Loss of signal followed by phone turning off and battery drain... - Samsung Epic 4G Touch

Can somebody tell me what is going on with my phone??? Every so often I completely lose service and then my phone turns off. When I turn the phone back on the battery is completely drained. It just happened...before turning off the battery was at 97%, but when I turned it back on the battery was down to 5%. I've had my phone for over a year, but this just started happening in the past month.
I was running Unnamed 2.0 (GB) with EL29 modem and kernel up until last week. I tried Blazer v4.01 (GB). I just switched to the newest ICS version of Blazer with FG31 modem and rom. This has happened on each of these setups. Like I said, I was running the UnNamed - EL29 setup for a while without any problems. I've read about the loss of service bug with our phones, but I thought that was resolved a while ago.
Is there any zip file that can be flashed to resolve this? Any help and advice is greatly appreciated.

PCap79 said:
Can somebody tell me what is going on with my phone??? Every so often I completely lose service and then my phone turns off. When I turn the phone back on the battery is completely drained. It just happened...before turning off the battery was at 97%, but when I turned it back on the battery was down to 5%. I've had my phone for over a year, but this just started happening in the past month.
I was running Unnamed 2.0 (GB) with EL29 modem and kernel up until last week. I tried Blazer v4.01 (GB). I just switched to the newest ICS version of Blazer with FG31 modem and rom. This has happened on each of these setups. Like I said, I was running the UnNamed - EL29 setup for a while without any problems. I've read about the loss of service bug with our phones, but I thought that was resolved a while ago.
Is there any zip file that can be flashed to resolve this? Any help and advice is greatly appreciated.
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How long have you had the rom?0

It started happening when I was on UnNamed 2.01...i ran that for close to a year without any problems. I just tried Blazer GB and ICS about a month ago.
I installed the Los file from another thread but that hasn't helped.
Could it be a virus on the phone?
Should I start with a completely new install of the ROM, kernel, modem and apps...rather than restoring previous backed up versions?

Start fresh, stock rooted rom and run for a few days.
Possibly bad battery or charger also, it happens.

How much over a year have you had it?

Wonder why...
dberend said:
How much over a year have you had it?
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I have started having the same issue with my e4gt. I have the stock rom FI29 rooted. The phone used to work just fine and one day after applying the FI27 it just started having this issue. The phones looses the signal and shuts down when I am doing anything on the phone for longer than 1-5 min.
Did the original author resolve this? If so, could you pelase share what helped?

mulky said:
hi onlinespending,
i have my topaz running on stock ROM with built in ezinput 2.0 v 348550. since there's no Compact QWERTY mode come with my ROM, i wonder if you can build WVGA version with 348550 also ? i have tried your EzInput_2.0.33633-WVGA-Green.cab, but it seems like it doesn't compatible with my ROM (or pre installed newer ezinput ? ), screen goes blank after boot up and so force me to do hard reset
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Battery is bad, take it out spin on table, spins like top=bulging =bad battery
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-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
Battery is bad, take it out spin on table, spins like top=bulging =bad battery
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^^^This. 90% or higher the problems described in this thread are due to a bad battery.
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garwynn said:
^^^This. 90% or higher the problems described in this thread are due to a bad battery.
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Yup, first it LOS, then flicker followed by turning off with no power down animation, reboot and battery is at or below 5%, shuts off again, won't reboot this is the biggest clue that the battery has pooped the bed. The battery can even still test as good, receiving and returning proper voltage but the battery is fubar if its bulging. Sprint corporate repair centers will replace free if they have one in stock, otherwise order an anker on amazon/eBay and then contact Samsung support they will email you a shipping label, you send them the battery and they will send you a new OEM battery and you end up with 2 for the price of the anker. This is the route I had to go took 10days to get my new one from Samsung from the day I mailed it til I received the new one
Edit: according to the guy I spoke to at Samsung they warranty the batteries for 18months instead of the 12 they warranty the device itself. Anker also warranties their batteries for 18months as well
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It is a batteey issue. Just swap your battery and you are good to go.
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Thank you for the replies.
ankurcshah said:
It is a batteey issue. Just swap your battery and you are good to go.
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Thank you for all the replies. The battery is bulging as you guys all mentioned. I will try the swap out.

