I was so shocked and dissapointed when I tried this feature in Walkman and PowerAMP and it didn't work. Furthermore, I was told that I have to root my phone first. Is there ANY way to achieve this without rooting the phone!?
I don't know what was Sony thinking when they left out this feature!! It's one of the most important things and I was 100% sure that this phone will have this. Not having this feature makes the remote on it's headphones useless. Am I supposed to take out such a big phone out of my pocket while walking on the street for skipping songs!?
You can do via Poweramp.. But not long press. But by double pressing the key.. You have to enable that feature in the player settings first...
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nijom said:
You can do via Poweramp.. But not long press. But by double pressing the key.. You have to enable that feature in the player settings first...
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I tried all that options (double/triple press, long press, single press), nothing. My Z1 is currently connected to my 5.1 speakers and I'm trying with volume rocker on the Z1 itself. I assume that it's the same if I try on device or on headphones.
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I tried all that options (double/triple press, long press, single press), nothing. My Z1 is currently connected to my 5.1 speakers and I'm trying with volume rocker on the Z1 itself. I assume that it's the same if I try on device or on headphones.
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You can root your phone and use the xposed framework
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1574401
Tweakbox http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1629653
Yes same behaviour in general unless you have bluetooth device with dedicated skip track. Yes annoyed me moving from HTC to Sony, my skip track on my wired headphone just adjusted the volume.
You need xposed installer and the xposed tweakbox.
Open xposed installer then select install/upgrade, reboot. open xposed installer then click modules tab, select tweakbox checkbox, then click tweakbox, go down to Miscellaneous and select skip tracks...
You may need to reboot your phone again after.
Note: skip tracks will only work with the screen off. And works with the phone volume rocker as well as headphone controls
Hope that helps, hit thanks if it helps you out.
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You can root your phone and use the xposed framework
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1574401
Yes same behaviour in general unless you have bluetooth device with dedicated skip track.
You need xposed installer and the xposed tweakbox.
Open xposed installer then select install/upgrade, reboot. open xposed installer then click modules tab, select tweakbox checkbox, then click tweakbox, go down to Miscellaneous and select skip tracks...
You may need to reboot your phone again after.
Hope that helps, hit thanks if it helps you out.
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Thank you for your idea but it doesn't help me a lot. My phone is not rooted and I'm not planning to root it untill my warranty expires or maybe shorter but not yet. So there's no possibility to achieve this without rooting?
Sony, why are you doing this to us!??
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Thank you for your idea but it doesn't help me a lot. My phone is not rooted and I'm not planning to root it untill my warranty expires or maybe shorter but not yet. So there's no possibility to achieve this without rooting?
Sony, why are you doing this to us!??
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rooting does not void your warrenty. You can root no problem and go back to unrooted and NO ONE including sony will be able to tell that you ever rooted.
So just root and install xposed framework
gregbradley said:
rooting does not void your warrenty. You can root no problem and go back to unrooted and NO ONE including sony will be able to tell that you ever rooted.
So just root and install xposed framework
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I know that, but what if my phone dies due to hardware failure while it's rooted? In our repair centres they control those things because they're trying to find 1001 reason to refuse to do the repair.
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Thank you for your idea but it doesn't help me a lot. My phone is not rooted and I'm not planning to root it untill my warranty expires or maybe shorter but not yet. So there's no possibility to achieve this without rooting?
Sony, why are you doing this to us!??
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No unless Sony release something, highly unlikely because it still doesn't exist for any previous Sony phone that I know of.
Rooting doesn't void your warranty, unlocking boot loader does, but even then it's a fine line because you can flash TA and original rom back over and no one will know, if the phone is a brick it doesn't matter anyway because no one will be able to check it. If you phone has a serious hardware failure to the point that you can't flash over it, remember you are standing right there at shop or repair centre, if they try some steps and can't get the phone to boot volume rocker and long press of the power button, and the phone will not boot, they will hand you another.
