Hello,
I have the following problem and I'm wondering if it is solvable:
My Galaxy S2 (actually from a friend) was rooted and working fine on ICS.
Then I wanted to install a custom rom (Resurrection Remix 3.0.9 Jelly Bean).
It is not my first time doing this as I've did it a multiple times on my own S2.
The same ROM is working fine on my own S2.
Somewhere around 50% of installation, the phone turned itself off.
We did make sure that the battery was fully charged before proceeding with the installation.
Now I cannot Start it.
Can't enter Recovery Mode.
Can't enter Download Mode.
The screen just remains black as if there is no battery in it.
Swapped battery, but still same issue.
It doesn't even show the charging animation when power cable is plugged in.
I have ordered a USB JIG to put it in Download Mode from MobileTechVideos.com but I don't think this will work because there is no sign of life.
It is obviously hard bricked.
What could I do to fix this problem?
Thank you
Sad to say but you have to avail JTAG services to sort this out
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Which method did you use? Also, do you have your firmware/baseband/version of ICS the phone was running when this happened? If its the emmc brickbug, dont waste your money on a jig or JTAG. Neither will be of any use.
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HAXTREME said:
Which method did you use? Also, do you have your firmware/baseband/version of ICS the phone was running when this happened? If its the emmc brickbug, dont waste your money on a jig or JTAG. Neither will be of any use.
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I don't know the exact baseband version.
The last three charachters were LQ6.
If I remember correctly it was I9100XXLQ6
What exactly is the emmc brickbug?
Is there a solution for this one?
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I9100XXLQ6
What exactly is the emmc brickbug?
Is there a solution for this one?
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Ah.. ICS 4.0.4?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28388184
There's no solution. Insert he battery and wait for a bit. If it starts to heat up a lot around the camera, I'm sorry to say the phone is utterly useless from now on. Only a motherboard replacement will help.
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Ah.. ICS 4.0.4?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28388184
There's no solution. Insert he battery and wait for a bit. If it starts to heat up a lot around the camera, I'm sorry to say the phone is utterly useless from now on. Only a motherboard replacement will help.
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Thank you HAXTREME.
That's not very good news but at least I know now.
btw yes, it was ICS 4.0.4
I've rooted a couple of android phones without any trouble.
I honestly didn't know that this bug existed even though I searched on the net for the risks before I started it.
I guess Samsung will not fix this under warranty?
dinci5 said:
Thank you HAXTREME.
That's not very good news but at least I know now.
btw yes, it was ICS 4.0.4
I've rooted a couple of android phones without any trouble.
I honestly didn't know that this bug existed even though I searched on the net for the risks before I started it.
I guess Samsung will not fix this under warranty?
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Thats why everyone keeps screaming to read up before rooting, mate. Its kinda hard to miss, every third thread seems to have a mention of it. And a sticky in the general section.
Anywho, whats done is done. Bad luck I guess. If you're under warranty, theres hope yet. You can take it to them saying it randomly died out and you have no idea how or why. Since the motherboard is toast, they have no way of figuring out you rooted it (or tried to). Say it happened when you kept it to charge or something. You could get lucky. :fingers-crossed:
Use the thanks button instead of typing out a post.
Hope it works out. Good luck. :good:
If your still under warrenty they usually repair it for you, had mine repaired recently. they will replace the motherboard. Good Luck
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ok so i was running SH 3.9.1 and decided to go back to stock so i odined back to jfd and then tried to update with kies and now my phone will not even turn on anyone have any clue on what i need to do or if there is anything i can do
a)did you flash gingerbread bootloaders? If you so and you didn't flash back the froyo bootloaders before using keis your probally f***** up your phone. Need a jtag
b)if you didn't flash any bootloaders just call tmobile and tell them keis f***ed up your phone
c)you could just lie to tmobile and tell them keis f***ed up your phone
seconded... (holds up blank phone)
same issues here, odined JFD, all was working fine, went to update via Kies, and it completed, rebooted, and did not come up after waiting over a half hour
no lights, can't get to download or recovery modes..
Yes you need a jtag, I recently had the same problem. PM connexion2005 and he can hook you up for $50.
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cannonbomb said:
Yes you need a jtag, I recently had the same problem. PM connexion2005 and he can hook you up for $50.
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Thanks I just contacted him.