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I have the exact same issue.. my battery will be fully charged, then ill do something on the phone, it flickers, then restarts, and battery is completely dead..
I went to sprint, had them check my battery and they said the battery is fine...
Today my phone did this again, then when it restarted, all the setting I had on my messenger app, had all been reset, and so I had to do those all over again. And all the apps, that I had in folders I made, were now all out of the folders and I had to put them all back again. So frustrating.

As stated before though, the battery may test as good but still be bad. Happens with cars too and very often actually. I'd just go back to the store and not back down until you get a new battery. This is a common issue and they know it.
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MissLaniS said:
I have the exact same issue.. my battery will be fully charged, then ill do something on the phone, it flickers, then restarts, and battery is completely dead..
I went to sprint, had them check my battery and they said the battery is fine...
Today my phone did this again, then when it restarted, all the setting I had on my messenger app, had all been reset, and so I had to do those all over again. And all the apps, that I had in folders I made, were now all out of the folders and I had to put them all back again. So frustrating.
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The battery may test as functional but as soon as you can prove it's bulging - hence the spin test - they can't disagree that the battery is failing and requires replacement.

Battery spins perfectly.. So does that mean its bad?
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MissLaniS said:
Battery spins perfectly.. So does that mean its bad?
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Yes
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Sleep of Death?