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I've got an unbranded HTC One and I've performed the OTA update from a few weeks ago. I'm not saying the update is the cause, just that I'm on the latest ROM. The phone is also not rooted.
I've noticed that it's getting slower and slower when pressing the On button before the keypad appears and also longer for the keyboard to appear and then it takes longer for the keys I've pressed to register and then another few seconds for the application icons to appear.
All in all, it takes about 15 seconds to turn on, enter my 4 number pin and for the icons to finally appear. Normally this whole process takes me 2 seconds. I know an extra 13 seconds doesn't sound a lot but when you're trying to get to your camera or to take someone's contact details, it feels like forever.
Restarting the phone fixes the issue but it eventually slows back down again. I don't want to have to restart my phone every 3 days so this isn't really a viable solution.
Is anyone else experiencing this?
If not then I can only assume it must be software I've since installed but I'm very careful with what I install (no games, just work related apps like Astrid and things like WhatsApp).
15 seconds!!!??? That's looooonnnnnggggg on anyone's book using any phone!
My One is instantly turned on when the power button is pressed and sometimes the password keypad took a bit longer to appear because I use Swype and it's still a bit laggy compared to stock keyboard, but I am talking about between instant and half a second delay, not even one second.
Yours definitely got some issue, either hardware or software I don't know,likely to be software if you say a restart solves it. What keyboard app you are using? It could be that...
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h.han said:
15 seconds!!!??? That's looooonnnnnggggg on anyone's book using any phone!
My One is instantly turned on when the power button is pressed and sometimes the password keypad took a bit longer to appear because I use Swype and it's still a bit laggy compared to stock keyboard, but I am talking about between instant and half a second delay, not even one second.
Yours definitely got some issue, either hardware or software I don't know,likely to be software if you say a restart solves it. What keyboard app you are using? It could be that...
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Everything I'm using is stock.
I've just timed it again - it's 15 seconds if I've accessed the phone recently otherwise it's closer to 18 seconds.
It feels a long time to me and when I say it out loud "18 seconds" it sounds pretty insignificant but I assure you, it's very, very irritating.
How many weeks uptime do you have on your phone?
I've removed almost all my apps now so we'll see if it starts slowing down again.
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I've got an unbranded HTC One and I've performed the OTA update from a few weeks ago. I'm not saying the update is the cause, just that I'm on the latest ROM. The phone is also not rooted.
I've noticed that it's getting slower and slower when pressing the On button before the keypad appears and also longer for the keyboard to appear and then it takes longer for the keys I've pressed to register and then another few seconds for the application icons to appear.
All in all, it takes about 15 seconds to turn on, enter my 4 number pin and for the icons to finally appear. Normally this whole process takes me 2 seconds. I know an extra 13 seconds doesn't sound a lot but when you're trying to get to your camera or to take someone's contact details, it feels like forever.
Restarting the phone fixes the issue but it eventually slows back down again. I don't want to have to restart my phone every 3 days so this isn't really a viable solution.
Is anyone else experiencing this?
If not then I can only assume it must be software I've since installed but I'm very careful with what I install (no games, just work related apps like Astrid and things like WhatsApp).
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Unlock the bootloader, root the phone, and install a custom rom. That's what you should be on XDA for anyways. You're problems will then be gone.
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SkizzMcNizz said:
Unlock the bootloader, root the phone, and install a custom rom. That's what you should be on XDA for anyways. You're problems will then be gone.
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I'm waiting for a solution that doesn't require the use of HTCdev.com, then it'll be ARHD
Mid said:
I'm waiting for a solution that doesn't require the use of HTCdev.com, then it'll be ARHD
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seeder for the win.
Mid said:
I'm waiting for a solution that doesn't require the use of HTCdev.com, then it'll be ARHD
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Why?
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Why?
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if he doesnt want to then he doesnt have to. its not like Apple where you cannot do anything without a jailbreak
IINexusII said:
if he doesnt want to then he doesnt have to. its not like Apple where you cannot do anything without a jailbreak
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I know that. I was just wondering why not htcdev.com? It's so simple and there's nothing wrong with using it.
