Hi
My S3's camera flash randomly goes off. Seemingly more at night. Happens randomly, flickers, sometimes stays on for minutes. It stops when I open the camera app, but otherwise just seems to go off completely at random - doesn't matter what app I am in. Also happens when the phone is locked.
Anyone heard of this problem before? Any ideas how to fix it? Running 4.1.2, it's an I9300. It has always happened, flashing up to 4.1.2 the other week didn't change the behaviour.
Cheers
Steve.
bump.... anyone?
or am i destined for the repair shop?
Choices .
Restore backup .
Factory reset .
Flash stock firmware.
jje
Thanks for the response -- I've factory reset, and flashed a new firmware and it still occurs. Hmm... Is there a way to just disable the camera flash full stop? Don't really need it much...
Me two (three?)
Mine just started flashing randomly last night - pretty creepy at first as we couldn't figure out the source of light! Did it twice this morning so far, and at this point I'm just assuming it's because I upgraded to 4.3 yesterday (AT&T OTA update).
allenlook said:
Mine just started flashing randomly last night - pretty creepy at first as we couldn't figure out the source of light! Did it twice this morning so far, and at this point I'm just assuming it's because I upgraded to 4.3 yesterday (AT&T OTA update).
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mine was some build up of some white matter on the circuit board near the flash. probably when i spilt beer on it.
cleaned it lightly with a toothbrush and it's fine now - perhaps open it up and have a look?
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Hi guys! First off, I know this sounds like a common problem, but I've looked through several times and haven't found a solution yet.
I have a SGS2, came as 2.3.3 stock but upgraded a while back to 2.3.5 through Kies. It was working perfectly for as long as I remember.
About a month ago the battery started acting weird going from 80% to 20% in no time, heating up too, I do remember dropping the phone once during this period, but it was nothing (just thought I should include this, also, I usually leave the phone plugged into the charger overnight as I do not have a power source at work (i work outdoors) i probably need a battery replacement)
The screen brightness would sometimes flicker and then POOF! The phone shuts off...At first this would happen at any activity, nothing specific, BUT, I have noticed that it intensifies with the Facebook app.
Anyways, usually plugging the phone back into the charger and powering it up would bring it back online, but not this time. It would get stuck looping the animation of the 'S' at the beginning and no booting up. I have a valid warranty card which I'm guessing will get the phone either fixed or replaced but I need help to try to salvage whatever info I can get my hands on, preferably everything, but my memos are most important to me.
Thanks for the help!
sherief87 said:
Hi guys! First off, I know this sounds like a common problem, but I've looked through several times and haven't found a solution yet.
I have a SGS2, came as 2.3.3 stock but upgraded a while back to 2.3.5 through Kies. It was working perfectly for as long as I remember.
About a month ago the battery started acting weird going from 80% to 20% in no time, heating up too, I do remember dropping the phone once during this period, but it was nothing (just thought I should include this, also, I usually leave the phone plugged into the charger overnight as I do not have a power source at work (i work outdoors) i probably need a battery replacement)
The screen brightness would sometimes flicker and then POOF! The phone shuts off...At first this would happen at any activity, nothing specific, BUT, I have noticed that it intensifies with the Facebook app.
Anyways, usually plugging the phone back into the charger and powering it up would bring it back online, but not this time. It would get stuck looping the animation of the 'S' at the beginning and no booting up. I have a valid warranty card which I'm guessing will get the phone either fixed or replaced but I need help to try to salvage whatever info I can get my hands on, preferably everything, but my memos are most important to me.
Thanks for the help!
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are u rooted
try flashing the stock rom again and check if u face the same issue
I'm not rooted. I tried doing that using odin and got the stock firmware from sammobile. same thing happens, stuck at the boot.
a friend suggested i try to flash the stock ICS version, same thing.
sherief87 said:
I'm not rooted. I tried doing that using odin and got the stock firmware from sammobile. same thing happens, stuck at the boot.
a friend suggested i try to flash the stock ICS version, same thing.
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Weird. It shouldn't boot loop. You sure your version is GT-I9100 and not GT-I9100G? Since I'm in Riyadh, the latest version for GB here (Saudi Arabia) was JPKJ2, but that's for GT-I9100, dunno about the G version.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2
okay so with the help of a friend and this awesome forum, i managed to install cwm, from there i could take a nandroid backup, but i cant mount the phone as a drive or anything to copy the files, and i'm guessing i cant use this backup i just took to restore later because it'll just get me stuck at the same place im at now
i read that i can use unyaffs to extract files from the resultant backup image, so my question is, before i do a wipe, is there any other method through which i could get a backup of my stuff? the things i would very much like to get a copy off are my messages/notes/whatsapp history and pretty much anything really
thanks for the help!
Hello everyone!
