[Q] S3 - Dead Condition - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi guys,
Yesterday, I have encountered a strange problem with my S3. I was using CM 12- Beta 1. I had a strange bug with charging. Unless I enable unstable charging power, the charging rate falls down to 100mA. So, I have used @JustArchi's ArchiKernel ( @Moster2's build ) for LP. I have used kernels like Archi Kernel, Boeffla Kernel with unstable charging power enabled since past few months and had no problems previously.
I, then kept my phone for charging and when I saw it after 5-10 min, a charging animation with 0% battery shown up and the device got hot. I took off the charger and tried to switch on but it didn't work. I'm only able to switch on the device when it is connected to charger. But, it got stuck at Samsung logo. I have quickly entered the download mode and flashed a stock rom via odin.
I'm trying to switch on while charger is connected but the phone keeps on switching off at Samsung logo or even before the appearance of Samsung logo. When I left it for charging, the same thing started happening. Charging animation shows up and suddenly it becomes like a dead phone and restarts again to show up charging animation. Once, I was able to get past the boot screen to Samsung's lock screen but it switched off within fraction of seconds. What could be the problem? Is this an end to my S3? Please help me to find out the problem.

chvenkatf said:
Hi guys,
Yesterday, I have encountered a strange problem with my S3. I was using CM 12- Beta 1. I had a strange bug with charging. Unless I didn't enable unstable charging power, the charging rate is falls down to 100mA. So, I have used @JustArchi's ArchiKernel (@Moster version) for LP. I'm using this kernel with unstable charging power enabled since past few months and I have no problems previously.
I, then kept my phone for charging and when I saw it after 5-10 min, a charging animation with 0% battery shown up and the device got hot. I took off the charger and tried to switch on but it didn't work. I'm only able to switch on the device when it is connected to charger. But, it got stuck at Samsung logo. I have quickly entered the download mode and flashed a stock rom via odin.
I'm trying to switch on while charger is connected but the phone keeps on switching off at Samsung logo or even before the appearance of Samsung logo. When I left it for charging, the same thing started happening. Charging animation shows up and suddenly it becomes like a dead phone and restarts again to show up charging animation. Once, I was able to get past the boot screen to Samsung's lock screen but it switched off within fraction of seconds. What could be the problem? Is this an end to my S3? Please help me to find out the problem.
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You need battery replacement.

JustArchi said:
You need battery replacement.
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Thank you Archi. Is it because I have enabled unstable charging power?

chvenkatf said:
Thank you Archi. Is it because I have enabled unstable charging power?
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Can't tell you. It may be that, or your battery simply ended it's life. Nobody will assure you that unstable charging is secure, moreover, under certain circumstances it may NOT be secure.

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Galaxy S2 don't turn off but reboot!help!

