Does anyone else have the problem where sometimes the phone won't switch on (using either the Home button or the screen on/off switch). I need to remove the battery to get it back to life. I'm running ICS (Resurrection Remix 1.1), and have tried wiping the Dalvik cache but got the same problem again afterwards.
I did post a question in the Resurrection thread but it got buried amongst the other questions....
Have you tried a factory reset yet ? If you have/do & that doesn't improve things, maybe do a fresh clean install of your rom.
If the problem persists after that, go back to stock & see if you can reproduce the problem. If you've still got the problem after doing this, we'll cross that bridge after/if we get to it.
A few weeks ago, I wanted to move from CM9 to MIUI. So I flashed MIUI in CWM, as normal, and went through the AROMA setup. I chose to flash Siyah 3.something (not the brickbug one.)
So I flashed it, and then it asked me to reboot. I chose Yes. The text 'Rebooting...' appeared at the bottom the screen, but then the screen went dim. Left it for a couple of minutes, and then the screen started flashing random colors. Frightened, I pulled the battery and put it in.
It took almost ten seconds after me holding the POWER button for the device to get to the 'i9100' screen, and when it did, loads of green dots appeared on my screen.
I did a battery pull again, and all was fine. I got the same problem again whilst flashing Resurrection Remix not too long ago.
I don't get the issue after subsequent flashes.
Does anyone know why this happens, or has anyone else had this problem?
What wipes are you performing prior to flashing new ROMs?
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I did a data wipe, a /system wipe and a dalvik cache wipe.
Please note that I don't get the problem anymore - I was just wondering why it happened.
yup happens sometimes to me too while flashing siyah based kernel..like some graphic corruption..but i think it aint harmful.has happened to me 3-4 times but nothing wrong till now..
Ok,from the beginning i want to tell my story with that phone. I bought him from a friend with a normal price and hadn t no problem at all,but upon a few weeks suddenly the home button starts to have a delay of 5-10 seconds,the proximity sensor exactly like home button (delay) ,the screen didnt rotate ,but the autorotation is activated,and when i want to do a calibration of this sensor,stuck a minute or two and after say that is calibrated but nothing happens . A week ago, i root my phone and try a lot of custom roms,but nothing helped yet 3 days when i install Sensation Rom ,and miracle,for two days everything works like anything doest happend,but after it stuck again.. please help,what can i do? it s a file damaged,or is a hardware problem ? a lot of thanks
Iubirica said:
Ok,from the beginning i want to tell my story with that phone. I bought him from a friend with a normal price and hadn t no problem at all,but upon a few weeks suddenly the home button starts to have a delay of 5-10 seconds,the proximity sensor exactly like home button (delay) ,the screen didnt rotate ,but the autorotation is activated,and when i want to do a calibration of this sensor,stuck a minute or two and after say that is calibrated but nothing happens . A week ago, i root my phone and try a lot of custom roms,but nothing helped yet 3 days when i install Sensation Rom ,and miracle,for two days everything works like anything doest happend,but after it stuck again.. please help,what can i do? it s a file damaged,or is a hardware problem ? a lot of thanks
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Hard to say.
Could also be a hardware issue.
I recommend to flash back stock ROM with stock kernel.
Maybe you have to wipe data (do factory reset).
Then check again.
Good luck !
It_ler said:
Hard to say.
Could also be a hardware issue.
I recommend to flash back stock ROM with stock kernel.
Maybe you have to wipe data (do factory reset).
Then check again.
Good luck !
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I tried once to flash stock rom,with original kernel and modem,but i view another problem wich in custom rom dont appear,like ..i cant answer,the green or red slide its stuck and those problems even..i wipe a lot of times, i do factory reset ,but nothing..just,how works for those days when i install sensation,i dont know,its a mistery
Are you using micro-sd card ? if so remove it and turn the device on.
PsyOr said:
Are you using micro-sd card ? if so remove it and turn the device on.
