Hi guys,
I have a huge problem. I had a stock GB firmware customized by Optus (carrier in Australia) on my S2 I then decided to change to the new ICS 4.0.4. I downloaded the stock unbranded firmware from SamMobile (Australia 2012 September 4.0.4 I9100XWLPW, I9100XSALP6, XSA) I updated using Odin. Before I did the update I reset the phone, did the update, it all went smoothly. After the update I reset the phone again and then proceeded to reinstall all my apps and restore my contacts, sms, etc.
The phone works and all functions on it work, however now very randomly the phone would totally freeze. The phone would be in standby, the screen would come on and it would be frozen. The screen stay on all the time and it does not respond at all. It will stay frozen until I restart the phone by pressing Home+power buttons to restart it.
After restart it all works fine for a few hours, sometimes a day and would just lock up again. The phone is not rooted and as I said i just changed the firmware from the Optus branded GB 2.3.6 to unbranded stock ICS 4.0.4 by using Odin.
Is there a way to find out what is causing the phone to lock up like that? Any suggestions would be helpful.
and then proceeded to reinstall all my apps and restore my contacts, sms, etc.
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I hope you haven't restored any data app?
przemcio510 said:
I hope you haven't restored any data app?
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I made sure that I didn't restore any data apps. The only apps that got restored are the ones that get automatically restored by Play store.
I have disabled the live wallpaper that I had and it seems to have stopped the freezing for the moment. I will report on what I find out.
In the mean time if anyone else has a similar issue or has a definite solution please let me know.
Thanks
i know this is a resurrection, but don't see it has been resolved.
also found same/similar problem on another topic, but no resolution either.
couldn't find any resolution anywhere on the net, but possibly i'm just missing it (searching for wrong parameters?)
anyway, a friend of mine bought second-hand (third or even fourth hand to be precise) i9100 with 2.3.6 (stock KI3) on it. the guy who sold it to him said something like: "it works best on 2.3, on 4.x it's buggy".
it was working fine, but friend wanted newer OS, so we tried update. it didn't work, and i found out CSC was broken/missing. somehow i managed to repair it, and update was finally working, but was unable to find any for our location.
so next step was to find stock rom that would work on the device, and then i tried four different 4.1.2 stock roms from this topic.
after flashing it through odin, every one was acting fine, until couple of minutes after it started freezing or rebooting randomly.
then i tried flashing CWM, and flashing from sd card, but it was all the same.
wiping data, cache and dalvik cache, prior to flashing. wiping data after flashing...
nothing seemed to work.
GB works rock solid, ICS works better than JB, but stills it freezes or restarts randomly.
tried CM10, but all the same, except it works a bit faster then official JB. but who cares about speed if it freezes/restarts constantly?
back to who knows which build... freeze... samsung galaxy s2 - i9100... with yellow triangle... booting stopped.
so i decided to dig deeper, trying to find hungarian stock build (country we were told the phone came from) not being sure that KI3 is what the phone came actually with. i found 4.0.3, put it on SD card, wiped data, cache, flashed CWM, wiped data, cache, dalvik cache, flashed 4.0.3 from sd, wiped data, booted, entered location for updates - hungary. update found, hooray... downloading... installing... rebooting... working?
nope... it's worse than ever. trying to log onto google account. typing in email add.... freeze... switching phone on - freeze... thinking about... freeze.
i couldn't sit still. yellow triangle, all those reboots/freezes... at least i wanted that triangle gone, and without a JIG, there was only solution for me was to try triangle away. it wasn't available for download in my country from play store, so luckily xda was there.
somehow i managed to download it from the device, install it, click remove the triangle... it did it's magic, rebooted... and miracle happened!
no more freezes.
so i started torturing poor phone, benchmarking, playing games, listening to music.... it seemed stable for about an hour.
so i said to myself:
- it's possible that previous owners tried to upgrade it to newer firmware, and somehow screwed up the bootloader, which was fixed by this app? maybe that was all there was from the beginning? why not try putting 4.1.2?
and i did... took 4.1.2 spanish build from already mentioned page above, flashed it... and voila. working JB... torturing the phone... playing with it... hour passes, another hour...
