check your Micro SD Card for the app thing. Sounds like the card is glitching out to me or you got a phone that has a Micro SD Card reader flaw.
Regardless though to the OP sounds like where ever you are getting the phone from got a Bad Batch of phones shipped to them. As for return even if it is your third one if you are still having issues and still withing 30 days keep returning until you get a fully functional phone I would say.

randrewm97 said:
this is my first android phone from an iphone and to me it seems a little buggy, but my problems are in android and they dont happen often.
i clicked on the messaging app once and it opened my browser
2 apps randomly got deleted when i rebooted
dropbox app was there but the app wasnt, so i had to uninstall it and reinstall it
it froze on my once the second day i got it
this might be normal for android, but its frustrating coming from an iphone. the problems might be user error clicking the wrong thing, but in my book that still falls on android for making a hard os to follow for noobs. maybe now that im learning more of android im able to stop problems or prevent them but your problems sound weird seeing as its your third phone
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I experienced a few issue with reboots and jittery transistion the first few days I had the phone, but after that it is smooth sailing. I've been with android since I installed it on my HTC HD2 and was with WINMO before that. I can understand there would be a bit of learning curve coming from iOS. I actually flirted with the idea of getting the iPhone 4s, but settled on HTC Vivid instead, better media managment and couldn't get over the small screen size of the 4s, espcially when my proir phone was the 4.3-inch HTC Inspire.
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92hatchattack said:
My Vivid does all sorts of crazy stuff. Sometimes when you flick the screen one way, it will flick 4 screen the other way. Sometimes when you press an icon on the home screen it will select the icon to the right. Some times when returning to the home screen i will get black bars along the sides of the home screen. Is anyone else seeing things like this with their vivd?
It also seems that as soon as you run an app like Pandora the phone slows a lot. No more smooth transition back to home screen.Instead I get a second of the black screen instead of that nice fade back to home. Its like the phone goes stupid as soon as you a running something. Is this phone really not that powerful?
By the way, I returned a phone for this already. This is the second phone running in the same way.
Not so cool.
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As malickie suggested in his post, there may be a bad batch of phones delivered to stores in your area. I would return it and by it online, as I assume those may be delivered from a central warehouse or distrubtion center.

My phone acts that when when I'm using it with it plugged in to a wall charger. Strange...

i've found that my phone sketches out on me when plugged in to an AC power source. things like random screen activity and button presses because of the power supply. doesn't matter what combo of cords and adapters i use, it still wigs out on me. when it's plugged in to USB it works flawlessly. i noticed i had the same problem with my old iPhone 4 and 4s. same deal as now, works perfectly on USB charge. i think it has to do with some power circuits in older houses because it doesn't happen in some places, and in other places the intensity isn't as bad.
are these issues happening when your device is plugged in?
if not, then it is certainly a device problem because it shouldn't go bonkers at the slightest touch. regardless of how many times it happens, i would keep returning it. if they keep giving you defective equipment, then the onus is upon your cell company to provide you with working equipment. i can personally vouch for the power and functionality of the Raider (here in Canada) so i think you may have gotten the bad luck of being stuck in the middle of a bad batch of stock. try going to a different store and see if one from there makes a difference.

This may sund dumb, but any chance a certain wallpaper would be glitchy? I changed the wallpaper today to a more demanding live walpaper, and opened up every app i could find with pandora streaming and gps navi going and the phone was running very smooth still.
I wonder....... ill report back in a few days to see how it goes.

It's entirely possible you e been using one that has bugs, so if it fixed it then that may be the culprit.
See if the issue repeats without the LWP and go from there
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92hatchattack said:
My Vivid does all sorts of crazy stuff.
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OP, i think i was able to duplicate your problem... I used a cheap micro usb cable last night to charge my vivid, while it was plugged in it started doing crazy stuff, the touch was way off etc... i tried a different cheap micro usb charger and was able to duplicate the problem. I then tried the OEM charger as well as a motorola micro usb charger and had no problems. So i would check the charger you are using..

interesting.. i will be keeping a better eye on when i have problems. Allthough with this new wallpapers once in a while its not super duper smooth going back to homescreen, i have not seen any of these crazier glitches in the past 24 hours...