Well luckily I was able to get a replacement phone. But thank you to everyone that helped.
pathbas said:
Well luckily I was able to get a replacement phone. But thank you to everyone that helped.
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Kies has a history of causing bricks FYI.
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lol yeah i see that now and funny thing is i was actually coming from your rom EB.
The "Kies" effed up my phone has got to be the #1 over used excuse. Probably used more often then it actually does, but IT DOES! so its easy to get by with. I'd have to imagine in this situation its bootloader related. People should honestly fess up when they bork up their own device and pay the fee to get it jtaged. Just my 2cents.
As the old Chinese proverb goes:
"You break, You buy!"
I agree with you on that and it probably was my fault it messed up but im also broke otherwise i would of gone that route
one of these days there gonna catch on
Wow..... you guys.... bootloaders for vibrant are backward compatible..... even still.... you could have built a custom jig for $1.19, some scotch tape, and an old car charger. read the stickies yo.... I've had bad bootloader flashes at least 20 times now with odin and my cheap little jig has me back in dl mode in seconds.
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Wow..... you guys.... bootloaders for vibrant are backward compatible..... even still.... you could have built a custom jig for $1.19, some scotch tape, and an old car charger. read the stickies yo.... I've had bad bootloader flashes at least 20 times now with odin and my cheap little jig has me back in dl mode in seconds.
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I might try that next time but I just got my new phone in now so time to root again and try a different rom or go back to the old one not sure yet.
Majin, you have not had a bad bootloader flash yet. You will know when you do and that jig won't help...
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So your saying there is something worse than the "phone-pc!" Sign? Honestly I thought that was as far as it would go. I mean..... what's worse than "fail" while flashing boot loaders?
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Majin_X said:
So your saying there is something worse than the "phone-pc!" Sign? Honestly I thought that was as far as it would go. I mean..... what's worse than "fail" while flashing boot loaders?
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Oh yea there is definitely a worse step than that screen. It's called NOTHING. Literally your phone is worthless at that point without a good JTAG technician. I see it over 100 times a month... . Not trying to be a smarty just letting you know that there are scenarios in which the JIG is worthless and you will need someone to JTAG there phone. Please remember me if it happens to you as I can fix that although I would never wish it upon you...
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I agree with you on that and it probably was my fault it messed up but im also broke otherwise i would of gone that route
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Here that! College is to damn expensive! Better be worth it in the end.... Because this life of poverty sucks
Hello all,
yesterday something weiiiird happened to me.
i was changing the screen protector on my phone, once done i notice the phone was off (i changed the screen protector with phone on), so i thought i might have swiched it off without noticing it, but it doesn't turn on anymore.
tried to leave the battery out for a while but nothing
tried to put on charge but nothig
tried my wife's battery but nothing
no lights on the screen at all, completely dead.
just for info i was dualbooting cm9 and official 4.0.3 three operator ics with success, had no problem at all used it for a few days.i removed yellow triangle and reset counter with triangle away app about a week ago, not a sigle problem bu this weird this yesterday.
any suggestions ?? i have a jig but it doesn't do anything (maybe it because i'm on ics??, don't know)
please help guys..
It sounds like a hardware problem and I don't think that you are able to solve it yourself! The SGS2 is a tough phone and very hard to brick and when you haven't changed anything there is no other option than a hardware problem.
Have you tried to enter download mode? Volume up + home button while booting. When this doesn't work there is no way out and you have to send it to a repair service. But that shouldn't be a problem, because they won't be able to boot your phone, too.
Hope that helps!
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yes i tried download mode, but nothing happens
will try to send it to repair service if there's no other choice.
so frustrating........
wwwpuntoit said:
yes i tried download mode, but nothing happens
will try to send it to repair service if there's no other choice.
so frustrating........
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Be aware if they manage to boot it up and see cm on there it probably will void your warranty and possibly be a costly repair if the fault isnt hardware just a thought. Hope it doesnt come to that for you though
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what other choises i have ? it seems it's nothing i can repair on my own .. if paying is the only solution then guess i'll have to go that way..
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Jig boots to download mode in ICS as well as GB.
JTag repair can be cheaper route .
jje
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what other choises i have ? it seems it's nothing i can repair on my own .. if paying is the only solution then guess i'll have to go that way..
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First try a different battery
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What kernel where you on?
