s3 vibrating for no reason - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

my s3 have now started to vibrate automatically for no reason.. vibration is set off. I updated recently to 4.2.1
help?

may be some of the apps are force closing.
do a factory reset if not done already...
if this is happening even after factory reset, then just flash back to 4.1.2 and wait for the stable 4.2.1 release

msri3here said:
may be some of the apps are force closing.
do a factory reset if not done already...
if this is happening even after factory reset, then just flash back to 4.1.2 and wait for the stable 4.2.1 release
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I have done the factory reset before when it was freshly installed.

that's strange,
I am on 4.2.1, and I am not facing any problems.
The only difference is, I did factory reset after flashing 4.2.1

msri3here said:
that's strange,
I am on 4.2.1, and I am not facing any problems.
The only difference is, I did factory reset after flashing 4.2.1
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it started when I was using whatsapp . I restarted phone removed the battery too.. it vibrated few times but it have stopped now as I turned off my internet and back on.

good to know that its not happening any more
if it starts to vibrate again, just wipe the data for the app which you were using when it started.

msri3here said:
good to know that its not happening any more
if it starts to vibrate again, just wipe the data for the app which you were using when it started.
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ok thanks

ims99 said:
my s3 have now started to vibrate automatically for no reason.. vibration is set off. I updated recently to 4.2.1
help?
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Its not a released finished firmware .
jje

I've seen this issue with some apps such ad whatsapp, it seems like a bug in the notification, it does not say you have a new message (which you do) and just sort of vibrates! You could check your bbs tho.
Br's
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[Q] [HELP] Bluetooth Reboot LOOP !

Hi,
first I already searched for similar problems but i didn't find any thread that helped.
So.. I've SGSII with the official stock rom and not rooted, the phone was working fine and I've used the bluetooth before several times without any problems.
suddenly I needed to receive files via bluetooth, but once i turn it on the device start rebooting endlessly .. till i turn the bluetooth off
it will reboot every 10 seconds so I've to turn the bluetooth immediately once it start..
I'm using the official rom JPKJ2 2.3.5 with it's stock kernal, and never rooted the device before.
is it a manufacturer problem ? or something else ?
and how can I fix it ?
excuse my bad english, and thanks in advance =)
Badeeb said:
Hi,
first I already searched for similar problems but i didn't find any thread that helped.
So.. I've SGSII with the official stock rom and not rooted, the phone was working fine and I've used the bluetooth before several times without any problems.
suddenly I needed to receive files via bluetooth, but once i turn it on the device start rebooting endlessly .. till i turn the bluetooth off
it will reboot every 10 seconds so I've to turn the bluetooth immediately once it start..
I'm using the official rom JPKJ2 2.3.5 with it's stock kernal, and never rooted the device before.
is it a manufacturer problem ? or something else ?
and how can I fix it ?
excuse my bad english, and thanks in advance =)
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If it's worth the trouble then Try Factory Reset... Since your device is not rooted. Get CallLogBackupRestore and SMSBackupRestore free from playstore to backup your sms and call log. coz your device will wipe all data. Test see if it runs fine with factory defaults
check for the latest bt update?i mean is ur bt up to date?
Tool-kit said:
If it's worth the trouble then Try Factory Reset... Since your device is not rooted. Get CallLogBackupRestore and SMSBackupRestore free from playstore to backup your sms and call log. coz your device will wipe all data. Test see if it runs fine with factory defaults
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I'll root the device now and backup the data using titanium backup, then will try factory reset.
I'll update what's happening then.
thanks alot =)
rocky23 said:
check for the latest bt update?i mean is ur bt up to date?
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actually i don't know what's "bt" stands for =\
anyway i'll use factory reset and see what will happen.
thanks =)
So, I used the factory reset and it seems that everything work fine.
Thank you again for the help
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Badeeb said:
So, I used the factory reset and it seems that everything work fine.
Thank you again for the help
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Cool, anytime.