I flashed a rom 2 days ago. Ever since then, if my phone sleeps for a while in my pocket, it will not wake. I have to hold power to reboot. Anyone heard of this? Know a fix?
Not on cm9 or 10. TW based from here.Thought I had heard of this before.
Thanks in advance for any and all help!
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jwalk74 said:
I flashed a rom 2 days ago. Ever since then, if my phone sleeps for a while in my pocket, it will not wake. I have to hold power to reboot. Anyone heard of this? Know a fix?
Not on cm9 or 10. TW based from here.Thought I had heard of this before.
Thanks in advance for any and all help!
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I am having a similar issue. After flashing to Phantom Blazer ICS ROM, I inadvertently ran ROM Manager and tried to flash CWM 5.0.2.7 that way. Since then I've wiped numerous times and flashed several other ROMs, even performing a nandroid restore to GB Blazer ROM, but to no avail. The phone screen and buttons still flash a bit as a precursor to my phone shutting down, and upon reboot my battery drains down to 2% and goes to shut off again. This happens repeatedly unless I leave my phone on a charger. This has lead me to believe that it may be a battery problem, but I cannot confirm until I receive my new battery in a few days. Hope someone can shed some light on this.
Anything odd with the wi-fi?
Those that seem to be having these issues seem to also have wi-fi issues.
For example, my phone freezes at work due to the wi-fi config. If I drop it, no problems whatsoever.
I just get the cheap ones off eBay you get a lot for a couple dollars.
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mrrogers12 said:
I just get the cheap ones off eBay you get a lot for a couple dollars.
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Which is awesome if you like having extremely shoddily made potential bombs/incendiary devices in a $500 phone in your pocket close to your gentelmans area... me? I pay the ~$20 for an OEM battery... lasts longer than those things too
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Sleep of Death or Hardware?
I too am having this problem. Long story short a few days ago I flashed CM10 Alpha4 and noticed out of no where my phone would just turn off. No boot off ani, nothing. It drains my battery to 1%. I did several wipes, formatting, clearing, stock GB, many different ICS roms with TONS of different kernels (i thought it was kernel related). Nothing helps. My phone does this while charging too. It also does it when the screen is on and I can predict when it's going to shut off because the backlight starts pulsing, then BAM RIGHT IN KISSER! It. Sucks.
Currently on FH13 Wicked Sensations with Kuban kernel .0.5, I guess it's betetr. But, idk.
I hope there's a fix, but I'm thinking it's a hardware dealy.
I guess..least with the cheap ones you mess them up putting them on you just wasted that money lol..
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mrrogers12 said:
I guess..least with the cheap ones you mess them up putting them on you just wasted that money lol..
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Sorry for off topic tread jacking, but how???????!? Do you manage to ruin a battery by putting it"on"
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i have updated the stock tar of fh13 and i have so much bad battery life ever and also a sleep issue i put it to standyby and it wont power on so i want to go back all the way to stock el29 so i can receive stock ota update if any after can you advice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I just updated my father's phone with EH13 stock rooted due to battery life issues. His phone is suffering from the same "sleep of death" issue, but I have no idea why.
WisdomWolf said:
I just updated my father's phone with EH13 stock rooted due to battery life issues. His phone is suffering from the same "sleep of death" issue, but I have no idea why.
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I had SOD for 3 days and just before my screen started fading in and out, I locked my phone. When I unlocked it, it saw that Maps.Process.Whatever stopped responding. I thought that was weird bc I haven't opened Google Maps yet with this new ROM flash. So, I went into Settings > Location Services > and UNCHECKED location and google search. Since then, no SOD. I have no idea if this works for everyone. Maybe you can try that...idk
TheDudeAbides said:
I had SOD for 3 days and just before my screen started fading in and out, I locked my phone. When I unlocked it, it saw that Maps.Process.Whatever stopped responding. I thought that was weird bc I haven't opened Google Maps yet with this new ROM flash. So, I went into Settings > Location Services > and UNCHECKED location and google search. Since then, no SOD. I have no idea if this works for everyone. Maybe you can try that...idk
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I will give this a try this tonight and run it through tomorrow, see if it helps with my issue (which sounds a whole lot like your issue). Will report back tomorrow night, thanks for the tip!
i was so fed up i use the el29 stock tar file went back to it and now i received a official 4.04 update imma afraid to update lol...battery suck..now batter life on this el29 in fine for now..
Tried turning off all location, but SoD still happening very erratically. Still have light pulsing and loss of signal right before shut down. Perhaps it is hardware, but could it really be the battery? Will find out soon when battery arrives in a day or two.

