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Hello XDA,
First of all, thanks ahead of time for helping me out.
My HTC Amaze 4G is rooted with the regular Stock ROM - in other words I only used my root to change the processor speeds (usually make the CPU slower to increase battery life).
I was watching a video yesterday using MX Video Player which was decoding the video in Hardware mode. Other details about the video is that the video format was h.264.
I was watching the video, and then all of a sudden, my phone freezes up, and nothing works at all. I am unable to sleep the screen, none of the capacitive buttons or the volume buttons work, and holding down the power button is also useless. I waited a few minutes, occasionally trying to turn it off by holding down on the power button. After nothing happened for many minutes, I removed the battery (which turned it off), and then reinserted it.
Because Android has hideous boot times when not turned off properly, I decided not to wait, and instead went to bed. This morning I try and turn the phone on, and it wont budge. I try a number of things to get it on, such as removing the battery and the SIM card, and many other combination of tricks. Once again, nothing worked. I should note that when plugging the charger into the phone, the orange light does appear occasionally, which means that sometimes it will show up, and sometimes it wont. Also sometimes when I plug the charger in, the orange light flashes on and off, sort of like a notification, for about 10 seconds.
It would be awesome if someone could help me out, as the carrier I'm with sucks at repairing/replacing phones because they are super cheap and annoying (Mobilicity).
Thanks,
Robert
Trewyy said:
Hello XDA,
First of all, thanks ahead of time for helping me out.
My HTC Amaze 4G is rooted with the regular Stock ROM - in other words I only used my root to change the processor speeds (usually make the CPU slower to increase battery life).
I was watching a video yesterday using MX Video Player which was decoding the video in Hardware mode. Other details about the video is that the video format was h.264.
I was watching the video, and then all of a sudden, my phone freezes up, and nothing works at all. I am unable to sleep the screen, none of the capacitive buttons or the volume buttons work, and holding down the power button is also useless. I waited a few minutes, occasionally trying to turn it off by holding down on the power button. After nothing happened for many minutes, I removed the battery (which turned it off), and then reinserted it.
Because Android has hideous boot times when not turned off properly, I decided not to wait, and instead went to bed. This morning I try and turn the phone on, and it wont budge. I try a number of things to get it on, such as removing the battery and the SIM card, and many other combination of tricks. Once again, nothing worked. I should note that when plugging the charger into the phone, the orange light does appear occasionally, which means that sometimes it will show up, and sometimes it wont. Also sometimes when I plug the charger in, the orange light flashes on and off, sort of like a notification, for about 10 seconds.
It would be awesome if someone could help me out, as the carrier I'm with sucks at repairing/replacing phones because they are super cheap and annoying (Mobilicity).
Thanks,
Robert
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your battery most likely went bad because you didnt pull it when the device locked up... so you may need a new battery if you ever want to boot again.
next time if your phone locks up, pull the battery instead of letting it go.
Your battery is dead. You should've booted it right back up after you pulled the battery. One of the issues with root and the wrong recovery is not being able to charge the phone when the phone is off. Get an external battery charger or find someone with the same phone or battery and start it up.
Now...please check the other threads requarding Amaze being bricked or unable to power on.
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Thanks for the quick response everyone. Can anyone point me to where I can buy a new battery?
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your battery most likely went bad because you didnt pull it when the device locked up... so you may need a new battery if you ever want to boot again.
next time if your phone locks up, pull the battery instead of letting it go.
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Thanks for the quick response. When you say pull it, what is it?
Thanks!
Pull the battery out, try ebay.
Over 10000!!! You bet I am.
Buy a charger that allows you to charge the battery outside/ independent of the phone. Ebay has those for 5 bucks? Each
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I had this exact problem.
If you rooted your phone a while ago you installed a recovery that did not support off-charging. So when you plug your phone in, if you look VERY closely at your phone, you will notice a green menu that you should be able to move up and down with the arrow keys.
The only way to fix this is to do one of two things.
