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There is now a 303K Nexus 4.

I have RMA'd 8 Nexus 4's. I have used every model except the 210k. I've noticed many improvements in build quality.
With the 302K, we got the little nubs and a more solid feel. Almost all of my Nexus 4's had creaking and build quality issues.
This 303K is perfect. The striping/banding problem with the display has been significantly reduced and the build quality is perfect.
This is the best Nexus 4 I've used. No problems at all. This will be my last RMA. I am keeping this one. :good:
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Glad to hear that. Thanks for the information. Google has been quick and effective. Maybe I will send mine to see if they can replace it...
How many days did it last from u sent the buggy one untill u recieved the new one?
Thank you!

luiseteyo said:
Glad to hear that. Thanks for the information. Google has been quick and effective. Maybe I will send mine to see if they can replace it...
How many days did it last from u sent the buggy one untill u recieved the new one?
Thank you!
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For me, the RMA's have been extremely quick. They ship me a new device in two days flat.

can i check if your phone is rooted when you RMA? I called the nexus hotline and stupidly tell the officer that my phone is rooted with custom rom.
Initially he wanted to direct me to manufacturer then I told him that I will insist on RMA with play store as I am going to restore it back to stock and relock it.
So now he needs to let his specialist know to see if they can still allow me to RMA it.

mgear356 said:
can i check if your phone is rooted when you RMA? I called the nexus hotline and stupidly tell the officer that my phone is rooted with custom rom.
Initially he wanted to direct me to manufacturer then I told him that I will insist on RMA with play store as I am going to restore it back to stock and relock it.
So now he needs to let his specialist know to see if they can still allow me to RMA it.
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I always flash to stock to be safe.
I use this tutorial here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312

Rikusaki said:
I always flash to stock to be safe.
I use this tutorial here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
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oh so yr is rooted with custom rom and you reverted it to stock and relock.
They accepted all without any issues? I am worried that they will reject and I end up having 2 devices. Moreover, I am in SIngapore and i have to pay taxes for the faulty phone if play store rejects it.

mgear356 said:
oh so yr is rooted with custom rom and you reverted it to stock and relock.
They accepted all without any issues? I am worried that they will reject and I end up having 2 devices. Moreover, I am in SIngapore and i have to pay taxes for the faulty phone if play store rejects it.
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Yep. No problems so far. I did the exact same procedure for every device. With some of them, I noticed a problem right away and didn't bother to do anything at all. I just called Google right away.

mgear356 said:
oh so yr is rooted with custom rom and you reverted it to stock and relock.
They accepted all without any issues? I am worried that they will reject and I end up having 2 devices. Moreover, I am in SIngapore and i have to pay taxes for the faulty phone if play store rejects it.
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Nah, they know what we do with devices... that's why they sell soo much.. phones. Flash to stock, relock BL and send it. Don't worry they won't reject it.

luiseteyo said:
Nah, they know what we do with devices... that's why they sell soo much.. phones. Flash to stock, relock BL and send it. Don't worry they won't reject it.
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ah thats what I was thinking too.. its a developer device and they expect us not to root?
Was taken aback when the customer service officer says the warranty will be void and blah blah.. Guess I will wait till what the specialist instructs..
my Rev 10 212k powerbutton is failing on me.. zz

Yeah the one I ordered a late march was a 303k version as well, and nothing has gone wrong with mine yet.

ah crap. google play just replied and they are biting on the fact that I had tampered with my phone's software and voiding my warranty. I have written another long email hopefully they can allow me to just rma.
This is plain rubbish. A nexus device but dont allow root.

Does only nexus 4 from USA have this type of serial number?
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When I bought my N4 on March 28th, it was also a 303K - and I grabbed it from my carrier rather than through Google Play (didn't want to wait for shipping, and it was only $7 more, so I decided it was worth the convenience). Also, it's one without the new little nubs. Aesthetically and functionally, it was absolutely perfect! Screen was beautiful, especially when using AOSPA with it's nicely tuned kernel. Still fragile, though, as it's first fall less than 2 feet did shatter the screen. To be fair, it hit concrete face-down, so I'm not really surprised it broke... and to answer hoangtungst, I got mine in Canada.

mgear356 said:
ah crap. google play just replied and they are biting on the fact that I had tampered with my phone's software and voiding my warranty. I have written another long email hopefully they can allow me to just rma.
This is plain rubbish. A nexus device but dont allow root.
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That sucks but to be brutally fair you can't argue really. They make no secret of the fact you void your warranty by rooting.
Sorry
Just out of interest would anyone pay a bit extra for a "true" dev phone in that the warranty remains intact for any software changes?
Thinking about it tho, that would leave lots of grey areas and loopholes, such as turning of thermal throttling and physically damaged the CPU etc.