friend wakes up... takes his phone in awe, starts playing with it.. we talk a bit... and then that look it just froze again!
from that moment on, the phone again starts restarting or freezing randomly...
and, yes, i still have no clue what could be the cause. it doesn't matter if wifi is on or off, if you're talking on the phone or not, bluetooth and gps are always off. only thing that he noticed is that it usually happens while he's using the phone (meaning: operating the digitizer or buttons). if he starts music playback and not touching buttons or screen, it will probably play for hours.
one more thing, but i doubt it would be the case. the battery in the phone is not original one that was shipped with it, but a quality replacement.
it doesn't feel as if the phone is overheating... so i don't know what else i could do with it.
for now, it's back to 2.3.6.
we both lost a week, torturing ourselves with this problem.
i don't know is there anything i could add more?
all suggestions are welcome.
cheers
Maybe try kernel cleaning script and try philz or siyah kernels.
You shouldn't have to flash a custom kernel so your phone won't freeze, but yes, you could run a nuke script in order to wipe clean all custom ROM's leftovers.
Try flashin' jb via mobile odin, see if it keeps freezing up on you. If so, nuke it up.
Sent from the little guy
i'll try them out.
probably for the weekend, if not sooner. will report back here with info.
any other suggestions are also welcome.
thanks a lot.
cheers
ok, so here are some updates.
i finally got my hands back on my friends phone, and tried nuking remains of older flashes.
following that, i flashed stock spanish rom from above mentioned page, updated after installation to spanish update... and after a few minutes, sudden reboot...
so, went back to nuking, and flashed stock hungarian 4.0.3 i found elsewhere (mentioned in my earlier post. don't remember origin... if i find the link on another computer where i downloaded it on, i'll post the link). tried updating, says no updates found.
started torturing the device. it seemed solid, but battery reported it level was low, so hooked it up onto charger and all seemed well. but phone seemed a bit too hot.
after few minutes (this was all about half an hour to hour after flashing to 4.0.3), again freeze.
after rebooting the phone, battery was at 9%, as if processes were draining battery faster than charger recharged it.
so, i figured i gotta try original battery. so i switched his battery with genuine from my phone.
phone seems stable and less hot, for now.
still checking if it is going to freeze or reboot again.
it's about one hour since battery change. still on charger and using wifi and playing around with apps.
i'll check in with news later.
cheers
I have the same issue.but my battery is original.
What I noticed that the phone stuck when I receive an update notification.
Can I stop softwsre to ask for updates? ???
Sent from my GT-I9100G using xda app-developers app
^go to settings, about device, software update and detick auto update. that should stop it from trying to self-update.
ok, so here is an update to my friend's phone status.
currently on hungarian 4.0.3. about 3-4 freezes/reboots a day. sporadic connection breakups during calls. also, when we talk i can hear myself back. this brings me to conclusion it has to do with modem firmware. i found this topic, so i'll try putting that and see what will happen.
if that doesn't solve anything, my question is this: is there any way of knowing which firmware/rom was originally put on the device, since i don't know the real background of the device? i.e. some way of entering IMEI and finding out what should be on it?
cheers
EDIT: tried KH3 modem, no changes... i could still hear myself while talking to my friend on that device. also, it froze couple minutes later. going back to 2.3.5-2.3.6 for now.
so after couple of months, i finally got my hands back onto this phone...
gave my friend my phone, so i could play a bit with this faulty one.
i have played with it for a couple of days now, and here are things i've tried.
i received it from a friend with 2.3.5 on it which had triggered custom binary counter. he's been using it for couple months without any problems.
so i rooted it and installed triangle away again... reset counter, cleared and flashed hungarian stock (telenor) 4.1.2... random freezes again.
tried several stock roms, mostly hungarian ones (4.0.3, 4.1.2). even reformatted with .pit file... random freezes.
reformatted again with .pit and put XXLSJ, installed stability test and let it run...
cpu stability test 15.5 hours no problems, no freezes. then i realized it didn't have a sim card, so i rebooted phone and installed sim card. let it test cpu+gpu for 9 hours... no errors, no problems, no freezes.
so i thought, maybe it's all fine? but it wasn't! as soon as i took phone into my hands and started going through menus it froze!
