Hello guys. I need help here.
I had the official ROM 4.1.2 on my I9300 and I realized that sometimes it stuck so I flash Cyanogenmod nightlies and it was ok for about 20 days.
Yesterday it started doing the same thing with bigger frequency so I unrooted it and install stock rom and i format sc card from recovery. The problem persists with stock rom as well. Do you have a solution or any ideas what should i do?
Thanks
check the freezing thread in General
solution
Glebun said:
check the freezing thread in General
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so the only solution is to send it back? :/
If you don't find a way to fix it so send it back.
panais86 said:
Hello guys. I need help here.
I had the official ROM 4.1.2 on my I9300 and I realized that sometimes it stuck so I flash Cyanogenmod nightlies and it was ok for about 20 days.
Yesterday it started doing the same thing with bigger frequency so I unrooted it and install stock rom and i format sc card from recovery. The problem persists with stock rom as well. Do you have a solution or any ideas what should i do?
Thanks
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I'm currently having the same issue and it's really frustrating, I have it on the Galaxy S3 with 4.2.1 stock rom, I tried factory reset and it would not work, I flashed the phone with a custom rom for Paranoid Android 4.3 and it worked great for about a week, no issues at all, but then it started freezing when locked. I hate this and i'm thinking it might be a hardware issue since I've tried different software versions.
I don't know if it might be an app that might be causing this, basically when i lock the phone the screen turns of but then when i press the power button or the home button to turn on the screen it does not do anything, I know the phone is still on because sometimes if i get a text message i can see the blue led blinking and it will continue to blink even when it's frozen.
Even worst, if i'm listening to music and i lock the phone or if the screen times out and locks when i try to unlock it i can see it's stuck but the music is stil playing....
Also, if the phone is stuck and i try to call it, it will not ring not turn the screen on, it's not like the problem is just the physical buttons, i don't know what to do since the phone is out of warranty, I have never dropped the phone and there is no damage on it, it have never over heat either so i don't know what can i do.....
What you can do is read the faqs and guides first .
Freezing and SDS threads .
UNDERSTAND FIRST
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2362743
Network IMEI EFS
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2393289
Downgrade and network problems .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2531221
Phone Freezes
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2133401
Sudden Death .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2091045
RETURN TO STOCK
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=232384
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So today I wanted to unlock my Phone with the PIN-Code, suddenly the resolution of the Samsung Galaxy S3 changed to a minimal resoultion and went to the top of the Screen, I couldn't restart because I didn't see the Power-Off "function".
So I took the battery out of the phone, waited some time, and put it back in, then there was the same problem and I couldn't do anything, so I thought it's maybe a Software Issue, so I went to the Download-Mode (Volume Down + Home Button + Power Off/On then pressed again Volume Down to get into the Mode, btw I couldn't see anything expect the red "!" at the Top.
So I reseted my Phone to the default Firmware (I had CM10.1) with Odin, and the Problem was still there, so I thought you guys could help me maybe ;/
Is it a Hardware Issue or a Softer Issue?
Do I still have a gurante?
What do I have to do?
The phone is like 4-5 months old btw.
Thank you!
//First it happens like in "Photo_2" then some time later it happens like in "Photo_1".
Guys, please help me :/
Looks like hardware failure to me, you have tried flashing stock Rom, did you factory reset after the flash?
HOUZEEE said:
Guys, please help me :/
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You will get no help by not following the rules and bumping posts .
You have no warranty.
Flash stock rom via Odin and read the return for warranty how to post .
jje
Well I can't see anything so no I couldn't do a factory reset, and I heard that if you got a Hardware Issue that you will get a gurante, is that correct?
HOUZEEE said:
Well I can't see anything so no I couldn't do a factory reset, and I heard that if you got a Hardware Issue that you will get a gurante, is that correct?
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No.
Root or custom rom or certain types of damage void warranty .
Phone unable to power on then its likely that root would never be noticed .
jje
JJEgan said:
No.
Root or custom rom or certain types of damage void warranty .