hello...i hope that someone can help me....when i try to turn off the device,it shut down and after few seconds reboot?why?
also simetime the phone don't turn on and on screen i see a green battery with a thermo....someon can help me?
Did you find the answer to this? i am sending my SGS2 back for replacement. i have the same errors plus the following.
Phone selects speaker rather than earpiece as default for incoming/outgoing calls
Phone on ocasions randomly starts Kies and Voice commands even if there is no physical contact with the phone
sometimes the phone defaults back to a launcher i have never seen before (it is not touchwiz) and i have no idea how to launch it without it doing it automatically.
The faults you mentioned can be bypassed with a battery pull but they are annoying, I didn't have these problems until i upgraded my firmware through Kies to KE7.
I have an O2 branded device.
woody_2k said:
Did you find the answer to this? i am sending my SGS2 back for replacement. i have the same errors plus the following.
Phone selects speaker rather than earpiece as default for incoming/outgoing calls
Phone on ocasions randomly starts Kies and Voice commands even if there is no physical contact with the phone
sometimes the phone defaults back to a launcher i have never seen before (it is not touchwiz) and i have no idea how to launch it without it doing it automatically.
The faults you mentioned can be bypassed with a battery pull but they are annoying, I didn't have these problems until i upgraded my firmware through Kies to KE7.
I have an O2 branded device.
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same issues to me... I'm trying to fix it flashing a stock rom without good results yet In the meantime I'm waiting for a USB jig from ebay before to send it to technical service
I have a I9100M(BELL) flashed with cognition 1.32 with same problem.
Randomly my phone will:
-go into driving mode
-answer calls in speaker phone mode
-start alarm clock
-think its charging when the cable is not plugged in
-Reboot it self/turn it self on when its off
-wont connect to computer or charge even when cable is plugged in.
I need to send it in for repairs what should i flash? there is no bell branded firmwares or roms.
jinxedsoul said:
I have a I9100M(BELL) flashed with cognition 1.32 with same problem.
Randomly my phone will:
-go into driving mode
-answer calls in speaker phone mode
-start alarm clock
-think its charging when the cable is not plugged in
-Reboot it self/turn it self on when its off
-wont connect to computer or charge even when cable is plugged in.
I need to send it in for repairs what should i flash? there is no bell branded firmwares or roms.
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Exactly the same to me
How do you flash congnition? just over the stock rom with odin?
did you flash modem?
Absolutely same here, since coming from CM7 to VillainRom.
Never had that before.
I´m waiting and watching it and your results!
Thanks for this thread.
That's why I don't root the phone..it works fine.
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pachi72 said:
That's why I don't root the phone..it works fine.
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This has nothing to do with root access.
I cannot believe that any problem related just because you have access to your system.
Back to topic, flashed back to cm but problem persists.
It's getting really bad near to flashing stock and bring it back to change device if someone knows what it is could be helpful.
I also have this problem. I think it has something to do with the usb port.
Because sometimes it just scans for media, or it thinks it is charging. Really weird! Then i just put in the charger and it stops for a while. Turning off will just reboot the device. And removing battery and plugging it back it also just reboots the phone.
I hope it is not hardware related...
I was looking for help for a problem I have but this seems to cover most of the problems I'm having.
Mine has recently started going into a strange mode after shutting it down. I get the battery charging symbol alternating with the "battery overheating" symbol.
The only way to stop it is to remove the battery for at least a couple of hours (if you put it straight back in it automaticly starts up and goes back to flashing the battery warnings) or pressing Power, Vol+ and Home and choosing Reboot.
I have also noticed its very slow to respond to plugging the charger in or out. It doesn't always wake-up and bleep when the charger is put in and it stays showing its charging for some time after the charger has been removed.
I was told that the charger should be removed as soon as charging is compleated but surely overnight is the only time we have available to charge these phones!
Depending on the custom rom or kernel you are using, it might not support off mode charging.
To avoid having a "problem" with charging the phone in off mode, some developers decided to make the phone boot up when the phone is been charged when the phone is off.
Going back to an official stock ROM fixes this problem.
cyanogen mod 7 said:
cm_galaxys2_full-23.zip (2011-08-15 08:48:18)
Enable power off charging (LPM) (android_device_samsung_galaxys2)
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As for Cyanogen, since built 23, you can charge the phone when it is in the "off" state. Please wipe out your userdata partition before flashing. Do not restore from a previous backup.
I fixed my reboot problem (rebooting instead of turning off) by letting the battery drain all the way so it couldn't boot anymore. Tried turning it on to see if it really doesn't go on anymore. After that I plugged in the charger and I got the charging-symbol and it did not turn on so I kept it charging overnight while turned off and in the morning it was finished and turned it on.
I also cleaned the usb-port on the phone with a toothpick. It had alot of dust stuck in it which I couldn't see. After that no more problems...for now. They haven't returned for 2 days now.
WoollyBully said:
I was looking for help for a problem I have but this seems to cover most of the problems I'm having.
Mine has recently started going into a strange mode after shutting it down. I get the battery charging symbol alternating with the "battery overheating" symbol.
The only way to stop it is to remove the battery for at least a couple of hours (if you put it straight back in it automaticly starts up and goes back to flashing the battery warnings) or pressing Power, Vol+ and Home and choosing Reboot.
I have also noticed its very slow to respond to plugging the charger in or out. It doesn't always wake-up and bleep when the charger is put in and it stays showing its charging for some time after the charger has been removed.
I was told that the charger should be removed as soon as charging is compleated but surely overnight is the only time we have available to charge these phones!
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What kernel and rom are you using? I have not seen the battery overheating symbol on the sgs2.
No, there is no need to remove the phone from charger, when the phone gets to what is considered full, the battery will stop charging by itself.
Are you using the original samsung charger that came with the phone, or are you using a after market charger? Most of these USB chargers do not send a signal on the data lines. When using these chargers, the phone becomes laggy and unresponsive, there is also a delay to register anything on the touch screen. Stay away from these chargers.
For lithium batteries just charge it whenever you feel like it. Lithium batteries have a few thousand deep charge cycles, meaning if you use up all the power, then charge it,you use 1 deep charge cycle. However, if you use the micro cycles for charging, you can charge the batteries a few million times. Leaving the battery on empty for too long will damage the lithium battery.
Can any one confirm if this is a hardware or software issue as i now have the problem when i try and switch the phone off it will just reboot?
The Same issue occurs in my sgs2
hi everybody,
i just got my sgs2 ten days ago
everything seems good at first
then i realized screen standby lock lag problem, there exist a lag between 1 second to 2.5 seconds.
i ignore that due to it cannot be named as a problem, it seems like a bad characteristic
then yesterday , i have faced with another problem
after i have docked the phone to the original vehicle dock kit,
phone cannot be closed via power button , i hold it 1.5 seconds then chose turn off among list, phone looks like to be turned off then after a little while it just vibrates and reboots. That is phone cannot be turned off, it s somehow turn itself on again.
Whats the reason of this problem ?
In another forum one faced with the same problem said that it turned out to be normal when the battery is erased but the problem is occured again after docking.
micro usb connector
I droped my phone in the water, got it alive again, but with all the error(overheat battery symbol, no stable usb connection, reboot when i power off, 100% charged not going away) replaced the micro usb connector with a new one.
Some problems are gone but i still can't connect to pc (kies, debug etc), poweroff problem still happen sometime.
Conclusion: It is not only the usb part of the phone that are causing this problem.
But I do belive its a hardware problem.
Have you phone maybe got to much to drink too..
usb port???
I've recently been experiencing the same problem
When I turned off my phone it switched on again!
And removing battery and plugging it back it also just reboots the phone.
Sometimes the USB connector and charger are confused
Do solved the problem by changing the USB port?
plz help me
Thank you in advance for helping me
This is definately a hardware issue. Clean the usb connector, failing that it will need replacing
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[Q] S2 won't boot after battery depletion