[Q] Problem with SOD? PLEASE HELP

So here's my story...
I hated the new ICS official update that sprint rolled out because of my diminishing battery life. So i decided to finally root the phone and install some roms. Everything went well for the past week but now my phone screen flickers and then my phone shuts off when i still have around 80% battery life left. I try to turn it back on and it loads up the boot screen but sometimes it fully loads the phone and sometimes it doesn't. When it does load ... my battery life is chopped to like 20% or maybe 5%. I calibrated my battery after the flash like someone told me to do but it still didn't work. I thought it was the rom i was using but I flashed 3 different roms and I still have the same problem.
I'm wondering if it's something wrong with my battery or my power on my phone? When the phone is charging it doesn't flicker and shut down on me.
Did anybody else have this problem? Is this considered a SOD? Wondering if I should get a new battery and see if it works. Also... is your battery flat? Mine seems to be a curved a bit in the middle back and front and i don't remember it being like that.
THANKS FOR THE HELP PEOPLE!!!! I really need it
Spin the battery on a flat surface and if it continues to spin, its bad. From your description of the back if battery, it sounds bad. Take it to a sprint store and get a replacement.
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+1
I dont want to hijack this thread, but im having similiar problems. if my phone was charging the screen would flicker. it doesnt do it anymore but now sometimes the screen wont turn back on. its almost like its off. there is no haptic feedback no lights. i have to pull the battery and then it will turn on. im running UPDATED 9/12] [ROM] RE-CALKED 0.2.0 [FI03] Calk's ROM Re-Cooked in FI03
BluesRulez said:
Spin the battery on a flat surface and if it continues to spin, its bad. From your description of the back if battery, it sounds bad. Take it to a sprint store and get a replacement.
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yeah this battery is deff spinnable... so this should be a battery problem right?
Dont' know how this could've happened
Thanks
aznne0 said:
yeah this battery is deff spinnable... so this should be a battery problem right?
Dont' know how this could've happened
Thanks
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This is just the effects of ICS. Go to to your sprint store , they should replace it free. Consider a custom Rom to remedy the issue.
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hardwirk1 said:
+1
I dont want to hijack this thread, but im having similiar problems. if my phone was charging the screen would flicker. it doesnt do it anymore but now sometimes the screen wont turn back on. its almost like its off. there is no haptic feedback no lights. i have to pull the battery and then it will turn on. im running UPDATED 9/12] [ROM] RE-CALKED 0.2.0 [FI03] Calk's ROM Re-Cooked in FI03
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PanchoPlanet said:
This is just the effects of ICS. Go to to your sprint store , they should replace it free. Consider a custom Rom to remedy the issue.
Pp.
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I'll check the store tomorrow.. but i read that there's a 6 month warranty on the battery.. sighh...
aznne0 said:
So here's my story...
I hated the new ICS official update that sprint rolled out because of my diminishing battery life. So i decided to finally root the phone and install some roms. Everything went well for the past week but now my phone screen flickers and then my phone shuts off when i still have around 80% battery life left. I try to turn it back on and it loads up the boot screen but sometimes it fully loads the phone and sometimes it doesn't. When it does load ... my battery life is chopped to like 20% or maybe 5%. I calibrated my battery after the flash like someone told me to do but it still didn't work. I thought it was the rom i was using but I flashed 3 different roms and I still have the same problem.
I'm wondering if it's something wrong with my battery or my power on my phone? When the phone is charging it doesn't flicker and shut down on me.
Did anybody else have this problem? Is this considered a SOD? Wondering if I should get a new battery and see if it works. Also... is your battery flat? Mine seems to be a curved a bit in the middle back and front and i don't remember it being like that.
THANKS FOR THE HELP PEOPLE!!!! I really need it
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We need more info on your setup to be able to help you.
1.What ROM are you on? (Name, Build etc.)
2.Kernel / Tweaks / etc.
Omar04 said:
We need more info on your setup to be able to help you.
1.What ROM are you on? (Name, Build etc.)
2.Kernel / Tweaks / etc.
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It happened on every rom i flashed.. but this is what i'm on now.
Rom version Blazer FF18
kernel version 3.0.15-sph-d710.ff18-cl663858
Baseband version FH13
I am trying to underclock the phone now and see if it solves any problems till I get a new battery. Realized that while the phone is plugged in... it doesn't flicker and shut down on me. So maybe if i lower the power consumption, it'll work. But it's just an idea I came up with.
THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!!
aznne0 said:
It happened on every rom i flashed.. but this is what i'm on now.
Rom version Blazer FF18
kernel version 3.0.15-sph-d710.ff18-cl663858
Baseband version FH13
I am trying to underclock the phone now and see if it solves any problems till I get a new battery. Realized that while the phone is plugged in... it doesn't flicker and shut down on me. So maybe if i lower the power consumption, it'll work. But it's just an idea I came up with.
THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!!
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Your experiencing a condition that's clearly battery related, while phone is plugged in it clearly shows that the problem is the battery. Making changes and undervolting may just complicate things, I would wait for a new battery before going any further.
You need a proven rom to start with, ask around and see what works for others and give yourself a fresh start. I would recommend going back to stock gingerbread el29,and trying it out for a week or so, then go from there.
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PanchoPlanet said:
Your experiencing a condition that's clearly battery related, while phone is plugged in it clearly shows that the problem is the battery. Making changes and undervolting may just complicate things, I would wait for a new battery before going any further.
You need a proven rom to start with, ask around and see what works for others and give yourself a fresh start. I would recommend going back to stock gingerbread el29,and trying it out for a week or so, then go from there.
Pp.
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Will do. Just ordered a battery. Hopefully it is a battery issue because I am not due for an upgrade yet. Thanks a lot for your advice!
It's the battery, I have the same issues right now and if I use a different battery they instantly disappear.
And you're right about lowering the power consumption, for me it only happened with 4G enabled together with the capacitive LEDs. Disabling one or the other made it go away.
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Battery stats RESET at every reboot!!!!!?????