Mine is a 302k, it doesn't squeak, it does not have nipples, and display is perfect. 303k just means produced in Korea in march 2013. I assume that more important is the hardware rev version, the external parts are subject to modifications without any advertisement, and they are just related to the end of old parts before starting using new ones...

mgear356 said:
ah crap. google play just replied and they are biting on the fact that I had tampered with my phone's software and voiding my warranty. I have written another long email hopefully they can allow me to just rma.
This is plain rubbish. A nexus device but dont allow root.
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You said that your power button is failing? Just tell them, how does a button failing have anything to do with a custom rom put on the device?
If you fried something in side the phone from overclocking etc then yeh I could get why they'd reject it.

Really 8? Why did you send the last one in? Cause you wanted nubs and a new lens? I highly doubt you got 8 defective units. So stupid
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Really 8? Why did you send the last one in? Cause you wanted nubs and a new lens? I highly doubt you got 8 defective units. So stupid
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I had the exact same thought. I don't know of anyone who would have gone through the RMA process 8 times for legit reasons. You would move on to a different device long before you dealt with 8 RMA's. Google should have told you to pound sand when you requested the 4th RMA.

kalo88 said:
You said that your power button is failing? Just tell them, how does a button failing have anything to do with a custom rom put on the device?
If you fried something in side the phone from overclocking etc then yeh I could get why they'd reject it.
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Initially they were okay with rma. Then I mentioned about rooted then the officer started saying about void warranty and ask me to back to LG

mgear356 said:
Initially they were okay with rma. Then I mentioned about rooted then the officer started saying about void warranty and ask me to back to LG
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Did you try to call back and speak to someone different? Leave out the rooted part this time.

Root Information

Okay so I used to have a SGH-I777 (Galaxy s2) and I rooted it. I also flashed kernals and roms through CWM. Although I did all of these things, I never knew what was behind the programming for root. Now I have a SM-900A and I want to know why we can't just unlock the bootloader, or what is holding us back from rooting the phone. Also I hear about srs root and stuff like that. I would like to know what they mean and understand the concept behind root. Thank you, sorry for being a noob lol.

gainstatom said:
Okay so I used to have a SGH-I777 (Galaxy s2) and I rooted it. I also flashed kernals and roms through CWM. Although I did all of these things, I never knew what was behind the programming for root. Now I have a SM-900A and I want to know why we can't just unlock the bootloader, or what is holding us back from rooting the phone. Also I hear about srs root and stuff like that. I would like to know what they mean and understand the concept behind root. Thank you, sorry for being a noob lol.
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Basically in order to unlock the boot loader we would need the proper encryption keys (which unfortunately are not available) for authentication without that the boot loader cannot be unlocked nor can you flash any custom ROMs or gain root level access. In addition there are currently no known kernel exploits for the version of KitKat installed on our phones which would be another way of gaining root level access. Without one of these two things root is not possible. Mind you I'm not saying that we'll never have root (I've seen amazing things happen on XDA before) it's just going to take time. As to what root is in Windows terms think of it as administrator access in other words you would have full control of the device to change or modify just about anyway.

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Geohot finds root for S5? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53338564
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PS4AndroidHacker said:
Geohot finds root for S5? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53338564
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Interesting. Very interesting....

LuckyColdJohnson said:
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You have posted this picture in three different threads in three different sub-forums. We get it.

cjranucci said:
You have posted this picture in three different threads in three different sub-forums. We get it.
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Stop crying. Stop following what I do. If you don't like it then leave XDA.

