Hello,
I recently purchased a Note 8 (N950F/DS) off eBay, and after testing some basic things (screen, gyro, camera, ...) I downloaded the latest sammobile ROM (PDA N950FXXU5CRHA and CSC N950FOXM5CRHA) for my country (Spain, PHE version) and flashed (AP, BL, CP, CSC) it through Odin (3.13.1). To be honest, I may have flashed HOME_CSC in the USERDATA button from Odin following a friend's instructions, though I didn't see any effect from it, and I reflashed correctly later.
After boot, everything is working fine (Samsung Health, Samsung Pay, Knox is OK, Iris scanner, ....) except for fingerprint sensor. Every time I try to add a fingerprint, the phone does nothing. It simply asks me to put my finger, but never detects it. There are no errors or anything.
In the sensor test menu (*#0*#) fingerprint sensor passes all tests (when the finger is off). When the finger is on 1 or 3 tests fail, but they also fail on my S8 which is working.
So, apparently, my Note 8 does detect the fingerprint sensor, is capable of distinguishing whether the finger is on or off it according to tests, but does absolutely nothing when trying to add a fingerprint through the settings menu.
After searching for the last day, I'm absolutely out of ideas. I have tried deleting cache from recovery menu, and factory reset from both the recovery menu and the settings menu. Everything works always but for the fingerprint sensor.
Any suggestions on what to do to get it back to work?
Did it work before you flashed the new firmware from Sammobile?
I had a problem a few weeks ago where I got the error message saying something went wrong with my sensor I need to reboot the phone, which never seemed to help.
After searching around, I eventually got a couple of posts and videos saying to clear the data from the apps menu for "fingerprint" or something like that, and then reboot again. That did the trick for me and I haven't had an issue again yet.
Though, your issue sounds different than that, so I'm not sure if that will help, seeing as even factory resetting does nothing.
Sorry I didn't help much, but wanted to add my experience, anyway.
Max_Terrible said:
Did it work before you flashed the new firmware from Sammobile?
I had a problem a few weeks ago where I got the error message saying something went wrong with my sensor I need to reboot the phone, which never seemed to help.
After searching around, I eventually got a couple of posts and videos saying to clear the data from the apps menu for "fingerprint" or something like that, and then reboot again. That did the trick for me and I haven't had an issue again yet.
Though, your issue sounds different than that, so I'm not sure if that will help, seeing as even factory resetting does nothing.
Sorry I didn't help much, but wanted to add my experience, anyway.
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Thanks for your suggestions. I unfortunately did not test the fingerprint sensor before installing the Spanish ROM. I tested many other things like camera, flash, screen, gyroscope, ... but fingerprint was one of the few I did not test.
I tried deleting the data from the fingerprint app and rebooting, but I got more of the same: nothing, not even an error.
I'm trying to find out what the original ROM was to reflash it and see if it comes back to live. I downloaded an app called "phone info", and I'm trying to see if I can find the country of origin through product code, model number, ...
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I bought my first Android about 2 months ago (Samsung Captivate) and I've been mostly happy with it.
The phone had about a week of use and was just like new, but I believe the seller had flashed it and maybe that has something to do with my issue, but I'm not sure.
The thing is that my phone will eventually "forget" my unlock pattern. That is, it will tell me I've input the wrong pattern, even though it's correct, and locking me out until I login to my Google account.
I've tried changing the code, resetting the locking options and choosing pattern lock again, but to no avail.. it would still lock me out. I wasn't able to discover anything that would trigger the error, seems to be random. After a few weeks, I started using the password lock, but the same happened, only this time I can't use my google account to unlock it (the "forgot password?" button doesn't show up), so I'm locked out of my phone.
The captivate also seemed to forget some other settings (like icons, dock configuration, some minor stuff), but nothing really, really annoying.
I don't know any way to solve this other than performing a hard reset, but I wanna be sure that's the only option I have before doing it. There's a few files - specially from the voice recorder - that I would like not to lose, so if there's a way to backup the files before resetting, I ask for help on how to do it.
As I said, I believe the phone was already flashed when I bought it (phone info is at the bottom), and maybe the ROM is buggy. I looked here in the forums and I think my ROM is discontinued, and since I'm pretty sure I'll end up re-flashing it, if anyone can point to a "spiritual successor" to my ROM, if there's any, I'd really appreciate it.
Hope anyone can help me out... now for phone info:
Firmware version 2.2
Kernel version 2.6.32.9 CogKernel4_by_Designgears #767
Build number Perception Build 9
(The phone is unlocked, if that's any help)
Thanks!