"Process android.process.media has stopped" after JB update

Hey guys, I can't even use my phone after the official update of the Jelly Bean (via Kies). After booting, the phone freeze almost completely and pop-up this message. Any fix without reseting ? I tried cleaning the cache but the problem isn't fixed
If anybody had this issue, can give me an idea about how to fix it ? Thanks
Try clearing its data in app manager
Nop, can't find it. I tried cleaning most of data but nothing works :/ Damn...is Samsung able to do something without bugs ?
that's why no one uses kies
Factory reset or download an Odin version and flash with Odin
slaphead20 said:
that's why no one uses kies
Factory reset or download an Odin version and flash with Odin
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Agree ! KIES sucks. First time I used it and already failed.
Ok...hard reset and everything is fine now...doh...reinstalling apps now...
demlasjr said:
Ok...hard reset and everything is fine now...doh...reinstalling apps now...
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time to root and take advantage of titanium backup and nandroid backups
slaphead20 said:
time to root and take advantage of titanium backup and nandroid backups
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Yeah, I like to root, but not to change the rom Now I need to root again. At least the issues has been solved.
Fixing permissions usually solves that problem barring that a full wipe and start again.
jonny68 said:
Fixing permissions usually solves that problem barring that a full wipe and start again.
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As I got the official update, I lost the root, I tried to clear the cache and as I've seen that is not working and the phone was freezing each 5 seconds I got a bit scared to start rooting it. I wiped it, installed my apps and now everything is ok. However, it's weird that I didn't got the apps automatically installed like it's happened last time when Amazon replaced my S3 for some screen issues (some scratches inside the screen). I just added my google account and everything started installing automatically. Not this time...
just downloaded jelly bean tonight and having this issue. has anyone come up with a solution that does not involve a full hardware restart???
Had same problem after I updated 3 months ago. I think was an incompatibility with an app or something has not updated completely. Fixed it with factory reset.
You can backup apps with Samsung Kies I think if you don't want to lose progress in games, the other stuff is automatically synced
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I'm afraid it'll probably have to be a full reset just make sure you've backed up.
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[Q] Wifi Crashing after Jelly Bean Update

