My phone started to hang after screen timeout (need help) - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi guys.
Today at morning my phone stucked while i was talking with my friend. Then a strange problem appeared. If i lock screen or timeout itsell, my phone just doesnt wake even i hit all the buttons i just have black screen.
However i could connect it to computer, recieve notifications on notification light but screen just stays black.
First i did a factory reset, doesnt work, flashed a different rom it doesnt solve.
Now i could only use my phone until the screen locks itself also booting stage started to take hell longer with that problem maybe related i dont know.
I dont have a secondary phone to use dont know how to solve this problem. For temporal, i make screen timeout for ten minutes and everytime i had to unplug battery.
Thanks.

Stock rom or custom? Different kernels or mods added?
First go back to a fresh installation of stock rom to test if you have a hardware fault.

boomboomer said:
Stock rom or custom? Different kernels or mods added?
First go back to a fresh installation of stock rom to test if you have a hardware fault.
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thank you for your anwser
was cm, now o stock.
i think ****ty thing is hardware related damn.
i flashed back o 4.0.4 after hitting menu button screen got light after 30 seconds... damn 4.1.2, 4.2.2 stock or cm only black.

If it does it on 4.1.2 stock, after full wipe then warranty repair required.

boomboomer said:
If it does it on 4.1.2 stock, after full wipe then warranty repair required.
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will do. thanks.

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[Problem] Power Button doesn't work properly ?

Hey guys,
I have flashed last leaked XXLPB, my phone worked for two days like a charm, today I've rooted it with CF root but after that the power button won't work properly anymore, when I press to lock the screen, It doesn't lock the screen and put the phone to sleep nor it wake it up. It just turn off/on the screen. Also holding it down doesn't even give me an option menu (Power off, Airplane mode....), it shuts down immediatly.
Well I tried to wipe data/factory reset and flashed XXLPB again via odin... but still having the same problem
I really appreciate any help out here....
Flash stock firmware & see if you still have the problem. If so, clearly a hardware issue/return to Samsung/your telco for repair/replacement.
If you don't have the problem with stock, then it's clearly a prob with the rom.
MistahBungle said:
Flash stock firmware & see if you still have the problem. If so, clearly a hardware issue/return to Samsung/your telco for repair/replacement.
If you don't have the problem with stock, then it's clearly a prob with the rom.
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I told you I have stock XXLPB on it, this problem happenned suddenly, I think after rooting... but I flashed stock again... I don't thing it's a hardware issue because it occurred in minutes when I had the phone in my hand....
It's a leak. It's an alpha. I mean proper/stable stock. Gingerbread stock. Officially released/supported by Samsung stock. Clear ? Good.
OK, so given what you've said in this post, you think it's a soft/firmware issue. Go back to stock & prove it. Or disprove it which would point to a hardware problem, despite your seemingly great surprise that somehow a rather fickle piece of electronics had a failure of one of it's mechanical/non electronic bits. (Hint: these things do fail. More often than not without warning).
bahaa89 said:
I told you I have stock XXLPB on it, this problem happenned suddenly, I think after rooting... but I flashed stock again... I don't thing it's a hardware issue because it occurred in minutes when I had the phone in my hand....
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flashed stock 2.3.5 and problem solved, thanks

sgs2 over night dead?

