Phone freezes in a weird way - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So my phone does some weird things.
It's a chinese iphone5 copy with android.
It is based on MTK chip. I flashed a few roms already on it, and it was okay. But a while ago, it started freezing.
So the freezing is quite interesting. The screen freezes, the sound continues to play but it doesn't react to any thouch input, not even to hardware buttons so I have to pull the battery out.
I tried reflashing old roms which have worked but still same thing. I don't know what can be the problem :-S
Can any1 help me? Does any1 have any idea what can be the problem? I heard something like this before, for other phone models, but the same problem, they flashed a new radio or baseband, not sure.
Please help
EDIT:
So it seems the problem was the SIM card itself! I don't know or why, but somehow the sim card kept freezing the phone. Now I just cleaned it's connectors and there is no freezing.
If any1 else has this problem, now you know what to do
PS.: Sorry for triple posts..

Any ideas? Sry for double post but I really need some technical advice :-S

So now I figured out it's even more interesting.
I was playing Sims Freeplay and the freeze occured, but the game still running so realized that somehow after freeze, the OS and apps are still running but it doesn't accept any type of input anymore :| What could be the problem?

It seems the problem is fixed. MODs please CLOSE THREAD.

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messed up phone.

hi, my phone has been playing up really bad. when someone tries to ring me it goes to answer phone. then the phone freezes. ive changed the rom so many times to try and overcome this problem, and nothings working. sometimes i lose GSM/3G connections and it wont connect back unless i take the battery out and restart it. its so annoying. ive upgraded the radio to all the avaliable ones and nothings changing. could anyone help me before i smash this thing up?
Thanks.
Sounds like a hardware problem to me
I don't know if it is the same problem as someone I know had, but it happened to his when it was on Vibrate mode. A change of the Radio and ROM did it for him. I think I started fresh by puuting in the 1.04 Bootloader for him. I will have to call him to ask if he still has problems.
have you tried to just hard reset it?
Probably you installed some application that is causing the trouble.

[Q] Problem, Stuck in Black screen doesn't wake up

Hello!
Well... I have this phone since yesterday... I plugged to the computer with Kies, and well, a update was available... now the phone have Froyo and the aesthetics changed completely, it looks awesome.
But, the phone have this ANNOYING problem that, after using it... like 5~10 minutes of no activity, when I try to use the phone again it doesnt work... doesn't respond to any button, I have to take off the battery in order to restart it and that over and over again...
I've realized also that this happens when I'm using wifi, if I left the phone with wifi on this happens, without wifi seems to work fine.
Somebody have any clue what could be? there's little information about this issue in the internet...
I think I'm going to return it but I want to try everything I can do (without voiding the warranty) since the phone was perfect for what I wanted.
Thanks in advance!
Hey. I got the same problem here. It only happened a few times when I just had froyo that came stock on my galaxy 5 but I recently installed cyanogenmod 7 and now its happening everytime I put my phone down.
So I'm guessing it may be directly related to what rom is installed? I've heard about it happening a bit to people who have 2.1 installed to.
I dont know too much but it seems the only fix is to take out battery and turn on.
Sorry I can't help more. I hope somebody knows a bit more than me on this.
Think this is called something like the 'wifi sleep of death', something to do with the rom. i'd try change the rom and see if it still occurs
Thanks for the hints tho!, but I returned the phone... it seems that is a bug related to the update of the phone, since I know that with the out of the box 2.1 version it doesn't have that issue...
You know, the mobile carriers also do weird stuff to the roms... -__-