SkizzMcNizz said:
I know that. I was just wondering why not htcdev.com? It's so simple and there's nothing wrong with using it.
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if your hardware fails soon after, you lost your warranty.
IINexusII said:
if your hardware fails soon after, you lost your warranty.
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This is the reason.
I've heard people have had issues with non-firmware related warranty claims after rooting on HTCdev.
IINexusII said:
if your hardware fails soon after, you lost your warranty.
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Go read Gunny's response on losing your warranty. The warranty loss claim is complete bs. It states you MAY lose your warranty. I've returned so many phones for warranty that were rooted, bootloader unlocked, and even bricked with a different devices software on it and I never had any problems.
SkizzMcNizz said:
Go read Gunny's response on losing your warranty. The warranty loss claim is complete bs. It states you MAY lose your warranty. I've returned so many phones for warranty that were rooted, bootloader unlocked, and even bricked with a different devices software on it and I never had any problems.
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Fair enough but people dont need to have to root and unlock bootloaders and do this and that to get a good experience. People just want to get a phone out of the box and use it. and HTC have done a good job at that. And there are too many noobs that just dig themselves a big hole after doing down the unlock path
back on topic: its probably an app thats causing huge lag on your device. check your running apps in settings
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Fair enough but people dont need to have to root and unlock bootloaders and do this and that to get a good experience. People just want to get a phone out of the box and use it. and HTC have done a good job at that. And there are too many noobs that just dig themselves a big hole after doing down the unlock path
back on topic: its probably an app thats causing huge lag on your device. check your running apps in settings
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I understand what you're saying.
I updated my phone just recently and came across this major issue.
I used Sony's own tools for updating that leaves two options "Sony Companion" and "Sony Update Service".
Both giving the same results for my phone, even a full reinstall doesn't work.
When done updating you set your Xperia ZR back on as the software says.
It starts normally showing the Sony logo, Xperia logo and some Xperia animations.
When it gets to the lock screen and asks for your pin code to unlock your sim-card everything is fine.
Here it comes.
When setting your screen in standby and back on the touchscreen function is not working anymore.
Other buttons are working fine (power, volume, photo)
I talked to a Sony employee and he came to the conclusion that it's a Hardware defect, that sounds to me like a bad excuse.
The screen works the first time but not the second time it's turned on.
Looks to me like a software problem.
Are any others of you experiencing this problem with the Xperia ZR? Please, let me know below!
I don't have a solution yet or if you have a solution, let us/me know down here.
Thanks in advance!
It sounds like the firmwarepart with drivers four the touchscreen didn't bite. If it's anything like the 4.2.1-4.2.2 in HTC that part needs to get through.
Is there any way of restarting the process through companion?
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A temporarily solution is to touch the screen when pressing the power button to turn on the screen.
Example: Touch with your left index finger on the screen and press power shortly as you normally do, then move your index finger over the screen.
But you have to do this every time you turn on the screen!
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A temporarily solution is to touch the screen when pressing the power button to turn on the screen.
Example: Touch with your left index finger on the screen and press power shortly as you normally do, then move your index finger over the screen.
But you have to do this every time you turn on the screen!
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Have you tried flashing the ftf file through flashtool?
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Have you tried flashing the ftf file through flashtool?
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No, I haven't tried that yet, because I'm not familiar with flashtool.
It's easy.
1. Do a search for flashtool and download the exe file.
2. Install it. Install the latest drivers by going to the install drivers menu in the program.
3. Download the ftf file on the android development section.
4. Save it in the c drive folder for flashtool-->>firmware
5. Press the big flash (lightning symbol)
6. Chose flash mode
7. Your firmware should show up. Choose the C5503 firmware.
8. It will tell you to turn off your phone and while plugging in, keep the back button pressed. Since the zr doesn't have a back button, hold the volume down button.