1) The method I used: (NOT RECOMMENDED AT ALL, EXTREMELY DANGEROUS)
Take the battery out of your phone, get a 9-volt battery, and two wires.
tap the wires to the respective (+ and - leads) of the battery a couple times.
KEEP IN MIND, YOU ARE DEALING WITH A LITHIUM-ION BATTERY, IF YOU OVERCHARGE OR MISCHARGE A BATTERY. IT WILL EXPLODE, POWERFULLY.
2) Buy a new battery and install 4EXT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
Hi guys
Having some issues with my S3, bought in November 2012 and worked perfectly fine until a few months ago when it started turning off and rebooting, it would get to the initial 'Samsung Galaxy SIII' logo and loop on that until the battery is pulled. It'd work fine for a few moments after it booted to the lockscreen and then do it again.
I got it working again after I left the battery out for several hours, afterwards its been working fine apart from the occasional turning off, looping on the inital boot logo. Fixes itself first try so I've been happy to live with it if it only does it occasionally.
So about 20 minutes ago it turned off and looped. No worries, pulled battery out for a few minutes, put it back in and turned it off. Usually it would work absolutely fine after this, but instead it kept looping. Got a bit concerned, so pulled battery out for a few minutes, put it back in and it worked. Then it did it again, so battery pulled out for a few minutes, put back in and it works fine. I've had it charging since it started working and it seems to be going fine now (could be just a weird superstition of mine, charging it seems to keep it alive?).
I can usually tell when I'm using it if its about to reboot, if I go to lock the screen using the power button, it acts as if I long pressed the button (power options appears). So I use the back key to get out of it and try locking it again. Does the same thing and then it reboots within a few seconds. Could be power button getting stuck?
Adding music/data to the device does seem to flare this issue up for a little bit, but those could be completely unrelated
Factory reset fixes it for a little but that isn't possible all the time of course.
Any suggestions on how to fix or prevent this issue? Is it the sudden death syndrome flaring up? I'm on 4.1.2 XXEMG4, the latest for the region of the phone, so the sudden death fix is incorporated.
Thanks heaps
EDIT: Found the solution to the problem today. Seems that the issue is the power button sticking. I verified on my mothers s3 that holding the power button down does reboot the phone, by skipping the whole shutdown sequence and going straight to the bootup. It seems that because the power button is sticking, the boot sequence isn't able to complete so it will reboot endlessly.
Try pulling the battery out, and firmly (but not so firm it will break) and repeatedly press the power button around 10-15 times. The video I saw suggested smacking the side of the phone against a hard surface but that may be a little extreme. Anytime the power menu comes up when you go to lock the screen, quickly press the power button heaps of times until it locks and you will avoid a reboot
Sounds similar to the lead up I had to SDS. The Sudden Death fix can also cause freezes and reboots. Or teh NAND memory could be dying but from something other than SDS
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Sounds similar to the lead up I had to SDS. The Sudden Death fix can also cause freezes and reboots. Or teh NAND memory could be dying but from something other than SDS
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These issues only began appearing a while after the updates including the SDS fix came out (which I know doesn't completely rule out SDS). Absolutely 0 issues when I was on 4.0.x, aside from Android itself crashing on a couple of occasions.
I still have until the end of october to lodge a warranty claim if need be, so I'll see how it goes
Had and still have an issue today. While driving earlier yesterday, I was listening to music in my car with phone connected on headphone jack. It made a buzzing noise( that came through car audio) , I disconnected and removed battery. I replaced battery and phone will not turn back on at all, will only show both Samsung logo's then go black screen. The phone will only power up for a total of 7 seconds from initial power up vibration on any combination of buttons,or even using a JIG
which went right into download mode.
- If I plug into power source , phone will just vibrate.
- I removed battery and replace, both Samsung logo's will appear then turn off.
- If I hold volume down + power button and place battery in, it will go into download mode. In this mode I can hit volume down to restart but it will just stay on black screen. Also if I hold these buttons down and do nothing the screen will just go black after a few seconds.