Yes
See my separate thread on the HTC Sense and Location Service problems.
Patience is wearing thin, and I'm getting ready to return it before the 30 return period expires.

Mine has done it twice while I've been trying to unlock the screen with the power button on top. I press it and nothing, then press again, and again, then the phone would reboot. I also sent the logs to HTC.

dirt_squirrel said:
i've found that my phone sketches out on me when plugged in to an AC power source. things like random screen activity and button presses because of the power supply. doesn't matter what combo of cords and adapters i use, it still wigs out on me. when it's plugged in to USB it works flawlessly. i noticed i had the same problem with my old iPhone 4 and 4s. same deal as now, works perfectly on USB charge. i think it has to do with some power circuits in older houses because it doesn't happen in some places, and in other places the intensity isn't as bad.
are these issues happening when your device is plugged in?
if not, then it is certainly a device problem because it shouldn't go bonkers at the slightest touch. regardless of how many times it happens, i would keep returning it. if they keep giving you defective equipment, then the onus is upon your cell company to provide you with working equipment. i can personally vouch for the power and functionality of the Raider (here in Canada) so i think you may have gotten the bad luck of being stuck in the middle of a bad batch of stock. try going to a different store and see if one from there makes a difference.
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OP, i think i was able to duplicate your problem... I used a cheap micro usb cable last night to charge my vivid, while it was plugged in it started doing crazy stuff, the touch was way off etc... i tried a different cheap micro usb charger and was able to duplicate the problem. I then tried the OEM charger as well as a motorola micro usb charger and had no problems. So i would check the charger you are using..
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I've had similar results under different charging circumstances as well.
In two of my cars I have power inverters that plug into the cigarette lighter sockets. With both of my OEM HTC chargers, as well as two different Samsung chargers, the phone goes haywire. Touch is sometimes completely off - if it even registers - and there's noticeable lag. However, the same chargers plugged into any other normal household outlet do not seem to affect the phone at all. What I took particular note of was that how when the engine is running, the phone acts up. But when it's off and the inverter is pulling straight from the battery, all is well.. perhaps the phone does not like running off of alternating current, although the current a car's alternator produces is still rectified into DC. Weird.

Me too
ninethree said:
Mine has done it twice while I've been trying to unlock the screen with the power button on top. I press it and nothing, then press again, and again, then the phone would reboot. I also sent the logs to HTC.
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Man, I thought I was the only one. It's kinda annoying.

My vivid has been screwing up bad all day. I was in the middle of trying to perma-root when it rebooted itself... Loaded up to the ATT beginning message and instantly shot to black screen, buttons didn't work. I pulled out the battery and booted it up again and when it got to the att screen a message came up saying it couldn't load the OS. I pulled the battery and the sim out and let it sit for about 10 mins. Booted it up for the third time and finally it loaded the home page. But now the status bar has been failing and my data drops in and out all the time. I think I might have to install a new OS

Dawakat said:
My vivid has been screwing up bad all day. I was in the middle of trying to perma-root when it rebooted itself... Loaded up to the ATT beginning message and instantly shot to black screen, buttons didn't work. I pulled out the battery and booted it up again and when it got to the att screen a message came up saying it couldn't load the OS. I pulled the battery and the sim out and let it sit for about 10 mins. Booted it up for the third time and finally it loaded the home page. But now the status bar has been failing and my data drops in and out all the time. I think I might have to install a new OS
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It's not the phone, it's you. On a serious note, I don't think the bootloader is unlocked yet, so how will you install a "new OS"? /rom
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slimslim said:
It's not the phone, it's you. On a serious note, I don't think the bootloader is unlocked yet, so how will you install a "new OS"? /rom
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Sorry I didn't know what it was called, I'm extremely green on HTC lol. As far as the phone goes it had a random reboot during the temp root loading and wouldn't turn on.
You should feel glad though cause I was gonna call it iOS at first =p