Battery stats RESET at every reboot. Is it just me or is this a JB/Samsung related bug? To me this is NOT normal and it definitely didn't happen in ICS or GB
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As strange as it may sound, after about 3-4 cycles, the funny issue reported above is gone. Now my SGH-I317M behaves like it's supposed to and so, the battery stats are being kept after reboot. Like all the other Samsung phones I have/had, the battery stats are being reset after the phone has been kept plugged in for a while - which is normal. I took some time to report this just to make sure that it's consistent.
Yeah, I find that annoying too. I wish it kept it's settings. I was hoping to get an accurate look at my daily usage today, but an early reboot is going to destroy that.
rchapoteau said:
Yeah, I find that annoying too. I wish it kept it's settings. I was hoping to get an accurate look at my daily usage today, but an early reboot is going to destroy that.
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Still...I wonder, is this a bug or is it Samsung's/Google's new vision about how battery stats are supposed to be working? If it's a bug they'll probably fix it but if the bug is in someone's head, then we're kind of screwed - from this point onward (JB, KLP, etc)
iirc all stock phones ive had do that. Atrix and the OG note. The note didnt do that once modded tho.
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erick161 said:
iirc all stock phones ive had do that. Atrix and the OG note. The note didnt do that once modded tho.
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Not quite sure what you mean by "stock phone" but I have the SG2 (SGH-I727R) with ICS 4.0.4, rooted and SG3 (SGH-I747M) with ICS 4.0.4, rooted and DEFINITELY none of them do that. The Note II (SGH-I317M) is certainly my first Android phone to do that - after all, think about it! Is your battery starting a new cycle after every reboot? Plus, the phone might not even get close to a plug. Why reset the stats?
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Not quite sure what you mean by "stock phone" but I have the SG2 (SGH-I727R) with ICS 4.0.4, rooted and SG3 (SGH-I747M) with ICS 4.0.4, rooted and DEFINITELY none of them do that. The Note II (SGH-I317M) is certainly my first Android phone to do that - after all, think about it! Is your battery starting a new cycle after every reboot? Plus, the phone might not even get close to a plug. Why reset the stats?
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Stock implies just that...STOCK. no root, stock. Dont know what to tell you but both mine did this quirk. Was annoying as hell.
I agree. Resetting is stupid and it would always happen towards the end of the day...before I could see my battery stats lol
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I used "Device Analyzer" in the past to see a weeks worth of battery stats in one view. But it only gives you charge levels, not app usage.
My One X resets if I charge it above ~70%. Every android ROM and phone I have had in the past only reset at a full charge. And I haven't seen one yet that resets at a reboot. Sounds like a bug. Fingers crossed for fixing when they push the side by side app view update.
To make sure, we are talking about this data, right?
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In all 4 of the android phones i have had, a reboot or power off resets the battery stats (as pictured in above post). From froyo to jelly bean. 2 LG phones and both notes.
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I rebooted my phone a few times today and my battery stats are still intact.
battery slow charging
a friend just rooted his g note 2 ...charged all night and woke up to 48% ?? any advice i can pass along to help him? I dont own a note so with all phones different i dont wanna give bad advice. Thanks in advance
jpeclf said:
a friend just rooted his g note 2 ...charged all night and woke up to 48% ?? any advice i can pass along to help him? I dont own a note so with all phones different i dont wanna give bad advice. Thanks in advance
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Was it plugged in all night? Did the wall charger get knocked out of the wall (dont ask, its happened to me lol). Did he mess with any files on his phone, install anything with root privileges? Theres a lot that could be...
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Galaxy s3 massive battery drain (replaced battery)