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i dont have a micro sd card
nothing?:|
Iubirica said:
nothing?:|
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You've already done the extreme of reinstalling a stock ROM and performing a factory reset. I'm also assuming you didn't install a bunch of apps before the problem started, though.
My advice would be: go back to stock ROM again, factory reset, and SLOWLY reinstall your apps. This will help narrow down what app could be causing your issue. (if it is an app)
No bumping threads after 54 minutes. Not cool. People here aren't at your beck & call :-/
Iubirica said:
nothing?:|
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ctomgee said:
You've already done the extreme of reinstalling a stock ROM and performing a factory reset. I'm also assuming you didn't install a bunch of apps before the problem started, though.
My advice would be: go back to stock ROM again, factory reset, and SLOWLY reinstall your apps. This will help narrow down what app could be causing your issue. (if it is an app)
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Thanks..right now i will try your advice,and i come with a feedback
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No bumping threads after 54 minutes. Not cool. People here aren't at your beck & call :-/
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sorry for that ,but this site is my only hope
i tried ..i put the stock rom without any apps installed.but i had the same problems..by example when i want to delete a widget from the screen the phone stucks a few seconds,and the came to normal..the home button had the same delay and the proximity sensor works with the same delay,when i want to close a call ,stays a 5-10 seconds to light up the screen..i dont know,what is with him,i m disperate
..and what is strange,by example when is on charge ,the home delay dissapeared,works normally,but the rest of the problems remain
comeone..nobody knows anything about my problems with phone?
1.send it to Samsung for warranty.
2.get your money back from "friend".
I think i had similar problems with you previously, even worse maybe. Battery shows charging while cable is unplugged. Some of the time it pops up a warning message "Unstable Voltage". I did the same thing as you, flashing roms, wiping x " i forgot how many times", factory resetting X times and so on. What solved the problem for me was ;
-> i took out the battery
-> left phone untouched for several days
-> put the battery back -> charged till full
-> wipe data, factory reset, wipe battery stats, wipe cache,dalvik as well, FIX permissions
-> flash latest stock rom ( 4.0.4 at that time )
-> reboot phone
-> root again ( flashing stock rom loses root ) using CF-Root
-> reboot to CWM recovery
-> wipe data, factory reset, wipe cache,dalvik as well, FIX permissions
-> flash PA (Paranoidandroid ROM - please follow the instruction from OP post) via CWM
->wipe data, factory reset, wipe cache, FIX permissions
-> reboot phone
-> wait for apps updated and then reboot to recovery and FIX permission for the final time and VOILA!!
The phone works great up till this moment. Not sure if you gonna solve your issue with the way i did it but might worth the try. Nothing to lose anyway it seems as you were hardcore-ing flashing roms and wiping data and such. Good Luck!
Certainly that i hope this will be able to relieve you of the unnecessary distress.
alexct said:
I think i had similar problems with you previously, even worse maybe. Battery shows charging while cable is unplugged. Some of the time it pops up a warning message "Unstable Voltage". I did the same thing as you, flashing roms, wiping x " i forgot how many times", factory resetting X times and so on. What solved the problem for me was ;
-> i took out the battery
-> left phone untouched for several days
-> put the battery back -> charged till full
-> wipe data, factory reset, wipe battery stats, wipe cache,dalvik as well, FIX permissions
-> flash latest stock rom ( 4.0.4 at that time )
-> reboot phone
-> root again ( flashing stock rom loses root ) using CF-Root
-> reboot to CWM recovery
-> wipe data, factory reset, wipe cache,dalvik as well, FIX permissions
-> flash PA (Paranoidandroid ROM - please follow the instruction from OP post) via CWM
->wipe data, factory reset, wipe cache, FIX permissions
-> reboot phone
-> wait for apps updated and then reboot to recovery and FIX permission for the final time and VOILA!!
The phone works great up till this moment. Not sure if you gonna solve your issue with the way i did it but might worth the try. Nothing to lose anyway it seems as you were hardcore-ing flashing roms and wiping data and such. Good Luck!