9. It should do everything automatically. You'll be on a new os. Reboot and you're done.
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djpeesh said:
It's easy.
1. Do a search for flashtool and download the exe file.
2. Install it. Install the latest drivers by going to the install drivers menu in the program.
3. Download the ftf file on the android development section.
4. Save it in the c drive folder for flashtool-->>firmware
5. Press the big flash (lightning symbol)
6. Chose flash mode
7. Your firmware should show up. Choose the C5503 firmware.
8. It will tell you to turn off your phone and while plugging in, keep the back button pressed. Since the zr doesn't have a back button, hold the volume down button.
9. It should do everything automatically. You'll be on a new os. Reboot and you're done.
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I'll try that :fingers-crossed:
Did you also try the update to 4.2.2?
It's still bugging me that they released it and it didn't work. (for my Sony Xperia ZR at least)
Great it worked!
I took flashtool from androxyde.github.io and I also took the firmware from there.
For me the first 3 times flashing went wrong, but it's nothing to worry about just reconnect the USB while pressing volume-down button and retry.
So I am now back to android 4.1.2 and the screen is working fine without any problems.
Thanks djpeesh!
I have the same problem but I don't want to revert to 4.1.2 is there another workaround? This is really stupid SONY says that an app can cause this but there is pretty much nothing on my device. I did a hard reset and it didn't help. I'll try something else to see if I can avoid the downgrade. I think everything started when I activated debugging mode.
Same happens with mine.At times I am not able to accept phones calls by sliding. i have to press the power button several times to switch off and on the screen and then it functions again
motodude said:
Same happens with mine.At times I am not able to accept phones calls by sliding. i have to press the power button several times to switch off and on the screen and then it functions again
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I tried flashing 4.2.2 russian rom and it didn't work, tried 4.1.2 russian version, also didn't work. I'll try another ROM now and if it still doesn't work I'll go to where I bought it and I'm going to smash it in the sellers head (angry). I'm so disappointed in SONY.
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I tried flashing 4.2.2 russian rom and it didn't work, tried 4.1.2 russian version, also didn't work. I'll try another ROM now and if it still doesn't work I'll go to where I bought it and I'm going to smash it in the sellers head (angry). I'm so disappointed in SONY.
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Please dont try this method, as this might brick your phone permanently and you might end up in jail.
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Please dont try this method, as this might brick your phone permanently and you might end up in jail.
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I managed to make the screen work again but then it stopped like before. I suspect that there might be a SIM card problem is your sim a genuine micro SIM or is it like mine a chopped mini one?
I sended my Xperia ZR back to sony, because I talked to a SONY employee about this and his answer was to send it back for repairs. After all **** installations that didn't work. At the look of it the frimware for the screen is not inplemented in the new 4.2.2 update. If you could rip the 4.1.2 screen frimware off and migrate it with the 4.2.2 update that could work, but that is a bit to advanced for me.
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I sended my Xperia ZR back to sony, because I talked to a SONY employee about this and his answer was to send it back for repairs. After all **** installations that didn't work. At the look of it the frimware for the screen is not inplemented in the new 4.2.2 update. If you could rip the 4.1.2 screen frimware off and migrate it with the 4.2.2 update that could work, but that is a bit to advanced for me.
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My screen didn't work even with a 4.1.2 official roms tomorrow I'm going to send it for repairs. It's really annoying to spend 500 dollars and have these stupid problems my HTC TOUCH HD is 5 years old and has never been repaired, still works the old beast, and this device is 10 days old and already is getting on my nerves.
andes83 said:
I managed to make the screen work again but then it stopped like before. I suspect that there might be a SIM card problem is your sim a genuine micro SIM or is it like mine a chopped mini one?
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Yus, chopped one
motodude said:
Yus, chopped one
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Well, that wasn't the problem anyway I just left mine in the repair shop, they tried to blame for messing up the software of the phone but I used only SONY official firmware, so let's see what they'll come up with next I hope they won't make me pay for repairs because this will be a very sad story.