Hello,
I know there are countless threads about the battery issues, but im having a hard time trying to find a solution for my problem.
My battery drain insanely fast, even on idle. I can barley get 5-6 hours on my battery. Standard usage, some Internet, texting etc. I have all the pre installed apps disabled, and have most apps I downloaded on manual sync.
A friend of mine had the same issue and replaced the battery and the phone is back to normal. I replaced the battery and still have the same issue.
It takes a long time to charge, sometimes I leave charging while the phone is off, and come back am hour later and it barley charged 3%.
Please I need some help, any suggestions are welcome.
Thanks in advanced.
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How long have you had the phone and when did this start happening? Are you stock? If you're running a custom rom, when did you flash it (or any updates)?
I've had it since early September.
Same rom, using 4.1.1. Never been rooted.
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It sounds to me that software-wise your phone's battery should be working correctly, especially if you've disabled so many apps and never rooted. I think it's a defective battery. If you don't want to spend too much, you can buy 3rd party replacement batteries, but they probably won't have NFC.
I've already replaced the battery. I got the same battery my friend got when her s3 was having the same problem... Now her phone is fine and mines still isn't.
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equinox24 said:
I've already replaced the battery. I got the same battery my friend got when her s3 was having the same problem... Now her phone is fine and mines still isn't.
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Ok. That's not good. Assuming you've tried factory resetting the phone and it still didn't do anything, I say go back to carrier store and get a replacement phone. Something obviously isn't right. Phone hasn't been out a year yet so it'll fall under manufacturer warranty. I had to get mine replaced a month ago for another issue.
equinox24 said:
I've had it since early September.
Same rom, using 4.1.1. Never been rooted.
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.... uhmmm... LOL thats your problem there buddy.

Battery Issue? Phone turning off for no reason...