You shouldn't* have to do a hard reset that would make you lose any of your personal files just files stored in apps and depending on the build of your phone which is under the battery you could use Odin 1 click to take it back to stock and yes the previous owner had flashed a Custom Rom and left it on there
Ok, I hard resetted the phone... I'll use it for a bit to see if the problem happens again. But I'm not hopeful
I suggest just flashing a new ROM. Before that though, I suggest going to stock first, then doing a 'Master Clear' to make sure everything is nice, clean, and as "fresh" as new.
Yeah, I was reading some installation instructions (that if I may say, really need a go-to beginner's guide) and pretty much all of them recommend going to stock.
Can Odin run on linux (Ubuntu)?
Hi, I've got a TMO Galaxy Note 4 for Christmas (It was a hand me down, not brand new). Now, the camera worked fine before I used it, then I was given the optional software update, not knowing that I couldnt ever downgrade, and that there'd be a camera error. Now, I've tried clearing data, force stopping, rebooting, wiping all cache and data in recovery, and even trying root methods by swapping out the rooms (CM13 let me use the front camera, the only camera funtioning). At this time, that is my only issue, and I'm not sure why the back cam cannot connect. If any additional information is needed, please let me know and I'll tell you as much as I can.
This just started happening to me, did you find a solution?
Hi,
I have a N9600 Snapdragon, currently on Pie.
The problem started occurring 3 days ago, for no particular reason, phone wasn't under water or dropped or anything.
When the fingerprint unlock is on, and the phone goes to sleep it shuts off.
Turn off the fingerprint unlock and everything is in order.
The fingerprint scanner functions within apps and for gestures.
Samsung support post here with people having the same problem on all 9s.
https://us.community.samsung.com/t5...f-when-usinf-fingerprint-security/td-p/346174
This cant be a hardware problem when its happening to so many people across models?
And yes, Factory Reset doesn't fix it, Its still there in safe mode as well. Ive even tried flashing a different region firmware, problem still there
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Send it for repairs until fixed
tyrell22 said:
Hi,
I have a N9600 Snapdragon, currently on Pie.
The problem started occurring 3 days ago, for no particular reason, phone wasn't under water or dropped or anything.
When the fingerprint unlock is on, and the phone goes to sleep it shuts off.
Turn off the fingerprint unlock and everything is in order.
The fingerprint scanner functions within apps and for gestures.
Samsung support post here with people having the same problem on all 9s.
https://us.community.samsung.com/t5...f-when-usinf-fingerprint-security/td-p/346174
This cant be a hardware problem when its happening to so many people across models?
And yes, Factory Reset doesn't fix it, Its still there in safe mode as well. Ive even tried flashing a different region firmware, problem still there
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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Either disable FP, or wait for a software update.
A quick search found this:
https://us.community.samsung.com/t5...usinf-fingerprint-security/td-p/346174/page/3
revert back to orio. Orio is most stable version.
Maybe make a factory reset with Odin
i had tried all of these ( Factory reset, back to oreo ) nothing fixes, to be honest, the problem begun on oreo.
Already sent it to samsung, they didn't find any problem, but after 3 times they gave me a new phone since those are the rules in my country
Open a RMA request and see what happens, ppl say that you should turn off FP, but it does make a substantial difference, at least for me, its pretty bad, using another method since i really don't like the iris scanner.
Same
My phone started shutting down on its own while in sleep mode out of the blue just the other day. Found this thread and discovered that this was the problem. This is super annoying. If a software patch is all that is needed, it can't come soon enough.
Hey all, searched the forum but 0 results for "Camera Failed"
So about a month ago I went swimming in the community pool with my S10. I went swimming and water park with my S8 and S9 never any issues. This time maybe I stayed in too long, haha.
So the next morning I did notice moisture on the front and rear cameras! Doh! Fired up the camera only to get "camera failed". No biggie, I have premium protection with TMo which does cover this ($99 deductible). I went to make a claim and there was an issue with the warranty not being added on my account, but TMo takes care of it's customers and added it for me and started to process the claim. A few days later the moisture disappeared, and then a few days after that the camera was resurrected!
My replacement didn't show up so when I logged in the rep said for whatever reason it didn't go through, but we were able to cancel the claim. Back in business!
Fast forward to 2 days ago when TMo pushed an update to the phone. I updated with the latest software and immediately noticed I'm back to "Camera failed". I have tried the basics like clearing cache, clearing app cache, booting into recovery to clear the cache, and in safe mode. Still no go.