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Well, that wasn't the problem anyway I just left mine in the repair shop, they tried to blame for messing up the software of the phone but I used only SONY official firmware, so let's see what they'll come up with next I hope they won't make me pay for repairs because this will be a very sad story.
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Why are they saying that you have messed up with the software,in which firmware are you in.
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Why are they saying that you have messed up with the software,in which firmware are you in.
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I used only software from this page http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2384512 and Sony Companion repair tool. I don't know what their problem was, probably just want to score some money or something.
I know this topic become legacy already, but how do u guys solve it? My xperia zr screen becomes crazy if overheat a bit. No matter what firmware used. Have to off screen and then on back. Very annoying.
I can't figure out what's causing it. I don't have very many apps installed that didn't come with the phone, and any I did install were from the Play Store. I haven't done any modifications such as root to the device.
In order to bring it back to life, I have to either hold the power button down for 30 seconds to shut it down (or take out the battery) and power it back on.
Interestingly, if I have notifications waiting and the LED is flashing, that continues to flash even if the phone won't wake up.
I did 'disable' several of the bloatware apps in the app management area in Settings. I'm starting to think that must be what's causing it. Is there a particular bloatware app that should never be disabled? One that would cause this issue?
Other apps I've installed are things like Netflix, eBay, the app for my bank, and a TV-listings app. Pretty basic stuff. I don't think any of those would be the problem, would they?
Remaining battery doesn't appear to have an effect. It's happened with full battery and somewhat low battery.
'Services' that I use are Exchange push email and Gmail. I also have it Bluetooth synched to my car's hands-free thing.
Any help would be appreciated. Taking my phone out of my pocket to use it just to find that it's not responsive is very troublesome.
Thanks.
EDIT: For clarification, this is an AT&T version of the S4A.
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I can't figure out what's causing it. I don't have very many apps installed that didn't come with the phone, and any I did install were from the Play Store. I haven't done any modifications such as root to the device.
In order to bring it back to life, I have to either hold the power button down for 30 seconds to shut it down (or take out the battery) and power it back on.
Interestingly, if I have notifications waiting and the LED is flashing, that continues to flash even if the phone won't wake up.
I did 'disable' several of the bloatware apps in the app management area in Settings. I'm starting to think that must be what's causing it. Is there a particular bloatware app that should never be disabled? One that would cause this issue?
Other apps I've installed are things like Netflix, eBay, the app for my bank, and a TV-listings app. Pretty basic stuff. I don't think any of those would be the problem, would they?
Remaining battery doesn't appear to have an effect. It's happened with full battery and somewhat low battery.
'Services' that I use are Exchange push email and Gmail. I also have it Bluetooth synched to my car's hands-free thing.
Any help would be appreciated. Taking my phone out of my pocket to use it just to find that it's not responsive is very troublesome.
Thanks.
EDIT: For clarification, this is an AT&T version of the S4A.
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maybe u can enable back all the apps that u have disabled and see if it happens anymore.
u mentioned "the phone won't wake up" and "not responsive". do u mean that the screen stayed off and u are unable to get the screen to be on?
cfchong said:
u mentioned "the phone won't wake up" and "not responsive". do u mean that the screen stayed off and u are unable to get the screen to be on?
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That's right. None of the buttons wake the phone up or turn on the screen. I can tell the phone is still 'on' though. It's not like it got powered off in my pocket.
The advice you've got is sound - if you think it might be because of disabled apps, re-enable them all and see if it keeps happening. If it doesn't... well then you disable them one at a time until it starts happening again.
Then you come back to the forum again and let everyone know which app never to disable.
If it doesn't stop happening after re-enabling all the apps... well then my guess would be a faulty device. Can't think of any other logical reason for it to behave like that. So try the apps first, if that doesn't help, "return to sender".
EvilTelephone said:
That's right. None of the buttons wake the phone up or turn on the screen. I can tell the phone is still 'on' though. It's not like it got powered off in my pocket.