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siyah 3.1.2
sloanyboy said:
Be aware if they manage to boot it up and see cm on there it probably will void your warranty and possibly be a costly repair if the fault isnt hardware just a thought. Hope it doesnt come to that for you though
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First try a different battery
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done this too mate but no joy
JJEgan said:
Its a question = Q&A
Jig boots to download mode in ICS as well as GB.
JTag repair can be cheaper route .
jje
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but insn't jtag only if you have software problem ?? how do i know it's not hardware..because as far as i know jtag can be done from a guy in portugal and it was posted somewhere else on xda but before sending phone on another part of the world i would like to be sure of what i'm doing.
dont waste time,these phones r hard to brick frm my exp i got sgs1 too i flashd it more than 170 times now and sgs2 u don wanna kno jus take to repair ur mother board is gone....
My dumb ass just got a galaxy s3. Also have my note but mixed up the roms and put a s3 room on my note. Hard bricked it now. I ordered the Jtag service hopefully it can help.
They will fix it. Sorry.
Lol that sucks
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aragoona said:
My dumb ass just got a galaxy s3. Also have my note but mixed up the roms and put a s3 room on my note. Hard bricked it now. I ordered the Jtag service hopefully it can help.
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At least you admit you're dumb... lol jk. Hope it gets fixed.
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Good luck man jtag will fix it. I am thinking about selling my note and buying gs3 , seeing as tho u have both do u think its a good idea or bad idea?
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Return it for warranty and get a new one. I hard brick mine by accidentally flashing a kernel from the international note. Return it and said that the phone no longer turn on, and i think it was a hardware defect.
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Save your money. I know of several people including myself that have tried this service. I got mine sent back to me as repaired but indeed was not. They did however apologize for the mix up. I just wouldn't do it again. My opinion folks. Please prove me wrong...
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I did the same thing, and Telus just issued me a new phone after waiting for it to be shipped to that specific Telus store, this is only the case if its within the first 30 days of purchase.
Good luck, hope you get it sortted out, and if yours is a Canadian GN, let me know what you did, as I want to try a root again. Possibly.. ت
Model: SGH-I717D
Version: 4.0.4
Kernel: 3.0.8-perf
The process is quite easy ...
The key is reading for comprehension, and a good PC environment .
If you have those, you'll be rooted and done.
Here's the Canadian root info ...g
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1775263
XDA is no longer worth my time.
TimOster said:
You say it's bricked, but can you get into download mode?
Some say bricked when they can...you can recover from Kies IF you can get into download mode.
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Or Odin ...
Strongly recommended ....g
I have an infuse with the wrong boot loaders on it that does get into download mode but i can't even get any computer to acknowledge it is even hooked up. So are you sure about this?
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screh172 said:
I have an infuse with the wrong boot loaders on it that does get into download mode but i can't even get any computer to acknowledge it is even hooked up. So are you sure about this?
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Download mode would indicate that the device is able to connect, as the USB drivers, or at least a portion of them, are contained in the download mode program.
But if the data is corrupted or missing, due to software or hardware issues, then the process would fail.
So you get "no " COM " detection at all ??
If not ...it's a JTAG fix most likely ....g
update
I should be getting back my note any day. Hopefully it is fixed since the order status says complete. I want to sell the note and get a tmobile one.
aragoona said:
I should be getting back my note any day. Hopefully it is fixed since the order status says complete. I want to sell the note and get a tmobile one.
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Let us know when it comes back if you would please ....g
gregsarg said:
Download mode would indicate that the device is able to connect, as the USB drivers, or at least a portion of them, are contained in the download mode program.
But if the data is corrupted or missing, due to software or hardware issues, then the process would fail.
So you get "no " COM " detection at all ??
If not ...it's a JTAG fix most likely ....g
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i agree that if you can get into download mode, then youre good. if the pc doesnt see it, then its most likely a driver issue. even if you have "a" driver specifically for it, there may be a different one that you would need for it to be seen in download mode. Hard brick is when the phone wont turn on or its just black and there is no download mode and no recovery mode. download mode is where its at! dont mean to get off topic.........Let us know how the jtag goes!
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Got back the phone and it was restored to stock. My unlock is still there. Great service with fast turnaround.
Excellent !!
could you place a "SOLVED" in your thread title ?
that will help others to find information faster..
Thank you !!....g
aragoona said:
Got back the phone and it was restored to stock. My unlock is still there. Great service with fast turnaround.
