For awhile now I have been running the AOKP ICS ROM v7.3.2012 on my sgh-i777 and along with my poor battery life (which I assumed was normal after skimming through multiple forums) my phone has been freezing up (not requiring hard reboots 90% of the time) and shutting down at points in the night. Throughout the day my phone is a must and is ran like a mule. Assuming I'm fulfilling my RAM's duties, I am faced with force closes on programs frequently. Every night when I go to bed, I plug in my phone and let it idle throughout the night. The past two nights I've woken up on my own, thankfully in time for my test this morning, to find my phone off. Not just off, but completely down (requiring me to eject the power cord and battery for a few minutes and reapply the battery). When I try to turn it back on the navigation panel lights flash and seconds later the phone powers back on. This is my second sgh-i777 from AT&T after my first phone began turning itself on and off in an endless loop. The ROM build has served me well for months and all the sudden these shut-downs have been occurring. It's becoming a bother to my phone's vital importance in my everyday goings. Please help.
zerobelow said:
For awhile now I have been running the AOKP ICS ROM v7.3.2012 on my sgh-i777 and along with my poor battery life (which I assumed was normal after skimming through multiple forums) my phone has been freezing up (not requiring hard reboots 90% of the time) and shutting down at points in the night. Throughout the day my phone is a must and is ran like a mule. Assuming I'm fulfilling my RAM's duties, I am faced with force closes on programs frequently. Every night when I go to bed, I plug in my phone and let it idle throughout the night. The past two nights I've woken up on my own, thankfully in time for my test this morning, to find my phone off. Not just off, but completely down (requiring me to eject the power cord and battery for a few minutes and reapply the battery). When I try to turn it back on the navigation panel lights flash and seconds later the phone powers back on. This is my second sgh-i777 from AT&T after my first phone began turning itself on and off in an endless loop. The ROM build has served me well for months and all the sudden these shut-downs have been occurring. It's becoming a bother to my phone's vital importance in my everyday goings. Please help.
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I would first perform a back up then perform a full wipe and reflash your rom of choice. If it continues to happen... flash back to stock to see if it still happens. If it does then you may need to warranty the phone.
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Guys, need your help. I've had this phone since launch day and am way beyond my 30-day return/exchange policy. Completely stock w/ 3 downloaded programs (bank apps) and all updates applied. Here are my problems:
1. Random rebooting or dead phone. This doesn't happen often, but I think I've narrowed it down to the GPS navigation. Sometimes after using the GPS I've witnessed the phone continually reboot every 15 minutes or so. Just laying on the table and it'll spontaneously reboot. The only way to stop it is to pull the battery. Earlier today I used the GPS for a quick trip, ended the program, then turned the phone off. About 1hr later, I tried turning the phone back on... but couldn't power on or anything. The only fix was to pull the battery.
2. The damn GPS program takes SEVERAL MINUTES to lock on. I have to pull the car over or just wait until it locks on. I thought one of the updates was supposed to fix this. WTF?
I've tried factory reset w/ no apps installed. Even took it to the Sprint store but the rep said he couldn't do anything for me since I'm beyond 30 days besides resetting the phone.
I'm really frustrated since I upgraded my plan and renewed for 2 more YEARS.... Any suggestions?
Check out the thread on battery tips. I also posted a thread about how my phone would randomly reboot or shutdown. The problem was the battery was not making full contact all the time, so I put a piece of rubber band on one side of the battery to make a more snug fit and haven't had a random reboot since.
I'm in dire need of some help. My phone is a stock unit that has had no modifications to it at all. It started shutting off randomly a week or two ago, usually when I would use GPS, bluetooth, or the internet but it does happen when everything is turned off (GPS, bluetooth, and wifi) When I turn the phone back on, the battery would be totally drained displaying to a critical level. This would cause the phone to shut back off. I can repeatedly turn the phone back on, and usually one of the times the battery will be displayed with more charge and allow me to use it, but if I did anything other than make a call the phone would shut back off. This problem does not occur if the phone is plugged in and charging (never shuts off randomly and the battery does not drain). I have already tried factory resetting the phone multiple times and that hasn't seemed to help. Any input would be greatly appreciated!