Dawakat said:
My vivid has been screwing up bad all day. I was in the middle of trying to perma-root when it rebooted itself... Loaded up to the ATT beginning message and instantly shot to black screen, buttons didn't work. I pulled out the battery and booted it up again and when it got to the att screen a message came up saying it couldn't load the OS. I pulled the battery and the sim out and let it sit for about 10 mins. Booted it up for the third time and finally it loaded the home page. But now the status bar has been failing and my data drops in and out all the time. I think I might have to install a new OS
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My first attempts at rooting gave me the same status bar error. Hold off on rooting for a few and restart the phone a couple of times, letting it boot completely and then properly using the restart option in the power menu. Then try again.. it took me seven tries before the status bar errors and glitchiness went away, and it finally rooted.

Chromecast DEAD

Tried to cast a tab - tv screen goes black and cast fails, an "unexpected error" occurs. On phone with Google support for an hour, no joy. This thing is going back where it came from.

aiiee said:
Tried to cast a tab - tv screen goes black and cast fails, an "unexpected error" occurs. Try to cast Netflix from the phone, cast fails. On phone with Google support for an hour, no joy. This thing is going back where it came from.
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Silly question.. Did you unplug it and plug it back in?
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Nicraz said:
Silly question.. Did you unplug it and plug it back in?
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Haha, yes, and I turned it off and back on again! Even reinstalled Chrome browser, all to no avail. Works fine from Android, nothing from Windows. Very mysterious.,
EDIT: False Alarm, sort of. After installing and deleting the ChromeCast App a few times it is currently working, to the extent that it can. No idea what happened but it seemed to happen right after I installed "Chrome Toolbox". Probably a coincidence, but I really don't know. My LAN connection on my pc kept going up and down at the same time. Sorry about the false alarm

aiiee said:
Haha, yes, and I turned it off and back on again! Even reinstalled Chrome browser, all to no avail. Works fine from Android, nothing from Windows. Very mysterious.
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Yeah, that's weird. The only reason I asked is because every now and then the screen on my TV goes black when trying to cast but the sound still works. So far, unplugging and plugging it back in has worked. I mainly cast from Ubuntu and Mac, though.

[Q] Stuck at starting chromecast... Help!

Hi everyone!
I just got my chromecast today and i got it to setup just fine on my tv. I left my device for updating and after half an hour when i saw my tv, the device was stuck at 'starting chromecast'.
I can't get it to work now. i have tried to reset hundred times but nothings happens, just a plain white light, i also can't find my device through my phone or laptop, neither does resetting router made any difference. Tried different tv but same result.
Anyone had this issue?
is there any way i can flash stock rom?
Help guys!

bilalnoor said:
Hi everyone!
I just got my chromecast today and i got it to setup just fine on my tv. I left my device for updating and after half an hour when i saw my tv, the device was stuck at 'starting chromecast'.
I can't get it to work now. i have tried to reset hundred times but nothings happens, just a plain white light, i also can't find my device through my phone or laptop, neither does resetting router made any difference. Tried different tv but same result.
Anyone had this issue?
is there any way i can flash stock rom?
Help guys!
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When you said reset I hope you mean unplugged it, wait 10 secs and plug power back in..
Then try re-running the Setup app and see if that can find the unit.

Asphyx said:
When you said reset I hope you mean unplugged it, wait 10 secs and plug power back in..
Then try re-running the Setup app and see if that can find the unit.
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reset mains, pressing button for 25 secs. i have also tried to run setup app several times. no luck!

bilalnoor said:
reset mains, pressing button for 25 secs. i have also tried to run setup app several times. no luck!
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Unplug the unit from everything! Pull the power wait 10 seconds then plug it back in....Reset Buttons are only ever good for going back to Factory reset IMO LOL

bilalnoor said:
I left my device for updating and after half an hour when i saw my tv, the device was stuck at 'starting chromecast'.
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Was it updating a Google OTA, or were you flashing a custom ROM via FlashCast?
bilalnoor said:
I can't get it to work now. i have tried to reset hundred times but nothings happens, just a plain white light, i also can't find my device through my phone or laptop, neither does resetting router made any difference. Tried different tv but same result.
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First thing to try is as Asphyx said - power cycle the Chromecast.
The reset button won't work if the device is hung or not checking the button state, and even then it's a settings reset, not the same as a power cycle.
See how that works and let us know.