so i tried SGII_repair, rooted and did "repair"... but nothing changed... still random freezes.
if i just let it do the stability test, it'll probably work forever.
things i've noticed:
- serial number is wrong format (14 hex digits instead of 11 alphanumeric)
- during stability test, cpu frequency dropped from 1200 to 800 mhz (maybe because it was getting warmer? 42-43C during cpu only+charging battery, and about 39-40 during cpu+gpu test)
i tried to find out which firmware is latest according to serial number via kies, but it gave me error.
i know it's from hungarian market, but don't know which exact part of it (branded or not).
don't know what previous owners did to it, and don't have backups of original efs or anything original.
i just want to make it work, don't care much about custom firmwares. i'd be happy even with unrooted stock... just for it to work!
i have no ideas what else to do.
anyone?
finally, as i couldn't resolve the problem, i returned phone to 2.3.5 and sold it as is.
thanks to all people who tried to help.
cheers
Hey guys,
I upgraded to the irish official 4.3 (I9300XXUGMJ9_I9300VFGGMJ5_I9300BUUGMJ3_HOME) from cm 10.2.
I now have a battery drain, it takes about 8 hours from 100% to 0% with an hour screen time. Also sometimes after turning off the screen I can't get the phone to start again without taking out the battery.
I did a full wipe after installing 4.3 and I'm considering another factory reset/wipe, but wanted to see if there is another solution before doing this.
Thanks for any help.
Read that roms thread multiple posts on the subject no need for a new thread .
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Read that roms thread multiple posts on the subject no need for a new thread .
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True true. I read a few extra pages back and it seems a few people are having issues.
I remember having this issue a few months back, go into your settings and go to battery. Is "Android OS" at the top or very close? If it is then the reason was (in my case) the device couldn't go into deep sleep mode which should happen when you lock your device, this means that instead of nearly shutting down and only having the data connection on (maybe wifi aswell), the device was running the same as before you hit the power button, the only difference is that the screen is that the screen is off. There are different reasons for this happening but for my device it was a kernel issue, this means that these steps may not work for you, because like i said, this issue is different every time.
All i had to do to fix this issue was flash a new kernel, i chose the googy max kernel 1.7.5 for CWM, which is a continued development of the siyah kernel, after the developer abandoned it.
Yoiu just have to flash it the same way you did Cyanogenmod, go into CWM (or another custom recovery) and flash it to the device.
So I had this SGP321 for over a year now.Bought it brand new from this guy on the internet for a suspicious low price.Not a real shop or anything so no waranty. It worked very well for a few months then I noticed it started rebooting every now and then.After a OS update that was rolling out at that time (can't remember the version) the reboots were more often.After the KitKat update arrived and I downloaded it,after the process was over and the phone had to reboot,it entered a reboot loop that could not be stoppped (apart from forced shut down,but with same thing when trying to turn back on). I repaired the OS with the PC tool,no changes.I flashed older versions of stock OS with flashtool,reboots every couple of minutes. Then I installed Cyanogenmod 11.That worked very well,no reboots,but had many bugs and battery draining fast in stand by (about 1% per hour no matter what I deactivated,or with various apps to induce deep sleep). The new CM12.1 does not work,keeps rebooting.
Now,yesterday I tried again and again to get the tablet to work with a stock ROM. I only intend to use it for reading comic books,so all I want is a stable ROM with good battery life.So I would like to have a stock one. But why does a custom one run fine on it and a stock one keeps rebooting? I tried Sony forum but they were at a complete loss and sent me here for help.Any ideas?
rammstein_08 said:
So I had this SGP321 for over a year now.Bought it brand new from this guy on the internet for a suspicious low price.Not a real shop or anything so no waranty. It worked very well for a few months then I noticed it started rebooting every now and then.After a OS update that was rolling out at that time (can't remember the version) the reboots were more often.After the KitKat update arrived and I downloaded it,after the process was over and the phone had to reboot,it entered a reboot loop that could not be stoppped (apart from forced shut down,but with same thing when trying to turn back on). I repaired the OS with the PC tool,no changes.I flashed older versions of stock OS with flashtool,reboots every couple of minutes. Then I installed Cyanogenmod 11.That worked very well,no reboots,but had many bugs and battery draining fast in stand by (about 1% per hour no matter what I deactivated,or with various apps to induce deep sleep). The new CM12.1 does not work,keeps rebooting.
