When I do "Shutdown" it restarts... The OS goes thru the entire shut down process, the display turns off, then the keylights, and then it boots up. Same thing if I pull the battery. As soon as I put it back in the phone turns on without touching the Powerbutton. Ofc I don't turn off my phone like never, but still the idea that it does so kinda bugs me. It didn't do this from the beginning but dunno when it started, I observed it couple of days ago when I accidentally pressed shut down instead or reboot. The issue is ROM independent.
Any clue? HW Problem ?
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Ivan.
This has been answered several times here, so I guess thats why no one has replied.
Basically its the clock.
Uncheck the time auto update.
Change the date and time to something random.
Power down the phone, and pull the battery before it reboots.
Wait a min out two, and power up.
Select the time auto update, and allow it to sync.
Reboot, and you should be good to go.
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Didn't touch the time settings. Just pulled the bat for a longer period. It shuts down now.
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I have just received my new phone from the insurance company as my last one got stolen. At first it seemed fine, I put it on charge, reset the phone and logged into Google. After a few minutes I went to check on it and I cant get it to turn on (or maybe its turned on but the screen isn't).
What should I do? Is this a common thing? Thanks.
Did you pull the battery, reinsert it and hold the power button down for a few seconds?
Also, when you were charging with the phone off did you get the charging graphic on the screen?
hEaTLoE said:
Did you pull the battery, reinsert it and hold the power button down for a few seconds?
Also, when you were charging with the phone off did you get the charging graphic on the screen?
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Thanks for the reply, i think i have fixed it now.
A better explanation of the problem I was having:
After a small amount of time the phone would freeze and very slowly the screen would fade to black, like the power to the screen had been taken away.
Even after pulling the battery, it wouldn't turn back on unless I waited without-battery for a while.
How i think i fixed it:
Waited a while with the battery out and turned back on, when i managed to turn it back on it had a half downloaded 4.0.4 update (could this have caused it?)
I kept trying to make it last long enough to download the whole update file, luckily it resumed from where it was last.
After installing the update it's been fine.
Sounds like a case of 4.0.2-itis.
4.0.4 is the wonder cure for all phone problems!
Late last night while playing games on my phone it froze and I had to hold in the power button to reset it.
When it powered back on, it froze almost immediately, powered down after a couple of minutes, turned back on and repeated the cycle. As I was already in bed I plugged the phone in and assumed it would fix itself and be fine in the morning.
Except it isn't. This morning the phone is very warm and is still poering on, freezing and powering off. If I do a battery pull and turn it on myself, it does the same thing so right now I've just got it turned off.
I noticed when it turned on that Google Wallet icon would appear in the status bar and it was at this point that the phone froze. I was able to go into Rom Toolbox before the Wallet icon appeared and managed to disable Google Wallet at startup, but this had no effect. I went into recovery and cleared cache and dalvik, this had no effect.
What may be causing this power cycling? I haven't installed any new apps in days, I haven't downloaded anything, and I turn my phone off and on every morning and it's never done this before.
If it helps I'm on Freeza's deodexed stock unrooted MD4.
Check to see if the power button is stuck
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Check to see if the power button is stuck
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I think it's fine. It can certainly be pressed with no problem and it seems to release itself as normal. I am going to try restoring a backup from last week and seeing if it still does it after that.
I would recommend maybe doing a FULL Wipe, and Flash. Might be a Bad Flash.
Sounds like the sudden death syndrome which is the power button failure. The physical button looks and feels fine its the internal contact which meses up. Try tapping on it or blowing some compressed air into the power button area. My understanding is they repair this as its a known problem.
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Recently my Captivate glide has been having many issues. Originally it started when my phone would just randomly turn off for no reason, I attributed this to overheating and figured maybe it was a normal thing. Eventually it got to the point where the battery would hold no charge and I could not power on the phone. I replaced the battery after noticing that it was swollen and this seemingly fixed the issue. Though after a week or so I noticed there were still a few problems with it in regards to it going off randomly and coming back on but nothing major. Last week though I was at the gym and it dropped from my pocket I picked it up, put it back on but a few seconds later it turned off again. I just figured it needed to charge. I tried later to turn it back on that's when I noticed that the phone would keep randomly going on and off constantly and the lock button no longer worked when it was on so the only way to unlock it was to slide it out. I figured it was just a matter of replacing the button but it got worst and now the phone wont stay on, It comes on for a second, boots up then turns off, the battery has 0% at all times and even if it's on the charger and shows the charging icon, it won't stay on. For the few minutes that it is on for, the lock function spasms and the phone keeps locking and unlocking itself, eventually showing the lock button menu then finally going off and coming back on. I gave the phone to my friend to check out as he fixes a lot of phone, he took it apart but there was no damage to the button or anything holding it down that would cause the problem, he used a tester to test it and found that it was working fine. He thinks it might just be a software issue and suggested I reinstall the OS. Does anyone have any insight as to what might be the problem and a solution?