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if enabling back all system apps do not resolve the problem, try disabling all user apps to test. one of your downloaded app may be the cause.
Alright, over the past month I've done a bunch of testing. Here are my results.
1. Re-enabling all the system apps didn't help.
2. I uninstalled all my user apps. Didn't help.
3. I completely reset the phone to stock settings and formatted all storage. That didn't help.
4. I figured maybe it was something with bluetooth since it seemed to happen after I used bluetooth devices. I disabled bluetooth completely. It didn't help.
I'm out of ideas for the moment. Could the phone just be bad? I would wonder why the issue only happens occasionally.
Thanks.
Start a chat with Samsung. They have always been good to me.
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I have the same problem, is there any solution, thanks
ogbeate said:
I have the same problem, is there any solution, thanks
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Solved, rom change and ready, do not turn off more
I have the same problem in i9500. I now live in China and have purchased an s2, s3 and now the s4 from China Unicom. I have successfully rooted and flashed new ROMS (latest HK stock firmware) on the S2 and S3. When I bought the s4, it worked fine. I immediately flashed the latest stock HK ROM using Odin 3.07, After flashing, the phone is unresponsive after going into deep sleep meaning that nothing happens when I press the power button. After a long press of the power button, the phone will re-boot. Sometimes I have to pull the battery. Again, this phone is totally stock. I haven't added any applications. I re-flashed the stock China Unicom formware and I took the phone to the Samsung Service facility and they did a new flash. Phone worked great. I take it home, flash the HK ROM with Odin...same results; phone is unresponsive after going into deep sleep. I return to the Samsung service store and they again flash the phone. Phone works fine. What are they doing that I'm not doing? Could the partition table get corrupted during my flash processes. Should I try another version of Odin? Should I try a PIT file and try that? I'm downloading the ROM's from SamMobile. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Edit: I fixed this problem by upgrading to 4.3 which brought it's own set of problems.
Hi everyone, I'm sure this question has been answered before but being a complete noob, I honestly don't understand ANY of the technical terms such as "rooting", "flashing", "ROMS", etc etc. So most of the answers I have read make zero sense to me.
My phone started bootlooping when it was in my bag and I have no idea why it started doing so. The battery ended up draining enough to get it out of the bootloop and it was working fine for a day or so, until I put it back in my bag to go out and when I took it out, it was bootlooping again.
What I am trying to ask is what might be the cause of this and is there anyone who can explain how to fix this issue (in simple terms) so that I'd understand?
Cheers.
mine is doing same!
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Hi everyone, I'm sure this question has been answered before but being a complete noob, I honestly don't understand ANY of the technical terms such as "rooting", "flashing", "ROMS", etc etc. So most of the answers I have read make zero sense to me.
My phone started bootlooping when it was in my bag and I have no idea why it started doing so. The battery ended up draining enough to get it out of the bootloop and it was working fine for a day or so, until I put it back in my bag to go out and when I took it out, it was bootlooping again.
What I am trying to ask is what might be the cause of this and is there anyone who can explain how to fix this issue (in simple terms) so that I'd understand?
Cheers.
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mine is exactly the same reboots every few seconds , cant do anything about it
Have you done anything to your phone? attempt to root or install any new mods or apps or is this an out of the blue occurance?
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Ajxx16 said:
Have you done anything to your phone? attempt to root or install any new mods or apps or is this an out of the blue occurance?
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Well I don't know what rooting or mods are, so I doubt it is anything like that. The only things I've really done with my phone are install apps from the play store, torrent music using utorrent and save images/pictures. I thought that maybe it was due to my phone overheating in my bag as it has been rather hot the past few days. Could that be a possible reason?