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I am so ever the skeptic call me a conspiracy theorist if you wish BUT (And please don't anybody take this as an afront it's not meant that way)
Root checker works by querying specific values within the build.prop and by querying access to data/local/default.prop as well as checking for SU in /system/bin. ANYBODY could take a Galaxy S5 SM-G900T (Tmobile variant) which is rooted and change the ro.product.device value to SM-G900A and then run rootchecker and voila you will get the exact same screen as shown in the picture. rootchecker did it's job it verified root and verified model based on the values it read from the build.prop, if you have root already you can change whatever you want in the build.prop.
What I'm trying to point out here is that there are way to many variables at play to get excited about one persons claims without valid coraboration from another user.

cstayton said:
I am so ever the skeptic call me a conspiracy theorist if you wish BUT (And please don't anybody take this as an afront it's not meant that way)
Root checker works by querying specific values within the build.prop and by querying access to data/local/default.prop as well as checking for SU in /system/bin. ANYBODY could take a Galaxy S5 SM-G900T (Tmobile variant) which is rooted and change the ro.product.device value to SM-G900A and then run rootchecker and voila you will get the exact same screen as shown in the picture. rootchecker did it's job it verified root and verified model based on the values it read from the build.prop, if you have root already you can change whatever you want in the build.prop.
What I'm trying to point out here is that there are way to many variables at play to get excited about one persons claims without valid coraboration from another user.
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That's not a T-Mobile phone my friend. Thanks for your input but I will stay happy and think we will have root soon. You seem very intelligent on some of this stuff but it wont change how I feel about this new info.

LuckyColdJohnson said:
That's not a T-Mobile phone my friend. Thanks for your input but I will stay happy and think we will have root soon. You seem very intelligent on some of this stuff but it wont change how I feel about this new info.
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I have to ask how you know its not a Tmobile device? If your basing it on the fact that the screenshot says SM-G900A that is easily changed in the build.prop as you can see in the attachment i can make anything into a G900A ATT S5
incase your wondering that is a Galaxy Tab3 7.0 tablet but wait it says it's a S5 G900A
And like I said I'm the skeptic so if i can find other answers then I tend to always look on the questionable side of things no offense meant to anybody especially geohot.

cstayton said:
I have to ask how you know its not a Tmobile device? If your basing it on the fact that the screenshot says SM-G900A that is easily changed in the build.prop as you can see in the attachment i can make anything into a G900A ATT S5
incase your wondering that is a Galaxy Tab3 7.0 tablet but wait it says it's a S5 G900A
And like I said I'm the skeptic so if i can find other answers then I tend to always look on the questionable side of things no offense meant to anybody especially geohot.
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Look closer at his picture. Your missing something......You can do it....come on.......

LuckyColdJohnson said:
Look closer at his picture. Your missing something......You can do it....come on.......
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OK We have gotten way off topic here but really? you have to point it out to me that proves its ATT because I'm not seeing it...LOL

cstayton said:
OK We have gotten way off topic here but really? you have to point it out to me that proves its ATT because I'm not seeing it...LOL
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That is At&t Data signals. >>>
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LuckyColdJohnson said:
That is At&t Data signals. >>>
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If the Galaxy phones are like the M8 you can change it to show whatever data icon set you want once rooted, you just change the value for carrier ID which is probably the same change that rootchecker checks.
For what it's worth I do hope it's an AT&T phone, I just bought an S5 today and was disappointed to find it's locked down. I may have to repossess my M8 from my girlfriend and let her use the S5 lol

To me the S5 Active is better than the M8. I really think he did this and hopefully we can get root soon. If not, I'm good still. This phone is sick man. Love the way it feels and with a temp glass screen protector it's even better. Cya. Not trying to be any kinda way but happy about the news. Now we wait and hit refresh. Well me anyways

LuckyColdJohnson said:
To me the S5 Active is better than the M8. I really think he did this and hopefully we can get root soon. If not, I'm good still. This phone is sick man. Love the way it feels and with a temp glass screen protector it's even better. Cya. Not trying to be any kinda way but happy about the news. Now we wait and hit refresh. Well me anyways
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I thought I was the only one... LOL.

LuckyColdJohnson said:
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Which if he has a rooted G900T he can change to be any data icons he so chooses, the only way to 100% prove the device is an ATT S5 is to have the imie of the device and run it against ATT's database. based on that picture there is no conclusive proof that the device is an ATT variant.

cstayton said:
Which if he has a rooted G900T he can change to be any data icons he so chooses, the only way to 100% prove the device is an ATT S5 is to have the imie of the device and run it against ATT's database. based on that picture there is no conclusive proof that the device is an ATT variant.
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Why would George do that. I believe he did it. We shall see. I really hope you are wrong. hahaha. Tomorrow when we hit XDA's site up to check, I would love to see a method. I miss all my root apps. Most paid for too.