hey,
prehisory:
last night, my phone were somewhere in my bed, cus i fell asleep. the wohle night i'm charging my phone always.
(happened a few times, but i think this time i slept over my phone)
next morning i woke up, picked up the phone & wanted to use it, but it got a freeze screen, was medium-temperatured (not more than a little gaming).
didn't thought anything bad, i pulled out my micro usb charger and forced a restart by contiounsly press power.
problem now:
it booted up as normal but it took really longer than usual. it seemed to freeze sometimes during boot, sometimes i canceled booting, and tried another time..
really really strange behaviors happened, but after a long time just let the phone boot, i got dropped to my homescreeen. all was looking good except the whole status bar just wasn't there. damn.. but ok, tried another 1-2 boots, to see if it get stable after a while but that doens't changed anything..
i can't eitgher get into CWM, just into download mode.
ideas?
i thought overheated but i guess that my phone either would'nt boot up (cpu burned) or stays at black screen (gpu burned)?
so i tried getting into CWM which doesn't worked. then i flashed official samsung ics via odin -> boots up till the coulorized "S" appears, stays in this state, and keep bootlooping (see this when the animation starts by this kind of flowers again)
tried another older stock rom, the same. stock kernel, the same, cf-root with CWM4, the same, i cant even then get in CWM..
any idea??
i'm goin crazy on this.. too much money wasted if this wont work -.-
...........
cabloomi said:
flash a rom like hydrog3n rom, it doesnt need you to fully wipe so most likely you wont get a boot loop, once youve tried that, post here and ill reply
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Which part of "i can't eitgher get into CWM, just into download mode. " did you not understand?
OP:
Just flash a ICS rom for now and later you can try to see if it works or not. (CWM)
Have a good day.
Can you get stock recovery?
From Odin flash cwm, not the CFRoot one. than try it, strange you can get download mode but not recovery.
You have to wipe to get rid of boot loop
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beston94 said:
Which part of "i can't eitgher get into CWM, just into download mode. " did you not understand?
OP:
Just flash a ICS rom for now and later you can try to see if it works or not. (CWM)
Have a good day.
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Unfortunately the poster that replied never bothers to read the OP and just shoves out any old nonsense .
jje
so, finally i got it back,
did this howto: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458
so now i'm back on stock ICS samsungs rom.
flashed the suitable CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXA_LPH-v5.2-CWM5.tar
but now i can't access the CWM menue, by pressing power, vol up, home
?
When you say you can't access recovery, what's happening?
PROBLEM SOLVED
YOU FORGOT TO USE THE HOME KEY
1. Put 1 finger on home
2. Put 1 finger on volume up
3. Put 1 finger on top of power
4. Press them all together, and as soon as you see the anything on the screen, let go of everything
>>>>next time try to look up a guide on how to get into cwm recovery<<<<
cabloomi said:
PROBLEM SOLVED
YOU FORGOT TO USE THE HOME KEY
1. Put 1 finger on home
2. Put 1 finger on volume up
3. Put 1 finger on top of power
4. Press them all together, and as soon as you see the anything on the screen, let go of everything
>>>>next time try to look up a guide on how to get into cwm recovery<<<<
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i did, it doesnt accessed cwm. never mind tryin around solved it.
now all fresh installed off samsungs official, but it isnt as good as before:
still slow bootup, and my status-bar is missing after booting (using latest miui which i also had before this problem, so formerly it was working)
after bootup, touch keys and all other won't response, so if bootup to lockscreen -> wait til screen goes off -> u cant wake the phone, or u have to wait a while maybe it light up for some reason.
any ideas?
hardware damage? i hope not..
no i think you need a good wipeing. but you need to find a way to get into download mode, dont give up try it 3 more time's, dont keep pressing the after the buttons logo apears
try this or its hardware............ you do any deviation and you are on your own.
remove your external sdcard and dont put it back until you are sure your phone works
as per your above post you can access cwm
1: format data / cache / system / sdcard or emmc [system is a must]
2: format preboot / boot [cwm 5.5 or some alternat if option available]
3: download stock i9100 ROM from checkfus (prefer) or sammobile
4: flash using odin, after first boot dial *2767*3855#
5: do not sign in, use for half hour or so, if you think it works sign in to google.
6: do not restore any thing, no titanium backups/restores
7: do not put your sdcard
if your phone works now you know its not hardware now do whatever
thanks mate you strength my opinion and hope that it isn't hardware.
i already had an stock ICS samsung rom on it, with sd mounted all worked fluently and well. (LPH rom). so i flashed a suitable CF-root with CWM, get in there, flashed custom ROM (latest miui + siyah kernel, the same combination i used for month and it worked).
so but what causes these problems i have? before it was fast booting and stable, now slow and the status bar is missing, the rom wont boot up in a normal way, i have to "bully" my phone while boot that i can see the desktop..
?
And your problem suddenly changed!
Custom ROM issues, download again, download something else, wipe, flash again.
Sent from my GT-I9100
atifsh said:
And your problem suddenly changed!
Custom ROM issues, download again, download something else, wipe, flash again.
Sent from my GT-I9100
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yes it seemed like that, but i cant understand why it happened over night? i didnt used the phone and whoos! i woke up and all's screwed up? <,< d**m
Next time be clear, no problem on stock means, no problem but user problem.
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atifsh said:
Next time be clear, no problem on stock means, no problem but user problem.
Sent from my GT-I9100
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it changed, as i wrote before.
btt any ideas?