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Wow, that's great. I stand corrected. Glad it worked out for you. :thumbup:
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aragoona said:
My dumb ass just got a galaxy s3. Also have my note but mixed up the roms and put a s3 room on my note. Hard bricked it now. I ordered the Jtag service hopefully it can help.
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I used their services a few month ago and yes the phone was return restore to stock - also very fast turn around.
Okay, Im an ass so I say that up front. I flashed a bad kernel and I hardbricked my 5 day old galaxy s3 fro Tmobile. I took it to the local repair place that does JTAG repairs, which btw, does not work on the weekends. according to them the JTAG'ing takes 40 hours which I think is more because I kept calling and seeing if the phone was showing any signs of life. Anyone know how long the actual JTAG procedure actually takes cause 40 hours seems like a long time to me. Even after they said there was no guarantee that it would work and bring my phone back from the dead.
I am not new to rooting or flashing roms and kernels and things of that nature. So for the record I did not read first about bad kernels floating about so again Im an ass.
First mistake was flashing anything from this forum, this is for the international version ONLY.
Secondly a jtag should bring it back to life.
I'm not sure of the timeframe but 40 hours seems like a lot of time to do anything.
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Okay, Im an ass so I say that up front. I flashed a bad kernel and I hardbricked my 5 day old galaxy s3 fro Tmobile. I took it to the local repair place that does JTAG repairs, which btw, does not work on the weekends. according to them the JTAG'ing takes 40 hours which I think is more because I kept calling and seeing if the phone was showing any signs of life. Anyone know how long the actual JTAG procedure actually takes cause 40 hours seems like a long time to me. Even after they said there was no guarantee that it would work and bring my phone back from the dead.
I am not new to rooting or flashing roms and kernels and things of that nature. So for the record I did not read first about bad kernels floating about so again Im an ass.
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Could you describe how exactly you hardbricked your phone? As far as I know hardbricking is pretty much impossible on the s3 and probably extremely rare (this is the first case I've heard about it).
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Whoosh13 said:
Could you describe how exactly you hardbricked your phone? As far as I know hardbricking is pretty much impossible on the s3 and probably extremely rare (this is the first case I've heard about it).
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Flashing a kernel for the international version on a US version will send you on the road to brick town.
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nodstuff said:
Flashing a kernel for the international version on a US version will send you on the road to brick town.
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Ah sorry my bad, I read it again and saw its the T-Mobile version
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Well..on youtube you can see how the jig works and it doen't take that long.
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A kernel won't hardbrick a phone. If you flash a correct kernel it should boot. A way to brick it is to flash a wrong firmware from here. Cause the first thing being flashed on a firmware with odin is bootloader. Then you will have an expensive paperweight.
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afaik s3 has separate kernel and recovery where flashing a kernel dosent touch the recovery , so practically it should not be hard bricked
If I were you I would approach to XDA forum first! where all the " DO DOES " happen!
are you 100% sure its bricked?
I dont really know about it, but from my experience bootloader flash and emmc bug are the only ways to hardbrick S3, flashing wrong kernel should make your phone unbootable, but shouldnt do a **** to your download mode (if flashed right, put under pda in odin), however if you put it under bootloader box, than it might flashed kernel on bootloader partition which deffinatly makes hard brick.
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Can you enter download mode with 3 button combination?
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Phone is already at the servicecenter as you can read... So those questions do not add anything.
JTAG doesn't take 40 hours btw, takes a lot less.
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Ok, what I don't really undertand how all people got the idea that he's speaking about the US version. Yes, he said he got it from t-mobile, but if you buy in germany from t-mobile you'll get the international version also.
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Why he or she doesn't give us the answer?
Really weird guy.
NEXUS 7
I bet its not hard bricked, it would just be soft bricked, if the correct firmware is flashed it shud be back to life...
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9Lukas5 said:
Ok, what I don't really undertand how all people got the idea that he's speaking about the US version. Yes, he said he got it from t-mobile, but if you buy in germany from t-mobile you'll get the international version also.
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Because if you do some research and look at the persons other post on xda it is in the T-Mobile galaxy SII section.