[Q] "Insert sim card" error :(

Hi
Recently my S2 just stopped reading my SIM when I was going to call someone. Since then it has refused to read my SIM, or any other SIM for that matter.
To fix this problem I've tried resetting the phone to factory settings (in 3 different ways ( hard-reset.com/samsung-i9100-galaxy-s2-hard-reset.html )) with no luck.
I've also tried installing alternative ROM's, but with the same result.
The phone was already rooted with an insecure kernel when this happened, so warranty is long gone.
Though, one thing I did realize was that even though I did hard-reset the phone several times, some of the settings on the phone remained untouched, like my locking pattern and a few other settings. Does this mean that hard-resetting the phone isn't really an actual hard-reset? If that's so, is there any way to properly 100% reset the phone?
In short; I'm running out of options on how to fix this. I refuse to believe it's hardware related, just because I'm stubborn like that.
Any help would be greatly appreciated (really).
Habitats said:
Hi
Recently my S2 just stopped reading my SIM when I was going to call someone. Since then it has refused to read my SIM, or any other SIM for that matter.
To fix this problem I've tried resetting the phone to factory settings (in 3 different ways ( hard-reset.com/samsung-i9100-galaxy-s2-hard-reset.html )) with no luck.
I've also tried installing alternative ROM's, but with the same result.
The phone was already rooted with an insecure kernel when this happened, so warranty is long gone.
Though, one thing I did realize was that even though I did hard-reset the phone several times, some of the settings on the phone remained untouched, like my locking pattern and a few other settings. Does this mean that hard-resetting the phone isn't really an actual hard-reset? If that's so, is there any way to properly 100% reset the phone?
In short; I'm running out of options on how to fix this. I refuse to believe it's hardware related, just because I'm stubborn like that.
Any help would be greatly appreciated (really).
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You can refuse to believe in gravity too, but falling from high distances will still hurt.
If you tried more than one SIM in the phone and none work, but those same SIMs work in other phones, than more than likely, it is hardware related.
Did you check you imei?
078gregory brings up a good point. So if it's not missing IMEI info, THEN it's likely hardware.
Isn't it funny how everything suddenly works itself out once you cry out for help?
Today I've been trying around 10 different ROM's on the phone. Custom and stock. As one last attempt I gave a random ICS 4.0.3 march ROM a last try, and guess what. I got the SIM prompt. I can not believe it. So yeah, it's working now. I have no idea what caused it, but I believe the phone was stuck in flight mode somehow, and just needed an extra push to get out.
Either way, it's working like a charm now. Thanks for the replies though.
Habitats said:
Isn't it funny how everything suddenly works itself out once you cry out for help?
Today I've been trying around 10 different ROM's on the phone. Custom and stock. As one last attempt I gave a random ICS 4.0.3 march ROM a last try, and guess what. I got the SIM prompt. I can not believe it. So yeah, it's working now. I have no idea what caused it, but I believe the phone was stuck in flight mode somehow, and just needed an extra push to get out.
Either way, it's working like a charm now. Thanks for the replies though.
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Don,t forget to press THANKS button on ctomgee
Hi people. I have the same problem Habitats decribes. Mi s2 is stuck in flightmode and cant get out! i have reset the phone in every kind of way but no succes. Now i read here on this forum that flashing my phone to ICS 4.0.3 can help solve the problem. I'm on 2.3.6 now. This flightmode thing happened al over sudden. I have done nothing strange with the phone. Its not rooted either. I was planning to go to a samsung servicepoint and let them check whats wrong. But now i read this thread and see that i can relate to this problem of Habitats. I think a also will try to flash ICS 4.0.3 and watch what happens. But theres another problem. KIES don't recognize my phone anymore so what can i do? Can someone please help me out? Thanks in advance
I'm having the exact same problem, could you please tell me which rom worked for you Habitats? Thanks in advance!
Update:Last tuesday i went to the vodafone store were they have a samsung service department also. I explained my problem to them but they don't seem to recognize the problem. Although i read that many people here at xda's and over the internet have similar issues with this phone.Strange! So they sent it to the repair centre. Yesterday i could see in the track and trace menu of the repair centre that my fone was ready and send back to the vodafone store. Status: Boardswap. So they swapped the whole board! Didn't know that the problem was that serious! So i hope i can pickup my galaxy s2 soon this coming week!! I can't wait!I'm on my old HTC Touch HD now. Its ok with the windows but on Android....Arggghh!! Whatsapp is a pain and more. Its so laggy!. I will give an update soon again!

[Q] Touchscreen stops working randomly?? HELP!