Hello guys.
After spending several hours of search and review, I was unlucky to find the information I need. It could be my poor search skill, so my apologies if this is a repeated question.
My S2 is from Bell.
Today my Galaxy S2 got an update to Jelly Bean 4.1.2 (I9100MUGMA5). First, it gave me SIM NETWORK LOCK issue. I did a research here, and found that it means the phone is LOCKED again. So I had to unlock it. (Did rooting first and locked with GalaxSim Unlock) Since then, everything seems to be okay and working fine with an exception of one problem.
When it attempts to connect to wifi, it crashes and reboot itself and it repeats several time until it's finally connected. I tried a few different things but it's got nothing to do with data on/off. It seems solely to be wifi problem.
I'm just wondering if anyone else is experiencing the same issue I have here.
Should I downgrade to ICS?
What have you tried exactly?
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gastonw said:
What have you tried exactly?
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wifi-on/data-off
wifi-off/data-off
wifi-on/data-on
wifi-off/data-on
it crashes and reboot itself whenever the wifi is on regardless data is on/off
did you try any other wifi signals?
Could be a router conflict.
I assume you've already deleted that account and registered again right?
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gastonw said:
did you try any other wifi signals?
Could be a router conflict.
I assume you've already deleted that account and registered again right?
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Yeah, I tried the wifi at work today, same issue.
I'm not sure if I deleted that account, but it usually didn't ask me to enter the password to login the wifi, it automatically connects when within the area. But now, it asks me to login everytime wifi is on.
Not sure if I answered your questions. Sorry, not an expert, but having a huge frustration. Thought this jelly bean would be awesome.... :crying:
endlessgalaxy2 said:
Yeah, I tried the wifi at work today, same issue.
I'm not sure if I deleted that account, but it usually didn't ask me to enter the password to login the wifi, it automatically connects when within the area. But now, it asks me to login everytime wifi is on.
Not sure if I answered your questions. Sorry, not an expert, but undergoing a huge frustration. Thought this jelly bean would be awesome.... :crying:
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I'm not an expert, just applying common sense that's all.
It's a good thing wifi at work didn't work. It points to wifi settings.
When you flashed, did you wipe?
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Flash different modem.
gastonw said:
I'm not an expert, just applying common sense that's all.
It's a good thing wifi at work didn't work. It points to wifi settings.
When you flashed, did you wipe?
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No I didn't wipe... Am I supposed to wipe?
well....factory reset won't harm your quest...
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Yeah.. u need to wipe... tried it and see howbis it going and come here agsin then
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TheATHEiST said:
Flash different modem.
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Thanks for your comment.
Again, sorry for asking the same question that you may have responded many many times. But how do I flash modem? I'm guessing I will have to download the modem and use odin to flash?
endlessgalaxy2 said:
Thanks for your comment.
Again, sorry for asking the same question that you may have responded many many times. But how do I flash modem? I'm guessing I will have to download the modem and use odin to flash?
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Bingo.
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gastonw said:
well....factory reset won't harm your quest...
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Ok, wipe means factory reset I guess.
So at this point, what do need to do? Downgrade to ICS -> Wipe -> Jelly bean update again?
endlessgalaxy2 said:
Ok, wipe means factory reset I guess.
So at this point, what do need to do? Downgrade to ICS -> Wipe -> Jelly bean update again?
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Reboot into recovery, "wipe data/factory reset" and "reboot system now" afterwards.
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gastonw said:
Reboot into recovery, "wipe data/factory reset" and "reboot system now" afterwards.
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Spending more than half a day to figure out this issue, I don't even know what I'm doing here, so I reboot and wipe data/factory reset.
It went back to factory ICS 4.0.3. Good thing I did backup all data before I did that, so didn't really lose anything.
Now I'm thinking if I want to try Jelly bean again....
Your comment please. And Many thanks for your previous comments. I do appreciate it.
endlessgalaxy2 said:
Spending more than half a day to figure out this issue, I don't even know what I'm doing here, so I reboot and wipe data/factory reset.
It went back to factory ICS 4.0.3. Good thing I did backup all data before I did that, so didn't really lose anything.
Now I'm thinking if I want to try Jelly bean again....
Your comment please. And Many thanks for your previous comments. I do appreciate it.
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lol, you didn't factory reset? it takes 2 minutes tops!
Wifi working now?
When going back to jb, wipe first and see if it works.
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gastonw said:
lol, you didn't factory reset? it takes 2 minutes tops!
Wifi working now?
When going back to jb, wipe first and see if it works.
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Yea, everything is back to normal (ICS 4.0.3) now. Wifi working okay.
Now, (since it's wiped and factory reset) I will probably update to JB again, see if it works properly this time.
The good thing is that, now I know that I can go back to the ICS in the worst case by wiping and factory reseting.
endlessgalaxy2 said:
Yea, everything is back to normal (ICS 4.0.3) now. Wifi working okay.
Now, (since it's wiped and factory reset) I will probably update to JB again, see if it works properly this time.
The good thing is that, now I know that I can go back to the ICS in the worst case by wiping and factory reseting.
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Lol, factory reset sets your current ROM's settings to default.
Remember when you flashed JB? You had to select language, google account and all that. Factory reset takes you to that instance.
FACTORY (ROM by Google) RESET (Settings back to default).
When I said reboot into recovery I meant Recovery mode, so you could get your JB ROM the way Google set it to work, no user configurations whatsoever, WiFi included
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endlessgalaxy2 said:
Yea, everything is back to normal (ICS 4.0.3) now. Wifi working okay.
Now, (since it's wiped and factory reset) I will probably update to JB again, see if it works properly this time.
The good thing is that, now I know that I can go back to the ICS in the worst case by wiping and factory reseting.
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I have same problem, it seems like common problem with bell updates. Please keep up the post, if problem is gone, i would do the same steps..
Thanks!
yonafo said:
I have same problem, it seems like common problem with bell updates. Please keep up the post, if problem is gone, i would do the same steps..
Thanks!
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Problem resolved and here's what I did.
1. Downgrade to ICS using Odin.
2. Wipe and factory reset in recovery mode
3. Upgrade to JB using Kies.
There's tons of posts regarding downgrading to ICS. I just picked one and followed the instructions. It gave me an issue that the phone freezed at the booting logo (I guess it's called bricked??), so I just wiped and factory reset the phone that lead to the stock ICS.

[Q] please help!!