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I tried
sebarkh said:
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I tried the three combo until my fingers went numb I tried so many cables and computers and then I was like this thing isnt doing ANYTHING no vibration NOTHING. The JTAG didnt take the first time around so now they are still "trying" according to them ofcourse. I tried ODIN but it did not recognize my phone so that was no good. I tried everything I knew to try and that why I finally caved and gave it to the JTAG guys.
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I tried the three combo until my fingers went numb I tried so many cables and computers and then I was like this thing isnt doing ANYTHING no vibration NOTHING. The JTAG didnt take the first time around so now they are still "trying" according to them ofcourse. I tried ODIN but it did not recognize my phone so that was no good. I tried everything I knew to try and that why I finally caved and gave it to the JTAG guys.
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Since its 5 days old have u tried warranty replacement?
help!
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this happened to my phone. and yes i can enter odin but idk what to flash!
I am not sure this was posted or not, however if it has, please point me to the right direction as I am not able to find it.
Situation:-
Using the phone as per normal. It auto lock or manual lock it. Wanna unlock/wake up the phone it doesnt. This happened once in awhile not sure when as unable to determine the cause as sometimes running a game and I lock it and sometimes lock it without running anything i.e. back to home. To wake up, I reboot the phone by long pressing on/off button. Was using CheckRom ICS... And at one occurance the phone really died on me and unable to reboot no matter what I did. Sent in to SC and got back a new Motherboard.
Now it is happening again. Now in JB 4.1.2 (OmegaRom). The phone just fell in to a deep sleep and cant wake up unless I reboot the phone. I hope I dont get the forever slumber/sudden death situation again.
Anyone can give guidance or advise on how to check what is the matter or anyone having the same experience?
Flash back to stock and check if it occurs. If it does use triangle away and send it back in mate
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I am not sure this was posted or not, however if it has, please point me to the right direction as I am not able to find it.
Situation:-
Using the phone as per normal. It auto lock or manual lock it. Wanna unlock/wake up the phone it doesnt. This happened once in awhile not sure when as unable to determine the cause as sometimes running a game and I lock it and sometimes lock it without running anything i.e. back to home. To wake up, I reboot the phone by long pressing on/off button. Was using CheckRom ICS... And at one occurance the phone really died on me and unable to reboot no matter what I did. Sent in to SC and got back a new Motherboard.
Now it is happening again. Now in JB 4.1.2 (OmegaRom). The phone just fell in to a deep sleep and cant wake up unless I reboot the phone. I hope I dont get the forever slumber/sudden death situation again.
Anyone can give guidance or advise on how to check what is the matter or anyone having the same experience?
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I am experiencing exactly the same thing , so unrooted and back on stock ics now and even that doesn't seem stable...planning to sell it off next week... desperately hoping it doesn't slìp into deep slumber when I am selling it...
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tommy2601 said:
I am experiencing exactly the same thing , so unrooted and back on stock ics now and even that doesn't seem stable...planning to sell it off next week... desperately hoping it doesn't slìp into deep slumber when I am selling it...
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Oh no... I like the phone and I hope I dont have to sell it off.... So I am hoping someone here woudl be able to help me out.... I am backing up nearly everyday with TiB....
Even I love my s3 but I love note 2 even more and I am buying a note 2....the main reason I am selling it is if it conk out one day here in India it's very difficult to claim warranty we really need to slug it out with Samsung India and I don't have the time or patience to do that...
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happened to me too
I don't recall it happened to me while using stock touchwiz roms.
However, since I've moved to AOSP roms (first AOKP M1 and then JellyBam), it happened to me 3 or 4 times now.
Do you get it also on touchwiz roms? Which OmegaRom are you using?
Wich kernel are using my mates? Maybe that is problem, combination firmware and kernel...
Regards
using latest OmegaRom... as mentioned... first happened in CheckROm and even in Wanam...
Was using siyah kernel... so now testing Perseus and see wtr this happened or not...
Just happened when I have monster warlord running and locked it.. when I unlock... it happened again... must be something like not enuf ram or went into deep sleep... very strange indeed. Nevertheless change to Perseus to test out different kernel for now...
tommy2601 said:
I am experiencing exactly the same thing , so unrooted and back on stock ics now and even that doesn't seem stable...planning to sell it off next week... desperately hoping it doesn't slìp into deep slumber when I am selling it...
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If u sell a broken phone,that is such a douchebag move no offence to u but really i wud feel sorry for the man u sold it..