LuckyColdJohnson said:
Stop crying. Stop following what I do. If you don't like it then leave XDA.
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Too funny. I think I will stay. If I need to be reminded that there might be a root method for this phone, I am sure that I will run into this picture in any sub-forum I am in. Thanks for adding so much value.

cjranucci said:
Too funny. I think I will stay. If I need to be reminded that there might be a root method for this phone, I am sure that I will run into this picture in any sub-forum I am in. Thanks for adding so much value.
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Whatever floats your boat. You add value too. We need haters in our lives. Means we are doing something right.

Note 4 gyroscope calibration...

ive searched google and only found the option on note 2. i also found where it said to do a self sensor test on the galaxy s5. tried it , to no avail. i was wondering if any one has experience this issue before. stock rooted. havent deleted or messed with any apps or settings other than the blatantly obvious bloat. its a brand new note 4 btw. less than a month, never dropped or wet. kept in an otterbox defender from day 1. could this possibly be some app messing with the settings? ive gone so far as to set a level on it and test to make sure my world isnt tilted lol. but im spot on. any ideas are appreciated.

Gps status and toolbox.. Playstore
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BACARDILIMON said:
Gps status and toolbox.. Playstore
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that tells me nothing... ive downloaded it and there seems to be no option for calibration.

p8ntballa9362 said:
that tells me nothing... ive downloaded it and there seems to be no option for calibration.
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has any one else had this problem???? i just got a replacement from tmobile and it does the exact same thing. this is multiple apps too. and the gps status didnt calibrate the phone... im stock. was rooted. reset everything. now its just stock 4.4.4 nk4. any ideas helps.

p8ntballa9362 said:
has any one else had this problem???? i just got a replacement from tmobile and it does the exact same thing. this is multiple apps too. and the gps status didnt calibrate the phone... im stock. was rooted. reset everything. now its just stock 4.4.4 nk4. any ideas helps.
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Did you check the phone before rooting it? Was it working correctly?
When you went back to stock, what steps did you take exactly?
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I haven't tried it but this may help:
GPS Status Test & Fix - No Ads
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cochibo.gpsstatus

I think if you got phone replaced and you have issues already something you doing is off. As mentioned before give a step by step thing u did to this point. Did you load a backup? What rom? Stock from a fresh download?
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dkb218 said:
I haven't tried it but this may help:
GPS Status Test & Fix - No Ads
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cochibo.gpsstatus
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tried that already.... i went into recovery and wiped the cache first, then i did a master reset. the replacement tmobile sent me is doing the same exact thing. so it has to be some type of hardware problem or its baked into the firmware.

2 phones back to back with same issue? Call Tmobile get another one and try it before u do anything
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Better yet what are you trying to do that makes you think it is not level
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BACARDILIMON said:
2 phones back to back with same issue? Call Tmobile get another one and try it before u do anything
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Better yet what are you trying to do that makes you think it is not level
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yeah ive got another on the way. just read a thread on here and on ATT web site were the guy had the SAME EXACT problem. his was going to the right tho. said he traded it in, that one did the same thing. even tried it on the demo model at the store and it did the same thing. im wondering if this may be more common than we think. every one check your phones... and please let me know if you have similar issues. ive downloaded damn near every app to try and calibrate it, but it wont budge. phone was never dropped or any water damage. and yes stock ROM from sammobile. never had a custom rom on it. furthest i went was rooting it.