The kicker is (and this was also apparent during the first failure) the camera app shows failed, and all apps that use the camera also throw an error about accessing the camera EXCEPT the Poshmark fashion marketplace app. It access the camera no issues, front and back! I also uninstalled Poshmark, cleared cache, and rebooted without success.
So I was wondering if anyone had any ideas before I try a factory reset because it takes a while to restore a lot of my settings and customization. And if that doesn't work I'll wait a few days and see if it comes back to life like last time and if it doesn't, file a warranty claim.
Thanks
I think I'd still do a reset and try the camera without restoring anything. If it fails then, you've already done the reset for the return. If it works still don't restore anything, live with it a few hours and keep trying different settings with both front and rear cameras. If you can't make it break, then do your restore. I know a restore is tough to do sometimes, but I hate those nagging problems you can't put a finger on.
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I think I'd still do a reset and try the camera without restoring anything. If it fails then, you've already done the reset for the return. If it works still don't restore anything, live with it a few hours and keep trying different settings with both front and rear cameras. If you can't make it break, then do your restore. I know a restore is tough to do sometimes, but I hate those nagging problems you can't put a finger on.
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Yeah I know there isn't a lot of options left at this point. But it's weird that the poshmark app has no problems accessing the camera when everything else does, and that after the TMO update it killed my camera again.
Thank you
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Nurmi_CEO said:
Yeah I know there isn't a lot of options left at this point. But it's weird that the poshmark app has no problems accessing the camera when everything else does, and that after the TMO update it killed my camera again.
Thank you
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Well I had the same problem on my s10, however it was being used in heavy rains and the next morning there was moisture in both the front &back cameras.
However it was still taking pictures (full of blur), no it wasn't showing any camera failed error. I took it to the service centre where they had the phone disassembled and heated up the camera module. The phone is working fine ever since, I recently got the June update (India) and my phone's camera is still working properly. Do try a factory reset and let me know as we whatever happens
Nurmi_CEO said:
Yeah I know there isn't a lot of options left at this point. But it's weird that the poshmark app has no problems accessing the camera when everything else does, and that after the TMO update it killed my camera again.
Thank you
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T-Mobile should push another update with camera night mode, QR code and so on. At least we(people in US) are waiting for it! See if the upcoming update fixes the issue. Don't you use Samsung back up? It is built-in to your phone. I always use it and it saved placement of your home screen shortcuts, settings(most of them), your apps and other stuff.
pma1504 said:
Well I had the same problem on my s10, however it was being used in heavy rains and the next morning there was moisture in both the front &back cameras.
However it was still taking pictures (full of blur), no it wasn't showing any camera failed error. I took it to the service centre where they had the phone disassembled and heated up the camera module. The phone is working fine ever since, I recently got the June update (India) and my phone's camera is still working properly. Do try a factory reset and let me know as we whatever happens
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I will and see what happens. Thanks!
Charkatak said:
T-Mobile should push another update with camera night mode, QR code and so on. At least we(people in US) are waiting for it! See if the upcoming update fixes the issue. Don't you use Samsung back up? It is built-in to your phone. I always use it and it saved placement of your home screen shortcuts, settings(most of them), your apps and other stuff.
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Ok I will do a factory reset and see what happens and checkout Samsung backup. Thanks
pma1504 said:
Well I had the same problem on my s10, however it was being used in heavy rains and the next morning there was moisture in both the front &back cameras.
However it was still taking pictures (full of blur), no it wasn't showing any camera failed error. I took it to the service centre where they had the phone disassembled and heated up the camera module. The phone is working fine ever since, I recently got the June update (India) and my phone's camera is still working properly. Do try a factory reset and let me know as we whatever happens
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No go on the reset. Same thing. Camera failed on every app except Poshmark.
I'm going to ride it out this week and if it's still dead by Sunday I'll file an insurance claim
I'm hoping it does start working, now even I'm worried about updates breaking my camera (I got no insurance on this). Still I don't understand why the camera failed popup came on your device in the first place ( even if it had moisture) because even I had gotten the camera full of fog however it was still working properly (I took it to the service centre In a day though). I'm attaching the most recent update that I received, this water damage thingy actually happened on the 12th of June
Hello, i had the Same issue after the May Update. I tried evertyhing Clearing Cache Reset Phone....
I went to an samsung store they changed my front camera as warrenty case so i paid nothing. Till today no problems, camera works fine again.
Nurmi_CEO said:
No go on the reset. Same thing. Camera failed on every app except Poshmark.