hi,
i have a stock version of the galaxy s3 locked to vodafone.
it is running android 4.3
baseband i9300buunb1
kernal version 3.0.31-2429075 [email protected] #1 thu jan 23:47:54 kst 2014
build number JSS15J.I9300XXUGNA5
Not sure if any of the above will help.
i have recently been having unfortunately clock has stopped messages, also unfortunately, the process com.android,phone has stopped messages keep showing up on my screen. sometimes it comes up with hancent has stopped too. but that is very infrequently. the frequency of these messages are making my phone nearly unusable.
i have tried force closing the clock in the running apps and cleared data as some sites have explained.
i have searched for an answer to this problem to no avail.
i hope someone on here can help me find out how i can rid of these messages (or problem), without having to do a factory reset.
thanks in advance
You will have to factory reset, possibly reflash your rom as well.
boomboomer said:
You will have to factory reset, possibly reflash your rom as well.
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this is an unrooted phone. so reflashing a rom might be a problem if i have to root it 1st.
would the best way to factory reset, to do in through settings or through recovery.
i was hoping that factory reset would be the last resort to be honest.
thanks
tbish said:
this is an unrooted phone. so reflashing a rom might be a problem if i have to root it 1st.
would the best way to factory reset, to do in through settings or through recovery.
i was hoping that factory reset would be the last resort to be honest.
thanks
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I think a factory reset is your best bet now. Just back up your data and everything should be fine again.
It wouldn't let me even back up my data. Lost loads. But factory reset sorted it out. Many thanks
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tbish said:
It wouldn't let me even back up my data. Lost loads. But factory reset sorted it out. Many thanks
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CORRECTION,
woke up this morning and now it is saying Google play has stopped working and the phone is less usable. doing my head in now. i tried installing Google play and the error stopped. reinstalled and the problem came back/
any other help suggestions please???????
Unless you've modified something then, by flashing or restoring then your firmware is corrupting itself -probably due to nand memory failure. Try the test app from freezing thread in general forum.
I haven't knowingly changed anything in the firmware. But I have now forced an update through kies on my computer. Once again, so far so good.
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Honor 7 reboot when charging

Hello guys!
I have annoying problem with my PLK-L01. It everytime reboots when is fully charged. I am not sure when it started to happen so I can't say if it started after installing new app or Android update.
Anyone know what to do?
papi_CZ said:
Hello guys!
I have annoying problem with my PLK-L01. It everytime reboots when is fully charged. I am not sure when it started to happen so I can't say if it started after installing new app or Android update.
Anyone know what to do?
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Have you tried a factory reset after backing up all your data?
Charge it to 100% after factory reset, before installing any apps to determine whether its an OS issue or soma app is the culprit...
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papi_CZ said:
Hello guys!
I have annoying problem with my PLK-L01. It everytime reboots when is fully charged. I am not sure when it started to happen so I can't say if it started after installing new app or Android update.
Anyone know what to do?
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This is on stock , right?
Try a factory reset
It's not only you!
I have the same annoying problem - only seems to do it once it reaches 100% charge. And I think it only started when I installed the OTA update to B371. Stock too.
At some point I'll do a factory reset to see if that fixes it.
ggsaff said:
I have the same annoying problem - only seems to do it once it reaches 100% charge. And I think it only started when I installed the OTA update to B371. Stock too.
At some point I'll do a factory reset to see if that fixes it.
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Been noticing same issue a lot on its b371. I wonder if there's an issue with its kernel.
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Just do a factory reset. It will fix it.
ggsaff said:
I have the same annoying problem - only seems to do it once it reaches 100% charge. And I think it only started when I installed the OTA update to B371. Stock too.
At some point I'll do a factory reset to see if that fixes it.
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I suggest you to do a factory reset
I neve had this issue, but I always do a factory reset after each update, so maybe that's why.
Those who have this problem, just do a factory reset and check if it solves.
ViCioPT said:
I neve had this issue, but I always do a factory reset after each update, so maybe that's why.
Those who have this problem, just do a factory reset and check if it solves.
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I've had this even after factory reset, after updating to latest software.
Hmm, it's hard to say what is causing the issue
I didn't want to do factory reset, because I must install all my apps again. But I did it and it helped me.
Thank You
It was probably due to an app
Tmobilefan906 said:
Been noticing same issue a lot on its b371. I wonder if there's an issue with its kernel.
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on a different note, i had that same issue. it was in regards to the kernel i had flashed. are you using any kernel adjustment apps.? such as cpu master, kernel adiutor or the such?
ggsaff said:
I have the same annoying problem - only seems to do it once it reaches 100% charge. And I think it only started when I installed the OTA update to B371. Stock too.
At some point I'll do a factory reset to see if that fixes it.
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PalakMi said:
I suggest you to do a factory reset
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Thanks for everyone's suggestions! :good:
Just an update on my issue - I never did get round to that factory reset, but the OTA update to B380 arrived today. Since I installed that, it's not restarted while charging (yet!) .
papi_CZ said:
I didn't want to do factory reset, because I must install all my apps again. But I did it and it helped me.
Thank You
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This is the first time I heard a problem like this. Glad you fixed it.
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