Go to a different store

p8ntballa9362 said:
yeah ive got another on the way. just read a thread on here and on ATT web site were the guy had the SAME EXACT problem. his was going to the right tho. said he traded it in, that one did the same thing. even tried it on the demo model at the store and it did the same thing. im wondering if this may be more common than we think. every one check your phones... and please let me know if you have similar issues. ive downloaded damn near every app to try and calibrate it, but it wont budge. phone was never dropped or any water damage. and yes stock ROM from sammobile. never had a custom rom on it. furthest i went was rooting it.
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What are you doing with phone that makes you think you have issues
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What are you doing with phone that makes you think you have issues
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im holding it landscape mode.... when i hold it perfectly level it drifts off to the left. the original phone i bought does it. the first phone they sent did it. and now the 3rd phone i have the second replacement does it. all to the left. i cant imagine ALL 3 have the same exact hardware issue some im assuming its a bug baked into the firmware. ive found the accelerometer and gyro calibration files but i cant edit them for some reason. any help is appreciated.

p8ntballa9362 said:
im holding it landscape mode.... when i hold it perfectly level it drifts off to the left. the original phone i bought does it. the first phone they sent did it. and now the 3rd phone i have the second replacement does it. all to the left. i cant imagine ALL 3 have the same exact hardware issue some im assuming its a bug baked into the firmware. ive found the accelerometer and gyro calibration files but i cant edit them for some reason. any help is appreciated.
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What app are you using to test this
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Hmm, mine seems to be pretty spot on (without having attempted any calibration). The attached screenshot was taken from the Level tool in Smart Tools Pro, after holding my phone in landscape then laying it down on a flat surface. My setup is DynamicKat 4.2 and AEL kernel 7.3. Out of curiosity, if you check in the app Phone INFO Samsung, what hardware revision is your (the people who are having problems) phone? Mine is rev1.1. Just wondering if this might be a problem that affected rev1.0 devices and was possibly fixed in rev1.1?

How do I access that? I've seen the Rev version some where before I can't seem to find it now though.

p8ntballa9362 said:
How do I access that? I've seen the Rev version some where before I can't seem to find it now though.
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I had to search a bit for it too with the app's new UI
After launching the app, swipe right (swipe R -> L, that is) through the menus until you get to the Hardware section. Then you'll find the hardware revision near the middle in that section.

What app are we taking about exactly? The phone dialer app? Kinda confused. You're gong to have to lay this one out for me lol. I'm still on KK 4.4.4
Also thank you for your help and trouble shooting.

p8ntballa9362 said:
What app are we taking about exactly? The phone dialer app? Kinda confused. You're gong to have to lay this one out for me lol. I'm still on KK 4.4.4
Also thank you for your help and trouble shooting.
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Here's a Play Store link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vndnguyen.phoneinfo
It's an excellent app that makes a ton of hard to find info about your device very easily accessible.
Happy to (try) to help Thanks for looking into it to see if my "hardware revision theory" is relevant to the issue :good:

Samsung is permanently crippling the Note 7 in the U.S.

You knew it was coming in the USA and it looks like December 19 is the day.
http://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-permanently-crippling-note-7-us

What's to stop people from not accepting this update just like the previous one? Unless it's a forced update it won't really change anything

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What's to stop people from not accepting this update just like the previous one? Unless it's a forced update it won't really change anything
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When you reboot the device it will do the updates on one of the reboots.This is true even if you "delayed" the update.
There is a way to prevent the previous update (you can see on this forum). Unless they found a way around that work around good chances that the same work around would work for this update. I would recommend doing the work around now and before this update.
The work around for previous update. Hope this will work for this update too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-note-7/how-to/updated-limited-to-60-heres-fix-t3495293

I read someplace today that Samsung made a request to the makers of all package disablers on the Playstore to block the Note 7 from being able to take advantage of this... I'll try and find the article.

The one i found isnt supported by the playstore and still has the update packages. Look at the link JaguarXT posted

I highly doubt all the apps are getting on board. I used titanium to block a lot of samsung crap before this and I never got the last update and I won't get this update either.

According to what I read, T-Mobile will be pushing the update on December 27th, that's what CNET is reporting. It also mentions the dates for AT&T as well as Sprint.

Yep I got text from tmobile says starting 27 phone won't be able to charge so turn it in.

Looking like it's time to find a replacement, sadly nothing seems up to par

It will seem like a bold change from what I know and am used to but I'm considering the Honor 8. The specs don't seem to bad for the price point. But it's definitely not a Note 7. I was thinking about going back to the Note 5 but I don't even see it available on the T-Mobile website anymore.