Just do a factory reset
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Just do a factory reset
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Well the thing is, I can't do a factory reset because whenever I try to access that menu that has all the options, it starts looping before I can choose anything, and for some reason the buttons dont always work
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Well the thing is, I can't do a factory reset because whenever I try to access that menu that has all the options, it starts looping before I can choose anything, and for some reason the buttons dont always work
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since it seems you haven't done anything to your phone (ie unlocking, custom ROMs, etc), this could likely be a hardware problem.
how's the power button working? damaged?
you can also do a factory reset in bootloader, power off your phone, then hold VOLDOWN, press POWER, keep holding VOLDOWN until the bootloader appears (the white screen, with a few options), you use VOLUP and VOLDOWN to move the "cursor" and POWER to select the option you want.
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since it seems you haven't done anything to your phone (ie unlocking, custom ROMs, etc), this could likely be a hardware problem.
how's the power button working? damaged?
you can also do a factory reset in bootloader, power off your phone, then hold VOLDOWN, press POWER, keep holding VOLDOWN until the bootloader appears (the white screen, with a few options), you use VOLUP and VOLDOWN to move the "cursor" and POWER to select the option you want.
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cant do that because as lostpigeon said it loops again before we get a chance to select anything! mine has been doing it out of the blue since this morning , cant turn off or anything . . .loops and loops over and over every 13 seconds.
johntychwith said:
cant do that because as lostpigeon said it loops again before we get a chance to select anything! mine has been doing it out of the blue since this morning , cant turn off or anything . . .loops and loops over and over every 13 seconds.
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if it's rebooting in bootloader, then it's very likely the power button that's the problem, for example: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2563572
what can you do to fix the power button? tried drying the phone although it hasnt got wet.
johntychwith said:
what can you do to fix the power button? tried drying the phone although it hasnt got wet.
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off to warranty...
hardware problems are very hard to fix; and i'm not saying it's the power button for sure, it's just highly likely it is, if it's rebooting bootloader.
asi have no orange insurance what would you do next?
johntychwith said:
asi have no orange insurance what would you do next?
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How long have you had the phone, defects like that should be automatically covered regardless.
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Ajxx16 said:
How long have you had the phone, defects like that should be automatically covered regardless.
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The problem with my phone is that I found it. Turned it in and no one claimed it for a substantial amount of time so I gained ownership of it. I don't have the warranty or anything that came with the phone except for the phone itself and the charger. If I took it to a phone repair shop would they possibly be able to fix it? Or am I screwed...
Okay so I let my phone run out of battery over night and just plugged it in to charge then and it's seemed to have gotten out of the bootloop and it working normally now, so would this still possibly be a hardware issue? And is there anything I can do to prevent it from bootlooping again?
i phoned up orange and they said to ring htc as ive only had the phone for 5 months . will ring them 2moro. pain in the ass.
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Okay so I let my phone run out of battery over night and just plugged it in to charge then and it's seemed to have gotten out of the bootloop and it working normally now, so would this still possibly be a hardware issue? And is there anything I can do to prevent it from bootlooping again?
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Im not sure this is hardware related, there are a few things you can try though to prevent this from happening again. first off, if you ever do encounter another bootloop... pressing and holding in the power button for around 20 seconds or so forces a reboot, the capacitive button on the bottom will start to blink. Second would be to boot into thee bootloader by powering down the phone, holding the volume down button and powering back on while holding voldown. this will bring you to a menu described above eariler, then do a factory reset.
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One of the biggest banes of having root/magisk is unlocking the bootloader. The warning screen that does indeed slow down booting, also advertises itself to thieves as "You can wipe me clean and use me". Obviously, removing that splash screen won't fix that aforementioned scenario, but it would, (if it can be completely skipped.. The power button won't skip it anymore), speed up booting, and at least not advertise to the world my phone is all for taking.
One thing I'm really hoping for, if the bootloader warning can't be skipped or removed, is at least having the ability to modify (or disable) the hardware buttons being able to enter bootloader, recovery, powering down, or emergency mode. That doesn't seem to be entirely possible, SO , is there a way to fake it while the phone is still on? In example, a "fake" power off icon (while on lockscreen) that will mute all sounds, vibrations, and the screen from ever coming on. Or, being able to fake power off from the powerkey, a few seconds before actual power off. If the power key\ can truly be remapped or disabled (and be made to fake recovery, emergency mode, or fastboot and thus deter the thief, assuming such will be necessary if the power key is interceptable anyway.)