A few weeks ago my phone started freezing randomly when navigating through menus, when turning on the screen or just during stand by. It reboots almost every night and I find it in the morning in the "enter pin" screen. I have been using the Omega Rom series for a long time, and I was using v38 when this began to happen, but by that time I had already been with the same ROM for a long time with absolutely no problem. Yesterday I updated to v39 and the phone is totally unstable, it freezes every 5 minutes and I have to remove the battery.
How can I know if this comes from a hardware or a software problem? Is there any way to log what the phone does so I can check what goes on by the time it freezes?
Thank you very much.
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Hello everyone!
A few weeks ago my phone started freezing randomly when navigating through menus, when turning on the screen or just during stand by. It reboots almost every night and I find it in the morning in the "enter pin" screen. I have been using the Omega Rom series for a long time, and I was using v38 when this began to happen, but by that time I had already been with the same ROM for a long time with absolutely no problem. Yesterday I updated to v39 and the phone is totally unstable, it freezes every 5 minutes and I have to remove the battery.
How can I know if this comes from a hardware or a software problem? Is there any way to log what the phone does so I can check what goes on by the time it freezes?
Thank you very much.
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you could try to do a logcat report.
did you try different kernels?
Yes I did, I tried the stock kernel and Siyah too, but I get the same problem. Any other recommendation?
I will get started with the logcat thing, I hope I can find something. Thank you!
My droid4 kep doing the same exact thing when I attempted to listen to my music player, and I ended up finding trojan and I didn't find it with any of the AntiVirus' that you find on Android I ended up finding it with pandas usb vaccine when I plug the phone in to the laptops usb port.. And it doesn't do it at all anymore
I tried 3 AntiVirus ' from Google, AVG + lookout+ .AND avast..!!! Nothing picked it up. :banghead:
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Yes I did, I tried the stock kernel and Siyah too, but I get the same problem. Any other recommendation?
I will get started with the logcat thing, I hope I can find something. Thank you!
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if it is not the kernel, I would try to setup the phone from scratch with first, a stock Samsung rom, see how it goes, and if anything is ok, flash a custom rom and test again.
Usually, for me, I do not stop with just a factory reset but use a "mega" wipe to delete (not format) anything related on the phone even if some think this is not necessary.
Dj Telo said:
Hello everyone!
A few weeks ago my phone started freezing randomly when navigating through menus, when turning on the screen or just during stand by. It reboots almost every night and I find it in the morning in the "enter pin" screen. I have been using the Omega Rom series for a long time, and I was using v38 when this began to happen, but by that time I had already been with the same ROM for a long time with absolutely no problem. Yesterday I updated to v39 and the phone is totally unstable, it freezes every 5 minutes and I have to remove the battery.
How can I know if this comes from a hardware or a software problem? Is there any way to log what the phone does so I can check what goes on by the time it freezes?
Thank you very much.
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Hi.
I've been having similar issues for over a week now. And have removed some programs and setting trying to find the cause. Eventually what has prevented freezing is when I turn the screen power saving in power saving settings on. I'm thinking the GPU might be somehow damaged or something.
I have only installed the official updates to the phone. Currently I'm at 4.1.2 NEE.
Ive been using custom roms for ages but got fed up with apps and certain not working so I wiped everything and installed stock ics via odin, I then upgraded all the way up to 4.1.2 via the Samsung upgrade utility but....... now my phone freezes sometimes ive never had this before. ...? Im on ella btu
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I have been doing further investigation and I've seen that it is not that the phone freezes, it is just that you cannot have any interaction at all with it. The screen is blocked, the buttons do not respond and the phone does not make any sound, but I know it is alive! I know it because whenever an app is doing something, after restarting the phone by pulling out the battery I see that that process has been completed or if I dial my own number from another phone I get tone, although the phone appears to be completely dead...
Does this situation have a name and a specific solution...?
see this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2122672
Hi
I was running on Omega v38 past few days, and my phone was running great.
Few days back my phone got totally stuck once, but a reboot fixed it.
Today I upgraded to Omega 40, and my phone started to freeze every few mins.
So I megawiped, and reinstalled it.
My phone got frozen in the set up screen itself.
Megawiped and installed Foxhound.it ran great for few minutes and gets frozen every 5-10 mins.
So I mega wiped and reinstalled Omega 38.
Same problem. Even during searching for Titanium backup, the phone got frozen.
By frozen, I mean the screen won't respond or turn off.
Only a reset would solve the issue.
I've also noticed that the phone is getting too hot during it.
Any fix?
Could it be an indication to SDN issue?
that's really strange have you wiped system during the "megawipe")) ?
i guess the only solution is to return to stock via odin and than flash again
Triangled Away
Flashed Stock Rom
Still the problem persists.
Even in Safe Mode.
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Triangled Away
Flashed Stock Rom
Still the problem persists.
Even in Safe Mode.