Tiger62651 said:
I highly doubt all the apps are getting on board. I used titanium to block a lot of samsung crap before this and I never got the last update and I won't get this update either.
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That's because you had the good foresight to root, unlike some of us (pointing at myself). Samsung strong-armed all the package disabler devs on the Play Store to no longer block System apps! The way around it was then to purchase the new version anyway and obtain a license, uninstall, then side load an older version. But then in another update even that route was blocked by no longer granting licenses or something. Then someone provided another app independent of the Play Store to side load which is what is being referred to above. It's gotten nasty!!!! Our ranks will shrink further as those who are severely technically challenged fail to take measures to block this update. Personally, I can't help but wonder/worry if Sammy has some type of back door, but that's the conspiracy theorist in me, lol!

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According to what I read, T-Mobile will be pushing the update on December 27th, that's what CNET is reporting. It also mentions the dates for AT&T as well as Sprint.
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Ya I got text from them saying the same, I just laughed
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NFS855 said:
It will seem like a bold change from what I know and am used to but I'm considering the Honor 8. The specs don't seem to bad for the price point. But it's definitely not a Note 7. I was thinking about going back to the Note 5 but I don't even see it available on the T-Mobile website anymore.
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I have a Note 5 as a backup I'm hoping I won't have to use it. ?
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89dynasty said:
Looking like it's time to find a replacement, sadly nothing seems up to par
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I agree and I will probably change to the cheapest samsung phone to get my $100 and then switch out and use my One Plus 3 till the S8 comes out.
Gotta use my Samsung Rewards up as well... This really sux

I caved last night, I picked up the s7 edge. I'm still keeping the Note 7 though and I'll use it until I'm no longer able to.

NFS855 said:
I caved last night, I picked up the s7 edge. I'm still keeping the Note 7 though and I'll use it until I'm no longer able to.
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Why? You should have just kept the Note7 until the S8 came out... now you have an obsolete phone in 3 months.

I still have the Note 7, the s7 edge worked out in my favor actually. They gave me a Gear VR and now when the next phone drops I'll give my wife the s7 edge. She still has an S5 so it will be a nice upgrade for her.

I'm lost dude. So I have the second version of the Note 7, you know, the one that was supposed to not malfunction. Model # SM-N930T with T-Mobile. OK, so my phone did receive the forced update that make my battery charge to only 60%, I was able to use ODIN and put back the stock firmware, I installed PACKAGE DISABLER PRO and blocked the necessary items needed so I am now at 100% battery life. How is it that we know that is still not enough to block this new update that is coming to cripple the Note 7??? Maybe we are still safe, or is it FACT that it WILL still be forced even though we have the updates and tmobile and Samsung items blocked? Also, with what I have explained, can my phone still be rooted and install a custom ROM or am I too late or second version of Note 7 it was never possible???? Someone please help, I am not a noob, I have been installing custom ROMs since Galaxy S2, but at the same time I am no PRO. All info will help me and the community clarify this sticky situation. PLEASE HELP. AND THANK YOU ALL!!!!! Nothing compares to the Note 7, what other phone has IRIS EYE SCANNER, a SECURE FOLDER LOCK that you can add a secondary app of one you already have with a completely different account, you can lock your notes in SAMSUNG NOTES, an S PEN, A FREAK'N S-PEN for crying out loud!!!!! No Phone compares to this dude!!!!!! HELP HELP HELP HELP!!!!!!!!!!

lefdawg said:
I'm lost dude. So I have the second version of the Note 7, you know, the one that was supposed to not malfunction. Model # SM-N930T with T-Mobile. OK, so my phone did receive the forced update that make my battery charge to only 60%, I was able to use ODIN and put back the stock firmware, I installed PACKAGE DISABLER PRO and blocked the necessary items needed so I am now at 100% battery life. How is it that we know that is still not enough to block this new update that is coming to cripple the Note 7??? Maybe we are still safe, or is it FACT that it WILL still be forced even though we have the updates and tmobile and Samsung items blocked? Also, with what I have explained, can my phone still be rooted and install a custom ROM or am I too late or second version of Note 7 it was never possible???? Someone please help, I am not a noob, I have been installing custom ROMs since Galaxy S2, but at the same time I am no PRO. All info will help me and the community clarify this sticky situation. PLEASE HELP. AND THANK YOU ALL!!!!! Nothing compares to the Note 7, what other phone has IRIS EYE SCANNER, a SECURE FOLDER LOCK that you can add a secondary app of one you already have with a completely different account, you can lock your notes in SAMSUNG NOTES, an S PEN, A FREAK'N S-PEN for crying out loud!!!!! No Phone compares to this dude!!!!!! HELP HELP HELP HELP!!!!!!!!!!
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I'm not 100% sure but the steps with package disabler that you've done should allow you to not have to worry about the new update coming through, someone correct me if I'm wrong.
As for rooting you're out of luck, only the original firmware that shipped with the phone was rootable. After that, this is as good as it gets for us firmware wise