Now,yesterday I tried again and again to get the tablet to work with a stock ROM. I only intend to use it for reading comic books,so all I want is a stable ROM with good battery life.So I would like to have a stock one. But why does a custom one run fine on it and a stock one keeps rebooting? I tried Sony forum but they were at a complete loss and sent me here for help.Any ideas?
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Seems that it has hardware problem like corrupting internal Flash memory or smth else, that is very difficult or imposible to fix by reflashing.
Hi All,
Ive currently got a Samsung A300-F A300FXXU1AOAB (South Africa)
Kies does not pick up the software update, and when i go the actual software update it does nothin,
for some reason my device status shows custom but my phone was never rooted, im assuming this is why it refuses to update.
Ive tried to burn google about this firmware version, but no luck, so we've managed to update another A300FXXU1AOAB to lolipop and Ive found the correct update for this firmware is A300FXCU1BOEC :good:
So if you're like me and forced to used odin, I hope I have helped you.
Off-topic
I have issues like insane battery drainage, device shows charging when the flash light is on, the phone doesnt always charge when powered on, i assumed its the cable or usb port but the phone charges fine and fast when its off. Phone gets very hot!
I will provide feedback if lolipop has resolved these issues once Ive done testing.
Update
Ok after further digging , it appears my Rom Status was on "CUSTOM" cause i downloaded an app to make the bootup silent,
if your rom status is on custom, the device will not allow u to update,
Its not confirmed but i believe this was the problem.
DO NOT ROOT
Do not root with "CF-Auto-Root-a3lte-a3ltexx-sma300f"
It will work for a day or 2 then it gives u an error, Seandroid not enforcing, tap here to reboot...
u tap it, and the phone wont boot up.
This has happened now twice... You will have to wipe data, and then reload 4.4.4 then update.
Conclusion
Battery life has doubled,
whatsapp doesnt give me backing up messages on powersave anymore...
5.0.2 is very stable, the OS just operates more smooth,
The A3 is a very pleasing phone on Lolipop. on Kitkat it feels like a knockoff flagship phone.
The only issue i have with Lolipop, that when u on wifi, it sometimes forget to reinforce mobile data, u have to reboot.
Hope this helps someone out there
In the previous post you said that there was an insane battery drainage! Now battery life has doubled..what was the problem?? I'll want to pass to lollipop, but many users said that kitkat is really better than lollipop about battery life
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In the previous post you said that there was an insane battery drainage! Now battery life has doubled..what was the problem?? I'll want to pass to lollipop, but many users said that kitkat is really better than lollipop about battery life
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Many users said that but for me Lollipop works perfect
Maybe it is because my A3 is sm-a300fu and it has 1.5 gb ram but others have 1gb
Hello,
As we know Marshmallow update arrived , I had no problem recieving MM update to my E2353. i updated the phone using sony companion and it updated normal, nothing occured , i didn't made any mistakes..nothing.
So after update it turned off and boot up like normally it do,
First boot up took long time , like 20-30 mins and phone heated for some extent.
I did normal stuff such as connecting wifi etc, after that i restarted and it took around 20-40 mins to turn on again...
after turning on battery life is very poor..also every sensor of the phone are not working, no auto rotation, nothing.. now every time i turn it on it take 20-40 mins, battery is awful, it feel like its dieing after the MM update
couldnt find anyone with this problem with official update at all.
NOTE : i did rooted this an year ago without any problems and unrooted it after doing so without any problems.
i recieved MM original update.
current build no - 26.3.A.0.131
i've reinstalled (resetted) using sony update service which redownload the MM . it had no effect
Thank u very much !
Try flashing the marshmallow rom from XperiaFirm, it's a pretty easy process, look it up on google
DarkerJava said:
Try flashing the marshmallow rom from XperiaFirm, it's a pretty easy process, look it up on google
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Did that, it's still the same... boot up takes long ass time still :/
factory reset
and if not working, try to shut down your phone for a minute and power on again