Phone unable to power on then its likely that root would never be noticed .
jje
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Well you can Power on it, but if you go into the DownloadMode you can't see how often I flashed my i9300 (or let's say you can't see if i flashed my phone), so will they notice that I flashed it somehow?
can you go into recovery by holding the power+ volume up button?
Hi,
I have been having loads of issues lately with my GS3, it works for about 3 or 4 minutes then crashes and restarts. or shuts down completely. if i leave it to charge then i don't have any guarantee that when i wake up in a morning that it will even be switched on!
It's all a bit random and some days i can barley use the phone, it will restart and crash for literally hours on end, even when i remove the battery for 30mins and put it back in, it continues.
I have been reding up and i suspect i have this sudden death thingi thats affecting phones, i checked using the little app and i do have the version that is affected.
so yesterday i installed cm-10.1-20130311-NIGHTLY-i9300 but i'm still having the same issues as before. is there anything i have missed?
Many thanks
Bahney said:
Hi,
I have been having loads of issues lately with my GS3, it works for about 3 or 4 minutes then crashes and restarts. or shuts down completely. if i leave it to charge then i don't have any guarantee that when i wake up in a morning that it will even be switched on!
It's all a bit random and some days i can barley use the phone, it will restart and crash for literally hours on end, even when i remove the battery for 30mins and put it back in, it continues.
I have been reding up and i suspect i have this sudden death thingi thats affecting phones, i checked using the little app and i do have the version that is affected.
so yesterday i installed cm-10.1-20130311-NIGHTLY-i9300 but i'm still having the same issues as before. is there anything i have missed?
Many thanks
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Through recovery format sd card cache system data preload.
Boot to download mode and flash stock rom .
TEST without installing any apps .
jje
JJEgan said:
Through recovery format sd card cache system data preload.
Boot to download mode and flash stock rom .
TEST without installing any apps .
jje
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Thanks for the reply, where is the best place for the stock ROM ? my galaxy s3 is a uk model on the orange network
Many Thanks
Bahney said:
Thanks for the reply, where is the best place for the stock ROM ? my galaxy s3 is a uk model on the orange network
Many Thanks
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download the EMB5 UK firmware. its in the general section mate
here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646610
elspanish88 said:
download the EMB5 UK firmware. its in the general section mate
here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646610
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Just wanted to say thank you for your help, i have put it back to stock rom now and so far so good no crashes and it looks like it has sorted the sudden death issue.
I can't do an over the air update though, so i'm not sure if i am on the latest version but if im honest i don't care! as long as it works
Thanks again for your help and advice, it isnt un appriciated.
Hi everyone,
Complete Noob here, and not proud of it.
I've been searching through your awesome forum now for the past few days trying to get an answer to a problem I have with my GT-I9300, but unfortunately i just seem to keep coming up with more and more problems. So begrudingly I have come to beg for help in the form of a new thread.
I had the phone running rooted with CWM and Cyanogen 10.1 with a fair amount of problems, it kept locking up.
So i was advised one of the best solutions would be to use a more stable version of Cyanogen so re flashed with 9. It worked pretty brilliantly up until some apps were updating and it just completely froze, at the time this was not a strange occurance because of the previous freezing issues i had. So i just restarted the phone.
I then get a message that the firmware has become corrupted and i need to re-install emergency firmware with Kies, tried this. nothing happened.
It has now come to only allowing me to boot into download mode, if i attempt a standard boot, or a recovery boot it goes into a white screen, which almost looks like static on an old analogue TV.
I am at my complete end with this phone, I have tried many re-flashes and versions of PDA files via ODIN and nothing has worked, I always seem to get a PIT Partition error.
I have now been trying to get this to work for at least 20 hours of my life and its finally enough, I would just be incredibly thankful if someone could let me know the problem and if there is a solution to this, I am yet to find anyone else suffering with this white static picture on boot.
When i boot into download mode, i get the red ODIN MODE setting, no product name, no custom binary download, the current binary is 'Samsung official' and the system status is custom.
I have tried reflashing to samsung stock, and that even fails.
Many thanks in advance. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Reads as you need a service centre either damaged PIY or more likely damaged Nand .
jje
JJEgan said:
Reads as you need a service centre either damaged PIY or more likely damaged Nand .
jje
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Agreed.