Hi,
Few days ago I forgot to reload the battery. Now that I try to bootup the gt-9100 it only shows battery logo with loading sign. It won't react to any button presses, so i can't get to download mode or to recovery mode.
I flashed CyanogenMod 9 Nightly a week ago. It worked like charm until now.
Does some one here have any kind of suggestions I could try?
Thanks..
How can you be sure that the battery has enough energy to boot the phone as you can still see that it is charging? Eventually the battery should be reported as fully charged.
when it depleted i connected it to charger and left it there to a whole night.
it should have enough charge.
just tested some some key combinations and i got good results. when i push vol down + home + power before i put battery back to the phone, i get to the odin mode.
now i have to find usb cable somewhere.
I got it flash new rom to it. First time the problem still persisted.
After trying some new button combinations and after flashing cmw i got it boot up.
Few seconds after fully booted, it powered off and i got same battery logo that does nothing. I'm starting to wonder that the problem is somewhere in the battery or the battery charger system.
Yes, might be a problem of the battery or the charger. If possible you should first try this battery in another phone and/or another battery in your phone.
If you have the possibility to charge the battery outside the phone that too would we worth to try.
For me it looks like your battery is empty but I might be wrong.
Flashed it again with a samsung stock rom. Now its staying alive.
Now it notifies me every few minutes that "Charging paused. Voltage too high.".
The phone is not currently connected to charger.
My guess is that the battery has gone bad. Unfortunately i don't have any other batteries or phones that i could test.
I think i have to go and buy a new battery.
hakovala said:
Flashed it again with a samsung stock rom. Now its staying alive.
Now it notifies me every few minutes that "Charging paused. Voltage too high.".
The phone is not currently connected to charger.
My guess is that the battery has gone bad. Unfortunately i don't have any other batteries or phones that i could test.
I think i have to go and buy a new battery.
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Actually, this sounds like the port may be bad. You could try cleaning it... But you'll probably have to replace it.