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I'm in dire need of some help. My phone is a stock unit that has had no modifications to it at all. It started shutting off randomly a week or two ago, usually when I would use GPS, bluetooth, or the internet but it does happen when everything is turned off (GPS, bluetooth, and wifi) When I turn the phone back on, the battery would be totally drained displaying to a critical level. This would cause the phone to shut back off. I can repeatedly turn the phone back on, and usually one of the times the battery will be displayed with more charge and allow me to use it, but if I did anything other than make a call the phone would shut back off. This problem does not occur if the phone is plugged in and charging (never shuts off randomly and the battery does not drain). I have already tried factory resetting the phone multiple times and that hasn't seemed to help. Any input would be greatly appreciated!
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Have you tried a new battery? Sounds like your battery is on its last leg. It could also be battery contacts on your phone, make sure they are clean and actually touching the battery when you insert it.
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have u ever flashed a rom ?if not then u should change ur battery ....
iTz KeeFy said:
Have you tried a new battery? Sounds like your battery is on its last leg. It could also be battery contacts on your phone, make sure they are clean and actually touching the battery when you insert it.
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I second this, I had the same issue a couple years ago with my g1, a new battery made it run like new again.
netiseret said:
I'm in dire need of some help. My phone is a stock unit that has had no modifications to it at all. It started shutting off randomly a week or two ago, usually when I would use GPS, bluetooth, or the internet but it does happen when everything is turned off (GPS, bluetooth, and wifi) When I turn the phone back on, the battery would be totally drained displaying to a critical level. This would cause the phone to shut back off. I can repeatedly turn the phone back on, and usually one of the times the battery will be displayed with more charge and allow me to use it, but if I did anything other than make a call the phone would shut back off. This problem does not occur if the phone is plugged in and charging (never shuts off randomly and the battery does not drain). I have already tried factory resetting the phone multiple times and that hasn't seemed to help. Any input would be greatly appreciated!
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what ROM are you using? are you overclocked? I had similar problem with some roms overclocked, my phone would shut down, restart, battery drain was horrible!! during calls would be the most annoying it would turn off and was walking have a conversation with the plastic by my ear .after some research and testing the problem was my overclocking was unstable at 1.2 + running on 1ghz after a while the problem went away
Your phone will restart or shutdowns randomly..if
1.You overclocked GPU or CPU to high performance.
2.You flashed any unwanted zip files for performance or somewhat.
3.You make the phone very heat[Main Reason].
Instructions:
1.Avoid playing high end games for long time(Like me).
2.Avoid playing high end or medium games above 20mins. while charging.
3.Don't allow your phone to heat.(Due to temperature).
4.Try Re-flashing your current Rom(if you installed custom rom).
5.Try flashing your phone.
6.Check your phone completely for viruses with a better antivirus.
7.If the problem is after installing some apps..Try uninstalling that.
Thats all i Know!
happened to me before more than once I agree that you should get a new battery but if you have to wait in the meantime, what I did was:
1. pull the battery out let the phone cool down
2. I put it back in and turned it on
3. If it turns on okay drain the battery till it shuts off by playing music
3. repeat 1 and 2 and if it turns on okay again repeat step 3
4. if not then let it stay off and charge it to maximum and it should be useable
I did this because I assumed that the phone for some reason wasn't reading the battery levels properly so I made sure that the battery was fully drained then charged it to max to fix that. It worked for me but its just to make the phone useable as I still needed a new battery. It drained very quickly and I had to be charging even 3-4 times a day on heavy use but if I only made phone calls and texts it got me through one day.