- I can also put into download mode to hook up to ODIN using same method and pressing volume up, but will say downloading then shut off.
- I've tried holding down volume up+down and power and it will not go into recovery.
- Odin with recognize it for a second (say device plugged in) and start to download files then it will say device unplugged after a few seconds
I've been looking at unbricking and unrooting threads with no luck. Any help is appreciated.
I don't know about the buzzing sound, but the rest sounds like a dead battery. Are you sure it's charged or that your charger didn't die on you? I don't believe phones brick after the flash is up and running.
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I don't know about the buzzing sound, but the rest sounds like a dead battery. Are you sure it's charged or that your charger didn't die on you? I don't believe phones brick after the flash is up and running.
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Yes I'm 1000% percent sure its not a dead battery and even had it at AT&T warranty center this morning having them look at it. I was trying my luck even though its out of warranty. This issue is like none I've heard, because of the fact that phone actually powers up and I can get into download mode within those 7 seconds, but will shut off after. I've timed it till it powers off.
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I don't know about the buzzing sound, but the rest sounds like a dead battery. Are you sure it's charged or that your charger didn't die on you? I don't believe phones brick after the flash is up and running.
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Stuck power button? Flick back or the phone a few times
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Am having this same issue with my girlfriends phone just as of a couple hours ago. It's completely stock and just recently received an OTA update a few days ago, she showed me bragging how she can watch videos and do other things at the same time now knowing how much I want a Note lol, she's had zero issues with it other than the battery getting very hot while charging a week or so ago and seems to be very slightly bulging now that I've looked at it. Out of nowhere today as we're walking through a parking lot and she's carrying it in her hand, not even using it, she says something is wrong with her phone and hands it to me with it vibrating every couple of seconds and not reacting to any buttons. I take the battery out and when we get inside put it back in and without even pressing anything it goes to the Samsung logo, black, animated Samsung logo, then turns off and goes back to vibrating every couple seconds. I look up the button combination for recovery and download mode and all that, I try recovery and it does the same vibrate every couple of seconds but never goes to recovery, and if I take the battery out, hold down volume down, then put the battery in it comes up with the warning about installing ROMs and all that, weather I press volume down or do nothing it stays at that screen for maybe five seconds then turns off and the only way I can get to the download mode is to take the battery out then press volume down. I have the Sprint Samsung Epic 4G and the batteries aren't the same but are very similar, mine is just shorter and 1500mAh, hers is taller and 2500mAh. So for the heck of it I put hers in my phone and hold it enough to where it connects and turn on my phone without issue, it boots up and shows 70% on the battery, I now have it plugged in and charging the battery at the moment with no issues. I put my battery in her phone and held it till it connects and it does the same Samsung logo, goes black, Samsung animated logo, then turns off BUT no vibrating anymore. If I press ANY button though as long as it's being held it vibrates every couple of seconds and if I hold volume down while I connect the battery it goes to Download mode but can't do anything and it turns off after about five seconds same as before, still no recovery access either. Heard that there is a power button issue with this phone and for the heck of it I've wiggled and pressed the power button with no charger or battery connected for around half an hour just to see if I can make it better, but no luck.
Hope to hear a solution to this. I would take the back cover off and clean the power button but I'm not sure if that would void the AT&T insurance, not going to try till I know I can get away with it without them knowing because if I can't fix it it's getting sent off for repairs.
EDIT: And sort of following captemo's suggestion I took a metal box, laid a hoodie over it for a bit of padding, then moderately bounced the phone on its power button side (without letting the power button be pressed/pushed, by letting it hang over the edge of the box) for a minute or so as if thinking the power button was stuck pushed in and I was trying to knock it back out, then put its battery back in and what do you know it turns on fine now. Weirdest way I've ever had to fix a phone, but hey it works now so the girlfriend will be happy.