Galaxy S3 stuck on sleep mode

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

Bootloop, Not rooted

So my phone started restarting randomly. It will only show the Samsung logo turn off and do the same thing again. Its not rooted and I am pretty sure that its not from something I installed recently (Everything was from the play store and no immediate problems after any of them). When I did the hold volume up,down and power it would only keep on restarting still. But when I just hold volume down it comes to something else that asks if I want to install a new rom. So I was wondering what I should do. Install a new ROM and then revert back ? or will that not work? Also I have a extra I717 with a broken screen I could swap the insides and see if that would help. Also I don't know much about rooting and stuffs. Lemme know what I should do guys! :highfive:
Klmnnoooooo said:
So my phone started restarting randomly. It will only show the Samsung logo turn off and do the same thing again. Its not rooted and I am pretty sure that its not from something I installed recently (Everything was from the play store and no immediate problems after any of them). When I did the hold volume up,down and power it would only keep on restarting still. But when I just hold volume down it comes to something else that asks if I want to install a new rom. So I was wondering what I should do. Install a new ROM and then revert back ? or will that not work? Also I have a extra I717 with a broken screen I could swap the insides and see if that would help. Also I don't know much about rooting and stuffs. Lemme know what I should do guys! :highfive:
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Could be stuck power button. I know, I know, " but its clicking just fine". That doesnt mean anything. Flick the back of your phone a few times.
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Thats not it
Yeah I read that It might be the problem but Its still happening with the case removed.
Klmnnoooooo said:
Yeah I read that It might be the problem but Its still happening with the case removed.
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Take out the battery. Insert the battery without touching anything else. Does it just power on itself or does it stay off? If it does turn on, you might have a stuck power button. Let us know what happens
did that too :/
I did that too. It would turn off and on again but only show the Samsung logo then restart again. Also I have the case removed so It cant be the power button being stuck and I have tried the battery thing still nothing.
Whatcha mean? It would turn on by itself once the battery is inserted or you would have to press the power button. Once the battery is out and then inserted back in, it is not supposed to be powered on by itstelf. If it does turn on by itself, then the power button is most likely pressed in.
Yayodroid said:
Whatcha mean? It would turn on by itself once the battery is inserted or you would have to press the power button. Once the battery is out and then inserted back in, it is not supposed to be powered on by itstelf. If it does turn on by itself, then the power button is most likely pressed in.
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I have a I717 doing the same thing. (Eg. device boots and seems to function for a about 2 minutes locks up and reboots. )
As the device was stock when it started having this issue I figured it might be an OS issue Factory reset to it would leave the device booting to optimize applications then reboot. Checked power button checked it was clean.
Also staied on when in recovery without issue.
As I figured this was an OS issue I installed CWM
Downloaded and installed SlimBeam
Device booted and completed instlation and operated for about 2 minutes and rebooted.
Device will does not have any issues with in CWM or Odin. I
I read alsowhere that the internal SD-Card filesystem might have become corrupted and need to be reformated however I have yet to find instruction or confirmantion.
Anyone have some ideas?
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to Tal Star.
1. When you were in CWM and were about to flash, did you wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache and dalvik cache then do the flash? Or just flash?
2. So either os it would do the same? Stay on for about two minutes, then reboot? Would it reboot back into the os and do the same?
Yayodroid said:
to Tal Star.
1. When you were in CWM and were about to flash, did you wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache and dalvik cache then do the flash? Or just flash?
2. So either os it would do the same? Stay on for about two minutes, then reboot? Would it reboot back into the os and do the same?
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Full Wipes every time tried a few diffirent roms no diffirnace.Stock, SlimBean & a couple CM ports.
Tal_Star said:
Full Wipes every time tried a few diffirent roms no diffirnace.Stock, SlimBean & a couple CM ports.
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So right now you can boot up into the os and it will turn off in 2 minutes? or just given enough time? Will it boot into the os each time? I dont think ill have an answer for it, but i bet someone that does will want to know the same things to possibly narrow it down
Yayodroid said:
So right now you can boot up into the os and it will turn off in 2 minutes? or just given enough time? Will it boot into the os each time? I dont think ill have an answer for it, but i bet someone that does will want to know the same things to possibly narrow it down
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Naw it starts optimzing the Applications and lasts a few minutes reboots locks up and starts again. SlimBean completes the process and makes it all the way to the launcher but after a same amount of time it reboots. back to the launcher. (Slim bean has a resonable number less Apps and that's why it completes or is my best guess)
Tal_Star said:
Naw it starts optimzing the Applications and lasts a few minutes reboots locks up and starts again. SlimBean completes the process and makes it all the way to the launcher but after a same amount of time it reboots. back to the launcher. (Slim bean has a resonable number less Apps and that's why it completes or is my best guess)
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I really wouldnt know about that. Hopefully someone will come by and help you out. I wonder being on the latest recovery would help if youre not already and then doing it all over? Hopefully someone more experienced will chime in.
Could be a corrupt download.
Again, I always flash rom 2 times. You can get different reactions from 2 seperate flashes. 2 time seems to get a more solid installation.
Wait your 10 and reboot.
Still think its a power button issue. It can act normal but still be the problem. Hows you battery?
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HAAAAA I hope some one finds this trouble... having the same issue Here... Does your phone starts up correctly when sim card removed? Mine does when sim card removed and pluged into coputer or wall plug.... Did the same steps you did with no effect either... could it be a power management problem ??? :silly: This is getting me nuts...
captemo said:
Could be a corrupt download.
Again, I always flash rom 2 times. You can get different reactions from 2 seperate flashes. 2 time seems to get a more solid installation.
Wait your 10 and reboot.
Still think its a power button issue. It can act normal but still be the problem. Hows you battery?
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I dobut it's a download. I use CWM to flash from an external SD card. However I did try reflashing like you suggest with no change. The battery is fine as far as I can tell, like I said it will stay online in recovery on battery for what seems like forever.
daversv09 said:
HAAAAA I hope some one finds this trouble... having the same issue Here... Does your phone starts up correctly when sim card removed? Mine does when sim card removed and pluged into coputer or wall plug.... Did the same steps you did with no effect either... could it be a power management problem ??? :silly: This is getting me nuts...
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Nope I am working on the one I have with the SIM Card out & SD card out.
happens
So what I done so far is taken out the sim and sd card. Took out the battery put it back in and when I power to turn it on It vibrates (like it normaly would when it starts) then shows Samsung logo turns off and loops. I tried doing the hold volume up down power thing and it does not work. But what does work is when I hold volume down it takes me to a custom OS thing. I don't know what that is but I cant get there. So maybe put a custom OS in and then revert it back?
So I used Odin and put 4.1.2 Jelly Bean Official Firmware but its still doing what it was doing before.Used 3.07 and it said it passed fine. Should I try a different rom or something else? Also the first time it starts up after installing the rom it goes past the logo to the ATT ball animation logo freeze there and turns of then when I turn it on from there it will loop at the samsung logo again.
You can try the firmware upgrade and initialization feature in kies. It will return your device to the original factory firmware, software, and settings. If it still loops after that you have hardware issues.
Ok so I guess im making progress now. After I put the stock rom (Different one from befor) It DIDNT BOOT LOOP well it did but only looped 3 times then stoped. Also there are 2 Samsung logos. the frist one was just normal logo ( same one I was having befor ) then the screen turns off and shows the same logo but this time its a little bigger its white with a blue glow! ( Made it further this time but still crashes afterwards) BUT now I can actualy get into the Manual mode. I did a wipe data/factory reset in that mode which didnt help i wiped the cache too. Still didnt help.
Now in manual mode my computer does recognize that something is connected to it now but it tries to configure it and keeps on failing. And so samsun kies cant connect to it either.
But from where I started at its a improvement
My Note is doing the same thing too now, but I know the reason why. I was trying to install clockworkmodrecovery so I would be able to upgrade to jellybean and I think I flashed a kernel that was meant for rooted phones (pretty dumb of me I guess). So now the phone is stuck and I'm going to try to install the original jellybean 4.1.2 for rogers and hopefully that will fix it.
As long as you can get into Odin download mode, your phone can be fixed.