Hey I have been noticing a weird issue with my phone.
Ive flashed a few different ROMS to see if it was a specific one or if it is something else. Yes, that didnt work.
I am still having random turn offs which shut the phone down. Whether on it or not it happens at least twice a day.
Does this have something to do with the battery? When i reboot the phone the battery level shows at what it was...
last example I had was 68%. So it wasnt fully dead. I was going to send my phone back but decided to stick it out and maybe a new
battery will work? Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Take your battery out and place it on a flat surface. Try to spin it. If it spins, it's time to replace it.
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Try a stock rom for a few days if the battery seems fine. My phone has the sleep of death issue with various jellybean AOSP based Roms.
deviouskind said:
Hey I have been noticing a weird issue with my phone.
Ive flashed a few different ROMS to see if it was a specific one or if it is something else. Yes, that didnt work.
I am still having random turn offs which shut the phone down. Whether on it or not it happens at least twice a day.
Does this have something to do with the battery? When i reboot the phone the battery level shows at what it was...
last example I had was 68%. So it wasnt fully dead. I was going to send my phone back but decided to stick it out and maybe a new
battery will work? Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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One thing I've noticed. My Battery will get extremely hot. I'll pull the battery, wait for 5 min, put the Battery back in and will be able to proceeded.
Just my $.02 worth
It's certainly the battery, only fix is to replace it.
Happens to me once every other day. Not a big problem just take out the battery and replace it back in.
I'm about to change the rom temporarily from goodness to blu kuban to see if it continues.
If it does then it has to be a battery issue at least on my end...
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Time for a new battery.
Pp.
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Battery issue with Galaxy SII
The shutdown issue seems to be inherent in many SII regardless of carrier. I have had this problem with my Sprint phone since new. It has been exchanged twice thus far but the problem continues. Samsung will tell you to do a factory reset. DONTdo it. It will not fix the problem.
It is NOT the battery in most cases.
It seems to be OS related. I have cleaned the battery contacts; not charged unless below 20%; unchecked the Power Saver and Optimization functions; and did a factory reset without loading in any additional apps for awhile. Nothing stopped it from shutting down.
I was able to prevent shutdown for about a two week period by not charging it until it went below 20%.
I did notice that my RAM consumption was over 60% prior to the phone acting up.
Could it be a memory issue?
Thus far, I have not received any real support from Samsung or Sprint. The Galaxy SII is one of the few phones that cannot be run through a diagnostc test by Sprint. If you have warranty coverage, they will replace it but I can almost guarantee the problem will beda plague to the new one.
If anyone has found a solution to this shutdown thing, I would love to know it. Right now, I check my phone status very often throughout the day to see whether it is one or not.
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qanda said:
The shutdown issue seems to be inherent in many SII regardless of carrier. I have had this problem with my Sprint phone since new. It has been exchanged twice thus far but the problem continues. Samsung will tell you to do a factory reset. DONTdo it. It will not fix the problem.
It is NOT the battery in most cases.
It seems to be OS related. I have cleaned the battery contacts; not charged unless below 20%; unchecked the Power Saver and Optimization functions; and did a factory reset without loading in any additional apps for awhile. Nothing stopped it from shutting down.
I was able to prevent shutdown for about a two week period by not charging it until it went below 20%.
I did notice that my RAM consumption was over 60% prior to the phone acting up.
Could it be a memory issue?
Thus far, I have not received any real support from Samsung or Sprint. The Galaxy SII is one of the few phones that cannot be run through a diagnostc test by Sprint. If you have warranty coverage, they will replace it but I can almost guarantee the problem will beda plague to the new one.
If anyone has found a solution to this shutdown thing, I would love to know it. Right now, I check my phone status very often throughout the day to see whether it is one or not.
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What rom/build are you on? Rooted?
Your problem isn't a common topic here unless your running experimental nightlys or doing a bad flash/install or your battery is no good.
I have two Epics since 10/2011 and have never encountered this condition. We did replace the batteries on both phones in 12/12 because of rapid discharges, going from 90% to 50% after a reboot or running a system heavy app like browser, camera, or YouTube.
Other than that all we do is use and charge when necessary.
Both phones are rooted, her phone is a workhorse because of her job, fashion design NYC, keeping track of 4 email accounts (2 gmail, 2 Microsoft Eexchange) plus crazy messaging all day long.
Check your phone model.
It may be different. Maybe you have the wrong battery in your phone?
There where some instances that had some Epic's with 1500 mha batteries instead of 1800mha!
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Battery Issue?
PanchoPlanet said:
What rom/build are you on? Rooted?
Your problem isn't a common topic here unless your running experimental nightlys or doing a bad flash/install or your battery is no good.
I have two Epics since 10/2011 and have never encountered this condition. We did replace the batteries on both phones in 12/12 because of rapid discharges, going from 90% to 50% after a reboot or running a system heavy app like browser, camera, or YouTube.