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Am having this same issue with my girlfriends phone just as of a couple hours ago. It's completely stock and just recently received an OTA update a few days ago, she showed me bragging how she can watch videos and do other things at the same time now knowing how much I want a Note lol, she's had zero issues with it other than the battery getting very hot while charging a week or so ago and seems to be very slightly bulging now that I've looked at it. Out of nowhere today as we're walking through a parking lot and she's carrying it in her hand, not even using it, she says something is wrong with her phone and hands it to me with it vibrating every couple of seconds and not reacting to any buttons. I take the battery out and when we get inside put it back in and without even pressing anything it goes to the Samsung logo, black, animated Samsung logo, then turns off and goes back to vibrating every couple seconds. I look up the button combination for recovery and download mode and all that, I try recovery and it does the same vibrate every couple of seconds but never goes to recovery, and if I take the battery out, hold down volume down, then put the battery in it comes up with the warning about installing ROMs and all that, weather I press volume down or do nothing it stays at that screen for maybe five seconds then turns off and the only way I can get to the download mode is to take the battery out then press volume down. I have the Sprint Samsung Epic 4G and the batteries aren't the same but are very similar, mine is just shorter and 1500mAh, hers is taller and 2500mAh. So for the heck of it I put hers in my phone and hold it enough to where it connects and turn on my phone without issue, it boots up and shows 70% on the battery, I now have it plugged in and charging the battery at the moment with no issues. I put my battery in her phone and held it till it connects and it does the same Samsung logo, goes black, Samsung animated logo, then turns off BUT no vibrating anymore. If I press ANY button though as long as it's being held it vibrates every couple of seconds and if I hold volume down while I connect the battery it goes to Download mode but can't do anything and it turns off after about five seconds same as before, still no recovery access either. Heard that there is a power button issue with this phone and for the heck of it I've wiggled and pressed the power button with no charger or battery connected for around half an hour just to see if I can make it better, but no luck.
Hope to hear a solution to this. I would take the back cover off and clean the power button but I'm not sure if that would void the AT&T insurance, not going to try till I know I can get away with it without them knowing because if I can't fix it it's getting sent off for repairs.
EDIT: And sort of following captemo's suggestion I took a metal box, laid a hoodie over it for a bit of padding, then moderately bounced the phone on its power button side (without letting the power button be pressed/pushed, by letting it hang over the edge of the box) for a minute or so as if thinking the power button was stuck pushed in and I was trying to knock it back out, then put its battery back in and what do you know it turns on fine now. Weirdest way I've ever had to fix a phone, but hey it works now so the girlfriend will be happy.
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Sort of is about right, glad you got it going. Many will complain about the button still clicking even though button is actually stuck. Many have cited some very simple sounding instructions for cleaning power button contacts with minimal deconstruction of phone. Using swab and alcohol. Run a search in q&a, sure you will get something.
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I tried the button with no resolution. I just went ahead and jumped ship and bought Note 3. Thanks to everyone who tried to help out
My Samsung Galaxy SIII smart phone has only recently been having issues. My phone will turn on, will be charged and function as normal - ie, no performance issues at all when the phone is actually on. But sometimes, my phone will randomly shut off with no prompt or message. Sometimes it will attempt to turn back on itself, other times I need to press or even hold the power button to turn it on.
The real problem is when it boots, it SOMETIMES (3/5 times average) will begin to boot, then the screen goes black again - ie, the Samsung logo will show up upon vibrating, then shut off or reboot and try again (this can sometimes happen singularly or in tandem). Other times, it will boot as normal, sometimes working normally, other times just randomly doing the abrupt shut down, and the cycle starts over.
I've tried taking the battery out, rebooting it, booting to safe mode, removing battery + keeping it out for ~10 minutes to discharge, etc. My phone isn't up to date, as my phone is rooted. However, I haven't modified my phone or done anything to it in a long time, and this has only has begun happening recently. My current firmware is rooted stock Android 4.2. Are there any other solutions besides formatting my phone? I cannot send it in/get it replaced by my provider as my warranty has expired. Thank you. :angel:
Go to the Play Store and download emmc brickbug check.
Get that diagnosed.