Thnx

89dynasty said:
I'm not 100% sure but the steps with package disabler that you've done should allow you to not have to worry about the new update coming through, someone correct me if I'm wrong.
As for rooting you're out of luck, only the original firmware that shipped with the phone was rootable. After that, this is as good as it gets for us firmware wise
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thnx, much appreciated.

SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 9 TOUCH SCREEN NOT WORKING

So I have a galaxy note 9, and I've recently been using the s pen. because the touch screen hasn't been working all the time.. for instance, I can use the same part of the touch screen to open an app (lets say snapchat) for the same part of the screen it will stop working, then before you say its the app, ill get out of snapchat, to to my message app, and use my keyboard, and it will have the same issue, then ill get out of the app again, and touch where I was touching on the screen and it will work, I've managed to turn on the (show touches) in developer options, to show where its registering, and its not showing when I touch the keypad. I've tried to wipe this phone, I've tried to wipe the cache in recovery mode (its stock everything, stock recovery, stock operating system, and unrooted, and the bootloader is still locked) so I'm thinking it is a software malfunction, but I'm not 100% sure, because it sometimes registure as I touch somewhere else than I press, keep in mind (THIS IS WITHOUT S PEN) I would love if someone could help me to fix this issue, thank you soo very much if you want a video I can add a link to my google drive, where I can show you the issue
BEST REGARDS LIAMMMMM

Welcome to XDA
Any permanent magnets near the phone?
Does it fail to work in safe mode?

blackhawk said:
Welcome to XDA
Any permanent magnets near the phone?
Does it fail to work in safe mode?
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No magnets, also no case, or screen protector. And no it doesn't work in safe mode, I've tried that too, sorry I didn't list it. I've even tried the (screen test) ill attach the pic of what i'm talking about, it tested fine, every test, and I tested it multiple times.
BEST REGARDS LIAMMMMM
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liammmmnnnn said:
No magnets, also no case, or screen protector. And no it doesn't work in safe mode, I've tried that too, sorry I didn't list it. I've even tried the (screen test) ill attach the pic of what i'm talking about, it tested fine, every test, and I tested it multiple times.
BEST REGARDS LIAMMMMMView attachment 5719471
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Try clearing the system cache then go into safe mode and check it again.
If it's not hardware, software and you did a factory reset (tested right after reset with nothing loaded*) it may be the firmware is corrupted, reflash to same version. This almost never happens, possibility of a rootkit**. If a reflash fails to fix it is hardware either the display or mobo.
*if you used SmartSwitch, factory reset again without using SmartSwitch. If it's working after that, hand load with care...
**Android 8 and lower are suspectable to the worm X-Helper. It can evade removal by worming out of the user partition. It's a nasty one. There's methods to remove it now without reflashing I believe.

blackhawk said:
Try clearing the system cache then go into safe mode and check it again.
If it's not hardware, software and you did a factory reset (tested right after reset with nothing loaded*) it may be the firmware is corrupted, reflash to same version. This almost never happens, possibility of a rootkit**. If a reflash fails to fix it is hardware either the display or mobo.
*if you used SmartSwitch, factory reset again without using SmartSwitch. If it's working after that, hand load with care...
**Android 8 and lower are suspectable to the worm X-Helper. It can evade removal by worming out of the user partition. It's a nasty one. There's methods to remove it now without reflashing I believe.
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how would i reflash to the same version? if its not rooted? or the bootloader isnt unlocked?

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how would i reflash to the same version? if its not rooted? or the bootloader isnt unlocked?
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I'm no expert but you can flash the same or latter official stock rom for the device without unlocking the bootloader.