My S3 is about 10 months old, and over the last week I've experienced a problem where the screen will not wake up. The first time I thought the phone may have shut down, but then I noticed that in some cases the notification light was flashing, but pressing the home or on button didn't do anything. I tried calling it, and it appeared to ring (from the phone I was calling) but there was no tone and the screen remained off (with no missed call recorded). Only solution is to remove/replace battery and start it.
Tried to search online for a solution but all I could find is that either it's dying, or some app is causing this, with one entry mentioning chrome. Uninstalled chrome and the problem has not reappeared but it was quite random before, first happening once and then again after several days, and yesterday several times in one day, so I need more time to see if chrome was the culprit (I'm not too convinced otherwise there would be more mention of this).
If anyone has any idea please let me know. Phone in unlocked from purchase, not rooted, stock, fully updated.
This comes at a time when I want to buy a dual-sim android phone as I have 2 numbers for work/travel purposes. Annoyingly none of the top manufacturers produce high performance phones that are also dual sim. Closest I found is the Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos, which seems not bad bit lower spec than the S3 and a bit larger (S3 about as large as I'm prepared to go). Again if anyone has any advice I'd appreciate it.
just to add, I did a factory reset a short while ago as the phone felt a bit laggy compared to earlier use, and after reset was behaving better until this problem appeared
My S3 has behaved similarly 4-5 times since summer. Only removing battery helps. Few days ago it happened two times in row. Screen is off, no way to make it wake up. Removed battery, reboot. When screen went off again, same story again. Had to remove battery again. And in the night phone was making complete restart with PIN asking (usually it makes only android starting again without asking PIN code for SIM). I woke because of that Samsung starting sound. Next day phone just ate battery while being "idle". Basically from 100%-5% within workday just lying on the desk. After several reboots and charging to full battery it behaves as usual, -0,5% per hour.
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My S3 has behaved similarly 4-5 times since summer. Only removing battery helps. Few days ago it happened two times in row. Screen is off, no way to make it wake up. Removed battery, reboot. When screen went off again, same story again. Had to remove battery again. And in the night phone was making complete restart with PIN asking (usually it makes only android starting again without asking PIN code for SIM). I woke because of that Samsung starting sound. Next day phone just ate battery while being "idle". Basically from 100%-5% within workday just lying on the desk. After several reboots and charging to full battery it behaves as usual, -0,5% per hour.
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Thanks, will see if the problem goes away for me also. I normally charge it fully quite often, since I usually keep it on charge overnight, and I have a second battery with a battery charger so I often swap batteries to put a fresh one in. I rely on my phone a lot for work so not sure I can afford to wait much longer, I think I'll buy the Grand and just put up with the lower specs...
Hey guys,
Last night I plugged in my LGOG right before I went to sleep. About seven hours later I woke up, woke it up to check the time, then fell back to sleep. When I woke up again a few hours later, my phone was completely dead. No lights go on when charging, nor does it go into the charging mode that happens when the phone is off but charging. The power button does nothing at all. Connecting it to a computer does nothing. I have tried two different wall chargers and a USB plug, and have tried different outlets. The phone is rooted and unlocked. I haven't put any new apps or anything on the phone recently, however I have had a slight overheating issue lately. I don't think that that's what caused the issue though, as when I woke up for the first time and woke it up, the phone was not noticeably hot, and seemed to work fine. Any ideas or suggestions?
Edit: As suddenly as it stopped working, it has started working again, about two hours later. The notification sound buzzed, my phone turned on, and usual on start things happened. However I'm still extremely worried about it. Now that it's on, I assume there's more I can do to figure out the issue- suggestions?
These phones are terribly buggy when charging/when they die, IMO. Worst Android device I've ever had in that respect.
Probably just a fluke, tbh.
Unfortunately it happened again- sent a message, put my phone away, when I tried to turn it on again nothing happened and it stopped working for five minutes.