I actually had this issue the other day and it appeared to be the power source I was using, try using a USB port with a bit more juice and see if that helps. (unsure if you're using the stock provided or something else).

bhiga said:
Was it updating a Google OTA, or were you flashing a custom ROM via FlashCast?
First thing to try is as Asphyx said - power cycle the Chromecast.
The reset button won't work if the device is hung or not checking the button state, and even then it's a settings reset, not the same as a power cycle.
See how that works and let us know.
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First it was flashing Google OTA and second i have left the device off for couple of hour for power cycle and third i was using the adapter provided from the start.
I think i'll have to replace the device then, may be it's dead!
I'll try to send it back to Google then.

It might be dead. Just as a final check unplug it from HDMI then give it power and see if it looks like it boots, then plug into HDMI (without disconnecting power)
Sent from a device with no keyboard. Please forgive typos, they may not be my own.

bhiga said:
It might be dead. Just as a final check unplug it from HDMI then give it power and see if it looks like it boots, then plug into HDMI (without disconnecting power)
Sent from a device with no keyboard. Please forgive typos, they may not be my own.
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no luck!

bilalnoor said:
no luck!
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Sorry to hear that. Hope it isn't too many steps to get it replaced!
If you got it retail it's usually easier/faster to exchange it there.

[Q] Boot Loop while charging - no charge

Hello, I've had my G Watch R for not quite a full week so far and I've really enjoyed it. Two days ago, I believe that I let the battery die so I placed it on the charger before going to bed. When I woke in the morning i grabbed the watch off the charger without looking at it. Just before i stepped out the door i noticed that it wasn't waking up and It wouldn't even power on. I ran back and slapped it on the charger thinking that it would be more than charged by lunch time. Thats when i noticed the apparent boot issue you can see in the video attached. It hasn't been dropped at all and I have the basic apps installed; facer, watchmaker etc. At this point, Is there anything that I can try short of sending it back?
I've left it on the charger for 24+ hours, it gets slightly warm and stays in the boot loop. As soon as its taken off the charger it has no visible charge and refuses to respond to anything. I purchased it through amazon, so I'm thinking it shouldn't be an issue for me to return it...
http://youtu.be/GgF3iXAhTTI/
Sorry i tried to embed the video but the youtube link for xda seems to be breaking the url somehow

So I have already initiated the return process with amazon and it should be pretty painless. I have almost 3 weeks to send it back, so if anyone has any tips/tricks or ideas I'm more than open to try them....The watch is 100% stock as far as firmware or root is concerned.

Any luck with this? I just got back an RMA for a broken touch sensor, I don't want to have to RMA it again.

try to see if you can get in to the bootloader, and restart the watch from there
i have notice when i charge the watch from empty (so thewatch boots up while charging) it causes problems, usually boot loops as well

I just watched the video (should've done this before hijacking the thread, sorry) and it seems like I'm having a different issue. Instead, mine does the android boot animation, the goes to "Starting Apps" and counting ("x of y Apps"; the y value seems to be different every time), then "Staring Apps" with no count, then it says "Powering Off" and shuts off. But I will post my experience in case someone else with my issue finds this thread.
I'm back up & running today. I got it into the bootloader last night and put it on the charger before I went to sleep (to avoid battery rundown by bootlooping while it charges). I woke up this morning to it bootlooping again. I'm guessing that it restarted itself sometime during the night. I took it off the charger and let it sit for a while (it was pretty warm, so I figured it would be better to let it cool down before trying anything else). I tried to restart it again after about a half hour, but it still only got to "Starting Apps" before shutting off. I reflashed the stock boot, recovery & system images found here: Stock Boot, Recovery and System for G Watch R . I restarted it and completed the initial pairing process (due to wipe when I unlocked it in order to flash system image) and it is now working.
I don't know if what I did actually fixed anything or if it just decided to start working, but I will post again if something happens again. If you don't see any more replies from me, then all is still OK.
EDIT 6/22/15 9:53 pm EDT: No good, see below.