Other than that all we do is use and charge when necessary.
Both phones are rooted, her phone is a workhorse because of her job, fashion design NYC, keeping track of 4 email accounts (2 gmail, 2 Microsoft Eexchange) plus crazy messaging all day long.
Check your phone model.
It may be different. Maybe you have the wrong battery in your phone?
There where some instances that had some Epic's with 1500 mha batteries instead of 1800mha!
Pp.
Sent from a jelly bean shooting Epic. In your eye ....... phone.
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Phone is not rooted....straight OS. I will check the battery to ascertain if it is a 1500 or 1800.
Phone is an SPHD710. It's only three months old and has been swapped twice by Sprint. I think it may be ICS. When I got it, they updated it to the latest OS which was ICS fron Gingerbread, so I don't know if it would have had the same problem with GB.
I'll try to get a new battery from them and see if it makes any difference.
Thanks.
qanda said:
Phone is not rooted....straight OS. I will check the battery to ascertain if it is a 1500 or 1800.
Phone is an SPHD710. It's only three months old and has been swapped twice by Sprint. I think it may be ICS. When I got it, they updated it to the latest OS which was ICS fron Gingerbread, so I don't know if it would have had the same problem with GB.
I'll try to get a new battery from them and see if it makes any difference.
Thanks.
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Most definitely I would say ICS. !!!!!
If it had been left on gb you wouldn't be experiencing these issues. :thumbup:
Pp.
Sent from a jelly bean shooting Epic. In your eye ....... phone.
deviouskind said:
Hey I have been noticing a weird issue with my phone.
Ive flashed a few different ROMS to see if it was a specific one or if it is something else. Yes, that didnt work.
I am still having random turn offs which shut the phone down. Whether on it or not it happens at least twice a day.
Does this have something to do with the battery? When i reboot the phone the battery level shows at what it was...
last example I had was 68%. So it wasnt fully dead. I was going to send my phone back but decided to stick it out and maybe a new
battery will work? Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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Sounds like the power button might be going bad. If you are not getting sudden large drops or increases in battery % I would lean towards the power button.
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I'm having the same sort of issues on my S2. I've had it for about 6-7 months and it's worked fine but the last few weeks it's been almost unusable. Within 5-10 minutes of using my phone it will shut off, regardless of the battery level. Turning it back on would show that it was critically low on battery and it would shut off again within seconds. Plugging it into a charger would let me turn on again and restore the battery level to what it was, oftentimes over 60%.
It seems that the false battery reports come and go, but the real problem is that the phone just keeps turning off. It's useless without a charger anymore. I've looked on Sprint's forums and it seems like many people have been having the same problem. Especially after the new JB update. I've been running stock so I figured I might try a custom rom. I rooted and went back to FF18 but I can't load up a custom recovery to install a ROM. The link to download the autoroot package in this thread is dead.
I have run into the same issue starting about three weeks ago. I am already on my second battery, which is only six months old, but it was behaving as if it was dying again, so I got another brand new one from the sprint store just to make sure... Phone was still shutting off though. After some more research, I came across someone who had a bad card reader in their phone. They even wrote a program that keeps track of mounts, ejects, and bad ejects. I downloaded it (its called sd card monitor), and sure enough, my card is ejecting itself multiple times an hour (which is no surprise, this phone has destroyed several cards already)... If I remove the card, I have no more problems... So for now, I am using my phone without a sd card. I am not paying Sprint $50 for a refurbished replacement at this point, I am fed up with their service and will be changing carriers after the S4 comes out...
The strange thing though, the sd card issue doesn't affect the phone if it's plugged in.
MECHAnized said:
I'm having the same sort of issues on my S2. I've had it for about 6-7 months and it's worked fine but the last few weeks it's been almost unusable. Within 5-10 minutes of using my phone it will shut off, regardless of the battery level. Turning it back on would show that it was critically low on battery and it would shut off again within seconds. Plugging it into a charger would let me turn on again and restore the battery level to what it was, oftentimes over 60%.
It seems that the false battery reports come and go, but the real problem is that the phone just keeps turning off. It's useless without a charger anymore. I've looked on Sprint's forums and it seems like many people have been having the same problem. Especially after the new JB update. I've been running stock so I figured I might try a custom rom. I rooted and went back to FF18 but I can't load up a custom recovery to install a ROM. The link to download the autoroot package in this thread is dead.
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Can you confirm that your phone is having the same issues due to the card reader.?
If so please share.
(Otherwise you need a new battery.)
Pp.
Sent from a jelly bean shooting Epic. In your eye ....... phone.
PanchoPlanet said:
Can you confirm that your phone is having the same issues due to the card reader.?
If so please share.
(Otherwise you need a new battery.)
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I ran that SD card monitor app for about 4 hours and no disconnects, so I guess it's a battery issue.

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