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Download this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.vinagre.android.emmc_check&hl=en and post the screenshot. It might be SDS
Same happened with my phone. Go to see what it's up to and suddenly its not responding. The only option is to hold power down until it reboots.
It would also do it on in coming calls and managed to delete a text which arrived shortly before it froze.
Hoped upgrading to the latest firmware would help, didn't. Going without root, nope. Freezing apps in Titanium, still no joy.
Finally this morning I had enough and went for a full wipe. Very little installed but no problems since.
Would suggest doing the same, especially if you plan to sell the phone anyway.
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If u sell a broken phone,that is such a douchebag move no offence to u but really i wud feel sorry for the man u sold it..
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Hi buddy, selling a dying phone at a good price and buying something u love even more is douche bag move....then I really petty ur retarded and douche bag thinking
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Have the same problem with mine, using the latest wanam stock rom and every now and again the phone will either just restart or lock with the screen off (led notification will keep blinking however).
Just trying the official Vodafone rom now through Odin. If this doesn't solve it I think the phone will have to go back.
To note: issue appeared after installing some root apps. Notably adfree and beats drivers. Anybody else have either installed?
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Hi buddy, selling a dying phone at a good price and buying something u love even more is douche bag move....then I really petty ur retarded and douche bag thinking
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I said no hard feelings.. U said that u hope that it doesnt slips into deep slp when u r selling it.. so bassically u r trying to sell broken phone for a price of good one usable...also i havent insulted u before so why r u insulting me??That my friend is called lack of culture..
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CHEVYbarracuda1 said:
I said no hard feelings.. U said that u hope that it doesnt slips into deep slp when u r selling it.. so bassically u r trying to sell broken phone for a price of good one usable...also i havent insulted u before so why r u insulting me??That my friend is called lack of culture..
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Please keep this on topic:
Seems like a common issue, I've now unrooted my phone and loaded stock 4.1.2 from Sammobile using odin, reset the binary counter, removed SD card and i'm still having crashes and hangs. Seems my phone is on the way out?
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Please keep this on topic:
Seems like a common issue, I've now unrooted my phone and loaded stock 4.1.2 from Sammobile using odin, reset the binary counter, removed SD card and i'm still having crashes and hangs. Seems my phone is on the way out?
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Just return it to the nearest samsung store for repair.. I believe it is hardware failure
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Mine has just started doing this, literally a matter of days ago - coincidence??
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Mine has just started doing this, literally a matter of days ago - coincidence??
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When did it happen? Was it around Wednesday last week? Just thinking that maybe an updated app or something?
I have now updated again using kies with the official 4.1.2. I have no problems with restarts when using the stock apps. I have however had issues with the google servers and now believe this to have been the main reason for the crashes earlier (Christmas new phone activation traffic?).
Out of interest, have you been running adfree or the beats audio driver? I had mine working all day yesterday, installed both and then the hangs started coming back again.
Also worth noting that adfree now states that a newer version is available when loading up, but non exists (that i know of?)
CHEVYbarracuda1 said:
I said no hard feelings.. U said that u hope that it doesnt slips into deep slp when u r selling it.. so bassically u r trying to sell broken phone for a price of good one usable...also i havent insulted u before so why r u insulting me??That my friend is called lack of culture..
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I am not selling it to some innocent 3 person I am exchanging it with note 2 by paying the difference amount at a local Samsung retail store (just sending back there own Frankenstein to them)
And about culture my friend I don't need a lesson from a person who doesn't even have the sensibility to understand that his comments can hurt others(u started It fIrst)..
As today Is my last day in the s3 forum I don't want to sign off on a bitter note so sorry if I have hurt u in anyway.
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When did it happen? Was it around Wednesday last week? Just thinking that maybe an updated app or something?
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I can't say for sure, but around Wednesday isn't unreasonable.
Out of interest, have you been running adfree or the beats audio driver? I had mine working all day yesterday, installed both and then the hangs started coming back again.
Also worth noting that adfree now states that a newer version is available when loading up, but non exists (that i know of?)
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I do run AdFree, and yeah, I saw the notice about the new version - it's a different app entirely... still called AdFree, uninstall the old one, and install the new one. Not sure why they did that.
I'm at a loss - I just reinstalled XELL4, and it's still doing it. Short of doing a full wipe and starting afresh (which I really can't be bothered with), I don't know what else to try. Was working fine up until now.