[Q] Stuck exiting Airplane Mode

I have this issue with my HOX+ and have read many threads on here from people with the same problem. I have tried different things suggested in these threads but nothing seems to works and these threads are fairly old now.
My question is does anyone know if it can be sorted and has bottomed what causes this issue?
Thanks Matt
Still in need of some help please.
Matto216 said:
Still in need of some help please.
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You are on stock ROM, no rooted anything and it's virgin?
Swipe down the status bar, switch to quick settings screen, tap the airplane icon two times (on and off) and wait for 1 minute with screen on.
soralz said:
You are on stock ROM, no rooted anything and it's virgin?
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I am on stock ROM yes and have tried various things suggested on here to solve this issue. Bootloader is unlocked and rooted. I have tried to install ARHD but once installed I end up in a situation where it gets to the HTC splash screen and then the phone turns itself off. (charge light flashes red in a similar fashion to when a hard drive is being read). It will never start up so I have to revert back to the stock ROM via TWRP recovery.
/\/\ said:
Swipe down the status bar, switch to quick settings screen, tap the airplane icon two times (on and off) and wait for 1 minute with screen on.
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I wish it was that easy.
Matto216 said:
I am on stock ROM yes and have tried various things suggested on here to solve this issue. Bootloader is unlocked and rooted. I have tried to install ARHD but once installed I end up in a situation where it gets to the HTC splash screen and then the phone turns itself off. (charge light flashes red in a similar fashion to when a hard drive is being read). It will never start up so I have to revert back to the stock ROM via TWRP recovery.
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You can:
After installed ARHD ROM with recovery, flash boot.img and flash back the stock recovery, it should solve crazy LED and offline charging issue. Because I am on CM11 with stock recovery installed. Now working fine.

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