Please people, don't go back to ICS! It is unable to prevent your eMMC from death.
I heard that version 9 doesn't have the sudden death fix :/ Sorry mate you gotta take to to repair center.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app
cheers everyone. I think deep down i knew that this would be the case.
Big expensive bill for me coming up i imagine.
Thanks again.
Service centre say my phone wont boot i this the sudden death syndrome .
Is what i would ask and just look dumb .
jje
coop_80 said:
cheers everyone. I think deep down i knew that this would be the case.
Big expensive bill for me coming up i imagine.
Thanks again.
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Sudden death :/
Hello!
I have a pretty bad situation going on with my phone. A couple of days ago I got a new battery for it off eBay, and I also flashed ParanoidAndroid 3.97. Around this time the phone kept crashing, the screen would freeze and then nothing. I tried doing a factory reset, and this fixed it for a while. Today it froze, so I turned it off, and it wouldn't boot back into android. I reflashed the ROM, and a load of other ones, but it refuses to boot at all. The closest it gets is the "finishing boot" stage of Android is upgrading and then it just reboots. I am now at a loss.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I can provide extra details if you need it.
George
First what model phone is it .
Second read the faqs and guides .
Third read the Freezing thread .
jje
JJEgan said:
First what model phone is it .
Second read the faqs and guides .
Third read the Freezing thread .
jje
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It's a GT-I9300, I've read everything there is - I know how you guys hate to be bothered by noobs who can't read.
George
Use the original battery, not ebay one. Flash an official stock 4.1.2 rom then factory reset before booting, check for any error messages in recovery.
If it still freezes before booting finishes then probably needs a new motherboard.
Also, don't pull battery or turn off while it's frozen -it's usually trying to deal with bad memory blocks and should resume if left long enough.
boomboomer said:
Use the original battery, not ebay one. Flash an official stock 4.1.2 rom then factory reset before booting, check for any error messages in recovery.
If it still freezes before booting finishes then probably needs a new motherboard.
Also, don't pull battery or turn off while it's frozen -it's usually trying to deal with bad memory blocks and should resume if left long enough.
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Thanks for the advice. Is it possible that motherboard issues could have been caused by plugging it into my ASUS TF700 wall charger? I can't believe that Samsung would let that be a thing that could damage it and I only did it once but still.
Will try out your tips ASAP
Thanks
George
EDIT: No dice Thanks for trying
No, a charger would not damage the motherboard.
Hi,
last night my phone went out of battery and in the morning I put it in charge when I looked back at it was frozen on charging logo(the logo wasn't moving)
I had to take the battery out and after that if I put the battery in early it turns on by itself, If I keep the battery out for a moment and then plug it init keeps being off until turn it on and then freezes with s3 logo.
I tried hard reset it gives me an error of "failed to mount system invalid argument"
My phone is normal s3 I9300 with all automatic updates installed.
I had installed no programs recently just did an update of softwares earlier during the day.
Regards
Reza
Please go first to the FAQS and Guides and read the FREEZING thread and the SDS thread .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2133401
My phone is stock at the booting logo, and doesn't even show the recharging animation. the thread here is about phones freezing and then unfreezing themselves
aldrinmcmie said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2133401
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SDS thread
this threat is about old androids as far as I know I had the latest firmware released for S3 installed.
any ideas?
Read the faqs and guides or take the phone to a service centre
raymound said:
My phone is stock at the booting logo, and doesn't even show the recharging animation. the thread here is about phones freezing and then unfreezing themselves
SDS thread
this threat is about old androids as far as I know I had the latest firmware released for S3 installed.
any ideas?
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Enter recovery mode (hold home + volume up + power)
choose wipe data / factory reset
raymound said:
My phone is stock at the booting logo, and doesn't even show the recharging animation. the thread here is about phones freezing and then unfreezing themselves
SDS thread
this threat is about old androids as far as I know I had the latest firmware released for S3 installed.
any ideas?
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why olds? As you can read, people even with newest Android version has SDS issue, 'cause newest Android version can't make you safe 100% from SDS because it's hardware issue.