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Having the same problem over here, tried numerous roms (OMEGA v37-v40, CM10.1, Resurrection) no luck at all. Phone keeps randomly freezing. So I decided to go back to stock and unroot (for warranty reasons). Without any problems I unrooted my device, and installed a stock JB rom from my country (Netherlands). Traingle away, worked like a charm, but still, when installing apps and settings, I got random freezes, even on stock (official rom). As you said as well, screen would not respond, no hardware keys either. So decided to return it for warranty, and get a new phone/repaired hardware. Woke up, phone still running (very surprised), used it throughout the day, only a random reboot in the late evening and a single freeze. I really don't get how this bug/hardware problem works... Going to see what happens next couple of days, before returning for warranty... I also tried other tricks, such as in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37432509 not sure if it helped, but it sure looks that way. I also check if my EMMC was insane (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1993044&page=388) And it is, not sure however if this is related, because the sudden death problems mention not booting at all.
Good luck, keep us posted on your progress.
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Having the same problem over here, tried numerous roms (OMEGA v37-v40, CM10.1, Resurrection) no luck at all. Phone keeps randomly freezing. So I decided to go back to stock and unroot (for warranty reasons). Without any problems I unrooted my device, and installed a stock JB rom from my country (Netherlands). Traingle away, worked like a charm, but still, when installing apps and settings, I got random freezes, even on stock (official rom). As you said as well, screen would not respond, no hardware keys either. So decided to return it for warranty, and get a new phone/repaired hardware. Woke up, phone still running (very surprised), used it throughout the day, only a random reboot in the late evening and a single freeze. I really don't get how this bug/hardware problem works... Going to see what happens next couple of days, before returning for warranty... I also tried other tricks, such as in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37432509 not sure if it helped, but it sure looks that way. I also check if my EMMC was insane (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1993044&page=388) And it is, not sure however if this is related, because the sudden death problems mention not booting at all.
Good luck, keep us posted on your progress.
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My phone has finally died (SDS) after few days of random freezing.
Gave it to service center. They replaced it with a new Motherboard which is of 32 gb . :victory::victory:
eggman89 said:
My phone has finally died (SDS) after few days of random freezing.
Gave it to service center. They replaced it with a new Motherboard which is of 32 gb . :victory::victory:
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eggman, can you let me know which service centre in bangalore. I got my mobo replaced for an audio issue. They gave me a new Mobo with 16GB and the bad eMMC chip. Having lots of freezing issue.
cheers,
Vince
Hi there,
i've searched the net for help and didn't find anything similar.
my girlfriend and I both using galaxy S3 9300 4.1.2 bought in June.
In the last few week both of us suddenly saw that the phone turns off while it idle.
In most of the cases the solution was turn it back on, but sometimes it didn't help and we had to take the battery off and back on.
today I noticed for the first time that the phone doesn't really off- since the notification led still flashes.
I'm using apex launcher she use TW.
any idea anyone?
I will be grateful,
Thanks
Or
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both phone are stock rom
mine with the UK Rom
Her with the Indian Rom
both 4.1.2 virsion.
I am having the same problems since last week. Sometimes it also freezes in applications. The GUI thread is then still running because I can see animations from loading dialogs and the wifi indicator also blinks. When this freeze occurs, the device won't react on button presses (except very long press on power button to reboot). Also the device is not going into standby mode (screen off) after 30 seconds.
Maybe this is a side effect of the last update? I am running build version JZO54K.I9300XXELLA (Dutch intl version).
Edit: when it's stuck also the battery is drained very fast.
you might be right and maybe there is a connection between last update and all that bugs suddenly appears.
I update through odin to the newest firmware:
I9300XXEMB1 I9300OXAEMB1 I9300XXMB1 BTU
anyone have a clue?
Data wipe would be first start point really
I would start from that, but how come that it started on both phone at same time- doesnt it means its a software related?
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Data wipe would be first start point really
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oravi said:
I would start from that, but how come that it started on both phone at same time- doesnt it means its a software related?
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No idea to be honest, are they both stock phones? Rooted? Could even be something inane like a recent app update that isn't working properly, could be almost anything
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No idea to be honest, are they both stock phones? Rooted? Could even be something inane like a recent app update that isn't working properly, could be almost anything
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both unrooted, both running stock rom.
anyway if so, i guess you wont recommend to back all my app, right?
I would back then up, system data is most likely the cause, so my advice would be just restore app data only where necessary and important
Issue with S3
My bro Bought At&t S3 on ebay sent it to me in India
What happened is he unlocked it and sent me.
I was using it and was having battery issues so one of my friends told me to root my fone
i did it . It worked fine. I tried to put Resurrection Remix ROM on it .
It went fine put custom installationa nd atlast reboot .