Hello guys. I have a serious issue with my atrix. My touchscreen stops to work completely random. I've had this problem for a long time but when I restarted the phone, everything was ok for months. Yesterday it stopped completely. I was with the original ROM and put CWM and tried few roms. When I install new rom the touchsreen works perfect for X time. Last night I put jellybean and everything was ok for 2,3 hours. Then it started f*cking up. My phone rings and I can't pick up, turn off the display from the fingerprint button then turn it on again and it works. Later it got worse and now even a restart does not help. Phone works, rings and everything but I can't even unlock it?! I haven't tried changing the kernel yet, because I know nothing how to do that and there is not much how-to on the internet about that. I guess it's not a hardware problem, so maby it's the kernel. I'm quite a noobie in this stuff, but I read alot and I'll apreciate your help. 10x
Which Rom are you using
are you using leaked ICS or CM10/AOKP by epinter or Th3Bill.
before trying kernel i would suggest trying using a different rom, CM10 by epinter works fine for most of the users
Definately the problem was the kernel. I have some success, changed few kernels and the problem showed even trying to install CM10, you know the installation is made by touching stuff. Now i managed to make it work by installing 2.3.6 kernel + GB 2.3.6 and it is working so far. I'll test it for few days to see if it will die again and then try CM10 with the newer kernel. Last night I flashed CM10 and everything was ok for few hours, then the touch started making trouble and eventually stopped working completely. Will post update tommorow to tell if it is ok.
edit: It didn't last 1 hour, died again. Restart doesnt help. Phone works fine, but no touch response. Don't know what to do... different kernels and roms and same problem every time. Waiting for any ideas...
i have the same problem, ive tried a couple of different roms too. does your capacitative touch buttons stop working as well?
Try PDS Fix, else its digitizer
it looks more like a hardware problem, atrix digitizer are quite well known for such failures..
though i think it is not a PDS problem, i would suggest try PDS Fix once, it has helped a few
Get it from here --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1131649
If this doesn't work i would suggest get a new digitizer off and replace it.
It's sound like a hardware problem definitely.The first thing you should do is to check the ribbon cables and connections.If it does not help you may need to replace the touch digitizer panel.
ropin1 - Yes, the capacitative touch buttons stop working aswell.
I'd have to read more about this PDS fix, because I have no idea what're you talking about.
So you are saying, that I have to change the digitizer only? I saw on ebay, that you can buy the digitizer with the cable on it for about 20$.
edit: I just disassembled the phone and checked all the cables and connections. Everything seems fine to me. Reassembled the phone and the screen still doesn't respond. Maby I just have to get a new digitizer... :/

Please help me FAST. Screwed up friends phone :/

Hi there. I am in a bad situation.
My friends microphon was working badly when he was soeaking with me on his phone. He asked me if i could fix it. And yes i gave it a try.
I cleaned it with isopropanol and mounted it back togeather.
Now it is very laggy. And reboot itself. It cant make call or recieve call. When i call the phone it sometimes just vibrates after it restarts. Or it just does nothing then restarts.
So it ia not app related because it worked like a charm before ipening and cleaning. What can i do?
It is super slow almost not working. Please save my ass:crying::crying::crying:
davieboiii said:
Hi there. I am in a bad situation.
My friends microphon was working badly when he was soeaking with me on his phone. He asked me if i could fix it. And yes i gave it a try.
I cleaned it with isopropanol and mounted it back togeather.
Now it is very laggy. And reboot itself. It cant make call or recieve call. When i call the phone it sometimes just vibrates after it restarts. Or it just does nothing then restarts.
So it ia not app related because it worked like a charm before ipening and cleaning. What can i do?
It is super slow almost not working. Please save my ass:crying::crying::crying:
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What the hell did you do? Isopropanol? Do you even chemistry bro? Did you clean the ENTIRE phone? Also the motherboard? If yes, then all I can tell you is that you are, no other way round it, stupid. You never clean the phone when there is anything wrong with it. And I bet there are many more things that are wrong with it.
Unfortunately there is nothing to be done. You will have to apologise to your friend for breaking his phone.
Alright i made a mistake. I have seen people clean phone with ultrasonic cleaner ans isopropanol. And it works fine after that.
Does it help to factory reset the phone. Could it be any software related issue on it?
Or it must be hardware? Which component is broken i can take part fron other galaxy s3 and solder it on.

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