If it's good i suggest you do a full wipe and update it to the latest samsung 4.3 update.
Ultimate GS3 sudden death thread.
Well you better get up to date, best to start with a factory reset and the latest stock rom first.
I guess you're running an unstable leaked 4.2.2 firmware,so I would suggest you to install stable 4.3 firmware.
Maybe your power button got stuck..
To find out, push your power button and keep hold it even the "samsung galaxy s III GT-I9300" appear.
Do you experience the same thing or not.
TheoDores said:
Maybe your power button got stuck..
To find out, push your power button and keep hold it even the "samsung galaxy s III GT-I9300" appear.
Do you experience the same thing or not.
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I found a fix for my S3 which was doing EXACTLY what many of you are describing. I will get to the fix and it will sound ridiculous, but it worked for me and for the other people responding to the posted fix. ***** Hint: my problem was the power button and the fix was free and easy though may require you to be pissed at your phone as I was at the time.
Before getting to what fixed my phone. It seems like every one with a Samsung phone Sh*tting out in this manner should go through the well-conceived sequence I post below in the link. That guy though through the problem and made a great help list even though I found myself with a phone that was a mess even after all of those steps. My phone just vibrated when I tried to start it or maybe it began to show a graphic screen of the boot process before it went to black again and just vibrated. I am stuck with 4 more months of verizon contract so I was desperate and unahppy to say the least. I tried at least 50 time to boot my phone yesterday and went to a verizon store they were no help as expected especially when they saw a boot screen image that they did not recognize... I was one of those rooting creeps that they are not obligated to help...
first link:
http://thedroidguy.com/2014/03/fix-galaxy-s3-wont-turn-troubleshooting-guide/
A stuck or malfunctioning power button can cause... getting random reboots, lack of starting, lack of posting, getting stuck at various screens in the boot process and then going to a black screen which may just accompany a vibrating phone or a seemingly dead phone. Our problem is the power button being "stuck" underneath/inside of the janky, crappy little clip on power button that you are actually pushing in on your phone.
see this youtube video. In other words the thing you push is only pushing something else inside. I took my power button out (it clips in) cleaned out the cavity by blowing and with a toothpick and I was fixed!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ-U-Q_NdOo
I was pissed at my phone so where the guy in the above youtube video says something like tapping his nail (finger nail) into the power button or whatever I was pretty aggressive and crammed my thumbnail down the sides of the power button until the janky little piece of crap actually popped out revealing itself as a clip kind of a thing. I then blew the hell out of the hole with all of the breath I could muster and took a toothpick and depressed the actual power button several times and "cleaned out" and cleared out any hair or gunk (really did not see any) that might have been in the socket. I put my power button back in (just clips in by itself if you put it in the socket the right way and push down) and I have had NO PROBLEMS since. Start with the first link I posted but be wary of the clearing Cache part unless you no what you are doing ahead of time. I had just done a factory reset and total wipe with TWRP before installing a new ROM so I did not have anything to lose. You might... I don't know enough about what resides in "cache" to advise you. Then if you are still in trouble listen to the second post which is a video. I actually crammed my thumbnail down into the power button cavity on both the top and bottom (the long axis) of the button aggressively enough that the visible button popped out. Then I did my blowing and cleaning, etc... crammed the visible button back int - which clips into place and I have been stoked since. Hope it works for you if not, sorry!
*As a side note, I sort of assumed that the problem with my phone (and I bet yours) has something to do with power: either getting to the right place in the phone from the battery or the power chord OR the f*ing power button on our cheap, janky plastic yet expensive Samsung phones might be a problem because before the weird random reboots and not booting began the power off dialog (like when you hold the power button down long enough and you get the "reboot" "power down" "airplane mode" menu kept coming up while I was surfing watching youtube or even talking. I figured it was time to install another ROM, did so twice and still had the same issues. I reflashed recoveries back and forth from TWRP to the other one several times too. Nothing worked until I cleaned out the power button. Go figure.