Now it is stuck on BLACK SCREEN. Im actually an iOS convert. Its kind a rough for me to figure out what had happened to it
:/
HELP
roopn said:
My bro Bought At&t S3 on ebay sent it to me in India
What happened is he unlocked it and sent me.
I was using it and was having battery issues so one of my friends told me to root my fone
i did it . It worked fine. I tried to put Resurrection Remix ROM on it .
It went fine put custom installationa nd atlast reboot .
Now it is stuck on BLACK SCREEN. Im actually an iOS convert. Its kind a rough for me to figure out what had happened to it
:/
HELP
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You flashed an international i9300 Rom on to your AT&T 9300, they are different phones, and you are in the wrong forum
Hi all,
I had my Z4 Tablet from O2 yesterday, and it seems to me like it might have a hardware fault perhaps?
When I first switched it on, it booted up normally so I went through the initial setup, but halfway through it froze for a couple of seconds, then the screen went off and I got a flashing red light. Seemed to flash 3 short, then on the fourth flash it stayed on for a couple of seconds, before going off and the thing rebooted.
It seemed to work ok after it rebooted, so I messed around with it for a few minutes, but it froze again, red flashing lights, and reboot. It seems to do this randomly. Sometimes it can be ok for a while, but then bang, off it goes again. I'm not doing anything heavy, just browsing internet every time it's happened.
I did a factory reset, didn't install anything other than updates, and it is still doing it.
Mine is the UK Z4 Tablet LTE version, the SGP771.
I'm still within my 14 day cooling off period, so I want to resolve this asap. If it's a hardware glitch, it's going back.
Any thoughts?
could be a hardware glitch...
I see this (red LED) when I mess up with newer kernels - but then it is a bootloop and not intermittent.
What software version are you on?
Bootloader locked?
Branded firmware?
Tried an OTA Update?
DHGE said:
I see this (red LED) when I mess up with newer kernels - but then it is a bootloop and not intermittent.
What software version are you on?
Bootloader locked?
Branded firmware?
Tried an OTA Update?
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It's brand new, and completely stock.
Locked bootloader
O2 branded latest firmware.
It did it when there was no sim in it, or memory card, literally as soon as I turned it on and tried going through the setup. Since then it's been random. I can sit and watch a video fine, then it'll do it again while I'm just browsing.
It doesn't seem to be getting hot, just a little warm. Quite surprising cos my Z5 can get really hot sometimes.
I was going to try reflashing it. I'll get the firmware from XperiFirm later and try that and see.
I have 30 days to return it for exchange for a brand new one, so can't mess about too much.
I am sure "latest" has a number....
O2 branded latest firmware.
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With 28.0.A.8.251 or newer you should be fine.
If you have this already I would swap the device with O2.
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With 28.0.A.8.251 or newer you should be fine.
If you have this already I would swap the device with O2.
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Yes, that's the one I have lol (I just wasn't at home to check) and I think you're right. I'm going to speak to O2 and get it swapped I think.
Thanks for the advice, appreciate it :good:
Quick update …
I downloaded the O2 branded 28.0.A.8.251 firmware from XperiFirm and flashed it with Flashtool, said yes to the FSC script, and it flashed without errors.
It didn't wipe userdata (due to the script I think) even though I selected full wipe options in Flashtool, but that's fine. Didn't have to go through the setup again.
I ran a stability test in Antutu so it got pretty warm, then I downloaded some random game and ran it, ran some other apps. The tablet did get pretty warm. CPU Z was showing some temps up to 85C.
So far it hasn't reset once. I thought it might when it got hot, but it didn't.
I did go through the diagnostics and everything checked out as working properly, all the sensors seemed fine, speakers, mic, etc.
I'm kinda hoping it was only a glitch in the software, but it hasn't filled me full of confidence, so I'll be watching it like a hawk over the next few days.
When I'm happy that it's ok, I'll probably flash the CE1 region unbranded firmware (like I do on my phones) because they always seem to get the updates first, and I've already noticed the .260 update has rolled there.
Well fingers crossed. I'll be back with any updates.
Update . . .
. . . well, did it again, so factory reset, did it again, repaired it with Sony PC Companion . . .
. . . lasted 2 days, and it seemed as if it wasn't going to do it again, getting some good use out of it, then BYE!! Off it went again . . .
. . . Flashing red LED.
Rang O2 customer service and explained what it was doing, and they're doing a doorstep swap tomorrow for a brand new replacement so pretty happy with that.
In hindsight I should have rang them the first day because flashing red lights on a completely stock device is pretty much damn sure a hardware fault I reckon.
I'm quite surprised actually. This is one of many Sony devices I've owned. I started years ago when it was still Sony Ericsson, had a P900 which was way before it's time really, and had many more since, and this is the first one that's had a major fault.
Either way, should be solved tomorrow :fingers-crossed:
could be the battery warning light...
wise decision to swap the device!
a faulty battery or wiring...