Xposed seems to have the power (but I don't know for sure) to do this, as with magisk, or some kind of kernel.. There would be a bounty if any of this is any possible (Of least $100-300..) It would be worth it for me not to lose my phone to horrible situations; (San Diego.. 20 lost phones from pick pocketing at a party.. The theft was most likely to extract parts from the "inunlockable" phones.
Additional: One would argue just to remove the SIM.. But in theory, couldn't I glue/solder a 2nd sim in the second ("hidden") slot? I have a t-mobile oneplus whose sim tray is only one sim; hardly anyone would think about a second sim being embedded in the phone, especially when they see the sim tray, which would enable me to track my phone continously. Especially before the phone is most likely disassembled, (PreReqs: Remove data icons, airplane mode or data enabling from my quick icons)
Also interested in a fix for this
I don't think there will be a fix for this. It's been the same for a while now on Android.
Not going to happen. It's been this way for 3 years or so. Plus who cares? How often do you reboot your phone for it even matter? I reboot my phone once or twice a week but even if you do it once a day, does it bother you that much that 6 or seconds on the warning matters?
Yep, has been that way for a while... Just cover it with a business card when booting ??
I would like to get rid of this annoying screen as well.
I have never had a phone stolen, lost or broken.
I live in Germany!
Cerberus allows you to do a fake reboot / shutdown. It's a security app that allows you to locate your phone and do all kinds of stuff with it remotely. You can set it so that at the lock screen, if the power button is pressed and they choose to reboot or shut down it will lock the phone and keep the screen off to trick whoever has your phone into thinking it's off and can't be located. You can also install it as a system app (and disguise it), so if your phone gets wiped it will survive and you can still locate it. On my phone it just shows up as a generic looking system app called "system framework" you can also hide it from your app drawer and make it so that the only way to open it is to dial a secret code into your phone dialer and hit call. There already has been an Xposed module that does this too. I used it like 4 or 5 years ago but can't for the life of me remember the name and have no clue if it's still around
Edit: oh yeah, it's called APM+ (advanced power menu)
Is available on edxposed but isn't on magisk manager. It hasn't been updated since 2015. Give it a try, maybe it will still work, who knows
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Not going to happen. It's been this way for 3 years or so. Plus who cares? How often do you reboot your phone for it even matter? I reboot my phone once or twice a week but even if you do it once a day, does it bother you that much that 6 or seconds on the warning matters?
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If you have an unlocked bootloader, flashing magisk modules or playing with xposed modules and plenty of configurations that require a reboot, it's kinda important to not have 6-10 seconds gobbled by a totally unneccessary warning. Plus, the warning pretty much alerts even the most dumb thieves that the phone is 100% USEABLE once physically in their hands.
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Cerberus allows you to do a fake reboot / shutdown. It's a security app that allows you to locate your phone and do all kinds of stuff with it remotely. You can set it so that at the lock screen, if the power button is pressed and they choose to reboot or shut down it will lock the phone and keep the screen off to trick whoever has your phone into thinking it's off and can't be located. You can also install it as a system app (and disguise it), so if your phone gets wiped it will survive and you can still locate it. On my phone it just shows up as a generic looking system app called "system framework" you can also hide it from your app drawer and make it so that the only way to open it is to dial a secret code into your phone dialer and hit call. There already has been an Xposed module that does this too. I used it like 4 or 5 years ago but can't for the life of me remember the name and have no clue if it's still around
Edit: oh yeah, it's called APM+ (advanced power menu)
Is available on edxposed but isn't on magisk manager. It hasn't been updated since 2015. Give it a try, maybe it will still work, who knows
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I'll see how cerebrus works out, never heard of it. As for APM+, yeah it's pretty much dead, but was worth a try..
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