My Galaxy Note 9 started doing the same thing 4 months ago. Some days it actually seems like its fixed but I mostly use the S-Pen instead. Its very inconvenient. I tried the safemode and I posted a few days ago in this forum asking about if I had to match the same base version. I was thinking about rooting it to see if that may fix the issue. Let me know how you make out. I can let you know if rooting the phone fixes mine. I sill need to figure out how to root mine because it is an AT&T phone from USA and seems the base version that is on mine is not all that popular based on m trying to find the matching base version firmware. Either way if you haven't figured out a fix for your by time I do the surgery on mine I will give you heads up on my success or failure to fix the screen issue.

nlellis8 said:
My Galaxy Note 9 started doing the same thing 4 months ago. Some days it actually seems like its fixed but I mostly use the S-Pen instead. Its very inconvenient. I tried the safemode and I posted a few days ago in this forum asking about if I had to match the same base version. I was thinking about rooting it to see if that may fix the issue. Let me know how you make out. I can let you know if rooting the phone fixes mine. I sill need to figure out how to root mine because it is an AT&T phone from USA and seems the base version that is on mine is not all that popular based on m trying to find the matching base version firmware. Either way if you haven't figured out a fix for your by time I do the surgery on mine I will give you heads up on my success or failure to fix the screen issue.
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Was it refurbished?.... I'm so upset.. just found out my phone was refurbished, the screen isn't original, the motherboard probably is original, the SIM card tray isnt original.. how I found this out, my phone back cover was blue and the body is black, so I decided to open the back cover, (yes I was careful) didn't break anything, and I found this sticker on the flex cable ( I will insert a picture of It), and it brought me to this site "mobile sentrix" where I found out I basically got scammed from a pawnshop selling to me for $200 such a scam, and I can't even return it because it's been well over a month now that I've had it, they would be like, "get out of my store" so I'm basically screwed..

This is the site that the screen came from that the pawnshop bought and sold as a fully working phone... I'm so upset

Keep in mind I'm not hating on that company, even if they scammed the pawnshop, I'm hating on the pawnshop that sold me that phone, and I tried to return it when I first paid for it, and showed him the problems and he got mad and said you get what you pay for and told me to get out of his pawnshop.. and I can sue him because it would caust way more to sue him than to get my money back, and I probably won't, I'd just get his shop shutdown, ughh

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I'm no expert but you can flash the same or latter official stock rom for the device without unlocking the bootloader.
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Found out that's not the issue at all, read my other posts..

liammmmnnnn said:
Keep in mind I'm not hating on that company, even if they scammed the pawnshop, I'm hating on the pawnshop that sold me that phone, and I tried to return it when I first paid for it, and showed him the problems and he got mad and said you get what you pay for and told me to get out of his pawnshop.. and I can sue him because it would caust way more to sue him than to get my money back, and I probably won't, I'd just get his shop shutdown, ughh
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If in the us take him to small claims court. Their rules vary by state. Fees are low, and if you win he pays the court costs!
Small claims court is an informal setting and the judge gives leeway to the participants. A lawyer isn't needed. Be respectful and state the facts, any evidence helps your case.
Don't let him slithzer away! Hammer em!

blackhawk said:
If in the us take him to small claims court. Their rules vary by state. Fees are low, and if you win he pays the court costs!
Small claims court is an informal setting and the judge gives leeway to the participants. A lawyer isn't needed. Be respectful and state the facts, any evidence helps your case.
Don't let him slithzer away! Hammer em!
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But I feel they could use the fact that I took the phone *apart* to their advantage, and say I could have tampered with it, I can't prove that I bought it like this, the only thing I can prove is that the stickers are on the parts of the phone

blackhawk said:
If in the us take him to small claims court. Their rules vary by state. Fees are low, and if you win he pays the court costs!
Small claims court is an informal setting and the judge gives leeway to the participants. A lawyer isn't needed. Be respectful and state the facts, any evidence helps your case.
Don't let him slithzer away! Hammer em!
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Also what would I win? Just getting my money back? I honestly want more, cause I know I'm not the first person he's done this too, like I don't want more for me, I want like his business shutdown or something, or like to be told that he isn't able to do that, also he lied to me and said the phone was 8gb of ram, when it only has 6gb, and he didn't even let me touch the phone or look at it much till I paid for it, and it's a "as is" pawnshop, so if I had a problem after he basically is gonna say I couldn't bring it back