[Q] Note 2 won't boot unless connected to charger.

The title says it all. My brothers Note 2 will only boot past the Galaxy Note 2 boot screen if it is connected to the charger. It doesn't matter if it is a USB or wall charge. If the phone is connected to a power source it boots into the system fine, however, once you remove it from the power source it turns off. I was wondering if it could be a bad battery but the charge is showing it at almost 80%. Has anyone ran into something like this before? If I try to boot the phone without it being connected, it sits at the Note 2 screen for about 15 seconds and then shuts itself off.
I'm not really sure but it sounds like the internals of the battery are closing up (shorting). Are you able to get another battery to test and see if it is the battery?
Note 2 - Boots , Loops, No SDS Detected as per eMMC checker on play store
chrisjm00 said:
The title says it all. My brothers Note 2 will only boot past the Galaxy Note 2 boot screen if it is connected to the charger. It doesn't matter if it is a USB or wall charge. If the phone is connected to a power source it boots into the system fine, however, once you remove it from the power source it turns off. I was wondering if it could be a bad battery but the charge is showing it at almost 80%. Has anyone ran into something like this before? If I try to boot the phone without it being connected, it sits at the Note 2 screen for about 15 seconds and then shuts itself off.
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Having same issues
Seems it hardware plus software issue.
Running 4.1.1 Jelly Bean
Happened after installing few games .
Goes in constant boot loop
Can start by attaching power cord only to socket.
With USB attached to Laptop .. still goes in loop
Powerbank is workaround.
Seems to reboot when saving to sd card ..
Will keep posted
technoracy said:
Having same issues
Seems it hardware plus software issue.
Running 4.1.1 Jelly Bean
Happened after installing few games .
Goes in constant boot loop
Can start by attaching power cord only to socket.
With USB attached to Laptop .. still goes in loop
Powerbank is workaround.
Seems to reboot when saving to sd card ..
Will keep posted
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The problem, after getting a stock image back on the phone, ended up being a bad battery. The phone wouldn't hold a charge even though the charging image showed otherwise. Once you get a working image on there, try replacing the battery. I ordered an eight dollar cheapo battery from Amazon and it worked like a charm.
chrisjm00 said:
The problem, after getting a stock image back on the phone, ended up being a bad battery. The phone wouldn't hold a charge even though the charging image showed otherwise. Once you get a working image on there, try replacing the battery. I ordered an eight dollar cheapo battery from Amazon and it worked like a charm.
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I second this. My phone went down Saturday. Thought it was something with CyanogenMod 11, but flashing back to stock did nothing. Replaced the battery, haven't had any problems since.
chrisjm00 said:
The problem, after getting a stock image back on the phone, ended up being a bad battery. The phone wouldn't hold a charge even though the charging image showed otherwise. Once you get a working image on there, try replacing the battery. I ordered an eight dollar cheapo battery from Amazon and it worked like a charm.
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Thats first thing i did .. checked different battery ..
Battery is fine .. its not battery issue .. atleast in my case ..
i checked for SDS .. my phone has no SDS insane bug either .. though symptoms were same .
I have backup phone, using it.
I showed for mobile repair.
Said he will solve it .
So plan to take tomorrow.
I can root and all..
But after this booting dont want to brick it ..
So plan to do it via the mobile repair shop
Had same issue. Solved after replace the battery.
I have the same issue right now as well. I was on stock for awhile and used casual one click method, switched between a few roms. Than it started happening after that. So I flashed back to stock on odin and still have that issue. Havent figured it out yet.
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Boot cycle loop
DX.Deception said:
I'm not really sure but it sounds like the internals of the battery are closing up (shorting). Are you able to get another battery to test and see if it is the battery?
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I have had this issue and replacing the battery did the trick. I was having issues with the battery beforehand. once the battery showed as being at 17% the phone would start the reboot cycle and not fully boot until it was plugged in.
Have same problem here.....All these started when I replaced my bulge battery. New battery doesn't hold power below 20%. Phone goes off in boot cycle until plugged in a charger
Try to boot on USB/PC data connection
When connected t PC-system will boot to a point. PC indicates new connection then looses it and Note 2 returns to flash screen. Problem start when using corporate email and encrypted data. Works w/o error connected to wall charger. Disconnect crashes system. Flashes screen forever. No diagnostics. Did all SW reboots. Doubt battery, but will try.
suntreepops said:
When connected t PC-system will boot to a point. PC indicates new connection then looses it and Note 2 returns to flash screen. Problem start when using corporate email and encrypted data. Works w/o error connected to wall charger. Disconnect crashes system. Flashes screen forever. No diagnostics. Did all SW reboots. Doubt battery, but will try.
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Did you ever test a new battery/figure it out?
Mine is doing the same thing I think. I only boots if connected to a wall charger. If connected to PC with USB it will boot to the [T-Mobile in my case] boot screen, connect to PC for a split second (long enough to make the connection sound in windows, then I can't find it) and it stays on that screen. Without being connected to either, or after pulling plug, it turns off.
Same problem here with mine
can't be just the battery because it will stay on w/o charger when in download/recovery mode or if it gets stuck on the Verizon screen.
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model SCH-I605
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build KOT49H.I605VRUFND7
hardware version I605.06
I'm having the same issue but i can boot into recovery without the charger.