Apologies for not mentioning this before, but I am using carbonrom, not stock. I've used it for several months with no issues, and have used the latest build for a week or two now without this issue.
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Unfortunately it happened again- sent a message, put my phone away, when I tried to turn it on again nothing happened and it stopped working for five minutes.
Apologies for not mentioning this before, but I am using carbonrom, not stock. I've used it for several months with no issues, and have used the latest build for a week or two now without this issue.
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Reboot into recovery and wipe cache+dalvik
Maybe the rom needs a little cleaning
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Tried wiping cache and dalvik, but didn't seem to solve the issue. Then my phone started having an issue it's had once before- it turns on for a few seconds, then the screen goes grey for about a minute, then returns to being on. After returning to being on, it acts like it's just started up- ie, there's superuser grant notifications, cpu set notifications, and all sorts of other stuff I usually see on boot. It essentially rendered my phone unusable, so I restored an earlier backup. This seems to have resolved it for now, I may have to wait before updating carbon again.
miller150 said:
Tried wiping cache and dalvik, but didn't seem to solve the issue. Then my phone started having an issue it's had once before- it turns on for a few seconds, then the screen goes grey for about a minute, then returns to being on. After returning to being on, it acts like it's just started up- ie, there's superuser grant notifications, cpu set notifications, and all sorts of other stuff I usually see on boot. It essentially rendered my phone unusable, so I restored an earlier backup. This seems to have resolved it for now, I may have to wait before updating carbon again.
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Either you have a bad phone (possible, LG seems to have some QC issues based on some of the crazy reports Ive heard fm other people on this forum [Mine's fine]), or it's all the startup **** that you have going.
Do you usually let it discharge to below 5%?
that's a stupid idea with any device, and seems to be especially damaging to our LGOG.
OMGMatrix said:
Either you have a bad phone (possible, LG seems to have some QC issues based on some of the crazy reports Ive heard fm other people on this forum [Mine's fine]), or it's all the startup **** that you have going.
Do you usually let it discharge to below 5%?
that's a stupid idea with any device, and seems to be especially damaging to our LGOG.
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Have mine 2months been careful not to let the battery shut down on its own but thirds past Monday my car charger weren't bad and the phone shut down. Would not except a charge after that. Went to att and they sent me to a service center. They could not charge it either. They replaced it, now making sure my external battery backup its always charged. Do not want to do that again.
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That sounds like that could actually be the issue. On the previous iteration of carbon I almost never allowed it to go below about 10%. However the new update seemed to be harsher on battery life and it slipped into the 1% range several times...
same thing happened to me running root box with no tweaks or anything. I woke up and the phone was off, been that way for two days now. it wasn't on the charger so its definitely possible that it died. I actually found this thread because I could've sworn there was a report of someone who had to do a battery pull. I'm thinking that's my only option now.
A while ago I was just merely scrolling through Chrome and my social media accounts, and I noticed that my device was starting to overheat. I didn't mind it at first, but while I was trying to change my wallpaper, it suddenly turned off. I took off my phone case and felt my device, and it was really hot. I remember checking Clean Master before my phone turned off, and it said that my phone was 44% hotter than usual. I tried turning it back on, but it wouldn't budge, no matter how many times I would long-press the power button. I ended up taking off the battery and plugging it back in and powering it up, but when the phone finally powered up, its battery dropped from 25% to 13%! I was really alarmed.
It's only happened once, though, but it really alarmed me, and I don't want to risk breaking my phone. I've only had it for a month
Anyone know the reason behind this? I don't remember doing anything extensive during that time period. My phone has also suddenly turned off once, but it wasn't overheating or anything.
My galaxy a5 heated up once. I was running virus scanning from CM security and I accidentally put my phone under my pillow and within 3-5 minutes it heated up like anything. So if you are running any anti virus scanning than it will be advisable to put the phone out of the case.
It's normal if this happens once in a while but if it happens often than it may be a battery problem.