I was pissed at my phone so where the guy in the above youtube video says something like tapping his nail (finger nail) into the power button or whatever I was pretty aggressive and crammed my thumbnail down the sides of the power button until the janky little piece of crap actually popped out revealing itself as a clip kind of a thing. I then blew the hell out of the hole with all of the breath I could muster and took a toothpick and depressed the actual power button several times and "cleaned out" and cleared out any hair or gunk (really did not see any) that might have been in the socket. I put my power button back in (just clips in by itself if you put it in the socket the right way and push down) and I have had NO PROBLEMS since
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I tried a similar approach and it looks like it actually worked. I just took the plastic cover of and removed he 10 little screws and played around with the plastic thingy that depresses the power button. I don't know what exactly fixed it but is seems to work.
So you might not have to remove your power button but instead just play around with it first and see if you can't get it to function properly again.
Thank you so much brjoon1021!
Galaxy SIII I9300 shuts of randomly but only when not used
I have a problem with my S3 since about a week now. First it was a standard S3 with stock ROM and not rooted. The phone would turn itself of 3 - 5 times during daytime and also at night when charging.
What I tried:
- Clearing battery connections
- Cleaning power button
But finally I think it's not a hardware problem. Loose contacts, battery connections or a power button problem would probably cause more shut downs when I was using it. But in my case it's the opposite: it always shuts down when I am *not* using it.
So I rooted the phone and flashed a custom ROM on it: [ROM] [4.4.4] [CyanogenMod] [GCC 4.8] [Excellent] [31/12/14] ArchiDroid V3.0.2
That was succesfull, but after that I still had the same problem.
When do I have this problem: as stated: always when I am *not* using the phone. It's lying on my desk or next to my bed, charging and no program is running.
When I don't have the problem: when some program is running on the foreground, at night during charging if I keep the clock on the foreground (daydreaming), when I have waze running (in my car) etc.
I have the impression the device only shuts itself down when in deep sleep mode.
I also tested if it was a case of Deep Sleep of Death, but when the phone is shut down, I can not text to it, the LED does not light up.
I can boot the phone by pressing the power button once for about 8 seconds, so that seems a normal boot and not a reboot.
Any suggestions on what I could test? Or how I can find out what the problem is?
Thanks!
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I have a problem with my S3 since about a week now. First it was a standard S3 with stock ROM and not rooted. The phone would turn itself of 3 - 5 times during daytime and also at night when charging.
What I tried:
- Clearing battery connections
- Cleaning power button
But finally I think it's not a hardware problem. Loose contacts, battery connections or a power button problem would probably cause more shut downs when I was using it. But in my case it's the opposite: it always shuts down when I am *not* using it.
So I rooted the phone and flashed a custom ROM on it: [ROM] [4.4.4] [CyanogenMod] [GCC 4.8] [Excellent] [31/12/14] ArchiDroid V3.0.2
That was succesfull, but after that I still had the same problem.
When do I have this problem: as stated: always when I am *not* using the phone. It's lying on my desk or next to my bed, charging and no program is running.
When I don't have the problem: when some program is running on the foreground, at night during charging if I keep the clock on the foreground (daydreaming), when I have waze running (in my car) etc.
I have the impression the device only shuts itself down when in deep sleep mode.
I also tested if it was a case of Deep Sleep of Death, but when the phone is shut down, I can not text to it, the LED does not light up.
I can boot the phone by pressing the power button once for about 8 seconds, so that seems a normal boot and not a reboot.
Any suggestions on what I could test? Or how I can find out what the problem is?
Thanks!
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Hi
I have the exact same problem!
I tried factory reset, wipe cache, I have bought new battery ... nothing helped so far...
S3
pagep said:
Hi
I have the exact same problem!
I tried factory reset, wipe cache, I have bought new battery ... nothing helped so far...
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Turn off sync. See if that helps it fixed mine.
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Turn off sync. See if that helps it fixed mine.
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Well it started to get worse every day, so we tried factory reset once more and after that, the phone just died. (only colored rubbish is shown on the screen) ...