[Q] Overheating and not turning on !

I rooted my phone with Cyanogenmod 11 (nightly) two weeks ago, it was fine, no issues. On monday morning phone was fully charged, but with very little to no use it was completely discharged in 7 hours. When I connected phone to a charger (original and working) it didn't want to turn on, it did NOTHING, black screen. When I borrowed battery from my brother's S2 wich was charged almost fully, it booted KitKat but it showed that the battery has to be recharged. I put it back to brother's phone but it showed only approx. 15% less than before, it was okay. I tried charging my phone with brother's battery, but it was incredibly overheating , not like when you play games, I was afraid it was going to blow up. It is overheating even when phone is turned off and charging or even when normally turned on, on battery. I tried enabling airplane mode, I even installed stock ROM with Odin, but it is still overheating. It is not overheating near the camera but on the left side of the screen, I don't know what that chip is there for. Stock ROM now gives me error after 2 min. saying "Charging paused, battery temperature too high." Now my battery is discharged and phone is unable to charge it, only black screen again. Could this be done by rooting it with Cyanogenmod ? it was the only ROM that I installed through the step-by-step process on their site and for couple of days it worked fine. Is this a hardware issue that would occur even if I wouldn't root my phone, also is it somehow fixable, or would I need to change motherboard completely ? PLS HELP !
Yuki8san said:
or would I need to change motherboard completely ?
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That.

[Q] Battery problem

I'm having battery issues with my Galaxy S III, it doesn't boots ROM while not charging, i'm getting bootloop on Galaxy S III bootlogo, but recovery works (still have flashing problems when charger isn't plugged) . Also when i plug out charger when phone is on, phone shut downs immediately or after some time (forced one). When charging phone, operator gets unavailable sometimes and sometimes i see weird things on screen and it shuts down or reboots. I'm using ArchiDroid 3.X with ArchiKernel.
P.S Battery level isn't reliable, it changes after reboot.
First flash stock firmware and factory reset, then see how many problems remain.
Madness. said:
I'm having battery issues with my Galaxy S III, it doesn't boots ROM while not charging, i'm getting bootloop on Galaxy S III bootlogo, but recovery works (still have flashing problems when charger isn't plugged) . Also when i plug out charger when phone is on, phone shut downs immediately or after some time (forced one). When charging phone, operator gets unavailable sometimes and sometimes i see weird things on screen and it shuts down or reboots. I'm using ArchiDroid 3.X with ArchiKernel.
P.S Battery level isn't reliable, it changes after reboot.
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Can you also try using another battery?
Madness. said:
I'm having battery issues with my Galaxy S III, it doesn't boots ROM while not charging, i'm getting bootloop on Galaxy S III bootlogo, but recovery works (still have flashing problems when charger isn't plugged) . Also when i plug out charger when phone is on, phone shut downs immediately or after some time (forced one). When charging phone, operator gets unavailable sometimes and sometimes i see weird things on screen and it shuts down or reboots. I'm using ArchiDroid 3.X with ArchiKernel.
P.S Battery level isn't reliable, it changes after reboot.
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simply you have to buy another battery
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