Ive been having issues with my phone not allowing background data in most situations, apps will not update until I turn on wifi, apps i already have that are online ( clash of clans, simpsons tapped out, Show box, Google maps, etc ) will either not load until wifi is on or take multiple retries before they work. Ive flashed the stock rom back to the device, factory reset, wiped dalvik multiple times, even got another sim card from Verizon and it still isnt working unless im on wifi. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I have a 7100 sg3. I factory reset because my friend got a hold of my phone while I was asleep and tried deleting bloatware. In the process he seems to have gotten rid of, or made to stop working, the app that keeps calls log, as well using the dialpad on the phone to dial a number causes the phone app to freeze and crash, afterwards it says contacts crashed. After a phone call is completed the phone freezes until a message pops up saying that phone.sec has crashed.I also can't install apps wether from the market or 3rd party apk.
I've checked all the files that are related to these apps and they're all still there. Though obviously not operating properly. Oh another thing is that when I go to the application manager it doesn't show me how m much memory any one app is using. Also can't clear cache data.
Any and all ideas will be appreciated, comments to factory restore will be scoffed at
While seems it does do something since when resetting up my tablet this morning after a factory reset it gave me a few apps to restore. However, in the manage backups in the Google Drive app, and in the Google Dashboard no backup data is listed. If I go to manage my backups, it just says there are none and to turn it on, and wait. Except that it has already been on. It is very frustrating because my LG V10 died on me getting stuck at the "Life's Good" screen, and I've been trying to find a good backup solution for future devices and it just seems that there is no good backup solutions without root. Does anyone else have this issue?
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I've had a Samsung Galaxy S3 for ages, unfortunately for me, the phone recently just switched off, then on, then won't go past the "Samsung" screen. Ah, I thought (well, something a bit more sweary) - but I had a backup identical model phone in case one broke, so I started using that. Moved all my apps, installed banking app etc, and then happy.
Or so I thought...
The new (well, it's an old phone, but one I haven't been using, bought as back up) phone now switches off when charging every night, an issue which was going to switch to me charging it during the day when I can stare at it and see if anything happens to make it switch off, but then I realised it switches off each night even when it isn't charging.
I have a bigger battery to hold a charge for a few days, and so even when I don't charge it, just have it next to me as I sleep - and next morning it will be off. I presume it might be switching off around 5am... this is only a rough guide as if I switch it back on, and flick through the phone, I see my unread emails are up to around 5am, and then after a few minutes it logs back into the internet etc and brings me newer emails.
I first thought it was that it kept switching off when charging... but now I know it does it at (I presume) the same time every night even when it's not charging. Can't use it as an alarm clock anymore, as it's off before the alarm goes off. Anyone have any idea what's happening?
Did you copy all of your data and settings?. Most likely you have a software conflict going on.
I highly recommend you backup your data from all 3rd party apps. Do not backup your system apps data, google data, apps or games that cloud sync or phone settings, ie wifi passwords etc.
You must allow samsung apps, google and other cloud apps to sync their own way and you must calibrate the phone for wifi manually.
Beyond that you'll need to reflash stock firmware and start over using the guidlines I have given you above after restoration of the firmware (and root if required).
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I assume when I installed on the other phone, it switched settings when I log in to various things. Because I installed everything asap, I've no idea if one thing is causing the issue.
How do I get the phone to calibrate manually? Apologies, I'm not great with techie stuff I add the wifi details, and logged into settings - is that manually? Things are backed up to themselves, so when I log back in it resets to previous settings when it syncs. Should I try and work out how to prevent all things from backing up manually? Haven't logged back into any games, although they might be installed, haven't actually signed in or used them.
How would I go about reflashing stock firmware? Doesn't sound like anything I've ever done before, but up for a challenge
By manually i mean just setup wifi yourself rather than allowing a backup. Same for system apps.
The app data will contain references to the old phone which will confuse it. All of that must be rewritten on the specific device to match the phones identity.
3rd party apps are usually OK with backups but still shouldn't be trusted, but they don't usually bootloop the phone. They just force close instead.
Flashing firmware will reset the phone back to factory and rewrite the operating system, removing any software bugs in the process. To learn how to use odin you can find countless guides online too.
A straight forward "factory reset" via either the phone software or the recovery menu could solve the problem rather than flashing.
If I were you, I'd just factory reset it and then allow the phone to run for a few hours to see if the problem reoccurs in a factory state. If the phone asks for a google login just use the normal account and allow all updates to happen but switch off backup and sync for the short term. If all seems good then you know there was a bad app somewhere.
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By manually i mean just setup wifi yourself rather than allowing a backup. Same for system apps.
The app data will contain references to the old phone which will confuse it. All of that must be rewritten on the specific device to match the phones identity.
3rd party apps are usually OK with backups but still shouldn't be trusted, but they don't usually bootloop the phone. They just force close instead.
Flashing firmware will reset the phone back to factory and rewrite the operating system, removing any software bugs in the process. To learn how to use odin you can find countless guides online too.
A straight forward "factory reset" via either the phone software or the recovery menu could solve the problem rather than flashing.
If I were you, I'd just factory reset it and then allow the phone to run for a few hours to see if the problem reoccurs in a factory state. If the phone asks for a google login just use the normal account and allow all updates to happen but switch off backup and sync for the short term. If all seems good then you know there was a bad app somewhere.
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Ahh, cool, gottcha! Ok, will try soon. Surprisingly, I've switched off the phone every night instead of it auto-switching off at around 5-6am, and surprisingly it's so far going well. Had it on for 3 days and only at 47% now, so it's promising, still does switch off occasionally during the day, but I've just ignored that. Will do a factory reset in the next couple of days and report back Thanks for the help
At some point over the last 2 or 3 months, Google Backup stopped working with no notice (except for photos and videos). Samsung is still able to back things up, but that apparently only works manually, and we all know about manual backups. I've tried turning off Google Backup for a few days and turning it back on, but I was wondering if there's a program on my phone I can force stop, or clear cache, and it will magically start working again without the terror of deleting and reinstalling my Google account, or factory reset.