Never ever buying Samsung again. Piece of crap ...
Anyway we had chance to buy LG G2 on the sale. I know it's quite old, but the price was perfect and it's many times better than S3. :good:
Dion64 said:
I have a problem with my S3 since about a week now. First it was a standard S3 with stock ROM and not rooted. The phone would turn itself of 3 - 5 times during daytime and also at night when charging.
What I tried:
- Clearing battery connections
- Cleaning power button
But finally I think it's not a hardware problem. Loose contacts, battery connections or a power button problem would probably cause more shut downs when I was using it. But in my case it's the opposite: it always shuts down when I am *not* using it.
So I rooted the phone and flashed a custom ROM on it: [ROM] [4.4.4] [CyanogenMod] [GCC 4.8] [Excellent] [31/12/14] ArchiDroid V3.0.2
That was succesfull, but after that I still had the same problem.
When do I have this problem: as stated: always when I am *not* using the phone. It's lying on my desk or next to my bed, charging and no program is running.
When I don't have the problem: when some program is running on the foreground, at night during charging if I keep the clock on the foreground (daydreaming), when I have waze running (in my car) etc.
I have the impression the device only shuts itself down when in deep sleep mode.
I also tested if it was a case of Deep Sleep of Death, but when the phone is shut down, I can not text to it, the LED does not light up.
I can boot the phone by pressing the power button once for about 8 seconds, so that seems a normal boot and not a reboot.
Any suggestions on what I could test? Or how I can find out what the problem is?
Thanks!
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my is also the same problem..if u have found solution for it please tell me .
I have a rooted verizon galaxy s4. Today I pressed the power button to put my device to sleep. I noticed it shut off the device. I rebooted my phone and all seemed fine. I took my battery out and put it back in, it automatically tried to boot. After about 3 or four seconds the screen goes black. I need help and can provide more info if needed. Sorry if this is no the right play to post this but I am new to the forums. Thank you for any response. Have a blessed day
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I have a rooted verizon galaxy s4. Today I pressed the power button to put my device to sleep. I noticed it shut off the device. I rebooted my phone and all seemed fine. I took my battery out and put it back in, it automatically tried to boot. After about 3 or four seconds the screen goes black. I need help and can provide more info if needed. Sorry if this is no the right play to post this but I am new to the forums. Thank you for any response. Have a blessed day
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Looks like we have the same issue. Just for posterity, what rom were you running, if lollipop, did you try and install the xposed for lollipop? I can't get into download mode, can you? If you can, you should be able to correct this with Odin, search for it in the S4 thread. Either way please report back so we can try and figure out why this happened.
Same symptom I had. If power comes on by itself upon battery insertion and phone shuts down after a few seconds it is caused by a stuck power switch. To fix it repeatedly whack the switch on the corner of a table. You will know it's fixed when the phone doesn't turn on by itself when the battery is inserted. This is a common problem with S4's but was difficult to search for and find the answer.
mjrBud said:
Same symptom I had. If power comes on by itself upon battery insertion and phone shuts down after a few seconds it is caused by a stuck power switch. To fix it repeatedly whack the switch on the corner of a table. You will know it's fixed when the phone doesn't turn on by itself when the battery is inserted. This is a common problem with S4's but was difficult to search for and find the answer.
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I had the same issue. Put the battery in and it vibrate once and then shows custom padlock and then shut off. Found the same thing on you tube. The smack trick. However, I did not use a table but a book or something semi hard. Smack the phone several times on the power button side and it will work.
Galaxy S3/S4/S5 & Notes: Phone Wont Power up / Just Vibrates / Screen Fl...: http://youtu.be/Gd3TibIKNug
* Note this is not a perm fix. This is a band aid. You will continue to have the issue. But this might allow you to return to stock if needed for warranty claim.
This might be an issue with a faulty power button. I had that issue with one of my s4s. the internal switch wore out and the phone would start to boot and then turn off and reboot. and this would continue until i jiggled the power switch.
Just a thought.