I'm going to ride it out this week and if it's still dead by Sunday I'll file an insurance claim
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I have trouble wrapping my head around it working with Poshmark only. Outside of reflashing the rom I can't see anything else to try, yet it does point to a software and not a hardware problem.
Tel864 said:
I have trouble wrapping my head around it working with Poshmark only. Outside of reflashing the rom I can't see anything else to try, yet it does point to a software and not a hardware problem.
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When I did a reset on the phone, I held the volume up + bixby to boot into the bootloader and selected "wipe data/factory reset".
It's been a while since I have been rooting and modding my phones since the S8 and up Snapdragons were non rootable for the longest time. Would it be a "cleaner fresher reset" if I used Odin to flash the stock firmware? Is Odin still a thing anymore with the newest Galaxies?
Nurmi_CEO said:
When I did a reset on the phone, I held the volume up + bixby to boot into the bootloader and selected "wipe data/factory reset".
It's been a while since I have been rooting and modding my phones since the S8 and up Snapdragons were non rootable for the longest time. Would it be a "cleaner fresher reset" if I used Odin to flash the stock firmware? Is Odin still a thing anymore with the newest Galaxies?
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Yeah you're right Odin still works with modern Samsung phones (it did with my old j7 prime-exynos android 8.1). You can try reflashing the stock firmware and maybe downgrading it if that's possible. Honestly Samsung devices have become a disappointment now to me
Hi guys, I've got a Verizon N960U I've been using, and the fingerprint sensor hasn't been working for the last month or so. When I attempted to use it, it would show the message "An error has occurred with the fingerprint sensor. If this message appears repeatedly, restart your device". Initially I saw suggestions of clearing the fingerprint cache, but the fingerprint app wasn't showing up in the app list after selecting the option to show system apps. initially I thought i was just tired and had missed it, so I ordered a new sensor and installed it. No change. Tried to open the *#0*# menu to do some diagnostics, but that didn't open either, although later I found out that was due to Verizon disabling it on their FW. Today I decided wifi calling wasn't that important to me, and flashed the N960U1 XAA firmware to the phone (after a factory reset) in hopes of either returning the fingerprint app to the list, getting the *#0*# menu back, or both. I have gotten neither.
Most of the threads I've seen regarding the fingerprint issues usually end with "take it to Samsung and let them fix it", but that isn't an option for me, as I got the phone secondhand, with no warranty and a cracked screen, which I had to replace. I really don't wanna put that much more money into the phone, but I'm running out of ideas. Anybody know of something I haven't tried yet?
I have a question, was the fingerprint sensor working after you had your screen repaired?
DJSmoove said:
I have a question, was the fingerprint sensor working after you had your screen repaired?
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Yup, working pretty well too, fairly responsive. If I had to guess, I think it was a recent update that killed it. I'd also been having issues with the camera, but a cache clear would fix that, for a while at least. Clearing the cache helped the fingerprint reader once, but the fix didn't help for long.
Try manually reinstalling the OS back onto you device using Odin. Could be that some of the files had gotten corrupted during the installation process of the update.
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Try manually reinstalling the OS back onto you device using Odin. Could be that some of the files had gotten corrupted during the installation process of the update.
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I've just tried that again, no dice. Mebbe I need a sanity check. My order of operations has been factory reset from settings page, boot to recovery, reset once more just for fun, reboot to bootloader, and then flash via odin the latest XAA image I get from Frija, which would be this: SM-N960U1_1_20191025150053_qp9lx74x57_fac.zip.enc4. Wait for it to start up and check. Am I missing a step here?
I would take your device to a Samsung Service Centre or the repair shop, where you got your device fixed and let them take a look at it. Could be that the fingerprint scanner is damaged.
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So I think I fixed it. Doing a standard Odin flash didn't work, but I did a flash with the re-partition option using the pit file extracted from the latest firmware, and it seems to be working now. I'll update if anything changes.
Update, the fingerprint sensor stopped working again. It was nice while it lasted. Anyone else got an idea of why the cache/filesystem could be getting corrupt over time?
trk14 said:
Update, the fingerprint sensor stopped working again. It was nice while it lasted. Anyone else got an idea of why the cache/filesystem could be getting corrupt over time?
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Seems like the storage on your device is starting to fail and needs to be replaced. I would take your device to a Samsung Service Centre and get it inspected by a technician. If that is the case and you aren't insured or your device's warranty has expired. Then I would recommend that you get a new device. As it is cheaper than getting the storage on your device replaced.