TL;DR Lock button on phone acts as if it's constantly being pressed and won't remain on for longer than a few minutes and even when it is on, just keeps locking and unlocking itself before shutting off.
Two days ago, my T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S3 dropped out of my coat pocket as i was running for the bus. I picked it up and saw the screen was cracked along the top left and bottom left hand side. Everything was working for the past two days and i figured i'll just wait till Christmas to get a new phone. This morning i took my phone off the charger and turned it on. The Samsung logo flashed, and then the boot animation for Slimrom (the custom rom i'm currently running on) flashed for about a second but then the screen went black. I did a battery pull but the weird thing is whenever i put my battery back in, even without touching the power button, it boots up by itself but then the screen goes black again. I can access TWRP and download mode but they both go black after a few seconds as well. I was able to successfully turn on my phone and have it fully function for about 15 minutes after putting it back on the charger, but it quickly blacked out again. It also keeps randomly booting up by itself which is weird. Im guessing this is a problem with the screen itself, but could it be a software issue because the device keeps booting up by itself? If it is the screen, will i have to buy a new one or is it not worth it? I've also tried using a different battery and i have the same issue so it can't be that. Any help is appreciated!
Sounds like an issue with the power button, it probably got stuck somehow either when you dropped it, or after you dropped it. Do a simple search for power button and you will find ways to fix it!
Holy crap i didn't even think of that! It makes total sense since every time i even tap my power button, even for just a second, it turns on. I've read around that clearing the cache or a factory reset could work. Is this true?
Unlikely, unless it's a software issue but it's always a possibility. Slam the phone against something to try to get the power button back into place, or open it up and try to see if you can fix it yourself, or replace it
The problem seems to be gone. I haven't had any issues for two days now. All i did was press the power button really hard multiple times. Thanks for you help man!
The thing is becoming increasingly unresponsive when something tries to wake it from deep sleep. A few weeks back someone tried to call me, and the screen turned on and flashed the dialer app, but the touchscreen was unresponsive. I'd click "Answer" and it wouldn't register. Clicking it repeatedly, clicking anywhere on the screen, trying to turn the screen off and on, nothing would work. The phone basically froze, only not exactly, because the sound was still playing. Like a minute later, I held the power button down and got the shutdown pop-up which seemed to rouse it out of whatever infinite loop it was stuck in.
This morning, it happened again when my alarm went off. I could not get the damn thing to stop. It happened again an hour later. When I tried to hold down the power button, the phone reset.
When it came back on, a bunch of my settings had been reset. It reverted to the default keyboard and started showing me tutorials like it thought this was my first time powering on the phone. Additionally, the System Updates menu shows I'm on the latest version, but all history of past updates has been wiped out.
I'm getting really concerned that this thing is gonna die on me any day now.
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The thing is becoming increasingly unresponsive when something tries to wake it from deep sleep. A few weeks back someone tried to call me, and the screen turned on and flashed the dialer app, but the touchscreen was unresponsive. I'd click "Answer" and it wouldn't register. Clicking it repeatedly, clicking anywhere on the screen, trying to turn the screen off and on, nothing would work. The phone basically froze, only not exactly, because the sound was still playing. Like a minute later, I held the power button down and got the shutdown pop-up which seemed to rouse it out of whatever infinite loop it was stuck in.
This morning, it happened again when my alarm went off. I could not get the damn thing to stop. It happened again an hour later. When I tried to hold down the power button, the phone reset.
When it came back on, a bunch of my settings had been reset. It reverted to the default keyboard and started showing me tutorials like it thought this was my first time powering on the phone. Additionally, the System Updates menu shows I'm on the latest version, but all history of past updates has been wiped out.
I'm getting really concerned that this thing is gonna die on me any day now.
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How about factory resetting the phone, starting from scratch re the software installed? Yes, you'll need to reinstall your apps and reconfigure it, but it's like starting fresh. If it still malfunctions, then you can look deeper.
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How about factory resetting the phone, starting from scratch re the software installed? Yes, you'll need to reinstall your apps and reconfigure it, but it's like starting fresh. If it still malfunctions, then you can look deeper.
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Thanks for the advice, but I ended up grabbing a Galaxy S8+ off a friend for very cheap. So, not really an issue anymore.