Certainly that i hope this will be able to relieve you of the unnecessary distress.
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i tried to do all things that you sayed to me,without to leave the phone with no battery several days..dand nothing happend,the problems persist ..i dont know ,i dont have a guarantee,and the cost may be high,thanks anyway
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Your friend clearly sold you a dodgy phone. You should demand your money back and use the phone to beat him until he pays. That is my diagnosis and clearly the answer to your "problem".
today after wipe everything and flash de jelly bam rom ,custom kernel etc..doesnt work at all,but i removed the battery for 30 minutes,and when i put it back and openned it ,everything works very well..just a calibrate,and clearly now have no problems..how long it mentain,i dont know,but even now i dont know what it had .. mistery
so,what are you thinking,what is the cause?
Hi everyone,
Since last night I'm having an unusual problem with the accelerometer/motion sensors. I tried with the "bubble level test" and It's like if the values were offset, plus there's some lag retrieving values (bubble gets occasionally stuck).
This problem started after I tried a few JB roms (shostock3, superNexus, and then came back to a nandroid backup, Shostock gingerbread).
Tried wiping data/factory reset, cache, dalvik, flashing other roms, battery pull... still the problem persists.
Calibration tool says "passed" yet keeps giving wrong values and lag.
This affects the screen orientation leaving it stuck on landscape modes.
Any other ideas before starting to assume it's a hardware problem?
Thanks in advance =)
Nicolas3w said:
Hi everyone,
Since last night I'm having an unusual problem with the accelerometer/motion sensors. I tried with the "bubble level test" and It's like if the values were offset, plus there's some lag retrieving values (bubble gets occasionally stuck).
This problem started after I tried a few JB roms (shostock3, superNexus, and then came back to a nandroid backup, Shostock gingerbread).
Tried wiping data/factory reset, cache, dalvik, flashing other roms, battery pull... still the problem persists.
Calibration tool says "passed" yet keeps giving wrong values and lag.
This affects the screen orientation leaving it stuck on landscape modes.
Any other ideas before starting to assume it's a hardware problem?
Thanks in advance =)
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Recalibrate the sensors. Its somewhere in settings.
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Recalibrate the sensors. Its somewhere in settings.
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Yes, I already tried that... It makes a short countdown and says "calibrated", but doesn't fix it. Thank you anyway
It happened to me when trying AOKP (I think after a Titanium restore, not sure if it had anything to do with the problem), but restored stock ICS and the problem dissapeared.
You may want to try with a different ROM, if it is still not working I would say it is a hardware problem.
Avatarg said:
It happened to me when trying AOKP (I think after a Titanium restore, not sure if it had anything to do with the problem), but restored stock ICS and the problem dissapeared.
You may want to try with a different ROM, if it is still not working I would say it is a hardware problem.
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Well, I restored to gingerbread and the problem is still there. Seems like a hardware problem indeed, but it's just weird how it was working well until last night.
Hi guys, recently my S3 started to play up on me. The screen started to flicker and would only stop when I touched (and held) the screen. From then, things have gone from bad to worse and the phone now features a completely black screen after it is powered on. Therefore I cannot see the startup animation or anything else (including the home screen etc) but can hear the notifications and vibrations.
I can fortunately use CWM as this is not effected at all and the screen works perfectly fine. I have flashed 3 different roms and wiped my whole device since the problem started hoping it was a software problem.
I have additionaly tried:
- Clear the Dalvick Cache
- Clear cache
- Wipe data/factory reset
- Wipe all SD card data (don't ask)
Hopefully someone can help I would really appreciated it. (Not enjoying using the old Symbian phone atm) :crying:
Thanks
Make sure you are flashing roms meant for your version of the device.Try changing kernel or flash the latest stock firmware available after a factory reset. This should replace every file on your phone. Any problem would be fixed by this. Secondly what CWM do you use? Is it touch? If so does the touch work? Not likely a panel issue if the display is working in CWM, Can be a digitizer issue causing the screen to act up.