To workaround the bootloop while charging, you can boot into recovery (swipe 10 to 4 a clock while Logo is shown, select and press okay to recovery), than charge battery for a while, after that, you can boot to as normally to AW-system and charge to fully battery!

You can charge with USB on PC, it's work fine for me.

scidon37 said:
I just watched the video
I don't know if what I did actually fixed anything or if it just decided to start working, but I will post again if something happens again. If you don't see any more replies from me, then all is still OK.
EDIT 6/22/15 9:53 pm EDT: No good, see below.
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So your gwatch r started doing the same thing again? I have the same problem and it won't connect to the computer via fastboot or adb. How did you get on with the RMA? I cant send mine back due to voided warranty. Still hoping for a solution.

Have you tried taking it off the charger and booting it? Also are you running custom software?

bricked watch
atmosphrericks said:
So your gwatch r started doing the same thing again? I have the same problem and it won't connect to the computer via fastboot or adb. How did you get on with the RMA? I cant send mine back due to voided warranty. Still hoping for a solution.
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Ever find a fix for this? I've been searching like mad the last few weeks. :/

biohazard1150 said:
Ever find a fix for this? I've been searching like mad the last few weeks. :/
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So i took off the back plate, and found that the spring contact pins inside the watch weren't making good connections to the connect points on the inside of the back plate. Be careful, they are fragile, but you want to bend them out slightly. If you can source parts, get a new contact pin module.
After this, i was able to connect my watch and flash over stock firmware.
I can't guarantee this is what is happening with yours, but let us know if it does work.
I've scince broken the screen and can't find where to get parts!

atmosphrericks said:
So i took off the back plate, and found that the spring contact pins inside the watch weren't making good connections to the connect points on the inside of the back plate. Be careful, they are fragile, but you want to bend them out slightly. If you can source parts, get a new contact pin module.
After this, i was able to connect my watch and flash over stock firmware.
I can't guarantee this is what is happening with yours, but let us know if it does work.
I've scince broken the screen and can't find where to get parts!
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I still haven't found a fix. My charging works fine, but no PC connection. The bootloader/fastboot wont come up, no logo or anything. I'm sure the EMMC chip is fried, it sounds like many are seeing this issue, some with a black screen and some with a snowy screen. I've had several galaxy phones do the exact same so I'm doubting it can be fixed without going to the manufacturer which mine came from redflagdeals and LG wont service the random online store purchases

I had to take the back off and clean and adjust the contacts that make contact through the back panel. Then I could connect via fastboot.

ouranos2k said:
You can charge with USB on PC, it's work fine for me.
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This solved my problem. As soon as I plugged it into my PC it booted just fine

ouranos2k said:
You can charge with USB on PC, it's work fine for me.
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This works for me too! Thank you!
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Note 9 Won't Power On Or Boot Into Recovery?

Like the title says, have no clue what happened?
The phone is stock always has been. Was watching YouTube and noticed the sound stopped working on the bottom speaker. And then I opened up Pandora to make sure it wasn't YouTube... And we'll it went black and now nothing works.
Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

LostDarkSoul said:
Like the title says, have no clue what happened?
The phone is stock always has been. Was watching YouTube and noticed the sound stopped working on the bottom speaker. And then I opened up Pandora to make sure it wasn't YouTube... And we'll it went black and now nothing works.
Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
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Try holding POWER+VOLUME DOWN and see if thats forces a restart.

I have tried every button combo. I honestly think a motherboard just took a shet because the LED indicator doesn't even show up when you put it on a charger. I've tried using a wireless charging pad nothing has happened either. Like I said I can't even get it into recovery mode. Let alone getting it to do a bootloop won't even work haha.

LostDarkSoul said:
I have tried every button combo. I honestly think a motherboard just took a shet because the LED indicator doesn't even show up when you put it on a charger. I've tried using a wireless charging pad nothing has happened either. Like I said I can't even get it into recovery mode. Let alone getting it to do a bootloop won't even work haha.
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Well, with any luck you didn't purchase the phone the first day it came out, which would make you eligible for the one year warranty through Samsung and can exchange the phone.